Chapel of Change

Genesis 26:12 (NIV)

 

¹² Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.

Isaiah 54:1-3 NIV

The Future Glory of Zion

54 “Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,”

says the Lord.

2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back;

lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.

3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.

Isaiah 54:1-3 NIV

The Future Glory of Zion

54 

“Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor;

because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the Lord.

2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.

3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.

This story is about people risking everything to seek Jesus with all their hearts.

Matt. 2: 1-12

Matt. 2:1-2

“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king,

behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been

born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship

Him.”

Ecc. 4: 9-10 (NKJV) – “Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for
their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But WOE to him who
is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up.”

Our salvation is based on our relationship with King Jesus.
John 1:12 (NKJV) – “But as many as received [Jesus], to them He gave the right
to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.”

Psalms 1:1-3 (NIV)

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.

Psalm 22:6-8 (NIV)

⁶ But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

⁷ All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
⁸ “He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”

Psalm 1:2-3 NIV

² but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.

³ That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither whatever they do prospers.