Archive for the ‘devotional’ Category

Jeremiah 52:31: Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh...

November 20th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
King Jehoiachin was taken captive to Babylon in 597 BC, during Nebuchadnezzar's first wave ...

Jeremiah 51:64 “Then you shall say, ‘Thus...

November 19th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Chapters 50 and 51 of Jeremiah are prophesies of the coming physical destruction of ...

Jeremiah 50:1–2: “The word that the LORD...

November 18th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
As we approach the final chapters of Jeremiah, we find that God turned Jeremiah ...

Jeremiah 49:38–39: “I will set My throne...

November 17th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
In this chapter, God predicted the fall of 5 Gentile, pagan nations who were ...

Jeremiah 48:9–10: “Give wings to Moab, /...

November 16th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Jeremiah prophesied the destruction of Moab just as he prophesied the destruction of the ...

Jeremiah 47:1: “The word of the LORD that came...

November 15th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The Philistines had historically been Israel's enemy. In the Book of Judges, Samson waged ...

Jeremiah 46:2–3: “Against Egypt. / Concerning...

November 14th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The next few chapters of Jeremiah (46–51) focus on different Gentile nations that God ...

Jeremiah 45:5: “‘And do you seek great...

November 13th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Baruch, Jeremiah's secretary, was the one who wrote out all the words God had ...

Jeremiah 44:16: “As for the word that you have...

November 12th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
We recognize stubbornness when we see it because we have all been there ourselves. ...

Jeremiah 43:7: “So they went to the land of...

November 11th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
There is great irony in this verse. God had rescued His people out of ...

Jeremiah 42:7: “And it happened after ten days...

November 10th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed Jerusalem and taken most of the people captive to Babylon. The ...

Jeremiah 41:2: “Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,...

November 9th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
In the last chapter a murderous plot was hatched against Gedaliah, who had been ...

Jeremiah 40:13–14: “Moreover Johanan the...

November 8th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
There is a great deal of political intrigue going on in this chapter. Nebuchadnezzar ...

Jeremiah 39:18: “‘For I will surely deliver...

November 7th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
This chapter gives us a strong contrast between faithfulness and faithlessness. On one side ...

Jeremiah 38:6: “So they took Jeremiah and cast...

November 6th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
During WWII, a submarine was rammed by another ship and quickly sank. Despite many ...

Jeremiah 37:16–17: “When Jeremiah entered...

November 5th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Translators disagree on the interpretation of dungeon and cells here, as they are unusual ...

Jeremiah 36:32: “Then Jeremiah took another...

November 4th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Here we have a fascinating record of God commanding Jeremiah to write down, in ...

Jeremiah 35:19: “therefore thus says the LORD of...

November 3rd, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God blessed the descendants of a man named Rechab because his family had faithfully ...

Jeremiah 34:10–11: “Now when all the princes...

November 2nd, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Jerusalem was in a desperate situation as they lay surrounded and under siege by ...

Jeremiah 33:3: “Call to Me, and I will answer...

November 1st, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
This well-known Scripture came to Jeremiah while he was in prison for the crime ...

Jeremiah 32:8: “Then Hanameel my uncle’s...

October 31st, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
A year before Judah was finally conquered by Babylon, King Zedekiah put Jeremiah in ...

Jeremiah 31:33: “But this is the covenant that...

October 30th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The Lord was saying here that a day was coming when the old covenant ...

Jeremiah 30:24: “The fierce anger of the LORD...

October 29th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The last part of this verse, "In the later days you will consider [understand] ...

Jeremiah 29:10–11: “For thus says the LORD:...

October 28th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
In 597 BC, Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem and took 10,000 captives back with him to ...

Jeremiah 28:10: “Then Hananiah the prophet...

October 27th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God told Jeremiah to wear a wooden yoke on his shoulders to symbolize that ...

Jeremiah 27:6: “And now I have given all these...

October 26th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
How strange to our ears, and to those who heard this prophecy for the ...

Jeremiah 26:24: “Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam...

October 25th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
This chapter describes Jeremiah's first trial before the religious leaders of Jerusalem. Because he ...

Jeremiah 25:1–2: “The word that came to Jeremiah...

October 24th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Because Jeremiah tells us this was written in the 4th year of Jehoiakim's reign, ...

Jeremiah 24:5: “Thus says the LORD, the God...

October 23rd, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God gave His prophet Jeremiah a vision of 2 baskets of figs. He then ...

Jeremiah 23:29: “Is not My word like a fire?”...

October 22nd, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The Bible is God's word, and it is very much like a fire and ...

Jeremiah 22:21: “I spoke to you in your prosperity,...

October 21st, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Chapter 22 refers back to the several kings who reigned before King Zedekiah and ...