Month: July 2024

Scripture Lamentations 1:18 “The LORD is righteous,
For I rebelled against His commandment.
Hear now, all peoples,
And behold my sorrow;
My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.

Observation: We see all the evil around us and some ask where is God? We forget we are getting what we deserve, because the Lord is righteous and merciful. If we received all that we deserve from the evil we have done or evil we ignored none of us would exist. I’m not sure why God hasn’t put an end to this world as He did in the days of Noah, but He is patient.

Application: No matter what happens to me I must seek God and His righteousness. I realize I don’t deserve His love and why He puts up with me I don’t understand. I need to be the best child I can be for my Father and obey all of His commands. I’m her to serve not receive.

Prayer My Lord I know that you are righteous and just. I need your guidance each day to stay on the path that You have chosen for me. I love You Lord and my desire is to honor and glorify Your name.

Scripture Jeremiah 52:33 So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life.

Observation: When I read this verse the first thing that came to mind was how I was a prisoner of sin most of my life, but when Jesus came into my life that changed and He freed me. He took away my prison cloths and dressed me in His righteousness, which I don’t deserve. He feeds me each day form the table of grace and I need for nothing with Him in my life.

Application: I need to have an attitude of gratitude for what Jesus has done for me. Each day I need to thank Him for freeing me from the terrible prison I was in and giving me hope and a purpose. I need to use this freedom to help free other prisoners that are being held captive by Satan, by introducing them to the great redeemer.

Prayer My Lord, thank you for your mercy, for setting me free from the chains I was bond with most of my life. May I use this freedom to serve you each day and show my love for you.

Scripture Jeremiah 51:47 Therefore behold, the days are coming
That I will bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon;
Her whole land shall be ashamed,
And all her slain shall fall in her midst.

Observation: The day is coming when God will judge this nation. We have gone so far from God’s commands and we deserve the judgement God will bring. We are killing each other and have divided the people in America and have put evil leaders in charge. We Christians do so little and complain about what is happening. It’s not that our country is being destroyed by evil people, but that God’s children are doing very little to stop it.

Application: I need to get rid of my hate and fill my heart with love. To draw closer to God that I might hear His voice and be guided by His will. I need to stop complaining and ask God what He wants of me, to be the light He calls me to be.

Prayer My Lord I’m yours help me please do what You want of me. Take this laziness from me and give me strength to finish this race in glory and honor to You.

Scripture Jeremiah 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong;
The LORD of hosts is His name.
He will thoroughly plead their case,
That He may give rest to the land,
And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Observation: With everything that is happening the people in America feel lost. There doesn’t seem to be anything we can do and our leaders don’t care. There is someone much stronger than what happens in this world and any leader. Jesus is our redeemer and Lord of hosts. Nothing that is happening now is of any surprise to Him and He is waiting for us to call on Him for justice. He has always been faithful and will give His children justice, whether here and now or when we get home.

Application: Not to get to involved in the things of this world, but to trust in the Lord with all of my heart and mind. To be an encouragement to others instead of fueling the flames of this destructive world. Continue to pray and seek God.

Prayer My Lord this world is falling apart and it seems as if Satan is having his way. I know your unfailing love and I realize we don’t deserve it. Strengthen your children and show us the way.

Scripture Jeremiah 49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the LORD,
“No one shall remain there,
Nor shall a son of man dwell in it.

Observation: I look around and we have become so corrupt in this country. We kill our children in abortion, we allow men to rape our children and sell them for sex, we have taken God’s morality and become immoral, we are sexually immoral, greedy and the list goes on. How could Sodom and Gomorrah have been any worse than this?

Application: I need to do my part and be the example God has called me to be, to be more like Jesus. I need to work on this hate and anger I have and to spread God’s love to others. I need to help encourage my brothers and sisters in Christ to do the same. I only have control of my own actions and I need to be the best I can be for my Lord.

Prayer God, I love you and want to please you. I’m lost most of the time and I need you to direct me in what You desire of me. Guide me today to be what you want me to be.

Scripture Jeremiah 48:26 “Make him drunk,
Because he exalted himself against the LORD.
Moab shall wallow in his vomit,
And he shall also be in derision.

Observation: So many of our leaders are exalting themselves against God. I can’t believe there was a worse time in history than what we are experiencing now. The government has closed the churches, trying to remove God’s name from our culture, putting evil leaders in place, murdering children and making this country a refuse to the Lord. We will be judged as a nation and if God’s children don’t do something soon to turn the tides, we also can be called accountable for this mess.

Application: I need to stand strong and do what God has called me to do. To do my part in electing godly people to office and to share my faith with others and to help others when I can. It may not be much, but what if everyone of God’s children did the same.

Prayer My Lord I ask forgiveness for the evil we do in this land that You have blessed us with. Stir the hearts of your children that there would be a revival in this country, putting You as our leader. We need you more than ever, please don’t forsake us.

Scripture Jeremiah 47:3 At the noise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses,
At the rushing of his chariots,
At the rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers will not look back for their children,
Lacking courage,

Observation: This is a sad statement, but so true today that the fathers don’t look back for their children because of the lack of courage. Twenty-five percent of the homes in America are fatherless, causing damage to their children. Their lack of courage and selfishness is destroying this country. Juvenile imprisonments, sex trafficking, drugs and the list goes because fathers are not present in their lives.

Application: I was not a good father, even though I didn’t abandon them physically I wasn’t always there for them. I’ve made a commitment to donate to an organization that helps runaway children find a good home. This won’t make up for not being the father I should have been, but hopefully it will help a child that needs it.

Prayer My Lord forgive me for the lack of responsibility I took raising your children you entrusted me with. Show me how I can help others and make a difference in a child’s life.