4/22 Jeremiah 31:32-40
32 This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the LORD. 33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,” says the LORD. “I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their family, saying, ‘You should know the LORD.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will already know me,” says the LORD. “And I will forgive their wickedness and will never again remember their sins.” 35 It is the LORD who provides the sun to light the day and the moon and stars to light the night. It is he who stirs the sea into roaring waves. His name is the LORD Almighty, and this is what he says: 36 “I am as likely to reject my people Israel as I am to do away with the laws of nature! 37 Just as the heavens cannot be measured and the foundation of the earth cannot be explored, so I will not consider casting them away forever for their sins. I, the LORD, have spoken! 38 “The time is coming,” says the LORD, “when all Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. 39 A measuring line will be stretched out over the hill of Gareb and across to Goah. 40 And the entire area — including the graveyard and ash dump in the valley, and all the fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the Horse Gate — will be holy to the LORD. The city will never again be captured or destroyed.”
HOLY
We are holy because He is Holy and gives us Himself. We are new in Christ and He abides in us. His presence in us imparts His holiness to us. We are new in Christ and He is our life. He gives us light for living and life in Himself.
Author - Clay Corvin
4/21 Jeremiah 31:22-31
22 How long will you wander, my wayward daughter? For the LORD will cause something new and different to happen — Israel will embrace her God. ” 23 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back again, the people of Judah and its cities will again say, ‘The LORD bless you — O righteous home, O holy mountain!’ 24 And city dwellers and farmers and shepherds alike will live together in peace and happiness. 25 For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing.” 26 At this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been very sweet. 27 “The time will come,” says the LORD, “when I will greatly increase the population and multiply the number of cattle here in Israel and Judah. 28 In the past I uprooted and tore down this nation. I overthrew it, destroyed it, and brought disaster upon it. But in the future I will plant it and build it up,” says the LORD. 29 “The people will no longer quote this proverb: ‘The parents eat sour grapes, but their children’s mouths pucker at the taste.’ 30 All people will die for their own sins — those who eat the sour grapes will be the ones whose mouths will pucker. 31 “The day will come,” says the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.
NEW
Christ makes all things new. We are new in Christ. Our world will be new in Christ. All things will be new in Him. We will serve Him and He will give us life. In Christ we will live and abide into eternity. Rejoice in Jesus for He is God’s everything.
4/20 Jeremiah 31:10-21
10 “Listen to this message from the LORD, you nations of the world; proclaim it in distant coastlands: The LORD, who scattered his people, will gather them together and watch over them as a shepherd does his flock. 11 For the LORD has redeemed Israel from those too strong for them. 12 They will come home and sing songs of joy on the heights of Jerusalem. They will be radiant because of the many gifts the LORD has given them — the good crops of wheat, wine, and oil, and the healthy flocks and herds. Their life will be like a watered garden, and all their sorrows will be gone. 13 The young women will dance for joy, and the men — old and young — will join in the celebration. I will turn their mourning into joy. I will comfort them and exchange their sorrow for rejoicing. 14 I will supply the priests with an abundance of offerings. I will satisfy my people with my bounty. I, the LORD, have spoken!” 15 This is what the LORD says: “A cry of anguish is heard in Ramah — mourning and weeping unrestrained. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted — for her children are dead.” 16 But now the LORD says, “Do not weep any longer, for I will reward you. Your children will come back to you from the distant land of the enemy. 17 There is hope for your future,” says the LORD. “Your children will come again to their own land. 18 I have heard Israel saying, ‘You disciplined me severely, but I deserved it. I was like a calf that needed to be trained for the yoke and plow. Turn me again to you and restore me, for you alone are the LORD my God. 19 I turned away from God, but then I was sorry. I kicked myself for my stupidity! I was thoroughly ashamed of all I did in my younger days.’ 20 “Is not Israel still my son, my darling child?” asks the LORD. “I had to punish him, but I still love him. I long for him and surely will have mercy on him. 21 “Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Mark well the path by which you came. Come back again, my virgin Israel; return to your cities here.
FUTURE
Our future rests in the hands of Jesus. He is our future hope. Christ took us from separation from the Lord to connection in Him in the family of God. We belong to Him. He holds our future and one day we will see Him face to face. He has washed our sin away and cleansed us with His own righteousness. Jesus is our Lord.
4/19 Jeremiah 31:1-9
1 “In that day,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people. 2 I will care for the survivors as they travel through the wilderness. I will again come to give rest to the people of Israel.” 3 Long ago the LORD said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself. 4 I will rebuild you, my virgin Israel. You will again be happy and dance merrily with tambourines. 5 Again you will plant your vineyards on the mountains of Samaria and eat from your own gardens there. 6 The day will come when watchmen will shout from the hill country of Ephraim, ‘Come, let us go up to Jerusalem to worship the LORD our God.'” 7 Now this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Israel ! Shout for the greatest of nations! Shout out with praise and joy: ‘Save your people, O LORD, the remnant of Israel!’ 8 For I will bring them from the north and from the distant corners of the earth. I will not forget the blind and lame, the expectant mothers and women about to give birth. A great company will return! 9 Tears of joy will stream down their faces, and I will lead them home with great care. They will walk beside quiet streams and not stumble. For I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my oldest child.
PROPHECY
The Lord tells us what He has done and will do. His future is unfolding now in our lives. Let the redeemed of the Lord sing out “Jesus Saves.” Do not forget when you are facing the impossible that all things are possible with the Lord.
4/18 Isaiah 25:1-12
1 O LORD, I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God. You do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them. 2 You turn mighty cities into heaps of ruins. Cities with strong walls are turned to rubble. Beautiful palaces in distant lands disappear and will never be rebuilt. 3 Therefore, strong nations will declare your glory; ruthless nations will revere you. 4 But to the poor, O LORD, you are a refuge from the storm. To the needy in distress, you are a shelter from the rain and the heat. For the oppressive acts of ruthless people are like a storm beating against a wall, 5 or like the relentless heat of the desert. But you silence the roar of foreign nations. You cool the land with the shade of a cloud. So the boastful songs of ruthless people are stilled. 6 In Jerusalem, the LORD Almighty will spread a wonderful feast for everyone around the world. It will be a delicious feast of good food, with clear, well-aged wine and choice beef. 7 In that day he will remove the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the earth. 8 He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign LORD will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people. The LORD has spoken! 9 In that day the people will proclaim, “This is our God. We trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, in whom we trusted. Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!” 10 For the LORD’s good hand will rest on Jerusalem. Moab will be crushed like trampled straw and left to rot. 11 God will push down Moab’s people as a swimmer pushes down water with his hands. He will end their pride and all their evil works. 12 The high walls of Moab will be demolished and ground to dust.
WONDERFUL
We can call Him wonderful. He stands against all of those things that would destroy us. One day He is coming back for us. He will swallow up death, we will no longer be under its shadow. The Lord is God and He loves us. Today the Lord is your salvation. Let Him have your heart.
4/17 Psalm 22:25-31
I will praise you among all the people; I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who worship you. 26 The poor will eat and be satisfied. All who seek the LORD will praise him. Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy. 27 The whole earth will acknowledge the LORD and return to him. People from every nation will bow down before him. 28 For the LORD is king! He rules all the nations. 29 Let the rich of the earth feast and worship. Let all mortals — those born to die — bow down in his presence. 30 Future generations will also serve him. Our children will hear about the wonders of the Lord. 31 His righteous acts will be told to those yet unborn. They will hear about everything he has done.
WONDROUS
Our Lord is a wondrous Savior. He knows the end from the beginning and shepherds us every day of our life. He is focused on our life. Give Him your attention. Let the Lord deal with your life today. He will not neglect you. He will take care of you.
4/16 Psalm 22:12-24
My enemies surround me like a herd of bulls; fierce bulls of Bashan have hemmed me in! 13 Like roaring lions attacking their prey, they come at me with open mouths. 14 My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me. 15 My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead. 16 My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me. They have pierced my hands and feet. 17 I can count every bone in my body. My enemies stare at me and gloat. 18 They divide my clothes among themselves and throw dice for my garments. 19 O LORD, do not stay away! You are my strength; come quickly to my aid! 20 Rescue me from a violent death; spare my precious life from these dogs. 21 Snatch me from the lions’ jaws, and from the horns of these wild oxen. 22 Then I will declare the wonder of your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among all your people. 23 Praise the LORD, all you who fear him! Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob! Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel! 24 For he has not ignored the suffering of the needy. He has not turned and walked away. He has listened to their cries for help.
HELP
The Lord is our help. In good times and bad the Lord is with us. When we are suffering He suffers with us. He will see us through. He is our strength. The Lord God Almighty is in control of our life and of all things. He will not leave nor will He deceive us. Jesus loves us and will stand with us as we journey through each day of our life.
4/15 1 Corinthians 15:21-26
21 So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, Adam, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man, Christ. 22 Everyone dies because all of us are related to Adam, the first man. But all who are related to Christ, the other man, will be given new life. 23 But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised first; then when Christ comes back, all his people will be raised. 24 After that the end will come, when he will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father, having put down all enemies of every kind. 25 For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet. 26 And the last enemy to be destroyed is death.
UNTIL
Everything will seem the same UNTIL Jesus returns in judgment. People will scoff at God. Mankind will continue the atrocities against the poor. All of creation will groan. Then one day in the wink of an eye everything will change. Jesus will appear. All will be judged. Christ will hand over His kingdom to the Father. Believe in Jesus and you shall be saved.
4/14 1 Corinthians 15:11-20
11 So it makes no difference whether I preach or they preach. The important thing is that you believed what we preached to you. 12 But tell me this — since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead? 13 For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. 14 And if Christ was not raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your trust in God is useless. 15 And we apostles would all be lying about God, for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave, but that can’t be true if there is no resurrection of the dead. 16 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless, and you are still under condemnation for your sins. 18 In that case, all who have died believing in Christ have perished! 19 And if we have hope in Christ only for this life, we are the most miserable people in the world. 20 But the fact is that Christ has been raised from the dead. He has become the first of a great harvest of those who will be raised to life again.
BELIEVE
Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. If you do it will change everything. If you don’t you are to be most pitied of all. Do not fool yourself. When you believe in Jesus Christ it changes everything in your life.
4/13 1 Corinthians 15:1-10
1 Now let me remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then and still do now, for your faith is built on this wonderful message. 2 And it is this Good News that saves you if you firmly believe it — unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place. 3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me — that Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. 4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, as the Scriptures said. 5 He was seen by Peter and then by the twelve apostles. 6 After that, he was seen by more than five hundred of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died by now. 7 Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles. 8 Last of all, I saw him, too, long after the others, as though I had been born at the wrong time. 9 For I am the least of all the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted the church of God. 10 But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me — and not without results. For I have worked harder than all the other apostles, yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.
GRACE
It is God’s grace that is actively at work in your life. Every day in overwhelming quantities the Lord pours out His grace on us. He loves us, He dotes on us, and our Father desires to hear from us all the time. God has especially favored you this day. Blessed is the name of the Lord.