BE A BLESSING WHERE YOU LIVE This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” —Jeremiah 29:4-7 The Israelites were to…

THE GREATEST GIVER With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please. —Jeremiah 27:5 Our Lord God Almighty is all-powerful. There is none greater than He. It is He who made the earth. It is He who created all people. It is He who created all the animals. It is He who has created all things (Genesis chapter 1). Therefore, it is He who can give whatever He wants to whoever He desires to give it to. He put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. It was He…

WHAT GOD SAYS IS WHAT MATTERS! In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for…

YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed! Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, who made him very glad, saying, “A child is born to you—a son!” May that man be like the towns the Lord overthrew without pity. May he hear wailing in the morning, a battle cry at noon. For he did not kill me in the womb, with my mother as my grave, her womb enlarged forever. Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame? —Jeremiah 20:14-18…

HE IS OVER THE NATIONS But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it,” declares the Lord. —Jeremiah 12:17 Nations, any nation, beware! To not listen to the Lord results in a nation’s own destruction. Jeremiah was warning Judah, but this could apply to any nation of the world. As it was Judah would not listen and would go into exile for 70 years as foretold by Jeremiah in 25:11 and 29:10. No nation is immune from the Lord’s judgment and when the Lord moves to judge a nation none can stay His hand. The most powerful nation on earth is puny compared to the…

NONE LIKE HIM! No one is like you, Lord; you are great, and your name is mighty in power. Who should not fear you, King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise leaders of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you. —Jeremiah 10:6-7 Surely there is none like You Lord God Almighty. You is all powerful. I look at the night sky and stand in awe at Your creativeness. I look around the beauty of the earth and rejoice in Your artistry. People flock to the mountains or the oceans to be near Your mighty works whether they acknowledge You…

GOD’S DESIRES FOR US I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an…

THE PATIENCE OF GOD Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. —I Timothy 1:15-16 Jesus came into the world to save sinners. That is a trustworthy statement as to why He came. A person has to acknowledge they…

PRAY FOR THE SPREAD OF THE MESSAGE OF THE LORD! As for other matters, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith. —II Thessalonians 3:1-2 Wow, Paul’s desire and prayer request was for the message of the Lord to spread rapidly and be honored. Is that our desire today? If so, how are we involved in that? If not, why not? Our desire should be that as many people as possible as soon as possible could hear…

BE AN ENCOURAGER May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. —II Thessalonians 2:16-17 Are you eternally encouraged? You ought to be if you know the Lord Jesus because He has given His sheep “eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand” (John 10:28). “And so we will be with the Lord forever” (I Thessalonians 4:17). This is eternal encouragement “so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the…