CONTEXT is important!

So I'm pretty sure everyone knows the "popular" verses in the bible. John 3:16, Philippians 4:13, Jeremiah 29:11, to name a few. There is a small problem with just the individual verses, they are taken out of their context. Don't get me wrong, each of those are very powerful verses but I believe they are much more powerful when you read them in the context Christ intended them to be in!

Take Jeremiah 29:11 for example. Many people hold true to this verse when struggling to find answers for a job, relationship, career, etc. Have you ever read the verses surrounding it though? Let me break it down or you:

     29:10 states that God will attend to us and confirm His promise for our lives therefore, *que verse 11*

     Then it follows by saying in 12-14 "you will call to me and come pray to me and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all of your heart. I will be found by you and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and places where I banished you, I will restore you to the place I deported you from."

Now how about the power behind that now! There is so much more God wants us to learn about Him by reading His word the way He wrote it. Not by picking and choosing verses that fit how we want to feel. Try reading those other verses I mentioned in their full context and see the new perspective you have on them!