SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Oh, the raging of many nations– they rage like the raging sea! Oh, the uproar of the peoples– they roar like the roaring of great waters! [Isaiah 17:12] Isaiah is describing a time of chaos and mayhem among the nations, a time when God’s people will also be judged for their rebellion and…
a throne established in love
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 16 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it– one from the house of David– one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness. [Isaiah 16:5] In the middle of this section on the humbling of Moab,…
His heart weeps
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the way to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their destruction. [Isaiah 15:5] It is one thing to want…
a reason to be humble
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the…
like a woman in labour
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 13 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame. See, the day of the Lord is coming –a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger– to…
worship and witness
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 12 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: In that day you will say: “Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted. Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things; let this be known…
Spirit-filled
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 11 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him– the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge…
question of the week
So here is the question of the week: Why is no one asking any questions? (Check out previous questions here)
responsible leadership
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 10 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath! I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down…
Christ-like leadership
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 9 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. [Isaiah 9:6] Those who guide this people mislead them, and those…