September 20 Isaiah 51-53 (ESV) The Lord’s Comfort for Zion 51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug. 2 Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but [...]
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September 20 Isaiah 51-53
Posted: September 20, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Isaiah, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Isaiah, Scripture, September 20 Isaiah 51-53, September Bible Readings
Jesus knows the words you need to hear when you need to hear them.
Posted: September 19, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Isaiah, SeptemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Isaiah, Jesus knows the words you need to hear when you need to hear them., Jesus Messiah, Scripture
Isaiah 50:4-7 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was [...]
September 19 Isaiah 49-50
Posted: September 19, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Isaiah, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Isaiah, Scripture, September 19 Isaiah 49-50, September Bible Readings
September 19 Isaiah 49-50 (ESV) The Servant of the Lord 49:1 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid [...]
Piper: Six hammer blows to a man-centered way of looking at the world
Posted: September 18, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Isaiah, SeptemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, For God's sake, glory of God, God's glory, Piper: Six hammer blows to a man-centered way of looking at the world, Scripture
John Piper, in an article, “Biblical Texts to Show God’s Zeal for His Own Glory” Probably no text in the Bible reveals the passion of God for his own glory more clearly and bluntly as Isaiah 48:9-11 where God says, For my name’s sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I [...]
September 18 Isaiah 46-48
Posted: September 18, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Isaiah, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Isaiah, Scripture, September 18 Isaiah 46-48, September Bible Readings
September 18 Isaiah 46-48 (ESV) The Idols of Babylon and the One True God 46:1 Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts. 2 They stoop; they bow down together; they cannot save the burden, but themselves go into captivity. 3 “Listen to [...]
Pour the Word into Your Mind and Heart
Posted: September 17, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Isaiah, SeptemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Isaiah, Pour the Word into Your Mind and Heart, Scripture, Word of God
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. They shall spring up among the grass like willows by flowing streams. —Isaiah 44:3-4 John Piper, in a sermon from Isaiah 44:1-5, ”A Precious Promise: The Outpouring [...]
September 17 Isaiah 44-45
Posted: September 17, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Isaiah, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible study, daily Bible, Isaiah, Scripture, September 17 Isaiah 44-45, September Bible Readings
September 17 Isaiah 44-45 (ESV) Israel the Lord’s Chosen 44:1 “But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen! 2 Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water on [...]
If we lose the sovereignty of God, we eventually lose God.
Posted: September 16, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Isaiah, SeptemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, God is sovereign, God's sovereignty, If we lose the sovereignty of God we eventually lose God., Isaiah, Scripture
Isaiah 43:10-13 “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior. I [...]
September 16 Isaiah 42-43
Posted: September 16, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Isaiah, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Isaiah, Scripture, September 16 Isaiah 42-43, September Bible Readings
September 16 Isaiah 42-43 (ESV) The Lord’s Chosen Servant 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. 2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; 3 a [...]
Isaiah 53: A beautiful revelation of Christ’s saving death in the place of sinners and a stunning validation of its truth
Posted: September 20, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Isaiah, SeptemberTags: amazing grace, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Isaiah, Isaiah 53: A beautiful revelation of Christ's saving death in the place of sinners and a stunning validation of its truth, Messianic Prophecy, Scripture, substitutionary atonement, The Gospel According to Isaiah
John Piper, in an introduction to a series of sermons on Isaiah 53: Nowhere in all the Old Testament does the gospel of Jesus Christ shine more clearly than in Isaiah 53. Seven hundred years before Jesus came into the world, God opened the eyes of his prophet to see into the very heart of [...]