Daily Devotional

Jeremiah 50 “There Is No Such Thing as Eternal Power”

Jeremiah 50 NIV Suggested Praise Songs:       Resources for Family Worship (with Children): Explanation: Chapters 50 and 51 contain a lengthy prophecy about the destruction of Babylon. According to 51:59, this prophecy was given no later than the fourth year of King Zedekiah (593 B.C.). At that time, Nebuchadnezzar was fiercely expanding his empire. When the…

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Jeremiah 49 “Beyond the Horizon of History”

Jeremiah 49 NIV Suggested Praise Songs:       Resources for Family Worship (with Children): Explanation: Chapter 49 records prophecies concerning several nations that were destroyed by Babylon. First comes the prophecy against Ammon (vv. 1–6). Ammon was a nation north of Moab and, like Moab, was known to be descendants of Lot. The national god worshiped by…

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Jeremiah 48 “The Pride of Moab”

Jeremiah 48 NIV Suggested Praise Songs:       Resources for Family Worship (with Children): Explanation: Moab was a nation located east of the Jordan River and, according to Scripture, descended from the children that Abraham’s nephew Lot had through his daughters after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:30–38). Israel and Moab, separated by the Jordan…

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Jeremiah 47 “Repeated History, Guiding Providence”

Jeremiah 47 NIV Suggested Praise Songs:       Resources for Family Worship (with Children): Explanation: The Philistines were seafaring people who migrated from Crete and established a nation along the southwestern Mediterranean coast of Canaan—what is now the Gaza Strip. Before Israel settled in Canaan, the Philistines were among the five major tribes already living in the…

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Jeremiah 46 “Who is King?”

Jeremiah 46 NIV Suggested Praise Songs:       Resources for Family Worship (with Children): Explanation: Chapters 46–51 contain prophecies concerning the nations surrounding Judah. Although the Lord chose Israel as His covenant people, He is not only the God of Israel. In 45:4 the Lord says, “Thus says the Lord: I am tearing down what I have…

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Jeremiah 45 “God’s Care for Baruch”

Jeremiah 45 NIV Suggested Praise Songs:       Resources for Family Worship (with Children): Explanation: The Lord had Jeremiah dictate His words to Baruch, who wrote them down (chapter 36). This took place in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim (605 BC) (v. 1). From that point on, Baruch served Jeremiah, recording the words God gave him…

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Jeremiah 44 “Jeremiah’s Final Prophecy”

Jeremiah 44 NIV Suggested Praise Songs:       Resources for Family Worship (with Children): Explanation: After the people of Judah settled in various regions of Egypt, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah (v. 1). First, the Lord reminds them that the reason their homeland of Judah became a desolate ruin was their stubborn idolatry (vv.…

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