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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:33 not because his Father hated him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:33 Click to listen to this devotion. 33 For he does not willingly afflictor cause grief to the sons of men. The Jews struggling under the first cross understood– or at least this prophet understood– that the Lord God is not delighted when he brings suffering or strife to people. Even […]
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:32 Grief, compassion, and mercy
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:32 Click to listen to this devotion. 32 Although he brings grief, he will show compassion–so great is his mercy. This verse shows that among at least some of the exiles, there was still faith, or that faith had been rekindled in their hearts. Consider those who were not in Babylon– […]
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:31 Not rejected forever
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:31 Click to listen to this devotion. 31 For we are not rejected by the Lord forever. Those who carried the cross of the Jewish exiles looked forward to the second cross of Christ, even though they did not know it would be a cross. They had the promise of God […]
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:28-30 Let him offer his cheek
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:28-30 Click to listen to this devotion. 28 Let him sit alone and be silentsince the LORD has laid this on him.29 Let him bury his face in the dust.Perhaps there is still hope.30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,and let him have his fill of […]
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:25-27 The soul that seeks
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:25-27 Click to listen to this devotion. 25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him,to the soul that seeks him.26 It is good to wait quietlyfor the salvation of the LORD.27 It is good for a manthat he has lifted the yoke since his youth. Under the first […]
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:21-24 Jesus, refuge of the weary
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:21-24 Click to listen to this devotion. 21 Yet I keep this in mind and therefore I have hope:22 Because of the LORD’s mercy we are not consumed.His compassions do not fail,23 they are new every morning.Great is your faithfulness.24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,“therefore I will wait […]
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:17-20 The Second Adam
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:17-20 Click to listen to this devotion. 17 You deprived my soul of peace.I have forgotten what happiness is.18 So I say, “My endurance is goneand my hope from the LORD as well.”19 Remember my poverty and my wandering,the wormwood and the gall.20 My soul remembers them well,and it is humbled […]
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:16 Ground teeth, ashes, and all
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:16 Click to listen to this devotion. 16 He has ground my teeth with gravel.He has made me cower in ashes. This unusual verse may show a peculiar trouble for the Jews in Babylon. This can have two meanings: either to force one to “eat dirt” literally or figuratively. But the […]
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:13-15 Wash your face
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:13-15 Click to listen to this devotion. 13 He shot me in the heart with arrows from his quiver.14 I was the laughingstock of all my people;they mock me in song all day long.15 He made me eat my fill with bitter herbsand forced me to drink gall. The bow and […]
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:10-12 A dove on distant oaks
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:10-12 Click to listen to this devotion. 10 He is like a bear lying in wait for me;like a lion in hiding.11 He dragged me from the path and tore me apart.He left me without help.12 He strung his bowand made me the target for his arrow. These verses tell the […]
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:7-9 Walled up and walled in
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:7-9 Click to listen to this devotion. 7 He has walled me in, so I cannot get out.He has weighed me down with chains.8 Even when I call out or cry for help,he shuts out my prayer.9 He has walled off my road with blocks of stone.He has twisted my paths. […]
God’s Word for You – Lamentations 3:4-6 Christ in the grave
GOD’S WORD FOR YOULAMENTATIONS 3:4-6 Click to listen to this devotion. 4 He has worn out my skin and my fleshand has shattered my bones.5 He has besieged meand surrounded me with poison and hardship.6 He has made me dwell in darknesslike those who are dead a long time. In these verses, the terrible cross […]
