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Irrational Hope: Resilience No Matter The Circumstance

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Irrational Hope, a four-session sermon series, will help your students about the experience of exile and how it echoes much of our spiritual experience. It will then give them inspiration and tools for holding hope in the midst of seasons of exile.

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The Babylonian exile is a central story of the Bible, mirroring Israel's earlier captivity in Egypt. It was a time of immense loss, yet it gave rise to some of the Bible's most powerful stories of strength, faith, and hope. Jeremiah stands as a prime example of this resilience. We all experience seasons of exile—times when we feel lost, hopeless, or confused. By studying Jeremiah's life and message, we can learn how to live with hope in difficult times, bringing love and justice to a world in need.

  • Session Overview
  • What's Included
  • "IRRATIONAL HOPE" IS PART OF YM360’S SERMON SERIES LINE OF RESOURCES AND IS IDEAL FOR:

    • Any large group setting
    • Mid-week youth service
    • "Master teacher” format 

    "IRRATIONAL HOPE" COVERS THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES AND PASSAGES:

    • Session 1 –I’m Just a Kid… (Jeremiah 1:4-8) | Jeremiah was born at a time when God’s people were about to head into exile. Spiritual exile is something we still experience. Spiritual exile is when we feel lost, alone, and hopeless. That hopelessness makes us feel more exiled, which makes us feel more hopeless, and so on. This is the cycle of exile. Jeremiah felt that way when God charged him to be God’s prophet, but God responded by giving Jeremiah hope that God would be present in exile and that God would eventually bring him home. This is what God gives us: hope. Because only hope can break the cycle of exile.

    • Session 2 – What’s Right in Front of You (Jeremiah 7:1-7) | The Israelites were so focused on checking their personal religious boxes that they did not care for the world right in front of them, but God cared. God cares about here and wants to create a beautiful world where there is justice and hope. And God invites normal people to take part in that by caring for the world that is right in front of them.

    • Session 3 – Trust Falls (Jeremiah 32) | When Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, God commanded Jeremiah to do something that seemed completely irrational: buy some land. Jeremiah was confused because the land was about to be conquered, but he bought it anyway. After he did, God reminded him of the reason he had hope. From this story, we can learn that even though we cannot control how we feel during exile, we can control how we respond, and God invites us to respond by investing in hope.

    • Session 4 – A 70-year Layover ( Jeremiah 29:4-11) | When the Israelites were exiled in Babylon, God told them that they were going to be there for a while. 70 years to be precise. During that time God encouraged them to invest in where they were. The secret to hope in exile is realizing that though we may not yet be brought fully home, we can already experience the fullness of home where we are.

     

  • Detailed Sermon Outlines 

    Every Sermon Series comes with detailed sermon outlines. Teach them "as is" or adapt them to suit your specific ministry context. 

    Discussion questions 

    Questions are designed to foster conversations, help students think critically about the teaching, and wrestle with how these Biblical truths impact their complicated and ever-changing lives. You can use these discussion questions to facilitate small groups after your large group teaching or even create handouts for students to work through the message as you go.

    Title and Background slides 

    These are designed to be dropped into your favorite presentation software to help you build a creative environment around your sermon. Use them as a backdrop for song lyrics, Scripture passages, teaching points, and any illustrations you choose to display.

    Artwork for promo and social media 

    Social media images, web banners, and a printable poster file are included. Perfect for newsletters, websites, social media platforms, or print them off for posters and bulletin inserts.

    Logo (including native logo design files) 

    We include a logo file and the native design files to allow you to use the logo in ways you see fit. 

    100% downloadable and adaptable

    You can download everything as soon as you finish your purchase. Nothing is shipped to you.

Samples

Overview and Sample Sermon

Overview and Sample Sermon

Download a full overview of Irrational Hope and sample the first sermon in the series.

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