Put First Things First

Jeremiah 7:2 Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD A friend who once was a youth pastor told me that as the teens of his youth group...

God Makes and Remakes

Jeremiah 1:5a and 18a …I formed thee…For, behold I have made thee We live in a place and a day of self-made people, self-made men we say. You go to an establishment and it may have a large poster or framed art with “Our Story,” and it has pictures and framed texts...

When We Ignore His Gifts

Jeremiah 5:25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you We have a family friend who has the honorary title of uncle, and I have called him that before I can even remember. Last Saturday he was visiting, and took...

Hear Him

Isaiah 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word Did your five-year-old child ever want to help you wash the...

Prayer Is a Two-Way Street

Isaiah 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear Have you ever had a forty-five-minute conversation in which you didn’t say a word? That isn’t really a conversation; that is a monologue. Maybe...