God Knows the Heart, Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Today's reading is Jeremiah 15:10-17:18. 

"Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
     who depends on flesh for his strength
     and whose heart turns away from the Lord."
Jeremiah 17:5

Hear and Pay Attention, Monday, July 30, 2012

Today's reading is Jeremiah 13:1-15:9. 

"Then the Lord said to me, 'The prophets are prophesying lies in my name.  I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them.  They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds. . . .'"
Jeremiah 14:14

The Lord Almighty is His Name, Sunday, July 29, 2012

Today's reading is Jeremiah 10:1-12:17.  Useless idols are like a lifeless scarecrow, BUT

". . .God made the earth by his power;
     he founded the world by his wisdom
     and stretched out the heavens by his understanding."
Jeremiah 10:12

"If You Really Change. . . .", Saturday, July 28, 2012

Today's reading is Jeremiah 7:1-9:26.  They are a band of jackals.

". . . .If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm. . . ."
Jeremiah 7:5, 6

Fear God, Friday, July 27, 2012

Today's reading is Jeremiah 5:14-6:30.  Warnings and warnings are not heeded.

"'. . . .As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own.'"
Jeremiah 5:19

Judah Will Not Listen, Thursday, July 26, 2012

Today's reading is Jeremiah 3:6-5:13.  The sins of Judah and Israel are many and horrible.

". . .Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense. . . ."
Jeremiah 3:10

Jeremiah Weeps, Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Today's reading is Jeremiah 1:1-3:5.  God directly called His prophets and often persecution and hardship went with the job.  Some prophets didn't want the job.  Jeremiah was very young and reluctant to answer God's call.  He began to prophesy during the 13th year of Josiah's reign.  Josiah was a Godly king who had called for spiritual reform.  The nation was in a period of relative peace.  The people were not at all receptive to messages of doom and gloom.

"Consider then and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the Lord your God and have no awe of me, declares the Lord, The Lord Almighty."           Jeremiah 2:19