Sunday, September 24, 2017

The Word of Our God Stands Forever

The verse that is my title is Isaiah 40:8b.
 Wow! ‘FOREVER” is a word that cannot be misunderstood.

Our ONE YEAR BIBLE reading for September 22 is Isaiah 39:1 - 41:16. So...in case you didn’t read it...I want to share some of these magnificent verses with you. As you read them, focus, meditate, and consider what they say. These Words will stand FOREVER. I have used the NIV with some and the NKJV with others:

40: 8 - “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God stands forever.”

One of my favorites when thinking of my children and grandchildren...

40:11  - “He feeds His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms, and carries them close to His heart...”  Just picture that!!!

Speaks of His magnificent power...

40:12 - “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales...”

And...

40: 26 - “Lift your eyes and look to the heavens; Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”

40:21 - “...Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is He who sits above the circle of the earth.”

His wisdom...

40:13 - “Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as His counsellor has taught him?”

THIS VERY GOD CARES FOR US AND GIVES US THIS COMFORT:

40:28-31 - 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.”

And...

41:10 (KJV)” Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” I LOVE THIS VERSE!

Brant just returned from Overseas and a very important meeting with his “team” about our Bible ministry. Through the years, millions of Bibles have been placed in needy countries. Some countries cannot be named or are too dangerous to enter.  The Bibles are being carried in not just by our man “G” but by many other Christian organizations. PLEASE PRAY THAT GOD will use His word where, in many cases, missionaries and preachers cannot go.

Take a few minutes, open God’s Word, and read these precious chapters to remind you of the God Who is magnificent in power but also loving to all of us as a FATHER who CARES for US.

 --Maylou Holladay


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