2. Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

3. Jeremiah 29:4-7 (NLT)
This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the captives he has exiled to Babylon from Jerusalem: “Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce.

4. Marry and have children
Marry and have children. Then find spouses for them so that you may have many grandchildren. Multiply! Do not dwindle away! And work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare.”

5. Bless your cities

6. “We’ve got this Noah instinct
“We’ve got this Noah instinct. This drive in us to build arks and shut ourselves in with our own kind. Then we shut ourselves further in with our phones.

7. Then we get claustrophobic. Bored and wonder why
Then we get claustrophobic. Bored and wonder why. Open a window and watch for a dove with an olive twig. There’s life out there.” Beth Moore

8. Bless your schools

9. Bless the mess

10. John 17:15-18 (NLT)
I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. They do not belong to this world any more than I do.

11. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth
17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world.