#Compassion Postured for Transformation

Isaiah 40 presents a vision that calls the church to prepare the way of the Lord—as people of comfort, hope, and expectancy—to see transformation made a reality even in the face of brokenness, injustice and poverty. 📖 Bible Passages Explored:Isaiah 40 3-5 3 A voice of one calling:“In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord;make straight in the desert, a highway for our God.4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low;the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together.For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”Isaiah 40: 1 -21 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for.1 John 3:18“Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” Quotes from:"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” Desmond TutuThe resurrection of Jesus is the beginning of God’s new creation. The Church’s task is to implement the resurrection in the power of the Spirit.N. T. Wright