God Promises Good Plans for You
Backgrounder on Jeremiah 26-29:
Jeremiah’s messages of judgment
arouse strong opposition in the
palace. During Jehoiakim’s reign,
Jeremiah is threatened with a death
sentence. While Zedekiah rules,
Jeremiah dons a wooden yoke
to portray the importance of
Jerusalem surrendering to the yoke
of Babylon & thereby arouses the
denunciation of the false prophet
Hananiah. In the midst of this
turmoil, Jeremiah sends the exiles
in Babylon an encouraging letter.
Lord, You have Good Plans For Us:
After 70 years are completed at
Babylon, I will visit you & perform
My Good Word toward you and
cause you to return to this place.
For I know the Plans I have for
you, declares the Lord, Plans to
prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope & a future.
Then you Will Call upon me and
come and Pray to me, and I will
listen to you. And you Will Seek Me
and find Me, when u Search for Me
with all your heart (Jer 29:10-13).
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