Afflictions

Lamentations 3:25 – 3:40 (commentary)

God’s people needed to develop the proper attitude toward their afflictions. Jeremiah gave them seven principles to go by:Affliction should be endured with hope of God’s salvation (vv. 25-30).Affliction is only temporary and is tempered by God’s compassion and love (vv. 31-32).Go …

Psalms 119:65 – 119:72 (commentary)

The writer in this passage stresses a determination to keep the Word (vv. 65-72). God is good all the time. The emphasis in the first two verses (vv. 65-66) is on what is good in the life of the believer. God does what is good because God is good and because what He does is accor …