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] ______________________________________________. 38 Jeremiah 9781426788871IND001.indd 38 5/28/14 1:11 PM VIDEO VIEWER GUIDE: WEEK 1 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 Week 1 39 9781426788871IND001.indd 39 5/28/14 1:11 PM Video Viewer Guide 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 70 Jeremiah 9781426788871IND001.indd 70 5/28/14 1:11 PM VIDEO VIEWER GUIDE: WEEK 2 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. Week 2 71 9781426788871IND001.indd 71 5/28/14 1:11 PM Video Viewer Guide 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 98 Jeremiah 9781426788871IND001.indd 98 5/28/14 1:11 PM VIDEO VIEWER GUIDE: WEEK 3 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 Week 3 99 9781426788871IND001.indd 99 5/28/14 1:11 PM Video Viewer Guide 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 ____________________________. 132 Jeremiah 9781426788871IND001.indd 132 5/28/14 1:11 PM VIDEO VIEWER GUIDE: WEEK 4 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 Week 4 133 9781426788871IND001.indd 133 5/28/14 1:11 PM Video Viewer Guide 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. 166 Jeremiah 9781426788871IND001.indd 166 5/28/14 1:11 PM VIDEO VIEWER GUIDE: WEEK 5 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. Week 5 167 9781426788871IND001.indd 167 5/28/14 1:11 PM Video Viewer Guide 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. 196 Jeremiah 9781426788871IND001.indd 196 5/28/14 1:11 PM VIDEO VIEWER GUIDE: WEEK 6 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 Week 6 197 9781426788871IND001.indd 197 5/29/14 9:45 AM.