The Bible in a Year “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.” — Jeremiah 8:20 There is something haunting about that sentence. Jeremiah is not describing a minor disappointment. He is looking at a people who have watched one opportunity after another pass by while still assuming that somehowContinue reading “When the Season Passes and Nothing Has Changed”
Tag Archives: Repentance
When God Plows the Heart
The Bible in a Year “Thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.” — Jeremiah 4:3 If you have ever watched a farmer prepare a field that has been sitting untouched for a while, you know that planting does not begin withContinue reading “When God Plows the Heart”
When God Raises the Warning Signal
DID YOU KNOW “Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles.” — Isaiah 13:2 Did you know that God’s warning of judgment is also an expression of His mercy? Isaiah 13 opens with the sound of battle. God commands that a signal beContinue reading “When God Raises the Warning Signal”
WHEN OUR WAY BECAME HIS BURDEN
The Bible in a Year “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” —Isaiah 53:6 Isaiah 53:6 places the whole gospel into a single verse. It tells us what humanity has done, what our wanderingContinue reading “WHEN OUR WAY BECAME HIS BURDEN”
WHEN REPENTANCE BECOMES MORE THAN A WORD
As the Day Ends “In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth.” —2 Timothy 2:25 As this day closes, Paul’s words invite us to examine whether repentance is merely part of our religious vocabulary or a living response within the heart. TheContinue reading “WHEN REPENTANCE BECOMES MORE THAN A WORD”
WHEN GOD’S WORD SOUNDS LIKE THRESHING
The Bible in a Year “O my threshing, and the grain of my floor! What I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.” Isaiah 21:10 Isaiah’s prophetic ministry was not built around giving people the message they preferred to hear. He stood before a nation and aContinue reading “WHEN GOD’S WORD SOUNDS LIKE THRESHING”
When the Heart Refuses to Bend
The Bible in a Year “He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.” — Proverbs 29:1 Proverbs 29:1 is one of Scripture’s clearest warnings against persistent resistance to God. Its language is severe because the danger is real. The verse does not describe someone who falls intoContinue reading “When the Heart Refuses to Bend”
When One Sinner Turns Toward Home
As the Day Begins “There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.” Luke 15:10 Repentance is rare because the human heart usually prefers self-defense to surrender. We explain our conduct, minimize our failures, compare ourselves with others, and protect our respectable appearance. Yet Jesus teaches that heavenContinue reading “When One Sinner Turns Toward Home”
When Prayer Removes the Mask
As the Day Ends “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” James 4:3 As this day comes to a close, James invites us to examine not only whether we prayed, but why we prayed. Prayer is not a spiritual method for persuading God to blessContinue reading “When Prayer Removes the Mask”
When Mercy Meets Our Lowest Place
The Bible in a Year There are seasons in Scripture when God’s people stand amid the consequences of their own choices. Psalm 79 is one of those moments. Jerusalem has been invaded, the Temple has been desecrated, and the nation bears the painful weight of divine discipline. Yet amid the ashes rises a prayer filledContinue reading “When Mercy Meets Our Lowest Place”