1. ~MEDITATION~ Isaiah 40:29-31 ESV Isaiah 40:29-31 ESV Isaías 40:29-31 ESV 29 le da poder a los débiles, y a quien no tiene pudo él aumenta la fuerza. 30 Jóvenes incluso se desmaya y se cansarán y jóvenes caerá exhaustos; 31 pero los que espere el Señor deberán renovar su fuerza; levantarán alas como las águilas; ellos correrán y no se cansarán; harán a pie y no se fatigarán. 29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31 but they who wait for 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. 29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31 but they who wait for 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.

2. A.W. Tozer 1897-1963 The old cross slew men; the new cross entertains them. The old cross condemned; the new cross amuses. The old cross destroyed confidence in the flesh; the new cross encourages it. A.W. Tozer.

3. You Have A Choice! Choose: Be Strong in Self for a False Gospel (11:16-23a) Or Be Weak in Christ for a True Gospel (11:23b-33)

4. Isaiah 44:16-17 (ESV) 16 Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!" 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, "Deliver me, for you are my god!"

5. You Have A Choice! Choose: Be Strong in Self for a False Gospel (11:16-23a) Or Be Weak in Christ for a True Gospel (11:23b-33)

6. Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) in Christian Discipline “Suffering is the heritage of the bad, of the penitent, and of the Son of God. Each one ends in the cross. The bad thief is crucified, the penitent thief is crucified, and the Son of God is crucified. By these signs we know the widespread heritage of suffering.

7. 1 Corinthians 1:23-24 (ESV) 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

8. Martin Luther (1483-1546) If we consider the greatness and the glory of the life we shall have when we have risen from the dead, it would not be difficult at all for us to bear the concerns of this world. If I believe the Word, I shall on the Last Day, after the sentence has been pronounced, not only gladly have suffered ordinary temptations, insults, and imprisonment, but I shall also say: "O, that I did not throw myself under the feet of all the godless for the sake of the great glory which I now see revealed and which has come to me through the merit of Christ!"