Archive for the ‘devotional’ Category

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 ...

Isaiah 57:20–21: “But the wicked are like...

September 20th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The word wicked here means those who persist in their wickedness by not responding ...

Isaiah 56:7: “Even them I will bring to My...

September 19th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
This verse is a familiar one because Jesus quoted it as he drove the ...

Isaiah 55:1: “Ho! Everyone who thirsts, / Come...

September 18th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
This passage is addressed to everyone; so it doesn't matter if you are black ...

Isaiah 54:17: “‘No weapon formed against...

September 17th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Here we find a promise from God that He is still honoring to this ...

Isaiah 53:9: “And they made His grave with...

September 16th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Isaiah tells us that it was no accident that Jesus was placed on a ...

Isaiah 52:4–5: “For thus says the Lord God:...

September 15th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God was reminding His people that they had been taken into slavery before. First ...

Isaiah 51:6: “Lift up your eyes to the heavens,...

September 14th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional
In this chapter, our heavenly Father, through the prophet Isaiah, reminds us of eternity. ...