A Savior is Coming

Published on Dec 07, 2017

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A Savior is Coming

Are you getting ready?
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Isaiah 62


11 The Lord has sent this message to every land:
“Tell the people of Israel,[e]
‘Look, your Savior is coming.
See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.’”
12 They will be called “The Holy People”
and “The People Redeemed by the Lord.”
And Jerusalem will be known as “The Desirable Place”
and “The City No Longer Forsaken.”
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Because I love Zion, I will not keep still. Because my heart yearns for Jerusalem, I cannot remain silent. I will not stop praying for her until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation blazes like a burning torch.

The nations will see your righteousness. World leaders will be blinded by your glory. And you will be given a new name by the Lord’s own mouth. The Lord will hold you in his hand for all to see—a splendid crown in the hand of God.

Never again will you be called “The Forsaken City”or “The Desolate Land.”Your new name will be “The City of God’s Delight”and “The Bride of God,”for the Lord delights in you and will claim you as his bride.

Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem, just as a young man commits himself to his bride. Then God will rejoice over you
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.

O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls they will pray day and night, continually. Take no rest, all you who pray to the Lord. Give the Lord no rest until he completes his work, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

The Lord has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength:
“I will never again hand you over to your enemies.
Never again will foreign warriors come and take away your grain and new wine.

You raised the grain, and you will eat it, praising the Lord. Within the courtyards of the Temple, you yourselves will drink the wine you have pressed.” Go out through the gates! Prepare the highway for my people to return! Smooth out the road; pull out the boulders;

The Lord has sent this message to every land: “Tell the people of Israel,‘Look, your Savior is coming. See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.’” They will be called “The Holy People” and “The People Redeemed by the Lord.”
And Jerusalem will be known as “The Desirable Place and “The City No Longer Forsaken.”

Pray

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Pray

  • For those you love
  • About what you love
  • Feel helpless or restless
  • Until God's light shines
Because of, for the sake of what you care about....

Zion -

Jerusalem -

I must pray even if I can't be there

I am stirred up about this place or person - so pray for them

Until the light of God is:

Focused: righteousness impacts a particular person or place like a beam of light


Bright - like a torch in a dark room

Visible - salvation is plain to see by all

Live By faith

Living By Faith

  • Point life towards God
  • Hear his voice
  • Hold his hand
  • Knowing we are important
  • Displaying Joy
Nations see your glory


Lord gives you a new name

he speaks your new name

he hands it to you

Your new name written down in glory

Crowns you with His glory

You used to be forsaken - left behind

You used to be lost in the desert, wilderness

But now

God' delights, prefers, notices you

Married to God

joy like a new groom rejoices over his bride

fullness of joy because of the relationship to the Lord

Seek God's Promises

Seek God's Promises

Keep on praying

like a watchman
day and night
never be silent
take no rest
recall to the Lord

UNTIL

God establishes

God makes

By His Power

victory - defeating enemies

reward - for hard work instead of someone else stealing it from you

blessing - enjoy the fruits of one's labor - PARTY!

revival - gather at the sanctuary to celebrate

Seek God's Promises

  • Keep on praying
  • UNTIL ....GOD
  • victory
  • reward
  • blessing
  • revival
Here we have a prayer template to use in praying for others this Christmas season

Get Ready

Extend Invitations - go out


Remove obstacles -

fix roads

remove boulders

Provide direction -

raise a flag with international
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Get Ready

  • Extend invite - Go out
  • Remove obstacles
  • Provide Direction
  • Share the Message

LOOK

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Your Savior Comes

  • Holiness
  • Redemption
  • Seeking
  • Including
Holiness - freedom from sin's impact or stain in our life

Redemption - reclaimed as God's own

Seeking - he came looking for us, to pull us close rather than push us away

Inclusion - not left behind....and makes sure we are not left behind

Hey...is _________here?
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Are you Ready?

  • What do you pray about?
  • What's important to you?
  • Which promise matters the most?
  • What obstacles are in your way?
  • What reward means the most?
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