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PRAYER ANSWERED IS TO BE LOVINGLY OBEYED Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.”   “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will certainly pray to the Lord your God as you have requested; I will tell you everything the Lord says and will keep nothing back from you.” Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us. Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with us,…

WE WILL APPEAR BEFORE OUR CREATOR  In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. —Hebrews 1:1-2  “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will…

FAITHFUL IN OLD AGE I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. —Philemon 1:9-10             Paul is now an old man. Not only is he an old man now, but he is in prison for His faith.   In his old age he is still serving the Lord. In his old age he is still being persecuted and is still suffering as he serves the Lord.   And yet, even in his aged state, he is still preaching the gospel and people are still coming to faith because of his faithfulness.…

BE LIKE JESUS Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured…

NOTHING IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of hosts is his name: “If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the LORD, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever.” Thus says the LORD: “If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they…

LIFE INDICATOR = FRUIT TYPE To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good. —Titus 1:15-16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut…

REBELLION AGAINST OUR LORD Therefore thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the LORD.’  In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died. —Jeremiah 28:16-17             It is a very serious thing for someone to proclaim a word that they say is of the Lord, but is actually against what He says. For the prophet Hananiah that was exactly the case. Jeremiah said that the Lord would bring Judah into exile for 70 years (Jeremiah 25:11-12; 29:10) and Hananiah disagreed with him and said that Judah would throw…

LAST DAYS… But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. —II Timothy 3:1-5             The last times can mean from the 1st coming of Jesus unto the 2nd coming of Jesus or it can mean the days just prior to His 2nd coming (I John 2:18; Matthew 24). Surely…

ENTRUSTED TO ENTRUST You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. —II Timothy 2:1-7             Am…

PROPER FOCUS Cursed be the day on which I was born! —Jeremiah 20:14             Ever have a day like this that you have said, “I wish I never had been born?” Jeremiah felt that way. Job also felt that way— “Curse that day for failing to shut my mother’s womb, for letting me be born to see all this trouble” (Job 3:10).  Sometimes people get so down when difficulty comes that they say “they wish they never had been born.”             This just goes to show you that the wealthy and the godly have difficulty just as the poor and ungodly do. Life in a fallen world— “Yet man is born…