Sharing the Word

Jeremiah has been preaching about the people’s sinfulness but they are not receptive. Today's reading is a foretaste of the response that Jesus would receive to his preaching.

God calls his people to repentance. At the same time, the Lord expresses his willingness to forgive. God is willing to forgive us if we are willing to abandon our sins.

In today reading Daniel prays in the name of the people. They are ashamed of what they have done. Yet they know that God is compassionate and forgiving.

In the course of Psalm 119 the author uses no fewer than eight synonyms to express God’s gift of self-revelation. No matter how you say it, God’s intervention is a source of blessing.

God holds each of us responsible for our personal behavior. Good people will be rewarded for their goodness and bad people will be punished for their sinfulness.

The reason we have to pray is so that we don't lose sight of how much we depend on God’s goodness and how vulnerable we are without it.