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Summer in the Psalms
4. A People of Lament
Message Outline
Psalm 137:1-6 (NIV)
¹ By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.
2 There on the poplars
we hung our harps,
3 for there our captors asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord
while in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.
6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem
my highest joy.
The Church is a people who declare God’s praise…
I will praise your name for ever and ever… One generation commends your works to another.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:9–10 (NIV)
How does the Church worship in crisis?
Lament:
Together
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, v. 1-2
Authentically
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept…
Focused on Christ
If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. v.5
