Category: Devotionals

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Devotionals

No Substitutes

Read: Jeremiah 10:1-7 There is none like you, O Lord. (v. 6) The film Citizen Kane opens with the death of its title character. Charles Foster Kane spent his life

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Crushed

Read: Jeremiah 8:18-22 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed. (v. 21 NIV) At the beginning of the pandemic, news broke in the United States that some civil servants

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If Only . . .

Read: Jeremiah 7:1-8 Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. (v. 3) The movie Leave No Trace is about a homeless father

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No Peace (Know Peace)

Read: Jeremiah 6:9-17 They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace. (v. 14) I live in the United States. In the

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Not . . . Completely

Read: Jeremiah 5:12-19 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not destroy you completely.” (v. 18 NIV) In the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, some prominent

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Return, Faithless People

Read: Jeremiah 3:11-18 “Return, faithless Israel,” declares the LORD. “I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful.” (v. 12) In her memoir Wild, Cheryl Strayed describes

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Two Sins

Read: Jeremiah 2:1-13 I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you. (v.19) My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and

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I Am with You

Read: Jeremiah 1:11-19 I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you. (v.19) Trusting God is easy when life is good. It becomes more challenging when life falls apart.

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Before I Formed You

Read: Jeremiah 1:1-10 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you . . . (v. 5) During times of disruption and uncertainty, we look for reassurance that someone