We are currently going through the Bible book by book and chapter by chapter and verse by

verse and we finished last week, Isaiah chapter 49, so we're going to pick it up, chapter

50 and Lord will he make it through to chapter 51 tonight.

So you might want to turn there if you're not there already and before we jump in, if you

would please join with me in a word of prayer.

We'll ask God to bless our Bible study tonight, really looking forward to what the Lord has

for us. So why don't we pray? Father in heaven, thank you so, so, so much for this time that

we have on a Thursday night where we can just disconnect from everything

and in some cases everyone and and just come to this place, this your church, this beautiful

place you've given us and just open up our Bibles and open up our hearts

and open up our eyes and open up our ears to receive from you.

Lord, this Bible study on Thursday nights represents to many of us a sanctuary, a solace, a respite of sorts where we can

just quiet our minds and settle our hearts by the Holy Spirit and turn our attention back to you, get our eyes off of all the busyness

and stresses and pressures of daily life.

And just give you our undivided attention.

Lord, you're always so faithful to speak directly into our lives

through your Word and it's always, because it's the Holy Spirit and because your words alive

and active, it's always exactly where we're at in our lives. It doesn't matter where we're at in your word.

It's where we're at in our lives and it speaks to us in that way.

And so Lord, would you do just that in our time together tonight? Would you speak into our lives in and through your

word? Speak clearly, Lord, in that still small, refining voice of the Holy Spirit that we might

hear and take heed to your word. Lord, thank you. Your word is life. It's the word

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