Abandonment & Lament – Good Friday’s Heartfelt Reflection

Bible Verses for Good Friday
  1. Matthew 27:46: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
  2. Psalm 22:1-2: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me?”
  3. Isaiah 53:3: “He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.”
  4. Lamentations 3:19-20: “I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.”
  5. Luke 23:34: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
  6. Jeremiah 20:18: “Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?”
  7. Job 10:1: “I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.”
  8. Psalm 6:6-7: “I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping.”
  9. Hebrews 5:7: “During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears.”
  10. John 18:11: “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”
  11. Psalm 88:6-7: “You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.”
  12. Isaiah 53:4: “Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering.”
  13. 2 Corinthians 12:9: “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'”
  14. Psalm 42:11: “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?”
  15. John 16:20: “You will weep and mourn while the world rejoices.”