Jeremiah
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Honesty is the Best Policy
Jeremiah 38:19 “King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have gone over to the Baylonians, for the Babylonians may hand me over to them and they will mistreat me.”” I can remember going into my girls’ rooms when they were young and calming their fears. I would turn on the
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The Replacement King
Jeremiah 37:3 “King Zedekiah, however, sent Jehukal son of Shelemiah with the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseaiah to Jeremiah the prophet with this message: “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.” Jehoiakim was the king of Judah before Zedekiah. Jehoiakim was a wicked man who did not listen to the Lord. In fact,
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Perhaps
Jeremiah 36:3 “Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the calamity which I plan to bring on them, in order that every man will turn from his evil ways; then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.” Inside every person, there is a “perhaps.” From parents to bosses to co-workers, we all have
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Obedience
Jeremiah 35: 13-14 “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘Will you not learn a lesson and obey my words?’ declares the Lord. 14 ‘Jehonadab son of Rekab ordered his descendants not to drink wine and this command has been kept. To this day they do
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The Freedom Cycle
Jeremiah 34:11 “But afterwards they changed their minds and took back the slaves they had freed and enslaved them again.” Every seven years, the Israelites were supposed to free the Hebrew slaves and cancel their debt. They were free to go after that. Needless to say, they did not follow this decree from the Lord.
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Finding The Way
Jeremiah 33:15-16, 22 “In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David’s line; he will do what is just and right in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The
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I Will
Jeremiah 32:37-41 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all the lands to which I have driven them in My anger, in My wrath and in great indignation; and I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell in safety. 38 They shall be My people, and I will be their God; 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may
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The New Way
Jeremiah 31:33-34 33 “This is the New Way of Worship that I will give to the Jews. When that day comes,” says the Lord, “I will put My Law into their minds. And I will write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people. 34 No one will need to teach
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Seek and Find
Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” We used to play hide and seek in our house when the kids were young. All of them were little humans and could hide just about anywhere. You had to look in the tiniest places to find them.
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The False Prophet Hananiah
Jeremiah 28:15-16 15 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent you, but the people believe your lies. 16 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘You must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the Lord.’” There is a story about the boy who cried “WOLF.” In this story, a
Let It Go 