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HOPE IN HARROWING TIMES

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8


Hope in Harrowing Times
Donald Cantrell
Isaiah 6: 1 - 8


America is a divided nation, politics and racism have uprooted our very foundation, we are in a religious and spiritual war between the godly and the godless and most gauge who is winning upon which political party is in charge.

Isaiah will teach us that kings and presidents come and go that our hope must be in the Lord, he is the only King that will never be toppled or overthrown. Sadly too many of us are not looking high enough, therefore we are hopeless and living in sorrow due to placing our hope in a man or a political party.

I - The Sorrow That Isaiah Shared (1a)

II - The Sovereign That Isaiah Saw (1b - 4)

III - The Sinfulness That Isaiah Sensed (5 - 7)

IV - The Surrender That Isaiah Showed (8)

This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.

Theme: ''Isaiah found hope in a very despairing and difficult time''

I am sixty years old; a child of the 60's, played on the streets of Chatsworth, Georgia and was literally oblivious to the Vietnam War that was taking place across the seas, though I had an uncle over there, that was living with us when he was home. All I remember was getting some pictures sent to our family every now and then, I suppose I was 8 to 9 years old at the time.

It was the age of hippies; we even had ''streakers'' in our little hometown. I was oblivious to the racism that was running rampant throughout our nation. Our hometown was 99.9% white, but some of the most beloved people were some of the blacks that lived near us. One of the best men that I ever met was a black man by the name of Willie Kemp. He was the coach of one of our recreation teams, the Jaycees and they were always good. What was so funny is this, you had to actually be picked for those teams and Mr. Kemp always chose me to be on his team, though I was horrible and scared to death of the baseball.

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