 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. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you...  Pray Without Ceasing: Revitalizing Pastoral Care - Page 181by Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger - 2006 - 250 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Thorleif Boman - Foreign Language Study - 1960 - 228 pages
...'behind', and of the time 'after'; 'aharith means 'hindermost side', and then 'end of an age', future : 'For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord,...for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future ('aharith) and a hope' (Jer. 29.11). 'Know that wisdom is such to your soul ; if you find it, there... | |
 | G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren - Religion - 1974 - 510 pages
...[?], with lQIsa). Jer. 29:11 says clearly: "I know the plans I have for you . . . , plans for shalom (welfare) and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." But here again (as in 2. above), the uncertainty of the original meaning is made clear by the different... | |
 | William Fennell - Religion - 1977 - 69 pages
...person and work of Jesus Christ both fulfil and recreate the promise given by the prophet Jeremiah: "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord; plans for welfare and not evil, to give you a future and a hope." (Jeremiah 29: 11) The flight of the arrow of faith of which... | |
 | Bruce C. Birch, Larry L. Rasmussen - Religion - 1978 - 220 pages
...is restored wholeness and unity. I will fulfil to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for shalom and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jer. 29:10-11) The meaning of shalom also... | |
 | Walter Brueggemann - 1982 - 412 pages
...narrative: "I will visit you, and I will fulfil to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD,...and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope" (Jer. 29:10-11). The situations of Joseph and Jeremiah are parallel. Jeremiah's Judah in the seventh-sixth... | |
 | Carol L. Meyers, Michael Patrick O'Connor, David Noel Freedman - Bible - 1983 - 776 pages
...you my promise and bring you back to this place (hammdqdm hazzeh). For I know the plans (mahalabot) I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and...you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me (uqra'tem 'ott, cf. qeraTibii of v 6) and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me... | |
 | Philosophy - 1984 - 228 pages
...against you and devising a plan against you. (Jer. 18:1 l;cf. 26:3; 49:20, 30; 50:45; Mic. 2:3; 4:12) For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord,...and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jer. 29:11) Certain contexts make it especially clear that there is a temporal distinction between... | |
 | Clyde A. Holbrook - Religion - 1984 - 252 pages
...been laid out for him. In the prophet's mouth God places the promise of the return from Babylonia, "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord,...and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope" (29:11). Job's despair is heightened by his realization that one's length of life is limited: "his... | |
 | Walter Brueggemann - Religion - 1986 - 164 pages
...admonished getting used to exile (29:5-9), he then moves to announce Yahweh's intention for newness: For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord,...and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. ... I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all... | |
 | Lewis Timberlake, Marietta Reed - Psychology - 1997 - 212 pages
...You are God's creation, and he wants only the best for you. He promised just that in Jeremiah 29:11: "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." 98 You can come out of... | |
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