Meditating The Word

Today on Meditating the Word we begin the Lamentations of Jeremiah.  This is Day 237. Today we are reading Lamentations 1 and 2 ---- Father God, these are hard lessons. The price Israel and Judah paid for their disobedience, their transgressions, for turning away from You, are painful to read. Yet, we know You sent messengers, Your prophets to warn them so that they could turn from their ways and...

Today on Meditating the Word, the Fall of Jerusalen and Jehoiachin is released. This is Day 236. Today we are reading Jeremiah 51-52 ---- Father God, Your Word still stands. It stood for Judah and Israel and against their oppressors. It stands for us today and against the enemy. Your Word is forever established in heaven. It cannot return to You void. Thank You, Father, for Your Word. Amen ---- We...

Today on Meditating the Word, Jeremiah's prophecies about Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazor, Elam and Babylon. This is Day 235. Today we are reading Jeremiah 49-50 ---- Father God, I lift up everyone who on this journey through Your Word. Father, there is no one like You, no thing and no one compares to You. As we read and listen to Your Word, Father, we ask for revelation knowledge, beyond o...

Today on Meditating the Word, Jeremiah's message about Egypt, message about the Philistines and his message about Moab. This is Day 234. Today we are reading Jeremiah 46-48. ---- Father God, in the prophecies of Jeremiah, we see how you are able to use the nations, even those in positions of power who do not know You, to bring about Your plan. Your Word has gone out, and it cannot be thwarted and...

Today on Meditating the Word, the flight to Egypt, disaster becaue of idolatry, and a message to Baruch This is Day 233. Today we are reading Jeremiah 41-45. ---- Father God, thank You for Your Word, even when it's hard, Father, we know it's given for our instruction and our correction. So, we take these words of Jeremiah and apply them to our lives. How many times do we come to You Father, seekin...

Today on Meditating the Word, we read Habakkuk's complaint and the Lord's answer; Habakkuk's second complaint and the Lord's answer; and the song of Habakkuk. This is Day 232. Today we are reading the Book of Habakkuk. ---- Father God, Amen ---- We are reading the entire Bible this year in the order the events actually occured chronologically. You can download a copy of the reading plan from bluel...

Today on Meditating the Word, The final kings of Judah: Jehoahaz, Johoiakim, Jehoiachin and Zedekiah; Jerusalem and the temple are destroyed. This is Day 231. Today we are reading 2nd Kings 24-25 and 2nd Chronicles 36 ---- Father God, thank You for Your Word and for the word of Your prophets. Before Cyrus even was, Jeremiah prophesied about him by name. Yet, Your people didn't listen to the prophe...

Today on Meditating the Word, Jeremiah is thrown into a cistern, Zedekiah questions Jeremiah again, the fall of Jerusalem, Jeremiah is freed, Gedaliah is assasinated, and we pray two Psalms of Asaph. This is Day 230. Today we are reading Jeremiah 38-40, and Psalms 74 and 79 ---- Father God, Amen ---- We are reading the entire Bible this year in the order the events actually occured chronologically...

Today on Meditating the Word, we learn about the Rechabites, Jehoiakim burns Jeremiah's scroll, and Jeremiah is imprisoned. This is Day 229. Today we are reading Jeremiah 35-37 ---- Father God, thank You for Your Word. We can learn so much from the past if we open our ears and our hearts and truly hear. These arent just ancient accounts, they are lessons. Help us to listen to Your Word, Father. No...

Today on Meditating the Word, Jeremiah buys a field, promise of restoration, warning to Zedekiah, and freedom for slaves. This is Day 228. Today we are reading Jeremiah 32-34 ---- Father God, help us to recognize, there is a consequence for our actions. There is a consequence for our disobedience. You have given us great and precious promises, and there is a condition: that we seek You and follow...

Today on Meditating the Word, Jeremiah's prophecy of the restoration of Israel. This is Day 227. Today we are reading Jeremiah 30-31 ---- Father God, again, we see hints of the coming Savior... Rachel weeping for her children, when Herod slaughtered babies trying to kill Jesus; a woman encompassing a man, when the virgin Mary carried Jesus in her womb; the promise of sins being forgiven and rememb...

Today on Meditating the Word, Jeremiah is threatened with death, Judah is to serve Nebuchadnezzar, the false prophet Hananiah, Jeremiah's letter to the exiles and the Lord's message to Shemaiah This is Day 226. Today we are reading Jeremiah 26-29 ---- Father God, we know that the words of Jeremiah were spoken to the captives in Babylon, but we know these words are just as true for us, Father. So w...

Today on Meditating the Word, Jeremiah's prophecy of the Righteous Branch, lying prophets and false prophecy, two baskets of figs, 70 years of captivity, and the cup of God's wrath. This is Day 225. Today we are reading Jeremiah 23-25 ---- Father God, give us wisdom and discernment. Just as in the days of Jeremiah, we have false prophets today. We have pastors, shepherds of Your flock, who do not...

Today on Meditating the Word, Jeremiah at the Potter's House, Jeremiah and Passhur, Jeremiah's Complaint, God Rejects Zedekiah's Request, and the Judgement Against Wicked Kings. This is Day 224. Today we are reading Jeremiah 18-22 ---- Father God, You are the potter and we are the clay in Your hands. When the pot of our life is marred, You can make it into another vessel.  Shape us, mold us, Fathe...

Today on Meditating the Word, Jeremiah prophesies drought, famine and sword, the day of disaster, and the importance of keeping the Sabbath holy.  This is Day 223. Today we are reading Jeremiah 14-17 ---- Father God, You gave us a day of rest, You declared it holy. Yet even today -- especially today -- Your people do not rest. We work ourselves to exhaustion for the things of this earth... tempora...

Today on Meditating the Word, Jeremiah speaks about God and idols, the coming destruction, the broken covenant, and the plot against him; Jeremiah's complaint and God's answer; the linen belt, wineskins and the threat of captivity This is Day 222. Today we are reading Jeremiah 10-13 ---- Father God, there is no one like you. You are great, and Your name is mighty. Everything belongs to You, Father...

Today on Meditating the Word, False Religion is Worthless, the Valley of Slaughter, Sin and Punishment. This is Day 222. Today we are reading Jeremiah 7-9 ---- Father God, we don't trust in lies that don't profit, but in the truth. Your Word is truth. We will listen faithfully to Your Word. When You call us, we will answer. We don't glory in our wisdom, or our might, or our riches. We glory only i...

Today on Meditating the Word, Disaster from the North, Not One is Upright, Jerusalem Under Seige This is Day 220. Today we are reading Jeremiah 4-6 ---- Father God, thank You for Your amazing love and mercy. Even when we go astray, You invite us to come back to You and You pour out Your blessings on us. Father, we break up the fallow ground of our hearts and receive the seed of Your Word. We delig...

Today on Meditating the Word, the Call of Jeremiah, Israel Forsakes God, Unfaithful Israel This is Day 219. Today we are reading Jeremiah 1-3. ---- Father God, as with Jeremiah, you formed us in the womb. You knew us before we were born, and you sanctified us. You created us on purpose and for a purpose. We will go where You send us, and we will say what You tell us without fear, because You are w...

Today on Meditating the Word, Judgment on the Whole Earth in the Day of the Lord, Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along with the Nations, and the Restoration of Israel's Remnant.  This is Day 218. Today we are reading The Book of Zephaniah. ---- Father God, we know that the word of Zephaniah were spoken to the children of Judah and the children of Israel. But we also know that You are no respecter of p...

Today on Meditating the Word, The Book of the Law is Found, Josiah Renews the Covenant, Josiah Celebrates the Passover and the Death of Josiah This is Day 217. Today we are reading 2nd Kings 22-23 and 2nd Chronicles 34-35 ---- Father God, we thank You for Your Word. In it, You show us Your heart. You show us Your character. Even though we sin again and again, when we turn to You, You show us love...

Today on Meditating the Word, the Lord's anger against Nineveh, Prophecy of Nineveh's fall, Woe to Nineveh. This is Day 216. Today we are reading The Book of Nahum. ---- Father God, when Jonah prophesied against Nineveh, they listened, and they repented and turned to You. And You had mercy on them. But years later, they had turned back to their old ways once again. So You sent another prophet, Nah...

Today on Meditating the Word, Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem, Hezekiah's pride, success and death, Manasseh King of Judah, And Amon King of Judah. This is Day 215. Today we are reading 2nd Chronicles 32-33 ---- Father God, over and over again, we see your mercy when your people repent. And Father, we know repenting doesn't just mean confessing or admitting that we have sinned and missed the mark,...

Today on Meditating the Word, Hezekiah's illness, 15 years added to his life, Envoys from Babylon, Manasseh the King of Judah, and Amon King of Judah This is Day 214. Today we are reading 2nd Kings 20-21 ---- Father God, thank You for hearing us when we pray. Thank You for Your mercy, even though we don't deserve it. Give us wisdom, Father, and help us to be true to Your Word and to Your ways. Tha...

Today on Meditating the Word, Praise and Prayer, Judgement and Salvation, a New Heaven and a New Earth, Judgement and Hope. This is Day 213. Today we are reading Isaiah 64-66 ---- Father God, You are our Father. You are the potter, and we are the clay -- the work of Your hands. We are Your people. Our sins are great, Father, but You have forgotten the former things and hidden them from Your eyes....