Fearless Week 45: Lamentations 5

This week we finish up out study in Lamentations with Lamentations chapter 5. We talk again about the suffering of Jerusalem brought on by their sin. We look at Jeremiah crying out for God's mercy, however the book ends with Jeremiah uncertain, if perhaps the people have fallen too far away from God to be forgiven. We then talked about how we know that Jerusalem rises again, and we look at some other pieces of scripture that let us know that God will never forsake us forever.

This week we continue our study in the book of Lamentations with Lamentations chapter 4. We talk about the great tragedy that has befallen the people of Jerusalem because of their disobedience, and how we suffer a similar fate when we are disobedient. The people of Jerusalem have fallen so far that they are welcome nowhere, and are reduced to eating their own dead. All because they have turned their back on the blessings of God. And as Jeremiah reminds us at the end of this chapter, all who stand outside of God's Will will suffer his wrath someday.

Happy Easter! This week we took off on Sunday night so that we could all spend time with our families. But on Good Friday, we had an awesome opportunity to lead a worship service our local physical rehabilitation hospital. We sand some good old fashioned hymns about the cross, and talked about the importance of the crucifixion as we looked into Isaiah 53 together. Thank you all for worshiping with us.

This week we continued our study in Lamentations with Lamentations 3. It's an especially appropriate study for Holy Week, because in this chapter, Jeremiah asks us to keep in mind all that has been suffered by the people of Jerusalem, and how he shares in their suffering, and then goes on to tell us why he has hope in the goodness and mercy of God. He believes there is still hope for redemption. And of course we know that that redemption for the fallen and broken would come through Jesus Christ.

This week we continue our study in Lamentations with Lamentations 2. We talked about how through all of the brokenness that Jeremiah sees in Jerusalem, he cries out for someone to come and save them. The people have wandered so far away from God, that they see very little hope. But we looked at it in the perspective of knowing that Jesus was the one who would come to save us all from devastation.

This week we began a new study in the book of Lamentations with Lamentations 1. We talk about who the author of Lamentations was, ways it has been read traditionally, what it's about and why it was written. Then we talk about what Jeremiah is crying about, the destruction of Jerusalem, and how that relates to the destruction in our lives, and the misery caused by turning away from God's will.

This week, we are still preparing to begin our study in the book of Lamentations, so we took a little break from our normal bible study weeks, and watched a video. You can watch the video too, on YouTube. It's "The Purpose of Your Life" by Francis Chan. Just go ahead and look it up, and hear all about what God has in store for you.