Sept 11, 2025 … Lamenting Today …
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... … Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Tim Hughes singing… When The Tears Fall, … Lamenting when tears of anguish or grief fall.
Highlight Passage: … 2Chronicles 20:12 … [NLT] …
20 “Lord, see my anguish! My heart is broken and my soul despairs, for I have rebelled against you.In the streets the sword kills, and at home there is only death.
…Jeremiah laments over his own sin as well as the sins of God’s people.
Highlight Passage (in context) … Lamentations 1:20-22 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jeremiah laments - in anguish - before God.
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Reference Passage: … Psalms 23:1-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David sings of being uplifted and protected by his Good Shepherd..
Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...
… Solomon teaches truth … that trusting in God is the only way to have confidence in moving forward in life.
Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Isaiah, promises His strength when we lament over our weakness.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus invites any/all who believe in Him to find rest in yoking our weakness to His strength.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to take their worries and laments to God in prayer.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 112:9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul recognizes and remembers Jesus words when he was in pain and anguish over the “thorn in his flesh” to accept God’s enabling grace.
My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, AMY BOUCHER PYE … AT THIS LINK … tells of visiting the memorial site in NYC of the 9-11 tragedy - with graphic pictures of the carnage, which brought the ODB author to tears of lamentation for what happened that fateful day. And here I sit, lamenting to God what happened yesterday … where a prominent political figure was gunned down tragically as he addressed an audience of onlookers and followers who witnessed the tragic shooting.
On reflecting - and lamenting - what happened yesterday and the events of 9/11/01, … I really think God is causing many of us to genuinely lament and seek what God’s word brings out in my quiet time today - see the Scriptures shared above. And I pray all my readers take the time to hear the linked song and lament with me - with thankful praise - that we serve a God who will always be there to hear our prayers and reach out to guide and protect the lives of those who really love and follow our Lord. That’s my path today - and tomorrow; …how about you?
My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … Lord … for being there for me when I come to You in tears (see photo).
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … Lord. …for being there when Your children come to You in tears.… Amen
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1 comment:
Amen..thank you!
Kjetil
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