Lessons on Living from JEREMIAH WHOM CAN YOU BELIEVE?

JEREMIAH 14:14 : And the Lord said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.” 1977 millions of people lined up...

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Lessons on Living from JEREMIAH A CHANGE OF NATURE

JEREMIAH 13:23: Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil. There’s a legend about a scorpion, being a very poor swimmer, who asked a turtle to carry him on its back across the river. “Are...

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Lessons on Living from JEREMIAH WHEN GOD WON’T HEAR

JEREMIAH 11:13-14 : “For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. Therefore do not pray for this people, or lift...

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Lessons on Living from JEREMIAH HOW TO FIND GLORY

JEREMIAH 9:23-24 : Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I...

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Lessons on Living from JEREMIAH TOO LATE!

JEREMIAH 8:20 : “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved!” The ancient city of Pompeii is less than a mile from the foot of Mount Vesuvius. In the summer of A.D.79, Vesuvius erupted suddenly and with great violence. Hot ash, stones and cinders rained...

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Lessons on Living from JEREMIAH BACKSLIDDEN

JEREMIAH 8:5: “Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.” Robert Robinson was saved out of a tempestuous life of sin. Shortly after that, at the age of 23, Robinson wrote the hymn “Come, Thou Fount.” Sometime later, however,...

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Lessons on Living from JEREMIAH OBEY MY VOICE

JEREMIAH 7:23 : “But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.'” A young son of a missionary...

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Lessons on Living from JEREMIAH WISHFUL THINKING

JEREMIAH 6:14 : “They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, saying, ‘Peace, Peace!’ when there is no peace.” On Wake Island in 1950, President Truman said to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, “I want only three words as my epitaph–‘He Brought Peace.'” That was certainly a worthy and noble...

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Lessons on Living from JEREMIAH IN THE END

JEREMIAH 5:31 : The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power; and My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end? Everything that begins also ends. Beautiful buildings are erected, but eventually they are torn down. Seeds sprout and grow...

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