SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 40 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has…
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what makes me rich?
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 39 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my lifetime.” [Isaiah 39:8] Hezekiah has become self-confident: God has promised him a safe life, and so he enjoys his health and wealth in style, showing off to the visiting Babylonians…
for my benefit
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 38 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back. [Isaiah 38:17] What were the benefits for Hezekiah: he faced his own mortality, he realized his dependence on God, he saw the…
whom shall I fear?
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 37 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard–those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. [Isaiah 37:6] Do not be afraid… how many times are these words repeated in the bible, to inspire…
boosting my confidence!
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 36 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern, until I come and take you to a land like your own–a land of…
the Jesus way
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 35 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it. [Isaiah 35:8] A path through the wilderness, where food and drink are miraculously provided…
judgment warnings
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 34 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The Lord is angry with all nations; his wrath is upon all their armies. He will totally destroy them, he will give them over to slaughter. [Isaiah 34:2] The sword of the Lord is bathed in blood, it is covered with fat– the blood of lambs and goats, fat from the kidneys of…
question of the week
So here is the question of the week: How has the bible helped you? (Check out previous questions here)
the key to this treasure
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 33 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: O Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. [Isaiah 33:2] He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure. [Isaiah 33:6]…
a vision to strive for!
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 32 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who…