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Lamentation. Why did I come out of the womb to see only struggle and sorrow, to end my life in shame? Jeremiah 20:18 Jeremiah is one of the people of the Bible that experienced grief, just like you and me. God called Him to prophesy in vain, so to speak, because the people he spoke…

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Don’t trust your heart. The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable—who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 The world tells us to trust our heart but the heart is a very unreliable guide. Up one day, down another- the heart is nothing but deceitful. In fact, this verse says that the heart is…

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Our hope. Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of distress, why are you like a resident alien in the land, like a traveler stopping only for the night? Jeremiah 14:8 God is our hope in the midst of distress. No one can help us the way He does. He is ever watchful and present…

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A word to America. I have abandoned my house; I have deserted my inheritance. I have handed the love of my life over to her enemies. Jeremiah 12:7 I can’t imagine what God must’ve felt when He had to abandon His nation because of their flagrant disobedience. Because God is just, He knew discipline was…

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No one like Him. Lord, there is no one like you. You are great; your name is great in power. Jeremiah 10:6 Throughout the centuries, nations have boasted their strength and trusted in their own power. Though kingdoms crumble and fall, people continue to trust in their own strength or the strength of their idols….

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When peace doesn’t come. We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time of healing, but there was only terror. Jeremiah 8:15 The prophet Jeremiah was called to prophesy against a nation that refused to repent. There are also times in our lives when we hope for peace and healing but we…

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