Dear Brothers and Sisters,

How is life in the church of Jesus Christ for you? What has it been like? How have you felt about her and acted toward her? The words we will immerse ourselves in this week are for, “all you who love her… and …all you who mourn for her” (66:10). On Sunday we will be studying Isaiah 66:7-14, where the birth and the consolation of the church are the focus. These verses are a continuation of the message of the whole of Isaiah 65-66. Isaiah continues to weave the themes of both of these chapters using his dramatic and beautiful imagery which are characteristic of the entire prophesy. In v 7-9, we are faced with a woman giving birth. But, it is an astonishing birth – no labor. In verse 10, we encounter people are called to rejoice in Jerusalem and Zion. In verse 11, we see a nursing mother. Her child is eating and being satisfied, drinking deeply and delightedly. In verse 12, we learn that the experience of those in the church is like a peaceful river, and people are like a flowing stream. People are now like a flowing stream. Then the Lord shifts the imagery to a child being carried and dandled on the knees of his mother and then in verse 13, a mother comforting a child. This is life in the church. This is the life! Let us prepare ourselves to be a living reflection of these wonderful things as we anticipate coming together again on Sunday to sing and pray and listen and fellowship.

Prayer will be held at the Brown’s Barn

Please pray for my mother who is getting a new battery in her pacemaker on Wed morning.

The songs we will be singing together are

• Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
• Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
• Here Is Love, Vast as the Ocean
• Like a River Glorious
• Behold the Lamb