Hi Ladies!
I hope you've had a great week this week. I really enjoyed Barb's message on our verse this week as we think about the reality of how all else will be shaken, except for the steadfast love and peace of our Father. Here's the quick list of links and Barb's summary below- enjoy!
Next Week's Verse:
#7 ISAIAH 43:1-3 FEAR NOT; YOU ARE MINE
But now, this is what the LORD says—he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior...”
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Hi M&M ladies!#6 ISAIAH 54:10 THOUGH ALL ELSE BE SHAKEN
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Hebrews 12:28,29 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
This week's lesson on Isaiah 54:10 was a hard-to-hear one because we meditated together on the Lord's shaking the earth, end times, scary things. I shared some of my family's experiences with earthquakes and how it was the occasion of running to the Lord to see what He has said about those frightening shakings. I encourage you to search the Scriptures and see all the times that the subject of earthquakes is mentioned. As you can imagine, our planning to return to Japan this summer makes this topic very personal for me and a real temptation for fear to rule in my heart. Would you please pray for me in this?
Oh, how I wish that this verse said: Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed; though there are car crashes and plane crashes and deadly diseases and violent crime and terrible accidents, abuse and broken homes, yet none of these things will touch you, My children. You will live a wonderful, comfortable life and you will die peacefully in your sleep and wake up in Heaven." But I don't think God promises that in the Bible. It's just not there. But He does promise that whatever He allows in our lives that shake us deeply, we can be assured that He is there, He loves us, and nothing can separate us from His love and His presence and His goodness. God has made a covenant with us, and He NEVER breaks His covenant. What He has promised He WILL do!
We'll be talking more about this next week as we talk about Isaiah 43.
If you would like to see some videos of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 3/11 last year there are many on YouTube. Here's one that I mentioned of the buildings swaying in downtown Tokyo, miles away from the earthquake epicenter: Click Here
If you want to hear or read the sermon called A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken by John Piper which I referred to in class click here.
We're halfway through our time together! Press on with me!
Love,
Barb
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