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2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
hear me, that your soul may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not,
and nations that do not know you will hasten to you,
because of the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor."
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the pine tree,
and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the LORD's renown,
for an everlasting sign,
which will not be destroyed."
taken from http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+55&version=NIV
G C
In the presence of a holy God
G C
I bow down and I a-dore
G C
You re-veal the secrets of my heart
Em Am D
And I'm shaken to the core
Chorus:
G C G C
Holy, holy, holy God — How awesome is your name
G C Em Am D
Holy, holy, holy God — How majestic is your reign
C Am D G
And I am changed in the presence of a holy God.
In the presence of a holy God
There's new meaning now to grace
You took all my sins upon yourself
And I can only stand amazed, and I cry
(Chorus)
In the presence of your infinite might
I'm so small and frail and weak
When I glimpse your power and wisdom, Lord
I have no words left to speak, but I cry
(Chorus)
In the presence of your glory
All my crowns lie in the dust
You are righteous in your judgements, Lord
You are faithful, true, and just, and I cry
(Chorus)
3 Then the LORD asked me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?"
"Figs," I answered. "The good ones are very good, but the poor ones are so bad they cannot be eaten."
4 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 5 "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians. [b] 6 My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. 7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
8 " 'But like the poor figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,' says the LORD, 'so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the survivors from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt. 9 I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, an object of ridicule and cursing, wherever I banish them. 10 I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their fathers.' "
(Taken from http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+24&version=NIV)
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2And a man who had been lame from his mother's womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.
3When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms.
4But Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him and said, "Look at us!"
5And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
6But Peter said, "I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene--walk!"
7And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.
8With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
9And all the people saw him walking and praising God;
10and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
(from http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%203&version=NASB)
He asked us to share among ourselves what did the above passage impress upon us. The couple next to me shared that they were awed again that God made ordinary men such as Peter and John to perform the miracles to glorify God's name. I was struck by the fact that when the beggar was healed, he was not only healed to the point of mere walking; he was able to leap and bounce (verse 8b) everywhere like a Gummi bear :p). And out of that overflow came great joy and spiritual worship (verse 8b). At least this beggar's response is different from the ex-leper in Life of Brian.
P.S. And just before I left, I was struck by the fact the lame guy was sitting in front of the temple, and not in it. I was searching my mind through the laws which God gave Moses, David and Solomon on whether God disallows disabled people into His sanctuary. And I can't think of any. So i deduce that it is men who set up rules that do not allow the under-privileged into the temple. Saddens my heart just to think about this... :(
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