Seeing the Messiah and understanding that it is God’s great love for all that God has created that will move the Lord one day to right all wrongs, Isaiah began to praise God “I will recount the gracious deeds of the Lord, the praiseworthy acts of the Lord,because of all that the Lord has done for us and the great favor … Continue reading Isaiah 63: Why Do You Let Us Stray?
Isaiah 55: Regeneration
We are both thinking and feeling creatures. It is not enough to know the truth. You and I must experience it. #Isaiah55 #BreadofLife #MyThoughtsAreaHigher #Regeneration
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Meditation for the Lenten Season: In Step with the Spirit
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would approach God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. (Hebrews 11:6, NRSV)
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Revelation 4: Resplendent
This is what John gazed upon in awe and wonder. The elders, consecrated before God, representative of the whole Church, robed in the white garments of righteousness, and crowned with the glory of eternal life, having been sealed by the Holy Spirit.
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Isaiah 12: Sanctification
When you and I believe in and look for the supernatural goodness in ourselves and in other believers that God has personally put there, as well as gently help each other back into the way when we notice that someone is off the path, we are living into sanctification.
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Isaiah 2: Walk in the Light
Though this future is yet to be realized, believers can enjoy something of that glorious vision today. It is why Christians will speak of that time as “now . . . and not yet.”
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Acts Wednesday: Chapter 10, Cornelius Born Again
Often, it seems, the way God does that is to shake things up with the unexpected, the unanticipated. Depending on how entrenched you and I are in the way we view something, will determine how willing we are to even entertain the new ways, new perspectives, and new challenges God presents.
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Acts Wednesday: Chapter 8, Simon the Sorcerer
God working miracles through Philip drew the attention of a powerful sorcerer named Simon. He was the proud resident magician of Samaria, even considered by many people to be divine, and he had a wide and loyal following. But not, Simon was losing many of his followers to the gospel of Jesus Christ, so he came to investigate this new phenomenon.
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Acts Wednesday: Chapter 4, Persecution…Prayer
Trouble came pounding, they prayed, and God answered powerfully with a fresh infilling of His Spirit.
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Acts Wednesday: Chapter 2, Babel Reversed
This sign was a reversal of God’s judgment at the Tower of Babel. God’s judgment scattered and separated those people then, now He was uniting His people in the Spirit. At Babel no one could understand anyone else, but at Pentecost everyone could understand and hear God’s praises.
