New Living Translation (NLT)
[Amen] added by author.

We're nearing the end of the book of Isaiah. What a trip it has been!

It's almost as if God is sending us off into the next book with this promise: "my Spirit will not leave you and neither will these words I have given you" (Isa 59: 21 NLT).

That's one powerful promise! 🔥

You know, it's also true for reading the Bible.

If you read the Bible without His Spirit, it's still a wonderful book, but dead letters, just like any book.

Think of the Scribes and Farisees, they knew every word and verse and still failed to understand the Word, what it was really about.

But if you read it with His Spirit and let the Spirit breathe on the words, it comes alive!

Think about it.. God is Spirit. Every word He has spoken He spoke through His Spirit.

So how can we read the Bible without His Spirit to explain it to us? We can't. That's how religion starts. Not a relation.

So that's my prayer for you, that these next books to come you let the Spirit guide you.

Ask His Spirit to breathe on the words. The words you read, hear and sing. Let His words transform you and the world around you.