Journey with Jeremiah

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Follow along with some fiction stories that might have happened during the time of Jeremiah.

The Potter’s Illustration

In Jeremiah 18, God tells Jeremiah to go to the potter's house, and He would announce His words to Jeremiah.  I wonder what Jeremiah was thinking as he went to the potter's place.  What was God going to show him?  He would know that this potter was very talented.  He knew that potter would have some beautiful vases for display.  What beauty would he see? But when Jeremiah got there what [...]

By |2020-04-23T13:00:04-08:00July 28th, 2020|Journey with Jeremiah, God Uses Stories|0 Comments

The Rod of an Almond Tree

Word pictures. God loves to use word pictures. If he wants us to remember something, He often teaches a truth through an image or an event. We see this over and over again in the book of Jeremiah. In the first chapter of Jeremiah, God calls Jeremiah by touching his mouth and telling him that he has put His words in Jeremiah’s mouth. He uses words such as pluck up, break [...]

By |2020-06-09T19:57:42-08:00May 2nd, 2020|Journey with Jeremiah, God Uses Stories|0 Comments

Jeremiah’s call from God

In Ephesians 1:3-6, Paul tells us that God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world. He predestined us to be adopted by Him as a son or a daughter. He did this because of His kindness. He wanted to lavish grace on us. David extols praise to God in Psalm 139 because he was “fearfully and wonderfully made” (verse 14), and he was formed by God and woven [...]

By |2020-06-09T20:03:27-08:00May 1st, 2020|Journey with Jeremiah, Growing with Jesus|0 Comments

God Shares a Story with Us

In Jeremiah 18, God spoke to Jeremiah to go to the potter's house and there He would “announce My words to you.”  He could have just told Jeremiah what He wanted to tell him.  He could have said, “I'm going to break Judah and Jerusalem to pieces.  They are going down.”  But no, that's not what He did.  He used an illustration for Jeremiah, and thus for the people of Jerusalem [...]

By |2020-04-23T13:05:27-08:00March 22nd, 2020|Journey with Jeremiah, God Uses Stories|0 Comments
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