Some time ago I preached a series titled, “Close Encounters of the Divine Kind.” I did not get a video on all the sermons in the series, but I did for this last one titled, “Encountering the Healer.” In it I share a few details about my encounter with the Lord our Healer. It isContinue reading “Encountering the Healer”
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Proper Seeking
“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13, ESV) In life, we all seek a lot of things but do we seek the most important things. And if we do, with what intensity do we seek them. I have to confess, that at times, too manContinue reading “Proper Seeking”
Power of Prayer
“Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.” (Jeremiah 29:12, ESV) Do you often wonder if God hears you when you pray? While on vacation last week, I had an interesting experience in prayer. I was in Pennsylvania visiting my daughter and her family. One eveningContinue reading “Power of Prayer”
Divine Plans
““For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a futureContinue reading “Divine Plans”
Be Discerning
“For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream, for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, declaresContinue reading “Be Discerning”
Get On with Life
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and takeContinue reading “Get On with Life”
Examine Everything
“And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against theContinue reading “Examine Everything”
Rights of the Creator
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. . . It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever it seems right to me.” (Jeremiah 27:4–5, ESV) I have recentlyContinue reading “Rights of the Creator”
Learning From History
““Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “‘Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.’ Did Hezekiah king of Judah andContinue reading “Learning From History”
Cup of Wrath
“Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them.”” (Jeremiah 25:15–16, ESV) NormallyContinue reading “Cup of Wrath”
Renewing the Heart 