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Homiletics: Lamentations

Content (not sentence, direct verbiage from Scripture, fit on one line):

1.desrtd city lk widow;bittrly weeps,friends>enemies;Jud>exile;splendor departd;Jerus sinned(Lam1:1-8)

2.enemy triumphd,ppl groan;L sent fire;trampled Jud;I weep,no1 comfort;children destitute(Lam1:9-16)

3.Jerus unclean;L rteous I rebelled;allied betrayed;distressed,inside death;my groans many(Lam1:17-22)

4.L covered Zion anger;brought kingdm/princes dn;w/d rt hand;reject altar,abandon sanctuar(Lam2:1-8)

5.gates sunk/brkn,king/princes exiled;dust hds;weepg,ppl destrd;proph false;enemies scoff(Las 2:9-16)

6.L fulfilled wd;ppl cry out;should wn eat offsprg;young/old slaughtered;no1 escaped(Lam 2:17-22)

 

7.I seen afflict L’s wrath;turned hand v me;besieged me;weighed me dn;shuts out my prayer(Lam 3:1-8)

8.md paths crooked;left me w/o help;pierced my heart;filled me bitter herbs;trampled me(Lam 3:9-16)

9.deprived pc;soul dncast;yet hv hope;bec L’s compass nvr fail;great faithfulness;L=portion(Lam3:17-24)

10.L gd 2 who sk Him;gd wait salv;bear yoke;sit silence;offer cheek;he show compass(Lam 3:25-32)

11.he willingly brg afflict;to crush;deny;deprv;L decreed;frm mouth MH calam/gd thgs cm(Lam 3:33-39)

12.exam ways;lift hearts/hands;we rebelld;sufferd terror,pitfalls,ruin,destruc;ppl destroyed(Lam3:40-48)

13.eyes flow w/o relief;until L sees;enemies huntd me;I calld ur name L;you heard my plea(Lam3:49-56)

14.u came near;redeemed my life;pay them back;ur curse on them;pursue them in anger(Lam 3:57-66)

 

15.au lost luster;precious childrn considerd clay;my ppl heartless;destitute;punish grtr Sodom(Lam4:1-8)

16.those killed better off than die famine;compass wm cooked children;L poured anger(Lam 4:9-16)

17.lk in vain4help;end near;pursuers swifter;L’s anointd caught traps;ur punishmt will end(Lam 4:17-22)

18.Remem L;our inhertc2strgrs;we weary;submittd2Egypt/Assyr bread;no1free us(Lam5:1-8)

19.feverish frm hunger;wm violated;prices hung hands;music stoppd;joy gone;crown fallen(Lam 5:9-16)

20.hearts faint;Zion desolate;u L reign forevr;why u forget/forsake us;restor us to yourself(Lam 5:17-22)

 

Divisions (run-on sentence OK, direct verbiage from Scripture/Principles are Aims for each Division – a truth about God, a truth about man, a truth about God’s relationship to man; a sin to avoid, promise to trust, example to follow, command to obey, truth to believe):

1.Judah has gone into exile; the Lord has abandoned His sanctuary (Lam 1-2)

Principle:  The Lord will not dwell where He is not welcome.

2.I have seen the affliction of the Lord’s wrath, yet the Lord is good to the one who seeks Him (Lam 3)

Principle:  God warns of judgment to come and pardons those who seek Him.

3.My people have become heartless, yet You, Lord, reign forever (Lam 4-5)

Principle:  In spite of people’s sin, the Lord reigns forever.

 

Subject Sentence (10-word sentence with proper structure showing exactly where you are in Scripture):

Judah exiled, sanctuary abandoned, I have hope: the Lord reigns.

 

Aim (“To Cause My Audience To…” Know, See, Learn, Understand, etc.):

TCMATK The Sovereign Lord, Whose compassions never fail, reigns forever.

 

Application (not yes or no question.  Meant to bring about heart change):

1.Where do you need to invite the Lord into your activity, and how will you do that?

2.How are you pursuing God in spite of suffering?

3.What about you reveals that the Lord reigns over your life?

 

The Big Idea (author’s main purpose in writing; the one thing all the other things in the passage is about; if you couldn’t talk about it, you would still understand the passage is trying to convey this):

Desolation, hope, sovereignty

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