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Isaiah 60:1-3

Arise, shine, for your light has come,
    and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
² For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
    and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
    and his glory will be seen upon you.
³ And nations shall come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Response

Praise God that the light has come to shine through the darkness.

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Isaiah 53:4-6

⁴ Surely he has borne our griefs
    and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
    smitten by God, and afflicted.
⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions;
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
    and with his wounds we are healed.
⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

Response

Praise God and his plan to save us from our sin.

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Isaiah 46:5-11

⁵ “To whom will you liken me and make me equal,
    and compare me, that we may be alike?
⁶ Those who lavish gold from the purse,
    and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
    then they fall down and worship!
⁷ They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
    they set it in its place, and it stands there;
    it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
    or save him from his trouble.

⁸ “Remember this and stand firm,
    recall it to mind, you transgressors,
⁹     remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me,
¹⁰ declaring the end from the beginning
    and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
    and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
¹¹ calling a bird of prey from the east,
    the man of my counsel from a far country.
I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
    I have purposed, and I will do it.

Response

Praise God that he is the one true God!

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Isaiah 40:3-5

³ A voice cries:^[b]
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
⁴ Every valley shall be lifted up,
    and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
    and the rough places a plain.
⁵ And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
    and all flesh shall see it together,
    for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Response

Take comfort in the knowledge that the glory of the Lord will be revealed.

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Revelation 1:17-18

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 

¹⁸ and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

Response

In the presence of God, we will fall at his feet.

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1 John 3:16-18

¹⁶ By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 

¹⁷ But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? 

¹⁸ Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

Response

We worship God by imitating his love to others.

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1 Peter 4:12-14, 19

¹² Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 

¹³ But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 

¹⁴ If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory^[b] and of God rests upon you.

¹⁹ Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.

Response

Trust God through suffering and see his glory revealed.

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James 2:8-13

⁸ If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 

⁹ But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 

¹⁰ For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. 

¹¹ For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 

¹² So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. 

¹³ For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Response

Do we show partiality and judge others based on the law of liberty?

Praise God that we live under the law of liberty.

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Hebrews 9:15

¹⁵ Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, 

since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

Response

Praise God that Jesus is our mediator!

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Hebrews 1:10-12

¹⁰ And,

“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;
¹¹ they will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment,
¹² like a robe you will roll them up,
    like a garment they will be changed.^[a]
But you are the same,
    and your years will have no end.”

Response

Praise God for his creation and his persistence and dominion over it.

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