Jeremiah 29:11 – Household Words:

Replace Self-Affirmations with God’s Affirmations. Psalm 139.

Are you familiar with self-affirmation? Merriam-Webster defines SELF-AFFIRMATION as “the act of affirming one’s own worthiness and value as an individual.” An article[1] online reports real-life examples of celebrity self-affirmations: Lizzo says, “I started talking to my belly this year.” Every day she tells her belly the following: “You deserve all the space in theContinue reading “Replace Self-Affirmations with God’s Affirmations. Psalm 139.”

The Weeping Prophet Curses His Birthday, but Maintains Hope.

Dear Diary, Every day is hard now. I don’t remember the last time I enjoyed a nice meal and a few laughs. It’s all so serious all the time. God continues to give me messages of doom and destruction. Honestly, no one even knows my name anymore. They just say, “Here comes the weeping prophet.”Continue reading “The Weeping Prophet Curses His Birthday, but Maintains Hope.”

COOKIE CUTTER. Joshua 18:6-7; Jeremiah 29:11.

I used to watch my mom use a rolling pin to make a sheet of thin, flat cookie dough on wax paper. Then she stamped it with tin cookie cutters to cut out shapes: doughy little Christmas trees or stars or bells or stockings. She would bake them, spread icing on them, and—voila! Christmas cookies.Continue reading “COOKIE CUTTER. Joshua 18:6-7; Jeremiah 29:11.”

Today’s Word: Jeremiah 29:11; 31:3

For I know the plans I have for you, plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope… I have loved you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 29:11; 31:3. He has plans for us, and His love is forever. ΑΩ

I’ve Got Good News and Bad News. Jeremiah 29:5-14.

The bad news is, you have not received your number-one wish. Most people have not. Some wishes will not be fulfilled. All you can do is accept it and keep trusting the Lord. The Israelites were in trouble. God punished their continued idolatry by sending the nation into bondage. Jeremiah’s message went like this: TheContinue reading “I’ve Got Good News and Bad News. Jeremiah 29:5-14.”