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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>JUL
11 - ISAIAH 7-12 - THE DAY OF THE LORD AND ISRAEL</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
7:14 (7:1-16) JUDAH INVADED BY SYRIA AND ISRAEL. <font size="3">“Therefore
the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall
conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
</font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father, it is </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
our worthiness that You bless; but because of </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Your</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Purpose, </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Promise</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
and Grace! Thus did You give this sign to unworthy Ahaz, for </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">none</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of us is worthy! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">2.
7:17 (7:17-25) JUDAH: INVADED BY ASSYRIA. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“The
LORD will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s
house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed
from Judah - the king of Assyria.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">In
judgment Father, You </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">always</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
remember mercy! Thank You for being such a merciful God. </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Yet
y</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">ou
love us too much as sons to shield us from chastisement. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
8:18 (8:1-9:7) SYRIA, ISRAEL, JUDAH INVADED: A REPRIEVE BY THE
LORD. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Behold,
I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents
in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Yes
Father, we, our children, the meaning of our names: all are Your
provision that we too might be signs and wonders - and portray Your
truthfulness. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
10:1 (9:8-10:4) ISRAEL: HER SINS AND JUDGMENT. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Woe
to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep
writing oppression.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Lawless
people plan wickedness, speak it forth and enact it. Woe to us if
such is in our hearts. In contrition and repentance, we have a desire
to be reconciled with You, Father. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
10:27 (10:5-34) ISRAEL: CHASTENED BY ASSYRIA. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke
from your neck; and the yoke will will be broken because of the fat
(anointing).” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
chastening Father, lasts but a moment; afterward comes the peaceable
fruit of righteousness! </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Then</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Your judgment falls on persecutors! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
11:2 (11:1-16) MESSIAH: HIS DIVINE INTERVENTION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of
knowledge and the fear of the LORD.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">And
how O Father, do You deliver us from the evil one? Through </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
upon Whom You have put Your seven-fold Spirit, and to Whom You have
given Your Name: Jehovah the Savior! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
12:6 (12:1-6) THE LORD: HIS GLORIOUS REIGN! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Shout,
and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is
the Holy One of Israel.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">All
the words of prophets and apostles shall </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">surely</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
be fulfilled! The time of the restitution of all things is at hand!
You O Father, through Your Son </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
are about to take Your great power and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">reign</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But deliver
us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
9:6 (8:1-9:7) </b></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">FOR
TO US A CHILD IS BORN! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“For
to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall
be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful
Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
what more can we say? Your Grace through </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
has been </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">magnified</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">multiplied</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
unto us beyond measure! Praise, worship, honor and glory become You,
world without end. Amen</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the day: 11:3 (11) THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“If
the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">There
is no hope Father, apart from You. When </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">foundations</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
are gone, our only hope is in </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
But You are restoring foundations through Your chosen ones. You are
triumphing over the lawless. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">David,
at the different periods of his life, was placed in almost every
situation in which a believer, whether rich or poor, can be place</span><span style="text-decoration:none">d</span><span style="text-decoration:none">;
in these heavenly compositions, he delineates all the workings of his
heart. To assist us to remember this short but sweet Psalm, we
shall give it the name of “the Song of the Steadfast.” </span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">11:1-3.
These verses contain an account of a temptation to distrust God,
which which David was, upon some unmentioned occasion, greatly
exercised. It may be, that in the days when he was in Saul’s court,
he was advised to flee at a time when this flight would have been
charged against him as a breach of duty to the king or a proof of
personal cowardice. His case was like that of Nehemiah, when his
enemies, under the garb of friendship, hoped to entrap him by
advising him to escape for his life.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"> 11:1.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>In the Lord put I
my trust: how do you say to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
When Satan cannot overthrow us by presumption, how craftily will he
seek to ruin us by distrust! He will employ our dearest friends to
argue us out of our confidence, and he will use such plausible logic
that unless we once for all assert our immovable trust in Jehovah, he
will makes us like the timid bird which flies to the mountains
whenever danger presents itself.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">11:2.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>The wicked bend
their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
The bow is bent, the arrow is fitted to the string: “Flee, flee,
you defenseless bird, you</span><span style="text-decoration:none">r</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
safety lies in flight; begone, for your enemies will send their
shafts into your heart; haste, haste, for soon will you be
destroyed!” David seems to have felt the force of the advice, for
it came home to his sou</span><span style="text-decoration:none">l</span><span style="text-decoration:none">;
but yet he would not yield, but would rather dare the danger than
exhibit a distrust in the Lord, his God.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">11:4.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>The Lord is in His
holy temple. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">The
heavens are above our heads in all regions of the earth, and so is
the Lord ever near to us in every state and condition. This is a very
strong reason why we should not adopt the vile suggestions of
distrust. There is One Who pleads His precious blood in our behalf in
the temple above, and there is One upon the throne Who is never deaf
to the intercession of His Son. Why, then, should we fear? What plots
can men devise which Jesus will not discover?</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><b><span style="text-decoration:none">The
Lord’s throne is in heaven. </span></b></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">If
we trust this King of kings, is not this enough? Cannot He deliver us
without our cowardly retreat? Yes, blessed be the Lord our God, we
can salute Him as Jehovah-nissi; in His Name we set up our banners,
and, instead of flight, we once more raise the shout of war.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">11:6.
</span></span></span><i><b><span style="text-decoration:none">This
shall be the portion of their cup. </span></b></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">A
drop of hell is terrible, but what must a full cup of torment be?
Think of it - a cup of misery, but not a drop of mercy. O people of
God, how foolish is it to fear the faces of men who shall soon be
fagots in the fire of hell. Think of their threatenings and pity for
their miserable estate.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">11:7.
</span></span></span><i><b><span style="text-decoration:none">For
the righteous Lord loves righteousness. </span></b></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">It
is not only His office to defend it but His nature to love it. </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">His
countenance does behold the upright</span></i></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
Mammon, the flesh, the devil, will all whisper in our ear, “Flee
as a bird to your mountain”; but let us come forth and defy them
all. “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” There is no
room or reason for retreat. Advance! Let the vanguard push on! To the
front! all you powers and passions of our soul. On! on! in God’s
Name, on! for “the Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is
our refuge.” </span></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">(These
notes are from “The Treasury of David” by Charles H. Spurgeon -
abridged by David Otis Fuller. Do a “Google-search” on “Spurgeon”
for much more!)</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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