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: Sunday, August 09, 2009 11:23 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Monday August 10 > Day 222 > > Isaiah 64-66 (The Message) > > Isaiah 64 > Can We Be Saved? > 1-7 Oh, that you would rip open the heavens and descend, make the > mountains shudder at your > presence- > As when a forest catches fire, > as when fire makes a pot to boil- > To shock your enemies into facing you, > make the nations shake in their boots! > You did terrible things we never expected, > descended and made the mountains shudder at your presence. > Since before time began > no one has ever imagined, > No ear heard, no eye seen, a God like you > who works for those who wait for him. > You meet those who happily do what is right, > who keep a good memory of the way you work. > But how angry you've been with us! > We've sinned and kept at it so long! > Is there any hope for us? Can we be saved? > We're all sin-infected, sin-contaminated. > Our best efforts are grease-stained rags. > We dry up like autumn leaves- > sin-dried, we're blown off by the wind. > No one prays to you > or makes the effort to reach out to you > Because you've turned away from us, > left us to stew in our sins. > 8-12Still, God, you are our Father. > We're the clay and you're our potter: > All of us are what you made us. > Don't be too angry with us, O God. > Don't keep a permanent account of wrongdoing. > Keep in mind, please, we are your people-all of us. > Your holy cities are all ghost towns: > Zion's a ghost town, > Jerusalem's a field of weeds. > Our holy and beautiful Temple, > which our ancestors filled with your praises, > Was burned down by fire, > all our lovely parks and gardens in ruins. > In the face of all this, > are you going to sit there unmoved, God? > Aren't you going to say something? > Haven't you made us miserable long enough? > > Isaiah 65 > The People Who Bothered to Reach Out to God > 1-7 "I've made myself available to those who haven't bothered to ask. > I'm here, ready to be found > by those who haven't bothered to look. > I kept saying 'I'm here, I'm right here' > to a nation that ignored me. > I reached out day after day > to a people who turned their backs on me, > People who make wrong turns, > who insist on doing things their own way. > They get on my nerves, > are rude to my face day after day, > Make up their own kitchen religion, > a potluck religious stew. > They spend the night in tombs > to get messages from the dead, > Eat forbidden foods > and drink a witch's brew of potions and charms. > They say, 'Keep your distance. > Don't touch me. I'm holier than thou.' > These people gag me. > I can't stand their stench. > Look at this! Their sins are all written out- > I have the list before me. > I'm not putting up with this any longer. > I'll pay them the wages > They have coming for their sins. > And for the sins of their parents lumped in, > a bonus." God says so. > "Because they've practiced their blasphemous worship, > mocking me at their hillside shrines, > I'll let loose the consequences > and pay them in full for their actions." > 8-10God's Message: > > "But just as one bad apple doesn't ruin the whole bushel, > there are still plenty of good apples left. > So I'll preserve those in Israel who obey me. > I won't destroy the whole nation. > I'll bring out my true children from Jacob > and the heirs of my mountains from Judah. > My chosen will inherit the land, > my servants will move in. > The lush valley of Sharon in the west > will be a pasture for flocks, > And in the east, the valley of Achor, > a place for herds to graze. > These will be for the people > who bothered to reach out to me, who wanted me in their lives, > who actually bothered to look for me. > > 11-12"But you who abandon me, your God, > who forget the holy mountains, > Who hold dinners for Lady Luck > and throw cocktail parties for Sir Fate, > Well, you asked for it. Fate it will be: > your destiny, Death. > For when I invited you, you ignored me; > when I spoke to you, you brushed me off. > You did the very things I exposed as evil; > you chose what I hate." > > 13-16Therefore, this is the Message from the Master, God: > > "My servants will eat, > and you'll go hungry; > My servants will drink, > and you'll go thirsty; > My servants will rejoice, > and you'll hang your heads. > My servants will laugh from full hearts, > and you'll cry out heartbroken, > yes, wail from crushed spirits. > Your legacy to my chosen > will be your name reduced to a cussword. > I, God, will put you to death > and give a new name to my servants. > Then whoever prays a blessing in the land > will use my faithful name for the blessing, > And whoever takes an oath in the land > will use my faithful name for the oath, > Because the earlier troubles are gone and forgotten, > banished far from my sight. > > New Heavens and a New Earth > 17-25"Pay close attention now: > I'm creating new heavens and a new earth. > All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain > are things of the past, to be forgotten. > Look ahead with joy. > Anticipate what I'm creating: > I'll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, > create my people as pure delight. > I'll take joy in Jerusalem, > take delight in my people: > No more sounds of weeping in the city, > no cries of anguish; > No more babies dying in the cradle, > or old people who don't enjoy a full lifetime; > One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal- > anything less will seem like a cheat. > They'll build houses > and move in. > They'll plant fields > and eat what they grow. > No more building a house > that some outsider takes over, > No more planting fields > that some enemy confiscates, > For my people will be as long-lived as trees, > my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work. > They won't work and have nothing come of it, > they won't have children snatched out from under them. > For they themselves are plantings blessed by God, > with their children and grandchildren likewise God-blessed. > Before they call out, I'll answer. > Before they've finished speaking, I'll have heard. > Wolf and lamb will graze the same meadow, > lion and ox eat straw from the same trough, > but snakes-they'll get a diet of dirt! > Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill > anywhere on my Holy Mountain," says God. > Isaiah 66 > Living Worship to God > 1-2 God's Message: "Heaven's my throne, > earth is my footstool. > What sort of house could you build for me? > What holiday spot reserve for me? > I made all this! I own all this!" > God's Decree. > "But there is something I'm looking for: > a person simple and plain, > reverently responsive to what I say. > 3-4"Your acts of worship > are acts of sin: > Your sacrificial slaughter of the ox > is no different from murdering the neighbor; > Your offerings for worship, > no different from dumping pig's blood on the altar; > Your presentation of memorial gifts, > no different from honoring a no-god idol. > You choose self-serving worship, > you delight in self-centered worship-disgusting! > Well, I choose to expose your nonsense > and let you realize your worst fears, > Because when I invited you, you ignored me; > when I spoke to you, you brushed me off. > You did the very things I exposed as evil, > you chose what I hate." > > 5But listen to what God has to say > to you who reverently respond to his Word: > "Your own families hate you > and turn you out because of me. > They taunt you, 'Let us see God's glory! > If God's so great, why aren't you happy?' > But they're the ones > who are going to end up shamed." > > 6Rumbles of thunder from the city! > A voice out of the Temple! > God's voice, > handing out judgment to his enemies: > > 7-9"Before she went into labor, > she had the baby. > Before the birth pangs hit, > she delivered a son. > Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? > Has anyone seen anything like this? > A country born in a day? > A nation born in a flash? > But Zion was barely in labor > when she had her babies! > Do I open the womb > and not deliver the baby? > Do I, the One who delivers babies, > shut the womb? > > 10-11"Rejoice, Jerusalem, > and all who love her, celebrate! > And all you who have shed tears over her, > join in the happy singing. > You newborns can satisfy yourselves > at her nurturing breasts. > Yes, delight yourselves and drink your fill > at her ample bosom." > > 12-13God's Message: > > "I'll pour robust well-being into her like a river, > the glory of nations like a river in flood. > You'll nurse at her breasts, > nestle in her bosom, > and be bounced on her knees. > As a mother comforts her child, > so I'll comfort you. > You will be comforted in Jerusalem." > > 14-16You'll see all this and burst with joy > -you'll feel ten feet tall- > As it becomes apparent that God is on your side > and against his enemies. > For God arrives like wildfire > and his chariots like a tornado, > A furious outburst of anger, > a rebuke fierce and fiery. > For it's by fire that God brings judgment, > a death sentence on the human race. > Many, oh so many, > are under God's sentence of death: > > 17"All who enter the sacred groves for initiation in those unholy rituals > that climaxed in that > foul and obscene meal of pigs and mice will eat together and then die > together." God's Decree. > > 18-21"I know everything they've ever done or thought. I'm going to come > and then gather > everyone-all nations, all languages. They'll come and see my glory. I'll > set up a station at the > center. I'll send the survivors of judgment all over the world: Spain and > Africa, Turkey and Greece, > and the far-off islands that have never heard of me, who know nothing of > what I've done nor who I > am. I'll send them out as missionaries to preach my glory among the > nations. They'll return with all > your long-lost brothers and sisters from all over the world. They'll bring > them back and offer them > in living worship to God. They'll bring them on horses and wagons and > carts, on mules and camels, > straight to my holy mountain Jerusalem," says God. "They'll present them > just as Israelites present > their offerings in a ceremonial vessel in the Temple of God. I'll even > take some of them and make > them priests and Levites," says God. > > 22-23"For just as the new heavens and new earth > that I am making will stand firm before me" > -God's Decree- > "So will your children > and your reputation stand firm. > Month after month and week by week, > everyone will come to worship me," God says. > > 24"And then they'll go out and look at what happened > to those who rebelled against me. Corpses! > Maggots endlessly eating away on them, > an endless supply of fuel for fires. > Everyone who sees what's happened > and smells the stench retches." > > > > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
