| Open the Scriptures What did the yoke symbolize, and what was God asking Judah to do? Read Jeremiah 28:1–11. What did Hananiah promise the people, and how did Jeremiah initially respond? How might Hananiah’s dramatic act of breaking the yoke have influenced the way the people heard Jeremiah’s message? What test does Jeremiah give for determining whether a prophet’s message is truly from the Lord? Open Your Lives Hananiah offered the people a comforting message that was not true. Where are you tempted to believe what you want to hear rather than receive what God has actually said? What part of your past are you still treating as the only future you can accept? Jesus invites the weary to come to him, take his yoke, and learn from him. What burden are you currently trying to carry without depending on Jesus? What is one practical step you can take this week to move forward after something in your life has collapsed? |
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