Week 37 September 10 - 16

Day 1

The people left in Judah were told to live under the command of Nebuchadnezzar and they would be ok. But the leader was struck down.

The people needed to pray that God may show them the way that they should go and what they should do. But they needed to listen to what God said and not just do what they thought was best.  What God says to do will ALWAYS be better than what we think of on our own.

Day 2

The people didn't want to listen to Jeremiah and said he was lying.  The Lord continued to send his servants to tell the people what to do and what not to do but they would not listen.  

Day 3

The people will fall by the sword their proud might will come to an end.  

Day 4

Nebuchadnezzar made a golden image that all people were to fall down and worship.  Whoever did not worship this image was to be thrown in the fiery furnace.  When the three men wouldn't bow before the golden image  Neb was furious. He said, what god is there who will deliver you out of my hands? The men said we don't have to answer that but our God who we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace and will deliver us from your hand. Even if he doesn't we still won't serve other gods or worship this image.  These man stood up for righteousness even to the point of death. Their God would be with them no matter what. When Neb saw them in the fire and there was a fourth person that had the appearance of the son of the gods he called them out. He said blessed be the God of these men He has delivered them. He made a decree that no one was to speak anything offensive against their God. There is no other God who is able to deliver in this way.  

How great are His signs and how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and His dominion it's from generation to generation.

The Lord takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live.

Day 5

Woe to the shepherds feeding themselves when they should be feeding the flock. The Lord will search for His sheep and seek them out. He will feed them and give them rest and blessings. You are the sheep of the Lord's pasture and He is your God.  The Lord will restore His people and  will give them a new heart and a new spirit and will remove the heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.

Day 6

The vision of the valley of the dry bones. The Lord will restore Israel. He will be their God and they will be his people. His dwelling place will be with them. God will show His greatness, holiness and make Himself known in the eyes of many nations.  They will know that He is The Lord.

Day 7

Ezekiel sees the vision of the new temple. He sees every little detail and sees the measurements.  Our God is into details.  He cares a out the details in your life as well, share them with Him and be encouraged in Him today.

Happy reading - Jeannie 

Week 36 September 3 - 9

Day 1

Woe to the bloody city of Jerusalem.  It was full of sin.  There was no use to mourn and weep over those taken into captivity.  The Lord gave plenty of warnings. 

Day 2

Prophecy against Egypt.  They were proud and exalted themselves.  They too would fall.

Day 3

God is the maker of all things, He makes them beautiful and strong.  But when they become prideful the Lord will break them.  
Ah, Lord God! It is You who have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm!  Nothing is too hard for You.  He is great in counsel and mighty in deed.  He sees all and rewards each one according to his ways.  

Day 4

The Lord says, Call to Me and I will answer and will tell you great and hidden things you have not known.   God will hide His face from those who do evil.  
Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for His steadfast love endures forever. The Lord is our righteousness.  

Day 5

The Chaldeans came and took over and brought people to King Nebakanezer.  They burned the house of the Lord and took all the precious things.  
Blessed is the man whom the Lord disciplines and who He teaches out of His law.  For the Lord will not forsake His people, He will not abandon His heritage, for justice will return to the righteous and all the upright in heart will follow it.  When the cares of my heart are many, Your consolations cheer my soul.


Day 6

The people then cried out to God asking Him not to cast them off forever.  Allow compassion to come quickly.  Help us Oh God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; delivers us and atone for our sins,  for Your name's sake.  We are the sheep of Your pasture, give thanks to the Lord forever.  

Day 7

The Lord has brought forth destruction without mercy.  
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end, they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.  The Lord is my portion, therefore I will hope in Him. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.  

Even though the Lord destroyed the cities and allowed the people to be taken captivity He was always waiting for them to return to Him.  If they did He would be right there to receive them back. I am so very blessed to serve a God who loves me this much.  He is fair and righteous. 


Happy Reading - Jeannie 

Week 35 August 24 - September 2

Ezekiel 

Day 1


Ezekiel was one of the exiles in Babylon.  The Lord spoke to him and showed him visions.  He was to tell the people what the Lord showed him.  He saw a vision in the appearance of the Likeness of the glory of the Lord.  When he saw it he fell on his face.  Was told to not fear the people but tell them the words from the Lord. 

Day 2

Ezekiel would prophecy and act out the prophecy for the people to see.  The people were about to go through terrible suffering and famine   He shaved his head which was very significant because priests didn't shave.  Then he took the hair and burned 1/3, cut 1/3 with the sword and scattered 1/3, which is what was going to happen to the people. The Lord was against them because of their abominations and they would be judged.  They would be an object of reproach. 

Day 3

Told of the day of the wrath of the Lord.  Punishment is coming, and they will KNOW that He is the Lord. They each did what they wanted according to their own ways.  There would be terror, horror, feebleness  and shame.  Their riches wouldn't help them in any way. The Lord will put an end to the pride of the strong and take away the high places.  There was vile abominations and every vision Ezekiel saw had greater abominations than the one before.    There would be a mark on the forehead of the men who sighed and groaned over the abominations that were committed.   All those without the mark would be struck.  

Day 4

He saw the wicked counselors and saw that they will fall by the sword and be judged.  His heart was broken over the people of Israel.  Of those the Lord scattered He will bring back and will give them a new heart and rid the land of detestable things.  God told them that His word would happen sooner than they thought and He won't delay.  The false prophets kept telling the people to not worry everything would be fine.  

Day 5

The false prophets needed to repent and turn away from their idols and turn their faces from all their abominations.  They were telling the people things that God did not say.  
God took in His people, nurtured them, loved them, clothed them but they trusted in their beauty and played the whore.  They forgot who helped them and loved them.  Their hearts were sick. 

Day 6

Through all the things the Lord will do they will KNOW that He is Lord.   The people would die for their own sins and not the sins of fathers or sons.  Each one is individually responsible for their own sin.  If a person was wicked but turned away from sin they would be saved and live.  If they were righteous but went into wickedness they will not be remembered for their righteousness but will die.  Cast away all sin lest it be your ruin.  
When God brought the people out of Egypt He told them to cast away the detestable things and do not defile yourselves with idols of Egypt.  But the people rebelled and weren't willing to listen.  

Day 7

Ezekiel was told to groan with a breaking heart and bitter grief before their eyes.  When they ask why, tell them that every heart will melt, their hands will be feeble, their spirit will be faint and their knees will be weak as water. 
God doesn't take anything lightly.  He doesn't ever want to destroy His people.  He has warned them again and again.  However His warning is over and He is now taking action.  Even up until the very last minute He gives them a change to repent and fall humbly before Him.  He is such a loving Father that wants us to return to him if we have turned away.  If we do it with a humble heart and turn from wickedness He will forgive.  

-Happy Reading Jeannie 

Week 34 August 20-26

Day 1

Baruch read the words of Jeremiah to the officials.  They brought the words of the Lord to the king to be read but he didn't want to hear them.  God will spoil the pride of Judah.  They should have been clinging to the Lord instead they refused to listen.
You O Lord are in the midst of us, and we are called by Your name, do not leave us. 
Jeremiah said Gods words became a joy to him and the Lord is a delight to his heart.  He said, For I am called by Your name, O Lord the God of hosts.  God will deliver His people from the hand of the wicked and redeem us from the grasp of the ruthless. 

Day 2

The people didn't even feel like they did wrong. They didn't even want to acknowledge their sin.  
O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble.  Cursed is the man who trusts in a man and makes flesh his strength,  whose heart turns away from the Lord. Blessed is the man who trust in the Lord.  The Lord searches the heart and tests the mind to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.  Heal me and save me Lord -  for Your my praise.

Day 3

People will fall by the sword and much death will occur, it will be horrifying   Lord will break them like pottery and it won't be able to be mended.  
Jer. 48:10 Cursed is the man who does the work of the Lord with slackness or negligently.
Cling to the Lord; praise the Lord for He has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers. 

Day 4

Don't trust in your treasures.  The only One we can trust in and always depend on is the Lord.  The people will be given into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar. 

Day 5

God continued to send messengers to the people to tell them to go with Nebuchadnezzar and be taken captive.  He told them to look to the Lord for their hope but they continued to be exceedingly unfaithful and following abominations of the nations. God had compassion on them but they didn't care to listen or acknowledge Him. 
There were a lot of false profits telling the people that they shouldn't go into captivity.  They were lying to the people. Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture.  God knows His people and will fight for them.. The Lord is our righteousness.  

Day 6

The Lord told the people to go with King Neb. and to live and multiply there.  
Jer. 29:11-13  For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.  Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to me and I will hear you.  You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart.

Day 7

The Lord loved them with an everlasting love;  He continued His faithfulness to them.. He will turn mourning into joy and He will comfort and give gladness for sorrow.    
If you have been unfaithful to the Lord, He love you still with an everlasting love.  Come back to Him.  God love you and wants you back in His care.  He says, cling to me with your whole heart.  He is very willing to forgive and bring you back.  

Happy Reading - Jeannie 

Week 33 August 13 - August 19

Day 1

The Lord continues to tell Israel to return to Him.  The will be without courage and judgement of the Lord will be upon them because they won't return to God. Their ways and deeds have brought this upon themselves.  They were "wise" in doing evil. They refused to repent or take correction.  They didn't listen to the warnings and they took no pleasure in the Word of the Lord. 

Day 2

King Josiah restores the passover.  But the Lord's anger didn't turn away because of all the evil that had been done during the time of Manasseh.  King burnt all the vessels used to offer sacrifices to false gods. In all of the days of Josiah the people didn't turn away from following the Lord. 
The people trusted in deceptive words.  They would do terrible things and then go into the house of the Lord. The Lord was DONE with them.  They had provoked Him long enough.  Our God is patient and long suffering but there does come a point where it is time to punish. Everyone had turned to their own course and the people didn't know the rules of the Lord.   They set their detestable things in the House of the Lord and defiled it. 

Day 3

The people were adulterous and treacherous.  No one could be trusted by one another. They refused to know the Lord. 
The Lord practices in steadfast love, justice and righteousness in the earth, He delights in these things.  There is none like You O Lord, You are great and Your name is great in might. The Lord is the true God.  He is the living God and the everlasting King. 
The Lord warned them persistently but they still didn't obey. 
You O Lord, know me and test my heart toward You. 

Day 4

King Josiah is killed and then the sons begin to reign and it is back to evil.  Nebuchadnezzar is about to take them over and will reign. 

Day 5

Jeremiah continued to warn the people and tell them that they need to turn from their evil ways. The people wanted to kill him.  He said that was fine but the innocent blood would be on their own hands.  The souls of the people were proud or puffed up and they didn't live upright lives.  
The righteous shall live by faith.  Yet I will rejoice  in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my Salvation.  God, the Lord is my strength.

Day 6

The Lord told Jeremiah to test the Rechabites.  They had been told by their fathers to not drink or allow any other family member to either.  They were offered the wine and they refused.  The Lord saw their obedience and blessed them.  The convictions of these people was awesome.  The Lord told them that they would never lack a man to stand before the Lord. 
Punishment was on its way and Nebuchadnezzar takes over. Jeremiah had told the people for 23 years to turn from evil ways. 

Day 7

King Neb.  took the spoil of the people and took the youths that were without blemish and were smart and good looking into his position.  He educated them for 3 years.  He allowed them to eat and drink of his food.  Daniel and his friends didn't want to defile themselves with the kings food.  So they asked to be fed vegetables and water.  They did this for 10 days and looked better than those others eating the choice foods and drinks.  God gave these youths favor by giving them learning, skill in all literature and wisdom.   The king found these men to be 10X better then all the magicians and enchanters in his kingdom.  
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness or injustice.  
King Neb has a disturbing dream and wants it interpreted.  He calls on his men and they can't do it.  The king won't even tell them what the dream is, but he wants them to tell him what it means.  Daniel finds out that all the wise men will be killed because the dream can't be told or interpreted.  He and his friends pray to the Lord for favor and the Lord shows Daniel the dream and its meaning.  He tells the dream to the king and is promoted greatly in the kingdom.  His friends are also promoted as well. Daniel is sure to tell the king that it wasn't him who interpreted the dream but the God of Heaven, and He should get all the credit.  Truly He is the God of gods and Lord of kings.  

What great examples we had this week of people who stood up for the Lord, with turmoil all around them. Jeremiah continued to tell the people of the coming disaster if they didn't repent.  The Rechabites were upright people who refused to fall into a trap.  Daniel and his friends stood firm in their convictions to not defile themselves and they were blessed and honored.  It won't be easy to stand up to the fiery darts and tests in our lives but we must commit ourselves to what the Lord shows us.  We can't do it alone.  We NEED His help.  Call out to Him and ask each and every day for Him to protect us and give us the guidance we need to overcome anything that would cause us to turn away.

Happy Reading - Jeannie 

Week 32 August 6 - August 12

Day 1

Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.  It may seem like the wicked live well and at ease but they will be destroyed.  My heart and my flesh may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.  But for me it is good to be near God.  I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works.
We give thanks to You, O God, Your name is near and we recount Your wondrous deeds.

Day 2

No enemies can stand against the Lord. The Lord blessed His people and Hezekiah prospered.  He had great riches and honor, but he became prideful. The Lord said that because of this pride all of those treasures would be taken away.  Hezekiah accepted the words of the Lord and there was then peace and security in his days. We may become prideful about the blessings that we have but when we realize the pridefulness we must confess and be humbled.   Hezekiah dies and his son Manasseh takes the reign.

Day 3

You shall not fear other gods but the Lord your God, and He will deliver you out of the hand of the enemy.
Manasseh did evil in the sight of the Lord and rebuilt the high places and led the people astray. The Lord spoke to him and to the people but they paid no attention to Him. The Lord will rip away what the people have and give it to another.  Assyria captures them and take them away.  But Manasseh repents and the Lord delivers him and brings him back to Jerusalem.  Manasseh rebuilt the gates and took away foreign gods and idols.

Day 4

Amon, Manasseh's son reigns after his death.  He did evil and abandoned the ways of the Lord and never humbled himself like his father did. He was struck down and then Josiah became king at age 8. He did right in the Lords eyes and didn't turn aside to the right or to the left but followed the Lord.  He turned to the Lord with all his heart, soul and with all his might.
The Lord is a jealous God.  You can't stand up against Him and prevail.  The Lord is a good stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows those who take refuge in Him.  The Lord will come and restore His majesty of His people.

Day 5

Josiah purged Judah and Jerusalem of the false gods.
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations. God spoke these words to Jeremiah.  Same applies to us.  He knew us before we were conceived. He loves, knows and cares about us more than we could even fathom.
Woe to those who are rebellious and defiled, them who listens to no one or accepts correction.  Ones who don't trust in the Lord; or draw near to God.  The Lord your God is in our midst, a mighty One who will save.  He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you by His love, he will exult over you with loud singing.

Day 6

There was a warning on being complacent.  Seek the Lord and do His just commands, seek righteousness, seek humility, perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord. Our Lord is full of patience but like any good father He will chastise if needed.  But the patience isn't everlasting if we chose to go our own way.

Day 7

Rebuilding of the temple.  Josiah found the Book of the Law and realized the sins that had been committed.  He prayed to the Lord because his fathers had not obeyed the words of the law.  He then read the book to all the people and made a covenant to walk after the Lord and to keep His commands. The people agreed with him.  Lord said, I will give you shepherds after My own heart who will feed you with knowledge and understanding,

Pray for those who teach us God's word to do it with clarity and truth so that we may all be blessed and know what is good and pleasing in His sight.

Happy Reading - Jeannie


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Week 31 July 30 - August 5

Day 1

The future glory of Israel - They will be blessed and they will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob.  The Lord will be your everlasting light and your glory.  I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God.  He has clothed me with garments of salvation, covered me with the robe of righteousness. 

Day 2

The people have realized their sins and call out to God. O Lord, You are our Father.  We are like clay and You are the Potter; we are a work of Your hand.  The Lord was just waiting for His people to come back to Him.  Some will be forgiven but other will continue to want to stay in their sin.  The Lord will look on the one who is humble and contrite in spirit and who tremble at His word.  

Day 3

Many men have walked each in the name of their own god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.  The Lord will cut off from them all idols and false gods.  They will be taken into captivity.  But He will keep His remnant safe.  He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.  But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.  the Lord will be a light to me.  The Lord does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love.

Day 4

The people had been unfaithful, King of Assyria came against them.  Hezekiah knew that he had done wrong and this was punishment.   He gave all the silver and all of his treasure to King of Assyria.  He knew to call on the name of the Lord.  King of Assyria taunted them.  He said,"Who will save you?  You cut down all the poles and and removed high places.  There is no god to save you now!"  The kings men taunted and keep telling them that they would take people and help them.  But they were up to evil.  They didn't want Hezekiah's people to trust in him and in God but to go with them.  

Day 5

The people would draw near to God with their mouths and honor Him with their lips but their hearts were far from Him.  Love God with your everything don't just say it but live it, pray it and trust in Him.  We aren't just seen as being a Christian by what we say but also by what we do and how we live everyday.  
The Lords help is the only help that will bring true relief.  Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and exalts Himself to show mercy to you.  For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are those who wait for Him.

Day 6

The at ease and complacent women were warned of disaster.  O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for You.  Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.  
When Hezekiah heard the words of taunt from King of Assyria's men he tore his clothes and went into the house of the Lord.  I love to hear how Hezekiah dealt with difficult time.  He went straight to the Lord. 

Day 7

The enemies continued to tell the people that they would not get help from Hezekiah's God.  They stayed silent and waited on their own king.   The people knew that they couldn't do anything in their own strength, they had to call out to God for Him to hear and help them.  Hezekiah took the letter from the enemy and he spread it out before God and prayed.  When we are going through trouble don't look to others or "things" to help you through it.  Spread it out before the Lord our God and allow Him to help you.  He is able and so very willing.  Just waiting for us to ask.  But if we have gone astray we need to repent and humbly come before Him.  Hezekiah shows us how we need to do these things.  He prayed that the Lord would save them so that all  would know that You, O Lord, are God alone. 

Happy Reading - Jeannie