Guidance and Wisdom

“The shepherds have become stupid and have not sought the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.”—Jeremiah 10:21 NASB What does it take to be a good leader? Many would say that key characteristics include intelligence, experience,...

Stay Sensitive

“Your gods are as many as your cities, Judah; and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal.”—Jeremiah 11:13 NASB By the time of Jeremiah, many of God’s people had forgotten His first...

Burden

“Have You utterly rejected Judah? … We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You … Do not break Your covenant with us … We will wait for You.”—Jeremiah 14:19–22 NKJV Jeremiah personally had not committed the...

Just the Right Time and Just the Right Place

“Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar … Go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.”—Jeremiah 19:1–2 NASB God’s directions to Jeremiah often were specific: what to say, to whom, even...

Ask God for Truth

“I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Within two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the LORD’S house.”—Jeremiah 28:2–3 ESV Hananiah was known as a prophet. He delivered a prophecy that sounded authentic. It was a message consistent with...