In The Word Read: Jeremiah 34 A Prophecy against Zedekiah 34 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army, with all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his control and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and all its cities, saying, 2 “This […]
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Nothing Is Too Difficult For God
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 32, 33 Jeremiah Imprisoned 32 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2 Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was […]
The New Covenant Unveiled
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 31:27-40 A New Covenant 27 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of mankind and the seed of animals.28 And just as I have watched over them to uproot them, tear them down, ruin, destroy, […]
Comfort And Hope In God
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 30:1-31:26 Liberation from Captivity Promised 30 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book. 3 For behold, days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I […]
We Are Aliens And Strangers
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 29 Message to the Exiles 29 Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exile, the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2 (This was […]
Paul’s Teachings Attacked
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 11:1-21a Paul Defends His Apostleship 11 I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but indeed you are bearing with me. 2 For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3 But I am afraid that, as the serpent […]
Enough Is Enough
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 11:21b—12:10 21 To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison. But in whatever respect anyone else is bold—I am speaking in foolishness—I too am bold. 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. 23 Are they servants of Christ?—I am speaking as if insane—I more so; in far more labors, in far more […]
Don’t Push Me
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 10 Paul Confronts the Corinthians 10 Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent! 2 I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I intend to be courageous against some, who […]
Blessedness In Giving
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 8:16—9:15 16 But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness in your behalf in the heart of Titus. 17 For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest, he has gone to you of his own accord. 18 We have sent along with him the brother whose fame in the things of the gospel has spread through all the […]
An Opportunity To Share
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 Great Generosity 8 Now, brothers and sisters, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, 2 that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality. 3 For I testify that according to their ability, and […]