Jeremiah 8 - Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 8.

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Meditate on what God said in verse 7.

“My people do not know the ordinance of the LORD.”

Jeremiah preached to people who chose to live in sin and wickedness instead of the LORD’s righteousness. Choosing sin was choosing death, and the time would come when the people would be left with only dead bones to spread out to the sun, moon, and stars they worshipped (vs. 1-2).

The people were in a pathetic place. They surrounded themselves with others who condoned their sinful behavior. The scribes wrote lies and rejected God’s Word. The people were not ashamed of their disgusting behavior (vs. 8-9, 12).

Jeremiah preached God’s Word; he told about the coming judgment for refusing to repent. The horrible sin, lack of repentance, and impending destruction caused Jeremiah to be sorrowful beyond healing. He was broken for the brokenness of his people (vs. 18, 21).

What is your attitude toward sin? Does it break your heart to see lives destroyed by it? Your world is grievously similar to Jeremiah’s. Do not be tempted to condone behavior that is an abomination to God. Hear and heed the Word of the LORD and share it with others.

Pray Jeremiah 8:7 and 13a over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, even the stork, the turtledove, the swift,

 and the thrush know the seasons and the migrations

You have appointed for them. 

LORD, make ________ and me know Your ordinances,

so You will not have to snatch us away.

In Your name, Jesus~”

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

Jeremiah 7 - Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 7.

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Meditate on what God said in verse 23.

“Obey My voice, and I will be your God,

 and you will be My people;

and you will walk in all the way which I command you,

 that it may be well with you.”

God prepared Jeremiah to be a preacher from the time he was in his mother’s womb. His first recorded sermon was at the gate of the LORD’s house (Jeremiah 1:5-9; 7:2).

The people worshipped in the beautiful temple built by King Solomon, and they were proud of it. They thought going to the temple freed them to spend the rest of their week stealing, murdering, committing adultery, swearing falsely, walking after other gods, and even sacrificing their own children (vs. 8-10, 31-32).

Jeremiah’s sermon was one of warning with an opportunity to repent before it was too late. God would destroy the temple and pour out His wrath on the people and the land unless they changed their behavior.

Examine your life. Do you justify behaviors that are detestable to the LORD? Who and what are you sacrificing to get ahead? Are you proud of the church you attend, but ignore Jesus who is the Head of your church?

Pray Jeremiah 7:23-24 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, help _________ and me obey Your voice.

We want You to be our God; we want to be Your people.

May we walk in the way You command us, that it may be well with us.

Help us to obey and incline our ear to You. 

Do not let us walk in our own counsels and in the stubbornness of an evil heart. 

May we stop going backward! 

Let us go forward with You, LORD!

In Your name, Jesus~”

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

Jeremiah 6 - Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 6.

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Meditate on this phrase from verse 15.

They were not even ashamed at all;

they did not even know how to blush.

God prepared war and great destruction against Jerusalem for refusing to walk in His ways. The LORD condemned the people for their abominations. Some of His indictments included:

            *They kept their wickedness fresh (v. 7).

            *Everyone dealt falsely (v. 13).

            *They had no shame (v. 15).

            *They did not even know how to blush (v. 15).

            *They refused to walk in the good path (v. 16).

            *They refused to listen to God’s Words (v. 19).

            *They were stubbornly rebellious (v. 28).

There were preachers among the people who healed their brokenness superficially instead of teaching how to walk with God deeply, in holiness (13-14). God appointed Jeremiah as His messenger of truth. His sermons were not superficial; they were God’s Words that truly heal brokenness.

God’s Words spoken 2,600 years ago are still fresh today. Examine your life by His Word. Does “stubbornly rebellious” describe you? Is there fresh wickedness in your family? Hear and heed God’s Word, and pray it over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

Pray Jeremiah 6:16.

“LORD, _________ and I are standing by the ways,

looking and asking for the ancient paths where Your good way is. 

We want to walk in it.  As we do, let us find rest for our souls.

In Your name, Jesus~”

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

Jeremiah 5 - Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 5.

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Meditate on verse 24a.

They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the LORD our God.”

Refusing to fear the LORD, the people used God’s name in vain and lied about Him. Their homes were filled with deceit. They were wealthy, so they thought their relationship with God was just fine. Instead of speaking God’s Word, their preachers preached falsely, and their priests ruled by their own authority, and the people loved it (vs. 2-4, 12, 24, 27, 31).

God warned Judah of His coming judgment because of such arrogant rebellion. Even the waves of the sea obey God and stay within the boundaries He sets for them, yet the people defied God’s ways and refused to tremble in His presence (v. 22).

Hear and heed the Word of the LORD! Who do you fear people or God? Do your preachers and teachers speak the truth of God’s Word, or do they teach lies?

At the end of Jeremiah 5, God asks a question, “What will you do at the end of it?” How will you answer Him?

Pray Jeremiah 5:22-23 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, You have established boundaries for __________ and me;

do not let us cross them. 

You have issued eternal decrees;

do not allow us to prevail against them. 

May we fear You and tremble in Your presence, LORD. 

Remove our stubborn and rebellious heart. 

Do not let us turn aside and depart from You.

In Your name, Jesus~”

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

Jeremiah 4 - Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 4.

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Meditate on verse 14.

Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved. 

How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?

The people of Judah had heart issues. Bitter evil touched their hearts; the wicked thoughts lodged within them made their hearts evil (vs. 14, 18). God told them to “remove the foreskins” of their sin hardened hearts (v. 4). His approaching judgment would make the heart of the king and the princes fail (v. 9).

When God told Jeremiah of the coming devastation because of the people’s rebellious ways, his soul was in anguish. Jeremiah cried out, “Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me” (v. 19).

The Word of the LORD caused Jeremiah’s heart to pound. His heart was tender towards God. His Word so affected Jeremiah he spent 53 years of his life not keeping silent but proclaiming the Word of God.

How does God’s Word impact you? Is your heart hardened by the deceitfulness of sin, or is it circumcised by Jesus Christ (Hebrews 3:13; Colossians 2:11)?

Pray Jeremiah 4:19 and 22 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, may _______ and my heart pound when we hear Your Word.

Let us not keep silent about what we hear.

Do not let us be foolish people.

Let us know You, LORD.

Stop us from being stupid children who have no understanding.

Do not let us be shrewd to do evil.

Teach us how to do good.

In Your name, Jesus~”

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

Jeremiah 3 - Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 3.

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Meditate on verse 22a.

“Return, O faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness.”

God allegorized the history of Israel in Jeremiah 3. God compared Himself to a husband; Israel was His wife. Because of idol worship, Israel was an unfaithful wife with many lovers. God called her idolatry, “harlotry,” and reasoned with her that He should divorce her for her wickedness. Yet God in His undying love, made one of the saddest statements in the Bible, “I thought, ‘After she has done all these things, she will return to Me,’ but she did not return” (v. 7).

The Assyrians destroyed Israel in 722 BC. Her “sister” Judah watched the destruction, yet she, too, refused God’s undeserved invitation to return to Him with all her heart, which resulted in her destruction by the Babylonians beginning in 605 BC.

God recorded this story because He wants you to be wiser than Israel and Judah, and He desires you to accept His invitation to come to Him.

Pray Jeremiah 3:12-13, 15, 17, and 22 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, may ________ and I heed
Your invitation to return to You.


Thank You for being gracious and not looking upon us in anger. 

Thank You for not being angry forever.

We acknowledge our iniquity.

We have transgressed against You, LORD our God, and not obeyed Your voice.

Make us shepherds after Your own heart.

Let us feed on Your knowledge and understanding.

 Do not let us walk anymore after the stubbornness of our evil heart!

LORD our God, we return to You; heal our faithlessness.

Because of Your name, Jesus~”

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

Jeremiah 2 - Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 2.

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Meditate on these phrases from verses 4 and 31.

Hear the Word of the LORD.

O generation, heed the Word of the LORD.

The book of Jeremiah contains the Words of the LORD which God put into Jeremiah’s mouth (Jeremiah 1:9). Jeremiah spoke the Words, and his scribe, Baruch, recorded them (Jeremiah 36:4). 2,600 years later, you have the privilege of holding God’s Words in your hand and reading them. Amazing!

God issued a timeless command, “O generation, heed the Word of the LORD” (v. 31). Your current generation is commanded by God to heed, observe carefully, and give attention to His Word.

Do you hear and heed God’s Word, or do you give your attention to things that offend God? The Israelites were so deluded by sin they thought they were innocent (v. 35). God judged them severely for their wickedness, but He first had Jeremiah proclaim, “ Thus says the LORD ...” (v. 2).

God is talking to you. Hear and heed what He says as you read His Words in Jeremiah.

Pray Jeremiah 2:5, 9, 13, and 31 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, help ______ and me not go far from You.

 Let us not walk after emptiness and become empty. 

LORD, we do not want You to have to contend with us or with our children’s children.  Help us to never forsake You, the fountain of living waters. 

Do not let us hew for ourselves broken cisterns that can hold no water. 

Make us the generation that heeds Your Word, LORD.

In Your name, Jesus~”

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