It All Points to Jesus

Family Week · Days 281–287

Week 41

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Stay awake, stand firm, and keep the lamps lit — the Lord is coming.

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Day 281 · October 6

Jeremiah told the people not to be afraid of idols.

Kids Corner · Grown-ups

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Day 282 · October 7

Jeremiah asked God a hard question: "Why do wicked people seem to do so well?" God answered that harder days were coming, and Jeremiah must trust Him and keep going.

Kids Corner · Grown-ups

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Day 283 · October 8

False prophets kept telling the people, "You will have peace," but God had not sent them, and hard days of sword and hunger were really coming.

Kids Corner · Grown-ups

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Day 284 · October 9

Old Testament God exposes Judah’s sin and teaches Jeremiah through the potter: the Lord has authority over the clay, yet His warnings invite repentance.

Kids Corner · Grown-ups

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Day 285 · October 10

God told Jeremiah to buy a clay jar and break it in front of the leaders, as a sign that the city would be broken because the people had turned to idols and hurt the innocent.

Kids Corner · Grown-ups

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Day 286 · October 11

God told the kings of Judah to do what is right: rescue the robbed, and do no wrong to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow.

Kids Corner · Grown-ups

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Day 287 · October 12

God said the false prophets told lies and made-up dreams, but His true word is like fire and like a hammer that breaks rock.

Kids Corner · Grown-ups

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