Jeremiah // Pastor Gene Pensiero

Although Jeremiahʼs prayers are largely ineffective, God considered him one of the Bibleʼs great intercessors and their talk in these verses communicates volumes about our intimacy with God (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Jeremiah is told to wear a sash around his waist to symbolize Godʼs relationship with the nation of Judah (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

When a weary Jeremiah feels as if he is in a race against footmen God tells him that he will soon have to run against horses (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Even though Godʼs Word had been rediscovered, the people of Judah continued to burn incense to Baal (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Jeremiah describes God as a loving Father, Who therefore disciplines His children for their own good (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Jeremiah shows the futility of apostate Judah worshipping dead idols adorned by their metal smiths (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Jeremiah lamented that the disobedience of Judah had them on a course that would force God to turn their beautiful land into a desolate wilderness (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Jeremiahʼs heart grows faint as he longs for revival among Godʼs people (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The people of Judah are so deep into their sin that at one point God tells Jeremiah to not even pray for them (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God appoints Jeremiah an assayer to test Judah just as you would precious metals (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God sends Jeremiah on a run through Jerusalem then tells him what He has in store for the unrepentant Jews (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God compares the Babylonians to a devouring lion or a fierce windstorm that will catch Judah off-guard and dressed as a harlot (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God reminds Judah what happened to her sister, Israel, and warns her to learn from it and turn away from sin before itʼs too late (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

While God remains faithful to her, Judah is described as an adulteress on a constant search for her next partner (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God describes the people of Judah as oxen who have foolishly broken their yoke in order to be free to pursue their own rebellious lusts (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God illustrates Judahʼs backslide into sin as an exchange of fountain water for rainwater and run-off collected in reservoirs (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God remembers the love of His betrothal to the people of Judah and encourages them to do the same (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God tells Jeremiah that He will make him like a walled city (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God gives Jeremiah his lifeʼs mission but Jeremiah thinks he canʼt accomplish it (Pastor Gene Pensiero)