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Adam Carver, a businessman and pastor from the United Kingdom is with us in this episode. Everyone goes through demanding seasons. Recent times have been tough.
But are we aware of the Kingdom Dynamic of lamenting? It is a robust interior process that can release us into new seasons and spaces in our journey with Christ.
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Adam Carver
Resources
Dare to Hope In God: How to Lament Well (Desiring God article). We don’t stop crying after birth. It continues because the world is broken. While tears and sorrow are part of our humanity, there is an often-neglected prayer language in the Bible for our travels through a broken world: lament.
How to Write Your Own Psalm of Lament (Vineyard Church Ann Arbor) This is interesting. Craft your own Psalm of Lament using Psalm 4 as a template.
God Is Supremely Faithful Via His Word with Jon Bloom (Jesus Smart podcast episode 290)
Scripture
The inspired Scriptures stand above all other literature and writing. They are full of the life and Spirit of God. To read, meditate, proclaim, and pray the Scriptures releases the potential of God in our personal world and the world we influence.
Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,Because His compassions fail not.They are new every morning;Great is Your faithfulness.“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,“Therefore I hope in Him!”The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,To the soul who seeks Him.It is good that one should hope and wait quietlyFor the salvation of the Lord.
Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods. Know that the Lord has set apart his faithful servant for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him.
Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the Lord.
Many, Lord, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?” Let the light of your face shine on us. Fill my heart with joy when their grain and new wine abound. In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.
Psalms of individual complaint: Psalm 3, 5–7, 13, 17, 22, 25-28, 32, 38, 39, 42, 43, 51, 54-57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 69–71, 86, 88, 102, 109, 120, 130, and 140-43.
Psalms of communal complaint: Psalm 44, 74, 79, 80, 83, and 89.