Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Isaiah

Cultivating Our Relationship With The Lord

ISAIAH 30:15a – For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  CULTIVATING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.  In evaluating the challenges in cultivating our relationship with the Lord, what would we individually list as the top three? …

A Model Prayer In Times of Trouble

ISAIAH 37:14-20 – Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth;…

When Life Doesn’t Go As We Planned

  ISAIAH 55:6-8 – Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; 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. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are…

The Paradox That is the Christian Life

ISAIAH 22:12-13 – In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth; and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  THE PARADOX THAT IS THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.  Today’s scripture gives us an…