QT 26 Oct 17, Isa 52:9-10, We have let the enemy lay waste to our souls

Wk	Date	Passage	Key Verses(s) [Optional]	Basic Thing(s) Taught	Personal Insight(s) & Application(s)	Prayer Response
7	10/26	Isa 52:7-12	Isaiah 52:9–10 (ESV) — 9 Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted his people; he has redeemed Jerusalem. 10 The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.	Before salvation, we are all waste places. And physically, we live in a country that is becoming a waste place. At times, it even looks like it when we see the litter than covers the roadsides. But this passage is about an enemy who has laid waste a country. Our enemy is Satan and he has destroyed our culture. He has destroyed our nation, our morals, our beliefs, and our faith. He has substituted a new faith, the Babylonian world view, which is represented in Nebuchadnezzar's speech before he went crazy: "I am god."	Not only as a nation, but as individual, we have been laid waste by Satan. Our morality, our language, our civility, and our faith has been laid waste. We think we are own gods and that we direct the affairs of our life. We think no one rules. We think no one can tell us what to do. We think there are no consequences to our sin. We are blinded and deceived the farther we travel on the road to Babylon.	Father, open our eyes. Help us to see that life does not work without you. Wake us up. I pray for your spirit to convict us of our sin, your righteousness, and a coming judgment for our sin. Have mercy on us as a nation and as individuals.