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Jeremiah 29：1-14

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Who Am I
Words & Music by Carson Li@KEC Worship

MESSAGE SUMMARY

Exile and Captivity

  • Exile is about being at a place where we do not want to be
  • The exiles’ only desire: knowing when the exile would end
  • The exiles’ only prayer: God took them away from Babylon
  • The exiles’ only concern: their own well-being

Message from Jeremiah

  • Settled down in Babylon (Jeremiah 29:5-6)
  • Praying for Babylon (Jeremiah 29:7)
  • Beware of the false prophecy ( (Jeremiah 29:8-9)
  • Captivity for 70 years ( (Jeremiah 29:10)
  • God’s plan for the exiles (Jeremiah 29:11)

Response from the Exiles

  • For the exiles, none of Jeremiah’s message was good news
  • They did not understand why they were put into exile
  • They lost their homes, the temple and all religious routines
  • Life has entered a dead-end with no exit
  • “The exile is God’s plan, really?”
  • “The exile is good for us, really?”
  • “What is God’s plan for us?”

Hope for the Exiles (Jeremiah 29:12-14)

  • Call upon me. Come and pray to me.
  • Seek and find me.
  • Seek me with all your heart.
  • I will hear you. I will be found by you.
  • I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

Beyond the Exile

  • God’s ultimate purpose is to bring His people back in repentance
  • God wanted His people to seek and find Him
  • Babylon would become a place of faith-rebuilding for His people

Convictions of the Exiles

  • God has a wonderful plan
  • Seek and Pray
  • Living Faithfully

MUSIC CREDIT

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Words and Music by Steven Furtick, Chris Brown, Wade Joye and Mack Brock

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Words and Music by Jamie Birkenfeld, Robert Quintana and Klaus Kuehn

Who Am I
Words & Music by Carson Li@KEC Worship

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Words and Music by Steven Furtick, Chris Brown, Wade Joye and Mack Brock