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Jeremiah 29:11 - Gods Plans For Us Are Good; Giving Us Hope And A Future.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) 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 and a future. 

INTRODUCTION

We're all encouraged by a leader who stirs 
us to move ahead, someone who believes we can 
do the task he has given and who will be with 
us all the way.  God is that kind of leader.  
He knows the future, and his plans for us are 
good and full of hope.  As long as the God who 
knows the future provides our agenda and goes with 
us as we fulfill his mission, we can have 
boundless hope.  This does not mean we will be spared 
pain, suffering, or hardship, but that God will 
see us through to a glorious conclusion.  [Life 
Application SB] 

COMMENTARY PEARL

   In World War II, while Dutch Christians 
Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsie were 
imprisoned in the Ravensbrck concentration camp, 
Betsie received three prophetic visions from God 
detailing what the sisters were to accomplish after 
being released. Although Betsie died in 
Ravensbrck, Corrie lived to see all three visions 
fulfilled. Among them was a mansion repurposed to 
rehabilitate former prisoners of the war. When Corrie 
first saw the beautiful estate, she realized that 
it was the exact home Betsie had described 
years earlier, even down to the inlaid wooden 
floors. 
   In the middle of that inhumane prison, 
God gave Corrie and Betsie the promise of "a 
future and a hope. When the Lord first declared 
today's verse, it was to the Jews, who were, like 
the ten Booms, also in captivity. To each of us 
shackled in the sin of this world, God gives the same 
promise. 
   Do not think He has abandoned you in a 
hopeless situation. In fact, God has already 
fulfilled His promise through the life and death of 
Jesus Christ, who came to bring us peace in the 
future hope of eternal life (John 16:33). This 
salvation is the plan God has for your life - the only 
question is whether you will choose to follow it. 
   Will you give yourself over to the 
despondency of this world, or will you "call upon" the 
Lord, asking Him to show you the way out, like He 
did for the ten Boom sisters? God promises that 
if you do, He "will listen. 
   Prince of Peace, thank You for Your 
"thoughts of peace" to me, that through You, I have a 
future life and a way to gain it. [The Most Amazing 
Bible Promises by Amazing Facts] 

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY 

Jeremiah 29:11 - God's Plans For Us Are 
Good; Giving Us Hope And A Future: 

https://www.abible.com/devotions/2023/20230518-1135.html 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2023/20230101-0846.html 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2020/20200716-0903.html 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2013/20131104-1716.html 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2008/20081020-1229.html 

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