Daily Devotional from Lamentations 3--Verses 22-23The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.Sometimes in our Christian walk, it may seem that the Lord is distant. Life’s circumstances are against us. Troubles are overwhelming. The Lord seems not to hear and answer our prayers. We can’t sense His presence. T...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Lamentations 2--Verse 17aThe Lord has done what he purposed; he has carried out his word, which he commanded long ago; he has thrown down without pity…Well, Jeremiah spent 50 chapters’ worth of sermons telling the people of Judah that Babylon would attack and take them captive for the nation’s repeated sins against God. And here we are, after the exile, mourning the great dev...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 51--Verse 13O you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut. When you come to the end of your life, what will earthly treasure do for you? What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul? We brought nothing into this world; it is certain we can take nothing out. Your boats, your RV’s, and b...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 50--Verse 34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.Even though God handed over His people to the Babylonians for being unrepentant for so long, He still had a plan to restore them. Even after all they had done to reject Him, He was their pr...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 48—Verse 42Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he magnified himself against the Lord.God is a gracious God, but going against Him is a dangerous thing. In His great mercy, God waits for the day of judgement because He desires more people to believe, to be saved! Jesus paved the way for us to be on good terms with God. Jesus is God, trust Him. G...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 46--Verse 47aBut don’t be afraid, my servant Judah; don’t lose heart, Israel. I will deliver you from a faraway place and your children from the land of their exile.Israel and Judah were about to be swallowed by Babylon and Assyria. There was no way around it anymore. The opportunity for repentance was coming to a close. They were going into exile.Yet, with all of th...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 44--Verse 18But since we left off making offerings to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.Apparently, some Judean exiles in Egypt  half-heartedly listened to Jeremiah’s warnings and temporarily gave up worshiping false idols. They expected life to improve immediately, ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 42—Verse 10If you will remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I relent of the disaster that I did to you.While it’s true that God’s gifts are free, and we can do nothing to earn forgiveness or salvation, our relationship with God is conditional. Meaning, He’s given us some significant “If…then…...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 39--Verse 12Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm. Talk about bittersweet. Nebuchadnezzar just plundered Jeremiah’s homeland, devastating everything he’s ever known. And he could’ve made it much worse for the old prophet, but, instead, ensures that Jeremiah would be well cared for. Things were bad, but not as bad as they could’ve been if it weren’t for th...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 38--Verse 18But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand.The people of Judah would not hear Jeremiah, even after he had been right about everything else. They would be protected if they surrendered and accept...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 36--Verse 7It may be that their plea for mercy will come before the Lord, and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.At a glance, the prophets may seem like people who went around and proclaimed the Lord’s judgment. But if you look a little deeper their message was always to tell t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Jeremiah 33--Verse 8 (CSB)I will purify them from all the iniquity they have committed against me, and I will forgive all the iniquities they have committed against me, rebelling against me.God is such a merciful and loving God.Israel had been moving farther away from God with each generation. Israel was looking so much like all the other groups around them, falling into gree...  Read More