April 17, 2022 | Jeremiah 31:1–14 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Does God always give us what we deserve? Thankfully, no! Jeremiah chapters 30 to 33 are often called “the Book of Consolation.” Pastor and author Dane Ortlund explains this is “because God reveals to his people in these chapters his final response to their sinfulness, […]
April 15, 2022 | Jeremiah 26:1–16 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Most people place a high value on success. We judge ourselves and others by the things we have achieved, the house we live in, or the clothes we wear. If we’ve done well, we feel our lives should reflect our success. But the fact is […]
April 14, 2022 | Jeremiah 23:1–8 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In 2013, Pakistan set a world record by planting 847,275 trees in a single day. In 2016, India broke that record by planting an astounding 49.3 million trees in one day. In 2019, Ethiopia shattered the record by planting 350 million trees across the […]
April 13, 2022 | Jeremiah 21:1–10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In the early church, believers shared whatever they had to meet one another’s needs. Barnabas sold some property and gave the money to the apostles to distribute. Noticing the praise he received, Ananias and his wife Sapphira decided to do the same…almost. They gave part […]
April 12, 2022 | Jeremiah 20:7–18 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The famous artist Donatello completed a life-size marble sculpture of the prophet Jeremiah in 1427. If you visited the museum in Florence, Italy, you’d note that Jeremiah looks fatigued, even exhausted. His face suggests profound sadness and frustration as well as a hint of inner […]
April 10, 2022 | Jeremiah 17:19–27 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Disaster movies such as Independence Day, Deep Impact, and The Day After Tomorrow like to use special effects to show the Statue of Liberty being destroyed. It’s a shorthand way of symbolizing the destruction of America. For the people of Jeremiah’s time, the gates of […]
April 7, 2022 | Jeremiah 12:1–13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Just prior to today’s reading, enemies in Jeremiah’s hometown of Anathoth had plotted to kill him, but God had revealed their plot (Jer. 11:18–23). Without this revelation, the prophet would have been “like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter” (11:19). God promised to punish […]
I woke up at 10am, had my bath and prepared breakfast ( Lemon tea + Tuna and bread + spaghetti with vegetables and meat). After taking breakfast, I helped mum in the garden (swept all the fallen leaves and with the help of a wheelbarrow, I transported them to the dumping site). Around 3:00pm, […]
March 4, 2022 | Joshua 6:22-25 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue What does it mean to live by faith? The essence of faith is to take God at His word and trust in Him. In both Testaments, believers were called to rely upon God for forgiveness and salvation. Those who live in faith depend upon God […]
February 27, 2022 | Philippians 4:19-20 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue We’ve all heard the saying that money does not bring happiness. But do we actually believe it? Do we live like it? Following Jesus should have a direct impact on how we view wealth. We are called to trust God with every bit of our […]