Pericope: Jeremiah 29:10-14 - 10 This is what the Lord says:

“When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to

you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 11

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. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and

I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you

seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,” declares

the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you

from all the nations and places where I have banished you,”

declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from

which I carried you into exile.”

Sermon Text: Jeremiah 29:11 - 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.

Sermon Title: Divine Order: Pt2 Jeremiah and Me – Quit Yo

Crying

Romans 8: 28 And we know that in all things God works for the

good of those who love him, who have been called according to

his purpose.

Prov. 3:5-7 - 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways

submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. 7 Do not be

wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.

And Matt 6: 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,

and all these things will be given to you as well.

Deut. 28:13 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If

you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I

give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at

the top, never at the bottom.

1 Cor 10: 13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is

common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be

tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,

he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Context 1: Mired in the Mess - Jeremiah 38:6 - 6 So they took

Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son,

which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah

by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and

Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

Context 2: Stuck in the stocks - Jeremiah 20: 2 he had Jeremiah

the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of

Benjamin at the Lord’s temple.

Context 3: Tired of the tears - Jeremiah 9:1 - 1 Oh, that my head

were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would

weep day and night for the slain of my people.

Context 4: Thirst in the turmoil - Jeremiah 20:7-9 - 7 You

deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived

you overpowered me and prevailed.

I am ridiculed all day long;

everyone mocks me.

8 Whenever I speak, I cry out

proclaiming violence and destruction.

So the word of the Lord has brought me

insult and reproach all day long.

9 But if I say, “I will not mention his word

or speak anymore in his name,”

his word is in my heart like a fire,

a fire shut up in my bones.

I am weary of holding it in;

indeed, I cannot.

Context 5: Sustained in solitude - Jeremiah 15: 17 I never sat in

the company of revelers,

never made merry with them;

I sat alone because your hand was on me

and you had filled me with indignation.

1. Toughen you up for greater – Jere 12: 5 “If you have raced

   with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can

   you compete with horses? if you stumble in safe country,

   how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?

2. Gods plan don’t’ replace pain.

3. God’s plans give you the power of purpose to go on Isa.

   46:10 - 10 I make known the end from the beginning, from

   ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will

   stand, and I will do all that I please.’

4. Gods Plans always comes with its rewards Jer. 31: 16 This is

   what the Lord says: “Restrain your voice from weeping and

   your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,”

   declares the Lord. “They will return from the land of the

   enemy.