“Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.” — Isaiah 30:18 (NASB95) So, what is God’s heart like and what kind of relationship does He really want to have with us? […]
2/29/2024 Daily Devotion – To my dear brother in the faith, it’s not rote tradition!
“Then the Lord said, ‘Because this people draw near with their words and honor Me with their lip service, but they remove their hearts far from Me, and their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote.’” — Isaiah 29:13 (NASB95) I think of a brother in faith as I type this devotion based on […]
2/28/2024 Daily Devotion – What is your soul’s desire?
“We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls. At night my soul longs for You, indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently.” — Isaiah 26:8–9 (NASB95) I love the thought that lies within these verses, but at the same time I am deeply challenged by them. […]
2/27/2024 Daily Devotion – Do you have a steadfast mind?
“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You. ‘Trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.’” — Isaiah 26:3–4 (NASB95) I guess there should be no surprise that Isaiah connects peace to our state of mind. We all know that our mind affects our attitude, and our […]
2/26/2024 Daily Devotion – The Bible within the Bible!
“He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces, and He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken. And it will be said in that day, ‘Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save […]
2/25/2024 Daily Devotion – Self-reliance is self-defeating!
“Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, to shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth. Instead, there is gaiety and gladness, killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.” — Isaiah 22:12–13 (NASB95) Yesterday’s […]
2/24/2024 Daily Devotion – Don’t forget the God of your salvation!
“For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore you plant delightful plants and set them with vine slips of a strange god.” — Isaiah 17:10 (NASB95) The Lord, through the prophet Isaiah, got to the heart of why the children of Israel were soon going to […]
2/23/2024 Daily Devotion – Are you and God working the same plan?
“For the Lord of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?” — Isaiah 14:27 (NASB95) It is obvious that Isaiah intended this verse to be a message to Israel, Judah and all the nations surrounding them. He was telling them all, “You might have plans to […]
2/22/2024 Daily Devotion – God’s grace is found even in His discipline!
“When the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.” — Isaiah 14:1 (NASB95) God’s grace, at times, is deeper than I can understand or imagine. As I read the verse above I try to put […]
2/21/2024 Daily Devotion – The Earth continues to spin for the sake of the Church!
“They are coming from a far country, from the farthest horizons, the Lord and His instruments of indignation, to destroy the whole land.” — Isaiah 13:5 (NASB95) So, have you ever walked through portions of your life wanting to know who is in control anyway? We hear politicians tell us that if we vote for them […]
