O. Addison Gethers
e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 12:08 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Sunday August 16 > Day 228 > > Jeremiah 16-18 (The Message) > > Jeremiah 16 > Can Mortals Manufacture Gods? > 1 God's Message to me: 2-4"Jeremiah, don't get married. Don't raise a > family here. I have signed > the death warrant on all the children born in this country, the mothers > who bear them and the > fathers who beget them-an epidemic of death. Death unlamented, the dead > unburied, dead bodies > decomposing and stinking like dung, all the killed and starved corpses > served up as meals for > carrion crows and mongrel dogs!" 5-7God continued: "Don't enter a house > where there's mourning. > Don't go to the funeral. Don't sympathize. I've quit caring about what > happens to this people." > God's Decree. "No more loyal love on my part, no more compassion. The > famous and obscure will die > alike here, unlamented and unburied. No funerals will be conducted, no one > will give them a second > thought, no one will care, no one will say, 'I'm sorry,' no one will so > much as offer a cup of tea, > not even for the mother or father. > 8"And if there happens to be a feast celebrated, don't go there either to > enjoy the festivities." > > 9God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says, "Watch this! I'm about > to banish smiles and > laughter from this place. No more brides and bridegrooms celebrating. And > I'm doing it in your > lifetime, before your very eyes. > > 10-13"When you tell this to the people and they ask, 'Why is God talking > this way, threatening us > with all these calamities? We're not criminals, after all. What have we > done to our God to be > treated like this?' tell them this: 'It's because your ancestors left me, > walked off and never > looked back. They took up with the no-gods, worshiped and doted on them, > and ignored me and wouldn't > do a thing I told them. And you're even worse! Take a good look in the > mirror-each of you doing > whatever you want, whenever you want, refusing to pay attention to me. And > for this I'm getting rid > of you, throwing you out in the cold, into a far and strange country. You > can worship your precious > no-gods there to your heart's content. Rest assured, I won't bother you > anymore.' > > 14-15"On the other hand, don't miss this: The time is coming when no one > will say any longer, 'As > sure as God lives, the God who delivered Israel from Egypt.' What they'll > say is, 'As sure as God > lives, the God who brought Israel back from the land of the north, brought > them back from all the > places where he'd scattered them.' That's right, I'm going to bring them > back to the land I first > gave to their ancestors. > > 16-17"Now, watch for what comes next: I'm going to assemble a bunch of > fishermen." God's Decree! > "They'll go fishing for my people and pull them in for judgment. Then I'll > send out a party of > hunters, and they'll hunt them out in all the mountains, hills, and caves. > I'm watching their every > move. I haven't lost track of a single one of them, neither them nor their > sins. > > 18"They won't get by with a thing. They'll pay double for everything they > did wrong. They've made a > complete mess of things, littering their lives with their obscene no-gods, > leaving piles of stinking > god-junk all over the place." > > 19-20God, my strength, my stronghold, > my safe retreat when trouble descends: > The godless nations will come > from earth's four corners, saying, > "Our ancestors lived on lies, > useless illusions, all smoke." > Can mortals manufacture gods? > Their factories turn out no-gods! > > 21"Watch closely now. I'm going to teach these wrongheaded people. > Starting right now, I'm going to teach them > Who I am and what I do, > teach them the meaning of my name, God-'I Am.'" > > Jeremiah 17 > The Heart Is Hopelessly Dark and Deceitful > 1-2 "Judah's sin is engraved with a steel chisel, > A steel chisel with a diamond point- > engraved on their granite hearts, > engraved on the stone corners of their altars. > The evidence against them is plain to see: > sex-and-religion altars and sacred sex shrines > Anywhere there's a grove of trees, > anywhere there's an available hill. > 3-4"I'll use your mountains as roadside stands > for giving away everything you have. > All your 'things' will serve as reparations > for your sins all over the country. > You'll lose your gift of land, > The inheritance I gave you. > I'll make you slaves of your enemies > in a far-off and strange land. > My anger is hot and blazing and fierce, > and no one will put it out." > > 5-6God's Message: > > "Cursed is the strong one > who depends on mere humans, > Who thinks he can make it on muscle alone > and sets God aside as dead weight. > He's like a tumbleweed on the prairie, > out of touch with the good earth. > He lives rootless and aimless > in a land where nothing grows. > > 7-8"But blessed is the man who trusts me, God, > the woman who sticks with God. > They're like trees replanted in Eden, > putting down roots near the rivers- > Never a worry through the hottest of summers, > never dropping a leaf, > Serene and calm through droughts, > bearing fresh fruit every season. > > 9-10"The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, > a puzzle that no one can figure out. > But I, God, search the heart > and examine the mind. > I get to the heart of the human. > I get to the root of things. > I treat them as they really are, > not as they pretend to be." > > 11Like a cowbird that cheats by laying its eggs > in another bird's nest > Is the person who gets rich by cheating. > When the eggs hatch, the deceit is exposed. > What a fool he'll look like then! > > 12-13From early on your Sanctuary was set high, > a throne of glory, exalted! > O God, you're the hope of Israel. > All who leave you end up as fools, > Deserters with nothing to show for their lives, > who walk off from God, fountain of living waters- > and wind up dead! > > 14-18God, pick up the pieces. > Put me back together again. > You are my praise! > Listen to how they talk about me: > "So where's this 'Word of God'? > We'd like to see something happen!" > But it wasn't my idea to call for Doomsday. > I never wanted trouble. > You know what I've said. > It's all out in the open before you. > Don't add to my troubles. > Give me some relief! > Let those who harass me be harassed, not me. > Let them be disgraced, not me. > Bring down upon them the day of doom. > Lower the boom. Boom! > > Keep the Sabbath Day Holy > 19-20God's Message to me: "Go stand in the People's Gate, the one used by > Judah's kings as they > come and go, and then proceed in turn to all the gates of Jerusalem. Tell > them, 'Listen, you kings > of Judah, listen to God's Message-and all you people who go in and out of > these gates, you listen! > 21-23"'This is God's Message. Be careful, if you care about your lives, > not to desecrate the > Sabbath by turning it into just another workday, lugging stuff here and > there. Don't use the Sabbath > to do business as usual. Keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your > ancestors. They never did > it, as you know. They paid no attention to what I said and went about > their own business, refusing > to be guided or instructed by me. > > 24-26"'But now, take seriously what I tell you. Quit desecrating the > Sabbath by busily going about > your own work, and keep the Sabbath day holy by not doing business as > usual. Then kings from the > time of David and their officials will continue to ride through these > gates on horses or in > chariots. The people of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem will continue to > pass through them, too. > Jerusalem will always be filled with people. People will stream in from > all over Judah, from the > province of Benjamin, from the Jerusalem suburbs, from foothills and > mountains and deserts. They'll > come to worship, bringing all kinds of offerings-animals, grains, incense, > expressions of > thanks-into the Sanctuary of God. > > 27"'But if you won't listen to me, won't keep the Sabbath holy, won't quit > using the Sabbath for > doing your own work, busily going in and out of the city gates on your > self-important business, then > I'll burn the gates down. In fact, I'll burn the whole city down, palaces > and all, with a fire > nobody will be able to put out!'" > > Jeremiah 18 > To Worship the Big Lie > 1-2 God told Jeremiah, "Up on your feet! Go to the potter's house. When > you get there, I'll tell > you what I have to say." 3-4So I went to the potter's house, and sure > enough, the potter was there, > working away at his wheel. Whenever the pot the potter was working on > turned out badly, as sometimes > happens when you are working with clay, the potter would simply start over > and use the same clay to > make another pot. 5-10Then God's Message came to me: "Can't I do just as > this potter does, people of > Israel?" God's Decree! "Watch this potter. In the same way that this > potter works his clay, I work > on you, people of Israel. At any moment I may decide to pull up a people > or a country by the roots > and get rid of them. But if they repent of their wicked lives, I will > think twice and start over > with them. At another time I might decide to plant a people or country, > but if they don't cooperate > and won't listen to me, I will think again and give up on the plans I had > for them. > 11"So, tell the people of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem my Message: > 'Danger! I'm shaping doom > against you, laying plans against you. Turn back from your doomed way of > life. Straighten out your > lives.' > > 12"But they'll just say, 'Why should we? What's the point? We'll live just > the way we've always > lived, doom or no doom.'" > > 13-17God's Message: > > "Ask around. > Survey the godless nations. > Has anyone heard the likes of this? > Virgin Israel has become a slut! > Does snow disappear from the Lebanon peaks? > Do alpine streams run dry? > But my people have left me > to worship the Big Lie. > They've gotten off the track, > the old, well-worn trail, > And now bushwhack through underbrush > in a tangle of roots and vines. > Their land's going to end up a mess- > a fool's memorial to be spit on. > Travelers passing through > will shake their heads in disbelief. > I'll scatter my people before their enemies, > like autumn leaves in a high wind. > On their day of doom, they'll stare at my back as I walk away, > catching not so much as a glimpse of my face." > > 18Some of the people said, "Come on, let's cook up a plot against > Jeremiah. We'll still have the > priests to teach us the law, wise counselors to give us advice, and > prophets to tell us what God has > to say. Come on, let's discredit him so we don't have to put up with him > any longer." > > 19-23And I said to God: > > "God, listen to me! > Just listen to what my enemies are saying. > Should I get paid evil for good? > That's what they're doing. They've made plans to kill me! > Remember all the times I stood up for them before you, > speaking up for them, > trying to soften your anger? > But enough! Let their children starve! > Let them be massacred in battle! > Let their wives be childless and widowed, > their friends die and their proud young men be killed. > Let cries of panic sound from their homes > as you surprise them with war parties! > They're all set to lynch me. > The noose is practically around my neck! > But you know all this, God. > You know they're determined to kill me. > Don't whitewash their crimes, > don't overlook a single sin! > Round the bunch of them up before you. > Strike while the iron of your anger is hot!" > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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