1. Plans to prosper
Jeremiah 29:11

2. Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV) “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

3. How to Interpret the Bible
Understand the context
Interpret Scripture with Scripture
Apply it

4. Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV) “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

5. Jeremiah 29:1 (ESV) “These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.”

6. Jeremiah 29:10 (ESV) “For thus says the lord: when seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place.”

7. Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV) “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

8. 1. “For I know the plans I have for you.”
Psalm 32:8 (ESV) “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.”

9. 1. “For I know the plans I have for you.”
Ephesians 2:10 (ESV) “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

10. 2. “Plans for welfare and not for evil.”
2 Timothy 3:12 (ESV) “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”

11. 2. “Plans for welfare and not for evil.”
Philippians 1:29 (ESV) “For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.”

12. 2. “Plans for welfare and not for evil.”
Romans 8:28 (ESV) “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”

13. 3. “To give you a future and a hope.”
John 14:1–3 (ESV) “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”

15. Jeremiah 29:12–13 (ESV) “Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. 13 you will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”