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Awakenings and religious reforms » Revivals (select reading, isa chap 35) isa 35 » General references to
Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: "Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.
Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will flow in the desert, streams in the wilderness.
(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence.
Complaining » What to do instead of complaining
Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins? (Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
Conversion » Through the instrumentality of » Self-examination
(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
I consider my actions and follow your rules.
Revivals » Isa 35 » General references to
Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: "Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.
Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will flow in the desert, streams in the wilderness.
(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence.
Self-examination » Should be engaged in » With purpose of amendment
(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
I consider my actions and follow your rules.
Self-examination » Should be engaged in » With diligent search
(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
I said, "During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully." I tried to make sense of what was happening.
Trial » What to try
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.
Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins? (Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
Turning » Turning to the lord
"Yet even now," the Lord says, "return to me with all your heart -- with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!" Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love -- often relenting from calamitous punishment.
Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins? (Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
"If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?" says the Lord.
But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.
In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked. This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed, he said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And the man leaped up and began walking. read more.
So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!" They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them. But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting, "Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!" They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them. But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting, "Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.