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Isaiah foreshadows the coming promiseIsaiah 53

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • What does this chapter say the servant suffers, and for whom?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • How does it affect you to read this written long before Jesus came?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • How will you respond this week to what Jesus bore for you?
  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who needs to know Jesus carried their sin and sorrow too?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

God, thank you that Jesus was pierced for my transgressions and by his wounds I am healed. Help me grasp the love that bore my sin.