“Then I heard the voice of the Lord asking: Who should I send? Who will go for us? I said: Here I am. Send me.” - Isaiah 6:8 CSBIsaiah's story has moved quickly. He saw God. He saw himself. He confessed what was unclean. Grace touched the place he named.Then God speaks. "Who should I send? Who will go for us?" And Isaiah answers: "Here I am. Send me."There is something powerful about the order. Is...  Read More

Bible Verse“He touched my mouth with it and said: Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”Isaiah 6:7 CSBYesterday, we ended with a hard question: What have you learned to tolerate that God still calls unclean?Maybe something came to mind immediately. Maybe you tried to push it away. Maybe you named something you have been carrying for a long time. ...  Read More

“Then I said: Woe is me for I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Armies.” - Isaiah 6:5 CSBYesterday, we stayed with Isaiah's vision of God. High and lifted up. Seated on the throne. Holy, holy, holy. The foundations shaking. The temple filled with smoke.We needed to begin there because Isaiah's r...  Read More

“And one called to another: Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Armies; his glory fills the whole earth.” - Isaiah 6:3 CSBThere are moments when something becomes so familiar that we stop feeling the weight of it. You can drive the same road every day and eventually stop noticing what is around you. You can hear the same song so many times that it becomes background noise. You can sit across the table...  Read More

“Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.” - Romans 12:1 (CSB)We started this week with one question: Is God worthy?And after everything we have seen, the answer is clear. Yes. He is worthy.He is worthy because He is Creator. He is worthy because He is King. He is wo...  Read More

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” - John 10:11 (CSB)Psalm 95 gives us one of the most comforting pictures in Scripture: "We are the people of his pasture, the sheep under his care."There is tenderness in that. God is not distant from His people. He cares for them. He watches over them. He leads them. He knows them.And centuries later, Jesus takes that sa...  Read More