repentance

Monday, October 12, 2015, 6:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “For Our Nation.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 52:1-12 (NASB). Wake Up! (vv. 1-2) Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the...

This passage from Isaiah 55 is an urgent call to come to or to return to the Lord and to be restored to a right relationship with God. The people, evidently, were complacent and settled in their worldliness and wickedness, like some of us may be today. So, God asks us why we waste our money and...

Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 7:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “For Our Nation.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 47 (quoting vv. 1-7 NASB). “Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the...

Monday, October 5, 2015, 6:22 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “For Our Nation.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 45:1-8 (NASB). His Anointed (vv. 1-3) Thus says the Lord to Cyrus His anointed, Whom I have taken by the right hand, To subdue nations before him And to...

Saturday, October 3, 2015, 9:40 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put the song in mind, “For Our Nation.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 43 (quoting vv. 1-4 NASB). The Redeemed (v. 1) But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for...

Paul is giving us instructions from the Lord here on how to live holy lives unto God. We are to set our minds on Christ and on heavenly things, not on the things of this earth. We died, and our lives are now hidden in Christ. Christ is now our life, not just part of our life. We are to put to...

In this song, Jesus is speaking to us, asking us to obey his word, to follow him, to walk in all his ways, to give our hearts and lives to him, to live for him each day, and to be his servant witnesses in sharing his love, grace and his plan of salvation with others who need Christ in their...

Thursday, September 10, 2015, 5:30 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put the song in mind “Myopic.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 17 (selected vv. NASB). Judgment to Fall (includes summary of vv. 1-6) God declared judgment against the city of Damascus, which was the capital city of...

If you ever want to know what it truly means to be saved and to be in Christ, and whether or not repentance and obedience to Christ are really required by God for salvation, then read the book of 1 John. He pulls no punches. He tells it like it is. He does not soft peddle the gospel one iota...

Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 7:13 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song, “Unless You are Born Again.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 6:1-10 (NASB). Holy is The Lord (vv. 1-4) In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted...

5/13/12: I was praying and crying through some situations in my life, seeking the Lord’s wisdom, counsel and direction, and asking him to cleanse me of all impurities. This is when he gave me the words to this song, which expressed so well the prayer of my heart to him. I also read through all...

Monday, August 31, 2015, 8:11 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “What the Lord Says.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 3:8-15 (NASB). Spiritually speaking, I believe there are four distinct classifications of people in the world, which we can learn about by reading...

Sunday, August 30, 2015, 8:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Songs in the Night.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 2:1-5 (NASB). The Mountain (vv. 1-2) The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Now it will come about that In the...

This is a message to “Wake up” from our spiritual slumber, to rise from the dead, to strengthen what remains and is about to die, to remember what we have received and heard from God, to obey it, and to repent of our sins, and Christ will shine on us. The Lord gave me this very solemn tune. As I...