Lamentations 5 A Fresh Start God intervened and

Lamentations 5 A Fresh Start

God intervened and gave Israel a FRESH START; it’s time to allow Him to do the same for you.

Remember Us! (5: 1 -18) Understand that we need an intervention… because we cannot fix ourselves!

Remember Us! ”Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace. ” --Lamentations 5: 1

Remember Us! (5: 1 -18) Understand that you need an intervention! …because you cannot fix yourself.

When God Intervenes He makes the floodwaters recede and gives us stable footing.

Genesis 8: 1– “But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and He sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. ”

When God Intervenes He removes our disgrace.

Genesis 30: 22– “Then God remembered Rachel; He listened to her and enabled her to conceive. ”

Genesis 30: 23– “She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, ‘God has taken away my disgrace. ’”

When it looks like everyone else is passing over you or passing you by, stay the course and trust in God to intervene on your behalf.

When God Intervenes He moves to Redeem.

Exodus 2: 24– “God heard [the Israelites] groaning and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. ”

When God Intervenes He brings us with Him.

Luke 23: 42 -43—”’Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom. ’ Jesus replied, ‘Today You will be with Me in Paradise. ’”

Restore Us! (5: 19 -22) A fresh start comes from God alone.

Restore Us! (Lam. 5: 19) ”You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation. ”

Restore Us! (Lam. 5: 21) “Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old…”

A Fresh Start! Psalm 126 We have to trust in God’s timing.

A Fresh Start! Psalm 126: 4 Sometimes we are restored in dramatic, immediate ways.

A Fresh Start! Psalm 126: 5 -6 Other times we are restored gradually.

When God Gives a Fresh Start He restores lost time.

When God Gives a Fresh Start Joel 2: 25– “I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, My great army, which I sent among you. ”

When God Gives a Fresh Start He renews our life.

When God Gives a Fresh Start 2 Corinthians 5: 17 ff. – “…what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life

When God Gives a Fresh Start He fully completes His work.

A Fresh Start! Revelation 21: 3 -5 ”They’re His people, He’s their God. He’ll wipe every tear from their eyes. Death is gone for good—tears gone, crying gone, pain gone…”

What Now?

Make the Call on God to intervene.

Allow the Work Don’t make excuses.

Allow the Work Don’t get in the way.

Allow the Work Allow God to work in giving you a fresh start.

God can intervene and give you a fresh start. Just make the call and allow Him to work.

Lamentations 5 A Fresh Start