THE ANCIENT PATHS JEREMIAH 6 16 ISAIAH 58

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“THE ANCIENT PATHS…” JEREMIAH 6: 16 / ISAIAH 58

“THE ANCIENT PATHS…” JEREMIAH 6: 16 / ISAIAH 58

IN 2014… • We must make the LOVE of Christ our CORE Competency.

IN 2014… • We must make the LOVE of Christ our CORE Competency.

IN 2015… • We must make the GLORIFICATION of Christ our Highest PRIORITY.

IN 2015… • We must make the GLORIFICATION of Christ our Highest PRIORITY.

IN 2016… • We must make the Gospel of the MINISTRY of Christ our

IN 2016… • We must make the Gospel of the MINISTRY of Christ our Sacred MISSION.

IN 2017… • We need the WITNESS of the Spirit of Christ and the

IN 2017… • We need the WITNESS of the Spirit of Christ and the FLOW of His Grace.

IN 2018… • We exist to do the MINISTRY of Christ; in the LOVE

IN 2018… • We exist to do the MINISTRY of Christ; in the LOVE of Christ; for the GLORY of Christ; by the POWER of Christ!

Romans 1: 16 NKJV • For I am not ashamed of the gospel of

Romans 1: 16 NKJV • For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes. . .

1 Corinthians 2: 1 NIV 84 • When I came to you, brothers, I

1 Corinthians 2: 1 NIV 84 • When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

1 Corinthians 2: 2 -3 NIV 84 • For I resolved to know nothing

1 Corinthians 2: 2 -3 NIV 84 • For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

1 Corinthians 2: 4 -5 NIV 84 • My message and my preaching were

1 Corinthians 2: 4 -5 NIV 84 • My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

Matthew 10: 7 -8 NKJV • “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom

Matthew 10: 7 -8 NKJV • “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand. ’ 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. ”

Matthew 17: 20 -21 NKJV • So Jesus said to them, “…If you have

Matthew 17: 20 -21 NKJV • So Jesus said to them, “…If you have faith…nothing will be impossible for you. 21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting. ”

IN 2019… • We must PURSUE God and PURSUE People!

IN 2019… • We must PURSUE God and PURSUE People!

Jeremiah 6: 16 NIV • This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the

Jeremiah 6: 16 NIV • This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.

Jeremiah 6: 16 VOICE • Eternal One (to the people): Stand at the crossing,

Jeremiah 6: 16 VOICE • Eternal One (to the people): Stand at the crossing, and consider the ancient path, for it is good and it leads to Me. Walk on this path, and you will find rest for your souls.

Jeremiah 6: 16 MESSAGE • God’s Message yet again: “Go stand at the crossroads

Jeremiah 6: 16 MESSAGE • God’s Message yet again: “Go stand at the crossroads and look around. Ask for directions to the old road, The tried-and-true road. Then take it. Discover the right route for your souls.

Isaiah 58: 1 NIV 84 • “Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise

Isaiah 58: 1 NIV 84 • “Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Isaiah 58: 2 NIV 84 • For day after day they seek me out;

Isaiah 58: 2 NIV 84 • For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them.

Isaiah 58: 3 NIV 84 • ‘Why have we fasted, ’ they say, ‘and

Isaiah 58: 3 NIV 84 • ‘Why have we fasted, ’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have noticed? ’ “Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.

Isaiah 58: 4 NIV 84 • Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and

Isaiah 58: 4 NIV 84 • Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high.

Isaiah 58: 5 NIV 84 • Is this the kind of fast I have

Isaiah 58: 5 NIV 84 • Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself? Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?

Isaiah 58: 6 NIV 84 • “Is not this the kind of fasting I

Isaiah 58: 6 NIV 84 • “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?

Isaiah 58: 7 NIV 84 • Is it not to share your food with

Isaiah 58: 7 NIV 84 • Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Isaiah 58: 8 NIV 84 • Then your light will break forth like the

Isaiah 58: 8 NIV 84 • Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.

Isaiah 58: 9 NIV 84 • Then you will call, and the Lord will

Isaiah 58: 9 NIV 84 • Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,

Isaiah 58: 10 NIV 84 • And if you spend yourselves in behalf of

Isaiah 58: 10 NIV 84 • And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

Isaiah 58: 11 NIV 84 • The Lord will guide you always; he will

Isaiah 58: 11 NIV 84 • The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sunscorched land will strengthen your frame. You will be like a wellwatered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Isaiah 58: 12 NIV 84 • Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and

Isaiah 58: 12 NIV 84 • Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

Isaiah 58: 13 NIV 84 • If you keep your feet from breaking the

Isaiah 58: 13 NIV 84 • If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,

Isaiah 58: 14 NIV 84 • Then you will find your joy in the

Isaiah 58: 14 NIV 84 • Then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob. ” The mouth of the Lord has spoken.

The FASTING the Lord requires of us PURSUES GOD, and it PURSUES PEOPLE.

The FASTING the Lord requires of us PURSUES GOD, and it PURSUES PEOPLE.

Isaiah 58: 6 NIV 84 • “Is not this the kind of fasting I

Isaiah 58: 6 NIV 84 • “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?

Isaiah 58: 7 NIV 84 • Is it not to share your food with

Isaiah 58: 7 NIV 84 • Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Isaiah 58: 8 NIV 84 • Then your light will break forth like the

Isaiah 58: 8 NIV 84 • Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.

Isaiah 58: 9 NIV 84 • Then you will call, and the Lord will

Isaiah 58: 9 NIV 84 • Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,

Jeremiah 6: 16 VOICE • Eternal One (to the people): Stand at the crossing,

Jeremiah 6: 16 VOICE • Eternal One (to the people): Stand at the crossing, and consider the ancient path, for it is good and it leads to Me. Walk on this path, and you will find rest for your souls.

1. STAND and LOOK.

1. STAND and LOOK.

Jeremiah 6: 16 NIV • This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the

Jeremiah 6: 16 NIV • This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look…

Jeremiah 6: 16 VOICE • Eternal One (to the people): Stand at the crossing,

Jeremiah 6: 16 VOICE • Eternal One (to the people): Stand at the crossing, and consider the ancient path…

Jeremiah 6: 16 MESSAGE • God’s Message yet again: “Go stand at the crossroads

Jeremiah 6: 16 MESSAGE • God’s Message yet again: “Go stand at the crossroads and look around…

Psalm 34: 3 NKJV • Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us

Psalm 34: 3 NKJV • Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.

A. W. Tozer The basic trouble with the church today is her unworthy concept

A. W. Tozer The basic trouble with the church today is her unworthy concept of God. . . Christianity at any given time is strong or weak depending on her concept of God.

A. W. Tozer I am positively sure after many years of observation and prayer

A. W. Tozer I am positively sure after many years of observation and prayer that the basis of all of our trouble today, in religious circles, is that our God is too small.

A. W. Tozer When he says magnify the Lord, he doesn't mean that you

A. W. Tozer When he says magnify the Lord, he doesn't mean that you are to make God big, but you are to see Him big.

A. W. Tozer When we take a telescope and look at a star, we

A. W. Tozer When we take a telescope and look at a star, we don't make the star bigger, we only see it big. Likewise, you cannot make God bigger, but you are only to see Him bigger. . .

A. W. Tozer My brethren, God calls us to magnify Him, to see Him

A. W. Tozer My brethren, God calls us to magnify Him, to see Him big.

John 10: 10 TPT • A thief has only one thing in mind— he

John 10: 10 TPT • A thief has only one thing in mind— he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect—life in its fullness until you overflow!

Isaiah 58: 8 NIV 84 • Then your light will break forth like the

Isaiah 58: 8 NIV 84 • Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.

Isaiah 58: 9 NIV 84 • Then you will call, and the Lord will

Isaiah 58: 9 NIV 84 • Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,

Isaiah 58: 10 NIV 84 • And if you spend yourselves in behalf of

Isaiah 58: 10 NIV 84 • And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

Isaiah 58: 11 NIV 84 • The Lord will guide you always; he will

Isaiah 58: 11 NIV 84 • The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sunscorched land will strengthen your frame. You will be like a wellwatered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Isaiah 6: 1 NIV • In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw

Isaiah 6: 1 NIV • In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.

Psalm 121: 1 -2 NIV • I lift up my eyes to the mountains

Psalm 121: 1 -2 NIV • I lift up my eyes to the mountains —where does my help come 2 from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Isaiah 40: 21 NIV • Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has

Isaiah 40: 21 NIV • Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?

Isaiah 40: 22 NIV • He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,

Isaiah 40: 22 NIV • He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in…

Isaiah 40: 25 NIV • "To whom will you compare me? Or who is

Isaiah 40: 25 NIV • "To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal? " says the Holy One.

Isaiah 40: 26 a NIV • Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:

Isaiah 40: 26 a NIV • Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. . .

Isaiah 40: 26 b NIV • …Because of his great power and mighty strength,

Isaiah 40: 26 b NIV • …Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. . .

Isaiah 40: 28 NIV • Do you not know? Have you not heard? The

Isaiah 40: 28 NIV • Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

Isaiah 40: 29 -30 NIV • He gives strength to the weary and increases

Isaiah 40: 29 -30 NIV • He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

Isaiah 40: 31 NIV • But those who hope in the LORD will renew

Isaiah 40: 31 NIV • But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Hebrews 13: 8 KJV 2000 • Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and

Hebrews 13: 8 KJV 2000 • Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever!

Psalm 46: 10 NIV • “Be still, and know that I am God; I

Psalm 46: 10 NIV • “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. ”

Psalm 46: 10 VOICE • “Be still, be calm, see, and understand I am

Psalm 46: 10 VOICE • “Be still, be calm, see, and understand I am the True God. I am honored among all the nations. I am honored over all the earth. ”

Revelation 22: 17 VOICE • And let everyone who hears these words say, “Come.

Revelation 22: 17 VOICE • And let everyone who hears these words say, “Come. ” And let those who thirst come. All who desire to drink, let them take and drink freely from the water of life.

Psalm 34: 8 NLT • Taste and see that the Lord is good…

Psalm 34: 8 NLT • Taste and see that the Lord is good…

2. ASK and SEEK.

2. ASK and SEEK.

Jeremiah 6: 16 NIV • This is what the Lord says: “…Ask for the

Jeremiah 6: 16 NIV • This is what the Lord says: “…Ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is…

Jeremiah 6: 16 MESSAGE • God’s Message yet again: “…Ask for directions to the

Jeremiah 6: 16 MESSAGE • God’s Message yet again: “…Ask for directions to the old road, The triedand-true road…

Isaiah 58: 9 NIV 84 • Then you will call, and the Lord will

Isaiah 58: 9 NIV 84 • Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,

John 14: 13 -14 • “I will do whatever you ask in my name,

John 14: 13 -14 • “I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. ”

3. WALK and TALK.

3. WALK and TALK.

Jeremiah 6: 16 NIV • “…And walk in it, and you will find rest

Jeremiah 6: 16 NIV • “…And walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.

Jeremiah 6: 16 VOICE • “…Walk on this path, and you will find rest

Jeremiah 6: 16 VOICE • “…Walk on this path, and you will find rest for your souls.

Jeremiah 6: 16 MESSAGE • “…Ask for directions to the old road, The tried-and-true

Jeremiah 6: 16 MESSAGE • “…Ask for directions to the old road, The tried-and-true road. Then take it. Discover the right route for your souls. ”

John 14: 12 NIV 78 • “I tell you the truth, anyone who has

John 14: 12 NIV 78 • “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. ”

John 14: 13 -14 NIV 78 • “I will do whatever you ask in

John 14: 13 -14 NIV 78 • “I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. ”

Acts 1: 8 NIV • “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit

Acts 1: 8 NIV • “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses. . . ”