Recorded outside in the Leeds City Centre Monday, April 15, 2013 Spock versus Kirk? Jeremiah 4:3-4, 14, 18-19 NLT This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: “Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns. O people of Judah and Jerusalem, surrender your pride and power. Change your hearts before the Lord, or my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins. O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart that you may be saved. How long...
Apr 15, 2013•3 min
Sunday, April 14, 2013 An Invitation Jeremiah 3:12-15 NLT Therefore, go and give this message to Israel. This is what the Lord says: “O Israel, my faithless people, come home to me again, for I am merciful. I will not be angry with you forever. Only acknowledge your guilt. Admit that you rebelled against the Lord your God and committed adultery against him by worshiping idols under every green tree. Confess that you refused to listen to my voice. I, the Lord, have spoken! “Return home, you waywa...
Apr 14, 2013•4 min
Saturday, April 13, 2013 Why reward the rebel? Isaiah 65:1-2, 12b NLT The Lord says, “I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help. I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’ to a nation that did not call on my name. All day long I opened my arms to a rebellious people. But they follow their own evil paths and their own crooked schemes... ... For when I called, you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not listen. You deliberately sinned—before m...
Apr 13, 2013•7 min
Friday, April 12, 2013 Plea for a forgetful God? Isaiah 63:17, 19; 64:5-9 NLT Lord , why have you allowed us to turn from your path? Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you? Return and help us, for we are your servants, the tribes that are your special possession... Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you, as though we had never been known as your people. You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways. But you have been very angry with us, for we...
Apr 12, 2013•4 min
Thursday, April 11, 2013 What's the problem? Isaiah 59:1-16 NLT Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call. It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore. Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. Your lips are full of lies, and your mouth spews corruption. No one cares about being fair and honest. The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They...
Apr 11, 2013•7 min
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 700 years before Isaiah the prophet wrote prophecies concerning Jesus 700 years before he was born in Bethlehem. Listen to the prophet foretell of Jesus' suffering. All passages quoted today are from the New Living Translation. Isaiah 49:15-16 NLT “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you! See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind...
Apr 10, 2013•8 min
Tuesday, April 09, 2013 One single choice Isaiah 43:10-13, 25 NLT “But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the Lord. “You are my servant. You have been chosen to know me, believe in me, and understand that I alone am God. There is no other God— there never has been, and there never will be. I, yes I, am the Lord, and there is no other Savior. First I predicted your rescue, then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world. No foreign god has ever done this. You are witnesses that I am the only G...
Apr 09, 2013•4 min
Monday, April 08, 2013 He never grows weak or weary. https://soundcloud.com/wkbode/consider-the-following Isaiah 40:28-31 NLT Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find n...
Apr 08, 2013•7 min
Sunday, April 07, 2013 Tell us lies. Isaiah 30:8-15, 18 NLT Now go and write down these words. Write them in a book. They will stand until the end of time as a witness that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the Lord’s instructions. They tell the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Don’t tell us what is right. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies. Forget all this gloom. Get off your narrow path. Stop telling us about your ‘Holy One of Israel.’” This i...
Apr 07, 2013•5 min
Saturday, April 06, 2013 He is certainly greater than you! Isaiah 29:13-16 NLT And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites with amazing wonders. The wisdom of the wise will pass away, and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear.” What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans...
Apr 06, 2013•7 min
Friday, April 05, 2013 He will remove the cloud of gloom Isaiah 25:3-9 NLT Therefore, strong nations will declare your glory; ruthless nations will fear you. But you are a tower of refuge to the poor, O Lord, a tower of refuge to the needy in distress. You are a refuge from the storm and a shelter from the heat. For the oppressive acts of ruthless people are like a storm beating against a wall, or like the relentless heat of the desert. But you silence the roar of foreign nations. As the shade o...
Apr 05, 2013•4 min
Thursday, April 04, 2013 The Day of the Lord, probably not what you thought. Audio Blog Isaiah 13:11, 15-16, 18 NLT “I, the Lord, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the mighty. Anyone who is captured will be cut down— run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped. The attacking armies will shoot down t...
Apr 04, 2013•7 min
Wednesday, April 03, 2013 Finally, justice! Isaiah 11:4 NLT He will give justice to the poor and make fair decisions for the exploited. The earth will shake at the force of his word, and one breath from his mouth will destroy the wicked. ____________________________________ The promise God made to King David had always seemed too good to be true. Dynasties don't last forever. David's experience of the promise was seriously threatened before he ever reached the throne. And when the land of Abraha...
Apr 03, 2013•4 min
http://williambode.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/there-will-be-no-end.html Tuesday, April 02, 2013 There will be no end... ISA 9:6-7 ESV For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righte...
Apr 02, 2013•5 min
Djangonauts at Greystone Pub / The Backroom by William Bode
Jan 20, 2012•4 min
Djangonauts at Greystone Pub / The Backroom by William Bode
Jan 20, 2012•5 min
