{"id":7328,"date":"2020-10-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7328"},"modified":"2020-10-09T01:04:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T01:04:49","slug":"great-is-thy-faithfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7328","title":{"rendered":"Great is The Faithfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Great is Thy Faithfulness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy soul still remembers And sinks within me. This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. Through the LORD\u2019s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. \u201cThe LORD is my portion,\u201d says my soul, \u201cTherefore I hope in Him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u202d\u202dLamentations\u202c \u202d3:20-24\u202c \u202d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you ever have a &#8220;sinking feeling?&#8221; What is a sinking feeling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dictionary.com defines it as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&#8220;A feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; &#8220;with a sinking heart&#8221;; &#8220;a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A feeling of dread&#8230; Recent events can leave us with a sinking feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeremiah, in the book of Lamentations, has a sinking feeling&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My soul still remembers and sinks within me.&#8221; Lamentations 3:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeremiah is witnessing God&#8217;s wrath being poured out on His people. There is famine, destruction and loss if lives. There seems to be no hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sinking feeling&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Jeremiah doesn&#8217;t give up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. Through the LORD\u2019s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u202d\u202dLamentations\u202c \u202d3:21-22\u202c \u202d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He starts to think of God&#8217;s merciful nature. &#8220;Through His mercies we are not consumed.&#8221; (v.21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God is leaving a remnant. He is not finished with Israel, His chosen people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why are they not consumed? Because God is a compassionate God. (v.22)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeremiah says about God&#8217;s mercies: &#8220;They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u202d\u202dLamentations\u202c \u202d3:23\u202c \u202d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our God is a faithful God. We can always rely on Him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can feel Jeremiah&#8217;s spirits rising as he says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe LORD is my portion,\u201d says my soul, \u201cTherefore I hope in Him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u202d\u202dLamentations\u202c \u202d3:24\u202c \u202d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the weight of the world is on your shoulders, and you have that sinking feeling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;1. God is merciful. The psalmist said &#8220;Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven! For His mercy endures forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u202d\u202dPsalms\u202c \u202d136:26\u202c \u202d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>His compassions fail not.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.&#8221;. Psalm 116:5<\/li><li>God is faithful. \u201cTherefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;\u201d Deuteronomy\u202c \u202d7:9\u202c \u202d<\/li><li>God is good.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cThe LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.\u201d Lamentations\u202c \u202d3:25\u202c \u202d<\/li><li>THIS WON&#8217;T LAST FOREVER! &#8220;For the Lord will not cast off forever. Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.\u201d Lamentations\u202c \u202d3:31-32&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;\u202dJeremiah knows the Lord will bring His people home again one day. Though things look bleak, he has hope. He keeps God first in his life.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;The LORD is my portion,\u201d says my soul, \u201cTherefore I hope in Him!&#8221;.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Lamentations\u202c \u202d3:24\u202c \u202d<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, remember this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u202d\u202dPsalms\u202c \u202d30:5\u202c \u202d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Night will end, the sun will shine and joy will come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">God is faithful!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great is Thy Faithfulness \u201cMy soul still remembers And sinks within me. 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