Powerful Words from the Prophets“I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from mockery and spitting.” – Isaiah 50:6 (NLT)“He Chose ...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will. T...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsYet Jerusalem says, “The LORD has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.” “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has bor...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsHe says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.” ...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsHe said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, and you will bring me glory.” I replied, “But my work seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpo...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Yet even now, be free from your captivity! Leave Babylon and the Babylonians. Sing out this message! Shout it to the ends of the earth! The LORD has redeemed his serva...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Oh, that you had listened to my commands!...Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore—too many to count! There would have been no need for you...  Read More

“Jesus replied to Simon, ‘Don’t be afraid! From now on you’ll be fishing for people!’ And as soon as they landed, they left everything and followed Jesus.” – Luke 5:10-11 (NLT)...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Oh, that you had listened to my commands! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.” – Isaiah...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsThis is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal? Some people pour out their silver and gold and hire a craftsman to make a god from it. Then they bow down and worship it!...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, all you who remain in Israel. I have cared for you since you were born. Yes, I carried you before you were born. I will be your God...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsThe people will declare, “The LORD is the source of all my righteousness and strength.” – Isaiah 45:24 (NLT)“It’s All Him” As I sat with our verse for today, it resonat...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other.” – Isaiah 45:22 (NLT)“No Pain, All Gain!” I saw a documentary some years ago that was real...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“I publicly proclaim bold promises. I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner. I would not have told the people of Israel to seek me if I could not be found.” – ...  Read More

“The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.” – Psalm 51:17 (NLT)...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“For the LORD is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos.” – Isaiah 45...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior, you work in mysterious ways.” – Isaiah 45:15 (NLT)“God’s Mysterious Ways” In February 2013, 18-year-old Casey Charf and two of her ...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, ‘Stop, you’re do...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“When I say of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, he will certainly do as I say. He will command, ‘Rebuild Jerusalem’; he will say, ‘Restore the Temple.’” – Isaiah 44:28 (NLT)“...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.” – Isaiah ...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“I am the LORD, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea. I called forth the mighty army of Egypt with all its chariots and horses. I drew...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the LORD. “You are my servant. You have been chosen to know me, believe in me, and understand that I alone am God. There is n...  Read More

“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” – Ephesians 3:20 (NLT)...  Read More