When God Is Near – Week Four

DECEMBER 17 / 18, 2022
When God Comes Near

hope | peace | joy | LOVE

CONTEXT

ISAIAH 54:10

“Though the mountains be shaken 
    and the hills be removed, 
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken 
    nor my covenant of peace be removed, 
    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”

ISAIAH 66:13

“As a mother comforts her child, 
    so will I comfort you; 
    and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”

1. GOD’S LOVE IS TENDER

“… because of the tender mercy of God …”  LUKE 1:78 

“A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.”  ISAIAH 42:3

2. GOD’S LOVE IS CLOSE

“Seek the Lord while he may be found, call on him while he is near.”  ISAIAH 55:6

“Praised be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.”  LUKE 1:68

3. GOD’S LOVE IS FIERCE

“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”  ISAIAH 54:10

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” JOHN 3:16

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Fiil-In Answers:

GOD’S LOVE IS TENDER

GOD’S LOVE IS CLOSE

GOD’S LOVE IS FIERCE