Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Isaiah

Behold Your God

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…

What Type Of Clay Are We?

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…

Desire Turned Pursuit

ISAIAH 62:6-7 – On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put the LORD in remembrance, take no rest, and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth. THEME OF THE DAY. DESIRE TURNED PURSUIT. If we quizzed a…

The Heart Of God And Prayer

ISAIAH 56:6-7 – “And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant— these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt…

Painful Times Are To Be Fruitful Times

ISAIAH 38:17-19 – Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back. For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness. The…

Yes God “Hurts” His Children

ISAIAH 30:26 – Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord binds up the brokenness of His people, and heals the wounds inflicted by His blow. THEME OF THE DAY. YES, GOD “HURTS” HIS CHILDREN.…