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August 22 - Isaiah 26 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. It is Tuesday, it is the 22nd of
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  August, and it is time to put down whatever busyness you have
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  in your day and join me as we read together another chapter of
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  God's Word. And yes, after we've read the
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  Bible, the bird song will break forth as we pray and head out
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  into our days. And let's just set the record
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  straight. A few of you over the weekend
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  said to me, Sean, those birds that that's recording from like
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  YouTube or something is that. No, no, that is definitely birds
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  from my place. Birds that I recorded just
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  outside the dining room. We live in some beautiful forest
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  and all around us the bird life is fantastic in the mornings.
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  So that is the sound of the birds of the Tasmanian wet
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  Sclerophyl forest. I think that's what it's called.
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  Yep, I think that is forest of Tasmania.
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  Waking up in the morning to draw you up and out into the day with
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  me. And that is all I'm going to say
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  about birds. Because it is time for us to
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  read another chapter together. And today the people continue to
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  praise God for His faithfulness to them as we read together.
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  Isaiah chapter 26. In that day, everyone in the
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  land of Judah will sing this song.
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  Our city is strong. We are surrounded by the walls
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  of God's salvation. Open the gates to all who are
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  righteous. Allow the faithful to enter.
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  You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you.
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  All his thoughts are fixed on you.
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  Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal
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  rock. He humbles the proud and brings
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  down the arrogant city. He brings it down to the dust,
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  The poor and depressed trample it under foot, and the needy
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  walk all over it. But for those who are righteous,
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  the way is not steep and rough. You are a God who does what is
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  right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them.
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  Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws.
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  Our heart's desire is to glorify your name.
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  In the night I search for you. In the morning, I earnestly seek
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  you. For only when you come to judge
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  the earth will people learn what is right.
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  Your kindness to the wicked does not make them do good.
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  Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong and take
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  no notice of the Lord's majesty. Oh Lord, they pay no attention
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  to your upraised fist. Show them your eagerness to
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  defend your people. Then they will be ashamed.
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  Let your fire consume your enemies.
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  Lord, you will grant us peace. All we have accomplished is
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  really from you, Oh Lord our God.
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  Others have ruled us, but you alone are the one we worship.
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  Those we served before are dead and gone.
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  Their departed spirits will never return.
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  You attacked them and destroyed them, and they are long
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  forgotten. Oh, Lord, you have made our
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  nation great. Yes, you have made us great.
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  You've extended our borders, and we give you the glory.
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  Lord, in distress, we searched for you.
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  We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.
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  Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out in pain, and she
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  gives birth, so were we in your presence.
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  Lord, we too writhe in agony, but nothing comes of our
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  suffering. We have not given salvation to
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  the earth, nor brought life into the world.
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  But those who die in the Lord will live.
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  Their bodies will rise again. Those who sleep in the earth
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  will rise up and sing for joy. For your life giving light will
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  fall like Jew on your people in the place of the dead.
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  Go home, my people, and lock your doors.
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  Hide yourselves for a little while until the Lord's anger has
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  passed. Look, the Lord is coming from
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  heaven to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
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  The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed.
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  They will be brought out for all to see.
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  Our Lord, we hear in Isaiah's words such a timely reminder
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  that everything that happens is according to your will, this
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  life that we live. This is your life that you have
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  gifted to us, and that each day, as we go about doing what we do,
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  we do this as part of your story.
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  So today, Lord, I pray that you would sharpen our hearts so that
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  we would see with our hearts you and your presence and not with
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  our eyes all the the seemingly important things around us.
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  We are yours and you are our God, and we worship you.
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  And we look forward to the day when we see you face to face.
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  Thank you for your provision for us today, Lord, we pray all of
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  this in your name, Jesus. Amen.