Category: The journey

Jeremiah is instructed to bring God’s message to the current king of Judah. It’s the same message as it’s always been. As it always will be. This is what the Lord says: do what...

When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the official in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at...

Jeremiah is caught between a disobedient people and their very angry God. His heart is breaking as he relays the destruction God has planned for His people. I will bring bereavement and destruction on...

False gods are worthless. False gods are made out of wood and silver and gold. False gods cannot speak. What can a worthless wooden idol actually teach you? False gods have to be carried....

My husband always points out that a game of tennis is never over until the final point is played. And you don’t know the final point is the final point until it has been...

This is a new story. There’s a new key player. A new Israel. A new chosen one. Called by God and chosen before his birth. Called to be a servant of God. To speak...

Cyrus of Persia is a real king. In a series of campaigns, he acquires an empire that stretches from Asia Minor to India. He takes Babylon in 539BC. And God uses his brilliant military...

Drowning. Desperate. Overwhelmed. Stressed beyond belief. Blinded by panic. Scared. Anxious. Isolated. If you are feeling any of these things right now, then today’s words of comfort from Isaiah 43-45 are for you. Because...

God has shown He is stronger than any nation on earth – He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to wind-blown chaff...

From Isaiah 40, there is now a shift. The scene changes. The Babylonians have seized Jerusalem and many of God’s people have been deported to Babylon. They are living in exile. The capture of...