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Lamentations 5 Praying with an Eye on Progress

Date: February 23, 2020/Speaker: Jon Rumley

Praying toward Progress….

  1. Freely acknowledge the situation (5: 2-18)
    1. The struggle to survive
    2. The pain of shame
    3. the profound sense of loss
  2. Return to the Lord in faith (5:2, 19-22)
    1. Ask God to act
      1. Remember…
        1. Genesis 8:1
        2.  1 Samuel 1:19
        3. Exodus 2:23-25
    2. Pray for a reoriented perspective
      1. Jeremiah 1:5; 18:6; 32:27-28; Acts 2:23-24
    3. Pray for restoration
      1. Jeremiah 18:11; Psalm 51:10; 31:33-34; 36:26-27

Lament is …

  1. Turning to God in prayer
  2. Complaining to God
  3. Asking
  4. Trusting (by choice)