Harlem Road United Methodist Church

April 19, 2009
Working The Muscle of Influence
Jer. 1:4-19

April 26, 2009
Working Out That Stiff Neck
Jer. 18:1-17; 19:1

May 3, 2009
Working On Your Game
Jer. 34

May 10, 2009
Working On The Offensive
Jer 32 & 33

May 16, 2009
Working Through a Forfeit
Jer. 17:5-10

May 24, 2009
Working On A Great Ending
Jer. / Lam.1 -5

Title: "A Jog Through Jeremiah"

Given the state of our nation and the predominate negative attitudes that arise from the media, it's time to hear a "timely" word about flexing our faith. That's what God calls Jeremiah to do....That's what Jeremiah calls the people of Judah to do....and that's what God is asking us to do....It's going to be a great series and I can't wait to hear God speaking His truth to us through His Word from the Book of Jeremiah.

Over the next six weeks we are going to have a spiritual work-out jogging through the Book of Jeremiah. The Book of Jeremiah is the prophecy of a man divinely called in his youth from the priest-city of Anathoth. A heartbroken prophet with a heartbreaking message, Jeremiah labors for more than forty years proclaiming a message of doom to the stiff-necked people of Judah. Despised and persecuted by his countrymen, Jeremiah bathes his harsh prophecies in tears of compassion.

His broken heart causes him to write a broken book that is hard to arrange chronologically or topically. But through his sermons, Jeremiah faithfully declares that surrender to God's will is the only way to escape calamity. That was true in 580 B.C. when Jeremiah wrote the book, and it's still true to this very day. You won't want to miss a single week working out your spiritual muscles in the Book of Jeremiah.

Blessings,
Pastor Bud