Tag: Isaiah
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Day 40, Tishrei 10 – Return to the Lord’s liberty
Have you put your soul into prison due to unforgiveness, regret of the past, bitterness, and resentment? Repent, cast your burden on the Lord, and receive the freedom of His forgiveness. Do you know people suffering or in need? Help them and care for them. Do you know people who are depressed? Pray for them…
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Day 9, Elul 8 – Turn to Him
Sunset of 9/3 Saturday to sunset of 9/4 Sunday Read Isaiah 9:8-17 Today’s reading lists even more sins for which God’s “anger is not turned away but His hand is stretched out still.” Do we see these sins around us today? Whom the Lord loves, He chastens. When God strikes us, disciplines us, or brings…
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Day 8, Elul 7 – Wise in… whose eyes?
Sunset of 9/2 Friday to sunset of 9/3 Saturday Read Isaiah 5:21-25 In our country, in our churches and congregations, and in our personal lives, do we see the sins for which God’s “anger is not turned away but His hand is stretched out still”? Have we rejected God’s Torah to follow our own ways?…
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Day 7, Elul 6 – Correct Change
Sunset of 9/1 Thursday to sunset of 9/2 Friday Read Isaiah 5:14-20. Note the sins listed in today’s passage, the ones that God declares, “Woe to…” In our country today, is what is good called evil, and what is evil called good? Do the believers stand up for the truth and shine God’s light in…
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Day 6, Elul 5 – Impending Judgment
Sunset of 8/31 Wednesday to sunset of 9/1 Thursday Read Isaiah 5:8-13. In our country, in our churches and congregations, and in our personal lives, do we see the sins that caused the impending judgment on Israel in Isaiah 5? Do we also follow our own addictions, rather than praise God for His wonderful works…
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Day 5, Elul 4 – Responding Faithfully
The people of Israel did not respond faithfully to God’s care and all that He did for them. Where there should have been justice, there was oppression. Let us humble ourselves and not look down on the Israelites. Have we responded faithfully to all of God’s goodness toward us? In our lives, families, and congregations,…
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Day 2, Elul 1 – Repentance Means Changing
Read Isaiah 1:16-20. Repentance comes with change. Stop sinning. Start doing good: “seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.” Look through your current life and choose one thing to start changing today. Pray today, asking the Father to give you the desire to be obedient and the strength to change.…
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Day 1, Av 30 – Rededicating Our Hearts
Read Isaiah 1:10-15. When we gather to worship God, pray, tithe, and study His Word, do our hearts truly desire God? Do we obey God out of sincere love for Him? Or are all these merely rituals? Let us no longer weary our God with futile sacrifices. Pray and rededicate yourself to the Lord today.…
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Days 1-10 Prayer Guide
Here is the prayer guide for Days 1-10, Elul 1-10, 8/28-9/3. These first 10 days will be focusing on some passages from the book of Isaiah. How to use the prayer guide: Read the passage of the day (i.e., Isaiah 1:10-15) Read the “devotional” of the day Pray (however you like – you can write…
40 Days REPENTANCE 