Daily Reading: Jeremiah 33-34 & James 4
Old Testament: Jeremiah 33- Mighty Things
Jeremiah 33:3
“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”
Each stage of life takes us down a road we have never traveled… Read More
Jeremiah 34- On Second Thought
Jeremiah 34:10-11
“Now when all the princes and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that everyone should set free his male and female slaves, that no one should keep them in bondage anymore, they obeyed and let them go. But afterward they changed their minds and made the male and female slaves return, whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection as male and female slaves.”
As proof of true commitment to the Lord, the people were called upon to obey the Word of… Read More
New Testament: James 4- Speaking Evil
James 4:11 “Do not speak evil of one another, brethren…”
James 4:13 “Come now, you who say…”
James seems to be particularly interested in what the Christian has to say. In the last chapter, he spent a great deal of time talking about the tongue. In this chapter, he comes back to the topic of what we are saying. He refers to at least two kinds of evil speaking. The first would be critical or judgmental… Read More
