Marie.Irby
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Marie.Irby
highlighted Jeremiah 23:13 NLT
“I saw that the prophets of Samaria were terribly evil, for they prophesied in the name of Baal and led my people of Israel into sin.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Jeremiah 23:9 NLT
My heart is broken because of the false prophets, and my bones tremble. I stagger like a drunkard, like someone overcome by wine, because of the holy words the LORD has spoken against them.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Jeremiah 23:10 NLT
For the land is full of adultery, and it lies under a curse. The land itself is in mourning— its wilderness pastures are dried up. For they all do evil and abuse what power they have.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Jeremiah 23:11 NLT
“Even the priests and prophets are ungodly, wicked men. I have seen their despicable acts right here in my own Temple,” says the LORD.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Jeremiah 23:8 NLT
Instead, they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Jeremiah 23:5 NLT
“For the time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Jeremiah 23:4 NLT
Then I will appoint responsible shepherds who will care for them, and they will never be afraid again. Not a single one will be lost or missing. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Jeremiah 23:3 NLT
But I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their own sheepfold, and they will be fruitful and increase in number.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Jeremiah 23:2 NLT
Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to these shepherds: “Instead of caring for my flock and leading them to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Luke 2:52 NLT
Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Luke 2:51 NLT
Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Luke 2:49 NLT
“But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Luke 2:46 NLT
Three days later they finally discovered him in the Temple, sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking questions.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Luke 2:43 NLT
After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn’t miss him at first,
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Luke 2:42 NLT
When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Luke 2:41 NLT
Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Luke 2:39 NLT
When Jesus’ parents had fulfilled all the requirements of the law of the Lord, they returned home to Nazareth in Galilee.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Luke 2:40 NLT
There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was on him.
Feb 24
Marie.Irby
highlighted Luke 2:36-38 NLT
Anna, a prophet, was also there in the Temple. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. Her husband died when they had been married only seven years. Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer. She came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem.
Feb 24