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give us grace to turn to you both before and after we face difficult situations14 Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob,
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and you men of Israel.
I will help you,” says Yahweh.
“Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth.
You will thresh the mountains,
and beat them small,
…Heavenly Father
give us grace to open our eyes and minds to see and understand your work in the world17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none.
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Their tongue fails for thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them.
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and will make the wilderness a pool of water.
20 that they may see, know, consider, and understand…Heavenly Father
give us grace to see the limitations of all those things that we might be tempted to put in place of you
give us grace to hear your voice and understand the nature of things (“what they are”)[Talking about whatever we put in place of God, Yahweh says]
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21 Produce your cause,” says Yahweh.
“Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob.
22 “Let them announce and declare to us what will happen!
Declare the former things, what they are,…Heavenly Father
give us grace to see the worthlessness of what we put in place of you today25 “I have raised up one from the north [Cyrus], one who calls on my name,
and he shall come on rulers [the Babylonians] as the potter treads clay.
29 Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing.
Their molten images are wind and confusion.Heavenly father
give us grace to be gentle today with others particularly when we feel strongly about the rights and wrongs of situations.42 “Behold, my servant, whom I uphold,
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my chosen, in whom my soul delights:
I have put my Spirit on him.
He will bring justice to the nations.
2 He will not shout,
nor raise his voice,
nor cause it to be heard in the street.
3 He won’t break a…[They[ Do not cry out or shout aloud, or make their voice heard in the streets;
But faithfully they bring true justice refusing to be wavered or crushed,
until true justice is established on earth. —Isaiah 42:2–4Richard Rohr identifies the elusive nature of prophetic leadership:
The normal power systems of our world worship themselves and not God. For that reason, prophets almost never hold official positions, like that of king, priest, or elder. However, neither do they dismiss the proper roles that rulers and…
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give us grace to be faithful in being a blessing to others, bringing light and freedom5 God Yahweh,
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he who created the heavens and stretched them out,
he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it,
he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
6 “I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness.
I will hold your hand.
I will keep you,
…Heavenly father
give us grace to let our lives be the song of the presence of the living God, rather than a whimper to hollow alternatives.8 “I am Yahweh.
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That is my name.
I will not give my glory to another,
nor my praise to engraved images.
9 Behold, the former things have happened
and I declare new things.
I tell you about them before they come up.”
10…Heavenly father
give us grace to open our eyes and see your ways13 Yahweh will go out like a mighty man.
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He will raise a war cry.
He will triumph over his enemies.
14 “I have been silent a long time.
Now I will cry out like a travailing woman.
15 I will destroy mountains and hills,
and will dry up the pools.
16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know.
I will lead them in paths…Heavenly father give us grace to see and hear uncomfortable truths
18 “Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
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19 Who is blind, but my servant? Who is as blind as he who is at peace,
20 You see many things, but don’t observe. His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.
21 It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law and make it honourable.
22 But this is a robbed and plundered people. They have become captives, and no one delivers,
23 Who is there…Heavenly father
give us grace in times of trouble to know that we are yours and that we are not aloneBut now Yahweh who created you, Jacob,
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and he who formed you, Israel, says:
“Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name.
You are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
and through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you walk…Heavenly father
give us grace to know that we are created in your image and precious to you, even when we put ourselves far away from you.4 Since you have been precious and honoured in my sight,
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and I have loved you,
therefore I will give people in your place,
and nations instead of your life.
5 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
I will bring your offspring from the east,
and gather you…Heavenly father
give us grace to witness to those who have eyes but don’t see you, to those who have ears, but don’t hear you.
so that they and we may know, believe and understand you8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
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and the deaf who have ears.
9 Let all the nations be gathered together,
and let the peoples be assembled.
Who among them can declare this,
and show us former things?
Let…Heavenly father
give us grace to always look to you for our deliverance and away from any person or thing which we would put in your place.11 I myself am Yahweh.
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Besides me, there is no saviour.
12 I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown,
and there was no strange god among you.
Therefore you are my witnesses”,
says Yahweh, “and I am God.
13 Yes, since the day was, I am he.
…Heavenly father
give us grace to be open to what you are doing in our lives and the lives of others TODAY.16 Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea,
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and a path in the mighty waters,
[Yahweh is powerful in nature]
17 who brings out the chariot and horse,
the army and the mighty man
(they lie down together, they shall not rise;
they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick) says:
[and…Heavenly father
give us grace to drink in all that you give us today, so that our lives may be a celebration of you.19 I will even make a way in the wilderness,
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and rivers in the desert.
20 The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honour me,
because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 the people which I formed…Heavenly father
give us grace to acknowledge our sins so that they may be blotted out and forgiven.25 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake;
and I will not remember your sins.
26 Put me in remembrance.
Let us plead together.
Declare your case,
that you may be justified.[and just in case we think that all this confessing of sins is a waste of time and doesn’t apply to…
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give us grace to receive the living water of your Spirit, so that we would bring glory to you today1 Yet listen now, Jacob my servant,
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and Israel, whom I have chosen.
2 This is what Yahweh who made you,
and formed you from the womb,
who will help you says:
“Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant;
and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.…Heavenly Father
give us grace to stand firm on you as our Rock so that we will not be afraid of anything today6 This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel,
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and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says:
“I am the first, and I am the last;
and besides me there is no God.
7 Who is like me?
Who will call,
and will declare it,
and set it in order for me,
since I established the…Heavenly Father
give us grace to see in perspective all that we have made and all that we hold dear, so that they may not take your place.9 Everyone who makes a carved image is vain.
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The things that they delight in will not profit.
11 Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed;
and the workmen are mere men.
Let them all be gathered together.
They will fear.
They will be put to shame together.
…Heavenly Father
give us grace to rejoice in forgiveness today (both ours and others’)21 Remember these things, Jacob and Israel;
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for you are my servant.
I have formed you.
You are my servant.
Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions,
and, as a cloud, your sins.
Return to me, for I…Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust in you, our creator -our source of knowledge and hope24 Yahweh, your Redeemer,
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and he who formed you from the womb says:
“I am Yahweh, who makes all things;
who alone stretches out the heavens;
who spreads out the earth by myself;
25 who frustrates the signs of the liars,
and makes diviners mad;
who turns wise men backward,
and makes their…Heavenly Father
give us grace to know and trust your nature which permeates everything, both light and darkness1 Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him,
and strip kings of their armour;
to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:2 “I will go before you
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and make the rough places smooth.
I will break the doors of bronze in pieces
and cut apart the bars of iron.
3 I will…Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust you as our father to bring forth righteousness and salvation in us and for us in your own ways8 Rain, you heavens, from above,
and let the skies pour down righteousness.
Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation,
and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it.
I, Yahweh, have created it.9 Woe to him who strives with his Maker—
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a clay pot among the clay…Heavenly Father, our maker
give us grace to trust in your saving power, even when you are hidden from us11 Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel
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and his Maker says:
“You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons,
and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
12 I have made the earth, and created man on it.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness,
and I will make all his ways straight.
He shall build my city,…Heavenly Father
give us grace to seek you and your righteousness today18 For Yahweh who created the heavens,
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the God who formed the earth and made it,
who established it and didn’t create it a waste,
who formed it to be inhabited says:
“I am Yahweh.
There is no other.
19 I have not spoken in secret,
in a place of the land of darkness.
I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in…Heavenly Father
give us grace to see how we turn away to other sources of fulfilment and strength, and to turn to you for these today.20 “Assemble yourselves and come.
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Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations.
Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image,
and pray to a god that can’t save.
21 Declare and present it.
Yes, let them take counsel together.
Who has shown this from ancient time?…Heavenly Father
give us grace to have confidence and hope in proclaiming in deed and word that Jesus was reconciling ALL things to himself22 “Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
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for I am God, and there is no other.
23 I have sworn by myself.
The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked,
that to me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall take an oath.
24 …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
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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.Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust that your purposes are being worked out in our world (just as they were when the Chaldeans in Babylon who had taken Israel into exile were defeated by Cyrus who then permitted Israel to return from exile)14 “Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear!
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Who among them has declared these things?
He whom Yahweh loves will do what he likes to Babylon,
and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken.
…Heavenly Father
give us grace to be obedient to you today so that we may live in peace and righteousness17 Yahweh,
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your Redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel says:
“I am Yahweh your God,
who teaches you to profit,
who leads you by the way that you should go.
18 Oh that you had listened to my commandments!
Then your peace would have been like a river
and your…
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