My Prayer For You...September 21, 2014

My prayer for you and me this week...

...rejoice and be glad as you watch expectantly for the promises of God to be fulfilled.  Lift a glad heart and voice with singing to the sound of refreshing waters...cleansing and life-giving are the waters of our Great Creator and King.

My prayer for you and me this week is an overwhelming awareness of the 
One who will bring this to pass...

The desert and the parched land will be glad;
the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.  

Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; 

it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.

The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, 

the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;

they will see the glory of the LORD, 

the splendor of our God.

Strengthen the feeble hands, 

steady the knees that give way; 

say to those with fearful hearts, 

"Be strong, do not fear; 

your God will come, 

He will come with vengeance;

with divine retribution

He will come to save you."

                                                                                                

Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Then will the lame leap like a deer, 
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert.

But only the redeemed will walk there, 
and the ransomed of the LORD will return.
They will enter Zion with singing; 
everlasting joy will crown their heads. 
Gladness and joy will overtake them, 
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Isaiah 35:1-6 & 9-10