Podcasts about scripture: isaiah 40:1-40:11

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Prepare the way of the Lord

The greatness of God comforts the people of God.

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued his Advent series asking us to imagine: What is God was silent?

How are you preparing your heart to receive what the Lord has done? Comparing the Old Testament prophecy from the book of Isaiah with the first advent of Jesus.

How are you preparing your heart to receive what the Lord has done? Comparing the Old Testament prophecy from the book of Isaiah with the first advent of Jesus.

How are you preparing your heart to receive what the Lord has done? Comparing the Old Testament prophecy from the book of Isaiah with the first advent of Jesus.

How are you preparing your heart to receive what the Lord has done? Comparing the Old Testament prophecy from the book of Isaiah with the first advent of Jesus.

Isaiah 40:1-11

In this message, we see what God provided to us by sending His Son to earth.

Sermons from Grace Church, Walworth, WI

The Voice of Comfort, Compassion, Hope, Power.

Repentance means that with that hope and mercy, we then get to reckon with those worst parts of ourselves. We have to reckon with the worst of ourselves because we can’t be free of those things, free of the worst parts of ourselves, if we don’t bring them with us when we come seeking mercy and redemption. When we do bring those worst parts of ourselves with us on our journey of repentance, then we find God saying, those worst parts of you are grass. “The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it.”

Repentance means that with that hope and mercy, we then get to reckon with those worst parts of ourselves. We have to reckon with the worst of ourselves because we can’t be free of those things, free of the worst parts of ourselves, if we don’t bring them with us when we come seeking mercy and redemption. When we do bring those worst parts of ourselves with us on our journey of repentance, then we find God saying, those worst parts of you are grass. “The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it.”

We are pleased to provide you with sermons from Mayflower Congregational Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mayflower is a growing inclusive church - Faith is a journey, God is good, Jesus saves, and the Spirit leads us to faith, hope and love.

Join us for the Second Sunday of Advent with The University Church on December 6, 2020 as we look at "Preparing the Way" through the lens of Isaiah 40 and Mark 1.

Join us for the Second Sunday of Advent with The University Church on December 6, 2020 as we look at "Preparing the Way" through the lens of Isaiah 40 and Mark 1.

We are pleased to provide you with sermons from Mayflower Congregational Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mayflower is a growing inclusive church - Faith is a journey, God is good, Jesus saves, and the Spirit leads us to faith, hope and love.

We are pleased to provide you with sermons from Mayflower Congregational Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mayflower is a growing inclusive church - Faith is a journey, God is good, Jesus saves, and the Spirit leads us to faith, hope and love.

2nd Sunday in Advent Based on Isaiah 40:1-11 The Rev. Scott Johnson

Pastor John Mars Sermon Called "2nd Sunday Of Advent: Comfort, Comfort My People"

Pastor John Mars Sermon Called "2nd Sunday Of Advent: Comfort, Comfort My People"

Immanuel United Church of Christ - Shillington PA Sunday December 6th, 2020

Rev. Julian Zugg examines the Lord's words to Israel as they are going into exile; highlighting the encouragement found in Isaiah 40 for both the people of Israel and for us.

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Église réformée baptiste de la Capitale Pasteur Raymond Perron Re: Ésaïe 40, 1-11

Here testimonies from our mission trip to Jamaica and a word for Advent on Comfort

Cedar Grove

Welcome to the Richard Dahlstrom Podcast. Richard is an Author, Speaker and the Senior Pastor of Bethany Community Church in Seattle, WA. More information at churchbcc.org

Welcome to the Richard Dahlstrom Podcast. Richard is an Author, Speaker and the Senior Pastor of Bethany Community Church in Seattle, WA. More information at churchbcc.org

Brad Sullivan 3 Advent, Year C December 16, 2018 Emmanuel, Houston Isaiah 40:1-11 Luke 1:26-38 “I Love You.” “I know.” There’s a scene in the movie, “The Empire Strikes Back” in which one of the heroes, Han Solo, is about to be taken away by the villainous, evil Empire, and just before he’s taken away, one of the other heroes, Princess Leia, says, “I love you.” Han replies, “I know.” They’d had this on again off again, flirtatious angry relationship, never fully admitting how they felt for each other. Then, as everything is going downhill fast, Princess Leia makes sure Han knows how she feels about him, and Han replies with the perfect answer. Rather than the expected, “I love you too,” Han sees how much Leia wants him to know that she loves him, and so he replies, “I know.” In that, “I know” is of course heard, “I love you too,” loud and clear. Now, aside from being a Star Wars nut and having been given a couple of Christmas coffee mugs yesterday with Leia on one and Han on the other that say, “I love Yule;” “I Noel,” why in the world would I bring this up? I bring this up because it actually seems to fit our Gospel reading for today. Through the angel Gabriel, God tells this young woman, Mary, that she is going to conceive a son in her womb, not by her fiancée, Joseph. No, this son is going to be conceived within her by the Holy Spirit of God, and the child will be called Son of God, and he will be holy, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever. God says to Mary, “I’m going to give you a son, conceived by me, and your son is going to be the anointed one, the Christ, the savior of humanity.” “I love you,” God says to all of humanity through Mary, and Mary responds, “Here I am, the servant of the Lord. Let it be with me according to your word.” “I know,” Mary responds on behalf of humanity, with the accompanying, “I love you as well,” heard loud and clear. “I love you,” is a familiar refrain of God to humanity throughout scripture. In Isaiah, we hear God saying “I love you,” by giving Isaiah words of comfort for Israel, and Isaiah responds with “I know,” by crying out God’s words. “Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.” Comfort, God says, but we hear God’s cry of “I love you,” not only in his words of comfort, but also in the why, the why God’s words of comfort were spoken. She has served her term, and her penalty is paid. Israel has been punished, and even in that punishment, humanity is being told, “I love you” by God. In the punishment, God is saying to Israel, “y’all are supposed to be my people, living as a light to the nations, and here you’ve been so lax in following my ways, that the rich among have been hoarding your wealth and keeping wages low for the poor, you’ve been so lax in your prayer and worship that you’ve ceased to gain any of the strength and love and kindness that comes from begin with me, and you’ve show yourselves not to really love one another and therefore not to really love me. That’s not following in my way, and you can’t call yourselves my people when you act so contrary to my way.” Even in that, God is saying, “I love you,” chastening to teach a still better way, and Isaiah, by crying out to the people, is responding on behalf of humanity, “I know.” I understand, Isaiah says to God, that in times of judgment and in times of forgiveness, you are constantly saying, “I love you.” God is constantly saying, “I love you,” and not just to any one person or to any one people. God’s “I love you” is for all of humanity. That’s why God is our savior, why God has always been our savior. In Psalm 62:1 we hear, “For God alone my soul in silence waits, from him comes my salvation.” Salvation in all its many forms comes from God, and God is the one thing alone for which our souls are longing, the one thing alone which is our salvation. God is love, hope, truth, light. God is the way for our lives to bring about community and healing in times of division, serenity in times of strife, love and compassion in times of loneliness, sorrow and repentance in times of harm, and friendship and celebration in times of joy. God is the constant, “I love you,” to humanity, and in becoming human, that constant “I love you” becomes one with humanity. “I know,” Mary says. “Thank you, God for the love you have for us, for all of us, and so ‘Here am I the servant of the Lord, let it be with me according to your word.’” God’s constant, “I love you,” is all around us, in scripture and prayer, in kindness and compassion, even in chastening and calls for repentance, God is constantly crying out, “I love you.” So how do we respond with “I know?” With the words of the prayer of thanksgiving at the end of Morning Prayer, we respond to God, “I know,” “not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Brad Sullivan 3 Advent, Year C December 16, 2018 Emmanuel, Houston Isaiah 40:1-11 Luke 1:26-38 “I Love You.” “I know.” There’s a scene in the movie, “The Empire Strikes Back” in which one of the heroes, Han Solo, is about to be taken away by the villainous, evil Empire, and just before he’s taken away, one of the other heroes, Princess Leia, says, “I love you.” Han replies, “I know.” They’d had this on again off again, flirtatious angry relationship, never fully admitting how they felt for each other. Then, as everything is going downhill fast, Princess Leia makes sure Han knows how she feels about him, and Han replies with the perfect answer. Rather than the expected, “I love you too,” Han sees how much Leia wants him to know that she loves him, and so he replies, “I know.” In that, “I know” is of course heard, “I love you too,” loud and clear. Now, aside from being a Star Wars nut and having been given a couple of Christmas coffee mugs yesterday with Leia on one and Han on the other that say, “I love Yule;” “I Noel,” why in the world would I bring this up? I bring this up because it actually seems to fit our Gospel reading for today. Through the angel Gabriel, God tells this young woman, Mary, that she is going to conceive a son in her womb, not by her fiancée, Joseph. No, this son is going to be conceived within her by the Holy Spirit of God, and the child will be called Son of God, and he will be holy, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever. God says to Mary, “I’m going to give you a son, conceived by me, and your son is going to be the anointed one, the Christ, the savior of humanity.” “I love you,” God says to all of humanity through Mary, and Mary responds, “Here I am, the servant of the Lord. Let it be with me according to your word.” “I know,” Mary responds on behalf of humanity, with the accompanying, “I love you as well,” heard loud and clear. “I love you,” is a familiar refrain of God to humanity throughout scripture. In Isaiah, we hear God saying “I love you,” by giving Isaiah words of comfort for Israel, and Isaiah responds with “I know,” by crying out God’s words. “Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.” Comfort, God says, but we hear God’s cry of “I love you,” not only in his words of comfort, but also in the why, the why God’s words of comfort were spoken. She has served her term, and her penalty is paid. Israel has been punished, and even in that punishment, humanity is being told, “I love you” by God. In the punishment, God is saying to Israel, “y’all are supposed to be my people, living as a light to the nations, and here you’ve been so lax in following my ways, that the rich among have been hoarding your wealth and keeping wages low for the poor, you’ve been so lax in your prayer and worship that you’ve ceased to gain any of the strength and love and kindness that comes from begin with me, and you’ve show yourselves not to really love one another and therefore not to really love me. That’s not following in my way, and you can’t call yourselves my people when you act so contrary to my way.” Even in that, God is saying, “I love you,” chastening to teach a still better way, and Isaiah, by crying out to the people, is responding on behalf of humanity, “I know.” I understand, Isaiah says to God, that in times of judgment and in times of forgiveness, you are constantly saying, “I love you.” God is constantly saying, “I love you,” and not just to any one person or to any one people. God’s “I love you” is for all of humanity. That’s why God is our savior, why God has always been our savior. In Psalm 62:1 we hear, “For God alone my soul in silence waits, from him comes my salvation.” Salvation in all its many forms comes from God, and God is the one thing alone for which our souls are longing, the one thing alone which is our salvation. God is love, hope, truth, light. God is the way for our lives to bring about community and healing in times of division, serenity in times of strife, love and compassion in times of loneliness, sorrow and repentance in times of harm, and friendship and celebration in times of joy. God is the constant, “I love you,” to humanity, and in becoming human, that constant “I love you” becomes one with humanity. “I know,” Mary says. “Thank you, God for the love you have for us, for all of us, and so ‘Here am I the servant of the Lord, let it be with me according to your word.’” God’s constant, “I love you,” is all around us, in scripture and prayer, in kindness and compassion, even in chastening and calls for repentance, God is constantly crying out, “I love you.” So how do we respond with “I know?” With the words of the prayer of thanksgiving at the end of Morning Prayer, we respond to God, “I know,” “not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Are you crying in the wilderness?

God's Peace came into the world through Christ to give everlasting peace.

God brings comfort to us. We don’t have to wait for things to be perfect to pursue godliness. God hears our cry from the “wilderness” of our lives.

God brings comfort to us. We don’t have to wait for things to be perfect to pursue godliness. God hears our cry from the “wilderness” of our lives.

God brings comfort to us. We don’t have to wait for things to be perfect to pursue godliness. God hears our cry from the “wilderness” of our lives.

God brings comfort to us. We don’t have to wait for things to be perfect to pursue godliness. God hears our cry from the “wilderness” of our lives.

God brings comfort to us. We don’t have to wait for things to be perfect to pursue godliness. God hears our cry from the “wilderness” of our lives.

Welcome to East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church!

God Forgave Israel’s sins and reclaimed them as God’s people. The message of forgiveness is a joyous message for us all. God Forgives because of God’s love. Christ came because of God’s love for us.

Welcome to East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church!

On this second Sunday of Advent we encountered the oddest of Christmas figures -John the baptizer. John noisily intrudes on our Christmas cheer, reminding us that Jesus comes to save sinners, and the road to Bethlehem runs through the cold cleansing waters of the Jordan.

God Forgave Israel’s sins and reclaimed them as God’s people. The message of forgiveness is a joyous message for us all. God Forgives because of God’s love. Christ came because of God’s love for us.

Welcome to First Presbyterian Church, Columbus, Georgia! We hope you will be blessed by the ministry of the Word through our Sunday morning services! Click here to view the Concise service video on Youtube Click here to view the Complete service video on Youtube

We lit the first Advent candle: the candle of Hope. Jesus is our hope, a light in a dark world.

First Presbyterian Church of River Forest, IL

The comfort of Advent is the fact that God cares for God's people.

Spiritwind Sermon

Long before Jesus was born the world knew much about what he would do and who he would be. Many of this knowledge came from a prophet named Isaiah. In his book he offers important insights into the magnificence of Jesus. These sermons expound Jesus in Isaiah and declare him to be, Immanuel.

Long before Jesus was born the world knew much about what he would do and who he would be. Many of this knowledge came from a prophet named Isaiah. In his book he offers important insights into the magnificence of Jesus. These sermons expound Jesus in Isaiah and declare him to be, Immanuel.

The 9:00 a.m. Sanctuary Worship service at Church of the Palms

worship service

We Would See Jesus Michael Davies

Today we look at the opening of the Gospel of Mark and look to the coming of the Christ Child in John the baptizer's message of repentance.

The beginning of the Gospel for Mark is not Jesus' birth, but his fulfilling of Isaiah's prophecy that God was returning peace, Shalom, to his people. Jesus healed people, forgave people, and then paid the penalty for all people on the cross. As we await Jesus' return, then, Peter tells us to be people of shalom (peace, love, heart to heart connection and reconciliation). We are told in Psalm 85:13 that Jesus pathway is the way of peace. When we seek and live shalom, we are making pathways for Jesus to walk with us. Trusting in him and accepting his peace, we find a return to Eden, walking with God as Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden. That is just the beginning of the good news, according to Mark.

Pastor Peregoy looks into three things as we await the Advent arrival of Jesus. First, who is coming? Second, what is He bringing? And third, how can we prepare?

Today we look at the opening of the Gospel of Mark and look to the coming of the Christ Child in John the baptizer's message of repentance.

Pastor Peregoy looks into three things as we await the Advent arrival of Jesus. First, who is coming? Second, what is He bringing? And third, how can we prepare?

Desert Grace Community Church of the Nazarene

We are a family friendly Christian congregation of the United Reformed Church meeting in Lindfield, West Sussex, England

The beginning of the Gospel for Mark is not Jesus' birth, but his fulfilling of Isaiah's prophecy that God was returning peace, Shalom, to his people. Jesus healed people, forgave people, and then paid the penalty for all people on the cross. As we await Jesus' return, then, Peter tells us to be people of shalom (peace, love, heart to heart connection and reconciliation). We are told in Psalm 85:13 that Jesus pathway is the way of peace. When we seek and live shalom, we are making pathways for Jesus to walk with us. Trusting in him and accepting his peace, we find a return to Eden, walking with God as Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden. That is just the beginning of the good news, according to Mark.

With the pen if the prophet Isaiah, God wrote such words of comfort to the people of God in captivity in Babylon through King Nebuchadnezzar. Yet, with Isaiah's words in Chapter 40, the reader must understand that the events he is talking about are as yet to happen! The prophet FORTHTOLD what was about to happen. He was giving God's message to God's people. Such action was not a possibility! IT WAS A FACT! Despite such horror of exile in Babylon, God would never forsake His people. Though Babylon was sent as judgement on their sin and disobedience, God's tender word was COMFORT. The word in Hebrew means just to take a deep breath as you relax in the fact that God is Sovereign - He is in complete control! Oh, how we need to hear that message in these days of the 21st Century! Listen as Dr. Randy shares the context of these words for the believers of Judah during those days as well as the believers at Olive Springs right now! Thank you so much for listening! And, should you believe this message by our Senior Pastor will be of help to others, please be sure to share it! GOD BLESS YOU!