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Awake!
“Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord!” (Isaiah 51:9a, LH)
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More Than a Mother
“Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you.” (Isaiah 49:15, LH)
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Taught and Led
“I, the Lord, your God, teach you what is for your good, and lead you on the way you should go.” (Isaiah 48:17b, LH)
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Unyielding Redeemer
“I will take vengeance, I will yield to no entreaty, says our redeemer, Whose name is the Lord of hosts, the Holy One of Israel.” (Isaiah 47:3b-4, LH)
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Facing the Dawn
Introduction This is a funeral homily I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Readings Isaiah 12:1–6 Psalm 121 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 Luke 2:15–20, 33–35 Message One of the loneliest feelings is to be sad, when all around you, others are happy. And this week, as you have faced…
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God Will
“Yes, I have spoken, I will accomplish it; I have planned it, and I will do it.” (Isaiah 46:11b, LH)
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Like Dew
“Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above, like gentle rain let the skies drop it down. Let the earth open and salvation bud forth; let justice also spring up! I, the Lord, have created this.” (Isaiah 45:8, LH)
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True Nobility
“But the noble man plans noble things, and by noble things he stands.” (Isaiah 32:8, LH)
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Like Hovering Birds
“Like hovering birds, so the Lord of hosts shall shield Jerusalem, to protect an deliver, to spare and rescue it.” (Isaiah 31:5, LH)
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Healing the Bruises
“On the day the Lord binds up the wounds of his people, he will heal the bruises left by his blows.” (Isaiah 30:26, LH))