Giving Thanks

Today, we continue combing through Jeremiah 33.

⁶ " 'Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. ⁷ I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity and will rebuild them as they were before. ⁸ I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me. ⁹ Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.'

¹⁰ "This is what the LORD says: 'You say about this place, "It is a desolate waste, without men or animals." Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither men nor animals, there will be heard once more ¹¹ the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying,
      "Give thanks to the LORD Almighty,
      for the LORD is good;
      his love endures forever."

For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,' says the LORD.

Jeremiah 33:6-11

The prophecy in this chapter of Jeremiah is one of God restoring His people. Currently, they are facing a bleak time living in a desolate wasteland. They are crying out to God and looking for hope. God tells them to have hope because there will come a time when they will be proclaiming verse 11. Let's look at that.

• Give thanks to the LORD Almighty
  • Do you think at the time of Jeremiah's writing, God's people had a lot to give thanks for?
  • If they lived in a desolate waste, do you think they felt God was Almighty?
  • Do you have a lot to give thanks for?
  • Do you know that God is Almighty?
• for the LORD is good
  • Consider yesterday's Bible Study. As they cried out, do you think they heard God's response and knew that He was good?
  • Do you know that God is good? Why or why not?
• His love endures forever
  • If God's people were suffering, do you think they could really see how God's love endures forever?
  • Do you know His love endures forever?
• Three things from this verse you can thank God for:
  • He is Almighty
  • He is good
  • He is loving

Take time to thank God for these things.