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May 6
Tuesday


ANTI-AGING
POWER

READ:
Isaiah 40:25-4:1
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Those who wait on the
LORD shall renew their
strength.
__Isaiah 40:31
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Americans spend more than $20 billion annually on various anti-aging products that claim to cure baldness, remove wrinkles, build muscle, and renew the powers of youth. Can those products deliver what they promise? Dr. Thomas Perls of Boston University School of Medicine says there is "absolutely no scientific proof that any commercially available product will stop or reverse aging."

But there is a promise of spiritual vitality that defies the ravages of time. "Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint" (Isa. 40:30-31).

Isaiah used the eagle as a symbol of freedom and endurance, held aloft by a source of power outside itself. As we put our hope and trust in the Lord, we are carried along by His strength and not our own. The psalmist said it is the Lord who nourishes us so that our "youth is renewed like the eagle's" (Ps. 103:5).

Are we taking advantage of God's anti-aging power? It's promised to all who put their trust in Him for strength of heart, vigor of spirit, and energy of soul. __David McCasland
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``````````````The ravages of time cannot be stopped;``````````````
```````````````Yes, outwardly we perish every day;````````````````
`````````````But inner strength of heart can be renewed````````````
````````````By trusting in the Lord to light our way. __Sper``````````
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Growing old is a blessing
when you're growing closer to God.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ Isaiah 40:25-41:1************

25 "To whom then will you
liken Me, or to whom shall
I be equal?" says the Holy
One. 26 Lift up your eyes on
high, and see who has
created these things, who
brings out their host by
number; he calls them all
by name, by the greatness
of His might and the
strength of His power; not
one is missing.

27 Why do you say, O
Jacob, and speak, O Israel:
"My way is hidden from
the LORD, and my just
claim is passed over by my
God"? 28 Have you not
known? Have you not
heard? The everlasting God,
the LORD, the Creator of the
ends of the earth, neither
faints nor is weary. His
understanding is
unsearchable. 29 He gives
power to the weak, and to
those who have no might
He increases strength.

30 Even the youths shall
faint and be weary, and the
young men shall utterly fall,

31 but those who wait on the
LORD shall renew their
strength; they shall mount
up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be
weary, they shall walk and
not faint.

1 Keep silence before Me,
O coastlands, and let the
people renew their strength!
Let them come near, then
let them speak; let us come
near together for judgment.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

According the the international Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "Isaiah
was the son of Amoz (not Amos). He seems to have belonged to a
family of some rank, as may be inferred from his easy access to the
king (Isa. 7:3).... Tradition says he was the cousin of King Uzziah.
He lived in Jerusalem and became court preacher. He was married
and had two sons." __Bill Crowder