First, I want anyone to know that I do not know a lot about Isaiah, except that Jesus began his first written synagogue teaching with a reading from Isaiah and that it is filled with prophecy of Israel and of Christ. The passage is included in chapters 40-43. Read them completely and thoughtfully for great blessing and encouragement as you see the prophecies of Israel and of Christ.<\/p>\n
Today, I believe I failed my Savior and several good friends at work by setting a poor example. I cannot share the details at this point and perhaps never can, but I was encouraged by reading Isaiah again this evening, as I remembered what I had read this morning. The portion quoted below is especially good–but do not neglect to read the whole book, even if you only read chapters 40-43, as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. 11 I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. 12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed– I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God. 13 Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?” (Isaiah 43:20-13, NIV)<\/em> First, I want anyone to know that I do not know a lot about Isaiah, except that Jesus began his first written synagogue teaching with a reading from Isaiah and that it is filled with prophecy of Israel and of Christ. The passage is included in chapters 40-43. Read them completely and thoughtfully for great … Continue reading Deep Waters Yield Great Blessing in Isaiah<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5z4LD-a","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/fred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/fred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/fred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/fred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/fred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/fred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/fred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/fred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/fred\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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(Incidentally, Crosswalk has many Bible study helps. I cut and paste the scriptures from their web site at http:\/\/bible.crosswalk.com\/OnlineStudyBible\/bible<\/a>. Many translation versions and study helps are available on their site.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"