Mike Wildsmith

Two Ways To Live Our Way Reject the ruler & Try to run life our way Result: Condemned by God & Facing death and Judgement God’s Way Submit to Jesus as our ruler & Rely on Jesus’ death and resurrection Result: Forgiven by God & Given eternal life   The Choice is Yours  A RELATIONSHIP…

ISAIAH PRAYS FOR: RECOGNITION among the REBELLIOUS – 63:15-19 RENEWAL among the HELPLESS – 64:1-7 RESTORATION among the BROKEN – 64:8-12   HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?:  God Comes Down God’s Word Comes Home God’s Purity Comes Through God’s People Come Alive The Unchurched Come In   HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND?  Failure to be renewed is…

The God of Loving Power (v1-6)  Sin is deadly serious (v1-3, 6) A ‘day’ of vengeance secures a ‘year’ of redemption (v4) Our ONLY Saviour steps in (v5) The God of Powerful Love (v7-14) Kind and Compassionate Love (v7) Personal and Permanent Love (v8-9) Gracious and Glorious Love  (v10-14) Who is this …? Jesus –…

God’s Passionate Persistence – 62:1-5 God’s Prescription for Prayerfulness – 62:6-7 God’s Promise and Proclamation – 62:8-12

The Garments of Salvation The Robe of Righteousness Prepared by: Provided in: Purchased through:  JESUS CHRIST

He has anointed Me:  To Bring Good News He has sent Me:  To Bind Up The Broken-Hearted To Proclaim Liberty To The Captives To Proclaim The Year Of The Lord’s Favour  To Proclaim The Day Of Vengeance Of Our God To Comfort All Who Mourn To Provide

The Light dispels the Darkness (v1-2) The Light attracts the Nations (v3)  Knowing and Worshipping God is the Great Attraction (v4-14)  Heaven is a Wonderful Place (v15-22) Challenges:   Where is your citizenship? Are we attractive? – “a holy church produces a hungry world” Are you fully convinced – so that you rejoice in hope?  

What do we see in the mirror? (v1-8) Devastation and Desperation   What do we do with what we see in the mirror? (v9-15a) Recognition and Confession   What has God done with what He sees in the mirror? (v15b-21) Intervention and Salvation