Good morning. We are back in Isaiah. Trust in the Lord forever. For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock. In this dizzying world we need something steady to hold onto. He will not be moved, and neither will we. The way of the righteous is smooth (sometimes it doesn't seem like it though); O Upright One make the path of the righteous level. He will flatten anything that stands in our way. Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls. At night my soul longs for You. My spirit within me seeks You diligently. Even when we are asleep, we seek the Lord. And now something that sounds like it comes from the 15th chapter of first Corinthians: your dead will live; their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy; and the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. They hear the trumpet sound! It will come about also in that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and those who are perishing and those who are scattered will come and worship the Lord in the holy mountain at Jerusalem. Then a verse that we read about also in Romans and first Peter: behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed. Sometimes we forget that for the people who wrote the New Testament, the Old Testament was their Bible. They were just quoting scriptures. And I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the level. God makes sure that everything in His church and in our lives is perfectly straight. Your covenant with death shall be canceled. Death will no longer have control over us! What has happened to the world – the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep. They don't see what's coming - what is the result of their actions. Then something you heard from Jesus: this people draw near with their words and honor Me with their lip service, and their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote. That sounds like a lot of people that go to church every Sunday. "Well, I've done my duty and got my protection for the week". The wisdom of their wise men shall perish. They twist the Word to suit themselves. Father thank You that You make the reader's path smooth. He/she walks in victory every day. Continue healing him/her and meeting all of his/her needs.

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