In Wrath Remember Mercy – Nathan Rogers

Recorded at church camp February 2025

Verse 1:
O Lord, I’ve sinned before your face;
In wrath, remember mercy.
I’ve spurned your law and mocked your grace;
In wrath, remember mercy.
My pain and misery are earned;
For I’ve rebelled against your Word.
But now in faith to You I turn:
In wrath, remember mercy.

Verse 2:
Behold my pain, Lord, hear my woe!
In wrath, remember mercy!
You sap my joy and crush my bones.
In wrath, remember mercy!
How long, O Lord, til you relent?
Beneath Your heavy hand I’m spent.
To cast off is not your intent;
So, God, remember mercy.

Verse 3:
O Lord, please hear my humble prayer:
In wrath, remember mercy.
Though I am tempted to despair,
My God, I plead your mercy.
My High Priest knows my weaknesses
And intercedes as my Defence
So now I pray with confidence:
“My God, remember mercy!”

Verse 4:
What justice calls for has been done;
The cross secured your mercy.
You poured your anger on Your Son
And poured on us your mercy.
So teach us to despise our sin,
Which caused such agonies for Him;
Yet, even in your discipline,
O God, remember mercy.

Repeat:
So teach us to despise our sin,
Which caused such agonies for Him;
Yet, even in your discipline,
O God, remember mercy.

 

Church camp 2025 – Session 4: Prayer (Lamentations [4 &] 5)

Sunday 16th February 2025 – Lindsay Wilson

Read: Lamentations 4-5

Chapter 4 as the background to chapter 5
– a series of horrors (4:1-10)
– the destruction of Jerusalem (4:11-12)
– the religious leaders (4:13-16)
– scattered and caught (4:17-20)
– a glimpse of reversal and rescue (4:21-22)

• ‘What is missing in Lamentations 4 is any direct prayer to God. For that we must await the next chapter, which is an extended prayer for salvation.’ (Parry)

Prayer to God (chapter 5)
– the opening plea (5:1)
– economic poverty (5:2-10)
– social humiliation (5:11-14)
– community sorrow (5:15-18)
– an appeal for help: declaration, accusation and prayer (5:19-22)

So, what can we learn from the book of Lamentations?

Church camp 2025 – Session 3: Hope (Lamentations 3)

Sunday 16th February 2025 – Lindsay Wilson

Read: Lamentations 3

Verses 1-18: Suffering
Dwelling in darkness (3:1-6)
Movement restricted (3:7-9)
Traps and dangers (3:10-18)

Verses 19-21: The transition from despair to hope

Verses 22-24: An affirmation of trust

Verses 25-39: General wise advice
How the sufferer should posture himself before God (3:25-30)
The reason the sufferer can hope: God’s loving kindness (3:31-33)
The Lord sees injustice and is behind the punishment of sin (3:34-39)

Verses 40-41: A call for corporate repentance

Verses 42-47: Corporate lament

Verses 48-51: Weeping at the suffering of his city

Verses 52-66: Weeping for his own suffering
Hunted by enemies and death seemed inevitable (3:52-54)
He called on God and was rescued (3:55-58)
God knows all the evils committed, and is called on to judge (3:59-63)
God will punish his enemies (3:64-66)

Lament and hope