Daily Reading: Lamentations 1-3 & 1 John1
Old Testament: Lamentations 1 – The Good Old Days
Lamentations 1:7
“In the days of her affliction and roaming, Jerusalem remembers all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old.”
Lamentations is a book of mourning that has been compared to a funeral durge. Jeremiah…Read More
Lamentations 2 – For the Kids
Lamentations 2:19
“Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him for the life of your young children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street.”
As Jeremiah looked out over the rubble that was once the city of Jerusalem, his eyes welled up with tears. A nation that was designed to honor and glorify the Lord, was now …Read More
Lamentations 3 – Renewable Energy
Lamentations 3:22-23
“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.”
Life is filled with things that run out. Many of us have had …Read More
New Testament: 1 John 1 – Walking in the Light
1 John 1:5
“This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.”
Light is used to illustrate holiness. John is declaring that God is perfectly holy and without sin. This creates a problem, since we are all sinners. In this text, John explains how sinful people can have a relationship with a holy God. In the opening verses… Read More
