Sabbath. Study. Serve.

 Sabbath, Study, Serve 

Taking the Sermon Into Our Week 

Scripture of the Week: Isaiah 5:1-7 and Isaiah 11:1-5

From the Sermon:

The idea of still seeing God’s fingerprints in the rubble is the ___________________ that Isaiah is trying to convey to people who quite frankly, didn’t want to hear it, as he was sent out as a messenger from God.

God did all of that work and the crop failed. Which leads us, and the people Isaiah is speaking to, to ask “_____?”

The problem is that God needed to be more ___________; it’s that the people of God were ______________.

The problem isn’t that God wasn’t __________; it’s that the people are not living into that _______.

God is trying to _____________________.

An image of ______ of what could be starts to emerge. In the rebuilding of the vine year, a future with ______ is coming!

Reflection Questions:

If a particular plant is not producing, what do we do? How does this relate to the metaphor of the vineyard we find in Isaiah?

What do these text reveal to you?

Prayer:

Lord, in the places where we have failed to birth fruit, forgive us. For the places we have not reflected your love, heal us. For the times we only see the ruin and rubble, let us step into your hope we pray. Amen.