August 17 17Therefore this is what the Lord says:  “You have not obeyed me; you have not proclaimed freedom to your people.  So I now proclaim ‘freedom’ for you,” declares the Lord-”’freedom’ to fall by the sword, plague and famine.  I will make you abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth.”  (Jeremiah 34:17) The … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

August 16 31“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. 32It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

August 15 18”I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse and an object of horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.”  (Jeremiah 29:18) COVID (plague), famine (crises in Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, and … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

August 13 16Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way.  The Lord be with all of you.  (2 Thessalonians 3:16) I had to go to our New Testament book to find an uplifting verse for this special day.  Today’s chapters in the Book of Jeremiah, while … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

August 12 5“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely  and do what is just and right in the land. 6In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

August 10 12Sing to the Lord! Give praise to the Lord! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.  (Jeremiah 20:12) The Book of Jeremiah continues chronicling God’s word to the Prophet just before the Babylonian conquest of Israel.  Today’s reading is two more chapters much like yesterday, where God … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

August 9 11“Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says:  Look!  I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you.  So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.’  12But they will … More Common Sense REBORN Devotional

August 6 10”Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard and trample down my field; they will turn my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland. 11It will be made a wasteland, parched and desolate before me; the whole land will be laid waste because there is no one who cares.”  (Jeremiah 12:10, 11) When I read these … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

August 5 23Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, 24but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

August 1 4The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”  (Jeremiah 1:4, 5)  I wish you all good health and a day of peaceful worship as you … More CSRD2021