Tag: jesus
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Called to Fail?
Ezekiel 2:1 – 3: “Stand up, son of man,” said the voice. “I want to speak with you.” The Spirit came into me as he spoke, and he set me on my feet. I listened carefully to his words. “Son of man,” he said, “I am sending you to the nation of Israel, a rebellious…
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Do You Have God’s Autograph?
Jeremiah 31:31-34 “The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke…
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When Pottery Rebels
Jeremiah 18:1-12 The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.” So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he…
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The Heart of an Unpopular Prophet
Jeremiah 8:18-22 My grief is beyond healing; my heart is broken. Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. “Has the Lord abandoned Jerusalem?” the people ask. “Is her King no longer there?” “Oh, why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols …
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Are We Good News?
Isaiah 61:1–9 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of…
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Aspirations of Mediocrity?
Isaiah 55:1–7 “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me,…
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A Long Walk in a Peaceful Direction
Isaiah 2:1–5, The Message The Message Isaiah got regarding Judah and Jerusalem: There’s a day coming when the mountain of God’s House Will be The Mountain— solid, towering over all mountains. All nations will river toward it, people from all over set out for it. They’ll say, “Come, let’s climb God’s…
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Isaiah & You
Isaiah 6:1-8 In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, the edges of his robe filling the temple. Winged creatures were stationed around him. Each had six wings: with two they veiled their faces, with two their feet, and with two they flew about. They…
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The Prophets: Obadiah
During the month of September, we will focus on the Old Testament prophets. There is a notion that prophets are fortune tellers, revealers of the future. Though prophets often speak of the future, that is not their primary purpose. Prophets serve as God’s messengers of accountability when God’s people (and particularly the leaders of God…
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