DBR

2 Thessalonians 3
Jeremiah 49
Jeremiah 50

2 Thessalonians-
Lord, let us continue in this present age to spread your word rapidly! (vs 1) We thank you that you are faithful and will protect us from the evil one. (2)

God, help us take heed to the warning of idleness that's listed three times in this passage (vs 6, 7, and 13)! Help us to never tire of doing what is right. (vs 13) Let our church stay busy serving you!

Jeremiah-
You are so powerful and capable of mass destruction! "the earth will tremble, their cry will resound to the Red Sea." 21 "I will scatter to the winds those who are in distant places and will bring disaster on them from every side" declares the Lord (vs 32)

Lord let us be filled with sorrow for the sins we have committed. Sin grieves you, it angers you! "the people of Judah and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek the LORD their God." (4-6). "They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten." (vs 5)

God, convict us of our sins and help us commit our lives fully to you!

"My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray and caused them to roam on the mountains. They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place." (vs 6)

Thank you God for sending your son, the Good Shepherd to pay the penalty of our sin! I praise you that we are no longer lost sheep! Help us follow our leaders, give them wisdom to guide us Lord so we may never wander!

...defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel (vs 29). "See, I am against you, O arrogant one," declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty, "for your day has come, the time for you to be punished. The arrogant one will stumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who are around her." (vs 31 & 32).

We see from this passage that the arrogant one will stumble and be punished! Keep us humble Lord, remembering that you sacrificed your son to save us from sin. Keep us from being arrogant and from defying you!