Video Viewer Guide
WEEK 1: RAISING THE WHITE FLAG Surrender
We can dare to ______because our God is ______.
Jeremiah 17:5-8 – Stunted shrub in the desert vs. tree planted along the riverbank
Trust – Hebrew batach It means ______.
When God is not our safe place, we are like the shrub in the desert.
When we choose to turn to ______instead of God . . . we will be ______.
When we make human strength our “thing” [safe place], we’ll get ______. When we get hopeless and down and negative, we become ______.
It was a salty land. A little bit of salt tastes good; a lot of salt [is] ______.
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When we’re planted by the riverbank, God is our hope and our confidence.
God says if we’ll plant ourselves next to Him, He’s going to make us ______.
______is the woman or man who makes the Lord their hope and their confidence.
God says that we can be ______when He is the water flowing up through us.
“Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for ______.” Ezekiel 47:12 NLT
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WEEK 2: RECOGNIZING COUNTERFEITS AND THE REAL DEAL Idolatry
We all have a ______.
“Go west and look in the land of Cyprus; go east and search through the land of Kedar. Has anyone ever heard of anything as strange as this? Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones, even though they are not gods at all? Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless ______! The heavens are shocked at such a thing and shrink back in horror and dismay,”
says the LORD. “For my people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me— the ______of living water. And they have dug for themselves ______that can hold no water at all!” Jeremiah 2:10-13 NLT
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Dear children, keep away from anything that might take ______in your hearts. 1 John 5:21 NLT
God wants us to trust in Him, not in our counterfeits, because only He can ______our spiritual thirst.
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let anyone who hears this say, “Come.” Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the ______of ______. Revelation 22:17 NLT
We’re ______so we need to drink often.
We ______from what we drink.
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WEEK 3: OPENING OUR EARS Listening
Jeremiah ______God’s Word.
When I discovered your words, I ______them.
They are my ______and my heart’s ______,
for I bear your name,
O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies.
Jeremiah 15:16 NLT
Three questions to ask as you read God’s Word:
1. What am I going to learn about ______?
2. What am I going to learn about ______?
3. What is God saying in my current ______?
“As a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I created Judah and Israel to ______
to me, says the LORD. They were to be my people, my pride, my glory—an honor to my name. But
they would not listen to me.”
Jeremiah 13:11 NLT
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Three things about underwear that can help us to understand Jeremiah 13:11:
1. Underwear is ______; it fits.
2. Underwear is ______; it’s personal.
3. Underwear is ______.
My heart has heard you say, “______and ______with me.”
And my heart responds, “LORD, I am ______.” Psalm 27:8 NLT
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WEEK 4: STAYING SPIRITUALLY SENSITIVE Heart Issues
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Proverbs 4:23 NLT
Heavy Heart Clothes 1. Greed “From the least to the greatest, their lives are ______by ______.” Jeremiah 6:13 NLT 2. Deceit When we tell lies about ______, it can cause us to tell lies about ______. 3. Stubbornness I’m not going to be ______; I’m not going to be ______; I’m not willing to ______. 4. Hardness “The sin of Judah is inscribed with an iron chisel— engraved with a diamond point on their ______hearts and on the corners of their altars.” Jeremiah 17:1 NLT 5. Antagonism When we are looking for a ______.
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6. Pride
O people of Judah and Jerusalem, surrender your ______and ______.
Change your hearts before the Lord … Jeremiah 4:4 NLT
Our culture tells us to follow our heart. God’s Word tells us:
“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?” Jeremiah 17:9 NLT
Take time to do a ______.
We have to bring our hearts to God so that He can ______them. ______modification ≠ heart change.
Your name is on their ______, but you are far from their ______. Jeremiah 12:2b NLT
When we bring our hearts to God, He takes off our heavy heart clothes and gives us a new, lighter spiritual wardrobe: greed generosity hardness softness deceit truth antagonism peace stubbornness flexibility pride humility
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WEEK 5: QUITTING THE BLAME GAME Personal Responsibility
This is what the LORD says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’” Jeremiah 6:16 NLT
God’s Prescription for Rest for Your Soul
1. ______at the crossroads.
Why stop?
You’ve got to be careful you don’t ______someone else.
It’s an opportunity for a ______of ______.
2. ______around.
We need to look ______the surface and look ______and see the situation from different people’s point of view and from God’s point of view.
3. ______for the old, godly way.
The old, godly way is to love God with all your heart.
4. ______the path.
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For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God’s power. 1 Corinthians 4:20 NLT
Side effects:
1. You’re going to ______from the crowd.
2. You’ll find great ______in taking personal responsibility when you mess up.
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WEEK 6: FINDING THE SOURCE OF OUR HOPE The Promised Messiah
Jeremiah is called the most ______-______of the prophets.
• Both wept over the city of Jerusalem. • Both were taken to Egypt against their will. • Both were rejected in their own hometowns. • Both had an authenticity when speaking to God. • The big difference: Jeremiah was a sinner; Jesus was sinless.
Jeremiah referred to the Messiah as “The Lord Is Our Righteousness” (Jeremiah 23:5-6; Jeremiah 33:15-16).
What are we saved from?
1. Justification – Saved from the ______of our sin. 2. Sanctification – Saved from the ______of sin in our lives. God is more concerned about our ______than our ______.
To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of ______for ashes, a joyous ______instead of mourning, festive ______instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. Isaiah 61:3 NLT
3. Glorification – Saved from the very ______of sin.
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I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!” The thought of my ______and homelessness is bitter beyond words. I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss. Yet I still dare to ______when I remember this: The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his ______; his mercies begin afresh each morning. Lamentations 3:18-23 NLT
“ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
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