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A sacred sorrow : reaching out to God in the lost language of lament / Michael Card.

By: Publication details: Colorado Springs, CO : NavPress, 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: 207 p. ; 23 cmContent type:
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  • 1576836673 (paperback)
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Contents:
The path of sovereign sorrow -- A difficult hope -- Wilderness worth-ship -- Lost in a green desert -- The danger of defiance -- New light on an incomplete equation -- A new and truer worship -- The frustrated lamenter -- The exhausted mystic -- Hunger-born songs of intimacy -- A life fashioned for lament -- Enemies and "the poison we drink" -- Disease and death -- No hope but this : contrition -- A difficult hope -- Dark, familiar echoes -- Torn between two loves -- Lamentations : the destruction of Jeremiah -- Truth held together -- Hesed in-fleshed -- God's presence "with us" -- The God-forsaken God -- The lost language of lament.
Summary: God desires for us to pour out our hearts to Him, whether in joy or pain. But many of us don't feel right expressing our anger, frustration, and sadness in prayer. From Job to David to Christ, men and women of the Bible understood the importance of pouring one's heart out to the Father. Examine their stories and expand your definition of worship.
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Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Holland Park 248.86 Guides to Christian life for people experiencing illness, trouble, bereavement Holland Park Church Library Room 248.86 car sac 2005 c1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 2986

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202).

The path of sovereign sorrow -- A difficult hope -- Wilderness worth-ship -- Lost in a green desert -- The danger of defiance -- New light on an incomplete equation -- A new and truer worship -- The frustrated lamenter -- The exhausted mystic -- Hunger-born songs of intimacy -- A life fashioned for lament -- Enemies and "the poison we drink" -- Disease and death -- No hope but this : contrition -- A difficult hope -- Dark, familiar echoes -- Torn between two loves -- Lamentations : the destruction of Jeremiah -- Truth held together -- Hesed in-fleshed -- God's presence "with us" -- The God-forsaken God -- The lost language of lament.

God desires for us to pour out our hearts to Him, whether in joy or pain. But many of us don't feel right expressing our anger, frustration, and sadness in prayer. From Job to David to Christ, men and women of the Bible understood the importance of pouring one's heart out to the Father. Examine their stories and expand your definition of worship.

Added to GBC Library Holland Park 2 January 2023.

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