Category: Isaiah
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The Stayed Mind
Isaiah 26:3 “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” One of the great attributes of God is that He rewards those who trust Him. We are told that “without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that…
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The Way Things Look
Isaiah 55:12 “For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” The condition of our soul effects everything else in our world. As one of my spiritual mentors said…
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The Future: What’s Your View?
Isaiah 40:31 “But 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.” How one views the future has everything to do with how they will face today. If we are worried about tomorrow, it will certainly steal…
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Fruitful Service
Isaiah 41:9-10 “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off; fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” The preciousness of the promises of God cannot be overstated. …
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The Whole Earth is Full of His Glory!
Isaiah 6:3 “The whole earth is full of His glory.” There’s this tree on Paradise Road. If you live in Penns Valley, where I live, you’ll know about it, although you may drive by it so often that you don’t even notice it much. It’s a glorious thing, as wide as it is high as…
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The Seeker
Isaiah 30:21 “And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ’This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.” Whenever we read the Bible, we should always ask the question “To whom is the writer speaking?” Sometimes it’s a universal message – the…
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Are you needy?
Isaiah 40:29 “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.” God is a helper to the needy. That’s the message of His Word over and over again. God’s message is a message of hope to the prisoner, the downtrodden, the blind, the lame, and the weak. He’s…
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Hope’s Foundation
Isaiah 61:1-3 “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 favor, and the day of vengeance…
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More Than Meets the Eye
Isaiah 53:2-3 “He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Colossians 1:27 “Christ in you . . .” The…
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Tragic Tradeoffs
Isaiah 55:1-2 “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me,…
