The Message – #29 Do your actions and your desires match? Isaiah knew that they didn’t for the people. Read Isaiah chapter 29 amd focus on verse 13. Then the Lord said, “Because this people draw near with their words And honor Me with their lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,Isaiah 29:13 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.29.13.NASB The people were saying all the right things and doing all the right things, but their hearts were not on the same page. They didn’t believe what they were saying or doing. Do our words and actions match up? Do our hearts…

The Message – #28 There is a cornerstone. Now, how you interact with the cornerstone is determined by your actions. Read Isaiah chapter 28. Our focus is on verse 16. Therefore thus says the Lord God , “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed.Isaiah 28:16 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.28.16.NASB As you can see, God shares that he will establish a cornerstone that will be the benchmark for all. Interestingly, we see in scripture a couple of different ways that people will interact with this cornerstone. Either they will use it as the…

The Message – #27 The Lord is more powerful than anything. Read Isaiah chapter 27. Today we are focusing on verse 5. “Or let him rely on My protection, Let him make peace with Me, Let him make peace with Me.”Isaiah 27:5 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.27.5.NASB God is our ultimate protection. He is the one who is over all and who can bring us through everything. However, we are not just automatically under his protection. Because of our sin, we’re not in a right relationship with God. We must make peace with God. This was the message Isaiah was bringing to the people then, and it’s the same message that we need today.…

The Message – #26 Our mental focus is what keeps us on track. What we think about and how we direct those thoughts is a huge factor in all that we do. God is constant and because of that, we can be constant, too. Read Isaiah chapter 26. Our focus is on verse 3. “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You.Isaiah 26:3 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.26.3.NASB We can be focused on God. He never changes and as a result, we can be constant because He is constant. Are we allowing our thoughts to be twisted and turned from one thing to the next? God is…

The Message – #25 God’s plans. Never doubt for a second that God has a plan. God always has a plan. They were created long ago and they were made in perfect faithfulness. Read this amazing chapter of praise in Isaiah chapter 25. Check out verse one. O Lord , You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.Isaiah 25:1 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.25.1.NASB We can praise God. We can praise him because he’s done amazing and wonderful things. We are to lift him up and exalt him in everything and everywhere. Why? Because he…

The Message – #24 Glorify God. Ultimately, the message of Isaiah is one of glorifying God, even through everything that the Lord allows us to go through. Read Isaiah chapter 24 and focus on verse 15. Therefore glorify the Lord in the east, The name of the Lord , the God of Israel, In the coastlands of the sea.Isaiah 24:15 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.24.15.NASB The entire chapter speaks about the judgment of God on the people and through all this, we see them praising God. We can praise God in any circumstance, but one main key to this is that if we aren’t praising God already, then God will bring us back to…

The Message – #23 The Lord does plan the downfall of the prideful. Look through Isaiah chapter 23 and focus on verse 9 tonight. The Lord of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty, To despise all the honored of the earth.Isaiah 23:9 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.23.9.NASB Are we prideful? Do we assume that we are better than others for whatever reason? It’s interesting to see how quickly we can become prideful and that is exactly what the people of Tyre were experiencing. They had becone prideful and as a result, God planned their downfall. Are we being prideful in anything we do? God will not have that and…

The Message – #22 What makes a good defense? The best defense is sitting safely in the will of God. However, the people had decided they didn’t want to do that. Read Isaiah chapter 22 and focus on verse 8. And He removed the defense of Judah. In that day you depended on the weapons of the house of the forest,Isaiah 22:8 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.22.8.NASB When God is our defense, we can rest assured that nothing is going to be able to reach us. However, if we are going to trust in ourselves, then God may allow us to do that. In this case, he removed his defense of the people and…

The Message – #20 What do we place our hope in? What do we boast in? For the people of Egypt, it was in themselves, but that wasn’t going to work out very well. Read Isaiah chapter 20. In the year that the commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it, at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going naked and barefoot. And the Lord said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone…