In Jeremiah 20 & 21, the people of God are so disturbed by the truth of the Word of God that they whip Jeremiah and lock him in stocks. Jeremiah is able to speak to the angry mob boldly and confidently through the power and might of God. When alone with God, he is honest with God about his feelings and how hard the mission is. God never promised an easy mission but that He would be with Jeremiah every second of every step. God appreciates our honesty. The tables turn and as God's words of wa...
Nov 08, 2023•13 min
In Jeremiah 18 & 19, God gives an illustration of the potter and the clay. If the clay is soft and willing, God has the power to re-create it. God wants to re-create every heart anew in Him. The choice is ours to let Him mold our hearts. Clay is not beautiful until the hands, thoughts, and plans of the Potter form it. The Potter creates the masterpiece. We have to choose to submit and let Him. If the masterpiece doesn't submit and serve the Master, all that's left is pieces. God can soften h...
Nov 07, 2023•14 min
In Jeremiah 16 & 17, Judgment for sin and refusal to repent is coming. God's children continually choose everything and anything except God so God will step back and let them have all they are choosing. He will remove His protection and judgment will fall. He still gives hope in the midst of His warnings and assures us there will be people who do choose God. They will be a part of the restoration as they stand firm in faith in God and God alone. They refuse to waiver or be shook and God will...
Nov 07, 2023•14 min
In Jeremiah 14 & 15, a famine has spread over the land due to the continual blatant sin. God's people are in a covenant relationship with God and God is faithful and true to His Word. They chose sin, so they would face the wrath of God and experience the punishment of sin in their lives. God gave them tons of time and warnings to turn to repent and turn back to Him but their time is quickly running out. They are sad they are suffering, but are not repenting. There's a whole lot of complainin...
Nov 06, 2023•15 min
In Jeremiah 12 & 13, Jeremiah is growing weary and discouraged. He begins to lose focus on the mission of God. God set Jeremiah apart, not aside. God sets our lives up for impact for His Kingdom if we choose to follow Him. He desperately wants us to be a part of His story. God restores. Jeremiah needed to be strengthened and braced for what was to come, not pampered. God does just that. God doesn't want us to pause in the presence of puddles. We worship a God who splits seas and takes down g...
Nov 03, 2023•18 min
In Jeremiah 10 & 11, God gives Jeremiah another warning to God's people to turn and repent from their idolatry, worship of false gods and man-made material things, and their wickedness. Everything on earth is temporary and will not last other than the Word of God and the people we take with us our eternal home by spreading that Word to others. God is better than anything around us. There is no comparison. God desperately wants to pour out blessings, abundance, and a life of fullness only fou...
Nov 02, 2023•16 min
In Jeremiah 8 & 9, God gives Jeremiah a message to warn the false prophets who are lying to God's people giving them confidence they are "fine" because they are in Jerusalem. Judgment was coming for sin and justice would be pouring out. They had the Scriptures but were not practicing the Scriptures or walking them out in their lives. It's about our hearts, not what we were on Sunday or how many small groups we attend. Jeremiah mourns over the sin and wickedness around him and we should too. ...
Nov 01, 2023•17 min
In Jeremiah 7, God has Jeremiah speak out a huge warning cry in the Temple. The very place the people of Judah think they are safe. He speaks against the false worship, false prophets, false gods and the false confidence in the Temple. The Temple is a place to worship God, bring sacrifices, and be made holy. Instead, the people were making the Temple unholy by bringing in idols and worshipping false gods. Jerusalem was no longer holy, it had been defiled by sin and wickedness. God doesn't want t...
Oct 31, 2023•14 min
In Jeremiah 6, God gives one more warning of coming judgment. He calls for repentance and a final chance to turn for sin, evil, and wickedness to God. The false confidence they hold thinking they are safe because they are in Jerusalem is about to face the harsh truth of the reality of God's judgment. God is patient and merciful but leaves it up to us to choose Him and chase after Him with all our guts. If we choose sin instead, He will let us have our sin and when judgment falls, it will be too ...
Oct 30, 2023•11 min
In Jeremiah 5, God searches for even one honest and just person, but all have refused to repent. The people had become ungrateful, evil, wicked, and unfaithful to God. They had turned their backs on God and God was about to let them have the evil they desired and chased after so much. Judgment is coming. They were given warning after warning but rejected every Word of warning from God. They were told judgment was coming but they truly didn't care and remained stubbornly rebellious. God cries out...
Oct 27, 2023•14 min
In Jeremiah 3 & 4, God shows Jeremiah the coming destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon. God pleas and cries out for His people to repent and turn to Him. They refuse and continue to chase after idols and worship false gods instead. Assyria had already conquered northern Israel and Judah still doesn't repent. They have false confidence that they are "safe" because they are in Jerusalem and the Temple is there. God looks at our hearts, not where we live or the religious actions we carry out. God...
Oct 26, 2023•16 min
In Jeremiah 2, God has Jeremiah shout His warnings to His children. He reminds them of all He has done and poured out in blessings in their lives and they still reject Him and turn to worship false idols and false gods. He reminds them God gave them a pure river of Living Waters to drink from but instead they choose the polluted waters of the Nile and Euphrates. When we choose sin and false idols instead of God and His will, "the heavens are shocked" and "shrink back in horror and dismay." The f...
Oct 25, 2023•14 min
In Jeremiah 1, God calls and equips Jeremiah for an extremely difficult mission of warning Israel of coming destruction. He doubts his ability to carry this out, but God gives him the assurance he needs and equips him with God's power and protection. He becomes a radically faithful prophet for God even in the midst of physical dangers and a wickedly evil nation. He trusts God. God will watch over His Word and fulfill it and will protect Jeremiah. Jeremiah chooses the cross over conforming to the...
Oct 24, 2023•21 min
In Ezekiel 46 - 48, God shows Ezekiel the river that will flow right from the Temple and bring healing, restoration and even life to the Dead Sea. The boundaries of the land promised to Israel are outlined as they are finally able to both receive and enjoy the land promised to them by God. God is faithful and His promises do come true. Jesus was rejected when He came to earth the first time, but the 2nd time He comes the reality of truth will be known to all. Even in the midst of chaos when the ...
Oct 23, 2023•19 min
In Ezekiel 44 & 45, God shows Ezekiel the distribution of tasks and land among and around the amazing new Temple. God says to store up treasures in heaven. Heaven is our eternal home and when we pursue God with all our guts, everything in us, we can't help but reflect His love and character to those around us. We bring glory to God through our lives and thus expand God's Kingdom as people around us want what we have and choose Jesus too. These things all build our future home. We don't work ...
Oct 20, 2023•16 min
In Ezekiel 43, God shows Ezekiel that the glory of the Lord will return. He will appear from the east. Jesus will return and the glory of God will be present in this new millennial Temple. Ezekiel again responds by falling face down. The glory of God is so magnificent. The only proper response is humble worship. The law of the Temple is "absolute holiness!". The entire mountain top will be holy. God is holy, holy, holy and His Temple will be as well. There's a lot going on right now in our world...
Oct 19, 2023•14 min
In Ezekiel 41 & 42, God continues to show Ezekiel more details about the coming Millennial Temple. This Temple will be like no other. God's Kingdom is like no other. It will be glorious and majestic and amazing and something we cannot even comprehend this side of heaven. God was giving future hope of coming restoration and glory to His people who were currently in exile. In doing so, He also gives us hope of coming restoration and glory as we live as foreigners in a sinful, wicked world....
Oct 18, 2023•13 min
In Ezekiel 40, God gives Ezekiel a very detailed descripting of a coming Temple. This Temple is like no other. It gives hope of restoration to the exiles and hope for us that there is resolution coming. This Temple will have no ark, no altar of incense, no lampstand, no table of bread, no veil, and no high priest. None of that will be necessary because we'll be with Jesus. He is our eternal High Priest. Evil and wickedness will be dealt with and we'll get to dine with Jesus for eternity.
Oct 17, 2023•18 min
In Ezekiel 39, God shows Ezekiel how the enemy is completely wiped out and Israel is restored along with all of God's faithful remnants. It will be done. God's glory and greatness will be revealed to all the nations. All will know God is the Sovereign Lord - the One and only true God. God will bring full restoration and celebration forth for His children.
Oct 16, 2023•15 min
In Ezekiel 38, God tells Ezekiel to let the enemy know God is on it. The enemy may come in and attack Israel for a time, but God would have the victory and victory is coming in a way that ALL the nations would know God is God. He is Who He says He is. We need to join and pray. The prayers of the righteous break the chains of the enemy. We need to pray for ALL the people suffering, being tortured, and treated utterly horrible. There are no words, but there is God. All people are created in His im...
Oct 13, 2023•15 min
In Ezekiel 37, God gives Ezekiel a message to speak to a vast number of bones in a valley. He asks Ezekiel, "Can these bones become living again?" Yes, yes they can. Only God can bring forth life and by the breath of our Almighty God, they come alive. Ezekiel is speaking to Israel after Jerusalem had been destroyed and giving them a promise of hope, restoration, and a future. He even shows them a future where Jesus would reign as King for all eternity and there will be a covenant of peace that c...
Oct 12, 2023•19 min
In Ezekiel 35 & 36, God gives details and warning that Edom will be dealt with. Evil, wickedness, and hatred will be dealt with. Judgment belongs to God and God alone. He can and will handle it. The land everyone is fighting over belongs to God. It is His land. This is His earth. We are to be good stewards of the land He entrusts us with. God takes it serious when people come against and torture His people and He will handle it. He calls and cries out for us all to repent and choose Jesus. H...
Oct 11, 2023•18 min
In Ezekiel 34, God give Ezekiel a message for the leaders. Sin and wickedness will be accounted for and justice is God's. Justice is coming. Stand firm in faith. Jesus is returning and restoration is coming. There's a promise of hope, a promise of redemption, a promise of our Savior. Our Messiah. Jesus. We can choose Jesus and the Life found only in and through Jesus and rest in the arms of God for all eternity in His covenant of peace. Jehovah Shammah - the Lord is there. He is present and we c...
Oct 10, 2023•13 min
In Ezekiel 33, we see all the things Ezekiel has warned God's people are happening. God's Word is true. It's not our responsibility to try to prove God wrong, that will fail every time. It's our responsibility to admit we are wrong, repent, and turn away from sin. Sin and wickedness will be dealt with, but we have an opportunity to choose to repent before the time runs out. True repentance is a turning from sin to God. It involves your mind, heart, and will. You change your mind leading to a cha...
Oct 09, 2023•19 min
In Ezekiel 31 & 32, God gives Ezekiel a comparison between Assyria and Egypt. Assyria was a great nation because God made them great. They did not honor God and were proud, arrogant and wicked. God humbled them through the Babylonian army who conquered Assyria. If the Babylonian army can conquer Assyria, it can conquer Egypt as well who is just as prideful, arrogant, and wicked. God humbles the proud and after His judgment falls, peace comes. Jesus is returning with Jesus judgment is coming....
Oct 06, 2023•17 min
In Ezekiel 30, God reveals the destruction of Egypt to Ezekiel during the same timeframe in which it is happening. Ezekiel has no idea. The Babylonian army comes in and destroys Egypt in 605 BC and the Egyptians had twice the army. God's will prevails regardless of our army size. Egypt was a prideful, evil nation against God and was hurting God's people so they were held accountable for those choices by God. He speaks of the "day of the Lord" which speaks to the current situation for Egypt as we...
Oct 05, 2023•14 min
In Ezekiel 29, God gives an oracle of warning to Ezekiel for Egypt. The Nile River was essential to their lives and they had made it like a god. Israel relied on Egypt instead of God for protection. God's people should have turned to God for protection, not Egypt, but Egypt should have also kept their word. Egypt was completely destroyed by the Babylonian army. God's desire is that everyone on earth knows that He alone is God. We don't seem to give God our attention with all the blessings He pou...
Oct 04, 2023•15 min
In Ezekiel 28, God brings forth a message for the King of Tyre. He has been operating out of evil, wickedness, idolatry, pride, and arrogance. God doesn't put up with that and judgment is coming. The king of Tyre thinks he is a god, but he will find out quickly he is a mere man. When we fall into comparison, desire for materialism, wealth, and pride we are dancing with the devil. God shows Ezekiel how pride caused Satan to fall from the heavens. Pride comes before the fall. God created us all go...
Oct 03, 2023•15 min
In Ezekiel 27, God gives Ezekiel a funeral song - a song of coming destruction - for the nation of Tyre. Tyre was an extremely successful merchant nation and was the center of trade and prosperity for several nations around them. Tyre was admired and focused entirely on pride and wealth. God was not a part of the nation at all. Very quickly that pride is humbled and admiration turns to desolation as the Babylonian army comes and takes over the nation. No matter how rich and beautiful a nation or...
Oct 02, 2023•12 min
In Ezekiel 25 & 26, God warns of coming judgment to the surrounding nations of Israel. The nations persecuting Israel will feel the hand of God as they face the punishment of their wickedness. They worship false idols, false gods, materialism, wealth, and are full of pride. On top of all that, they persecute God's people. God's not okay with any of that. God shows us all who He is if we pay attention. He is God. He is love, and He is just. We can choose Jesus and receive the outpouring of Hi...
Sep 29, 2023•16 min
