Lament Service Mosaic Fellowship 2021 Biblical Lament Engaging
Lament Service Mosaic Fellowship 2021
Biblical Lament: Engaging with God in the midst of hardship.
Ecclesiastes 7: 2 -4 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting…
Matthew 5: 4 Blessed are those who mourn, For they will be comforted. -Jesus
“We must lay before him what is in us; Not what ought to be in us. ” -C. S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
Lament begins with honest expression to God.
Psalm 137: 8 -9 …happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us. Happy is the one who seizes your infants
Psalm 10: 1 Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Model of Lament “I feel ______ because of _____. ”
1. Jeremiah 12: 1 …I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
2. Romans 7: 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?
3. Mark 9: 24 “…help me overcome my unbelief!” -Father of a possessed boy, speaking to Jesus
4. Psalm 42: 5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?
5. Luke 22: 42 “Father, if you are willing, Take this cup from me…”
Honest expression (lament) without submission is merely
Lamentations 3: 2224 22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him. ”
1. Jeremiah 12: 1 You are always righteous, LORD, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
2. Romans 7: 24 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
3. Mark 9: 24 23 “‘If you can’? ” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes. ” 24 Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my
4. Psalm 42: 5 5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
4. Psalm 42: 6 6 My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you…
5. Luke 22: 42 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done. ”
For the next few minutes, write down honest expressions to God about difficult things in your life.
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