"Seek your happiness in the Lord and He will give you your heart's desire." - Psalm 37:4
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
An Invitation to Abundant Life
The Lord says, "Come, everyone who is thirsty - here is water! Come you that have no money - buy grain and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk - it will cost you nothing! Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say and you will enjoy the best food of all.
Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life! I will make a lasting covenant with you and give you the blessings I promised to David. I made him a leader and commander of nations, and through him I showed them my power. Now you will summon foreign nations; at one time they did not know you, but now they will come running to join you! I, the Lord your God, the holy God of Israel, will make all this happen, I will give you honor and glory."
Turn to the Lord and pray to him, now that he is near. Let the wicked leave their way of life and change their way of thinking. Let them turn to the Lord, our God; he is merciful and quick to forgive. "My thoughts," says the Lord, "are not like yours and my ways are different from yours. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways and thoughts above yours.
My word is like the snow and the rain that come down from the sky to water the earth. They make the crops grow and provide seed for planting and food to eat. So also will be the word that I speak - it will not fail to do what I plan for it; it will do everything I send it to do.
"You will leave Babylon with joy; you will be led out of the city in peace. The mountains and hills will burst into singing, and the trees will shout for joy. Cypress trees will grow where now there are briers; myrtle will come up in place of thorns. This will be a sign that will last forever, a reminder of what I, the Lord, have done." - ISAIAH 55
Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life! I will make a lasting covenant with you and give you the blessings I promised to David. I made him a leader and commander of nations, and through him I showed them my power. Now you will summon foreign nations; at one time they did not know you, but now they will come running to join you! I, the Lord your God, the holy God of Israel, will make all this happen, I will give you honor and glory."
Turn to the Lord and pray to him, now that he is near. Let the wicked leave their way of life and change their way of thinking. Let them turn to the Lord, our God; he is merciful and quick to forgive. "My thoughts," says the Lord, "are not like yours and my ways are different from yours. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways and thoughts above yours.
My word is like the snow and the rain that come down from the sky to water the earth. They make the crops grow and provide seed for planting and food to eat. So also will be the word that I speak - it will not fail to do what I plan for it; it will do everything I send it to do.
"You will leave Babylon with joy; you will be led out of the city in peace. The mountains and hills will burst into singing, and the trees will shout for joy. Cypress trees will grow where now there are briers; myrtle will come up in place of thorns. This will be a sign that will last forever, a reminder of what I, the Lord, have done." - ISAIAH 55
I am a newbie to blogging and so my first time to post... It took time for me to decide whether I have to get myself involved into this kind of activity and so I prayed, picked up and opened the Bible for His guidance. Isaiah 55 deeply caught my attention and it inspires me to share my own personal journeys and faith experiences so that others too may come to know and experience the abundance of life God has promised to those who believe in Him. And so, my dear would-be readers/followers, expect succeeding posts to be like rain coming down and does not return until it has served its purpose of watering the earth as well as the heart to overflow with His grace. Welcome... and may God bless us all....
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