Proclamation of the Word - January 12, 2025
"Do Not Fear"
Katie McKown, Pastor
Immanuel Baptist Church, Paducah, Kentucky

Isaiah 43:1-7

1 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed

you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by

name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;

and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through

fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. 3 For I am

the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your

ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. 4 Because you are precious in

my sight, and honored, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations

in exchange for your life. 5 Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your

offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you; 6 I will say to the
 north, “Give them up,” and to the south, “Do not withhold; bring my sons

from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth— 7 everyone who

is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”