My teen son asked for the latest video gaming system recently. He asks every year. I don’t feel it’s a good fit for our family, so I’ve worked hard to create boundaries around...
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Why do you forget us continually; why do you abandon us for such a long time? Lamentations 5:20 For 151 verses, except for a brief respite in chapter 3, the writer of Lamentations...
The memory of my suffering and homelessness is bitterness and poison. I can’t help but remember and am depressed. I call all...
In yesterday’s reflection on Lamentations 3, I asked, “What enables us to keep on trusting in God’s faithful love when our lives...
My Lord has become like an enemy. He devoured Israel; he devoured all her palaces; he made ruins of her city walls...
People heard that I was groaning, that I had no comforter. All my enemies heard about my...
A young man named Don came to see me for pastoral counseling. As he shared his story, I could sense that he...
Her adversaries have become rulers; her enemies relax. Certainly the LORD caused her grief because of her many wrong acts. Her children...
Oh, no! She sits alone, the city that was once full of people. Once great among nations, she has become like a widow. Once a queen over provinces, she has become a slave...
Jeremiah and Lamentations encourage faithfulness to God in all areas of life, including work.
The fundamental issue in the book of Jeremiah is whether the people will be faithful to God in the midst of a...
Most of us find our workplaces to be difficult, at least at times. One of the appeals of the book of Jeremiah...
As we have seen, God prepared Jeremiah from before his birth for the work of a prophet (Jer. 1:5) and, at the...
Long before Jeremiah lived, God declared that work is good for people (Genesis 1-2). As we have noted elsewhere, Jeremiah’s method was...
Jeremiah complained that “this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away” (Jer. 5:23). It is...
Does God withhold material success from those who do evil in his sight? Jeremiah says what few modern Christians would dare to...
Injustice Failing to acknowledge God as the source of good harvests, the people of Judah soon lost any sense of accountability to...
We see in Jeremiah 5 that the people did not acknowledge God’s provision. If the people did not acknowledge God as the...
Jeremiah also turned his attention to the rhythm of work and rest. As always, the prophet began with God’s earlier self-revelation; in...
In Jeremiah chapter 29, the prophet draws attention to God’s intention that his people's work should bless and serve the communities around...
God’s presence is no longer to be found only in Jerusalem or Judah, but even in the enemy’s capital city.
The work of Christians in their faithfulness to God is intended for the good of everyone.
For twenty-three years, Jeremiah prophesied the coming destruction of Jerusalem (from God’s case against Judah in chapter 2 through chapter 28).[1] Then...
One of the final new commands from God in Jeremiah is the renunciation of slavery (Jer. 34:9). The Law of Moses required Hebrew slaves to be set free after six years of service...
The bulk of the rest of Jeremiah describes Jeremiah’s trials as a prophet (chapters 35-45), his oracles against the nations (chapters 46-51)...
If I’m Suffering, Is God Punishing Me? (Click Here to Read) In this daily reflection from The High Calling, Mark Roberts considers...
Do you wonder if God has anything to say about your work? Explore key verses from each chapter of the Bible that...
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