The book of Lamentations is not exactly the most “upbeat” book in the Bible. In fact, it’s quite depressing…because in it, the author laments bitterly over Judah’s lost condition in Babylonian captivity. Yet, sad as it is, the writer also has something positive to say! He emphatically affirms, “The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness” (3:22-23). You might recognize these words from a song we often sing about our God entitled “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”! Despite all his mournful lamentations, the writer must also confess…
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AM Sermon
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ETERNITY IN THE HEART
(Guy Roberson)
Solomon said that God set eternity in the hearts of men (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Solomon experienced every earthly pleasure possible and made this tremendous statement. “Eternity” refers to a deep abiding awareness of something beyond this life. In every human soul is a God-given awareness that there is “something more” than the darkness of this world. Michael Eaton said, “Our consciousness of God is part of our nature, and the suppression of it is part of our sin.” Mankind hungers for something that cannot be supplied by this…
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One of my heroes was Tom Landry from Mission, Texas. In WWII he flew thirty missions as a B-17 pilot. He later coached the Dallas Cowboys for twenty-nine seasons. Tom was a God fearing man, who would arrive at Texas Stadium just before a Sunday game… always after teaching a bible class at his church. I was blessed to meet him at a business banquet in 1994. He was quiet, unassuming, and tried not to be noticed… not possible! At the podium these were the first words he spoke from memory… from his heart:
"Do you not know that…
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