“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that was not called by my name.” Isaiah 65:1 ESV. Reflection: how would you describe someone who […]
“Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence— as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence!” Isaiah 64:1-2 ESV Reflection: what excuses have you
“Your holy people held possession for a little while; our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary. We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.” Isaiah 63:18-19 ESV Reflection: how can your faith in God be seen in how you take care of things?
“Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.”” Isaiah 63:1 ESV Reflection: what is the difference between love and fear? They seem like such opposites, fear and love,
“On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put the Lord in remembrance, take no rest, and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.” Isaiah 62:6-7 ESV Reflection: what is your
“You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.” Isaiah 62:3 ESV Reflection: how can you know if you are being deceived? One of the points that was so important for Jesus to get across to His followers was “not to
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“They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.” Isaiah 61:4 ESV Reflection: why does God want believers to keep all His commandments? I was listening to an interview yesterday, where the topic of church and state came up.
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s
“Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified. The least one shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the Lord; in its time I will hasten it.” Isaiah 60:21-22 ESV
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.”Isaiah 60:1 ESV Reflection: what do you know about “the new Jerusalem”? As we have looked at before, it can be quite confusing to figure out how to apply certain names that have significant and multiple meanings in biblical
