Reading Time: 4 minutes
The Lord acts like a physician who must hurt the patient to produce healing. He seems violent, but the Lord knows something about wounds, and he knows how redemptive they can be. . . .
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May 21 | Application (‘We’re Meant to Lament’)
Reading Time: 3 minutes
The book of Lamentations is an acrostic poem where the verses begin with consecutive letters of the alphabet. Jeremiah wept “from A to Z” . . .
May 21 | Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Questions for group discussion for use with this week’s lesson titled “Wounded” (Lamentations 1:1, 10-18; 2:5-14, 17, 20-21).
May 14 | Punished
Reading Time: 4 minutes
God administered deserved punishment to the Israelites for their unfaithfulness. The result was Lamentations, which we are working our way through. . . .
May 14 | Application (‘Searching for God in Times of Pain’)
Reading Time: 3 minutes
How should we handle times of mourning when joy disappears? Where is God in painful times?
May 14 | Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Questions for group discussion for use with this week’s lesson titled “Punished” (Lamentations 5:1-22).
May 7 | Disciplined
Reading Time: 4 minutes
The people of Jeremiah’s day had a long stretch of discipline. The siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar took years; it ended in 586 BC when Jerusalem fell. The people of Jerusalem were still weeping in 571 BC when Jeremiah wrote Lamentations. . . .
May 7 | Application (‘When the Gold Loses Its Luster’)
Reading Time: 3 minutes
It’s surprising when precious metals like silver and gold serve as examples of “perishable things,” but the blood of Christ is far more precious. Gold can lose its luster.
May 7 | Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Questions for group discussion for use with this week’s lesson titled “Disciplined” (Lamentations 4:1-22).