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Christian Devotional – October 9, 2022
The Weeping Prophet, Day 5 Do we love lies? Read Jeremiah chapter 5. As God continues to share with the people about their sin, one constant theme through this chapter is the fact that they don’t love the truth. The poeople love their lies. They love their current situation and they want to be lied to that what they are doing is working and working well. They want to believe that God is in control, but in fact, they are holding on to the control themselves. They are dictating to God what should be considered right and wrong. What do we do? Do we accept what God tells us is…
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Christian Devotional – October 8, 2022
The Weeping Prophet, Day 4 Start with hope. Read Jeremiah chapter 4. As we read this chapter, I am struck by the difference between the beginning of the chapter and the rest. God tells his people that there is hope, but then proceeds to explain what judgment for lack of repentance will look like. There is hope, if they will repent. But if they don’t… judgment is coming and it will be severe. God has set the standards and expectations for us. If we fall short of those and turn away from him, we will be judged. But God offers mercy and forgiveness to those who will repent. He offers…
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Christian Devotional – October 7, 2022
The Weeping Prophet, Day 3 God chooses us. Read Jeremiah chapter 3. The people have betrayed God and have sinned against him, and yet God still chooses them. Even though they’re disobedient, God remains faithful while they are faithless. No matter what situation we find ourselves in, and no matter how much we have sinned or turned against God, he choses us. He wants us. God desires a relationship with each of us so much so that he sent his son Jesus to die for us to bridge the gap between us that was made by our sin. Will we respond to God and choose him just as he chose…
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Christian Devotional – October 6, 2022
The Weeping Prophet, Day 2 We become what we spend our time following. Read Jeremiah chapter 2. As we see God sharing with Jeremiah, we understand better the state of the country. This very puts it very bluntly. The people have been following worthless things and as a result they have become worthless themselves. We will become whatever we are seeking after. If we are seeking money, we become greedy. If we seek recognition, we become dependent on others. These people were seeking something worthless and as a result became worthless themselves. What are we seeking after? Is God our focus and desire? If we want to become more like…
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Christian Devotional – October 5, 2022
The Weeping Prophet, Day 1 How do we measure success? We are going to read through the book of Jeremiah, who is often referred to as the Weeping Prophet. Read Jeremiah chapter 1. Jeremiah had a calling. When we start looking at what it means to be successful, it all starts with God’s calling on our life. God had a plan for Jeremiah and he shared that with him. When we are following in God’s plan, then the rest of the world cannot be successful against us. God will always overcome and we can trust in that. Are we trusting in Christ in every situation and do we trust in…
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Christian Devotional – October 4, 2022
Prayer in Action, Day 44 Remember the sin. As we are closing out this final section of the book of Nehemiah, read Nehemiah 13:23-31. Yesterday we saw how Nehemiah wanted God to remember him for the things he had done to defend God. Today we see the reminder that God is going to remember our shortcomings and our sin. Nehemiah reminds God that these people have sinned against him yeah. Now, God never forgets anything. However, we need to understand that God will always remember our sins. Unless we have accepted Jesus Christ as our savior and he covers our sin with his sacrifice, God will still look at us…
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Christian Devotional – October 3, 2022
Prayer in Action, Day 43 Mercy for upholding God’s standard. Read Nehemiah 13:15-22. As Nehemiah continued to reinforce the standard that God has set, he continues to encounter resistance. People continue to pressure the Israelites to go against what God has commanded. So Nehemiah takes a hard stand and enforces God’s standards, even when the people don’t like it. There may be several times when people are struggling with God’s standards, but that doesn’t mean that the standards should change. In fact, that is when we need to reinforce those standards even more. Nehemiah prays and asks God for mercy. Because of the stand that he is taking, it’s entirely…
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Christian Devotional – October 2, 2022
Prayer in Action, Day 42 Plan in place. Read Nehemiah 13:12-14. While the people had gone through the time of disobedience that Nehemiah addressed in yesterday’s verses, now he is putting a plan in place to make sure that the disobedience doesn’t continue. While he is doing these things and ensuring that God’s will is being followed, he calls out the specific obedience and and asks that God remembers him. When we know what obedience to God should look lile, and we do it, we should celebrate and give God the glory. He is deserving if the obedience and also the glory for the obedience. Are we thanking God for…
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Christian Devotional – October 1, 2022
Prayer in Action, Day 41 Don’t neglect the house of the Lord. Read Nehemiah 13:1-11. While Nehemiah left to go back to the king and report on the progress, unfortunately things did not go exactly as planned. The commitments that the people had made ended up getting forgotten, and as a result, the house of the Lord was neglected as well. The people had made a commitment to make sure that they were taking care of God’s house, but they went back on their promise. What promises have we gone back on? What have we told the Lord that we would do that we are not currently doing? Just like…
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Christian Devotional – September 29, 2022
Prayer in Action, Day 40 They did the work. Read Nehemiah 12:44-47. The people did the work they were expected to do. And not only that, they did the work in the way that they were supposed to do it. They weren’t trying to find shortcuts around instead they followed the instructions that had had been left them. When we think about the book of Nehemiah and the idea of prayer in action, you see Nehemiah praying regularly, but we also see him acting on what God had shared with him. Now that his transferred over to the people as well. They have been praising and worshipping God, but they…