Sermons on Jeremiah 29:4-11:

God's Christmas Plan

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Nov 25, 2019

Everything is in God's plan. What is His Christmas plan for you? This message helps people realize that all the Christmas planning that we do doesn't compare to all that God has planned.

Thanksgiving has come and gone. Do you believe it? And here we are on the first Sunday of Advent. Advent is what we call the Sundays between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Advent is that special time of looking forward to the celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Even ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6, Jeremiah 29:11, John 3:16

Denomination: Baptist

Realistically Optimistic

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 30, 2019

According to Statista, a leading survey company, in 2013, 50% of adult Americans considered themselves optimistic. As we get ready to step into the new year, let's see if we can do something to shift our thinking to being realistically optimistic more often.

REALISTICALLY OPTIMISTIC According to Statista, a leading survey company, in 2013, 50% of adult Americans considered themselves optimistic. Only 4% identified as pessimists and 43% said they were somewhere in between. 3% declined to identify as anything. I'm interested to know how often those ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-18, Romans 12:2, Philippians 4:8, Jeremiah 29:4-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Very Dry Bones

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jan 6, 2020

A beginning of the year series focusing on drawing closer to God so we can become the people He calls us to be.

Dry Bones Ezekiel 37:1-14 April 22, 2012 For so many people, New Year’s Day kind of gives us a new start. It gives us a sense of new hope. Maybe this year will be better than last year. With that comes new dreams, hopes, and expectations. So, what are you dreaming about this year? What is it ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14, Jeremiah 29:11-13

Denomination: Baptist

Faith In God's Plan

Contributed by Brad Stone on Jan 10, 2020

We must always realize that, regardless of what we may be facing in the present, God has a plan and a purpose for our lives and is working everything out according to His intended will for our lives.

Faith in God’s Plan Jeremiah 29:11 Often we feel overwhelmed by life’s situations and circumstances. We are bombarded by so many things from all different directions…things that tend to tear us down from time to time. Things that make us feel as failures. Things that make us lose sight of the ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11

Denomination: Baptist

God’s Dreams For You

Contributed by John Gaston on Jan 26, 2020

The Hebrew word translated “plans” in Jer. 29:11 (machashabah) means “imaginations” (Prov. 6:18; Lam. 3:60-61). It could read, “I know the imaginations I have for YOU…” God has dreams of what He'd like to do for you; are you willing to step into them?

GOD’S DREAMS FOR YOU Jer. 29:11 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: NOT FORGIVING, GOING FISHING 1. There was a little boy in the grocery store with his mother. He’d already gotten in trouble for touching things, and was forbidden to touch anything on the shelves. 2. When his Mom had her back turned, she ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Your Destiny Awaits Your Arrival

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Feb 14, 2020

Every Christian needs to declare the good things of God over their life on a daily basis, like the song says “He’ll do it again!” God will do it again for you, and again, and again, and again and again and again!

Your Destiny Awaits Your Arrival Illustration by Ken Miller GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS A gallery owner tells one of his artists that heÍs got some good new and bad news. The artist asks for the good news first. "Well," he replies, "the good news is that a man came in here today asking ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 107:1-2, 1 Peter 5:8, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 11:28-30, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 81:10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hope Floats

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Mar 2, 2020

Movie-she thought all was good until she learns her husband is having an affair. She tells her daughter, "when you find yourself at a new beginning, give hope a chance to float up." There's a hope that sinks, a hope and that floats and a hope that not only floats, it rises.

HOPE FLOATS 1998 movie. The premise is a woman who thought everything was going well learns that her husband is having an affair with her friend. She takes her daughter and moves back to her hometown. But she quickly learns that the problems keep coming-in waves. In a conversation between her and ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 10:28, Lamentations 3:19-24, Romans 5:1-5, Isaiah 40:30-31, Jeremiah 29:11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Faith Healing And The Incurable Disease

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jul 8, 2019

No matter how much “faith” a person believes they possess, or how much and how often they “name and claim” healing, there is one disease that has absolutely NO cure in this life.

No matter how much “faith” a person believes they possess, or how much and how often they “name and claim” healing, there is one disease that has absolutely NO cure in this life – DEATH! It is a brutal enemy of all humanity. It is ugly. It smells. It hurts. It tears at the heart like a ravenous ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:26-27, Genesis 3:19, 2 Timothy 1:9-11, Jeremiah 29:11-12, Romans 5:12-21, Genesis 3:17-19, 1 Corinthians 15:53-55, Romans 7:21-25, Colossians 1:13-14, Job 36:15, 1 Corinthians 15:42-43, 1 Corinthians 15:55-57  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Passion Series

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Aug 7, 2019

The stronger the passion, the greater pain and discomfort you are willing to endure to attain it. What does this promise of restoration depend on?

Passion Jeremiah 29:10-14 The stronger the passion, the greater pain and discomfort you are willing to endure to attain it. What does this promise of restoration depend on? 1. A passion for God that begins with honesty v.12 2. A passion for God that is grounded in faith v.12 God ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:10-14

Denomination: Baptist

God Working In Us

Contributed by Brad Stone on Aug 14, 2019

God has plans for each and every one of us. At times, we may become contrary and buck against them. We may grumble and complain, but we must realize that He know's best.

A pastor is walking down the street one day when he notices a very small boy trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. However, the boy is very small and the doorbell is too high for him to reach. After watching the boy’s efforts for some time, the pastor moves closer to the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:13-15, Matthew 5:45, 1 Corinthians 6:20, Jeremiah 29:11, Proverbs 17:22, Ephesians 4:29  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

God's Plan For Your Life!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 19, 2019

It seems like so many of God's people are unsure of what God would want from them. In this short sermon outline are some of God's wonderful promises of what He wants for us. Remember that God's Will is God's Word and that God's Word is God's perfect will for your life.

God's Plan for Your Life! It seems like so many of God's people are unsure of what God would want from them. In this short sermon outline are some of God's wonderful promises of what He wants for us. As you consider these promises remember that God's Will is God's Word and that ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11-13, 1 Peter 2:9, John 14:27, Romans 8:14, John 6:37  (view more)  (view less)

How To Live As Exiles

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 25, 2019

Seek the peace of the place in which you find yourselves, for in its peace you shall have peace.

HOW TO LIVE AS EXILES. Jeremiah 29:1-7. For forty years Jeremiah had been warning Judah and Jerusalem to submit to the LORD by submitting to Babylon. The prophet had been accused of treason, threatened with death, and put in the stocks. Now the inevitable had begun to happen. In ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Making Changes For The New Year

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 15, 2019

Every year as we approach the end of one year, we begin praying that the New year would come in with blessings from God.

Making changes for the New Year Introduction- This morning we look at the end of 2018 and move toward the beginning of 2019. 2018 has been a challenge for the church in many ways but also has been a blessing in many ways. Individually we have seen many struggles, but we know without a shadow of ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11, 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Nazarene

Dormant: Buried Talents?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 16, 2019

There is a sad story looming behind the scenes, it is BURIED TALENTS! We have hidden potential and we tend to accept less than our ability... Consider God's plan is greater!

DORMANT? BURIED TALENTS? THE TURNING POINT… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com In Math we have several symbols, let us think about two: *GREATER THAN: > *Less than: < WE BELIEVE THERE IS A GREATER THAN AMONG US THAT CAN ENLARGE OUR POTENTIAL AND ABILITIES BEYOND THE REACH ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:15-29, Jeremiah 29:11, Jude 1:24, Luke 18:27

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Is Your Relationship In A Spirtual Funk?

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Feb 22, 2019

It’s time to step aside and delete your preconceived version of what you think your life should be, get out of the way and let God start giving you, all that He has for you!

Is your Relationship in a Funk? Deut 2:2-3 KJ 2. And the LORD spake unto me, saying, 3. Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. Spiritually speaking there are too many Christians this morning across this great world God created, who are in a funk. Most wouldn’t admit ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 2:2-3, Jeremiah 29:11, Philippians 4:13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational