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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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How to Live in Perfect Peace. Isaiah 26-27. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 147, Isaiah 26-27

I’ve been wrestling with some stuff lately. How about you? I was so thankful for today’s verses, Isaiah 26:3-4 ESV, “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.”

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Perfect Peace 🕊️ – FormerAtheist58
Isaiah 26:3-4 ESV — You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. Praying for you this morning!
Leaning On – Stephen McWhirter
Peace, Be Still – Gaither

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Sheltering the Outcasts. Isaiah 15-16. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 142, Isaiah 15-16

“Give counsel; grant justice; make your shade like night at the height of noon; shelter the outcasts; do not reveal the fugitive; let the outcasts of Moab sojourn among you; be a shelter to them from the destroyer. When the oppressor is no more, and destruction has ceased, and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land, then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness.” Isaiah 16:3-5 ESV

“Isaiah wanted Judah to be a place of refuge and protection for Moab under judgment. This is exactly what the church should [be] when people receive the judgment that fits their rebellion against God. If they humbly flee for refuge among God’s people, the church should be a place that will hide the outcasts and receive him who escapes, never to betray them.”

David Guzik

“Whenever pride is not broken by humility,
it will have to be broken by justice.”

Harry Bultema
Sheltering the Outcasts – FormerAtheist58
Leaning On (Acoustic) Stephen McWhirter

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I Stand Amazed in the Presence of Jesus the Nazarene. Isaiah 13-14. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 141, Isaiah 13-14

My Savior’s Love

I stand amazed in the presence
of Jesus the Nazarene,
and wonder how he could love me,
a sinner, condemned unclean.
How marvelous! How wonderful!
and my song shall ever be;
How marvelous! How wonderful!
is my Savior’s love to me!”

Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)

Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.

Isaiah 13:9 ESV

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23 ESV

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Matthew 4:17 ESV

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

Matthew 5:1-12 ESV

I Stand Amazed in the Presence of Jesus – FormerAtheist58
I Stand Amazed in the Presence – Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Come Unto Jesus – Getty, Laura Story

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Tools in the Master’s Hands. Isaiah 10-12. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 140, Isaiah 10-12

When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.

For [the king] says: “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones….”

Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?

Isaiah 10:12-13, 15a ESV

If it is easy for an unknowing instrument of God to become proud, it is also easy for a willing instrument of God to become proud.

Jesus said we should have a different attitude: So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, “We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.” (Luke 17:10) As wonderful as it is to be an instrument in the hand of God, the instrument deserves no special glory.

David Guzik

Tools in the Master’s Hands – FormerAtheist58
Led by the Master’s Hand – George Younce – Gaithers
J. D. Sumner – Touch of the Master’s Hand

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Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 8-9. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 139, Isaiah 8-9

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end.

Isaiah 9:6-7a ESV

“This Child would be a man, but more than a man. He is also the eternal Son of God, the Second Person of the Godhead. Theoretically, the Messiah didn’t have to be God. He might have been a sinless angel, or merely a perfect man like Adam. But in reality, neither of those options would have qualified the Messiah to be our Savior and High Priest as Jesus is. The Son had to be given…. We needed a perfect, infinite Being to offer a perfect, infinite atonement for our sins. We needed Immanuel, God is with us.” (David Guzik)

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace – FormerAtheist58
Handel Messiah Unto Us a Child is Born

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God is HOLY, HOLY, HOLY but I’m NOT, NOT, NOT.  Isaiah 6-7. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 138, Isaiah 6-7

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”

And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

Isaiah 6:1-6 ESV

David Guzik, in his commentary on Isaiah 6 writes,

“Holiness, at its root, has the idea of apartness. It describes someone, or something, which is set apart from other people or things. An object can be holy if it is set apart for sacred service. A person is holy if they are set apart for God’s will and purpose.

What is the LORD set apart from? He is set apart from creation, in that the Lord GOD is not a creature, and He exists outside of all creation. If all creation were to dissolve, the Lord GOD would remain. He is set apart from humanity, in that His “nature” or “essence” is Divine, not human. God is not a super-man or the ultimate man. God is not merely smarter than any man, stronger than any man, older than any man, or better than any man. You can’t measure God on man’s chart at all. He is Divine, and we are human.”

The seraphim have “four [wings] to conceal themselves, and two with which to occupy themselves in service; and we may learn from them that we shall serve God best when we are most deeply reverend and humbled in his presence. Veneration must be in larger proportion than vigor, adoration must exceed activity. As Mary at Jesus’ feet was preferred to Martha and her much serving, so must sacred reverence take the first place, and energetic service follow in due course.”

Charles Spurgeon
God is HOLY, HOLY, HOLY but I’m NOT, NOT, NOT – FormerAtheist58
Holy, Holy, Holy (We Bow Before Thee) – Shane and Shane

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Are you Bearing Worthless Fruit? Isaiah 3-5. 2026

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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 137, Isaiah  3-5

O you that profess to be his people, what more could Christ have done for you?
What more could the Holy Spirit have done? What richer promises, what wiser precepts, what kinder providences, what more gracious patience?

Charles Spurgeon

My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

Isaiah 5:1b-2 ESV

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:19-23 ESV

Beware! Are you Bearing Worthless Wild Grapes? – FormerAtheist58
God of Every Grace – Matt Boswell

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