Isaiah
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Attributes of the Lord
Isaiah 40: 27-31 “27 Why do you say, Jacob, and you assert, Israel,“My way is hidden from the Lord,And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God”?28 Do you not know? Have you not heard?The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earthDoes not become weary or tired.His understanding is unsearchable.29 He gives strength to the weary,And to the one who lacks might
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Grass Withers and Flowers Fall
Isaiah 40:6-8 6 “A voice says, “Cry out.” And I said, “What shall I cry?” “All the people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. 7 The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass. 8 The
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Hezekiah’s Prayer
Isaiah 38:1-6 God: “Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.” Hezekiah: turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord. Hezekiah: “Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with whole-hearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes” he wept
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Divine Order
Isaiah 37:14-15 “Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord:..” Kevin Leman says in his books on raising children, “B does not happen until A gets done.” Sounds really simple and it is until you try to implement it. Take it
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Flooding
Isaiah 33: 6,20,22 “He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.” “Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved;
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Cause And Effect
Isaiah 35:3-4 “Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.” (Verse 5) Then will….” I would be lying if I said cause and effect does
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The Fruit of Righteousness
Isaiah 32:17 “The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.” When I was growing up, we lived around a lot of cotton fields. You got to recognize the cotton plant by looking at the leaves and when the plant bloomed, the cotton ball was a dead give away. When
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The Christian Code
Isaiah 30:15 “In repentance and rest is our salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.” A quick word for today. I call it the Christian code, like the pirates code but spiritual and eternal. In cycling, it is called omerta. Even the Navy Seals have a code: no man left behind. I have written about this before.
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Lip Service
Isaiah 29:13 “The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.” Most people don’t like the dentist. Take a look from the dentist’s side of
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The Stone in Zion
Isaiah 28:16 “So the is what the sovereign Lord says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.” The definition of panic is: A sudden, overpowering feeling of fear, often affecting many people at once. Panic is crazy thing
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