Headed Home | Isaiah 52:9-12 “Be joyful, rejoice together, you ruins of Jerusalem! For the Lord has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has displayed His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. Leave, leave, go out... Continue Reading →

Peace and Salvation, for Your God REIGNS! | Isaiah 51:9 - 52:12 “Wake up, wake up! Put on the strength of the Lord’s power. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of long ago. Wasn’t it You who hacked Rahab to pieces, who pierced the sea monster? Wasn’t it You who dried up... Continue Reading →

Father Knows Best | Isaiah 51:1-8 “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain. When I called him,... Continue Reading →

The Path of God | Isaiah 50:4-11 “The Lord God has given Me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me each morning; He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed. The Lord God has opened My ear, and I was... Continue Reading →

Simple Faith | Isaiah 50:1-3 “This is what the Lord says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? Or who were My creditors that I sold you to? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was put away because of your transgressions. Why was no one... Continue Reading →

Never Forgotten | Isaiah 49:14-25 “Zion says, ‘The Lord has abandoned me; The Lord has forgotten me!’ ‘Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you. Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your... Continue Reading →

A Hidden Savior | Isaiah 49 “Coastlands, listen to me; distant peoples, pay attention. The Lord called me before I was born. He named me while I was in my mother’s womb. He made my words like a sharp sword; He hid me in the shadow of His hand. He made me like a sharpened... Continue Reading →

Listen, for God’s Glory | Isaiah 48 ““Listen to this, house of Jacob — those who are called by the name Israel and have descended from   Judah,  who swear by the name of the  Lord   and declare the God of Israel, but not in truth or righteousness… I will delay my anger for the sake of my name, and I will restrain myself for your benefit and for my praise, so that you will not be... Continue Reading →

Wise Fools | Isaiah 47 ““Go down and sit in the dust,  Virgin Daughter Babylon.  Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter Chaldea! For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled. Take millstones and grind flour;  remove your veil, strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, wade through the streams. Your nakedness will be uncovered, and your disgrace will be exposed.  I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” ... Continue Reading →

Carried by Grace | Isaiah 46 “Bel crouches; Nebo cowers.  Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle. The images you carry are loaded, as a burden for the weary animal. The gods cower; they crouch together; they are not able to rescue the burden, but they themselves go into captivity.  “Listen to me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried... Continue Reading →