Jeremiah 42 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 42.

Meditate on verses 2a and 3.

Please let our petitions come before you,

 and pray for us to the LORD your God,

 that the LORD your God may tell us

the way in which we should walk

 and the thing that we should do.

The remnant in Judah said they wanted to know God’s will for their lives.  They asked Jeremiah to pray for them, so they could hear the Word of the LORD and do it.  They promised to do everything God said (Jeremiah 42:5-6).

Jeremiah prayed; God faithfully answered with instructions to remain in Judah and NOT go to Egypt.  The people chose to …  You will find out the rest of their story tomorrow in Jeremiah 43.

Do you desire to hear God’s will for your life?  When He reveals His will to you through the Bible and through the Holy Spirit inside of you, what do you choose to do?  What will be the rest of your story?

Pray Jeremiah 42:5-6 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, be a true and faithful witness against us

if _______ and I  do not act in accordance with Your whole message.

 Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will listen to Your voice

so that it may go well with us when we listen to Your voice, LORD our God.

In Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 41 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 40:13-41:18 to keep the story in context.

Meditate on verse 10a.

Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people who were in Mizpah …

Gedaliah was appointed by the king of Babylon to care for the remnant in Judah.  Johanan warned him that an enemy named Ishmael was coming to kill him.  Johanan wanted to kill Ishmael for Gedaliah, but Gedaliah forbade him and accused him of lying about Ishmael (Jeremiah 40:13-16).  Gedaliah’s refusal to heed Johanan’s warning resulted in his death and the deaths of many other people, enough to fill a cistern with their corpses.  Ishmael took the ones who were not killed captive to Ammon (Jeremiah 41:1-10).

Heed the warning of this story.  Satan wants sin to capture and destroy you and your family.  God’s Word tells you what sin is and that it brings death to your life.  Do not ignore His warnings and make excuses for why it is okay to do things contrary to God’s will.  Sin is not to be toyed with; sin must be destroyed before it destroys you and those you love.

Use the words from Jeremiah 40:14-15; 41:10 and 12 to pray over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, please kill the sin that wants to take the life of __________ and me.

Do not let it take us captive, so we have to fight against it.

In Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 40 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 40.

Meditate on verse 10.

Now as for me, behold, I am going to stay at Mizpah

 to stand for you before the Chaldeans who come to us;

but as for you, gather in wine and summer fruit and oil,

 and put them in your storage vessels,

and live in your cities that you have taken over.

Gedaliah was appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar to be in charge of the remnant left in Judah (Jeremiah 40:7). God gave these poor people favor and compassion in the sight of Gedaliah, and he allowed them to gather “wine and summer fruit in great abundance (Jeremiah 40:12).” 

Gedaliah was speaking in the meditation verse.  He went to Mizpah to represent the people before the Babylonians (Chaldeans) as they lived and cared for their families.  Mizpah means “watchtower.”  Gedaliah was at a place where he could watch over the people put in his care.

Who has God placed in your care?  Have you stationed yourself at Mizpah, a place where you can discern needs, both physical and spiritual, for the sake of those you love?  Do you bring those needs to the LORD and ask Him to provide from His abundance?

God has appointed you to be a Gedaliah for at least one person, and He wants you be faithful in the watchtower.  Use the words from Jeremiah 40:10 and 12 to pray over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, I will stay at Mizpah to stand in prayer for ___________.

Let them gather in wine, summer fruit, and oil

and put them in storage vessels.

Let them live in You, Jesus!

Let them gather in the fruit of Your Spirit in great abundance.

For Your name’s sake, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 39 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 39.

Meditate on and memorize verses 17-18.

“But I will deliver you on that day,” declares the LORD,

 “and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you dread.

 For I will certainly rescue you, and you will not fall by the sword;

 but you will have your own life as booty

because you have trusted in Me,” declares the LORD.

If you have been reading through Jeremiah, you have encountered the people in this chapter, and now you know the rest of their stories.  Jeremiah 39 records important events which occurred in 588 BC, during the third and final siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians.

King Zedekiah and his family were captured.  His young children were slaughtered before his eyes and his eyes blinded by the Babylonians, so the last thing he saw was his children being killed. God punished Zedekiah for breaking covenant promises, idolatry, and rebellion against Him (Jeremiah 34).

Jeremiah was released from prison and moved freely throughout Judah.  God left His faithful preacher with “the poorest people who had nothing” (Jeremiah 39:10).  The ones who appeared rejected by God were actually loved by Him.  He allowed Jeremiah to remain in Judah and be their shepherd.

Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian slave who had the courage to rescue Jeremiah from the cistern (Jeremiah 38), was delivered from the disaster that occurred in Jerusalem.  Life was his reward because he obeyed and trusted God.

With whom do you most relate in this chapter?  Are you experiencing God’s discipline because of disobedience?  Do you feel rejected by the LORD?  Is God asking you to care for the rejected?  Do you trust God to deliver you from what you dread?

Pray Jeremiah 39:17-18 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, please deliver _______ and me from the hand of the men we dread.

Rescue us and do not let us fall; give us life.  We trust in You!

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 38 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 38.

Meditate on and memorize this phrase from verse 20.

Please obey the LORD in what I am saying to you,

that it may go well with you, and you may live.

Jeremiah again became the living sermon illustration for the Word he preached.  He was thrown into a cistern and sank into its muddy bottom as punishment for preaching the truth from God to the people (Jeremiah 38:1-6).  Upon his release, Jeremiah was summoned to King Zedekiah, who wanted to hear a Word from the LORD.  One of things Jeremiah told the king was that his close friends had misled and overpowered him, and his feet were sunk in the mire (Jeremiah 38:22).

Like Jeremiah’s feet sank into the mud of the cistern, Zedekiah and the people of Judah had sunk into the mire of their sin-filled lives.  They were stuck.  Like Jeremiah, they needed help getting out.  God wanted to help them; they simply needed to obey Him.

This sermon is for you.  Are you stuck in the mire of sin?  A slave named Ebed-melech rescued Jeremiah from the muddy cistern.  Jesus Christ took the form of a bond-servant and died on a cross to save you from life mired in sin (Philippians 2:5-11).  Jeremiah had to put the ropes offered by Ebed under his armpits to be pulled out of the well.  You must choose to accept the salvation offered by Jesus Christ to be pulled out of your sin.  Hear and heed the Word of the LORD (Jeremiah 13:15)!

Pray Jeremiah 38:20 and 22 over those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).  You may need to insert your own name into the blank.

“LORD, __________’s close friends have misled and overpowered them. 

Their feet have sunk into the mire.

 Please cause them to obey You in what You say,

 that it may go well with them, and they may live.

In Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 37 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 37.

Meditate on and memorize this phrase from verse 3.

Please pray to the LORD our God on our behalf.

It is important to notice the context of the meditation verse.  Jeremiah 37:2 says that no one in the land of Judah was listening to the Words of the LORD, yet King Zedekiah called for Jeremiah to pray on their behalf.  Zedekiah wanted Jeremiah to ask God to make everything okay, for the Chaldeans not to destroy Jerusalem.  He wanted God’s blessings even though he and the people refused to listen and obey God’s Word.

Examine your life.  Do you hear and heed the Word of God, or do you ignore God’s commands and precepts yet continue to ask for and expect Him to bless you?

Use the words from Jeremiah 37:2-3 to pray over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, I pray on behalf of _________ and me.

Help us listen to Your Words.

In Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 36 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 36.

Meditate on and memorize verse 7.

Perhaps their supplication will come before the LORD,

and everyone will turn from his evil way,

for great is the anger and the wrath

that the LORD has pronounced against this people.

Jeremiah had been preaching the Word of the LORD for 23 years.  God told him to write those Words on a scroll.  Jeremiah dictated God’s messages to his scribe, Baruch; it took him a year to write them all.  After Baruch wrote God’s Word, Jeremiah told him to read all of the Words to the people at the LORD’s house (Jeremiah 36:1-9). 

Notice the various responses to God’s Word.  When the people heard the Words, one of the men, Micaiah, went to the palace and declared to the king’s officials all the Words he had heard.  When the officials heard God’s Words, they were afraid and told the king all of the Words.  When the king heard the Words, he took a knife, cut off sections of the scroll, and threw them into the fire.

What is your response to the Word of God?  Do you tell others what you read and hear?  Do God’s Words cause you to fear and honor Him?  Or, do you treat the Bible with contempt, cutting out the parts you do not like or think apply to you?

As a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), pray for yourself and those you guard in prayer to have a Jeremiah 36:7 response to the Word of God and not a Jeremiah 36:24 reaction.

“LORD, may the supplication of _________ and me come before You.

We want to turn from our evil way,

 so You do not have to pronounce Your anger and wrath against us.

In fear of Your Word, we rend our garments in mourning for our sins against You.

Because of Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 35 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 35.

Meditate on and memorize verse 13b.

“Will you not receive instruction by listening to My words?”

declares the LORD.

God told Jeremiah to take the Rechabite boys to the temple and offer them wine to drink.  They immediately refused because their father had commanded them not to drink wine forever (Jeremiah 35:5-6).

These men were Jeremiah’s sermon illustration as he spoke this Word from the LORD to the people of Judah:

The words of Jonadab, the son of Rechab,

which he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are observed.

 So they do not drink wine to this day,

for they have obeyed their father’s command.

 But I have spoken to you again and again,

yet you have not listened to Me.

—Jeremiah 35:14

The Rechabites obeyed their father completely.  Why would the people treat God the Father with less respect?  The LORD rewarded the Rechabites for their obedience; they would not lack a man to stand before Him always (Jeremiah 35:19).

There are valuable lessons from this sermon God gave Jeremiah.  God rewards those who honor and obey their parents.  God rewards those who honor and obey Him.

Pray Jeremiah 35:16 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, help ________ and me observe the commands of our father.

Help us listen and obey You, Father.

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 34 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 34.

Meditate on and memorize verses 15b and 16a.

You had made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name. 

Yet you turned and profaned My name…

King Zedekiah, his officials, and some of the people made a covenant to free the Hebrew servants.  They cut a calf in half and passed between the pieces.  Vows were made saying if they did not keep the promises, may what happened to the animal or worse happen to them.  They freed the servants as promised but then took them back. They decided they wanted their servants more than they wanted to keep their covenant vows.

God was mad!  He promised because of their broken covenant, worse would happen to them—their dead bodies would become bird and animal food (Jeremiah 34:17-20).

Do not think for a moment that God takes cutting covenant lightly.  When a married couple says, “I promise to love, honor, and cherish you until death,” what is ringing in the ears of Almighty God is, “If I do not love, honor, and cherish you, may what happened to this sacrificed animal or worse happen to me.”  Covenants are made to NEVER be broken.

As a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), use Jeremiah 34:14-16 to pray for yourself and those you love to keep your covenant promises.

“LORD, let ________ and me obey You and incline our ear to You.

Help us turn and do what is right in Your sight.

Let us keep the covenants we have made before You;

do not let us turn from those covenants and profane Your name.

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

(I wrote a book about covenant called The Covenant Maker: Knowing God and His Promises for Salvation and Marriage.  It is available on Amazon.com and marshaharvell.com if you want to read more on this subject.)

Jeremiah 33 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 33.

Meditate on and memorize verse 3.

“Call to Me and I will answer you,

 and I will tell you great and mighty things,

 which you do not know.”

Jeremiah 33 tells about another impossible situation that only God could remedy.  Jerusalem was filled with the corpses of people slain by God at the hand of the Chaldeans (Babylonians) because God, in His anger and wrath, was punishing them for their wickedness (Jeremiah 33:5).  Then God said the impossible would happen:

Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them;

and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.

  I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel

and will rebuild them as they were at first.

 I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me,

 and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me

and by which they have transgressed against Me. 

—Jeremiah 33:6-8

The LORD promised to fulfill the good word He spoke concerning Israel because He is a covenant keeping God.  He has and will restore Israel’s fortunes and have mercy on them (Jeremiah 33:14, 25-26). 

God wants to do the same in your life and in the lives of those you love.  Only God can cleanse and pardon you. Only God can restore and rebuild you.  Only God can bring health and healing to your life and give you an abundance of peace and truth. 

Bring to the LORD the “corpse-filled situations” you are praying over as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).  Pray Jeremiah 33:6-11.

“LORD, bring health and healing to ________ and me.

Reveal to us an abundance of peace and truth.  Restore and rebuild us. 

Cleanse us from all iniquity by which we have sinned against You.

 Pardon all our iniquities by which we have sinned and transgressed against You.

 Let us be to You a name of joy, praise, and glory.

 Let everyone hear of the good You have done for us,

 so they will fear and tremble before You, God. 

In our lives that have become a desolate waste,

 let the voice of joy, the voice of gladness,

 the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride be heard.

 We give thanks You, LORD of hosts, for You are good;

 Your lovingkindess is everlasting.

 Thank You for restoring our fortunes as they were at first.

For Your name’s sake, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 32 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 32.

Meditate on and memorize verse 17.

“Ah LORD God! 

Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by

Your great power and by Your outstretched arm!

 Nothing is too difficult for You.

Impossible!  Jeremiah was imprisoned; Jerusalem was under the control of the Chaldeans (Babylonians), and Jeremiah’s cousin, Hanamel, asked him if he would like to buy some local land.  Hanamel claimed God told him to sell it to Jeremiah.  It was land controlled by Babylon.  Who, in their right mind, would buy land conquered by another nation?  But when Jeremiah heard the offer, he knew it “was the word of the LORD” (Jeremiah 32:8).  He bought the land and made the transaction public, so everyone knew what crazy Preacher Jeremiah, the prisoner, had done. 

From human logic, what Jeremiah did was an incredibly foolish business transaction.  But Jeremiah knew how to hear the LORD.  He knew that God’s ways are not man’s ways (Isaiah 55:8), so he obeyed and bought the land.

The rest of the story is that Babylon will cease to exist, being conquered by the Medes and Persians (Daniel 5:30-31).  Cyrus, king of Persia, will allow the Jews to return to their land of Israel  (2 Chronicles 36:22-23).    And if you research the price of land in Israel today, you will learn that Jeremiah was very wise to obey the LORD!

What has God told you to do that does not make sense in the eyes of the world and requires total dependence on Him?  Who does He want you to forgive?  Where does He need you to go? Trust and obey; rich blessings await your obedience.

Pray Jeremiah 32:17-19 over yourself and others who are in impossible situations as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“Ah LORD God!  Behold You have made the heavens and the earth

 by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! 

Nothing is too difficult for You! 

Show lovingkindness to ________ and me. 

Forgive us of our iniquity, so it is not repaid

 into the bosom of our children, O great and mighty God! 

LORD of hosts, counsel us with Your great counsel;

show us your mighty deeds. 

Keep Your eyes on our ways.  Let the fruit of our deeds please You.

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 31 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 31.

Meditate on and memorize verse 4a.

Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin Israel!

God told Jeremiah to preach sermons about impossible situations.  In Jeremiah 30, the sermon topic was: “Your Wound Is Incurable; God Will Heal Your Wounds” (vs. 12, 17). The sermon in today’s reading could be titled: “Virgin Again.” 

Before Jeremiah 31, God often referred to Israel as a harlot, an adulteress who had left God for man-made idols (Jeremiah 3:6-8).  At this point in Israel’s history, you would think God would be done with Israel, but then He called her a “virgin”—after He called her a harlot!  Impossible!  How can someone become a virgin again? 

And looking at them Jesus said to them,

“With people this is impossible,

but with God all things are possible.”

—Matthew 19:26

Be encouraged that despite your past sins, the confession of those sins and acceptance of God’s forgiveness, covers you and cleans you of sin, guilt, and shame.  God’s forgiveness is so complete that in His eyes, you can be a virgin again; you can be made holy because God is holy.

God wants to turn your impossible situation into an opportunity to glorify Him.  He wants you to live the rest of your life in honor of Him who has done these great things for you (1 Samuel 12:24).

Pray Jeremiah 31:3-4a and 34 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, You have loved ________ and me with an everlasting love

and drawn us with lovingkindness.

 Build us, and we will be rebuilt; make us virgins again!

LORD, we want to know You.

 Forgive our iniquity and remember our sin no more.

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 30 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 30.

Meditate on and memorize verse 22.

You shall be My people, and I will be your God.

In Jeremiah 30, God described a hopeless situation for Israel.  Her wound was incurable and her injury was serious because her iniquity was great and her sins numerous (vs. 12, 15).  Israel was desperately sick, and a cure was impossible, yet God said in verse 17,  “I will restore you to health, and I will heal you of your wounds.” 

Imagine a doctor telling you that you are going to die and then saying, “I will restore you to health.”  That is what the LORD told Israel. 

And that is what the LORD tells you.  Without Christ, you are terminal, deadly sick in your sin.  But God in His love and compassion, died for you, so you don’t have to die from sin sickness.  Jesus is the cure for the hopeless situation caused by sin.

Pray Jeremiah 30:12-13, 15, 17, and 22 over those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), who need to be spiritually healed by the LORD.

“LORD, _________ have an incurable wound;

their injury is serious. 

They need You to plead their cause.

They need healing and recovery

 because their iniquity is great, and their sins are numerous.

LORD, restore them to health; heal their wounds.

Let them be Your people and You their God.

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 29 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 29 and Daniel 9.

Meditate on and memorize verse 13.

You will seek Me and find me when you search for Me with all your heart.

The word seek in Jeremiah 29:13 means to search out by prayer and worship.  God reveals Himself to you when you pray and worship Him. 

The same word is used in Daniel 9:

… I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years

which was revealed as the Word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet

 for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem,

 namely, seventy years.

 So I gave my attention to the LORD God

 to seek Him by prayer and supplications …

—Daniel 9:2-3

Jeremiah sent a letter to the people exiled from Judah to Babylon; Daniel was one of the exiles.  Daniel 9 records that he was reading that letter, the letter you read in Jeremiah 29.  As Daniel read the letter, he took God’s Words to heart to seek Him through prayer.  Daniel 9 records the words Daniel prayed with all his heart. While he was praying, Gabriel appeared to him and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding.  At the beginning of your supplications, the command was issued, and I have come to tell you …” (Daniel 9:22b-23a).

Notice the sequence of events.  Daniel was observing the Word of God, and it caused Him to start talking to God.  His prayer caused God to send Gabriel to give Daniel insight with understanding into incredible revelations from the LORD.  God let Daniel find Him when Daniel searched for Him.

As you read God’s Word, let it draw you into a more intimate prayer time with the LORD.  The depth of understanding He will give you about Himself will be amazing!

Pray Jeremiah 29:11-13 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, _______ and I trust You for the plans You have for us,

plans for welfare and not for calamity, to give us a future and a hope.

We call upon You and come and pray to You. 

Please listen to us, LORD. 

We seek You; let us find You as we search for You with all our hearts.

In Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 28 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 28.

Meditate on and memorize this phrase from verse 15.

The LORD has not sent you,

 and you have made this people trust in a lie.

Jeremiah was preaching the yoke sermon when another prophet, Hananiah, started preaching a false yoke sermon.  Hananiah preached what the people wanted to hear instead of the truth of God’s Word.  He told the people their exile to Babylon would last a brief two years then everything would be back to normal.  Hananiah even took the yoke off of Jeremiah’s neck (Jeremiah was a walking sermon illustration) and broke it.  God told Jeremiah to tell Hananiah his false prophecy would put the people into yokes of iron, and he would be dead within that year because he had counseled rebellion against the LORD (Jeremiah 28:1-17).

Hear and heed the Word of the LORD (Jeremiah 13:15)!  Appraise what you hear and read by the Word of God.  Are you trusting in the truth of the Bible or are you trusting in a lie?  Ironclad bondage can occur when you do not hear the true Word from God.

Use Jeremiah 28:15-16 to pray for God’s protection from the “Hananiahs,” for youself and those whom you guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, protect _________ and me from false prophets like Hananiah,

prophets that You have not sent. 

Do not let us trust in a lie.

 Let us not listen to anyone who would counsel rebellion against You, LORD.

For Your name’s sake, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 27 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 27.

Meditate on and memorize verse 5.  God is speaking.

I have made the earth, the men, and the beasts

which are on the face of the earth

by My great power and by My outstretched arm,

and I will give it to the one who is pleasing in My sight.

God gave Jeremiah a bond and yoke sermon to preach (Jeremiah 27:1-2).  Jeremiah delivered the sermon with bonds and yokes on his neck to the king of Judah and the kings of Judah’s neighbors.  The main point of the sermon was that God would give the land to one pleasing in His sight, and the people were to serve whom God chose.  That one was Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.  He was a terrorist ruler who tortured and murdered his enemies (2 Kings 25).  This was the man God was pleased to use to punish His people for refusing to hear and heed His Word and repent and return to Him.

As Jeremiah preached God’s Word, false prophets told the people they would not serve the king of Babylon (Jeremiah 27:9).  However, God’s Word is the only Word that matters and prevails.  God used Nebuchadnezzar and his nation to subdue and bring God’s people back in line with His will.

Hear and heed the Word of the LORD!  Are you or someone you love in a yoke and bond situation?  What is the LORD teaching you?  Is He drawing you out of sin and into a right relationship with Him?  Submit to God.  Jesus Himself said:

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me,

for I am gentle and humble in heart,

 and you will find rest for your souls.

 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

—Matthew 11:29-30

Pray Jeremiah 27:5 and 12 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, You have made the earth, the men, and the beasts

which are on the face of the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm.

 Make _________ and me pleasing in Your sight.

 Let us bring our necks under Your yoke, King Jesus,

 and serve You and Your people, so we will live!

Because of Your name, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 26 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 26.

Meditate on and memorize this phrase from verse 2.

Do not omit a word!

Jeremiah was preaching in the court of the temple to everyone who came to worship.  God commanded him not to omit a word of his sermon!  The LORD hoped the people would listen and turn from their evil way, so He could repent of the calamity He had planned because of their evil deeds (Jeremiah 26:2-3). 

The people responded to Jeremiah’s sermon by wanting to kill him.  The priests and the prophets demanded a death sentence!  But when the city officials heard Jeremiah’s sermon, they recognized it as the Word of the LORD, and they spared his life (Jeremiah 26:8-16).

How do you share God’s Word?  Do you omit the words that are not politically correct or might make someone upset?  How do you respond to God’s Word?  Are you willing to change your lifestyle, so you can experience God’s blessings instead of His wrath?

Pray Jeremiah 26:2-3 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, help _______ and me speak the Words You command us to speak. 

Do not let us omit a Word! 

Help us and others listen to Your every Word.

May we want to turn from our wicked way,

so You will repent of the calamity which You are planning to do

 because of the evil of our deeds.

For Your name’s sake, Jesus~”

Jeremiah 25 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 25.

Meditate on and memorize these phrases from verse 30.

The LORD will roar from on high…

against all the inhabitants of the earth.

At this point in Jeremiah’s ministry, he had been preaching the Word of the LORD for 23 years.  It was 605 BC; the first wave of exiles was taken captive to Babylon.  Jeremiah had preached to the people again and again, and the LORD had sent other prophets to the people again and again, but they refused to listen or incline their ear to hear (Jeremiah 25:3-4).  God’s judgment came; the people were destroyed and made a horror.  God took from them the voice of joy and gladness because they refused to obey Him (Jeremiah 25:9-10).

God then had Jeremiah preach to all the nations.  God used calamity to punish Jerusalem; the other inhabitants of the earth would not be free from God’s punishment for disobedience.  Jeremiah’s sermon illustration was a cup of the wine of the wrath of God, which all the inhabitants on earth will be forced to drink for refusing to hear and heed the Word of the LORD (Jeremiah 25:15-29; Revelation 19:15).

Do not be deceived!  When God says He will roar “against all the inhabitants of the earth,” He is not jesting (Jeremiah 25:30).  Hear and heed the Word of the Lord:

Thus says the LORD of hosts,

“Behold, evil is going forth from nation to nation,

 and a great storm is being stirred up from the remotest parts of the earth. 

Those slain by the LORD on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other.  They will not be lamented, gathered, or buried;

 they will be like dung on the face of the ground.”

—Jeremiah 25:32-33

In light of current world events and God’s judgment, pray Jeremiah 25:5-6 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, ___________ and I turn from our evil way and from the evil of our deeds. 

We want to dwell with You in Your land forever and ever. 

We will stop going after other gods to serve and worship them.

 We do not want to provoke You to anger with the work of our hands. 

LORD, do not do us harm.

Because of Your salvation, Jesus~”