Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Jeremiah

The Grounds For Our Plea

JEREMIAH 14:7-9 – Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O LORD, for your name’s sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. O you hope of Israel, its savior in time of trouble, why should you be like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night? Why should you be…

Some Thorns Won’t Be Removed

JEREMIAH 10:19 – Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is grievous. But I said, “Truly this is an affliction, and I must bear it.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  SOME THORNS WON’T BE REMOVED.  God always answers prayer.  Maybe not the way we like but He does answer every prayer with a “yes”, “no”, or “not now.”  How He…

Never Trust Your Heart

Have you ever received advice from someone when you are trying to figure out a decision to make in life that went something like this “Just trust your heart. Go with your ‘gut feeling’”? If so, not good; not good at all either to receive such advice or offer it.

The Whole-Hearted Christian

JEREMIAH 29:13 – You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. THEME OF THE DAY:  THE WHOLE-HEARTED CHRISTIAN.  When God makes a person a new creature in Christ, He gives them a new heart with the intent to create a people who seek and love Him from this new heart with their whole heart…

Our Places Of Rest

PSALM 89:1-2 – I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.” Pop quiz. What are the two character qualities in our God repeated in today’s scripture? Yes, it is…

Comforting Truth of Our God

PSALM 102:25-28: Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away, but you are the same, and your years have no end. The children of your…