Jul 26 – Context is Key, Pt 4: I Know the Plans I have for You

Jeremiah 29:1-14 contains a letter from the prophet Jeremiah to the exiled Israelites in Babylon. He instructs them to settle down, build homes and pray for their captors. He assures them of a future, promising that after 70 years, God will restore them to their homeland. Within this passage there is a very well-known verse (11) stating that God has “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans…