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MAY 17 Reading 137 DESTINY’S CHILDREN Isaiah 2–6 “The Law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem” (Isa. 2:3).All too often we sense a great gap between what is and what should be. In these opening chapters, Isaiah reminded his hearers and us that what God intends ultimately will be.Continue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Isaiah MAY 16 Reading 136 BEHIND THE SCENES Isaiah 1 “Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption” (Isa. 1:4). In spite of material prosperity and a superficial religiosity, Judah like Israel was in desperate need of a spiritual awakening. Background Isaiah’s life. Isaiah was apparently aContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Isaiah INTRODUCTION Isaiah ministered in the critical period from 739 B.C. to about 680 B.C., during which Assyria carried the Northern Kingdom, Israel, into captivity and threatened Judah. The South was temporarily saved due to revival under godly King Hezekiah. Yet the first half of the Book of Isaiah is dark with grim warnings ofContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

April 3WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSSIsaac Watts, 1674–1748Carrying His own cross, He went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). Here they crucified Him. (John 19:17, 18)While preparing for a communion service in 1707, Isaac Watts wrote this deeply moving and very personal expression of gratitude for theContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

April 2IN THE HOUR OF TRIALJames Montgomery, 1771–1854No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up to it. (1Continue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”