SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 66 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, no one listened. [Isaiah 66:4] The hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes. [Isaiah 66:14] This final chapter highlights God’s grace, Israel’s rebellion, God’s justice and mercy, and the eventual fulfillment…
still some juice in me
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 65 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: This is what the Lord says: “As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and men say, ‘Don’t destroy it, there is yet some good in it,’ so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all. [Isaiah 65:8] God is frustrated by the immorality…
talking to Daddy
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 64 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. [Isaiah 64:8] Isaiah is pleading with God to do something, to not remain silent while His chosen people are devastated – even though they deserve to be punished. He does…
retooning Christmas
I saw this at Durham Christian High’s Christmas program last night. Too bad I didn’t have this for my message last Sunday. The only thing I said differently was that the animals were kept in the house, not in cave. I found several links to research suggesting that they were welcomed into a home, and…
grieving the Spirit?
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 63 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Why, O Lord, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts so we do not revere you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your inheritance. [Isaiah 63:17] In today’s reading, Isaiah describes the Lord’s judgment against the cruel, immoral and violent – they will…
mazel tof and la’chaim!
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 62 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: As a young man marries a maiden, so will your sons marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you. [Isaiah 62:5] Isaiah is painting a word picture that describes the love, joy and celebration that people will experience when God finally sets things right. He…
my own little world?
I love how the arts can capture something in such a compelling way. Thanks Tim, this video really does capture what I was wanting to say in my message…
freedom fulfilled!
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 61 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor…
question of the week
So here is the question of the week: What is your favourite Christmas tradition?
let there be light!
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 60 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of…