Verse from Jeremiah

““你要站在耶和华的殿门口，在那里宣告这话，说：‘所有进这些门来敬拜耶和华的犹大人哪！你们都要听耶和华的话。’””
‭‭耶利米书‬ ‭7:2‬ ‭

“"Stand in the gate of the LORD ' S house and proclaim there this word and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship the LORD!'"”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭7:2‬ ‭

The theme for Lawrence's adult camp was “Comfort My People.” Speaker after speaker spoke words of assurance. But the last speaker drastically changed the tone. He chose Jeremiah 7:1–11 and the topic “Wake Up from Slumber.” Without mincing words and yet with love, he challenged the campers to wake up and turn away from our sins.

“Don’t hide behind the grace of God and continue to live in secret sin,” he exhorted, like the prophet Jeremiah. “We boast, ‘I am a Christian; God loves me; I fear no evil,’ yet we do all kinds of evil.”

Jeremiah of old quizzed the people, “Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury . . . follow other gods you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, ‘We are safe’—safe to do all these detestable things?” (7:9–10).

Heavenly Father,
You love us too much to let us continue defying Your instructions.
Your correction is never to harm us but only to heal us.
You are the God of all comfort.

God’s discipline is designed to make us like His Son.