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Have we Forgotten the Holy Spirit? Isaiah 44-45. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Proverbs 6 Isaiah 44-45

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. They shall spring up among the grass like willows by flowing streams.

This one will say, ‘I am the LORD’s,’
another will call on the name of Jacob,
and another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and name himself by the name of Israel.”

Isaiah 44:3-5 ESV

“Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.”

Isaiah 45:22 ESV


“Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing; we are as ships without wind, or chariots without steeds, like branches without sap, we are withered; like coals without fire, we are useless; as an offering without the sacrificial flame, we are unaccepted.”

Charles Spurgeon

Have we Forgotten the Holy Spirit – FormerAtheist58
Living Waters – Getty

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Created for God’s Glory. Isaiah 42-43. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Proverbs 5, Isaiah 42-43

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and through the rivers,
they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire
you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.
For I am the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior

Isaiah 43:2-3a

…. everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made….”

Isaiah 43:7

“You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD,
“and my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me.
I, I am the LORD,
and besides me there is no savior.”
(Isaiah 43:10-11 ESV)

Created for God’s Glory – FormerAtheist58
How Great is our God – Clark Beckham

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Praise God for His Strength When I’m Weary. Isaiah 40-41. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Proverbs 4 Isaiah 40-41

Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:28-31 ESV

Fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed,
for I am your God;

I will strengthen you,
I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV

Praise God for His Strength When I’m Weary – FormerAtheist58
And Can It Be – Stuart Townend

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Thank You, Lord, for Hiding my Sins Behind the Cross. Isaiah 38-39. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Proverbs 3 Isaiah 38-39

Behold, it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness;
but in love you have delivered
my life from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
behind your back.

Isaiah 38:17
THANK YOU LORD FOR HIDING MY SINS BEHIND THE CROSS – FormerAtheist58
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross – Getty

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Do not be Afraid. Isaiah 36-37. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Proverbs 2, Isaiah 36-37

Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the LORD: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me. Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’”

Isaiah 37:6-7 ESV

Do not be Afraid – FormerAtheist58
Fear Not – Ellie Holcomb

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God is our Judge, Lawgiver, King … And SAVIOR. Isaiah 33-35. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Proverbs 1, Isaiah 33-35

“For the LORD is our judge;
the LORD is our lawgiver;
the LORD is our king;
he will save us.”

Isaiah 33:22

Isaiah 33:22 is a great verse to consider as we look forward to the 250th birthday of America, for in it we see the 3 branches of government, the judicial, the legislative, and the executive. The Lord is ALL these, and He is the ONLY ONE who can SAVE.

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse!

The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.

And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

Revelation 19:11-16 ESV

God is our Judge, Lawgiver, King … And SAVIOR – FormerAtheist58
Behold our God – Sovereign Grace Music

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Stop Trusting in Horses and Chariots. Start Trusting in God. Isaiah 30-32. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 149-150, Isaiah 30-32

The Israelites put their trust in Egypt to save them, rather than God. Where is our trust?

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the LORD! … The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.

Isaiah 31:1, 3 ESV


Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 20:7 ESV

Praise the LORD!

Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens!

Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent greatness!

Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!
Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!
Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!

Psalm 150 ESV

Stop Trusting in Horses and Chariots. Start Trusting in God – FormerAtheist58
Everyday Hallelujah – Phil Wickham

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God is an Expert Farmer. Isaiah 28-29. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 148, Isaiah 28-29

Give ear, and hear my voice;
give attention, and hear my speech.
Does he who plows for sowing plow continually?
Does he continually open and harrow his ground? When he has leveled its surface,
does he not scatter dill, sow cumin,
and put in wheat in rows
and barley in its proper place,
and emmer as the border?
For he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him.

Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge,
nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin,
but dill is beaten out with a stick,
and cumin with a rod.
Does one crush grain for bread?
No, he does not thresh it forever;
when he drives his cart wheel over it
with his horses, he does not crush it.

This also comes from the LORD of hosts;
he is wonderful in counsel
and excellent in wisdom.

Isaiah 28:23-29 ESV


A farmer doesn’t only plow; he knows when to stop plowing and when to level the ground, when to plant, and what to plant where. A farmer uses different tools at different times and works them all together to produce crops. In the same way, God knows what instruments to use in our lives, and when to use them. We don’t have to doubt or despair at what God is doing in our lives, because He is an expert farmer, working on us with all His wisdom.

David Guzik

God is an Expert Farmer – FormerAtheist58
How Firm a Foundation – Grace Community Church

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Am I a Slave or a Son? Thoughts from Galatians 4. 2026.

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Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 131, Galatians 4

"But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God."
– Galatians 4:4-7 ESV

27 years ago we were packing our bags to travel to Russia to finalize the adoption process for our son. Adopted as a six-month-old, Nick learned to sit and crawl on our carpeted living room floor. He learned to cruise along our comfy brown couch. He learned to say “Mommy” and “Daddy” on my lap.

From the moment he became a part of our family, he was given equal standing with his older sister who had grown in my womb. There were no extra rules to keep. He was our son, and we were his parents. End of story.

Thank You, Father, for adopting me as Your daughter, for placing Your Holy Spirit in my heart as a seal of the genuineness of my faith. You have engraved my name on the palms of Your hands (Isaiah 49:16) and You have caused me to bear the name of Christ. Thank You for causing me to be born again, creating me anew after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness (Ephesians 4:24). In the Name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.

Finding my Identity in Christ – I’m More Than a Homeschool Mom – FormerAtheist58
No Longer Slaves – Zach Williams

God Disciplines His Children for Their Good. Amos 2-3. 2026.

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Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 113, Amos 2-3

Sometimes it seems that professing Christians think they are immune from the consequences of their sin. Indeed Jesus has paid the price for our sin by His death on the cross, but we still must endure God’s discipline for our good.

In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

Hebrews 12:4-8 ESV

All too many American children are being left without discipline, and our nation is reaping the consequences of it. God disciplined the Israelites and He disciplines Christians – not because He hates us, but because He loves us – and earthly parents are expected to do likewise.

Oh, Heavenly Father, what a blessing it is to call You, Father. What an honor to be Your daughter. Help me to endure Your discipline with humility and gratitude and trust, fully believing that You are working to conform me into the image of Your Son. You are good. Always. Help me to learn what you’re teaching me. In the Name of Jesus Christ, my Savior and Lord I pray. Amen.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’s Name – Getty, The Village Chapel