Category Archives: Prayer

Isaiah 5 & 6 Lots of woe, lots of the outworking consequences for those who choose a sinful path, who turn from God. Yet do not miss the holiness of God in there. The state of His people does not alter or take away from the glory and holiness of God. I was struck howContinue reading “Lenten Walk to Resurrection Sunday through Isaiah”

Isaiah 3 & 4 As we read we need to look out for the hope Isaiah speaks of. It is easy to miss, to feel only the weight of doom. It is right to feel that weight,  but we are talking about God’s word and therefore don’t miss His invitation to hope. His righteousness judgement.Continue reading “Lenten Walk to Resurrection Sunday through Isaiah”

Ash Wednesday and the start of Isaiah. Isaiah 1&2. There is so much in Isaiah and we could spend a whole week or two on each chapter if we wanted. Rather I want us to get a big picture of the book leading up to the cross. Unlike Advent, Lent can be given less attention,Continue reading “Lenten Walk to Resurrection Sunday through Isaiah”

Amos 9:7-15 “Are not you Israelites    the same to me as the Cushites[a]?”declares the Lord.“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,    the Philistines from Caphtor[b]    and the Arameans from Kir? 8 “Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord    are on the sinful kingdom.I will destroy it    from the face of the earth.Yet I will not totally destroy    the descendants of Jacob,”declaresContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos 9:1-6 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: “Strike the tops of the pillars    so that the thresholds shake.Bring them down on the heads of all the people;    those who are left I will kill with the sword.Not one will get away,    none will escape.2 Though they dig down to the depths below,    from thereContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos 8:7-14. The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget anything they have done. 8 “Will not the land tremble for this,    and all who live in it mourn?The whole land will rise like the Nile;    it will be stirred up and then sink    like the river of Egypt. 9 “In that day,” declaresContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos 8:1-6 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. 2 “What do you see, Amos?” he asked. “A basket of ripe fruit,” I answered. Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer. 3 “In that day,” declares the SovereignContinue reading “Prayers for Amos”

Amos 7:10-17  Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. 11 For this is what Amos is saying: “‘Jeroboam will die by the sword,    and Israel will surely go into exile,    awayContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos 7:1-9  This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. 2 When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!” 3 So theContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”

Amos: 6:8-14. The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself—the Lord God Almighty declares: “I abhor the pride of Jacob    and detest his fortresses;I will deliver up the city    and everything in it.” 9 If ten people are left in one house, they too will die. 10 And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of theContinue reading “Prayers from Amos”