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Open Forum => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Colin Michael on February 23, 2009, 09:11:53 PM
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I think I've found a new favourite book of the Bible, and probably will be writing some kind of "sermon" on it.
From Jeremiah 1;
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew [a] you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."
"Ah, Sovereign LORD," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a child."
But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD.
Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant."
Also (from Jeremiah 20);
LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived [c] ;
you overpowered me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed all day long;
everyone mocks me.
8 Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction.
So the word of the LORD has brought me
insult and reproach all day long.
9 But if I say, "I will not mention him
or speak any more in his name,"
his word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.
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Freaked me out for a second there, thought you were talking about me and how I'm suppose to be studying not checking the forums...
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Yeah, Jeremiah's Complaints/laments are some powerful passages. The first three God answers, but the last three God is silent. That says something about how God deals with us as we mature in the faith
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And Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.