Posts with the tag “isaiah”

Powerful Words from the Prophets“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, for the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim t...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home. Your eyes will shine, and your heart wi...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you. Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth,...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Then your salvation will come like the dawn, and your wounds will quickly heal. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the LORD will protect you from b...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the ...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the e...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the h...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, ...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he wil...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.” – Isaiah 55:6 (NLT)“Immediately Obedient” One of the prayers I find myself praying these days ...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“You also will command nations you do not know, and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey, because I, the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, have made yo...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsIsaiah 53“A Grateful Rebel” Who has believed our message? To whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm? 2 My servant grew up in the LORD’s presence like a tender gree...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns!” – Isa...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now? It is gone! Soon all you...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“The LORD will comfort Israel again and have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness w...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance—all who seek the LORD! Consider the rock from which you were cut, the quarry from which you were mined. Yes, think about Abr...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Who among you fears the LORD and obeys his servant? If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the LORD and rely on your God. But watch out, you ...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore, I have set my face like a stone, determined to do his will. And I know that I will not be put ...  Read More

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

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

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