Post by Woody Williams on Feb 2, 2006 8:18:37 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Jeremiah 29:10-14
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For thus says the Lord: Only when Babylon’s seventy years are
completed will I visit you, and I will fulfil to you my promise and
bring you back to this place. For surely I know the plans I have for
you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give
you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray
to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if
you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me, says the
Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the
nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord,
and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into
exile.
Devotional
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The prophet Jeremiah brings a message from God to the people in
exile. They will be in exile for seventy years, but then will be
restored to their land by God. Many people have found great
consolation and hope in these words from God. In times of sorrow,
oppression or judgment we need to hear words like these. God comes to
encourage us with hope when we are down. God does renew and restore
God's people. This word of promise let loose by Jeremiah became a
word for every generation. God has a plan for you, a future that is
good.
Prayer
Keep hope alive in me today, gracious God. Amen
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For thus says the Lord: Only when Babylon’s seventy years are
completed will I visit you, and I will fulfil to you my promise and
bring you back to this place. For surely I know the plans I have for
you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give
you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray
to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if
you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me, says the
Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the
nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord,
and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into
exile.
Devotional
----------
The prophet Jeremiah brings a message from God to the people in
exile. They will be in exile for seventy years, but then will be
restored to their land by God. Many people have found great
consolation and hope in these words from God. In times of sorrow,
oppression or judgment we need to hear words like these. God comes to
encourage us with hope when we are down. God does renew and restore
God's people. This word of promise let loose by Jeremiah became a
word for every generation. God has a plan for you, a future that is
good.
Prayer
Keep hope alive in me today, gracious God. Amen