Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Old Testament:

The Exalted Servant Isaiah 52
13 Behold, My servant will prosper,He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted. 14 Just as many were astonished at you, My people,So His appearance was marred more than any manAnd His form more than the sons of men. 15 Thus He will sprinkle many nations,Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him;For what had not been told them they will see,And what they had not heard they will understand.

Isaiah 53
The Suffering Servant
1 Who has believed our message?And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,And like a root out of parched ground;He has no stately form or majestyThat we should look upon Him,Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. 3 He was despised and forsaken of men,A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;And like one from whom men hide their faceHe was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore,And our sorrows He carried;Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions,He was crushed for our iniquities;The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,And by His scourging we are healed. 6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,Each of us has turned to his own way;But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us allTo fall on Him. 7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,Yet He did not open His mouth;Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,So He did not open His mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;And as for His generation, who consideredThat He was cut off out of the land of the livingFor the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due? 9 His grave was assigned with wicked men,Yet He was with a rich man in His death,Because He had done no violence,Nor was there any deceit in His mouth. 10 But the LORD was pleasedTo crush Him, putting Him to grief;If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,He will see His offspring,He will prolong His days,And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. 11 As a result of the anguish of His soul,He will see it and be satisfied;By His knowledge the Righteous One,My Servant, will justify the many,As He will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,And He will divide the booty with the strong;Because He poured out Himself to death,And was numbered with the transgressors;Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,And interceded for the transgressors.
New American Standard Bible

Jesus is the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, the KING, and the PRINCE OF PEACE!!
Let us all go out today and serve HIM.

Prayer: "Lord thank you for this morning. Forgive us of all of our sins and let us forgive others. Ephesians 5:18b "Be filled with the Holy Spirit." Lord please fill us to overflowing. Let us be used by You every step of the way today. Use our words and let us put a brake on getting mad in the traffic. Let us slow and let our neighbor go first. Let us love You with all our heart, soul, mind, and our neighbor as ourself. We want to be Your hands and feet all day long today. We serve a Great God who parted the Red Sea and blows out stars and knows them by name. Let us stop killing our unborn but give the gift of a baby to another. Lord I know You want all of us. Please Lord Send us! Put the lost in our path and today many more will come to know You personally. You save! We thank you for this day. We pray in Your Precious name Jesus Christ! Amen."
Love and Hugs!
T

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