Hey there, friends, welcome to the morning mindset.

It's time for you and I to get our minds aligned with the truth of God's word for this day.

Let me ask you something. What are your roots?

When we say that phrase, we typically are asking things like, where did you grow up?

What's your ethnic heritage?

What are the things that make you the person who you are?

That's kind of what I'm asking today, but not really.

Because what we're going to see in Jeremiah 17, 7 through 8 is that we as believers in Jesus Christ

should have our roots in the Lord himself. And we're going to see the benefits of doing so in just a

moment. We're doing this 15-day jumpstart as we get started here for the morning mindset. Because this new year is well underway,

and we want to have a mindset and a perspective that is helpful for us as we move into this new

year. And that brings blessing and honor and glory to our Lord Jesus Christ. So friends,

let's dig into Jeremiah 17 this morning. Christ. So friends, let's dig in to Jeremiah 17 this morning.

And before we do, let's pray. We need to understand God's word as he would have us understand it.

Our Lord and our God, we are asking you to be our teacher today. We want to understand what Jeremiah was communicating in the way that you

want us to understand it. Lord, apply it to our circumstances, our lives, each of us as individuals

that we can receive from you a personal instruction today. We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.

Okay, friends, Jeremiah 17 versus 7 through 8. Now, the book of

Jeremiah is a prophecy. So it's filled with all kinds of judgments and warnings and declarations of

what's going to happen if God's people in that day did not repent of their sins.

But it also has laced throughout it these passages like we're going to read today that are full of great blessing.

And Jeremiah 17, 7 through 8 is one of those.

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