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Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Psalm 20
20:1 May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble.
May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
20:2 send you help from the sanctuary,
grant you support from Zion,
20:3 remember all your offerings,
and accept your burnt sacrifice.
Selah.
20:4 May He grant you your heart's desire,
and fulfill all your counsel.
20:5 We will triumph in your salvation.
In the name of our God, we will set up our banners.
May Yahweh grant all your requests.
20:6 Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed.
He will answer him from his holy heaven,
with the saving strength of his right hand.
20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses,
but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
20:8 They are bowed down and fallen,
but we rise up, and stand upright.
20:9 Save, Yahweh!
Let the King answer us when we call!
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Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
God Gets His Hands Dirty
11. Jesus' Rejection
1 Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars!
2 Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan;
the dense forest has been cut down!
3 Listen to the wail of the shepherds:
their rich pastures are destroyed!
Listen to the roar of the lions;
the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
Zechariah 11:1-3
So far, we have seen that the future is glory for the Servant Messiah and all those who choose to follow Him! It is a future of hope, joy, excitement, awe, wonderment and glory. But that is only one side of the future.
In Zechariah 11, we come to another part of the future; the part of the future which is for all those who would reject God’s Servant Messiah.
While Zechariah talks in picture language and symbols, the overall message is startlingly clear: those who reject the Messiah, will in the future be rejected by Him! But we are not given the full details here, but rather are told the why it will happen.
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Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Psalm 136
As Read by Bonnie & Mosephine
136:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good;
for his loving kindness endures forever.
136:2 Give thanks to the God of gods;
for his loving kindness endures forever.
136:3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:4 To him who alone does great wonders;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:5 To him who by understanding made the heavens;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:6 To him who spread out the earth above the waters;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:7 To him who made the great lights;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:8 The sun to rule by day;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:10 To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:11 And brought out Israel from among them;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:13 To him who divided the Red Sea apart;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:14 And made Israel to pass through its midst;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:16 To him who led his people through the wilderness;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:17 To him who struck great kings;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:18 And killed mighty kings;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:20 Og king of Bashan;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:21 And gave their land as an inheritance;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:22 Even a heritage to Israel his servant;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:23 Who remembered us in our low estate;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
136:24 And has delivered us from our adversaries;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
136:25 Who gives food to every creature;
for his loving kindness endures forever.
136:26 Oh give thanks to the God of heaven;
for his loving kindness endures forever.
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Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
God Gets His Hands Dirty
10. Jesus’ Invitation
1 ‘Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;
and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labour on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a ruler and commander of the peoples.
Isaiah 55:1-4
Remember recently we looked at the City of God to come at some point in the future. A time where all those who believe will live and worship the Lord God Almighty for ever! Who is this invitation for? This invitation to join is to all people of all races and nationalities! But they have to respond to the call! Come! See! Taste!
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Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Psalm 93
93:1 Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty!
Yahweh is armed with strength.
The world also is established. It can’t be moved.
93:2 Your throne is established from long ago.
You are from everlasting.
93:3 The floods have lifted up,
Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice.
The floods lift up their waves.
93:4 Above the voices of many waters,
the mighty breakers of the sea,
Yahweh on high is mighty.
93:5 Your statutes stand firm.
Holiness adorns your house, Yahweh, forevermore.
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Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
God Gets His Hands Dirty
9. Jesus’ Promise
16 ‘See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;
17 no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,’
declares the Lord.
Isaiah 54:16-17
God fulfils every promise made! In Isaiah 52, Isaiah started talking about a great homecoming for all those who believed. Then Isaiah gave a picture regarding the sacrificial suffering of the Messiah Servant. Now in Isaiah 54, we see the reason for the suffering. We see that because of this coming Messiah’s suffering and subsequent exultation and vindication, that God will make a New Covenant with all the peoples of the world!
God has always kept the promises He made with people! Promises to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and David were also kept by God! God is ever faithful and always true to His word! And here God reminds them through Isaiah of three promises or covenants He has made: Abraham, Moses and Noah.
To learn more about how Jesus fulfills these promises and more, please do use the link below to listen to the Podcast. Thank you!
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Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Psalm 19
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
5 It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6 It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
nothing is deprived of its warmth.
7 The law of the Lord is perfect,
refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the Lord are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring for ever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm,
and all of them are righteous.
10 They are more precious thangold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the honeycomb.
11 By them your servant is warned;
in keeping them there is greatreward.
12 But who can discern their ownerrors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant also fromwilful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then I will be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
14 May these words of my mouthand this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
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Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
God Gets His Hands Dirty
8. Jesus’ Leadership
1 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain to all people,
and plants of the field to everyone.
2 The idols speak deceitfully,
diviners see visions that lie;
they tell dreams that are false,
they give comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep
oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
3 ‘My anger burns against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders;
for the Lord Almighty will care for his flock, the people of Judah,
and make them like a proud horse in battle.
4 From Judah will come the cornerstone,
from him the tent peg, from him the battle-bow,
from him every ruler.
5 Together they will be like warriors in battle
trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame
During the time of Zechariah, the Temple was being rebuilt. The Temple, as you may or may not be aware, was central to Jewish worship. Indeed, central to Jewish life. But who would help give advice and solve the multitude of problems they were facing? Who cared about them? Well, Zechariah speaks into their situation with wise words. He has already likened the nation of Israel as being like sheep, and that God is their shepherd “Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they are like the jewels of a crown, lifted on high over his land. “ (Zechariah 9:16)
Throughout Zechariah 10, it is repeated again and again, that God will care for and bless them. But in order to receive the blessing and care, the nation of Israelites must seek, turn and follow.
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Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Psalm 84
1-2 What a beautiful home, God-of-the-Angel-Armies!
I've always longed to live in a place like this,
Always dreamed of a room in your house,
where I could sing for joy to God-alive!
3-4 Birds find nooks and crannies in your house,
sparrows and swallows make nests there.
They lay their eggs and raise their young,
singing their songs in the place where we worship.
God-of-the-Angel-Armies! King! God!
How blessed they are to live and sing there!
5-7 And how blessed all those in whom you live,
whose lives become roads you travel;
They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks,
discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain!
God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain,
and at the last turn-Zion! God in full view!
8-9 God-of-the-Angel-Armies, listen:
O God of Jacob, open your ears-I'm praying!
Look at our shields, glistening in the sun,
our faces, shining with your gracious anointing.
10-12 One day spent in your house,
this beautiful place of worship,
beats thousands spent on Greek island beaches.
I'd rather scrub floors in the house of my God
than be honored as a guest in the palace of sin.
All sunshine and sovereign is God, generous in gifts and glory.
He doesn't scrimp with his traveling companions.
It's smooth sailing all the way with God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
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Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
God Gets His Hands Dirty
7. Jesus’ Arrival
9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and victorious,
lowly and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim
and the war-horses from Jerusalem,
and the battle-bow will be broken.
He will proclaim peace to the nations.
His rule will extend from sea to sea
and from the River[a] to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
12 Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope;
even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.
Zechariah 9:9-12
THE KING IS COMING!
We have seen in Isaiah that the coming Messiah was a Servant Prophet, a Servant Disciple and a Servant King. We see this as we switch over to the Book of Zechariah to look at in more detail about this Servant King Messiah. Zechariah gives us a picture of how the Messiah will announce His arrival and what sort of qualities that this Servant King will have. He comes into Jerusalem on a donkey! The phrases ‘Daughter of Zion’ and ‘Daughter of Jerusalem’ are terms symbolizing God’s people who believe. It is a scene of exultation, excitement and emotion. The people recognize this man as their Messiah: their Servant-King.
This is Jesus, the Messiah who was and is a gentle King, reigning righteously, offering salvation and has setup the environment for peace on earth to reign. This Jesus, who through His sacrifice on the Cross enables all people of every nation to have peace with God and have God Himself live inside them.
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