Don’t Just Read The Word Of God – Respond To It 9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people hadContinue reading “Responding to the Word of God – Nehemiah 8:9-12”
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God’s Favor – Isaiah 61:1-3
God Displays His Favor Upon His Son 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim 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, 2 to proclaimContinue reading “God’s Favor – Isaiah 61:1-3”
Return to the Lord – Joel 2:12-17
We Need a National Call to Repentance 12 “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” 13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and heContinue reading “Return to the Lord – Joel 2:12-17”
Perspective of God – Isaiah 55:8-9
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. This is a form of Hebraic poetry. It takes the form: B – B / Continue reading “Perspective of God – Isaiah 55:8-9”