OUR DAILY BREAD 18 JULY 2020 MINISTRIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL — When the Splendor Is Gone
Our Daily Bread Ministries Daily Devotional
OUR DAILY BREAD 18 JULY 2020 MINISTRIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL
( Saturday 18 July 2020 )
TOPIC: When the Splendor Is Gone
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Bible in a Year:
Psalms 20–22
Acts 21:1–17
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
Lamentations 3:22
Today’s Scripture & Insight:
Lamentations 3:13–24
OUR DAILY BREAD 18 JULY 2020 MINISTRIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL
MESSAGE:
I can never recapture the splendor that was our daughter Melissa. Fading from my memory are those wonderful times when we watched her joyfully playing high school volleyball.
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And it’s sometimes hard to remember the shy smile of contentment that crossed her face when we were doing family activities. Her death at age seventeen dropped a curtain on the joy of her presence.
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In the book of Lamentations, Jeremiah’s words show he understood that the heart can be punctured. “My splendor is gone,” he said, “and all that I had hoped from the Lord” (3:18). His situation was far different from yours and mine. He had preached God’s judgment, and he saw Jerusalem defeated. The splendor was gone because he felt defeated (v. 12), isolated (v. 14), and abandoned by God (vv. 15–20).
OUR DAILY BREAD 18 JULY 2020 MINISTRIES DEVOTIONAL
But that’s not the end of his story. Light shined through. Jeremiah, burdened and broken, stammered out “I have hope” (v. 21)—hope that comes from realizing that “because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed” (v. 22). And here is just what we need to remember when the splendor is gone: God’s “compassions never fail. They are new every morning” (vv. 22–23).
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Even in our darkest days, God’s great faithfulness shines through.
By: Dave Branon
OUR DAILY BREAD 18 JULY 2020 MINISTRIES DEVOTIONAL
Reflect & Pray
How has God encouraged you when you felt hopeless? How might He want you to use that to encourage others?
Thank You, Father, that You’re the God of compassion. Even while I walk through the valley of darkness, morning will follow as I remember Your compassion and Your faithfulness.
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