Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 37:1-38:28 “The heart is deceitful and incurably wicked” (Jeremiah 17:9). The chapters we read today illustrate how the weakness and wickedness of the human heart were on display in King Zedekiah. Jeremiah had...
Oct 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 35:1- 36:32; The Lord gives Jeremiah instructions to go to a family of nomads, the Rechabites, and invite them into one of the side rooms of the temple and give them wine to drink. The Rechabite men refuse, because they...
Oct 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 33:1-34:22 The earthly ‘powers that be’ held Jeremiah in bonds in the palace courtyard, but his ministry is not restrained. God will not be confined. He speaks to Jeremiah. Jeremiah 33:2-3 2 “Thus says the LORD...
Oct 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 31:27-32:44 “The days are coming!” We hear this phrase echoing from the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah. First, Isaiah prophesies to Hezekiah about the Babylonian conquest and destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and...
Oct 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 30:1-31:26 The Lord gives Jeremiah instruction to put down in writing the prophecies he has been given. The sins of God’s people must go on record. The ‘time of Jacob’s trouble’ (Jeremiah 30:7) will be the chastisement...
