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HE IS SHAPING ME ACCORDING TO HIS DESIRES  But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. —=Isaiah 64:8              The potter’s hands move with precision to form the vessel as he desires it to be. So too our Lord forms us. We are raw clay that He is forming according to His desires into a vessel that will accomplish His will. He presses on the clay of our lives and at times the pressure feels like it is more than we can take… but He is forming us, developing us, maturing us for…

SERVE THE NEEDY  Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the LORD? “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself…

TRUST GOD’S WORD OVER MAN’S!  For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,  so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. —Isaiah 55`:10-11              The rain and snow comes down, but does not go back up the way it came down. No, instead it waters the earth. Springtime snow melts and the rains…

OUR SIN IS GONE, BLOTTED OUT, CAST AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST!  I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. —Isaiah 43:25  I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you, —Isaiah 44:22            Do you remember that playground incident that caused you pain? How about in elementary school— remember any negative incidents that took place there? You probably haven’t thought about those for decades until I just stirred up those memories. It is interesting how negative events can come back…

DON’T PUT YOUR TRUST IN PUNY MAN AS FIRST PRIORITY  A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. —Isaiah 40:6-8  Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust. —Isaiah 40:15  All the nations are as nothing before him, they…

TAKE COMFORT AND REJOICE IN HIS PLANS!  Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass… —Isaiah 37:26             What our Lord has determined will come to pass.   Nothing and nobody can alter what He desires. He has plans that will be brought to pass! So, my brother and sister, His plans He has determined for you will come to pass today… THEY WILL COME TO PASS! We can trust Him fully for that.             Let us understand what He is doing, run the race He has marked out for us, be filled with joy as…

DEATH…  Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. —Psalm 116:15              Why is the death of His saints precious in His sight? It is because after death they will be in glory with Him! The redemption will be fully complete. The hope will be fully known. The temporal will have been put down and the eternal, perfect state would now have begun.             Brother and sister, this is what is ahead for us. So keep running the race with perseverance and keep your eyes fixed on Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-2). One day that race will be over. One day we will be with Jesus and…

A REBELLIOUS HUMAN RACE  For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the LORD; who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions, leave the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.” —Isaiah 30:9-11              When people are in rebellion against our Lord they: Are liars Unwilling to hear God’s Word Don’t want God’s spokesmen to communicate Want to hear “smooth things” Want to hear about illusions Leave the way Turn aside from the path Don’t want…

PEACE ONLY THROUGH OUR LORD!  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. —Isaiah 25:1  You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.   Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. —Isaiah 26:3-4              Is the Lord your God? Have you called upon Him to save you from your sin and to a relationship with Him?   If so, praise His Name. He has done wonderful things and He will do wonderful things. The plans that…

PRAISE HIM! Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore! —Psalm 113:2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du0il6d-DAk             Let us kneel down and praise the Name of the Lord our God. Bless His Name. He blesses us continually with His favor. In return let us be worshipping Him in praise. So what is it this morning that you are praising Him for? Praise Him for life Praise Him for the finished work of Jesus at the cross Praise Him for His Holy Spirit He has given us Praise Him for His Church which is the family of God Praise Him for relationships Praise Him for our daily bread Praise…