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,...
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...
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...
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...
JEREMIAH 3:4 : “Will you not from this time cry to Me, ‘My father, You are the guide of my youth?'” The life of Edgar Allen Poe is one of the most tragic of all American writers. Raised by foster parents who loved him deeply, he was provided with an...
JEREMIAH 1:4-5: Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Those who know their geography well might know that the longest place...
PROVERBS 8:35-36: “For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the Lord; but he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.” Many people, especially in the field of astronomy, are eagerly seeking signs of life in outer space. A couple...
PROVERBS 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Everyone should know that human wisdom is very fallible. In spite of that, a woman in Haifa, Israel, is suing a...
2 CHRONICLES 7:14: “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” Richard Owen Roberts observed, “There is a sense...
2 CHRONICLES 6:10: “So the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke, and I have filled the position of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised; and I have built the temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.” Clarence...