Seek the prosperity of the cityJeremiah 29:4-14Length: Standard

1 Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

• Read
• Reread
• Retell

2 Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

1. What does this passage show me about God?

   • What does God tell the exiles to do in Babylon, and what reason does he give?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

   • Do you treat the place you work in as somewhere to extract from, or somewhere to seek the good of?

3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • What will you do this week for the good of your city that does not benefit you directly?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who else has business here who could join you in seeking the city's good?

3 Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).