Day: January 6, 2013

Epiphany: Isaiah 60.1-3 NLT – “All nations will come to your light.” – Siyahamba (YouTube)

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Kotel (Western Wailing Wall) at sunrise.

Reading: Isaiah 60:1-3 NLT

“Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you. Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the LORD rises and appears over you. All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance.”

“All nations will come to your light….”

Spritual Song: “We are marching in the light of God” – several versions, different nations – check them all out, they will warm your heart… and make you smile.

From Canada –

From Croatia –

From India –

From Bosnia/ Herzegovina –

From South Africa –

Morning Reading: Luke 4.16-21 NLT – Spirit of the Lord

“Jesus Reading from the Prophet Isaiah
in his home town of Nazareth,”
by Greg Olson

Reading: Luke 4.16-21 NLT

When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures. The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written:

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.”

He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently. Then he began to speak to them.

“The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”

Prayer: Lord Jesus – Help me to see the world as You see it… the poor, the captives, the blind, the oppressed. And help me to be a bearer of Your Good News. Amen.

Spiritual Song: “Lord You Have My Heart” – Delirious? (YouTube)