Isaiah 40 Comfort Comes with the Advent

Here is Your God! Isaiah 40 Comfort comes with the advent

• What does the advent mean? • How can I believe it? • What does it mean for me? What does the advent mean?

Isaiah 40:3

3 A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord… What does the advent mean?

make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3 What does the advent mean?

Isaiah 40:4 4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.

What does the advent mean?

Isaiah 40:5 5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all ﬂesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” What does the advent mean? Mark 1:1-4 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, 3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’ ” 4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. How can I be sure? Isaiah 40:6-8

6 A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. 7 The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. How can I be sure? Isaiah 40:6-8

27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God”? Can God save us? Does He care? Can God save us? Isaiah 40:12 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? Can God save us? Isaiah 40:13-14 13 Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel? 14 Whom did he consult, and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding? What does it mean for me?

Does God care? What does it mean for me?

Isaiah 40:9-11

9 Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!” 10 Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11 He will tend his ﬂock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. What does it mean for me?

Isaiah 40:9-10 “Behold your God!” 10 Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him… What does it mean for me?

Isaiah 40:10 behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. What does it mean for me?

Isaiah 40:11 11 He will tend his ﬂock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. What does it mean for me?

Isaiah 40:29-31 29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Comfort comes with the advent

• What does the advent mean? The true King is coming. & every obstacle removed. Comfort comes with the advent

• How can I believe it? God’s Word is certain. our limits are not God’s limits. Comfort comes with the advent • What does it mean for me? He loves you! You are His reward! You will persevere.