Isaiah
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The Covenant
Isaiah 59: 20-21 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the Lord “As for me, this is my covenant with them, ” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will
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Fasting Selfish Behavior
Isaiah 58:4, 6,7 “Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the
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Nearness of God
Isaiah 58:2 “….They delight in the nearness of God.” I am a father of 5 girls, 4 of which we reared as infants. Which means my wife and I spent about 10 straight years rearing very young girls. It was like running a daycare you never got paid for. Countless times I can remember when the girls
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Those Who Bind
Isaiah 56:3, 6 “Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord say,” “And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord,” I owned a 1985 Chevy single cab truck when I was younger. It was red and white with a rebuilt engine and new interior. It was nice to drive at the time and it
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Go in Joy & Peace
Isaiah 55:12 “You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace;” I found myself on a boy scout ranch in Central Texas one summer. We were on a trek to backpack into the Central Texas hills and stay the weekend. I was with my brother and my dad along with many of our
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No Weapon
Isaiah 54:9-10, 15-17 9 “To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again.10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed,yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be
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The Wrong Perspective
Isaiah 53:4 “Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.” Have you ever misread the situation? Falsely accusing someone who was really innocent? If you are human the answer is, YES! In the movie, “Sweet Home Alabama,” an angry wife seeking a
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Touch No Unclean Thing
Isaiah 52:11 “Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the articles of the Lord’s house.” I am a country music fan. Largely because I grew up listening to it. I enjoy other genres of music too, but when I listen to country music, I
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Who Are You Listening To?
Isaiah 51:7-8 “Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken my instruction to heart: Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults. For the moth will eat them up like a garment; the worm will devour them like wool. But my righteousness will last forever, my
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Wake Up and Listen
Isaiah 50:4 “…He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.” When I graduated from college I was so very happy to have accomplished, what was then, a lifetime goal. No more homework, no more tests, no more studying things I will never use. It was great. At first, I
Let It Go 