Arise and Fly (Women’s Day 2019 Notes)
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
Proverbs 27:17 (NLT)
You are to arise and fly.
1 “Rejoice with singing, you barren one! You who have never given birth, burst into a song of joy and shout, you who have never been in labor! For the deserted wife will have more children than the married one,” says Yahweh.
2 “Increase is coming, so enlarge your tent and add extensions to your dwelling. Hold nothing back! Make the tent ropes longer and the pegs stronger.
3 You will increase and spread out in every direction. Your sons and daughters will conquer nations and revitalize desolate cities.
4 Do not fear, for your shame is no more. Do not be embarrassed, for you will not be disgraced. You will forget the inadequacy you felt in your youth and will no longer remember the shame of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband; his name is Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies! Your Kinsman-Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel! He has the title Mighty God of All the Earth!
6 For I, Yahweh, have invited you to come back like a depressed, deserted wife. Like a young wife who has experienced rejection, I am drawing you back to me,” says Yahweh.
7 “For just a brief moment I deserted you, but with tender feelings of love I will gather you back to me.
8 In a surge of anger, for just the briefest moment, I hid my face from you, but with everlasting kindness, I will show you my cherishing love,” says Yahweh, your Kinsman-Redeemer.
9 “To me, this is like the time when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood would never again cover the earth. Now I vow to you that I will neither be angry with you nor rebuke you.
10 Even if the mountains were to crumble and the hills disappear, my heart of steadfast, faithful love will never leave you, and my covenant of peace with you will never be shaken,” says Yahweh, whose love and compassion will never give up on you.
11”You unhappy one, storm-tossed and troubled, I am ready to rebuild you with precious stones and embed your foundation with sapphires.
12 I will make your towers of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious, delightful stones.
13 All your children will be taught by Yahweh, and great will be their peace and prosperity.
14 You will be established in righteousness. Oppression–be far from them! Fear–be far from them!
Isaiah 54: 1-17 The Passion Translation
18 Love never brings fear, for fear is always related to punishment. But love’s perfection drives the fear of punishment far from our hearts. Whoever walks constantly afraid of punishmenthas not reached love’s perfection.
1 John 4:18 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Fear is a joy robber.
Obedience is an opportunity.
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
Psalm 118:17 King James Version (KJV)
I didn’t die. I lived! And now I’m telling the world what God did. God tested me, he pushed me hard, but he didn’t hand me over to Death. Swing wide the city gates—the righteous gates! I’ll walk right through and thank God! This Temple Gate belongs to God, so the victors can enter and praise.
Psalm 118:17-20 The Message (MSG)
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
When hope’s dream seems to drag on and on, the delay can be depressing. But when at last your dream comes true, life’s sweetness will satisfy your soul.
Proverbs 13:12 The Passion Translation (TPT)
