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Lessons

Aug 14, 2026

A Command To Return Home

Today’s Scripture
“Come out, my people, flee from Babylon” (Jeremiah 51:45).
Today’s reading is loaded with historical sign

Aug 13, 2026

A New Covenant

Today’s Scripture
“The day is coming… when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah” (Jeremiah 31.31).

Aug 12, 2026

A Letter to Exiles

Today’s Scripture
“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the captives he has exiled to Bab

Aug 11, 2026

A Righteous Branch

Today’s Scripture
“The time is coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line. He

Aug 10, 2026

Intensely Loyal

Today’s Scripture
“The descendants of Jehonadab son of Recab have obeyed their ancestor completely, but you have refused to l

Aug 9, 2026

Created as Cloth

Today’s Scripture
“As a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I created Judah and Israel to cling to me, says the Lord. They

Aug 8, 2026

The Weeping Prophet

Today’s Scripture
“I hurt with the hurt of my people. I mourn and am overcome with grief” (Jeremiah 8:21).
Jeremiah has bee

Aug 7, 2026

How to Adapt When Everything is New

Today’s Scripture
“Then the king appointed Daniel to a high position and… made Daniel ruler over the whole province of Babylo

Aug 6, 2026

Encouragement Not To Quit

Today’s Scripture
“He arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in stocks” (Jeremiah 20:2).
The story of th

Aug 5, 2026

The Unshakeable Word

Today’s Scripture
“So Jeremiah sent for Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated all the prophecies that the Lord had g

Aug 4, 2026

An Angry Mob

Today’s Scripture
“Then he (Jehoahaz) was deposed by the king of Egypt, who demanded that Judah pay 7,500 pounds of silver an

Aug 3, 2026

Three Kinds of Sinners

Today’s Scripture
“Stand in silence… for the awesome day of the Lord’s judgment is near” (Zephaniah 1:7).
Today, we begin t

Aug 2, 2026

Living by Faith

Today’s Scripture
“The righteous will live by faith” (Habakkuk 2:4).
There is a verse in the book of Habakkuk that is one o

Aug 1, 2026

A Burdensome Message

Today’s Scripture
“Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir!” (Nahum 2:8).
Nineveh was a city founded by Nimrod back in th

Jul 31, 2026

Taking God Seriously

Today’s Scripture “Let us live in awe of the Lord” (Jeremiah 5:24). Many of us use the term “awesome” quite casually in every

Jul 29, 2026

Choose Your Witness

Today’s Scripture
“So the Lord sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring t

Jul 28, 2026

Looking for God

Today’s Scripture
“Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence!”

Jul 27, 2026

A New Name

Today’s Scripture
“You (Jerusalem) will be given a new name by the Lord’s own mouth” (Isaiah 62:2).
Have you ever thought a

Jul 26, 2026

The Heart of the Gospel

Today’s Scripture
“My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground” (Isaiah 53

Jul 25, 2026

Three Important Relationships

Today’s Scripture
“I have written your name on the palms of my hands!” (Isaiah 49:16).
In our reading today, we see God as

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