For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and [...]
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God’s Ultimate Goal Is That His Name Be Known and Praised by All the Peoples of the Earth.
Posted: September 25, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Isaiah, SeptemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, God's fame, God’s Ultimate Goal Is That His Name Be Known and Praised by All the Peoples of the Earth., Isaiah, missions, Missions...for His Name and His Fame!
September 24 Isaiah 62-64
Posted: September 24, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Isaiah, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Isaiah, Scripture, September 24 Isaiah 62-64, September Bible Readings
September 24 Isaiah 62-64 (ESV) Zion’s Coming Salvation 62:1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. 2 The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be [...]
Are you dressed for heaven?
Posted: September 23, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Isaiah, SeptemberTags: "Change your clothes!", Are you dressed for heaven?, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Isaiah, Messiah, s, salvation, Scripture
Sometimes a certain verse or passage stands out and encourages us, challenges us, warns us. But there are other times when it seems as if God opens our eyes to see the big picture, to marvel at how all the passages we’ve been reading come together. Today is one of those days. Reading the passage [...]
September 23 Isaiah 59-61
Posted: September 23, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Isaiah, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Isaiah, Scripture, September 23 Isaiah 59-61, September Bible Readings
September 23 Isaiah 59-61 (ESV) Evil and Oppression 59:1 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; 2 but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear. 3 For [...]
John Piper: This was very surprising.
Posted: September 22, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Isaiah, SeptemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Isaiah, John Piper: This was very surprising., Scripture, The Good King and a Crushed and Humbled Woman
Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite. [...]
September 22 Isaiah 56-58
Posted: September 22, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Isaiah, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Isaiah, Scripture, September 22 Isaiah 56-58, September Bible Readings
September 22 Isaiah 56-58 (ESV) Salvation for Foreigners 56:1 Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it, and keeps his hand [...]
God is a very inviting God.
Posted: September 21, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Isaiah, SeptemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, God Is a Very Inviting God, Isaiah, Messiah, Messianic Prophecy, missions, redemption, Scripture
John Piper, in the first of a series of messages from Isaiah 55, “The Great Invitation: Come! Drink! Eat! Live!” And what I want us to see in this first message based on verses 1-3 is that God is a very inviting God. The word inviting has two meanings doesn’t it? You can say, This [...]
September 21 Isaiah 54-55
Posted: September 21, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Isaiah, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Isaiah, Scripture, September 21 Isaiah 54-55, September Bible Readings
September 21 Isaiah 54-55 (ESV) The Eternal Covenant of Peace 54:1 “Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord. 2 “Enlarge the [...]
An indispensable motivation in world missions
Posted: September 30, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Isaiah, SeptemberTags: An indispensable motivation in world missions, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Isaiah, missions, motivation for missions, Scripture
Isaiah 25:1 O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure. For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the foreigners’ palace is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt. [...]