Joe Barnett

Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved.      —Jeremiah 17:14 The sickness of sin takes many forms: the fever of lust; the virus of greed; the infection of gossip and slander. Whatever the form, the result is the same—without treatment you die. Your only hope […]

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.                       —Jeremiah 1:5 We tend to evaluate the worth of people by what they have and what they do—and our own worth by how we compare. Don’t

As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you.                                       —Isaiah 66:13 She was 18, but she had a question for her dad: “Am I still your little girl?” You know the answer; she will

As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.                                                           —Isaiah 55:9 Paul planned

Seek the Lord while he may be found.                            —Isaiah 55:6 Describe your life in one word. Busy! Is that the word? You have a full plate; fish to fry; irons in the fire. You’re on the go; up to your ears; full

By his wounds we are healed.                —Isaiah 53:5 The dream was vivid. The whip whistled through the air and split Jesus’ flesh across bloody, gaping wounds already there from previous blows. As the soldier raised the Roman flagrum to strike again, the dreamer moved in to stop him.

He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.                                    —Isaiah 50:4 “Call me anytime,” he said, “I have my cell phone on 24/7/365.” Twenty-four hours a day, 7 days a week, 365

I will not forget you.     —Isaiah 49:15 The prophet asked, “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?” Unlikely, but possible. A Pennsylvania mom dropped her two children off at school, drove away, and disappeared for 11 years. Not once in those

The Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.                      —Isaiah 49:13 Hymn writer Thomas Dorsey was singing at a revival in St. Louis when his wife Nettie died in childbirth. Within hours the baby also died. Crushed with grief and feeling

Do not dwell on the past.       —Isaiah 43:18 Made a mistake did you? Messed up? Knowing what you know now, you would do better if you had another shot at it. But you didn’t know then what you know now, and you don’t have another shot at it. That ship has sailed;