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Our scripture today is Isaiah 48:18 (ESV). Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea; Here we see the conflict we cause our Heavenly Father. His commandments are right and eternal; when we break them there …
Our scripture today is Isaiah 43:1 (ESV). But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” From the very beginning God has wanted to be part of our lives and …
Our scripture today is Isaiah 40:3 (ESV). A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” The desert wilderness of sin we have allowed here is exactly where we are sent to share God’s love. John the Baptist says of himself “I …
Our scripture today is Isaiah 40:1-2 (ESV). Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. Once again Isaiah offers God’s people a hope for the …
Our scripture today is Isaiah 35:5 (ESV). Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Isaiah tells us there is hope for God’s stubborn people. God has made a way for His spiritually blind and deaf children to see and hear His love for them again. God …
Our scripture today is Isaiah 28:16 (ESV). “therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’” Prophets were not wonderfully popular people because they usually brought …
Our scripture today is Isaiah 9:6 (ESV). For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Here the prophet makes clear reference to the coming of the Messiah …
Our scripture today is Isaiah 9:2 (ESV). The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. In Isaiah we find many prophetic references to the coming of Jesus. It’s no surprise that 18th century composer George Handel used several …
Our scripture today is Isaiah 6:1 (ESV). In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Isaiah is one of a select few who have been allowed to see the Lord. This was intended to inspire …
Our scripture today is Isaiah 1:2 (ESV). Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. In the opening verses of Isaiah God brings His case against humanity. He accuses us of rebellion, but the Lord never speaks …