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Dennis & Benedicta discuss the power of hope that can come from God's compassion for us (Isaiah 62).To find out more about Dennis & Benedicta Pollock please visit the Spirit of Grace website, where you can find other wonderful resources such as videos and articles. You will also find out how you can support the work of Spirit of Grace by becoming a Friend of Grace .Please send questions, comments, and feedback with us at grace@spiritofgrace.org.
What God sees and says about the church. Isaiah 62 with Tom Ward.
In this episode, Pastors Sean and Jim discuss Isaiah 62 and Sean's sermon: "A New Name" from our sermon series through the book of Isaiah, "Isaiah: Holiness By Grace." Watering Seeds is a ministry of Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Asheville, NC. You can learn more and hear our sermons on our website: www.covenantreformed.net/sermons. You can also find our sermon recordings on Sermon Audio.
What sort of king is Jesus? I. He's the sovereign king in control of all creation, vv1-7. II. He's the humble king who comes in peace, vv4-5. III. He's the celebrated king whom the people misunderstand, vv8-11.
October 17 | Isaiah 62-64 & 1 Thessalonians 5
Isaiah - Zion's Glory and New Name, God's Vengeance on the Nations, God's Ancient Mercies Recalled, ``You Are Our Father", Prayer for Mercy and Help Romans - Dedicated Service
Send us a text****Read the Bible in a Year with me in 2024 right here on the podcast!***Welcome to the podcast Move Forth With Grace! We will be reading the whole Bible in the year 2024. This is such a perfect way to get into God's Word each day and to develop your own relationship with God our Father through His Son Jesus Christ. I am your host Angela and want to first of all say that I am not an expert in Theology or Church History or a Minister and I never will claim to be. I am a wife and mother who has been reborn and want to be of service to God in gratitude for calling me back home. Welcome to the Podcast! The Bible that I will be reading from is The One Year Bible New Living Translation. You can find one in the link at the bottom of the show notes here.This episode is also brought to you by the Move Forth brand that encompasses freedom, health, and God's grace. We are created in God's image perfectly and fearfully and wonderfully. There is nothing that we can do or need to do to earn His Grace ...He simply gives it to us. I am certified in Health and Life Coaching but no longer practice however, I have health tips and resources, products that I love and use, homeschool tips, and merchandise available on my website for you here:www.move-forth.comOne of my favorite products on my website and that I use each day are stem cell activation patches. Stem cell therapy can be very costly and can produce results that are short lived which is why these patches are so brilliant and not considered to be stem cell therapy! They actually activate our own body's production of stem cells and support our health and well-being all while optimizing our immune system. Feel free to check the out here:www.lifewave.com/angelaforthThank you for being here....thank you for becoming less like you and more like Jesus.May you Move Forth with Grace today!Love, Angela Connect with me on social media or send a prayer request to me on my website here:https://campsite.bio/moveforthThis is the Bible that I am reading in 2024: Get your copy today if you would like to read along...this is not required of coursehttps://www.tyndale.com/p/the-one-year-bible-nlt/9781414302041The One Year Bible Companion:https://www.tyndale.com/p/the-one-year-bible-companion/9780842346160Find answers to questions you may have with Mike Winger on https://biblethinker.org/meet-mike/Find Bible studies with Dr. Chuck Missler on www.khouse.orgFind Bible studies with Nancy Missler on www.kingshighway.orgFind Bible studies with Dale Partridge on www.relearn.orgSupport the show
an expository sermon on Isaiah 62:1-63:6 preached by Pastor Jordan Atkinson on September 8, 2024
Isaiah prays for Jerusalem and God answers. How does he answer? Let's find out together as we read Isaiah 62-64.
Dig-A-Bit is a weekly mini Bible study with Cindy Colley. It supplements the Digging Deep Bible study for women. In this episode, Cindy discusses the crown in Isaiah 62. For more information about the Digging Deep Bible Study for Women, visit TheColleyHouse.org. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Isaiah 62 LINKS: Digging Deep in God's Word Bible Study for Women Bless Your Heart Blog West Huntsville church of Christ at Providence RESOURCES: The Colley House Music: “Podcast” by JD Sound at audiojungle.net
Fr. Mike points out that the prophecy from Isaiah 61 is fulfilled by Jesus (as described in Luke 4). In Ezekiel, Fr. Mike draws our attention to the importance of the Sabbath as the sign of the covenant with God. The readings are Isaiah 61-62, Ezekiel 20, and Proverbs 13:13-16. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
Steve Wiggins of GroundworksMinistries.com is sharing a devotional from the Old Testament book of Isaiah, Chapter Sixty-Two.
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In this episode of Pray the Word on Isaiah 62:6–7, David Platt reminds us that our Lord will have no rest until His Kingdom is established.
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Do you know where you stand in Christ? Do you know who you are through His gift of grace? In today's message, Pastor Terry wants you to know that even before you gave your life to Jesus, He had you on His heart and was waiting for you to join Him. You are saved by grace and must never forget the power that comes with that. All of the glorious wonders that you see around you were made by God's immaculate design. Step into His boundless glories and be a difference-maker for the sake of His gospel.
Have you ever felt unworthy of the church? Have you ever felt pressure to dust yourself off before entering a worship service? In today's message, Pastor Terry wants you to know that there is nothing you could ever do to separate yourself from God's love. Everyone has made mistakes and the point isn't to be perfect, but instead, it's to accept that you need help…God's help. Stop trying to fix everything on your own and give it to God. You'll never be the person you want to be by your own power.
Isaiah cannot contain his excitement about the Jews’ future life in Zion in the Kingdom of God on Earth. Isaiah 62:1-12 Pastor Gene Pensiero Series: The Millennium Forecast (Isaiah) Find the rest of this series at https://calvaryhanford.com/themillenniumforecast Find audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies at https://calvaryhanford.com/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel at […]
Isaiah cannot contain his excitement about the Jews’ future life in Zion in the Kingdom of God on Earth. Isaiah 62:1-12 Pastor Gene Pensiero Series: The Millennium Forecast (Isaiah) Find the rest of this series at https://calvaryhanford.com/themillenniumforecast Find audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies at https://calvaryhanford.com/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel at […]
Reading Isaiah 62:1-12 where God proclaims His love over the church, gives them a new name, and proclaims its beauty to the world. Visit wwutt.com for all our videos!
As we approach the end of Isaiah, it is as if an intercessor looks back on all that has been prophesied previously and offers up a loud cry to God, “Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down!” This is a prayer for revival. In light of the people's sin and the discipline from the Lord, the grace extended and the call to repentance, and the promise of the Messiah who will bring a new and blessed future, the intercessor fervently prays for God to work for his people. The need of our day is for a visitation from the Lord and a new generation of believers who will give themselves to prayer. Grace Community Church exists to build spiritually healthy people for ministry in the world. One of the ways that we pursue this mission is by gathering each Sunday for corporate worship, prayer, and biblical teaching. The corporate nature of this gathering is both edifying to the believer and a witness of God's grace to the world. Sermon speaker is Scott Patty unless otherwise noted.
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The LORD promises to speak for the sake of His beloved people to bring them His righteousness and salvation. Nations will see this light and come to the people of God, who are His crowning jewel. Though their sin and idolatry had left them forsaken and desolate, the LORD bestows the names “My Delight Is in Her” and “Married” upon His people now because of His gracious action on their behalf. As the LORD is not silent, so His watchmen and His people are not silent, proclaiming His Word and calling upon Him in prayer. The LORD hears and answers, bestowing more names upon His people: “The Holy People,” “The Redeemed of the LORD,” “Sought Out,” and “A City Not Forsaken.” Rev. Matt Wietfeldt, Assistant Vice President of Admissions and Director of the Christ Academy Program at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, IN, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Isaiah 62:1-12. "The Fifth Evangelist” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through Isaiah 40-66. Though Isaiah lived one hundred years beforehand, he writes to the people of God in exile in Babylon to assure them that their God reigns and will rescue them through the work of His servant. These promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ, whose work Isaiah proclaims vividly seven hundred years beforehand.
This week we are going to be looking at Isaiah 62, the whole chapter. One core tenet of East Shore is evangelism, we love it, we share the gospel every week. We collect the evangelism stories each week to encourage us to press on. As this is Pastor Tom's final sermon, he wants to encourage you all the more to continue sharing the gospel! It is Pastor Tom's prayer that Isaiah 62 will only strengthen that passion of gospel proclamation.
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In this episode of the Audio Bible Podcast, we continue reading from the Old Testament Book of Isaiah with chapter 62 from the New International Version. Subscribe today for Q&A, special content and more: https://anchor.fm/theaudiobible/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theaudiobible/message
In Isaiah 62:1-9 Isaiah speaks about the prayers that ought to be made to God in light of the coming of Christ. The passage actually starts out with an example of Christ's prayers for the restoration of the people of God. These prayers are made constantly to God. We do not have, however, only a prophecy of Christ's prayer, Isaiah also tells us that Christ will set watchman to pray unceasingly to God for the restoration of Zion. The instructions given to them is to "give Him no rest." Such is to be our perseverance in prayer for the Kingdom of God.
Before Exile -- Week 12Readings this week:Isaiah 62Isaiah 63Isaiah 64Isaiah 65Isaiah 66Notes:Study Guide for Isaiah 59 by David Guzik (blueletterbible.org)A Rhetorical Analysis of Isaiah 56-66 (liberty.edu)Book of Isaiah Summary | Watch an Overview Video (Part 2) (bibleproject.com)Isaiah 56-66* | BIBLICAL CHIASM EXCHANGE (chiasmusxchange.com)Study Guide for Isaiah 61 by David Guzik (blueletterbible.org)For more information, please see the Reading Plan
A Devotional on Isaiah 62:1 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. He Never Gave Up On Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPT38BMvD-Y
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Verse-by-verse through the Book of Isaiah with Pastor Randy Mosher, Calvary Chapel of the Cumberland Valley.
Luke 2:22–40 Jesus Presented at the Temple [22] And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord [23] (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) [24] and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” [25] Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. [26] And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. [27] And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, [28] he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, [29] “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; [30] for my eyes have seen your salvation [31] that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, [32] a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.” [33] And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. [34] And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed [35] (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.” [36] And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, [37] and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. [38] And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. The Return to Nazareth [39] And when they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. [40] And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him. (ESV) Isaiah 61:10–11 [10] I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. [11] For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations. (ESV) Isaiah 62:1–3 Zion's Coming Salvation [1] For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. [2] The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give. [3] You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. (ESV) Galatians 4:4–7 [4] But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, [5] to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. [6] And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” [7] So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. (ESV)
In this sermon, Pastor Derek Holmes discusses how everything God does is generated out of His immense love.
In this sermon, Pastor Derek Holmes discusses how everything God does is generated out of His immense love.
Isaiah 62 Week 6 – The Power Of Persistence In Prayer by TribeJH
Isaiah 62 Week 5 – No Rest For The Watchman by TribeJH
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Morning: Isaiah 62–64 Isaiah 62–64 (Listen) Zion's Coming Salvation 62 For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.2 The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.3 You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken,1 and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,2 but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,3 and your land Married;4 for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.5 For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. 6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put the LORD in remembrance, take no rest,7 and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored;9 but those who garner it shall eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”5 10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; clear it of stones; lift up a signal over the peoples.11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.”12 And they shall be called The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD; and you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken. The Lord's Day of Vengeance 63 Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.” 2 Why is your apparel red, and your garments like his who treads in the winepress? 3 “I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood6 spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel.4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption7 had come.5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold; so my own arm brought me salvation, and my wrath upheld me.6 I trampled down the peoples in my anger; I made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.” The Lord's Mercy Remembered 7 I will recount the steadfast love of the LORD, the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.8 For he said, “Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely.” And he became their Savior.9 In all their affliction he was afflicted,8 and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. 10 But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.11 Then he remembered the days of old, of Moses and his people.9 Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put in the midst of them his Holy Spirit,12 who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to make for himself an everlasting name,13 who led them through the depths? Like a horse in the desert, they did not stumble.14 Like livestock that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. So you led your people, to make for yourself a glorious name. Prayer for Mercy 15 Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful10 habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me.16 For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.17 O LORD, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.18 Your holy people held possession for a little while;11 our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.19 We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your name. 64 Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—2 12 as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence!3 When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.4 From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.5 You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?136 We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.7 There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have made us melt in14 the hand of our iniquities. 8 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.9 Be not so terribly angry, O LORD, and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people.10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.11 Our holy and beautiful15 house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.12 Will you restrain yourself at these things, O LORD? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly? Footnotes [1] 62:4 Hebrew Azubah [2] 62:4 Hebrew Shemamah [3] 62:4 Hebrew Hephzibah [4] 62:4 Hebrew Beulah [5] 62:9 Or in my holy courts [6] 63:3 Or their juice; also verse 6 [7] 63:4 Or the year of my redeemed [8] 63:9 Or he did not afflict [9] 63:11 Or Then his people remembered the days of old, of Moses [10] 63:15 Or holy and glorious [11] 63:18 Or They have dispossessed your holy people for a little while [12] 64:2 Ch 64:1 in Hebrew [13] 64:5 Or in your ways is continuance, that we might be saved [14] 64:7 Masoretic Text; Septuagint, Syriac, Targum have delivered us into [15] 64:11 Or holy and glorious (ESV) Evening: 1 Thessalonians 5 1 Thessalonians 5 (Listen) The Day of the Lord 5 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers,1 you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5 For you are all children2 of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. Final Instructions and Benediction 12 We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,3 encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. 15 See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies, 21 but test everything; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil. 23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. 25 Brothers, pray for us. 26 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. 27 I put you under oath before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Footnotes [1] 5:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 4, 12, 14, 25, 26, 27 [2] 5:5 Or sons; twice in this verse [3] 5:14 Or disorderly, or undisciplined (ESV)
Fr. Mike points out that the prophecy from Isaiah 61 is fulfilled by Jesus (as described in Luke 4). In Ezekiel, Fr. Mike draws our attention to the importance of the Sabbath as the sign of the covenant with God. The readings are Isaiah 61-62, Ezekiel 20, and Proverbs 13:13-16. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.