Category: Isaiah
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Dealing With Regrets
Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” Regrets: do you have any? I can tell you that I surely do. From time to time my mind goes to how I…
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Two Great Themes
Isaiah 55:7 “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” The Bible is a collection of 66 books written by over 35 different authors. Yet, there are only a few…
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Our Thought Life
Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” How big is your God? Well, however big you think He is, He is much…
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The “American Gospel”
Isaiah 53:5 “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” Have you ever heard of what some have called “The American Gospel?” You can read all about it at the following website: https://www.americangospelfilm.com/. It’s…
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They Will Fly Again!
Isaiah 40:31 “They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Over the last year, the issue of suffering and death have been front and center in my life. I’ve lost a brother-in-law and an aunt…
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Perfect Peace!
Isaiah 26:3 “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” I read something this morning from the late Samuel Brengle that helped me understand just a little bit more what the wonderful verse above is telling us. Samuel Brengle was a commissioner in the Salvation Army…
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Elder Care
Isaiah 46:4 “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 and will save.” Aren’t you glad that the promises of God are for everyone who will trust in Him, no matter what? There are promises for the…
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When the Roll is Called Up Yonder
Isaiah 53:12 “He poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors.” I was reading from C.H. Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening” devotional this morning and read some of his thoughts on the wonderful passage above. It caused me to stop and think more deeply on such awesome truth. I thought about King…
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Only One Way?
Isaiah 30:21 “This is the way, walk in it.” One of the most vehement objections I’ve heard to the gospel is against the claim that it is the only way to eternal life. I’ve seen people react as if they were offended by such a claim, e.g., “How dare you say that there is only one…
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Wonderful
Isaiah 9:6 “. . . his name shall be called Wonderful . . .” Have you ever seen photos of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Perhaps you’ve had the opportunity to see it in person. What about Mount Rushmore, or Michelangelo’s statue of David? When you see such things, what do you think about? …
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