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
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,
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