Jeremiah 29:11 is often misapplied as a personal prosperity promise; properly applied, it points to eternal hope in the New Covenant

Two errors to avoid: (1) Applying Jeremiah 29:11 as an individualized promise of physical/financial prosperity for Christians today — the verse was written to Israel under the Mosaic covenant, and cherry-picking comfortable verses while ignoring uncomfortable ones is not sound interpretation. (2) Dismissing the verse entirely as having no application. The middle ground: God's heart toward His people is genuinely good, and there IS a future and a hope — but for NT believers it is the hope of heaven, eternal life, and the new creation, not earthly prosperity. The New Covenant has better promises. Apply with the New Testament as the interpretive lens.