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Aug. 20, 2007

What is Holding Us Back?

 


Jeremiah – The Young Prophet 

 

Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Then I said, “Alas, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, because I am a youth.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ because everywhere I send you, you shall go, and all that I command you, you shall speak. -Jeremiah 1: 4-7

 

Despite Jeremiah’s fears he listened to God’s voice and obeyed His commandments. Jeremiah ended up writing the longest prophetic book of the Bible, covering a span of around 40 years. He was most likely a teen when he became a prophet.

 

I would find that hard to believe. A young person just dropped everything he was doing and gave the rest of his life to God – having a career of prophesy from his youth? Didn’t God see Jeremiah’s age as a hindrance? [...]

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Eric Novak
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Aug. 21, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by TruthSeeker
Thank you for commenting on my blog. I was very impressed with your post. If more people thought like that, I think we'd be living in a different world.
Thanx for the encouragement.
~TruthSeeker
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Aug. 24, 2007 - hey

Posted by antelopehead
Pretty sweet blog i like the html.

Nathan
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Aug. 24, 2007 - Hi

Posted by SnowGirl
You got tagged. Go to my blog.
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Aug. 25, 2007 - hi!

Posted by Kekoa
Tag go to my blog for it!

later, Kekoa
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Aug. 26, 2007 - No~

Posted by nancysnook
I don't think they are a template...I used to make them but a little smaller. The characters are mostly paragraph indent/decrease and question marks. I was trying to contact you on IM but couldnt'. I commented on your post already so this RYC.

Nancy
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Aug. 27, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by TheLordsDaughter
Thank you for letting me know about the update to the Blogging With A Purpose banner. I will change replace it very soon.

I did give the award to 5 other people. They were:

Amanda (SuperAngel)
JocelynDixon
Coie (frogiggie89)
Bethany (15Proverbs1)
Rose

I am sorry it took me so long to reply. I have been away from the computer for the summer.

Your Sister in Christ,
Rebekah ~ The Lord's Daughter
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Aug. 31, 2007 - RYC

Posted by nancysnook
Ha Ha!!! I got you, I got you...I'm glad it worked! I'm not real worried about comments, although, they are nice to get.

Nancy
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Sep. 7, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by wildskaterboy
Enter my film-making/animation competition!


wildskaterboy

pass this on please! ;)

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Sep. 8, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by LittleBrownGurl
Hello BlogBoy. Just new and doing some page hopping i love your name very original :)

-Hannah
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Sep. 8, 2007 - yeah

Posted by nancysnook
I'll give you a prize...what would you like to have? You can share some watermelon with me if you ever make it here...or who knows I may just have to come there to meet your mom in person! That would be fun. You mean 200th comment on your new blog...this old one has tons more than that.

Nancy

Edited by nancysnook on Sep. 8, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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Sep. 10, 2007 - Hey

Posted by cherryblossom
My family just found out we have Irish roots dated back into the 1300's,which is why we didn't know. Slowly we are tracing our ancestry back. Ireland is as far as we have gotten right now :)

Anyway,I'm Julia and I found your blog through TheChallenge blog. Thought I'd come by and leave you a comment!

I added you to my friends hope you don't mind!

Julia
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Sep. 12, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by tatertots
Hi there! My sisters have new blogs, and they would love it if you would leave them a comment. Their names are Sunshine and HorsieBabe (on the bottom of my friends list). I've got a new post, stop by soon, and read it.
Taters
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Sep. 20, 2007 - Hello Eric

Posted by rjdjohn316
It was nice to meet you! I'm glad you got to come up with your Dad... Wish your Mom coulda too!

Stop by sometime!

Rachel

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Sep. 21, 2007 - Hi Eric

Posted by YoungManInTraining
I had so much fun when you were here. I hope next time you can stay longer!
last night Hannah and I got done with the dishes. Hannah cooked dinner tonight.
Well, I need to get to sleep. Mom said I could do this before I went to bed.
I'm glad we got to meet you!
Sincerely, Eric


Edited by YoungManInTraining on Sep. 21, 2007 at 1:20 PM
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Sep. 21, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by YoungManInTraining
Hi Eric!
I had so much fun when you were here. I hope next time you can stay longer!
last night Hannah and I got done with the dishes. Hannah cooked dinner tonight.
Well, I need to get to sleep. Mom said I could do this before I went to bed.
I'm glad we got to meet you!
Sincerely, Eric
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Sep. 21, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by IloveyouGod
Hey Eric,
Nice to hear from you again.
Thanks for asking; My Bible reading is not going at a fast pace as I should have done to do the Challenge, but it's still going good. I still have some books of the Bible to read to finish the challenge though....

I have started a correspondence course and I'm studying the Bible, so I have been basically going back to Genesis and reading that again. That's a few chapters a day: or whatever I studied that day in my course. So, I'm currently trying to keep up with that, and at the same time reading other books of the Bible at the same time. I didn't finish it in 90 days, I want to read the whole Bible eventually.

How about you? How much do you have left?

I see you have some great entries I missed.....
And that's soo cool you got to meet the Dixions! I waiting to see some pictures.

Hope you've been doing well,

Brooke
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Sep. 25, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by IloveyouGod
I'm studying the Bible through a correspondence course through Liberty Bible Institute (Liberty University.) It is totally awesome!!


Only 2 more books in the Bible to read until you finish the challenge? Good 4 you! You'll be done in no time...

Looking forward to your next post!!

Brooke
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Sep. 27, 2007 - Hi Eric

Posted by rjdjohn316
LOL, you are funny! I know you can read! Well, you sure kept them occupied when the adults were talking!
I'm very glad to have met you, Eric! It was a lot of fun.
TTYL,
Rachel
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Sep. 30, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by IloveyouGod
Hi Eric,
No, I haven't read your Mom's book. That's so cool she wrote one. Can you view it on Amazon by the way? Where can I read about it?

Thanks! I really like my new blog look too :0)

Brooke
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