Scripture: Isaiah

What God Really Wants

What God Really Wants

All right, so I will read from the Old Testament, Ciro, instrument of God, says the Lord of his elect of Ciro, I have taken to the right, to knock down the nations before him, to untie the belts at the side of the king, to open before him the…
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When Mom Calls for Help

When Mom Calls for Help

And our New Testament lesson from Matthew 15, we’ll start with verses 10 and go all the way to verse 28. On Pew Bible page 791. Hear God’s word. Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, listen and understand, it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but…
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When Jesus does Math

When Jesus does Math

He doesn’t raise a friend or a little girl from the dead. All he does is feed 5,000 people. Even saying, all he does, just seems like I’m diminishing this miracle. And it can’t be diminished, because it’s one of those great things he does. So it’s kind of like what I would call a…
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When God Gardens

When God Gardens

Today, I’m going to be reading Isaiah chapter 44, verses 6 through 8. Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts, I am the first and I am the last. Besides me there is no God. Who is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare…
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More than just a Baptism

More than just a Baptism

John the Baptist’s moment has now come. His big moment. Now, up to this point, we’ve seen this steady building of who and what John is. Up to this moment, we’ve seen how he’s dressed with that weird belt around his waist, that cloth of animal hair he wears. We’ve…
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Living in the Time of Herod

Living in the Time of Herod

Isaiah the 63rd chapter. I’ll be reading the scriptures from the New International Version. I will tell of the kindness of the Lord, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the Lord has done for us. Yes, the many good things God has done for…
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A Love Which Should be Common

A Love Which Should be Common

Good morning, this morning’s Old Testament reading is from Isaiah 7, verses 10-16 on page 552 in your pew bible. Isaiah gives to Ahaz the sign of Immanuel. Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz saying, ask a sign of the Lord your God, let it be deep as shoal or…
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