Read Ezekiel 4:1 through 11:25 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land’” (Ezekiel 8:12). The elders of Israel pretended to worship God, …
The Source of Hope
Read Lamentations 1:1 through 5:22 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope . . . The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him (Lamentations 3:21,25). In boxing terms, the people were down for the count. But they were far from out. In the middle of this series …
Speak Up!
Read Jeremiah 38:1 through 40:16 Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to him, “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city” (Jeremiah 38:8,9). Upon hearing …
Moldable
Read Jeremiah 14:1 through 20:18 Geneva stood with her teenage daughter for a few moments while they watched a potter give a demonstration at the local craft show. He pumped his foot pedal, spun the platform, dipped his hand in a bowl of water, and used his fingers to shape the lump of clay he was working on. Soon he …