by Susan Barnes | 30 Sep 2016 | Devotions OT
This is what the Lord the God of Israel, says: “Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians. My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will...
by Susan Barnes | 23 Sep 2016 | Devotions OT
People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, “Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?” And the answer will be: “Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.”...
by Susan Barnes | 16 Sep 2016 | Devotions OT
Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, “This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.” But they...
by Susan Barnes | 9 Sep 2016 | Devotions OT
Why is my pain unending and my wound grievous and incurable? You are to me like a deceptive brook, like a spring that fails. Therefore this is what the Lord says: “If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you...
by Susan Barnes | 2 Sep 2016 | Devotions OT
Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. Jeremiah 11:18 I’ve discovered, like Jeremiah, If it would be helpful for me to know more than I’m being told, God has ways of making sure I find out. This...
by Susan Barnes | 26 Aug 2016 | Devotions OT
“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in distant places. For all these nations are really uncircumcised, and even the whole house of...
by Susan Barnes | 19 Aug 2016 | Devotions OT
Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!” If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly … then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your...
by Susan Barnes | 12 Aug 2016 | Devotions OT
The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. Jeremiah 5:3 The prophets and priests, God’s leaders, were preoccupied with their own agendas and God’s people, “love it this way.” Self-absorbed leadership isn’t...
