Jul 26, 2026
JEREMIAH 24-25:
A stunning prophecy was given in yesterday's
reading:
Jer. 23:5-6 NLT “For the time is coming,” says the Lord,
“when I will raise up a righteous descendant* from King David’s
line.
He will be a King who rules with wisdom.
He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
6 And this will be...
Jul 26, 2026
JEREMIAH 23:
In
yesterday's reading, we heard how king Zedekiah sent two men to
Jeremiah to ask him for help to pray for a miracle. And God made it
ever so clear that no miracle of deliverance would be given.
Jeremiah repeatedly tells the king what he needs to do, but
Zedekiah just couldn’t bring himself to do it. The...
Jul 26, 2026
JEREMIAH
21-22:
These
verses from Jeremiah 20 have been often quoted as a reason for
memorizing Scripture:
Jer.
20:9 NLT But if I say I’ll never mention the
LORD
or speak in his name,
his
word burns in my heart like a fire.
It’s
like a fire in my bones!
I am
worn out trying to hold it in!
I
can’t do it!
Remember the...
Jul 26, 2026
JEREMIAH
19-20:
In
yesterday’s reading, we again heard some often-quoted verses. These
verses come just after verses in chapter 17 where the Lord himself
beautifully paraphrased Psalm 1:
Jer.
17:9 NLT “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it...
Jul 26, 2026
JEREMIAH 17-18:
One
catches so clearly how trapped Jeremiah was in the time of God’s
judgment, and how hot God’s anger was against Judah. Jeremiah’s
audience would not have appreciated him telling them where the Lord
said they could ‘go’! No wonder he so often weeps and cries out in
despair. God’s verdict in...