VITAL Life Application Devotions

“You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light.”—Ephesians 5:8 NASB Christians need to make it their primary goal to please God and proclaim salvation. Christians have a responsibility to be involved in the world as well. We are...

“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. […] Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.”—Jeremiah 1:5, 9 ESV God made it clear that Jeremiah was being given a ministry He had...

“’Ah, LORD God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.’ But the LORD said to me, ‘To all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.’”—Jeremiah 1:6–7 ESV Over and over, Jeremiah faced situations that he personally...

“Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam’?”—Jeremiah 2:31 NASB The Bible reminds us that God gives us the freedom to make choices. But He also wants us to realize we are responsible for our actions, and we can expect consequences for the choices we make. As...

“Faithless Israel has proved herself to be more righteous than treacherous Judah. Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say, ‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD.”—Jeremiah 3:11–12 NASB Israel had been “faithless.” They had “perverted their...

“Break up your uncultivated ground, and do not sow among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the LORD and remove the foreskins of your heart.”—Jeremiah 4:3–4 NASB The people of Judah had drifted away from God and embraced idolatry. They had chosen to walk in evil ways....

“They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return … They are foolish; for they do not know the way of the LORD.”—Jeremiah 5:3–4 NKJV How natural it is to want our own way – to make decisions that make sense to us, to want to make up our own...