ISAIAH 33:17 – Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; they will see a land that stretches afar.” Read the opening nine words of today’s scripture. Now, go back and do it again. Okay. One more time. Did we feel it? Did we sense the overwhelming majesty of what is being told to us? Think about the day when we…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Isaiah
ISAIAH 40:5: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” I don’t need to say it, but I will – “Our world is upside-down. It is all out of order. The God who made everything to reflect His glory and to receive glory is ignored, refused,…
In light of a positive COVID test of a member in our church and the desire for us to be wise and protective, this Lord’s Day service will be live streamed only. We also will take a one week departure from our 1 Thessalonian study to be in one of the most encouraging chapters in the Bible when times are most discouraging – Isaiah 40.
ISAIAH 48:10-11 – 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 name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another. THEME OF THE DAY. WHEN GOD TURNS UP THE HEAT IN OUR LIVES. If we…
ISAIAH 35:4 – Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.” THEME OF THE DAY. BEHOLD YOUR GOD. How does a Christian grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus (2 Peter 3:18)? How do we pursue what…
ISAIAH 64:8 – But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. THEME OF THE DAY. WHAT TYPE OF CLAY ARE WE? Soft and pliable or hard and unworkable? Those are the only two options in answering the question defining the theme of today’s nugget. And…