Tag: faith
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Dimming Gold
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.Lamentations 4:1 This scripture stood out to me this morning because gold is one shining object that we know doesn’t get dimmed. So, when gold is said to have…
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Ambition or Vision
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.Jeremiah 45:5 This promise is to one man. I think it is also for all. It is…
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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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You Have His Listening Ears
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.Jeremiah 33:3 It can be lonely if you have no one to talk to. It can also be heartbreaking if you need help but there is no one to help you. However, God tells you here to…
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Covenant Keeper
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.Jeremiah 31:36 This is a vow, a very strong vow at that. God said clearly that the only way Israel shall cease from being a nation is when the sun,…
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Repentance Is Still the Way Out
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.Jeremiah 19:9 I continued to look for scriptures about hope…
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The Porter and Us
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this porter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the porter’s hand, so are you in mine hand, O house of Israel.Jeremiah 18:6 If we don’t understand this simple concept that God holds our lives and is able to mould it to His…
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Disobedience is Due to Pride
Hear ye, and give ear, be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken.Jeremiah 13:15 This simple scripture provides a profound solution. When it is said that pride goes before the fall, it sounds cliche to some. However, the truth also is that obedience is the best solution to our problems. Why do I say that?…
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Balm in Gilead
Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why doesn’t God do something? Why doesn’t he help?Jeremiah 8:22 (TLB) I have always read this scripture from King James Version (KJV) as a scripture to ask God for healing of our sick bodies. But today, reading it from The Living Bible (TLB), it…
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The Lord is our Deliverer
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, I will save thy children.Isaiah 49:24&25 For the parents…
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