“Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand.” —Jeremiah 11:21 But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the Lord. —Jeremiah 12:17 People are being killed in countries just for speaking about Jesus. There are those in our own country that do not want us to speak about Jesus. Many do not want to hear his name in the public arena. I did the invocation and benediction at a high school graduation for a few years and prayed in the name of Jesus. Many teachers in that school said that I was…

“…but the righteous shall live by his faith. —Habakkuk 2:4 He was standing on the slide and said, “Mr. White, catch me” and then the child jumped and I caught him. Children trust that you will do what is intended. He did not hesitate to jump because he truly believed that I would catch him and I did. That is faith! Are you living by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ? Do you truly believe that “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms…? (Deuteronomy 33:27). Is your life feeling like it is in “free fall?” Well, that might be the feeling, but the reality is…

…falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord. —Jeremiah 9:3 Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity. Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord. —Jeremiah 9:5-6 In October of 2012 if was reported that 20% of Americans claimed no religion compared to 15 percent five years previously (http://www.alternet.org/belief/number-atheists-us-spikes-protestants-minority-first-time). “The growth in the number of religiously unaffiliated Americans – sometimes called the rise of the “nones” – is…

“How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us’? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie. —Jeremiah 8:8 How many people in your local church are really disciples of Jesus Christ? These would be people who are growing and sharing their faith, being obedient to the Lord. I was with a church with about 100 people recently and I asked that question. The leadership told me, “Probably 10 and that is on the high side.” On top of that many people in this church were following TV personalities that are teaching false doctrine. That church is…

“As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you. —Jeremiah 7:16 They were in a life or death situation when they made the phone call. “Please, please, someone pick up the phone,” but nobody did… There is a time when the Lord does not want us to pray because He will not answer. In the case above Judah had crossed a line and the Lord told Jeremiah not to pray for them. The people were doing their own thing and would not listen to what the prophet Jeremiah had…

…for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. —Jeremiah 2:13 Take your pick. Drink water from an icy cold, cascading mountain stream or from a bucket with holes in it that cannot hold any water. As soon as you put water in the bucket it immediately runs out and is empty. Why is it that when people have the choice to “drink” of the Lord they rather “drink” from other empty things that cannot quench their inner thirst? It is because of spiritual blindness, satanic influence, pride, selfishness, rebellion…

Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” —Jeremiah 1:4-5 The builder knew what he was going to do before he began the construction. Even before the building was completed he set it apart for special purposes. He then appointed the building to be the special place of relaxation for him and his family. This had been planned for years and now it had come to pass. The verses above make it very clear. It is the Lord God Almighty who forms…

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the Lord. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth. —Zephaniah 1:18 Climate change is going to destroy the earth! Or, is it global warming and the world is going to bake? Or were they right in the 1970’s that it was global cooling and we were going to freeze http://denisdutton.com/newsweek_coolingworld.pdf. One thing is for sure according to the verse above is that no amount of money will deliver mankind from…

The workers labored faithfully. —II Chronicles 34:12 When the boss was around they did their work as they were supposed to, but when the boss was not around they slacked and fooled around. They did not faithfully do their work when he was not directly overseeing them. They were slackers! What about us? Are we faithful in the work the Lord has given to us? Whether we are in school at any level or in the workplace, at home or among His people, the church, are we faithfully laboring for the Lord Jesus? The context of the verse above is when King Josiah sent workers to repair and restore the…

Behold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts… —Nahum 3:5 The recent targeting of conservative groups by the IRS illustrates how the powerless can be at the mercy of the powerful. In the case of the IRS, they used their power in a very abusive way. Anyone who gets a notice from them is truly concerned, especially when they are against those who do not line up with their values. Power— it can be used abusively or under control to carry out specific purposes. If the verse above there are words that nobody should want to hear the Lord say—“I am against you.” The Lord God Almighty does…