This week’s BIG IDEA: 7 truths we need to be SENT and not STUCK. Death is certain. God is in charge. He is holy. We are broken. God offers grace. God speaks. God sends. 2 Corinthians 6:2 “For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” Ephesians 5:15-16 “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, be

This week’s BIG IDEA: 7 truths we need to be SENT and not STUCK. Death is certain. God is in charge. He is holy. We are broken. God offers grace. God speaks. God sends. Isaiah 6:8 “And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?' Then I said, 'Here I am! Send me.'” Romans 10:14-15 “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear

This week’s BIG IDEA: 7 truths we need to be SENT and not STUCK. Death is certain. God is in charge. He is holy. We are broken. God offers grace. God speaks. God sends. Isaiah 6:6-7 “Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth and said: 'Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.'” 1 John 4:10 “In this is love, not that we have loved

This week’s BIG IDEA: 7 truths we need to be SENT and not STUCK. Death is certain. God is in charge. He is holy. We are broken. God offers grace. God speaks. God sends. Isaiah 6:5 “And I said: 'Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!'” 1 John 1:8 “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 “But he

This week’s BIG IDEA: 7 truths we need to be SENT and not STUCK. Death is certain. God is in charge. He is holy. We are broken. God offers grace. God speaks. God sends. Isaiah 6:3-4 “And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.” Exodus 15:11 “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is l

This week’s BIG IDEA: 7 truths we need to be SENT and not STUCK. Death is certain. God is in charge. He is holy. We are broken. God offers grace. God speaks. God sends. Isaiah 6:1-2 “In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.” Psalm 25:15 “My ey

Big Idea: God desires for us to live SENT with our GREATER PURPOSE, while the world desires for us to be STUCK on ourselves. From Stuck to Sent Read: Review Isaiah 1–5 Key Verse: “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord.”— Isaiah 1:18 Devotional: Isaiah 1–5 is God’s warning label. It is a warning to Judah, but it is also a warning to us. The Bible — and all of life — centers around one question: What will our relationship with God be? Will we submit to Him and walk w

Big Idea: God desires for us to live SENT with our GREATER PURPOSE, while the world desires for us to be STUCK on ourselves. When God Looks for Fruit Read: Isaiah 5 Key Verse: “He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!”— Isaiah 5:7 Devotional Isaiah 5 is a song about a vineyard. God planted His people like a vineyard. He gave them everything they needed. He cleared the stones. He planted choice vines. He built a watchtower. He ma

Big Idea: God desires for us to live SENT with our GREATER PURPOSE, while the world desires for us to be STUCK on ourselves. Hope in the Middle of the Mess Read: Isaiah 4 Key Verse: “When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem…”— Isaiah 4:4 Devotional: After the warnings of Isaiah 1–3, Isaiah 4 gives us hope. The people are sinful. The culture is crumbling. The leadership is failing. The nation is stuck. B

Big Idea: God desires for us to live SENT with our GREATER PURPOSE, while the world desires for us to be STUCK on ourselves. The Work of Man or the Work of God? Read: Isaiah 3 Key Verse: “For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.” — Isaiah 3:8 Devotional Isaiah 3 shows what happens when a society rejects God’s truth and becomes its own moral standard. Judah had stumbled because t

Big Idea: God desires for us to live SENT with our GREATER PURPOSE, while the world desires for us to be STUCK on ourselves. The Work of Man or the Work of God? Read: Isaiah 2 Key Verse: “The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.”— Isaiah 2:11 Devotional Isaiah 2 gives us a picture of two very different ways to live. First, we see God’s greater purpose: all nations streaming to

Big Idea: God desires for us to live SENT with our GREATER PURPOSE, while the world desires for us to be STUCK on ourselves. Religion Without Relationship Read: Isaiah 1 Key Verse: “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”— Isaiah 1:18 Devotional: Isaiah opens like a huge warning label from God. Judah is not just struggling politically or culturally — they are spiritually stuck. God says, “Children h