Great is Thy Faithfulness

SERIES: HONEY, HAMMER, AND HOPE

MESSAGE: Great is Thy Faithfulness

TEXT: Lamentations 3:19–41

DATE: November 10, 2024

MESSAGE BY: Pastor Tim Lewis

  1. God’s discipline.

    1. Painful. (Lam. 3:1)

    2. Purposeful. (Lam. 3:1b)
      (Prov. 10:13; 13:24; 23:13–14; Ps. 89:30–34)

    3. Personal. (Lam. 3:3–9, 11, 12, 15)

  2. God’s faithful love. (Vv. 22–24)

    1. Never ending. (Ps. 103:17)

    2. New daily. (Isa. 33:2; Ps. 36:5)

    3. Great. (V. 23) (Ps. 108:4)

    4. Good. (Vv. 25–26) (Joel 2:13; Micah 7:18; Titus 3:5)

  3. Our response.

    1. Wait on the Lord. (Vv. 25–26)

    2. Examine and probe our ways. (V. 40) (Ps. 139:23–24)

    3. Repent of our sins and confess our sins. (V. 40b)
      (1 John 1:9)

    4. Worship God’s authority. (V. 41)

    5. Call on the name of the Lord. (Lam. 3:55–57)

    6. Trust in the Lord. (Lam. 3:64–66)

Take-Aways:

  1. We live in a world of suffering and sorrow.

  2. God uses suffering for His purpose and our good.

  3. God’s love is never ending.

  4. God’s grace is sufficient.

  5. Am I living rightly before God?

  6. Am I trusting in the Lord today?

Tim Lewis

Tim has served as the senior pastor of Bethel for over 30 years. He is passionate about preaching the Gospel and loves this church dearly. Tim and his wife Cristie have four adult children and many grandchildren.

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