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Jeremiah chapter 30 verses 1 – 3 ( NIV)  This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:  “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you. The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will bring my people…

2 Thessalonians Chapter 1 verses 3 – 4 (NIV)  We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in…

Jeremiah chapter 26 verses 16-19 (NIV)  Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man should not be sentenced to death! He has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”Some of the elders of the land stepped forward and said to the entire assembly…

1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 verses 10-12 (NIV)  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just…

Jeremiah chapter 22 verses 1-3 (NIV)  This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there: ‘Hear the word of the LORD to you, king of Judah, you who sit on David’s throne —you, your officials and your people who come through these gates.…

1 Thessalonians Chapter 1 verses 6-7 (NIV)  You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. The Thessalonians became an example to…

Colossians chapter 4 verses 5-6 (NIV)   Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.  Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Following on from yesterday’s musing, we see here that Paul teaches of the need…

Jeremiah chapter 15 verse 19 (NIV)   Therefore this is what the LORD says:“If you repent, I will restore you    that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words,    you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you,    but you must not turn to them. Jeremiah didn’t have…

When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD;    he brought me into a spacious place. Sometimes when we are feeling anxious or stressed, we feel that things are pressing in on us. We might feel constrained or hemmed in and not sure what to do next.  But if we follow the psalmist’s example and…

Jeremiah chapter 9 verse 24( NIV)   but let the one who boasts boast about this:    that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness,    justice and righteousness on earth,    for in these I delight,”    declares the LORD. It’s amazing to think that we can…