23/08/2026
HOW CAN WE FIND PEACE WITHOUT THE NEED OF SEEKING REVENGE? (LAMENTATIONS 3:64-66)
AUGUST 23, 2026
SUNDAY WORSHIP CELEBRATION
“THE LORD IS GOOD!” (NAHUM 1:7)
Intro Worship Video — Song Credits (Background):
– Famous One (Chris Tomlin) © Capitol CMG
– Kindness (Steven Curtis Chapman) © Sony / SESAC
– Hope — Lux-Inspira (licensed via Canva audio library)
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Full sermon notes + scriptures in pinned comment.
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LESSON:
HOW CAN WE FIND PEACE WITHOUT THE NEED OF SEEKING REVENGE? (LAMENTATIONS 3:64-66)
LAMENTATIONS 3:64
“PAY THEM BACK, LORD, FOR ALL THE EVIL THEY HAVE DONE.” (NLT)
LAMENTATIONS 3:40
“WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THE WAY WE ARE LIVING AND TURN BACK TO THE LORD.” (CEV)
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THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS
WRITTEN BY JEREMIAH SOON AFTER THE DEFEAT AND CAPTIVITY OF JERUSALEM BY THE BABYLONIANS IN 586 B.C.
JERUSALEM’S SINS AND DISOBEDIENCE MADE HER CAPTIVE AND A SLAVE.
LAMENTATIONS 1:8 – “JERUSALEM HAS SINNED SO MUCH THAT EVERYONE WHO USED TO HONOR IT NOW DESPISES IT.”
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RECAP – AUGUST 9, 2026 (SUNDAY)
HOW DO WE BRING BACK HOPE INTO OUR LIVES? (LAMENTATIONS 3:1-24)
POWER OF RIGHT FOCUS.
ANCHOR OF FAITHFUL LOVE.
PROMISE OF FRESH MERCY.
DECISION TO CLAIM OUR INHERITANCE.
PSALM 16:5 – “LORD, YOU ALONE ARE MY INHERITANCE, MY CUP OF BLESSING. YOU GUARD ALL THAT IS MINE.”
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RECAP – AUGUST 13, 2026 (THURSDAY)
HOW DO WE SURRENDER COMPLETE CONTROL OF OUR PROBLEMS TO GOD? (LAMENTATIONS 3:19-39)
SURRENDER YOUR …
‘STORY’ TO GOD’S FAITHFULNESS.
‘VOICE’ TO GOD’S GOODNESS.
‘WILL’ TO GOD’S JUSTICE.
EXODUS 14:14 – “THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU; YOU NEED ONLY TO BE STILL.”
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RECAP – AUGUST 16, 2026 (SUNDAY)
HOW DO WE RETURN TO GOD WHEN WE LOST OUR WAY? (LAMENTATIONS 3:40-58)
LOOK INWARD (SELF-EXAMINATION).
REACH UPWARD (REPENTANCE).
CRY OUTWARD (HEARTBROKEN).
STAND HEAVENWARD (GOD IS NEAR).
PSALM 145:18 – “THE LORD IS NEAR TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIM IN TRUTH.”
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RECAP – AUGUST 20, 2026 (THURSDAY)
WHO WILL ‘RIGHT’ THE ‘WRONGS’ DONE TO US? GOD’S JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL! (LAMENTATIONS 3:58-66)
THE SECRETS SEEN BY GOD.
THE SURRENDER OF SEEKING REVENGE.
THE SURE SOWING AND REAPING.
THE SUPREME VICTORY OVER EVIL.
“GOD WILL BRING SUFFERING ON THOSE WHO MAKE YOU SUFFER.” (2 THESS. 1:6)
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TODAY – AUGUST 23, 2026 (SUNDAY)
HOW CAN WE FIND PEACE WITHOUT THE NEED OF SEEKING REVENGE? (LAMENTATIONS 3:64-66)
I. FOUR BIBLICAL TRUTHS.
II. FOUR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
III. FOUR THINGS ABOUT FORGIVENESS.
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I. FOUR BIBLICAL TRUTHS (LAMENTATIONS 3:64-66)
4P – PERCEIVE. PENALTY. PUNISHMENT. PROTECTION.
WE CAN FIND PEACE BY SURRENDERING OUR HURTS TO GOD, KNOWING HIS PERFECT JUSTICE WILL VINDICATE US, WITHOUT US NEEDING TO SEEK REVENGE.
1) PERCEIVED ACTIONS ARE RECORDED.
V. 64 – “PAY THEM BACK, LORD, FOR ALL THE EVIL THEY HAVE DONE.” (NLT)
ECCLESIASTES 12:14 – “FOR GOD WILL JUDGE US FOR EVERYTHING WE DO, INCLUDING EVERY SECRET THING, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD.” (NLT)
2) PENALTY BELONGS TO GOD.
V. 65 – “GIVE THEM HARD HEARTS AND LET YOUR CURSE FALL ON THEM!” (NLT)
PROVERBS 20:22 – “DON’T SAY, ‘I WILL GET EVEN FOR THIS WRONG.’ WAIT FOR THE LORD TO HANDLE THE MATTER.” (NLT)
3) PUNISHMENT IS UNDENIABLY SURE.
V. 66 – “LORD, CHASE THEM DOWN IN YOUR ANGER, DESTROYING THEM FROM BENEATH THE HEAVENS.” (NLT)
NAHUM 1:3 – “THE LORD IS SLOW TO GET ANGRY, BUT HIS POWER IS GREAT, AND HE NEVER LETS THE GUILTY GO UNPUNISHED.” (NLT)
4) PROTECTION IS DIVINE SECURITY.
V. 64-66 CONTEXT: JEREMIAH’S PLEA FOR DELIVERANCE FROM OPPRESSION OF JERUSALEM’S ENEMIES.
PSALM 9:9 – “THE LORD IS A SHELTER FOR THE OPPRESSED, A REFUGE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.” (NLT)
DO NOT LET BITTERNESS CONSUME YOU WHEN PEOPLE TREAT YOU UNFAIRLY.
PLACE YOUR HURTS INTO THE HANDS OF OUR GOD, BECAUSE HE ALWAYS HAS THE FINAL WORD.
2 THESSALONIANS 3:3 – “BUT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL, HE WILL STRENGTHEN YOU AND PROTECT YOU FROM THE EVIL ONE.”
II. FOUR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
1) DROP THE GRUDGE.
STOP REPLAYING BETRAYALS IN YOUR MIND, AND CONSCIOUSLY HAND THE SITUATION OVER TO GOD’S ‘COURTROOM’.
2) ‘LOG OFF’ THE DRAMA.
AVOID THE URGE TO ‘BLAST’ PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR SEND A WOUNDING TEXT MESSAGE WHEN YOU’RE WRONGED.
3) REST IN QUIET PEACE.
TRUST THAT GOD SEES THE HIDDEN TEARS, OR UNFAIR RUMORS, MEANING YOU DO NOT HAVE TO EXHAUST YOURSELF DEFENDING YOUR NAME.
4) PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMIES.
SHIFT YOUR FOCUS FROM WISHING FOR THE IMMEDIATE DESTRUCTION TO PRAYING THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THEIR ACTIONS BEFORE FACING GOD’S FINAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
III. FOUR THINGS ABOUT FORGIVENESS:
EPHESIANS 4:32 – “BE KIND TO EACH OTHER, TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER, JUST AS GOD THROUGH CHRIST HAS FORGIVEN YOU.” (NLT)
1) FORGIVE YOUR FAMILY.
2) FORGIVE OTHERS (EVERYONE).
3) FORGIVE YOURSELF.
4) IF YOU HURT ANYONE, APOLOGIZE!
THERE IS STILL HOPE!
JERUSALEM WAS GIVEN ‘ENOUGH TIME’ TO ‘REPENT’ FROM HER SINS BUT SHE DID NOT, SO SHE EXPERIENCED JUDGMENT!
BUT IF THERE IS GENUINE REPENTANCE, THEN THERE IS RESTORATION! WE CAN BE ASSURED OF GOD’S FORGIVENESS!
DON’T ALLOW SIN. DON’T LIVE IN SIN. DO NOT LET SIN HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU!
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RECAP:
HOW CAN WE FIND PEACE WITHOUT THE NEED OF SEEKING REVENGE? (LAMENTATIONS 3:64-66)
FOUR TRUTHS:
PERCEIVED ACTIONS ARE RECORDED.
PENALTY BELONGS TO GOD.
PUNISHMENT IS UNDENIABLY SURE.
PROTECTION IS DIVINE SECURITY.
FOUR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS:
DROP THE GRUDGE. ‘LOG OFF’ THE DRAMA. REST IN QUIET PEACE.
PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMIES.
FOUR THINGS ABOUT FORGIVENESS:
FORGIVE YOUR FAMILY, OTHERS AND YOURSELF. APOLOGIZE!
2 THESSALONIANS 3:3 – “BUT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL, HE WILL STRENGTHEN YOU AND PROTECT YOU FROM THE EVIL ONE.”
LAMENTATIONS 3:64 – “PAY THEM BACK, LORD, FOR ALL THE EVIL THEY HAVE DONE.” (NLT)
LAMENTATIONS 3:40
“WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THE WAY WE ARE LIVING AND TURN BACK TO THE LORD.” (CEV)
PSALM 73:28 – “AS FOR ME, IT IS GOOD TO DRAW NEAR TO GOD.” (ASAPH) (BSB)
RETURN. REPENT. REDEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO GOD.
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