SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: You deceived me, LORD, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me. [Jeremiah 20:7] But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. [Jeremiah 20:11] Why did I ever come out of the womb to…
‘don’t mess with My kids!’
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned incense in it to gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. They have built the high places…
which message do I need?
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 18 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. And if at another time I announce that a…
heart problems
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? [Jeremiah 17:9] Can anyone say that they really know themselves – who they are, what makes them tick, or why they do the foolish things they do? Especially this last part – why do we do the stupid things…
loving discipline
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 16 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place. [Jeremiah 16:9] This sounds very harsh; how can God decree such…
my food?
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, LORD God Almighty. [Jeremiah 15:16] Jeremiah describes how he first responded to God’s calling – he accepted God’s message as if it were food, he willingly received it! His frustration is that by…
where does rain come from?
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies themselves send down showers? No, it is you, LORD our God. Therefore our hope is in you, for you are the one who does all this. [Jeremiah 14:22] The land is going through a crisis of famine and drought,…
never let go!
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 13 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the LORD, ‘to be my people for my renown and praise and honor. But they have not listened.’ [Jeremiah 13:11] If I were going to jump from…
day of judgment for all
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 12 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: This is what the LORD says: “As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance I gave my people Israel, I will uproot them from their lands and I will uproot the people of Judah from among them. [Jeremiah 12:14] Jeremiah is wondering why God is allowing the godless nations to punish…
fruit
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 11 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The LORD called you a thriving olive tree with fruit beautiful in form. But with the roar of a mighty storm he will set it on fire, and its branches will be broken. [Jeremiah 11:16] There are some important parallels between Jeremiah 11 and Mark 11. In Jeremiah 11, the prophet curses the olive tree, and…