OCTOBER 27 – TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 51:1-53; TITUS 2:1-15; PSALM 99:1-9; PROVERBS 26:17.
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 51:1-53 Babylon’s destruction is prophesied in Jeremiah 51. Many of these images are picked up by the Apostle John as he describes the destruction of a revived Babylon in the Book of Revelation (Rev 17-18). One image...
OCTOBER 26- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 49:23-50:46; TITUS 1:1-16; PSALMS 97:1- 98:9; PROVERBS 26:13-16
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 49:23-50:46. Before Jeremiah was born, he was commissioned by God to prophesy to the nations (Jer 1:5). In Chapter 46, the first of the prophecies to the surrounding heathen nations was recorded regarding Egypt. This...
OCTOBER 25- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 48:1- 49:22; 2 TIMOTHY 4:1-22; PSALM 95:1- 96:13; PROVERBS 26:9-12
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 48:1- 49:22 Jeremiah prophesies ‘woes’ to the Moabites, Ammonites and Edomites. ‘Woe’ is a Biblical term for announcing deep suffering from affliction, calamity, or ruinous trouble. Like Jerusalem of Judah, the proud...
OCTOBER 24 TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 44:24- 47:7; 2 TIMOTHY 2:22-3:17; PSALM 94:1-23; PROVERBS 26:6-8
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 44:24- 47:7 The Judean remnant, the people who deceived themselves (Jer 37:9), and deceived Jeremiah into thinking that they were sincere in their intentions to find out the will of God and to do it (Jer 42:2), once...
OCTOBER 23 – TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 42:1-44:23; 2 TIMOTHY 2:1-21; PSALMS 92:1-93:5; PROVERBS 26:3-5;
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 42:1-44:23; You would have thought that the indisputable fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecies would have convinced everyone that he was a true prophet of God. But no. They ask for his counsel but refuse to heed it....
OCTOBER 22- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE– JEREMIAH 39:1-41:18; 2 TIMOTHY 1:1-18; PSALM 90:1-91:16; PROVERBS 26:1-2
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 39:1-41:18 Today’s reading covers the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians and the aftermath. Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, came to the throne after his two older brothers, Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, and his nephew...
OCTOBER 21- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 37:1-38:28; 1 TIMOTHY 6:21; PSALMS 89:38-52; PROVERBS 25:28
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...
OCTOBER 20- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 35:1- 36:32; 1 TIMOTHY 5:1-25; PSALM 89:14-37; PROVERBS 25:25-27
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...
OCTOBER 19- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 33:1-34:22; 1 TIMOTHY 4:1-16; PSALMS 89:1-13; PROVERBS 25:23-24
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 who...
OCTOBER 18- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 31:27-32:44; 1 TIMOTHY 3:1-16; PSALMS 88:1-18; PROVERBS 25:20-22
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...