Today's Reading:Jeremiah 38Jeremiah 39Jeremiah 40Psalm 74Psalm 79 When Jerusalem finally fell to the Babylonians, the city was burned, the temple destroyed, and most of the people were taken into exile. Yet even in the middle of the destruction, God’s grace was still at work in two...

Today's Reading:Jeremiah 33Jeremiah 34Jeremiah 35Jeremiah 36Jeremiah 37 Jeremiah was not locked in a dark prison or normal jail cell at this point. He was confined “in the courtyard of the guard,” inside the royal palace complex (Jeremiah 32:2; 33:1). King Zedekiah was angry that...

Today's Reading:Jeremiah 29Jeremiah 30Jeremiah 31Jeremiah 32 In Jeremiah’s letter to the exiled Israelites in Babylon, he told them to seek the peace of the city that had conquered them and to pray for it. “Bless those who curse you.” Then came the famous words of hope...

Today's Reading:Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 26Jeremiah 27Jeremiah 28 When the officials and people wanted to kill Jeremiah for speaking God’s hard truth (Jeremiah 26), it was Ahikam, son of Shaphan, a quiet but influential scribe, who stood up and protected him. God did not send an angel or a...

Today's Reading:Jeremiah 21Jeremiah 22Jeremiah 23Jeremiah 24 God told the kings of Judah to do what was just and righteous, to protect the oppressed, and not to shed innocent blood. If they obeyed, then David’s line would keep the throne in Jerusalem. But they did not obey; therefore, the...

Today's Reading:Jeremiah 17Jeremiah 18Jeremiah 19Jeremiah 20 God would remember Judah’s sins; they were written with an iron tool on their hearts and on the horns of their altars (Jeremiah 17:1). They would not be atoned for. Sin had become a family tradition passed down from generation...

Today's Reading: There is no reading today, but you can use this time to catch up on any days that you may have missed this week. Click here to access prior days.  "I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps".Jeremiah...

Today's Reading:Jeremiah 13Jeremiah 14Jeremiah 15Jeremiah 16 In chapter 16, God called for Jeremiah to live a life of lonely obedience. He was not allowed to marry or have children. He could not go to funerals to mourn or even have celebrations and feasts. Jeremiah was called to actually become...

Today's Reading:Jeremiah 9Jeremiah 10Jeremiah 11Jeremiah 12 Jeremiah was so full of sorrow for the people of Jerusalem that he wished his eyes were a fountain of tears (9:1). He could see the destruction coming. The land was filled with lies. Even the “wise” had turned from God. In...

Today's Reading:Jeremiah 5Jeremiah 6Jeremiah 7Jeremiah 8 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem; look around and consider, see if you can find one honest person who tries to be truthful” (Jeremiah 5:1). God asked, can you find a single one? This was reminiscent of when Abraham...