Jeremiah 29:4-14
Build Your Lives (vv. 4-6)
- Home
- Hearth
Pursue Peace (v. 7)
- Personal peace
- Public peace
Ignore Falsehood (vv. 8-9)
- False prophets
- Fake pundits
- Faulty philosophies
Trust the Lord (vv. 10-14)
- Trust His plan
- Seek His presence
- Wait on His promises
More to Consider
French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her public school system, and in her institutions of higher learning--and it was not there. I looked for it in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution--and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great!" Alexis de Tocqueville
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else. Theodore Roosevelt
The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God. Kevin DeYoung