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                  When the worshippers approached the temple and saw Jeremiah standing at the gate, I imagine they expected a pat on the back for showing up so regularly.   Wrong!    In fact, God sent him with a completely different message.                 “’This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Reform your ways and your actions… Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!”   If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever. But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that a

                  Like many families, we used to review our collective days around the supper table.   Typically, this involved talking about what went wrong, or the annoying things that happened to us.   It was depressing!   So, we made a change and said, “If you have a real problem, we will talk about it.   Otherwise, tell us something good!”                   There are not many areas in your life where you are in total control, but you are completely in charge of your thoughts.                   Therefore, I have come to believe that Philippians 4:8 is one of the most important verses for our day and time.   It says, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things”.