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…

The Message – #18 It’s not just the people of Israel who will worship this Lord. Here in chapter 18 of Isaiah, we see the people of Ethiopia coming and bringing their worship to the Lord. Focus on verse 7. At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the Lord of hosts From a people tall and smooth, Even from a people feared far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation, Whose land the rivers divide- To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, even Mount Zion.Isaiah 18:7 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.18.7.NASB All the people of the earth will acknowledge and worship God. He calls all of…

The Message – #16 A throne in lovingkindness. As Isaiah continues to prophesied about Moab and God’s eventual judgment on them, and that he is not completely cutting them off but is bringing a throne established in lovingkindness. Read through Isaiah chapter 16 and focus on verse 5. A throne will even be established in lovingkindness, And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of David; Moreover, he will seek justice And be prompt in righteousness.Isaiah 16:5 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.16.5.NASB A throne in lovingkindness and a judge in faithfulness that seeks justice and righteousness, that is what the Kingdom of God is. That is what God provides for…

The Message – #15 Gone. Everything which the people of Moab had gathered and stored up for themselves was gone. Isaiah discusses the fall of Moab in chapter 15 and we are going to focus on verse 7. Therefore the abundance which they have acquired and stored up They carry off over the brook of Arabim.Isaiah 15:7 NASBhttps://bible.com/bible/100/isa.15.7.NASB God is continuing to talk about judgment. The people of Moab have not been following him and as a result they are going to be judged. One of the ways in which God explains that his judgment is coming is through all the things that the people have stored up for themselves.…