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Be a Good Citizen and Vote
As I was reading Jeremiah this week in my devotional time, I was reminded that the Lord wants His people to be engaged with the world of unbelief and need around us. God called Jeremiah to be a prophet to the southern kingdom of Israel before and during the dark days of their Babylonian exile (70 years). While God’s people were deeply troubled by this exile, Jeremiah wrote a letter to the elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who were taken into exile by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon. This letter contained how God wanted His people to live and here is part of what he wrote:
It Matters What You Believe!
This past Friday, I stopped by Costco to talk to an AT&T agent about my cell phone. The agent I met was a young gal in her early twenties who was very sweet and helpful. As I conversed with her about her life and upbringing, she told me she had left home at age 18 (from the Seattle area) to follow her boyfriend to the Midwest where all her dreams and hopes dwindled away when their relationship ended after a few years of great disappointment. She returned to Seattle to be closer to her family and shared she was putting the pieces of her life back together.
Nothing But Jesus!
I was reminded this week of a great truth from the following quote: “Nothing but Jesus can satisfy the soul.” This is attributed to George Whitefield (1714–1770, English Anglican preacher and evangelist who was used by God to inspire the First Great Awakening and Methodism with John Wesley which greatly influenced Britain and the 13 American Colonies between the 1730s and 1770s).
What a Savior!
This note might come across as a little different or perhaps even a bit weird from me, so hang in there until the end.
This last Saturday, I had the privilege of speaking to 44 Young Adults from Living Hope Bible Church (Issaquah) at their weekend retreat. I met their pastor, Joe Lum during COVID and we encouraged each other and exchanged ideas with other pastors about how our churches were navigating the onerous COVID restrictions.
Stop It!
In my Bible reading this week, I was accosted by two words Paul wrote to the Corinthians: “stop sinning” (1 Cor. 15:34). Most believers would think this kind of hard edict is unhelpful until you remember that it is direct revelation from God to Paul to His church, and the Scripture is chock-full of many reasons why this needs to be shouted from the housetops.