Thursday, August 29, 2019

Focus Church:  Salisbury/Asbury
Pastor: Helen F McFarland

Mozambique Church: Sitila

Pastor: Rogerio Alfiado Pascoal

Scripture - Jeremiah 2:4-13

⁴ Listen to the Lord’s word,
    people of Judah,
    all you families of the Israelite household.

⁵ This is what the Lord says:

What wrong did your ancestors find in me
    that made them wander so far?
They pursued what was worthless
    and became worthless.
⁶ They didn’t ask,
    “Where’s the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
        who led us through the wilderness,
        in a land of deserts and ravines,
        in a land of drought and darkness,
        in a land of no return,
            where no one survives?”
⁷ I brought you into a land of plenty,
    to enjoy its gifts and goodness,
        but you ruined my land;
        you disgraced my heritage.
⁸ The priests didn’t ask,
    “Where’s the Lord?”
Those responsible for the Instruction didn’t know me;
    the leaders rebelled against me;
    the prophets spoke in the name of Baal,
        going after what has no value.
⁹ That is why I will take you to court
    and charge even your descendants,
        declares the Lord.
¹⁰ Look to the west as far as the shores of Cyprus
    and to the east as far as the land of Kedar.
Ask anyone there:
    Has anything this odd ever taken place?
¹¹     Has a nation switched gods,
        though they aren’t really gods at all?
Yet my people have exchanged their glory
    for what has no value.
¹² Be stunned at such a thing, you heavens;
    shudder and quake,
        declares the Lord.
¹³ My people have committed two crimes:
    They have forsaken me, the spring of living water.
    And they have dug wells, broken wells that can’t hold water.