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Jeremiah 23-24
on October 13th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 23--Verse 29Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?It’s something about God’s Word when you hear it, it just burns in you. I remember when I got baptized at 19 it took me 4 more years to fully give my life to Christ but during that time the sermons I heard and the scripture I’ve read gnawed at me, the knowledge I...  Read More
Jeremiah 21-22
on October 12th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 21--Verses 1-2This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah, asking, “Inquire of the Lord on our behalf, since King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will perform for us something like all his past wondrous works so that Nebu...  Read More
Jeremiah 19-20
on October 11th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 20--Verse 14Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed!God gave Jeremiah a tough ministry road to follow. He is sometimes known as the “Weeping Prophet” because his prophecies often included death and destruction to God’s chosen people and the  Promised Land. He also wrote another book in the Bible - named Lamentation...  Read More
Jeremiah 17-18
on October 10th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 17--Verse 9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?Wow, talk about a countercultural proclamation! Oprah, arguably the most successful woman of all time, says this on her website:"...When faced with a decision or conflict, your mind may come up with numerous, different and quite logical reasons why you should act as it adv...  Read More
Jeremiah 15-16
on October 9th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 15--Verse 16Your words were found, and I ate them, and you words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart. It’s interesting that Jeremiah should liken reading the Bible to eating your food. If you think about it, there’s nothing more intimate than eating a meal. You are taking food and making it a part of who you are. You are chewing it, ingesting it, and assim...  Read More
Jeremiah 13-14
on October 7th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 13--Verse 25This is your lot, the portion I have measured out to you, declares the Lord, because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies.The Israelites had chosen time and time again to ignore the teachings God had given them. They trusted in the false prophets who were saying what they wanted to hear. Even when God called them to repentance, they continued to diso...  Read More
Jeremiah 11-12
on October 6th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 11—Verse 7For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, Obey my voice.There is a theme repeated all throughout the Old Testament of the Israelites turning their backs on God, and God continually trying to bring them back to Him. He sends many prophets, does miracles for them, a...  Read More
Jeremiah 9-10
on October 5th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 9--Verse 2If only I had a traveler’s lodging place in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a solemn assembly of treacherous people.Jeremiah had the futile task of urging his fellow Israelites to repent and turn towards God. With none listening, he wished he could just leave them all behind and go live alone in t...  Read More
Jeremiah 7-8
on October 4th, 2023
Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 7--Verse 20Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched.In John 18, after Peter defended Jesus with a sword, Jesus said, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given ...  Read More
Jeremiah 5-6
on October 3rd, 2023
Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 6—Verse 10bBehold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen.What does that mean? Circumcision is the ritual surgery they did on all male babies, to bring them into the covenant as a son of Israel. How can a person’s ears be circumcised? Let’s look at another use of this phrase, from Acts 7:51. Stephen is speaking to the Pharisees, before he was martyred: “You...  Read More
October Reading Plan
on October 2nd, 2023
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Jeremiah 3-4
on October 2nd, 2023
Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 4--Verse 3Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.If the Word of God is seed and your heart is soil, how should you prepare your fields? Well, this verse provides us a few pointers.Number one: Locate the places in your heart that have sat neglected. That’s what we call fallow ground. And, perhaps, it’s time to turn over some fresh soil.Secondly: You mig...  Read More
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