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, August 05, 2009 10:58 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Thursday August 6 > Day 218 > > Isaiah 52-54 (The Message) > > Isaiah 52 > God Is Leading You Out of Here > 1-2 Wake up, wake up! Pull on your boots, Zion! Dress up in your Sunday > best, Jerusalem, holy city! > Those who want no part of God have been culled out. > They won't be coming along. > Brush off the dust and get to your feet, captive Jerusalem! > Throw off your chains, captive daughter of Zion! > > 3God says, "You were sold for nothing. You're being bought back for > nothing." > > 4-6Again, the Master, God, says, "Early on, my people went to Egypt and > lived, strangers in the > land. At the other end, Assyria oppressed them. And now, what have I > here?" God's Decree. "My people > are hauled off again for no reason at all. Tyrants on the warpath, > whooping it up, and day after > day, incessantly, my reputation blackened. Now it's time that my people > know who I am, what I'm made > of-yes, that I have something to say. Here I am!" > > 7-10How beautiful on the mountains > are the feet of the messenger bringing good news, > Breaking the news that all's well, > proclaiming good times, announcing salvation, > telling Zion, "Your God reigns!" > Voices! Listen! Your scouts are shouting, thunderclap shouts, > shouting in joyful unison. > They see with their own eyes > God coming back to Zion. > Break into song! Boom it out, ruins of Jerusalem: > "God has comforted his people! > He's redeemed Jerusalem!" > God has rolled up his sleeves. > All the nations can see his holy, muscled arm. > Everyone, from one end of the earth to the other, > sees him at work, doing his salvation work. > > 11-12Out of here! Out of here! Leave this place! > Don't look back. Don't contaminate yourselves with plunder. > Just leave, but leave clean. Purify yourselves > in the process of worship, carrying the holy vessels of God. > But you don't have to be in a hurry. > You're not running from anybody! > God is leading you out of here, > and the God of Israel is also your rear guard. > > It Was Our Pains He Carried > 13-15"Just watch my servant blossom! > Exalted, tall, head and shoulders above the crowd! > But he didn't begin that way. > At first everyone was appalled. > He didn't even look human- > a ruined face, disfigured past recognition. > Nations all over the world will be in awe, taken aback, > kings shocked into silence when they see him. > For what was unheard of they'll see with their own eyes, > what was unthinkable they'll have right before them." > Isaiah 53 > 1 Who believes what we've heard and seen? Who would have thought God's > saving power would look like > this? > 2-6The servant grew up before God-a scrawny seedling, > a scrubby plant in a parched field. > There was nothing attractive about him, > nothing to cause us to take a second look. > He was looked down on and passed over, > a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand. > One look at him and people turned away. > We looked down on him, thought he was scum. > But the fact is, it was our pains he carried- > our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us. > We thought he brought it on himself, > that God was punishing him for his own failures. > But it was our sins that did that to him, > that ripped and tore and crushed him-our sins! > He took the punishment, and that made us whole. > Through his bruises we get healed. > We're all like sheep who've wandered off and gotten lost. > We've all done our own thing, gone our own way. > And God has piled all our sins, everything we've done wrong, > on him, on him. > > 7-9He was beaten, he was tortured, > but he didn't say a word. > Like a lamb taken to be slaughtered > and like a sheep being sheared, > he took it all in silence. > Justice miscarried, and he was led off- > and did anyone really know what was happening? > He died without a thought for his own welfare, > beaten bloody for the sins of my people. > They buried him with the wicked, > threw him in a grave with a rich man, > Even though he'd never hurt a soul > or said one word that wasn't true. > > 10Still, it's what God had in mind all along, > to crush him with pain. > The plan was that he give himself as an offering for sin > so that he'd see life come from it-life, life, and more life. > And God's plan will deeply prosper through him. > > 11-12Out of that terrible travail of soul, > he'll see that it's worth it and be glad he did it. > Through what he experienced, my righteous one, my servant, > will make many "righteous ones," > as he himself carries the burden of their sins. > Therefore I'll reward him extravagantly- > the best of everything, the highest honors- > Because he looked death in the face and didn't flinch, > because he embraced the company of the lowest. > He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many, > he took up the cause of all the black sheep. > > Isaiah 54 > Spread Out! Think Big! > 1-6 "Sing, barren woman, who has never had a baby. > Fill the air with song, you who've never experienced childbirth! > You're ending up with far more children > than all those childbearing women." God says so! > "Clear lots of ground for your tents! > Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! > Use plenty of rope, > drive the tent pegs deep. > You're going to need lots of elbow room > for your growing family. > You're going to take over whole nations; > you're going to resettle abandoned cities. > Don't be afraid-you're not going to be embarrassed. > Don't hold back-you're not going to come up short. > You'll forget all about the humiliations of your youth, > and the indignities of being a widow will fade from memory. > For your Maker is your bridegroom, > his name, God-of-the-Angel-Armies! > Your Redeemer is The Holy of Israel, > known as God of the whole earth. > You were like an abandoned wife, devastated with grief, > and God welcomed you back, > Like a woman married young > and then left," says your God. > > 7-8Your Redeemer God says: > "I left you, but only for a moment. > Now, with enormous compassion, I'm bringing you back. > In an outburst of anger I turned my back on you- > but only for a moment. > It's with lasting love > that I'm tenderly caring for you. > > 9-10"This exile is just like the days of Noah for me: > I promised then that the waters of Noah > would never again flood the earth. > I'm promising now no more anger, > no more dressing you down. > For even if the mountains walk away > and the hills fall to pieces, > My love won't walk away from you, > my covenant commitment of peace won't fall apart." > The God who has compassion on you says so. > > 11-17"Afflicted city, storm-battered, unpitied: > I'm about to rebuild you with stones of turquoise, > Lay your foundations with sapphires, > construct your towers with rubies, > Your gates with jewels, > and all your walls with precious stones. > All your children will have God for their teacher- > what a mentor for your children! > You'll be built solid, grounded in righteousness, > far from any trouble-nothing to fear! > far from terror-it won't even come close! > If anyone attacks you, > don't for a moment suppose that I sent them, > And if any should attack, > nothing will come of it. > I create the blacksmith > who fires up his forge > and makes a weapon designed to kill. > I also create the destroyer- > but no weapon that can hurt you has ever been forged. > Any accuser who takes you to court > will be dismissed as a liar. > This is what God's servants can expect. > I'll see to it that everything works out for the best." > God's Decree. > > > > > > > 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. 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