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how might holding onto a future hope influence navigating current difficulties today?

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Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ says Yahweh, ‘plans for shalom and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

This verse comes from a letter sent by the prophet Jeremiah to the exiles from Judah who had been forcibly taken to Babylon. They were facing a long period of displacement and uncertainty, and Jeremiah was conveying God's message of reassurance and a call to settle down and seek the welfare of their captors, even in a foreign land.

What does trusting in a long-term, unseen hope ask of our actions and perspective in the immediate struggles we face today?

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  • Romans 8:24-25

    Discusses how hope that is seen is not hope, linking it to patient waiting for what is unseen.

  • Hebrews 11:1

    Defines faith as the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

  • Isaiah 40:31

    Speaks of those who hope in the Lord renewing their strength amidst weariness.

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