Lay Lake church of Christ

Lay Lake church of Christ We are a group of Christians who are dedicated to worshiping and serving God according to the commands and patterns set forth in His Holy Word.

Sunday
Worship 9:00am-10:00am
Bible Study: 10:15am-11am
Worship: 11:15am-12:15pm

Wednesday
Bible Study 7:00pm-8pm

09/06/2026

September 6
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 51:11-52:34
Memory Verse: Jeremiah 51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height, yet destroyers would come from me against her, declares the
Lord.
Song: “Jesus, Name above All Names”
The Lord through Jeremiah predicted clearly, “Indeed Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel, as also for Babylon the slain of the earth have fallen” (51:49). The Lord did indeed crush Babylon for her sins. He exacted “full vengeance” on them for Jerusalem. He dried up her sea and made her fountain dry (51:36).
Babylon was the most powerful city in the world, and Nebuchadnezzar was Daniel’s head of gold! Babylon’s hanging gardens were once one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Their splendor was magnificent. Today, however, Babylon is an object of horror, a parched land and a desert. It is a land in which no man lives (51:43). God will punish her idols, and the whole land will be put to shame (51:47).
God has a thousand ways to humble the arrogant, to bring down the haughty. God taught Nebuchadnezzar himself a great lesson, when he began to exalt himself. “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble” (Daniel 4).
We must all learn to look at the real power that is not seen rather than glory in the temporal powers of the day (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).
Prayer: “Oh Father, help me to see the eternal powers You have and stop looking at the temporal powers of people. May Your power and glory and will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Keep me humble that I may not offend. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.”
Thought Questions: Do I exalt my country larger than God? Do I realize the Father in Heaven is the only real power? Do I forget God?

09/04/2026

September 4
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 46-48
Memory Verse: Jeremiah 48:10 “Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.”
Song: “Rise Up, O Men of God”
In this oracle against Moab, God predicts the destruction of the country for its sin. “Moab is broken” (48:4). The Lord God said, “because of your trust in your own achievements and
treasures, even you yourself will be captured” (48:7). Moab became arrogant toward the Lord; so Moab will wallow in his vomit and become a laughingstock (48:26).
“The destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord has spoken. Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away; her cities shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them” (48:8-9).
So determined is God to destroy Chemosh and Moab that He pronounces a curse on anyone who does the work of the Lord with deceit or slackness. God did not want the destroyer to do his assignment half-heartedly. This is no time to hold back the sword from bloodshed.
We might think at first this is overly harsh, but there are always consequences to our actions. When the Lord’s servants fail to do their assigned duties, people do not take the Lord’s Word seriously. Servants act in the name of their master, and our Master deserves our whole-hearted obedience and respect.
Prayer: “Oh Father, strengthen me and help me to do all that You have asked me to do. Keep my hand from slackness and my heart from deceit. Grow in my heart the desire to fulfill Your will fully. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.”
Thought Questions: Do I fulfill my assignments wholeheartedly? Do I hold back my hand from doing the will of the Lord?

09/03/2026

September 3
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 41:11-45:5
Memory Verses: Jeremiah 44:4-5 Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ But they did not listen or incline their ear, to turn
from their evil and make no offerings to other gods.
Song: "How Shall the Young Secure Their Hearts?"
Do you ever find yourself doing the very things that God hates? God hates all sin, and He desires that his people abhor that which evil (Rom. 12:9). Christians, however, find themselves lured
into sin by their own desire (James 1:13-15).
Many people think that because God is the God of all grace, He will overlook the sins they commit. They do not realize how offensive all sin is to Him. They forget that God is holy and cannot look upon sin with favor (Habakkuk 1:13, NASB).
God does not want us to continue in sin but rather to turn from it and serve Him. The ancient Jews were troubled by idolatry. While this may not be our stumbling block today, we still must make
choices between serving Him and serving our own desires. If we listen to the world, we will likely be led astray. We must listen to God’s word.
Prayer: Lord, help us to remember as we look to the cross how abominable all sin is in your eyes. We know, Father, that You despise our sins even while You love us. Help us to keep
ourselves pure in Your sight. This we pray in the name of Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thought Questions: Have I considered how God feels when I have sinned? Have I grieved the Holy Spirit by my life (Eph. 4:30)? Do I abhor all evil, even my pet sins?

09/02/2026

September 2
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 37:1-41:10
Memory Verse: Jeremiah 37:18 Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “In what way have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?”
Song: “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
You can be sure that life will not always be fair. King Zedekiah unfairly imprisoned the prophet Jeremiah rather than listen to the words of Lord spoken through him. Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah, who kept the Gate of Benjamin charged Jeremiah with “going over to the Chaldeans,” which was a lie. You’ll remember Jeremiah withstood Hananiah for giving false hope to the people of Judah (28:15-17), and Hananiah died seven months later. Consequently, Jeremiah was kept for some time in the court of the guardhouse, receiving only a loaf of bread each day for food. It is difficult to suffer for doing what is right and speaking the truth, but Jeremiah stood fast with God. People who don’t like the way of God will always make false charges against Christians. Paul noted that the godly will always suffer persecution (2 Tim. 3:12). Peter said, “Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name” (1 Peter 4:15-16). Christians too must determine to do what is right, even if they suffer for it. Let us put ourselves into the hands of our Righteous God (1 Peter 4:19).
Prayer: “Father, help us in times of persecution to put our trust in You. You are a great and compassionate God who always understands when the world turns against us. Help us to remain
faithful even when we are treated unfairly. This we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Thought Questions: How do you react when people mistreat you for your faith? Do you blame God when people treat you unfairly? How should you react?

09/01/2026

September 1
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 34-36
Memory Verse: Jeremiah 35:13 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, „Go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “Will you not receive instruction by listening to My words?”
Song: “My Jesus, As Thou Wilt”
The Rechabites in the days of Jeremiah obeyed their father, Jonadab the son of Rechab, by not drinking wine, living in houses, planting vineyards or sowing seed. When the prophet Jeremiah set wine before them in the temple and said, “Drink the wine,” the Rechabites refused. They were loyal to their father’s instructions and would not disobey his commandments. The Rechabites must have seemed strange to their fellow Jews. In the same way Jerusalem and Judah needed to hear the words of God and to receive instruction from them. They needed to open to hear God’s Word. People who follow God do so whether anyone else does or not. They do so simply because the One who commands is
trustworthy and loving. They may not understand why God commands what He does. They may prefer a different way. They may find the way difficult, but out of love Christians receive the
instruction and obey. One of the hardest challenges of life is to listen to God and simply to do as He instructs us. No excuses, no editing, and no balking. Simple obedience is not legalism; it is loyalty. It is holding fast to what is right regardless of the cost. We need such dedication.
Prayer: Lord, help us to obey your every command, whether we understand or like it or not. Help us to do what is right, even if our loved ones reject us. We are thankful that You, Father, always lead us in the right path. This we pray in the name of Jesus, Amen.
Thought Questions: When God asks me to do something with which I disagree, do I question Him, think that God is out-of-touch, or act on my own initiative?

08/31/2026

August 31
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 31:21-33:26
Memory Verse: Jeremiah 31:34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, „Know the Lord,‟ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the
greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Song: “Nothing But the Blood”
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people” (Jeremiah 31:31-33).
God predicted through Jeremiah there would be a change in the covenants. The covenant made at Sinai would no longer be how God would relate to His people. The people of Israel and
Judah had become faithless and had broken the covenant, but God had a plan through Jesus Christ. The Lord said he would replace the old covenant which included the Ten Commandments
(Exodus 34:27-28; Deuteronomy 4:13; 9:11) with a new covenant that included forgiveness. We are not born physically into God’s kingdom today as the Jews were born Jews. The Jews had to be taught what covenant they entered at birth, but the new covenant is different. Today we are first taught and next born again into God’s kingdom through faith and obedience (John 3:3-5). Our relationship with God is out of choice not out of physical descent.
Prayer: “Oh Father, thank You for putting Your law in a book and on my heart. Help me to serve You faithfully all the days of my life. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.”
Thought Questions: Do I realize how precious is the privilege of being in a covenant relationship with the Father? (1 John 3:1) Do I live know God well? Am I grateful for forgiveness?

08/30/2026

August 30
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 28:1-31:20
Memory Verse: Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Song: “It is Well with My Soul”
God had instructed to make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck (Jeremiah 27:2), and Jeremiah did so. The Lord said the yokes were meant to signify how God had given all the nations “into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant”(Jeremiah 27:6). Even the wild animals of the field would serve him. The children of Judah were to remain in captivity for seventy years (29:10).
But Hananiah the son of Azzur contradicted Jeremiah in the temple in front all the priests and people, suggesting the Lord would remove Nebuchadnezzar from power within two years and would restore the vessels of the Lord’s house (28:2-3). Hananiah went so far as to take the yoke from Jeremiah’s neck and to break it (28:10).
Jeremiah responded to Hananiah, “Thus says the Lord: You have broken wooden bars, but you have made in their place bars of iron” (28:13). The Lord had not sent Hananiah; Hananiah, however, had made the people “trust in a lie” (28:15). The Lord removed Hananiah from the earth. He died in the same year in the seventh month (28:17).
Hananiah offered the people false hope that life in Jerusalem would return to normal, and the people trusted in his lie. Only the truth can set us free, and sometimes the truth is difficult to
hear and understand. Jeremiah gave the people God’s true advice of how to live in their captivity in chapter 29:4-7. Then he gives them the mighty promise: “For I know the plans I have for you,
declares the Lord, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
Prayer: “Oh Father, help me to trust in Your promises to know that You have a plan for my life. Help me to live so as to glorify You in that plan. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.”
Thought Questions: Do I appreciate the plans God has for my life? Do I trust God to make it work for good?

08/29/2026

August 29
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 25-27
Memory Verses: Jeremiah 26:2-6 “Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the Lord’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the Lord all the words that I
command you to speak to them; do not hold back a word. It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the disaster that I intend to do to them because of their
evil deeds. You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you, and to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you
urgently, though you have not listened, then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth. ’”
Song: “Purer in Heart, O God”
The surest sign of a broken relationship is when one feels shut out completely by another.God had been shut out from the people of Judah in Jeremiah’s day. God, however, even at their worst
wanted them back. He continued to send Jeremiah to speak to the people. In this passage Jeremiah is crying out to the people who have come to the Temple to worship God. Perhaps those who still come to the Holy Place might listen and turn from their evil way before it is too late. Though they had not listened, perhaps they will this time. God gives His people time to repent. Unfortunately, Judah refused to hear and did not want to repent. God, who loves us when we do not deserve love, still holds out hope our hearts will turn from evil and do what is right. When we are faithless, He remains faithful (2 Timothy 2:13). He urgently sent His prophets to Judah, and He sends out His preachers today with urgency in their hearts to reach out to a lost and dying mankind. Three times God sent the Babylonians into Jerusalem. In the last case, they destroyed the whole city (587 BC), including the Temple. There was no need for a Temple, when the remnant was to go to Babylon into captivity.
One cannot continue in rebellion and expect the blessing of God. Jerusalem was for many days as desolate as Shiloh, a curse for the nations. Rebellion always carries a high price.
Prayer: “Oh Father, keep me from rebellion. Keep my ears and heart open to Your will and Your way. Keep me from evil and give me time to repent. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.”
Thought Questions: Do allow evil to creep into my life without much thought? Have I closed my ears when I do not wish to hear God? Am I close to God in my heart?

08/28/2026

August 28
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 21-24
Memory Verses: Jeremiah 23:5-6 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
Song: “Jesus, Name above All Names”
Jesus is the righteous one (1 John 2:2) who fulfills this promise. He is the Son of David (Matthew 1:1; Acts 2:24-36). Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 17:14).
Jesus deals wisely with men, and the Sermon on the Mount stands as the greatest of all ethical for these two thousand years. Jesus did not merely make laws, He dealt with the heart of men. He knew that if he could set standards for their hearts, their behavior would follow. As a man is in his heart, so is he.
“For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:34-37).
The Lord Jesus set up a kingdom that would have no end (Luke 1:33). His laws and commandments bring peace and security to people. He punishes lawlessness (Matthew 7:23). He is righteous, not only because He has never sinned (Hebrews 4:14; 1 Peter 2:22-23), but also because He bore our sins to make us righteous (1 Peter 2:24-25; 2 Corinthians 5:21).
Prayer: “Oh Father, I thank You for Jesus Christ, who suffered for my sins that I might be made clean in Your sight. I thank You for His commandments which bring me peace. Help me to live as He lived, love as He loved, and to forgive as You forgave me. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.”
Thought Questions: Do I live in such a way to let my light shine and so glorify the Father in heaven? Do people around me know that Jesus is my Lord?

08/27/2026

August 27
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 16:10-20:18
Memory Verses: Jeremiah 17:9-10 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Song: “Nothing But the Blood”
Both frightening and reassuring is the thought God knows what is in my heart. If my heart is good, God knows it. If my heart is evil, God knows it. If I am thankful, God knows it, and if I am hurting, God knows it. God knows my inner being, my thoughts, my intentions, my desires, my joys, my fears, and my heartaches. I cannot escape His presence. God not only knows me, He searches me. Man often thinks God does not see, but God inspects our hearts. He looks closer than we might like and knows the real us. Our acquaintances and friends know the side of our hearts that we are willing to reveal, but God searches through the parts we hide. He sees our fears and failures too. We can deceive others by hiding the truth from them. We can deceive ourselves by
ignoring or denying what we know about ourselves. God still sees and knows. “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and
of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we
must give account” (Hebrews 4:12-13). God not only knows and searches me, He tests me to see if I am willing to be faithful to
Him and His way. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord” (Jeremiah 17:7). This is where our hearts find love, grace, rest, and assurance.
Prayer: “Oh Father, may my heart not deceive itself but put its trust in You. Search my soul, Oh Father, and see if there be any hurtful way in me. Forgive me and cleanse me, so that I may always serve You and glorify Your name. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.”
Thought Questions: Do I entertain wickedness in my heart and ignore its work in my life? Do I deceive others and deceive myself about how I really am? Am I ashamed of what God sees in
me? What am I willing to do about my sins?

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