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Sermon outline on hope
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Lamentations 3:21
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
✦ Understand this verseיָחַל
yâchal · Hebrew · H3176
- In this verse
- hope
- What it means
- to wait
- How the King James translates it
- hope19waited6wait5
Appears in 41 verses · See them all in the app
Sermon outline
Sermon title
Hope that is new every morning
Main idea
Even among the ruins, the believer’s hope rests on God’s character: his mercy does not run out.
Text
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:19-26 · Read the chapter →
Introduction
Lamentations was written over the ruins of Jerusalem. In the middle of the book the prophet describes his own pain — and then turns, remembering who God is.
1. Remembering the pain without staying there
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Lamentations 3:19-20 · Read the chapter →
The prophet does not hide his affliction: he remembers it, and his soul is bowed down. Biblical faith does not deny pain; it brings it before God.
Application: Tell God honestly what has been weighing your soul down.
2. Calling something else to mind
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:21-23 · Read the chapter →
Then he decides to call something else to mind: the LORD’s mercies do not fail, they are new every morning, and great is his faithfulness. Hope begins with what we choose to think about.
Application: Write down three memories of God’s faithfulness in your life.
3. Waiting quietly
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:25-26 · Read the chapter →
The LORD is good to those who wait for him, and it is good to wait quietly for his salvation. Hope does not rush God; it trusts his timing.
Application: Trade anxiety for active waiting: pray, and keep doing what is right.
Conclusion
Jerusalem was still in ruins when the prophet wrote these words. Hope does not depend on the scenery changing first: it depends on God still being who he is. And he is.