KEY PASSAGES
– ISAIAH 56:5-8
5 I will give them—within the walls of my house—a memorial and a name far greater than sons and daughters could give. For the name I give them is an everlasting one. It will never disappear! 6 “I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the Lord, who serve him and love his name, who worship him and do not desecrate the Sabbath day of rest, and who hold fast to my covenant.
7 I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer. I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices, because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations. 8 For the Sovereign Lord, who brings back the outcasts of Israel, says: I will bring others, too, besides my people Israel.”
- HOUSE COMPANY
7 I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer
– ISAIAH 56:7
18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades (death) will not overpower it [by preventing the resurrection of the Christ].
– MATTHEW 16:18
16 Don’t you realize that ALL OF YOU TOGETHER are the TEMPLE of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this TEMPLE. For GOD’S TEMPLE is holy, and YOU are that TEMPLE.
– 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16-17
10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.
– PSALM 84:10
- HOUSE CULTURE
19 “Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing, Now it will spring forth;
– ISAIAH 43:19
5 You [believers], like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
– 1 PETER 2:5
THIS WEEK’S ACTIVATION:
THE OLD THING IS THE NEW THING
READ: ISAIAH 56:4-7
- HOUSE COMPANY
READ – ISAIAH 56:7. MATTHEW 16:18, 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16 -17, PSALM 84:10
ASK: Where am I spending most of my time dwelling? Whose “house” am I living in?
- HOUSE CULTURE
READ – ISAIAH 56:7, ISAIAH 43:19, 1 PETER 2:5
ASK: Whose culture are you most committed to keeping?
PRAY: Father, you are a God of new things because you always have more of your good nature to birth in our lives. I commit to spending all of my days in your house and to being a culture keeper of your house. As I do this I know you are working in new things for my life and over my life. Thank you, Amen!