Messy Worship Blog
Supernaturally Stubborn
"But look, I have made you as hard and stubborn as they are." Ezekiel 3:8 NLT ___ I have mentioned my stubbornness before in previous Messy Worship posts. More often than not, I tend to refer to it as one of my not-so-attractive qualities. Or, if I were in a job...
I Dare You
Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this... Lamentations 3:21 NLT ___ I'm going to be really honest here: I struggle reading some of the accounts of hardships and loss that are in the Bible. I struggle with it the same way I struggle with reading world war...
Warning!
Whenever Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king took his knife and cut off that section of the scroll. He then threw it into the fire, section by section, until the whole scroll was burned up. Jeremiah 36:23 NLT ___ I don't know why, but every time...
Inescapable Witness
"Go to the settlement where the families of the Recabites live and invite them to the LORD's Temple. Take them into one of the inner rooms, and offer them some wine." Jeremiah 35:2 NLT ___ One of my favorite 90's movies is a Martin Short & Danny Glover comedy...
Worth Wading For
"Long ago the LORD said to Israel: 'I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.'" Jeremiah 31:3 NLT ___ When I turned 18 and had my first opportunity to vote, I felt completely lost. I didn't even know...
Tunnel Vision
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' says the Lord. 'They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.'" Jeremiah 29:11 NLT ___ There's a light at the end of the tunnel. It's a pretty popular phrase that's been around since the...
LOL
"She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs with no fear of the future." Proverbs 31:25 NLT ___ Someone made a video of a woman on a subway laughing at something she saw on her cell phone. No one else on that subway saw what she saw, but everyone...
Fire
But if I say I’ll never mention the Lord or speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like a fire. It’s like a fire in my bones! I am worn out trying to hold it in! I can’t do it! Jeremiah 20:9 NLT ___ Have you ever been so convinced of something -...
Superstitious Pigeon
They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they go right on producing delicious fruit. Jeremiah 17:8 NLT ___ In...
Fear Factor
"They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace." Jeremiah 8:11 NLT ___ I have a theory that the Halloween industry is selling us something far larger than sugar, gruesome lawn ornaments and...
