04-05-2026 • PM
FINDING HOPE
IN THE RUINS
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
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THE CONTEXT
586 B.C.
- Jerusalem is burning.
- Solomon’s temple is destroyed.
- The city is crushed under judgment.
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THE AFTERMATH
RUIN AND GRIEF
- Survivors chained for Babylon.
- Mocked by their captors.
- The bitter fruit of rebellion.
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THE PROPHET
SPEAKING FROM ASHES
- Jeremiah is not at a safe distance.
- He does not abandon truth.
- He remembers who God is.
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THESIS
THE ONLY ANCHOR
- When everything human collapses.
- God's mercy and faithfulness remain.
- The anchor that holds the soul.
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THE TEXT
A DECLARATION OF HOPE
"The Lord's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,"
Lamentations 3:22
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THE TEXT
UNFAILING COMPASSION
"for His compassions never fail."
Lamentations 3:22
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THE TEXT
FRESH MERCY
"They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."
Lamentations 3:23
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POINT 1
COVENANT MERCY REMAINS
- Jeremiah starts with God.
- He does not start with the crisis.
- Faith must look higher than ruin.
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POINT 1
NOT A SOFT LOVE
- This is covenant, loyal mercy.
- Rooted entirely in God's nature.
- Not weak, human sentiment.
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GEM: ḤESED
STEADFAST LOVE WITH STEEL IN ITS SPINE.
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POINT 1
JUDGMENT WAS REAL
- Jerusalem fell for a reason.
- The people rebelled against truth.
- God's holy warnings are true.
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POINT 1
MERCY WAS NOT GONE
- Compassion had not run dry.
- God remains who He is.
- Wrath is not the whole story.
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POINT 1
HOLY AND MERCIFUL
- Judgment does not erase mercy.
- Mercy does not excuse sin.
- God holds both perfectly.
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POINT 1
MERCY CONFRONTS US
- You are still breathing today.
- Truth is still speaking to you.
- Time remains to repent.
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APPLICATION
STOP TREATING DAYS AS IF THEY ARE OWED TO YOU.
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POINT 2
NEW EVERY MORNING
- God gives mercy day by day.
- Not a lifetime supply at once.
- He teaches us dependence.
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POINT 2
THE MANNA PRINCIPLE
- Israel gathered manna daily.
- Hoarded manna quickly rotted.
- We must look upward daily.
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POINT 2
NO STORED CERTAINTY
- We want earthly guarantees.
- We want peace in bulk.
- God demands daily trust.
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GEM: DAILY GRACE
YOU CANNOT FIGHT TOMORROW'S BATTLE WITH TODAY'S GRACE.
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POINT 2
HEAVY DAYS
- Mornings can bring intense pain.
- Grief and fear rise early.
- But mercy comes with the sun.
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POINT 2
UNBELIEVING CONTROL
- Anxiety tries to live in tomorrow.
- We choke on unassigned days.
- God supplies the present hour.
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APPLICATION
DROP THE BURDEN
- Repent of yesterday's sin.
- Stop borrowing tomorrow's panic.
- Walk in today's grace.
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POINT 3
UNCHANGING FAITHFULNESS
- The summit of Lamentations.
- The rock under the ruins.
- Our God does not shift.
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POINT 3
HUMAN FRAGILITY
- Kingdoms and nations fall.
- Wealth vanishes; bodies fail.
- Only the Creator remains.
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POINT 3
FALSE ANCHORS
- We often trust predictability.
- We rely heavily on routine.
- Ruin exposes this lie.
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GEM: EXPOSURE
RUIN EXPOSES WHAT YOU TRUSTED, BUT CANNOT ERASE GOD.
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POINT 3
NO VARIATION
- God does not fluctuate.
- Same in prosperity and pain.
- He cannot lie or fail.
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POINT 3
TRUE FAITHFULNESS
- Not a promise of easy lives.
- A promise that God is true.
- He keeps His covenant.
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APPLICATION
STAND ON THE ROCK
- Do not interpret God by the crisis.
- Interpret the crisis by God.
- Hold fast to the truth.
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CONCLUSION
MESSAGE OF THE ASHES
- When walls crack, God is faithful.
- When grief enters, God is faithful.
- Lift your eyes to Him.
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INVITATION
CALL TO THE LOST
- Earthly stability cannot save you.
- Divine judgment is real.
- Obey the Lord today.
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INVITATION
CALL TO THE DRIFTING
- Stop carrying secret sin.
- Return to the Father.
- Repent in brokenness.
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OBEDIENCE
STEPS OF SALVATION
- HEAR: Romans 10:17
- BELIEVE: John 8:24
- REPENT: Acts 17:30
- CONFESS: Romans 10:9-10
- BAPTISM: Acts 2:38
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THE FINAL WORD
IF YOU ARE STILL BREATHING, MERCY HAS NOT QUIT ON YOU YET.
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