Lessons on Living from Jeremiah SEEK AND FIND

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....

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Lessons on Living from Jeremiah A HAMMER ON A ROCK

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...

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Lessons on Living from Jeremiah THE CHOICE

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...

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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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