Archive for the ‘devotional’ Category

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 ...

Jeremiah 21:5,8: “I Myself will fight against...

October 20th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The king of Judea, Zedekiah, asked Jeremiah if the Lord would be on their ...

Jeremiah 20:18: “Why did I come forth from...

October 19th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The theme of lamenting one's birth because of the darkness of the days was ...

Jeremiah 19:15: “Thus says the LORD of hosts,...

October 18th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Through Jeremiah, God had been telling His people over and over again that He ...

Jeremiah 18:4: “And the vessel that he made...

October 17th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God instructed Jeremiah to go and watch a potter working at his wheel. He ...

Jeremiah 17:9: “The heart is deceitful above...

October 16th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The Hebrew word for heart is frequently used to identify the center of a ...

Jeremiah 16:20: “Will a man make gods for himself,...

October 15th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Jeremiah asked a rhetorical question in order to point out the foolishness of those ...

Jeremiah 15:16: “Your words were found, and...

October 14th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Jeremiah was telling God, "I read Your word, Lord. I believed You, and it ...

Jeremiah 14:13–14: “Then I said, ‘Ah,...

October 13th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Jeremiah complained to God that the people in Jerusalem should not be held accountable ...

Jeremiah 13:23: “Can the Ethiopian change his...

October 12th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The people of Jeremiah’s time had hardened their hearts and refused to heed his ...

Jeremiah 12:1: “Righteous are You, O LORD, when...

October 11th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Jeremiah had a question for God, and since it is recorded here, we can ...

Jeremiah 11:8: “Yet they did not obey or incline...

October 10th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God faithfully brought light to Jeremiah's generation, telling them of their sin and calling ...

Jeremiah 10:16: “The Portion of Jacob is not like...

October 9th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God used an unusual title for Himself here: “The Portion of Jacob.” This idea ...

Jeremiah 9:23–24: “Thus says the LORD: / ‘Let...

October 8th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
There is a humorous story of an elderly lady who was driving around a ...

Jeremiah 8:22: “Is there no balm in Gilead,...

October 7th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The balm spoken of here was an ancient medication or salve made from a ...

Jeremiah 7:4: “Do not trust in these lying...

October 6th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The people of Jerusalem found great confidence in the temple building. But God was ...

Jeremiah 6:16: “Thus says the LORD: / ‘Stand...

October 5th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God was calling His people to stop and consider the path their lives were ...

Jeremiah 5:3: “O LORD, are not Your eyes on...

October 4th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Jeremiah has been called the "weeping prophet" because his heart was continually broken by ...

Jeremiah 4:3: “For thus says the LORD to the...

October 3rd, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God compares a heart that is not humble to a farmer's field that sits ...

Jeremiah 3:14–15: “‘Return, O backsliding...

October 2nd, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
After another richly descriptive passage concerning the sinfulness of Judah, God again called them ...

Jeremiah 2:12–13: “‘Be astonished,...

October 1st, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
We have all been guilty of trying to find solutions to our problems outside ...

Jeremiah 1:11: “Moreover the word of the LORD...

September 30th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Since the almond tree was one of the earliest budding fruit trees in spring, ...

Isaiah 66:1: “Thus says the LORD: / ‘Heaven...

September 29th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Isaiah began the final summary of his prophecy with a reminder that the Creator ...

Isaiah 65:17: “For behold, I create new heavens...

September 28th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Isaiah was looking beyond the millennial or 1000-year earthly reign of Jesus Christ, to ...

Isaiah 64:4: “For since the beginning of the...

September 27th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God's acts are unique, displayed in the Old Testament and testified to by many ...

Isaiah 63:7–8: “I will mention the loving...

September 26th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Here in the middle of Isaiah 63 are three verses that stand in sharp ...

Isaiah 62:6–7: “I have set watchmen on your...

September 25th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
These words, written by Isaiah 2700 years ago, seemed like a complete impossibility until ...

Isaiah 61:1–2: “The Spirit of the Lord God...

September 24th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
When Jesus was about 30 years old, He was invited to read from the ...

Isaiah 60:1–3: “Arise, shine; / For your...

September 23rd, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
If we have heard it once, we have heard it a thousand times from ...

Isaiah 59:16: “He saw that there was no man,...

September 22nd, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Someone said that intercession is "speaking a word to God on behalf of another." ...

Isaiah 58:6: “Is this not the fast that I have...

September 21st, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
During a Sunday service, a woman experienced a healing in her body, so she ...