Read devotions written by Hope pastors and staff every weekday that align with our daily Bible readings! We hope you use these devotions as a way to dig deeper into Scripture during the weekdays and join us for worship on the weekends to continue growing in your faith.
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People often find reading Lamentations to be a difficult and depressing experience. For more than five long chapters the prophet Jeremiah pours out his grief over the people of Judah—grief over their deportation to Babylon and the destruction of Jerusalem, their ancient capitol city. In chapter four Jeremiah reflects on the extreme suffering and despair… Read more
There are times in our lives when we just need to cry out to God. When friends turn against us … when things don’t seem to go our way, or when we have been walking in a valley for what feels like a very, very long time, we sometimes just want to sit down and… Read more
“The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.” Lamentations 3:22-23 This verse is one of the most often recited verses in all of the Bible. Hymn writers turn these words into melodies for worship. The first 20 verses of Lamentations 3, however, are hard to… Read more
Have you ever experienced firsthand brokenness or pain? Maybe it was brought on by the heartbreaking injustice of the world—the feeling of hopelessness that you cannot do anything about the pain and suffering in the world. When reading Lamentations 2, I am reminded of the horrible things that happen in this world. Lamentations teaches us that feeling emotions are important. Processing… Read more
