When you feel confined – Terry Nightingale
“Jeremiah was put into a vaulted cell in a dungeon, where he remained a long time” (Jer 37: 16)
“Jeremiah was put into a vaulted cell in a dungeon, where he remained a long time” (Jer 37: 16)
Jeremiah’s message helps us recover when everything falls apart.
Why was Jeremiah dropped in a cistern and left there to die? What had he done?
A new covenant means a new king. That’s the gospel in Jeremiah.
Do you ever find yourself wishing for more wisdom, insight, & understanding? Learn how to turn the Bible verse Jeremiah 33:3 into a personal prayer.
Jeremiah 29:11:"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."Imagine you have finished school, earned your Master’s degree, landed a job, got married, and even started a family. It looks like you...
You may have heard this one: Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” We’re lo…
What did Jeremiah see when he visited the potter’s house? Is his picture consistent with the metaphor of God as ‘potter’ in the New Testament (Romans 9:21)?
You have probably been cautioned time and again not to believe everything you see and hear. This age-old advice still holds today, perhaps even more so.The notion of false prophets might appear confined to the biblical era, but the uncomfortable truth is that they persist in our contemporary society. Moreover,...
Today on Turning Mountains into Molehills’ devotional, we continue our Bible study with the Old Testament book of Jeremiah.
Of all truths in the universe, the most important is the truth of who Jesus is. After all, Truth is not merely an impersonal moral standard. It is a living Person who loved us so much He bears on His hands eternal scars because He rescued us.
In two previous posts I discussed how to use the Old Testament in preaching. My first post dealt with the importance of preaching from the Old Testament. In my second post I discussed how to preach…
“And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land” (…
The book of Jeremiah has more biographical material than any of the other prophetic books, enabling us to see the inner life of an Old Testament prophet. Much of what is known about the last days o…
The entire book of Jeremiah was built around warnings from God. In chapter 21, the Babylonians had the city of Jerusalem completely surrounded. And the message delivered to the king from God was not an encouraging one.
“But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make. Then the word of the Lord came to me, …
When I was living during the darkest and loneliest days of my life, I developed an addiction. I was in the throes of depression due to years of infertility and repeated miscarriages. I sent 5 babies to heaven when they had grown to between 12 and 20 weeks in utero. It was a time of non-stop grief,
A woman giving birth suffers in a way directly connected to her impending joy. The child comes through suffering, and therefore the joy of having the child flows out of suffering. God transforms suffering into joy. Joy both eclipses and redeems the suffering.
I am uncertain why this is, but I have always felt a certain affinity toward the book of Jeremiah. It is loaded with amazing stories, events, and prophetic teaching/warning. Coming in at 33,002 words, Jeremiah holds the honor of being the longest book in the biblical canon. There is one unique thing about Jeremiah –…