SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 35 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jonadab son of Recab ordered his sons not to drink wine and this command has been kept. To this day they do not drink wine, because they obey their forefather’s command. But I have spoken to you again and again, yet you have not obeyed me. [Jeremiah 35:14] The Recabites (or Kenites) were…
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as we have forgiven…
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 34 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to your own people. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name. But now you have turned around and profaned my name; each of you has taken back the male…
who’s more reliable?
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 33 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time, then my covenant with David my servant—and my covenant with the Levites who are priests ministering before me—can be broken and David will no longer…
real estate worth buying!
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 32 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.’ “I knew that this was the…
weeping towards joy
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 31 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: ‘A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are no more.‘ This is what the Lord says: ‘Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,’ declares the Lord. ‘They…
those whom God restores
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 30 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the LORD, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’ [Jeremiah 30:17] On the one hand, God allows His people to be punished for their great shame and guilt; on the other hand, He will restore them…
blessed… to be a blessing
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 29 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” [Jeremiah 29:7] Jeremiah advises the exiles to be a blessing wherever God sends them. Yes, even among their oppressors (the Babylonians) –…
truth over comfort
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 28 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the LORD only if his prediction comes true.” [Jeremiah 28:9] Two prophets with opposing messages – one preaches hope and one preaches judgment – which one do you prefer? Jeremiah admits that he prefers Hananiah’s message of peace [Jeremiah 28:6]…
update from Nathan
Our son Nathan is on a one year internship with Urban Promise, a ministry “that exists to proclaim the love of Jesus, and to express it through the spiritual, social and educational development of children, youth and families living in government housing.” February 2, 2011 Hello Everyone, As you probably know, I found out I…
submit to who?
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 27 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Give them a message for their masters and say, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Tell this to your masters: With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone…