JEREMIAH 31:3 The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.” In his book, Make Your Life Worthwhile, Richard Armstrong shares the story of a man in Wales who sought to win the affection...
JEREMIAH 30:7 Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it. Society is filled with offers for deliverance. If you have a toothache, a dentist can take care of it. If...
JEREMIAH 29:13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. A 911 operator received a call one evening but heard nothing on the line. Fearing the worst, she called back. A little boy answered the phone in a barely audibly voice....
JEREMIAH 24:7 “Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.” A few years ago Kelly Perkins could hardly walk around the...
JEREMIAH 23:29 “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?” Hammers come in all shapes and sizes. There are jackhammers, sledgehammers, claw hammers and ball peen hammers, to name a few. Each one is designed with a certain...
JEREMIAH 21:8 “Now you shall say to this people, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.”‘” According to Aesop’s fables, a long time ago when the world was young, the birds and the beasts were engaged in a bitter...
JEREMIAH 20:9 Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in His name.” But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not. For more than 20 years...
JEREMIAH 18:1-4 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel...
JEREMIAH 16:16-17 “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. For My eyes are on all...
JEREMIAH 15:16 Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts. It is a tremendous responsibility to bear someone’s name. From the pages of history we...