90 Jeremiah 2:12,13 Broken Cisterns recovery devotional
JMD Devotional 90 Jeremiah 2:12,13 Broken Cisterns
Be astonished and appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked and shrivel up with horror, says the Lord [at the behavior of the people]. For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of living waters, and they have hewn for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns which cannot hold water.
How much our nation resembles Israel in her seduction by secular 'gods'. If we had never been a Christian nation, our ignorance might have been forgivable; but our forefathers knew the truth and failed to retain it and pass it on. Our school children are fed a fictional history omitting the overwhelming influence of the Bible in Western Civilization, teachers promote a false self-esteem with no basis in moral character and our civil fabric is shredded by academics who deny any absolute standards. The first fruits of moral chaos point to very dark days ahead; and the remedy is repentance and a return to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Dear God,
Forgive me for how I've tried to meet my needs apart from You without regard for your way of doing things. Help me to destroy the subtle idols that compete with You for my devotion. Forgive me and my forefathers for failing to engage our communities and for not taking more of a public stand for Christ. So much pretending that it was unspiritual to be political was just veiled cowardice, laziness and self-serving neglect of duty; restore zeal for your holy name!
Please draw us into the battles of our day as your representatives.
Amen
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Be astonished and appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked and shrivel up with horror, says the Lord [at the behavior of the people]. For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of living waters, and they have hewn for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns which cannot hold water.
How much our nation resembles Israel in her seduction by secular 'gods'. If we had never been a Christian nation, our ignorance might have been forgivable; but our forefathers knew the truth and failed to retain it and pass it on. Our school children are fed a fictional history omitting the overwhelming influence of the Bible in Western Civilization, teachers promote a false self-esteem with no basis in moral character and our civil fabric is shredded by academics who deny any absolute standards. The first fruits of moral chaos point to very dark days ahead; and the remedy is repentance and a return to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Dear God,
Forgive me for how I've tried to meet my needs apart from You without regard for your way of doing things. Help me to destroy the subtle idols that compete with You for my devotion. Forgive me and my forefathers for failing to engage our communities and for not taking more of a public stand for Christ. So much pretending that it was unspiritual to be political was just veiled cowardice, laziness and self-serving neglect of duty; restore zeal for your holy name!
Please draw us into the battles of our day as your representatives.
Amen
All (but*) quotes are from The Amplified Bible, published by
the Lockman Foundation. (AMP)
Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
*New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society
**Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. (Eugene Peterson's easy-to-read, contemporary Scripture translation)
If you know of someone who would like to subscribe to
my daily devotional, please forward.
jamesdinsmore_32907@yahoo.com
Short, concise, thought-provoking.
More features:
My Poetry
http://saintjamespoetry.blog.com/
(Some) of my Devotionals
http://recoverydevotional.blogspot.com/
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