Tag: hope

See, the Sovereign LORD is on my side! Who will declare me guilty? All my enemies will be destroyed like old clothes that have been eaten by moths! Isaiah 50:9 NLT The Almighty, All Powerful, All Knowing God has already decided. He has chosen you and He is on your side! Many enemies, mockers and…

I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save. Isaiah 49:25b The crowd gathered with hushed expectation. The wedding couple promised their lifelong devotion to each other with great tenderness and affection. Someone in the church thought that was so sweet. You see, so many people in our society…

See I have engraved you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me. Isaiah 49:16 We often like to engrave a name or a message so they will not be forgotten. This is because we treasure and cherish the memory or the person that somehow profoundly affected us. It is our…

“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.” Isaiah 48:22 We frequently underestimate the amazing gift of God’s peace. We are doing our best to get by in a chaotic world full of trouble, danger and suspicion. The world has walked so far away from God’s peace that they fail to appreciate the…

This is what the Lord says, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord your God who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. Isaiah 48:17 When the Lord describes Himself, He declares exactly who He is and what He does for us.…

Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isaiah 46:4 Treachery, trickery, betrayal and abandonment are what the world has to offer us. Faithfulness and true love…

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. Isaiah 44:22 It is remarkable that God has chosen to completely forgive and forget our offenses and sin. Our sin is surely a stench to God’s nostrils, something that is totally opposite…

Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one. Isaiah 44:8 The all-knowing God tells us not to be afraid 365 different times in His Word. Could…

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:19 Our fabulous and unlimited God is always creating a new thing or a new situation. God never tires of doing one amazing thing after…

Before Me no god was formed, nor will there be one after Me. I, even I, am the Lord and apart from Me there is no savior. Isaiah 43:10b-11 This statement in Scripture explains the Lord’s identity and His purpose with mankind. He illustrates His greatness in that there will be no other god before…