Jul 31, 2016
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 30, 2016
Chapter 8 of Tales of the Resistance, by David and Karen Mains:
The Carnival Daughter
Jul 30, 2016
JEREMIAH 19-20:
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:
9
“Who can understand the human heart?
There is nothing else so
deceitful;
it is too sick
to be healed.
10 I, the
Lord, search the...
Jul 30, 2016
JEREMIAH 21-22:
These verses from Jeremiah 20 have been often
quoted as a reason for memorizing Scripture:
NLT
9 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 priest...
Jul 29, 2016
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...