Category: Echoes of His Love
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Senseless Pride
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there.Jeremiah 43:2 We continue our train of thought from yesterday. These people were described as…
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Self Deceit Mode
Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.Jeremiah 42:5 When a people are in self deceit mode, you can’t really do much to help them. These people…
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Differentiating Paranoia from Stupidity
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.Jeremiah 41:1 While a leader…
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Choosing Not To Be A Stranger
Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.Jeremiah 40:6 What is interesting here is that the Governor of Judah and Prophet Jeremiah chose to live among the people. I think that is a great lesson the Nigerian political elite…
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Trust God Gets Rewarded
For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 39:18 This message to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian proves something once again: God does not owe any person. Yesterday we read…
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Deciding to Make the Right Choice
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. Jeremiah 38:5 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hands, and they mock…
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Truth is Constant
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?Jeremiah 37:19 Zedekiah went to Jeremiah secretly by night when Jerusalem was already under siege and his political comrades have imprisoned Jeremiah, accusing him of wanting to fall to the enemy. The interesting…
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A King and His Stupidity
Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.Jeremiah 36:28 The stupidest thing a human being could do is to give themselves the unfortunate task of fighting against God. This king of Judah received a message on…
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Saying ‘No’ to Free Wine
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters.Jeremiah 35:8 The greatest type of temptation is to be confronted with something you know quite well you should not…
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Choosing Wisdom Always
But afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and handmaids, whom they had set free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.Jeremiah 34:11 I watched a video recently of Dr Olumide Emmanuel saying that whatever you cannot let go as a sacrifice is having control over you. He was explaining…
