Psalms 04: God Draws Near in Our Pain

Journeywomen

Hunter Beless

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Individual Lament Psalms: 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 25, 28, 31, 39, 42, 43, 55, 61, 64, 70, 71, 77, 86, 120, 141, 142 In this week’s episode, we're looking at the individual lament psalms, or those that express grief or sorrow to God. These psalms are weighty, but they offer us a beautiful example of how lament can lead us to hope. GET THE PSALMS READING PLAN FULL SHOW NOTES SERIES RESOURCES SPONSOR RESOURCES DISCUSSION QUESTIONS How does understanding God is near to you and hears you in your difficult circumstances bring you comfort? How might you practically remind yourself (or someone you love) that God is near in a current trial? When things are dark and difficult, do you feel comfortable crying out to God with your pain? Why or why not? How does Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection affect your suffering today? How do the psalms of lament help give you a language for your own prayers? FOR MORE Give to Journeywomen Ministries Listen on Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify Follow Us: Instagram | Facebook Leave a rating & review Interviews do not imply Journeywomen’s endorsement of all writings and positions of the interviewee or any other resources mentioned. On the Journeywomen podcast, we’ll come alongside you in the seasons and challenges of life to help you know and love God through his Word, to find your hope in the gospel, and to invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.

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0:53.2	On the Journey Women Podcast, we'll come alongside you in the seasons and challenges of life
0:57.6	to help you know and love God through His Word, find your hope in the gospel, and
1:01.2	invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission
1:04.2	for the glory of God. This is the fourth episode in our Psalms series. As we look at
1:09.6	these different types of Psalms, we have one main purpose to simply know and love God more through His word.
1:15.6	Our hope is that this time spent in the Psalms will help you see Christ more clearly as the
1:20.3	fulfillment and promise that all of scripture points to.
1:24.1	Each type of Psalm will impact you differently in various seasons of life.
1:28.6	So when we find ourselves stumbling through the different parts of the book of Psalms,
1:32.3	be encouraged. We are going to get to the
1:34.7	gospel and we will grow in our love for Christ as a result of our digging by his
1:40.1	grace. Just as the Bible tells God's big story of redemption, so too the Psalms point us to this story.
1:47.0	Unlike our usual interviews, this episode will have more of a devotional format with the hope of helping you orient yourself to God and
1:54.7	his word wherever you are today.
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