Crying Out to God - Part 1 (Lamentations 1:1-11)

SERMON NOTES

Sermon Series: Liturgy of Lament

Sermon Title: Crying Out to God - Part 1

Sermon Text: Lamentations 1:1-11

A Description of What He Sees and Hears (v1-11)

1. He Sees Her Fall (v1-2)

2. He Sees Her Abandonment (v3-5)

3. He Sees Her Affliction (v6-10)

4. He Hears Her Plea (v11)

What we know to be true and certain:

• God sees our suffering and hears our cries (Exodus 3:7)

• God grieves our suffering (John 11:35)

• God is present with us in our suffering (2 Corinthians 1:3-4)

• God will bring an end to our suffering (Revelation 21:4)