SERMON NOTES:
Waiting Well Lesson 1: Fill waiting on God with LONGING for God! (Isaiah 64)
Waiting Well Lesson 2: Receive Yahweh’s comfort as you hope IN Him! (Isaiah 40)
Isaiah 61 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, for the display of His splendor.
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.
Waiting Well Lesson 3: Focus on the WHO … who brings the WHAT!
The WHO of Isaiah 61 is Jesus!
The WHAT of Isaiah 61 is ______________!
DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS:
Monday: Isaiah 61:1-3
Tuesday: Isaiah 61:8-11
Wednesday: Luke 4:16-20
Thursday: John 8:31-38
Friday: John 6:25-35
Saturday: Isaiah 53