Good Morning “Approved Workmen”.  Today we are in Jeremiah 28.Yesterday we saw that God purposed to give Judah an opportunity to learn that living / serving under the “yoke” of an evil king wasn’t the way to go.  We cannot serve two masters.  I mentioned that passages such as these give context to Jesus’ Words in Matt 11.  His Words would have hit home to the rebellious, unrepentant people he was ...  Read More

Good Morning “Easy Yoke Carriers.”  Today we are in Jeremiah 27.In chapter 24 we saw clearly that God still had a plan for those He took into Babylonian Exile.  Their 70 years were meant to change their hearts, bring them to their knees, bring them back to God!  He was more concerned when their eternity than their present comfort.  In today’s chapter we get an inside look at what that looked like ...  Read More

Good Morning “In At ALL Cost”.  Today we are in Jeremiah 26.  Jeremiah was ALL in!  He was determined to speak Gods Truth even if it meant his life.  “But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized him and said, “You must die!” Jeremiah‬ ‭26‬:‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬They didn’t like hearing their “practice...  Read More

Good Morning “Guilty”.  Today we are in Jeremiah 25.Everyone is in the same boat - guilty.  God through Jeremiah makes that clear in this chapter.  Judah will face 70 years of judgment for disregarding The Word of The Lord and turning a deaf ear to His prophets.  Even Jeremiah has plead with them for 23 years to no avail.  It doesn’t end there though… once the 70 years is complete, Babylon, despit...  Read More

Good Morning “Soft Hearts”.  Today we are in Jeremiah 24.  2 baskets of figs?  One good, one rotten.  What’s the point?  Figs and the fig tree in Scripture become imagery for us to compare the degree of Israel’s Spiritual obedience.  Obedience results in fruit, no obedience no fruit.  Consider Jesus and the story of the barren fig tree in Mark 11:12-27.  “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, ...  Read More

Good Morning “Discerners”.  Today we are in Jeremiah 23.“and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.”‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬What do you think of when you think of prophets?  Or prophecy?  Future telling?  Ummm… kind of, once at least.  Before we had the complete Word of God, He spoke through the prophets, giving them His Word for the people.  “In the past God spoke to our ance...  Read More

Good Morning “Never Forsakers.”  Today we are in Jeremiah 22.  “… Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?’ And the answer will be: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’ ””‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭22‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬Judah in the process of forsaking their covenant with The Lord, rejected His Word.  In fact rejecting His Word is p...  Read More

Good Morning “Life Choosers”.  Today we are in Jeremiah 21.“Furthermore, tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.”‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭21‬:‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬Many mistakenly believe the God of The Old Testament to be an angry merciless God that only brings judgment.  At the same time, New Testament Jesus only brings mercy, grace and salvation ...  Read More

Good Morning “Faithful… Even If-ers”.  Today we are in Jeremiah 20.  Things weren’t going the way Jeremiah had hoped.  He assumed that as Gods Messenger, bringing the people Gods very Word, that he would be met with joy, love, thankfulness, and acceptance.  It seems logical to assume that a people who say they “belong” to God would willing receive His Word.  No always so.  Not when His Word comes ...  Read More

Good Morning “Life Respect-ers”.  Today we are in Jeremiah 19.I’ve heard some ridiculous stuff floating around our world lately.  Chief among them is the absolute lie that God accepted even requested child sacrifice in The Bible.  First, God created us in His image, male and female (Genesis 1:27).  He declared that anyone who murders shall be put to death (Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:23).  Furthermore ...  Read More

Good Morning “Do Gooders”.  Today we are in Jeremiah 18.God sends Jeremiah to the potters house for a little reminder.  “…so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.” Jeremiah‬ ‭18‬:‭4‬ ‭NIV‬‬“Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.”‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭64‬:‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬We are merely clay… He molds and makes us into w...  Read More

Good Morning “Jesus Talkers”.  Today we are in Jeremiah 17.  The “Self Help” movement is huge.  You know, “self care”, “self love”, “self actualization”, and among them “self talk”.  Self talk… you know the kind of “self encouragement”, that builds us up, hypes us up, helps convince us that it’s all within us to accomplish anything and everything. So how’s your “Self Talk” game?  Here are the top ...  Read More