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Isaiah Chapter 43

September 5, 2019 by memullin

Read Isaiah Chapter 43
1. What series of great promises is found in Isaiah 43:1-3? Copy the verses that speak most to you.

2. What does God say of Israel in Isaiah 43:4?

3. What does God promise in Isaiah 43:5-7?

4. What does God say of Himself in Isaiah 43:10-13?

5. Copy Isaiah 43:13 here. Meditate on it and record your thoughts.

6. Who does God say He is in Isaiah 43:15?

7. What does God command and promise in Isaiah 43:18-19?

8. What does God say of Israel in Isaiah 43:22-24?

9. What does God say about the sins of the people in Isaiah 43:25?

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Confessions of a Glory Thief**

September 4, 2019 by memullin

I was ordinary in so many ways
not the best or brightest
not the worst or dullest
not the oldest
not the youngest

my composition so much working class
and small-town somebodies

Born a girl
raised fatherless
but not an orphan

penny pinching but not penniless
clothes from catalogues
before that was a thing

My gifts I squandered,
tossing my pearls before so many swine

not considering their value
not considering my value
not knowing my purpose
not knowing His purpose
not comprehending His plans

I was someplace
not a bad place
but not my place

I had a someone
not a bad one
but not the right one

I was encouraged to take credit
self-made
self-supporting
self-reliant
self-focused
eyes on self

I did
I got
I wanted
I became

An “I”-problem stole my life

a life of glory thievery
nearly kept me from the King of glory
from whole life
healed life
abundant life
God-driven life
God-centered life
God-filled future

I stole His glory
I stole from myself
I stole my chance to bring glory
to be a glory giver
not a glory thief
to know the glorious One
to serve the King of glory

**Glory thief – one who steals for himself the glory that belongs to God
I am the Lord, that is My Name; My glory I will not give to another.
Isaiah 42:8a

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Isaiah Chapter 42- The Servant of the Lord

September 3, 2019 by memullin

Read Isaiah chapter 42
1. What things does God say of His Servant (Jesus) in Isaiah 42:1-7?

2. Copy Isaiah 42:8-9 here. Meditate on these two verses. What do you see?

3. What exhortation is given in Isaiah 42:10-13?

4. What does God promise to the blind in Isaiah 42:16?

5. What does God say of the idols (gods) that the people have been worshiping and the people worshiping the idols in Isaiah 42:17-20?

6. What does God say of Israel in Isaiah 42:23-25?

 

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Isaiah Chapter 41 – Jacob whom I’ve chosen

August 31, 2019 by memullin

Read Isaiah Chapter 41
1. What things does God say He has done in Isaiah 41:2-4?

2. What does God say about Israel in Isaiah 41:8-9?

3. What promise does He make to them in Isaiah 40:10? Copy the verse here and meditate on it. What do see?

4. What does God promise in Isaiah 41:11-13?

5. What do the following verses teach about fear?
Deuteronomy 31:6

Exodus 20:20

Psalm 23:4

Psalm 27:1

Romans 8:15

2 Timothy 1:7

1 John 4:18

6. What promises does God make to Jacob (Israel) in Isaiah 41:14-16?

7. What does God say of the poor and needy in Isaiah 41:17-20? What is the reason that He gives for what He will do?

8. What is God asking in Isaiah 41:21-24?

9. Compare Isaiah 41:21-24 to Isaiah 1:18-20? Job 38–41? What do you see? What is the point that God is making in these passages of scripture?

10. Who is being described in Isaiah 41:25-29? How do you know?

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Isaiah Chapter 40

August 29, 2019 by memullin

Read Isaiah Chapter 40
1. How does God comfort His people in verses 1 to 2 of Chapter 40?

Read Matthew chapter 3
2. How does this passage connect to Isaiah 40:3? What stands out to you?

Read Mark 1:1-8
3. How does this passage connect to Isaiah 40:3? What stands out to you?

Read Luke chapter 3
4. How does this passage connect to Isaiah 40:3? What stands out to you?

Read John 1:19-28
5. How does this passage connect to Isaiah 40:3? What stands out to you?

6. Why do you think this prophecy is mentioned in all 4 gospels?

7. What is going to happen in this time according to Isaiah 40:4?

8. What do the following verses teach?
□ Isaiah 45:1

□ Psalm 107:15-16

9. What is going to be revealed according to Isaiah 40:5? Why?

10. What is being said of man in Isaiah 40:6-8? How is that contrasted to the Word of God?

11. What do you learn from the following verses about the Word of God?
□ Psalm 105:8

□ Psalm 119:89, 160

□ Psalm 1 Peter 1:23, 25

12. What are the good tidings that God has for Jerusalem in Isaiah 40:9-11

13. What do you learn from the following verses?
□ Ezekiel 34:23

□ Ezekiel 37:24

□ Micah 5:4

□ John 10:11, 14

□ Hebrews 13:20

□ 1 Peter 2:25

□ Revelation 7:17

14. What point is the author making about God in Isaiah 40:12-26? What are some of the things that impress you from this passage?

15. In a very well-known passage Isaiah 40:28-31, Isaiah paints a wonderful picture of our God. Can you picture your self in that passage? Who are you? The one with no strength? The weak? How did God fulfill this promise to you?

16. What does Isaiah 31 say about those who wait on God?

17. What do you learn from the following verses?
□ Psalm 27:14

□ Psalm 37:7, 9

□ Lamentations 3:25-26

18. What application can you make to your own life from this encouraging chapter of Isaiah?

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Isaiah Chapter 39

August 27, 2019 by memullin

Read Isaiah Chapter 39
1. What do you learn from Isaiah 39:1?

2. What does Hezekiah do with the visitors from Babylon?

3. What does Isaiah say to Hezekiah? Why?

4. What does God say to Hezekiah through Isaiah in Isaiah 39:5-7?

5. How does Hezekiah respond?

6. What application or take away do you find in Isaiah chapter 39?

7. How would you describe Hezekiah’s spiritual life/relationship with God? How do you compare to him?

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God is no liar

August 26, 2019 by memullin

It is no wonder that the non-believing world rejects the life-changing message of the gospel–the power of God to change a person, to break a chain of addiction, to break a life pattern of infidelity, to remove fear and anxiety, to heal a broken heart, a broken life . . . they see us, the chosen, the ones testifying of the power of God, but we show ourselves to be powerless.

We run like dogs to our vomit. We return to our addictions. We continue our patterns of infidelity, of anxiety. We seek that which God has taken from us. We pick our idols back up.

The non-believer sees this as a weakness of our God. But nothing could be farther from the truth.

Sometimes by our choices and our conduct, we make God out to be a liar.

But God cannot lie.

▸ If the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free. John 8:36 (Amplified)

▸ Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life]. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (Amplified)

▸ It is vain for you to rise early, to retire late, to eat the bread of anxious labors—for He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep. Psalm 127:2 (Amplified)

Believe God and be a true witness.

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Isaiah Chapter 38

August 24, 2019 by memullin

Read 2 Kings Chapter 20:1-11
1. What happens to Hezekiah in the opening verses of this chapter?

2. What does God promise in response to Hezekiah’s prayer?

3. What sign was done to confirm the word of the Lord?

Read Isaiah Chapter 38
4. What does Hezekiah remind God of in Isaiah 38:3?

5. How does God respond in Isaiah 38:5-6?

6. What sign does God promise?

7. What strikes you in Hezekiah’s prayer in Isaiah 38:10-20?

8. What did Isaiah tell them to do to Hezekiah in order for him to recover?

Read 2 Kings Chapter 20:12-21
9. Who comes to visit Hezekiah? Why?

10. at did Hezekiah show to the King of Babylon? What does Isaiah say about that?

11. What does Isaiah say will occur as a result of what Hezekiah did? When will it happen?

12. What do you learn from 2 Chronicles 32:31 about who was behind the visit of the King of Babylon (or his representatives) to Hezekiah?

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Here

August 23, 2019 by memullin

This is not my home
I find no thrill
no comfort
no future
here.

I long for You
to be with You
I long for life
eternal life
with You.

On days like this
subtle tricks on my mind
it plays
taking all the color
stealing all the joy
leaving me sad
but I can’t pinpoint
why?

My hope is in You
Your Word heals my
shattered heart

days like these will come
but I will cling to You.

My Rock
My Fortress
My Foundation
My Refuge

restore me
renew me
breathe life into me
O God,
My God
as long as I am
here.

Mary Beth 2019

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Isaiah Chapter 37

August 22, 2019 by memullin

Read Isaiah Chapter 37
1. How does Hezekiah respond in Isaiah 37:1?

2. Who does he send to Isaiah? With what message?

3. What message does Isaiah have from God for Hezekiah?

4. What does Rabshakeh do in Isaiah 37:8-13? How does Hezekiah respond

5. What message from God does Isaiah send to Hezekiah?

6. What does Isaiah say about the remnant in Isaiah 37:31-32?

7 What happened to the Assyrians and Sennacherib according to Isaiah 37:36-38?

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