The Message – #56 God’s House. What do you think of when you hear someone mention God’s House? Read through Isaiah chapter 56, focusing on verse 7. Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”Isaiah 56:7 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.56.7.NASB God talks about bringing all people who follow Him together, whether they are his people or foreigners. The only criteria is that they follow Him. Then he mentions this. His house is to be a house of…

The Message – #55 Seek and call on the Lord. This is the only way we will experience the compassion and forgiveness of the Lord. Read Isaiah 55, focusing on verses 6 and 7. Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord , And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.Isaiah 55:6‭-‬7 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.55.6-7.NASB Choosing to come to God doesn’t mean that we just invite God to be part of our life. When we choose to follow…

The Message – #54 There is nothing that will shake God’s commitment to us. Read Isaiah chapter 54, with a focus on verse 10. “For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” Says the Lord who has compassion on you.Isaiah 54:10 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.54.10.NASB We can count on God following up and following through on all that He has promised. No matter what we are going through, we can count on God.

The Message – #53 An entire chapter dedicated to the suffering servant. I’m sure as Isaiah was writing this he had no idea what God had in store, yet God knew exactly how he intended to fulfill everything in this chapter. Take a minute and read the entire chapter 53 of Isaiah. So many verses that are so familiar to us, and I chose to focus on verse 12. Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And…

The Message – #52 What is our message? What do others hear from us? Read Isaiah chapter 52 with a focus on verse 7. How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”Isaiah 52:7 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.52.7.NASB Are our feet lovely? Do we bring good news and peace to everyone we come into contact with? Are we sharing the message of Jesus Christ with others? The answers to these questions are what determines our beauty. While this world gets all caught up in the physical attributes and characteristics…

The Message – #51 There will be joy! Even when it doesn’t feel like it right now, God wins! There will be everlasting joy. Read Isaiah chapter 51 and focus on verse 11. So the ransomed of the Lord will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, And everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.Isaiah 51:11 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.51.11.NASB God has not forgotten us. We are the ransomed of the Lord if we have accepted Jesus Christ into our lives, and there will come a point where we will return to what God has promised us. There will…

The Message – #50 My help. The Lord is my help. He vindicates me and because of him, I am not disgraced. Read Isaiah chapter 50 and focus on verse 7. For the Lord God helps Me, Therefore, I am not disgraced; Therefore, I have set My face like flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.Isaiah 50:7 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.50.7.NASB We do not have to try to help ourselves. Anything that we do or try to do results in our being disgraced. When God helps us, that is when we are not disgraced. Are we relying on God to defend us? Are we relying on God to set the…

The Message – #49 It all seems so pointless. Have you ever thought that? I know I have. It seems like Isaiah had felt that way too. Read Isaiah 49 and focus on verse 4. But I said, “I have toiled in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity; Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord , And My reward with My God.”Isaiah 49:4 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.49.4.NASB This chapter goes on to talk about the one true redeemer that will put everything to right and we know that person is in Jesus Christ. However, this verse intrigues me. So many times I have felt that…

The Message – #48 God’s wrath is delayed. Now, it’s important to realize that God delays his wrath for his own purposes. He has his own reasons and ultimately, only his praise and glory matter. Read Isaiah chapter 48 and focus on verse 9. “For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, And for My praise I restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off.Isaiah 48:9 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.48.9.NASB He does indicate that is doesn’t want to cut us off, but make no mistake, God is ultimately concerned with his own glory and his own praise. He dors exactly what is right in exactly the right moment…

The Message – #47 Sin begins in our minds and hearts. It matters what we tell ourselves about what we do. Read Isaiah chapter 47 and focus on verse 10. “You felt secure in your wickedness and said, ‘No one sees me,’ Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you; For you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’Isaiah 47:10 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.47.10.NASB When we start telling ourselves that we are the only ones that matter, or that we are smarter than what we actually are, that’s when we start to run into problems. Sin begins in our hearts and in our minds. What…