We have got to value the things that God values as judged by what Christ's blood

redeemed on the cross and he came to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found

and so all of its spiritual material matters to God

it matters for return.

Welcome to family life today where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.

I'm Shelby Abbott and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson.

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This is family life today.

Today.

Okay, I've got a verse from the Bible that almost everybody I know quotes often.

Mm, there are a lot of them.

Jeremiah 29. For I know the plans you have, when you declare the Lord's plans to prosper.

To prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope in a future.

Jeremiah 2911. What most people don't know is the context and you know I'm a big

context guy. I know this is one of your pent-gies. You can't just take something and preach it without. So you go back to

verse five, actually verse four says

this is what the Lord Almighty the God of Israel says to all those that I

carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. This to this. Build houses.

Settle down.

Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

Marry and have sons and daughters.

Find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage so that they may have sons and daughters.

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