Heavenly father
give us grace to draw on your strength in good times as well as bad, so that you may be our song and salvation today and everyday, for ever.1 In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.
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2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
3 Therefore with joy you…Heavenly father
give us grace to walk humbly before you so that we will not be destroyed in our pride and arrogance.4 Yahweh of Armies is mustering an army, 5 the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 6 For Yahweh’s day is at hand! 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt. . 9 Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of…
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give us grace to cling on to hope in the face of sorrow, trouble and oppression.
give us grace to turn away from arrogance and from anything which puts down others.1 Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob. 2 The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place.…
moreHeavenly father, when we are afflicted give us grace to be a blessing to those who are poor, needy and afflicted.
28 This burden was in the year that king Ahaz (of Judah) died (in whose reign Philistia had oppressed parts of Judah)
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29 Don’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent. 30 The…Heavenly father
give us grace to have compassion for those who are suffering as a result of their own sins
give us grace to repent of our own pride - pride which leads to oppression and wrath.15:1 In a night, Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.
5 My heart cries out for Moab!16:3 Give counsel! Execute justice! Hide the outcasts! Don’t betray the fugitive!
4 For the extortionist is brought to nothing. The oppressors are consumed out of the land.5…
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give us grace to turn to you for strength and worship you alone10 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength.
9 your strong cities will be a desolation. and 11 you will have a harvest of grief and of desperate sorrow.7 In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
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give us grace to wait for your kingdom to come, for your will be done.1 A message for the land of Ethiopia; 2 that sends ambassadors Egypt (to join forces against Assyria)” :
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3 All you inhabitants of the world, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, look! When the trumpet is blown, listen!
4 Yahweh said to me, “I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling…Heavenly father
give us grace in the face of civil unrest, international catastrophe and natural disaster, to have hope for a day of blessing, when all people (Egypt, Assyria and Israel) will be blessed1 “Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt within it.
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2 I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother and his neighbour;
4 …He will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
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We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.
Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
Trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.1 Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, 2 who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be…
more1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. 2 “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”
3 The voice of one who calls out,
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“Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness!…Heavenly father
give us grace to wait for you, so that by waiting for you we find strength28 Haven’t you known?
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Haven’t you heard?
The everlasting God, Yahweh,
the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint.
He isn’t weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak.
He increases the strength of him…but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength.
They will mount up with wings like eagles.
They will run, and not be weary.
They will walk, and not faint.Heavenly Father
give us grace to turn in silence to you, our beginning and our end, for strength
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1 “Keep silent before me, islands,
and let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near,
then let them speak.
Let’s meet together for judgement.
2 Who has raised up one from the east? [Cyrus]
Who called him to his foot in righteousness?
He hands over nations to him
…“Keep silent before me, islands,
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and let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near,
then let them speak.
Let’s meet together for judgment.
…Heavenly Father
give us grace to hold your hand, to take strength from you and to serve you today8 “But you, Israel, my servant,
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Jacob whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham my friend,
9 You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth,
and called from its corners,
and said to you, ‘You are my servant…Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you.
Yes, I will help you.
Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.Heavenly Father
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,
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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,
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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…
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