Tag Archives: Encouragement

With an imperfect understanding of the timing and nature of the coming kingdom of heaven, Jesus’ disciples approached Him forty days after the resurrection to ask Him a question.  Having learned about the coming restoration of Israel from many of the Old Testament prophets, they wondered if it was now time for Jesus to establishContinue reading “From Every Nation – Acts 2”

27 And I will put my Spirit in you… Ezekiel 36:27a (NIV) God promised that He would do something different with the new covenant spoken of by the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel – He would place His Spirit within the hearts of His people.  God would then be ever-present in believers’ hearts and available to them to accessContinue reading “The Gift of the Holy Spirit – Acts 1”

The prophet Ezekiel, successor to the prophet Jeremiah, foretells of a time when the Lord’s people will be regathered from the nations of the world and placed back into their own land.  Hardened hearts of unbelief will be replaced by softened, faithful hearts of flesh.  At that time, God will no longer reside in buildingsContinue reading “A New and Better Covenant – Jeremiah 31”

Although Judah was facing a seventy year exile in Babylon, the prophet Jeremiah sent them a message of encouragement from the Lord regarding the future of their families and their nation.  God promised to return them to the land and to bless it, ultimately making it His habitation and a destination for all the nationsContinue reading “Going Up to the Mountain – Jeremiah 31”

The Lord spoke to the exiles in Babylon through a letter, written by Jeremiah the prophet, promising that He will protect them, punishing any and all that come against them in order to defend His promise and His name. 16 “‘Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured;And all your adversaries, every one of them, shallContinue reading “Fit for Service – Jeremiah 30”

In a letter to the Judean exiles in Babylon, the prophet Jeremiah sent a message from the Lord.  It was a message of great hope for the future, but also a warning about a difficult trial that will come in the end times.  Other Old Testament prophets foretell of this event, referring to it asContinue reading “Raising Up King David – Jeremiah 30”

24 … In the latter days you will consider it. Jeremiah 30:24b (NKJV) This comment from the Lord to the people of Judah was enclosed within a comforting prophecy from the prophet Jeremiah.  God was planning something much larger for His people than simply bringing them back from Babylon after seventy years in exile there. Continue reading “In the Latter Days – Jeremiah 30”

Through Jeremiah’s letter to the people of Judah, now exiled in Babylon, God spoke to them to let them know how much He still loved and cared for them. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and aContinue reading “What Am I Seeking? – Jeremiah 29”

Because everything else the Lord had used to try to turn them around from idolatry and violence had failed, the people of Judah were plucked out of their land by the armies of King Nebuchadnezzar, and forced to endure a seventy-year exile in Babylon.  But even this drastic turn of events was permitted in theContinue reading “A Future and A Hope – Jeremiah 29”

Under God’s divine timetable of extended grace, time had finally run out for Judah to repent of its sins and turn from its evil ways.  The Lord had seen enough of their stubborn idol worship and socially destructive behavior to know that something different would be required to turn them around.  It was time forContinue reading “Enjoying Its Sabbath Rest – Jeremiah 25”