by Christian Education | May 9, 2021 | Isaiah: Offering Hope for the Future
Sunday, May 9 Israel Will Enjoy a Bright Future Isaiah 29:13-24 For the tyrant shall be no more, and the scoffer shall cease to be; all those alert to do evil shall be cut off. Isaiah 29:20 NRSV Draw strength from God’s vision of a peaceable kingdom. Today is...
by Christian Education | May 8, 2021 | Isaiah: Offering Hope for the Future
Saturday, May 8 Judah, Blind to God’s Ways Isaiah 29:9-12 The vision of all this has become for you like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to those who can read, with the command, “Read this,” they say, “We cannot, for it is sealed.” Isaiah 29:11 NRSV...
by Christian Education | May 7, 2021 | Isaiah: Offering Hope for the Future
Friday, May 7 Jerusalem Punished and Rescued Isaiah 29:1-8 And like David I will encamp against you; I will besiege you with towers and raise siegeworks against you. Isaiah 29:3 NRSV Being loved by God does not exclude from being held accountable by...
by Christian Education | May 6, 2021 | Isaiah: Offering Hope for the Future
Thursday, May 6 Lip Service Is Not Enough Mark 7:1-8 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.’ ” Mark 7:6 NRSV Prayer: God of Truth, help us to walk...
by Christian Education | May 5, 2021 | Isaiah: Offering Hope for the Future
Wednesday, May 5 Seek and You Will Find Me! Jeremiah 29:10-14 When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 NRSV We will never be disappointed by what we find when we seek after God....
by Christian Education | May 4, 2021 | Isaiah: Offering Hope for the Future
Tuesday, May 4 Uphold Justice for All Peoples Exodus 23:1-9 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty. Exodus 23:7 NRSV When we pray “thy kingdom come, thy will be done…” that includes justice...
