Promises to Stand On

Promises to Stand On
Isaiah 41 to 43
July 26-27, 2025

All right. We're in this new section of Isaiah, starting with Isaiah 40. The theme here is these promises that they will need. See, in the chapters leading up to this, Isaiah has been warning them of an impending doom. An impending disaster. On the horizon is Babylon that's going to arise as the next empire that would reign terror over them.

Remember the story when it had happened, the King of Babylon had heard about Hezekiah, who was the king there in Israel, in Jerusalem. He heard how the Assyrian army had mysteriously died outside the walls of Jerusalem. That was amazing. That was a significant historical event. This was known the world over. He heard about this. Then how Hezekiah had almost died from the grave illness, but that he was healed.

The King of Babylon sent emissaries with gifts and compliments. Hezekiah, oh, he loved these gifts and these compliments. In his pride, he showed the emissaries from Babylon, oh, all the wealth that he had-- accumulating all the treasures that had been bestowed on him. Isaiah, the prophet, came to Hezekiah and said, "Who were those people? From where did they come to you? What have they seen in your house?" Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that's in my house. There is nothing among my treasures I did not show them."

Then, ominously, Isaiah said, "Oh, behold days are coming when all these in your house and all that your fathers have laid up in store to this day, all of it shall be carried away to Babylon. Nothing will be left. Even your own sons will serve in the palace of the King of Babylon." He's foretelling of the destruction of Jerusalem that's going to come at the hands of the Babylonian empire. They're going to destroy Jerusalem.

They're going to take captive those who dwell there, and they're going to be in exile there in Babylon for 70 long years. That is the backstory. Here Isaiah writes Prophetic word of hope. They're going to need to be reminded of who God is, and when they encounter those troubles, they will need these words here to strengthen their faith, to remind them of the greatness of God, of God's unrelenting love for them. Then they're going to need some promises to hold onto, filled with promises to take hold of in the storm that's going to come.

Troubles create doubt. Troubles create fear. Troubles shake your life to its very core. In those troubles and in those storms, you need something to hold. You need promises to hold onto. These promises will become like anchors in the storm that will strengthen their faith. You got to have faith. You need faith to stand on. These are promises that will strengthen that faith. Scripture says in the Book of Hebrews that faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen, because there are different types of hope.

For example, people often use the word hope to mean that they hope in things that they're not really sure of, but they hope. They don't really know. They're not really sure, but they hope. They hope that they catch fish if they go fishing. They hope that the stock market rises. They don't know, but they hope. They hope that the government spends their money wisely. Ah

They hope, but they don't know. This is different. The hope here is built on promises. This word hope has a entirely different meaning. These are promises that you can stand on. You have every assurance. Faith is the assurance of things hope for. The conviction, it's a strength of hope, like Hebrews 6:18-19, "We who have taken refuge in the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we would have strong encouragement to take hold of this hope that is set before us. This hope we have as an anchor to the soul, a hope that is sure and a hope that is steadfast."

All right. Chapter 41 builds on what he's been speaking of, starting in chapter 40, reminding them that He will strengthen those who wait. Now, see, this is important because in that trouble, in that time of exile, there would be some who would say, "God has forsaken us. God has forgotten us." He reminds them, "No. You wait." Then He says, "Behold, I will never forget you. I have written you, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands. I would never forget you. I will never leave you. I will never forsake you. These are promises that you can hold onto yourself. They will become anchors in the soul to everyone going through a storming gale of difficult troubles."

I. God is with You in the Storm

Let's read chapter 41. We're going to look at the other chapters as well. I'm going to read some of the verses here out of chapter 41, beginning in verse one. "Coastlands, listen to me in silence. Let the peoples gain new strength." This is what He wants them to understand. "Arise, strengthen your faith. Let them come forward. Let them speak. Let us come together for judgment." Then he says in verse two. "Who has aroused one from the east?" Now he's speaking here, prophetically speaking, that He says, "I have called a man who will lead the nation of Persia. He will be the one who will come and he'll defeat Babylon."

They have not even been taken yet by Babylon. He's prophetically speaking that there will come a day when I will call this man from the east, and he will lead the nation of Persia, and he will overcome Babylon. He will be the one who will set free the children of Israel to return to Jerusalem, to return, to rebuild the city, to rebuild the temple, and the glory of the holy city. He calls Him by His name, which is amazing. 150 years before these events even take place, he writes his name in the scroll of the Book. This is amazing. Right?

When Cyrus, that's his name, comes to power and leads Persia to overtake Babylon, someone shows him the scroll of Isaiah, and his name is written in the book. That is amazing. He gives glory to God. He's amazed. He sets the people of Israel free. He said, "Who was it who has aroused this one from the east? Who was it that calls in righteousness Him to His feet, who will deliver nations before Him? Who will subdue kings, who will beat them like dust with His sword and as like wind-driven chaff with His bow. He pursues them safely passing on in a way that He had not been traversing with His feet before. Who has done this?"

He wants to remind them, "Who did this? Who accomplished this? Calling forth generations from the beginning who did this?" He said, "I, the Lord, am the first and with the last. I am He. I did this." Then he begins to speak about the-- He mocks the idea that people would actually pursue these gods of the nations around them. This was their great downfall, if you remember, that they had gone after these gods of the nations around them because these so-called gods appealed to their fleshly based nature. He mocks the whole idea.

Then He reminds them of His heart for them. He says in verse nine, move down to there. He says, "I say to you, you are my servant. I have chosen you. I have not rejected you, Israel." Then he says, famous words, "So do not fear for I am with you. Do not anxiously look about you," which is easy to do when you're going through a travail of that nature. "Do not anxiously look about you for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Those who are angered against you will be shamed and dishonored." He's speaking of the downfall and the destruction of Babylon.

All right. These are the words I want us to understand first, because they're filled with promises. We need these promises to hold onto in the storm. Everyone here is on your own spiritual journey. Everyone has their own troubles. Everyone needs promises to hold onto in the midst of whatever storm that you're going through. God is with you in the storm. He says, "Do not fear, I am with you." Now, this is one of the greatest promises found in the Scriptures, that God is the Great I am, that He is Emmanuel, "God with us," for God's presence changes everything. It's the key to understanding faith. It's the key to the substance of confidence in who God is in your life.

It's a great theme. It's repeated over and over in the Bible. For example, when Israel had escaped the slavery and oppression of Egypt there when they were at Mount Sinai, God told Moses to take the people up from there to the Promised Land, but that He Himself would not go with them for they were a stubborn and obstinate people. Moses responded, "If you do not go with us, we're not leaving this place. We're not going anywhere. We have to have your presence with us." It was a great plea before God, who, of course, then said that He would go with them.

It's the key. God's presence changes everything. David understood it. It's a great theme. Psalm 23:4, where he says, "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me." It's the substance of David's faith. "Even though I walk through the valley of trouble, even the valley of death, I will not fear, for I know that you are with me." That's what he says in Isaiah 41:10. "Don't fear because I am with you." These words have encouraged many people who have walked through deep darkness, valleys of deep troubles, "Even the valley of the shadow of death. I will not fear because God is with me."

A. Faith is the answer to anxiety

Then he speaks to anxiety. See, fear leads to anxiety. Fear produces anxiety. He speaks to it. Faith is the answer. You're going to need this. You're going to need an anchor. Faith is the answer. Verse 10. "Do not anxiously look about you because I'm your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. Surely, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." He speaks about anxiety. "Don't anxiously look about you."

People use the word anxious often wrongly. It's often misused. Sometimes, people say, "Oh, I'm anxious to see my friend." What they mean is I am eager. No. No. The word anxious is based on anxiety, fear, worry. There's a lot to be anxious about when you look at what's happening in the world today. What's happening in the world?

Well, the world's being shaken. Things are happening in the world that can cause many people to be disturbed. The news is filled with tragedies. The world is getting more dangerous every day. The war in Ukraine seems to have no end. The conflict between Israel and Hamas there in the Middle East continues on without a ceasefire in sight. The national debt is soaring. What's going to happen if this nation collapses? China is growing as a threat to the entire Western world.

There's things that can cause anxiety today. To be anxious, to worry your friend, it's based on fear of the unknown. Well, what if this should happen? I don't know. What if that should happen? I don't know. Because it could happen, they worry as if it will happen. Anxiety. Now, Jesus spoke to this. It's a theme that is in the New Testament as well, Matthew 10, for example, where He says, "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny, and yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your father." Then He says, "But the very hairs of your head are numbered," which is easier for some people than others.

That's an amazing thought. "The very hairs of your head are numbered, so do not fear. You are more valuable than many sparrows. Do you not know?" Of course, that's the substance of that famous song that we used to sing many years ago. "His eyes are on the sparrow," which is to say, "Look, if His eyes are on the sparrow, I know He watches my life. Are you not more valuable than many sparrows? Do you not know God's heart for you?" Then Luke 12:25, Jesus says similarly, "And which of you, by worrying, can add a single hour to his lifespan?" Well, we know that worrying does not add a moment to your lifespan. In fact, it's the opposite. Worrying can take life off of your lifespan. If then you cannot do even a very little thing, then why do you worry about other matters? Fear produces this worry, this anxiety.

The word fear in the Greek is the word phobia. There are many phobias. Some are common, some are uncommon. For example, claustrophobia is common, the fear of closed spaces. Then there's arachnophobia. That's the fear of spiders. That's where I am in the story. I can't stand spiders. By the way, which is interesting because in our marriage, when there's a spider, I am the one who has to get rid of the spider, but I hate spiders, especially big ones. Now, I have a new weapon against spiders. It's a salt rifle. Have you heard of this? It's loaded with salt. It's amazing. Instead of smashing the spider, I can now assault the spider.

See what I did there? You just, [shotgun reloading] and the whole thing just blows up in a powder of salt. It's like, yes, it feels so manly. It's just-- Okay. Forget that. Forget that.

Arachnophobia is a real thing. Then there's agoraphobia. That's the fear of going out in the public, literally fear in the marketplace. Then there are unusual phobias. For example, ergophobia is the fear of work. Some people have this. It's a real thing. I'm not making this up. Then there's phronemophobia. Phronemophobia is not the fear of finding a blue fish in your aquarium. No. It's the fear of thinking. It's a real thing. I looked it up. Then there's another one, pentheraphobia. This is the fear of your mother-in-law.

That's more common than you might think, actually. Then there's euphobia. That's the fear of good news. Some people apparently are afraid of good news. Then there's my personal favorite, phobophobia. That's the fear of fear itself. Paul wrote, "Do not be anxious about anything." This is an amazing verse. He says, "About anything, do not be anxious about anything, but by prayer and supplication or petition." He says, "With thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God, which surpasses comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

This is a very important word because we all understand how anxiety is. You have something that's worrisome or anxious. You're lying in bed. You can't go to sleep. This thing just turns around in your mind over and over and over, and your anxious thoughts begin to just take away your sleep. He says, "Do not be anxious, but by prayer and supplication or petition, regularly, steadfastly, bringing this before God, before the Lord, with thanksgiving. Let those requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, peace that passes understanding, will guard your heart and will guard your mind." You need peace. It's a foundational understanding.

Faith says, "Whatever happens in my life, I know that God will be with me, that He cares for me, that He is walking with me through every trouble, through every storm. I know that He's with me in it. Whatever happens, I know I can trust God." As the saying goes, "I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know who holds tomorrow." 2 Timothy 1:7," God has not given us a spirit of fear." God didn't give us that, but God did give us a spirit of power and of love and a sound mind. There it is again. God gave us that spirit of power, spirit of love, and a sound mind.

See, faith is the assurance of what you know is true about God. Faith is the assurance. It's the answer. It's like 2 Timothy 1:12, "I know in whom I have believed and I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him until that day." It's the substance of what I've been saying before. I know my God, and I know how He moves. That's the substance of faith. When you're in that storm, when you're in that difficulty, I know my God. You see, I know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded, I am convinced that He is able to keep that which I've committed to Him. I know my God, and I know how He moves.

B. Help is on the way

Then, in the next chapter, back to Isaiah, Isaiah 42, he gives them the next promise, "Help is on the way. I'm sending help. Wait for it. I'm going to send you help. Help is on the way." Here, in these verses, he gives a prophetic word that the Messiah, the King, the Chosen One, the Anointed One, is going to come. "Help is on the way." Notice, let's read the first few verses of it in chapter 42.

"Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one, in whom my soul delights. I have put my spirit upon Him. He will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the street." Then, notice this, "A bruised reed He will not break, a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish, but He will faithfully bring forth justice upon the earth." He's saying that He will come at the end of the age. He will set foot on the Mount of Olives. He will enter Jerusalem. He will ruin and reign the nations from that place. It says that He will bring justice on the earth. He'll bring justice among the nations, to which we say, "Oh, Lord Jesus, come quickly, because this is a messed-up world."

He gives this prophetic word, "Help is on the way. He will not be disheartened. He will not be crushed until He has established justice in the earth, and the coastlands wait expectantly for His word, for His law, for thus says God the Lord, He who created the heavens, stretched them out. He who spread out the earth and its offspring. He who gives breath to the people in it and spirit to those who walk into. I am the Lord." Again, He's establishing this as the foundation to their understanding. "Be reminded of this great truth. I am the Lord and I called you in righteousness. I will hold you by hand and watch over you. I will appoint you as a covenant to the people."

He is speaking here of this Messiah, the Anointed One. He will be a light to the nations, all the nations. He will open blind eyes. He will bring out prisoners from the dungeon and those who dwell in darkness. He'll bring them from the prison right into the light. "I am the Lord. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another nor my praise to graven images," these so-called gods of the world around them.

"Behold, the former things have come to pass. They have been fulfilled. Now I declare to you new things. I will do a new work before they spring forth. I proclaim them to you so that you'll sing to the Lord a new song, a new work, anew that you'll then sing to the Lord a new song." "Sing His praise for the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea and all that's in it, you islands, and those should dwell in them."

These are the verses that are an anchor to the soul. "Help is on the way." Notice the heart of this King, this Messiah that will be sent by the Lord Himself. Notice, verse 3, "A bruised reed He will not break, a burning wick He will not extinguish." Speaking of the grace, that kindness to those that are wounded, to those that are hurt, to those who carry deep bruise, "A bruised reed. He will not break a burning wick, He will not extinguish." The Prophet Zechariah prophesied that when the Messiah King comes, He will come to you. He says, "Gentle mounted on the colt of a donkey, a beast, a burden. God's heart."

You see in the gentleness, the kindness to carry the hurt, to carry your wounds, to carry your burdens. Jesus said similarly. Jesus, who's the fulfillment of these very verses, said, "Come unto me all who are weary and heavy laden." Notice, Matthew 11:29-30. "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I'm gentle and humble in heart. You will find rest for your souls. My yoke is easy. My burden, it's light." Jesus is referred to in Matthew 12, quoting from Isaiah direct connection, "A battered reed He will not break, a smoldering wick He will not put out until he leads justice to victory. In His name, the Gentiles will hope."

II. You Will Sing a New Song

Those who are weak, those who are hurting, God wants you to be convinced that He deals with you gently, kindly. These mercies are new every morning that the kindness of God leads you to repentance. Then He declares in the next verses, I love the next section, where He says, "And I'm going to do a new work. I'm going to do such that is so that you will sing to the Lord a new song." Verses 9 and 10. "I declare new things, now they will spring forth. I proclaim them to you. Sing to the Lord a new song. Let him shout for joy from the tops of the mountains. Let him give glory to the Lord. This is a promise that is an anchor for the soul. I will do new things, old things passed away."

There comes a time when you need to see that God is doing that which is glorious and new and wonderful in your life, and that the old things, which many people hold onto, must be gone. There comes a time when you see those things. They are standing in the way of all that God wants to do that's new and glorious. There comes a point where you say, "I don't want those things in my life anymore. I want them out of my life because I want nothing to stand in the way of that which God is doing that's glorious and wonderful." Everybody agree with me on this? Amen.

A. God will do something altogether new

Right. He says God will do something altogether new. "I am the Lord. That's my name. I will not give my glory to another. The former things have come to pass." In other words, look back and see all the glorious things I have done for you. Israel is reminded of the same, "Look back." They could look back, and they could see amazing ways that God has demonstrated the goodness and grace and the glory. Look back over your life. Look back on the history. See what all that I have done. Oh, Israel could see. Go back all the way to Egypt when He rescued them from the slavery and oppression by miracles. He brought them out to the desert.

Then by miracles, He sustained them in the desert for 40 years, meaning, He brought them into the Promised Land. He subdued enemies before them. He gave them the temple, and the glory of God dwelt there in their presence. Oh, He made the nation great and glorious. They can look back. They can see all that God had done. God has proven Himself to Israel, and He'll do it again. We can do the same. We can look back on our lives. I know I can. I'm old enough now. I can look back on all the ways that God has blessed my life. I have seen the favor of God, the blessing of God, the hand of God. God has proven Himself to me over and over and over. Anybody want to add your yes and amen?

B. You will see what you did not see before

Right. He said, "Look back and you'll see all that I have done that's good and glorious, but now I will do a new work, a new thing for Israel." It meant raising up the deliverer who will rebuild and restore them for believers in Jesus Christ. It means all things pass away, and that He's doing a new work of rebuilding and restoring your life as a beautiful work on the soul. Then He says, "And you will see what you have not seen before." "You will see what you did not see before." "He will open blind eyes. I will send Him as a covenant to the nations. He will be a light to all the nations." "He will open blind eyes. He'll bring out prisoners, those who are held captive in darkness. He'll bring them out into the light, open their eyes." "You will see what you have not seen before."

In other words, you're seeing it wrong. You're not understanding it right. "I'm going to open the eyes. I'm going to bring light." He's speaking, of course, in a spiritual sense, but also, in a physical sense, blindness is the one disability that many people fear most. They would rather lose their hearing or their ability to speak or walk rather than lose the ability to see because there's something fearful about being cast into darkness.

The famous Helen Keller, who was blind, gave a famous quote in this way. She said, "The one thing worse that being blind is having sight but no ability to see." She's speaking, of course, is that there is none so blind as he who refuses to see. This is why in the former chapter, chapter 40, God's trying to stir them up to see-- where He says to them in several places, "Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Has it not been spoken from the foundations of the earth, that it is the Lord."

He sits above the vault of the earth, and then all the glorious things, but He's shaking them up. "Do you not know? Have you not heard?" He is wanting to show them that which they have not seen before. "I'm going to do a new work now which is new and glorious that you have no idea. I want to do a new work in your life. I want to show you things. I want to show you glory, deeper things."

When I think about that, I think about my life. I have been teaching God's word, verse by verse, chapter by chapter for almost 40 years. This is the fourth time going through the entire word of God, and on this go through, I have seen what I have not seen before. God is showing me deeper things, glorious things. One of the things that I am seeing on this go through I've never seen before has to do with the beauty of the Lord, the beauty of what God desires to do in the soul.

I love quoting David because that's the insight that really opened my eyes to understand more where David says, "One thing I have asked of the Lord and that I shall seek, that I may dwell in the House of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord." Many people don't understand how beautiful is God's presence. God's presence is glorious and beautiful.

Here's another example, Moses, when he was there at the base of Mount Sinai, and he was interceding for Israel. Remember, they had sinned greatly, and he's interceding. While he is interceding, he asks for something personal, something for me. What would you ask? If you were to ask God something personal, just for you, what would be your highest, the highest thing that you could ask of God? What would it be?

Moses says, "While I'm asking, while I'm interceding, something for me, show me your glory." This is the highest. This is the greatest. Why would Moses ask this when he had already seen more of God's glory than any living person? Well, that's the answer, because he has seen so much of God's glory. Remember that he was on Mount Sinai dwelling in the presence of the glory of God such that when he came down from the mountain, there was a physical radiance. People can actually see a radiance of glory. He had been there with the glory for those 40 days so that when he had an opportunity to ask for something personal, he wants more, "Show me your glory."

Then later he says that he set up a tent outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting. He says, "Anybody who wants to meet with God, there's a tent. It's the Tent of Meeting. Anytime you want, you can meet with God there." No. There's no law. There's no requirement. There's no obligation. Go if you want to go. Would you go? It's the Tent of Meeting. You can meet with God anytime you want.

It says that Moses would regularly go out to the Tent of Meeting. Whenever Moses would go out to the Tent of Meeting, that the people would stand on their feet, and they would watch, because whenever Moses would go to the Tent of Meeting, there would be a glory that would descend upon the tent, and there it says that Moses and God would dwell there in the Tent of Meeting, and that God would speak to Moses like a man speaks to a friend.

Can you imagine a meeting like this? Moses is speaking to God like a man speaks to His friend. God is speaking to Moses. This is amazing. Glorious. He opened the opportunity for anyone. Want to go? Want to go? Want to be with God? How often would you go? Did you know that God today has made a way because of what Jesus has done for us on the cross? He has opened the way that anyone who wants to meet with God can meet with God.

God has made a way for something beautiful, glorious in your life. God wants to do that which is beautiful because His presence in your life brings a beautiful transformation. The fruit of the Spirit that is the result of the presence of God in your life is beautiful. The fruit of the Spirit is mentioned in Galatians 5; love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self-control. These are beautiful aspects of the soul.

If you have love, if you are dwelling in the nearness of God, if you're having a glory meeting with God, you are dwelling in his presence, and his presence will transform your soul into that which is beautiful. Love. That love which comes from God is a beautiful aspect of the soul. Have you ever met someone who's very loving? It's a beautiful aspect. Joy, have you ever met someone who's full of the joy of the Lord, like really authentically joyful of the Lord? That's a beautiful aspect.

Peace. Peace that passes understanding is beautiful. This is what He does, a glorious new work, new things. I declare to you all, do new things, glorious things. Reminds me of the time that Jesus was near to Jericho, and there was a blind man sitting by the road there begging for alms. He heard a commotion, and he said, "What is it? What's happening?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth comes by." Of course, a great crowd with Him. He then calls out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me."

Now, when he calls Him "Son of David," this is the title of the Messiah. "When the Messiah comes, He will be known as the Son of David." What is he doing? He's calling Him the Messiah. He's calling Him the king because he knows the scroll of Isiah. He knows that when the Messiah comes, when the Great King comes, He will open blind eyes, and so he calls Him Messiah. "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me."

Of course, you know the story. They rebuke him. "You be quiet. Who do you think you are?" He calls out all the louder, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me." Jesus is there in the crowd, He hears that voice, "Jesus, Son of David--" Jesus says, "Bring that man to me." They go to him and say, "The teacher calls for you." They brought the man, and he stood there before Jesus.

Now, I love imagining scenes of the Bible, and this scene, to me, is beautiful. I think that Jesus would've looked at him with a smile, pleased, this man blind could see more than all the leaders of Israel. He says to the man, "What is it that you would have me do for you?" He says, "Sir, I want my sight." I just think Jesus would smile, "And you shall have it. Well done." Some might say, "Well, didn't Jesus know what he needed? Didn't Jesus know what he wanted?" Well, yes, but there comes a time when you need to say it. There comes a time when you need to say it. "What is it that you would have me do for you?"

C. This is personal to God

This is a question that all of us must answer. Jesus, I believe, is saying to you in a similar way, "What is it that you would have me do for you?" What would you ask? What is the highest that you can ask? It's personal. "What can I do for you?" This is personal with God. If you notice in chapter 43, the very next chapter, where He says, "Thus says the Lord, your Creator who formed you, O Jacob. I have redeemed you. I have called you by name. You are mine." This is personal. "I called you by your name. You're mine." Then, He says, "You are precious in my sight. You are honored and I love you." This is personal. "You're precious to me. You're honored to me. I love you. "What is it that you would have me do for you?" I want to give you an opportunity to answer that very question.

Let's pray. Lord, we are so thankful and amazed at your word that you would do wonderful, glorious new things, that which is glorious and beautiful. It's personal to me. God says, "I redeemed you. I call you by your name. You're mine. You're precious to me. You are honored to me. I love you. What is it that you would have me do for you?" Church, what is it as you're praying? What is this thing that you would ask God to do for you? Make it personal. What is it?

"You're precious to me. You're honored in my sights. I love you. What is it that I can do for you?" Comes in time to say it. Would you just say that in your heart? God knows your thoughts and hears the cry of your heart. Would you say that now to the Lord? This is what I ask God. "Could you do this in me? Could you do this?" Do this in me, Lord. We love you and honor you, give you praise and glory for all that you're doing in our lives is glorious and beautiful, and you are worthy of our praise. In Jesus' powerful name, everyone said, can we give him glory and

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