O. Addison Gethers
e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:16 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Thursday July 30 > Day 211 > > Isaiah 31-33 (The Message) > > Isaiah 31 > Impressed by Military Mathematics > 1-3Doom to those who go off to Egypt thinking that horses can help them, > Impressed by military mathematics, > awed by sheer numbers of chariots and riders- > And to The Holy of Israel, not even a glance, > not so much as a prayer to God. > Still, he must be reckoned with, > a most wise God who knows what he's doing. > He can call down catastrophe. > He's a God who does what he says. > He intervenes in the work of those who do wrong, > stands up against interfering evildoers. > Egyptians are mortal, not God, > and their horses are flesh, not Spirit. > When God gives the signal, helpers and helped alike > will fall in a heap and share the same dirt grave. > 4-5This is what God told me: > > "Like a lion, king of the beasts, > that gnaws and chews and worries its prey, > Not fazed in the least by a bunch of shepherds > who arrive to chase it off, > So God-of-the-Angel-Armies comes down > to fight on Mount Zion, to make war from its heights. > And like a huge eagle hovering in the sky, > God-of-the-Angel-Armies protects Jerusalem. > I'll protect and rescue it. > Yes, I'll hover and deliver." > > 6-7Repent, return, dear Israel, to the One you so cruelly abandoned. On > the day you return, you'll > throw away-every last one of you-the no-gods your sinful hands made from > metal and wood. > > 8-9"Assyrians will fall dead, > killed by a sword-thrust but not by a soldier, > laid low by a sword not swung by a mortal. > Assyrians will run from that sword, run for their lives, > and their prize young men made slaves. > Terrorized, that rock-solid people will fall to pieces, > their leaders scatter hysterically." > God's Decree on Assyria. > His fire blazes in Zion, > his furnace burns hot in Jerusalem. > > Isaiah 32 > Safe Houses, Quiet Gardens > 1-8 But look! A king will rule in the right way, and his leaders will > carry out justice. > Each one will stand as a shelter from high winds, > provide safe cover in stormy weather. > Each will be cool running water in parched land, > a huge granite outcrop giving shade in the desert. > Anyone who looks will see, > anyone who listens will hear. > The impulsive will make sound decisions, > the tongue-tied will speak with eloquence. > No more will fools become celebrities, > nor crooks be rewarded with fame. > For fools are fools and that's that, > thinking up new ways to do mischief. > They leave a wake of wrecked lives > and lies about God, > Turning their backs on the homeless hungry, > ignoring those dying of thirst in the streets. > And the crooks? Underhanded sneaks they are, > inventive in sin and scandal, > Exploiting the poor with scams and lies, > unmoved by the victimized poor. > But those who are noble make noble plans, > and stand for what is noble. > 9-14Take your stand, indolent women! > Listen to me! > Indulgent, indolent women, > listen closely to what I have to say. > In just a little over a year from now, > you'll be shaken out of your lazy lives. > The grape harvest will fail, > and there'll be no fruit on the trees. > Oh tremble, you indolent women. > Get serious, you pampered dolls! > Strip down and discard your silk fineries. > Put on funeral clothes. > Shed honest tears for the lost harvest, > the failed vintage. > Weep for my people's gardens and farms > that grow nothing but thistles and thornbushes. > Cry tears, real tears, for the happy homes no longer happy, > the merry city no longer merry. > The royal palace is deserted, > the bustling city quiet as a morgue, > The emptied parks and playgrounds > taken over by wild animals, > delighted with their new home. > > 15-20Yes, weep and grieve until the Spirit is poured > down on us from above > And the badlands desert grows crops > and the fertile fields become forests. > Justice will move into the badlands desert. > Right will build a home in the fertile field. > And where there's Right, there'll be Peace > and the progeny of Right: quiet lives and endless trust. > My people will live in a peaceful neighborhood- > in safe houses, in quiet gardens. > The forest of your pride will be clear-cut, > the city showing off your power leveled. > But you will enjoy a blessed life, > planting well-watered fields and gardens, > with your farm animals grazing freely. > > Isaiah 33 > The Ground Under Our Feet Mourns > 1 Doom to you, Destroyer, not yet destroyed; > And doom to you, Betrayer, > not yet betrayed. > When you finish destroying, > your turn will come-destroyed! > When you quit betraying, > your turn will come-betrayed! > 2-4God, treat us kindly. You're our only hope. > First thing in the morning, be there for us! > When things go bad, help us out! > You spoke in thunder and everyone ran. > You showed up and nations scattered. > Your people, for a change, got in on the loot, > picking the field clean of the enemy spoils. > > 5-6God is supremely esteemed. His center holds. > Zion brims over with all that is just and right. > God keeps your days stable and secure- > salvation, wisdom, and knowledge in surplus, > and best of all, Zion's treasure, Fear-of-God. > > 7-9But look! Listen! > Tough men weep openly. > Peacemaking diplomats are in bitter tears. > The roads are empty- > not a soul out on the streets. > The peace treaty is broken, > its conditions violated, > its signers reviled. > The very ground under our feet mourns, > the Lebanon mountains hang their heads, > Flowering Sharon is a weed-choked gully, > and the forests of Bashan and Carmel? Bare branches. > > 10-12"Now I'm stepping in," God says. > "From now on, I'm taking over. > The gloves come off. Now see how mighty I am. > There's nothing to you. > Pregnant with chaff, you produce straw babies; > full of hot air, you self-destruct. > You're good for nothing but fertilizer and fuel. > Earth to earth-and the sooner the better. > > 13-14"If you're far away, > get the reports on what I've done, > And if you're in the neighborhood, > pay attention to my record. > The sinners in Zion are rightly terrified; > the godless are at their wit's end: > 'Who among us can survive this firestorm? > Who of us can get out of this purge with our lives?'" > > 15-16The answer's simple: > Live right, > speak the truth, > despise exploitation, > refuse bribes, > reject violence, > avoid evil amusements. > This is how you raise your standard of living! > A safe and stable way to live. > A nourishing, satisfying way to live. > > God Makes All the Decisions Here > 17-19Oh, you'll see the king-a beautiful sight! > And you'll take in the wide vistas of land. > In your mind you'll go over the old terrors: > "What happened to that Assyrian inspector who condemned and confiscated? > And the one who gouged us of taxes? > And that cheating moneychanger?" > Gone! Out of sight forever! Their insolence > nothing now but a fading stain on the carpet! > No more putting up with a language you can't understand, > no more sounds of gibberish in your ears. > 20-22Just take a look at Zion, will you? > Centering our worship in festival feasts! > Feast your eyes on Jerusalem, > a quiet and permanent place to live. > No more pulling up stakes and moving on, > no more patched-together lean-tos. > Instead, God! God majestic, God himself the place > in a country of broad rivers and streams, > But rivers blocked to invading ships, > off-limits to predatory pirates. > For God makes all the decisions here. God is our king. > God runs this place and he'll keep us safe. > > 23Ha! Your sails are in shreds, > your mast wobbling, > your hold leaking. > The plunder is free for the taking, free for all- > for weak and strong, insiders and outsiders. > > 24No one in Zion will say, "I'm sick." > Best of all, they'll all live guilt-free. > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
