10
Mar

The Good Shepherd

Ezekiel 34:1, 11-24, 30-31 – As the Israelites are in exile, God promises that He will rescue the people, who are like sheep scattered.  He will be their Shepherd and will seek out the lost and the strayed sheep. Fast forward many years, and we know that Jesus is the Good Shepherd who seeks out […]

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03
Mar

God Keeps His Promises

Jeremiah 31:31-40 – God told Jeremiah that He was going to give His people a new covenant.  We think about the covenant God made with Noah, sending the rainbow as the sign never to flood the earth again.  Jesus comes along as the fulfiller of the new covenant and the Lord’s Supper He gives as […]

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25
Feb

Chosen by God

Jeremiah 1:1-19 – Jeremiah was chosen by God to be a prophet, even though he was just a youth. And the message he would bring to the people is not one that they would want to hear.  We are chosen by God, called by Him in Baptism, and we can be like Jeremiah and bring […]

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18
Feb

Here I Am! Send me!

Isaiah 6:1-13 – In God’s call to Isaiah, He asks the question, “who shall I send?” To which, Isaiah responds with, “Here am I! Send me.” When we think about our own lives, and God’s call in our lives, do we respond to God in the same way?  Do we excitedly say, “Here I am, […]

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11
Feb

Wisdom and Love

Song of Solomon 7:10-8:7 – Solomon speaks of wisdom and Solomon also speaks of love.  Yet even the wise King Solomon also make mistakes when it comes to love.  So, what does the recipe for love and marriage look like?  We turn not to Solomon for that, but to God.  And the picture of a […]

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