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…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Isaiah
ISAIAH 48:9-11 – “For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my…
ISAIAH 44:21-22 – Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you; you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me. I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. THEME OF THE DAY. SILENCING THE ACCUSATIONS OF THE…
ISAIAH 48:10 – Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. THEME OF THE DAY. POLISHING GOD’S TROPHIES. I must confess the theme of today’s nugget intrigues me. Yes, even as the author. I think all of us get the word picture. Perhaps we are taken down memory lane as a youth…
Isaiah 25:8-9 – He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This…
Isaiah 2:22 – Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he? THEME OF THE DAY. OVERCOMING THE FEAR OF PEOPLE. It is real, powerful, and must be fought off with great effort and dependency upon the Lord. If not battled against, it will create spiritual paralysis; be a joy-stealer, and make the Christian life anything but…