Bible Readings. Jeremiah 31:27-34. Where do you see God making good on the promise of a renewed, intimate relationship with you? With the Church? With the world? Psalm 119:97-104. How are you patterning your life around God’s way of love? 2 Timothy 3:10-4:5. How has the good news of the Resurrection been passed on to...
Bible Readings. Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7. Jeremiah encourages the exiles in Babylon to settle into their new country, to build homes and lives there among the Babylonian people and to work for the prosperity of their new land. Psalm 66:1-11. A call for all the earth to praise the God who rules over all, and for...
Bible Readings. Lamentations 1:1-6. While Jerusalem has been devastated and the people of Judah have been conquered – their former glory and pride lost in their humiliation, God remains compassionate, God’s mercies are new every day, and those who remain can continue to wait for God’s salvation. Psalm 137. A Psalm of grief for the...
READINGS to help us prepare for this Sunday: Lord of Light, shine upon these words the very truth of your being, that we may read and be brought into deeper relationship with you. Amen. Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15. In spite of his prophecies of the destruction of Judah, Jeremiah buys his cousin’s field and proclaims God’s word...
Bible Readings. Jeremiah 8:18-9:. Jeremiah grieves the destruction of his people, who insisted on worshiping idols, but for whom there is now no salvation. Psalm 79:1-9. A lament for the land of Israel which has been destroyed by foreign nations, and for the temple which has been desecrated, and a plea for God’s forgiveness, compassion...
Bible Readings. Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28. God proclaims judgement on God’s foolish people, who are skilled at evil, but have no knowledge of doing good, and the land is destroyed in the wake of God’s anger. Psalm 14. Foolish people say there is no God and live in destructive ways, but God’s people hope in God’s...
Bible Readings. Jeremiah 18:1-11. Jeremiah is instructed to observe the potter at work, and God explains how God works – how good that is promised may not happen if a nation turns to evil, and bad that is prophesied may not happen if the nation repents and turns back to God. Then God’s people are...
Jeremiah 2:4-13. God speaks out against God’s people who have forgotten God’s salvation and turned to other gods – God’s people have abandoned God who is the fountain of living water and have dug cracked cisterns for themselves. Psalm 81:1, 10-16. God brought Israel out of Egypt, and longs for Israel to listen to God...
Jeremiah 1:4-10. Jeremiah is called by God to be a prophet, but protests that he is too young. God promises to put God’s words into Jeremiah’s mouth. Psalm 71:1-6. A prayer for God’s protection and care. OR Psalm 103:1-8: A song of praise and thanksgiving for God’s forgiveness, healing and goodness. Hebrews 12:18-29. Unlike the...
BIBLE READINGS. Isaiah 5:1-7. A metaphorical prophecy of judgement against Israel and Judah, pictured as God’s vineyard, for their lack of justice. Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19. A Psalm of repentance for abandoning God, and praying for God to once again tend and protect God’s people as a vineyard that is well cared for. Hebrews 11:29-12:2. A...
