LIVE THE TRUTH, BEWARE OF LIARS But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the LORD.” —Jeremiah 12:17 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.  For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy…

OH, TO GET AWAY! Oh that I had in the desert a travelers’ lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men. —Jeremiah 9:2 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!  I would fly away and be at rest.  “Behold, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness.” —Psalm 55:6-7             Ever have the thoughts of wanting to “just get away” saying something like— “Oh, I would like to just go away on some deserted tropical Island for a while?”  Well, you are not alone.  I imagine many people have…

PRAY AND TELL! First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. For this I was appointed a preacher and…

JESUS CAME TO SAVE SINNERS! I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an…

OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY CONTROLS CLIMATE! Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have the forehead of a whore; you refuse to be ashamed. —Jeremiah 3:3             Man’s sin can bring the consequence of changed weather patterns upon themselves.  It is very clear from the verse above that our Lord can and does withhold rain because of man’s sin.  The rain is controlled by Him and He keeps if from raining if He so desires.  In the case above it is withheld because of the people’s “whoredom.”  They have no shame and refuse to be ashamed at the evil they are doing. …

THE SATANIC LIE OF ABORTION “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.” Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the LORD.” Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the…

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW JESUS! I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. —Isaiah 65:1             I did not ask for the Lord but He was ready for me to seek Him.  I was not seeking after the Lord, but He was ready for me to find Him.  How did I come to the point of being ready to seek Him?  It was He who made me ready— “”No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up…

WAIT!  BE SHAPED! From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him. —Isaiah 64:4 But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. —Isaiah 64:8 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. —I Thessalonians 5:11 Do not quench the Spirit. —I Thessalonians 5:19             We have an awesome God who is utterly amazing.  Who could even imagine His goodness, His greatness, His genuineness and His immense grace toward us. …

Generational Disciple-Making “And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children’s offspring,” says the LORD, “from this time forth and forevermore.” —Isaiah 59:21             Generational disciple-making is seen in the verse above— 1- The Lord 2- puts words in our mouth.  3- The words are not to depart from our children.  4- The words are not to depart from our children’s children and this is to continue…

HAVING PEACE “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.” —Isaiah 57:21             Satan’s lie is we can be fulfilled by not following God.  But this is obviously not true.  There are so many that are seeking peace in their lives, but they are seeking in all the wrong places.  Peace with God only comes through our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1-2).              The wicked are at odds with God.  As a matter of fact, for all those who do not know our Lord Jesus Christ, they are “enemies of God” (Romans 5:10).  God knows all people and He knows that “there is no peace for the wicked.”…