Good day dear friends.
Please lift up in prayer Marky Vela. Marky has lived his whole short life with cerebral palsy and he is near the end of his life. Please also pray for his mother and family as this has been a most difficult time for them.
Here is our study guide for today:
Wednesday: Jeremiah 22, 23, 24If you were to deliver Jeremiah’s parable of the good and bad figs to a modern audience, what figure of speech might you use in place of his agricultural one to carry the parable’s meaning?
This is an interesting question. People understand the parable of good and bad figs; you can eat good figs but you can't eat spoiled, rotten figs. The image that came to mind was to choose between cell phones. It seems everyone has a cell phone now. But would you choose the one with no battery? Or one that was broken? The point is simple, those who wander away from God for whatever reason lose their usefulness for God. Until they return to God and submit to God, God will not use them.
This is what the people of Israel did, and this is what we do from time to time. Staying in God's favor and seeking God's will, is what will lead us to faithfulness and fruitfulness. This is what we should seek.
PRAYER: Loving God, choose me today to do what You will. Let me stay true to You all days. I ask this in Jesus' name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord.
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