The Eternal Reign of God (Lamentations 5:19–23)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 28 August 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Lamentations 5:19–23, David Platt reminds Christians that God will eternally reign over everything. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net. Lamentations chapter 5 verses 19 through 23.
0:08.3	But you, O Lord, reign forever. Your throne endures to all generations. Why do you forget us forever?
0:15.3	Why do you forsake us for so many days? Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored.
0:22.4	Renew our days as of old, unless you have utterly rejected us, and you remain exceedingly angry
0:28.5	with us.
0:29.4	Wow, what an ending to this book.
0:32.1	As Jeremiah lifts up his voice, saying, you, O Lord, reign forever.
0:36.6	Your throne endures to all generations.
0:39.1	Your kingdom reigns forever. Nothing can stop you. The only thing that matters then is our relationship
0:46.2	to you. So Jeremiah cries out, God, please restore us to yourself. And this is something only God can do.
0:53.0	The voice here is passive, that we may be restored.
0:57.9	God, do this in our lives. Renew and restore us. Oh, do you see it? God, the Lord, who reigns forever,
1:08.0	whose throne endures through all generations. God is our only hope. In our lives,
1:15.5	and our families, in our churches, and our countries, among the nations, God is our only hope
1:22.3	in everything, in everything that is on your heart and mind, and everything that you are carrying in your life,
1:28.8	and everything that you face today or tomorrow or the next day, in all of it, God is your only hope.
1:35.7	God is my only hope. He is our only hope. And so we pray. Just think of all the things going on in
1:42.2	your life right now, and let's lift them up before the Lord. God, you are our only hope. You are our only hope for wisdom, for help, for peace, for comfort, for guidance, for strength, for everything. God, we have nothing apart from you. You are our only hope. You are the Lord of hosts.
2:04.0	You reign forever. Your throne endures throughout all generations. For all of eternity, you will be our
2:09.7	only hope. And we praise you for the hope we find in you, for the security and strength that are found
2:17.0	in you, for the peace and comfort that are found in you, for the peace and comfort that are found
2:19.6	in you, for the joy that's endless, the fountain of satisfaction that's found in you. And so we pray,
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