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I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU

Jeremiah was a Jewish prophet who lived around 600 years before Christ.   He is credited with writing two books of the Bible: Jeremiah and Lamentations.   He is referred to by many as “the weeping prophet” because of the difficult judgments that he spoke against his nation, and the burden of grief that he carried for them.     During his ministry, God sent Jeremiah to the leaders of Judah to tell them that the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, was coming against them to make war, and would defeat them in battle.  As a result, many of them would be carried into captivity and dispersed among the cities of Babylon.  All of this would happen because the Jews were no longer listening to God, but had, instead, turned to worshipping idols.  Jeremiah told them that God was bringing judgment on them and that they were not to resist Nebuchadnezzar or they would be resisting God.  The priests and so-called prophets of the time were outraged and rejected J...
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WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE CHURCHES

About 95 A.D the Apostle John was banished to the Greek island of Patmos during the persecution of the Church under the Roman Emperor Domitian.   While there, John was given the Revelation of Jesus Christ and shown the events that would take place in the last days when Christ returns and receives the Kingdom prepared for Him by His Father.     In the beginning chapters of the book of Revelation, the Lord gave to John messages that the Apostle was to write down and deliver to seven churches in Asia Minor (modern Turkey).  They were the Churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.  The messages were very intimate and personal to the believers they were addressed to.  They contained recognition for the things that each Church was doing well, but also reprimands for things that they were not doing so well.   It is significant to note that John saw the Lord Jesus “in the midst of” the golden candlesticks whi...
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WHAT'S IN A NAME?

When our first child was born, my wife, Terry, and I had not yet been converted to Christianity.   We were both very young, having been married the summer after we graduated from high school.   On the night that Terry went into labor we were still unclear about what we were going to name our new child.   At that time, there were no ultrasound images to reveal the gender of the child, and the fathers were not allowed in the labor or delivery room to support their wives.   So, I was delegated to a waiting room and anxious to hear any news of what was happening with my wife.   As I waited, I picked up a Reader's Digest condensed book that contained the story of Christopher Columbus' life and the discovery of the New World.   When the nurse came to inform me that I was the father of a healthy baby boy, I was overjoyed, and couldn't wait to see my new son and his mama.   While Terry and I were admiring our boy, it suddenly came to me what we should call him...
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