Lessons on Living from Jeremiah GOD OF THE SECOND CHANCE

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...

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Lessons on Living from Jeremiah NOTHING HIDDEN

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...

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Lessons on Living from Jeremiah CALLED BY HIS NAME

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...

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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 at...

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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 WHY DO THE WICKED PROSPER?

JEREMIAH 12:1 Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? Have you noticed how many intriguing “why” questions we have? I suppose inquiring...

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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 up...

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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 am...

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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 slidden back, Jerusalem, in a 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...

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