Reflecting God - Embrace Holy Living - The Global of the Nazarene's Foundry Publishing House in Kansas City, Missouri, United States for Wednesday, 27 June 2018 "God Saves His Servants" by William Coker, Jr. - Jeremiah 15:13-21.

Reflecting God - Embrace Holy Living - The Global of the Nazarene's Foundry Publishing House in Kansas City, Missouri, United States for Wednesday, 27 June 2018 "God Saves His Servants" by William Coker, Jr. - Jeremiah 15:13-21.
Jeremiah 15:13 I will give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder, and you will not be paid for them, because of all your sins throughout your territory; 14 and I will make you pass together with your enemies into a land you do not know. For my anger has become a blazing fire, and it will flare up against you.”
15 Adonai, you know. Remember me, think of me,
and take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
Because you are patient, don’t banish me;
know that for your sake I suffer insults.
16 When I found your words, I devoured them;
your words made me glad, they gave me joy;
because, Adonai-Tzva’ot,
you had me bear your name.
17 I have never kept company with merrymakers,
I could not celebrate;
with your hand on me I sat by myself,
for you filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unending,
my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will you be for me like a deceptive vadi,
which is only sometimes filled with water?
19 This is Adonai’s answer:
“If you return — if I bring you back —
you will stand before me.
If you separate the precious from the base,
you will be my spokesman.
It will then be they who turn to you,
not you who turn to them.
20 Toward this people I will make you
a fortified wall of bronze —
they will fight against you
but not prevail against you;
for I am with you to save you
and rescue you,” says Adonai.
21 “I will free you from the grasp of the wicked
and redeem you from the clutches of the ruthless.” (Complete Jewish Bible).
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Confession is not only an act of repentance for conversion; it is also a vital aspect of ongoing spiritual growth in relationship with God (see Psalms 32 and 119:26). Confession has been part of corporate and personal worship throughout the history of religious practice, through offering sacrifices to pastoral prayers to corporate litanies to kneeling at an altar rail during familynprayer to private devotions. As the Spirit of truth guides us into truth, pricks the heart, and speaks to the conscience, we then confess our faults, failings, and need for corrective and sustaining grace.
The LORD called Jeremiah to repent of complaining and be restored as the LORD’s special witness. In the Hebrew text, three words reveal the comprehensive effect of grace: rescue, save, and deliver. The rich depth in the meaning of these words comes from the Exodus story; it is a reaffirmation of YHWH’s promise to be with Jeremiah and enable him to fulfill his call as God’s witness.
Doing any ministry, as clergy or laity, can be discouraging; yet God is faithful (see Joshua 1:5; Hebrews 13:5) and His grace is sufficient (see 2 Corinthians 12:9) to enable us to overcome any obstacle.***
Hymn for Today: "There is a Balm in Gilead" by African-American Spiritual.
Refrain: There is a balm in Gilead
to make the wounded whole,
there is a balm in Gilead
to heal the sin-sick soul.
1. Sometimes I feel discouraged
and think my work's in vain,
but then the Holy Spirit
revives my soul again.

Refrain: There is a balm in Gilead
to make the wounded whole,
there is a balm in Gilead
to heal the sin-sick soul.
2. If you cannot preach like Peter,
if you cannot pray like Paul,
you can tell the love of Jesus
and say, "He died for all."

Refrain: There is a balm in Gilead
to make the wounded whole,
there is a balm in Gilead

to heal the sin-sick soul.

Thought for Today: “Come now,” says Adonai,
“let’s talk this over together.
Even if your sins are like scarlet,
they will be white as snow;
even if they are red as crimson,
they will be like wool. (Isaiah 1:18) (Complete Jewish Bible)).

Please pray: For development of Christian leaders in Ghani.
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