PrayerBits for Thursday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Thursday

Scripture lesson: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Excuses, excuses

Time to Reflect: There are several passages in the Bible when someone tried to give excuses why they couldn't serve God. Here one of the most important of the Old Testament prophets, was trying to get out of being a prophet. God didn't accept the excuses, but simply offered to help – which God did.

Moving Through the Day: What excuses do you give for not doing what you know God wants you to do.

Scripture:  

Jeremiah’s Call and Commission

4 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,
5‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.’
6Then I said, ‘Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.’ 7But the Lord said to me,
‘Do not say, “I am only a boy”;
for you shall go to all to whom I send you,
and you shall speak whatever I command you.
8Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,

says the Lord.’
9Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me,
‘Now I have put my words in your mouth.
10See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms,
to pluck up and to pull down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.’