Tom Skeie

Right Before Us

“Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go. Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves […]

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All About Me

“Now, then, hear this, you who live a luxuriant life, You who dwell safely and securely, Who say in your heart (mind), ‘I am [the queen], and there is no one besides me. I shall not sit as a widow, Nor know the loss of children.’” Isaiah 47:8 AMP Reflection: in the end, what happens

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Gray Hair

““Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb; even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry

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Heavy Burdens

“Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts. They stoop; they bow down together; they cannot save the burden, but themselves go into captivity.” Isaiah‬ ‭46‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Reflection: why is the burden of sin weighing us down?  If you have

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The King Will Reign

““Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: ‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’” Isaiah‬ ‭45‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Reflection:

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God’s Instrument

“For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me.”Isaiah 45:4 ESV Reflection: who fulfills the purpose of the Lord?  In the end of Isaiah chapter 44, we are introduced to an interesting historical figure, “God’s shepherd”, as the

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Only Redeemer

“Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you; you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me. I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.” Isaiah 44:21-22 ESV Reflection: who

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Life Expectancy

“Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one.’ ”” Isaiah 44:8 NKJV Reflection: what things do you do to extend your life expectancy?  You probably noticed

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Born Of God

““Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”Isaiah 43:18-19 ESV Reflection: how can we know if we have been “born of God”?  There

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My Witnesses

““You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior.” Isaiah 43:10-11 ESV

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