A Sacred Sorrow Experience Guide : Reaching Out to God in the Lost Language of Lament.

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Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Week One: Vocabulary and Concepts; Day 1: Wilderness "Worth-ship"; Day 2: Presence; Day 3: Hesed; Day 4: Formula of Remembrance; Day 5: Vav Adversative; Week Two: Job: A Frustrated Lamenter; Day 1: The Story: Job 1:1-2:10; Day 2: Three Friends: Job 2:11-13; Day 3: First Lament: Job 3; Day 4: Second and Third Lament: Job 6:1-7:21; 10:1-22; Day 5: Speaking the Language of Lament for Yourself; Week Three: Job: The Completion of The Equation; Day 1: Fourth Lament: Job 13:17-14:22; Day 2: Fifth Lament: Job 29:1-31:40.

Day 3: The Divine Questions: Job 38:1-40:2 42:7-9; Day 4: The Costly Vision: Job 9:33-35; 16:19-21; 19:25-27; Day 5: Speaking the Language of Lament for Yourself; Week Four: David: A Life Fashioned for Lament; Day 1: A Future King: 1 Samuel 16; Day 2: A Lament for an Enemy and a Friend: 2 Samuel 1; Day 3: A Lament Beyond Words: 2 Samuel 18; Day 4: A Brief Introduction to David's Lament Psalms; Day 5: Speaking the Language of Lament for Yourself; Week Five: David: Composer of Lament; Day 1: "How Long?": Psalm 13; Day 2: A Lament of Repentance: Psalm 51; 2 Samuel 11-12.

Day 3: From Confidence to Doubt: Psalm 27Day 4: "Why?": Psalm 22; Day 5: Speaking the Language of Lament for Yourself; Week Six: Jeremiah: A Difficult Hope; Day 1: A Costly Call: Jeremiah 1; Day 2: A Cruel King: Jeremiah 36; Day 3: The Cost of the Call: Jeremiah 37-38; 40:1-6; Day 4: A Nightmare Come True: Jeremiah 39; 52; Day 5 Speaking the Language of Lament for Yourself; Week Seven: The Lamentations of Jeremiah: The View From a Cave; Day 1: A Lonely, Weeping Widow: Lamentations 1; Day 2: When God Is Your Enemy: Lamentations 2; Day 3: The Pain Becomes Personal: Lamentations 3.

Day 4: A Supremely Sickening Vision: Lamentations 4-5Day 5: Speaking the Language of Lament for Yourself; Week Eight: Jesus: All Things Come Together; Day 1: Hesed Infleshed: John 1:1-14; Day 2: Enemy Love: Luke 6:27-36; Day 3: Another Weeping Prophet: Luke 13:34-35; 19:41-44; Day 4: Lament and the Meal: Luke 22:14-38; John 13; Day 5 Speaking the Language of Lament for Yourself; Week Nine: Jesus: The Man of Sorrows; Day 1: Crossing the Line in the Garden: Luke 22:39-46; Day 2: The God-Forsaken God: Matthew 27:45-46; Day 3: Job's Vision Realized; Day 4: The Voice of David's Lament.

Day 5: Speaking the Language of Lament for YourselfWeek Ten: Conclusions; Day 1: The Key to Renewed Presence: Genesis 3; Day 2: The Sweet Scroll: Ezekiel 2:9-3:3; Day 3: Lamenting the Thorns: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Day 4: The End of Lament: Revelation 7:17; 21:3-5; Day 5: Looking Back to See How Far We've Come; Annotated Bibliography; Author.

With this Bible study, you and your small group can fully grasp the importance of voicing your heart's joys and pains to the Father. Job, David, Jeremiah, and Jesus Himself understood the necessity of lament.