Post by Woody Williams on Jul 10, 2008 9:39:09 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Jeremiah 13:1-11
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Thus said the LORD to me, ‘Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth, and
put it on your loins, but do not dip it in water.’ So I bought a
loincloth according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
And the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, ‘Take the
loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go now to the
Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.’ So I went, and
hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. And after many
days the LORD said to me, ‘Go now to the Euphrates, and take from
there the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.’ Then I went
to the Euphrates, and dug, and I took the loincloth from the place
where I had hidden it. But now the loincloth was ruined; it was good
for nothing.
Then the word of the LORD came to me: Thus says the LORD: Just so I
will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. This
evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their
own will and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship
them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing. For as
the loincloth clings to one’s loins, so I made the whole house of
Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, says the LORD, in
order that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a
glory. But they would not listen.
Devotional
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God chose a special people and brought them as close as a loin cloth.
But, when these people refused to live in that intimate relationship
with God, they became like a muddy loin cloth that had been buried in
the mud by the river. God chose these "folks" to be a "people, a
name, a praise and a glory." What a vocation for those to whom God
draws near - living for the praise and honor of God's glory. But,
they would not listen. Are you listening?
Prayer
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Holy Spirit, open my mouth to sing God's praises; open my ears to
hear God's Word. Amen
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Thus said the LORD to me, ‘Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth, and
put it on your loins, but do not dip it in water.’ So I bought a
loincloth according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
And the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, ‘Take the
loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go now to the
Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.’ So I went, and
hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. And after many
days the LORD said to me, ‘Go now to the Euphrates, and take from
there the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.’ Then I went
to the Euphrates, and dug, and I took the loincloth from the place
where I had hidden it. But now the loincloth was ruined; it was good
for nothing.
Then the word of the LORD came to me: Thus says the LORD: Just so I
will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. This
evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their
own will and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship
them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing. For as
the loincloth clings to one’s loins, so I made the whole house of
Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, says the LORD, in
order that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a
glory. But they would not listen.
Devotional
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God chose a special people and brought them as close as a loin cloth.
But, when these people refused to live in that intimate relationship
with God, they became like a muddy loin cloth that had been buried in
the mud by the river. God chose these "folks" to be a "people, a
name, a praise and a glory." What a vocation for those to whom God
draws near - living for the praise and honor of God's glory. But,
they would not listen. Are you listening?
Prayer
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Holy Spirit, open my mouth to sing God's praises; open my ears to
hear God's Word. Amen