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Episode 301: Isaiah 40

Today's Prayer Meditation is on Isaiah 40
You comfort me, Father. You speak tenderly to me and tell me that my sad days are gone. You have pardoned my sins. 
The way was cleared for you. A straight highway through the wasteland was made for you, God. The valleys were filled, and the mountains and hills were leveled. The curves were straightened, and the rough places smoothed out. A way was made for your glory to be revealed. 
Father, we are like grass. Our beauty fades as quickly as flowers in a field. The grass withers and flowers fade, but your Word, Father, stands forever. 
I shout the message of good news from the mountaintops. I shout it loudly, and I am not afraid. Salvation has come. You come in power and rule with a powerful arm. You bring your reward with you as you come. 
You provide for me, Father. You feed me like a shepherd feeds his flock. You carry me in your arms and hold me close to your heart. You gently lead your people.
Who else has held the oceans in his hand? Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers? Who else knows the weight of the world or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale? Who is able to advise your Spirit? Who knows enough to give you advice or teach you? Have you ever needed anyone’s advice? Do you need instruction about what is good? Did someone teach you what is right or show you the path of justice?
Father, all the nations of the world are but a drop in the bucket. They are nothing more than dust on the scales. You pick up the whole earth as though it were a grain of sand. All the wood in greatest forests and all the animals in the country would not be enough to make a burnt offering worthy of you. 
Who can I compare you to, Father? What image can I find to resemble you? You can't be compared to an idol formed in a mold, even overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains. Or to a wood carving by a skilled craftsman. 
You spread out the heavens like a curtain and suspend them over my head like the roof of a tent. You judge the great people of the world. The rich and powerful of the earth are reduced to nothing. 
No one compares to you, Father. No one is your equal. 
I look up into the heavens at the stars you created. You bring them out like an army, one after another, calling each one by name. Not a single one is missing. They obediently shine, each in its place because of your great strength and power. 
How could I ever even think that you do not see my trouble. How could I ever believe for one moment, that you have lost interest in my cause. 
You are the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. You never grow weak or weary. Your wisdom is beyond my understanding. 
You give power to me when I am weak. You give me strength when I am powerless.  I trust in you and find new strength. I soar high on wings like an eagle. I run and do not grow weary. I walk never tired, never faint. 
So be it.
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing.
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Episode 300: Isaiah 35

Today's Prayer Meditation is on Isaiah 35
Even the wilderness and desert will be glad and whoop for joy in those days. The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring flowers. There will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The deserts will come alive with new growth budding and blooming. They will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon.
Your glory is on full display in your Kingdom, Father, and I revel in the majestic splendor of you.
You give me confidence and hope. My tired hands and weak knees are strengthened by you. You encourage me. I no longer have a fearful heart. I am strong and unafraid, because you are my champion, you are with me. The enemy has no hold on me. You give me success. You have saved me. 
You have opened the eyes of the blind, and unplugged the ears of the deaf. The lame leap like deer, and the mute sing for joy. 
Springs gush forth in the wilderness and streams water the wastelands. The parched ground has become a pool, and springs of water satisfy the thirsty land. Marsh grass and reeds and rushes flourish where desert jackals once lived. 
You have made a way, a Highway of Holiness, through the once deserted land. Evil-minded people cannot travel on your highway. Only those who are right with you are able to walk its pleasant path. Fools will never walk there. Lions do not lurk along its course, nor any other ferocious beasts. There are no other dangers. Only the redeemed walk on it. 
I have been ransomed by you, Lord. I enter that place of right relationship with you. An aura of joy never-ending attends me. Sorrow and mourning have disappeared - vanished into thin air. I am filled to overflowing with joy and gladness.
So be it.
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing. 
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Episode 299: Isaiah 33

Today's Prayer Meditation is on Isaiah 33
Father, you have showered me with your grace. You are my strength in the morning, and my salvation in times of trouble. The enemy runs at the sound of your voice. When you stand up, the nations flee! Just as caterpillars and locusts strip the fields and vines, so the enemy has been stripped!
Though you are very great and your throne is in heaven, you have made your home in me. You are just and righteous. You are my sure foundation. You hold things together fast and firm during these times. You provide me with a rich store of boundless salvation, and the fruits of wisdom and knowledge. My greatest treasure, my most precious possession, is my awe-filled respect of you. 
You arise and reveal your power and might. Who can survive your all-consuming fire? Only those who are honest and fair. I live a life of integrity and speak truth with conviction. I refuse to profit by fraud and stay far away from bribes. I do not listen to those who plot evil, and I shut my eyes to all enticement to do wrong.
I dwell and prosper in your presence. You have seated me in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. You are my fortress. I take comfort and shelter in you, and you provide me with everything I need in abundance. I am no longer sick and helpless. I have been washed clean and forgiven for all of my wrongdoing.
I see you in all your splendor, the beauty of the One who rules over all. I no longer see the fierce, violent people who defied you. I see your Kingdom as a place to celebrate. I dwell in your Kingdom at peace, untroubled, undisturbed. It is like a tent whose ropes are taut and who stakes are firmly fixed. 
You are my Mighty One. You are like a wide river of protection that no enemy can cross, that no enemy ship can sail upon. 
You are my judge, my lawgiver and my king. You care for me and you have saved me. The treasure of the wicked will be divided among your people. Even the lame will take their share.
So be it.
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing.
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Episode 298: Isaiah 32

Today's Prayer Meditation is on Isaiah 32
Father, you are a righteous king! You are my shelter from the wind and my refuge from the storm. You are like streams of water in the desert and the cool shade of a great rock in a parched land.
You have opened my eyes to see the truth, and my ears to hear it. You have cooled my hothead and given me sense and understanding. I do not stumble over my words, but speak out plainly. 
The ungodly fools are not my heroes. They are not noble-minded. I have no respect for scoundrels. Fools speak nonsense and make evil plans. They practice ungodliness and spread lies and misunderstanding about you, Father. Leaving true seekers frustrated and confused, hungry for the substance of your truth and thirsty for your springs of living water. 
Their smooth tricks are evil. They plot crooked schemes. They look for ways to cheat and hurt the innocent, and to twist a just cause around to support their lies.
I do not listen to them or follow in their footsteps, Father. I make wise plans based on your word. I practice godliness and tells others about your great love and mercy. I feed the hungry, and give the thirsty water to drink. 
I plan to do what is generous, and I stand firm in my generosity. I have noble intentions and stand confidently by my honorable words and actions.
I do not lie around in ease. I am not smug or careless. I work diligently and reap a bountiful harvest from my labors. 
I do not live a life of ease or complacency. I do not allow my land to become overgrown with thorns and briers. My home is joyful and my town is happy. 
You have poured out your Spirit on me, Father. The wilderness of my life came back to life and became a fertile field, and the fertile field yields bountiful crops. 
Father, your justice and righteousness rule. And your righteousness yields peace. It brings quietness and confidence forever. I live quietly in safety. My home is filled with peace. I relax, safe and secure. 
Even if disaster and destruction are all around me, I know you will greatly bless me. Wherever I plant seed, you make bountiful crops spring up.
So be it.
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing. 
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Episode 297: Isaiah 30

Today's Prayer Meditation is on Isaiah 30
I do not carry out plans of my own, Father, but only your plans. I am led by your Spirit. I do not seek help or protection from others. I do not cling to the earthly power of great nations. You are my refuge. 
Looking to anyone or anything else for protection, would only bring me shame and disgrace. The help of others is utterly useless. 
I listen to your instruction, Lord. You give me visions and show me what is right. I desire your truth, not flattery or illusions. And I do not reject your message. 
In repentence and rest I find salvation. In quietness and trust is my strength. I lean on you, Father. I stop my busyness and self-reliance.  
You are gracious to me, Father. You rise up to show me compassion. You are a God of justice. I wait on you, and I am blessed. 
I will weep no more. You heard the wound of my weeping, and you answered with grace. As soon as you heard my call, you answered me. 
Whether I turn to the right or to the left, my ears will hear your voice behind me saying, "This is the way; walk in it." 
I will throw away any false idols, anything I have allowed to take your place in my life. I will discard them as filthy rags. 
You send rain for the seed I sow in the ground, and the harvest that comes is rich and plentiful. I rest in acres of peaceful green pastures, with brooks of clear, sweet water running through them. In that day, the light of the moon will shine as brightly as the midday sun, and the sun will shine seven times brighter than normal. 
You have bound up my bruises and healed my wounds. In my newfound freedom, I sing as if it’s a festival night. With lighthearted joy, I dance my way to your holy place, to your mountain, to the Rock I can trust. Your absolute authority is unmistakable. When everyone hears your voice, your power will be obvious for all to see. 
So be it. 
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing. 
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Episode 296: Isaiah 29

Today's Prayer Meditation is on Isaiah 29
Father, you have crushed my ruthless enemies like the finest of dust. My many attackers have been driven away like chaff before the wind. In an instant, you, the God of Angel Armies, acted with thunder and earthquake and a great noise; with whirlwind and storm and consuming fire. 
All those fighting against your people will vanish like a dream. They will vanish like a vision in the night. They will dream of eating but wake up hungry. They will dream of drinking but be faint with thirst when morning comes. 
You amaze me, Father. The wonders you perform seem almost impossible, but I believe in you. You have awakened me from a spirit of deep sleep. You have opened my eyes to see visions.
I honor you with my lips, Father, and my heart is close to yours. I worship you, not with man-made rules learned by rote, but in spirit and truth. You favor me with your wisdom and intelligence. 
I do not try to hide my plans from you, Father. I do not do evil deeds in the dark. There is no darkness so dark that you cannot see. You always know what I am doing. Nothing is hidden from you. 
You are the potter, and I am the clay. You are certainly far greater than I am. I am the work of your hands.  
Soon—and it will not be very long—the forests will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
You make the deaf to hear words read from a book. You make the blind see through the gloom and darkness. You fill me with fresh joy. The poor rejoice in you, because they don't have to be poor anymore. 
I am no longer ashamed or afraid. You have showered me with blessings. I stand in awe of you, Father. 
So be it.
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing. 
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Episode 295: Isaiah 27 & 28

Today's Prayer Meditation is on Isaiah 27 and 28
I will sing about the fruitful vineyard. Father you watch over it, watering it carefully. Day and night you watch so no one can harm it. 
When you find briers and thorns growing, you attack them and burn them up
But I turned to you for help. I have made peace with you. I accepted your peace for my turmoil. 
Now my life has taken root. See how it buds and blossoms and produces fruit. 
You purged my wickedness and took away all my sin. You have gathered your children like handpicked grain. One by one, you gathered us from the east to the west, to worship you in your holy mountain.
 
But what sorrow awaits the proud. Their glorious beauty will fade like a flower.Their crown will be trampled under foot. Whoever sees it will snatch it up, as an early fig is quickly picked and eaten.
You are my glorious crown. You are my pride and joy. You give me a longing for justice, and great courage to stand in faith. 
You have given me a place to rest. A place for the weary. A place of quiet rest. You have given me instruction one line at a time. A little here, and a little there. 
You placed a foundation stone in Jerusalem, a firm and tested stone. Jesus is my precious cornerstone. He alone is safe to build on. I believe in him, and I will never be shaken. 
Test me with the measuring line of justice and the plumb line of righteousness. My refuge is built on your truth, and nothing can knock it down. It is built on your wisdom, and no flood can sweep it away. 
I listen to your instruction, Father, and pay close attention. Just as the farmer plows then then sows seed, each it its proper way, and each in its proper place. You have shown me just what to do, you have given me understanding. 
Lord of Angel Armies, you are a wonderful teacher, and you give me great wisdom.
So be it.
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing.
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Episode 294: Isaiah 26

Today's Prayer Meditation is on Isaiah 26
I will sing about the strength of our city. It is by your grace, that it is strong. It is surrounded by the walls of your salvation. The gates are open to all who are righteous. The faithful and trustworthy are allowed to enter. 
You keep me in perfect and constant peace, Father, because I trust in you. And my mind is steadfast, committed and focused on you in both inclination and character. I trust in you always. I take refuge in you with hope and confident expectation. You are my fortress, my shield, my banner. You are an everlasting Rock. The Rock of Ages.
You humble the proud and bring down the arrogant. You bring their cities down to the dust. The poor and oppressed trample it underfoot, and the needy walk all over it. 
But you make my path pleasant because I have right-standing with you. I live in moral and spiritual integrity. And you smooth out the path ahead of me, making it level. I show my trust in you by obeying your laws. My heart's desire is to glorify your name. Your name, even your memory, is the desire and deep longing of my soul.
In the night I search for you; in the morning I earnestly seek you. 
Only when your judgments are experienced on the earth will people learn righteousness. Your kindness to the wicked does not make them do good. They do not learn righteousness. Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong and take no notice of your majesty. 
Lord, they pay no attention to your upraised fist. Show them your eagerness to defend your people. Then they will be ashamed. Let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
Lord, you establish peace for me. Anything I have accomplished is through you. Although others have ruled over me, you alone are the one I worship. You have made this nation great. You have made your people great. You have extended our borders, and I give you all the glory. 
In my distress, I searched for you. I prayed beneath the burden of my sins. I cried out in pain in your presence, Lord. I writhed in agony, and nothing came of my suffering. I was unable to save myself. But everything changed when I died in Christ and was raised again with him. 
Now I sing for joy. Your life-giving light falls like dew and gives life to my spirit.  
So be it.
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing. 
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Episode 293: Isaiah 25

Today's Prayer Meditation is on Isaiah 25
O Lord, I honor you and praise your name. You are my God. You have done miraculous things. Things you planned and had prophesied long ago, you fulfill with perfect faithfulness.
The mighty cities of the wicked will crumble into heaps of ruins. Cities with strong walls will be turned to rubble. Beautiful palaces in distant lands will disappear never to be rebuilt.
Strong people will honor you and declare your glory; ruthless nations will fear you.
But you are my tower of refuge, O Lord, my strong tower and safe place when I am in distress. You are my refuge from the storm and my shelter from the heat.
When the ruthless come like a storm beating against a wall, or like the relentless heat of the desert, you silence their noise. As the shade of a cloud cools relentless heat, so the boasting of ruthless people is stilled.
You are the God of Angel Armies. You spread a wonderful feast before me. It is a delicious banquet with clear, well-aged wine and choice meat.
Father, you have removed the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hung over me. You will swallow up death and abolish it forever. You will wipe away all my tears. You will remove forever the shame and disgrace from your people and your land. You have spoken it, and your word will not return to you void.
You are my God. I trust in you, and you have saved me. I rejoice in you and in the salvation you bring. Your hand of blessing rests upon me. 
So be it.
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing.
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Episode 292: Isaiah 14

Today's Prayer Meditation is on Isaiah 14
Father, you have showered me with your mercy and compassion. You have chosen me to join your family. 
You give me rest from my sorrow and fear. I am no longer bound. No longer a slave to sin. The enemy has been defeated. You crushed his power and broke the evil rule of the god of this world. 
You give me peaceful rest and quiet. Now I can sing again and break into shouts of joy. Even the trees of the forest clap their hands and sing a joyous song. 
The might and the power of the wicked are buried with them. Maggots are their sheets and worms their blankets. 
Satan fell from heaven. He was a shining star, the light-bringer, son of the dawn. But because of his pride, he was cast down to the earth where he weakened the nations of the world. He said he would ascend to heaven and set his throne above your stars. He said he would preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north. He said he would climb to the highest heavens and make himself like you, Father, the Most High God. 
But he will be brought down to the firey pit, to the place of the dead, down to its lowest depths. We will stare at him and ask, "Is this the one who made the earth tremble and shook the kingdoms of the world? Is this the one who destroyed the beauty of the world God created and made it into a wasteland? Is this the god of the world who overthrew cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?"
You will throw the enemy out like a worthless branch, like a corpse trampled underfoot. He will be dumped into a mass grave with those who chose to follow evil instead of good. He will descend to the pit. 
He won't be given a proper burial, because he tried to destroy your people, and succeeded in deceiving many and leading them astray. Those who follow him, are his children. They will die because of their father's sins, and they will never be named.
Father, you yourself, the God of Angel armies rose against him. You defeated him, and will destroy him and his children. You will sweep the land with the broom of destruction until all the evil has been swept away.
It will all happen as you have planned. It will be as you have decided.
I am no longer a slave. I am no longer bowed down under the heavy load of sin and shame. You have a plan for the whole earth, a hand of righteous judgment. No one can change your plans. No one can stop you. 
But you feed me in your pasture. I lie down in peace and rest. In your Kingdom I have refuge. My oppression is over. 
So be it. 
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing.
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