Better Is Coming
Trust and patience are peas in a pod. Conversely, impatience testifies of distrust in the heart. God made the above promise to Jeremiah on the eve of a 70 year Babylonian captivity. Buying land that you might not use for 70 years requires both patience and trust in God's promises....
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Securing A Hope And A Future
Jeremiah, and the nation of Israel, were in the midst of troubled times. The King had not heeded Jeremiah’s warning but had thrown him into a pit of mire! And now that Babylon had besieged Jerusalem as the prophet had warned, Jeremiah was shut up in the court of the...
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Does Anyone Mean Anyone?
Earlier verses in our study of forgiveness often focused on forgiving others in cases where they sinned against us. The language Jesus uses here is intentionally more broad. Jesus knew that we often take offense and hold things against others that are not even really based in sins against us....
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Forgiveness Doesn’t Change The Past; It Enlarges The Future
Why is forgiveness so hard to give, especially in difficult circumstances? We often think of it as a personal process, saying to ourselves, “When I’m ready to do it I will, but I just can’t now.” Have you ever thought? “I have to think about it, make that person suffer...
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Life Is Real
In today's verse, we will look at the devastating effect of hidden sin in the life of a child of God. First let us ask ourselves a simple question: are we as believers capable of feeling the burden of sin once we are saved?Yes, we all struggle with sin daily...
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