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Part 5: We Help People Make a Difference

1953: WE ARE CRESTVIEW

PART 5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Jeremiah 29:1-14

  • Crestview’s Mission Statement: 

    Helping people experience life change through Jesus Christ.

  • The backstory of Jeremiah 29:

GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  LIVE THERE, SETTLE DOWN THERE, BE THERE. 

“This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: ‘Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease.’” Jeremiah 29:4-6 (NIV)

“This is what the Lord says: ‘You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again. 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.’” Jeremiah 29:10-11 (NLT)

2.  RESPECTFULLY RESIST THE VALUES OF THE WORLD.

“This is what the Lord says: ‘You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.” Jeremiah 29:10 (NLT)

“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philippians 3:20 (NIV)

3.  SEEK THE PEACE AND PROSPERITY OF THE CITY.

“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.” Jeremiah 29:7 (NLT)

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!  May they be secure who love you!” Psalm 122:6 (ESV)

  • You have a mission from God in Midland.  

“But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 (NIV)

MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS: 

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This week’s Reading Plan and blog/podcast:

  • YouVersion® Bible App Reading Plan:
    “Difference Maker” (6 days)

  • Blog and Podcast: Interview with Kayla Minchew of Spectrum”

1953Dr. John Gerlach