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…
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don’t wait for tough times
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 31 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord. [Isaiah 31:1] I do not look to…
repentance and rest
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 30 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Because you have rejected this message, relied on oppression and depended on deceit, this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant. It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found…
no more pretending
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 29 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Woe to you, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David settled! Add year to year and let your cycle of festivals go on. Yet I will besiege Ariel; she will mourn and lament, she will be to me like an altar hearth. [Isaiah 29:1-2] But your many enemies will become like fine dust, the…
which spirit do I rely on?
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 28 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: In that day the Lord Almighty will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people. He will be a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate. And these also stagger from…
dry or tender?
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 27 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor. [Isaiah 27:11] And in that day a great trumpet will sound. Those who were…
the desire of my heart?
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 26 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. [Isaiah 26:8] What Isaiah writes here is based on his confidence that God is going to step in and make things right. He is determined to stay true to God;…
living His kingdom NOW!
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 25 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall and like the heat of the desert. [Isaiah 25:4-5] Living in this world…
my heart as God sees it!
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 24 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!” Terror and pit and snare await you, O people of the earth. [Isaiah 24:16-17] Isaiah hears the people enthusiastically…
rich or poor in God’s eyes?
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord; they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord, for abundant food and fine clothes. [Isaiah 23:18] Isaiah issues a warning against the prosperous sea-faring nation of Phoenicia and her…