Strength For Today 1 - Purpose out of Pain Evergreen Christian Community

Big Idea: Lament Introduces Purpose out of Pain.

1. WHAT’S HAPPENING?
Lamentations 1:1-11
Hebrews 5:7

2. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 
Colossians 3:17

“We live in a world that is beyond our control, and life is in a constant flux of change. So we have a decision to make: keep trying to control a storm that is not going to go away or start learning how to live within the rain.” - Glenn Pemberton, Hurting with God

James 1:2
Psalm 88:1-2

3. GOD PROMISES, AND GOD REDEEMS 

Jeremiah 7:3-11
Jeremiah 6:10
Genesis 3:15

Response: 
• There is participation in the pain.
• Hold on to hope 
• Find compassion in the constant God 


DISCOVERY BIBLE STUDY
► Connection questions:

1. What are you thankful for?

2. What is a challenge you are facing?

3. How did you do with last week’s “I will” statement?

► Have at least one member of the group restate the passage in their own words

► Individual answers to five questions:

1. What stands out to you?

2. What does this passage tell us about people?

3. What does this passage tell us about God?

4. Based on the passage, what is one thing I could do differently starting now and what would happen if I did? (each person commits to their action for one week using an “I will…” statement)

5. Who are you going to tell about what you discovered? (each person commits to having that conversation before the next meeting)