We are not naturally inclined to sit with our pain or the pain of others and yet on Good Friday, we have the amazing privilege to sit a while with the pain and suffering of Jesus. When we do this we find it has the power to move us to life changing awe and wonder as we see the shocking injustice, feel the intimate connection to our pain and wonder at the amazing plot twits in the story.
Christmas gifts are sometimes good, sometimes bad, but rarely long-lasting. God’s gift at Christmas is that which truly satisfies.
With Israel in spiritual winter, enter the prophets. God’s appointed mouthpieces delivered revealed hard hearts, announced God’s judgment, spoke of His holiness whilst giving an expectation of certain hope.
God speaks through His Prophets to raise our eyes to blessing above and beyond our earthly hopes and dreams.
What is the kingdom? What are we praying? We're praying for Jesus to be king both now and forever.
With so many voices and opinions, who do we follow? Isaiah 6 gives a vision of the one true God who stands over all. We’re reminded that God is holy and powerful. God is also faithful to his promises and saves his people.
God comforts Israel in exile and He comforts us in this season of COVID 19. Why? So that we may comfort others in their troubles.
In the last 2 chapters of Isaiah we see God describing the New Creation. He describes his plan for the nations, and shows his heart for his people.
Who do you say Jesus is? When you find out the truth about his identity, only then can you know the true value of your soul.
We got ourselves into this mess and only Jesus, the Servant of the Lord can get us out. He does that by taking full responsibility for our sins at the cross; the righteous for the unrighteous to bring us to God.
In Isaiah 49 provides a window into the grand and glorious ambitions God has for his servant - to bring salvation not only to Israel, but to the nations.
In this part of Isaiah God goes out of his way to show what he thinks of the stupidity of idols. Both the idols and those who worship are nothing. To undermine their attraction God deconstructs the idols and in so doing demystifies them.
In the middle of the bruised, fragile, dark world that we live in - where is justice? And who will rescue us from the darkness?
God comforts his people through Isaiah with the good news that he was on his way to save them! We are comforted now because he has come to save us through Jesus.
Hezekiah is faced with a death sentence from God. His desperate prayer is answered and he is given an extra 15 years. The King tragically allows the Babylonians to see all the treasures of his kingdom. Isaiah predicts that the city will be sacked by the Babylonians. Hezekiah tragically does not appear to care for the generations that will be caught up in the exile.
The Assyrian commander seeks to undermine Hezekiah and his men as they stand at the wall of Jerusalem. Hezekiah goes to prayer and hears from Isaiah that God will protect his city. His prayer captures a jealousy for God`s honour.
