SEEK HIM… BE STRONG IN HIM… TAKE HEART IN HIM… WAIT FOR HIM! My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”  Your face, Lord, I will seek. —Psalm 27:8 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. —Psalm 27:14             Is this what your heart says?  Is this your desire— to seek His face?  Are you waiting for Him?  As you wait for Him, are you being strong and taking heart?  We are told in II Timothy 2:1— “You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”  We truly have no strength of our own.  It is by the grace of our…

THE ARROGANT’S DAY WILL COME! Woe to them! For their day has come, the time for them to be punished. —Jeremiah 50:27 “See, I am against you, you arrogant one,” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty, “for your day has come, the time for you to be punished.” —Jeremiah 50:31             No nation or people or individual is beyond the Lord God Almighty’s punishment.  For if He decides the day has come from them to be punished, then woe to them because it will happen and nobody will be able to stay His hand.             Any nation on earth better beware about being arrogant.  It is a marvel that a nation, a…

FORGIVEN! For the sake of your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. —Psalm 25:11             Do you understand how “great” sin is?  How great is my sin and how great is your sin?  The ESV says, “For your name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.”  We need to be forgiven/pardoned.  The Psalmist is not just thinking about the past either.  David, as a follower of our Lord, failed miserably in sinful activity as a believer and yet our Lord God Almighty, not only forgave His past sins, but also His present sins.  Many believers of the past failed and sinned as followers of our…

I WANT TO HEAR YOU! Again and again I sent my servants the prophets, who said, ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate!’ But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods. —Jeremiah 44:4-5 We will certainly do everything we said we would… —Jeremiah 44:17             How patient our Lord is!  Again and again He sent His servants to warn the people not to serve or worship other gods.  But they would not listen or pay attention to the servants sent with His message.  They continued in their wickedness.  They continued serving and worshipping other gods. …

MY SHEPHERD! The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.  He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.  Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.  You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.  Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. —Psalm 23…

PRAY— OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY WILL ANSWER! While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time: “Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name: Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know. —Jeremiah 33:1-3 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.  They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it! —Psalm 22:30-31             Yes, “the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and…

LISTEN YOU NATIONS— OUR LORD IS SOVEREIGN! “Hear the word of the Lord, you nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands: ‘He who scattered Israel will gather them and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’  For the Lord will deliver Jacob and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they. —Jeremiah 31:10-11 This is what the Lord says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord Almighty is his name: “Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,” declares the Lord, “will Israel ever cease being a nation before me.”  declares the Lord. …

MAY YOUR DESIRES BE DONE THROUGH ME May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. —Psalm 20:4 May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands. —Psalm 90:17             Jesus said, “apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).  Our Lord has work for us to do (Ephesians 2:10).  So, “May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.”  Truly, “May he give you the desire of your heart…

HIS PERFECT WORD TO BE PROCLAIMED— OUR ONLY HOPE So the word of the Lord has brought me insult and reproach all day long.  But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones.  I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot. —Jeremiah 20:8-9 O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord! —Jeremiah 22:29 As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. —Psalm 18:30             The only hope for this world, for any nation or for…

DON’T HEAR— “HE LET THEM GO” OR “HE GAVE THEM OVER!” Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my heart would not go out to this people. Send them away from my presence! Let them go! —Jeremiah 15:1 But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors. See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me. —Jeremiah 16:12 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.  They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.  It does not fear when…