In The Word Read: Matthew 19:23-20:28 23 And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for […]
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Seriousness of Marriage Vows
In The Word Read: Matthew 19:1-22 Concerning Divorce 19 When Jesus had finished these words, He left Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; 2 and large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there. 3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to […]
Ripe Or Rotten?
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 24-25 Baskets of Figs and the Returnees 24 After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and metalworkers from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two […]
The Lord Our Righteousness
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 23 The Coming Messiah: the Righteous Branch 23 “Woe to the shepherds who are causing the sheep of My pasture to perish and are scattering them!” declares the Lord. 2 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says concerning the shepherds who are tending My people: “You have […]
House Of Righteousness
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 21-22 Jeremiah’s Message for Zedekiah 21 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying, 2 “Please inquire of the Lord in our behalf, because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making […]
Fire In Our Bones
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 19-20 The Broken Jar 19 This is what the Lord says: “Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar, and takesome of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests. 2 Then go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the Potsherd Gate, […]
The Potter’s Hands
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 17:19-18:23 The Sabbath Must Be Kept 19 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and stand at the public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as at all the gates of Jerusalem; 20 and say to them, ‘Listen to the […]
A Matter Of The Heart
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 16-17:18 Distresses Foretold 16 The word of the Lord also came to me, saying, 2 “You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For this is what the Lord says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their […]
Consequences
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 14-15 Drought and a Prayer for Mercy 14 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah regarding the drought: 2 “Judah mourns And her gates languish; Her people sit on the ground in mourning garments, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended. 3 Their nobles have sent their servants […]
Be Good For Something
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 13 The Ruined Undergarment 13 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water.” 2 So I bought the undergarment in accordance with the word of the Lord, and put it […]