Morning Light – Jeremiah 35 Today: [Jeremiah 35] When Should We Disobey the Prophets? In this chapter God sends Jeremiah to a family of nomads and commands them to disobey a covenant not to drink wine. In reality God was not testing this family, but rather demonstrating how faithful they were to the commands of […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Jeremiah 34 Today: [Jeremiah 34] Letting Our Captives Go Free. In this chapter the city of Jerusalem is about to fall to the king of Babylon. Under pressure and needing fresh troops, king Zedekiah frees the slaves in the city, then changes his mind when it looks like they will prevail in […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Jeremiah 33 Today: [Jeremiah 33] The Unfailing Covenant of God’s Goodness: In this chapter Jeremiah receives several words associated with God’s repetitive declarations of His faithfulness to His people. At this point when the city is about to fall, and the nation of Judah be destroyed, people are asking “what about God’s […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Jeremiah 32 Today: [Jeremiah 32] Deliverance Out of Devastation: Have you ever faced difficulty in life and felt like there was no escape? Have there been times when you just couldn’t see any hope that things would get better? In this chapter we see Jeremiah in prison and the city of Jerusalem […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Jeremiah 31 Today: [Jeremiah 31] The Promise of the New Covenant. Have you blown it with God? Have you failed in your walk with God and find yourself thrashing about trying to find a place of renewed fellowship? In this chapter of Jeremiah the promise of God to a failed people was […]
READ MORE Morning Light – May 30th, 2017 Today: [Jeremiah 30] Jeremiah Writes a Book. Do you have a book in you? Today there are so many books being written that we wonder about the quality of what all these authors have to say. Yet, in Jeremiah’s case he is commanded by God to write the things […]
READ MORE Today: [Jeremiah 29] The Promise of God in the Midst of Disappointment. Are you facing disappointment? Have your plans failed and desires come to nothing? In this chapter Jeremiah speaks to a people living their worst nightmare. They have been plucked from their beloved city of Jerusalem and forced into Babylonian captivity. Yet the plan […]
READ MORE Today: [Jeremiah 28] When the Prophets Contradict Each Other. In this chapter, we meet a fellow prophet of Jeremiah by the name of Hananiah. Hananiah is a well-liked prophetic voice, endorsed by the king and popular among the people. Jeremiah on the other hand is in stocks, being led about with a wooden yoke on […]
READ MORE Today: [Jeremiah 27] Giving into the Inevitable. In this chapter, Jeremiah is instructed to tell the king of Judah to surrender to Babylon. There is a point that fighting against the inevitable is not a faith proposition, but merely pride. I remember a father who lost a son to his own pride. He stood over […]
READ MORE Today: [Jeremiah 26] Consequences of Rejecting the Prophets. In chapter 26 of Jeremiah the prophet is told to enter the temple, and stand to prophesy in the outer court. The word given was one of God’s rejection of the nation because they scorned his words and scorned the prophets. Does the church you attend embrace […]
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