Week 35 Reading Guide
A Call to Repentance and God’s Relentless Pursuit
Jeremiah 1-29
Big Idea: Jeremiah’s ministry begins with a call to warn Judah of impending judgment due to their idolatry and unfaithfulness. These chapters reveal God’s heartbreak over His people’s rebellion but also His relentless pursuit of their hearts. Despite their sin, God’s message through Jeremiah is not just one of judgment but also of hope, calling His people to return to Him and find restoration.
Reading Plan
Monday: Jeremiah 1-3 (Jeremiah’s Call and Judah’s Unfaithfulness)
Tuesday: Jeremiah 4-6 (Warnings of Coming Judgment)
Wednesday: Jeremiah 7-10 (False Religion and the Idols of the Heart)
Thursday: Jeremiah 11-15 (Covenant Unfaithfulness and Jeremiah’s Laments)
Friday: Jeremiah 16-20 (The Cost of Prophetic Obedience)
Saturday: Jeremiah 21-29 (Warnings to Kings and the Exile’s Hope)
Weekly DNA Questions
Discover
What do Jeremiah’s warnings about idolatry teach us about the dangers of placing trust in anything other than God?
How does Jeremiah’s faithfulness in the face of opposition reflect the call to stand firm in God’s truth today?
Nurture
What idols or false securities might you need to surrender to fully trust in God’s plan?
How does God’s promise in Jer. 29:13 encourage you to seek Him with greater intentionality?
Act
Spend time this week identifying anything in your life that may have taken God’s rightful place, and commit to removing it.
Write down a prayer of repentance and hope, asking God to restore areas where you’ve strayed from Him.
Key Verse: Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.
Reflection for the Week
Jeremiah’s prophetic messages are a sobering reminder of the consequences of sin, but they also reveal God’s deep longing for His people to return to Him. In the midst of warnings and laments, Jeremiah delivers hope: God has a plan to bring restoration, even in exile. This points us to the Gospel, where Jesus takes the judgment we deserve and offers us a new covenant of grace. Jeremiah challenges us to examine the idols of our hearts and turn back to the God who never stops pursuing us.
Bible Project Resources
Guide to Jeremiah: God has not abandoned his people or his promise to provide a future king from David’s line. The book of Jeremiah gives a sober evaluation of Israel’s past with a hopeful glance into their future.
Jeremiah’s Famous Temple Sermon: To understand the book of Jeremiah and his message of judgment against Judah, there is no better place to go than Jeremiah’s famous temple sermon in chapter 7. This passage is like a one-stop shopping center for all things “Jeremiah and judgment,” so understanding what’s happening here will help you better grasp what’s going on in the rest of the book.
Jeremiah and Transformed Hearts: Jeremiah believed that Israel’s future as God’s covenant people will only take place because of a great act of God’s mercy and forgiveness.
