by Susan Barnes | 16 Oct 2015 | Devotions OT
… who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd and will accomplish all that I please; he will say of Jerusalem, “Let it be rebuilt,” and of the temple, “Let its foundations be laid.” Isaiah 44:28 God used a pagan king, Cyrus to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple. According to...
by Susan Barnes | 9 Oct 2015 | Devotions OT
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they...
by Susan Barnes | 2 Oct 2015 | Devotions OT
They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth and there is no strength to deliver them.” Isaiah 37:3 Hezekiah realised that he had no resources or “no strength” left to...
by Susan Barnes | 25 Sep 2015 | Devotions OT
Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? Who of all the gods of these countries have been able to...
by Susan Barnes | 18 Sep 2015 | Devotions OT
Every stroke the Lord lays on them with his punishing club will be to the music of timbrels and harps, as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm. Isaiah 30:32 The Message Bible translates this verse, “Every blow God lands on them with his club is in time...
by Susan Barnes | 11 Sep 2015 | Devotions OT
The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon—to do his work, his strange work, and perform his task, his alien task. Isaiah 28:21 What is God’s strange work, his alien task? It’s judgement. Allowing his people to...
by Susan Barnes | 4 Sep 2015 | Devotions OT
Therefore strong peoples will honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you. Isaiah 25:3 Some value being strong and think Christianity is only for the weak and timid but here we see strong peoples honouring and revering God. God is more powerful than any...
by Susan Barnes | 28 Aug 2015 | Devotions OT
Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord; they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord, for abundant food and fine clothes. Isaiah 23:18 God’s blessings are never intended to be stored up or...
