New Year – New You?

I. A Vision of the

Isaiah 54:1 (NLT)

1 “Sing, O childless woman,

    you who have never given birth!

Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem,

    you who have never been in labor.

For the desolate woman now has more children

    than the woman who lives with her husband,”

    says the Lord.

II. A Vision for the

Isaiah 54:2 (NLT)

2 “Enlarge your house; build an addition.

    Spread out your home, and spare no expense!

3 For you will soon be bursting at the seams.

    Your descendants will occupy other nations

    and resettle the ruined cities.

III. A Vision for the

 4“Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood. 5 For your Creator will be your husband; the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth. 6 For the Lord has called you back from your grief—as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,” says your God. 7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back. 8  In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while. But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer.