Lamentations: Wandering through Sorrow and Prayer

Lamentations: Wandering through Sorrow and Prayer - NextLevel Online curriculum

Lessons

“Sorrow and the God Who Listens” is a five-session journey through the book of Lamentations. This series explores how God meets us in seasons of grief—moving from sorrow shared, shouted, and served, to sorrow sighted and finally answered. Through the raw poetry of lament, we learn that Scripture doesn’t avoid suffering but invites us to walk through it honestly, discovering how lament deepens our faith, reshapes our worship, and points us to the hope fulfilled in Christ.

Session 01

Sorrow Shared

Session 1: Sorrow Shared Introduces the book of Lamentations as a guide for walking through sorrow rather than avoiding it. We see the historical destruction of Jerusalem, the poetic structure, and the funeral-like lament that invites us to share grief together.

Session 02

Sorrow Shouted

Session 2: Sorrow Shouted Shows how lament requires fully feeling and expressing pain before hope can be offered. Lady-Jerusalem is personified in her suffering, and the text teaches us to cry out to God even when He feels distant.

Session 03

Sorrow Served

Sorrow Served explores how God’s wrath confronts sin and reverses what is broken—temple, worship, and even human compassion. These reversals reveal that lament is not just about sorrow but about realigning our lives with God’s ways.

Lesson 04

Sorrow Sighted

Session 4: Sorrow Sighted Centers on the turning point in chapter 3, where hope emerges in the midst of darkness. Lament leads us from disorientation to renewed trust in God’s steadfast love and faithfulness.

Session 05

Sorrow Answered

Session 5: Sorrow Answered Concludes with the central question—“God, do you care?”—and shows that while Lamentations leaves it unresolved, God answers in history by restoring Israel and ultimately through Christ. The book teaches us to let lament have its day, knowing God has the final word of redemption.