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445 S. Mary Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 // 408-736-3120 www.crosswalkchurch.com Want the pdf of these notes? Scan the code to go there now. Or download the Crosswalk Church App; available on both the Google Play Store or the App Store . Chapter 5: An acknowledgement to God’s sovereignty yet encamped in sorrow and lament. But Lord, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation. Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long? Restore us, O Lord, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had! Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still? - Lamentations 5:19-22 (NLT) Lamentations is a call to Repentance Tragedy and devastation are often the beginning of God’s rebuilding process. 1. The Lord will never build upon a foundation that is not good and solid. 2. Whatever the Lord cannot repair He destroys and rebuilds. Lamentation is a call to grieving God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. - Matthew 5:4 (NLT) Lamentations is a call to hope Circumstances can seem hopeless but we are not without Hope. Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. - Lamentations 3:21-23 (NLT) Pastor Anna-Marie Valles December 27, 2015

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445 S. Mary Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 // 408-736-3120

www.crosswalkchurch.com

Want the pdf of these notes? Scan the code to go there now.

Or download the Crosswalk Church App; available on both the

Google Play Store or the App Store .

Chapter 5: An acknowledgement to God’s sovereignty yet encamped in sorrow and lament.

But Lord, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation. Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long? Restore us, O Lord, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had! Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still? - Lamentations 5:19-22 (NLT)

Lamentations is a call to Repentance

Tragedy and devastation are often the beginning of God’s rebuilding process.

1. The Lord will never build upon a foundation that is not good and solid. 2. Whatever the Lord cannot repair He destroys and rebuilds.

Lamentation is a call to grieving God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. - Matthew 5:4 (NLT)

Lamentations is a call to hope Circumstances can seem hopeless but we are not without Hope.

Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. - Lamentations 3:21-23 (NLT)

Pastor Anna-Marie Valles

December 27, 2015

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Theme: Before we look on towards the fresh start of the new year, we need to deal with the sin and grief of this past one.

Lessons from the book of Lamentations

Chapter 1: Jeremiah mourns for Jerusalem and Judea as it lays in ruin by the raid and destruction of Babylon.

Jerusalem, once so full of people, is now deserted. She who was once great among the nations now sits alone like a widow. Once the queen of all the earth, she is now a slave. - Lamentations 1:1 (NLT)

Chapter 2: Jeremiah describes the anger of the Lord who brought judgment to the wicked land.

The Lord in his anger has cast a dark shadow over beautiful Jerusalem. The fairest of Israel’s cities lies in the dust, thrown down from the heights of heaven. In his day of great anger, the Lord has shown no mercy even to his Temple. Without mercy the Lord has destroyed every home in Israel. In his anger he has broken down the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem. He has brought them to the ground, dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers. All the strength of Israel vanishes beneath his fierce anger. The Lord has withdrawn his protection as the enemy attacks. He consumes the whole land of Israel like a raging fire. - Lamentations 2:1-3 (NLT)

Chapter 3: Jeremiah expresses his troubled spirit and suffering in gloom.

He shot his arrows deep into my heart. My own people laugh at me. All day long they sing their mocking songs. He has filled me with bitterness and given me a bitter cup of sorrow to drink. He has made me chew on gravel. He has rolled me in the dust. Peace has been stripped away, and I have forgotten what prosperity is. I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!” - Lamentations 3:13-18 (NLT)

Chapter 4:

How the gold has lost its luster! Even the finest gold has become dull. The sacred gemstones lie scattered in the streets! - Lamentations 4:1 (NLT)

Judah’s treasures all affected:

1. The youth, the most valuable asset of the nation, lay dead and scattered about like broken bits of pottery. 2. The little children starved from the lack of bread and milk. 3. The wealthy, accustomed to the finest food and clothing, were forced to scavenge in the city garbage dumps. 4. The princes of Judah once had been the picture of health. 5. The once tender-hearted mothers of Judah had resorted to cannibalizing their own offspring.

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