There are many different websites that offer reading plans to read the Bible in a year. Here is a really good one: Read the KJV Bible in One Year. For today, why don't you read along with me Chapters 51 & 51 in the book of Jeremiah and 1 - 3:36 in the book of Lamentations.
Special verses and sermons:
"We
are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our
faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house." - Jeremiah 51:51
Here is a short devotional on Jeremiah 51:51:
Spurgeon's Morning and Evening, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
"But
the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah
in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. Then
they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to
Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. Then
he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in
chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day
of his death." - Jeremiah 52:8-11
What to Learn From the Sad Story of King Zedekiah, by Rev. Hans Overduin
Here 1 a sermons on Lamentations 1:
The Sorrow of the Savior, by Pastor Joel Overduin
"Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see
if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me,
wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger." - Lamentations 1:12
Here are 3 Sermons on Lamentations 1:12:
It is Nothing to You, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley
The Belfast Blitz - 75th Anniversary, by Rev. Ian Brown
Jerusalem Points to Jesus Christ, by Dr. David P. Murray
"Jerusalem
hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her
despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth,
and turneth backward. Her filthiness is
in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came
down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction:
for the enemy hath magnified himself. The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. All
her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things
for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am
become vile. Is it
nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any
sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD
hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. From
above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them:
he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made
me desolate and faint all the day. The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up. The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men
in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my
young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress. For these things
I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the
comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are
desolate, because the enemy prevailed. Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them." - Lamentations 1;8-17
Here is a sermon on Lamentations 1:8-17:
Sin Rewarded, by Rev. (Dr.) Suan Yew Quek
"Arise,
cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine
heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward
him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top
of every street." - Lamentations 2:19:
Here is a sermon on Lamentations 2:19:
Watch Night Service, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Here is a sermon on Lamentations 3:1-33:
Toward a Christian Understanding of Divine Affliction, by Rev. Cornelis Pronk
"He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy." - Jeremiah 3:7
Here is a sermon on Jeremiah 3:7:
No Way Out But God's Way, by Rev. Hans Overduin
"Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer." - Jeremiah 3:8
Here is a sermon on Jeremiah 3:8:
What to Do When Under the Power of Prevailing Sin, by John Owen (1616-1683)
Note: If you
have a reading disability that makes it difficult or impossible to read
along with me this year, please consider going to Biblegateway.com and
listening to the Bible. This is a great site with many resources, one
of which is an audio version of the Bible Daily.
