The passage

1Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my heart would not go out to this people. Send them away from my presence! Let them go! 4I will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem. 21“I will save you from the hands of the wicked and deliver you from the grasp of the cruel.”

Also referenced today

The shape of the message

1. Success measured by the world versus success measured by God
2. Judah crossing the line: inevitable judgment and why intercession will not avert it
3. Hard times as discipline that purifies and frees from bondage
4. Jeremiah’s rejection and the joy of taking in God’s Word
5. Honest prayer, reordered priorities, and strength to endure and influence
6. The rising cost of truth and the call to stay faithful

Questions to hold while you listen

• What does your calendar and checkbook suggest you are pursuing most—worldly success or the things of the Lord?
• Where do you recognise the pattern of backsliding described as coming with promises and then returning to the same sin, and what would repentance look like?
• When you feel rejected or isolated for speaking truth, what would it look like to turn to the Word as consolation the way Jeremiah did?
• What hard question or hurt are you carrying into prayer right now, and how might God be using it to rearrange priorities rather than condemn you?
• Where are you most tempted to let the culture influence you, and what would it mean to influence others for God instead?

Notes

This week

Prioritise God’s Word before other daily priorities by setting a specific time to take it in deeply, not just on the surface. Watch for moments when you feel pressure to compromise, and choose to stay on the firing line rather than echo the culture.