Well, good evening and welcome. Sorry again for the late start. We are tonight going to be in the

Book of Isaiah, where we're currently in our verse by verse study on Thursday nights. And tonight,

two chapters, Lord willing, I should say, chapters 34 and 35. We finished chapter 33 last week.

Only going to do two chapters tonight. I was going to try to get through

into chapter 36, but I think you'll see why here in a moment. These kind of go together

and for good reason. Really looking forward to what the Lord has for us. So why don't we just

go to the throne and pray

and ask God's blessing on our time together in his word. If you would, please join with

me. Loving Heavenly Father, thank you so much for your word and for this Bible study tonight, this beautiful place

that we can come to and just kind of put all the cares and the affairs of our busy lives

aside and just give you our undivided attention.

Lord, the world is getting crazier, seemingly by the day.

And Lord, we just are desperate for you.

And Lord, this is for us a sanctuary and a respite and a time where we can just hear you speak

into our lives as you minister to us and reveal yourself to us a fresh and anew.

Lord, we need you. and we need for you to speak clearly tonight

in and through these chapters that we have before us here in Isaiah. Lord, it's obvious, it's abundantly clear that we've overstayed our welcome in this world,

not our home.

And Lord, Bible studies like this and times like this are just a much needed reminder that

this world is not our home.

And heaven's our home. And we're going to get a little taste of

that tonight. And we're really looking forward to it, Lord, and thank you in advance for what

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