1. Soar on Wings Like Eagles

2. 1.The High Calling 2.Challenges to Fulfilling God’s Call 3.Challenges Met in God’s Strength

3. To fulfill the Call to make disciples we need:  Conviction of Mission (1 Cor 9:16)  Clarity of Direction (vv. 19-21)  Commitment of Life (vv. 22-23)

4. The Babylonian Captivity (Isaiah 40)  Israel’s problems in an alien world  A faulty perspective of the Lord (v. 27)  A weakened faith in God (v. 28)

5.  The Almighty & True God (vv. 25-26)  Divine strength is promised (vv. 29-30)  Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength (v. 31, NRSV).

6.  Spiritual discipline of Devotions is more than just reading the Bible. more than just reading the Bible.  Jesus’ Practice of Solitude & Prayer (Mk 1:35).  Strength to Soar…Run…Walk (Jn 5:19)

7. Soar on Wings Like Eagles