Psalm: 38 Meditation: LamJeremiah watched the end of Jerusalem having done everything possible to avert the outcome. Have you ever seen the ruins left of a great city or civilization? How much worse would it be to have known that the fall and destruction of the walls, buildings and people could have been prevented by …
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Thursday, October 13
Psalm: 18:1-20 Meditation: JerHow much would you suffer for the Lord? Jeremiah suffered time after time for doing what the Lord told him to do. The “Princes” of Judah wanted to kill the prophet for pronouncing God’s truth. They convince the evil king to let them have Jeremiah. We will see that God is not …
Monday, August 15
Psalm: 106:1-18 Meditation: MarkThe interactions that Jesus had with the fig tree, the temple and those that conducted business there show parallels to the book of Jeremiah from hundreds of years before. Both the fig tree and the temple were existing just for show and would dry up from the roots. This was a metaphor …
Monday, April 11
Psalm: 26 Meditation Jeremiah: Jeremiah’s prayer here opens much like Psalm 73 – the wicked thrive whereas the righteous do not. The people of his own hometown threaten to kill him if he continues to prophesy in the LORD’s name. Jesus endured the same threat of death while preaching in Nazareth (Luke 4). God promises …
Friday, April 1
Psalms: 19, 95 Meditation Jeremiah: The responsibility of the teachers is treated here. While priests in the OT could only come from the descendants of Aaron, teachers could come from any of the 12 tribes. Paul, who was a Pharisee was from the tribe of Benjamin. The teachers of Jeremiah’s day were failing in their …
Saturday, March 26
Psalm: 17 Meditation Jeremiah: This section of Jeremiah speaks of the relationship between the Jews and God. ‘“For as a belt is bound around a man’s waist, so I bound the whole house of Judah and the whole house of Israel to me,’ declares the LORD, ‘to be My people for My renown and praise …
Wednesday, March 23
Psalms: 87, 97 Meditation Jeremiah: The LORD has done what no one had ever believed possible: He has overseen the destruction of Jerusalem because of the sin of His people. Why do we believe He will not do the same to us? Jeremiah weeps both for the city itself as well as its people as …
Sunday, March 13
Psalm: 71 Meditation Jeremiah: As the reading tells us, Jeremiah was called to be a prophet even before he was born. (I could have a field day against abortion with this verse alone but that will have to wait.) So, when he says he was a “child” he really was. Jewish boys enter a rite …
Daily Bible Readings – Friday, January 10, 2014
Prayer Psalm: 138 Prayer Point. Psalm 138 gives us a number of reasons to praise God. Pick one or two that speak to you and use those to offer your own prayer of thanksgiving. John 10:7-17 Pray. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you understand what you are reading. Read. Read the passage slowly either alone or in …
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Daily Bible Readings – Monday, October 21, 2013
Prayer Psalm: 25 Prayer Point. “To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God.” Are we ready to pray this? Are there areas of our lives that we will not lift up to God? Confess those parts of your life to God and pray for the faith to …
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