Course Integration Paper Jeremiah 29

COURSE INTEGRATION PAPER
JEREMIAH 29:11

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A Paper
Presented to
Dr. Ken Hanna
Dallas Theological Seminary
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In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Course
BE101 Bible Study Methods and Hermeneutics
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By
Pamela Frazier December 2013

Course Integration Assignment: Jeremiah 29:11

I. Five Timeless Universal Principles

II. Theme

III. Outline for Sermon or Lesson

IV. Interpretation in Original Context

V. Application

I. Truth Statements (Universal Principles)

1. God thinks about us.

2. God has a plan and a destiny for us.

3. God keeps His promises.

4. Our future is secure in God.

5. God is in control.

6. God will never forsake His people.

7. God’s thoughts are not our thoughts

II. Jeremiah 29:11 Theme Statement

God has a plan and a future hope for us!

III. Outline for Jeremiah 29:11

I. God’s Thoughts About Us!

II. God Is In Control

III. God Has Not Forgotten You

IV. God is Faithful Even When We Are Not

V. Our Future Is Secure!

IV. Interpretation: Jeremiah 29:11
Introduction:
The dominant theme of Jeremiah is that of national sinfulness and looming judgment.
Jeremiah’s 40-year ministry spanned the final days of Judah’s existence as an independent nation. He constantly warned his nation to submit to Babylon, a nation that God had appointed to discipline His people. As a result he was hated as a traitor to his people, and his life was often threatened.
Yet Jeremiah lived to see his words come true. This man, often called the “weeping prophet” because of the personal anguish he knew in his ministry, witnessed the utter destruction of Jerusalem and of the temple that he, like other

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