Lamentations

Israel-Palestine War Expanded

Leave a Comment / Devotionals, Lamentations, Learning to Love the Truth, Lessons Learned, Look Up for Your Redemption Draws Near, Loving Your Neighbor as Yourself, Surveying the Scriptures, When You're Depleted / LK / October 14, 2023

UpheavalChaosTurmoilBickeringFightingHatredAttacksTaking sidesDangerWarStabbingsShootingsExplosionsVideosScreamingPainBloodRageDestructionDeathFalse ReportsFalse PropheciesTwisting the truthTelling lies We are seeing a war in Israel right now. Hamas staged an unprecedented attack against Israel and broke through the walls from Gaza. They had planned it for some time. Many of the countries on earth have taken sides. Russia has spoken up against Israel and the US

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Tears Can Be a Form of Prayer

Leave a Comment / Devotionals, Lamentations, Learning to Love the Truth, Lessons Learned, Look Up for Your Redemption Draws Near, When You're Depleted / LK / September 23, 2023

God can hear tearsHe knows all of our thoughts and our concernsWhen we cry, or cry unto Him, hoping He can hear us and understand and help us He hears, He listens and help from Him is on the wayIf we cry because we can’t talk when we are so upset and words cannot come

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Having Done all to Stand

Leave a Comment / Devotionals, Lamentations, Learning to Love the Truth, Lessons Learned, Look Up for Your Redemption Draws Near, When You're Depleted / LK / September 4, 2023

Sometimes prayers take a while to get answered. You know what they say, God’s Timing. God is working behind the scenes. He is not as concerned with the surface as we are. You know the surface, what you feel, see and touch, the natural circumstances. God is always looking deeper. God looks at our heart,

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The Friend

Leave a Comment / Devotionals, Lamentations, Learning to Love the Truth, Lessons Learned, Understanding the Scriptures / LK / June 24, 2023

A new friendA few months, just long enough to get to know someone well enoughShe seemed niceShe was complimentaryShe seemed to like meI noticed hatred in her heart as she spokeShe told me of hurts she had endured and spoke of the hatred she hadShe said she could never forgiveI tried to let her know

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Jesus has Overcome the World

Leave a Comment / Devotionals, Lamentations, Learning to Love the Truth, Lessons Learned, Understanding the Scriptures / LK / March 2, 2023

These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 My go-to scripture when things are awry in my life is:And we know that all things work together for good to them

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Keeping Your Mind on Jesus

Leave a Comment / Devotionals, Lamentations, Learning to Love the Truth, Lessons Learned, Understanding the Scriptures / LK / October 16, 2022

I couldn’t focus on Jesus this morningI was trying, and other things kept coming to my mindI was trying to pray and not being successfulIt was like I brought my situations and was trying to give them to the Lord, but instead of thinking of Him, I was trying to figure this out and that

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Is your soul vexed?

Leave a Comment / Devotionals, Lamentations, Learning to Love the Truth, Lessons Learned, Understanding the Scriptures / LK / July 6, 2022

Is your soul vexed? Sometimes it feels that wayThis world is difficult to walk inWe must carry our crosses along the narrow roadUp hills and down valleysWith the Lord at the end, keeping our eye on the prizeIt seems there are so many obstacles and trials and tribulationsBe of good cheer, Jesus said, I have

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Methuselah

Leave a Comment / Devotionals, Lamentations, Lessons Learned, Understanding the Scriptures / LK / July 1, 2022

I was just minding my own business,doing what I do and his name, Methuselah, came to me.I wondered who he was and what I might learn about Godand how God allowed him to be known in the bible.We can always learn something about God by his interaction with any character in the bible.The way God

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Refiner’s Fire

Leave a Comment / Devotionals, Lamentations, Learning to Love the Truth, Lessons Learned, Understanding the Scriptures / LK / June 9, 2022

Part of the purification of the church, making His bride ready:That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. Ephesians 5:27 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as

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Tears

Leave a Comment / Devotionals, Lamentations, Learning to Love the Truth, Lessons Learned, Understanding the Scriptures / LK / June 1, 2022

Those that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Psalm 126:5 Job knew the Lord regarded his tears:My friends scorn me; but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. Job 16:20 Tears of frustration:When you want to obey but you don’t know which decision to make.The answer is not yet quite clear. Tears of prayer:Turn

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