Heavenly Father
give us grace to allow you to carry us when we are weary, rather than look to those things which bring us aditional burdens.1 [The Babylonian] idols are a burden for the weary.
2 They could not deliver the burden,
but they have gone into captivity.3 “Listen to me, all the remnant of the house of Israel,
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that have been carried from their birth,
that have been carried from the womb.
4 Even to old age I am…3 ‘Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob, all the remnant of the people of Israel, you whom I have upheld since your birth, and have carried since you were born. 4 Even to your old age and grey hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you
Heavenly Father
give us grace to see those things/people who we put in place of you.5 “To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal,
and compare me, as if we were the same?
6 Some pour out gold from the bag,
and hire a goldsmith,
and he makes it a god.
They fall down—
yes, they worship.
8 “Remember this, and show yourselves men.
Bring it to mind again, you transgressors…Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust you for today and tomorrow.9 Remember the former things of old:
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for I am God, and there is no other.
I am God, and there is none like me.
10 I declare the end from the beginning,
and from ancient times things that are not yet done.
I say: My counsel will stand,
and I will do all that I please.
11 I call a ravenous bird from the east,
…Heavenly Father
give us grace to consider what is taking place today and reflect on what might happen tomorrow.1 ‘Go down, sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon;
3 Your nakedness will be exposed - I will take vengeance;
4 Our Redeemer – the Lord Almighty is his name –
is the Holy One of Israel.6 I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance;
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I gave them into your hand,…Heavenly Father
give us grace to be careful and wise in what we trust today, particularly being wary of what makes us comfortable.8 ‘Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure, lounging in your security
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and saying to yourself, “I am, and there is none besides me.
10 You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, “No one sees me.”
Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you
11 Disaster will come upon you, and you will not know how to conjure it away.
a catastrophe you cannot foresee…Heavenly Father
give us grace to listen to your voice today, and grace to rely on you as citizens of the kingdom of heaven, in truth and righteousness1 “Hear this, house of Jacob,
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you who are called by the name of Israel,
and have come out of the waters of Judah.
You swear by Yahweh’s name,
and make mention of the God of Israel,
but not in truth, nor in righteousness—
2 …Heavenly Father
give us grace to be guided by you today, whether the guidance is from of old, or whether it is from today.[God revealing things in advance]
4 Because I knew that you are obstinate;
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5 therefore I have declared it to you from of old;
before it came to pass I showed it to you;
lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them.
My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’
6 You have heard it.
…Heavenly Father
give us grace to be merciful today, particularly in difficult circumstances9 For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger,
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and for my praise, I hold it back for you
so that I don’t cut you off.
10 Behold, I have refined you,
but not as silver.
I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11 For my own sake,
for my own sake, I will do…Heavenly Father
give us grace to hear your eternal voice today.12 “Listen to me, O Jacob,
and Israel my called:
I am he.
I am the first.
I am also the last.
13 Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
and my right hand has spread out the heavens.
when I call to them, they stand up together.
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