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                 Use honest scales -- honest weights and measures.                       Every pound must have sixteen ounces.                       Every gallon must measure four quarts.                 Your coins must be honest -- no wooden nickels!                             EZEKIEL 45:10-12 THE MESSAGEI am the Way of Love—walk My paths today and be happy.     Be…See More

                                                                          black hole - Hubble Telescope image                                                                   They think the whole world revolves around them!                                       EZEKIEL 38:12 NLTRabbi Hillel asked a good question in Ethics of the Fathers:     “If I am only for myself, who…See More

                                                      You boasted proudly against me, and I have heard it all!                                                                                    EZEKIEL 35:13 NLTWhen you talk big, you think small.Are you actually arrogant enough to claim that—     by your power you have accomplished great feats?     by your wisdom you have…See More

                                                                            Warner Sallman  Head of Christ  All the people of Egypt will discover that I am the LORD, for you collapsed like a reed      when Israel looked to you for help and leaned on you. Like a cracked staff you splintered and stabbed her in the armpit. She put her weight on you, you gave way, her back was thrown out of joint.                                         EZEKIEL 29:6-7 NLTWho or what do you trust?The world?   …See More

                                           Look! Your oarsmen are rowing your ship of state into a hurricane!                                                      Your mighty vessel flounders in the heavy eastern gale.                                                               You are shipwrecked in the heart of the sea!                                                …See More

                                    God says, “Take your royal crown off your head. No more ‘business as usual.’                                                    The underdog will be promoted and the top dog will be demoted.”                                                                                                                        EZEKIEL 21:26  THE…See More

                                                                         Albrecht Durer  Praying Hands                                                               Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there,                                                    their righteousness would save no one but themselves,                                                              …See More

                                                                The end has come! It has finally arrived! Your final doom is waiting!                                                                                  EZEKIEL 7:6-7a NLTTen…     Do you sometimes think life will always be as it is now? Think again!      Things will radically change someday, whether you believe…See More

                                                                                                             Hubble Telescope image  March 15, 2021  As I watched the four creatures, I saw something that looked like a wheel on the ground beside each of the four-faced creatures. The wheels were identical, sparkling like diamonds in the sun. It looked like wheels within…See More

                                               She played fast and loose with life, she never considered tomorrow,                                                      and now she’s crashed royally, with no one to hold her hand.                                                      “Look at my pain, O God! And how the enemy cruelly struts.”                                 …See More

Thus says the LORD of hosts:“Look! I will break the bow of Elam, the main element of their strength.”JEREMIAH 49:35 MLB I destroyed Elam’s “atomic bomb”—the thing they trusted in most.     They felt invulnerable, immune to being hurt—they were dead wrong.It is the same with all nations—strutting across history’s stage leads to a fall.     I hate pride more than anything…See More

Have you forgotten the sins of your ancestors, sins of kings and queens of Judah,and the sins you and your wives committed in Judah and Jerusalem?To this very hour you have shown no remorse or reverence.No one has chosen to follow my law and the decreesI gave to you and your ancestors before you.JEREMIAH 44:9-10 NLT Have you learned the lesson of My Book? Only truth…See More

    If you return and give up this mistaken tone of distrust and despair,           then I will give you a settled place of quiet and safety,                       and you will be My minister.                                       JEREMIAH 15:19 THE AMPLIFIED BIBLEI know you better than you know yourself—     you cannot fool Me with verbal veneer or pious platitudes.My…See More

Giants Causeway - Ireland  So, Jeremiah, if you’re worn out in this footrace with men,what makes you think you can race against horses?And if you can’t keep your wits during times of calm,what’s going to happen when troubles break loose like the Jordan in flood?JEREMIAH 12:5 THE MESSAGEWhen you get frazzled by hang-ups, the Wonderful Counselor guides you.When you cannot…See More

I shaped your existence in the first place.     To begin with, there were two cells, then 28 billion—that was the clay.     I am the Omnipotent Creator, the Potter who made you like you are.     I engineered the delicate, inner workings of your physical being.     My hands formed your body and personality—humbly worship Me.I shape your character in hard places.   …See More