“For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”” Isaiah 30:15a ESV Reflection: how do you know you trust in the Lord? We attended the celebration of a great man’s life yesterday, who went home to […]
“For when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.” Isaiah 29:23 ESV Reflection: what takes your attention – what is happening in the world, or what God
“And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.” 2 John 1:6 ESV Reflection: why, or why not, do you believe we should keep God’s commandments? A pastor recently said as part of his
“The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.” John 1:9 ESV Reflection: can humans exist without Christ? Have you seen or read articles that some want to block the sun from shining so bright, and most likely governments are already doing this? There is a basic principle in nature that
“The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.” Isaiah 29:19 ESV Reflection: why does the Lord want the meek to inherit the earth? If you do a quick dictionary search on the word “meek”, you might find something pretty interesting. Pretty
“Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord, And their works are in the dark; They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”” Isaiah 29:15 NKJV Reflection: what did Jesus mean by the need for his followers “to take up their cross”? As I was on a walk
“And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men” Isaiah 29:13 ESV Reflection: how would you describe the idiom “empty words”? You have probably heard many idioms describing
“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.’” Isaiah 28:16 ESV Reflection: how would you describe the “house of God”? We understand the importance of
“These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.” Isaiah 28:7 ESV Reflection: what does it mean when a pastor has become “drunk”? I watched a
“In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.” Isaiah 27:6 ESV Reflection: how has Israel blessed the world? As children, we looked for dandelions that were past flowering, but with their white crowns waiting for the wind to spread their seeds.
