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1. Make the Best of Things (vv. 4-6): This is what the Lord
Almighty, the God of Israel, says to those I carried into exile
from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and settle down;
plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have
sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your
daughters in marriage, so they too may have sons and
daughters. Increase in number there; do not
decrease. Jeremiahs point is: There isnt going to be a last-
minute miracle or any sudden solutions to the problem. All
you can do for now is make the most of it, do the best you
can, rejoice in the Lord, and keep on going.
2. Pray Where You Are (v. 7): Seek the peace and
prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into
exile. Ask God to bless your surroundings. If they prosper,
you will prosper. Jeremiah was telling the people to pray for
the shalom of the nation where they had been exiled.
3. Beware the Wrong Voices (vv. 8-9): Jeremiah warned
the exiles not to listen wrong voices. There has never been
so much deviant propaganda directed at so many unthinking
people through so many mesmerizing media.
6. Seek the Lord Above All (v. 13-14): Then you will call
upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to
you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all
your heart. Whatever our circumstances, we can make Him
Lord of our lives and seek first His Kingdom and His
righteousness.
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