Daily Thoughts From God's Word

The story of Jeremiah and the Rechabites is an interesting one. Offered wine to drink, the Rechabites refused because of their vow not...

Nebuchadnezzar was invading, Jeremiah was telling the king not to resist, and King Zedekiah had Jeremiah shut up in prison. Jeremiah's...

Jeremiah had such a difficult task of constantly declaring judgment against Judah and Jerusalem. Still, Jeremiah was able to announce,...

Jeremiah preached the words God gave him, and what did he get for that? “And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had...

Traveling around the world, it is common to sense the darkness in so many places. These two parables of Jeremiah of the pots seem...

I always find myself amazed at the perseverance of God who declared, “I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the...

The people have mistreated the weakest among them, have loved gods that are not gods, and have committed all sorts of atrocities. It’s...

Jeremiah is sometimes known as “the weeping prophet.” For forty years, he was tasked with declaring that the end was nigh for the nation....

“Jeremiah . . . to whom the word of the Lord came” (1:1,2). It’s good that God has spoken and that his words have been written down for...

The book of Isaiah ends on this note: “. . . the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my...

“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, com, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and...

This morning, just a quote from Isaiah upon which we can meditate and find great encouragement, I think. “How beautiful upon the...

The Lord continues, through his prophet, to announce judgment against Babylon and, then, he addresses his people and says, “The former...

There’s the Messianic prophecy there in Isaiah 40: “A voice cries, ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord . . .” (40:3), which...

These are the historical chapters related to Hezekiah’s reign. Near the end of the eighth century, after the northern kingdom had...