Jeremiah 31 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Jeremiah 31.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/jer/31/1/s_776001

Meditate on 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 topic was: “Your Wound Is Incurable; God Will Heal Your Wounds” (vs. 12, 17). Today’s sermon could be titled: “Virgin Again.”

Before Jeremiah 31, God often referred to Israel as a harlot, an adulteress who left God for man-made idols (Jeremiah 3:6-8). 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 past sins, confessing those sins and accepting 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. Let God turn your impossible situation into an opportunity to glorify Him.

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~”

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell