Posted by DSY on Tuesday, August 31. 2021
Day 243, 31 August 2021
Ezekiel 18 - 20
Ezekiel 18
The Soul Who Sins Will Die
1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:
2 (Isa 3:15; La 5:7) What do you mean in using this proverb
concerning the land of Israel, saying:
"The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge"?
3 As I live, says the Lord God, you shall not have occasion anymore
to use this proverb in Israel.
4 (Eze 18:20; Ro 6:23; Nu 16:22) All souls are Mine. The soul of the father,
so also the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins shall die.
5 But if a man is righteous
and does that which is lawful and right,
6 (Eze 18:15; Dt 4:19; Eze 6:13) and has not eaten on the mountains;
nor has he lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
nor has he defiled his neighbor's wife,
nor has he approached a woman during her impurity;
7 (Eze 18:16; 18:12; Ex 22:26) and he has not oppressed anyone,
but has restored to the debtor his pledge;
has devastated no one by violence,
has given his bread to the hungry,
and has covered the naked with a garment;
8 (Ex 22:25; Zec 8:16; Dt 23:19-20) if he has not lent at interest,
nor has taken any increase,
but has withdrawn his hand from iniquity,
has executed true justice between man and man;
9 (Am 5:4; Eze 18:17) has walked in My statutes,
and has kept My judgments to deal truly,
he is righteous
and shall surely live,
says the Lord God.
10 (Ex 21:12) If he begets a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood,
and who does any of these things to a brother
11 (though he himself does not do any of these things),
but even has eaten on the mountain shrines
and defiled his neighbor's wife;
12 (Eze 8:6; 8:17) has oppressed the poor and needy,
has devastated by violence,
has not restored the pledge,
and has lifted up his eyes to the idols,
has committed abomination,
13 (Ex 22:25; Lev 20:9) has lent at interest, and has taken increase,
shall he then live?
He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die.
His blood shall be upon his own head.
14 (2Ch 34:21; Pr 23:24) Now if he begets a son who sees all his father's
sins which he has done, and considering does not do likewise:
15 He has not eaten on the mountain shrines,
nor has he lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
has not defiled his neighbor's wife;
16 (Eze 18:7) nor has he oppressed anyone,
has not withheld a pledge,
nor has he devastated by violence,
but has given his bread to the hungry,
and has covered the naked with a garment;
17 (Eze 18:8-9) he keeps his hand from the poor,
has not received usury nor increase,
has executed My judgments, and has walked in My statutes.
He shall not die for the iniquity of his father; he shall surely live.
18 (Eze 3:18) As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, devastated
his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people,
he shall die for his iniquity.
Repent and Live
19 (Ex 20:5; Jer 15:4) Yet you say, "Why should the son not bear
the punishment of the iniquity of the father?" When the son has done
what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes, and has done them,
he shall surely live.
20 (Dt 24:16; 2Ki 14:6) The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not
bear the punishment of the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father
bear the punishment of the iniquity of the son. The righteousness
of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked
shall be upon himself.
21 (Eze 18:27-28; 33:19) But if the wicked turns from all his sins
that he has committed, and keeps all My statutes, and does that which
is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
22 (Ps 18:20-24; Isa 43:25) All his transgressions that he has committed,
they shall not be remembered against him. Because of his righteousness
that he has done, he shall live.
23 (Eze 33:11; Ps 147:11) Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,
says the Lord God, but rather that he should turn from his ways and live?
24 (1Sa 15:11; Eze 33:18) But when a righteous man turns away
from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all
the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live?
All his righteousness that he has done shall not be remembered for his
trespass that he has committed and in his sin that he has done.
In them he shall die.
25 (Eze 33:17; Ge 18:25) Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not right."
Hear now, O house of Israel. Is not My way right? Are not your ways not right?
26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity,
he dies in it. For his iniquity that he has done he shall die.
27 (Isa 1:18; 55:7) Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness
that he has committed and does that which is lawful and right,
he shall save his soul.
28 Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions
that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
29 Yet the house of Israel says, "The way of the Lord is not right."
O house of Israel, are not My ways right? Are not your ways not right?
30 (Eze 18:21; 7:3) Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one
according to his ways, says the Lord God. Repent, and turn away from all your
transgressions so that iniquity shall not be your ruin.
31 (Eze 11:19; Ps 51:10) Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby
you have transgressed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.
For why will you die, O house of Israel?
32 (Eze 18:23) For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,
says the Lord God. Therefore, repent and live.
Ezekiel 19
A Lament for Israel's Princes
1 (2Ki 24:6; Eze 26:17) Moreover take up a lamentation
for the officials of Israel,
2 and say:
What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions;
she nourished her whelps.
3 When she brought up one of her whelps,
he became a lion
and learned to catch his prey;
he devoured men.
4 (2Ki 23:33-34; 2Ch 36:4) The nations also heard of him;
he was taken in their pit,
and they brought him with chains
to the land of Egypt.
5 Now when she saw as she had waited
that her hope was lost,
then she took another of her whelps
and made him a young lion.
6 He went up and down among the lions;
he became a young lion,
and learned to catch the prey,
and devoured men.
7 (Eze 30:12) He destroyed their fortified palaces,
and he laid waste their cities;
and the land and its fullness
were appalled by the noise of his roaring.
8 (Eze 12:13; 19:4) Then the nations set against him
on every side from their provinces,
and spread their net over him;
he was taken in their pit.
9 (2Ch 36:6; Eze 6:2) They put him in a cage with hooks
and brought him to the king of Babylon;
they brought him in hunting nets,
so that his voice would be heard no more
on the mountains of Israel.
10 (Ps 80:8-11; Dt 8:7) Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,
planted by the waters;
it was fruitful and full of branches
by reason of many waters.
11 (Eze 31:3; Ps 80:15) It had strong rods
for the scepters of those who rule.
And its stature
was exalted above the clouds,
so it appeared in its height
with the multitude of its branches.
12 (Eze 17:10; Hos 13:15) But it was plucked up in fury,
it was cast down to the ground,
and the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong rod was broken and it withered;
the fire consumed it.
13 (Hos 2:3; Eze 19:10) Now it is planted in the wilderness,
in a dry and thirsty ground.
14 (2Ki 24:20; Eze 19:1) Fire has gone out from its branch;
it has devoured its shoots and fruit,
so that there is no strong rod in it,
a scepter to rule.
This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
Ezekiel 20
Israel's Continuing Rebellion
1 (Eze 8:1; 1:2; 24:1) In the seventh year, in the fifth month,
on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel
came to inquire of the Lord and sat before me.
2 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
3 (Mic 3:7) Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them:
Thus says the Lord God: Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live,
says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.
4 (Eze 22:2; 23:36) Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them?
Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.
5 (Ge 14:22; Ex 3:8) And say to them: Thus says the Lord God: On the day
when I chose Israel, and lifted up My hand to the seed of the house of Jacob,
and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up My hand
to them, saying, I am the Lord your God,
6 (Eze 20:15; Ex 3:8; Ps 48:2) on that day that I lifted up My hand to them
to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected
for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,
7 (Lev 18:3; Ex 20:2) then I said to them: Cast away, each of you,
the abominations of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols
of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
8 (Isa 63:10; Eze 5:13) But they rebelled against Me and would not listen
to Me. They did not cast away the abominations of their eyes, nor did they
forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I will pour out My fury upon them,
to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
9 (Eze 20:14; 20:22) But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not
be polluted before the nations among whom they were, in whose sight
I made Myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
10 Therefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt
and brought them into the wilderness.
11 (Lev 18:5; Dt 4:8) I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments,
which if a man does them, he shall live.
12 (Ex 20:8-11; Lev 21:23) Moreover I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign
between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies
them.
13 (Eze 20:21; 20:8; Dt 9:8) But the house of Israel rebelled against Me
in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes, and they despised
My judgments, which if a man does them, he shall live. And My Sabbaths
they greatly polluted. Then I said I would pour out My fury upon them
in the wilderness to consume them.
14 (Eze 20:9) But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be polluted
before the nations in whose sight I brought them out.
15 (Ps 95:11; 106:26) Also I lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness
that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing
with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,
16 (Nu 15:39; Eze 14:3-4) because they despised My judgments
and did not walk in My statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths.
For their hearts went after their idols.
17 (Eze 11:13; Jer 4:27) Nevertheless My eye spared them from destroying
them, nor did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
18 (Dt 4:3-6; Eze 20:7) But I said to their children in the wilderness:
Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments,
nor defile yourselves with their idols.
19 I am the Lord your God: Walk in My statutes, and keep My judgments,
and do them.
20 (Jer 17:22; Eze 20:12) And hallow My Sabbaths. And they shall be a sign
between Me and you that you may know that I am the Lord your God.
21 (Eze 20:13; 20:8; Nu 21:5) Yet the children rebelled against Me.
They did not walk in My statutes, nor did they keep My judgments
to do them, which if a man does them, he shall live. They polluted My Sabbaths.
Then I said I would pour out My fury upon them to accomplish My anger against
them in the wilderness.
22 (Eze 20:9; 20:14) Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name's
sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the nations in whose
sight I brought them out.
23 (Lev 26:33; Eze 20:15) I lifted up My hand to them also in the wilderness,
that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through
the countries,
24 (Eze 6:9; 20:16) because they had not executed My judgments,
but had despised My statutes and had polluted My Sabbaths, and their eyes
were after their fathers' idols.
25 (Ps 81:12; Isa 66:4) Therefore I gave them also statutes that were
not good and judgments by which they could not live.
26 (Lev 18:21; Eze 6:7) And I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts,
in that they caused to pass through the fire all who opened the womb, that
I might make them desolate in order that they might know that I am the Lord.
27 (Ro 2:24; Eze 2:7) Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel
and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Yet in this your fathers have
blasphemed Me, in that they have committed a trespass against Me.
28 (Eze 6:13; Jos 23:14) When I had brought them into the land for which
I lifted up My hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill
and all the leafy trees, and there they offered their sacrifices,
and there they presented the provocation of their offering.
There also they made their sweet savour
and there poured out their drink offerings.
29 Then I said to them: What is the high place to which you go?
And the name is called Bamah to this day.
30 (Jer 16:12; Jdg 2:19) Therefore say to the house of Israel,
Thus says the Lord God: Will you pollute yourselves after the manner
of your fathers and commit harlotry after their abominations?
31 (Ps 106:37-39; Jer 7:31) When you offer your gifts, when you make your sons
to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols,
even to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel?
As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.
32 (Jer 44:17; Eze 11:5) That which comes into your mind shall not come
about when you say, "We will be as the nations,
as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone."
God Will Restore Israel
33 (Jer 21:5) As I live, says the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand
and with a stretched-out arm and with fury poured out, I will rule over you.
34 (Eze 20:38; 34:16) And I will bring you out from the peoples and will
gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered with a mighty hand
and with a stretched-out arm and with fury poured out.
35 (Hos 2:14; Jer 2:35) I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples,
and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
36 (Nu 11:1-35; 1Co 10:5-10) As I entered into judgment with your fathers
in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment
with you, says the Lord God.
37 (Lev 27:32; Jer 33:13) I will cause you to pass under the rod,
and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
38 (Eze 13:9; Ps 95:11) And I will purge from among you the rebels
and those who transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the country
where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel.
And you shall know that I am the Lord.
39 (Jdg 10:14; Isa 1:13-15) As for you, O house of Israel, thus says
the Lord God: Go serve every one of you his idols, but later you shall
surely listen to Me. But do not pollute My holy name anymore with your gifts
and with your idols.
40 (Isa 56:7; 60:7) For on My holy mountain, on the mountain of the height
of Israel, says the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them,
shall serve Me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will seek
your offerings and the first fruits of your gifts with all your holy things.
41 (Eze 28:25; 11:17) I will accept you with your sweet savor when I bring
you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries in which you
have been scattered. And I will be sanctified among you before the nations.
42 (Eze 34:13; 38:23) You shall know that I am the Lord when I bring you
into the land of Israel, into the country for which I lifted up My hand
to give it to your fathers.
43 (Eze 6:9; Hos 5:15) There you shall remember your ways and all your deeds
in which you have been defiled. And you shall loathe yourselves in your own
sight for all your evils that you have committed.
44 (Eze 24:24; 20:9) You shall know that I am the Lord when I have dealt with
you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, or according
to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, says the Lord God.
A Prophecy Against the Negev
45 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
46 (Eze 21:2; Am 7:16) Son of man, set your face toward the south,
preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negev.
47 (Jer 21:14; Isa 9:18-19) And say to the forest of the Negev,
Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God:
I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you
and every dry tree. The flaming flame shall not be quenched, \and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned in it.
48 All flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it.
It shall not be quenched.
49 (Jn 16:25) Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! They say of me,
'Does he not speak parables?' "
2) Our Daily Bread for 31 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/31/sharing-jesus
Entitled Sharing Jesus
Isaiah 12
Isaiah 12
Hymns of Praise
1 (Isa 25:1; Ps 30:5)And in that day you shall say:
O Lord, I will praise You;
though You were angry with me,
Your anger has turned away,
and You comforted me.
2 (Ex 15:2; Ps 118:14; Isa 7:14) Certainly God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid;
for the Lord God is my strength and my song;
He also has become my salvation.
3 (Jer 2:13) Therefore with joy you shall draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
4 (Ps 105:1; 145:4-6) In that day you shall say:
Praise the Lord, call upon His name,
declare His deeds among the peoples,
make them remember that His name is exalted.
5 (Ex 15:1; Ps 98:1) Sing to the Lord, for He has done excellent things;
let this be known in all the earth.
6 (Zep 3:14-17; Isa 41:14) Cry out and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion.
For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.
Shortly after Dwight Moody (1837-99) came to faith in Christ, the evangelist
resolved not to let a day pass without sharing God's good news with at least
one person. On busy days, he'd sometimes forget his resolution until late.
One night, he was in bed before he remembered. As he stepped outside,
he thought, No one will be out in this pouring rain. Just then he saw a man
walking down the street. Moody rushed over and asked to stand
under his umbrella to avoid the rain. When granted permission, he asked,
"Have you any shelter in the time of storm? Could I tell you about Jesus?"
Moody embodied a readiness to share how God saves us from the consequences
of our sins. He obeyed God's instructions to the Israelites to proclaim
His name and "make known among the nations what he has done" (Isaiah 12:4).
Not only were God's people called to "proclaim that his name is exalted"
(v. 4), but they were also to share how He had "become [their] salvation"
(v. 2). Centuries later, our call remains to tell the wonders of Jesus
becoming a man, dying on the cross, and rising again.
Perhaps we heard about God's love when, as Moody did, someone left
their comfort zone to talk with us about Jesus.
And we too, each in our own way, can let someone know about
the One who saves.
By: Amy Boucher Pye
Reflect & Pray
What has God done in your life that you can share with another?
How has He equipped you to present the good news?
Jesus, thank You for setting me free from my sins.
Help me to be ready to tell others of Your good news.
Read Evangelism: Reaching out through Relationships at
https://www.DiscoverySeries.org/Q0913 .
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 3 The Kind Heart of Forgiveness
Eph 4:32
32 (2Co 2:10; Col 3:12–13; Mt 6:12)And be kind one to another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
Don had lost his job because he sttod against his boss and refused to
comprimise his Christian principles. Certain friends in the company had
turned against him, choosing to save their own jobs at any cost,
and he felt very alone, abandoned when he most needed the support
of those who cared.
But Don showed no signs of bitterness or unforgiveness. He refused to
recite the details of his firing to those around him, saying simply and
honestly, " I beleive my boss was wrong in what he did. But God can show
him." The kindness of Don's heart ., and the tenderness with which he
extended forgiveness, became a testimony to all who knew him. Don's
boss never "saw the light", never repented, but Don lived in the freedom of
forgiving.
Comparison is a rare commodity among Christains today. We seem to be
overstocked with judgment and crammed fukk of condemnation, but we have
little space in the corners of our lives for tenderheartedness. We are quick
to assume that we know another person's heart and have the remedy for
the problem, rather then giving that person the benefit of the doubt,
the room to grow, the freedom to make a mistake and seek forgiveness.
Jesus demonstrated the king compassion necessary in forgiveness when he
looked down at the soldiers who has crucified him, gambling at his feet
for his cloak, and said, "Father , forgive them, for they do not know what
are doing."
When others hurt and betray us, they often "do not know what they are
doing." we can, in Christ, offer compassionate forgiveness to them -
not condoning their actions or excusing their wrong, but forgiving ,
in the simplicity and purity of God's love.
Application
a) What is the difference between excusing a wrong and forgiving?
b) How has God forgiven me for Christ's sake?
c) What does today's verse tell me about my attitude in forgiveness?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Prov 3:9-10
9 Honor the Lord with your substance,
and with the first fruits of all your increase;
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your presses will burst out with new wine.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Worried Over Money
Hebr 13:5-6
5 Let your lives be without love of money, and be content
with the things you have. For He has said:
"I will never leave you, nor forsake you."
6 So we may boldly say:
"The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to turn away from your sins and transgressions.
Pray to the Lord "Jesus, thank You for setting me free from my sins.
Help me to be ready to tell others of Your good news."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a true forgiver.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a joyful giver.
Pray to the Lord and thenk Him for being you eternel Helper.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray that the Lord will change the hearts of persecutors in India
and they will turn to Christ.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Sunday, August 29. 2021
Day 241, 29 August 2021
Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/
WE refered to
Psalm 127
Psalms 127
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
1 Except the Lord build the house,
those who build labor in vain;
except the Lord guards the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) It is in vain for you to rise up early,
to stay up late,
and to eat the bread of hard toil,
for He gives sleep to His beloved.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Look, children are a gift of the Lord,
and the fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) As arrows in the hand of a mighty warrior,
so are the children of one’s youth.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Happy is the man
who has his quiver full of them;
he shall not be ashamed
when he speaks with the enemies at the gate.
and
Matthew 7:24-27
The Two Housebuilders
Lk 6:47-49
24 (Lk 6:47–49) "Whoever hears these sayings of Mine and does them,
I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.
25 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew
and beat on that house. And it did not fall, for it was founded a rock.
26 And every one who hears these sayings of Mine and does not do them will
be likened to a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew
and beat on that house. And it fell. And its fall was great."
Ezekiel 13 - 15
Ezekiel 13
False Prophets Condemned
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Jer 37:19; Eze 13:17) Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel
who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own hearts,
"Hear the word of the Lord!"
3 (Jer 23:28-32; La 2:14) Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets
who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
4 O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the ruins.
5 (Isa 58:12; Eze 22:30) You have not gone up into the gaps, nor did you
build up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day
of the Lord.
6 (Eze 22:28; Jer 28:15) They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying,
"The Lord says," when the Lord has not sent them. And they have made others
to hope for the confirmation of their word.
7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination
when you say, "The Lord says," yet it is not I who have spoken?
8 (Eze 5:8; 21:3) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have spoken
vanity and seen lies, therefore I am against you, says the Lord God.
9 (Ps 69:28; 87:6) Thus My hand shall be against the prophets who see vanity
and who divine lies. They shall not have a place in the council of My people,
nor shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall
they enter into the land of Israel so that you may know that I am
the Lord God.
10 (Jer 6:14; Eze 13:16) It is surely because they have seduced My people,
saying, "Peace," when there was no peace. And when anyone builds up a wall,
they daub it with whitewash.
11 (Eze 38:22; Isa 28:2) Say to those who daub it with whitewash
that it shall fall. There shall be an overflowing shower, and you,
O great hailstones, shall fall. And a stormy wind shall break it.
12 When the wall has fallen, will you not be asked,
"Where is the whitewash with which you have daubed it?"
13 (Isa 30:30; Ps 148:8; Rev 11:19) Therefore thus says the Lord God:
I will make a violent wind break out in My fury.
And there shall be an overflowing shower in My anger, and hailstones
in My fury to consume it.
14 (Jer 6:15; Mic 1:6) So I will break down the wall that you have daubed
with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground so that its foundation
is laid bare. And when it falls, you shall be consumed in its midst.
And you shall know that I am the Lord.
15 Thus I will accomplish My wrath upon the wall and upon those who have
daubed it with whitewash, and I will say to you, The wall is no more,
nor those who daubed it,
16 (Jer 6:14; Eze 13:10) along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy
concerning Jerusalem and who see visions of peace for her
when there is no peace, says the Lord God.
17 (Eze 13:2; Jdg 4:4) Now you, son of man, set your face against
the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own heart
and prophesy against them,
18 (Eze 13:20; 2Pe 2:14) and say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women
who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils on the heads of persons
of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people
but save the souls alive of others for yourselves?
19 (Pr 28:21; Mic 3:5) And you pollute Me among My people for handfuls
of barley and pieces of bread to slay the souls of those who should not die
and to save the souls alive of those who should not live by your lying
to My people who hear your lies.
20 Therefore thus says the Lord God: I am against your magic bands
with which you hunt the souls there as birds, and I will tear them
from your arms, and will let the souls go,
even the souls that you hunt as birds.
21 Your veils also I will tear off and deliver My people out of your hands,
and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted. And you shall know
that I am the Lord.
22 (Jer 23:14) Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous
sad, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked
that he should not turn from his wicked way and save his life,
23 (Eze 13:21; 12:24; Mic 3:6) therefore you women shall no more see vanity
or practice divinations, and I will deliver My people out of your hand.
Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 14
Idolatrous Elders Condemned
1 (Eze 8:1; 20:1) Then some of the elders of Israel came to me
and sat before me.
2 The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
3 (Eze 7:19; Isa 1:15) Son of man, these men have set up their idols
in their heart and put the stumbling block of their iniquity
before their face. Should I be inquired of by them at all?
4 (2Ki 1:16; Isa 66:4) Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says
the Lord God: Every man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols
in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face,
and comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes according
to the multitude of his idols,
5 (Isa 1:4; Zec 11:8) in order to seize the heart of the house of Israel
who are estranged from Me through all their idols.
6 (Isa 2:20; 30:22) Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says
the Lord God: Repent and turn away from your idols and turn away your
faces from all your abominations.
7 (Ex 12:48; 20:10) For every one of the house of Israel or of the stranger
who sojourns in Israel who separates himself from Me, and sets up his idols
in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face,
and comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself,
I the Lord will answer him by Myself.
8 (Eze 5:15; 15:7) And I will set My face against that man and will make him
a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people.
And you shall know that I am the Lord.
9 (Jer 4:10) And if the prophet is deceived when he has spoken a word,
I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand
against him and will destroy him from the midst of My people Israel.
10 They shall bear the punishment of their iniquity. The punishment
of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him who seeks him
11 (Eze 37:23; 48:11) in order that the house of Israel may no more
go astray from Me or be polluted anymore with all their transgressions.
Thus they shall be My people, and I shall be their God, says the Lord God.
Jerusalem's Imminent Judgment
12 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:
13 (Lev 26:26; Eze 4:16) Son of man, when the land sins against Me
by trespassing grievously, then I will stretch out My hand against it,
and break the staff of the bread, and send famine against it,
and cut off man and beast from it.
14 (Jer 15:1; Eze 14:20) Even though these three men, Noah, Daniel,
and Job, were in it, they could deliver but their own souls
by their righteousness, says the Lord God.
15 (Eze 5:17; Lev 26:22) If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land,
and they destroy it so that it becomes desolate, that no man may pass
through because of the beasts,
16 (Ge 19:29) though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God,
they could deliver neither their sons nor their daughters.
They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
17 (Lev 26:25; Eze 21:3-4) Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say,
"Let the sword go through the land and cut off man and beast from it,"
18 though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God,
they would deliver neither their sons nor their daughters,
but they alone would deliver themselves.
19 (Eze 38:22; 2Sa 24:15) Or if I send a pestilence into that land
and pour out My fury on it in blood to cut off from it man and beast,
20 (Eze 14:14) though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,
says the Lord God, they would deliver neither their sons nor their
daughters. They would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.
21 (Eze 5:17; 33:27) For thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send
My four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine,
and the wild beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off man and beast from it.
22 (Eze 20:43; 12:16) Yet a remnant shall be left in it who shall
be brought out, both sons and daughters. They shall come out to you,
and you shall see their way and their deeds. Then you shall be comforted
concerning the disaster that I have brought against Jerusalem,
even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
23 (Jer 22:8-9) Then they shall comfort you when you see their ways
and their deeds. And you shall know that I have not done without cause all
that I have done in it, says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 15
Jerusalem as a Useless Vine
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Isa 5:1-7; Hos 10:1) Son of man, how is the wood of the vine tree
better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
3 Can wood be taken from it to do any work, or can men take a peg of it
to hang any vessel on it?
4 (Jn 15:6; Isa 27:11) If it has been cast into the fire for fuel
and the fire has devoured both ends of it and the middle of it is burned,
is it useful for any work?
5 When it was whole, it was not made into anything. How much less is it
useful for any work when the fire has devoured it and it is burned!
6 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As the wood of the vine tree among
the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel,
so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 (Eze 14:8; Ps 34:16) I will set My face against them. Though they go
out from one fire, yet the fire shall devour them. Then you shall know
that I am the Lord when I set My face against them.
8 (Eze 6:14) I will make the land desolate, because they have committed
a trespass, says the Lord God.
2) Our Daily Bread for 29 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/29/the-gospel-of-rome
Entitled The Power of the Gospel
Romans 1:1-7,14-17
Romans 1
Salutation
1 (Ro 15:16; 1Co 1:1) Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be
an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God,
2 (Ro 3:21; Titus 1:2) which He promised beforehand through His prophets
in the Holy Scriptures,
3 (Gal 4:4; Mt 1:1; Jn 1:14) concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,
who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh
4 (2Co 13:4) and declared to be the Son of God with power, according
to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
5 (Ac 6:7; 1:25) Through Him we have received grace
and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all nations for His name,
6 (Rev 17:14) among whom you also are called by Jesus Christ:
7 (Col 1:2; 2Co 13:14) To all who are in Rome, beloved of God,
called to be saints:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
14 I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians,
both to the wise and to the unwise.
15 So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel
to you also who are in Rome.
The Definition of the Gospel
16 (Ro 2:9; Mk 8:38) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.
For it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 (Hab 2:4; Gal 3:11; Ro 3:21) For in it the righteousness of God is revealed
from faith to faith. As it is written,
"The just shall live by faith."(Hab 2:4).
Ancient Rome had its own version of "the gospel"—the good news. According
to the poet Virgil, Zeus, king of the gods, had decreed for the Romans
a kingdom without end or boundaries. The gods had chosen Augustus as divine
son and savior of the world by ushering
in a golden age of peace and prosperity.
This, however, wasn't everyone's idea of good news. For many it was
an unwelcome reality enforced by the heavy hand of the emperor's army
and executioners. The glory of the empire was built on the backs
of enslaved people who served without legal personhood
or property at the pleasure of masters who ruled over them.
This was the world in which Paul introduced himself
as a servant of Christ (Romans 1:1). Jesus-how Paul had once hated that name.
And how Jesus Himself had suffered for admitting to being the king of the Jews
and Savior of the world.
This was the good news Paul would explain in the rest
of his letter to the Romans. This gospel was "the power of God that brings
salvation to everyone who believes" (v. 16). Oh, how it was needed by those
who suffered under Caesar! Here was the news of a crucified
and resurrected Savior-the liberator who conquered His enemies
by showing how much He loved them.
By: Mart DeHaan
Reflect & Pray
As you read Paul's opening words to the Romans, what phrases describe
the good news to you? (1:1-7). Why would Paul, who had once hated Jesus
so much, now want everyone to believe in Him? (see Acts 26).
Loving God, thank You for the good news.
Give me the boldness to share the gospel with those around me.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 1 - Forgiving as God Forgave
Col 3:13
13 Bear with one another and
forgive one another. If anyone
has a quarrel against anyone,
even as Christ forgave you,
so you must do.
"No!" Brett slammed his hand against the desk to punctuate his point.
"My wife's infidelity is completely unforgivable. She just wants to make things
look good, to have me condone her new relationship.
I won't do it. I won't forgive her."
Brett was a man in pain, and his perspective on forgiving
his wife is understandable. But unfortunately, many of us are
the victims of "unforgiveable" offenses; many of us, as well,
are the perpetrators of such offenses, and we desperately need
to be forgiven.
Brett ultimately came to understand that forgiving and "unforgivable"
hurt is not based on the worthiness of the recipient of forgiveness,
but on the worthiness of Christ himself. The Bible teaches that we are bound
to forgiveness for one simple reason:
because God has forgiven us in Jesus Christ.
"Forgive as the Lord forgave", Paul commands in Col 3:13 . How did Christ
forgive? Freely, completely, without basing his forgiveness on our merit. He
forgave us unilaterally, offering forgiveness before we asked,
before we were aware of our sin and the pain it caused him,
before we came to him in repentance.
Forgiveness does more that release the perpetrator for the bondage of
his wrongdoing. It releases the victim as well. Forgiveness frees
the forgiver from the bondage of anger and bitterness that keeps him distant
from the love of God. We can forgive the most "unforgivable" of offenses
against us when we focus our attention not on the offender, but on Christ,
who forgave us.
Application
a) Have I ever harboured unforgiveness toward another person?
What was the result in my spiritual/emotional life?
b) Is there someone in my life who has hurt me, who I need to forgive?
How can this verse help me extend the forgiveness to that person?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 6:38
38 "Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, and running over will men give unto you.
For with the measure you use, it will be measured unto you."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Burdened by Doubt
Proverbs 30:5
5 Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 29 of the Month
a) Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care
to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true
integrity and compassion (
Ps 139:13-16
13 You brought my inner parts into being;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;
marvelous are Your works,
and You know me completely.
15 My frame was not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw me unformed,
yet in Your book
all my days were written,
before any of them came into being.
)
b) Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor
and compassionately respond to their plight (
Gal 2:10
10 (Ac 24:17) Only they requested that we should remember the poor,
which I also was eager to do.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to be based on His firm foundation.
Pray to the Lord and pray not to be a stumbling block.
Pray to the Lord "Loving God, thank You for the good news.
Give me the boldness to share the gospel with those around me."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be forgiving just as Christ forgave you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to depend on Him for everything.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for the purness of His Word.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care
to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true
integrity and compassion.
Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor
and compassionately respond to their plight .
Pray for ophans in Nigeria whose parents were killed by Boko Haram terrorists.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Saturday, August 28. 2021
Day 240, 28 August 2021
Ezekiel 9 - 12
Ezekiel 9
The Slaughter of the Wicked
1 (Isa 6:8) He cried out also in my ears with a loud voice, saying,
"Cause those who have charge over the city to draw near, even every man
with his destroying weapon in his hand."
2 (Lev 16:4; Eze 10:2) Six men came from the way of the higher gate
which lies toward the north, each with his battle weapon in his hand.
And one man among them was clothed with linen with a writer's case
by his side. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
3 (Eze 10:4; 11:22-23) Then the glory of the God of Israel ascended
from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the temple.
And He called to the man clothed with linen who had the writer's case
by his side.
4 (Ex 12:7; Ps 119:53) And the Lord said to him, "Go through the midst
of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark
upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan
for all the abominations that are done in its midst."
5 (Eze 5:11) To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after him
through the city and strike. Do not let your eye spare or have pity.
6 (2Ch 36:17; Jer 25:29) Utterly slay old and young, both maidens
and little children, and women. But do not touch any man on whom is the mark.
And begin at My sanctuary." Then they began with the elders
who were before the temple.
7 (2Ch 36:17; Eze 7:20-22) Then he said to them, "Defile the temple,
and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!" So they went out
and killed in the city.
8 (Eze 11:13; Nu 14:5; Jos 7:6) While they were killing, I was left alone;
and I fell on my face and cried out,
"Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the rest of Israel by Your pouring
out of Your fury upon Jerusalem?"
9 (Eze 8:12; Job 22:13) Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house
of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood,
and the city is full of perverseness. For they say,
'The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.'
10 (Eze 7:4; Isa 65:6) But as for Me, My eye shall not spare, nor will
I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their heads."
11 Then the man clothed with linen who had the case by his side
reported the matter, saying, "I have done just as You have commanded me."
Ezekiel 10
The Glory of God Leaves the Temple
1 (Ex 24:10; Rev 4:2-3) Then I looked, and in the expanse
that was above the heads of the cherubim there appeared over them,
as it were, a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
2 (Rev 8:5; Eze 1:13) And He spoke to the man clothed with linen and said,
"Go in between the wheels under the cherubim and fill your hands with coals
of fire from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city."
And he entered in my sight.
3 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the temple when the man went in,
and the cloud filled the inner court.
4 (Eze 1:28; 9:3) Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub
and stood over the threshold of the temple. And the house was filled
with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the glory of the Lord.
5 (Eze 1:24; Job 40:9) The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even
in the outer court, like the voice of the Almighty God when He speaks.
6 (Eze 10:2) When He had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying,
"Take fire from between the wheels, from among the cherubim," he went in
and stood beside the wheel.
7 One cherub stretched out his hand from among the cherubim to the fire
that was between the cherubs, and took some, and put it into the hands
of him who was clothed with linen, who took it and went out.
8 (Eze 1:8; 10:21) There appeared among the cherubim the form of a man's
hand under their wings.
9 (Da 10:6; Rev 21:20) Then I looked, and there were the four wheels
by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub.
And the appearance of the wheels was as the color of a beryl stone.
10 As for their appearances, all four had one likeness, as if one wheel
had been in the middle of a wheel.
11 (Eze 1:17; 10:22) When they went, they went on their four sides.
They did not turn as they went, but they followed to the place
wherever the head looked. They did not turn as they went.
12 (Eze 1:18; Rev 4:6) Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands,
and their wings, and the wheels that the four had were full of eyes all round.
13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing the whirling wheels.
14 (1Ki 7:36; Rev 4:7) Each one had four faces. The first face was the face
of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man,
the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 (Eze 1:5) Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living creatures
that I saw by the River Kebar.
16 When the cherubim went, the wheels went by them. And when the cherubim
lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels
also would not turn from beside them.
17 (Eze 1:20-21) When the cherubim stood, the wheels stood.
And when they rose up, the wheels also rose up with them.
For the spirit of the living creatures was in them.
18 (Ps 18:10) Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold
of the temple and stood over the cherubim.
19 The cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth
in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them.
They stood at the door of the east gate of the house of the Lord;
and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
20 (Eze 1:1; 10:15) These are the living creatures that I saw under the God
of Israel by the River Kebar. So I knew that they were cherubim.
21 (Eze 1:6; 10:14) Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings.
And the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
22 (Eze 1:10; 10:11) The likeness of their faces was the same faces
which I saw by the River Kebar, their appearances and themselves.
Each went straight forward.
Ezekiel 11
God's Judgment on Wicked Counselors
1 (Eze 3:12; 8:16) Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me
to the east gate of the house of the Lord which faces eastward.
And at the door of the gate were 25 men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah
the son of Azzur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, officials of the people.
2 (Ps 2:1-2; 52:2) Then He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men
who devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city,
3 (Eze 12:22; 12:27) who say, 'The time is not near to build houses.
This city is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.'
4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man!"
5 (Jer 17:10; Eze 2:2) Then the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me,
and He said to me, Say, Thus says the Lord: Thus you have said,
O house of Israel, for I know the things that come into your mind,
every one of them.
6 (Eze 7:23; Isa 1:15) You have multiplied your slain in this city,
and you have filled the streets with them.
7 (Eze 24:3-13; Mic 3:2-3) Therefore thus says the Lord God:
Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it,
they are the flesh and this city is the cauldron. But I will bring you
out of the midst of it.
8 (Pr 10:24; Job 3:25) You have feared the sword, so I will bring
a sword upon you, says the Lord God.
9 (Eze 5:8; Dt 28:36) I will bring you out of the midst of the city
and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments
against you.
10 (2Ki 14:25; 25:19-21) You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you
in the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
11 (Eze 11:3) This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be
the flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you in the border
of Israel.
12 (Eze 8:10; 8:14) Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.
For you have not walked in My statutes, or executed My judgments,
but have done after the customs of the nations all around you.
13 (Eze 9:8; 11:1) Now while I was prophesying, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah
died. Then fell I down upon my face and cried out with a loud voice and said,
"Ah, Lord God! Will You make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"
The Exiles’ Return Promised
14 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
15 (Eze 33:24) Son of man, your brothers, your kindred, your fellow captives,
and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they to whom the inhabitants
of Jerusalem have said, "Go far from the Lord. This land has been given
to us as a possession."
16 (Isa 8:14; Ps 90:1) Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God:
Although I have cast them far off among the nations, and although
I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be a sanctuary
to them for a little while in the countries where they have gone.
17 (Eze 28:25; Jer 3:18) Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God:
I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries
where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
18 (Eze 5:11; 37:23) When they come there, they shall take away
all the detestable things and all the abominations from it.
19 (Eze 18:31; Zec 7:12) I will give them one heart, and I will put
a new spirit within them. And I will take the stony heart out of their flesh,
and give them a heart of flesh,
20 (Ps 105:45; Eze 14:11) that they may walk in My statutes,
and keep My ordinances, and do them. And they shall be My people,
and I will be their God.
21 (Eze 9:10; 11:18) But as for those whose hearts walk after the hearts
of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense
their way upon their own heads, says the Lord God.
22 (Eze 10:19) Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels
beside them. And the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
23 (Zec 14:4; Eze 8:4) The glory of the Lord went up from the midst
of the city and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
24 (Eze 8:3; 11:1) Afterwards the Spirit took me up
and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea
to those of the captivity.
So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 (Eze 3:4; 2:7) Then I spoke to those of the captivity all the things
that the Lord had shown me.
Ezekiel 12
Judah's Captivity Symbolized
1 The word of the Lord also came to me, saying:
2 (Ps 78:40; Isa 1:23) Son of man, you dwell in the midst
of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see,
and ears to hear but does not hear. For they are a rebellious house.
3 (Jer 36:3; 26:3) Therefore, son of man, prepare baggage for captivity
and go into captivity by day in their sight. And you shall go into captivity
from your place to another place in their sight. It may be that they
understand, though they are a rebellious house.
4 (Jer 39:4; 2Ki 25:4) You shall bring out your belongings by day in their
sight, as baggage for exile; and you shall go out at evening in their sight,
as those who go into exile.
5 Dig a hole through the wall in their sight,and go out thereby.
6 (Eze 4:3; Isa 8:18) In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulders
and carry it out in the twilight. You shall cover your face so that you
cannot see the land. For I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.
7 (Eze 24:18; 37:7) I did so as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage
by day as baggage for captivity, and in the evening I dug through the wall
with my own hands. I brought it out at twilight,
carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.
8 In the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9 (Eze 17:12; 24:19) Son of man, has not the house of Israel,
the rebellious house, said to you, "What are you doing?"
10 (2Ki 9:25; Isa 13:1) Say to them, "Thus says the Lord God:
This oracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem
and all the house of Israel who are in it."
11 (Jer 15:2; 52:15) Say, "I am your sign.
"As I have done, so it shall be done to them. They shall go into exile,
into captivity."
12 (2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4) The prince who is among them shall bear his baggage
on his shoulder in the twilight and go out. They shall dig through the wall
to carry it out thereby. He shall cover his face so that he cannot see
the land with his eyes.
13 (Eze 17:20; Hos 7:12) My net also I will spread upon him, and he shall be
taken in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon to the land
of the Chaldeans. Yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.
14 (Eze 5:2; 2Ki 25:4-5) I will scatter toward every wind all who are about
him, his helpers and all his troops. And I will draw out the sword after them.
15 (Eze 6:7; 6:14) Then they shall know that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the countries.
16Jer 22:8–9; Eze 14:22–23But I will spare a few men of them from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, so that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they go and know that I am the Lord.
17 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
18 Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water
with trembling and with anxiety.
19 (Zec 7:14; Eze 6:6-7) And say to the people of the land,
Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land
of Israel: They shall eat their bread with carefulness
and drink their water with astonishment, because their land shall be
desolate from all that is in it, because of the violence of all those
who dwell in it.
20 (Isa 7:23-24; Jer 4:7) The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste,
and the land shall be desolate. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
21 The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
22 (Eze 11:3; 12:27) Son of man, what is this proverb that you people
have in the land of Israel, saying,
"The days are prolonged, and every vision fails"?
23 (Joel 2:1; Zep 1:14) Tell them therefore, "Thus says the Lord God:
I will make this proverb cease so that they shall no more use it
as a proverb in Israel." But say to them, The days are at hand
and the effect of every vision.
24 (Eze 13:23; Zec 13:2-4) For there shall be no more any vain vision
or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
25 (Isa 14:24; Hab 1:5) For I the Lord will speak, and the word
that I speak shall come to pass. It shall be no more prolonged.
For in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word,
and will perform it, says the Lord God.
26 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
27 (Da 10:14; Eze 12:22) Son of man, look, the house of Israel says,
"The vision that he sees is for many days to come,
and he prophesies of the times that are far off."
28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: There shall none
of My words be prolonged anymore, but the word which I have spoken
shall be done, says the Lord God.
2) Our Daily Bread for 28 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/28/a-great-ending
Entitled A Great Ending
Revelation 22:12-21
12 (Isa 40:10; Rev 22:7) "Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with Me
to give to each one according to his work.
13 (Rev 1:8; 21:6; 1:17) I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning
and the End, the First and the Last."
14 (Rev 21:27; 22:2) Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they
may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates
into the city.
15 (Rev 21:8; Gal 5:19-21; Php 3:2) Outside are dogs and sorcerers
and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters and everyone
who loves and practices a lie.
16 (Rev 1:1; 5:5; Mt 2:2) "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to you with
this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David,
the Bright and Morning Star."
17 (Rev 21:6; Isa 2:5) The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." Let him
who hears say, "Come." Let him who is thirsty come.
Let him who desires take the water of life freely.
18 (Dt 4:2; Pr 30:6) I testify to everyone who hears the words
of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things,
God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book.
19 (Rev 22:2; 13:8) And if anyone takes away from the words
of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part
out of the Book of Life and out of the Holy City
and out of the things which are written in this book.
20 (Rev 22:7; 1Co 16:22) He who testifies to these things says,
"Surely I am coming soon."
Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus!
21 (Ro 16:20) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
My husband and son surfed television channels looking for a movie to watch
and discovered that their favorite movies were already in progress.
As they enjoyed watching the final scenes, the search became a game.
They managed to find eight of their favorite flicks. Frustrated,
I asked why they wouldn't just choose a movie to watch from the beginning.
My husband laughed. "Who doesn’t love a great ending?"
I had to admit I too look forward to the endings of my favorite books
or movies. I've even skimmed through my Bible and focused on my favorite parts
or the stories that seem more palatable and easier to understand.
But the Holy Spirit uses all of God's reliable and life-applicable words
to transform us and affirm that His story will end well for believers in Jesus.
Christ declares Himself to be "the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End" (Revelation 22:13). He proclaims that His people
will inherit eternal life (v. 14) and warns those who dare to add
or subtract from "the words of the prophecy of this scroll" (vv. 18-19).
We may not know or understand everything in the Bible,
but we do know Jesus is coming again. He'll keep His word. He'll demolish
sin, right every wrong, make all things new, and reign as our loving King
forever. Now, that’s a great ending that leads to our new beginning!
By: Xochitl Dixon
Reflect & Pray
How does the certainty of knowing Jesus is coming again help you live for Him
today? What excites you the most about Christ’s promised return?
Come, Lord Jesus! Come!
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace – Day 7 Break up Your Fallow Ground
Hosea 10:12
12 Sow to yourselves righteousness, reap mercy,
break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord,
until He comes and rains righteousness upon you.
When a farmer prepares to plant his crop, a great deal od preparation
is necessary before the seen can be sown. He has to plow up the ground,
turning under the stubble from the previous harvest, harrow the field to
break up the clods, and fertilise- readying the soil for optimum growht.
A fallow field, one that was not planted the previous season, must be
broken and worked so that the seed can find root in the ground.
The Bible likens spiritual growth to raising crops. God is the one
who brings rain and gives growth, but the success or failure
of the seed - both in initial salvation and in ongoing maturity -
is often linked to how well the soil has been prepared.
That preparation isn't always a pleasant or rewarding process.
We may resist the plowing or harrowing that comes through
the Holy Spirit's convictoin of sin. We may need to dig up boulders
of bitterness and thistles of anger; we may have to plow under the
stubble of the last crop of lessons, working that mulch deep into our lives.
But the final outcome is worth the effort - even the pain - that
preparation brings. Broken up, harrowed, readied for the seed of God's Word,
we are rich and fertile ground, and the seed of righteousness produces
an abundant crop in us.
Application
a) In what ways have I been "broken up" and "harrowed" by the Holy
Spirit to prepare me for God's work in me?
b) How can I apply these verses to myself? How can I
"sow in righteousness," "reap in mercy,"
"break up my fallow ground"?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Mark 4:19
19 But the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,
and the desires for other things entering in choke the word,
and it proves unfruitful.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Burdened by Doubt
James 1:2 to 8
Faith and Wisdom
2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations,
3 knowing that the trying of your faith develops patience.
4 But let patience perfect its work, that you may be perfect and complete,
lacking nothing.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men
liberally and without criticism, and it will be given to him.
6 But let him ask in faith, without wavering. For he who wavers
is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed with the wind.
7 Let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 28 of the Month
a) Pray for new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear
and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.
(
John 5:24
24 (Jn 3:18; 1Jn 3:14; Jn 3:36) "Truly, truly I say to you, whoever
hears My word and believes in Him who sent
Me has eternal life and shall not come into condemnation,
but has passed from death into life."
)
b) Pray for God's kingdom to come in the life of someone you
know today . (
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 “Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray that His justice will be done.
Pray to the Lord "Come, Lord Jesus! Come"
Pray to the Lord and pray that The Lord works in
you break up any wicked manner in you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to seek His wisdom constantly and daily.
Pray to the Lord and pray the materialism does not blunt your focus on Heaven.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray for new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear
and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.
Pray for God's kingdom to come in the life of someone you
know today .
Pray for those in Libya who must worship through online churches
because of persecution.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Friday, August 27. 2021
Day 239, 27 August 2021
Ezekiel 5 - 8
Ezekiel 5
A Sword Against Jerusalem
1 (Lev 21:5; Isa 7:20) As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword.
Take and cause it to pass upon your head and upon your beard
as a barber's razor. Then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.
2 (Eze 5:12; Lev 26:33; Jer 9:16) You shall burn with fire a third part
in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are fulfilled.
Then you shall take a third part and strike it with the sword
all around the city. And a third part you shall scatter in the wind.
And I will draw out a sword after them.
3 (Jer 39:10; 40:6) You shall also take a few in number from them
and bind them in the edges of your robes.
4 Then take some of them again and cast them into the midst of the fire
and burn them in the fire. For a fire shall come out
into all the house of Israel.
5 (Eze 4:1; Dt 4:6) Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem.
I have set it in the midst of the nations,
with countries that are all around her.
6 (Jer 11:10; Zec 7:11) But she has rebelled against My judgments
more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes
more than the countries that are all around her.
For they have refused My judgments and My statutes,
and have not walked in them.
7 (2Ch 33:9; Jer 2:10-11) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have
more turmoil than the nations that are round about you and have not walked
in My statutes, or have kept My judgments, and have not even acted according
to the judgments of the nations that are all around you,
8 (Eze 15:7; Jer 21:5) therefore thus says the Lord God: Pay attention.
I, even I, am against you and will execute judgments in your midst
in the sight of the nations.
9 (Da 9:12; Mt 24:21) I will do in you what I have not done,
and the like of which I will not do anymore, because of all your abominations.
10 (Dt 28:64; Eze 12:14) Therefore the fathers shall eat their sons
in your midst, and the sons shall eat their fathers. For I will execute
judgments on you, and the whole remnant of you I will scatter into
all the winds.
11 (Eze 7:20; 2Ch 36:14) Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, surely,
because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things
and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you,
and My eye shall have no pity, nor will I spare.
12 (Eze 5:2; Jer 15:2; 21:9) A third part of you shall die by pestilence
or by famine; they shall be consumed in your midst.
And a third part shall fall by the sword all around you.
And I will scatter a third part into all the winds,
and I will draw out a sword after them.
13 (Isa 1:24; Eze 36:5-6) Thus My anger shall be accomplished,
and I will cause My fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted.
Then they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in My zeal
when I have accomplished My fury in them.
14 (Ne 2:17; Ps 74:3-10) Moreover I will make you a desolation
and a reproach among the nations that are all around you,
in the sight of all who pass by.
15 (Eze 25:17; Jer 22:8-9) So it shall be a reproach and a taunt,
a warning and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you,
when I execute judgments in you in anger and in fury and in furious
rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.
16 (Dt 32:23-24; Eze 4:16) When I send upon them the deadly arrows
of famine which shall be for their destruction
and which I will send to destroy you, then I will also increase
the famine upon you and break your staff of bread.
17 (Eze 38:22; Lev 26:22)So I will send upon you famine and wild beasts,
and they shall bereave you of children. And pestilence and bloodshed
shall pass through you. And I will bring the sword upon you.
I the Lord have spoken it.
Ezekiel 6
Judgment on Idolatrous Israel
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Eze 13:17; 19:9) Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel,
and prophesy against them,
3 (Lev 26:30) and say, Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God.
Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers,
and to the valleys: Pay attention. I, even I, will bring a sword upon you,
and I will destroy your high places.
4 (2Ch 14:5; Lev 26:30) Your altars shall be desolate, and your images
shall be broken. And I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
5 I will lay the dead corpses of the sons of Israel before their idols.
And I will scatter your bones all around your altars.
6 (Isa 6:11; Eze 5:14) In all your dwelling places, the cities shall be laid
waste and the high places shall be desolate so that your altars may be laid
waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease,
and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
7 The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
8 (Eze 14:22; Isa 6:1) 3Yet I will leave a remnant, for you will have some
who escape the sword among the nations when you are scattered
among the countries.
9 (Eze 20:43; Ps 78:40) Those of you who escape shall remember Me among
the nations wherever they shall be carried captive, because I am broken
by their whorish heart which has departed from Me, and with their eyes
which play the harlot after their idols. And they shall loathe themselves
for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
10 They shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain
that I would bring this calamity upon them.
11 (Eze 5:12; 9:4) Thus says the Lord God: Clap your hand, and stamp
with your foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house
of Israel! For they shall fall by sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
12 (Eze 5:13; La 4:11) He who is far off shall die of pestilence,
and he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains
and is besieged shall die by famine. Thus I will accomplish My fury upon them.
13 (Eze 20:28; Hos 4:13; 1Ki 14:23) Then you shall know that I am the Lord,
when their slain men shall be among their idols all around their altars,
on every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains,
and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place
where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.
14 (Isa 5:25; 9:12) So, in all their habitations I will stretch
out My hand upon them and make the land desolate, indeed,
more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah.
And they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 7
The Day of the Lord's Wrath
1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Am 8:2; 8:10) And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land
of Israel:
An end, the end is coming
upon the four corners of the land.
3 (Eze 18:30) Now the end has come upon you,
and I will send My anger upon you,
and will judge you according to your ways,
and will recompense upon you all your abominations.
4 (Eze 5:11; 6:7) My eye shall not spare you,
nor will I have pity;
but I will recompense your ways upon you,
and your abominations shall be in your midst.
And you shall know that I am the Lord!
5 (2Ki 21:12-13; Eze 5:9) Thus says the Lord God:
A disaster, a singular disaster;
it is coming!
6 (Zec 13:7) An end is coming,
the end has come;
it watches for you;
it has come!
7 (Isa 22:5; Eze 7:12) Your doom has come to you,
O inhabitant in the land;
the time has come, the day of trouble is near,
and not the joyful shouting on the mountains.
8 (Eze 9:8; 14:19) Now I will shortly pour out My fury upon you,
and accomplish My anger upon you;
and I will judge you according to your ways,
and will recompense you for all your abominations.
9 My eye shall not spare,
nor will I have pity;
I will recompense you according to your ways,
and your abominations that are in your midst.
And you shall know that I am the Lord who strikes.
10 Isa 10:5 The day is coming!
Your doom has gone out;
the rod has blossomed,
pride has budded.
11 (Zep 1:18; Isa 59:6-8) Violence has risen up
into a rod of wickedness;
none of them shall remain,
none of their people,
none of their wealth,
nor anything eminent among them.
12 (Isa 5:13-14; Eze 6:11-12) The time has come,
the day has drawn near.
Do not let the buyer rejoice,
or the seller mourn,
for wrath is against all their multitude.
13 (Lev 25:24-28; 25:31) For the seller shall not return
to that which is sold,
although they both live;
for the vision concerning the whole multitude
shall not return;
nor shall any strengthen his life
by his iniquity.
14 (Jer 4:5) They have blown the trumpet
even to make all ready,
but none goes to the battle;
for My wrath is against all the multitude.
15 (Jer 14:18; La 1:20) The sword is outside,
and the pestilence and the famine within.
He who is in the field
shall die by the sword;
and he who is in the city,
famine and pestilence shall devour him.
16 (Ezr 9:15; Isa 38:14) Even when their survivors escape,
they shall be on the mountains
like doves of the valleys,
all of them mourning,
every one over his iniquity.
17 (Eze 21:7; Jer 6:24) All hands shall be feeble,
and all knees shall be weak as water.
18 (Isa 15:2-3; Am 8:10) They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth,
and horror shall cover them;
and shame shall be upon all faces,
and baldness upon all their heads.
19 (Pr 11:4; Zep 1:18) They shall cast their silver in the streets,
and their gold shall become abhorrent;
their silver and their gold
shall not be able to deliver them
in the day of the wrath of the Lord;
they shall not satisfy their souls,
or fill their stomachs,
for their iniquity has become a stumbling block.
20 (Eze 24:21; Jer 7:30) They transformed the beauty of His ornaments
into pride,
and made the images of their abominations
and of their detestable things with it;
therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them.
21 (2Ki 24:13; Ps 74:2-8) I will give it into the hands of the strangers
as plunder and to the wicked of the earth for destruction,
and they shall pollute it.
22 (Jer 18:17) My face also I will turn from them,
and they shall pollute My secret place;
for the robbers shall enter
and defile it.
23 (Jer 27:2; Eze 9:9) Make a chain,
for the land is full of bloody crimes,
and the city is full of violence.
24 (Eze 28:7; 21:31) Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations,
and they shall possess their houses;
I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease,
and their holy places shall be defiled.
25 When destruction comes,
then they shall seek peace, but there shall be none.
26 (Jer 4:20; Ps 74:9) Mischief shall come upon mischief,
and rumor shall be upon rumor.
Then they shall seek a vision of the prophet;
but the law shall perish from the priest,
and counsel from the elders.
27 The king shall mourn,
and the prince shall be clothed with desolation,
and the hands of the people of the land shall tremble.
I will do to them according to their way,
and according to what they deserve I will judge them.
And they shall know that I am the Lord!
Ezekiel 8
Abominations in the Temple
1 (Eze 20:1; 1:2-3; 14:1) In the sixth year, in the sixth month,
on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house
and the elders of Judah sat before me,
the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.
2 (Eze 1:4; 1:26-27) Then I looked, and there was a likeness
as the appearance of a man. From His loins and downward was
the appearance of fire. And from His loins and upward was
the appearance of brightness, as the appearance of glowing metal.
3 (Dt 32:16; Eze 11:1) He stretched out the form of a hand
and took me by a lock of my head. And the Spirit lifted me up
between the earth and the heavens, and brought me in the visions of God
to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court,
where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy.
4 (Eze 3:22-23) The glory of the God of Israel was there,
according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
5 (Eze 8:3; Jer 3:2) Then He said to me, "Son of man, lift up your eyes
now toward the north." So I lifted up my eyes toward the north,
and northward at the gate of the altar was this image of jealousy
in the entrance.
6 (Eze 5:11; 8:9) He said furthermore to me, "Son of man, do you see
what they do, even the great abominations that the house of Israel
commits here, so that I should go far off from My sanctuary?
But yet you shall see still greater abominations."
7 Then He brought me to the door of the court.
And when I looked, there was a hole in the wall.
8 (Isa 29:15) So He said to me, "Son of man, now dig in the wall."
And when I had dug in the wall, there was a door.
9 He said to me, "Enter and notice the wicked abominations that they do here."
10 (Ex 20:4; Ro 1:23) So I went in and saw every form of creeping things,
and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel,
portrayed upon the wall all around.
11 (Nu 11:16; 16:17) There stood before them seventy men of the elders
of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan,
with every man his censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.
12 (Isa 29:15; Eze 9:9) Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen
what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark,
every man in the chambers of his images? For they say,
'The Lord does not see us. The Lord has forsaken the land.'"
13 (Eze 8:6) He also said to me, "Yet again you shall see greater
abominations that they do."
14 (Eze 44:4; 46:9) Then He brought me to the door of the gate of the house
of the Lord which was toward the north.
And women sat there weeping for Tammuz.
15 Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Yet again you shall
see greater abominations than these."
16 (Jer 2:27; Dt 4:19) He brought me into the inner court of the house
of the Lord, and at the door of the temple of the Lord,
between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with
their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east.
And they worshipped the sun toward the east.
17 (Eze 7:23; 9:9) Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man?
Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations
which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence
and have continually provoked Me to anger. And they put the branch
to their nose.
18 (Isa 1:15; Mic 3:4) Therefore I will indeed deal in fury.
My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in My ears
with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them."
2) Our Daily Bread for 27 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/27/the-ultimate-healer
Entitled The Ultimate Healer
Numbers 21:4-9 , 2 Kings 1 , 2 Kings 18:4
Numbers 21
The Bronze Serpent
4 (Ex 6:9; Jdg 11:18) They journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea,
to go around the land of Edom, and the soul of the people was
very discouraged because of the way.
5 (Ps 78:19) The people spoke against God and against Moses,
"Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness?
For there is no bread or water, and our soul loathes this worthless manna."
6 (Dt 8:15; Jer 8:17) So the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people,
and they bit the people, and many children of Israel died.
7 (Ex 8:8; Nu 11:2) So the people came to Moses and said,
"We have sinned for we have spoken against the Lord and against you.
Pray to the Lord, and He will take away the serpents from us."
And Moses prayed for the people.
8 The Lord said to Moses, "Make a poisonous serpent, and put it on a pole,
and it will be, that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, will live."
9 (2Ki 18:4; Jn 3:14-15) Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on a pole,
and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the bronze serpent he lived.
2 Kings 18
4 (2Ch 31:1; Nu 21:8-9) He removed the high places, broke down the sacred
pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and crushed the bronze serpent that Moses
had made, for until those days the children of Israel had made offerings to it.
They called it Nehushtan.
5 (2Ki 19:10; 23:25) He trusted in the Lord God of Israel. Afterwards,
there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah
or among those who were before him.
6 (Dt 10:20; Jos 23:8) He clung to the Lord. He did not depart from
following him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord ÂÂcommanded Moses.
7 (1Sa 18:14; 2Ki 16:7; Ge 39:2-3) The Lord was with him. Wherever he went,
he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
When a medical treatment began to provide relief for a family member's
severe food allergies, I became so excited that I talked about it
all the time. I described the intense process and extolled the doctor
who had created the program. Finally, some friends commented,
"We think God should always get the credit for healing."
Their statement made me pause. Had I taken my eyes off the Ultimate Healer
and made the healing into an idol?
The nation of Israel fell into a similar trap when they began to burn incense
to a bronze snake which God had used to heal them. They'd been performing
this act of worship until Hezekiah identified it as idolatry
and "broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made" (2 Kings 18:4).
Several centuries earlier, a group of venomous snakes had invaded
the Israelite camp. The snakes bit the people and many died (Numbers 21:6).
Although spiritual rebellion had caused the problem, the people cried
out to God for help. Showing mercy, He directed Moses to sculpt
a bronze snake, fasten it to a pole, and hold it up for everyone to see.
When the people looked at it, they were healed (vv. 4-9).
Think of God's gifts to you. Have any of them become objects of praise
instead of evidence of His mercy and grace? Only our holy God-the source
of every good gift (James 1:17)-is worthy of worship.
By: Jennifer Benson Schuldt
Reflect & Pray
How has God shown you His goodness through other people?
Why is it so easy to give people credit for what God has done in your life?
Dear God, I worship You as the all-powerful God
who hears my prayers.
Thank You for sustaining my life and caring for me.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 6 God Works!
Phil 2:12-13
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence,
but so much more in my absence, work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling.
13 For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure.
"I just can't do it!" Marlys, a carrer woman in her 30s, was struggling to fit
her new Christian pricinples into the business world. Accustomed to the
cutthroat tactics of the corporate hierarchy, she has a hard time knowing
Jesus' examples of grace and mercy applied.
Marlys was right. She couldn't do it. In our own strength, none of us is able
to "live the Christian life." Someone has said, " The Christian life isn't
difficult -- it's impossible!" Only the power of the Holy Spirit is
effective to work the needed changes in our priorities and behaviour;
only God can accomplish what he calls us to do.
In Phillippians 2:12, Paul says "work it out." If we stop there,
we are likely to throw up our hands in despair.
But the good news appears in verse 13:
" For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure."
WE are not left on our own to figure out how to live the Christian life.
God gives us both the will and the ability to obey him, to live in a way
that will please him.
The key to a God-pleasing life is not performance, but obedience. God does not
expect us to "do great things" for him, to deserve his love and grace.
Our part in the process of salvation is to respond in obedience to the Lord,
to say "yes" to wht he asks of us. We cannot change ourselves;
we cannot even know ourselves apart from the Spirit's insight. But
as we cooperate with him, as we agree to be obedient, the Spirit changes us
within, and those changes are "worked out" into our lives.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "Live the Christian life" on my own strengh?
What was the result?
b) In what practical ways is Paul's declaration that "God works in me"
good new in my life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Hebr 11:6
6 (1Ch 28:9; Jer 29:13-14) And without faith it is impossible to please God,
for he who comes to God must believe that He exists
and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Burdened by Doubt
Matt 7:7-11
Ask, Seek, Knock
Lk 11:9-13
7(Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24)"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
9 "What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread,
will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?
11 (Ge 6:5; 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give
good things to those who ask Him!
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 27 of the Month
a) Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.
(
2 Cor 10:4-5
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,
5 casting down imaginations and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,
bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
)
b) Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to expereince His greatness.
Pray to the Lord "Dear God, I worship You as the all-powerful God
who hears my prayers.
Thank You for sustaining my life and caring for me."
Pray to the Lord and pray to live the Christian life in His leadership.
Pray to the Lord and pray to seek him constantly and daily.
Pray to the Lord and ask you Heavenly Father to provide your needs.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.
Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.
Pray for Christians who havebeen displaced in Vietnam.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Thursday, August 26. 2021
Day 238, 26 August 2021
Ezekiel 1 - 4
Ezekiel 1
The Vision of the Lord's Glory
1 (Eze 11:24; Mt 3:16) In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month,
on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives
by the river of Kebar, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
2 (Eze 8:1; 20:1) On the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year
of the captivity of King Jehoiachin,
3 (2Ki 3:15; Eze 3:22) the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel
the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar.
And the hand of the Lord was on him there.
4 (Eze 1:27; 8:2) As I looked, a whirlwind came out of the north,
a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually, and a brightness
was all around it, and in its midst something as glowing metal
in the midst of the fire.
5 Also out of the midst came the likeness of four living creatures.
And this was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.
6 (Eze 10:14) Every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 (Rev 1:15; Da 10:6) Their legs were straight and the soles of their feet
were like the sole of a calf's hoof. And they gleamed like the color
of burnished bronze.
8 (Eze 10:21) They had the hands of a man under their wings on their 4 sides.
As for the faces and wings of the four of them,
9 (Eze 10:22) their wings were joined to one another. Their faces did not turn
when they went. Each went straight forward.
10 (Eze 10:14; Rev 4:7) As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face
of a man, and all four had the face of a lion on the right side, and the face
of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle.
11 (Isa 6:2; Eze 1:23) Thus were their faces. And their wings were stretched
upward. Two wings of every one were joined to one another, and two covered
their bodies.
12 (Eze 1:9) Each went straight forward. Wherever the spirit was to go,
they would go and not turn as they went.
13 (Ps 104:4; Rev 4:5) As for the likeness of the living creatures,
their appearance was like burning coals of fire and like the appearance
of lamps. It went up and down among the living creatures.
And the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 (Zec 4:10; Mt 24:27) The living creatures ran to and fro as the appearance
of a flash of lightning.
15 (Eze 10:9; 1:19-21) Now as I looked at the living creatures,
one wheel was on the ground by the living creatures for each of the four faces.
16 (Da 10:6) The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the color
of sparkling beryl. And all four of them had one likeness.
And their appearance and their work was, as it were, a wheel in the middle
of a wheel.
17 (Eze 1:9; 1:12) Whenever they went, they went in any of their four sides
and did not turn as they went.
18 (Eze 10:12; Rev 4:6) As for their rims, they were so high that they were
dreadful. And the rims of all four of them were full of eyes all around.
19 (Eze 10:16) Whenever the living creatures went, the wheels went with them.
And whenever the living creatures were lifted up from the ground,
the wheels also were lifted up.
20 (Eze 1:12; 10:17) Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go
in that direction. And the wheels rose close beside them.
For the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
21 (Eze 10:17; 1:19-20) Whenever those went, these went. And whenever those
stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the ground,
the wheels rose close beside them. For the spirit of the living creatures
was in the wheels.
22 (Eze 10:1; 1:26) The likeness of the expanse over the heads of the living
creatures was as the awesome gleam of crystal, stretched out over their heads
above.
23 Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, the one toward
the other. Each one also had two wings which covered its body on the one side
and the other.
24 (Eze 43:2; Da 10:6) When they went, I heard the noise of their wings,
like the noise of abundant waters, as the voice of the Almighty,
the noise of tumult as the noise of an army camp. Whenever they stood still,
they let down their wings.
25 There was a voice from the expanse that was over their heads
whenever they stood still and let down their wings.
26 (Eze 10:1; Ex 24:10; Rev 1:13) Above the expanse that was over their heads
was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone.
And on the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man
on it high up.
27 (Eze 1:4; 8:2) Then I saw as glowing metal, as the appearance of fire all
around within it, from the appearance of His loins and upward;
and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw as it were
the appearance of fire, and there was a brightness around Him.
28 (Eze 3:23; Rev 10:1; Eze 8:4) As the appearance of the rainbow that is in
the cloud on a day of rain,
so was the appearance of the brightness all around.
This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
And when I saw it, I fell on my face and heard a voice of one speaking.
Ezekiel 2
The Call of Ezekiel
1 (Da 10:11; Eze 3:1) Then He said to me: Son of man, stand on your feet,
and I will speak to you!
2 (Eze 3:24; Da 8:18) When He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me
and set me on my feet. Then I heard Him speaking to me.
3 (Jer 3:25; 1Sa 8:7-8) And He said to me: Son of man, I send you
to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me.
They and their fathers have transgressed against Me even to this very day.
4 (Eze 3:7; Ps 95:8) And as for the impudent and obstinate children,
I am sending you to them. And you shall say to them, "Thus says the Lord God."
5 (Eze 3:27; 33:33) As for them, whether they listen or not (for they are a
rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.
6 (Jer 1:8; Mic 7:4) And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them
or be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with you,
and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words
or be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
7 (Jer 1:7; Eze 3:10) You shall speak My words to them, whether they listen
or not, for they are rebellious.
8 (Rev 10:9; Isa 50:5) But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be
rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth
and eat what I give you.
9 (Eze 8:3; 3:1) When I looked, a hand was sent to me. And a scroll was in it.
10 (Rev 8:13; Isa 3:11) And He spread it before me. And there was writing
on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were
words of lamentation and mourning and woe.
Ezekiel 3
1 (Eze 2:8-9) Moreover He said to me, Son of man, eat what you find.
Eat this scroll and go speak to the house of Israel.
2 (Jer 25:17) So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll.
3 (Ps 19:10; 119:103) He said to me, Son of man, feed your stomach
and fill your inward parts with this scroll that I give you.
Then I ate it, and it was as honey for sweetness in my mouth.
4 Then He said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel
and speak with My words to them.
5 (Jnh 1:2; Isa 33:19) For you are not being sent to a people
of foreign speech and hard language, but to the house of Israel,
6nor to many peoples of foreign speech and hard language, whose
words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should
listen to you.
7 (Eze 2:4; 1Sa 8:7) But the house of Israel will not listen to you,
because they will not listen to Me. For all the house of Israel
is impudent and obstinate.
8 (Jer 1:18) But I have made your face as hard as their faces
and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
9 (Isa 50:7; Eze 2:6) As emery harder than flint, I have made your forehead.
Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed at their looks,
though they are a rebellious house.
10 (Job 22:22; Eze 2:8) Moreover He said to me: Son of man, all My words
that I shall speak to you receive in your heart and hear with your ears.
11 (Eze 2:7; 2:5) Go to the captives, to the sons of your people,
and speak to them and tell them, whether they listen or not,
"Thus says the Lord God."
12 (Eze 8:3; Ac 8:39) Then the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me
a great thundering voice: "ÂBlessed be the glory of the Lord in His place."
13 (Eze 1:24; 10:16-17) I heard also the noise of the wings of the living
creatures that touched one another and the noise of the wheels beside them,
even a great rushing sound.
14 (Eze 37:1; 2Ki 3:15) So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away,
and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord
was strong upon me.
15 (Job 2:13; Ps 137:1) Then I came to the captives at Tel Aviv, who lived
by the River Kebar, and I sat there where they sat seven days,
causing consternation among them.
Ezekiel, a Watchman for Israel
16 (Jer 42:7) At the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me,
saying,
17 (Isa 52:8; Jer 6:17) Son of man, I have made you a watchman
to the house of Israel. Whenever you hear the word from My mouth,
then warn them from Me.
18 (Eze 33:6; Ge 2:17; Eze 3:20) When I say to the wicked,
"You shall surely die," and you do not warn him,
nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live,
the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity,
but his blood I will require at your hand.
19 (Eze 14:14; 14:20) Yet if you warn the wicked and he does not
turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity.
But you have delivered your soul.
20 (Eze 18:24; 3:18; Ps 125:5) Again, when a righteous man turns
from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block
before him, he shall die. Because you have not given him warning,
he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done
shall not be remembered. But his blood I will require at your hand.
21 (Ac 20:31) Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that the righteous
should not sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live
because he took warning. And you have delivered your soul.
22 (Ac 9:6; Eze 1:3) The hand of the Lord was upon me there,
and He said to me, Rise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.
23 (Eze 1:28; Ac 7:55) Then I arose, and went out into the plain. And the glory
of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Kebar,
and I fell on my face.
24 (Eze 2:2) Then the Spirit entered me, and set me on my feet,
and spoke with me and said to me: Go, shut yourself up within your house.
25 (Eze 4:8) As for you, son of man, they shall put bands on you
and shall bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them.
26 (Eze 24:27) And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth
so that you shall be mute and cannot be one to rebuke them,
for they are a rebellious house.
27 (Eze 24:27; 3:11) But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth,
and you shall say to them, "Thus says the Lord God." He who hears,
let him hear. And he who refuses, let him refuse.
For they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 4
The Siege of Jerusalem Portrayed
1 You also, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you and inscribe
a city on it, even Jerusalem.
2 (Eze 21:22) Then lay siege against it, and build a fort against it,
and build a mound against it; set camps and place battering rams
against it all around.
3 (Isa 8:18; 20:3) Moreover take for yourself an iron plate
and set it up for a wall of iron between you and the city.
And set your face against it so that it is besieged, and lay siege against it.
This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
4 (Lev 16:22; 10:17) As for you, lie down on your left side
and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it.
According to the number of the days that you lie on it,
you shall bear their iniquity.
5 For I have laid upon you the years of their iniquity according to the number
of the days, three hundred and ninety days. So you shall bear the iniquity
of the house of Israel.
6 (Nu 14:34; Da 9:24-26; 12:11-12) When you have accomplished them, lie again
on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days.
I have appointed you each day for a year.
7 (Isa 52:10) Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem,
and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.
8 (Eze 3:25) I will lay bands upon you, and you shall not turn yourself from
one side to another until you have ended the days of your siege.
9 Also take for yourself wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils,
and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel and make bread.
According to the number of the days that you lie on your side,
three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it.
10 Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels
[About 8 ounces, or 230 grams.] a day. From time to time you shall eat it.
11 You also shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin.
[About 2/3 quart, or 0.6 liter]. From time to time you shall drink it.
12 You shall eat it as barley cake, having baked it in their sight with dung
that comes out of man.
13 (Da 1:8)Then the Lord said, "Even so the sons of Israel shall eat their
defiled bread among the nations where I drive them.â€
14 (Eze 9:8; 20:49) Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! My soul has not been defiled.
For from my youth up even until now I have not eaten of that which dies
of itself, or is torn in pieces, nor has abominable meat come into my mouth."
15 Then He said to me, "I have given you cow dung instead of man's dung
over which you shall prepare your bread."
16 (Lev 26:26; Eze 5:16) Moreover He said to me, Son of man, I will cut off
the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight
and with anxiety and drink water by measure and with horror,
17 (Lev 26:39; Eze 24:23) because bread and water will be scarce, and they will be appalled with one another, and waste away for their iniquity.
2) Our Daily Bread for 25 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/26/heeding-the-warnings
Entitled Heeding the Warnings
Matthew 10:1-7,32-33
Matthew 10
The Mission of the Twelve Apostles
Mk 3:13-19; Lk 6:12-16
1 (Mk 3:13-15; 6:7-13) He called His twelve disciples to Him
and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out,
and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.
2 (Mt 4:18; 4:21) Now the names of the twelve apostles are these:
first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother;
James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;
3 (Mk 3:18; Ac 1:13; Mt 9:9) Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas,
and Matthew, the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus;
and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
4 (Mt 26:14; Jn 13:2) Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed Him.
The Commissioning of the Twelve Apostles
Mk 6:7-13; Lk 9:1-6
5 (Jn 4:9; 2Ki 17:24-41) These twelve Jesus sent out, and commanded them,
saying, "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city
of the Samaritans.
6 (Jer 50:6; Ps 119:176) But go rather to the lost sheep of the house
of Israel.
7 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) As you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is
at hand.'"
Confessing and Denying Christ
Lk 12:8-9
32 (Rev 3:5; Ro 10:9-10) "Whoever will confess Me before men,
him will I confess also before My Father who is in heaven.
33 (2Ti 2:12; Mk 8:38)But whoever will deny Me before men,
him will I also deny before My Father who is in heaven."
When a pickpocket tried to pilfer my property while I was on vacation
in another country, it wasn't a surprise. I'd read warnings about
the danger of subway thieves, so I knew what to do to protect my wallet.
But I never expected it to happen.
Fortunately, the young man who grabbed my wallet had slippery fingers,
so it fell to the floor where I could retrieve it. But the incident reminded
me that I should have heeded the warnings.
We don’t like to dwell on warnings because we think they'll get in the way
of enjoying life, but it's imperative to pay attention to them. For instance,
Jesus gave us a clear warning while sending out His disciples to proclaim
God's coming kingdom (Matthew 10:7). He said, “Whoever will confess Me before men,
him will I confess also before My Father who is in heaven.
But whoever will deny Me before men,
him will I also deny before My Father who is in heaven.†(vv. 32–33).
We have a choice. In love, God provided a Savior and a plan for us
to be in His presence for eternity. But if we turn away from God
and choose to reject His message of salvation
and the real life He offers for both now and forever,
we lose out on the opportunity to be with Him.
May we trust in Jesus, the One who chose to save us from
being eternally separated from the One who loves and made us.
By: Dave Branon
Reflect & Pray
Why is rejecting Jesus such a serious thing?
How have you chosen to respond to His call?
Heavenly Father, thank You for providing salvation
through Jesus. And thank You for sending warnings to remind me
of the importance of putting my faith in Him.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 5 Called by Name
Isaiah 43:1
1 But now, thus says the Lord
who created you, O Jacob,
and He who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
Eric, age 4, somehow lost his mother in a large and busy department store.
Found sobbing under a coat rack, the boy tried to tell the security guard
where he was when he got separated from his mother. Finally the guard said,
"what's your name, Son? Who do you belong to?"
The child brightened a bit, gave the guard his name, and within minutes
the frantic mother was reunited with her lost son.
One of the first questions we are asked, both as children and adults, is
"What is your name?" - that is, "Who are you? Who do you belong to?"
Children bear the name of their parents, and most women,
except for professional reasons,
take the name of their husbands when they marry.
Our names are our primary method of identification;
they connect us with our heritage and those we love.
In Isaiah 43:1, God declares that we belong to him.
The Lord who created us and formed us says,
"I have redemmed you; I have called you by name; you are mine." God's
right of ownership in our lives extends beyond the bond of family and friends,
of parent, child, or spouse. We belong first to him;
we are called by him into oneness with him.
The Scripture is filled with images of the Lord's care for us;
when we are lost, he does
not wait for us to find him,
but takes the initiative, like a loving parent
to seek us out. That declaration of belonging can give us
a strong sense of security in our lives. God loves us;
he will never let us go.
Application
a) What experiences have I had of being lost of abandoned?
b) How can today's verse help me find security in belonging to God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Prov 13:22
22 (Job 27:16-17; Pr 28:8) A good man leaves an inheritance to
his children’s children, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Angry of Vengeful
Romans 12:14-21
14 (Mt 5:44; Lk 6:28) Bless those who persecute you; bless, and do not curse.
15 (Heb 13:3; Job 30:25) Rejoice with those who rejoice,
and weep with those who weep.
16 (Ro 11:25; 15:5) Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not be haughty,
but associate with the lowly. Do not pretend to be wiser than you are.
17 (Pr 20:22; Mt 5:39) Repay no one evil for evil. Commend what is honest
in the sight of all men.
18 (Mk 9:50; Ro 14:19; Mt 5:9) If it is possible, as
much as it depends on you, live peaceably with all men.
19 (Dt 32:35; Pr 24:29) Beloved, do not avenge yourselves,
but rather give place to God's wrath, for it is written:
"Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,"(Dt 32:35.) says the Lord.
20(Pr 25:21–22; Mt 5:44)Therefore
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him a drink;
for in doing so you will
heap coals of fire on his head.â€(r 25:21–22.)
21(1Pe 3:9)Do not be overcome by evil,
but overcome evil with good.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 26 of the Month
a) Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ (Matt 5:16
16 Let your light so shine before men that they may
see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
)
b) Pray for the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut
I) Pray for the leaders of Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut,
that God's Spirit would influence
then to act justly,
serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3 (1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
)
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use
the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and feel His greatness.
Pray to the Lord "Heavenly Father, thank You for providing salvation
through Jesus. And thank You for sending warnings to remind me
of the importance of putting my faith in Him."
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for being the family Leader.
Pray to the Lord and to be just in Him.
Pray to the Lord and pray to render good for evil.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ
Pray for those traing and equipping pastors in Sri
Lanka.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Wednesday, August 25. 2021
Day 237, 25 August 2021
Lamentations 3 - 5
Lamentations 3
The Prophet's Anguish
1 (Ps 88:7; Job 19:21) I am the man who has seen affliction
by the rod of His wrath.
2 (Job 30:26; Isa 59:9) He has driven and brought me
into darkness without any light.
3 Surely against me has He turned His hand
continually, the whole day long.
4 (Ps 51:8; Isa 38:13) My flesh and my skin He has made waste away;
He has broken my bones;
5 (La 3:19; Jer 23:15) He has besieged and enveloped me
with gall and travail.
6 (Ps 88:5-6; 143:3) He has set me in dark places,
like the dead of long ago.
7 (Job 3:23; 19:8) He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out;
He has made my chain heavy.
8 (Job 30:20; Ps 22:2) Even when I cry for help,
He shuts out my prayer.
9 (Isa 63:17) He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.
10 He is to me a bear lying in wait,
a lion in hiding.
11 (Hos 6:1; Job 16:12-13) He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces;
He has made me desolate.
12 (Job 7:20; Ps 38:2) He has bent His bow
and set me as a target for the arrow.
13 (Job 6:4) He has caused the arrows of His quiver
to pierce my inward parts.
14 (Jer 20:7; La 3:63) I have become the derision of all my people,
their mocking song all the day.
15 (Jer 9:15) He has filled me with bitterness,
He has sated me with wormwood.
16 (Pr 20:17; Jer 6:26) He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
and covered me with ashes.
17 (Isa 59:11) My soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten prosperity.
18 (Job 17:15; Eze 37:11) So I say, "My strength and my hope
from the Lord have perished."
19 (La 3:5; 3:15) Remember my affliction and my misery,
the wormwood and the gall.
20 (Ps 42:5-6; 42:11) Surely my soul remembers
and is humbled within me.
21 (Ps 130:7) But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
22 (Mal 3:6; Ps 78:38) It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed;
His compassions do not fail.
23 (Zep 3:5; Ps 36:5) They are new every morning;
great is Your faithfulness.
24 (Ps 16:5; 73:26) "The Lord is my portion," says my soul,
"therefore I will hope in Him."
25 (Isa 25:9; 30:18) The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
to the soul who seeks Him.
26 (Ps 37:7; 130:5) It is good that a man should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
27 (Ecc 12:1) It is good for a man to bear the yoke
in his youth.
28 (Jer 15:17; La 2:10) Let him sit alone in silence
when it is laid on him;
29 (Job 40:4) let him put his mouth in the dust-
there may yet be hope.
30 (Isa 50:6; Job 16:10) Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
and let him be filled with insults.
31 (Ps 94:14; 77:7) For the Lord
will not cast off forever.
32 (Ps 78:38; Hos 11:8) But though He causes grief,
yet He will have compassion
according to the abundance of His mercies.
33 (Eze 33:11) For He does not afflict from His heart,
nor grieve the sons of men.
34 To crush underfoot
all the prisoners of the earth,
35 to turn aside the justice due a man
in the presence of the Most High,
36 (Hab 1:13) to subvert a man in his cause,
the Lord does not approve.
37 (Ps 33:9-11) Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 (Isa 45:7; Job 2:10) Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad proceed?
39 (Mic 7:9; Pr 19:3) Why should a living man complain,
a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 (Ps 119:59; 139:23-24) Let us search and try our ways,
and return to the Lord!
41 (Ps 25:1; 28:2) Let us lift up our hearts and hands
to God in heaven:
42 (2Ki 24:4; Ne 9:26) We have transgressed and rebelled;
You have not pardoned.
43 (La 2:21; 2:17; Ps 83:15) You have covered Yourself with anger
and pursued us;
You have killed and not pitied.
44 (La 3:8; Ps 97:2) You have covered Yourself with a cloud,
so that no prayer should pass through.
45 (1Co 4:13) You have made us filthy refuse
in the midst of the peoples.
46 (La 2:16; Ps 22:6–8) All our enemies have opened their mouths
against us.
47 (Isa 24:17-18; 51:19) Panic and snare have come upon us,
desolation and destruction.
48 (La 2:11; Ps 119:136) My eyes flow with rivers of tears
for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 (Jer 14:17; Ps 77:2) My eyes flow and do not cease,
without respite,
50 (Isa 63:15; La 5:1) until the Lord from heaven
looks down and sees.
51 My eyes bring suffering to my soul
at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
52 (Ps 35:7; 35:19) My enemies chased me like a bird,
without cause.
53 (Jer 38:6; 38:9) They cut off my life in the pit
and cast stones on me.
54 (Jnh 2:3-5; Eze 37:11) Waters flowed over my head;
I said, "I am cut off!
55 I called on Your name, O Lord,
from the lowest pit.
56 (Ps 55:1; Job 34:28) You have heard my plea:
"Do not close Your ear to my cry for help!"
57 (Isa 41:10; Ps 145:18) You drew near on the day I called on You,
and You said, "Do not fear!"
58 (Jer 51:36) O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul;
You have redeemed my life.
59 (Ps 26:1; 35:23) O Lord, You have seen the wrong done tome;
judge my case.
60 (Jer 11:19-20) You have seen all their vengeance,
all their schemes against me.
61 (La 5:1; Ps 74:18) You have heard their reproach, O Lord,
all their schemes against me,
62 (Eze 36:3; Ps 59:7) the lips of my enemies and
their devices against me all the day.
63 (Ps 139:2; La 3:14) Look at their sitting down and their risingup;
I am their mocking song.
64 (Ps 28:4; Jer 11:20) Render to them a recompense, O Lord,
according to the work of their hands.
65 (Isa 6:10; Dt 2:30) Give them hardness of heart;
may Your curse be upon them!
66 (Ps 8:3; Dt 25:19) In Your anger pursue and destroy them
from under Your heavens, O Lord!
Lamentations 4
The Punishment of Zion
1 (La 2:19; Eze 7:19-22) How the gold has become dim!
How the most fine gold has changed!
The stones of the sanctuary lie scattered
at the head of every street.
2 (Jer 19:11; Isa 30:14) The precious sons of Zion,
comparable to fine gold,
how they are esteemed as earthen pots,
the work of a potter's hands!
3 (Isa 49:15; Eze 5:10) Even the jackals offer the breast;
they nurse their young,
yet the daughter of my people has become cruel,
like ostriches in the wilderness.
4 (Ps 22:15; La 2:11-12) The tongue of the infant cleaves
to the roof of his mouth for thirst;
the children beg for bread,
but no one divides it for them.
5 (Am 6:3-7; 2Sa 1:24) Those who once ate delicacies
are desolate in the streets;
those who were brought up in scarlet
embrace ash heaps.
6 (Ge 19:25; Lk 10:12) For the iniquity of the daughter of my people
is greater than the sin of Sodom,
which was overthrown in a moment,
and no hands were wrung for her.
7 (Ps 51:7) Her princes were purer than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than rubies,
their appearance like sapphire.
8 (Job 30:30; Ps 102:3-5) Their form is blacker than coal;
they are not recognized in the streets;
their skin cleaves to their bones,
it has become as dry as wood.
9 (Lev 26:39; Eze 24:23) Those killed by the sword
are better off than those who die of hunger,
for they pine away,
stricken for want of the fruits of the field.
10 (La 2:20; Isa 49:15) The hands of compassionate women
have boiled their own children;
they became their food in the destruction
of the daughter of my people.
11 (Jer 7:20; Eze 22:31) The Lord has fulfilled His fury,
He has poured out His fierce anger.
He kindled a fire in Zion,
and it has devoured its foundations.
12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world,
would not have believed
that the adversary and the enemy could enter
the gates of Jerusalem.
13 (Jer 5:31; 6:13) This was for the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,
who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.
14 (Jer 2:34; Nu 19:16) They wandered,
blind, in the streets;
they have defiled themselves with blood,
so that no one could touch their garments.
15 They cried out to them, "Depart! Unclean!
Depart, depart, do not touch us!"
Therefore they fled and wandered;
men among the nations said,
"They shall live with us no longer."
16 (Isa 9:14-16; La 5:12) The presence of the Lord scattered them;
He will regard them no more;
they do not respect the priests,
nor show favor to the elders.
17 (Eze 29:16; Isa 20:5) Our eyes failed us,
watching vainly for help;
in our watchtowers we watched
for a nation that could not save us.
18 (Am 8:2; Eze 7:2-12) They tracked our steps
so that we could not walk in our streets.
Our end drew near; our days were numbered,
for our end had come.
19 (Isa 5:26-28; Jer 4:13) Our pursuers were swifter
than the eagles of the skies.
They pursued us on the mountains;
they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
20 (Ge 2:7; 2Sa 19:21) The breath of our life, the anointed king of the Lord,
was captured in their traps,
of whom we said, "Under his shadow
we shall live among the nations."
21 (Job 1:1; Ps 137:7) Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
you who dwell in the land of Uz!
The cup shall also pass to you;
you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.
22 (Isa 40:2; Ps 137:7) The punishment of your iniquity,
O daughter of Zion, is accomplished;
He shall exile you no longer.
He shall punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom;
He will expose your sins!
Lamentations 5
A Prayer for Restoration
1 (Ps 44:13-16; La 3:61) Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;
look, and see our reproach!
2 (Zep 1:13; Isa 1:7) Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
3 (Jer 18:21; Ex 22:24) We have become orphans and fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
4 (Isa 3:1) We must pay for the water we drink;
our wood is sold to us.
5 (Ne 9:36-37) Our pursuers are at our necks;
we labor and have no rest.
6 (Hos 9:3; 12:1) We have given our hand to Egypt and to Assyria,
to be satisfied with bread.
7 (Jer 16:12; 31:29) Our fathers sinned and are no more,
but we bear their iniquities.
8 (Ne 5:15; Zec 11:6) Slaves rule over us;
there is no one to deliver us from their hand.
9 (Jer 40:9-12) We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 (La 4:8; Job 30:30) Our skin is hot as an oven,
because of the terrible famine.
11 (Zec 14:2; Isa 13:16) They ravished the women in Zion,
the virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 (La 4:16; Isa 47:6) Princes were hung up by their hands,
the faces of elders were not honored.
13 (Jdg 16:21) Young men ground at the millstones;
boys staggered under loads of wood.
14 (Jer 7:34) The elders have left the city gate,
the young men stopped their music.
15 (Am 8:10) The joy of our hearts has ceased;
our dancing has turned into mourning.
16 (Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18) The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 (Isa 1:5; La 2:11) For this our heart is faint;
for these things our eyes grow dim;
18 (Mic 3:12) because of Mount Zion, which is desolate,
with foxes walking upon it.
19 (Ps 102:12; 45:6) You, O Lord, remain forever;
Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 (Ps 13:1; 44:24) Why do You forget us forever,
and forsake us for so long a time?
21 (Ps 80:3; Jer 31:18) Restore us to Yourself, O Lord, that we may return!
Renew our days as of old,
22 (Ps 60:1-2) unless You have utterly rejected us,
and are very angry with us.
2) Our Daily Bread for 25 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/25/a-good-reason
A Good Reason
1 Timothy 5:1-8
1 Timothy 5
Duties Toward Others
1 (Lev 19:32; Titus 2:6) Do not rebuke an elder, but exhort him as a father,
the younger men as brothers,
2 the elder women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters,
with complete purity.
3 (Ac 6:1; 9:39) Honor widows that are widows indeed.
4 (1Ti 2:3; Ge 45:10-11) But if any widow has children or grandchildren,
let them learn first to show piety at home and to repay their parents.
For this is good and acceptable before God.
5 (Lk 2:37; 1Ti 5:3) Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate,
trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
6 (Lk 15:24; Jas 5:5) But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
7 (1Ti 4:11) And these things command, that they may be blameless.
8 (Titus 1:16; Gal 6:10) But if any do not care for their own, and especially
for those of their own house, they have denied the faith
and are worse than unbelievers.
The two women occupied the aisle seats across from each other. The flight
was two hours, so I couldn't help but see some of their interactions.
It was clear they knew each other, might even be related.
The younger of the two (probably in her sixties) kept reaching in her bag
to hand the older (I’d guess in her nineties) fresh apple slices,
then homemade finger sandwiches, then a towelette for clean up,
and finally a crisp copy of the New York Times. Each hand-off was done
with such tenderness, such dignity. As we stood to exit the plane,
I told the younger woman, "I noticed the way you cared for her.
It was beautiful." She replied, "She's my best friend. She's my mother."
Wouldn't it be great if we could all say something like that?
Some parents are like best friends. Some parents are nothing like that.
The truth is those relationships are always complicated at best.
While Paul's letter to Timothy doesn’t ignore that complexity,
it still calls us to put our "religion into practice" by taking care of parents
and grandparents-our "relatives," our "own household" (1 Timothy 5:4,
.
We all too often practice such care only if family members were
or are good to us. In other words, if they deserve it.
But Paul offers up a more beautiful reason to repay them.
Take care of them because "this is pleasing to God" (v. 4).
By: John Blase
Reflect & Pray
If your parents are still living, how would you describe
your relationship with them? Regardless of what kind of job
they did as parents, what are some ways you can take care
of them right now?
Father, give me grace and mercy as I seek
to care for those who cared for me.
And help me to remember the reason I'm doing it.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 4 Under the Mercy
Ps 13:5-6
5 I for my part confide in Your kindness;
may my heart exult in Your salvation!
6 I will sing to the Lord,
because He has dealt bountifully with me.
In Sheldon Vanauken's book "A Severe Mercy", Vanauken faced the "severe mercy"
of the untimely death of his wife. His friend C. S. Lewis , who had endured a
similar grief , comforted him through letters,
encouraging him with the exhotation, "Go under the Mercy".
While God's grace deals with sin and forgiveness,
God's mercy deals with the pain pf human existence. We all experience pain
- sometimes as a natural result of wrongs we have done, sometimes unfairly
as a consequence of living in a fallen world.
But for all who hurt, God provides
mercy - respite from pain, and the assurance of a Lord who cares.
David , in Psalm 13 says " I trust in your mercy, your unfailing love."
God's love never fail us, no matter how much we may have failed him.
David knew the consequences of sin; he knew what it meant to fail God,
to rebel against God's faithfulness. Yet David trusted in God's Goodness
rather than depending upon his own; he focused his attention upon the
mercy of the Lord.
We need, like David, to "Go under the mercy" , even when it is a "severe mercy."
Even when circumstances seem bad; even when things seem out of control; even
when we think God has forsaken us, yet his mercy is at work to bring us
fulfillment and cause us to turn to him
with a song of praise on our lips.
Application
a) How have I experienced the mercy of God?
b) How can these verses help me focus on God's
merciful intervention in my life even when circumstances seem
out of control?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Ps 1:3
He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that brings forth its fruit in its season;
its leaf will not wither,
and whatever he does will prosper.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Angry of Vengeful
James 1:19-25
Hearing and Doing the Word
19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear,
slow to speak, and slow to anger, 20 for the anger of man does not work
the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and remaining
wickedness and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able
to save your souls.
22 Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man
viewing his natural face in a mirror. 24 He views himself, and goes his way,
and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But whoever looks into
the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it,
and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work,
this man will be blessed in his deeds.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 25 of the Month
a) Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
(Acts 2: 41,47b
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized,
and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
)
b) Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
( Prov 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord afor He is constant and eternal.
Pray to the Lord "Father, give me grace and mercy as I seek
to care for those who cared for me.
And help me to remember the reason I'm doing it."
Pray to the Lord and trust in His mercy, His unfailing love..
Pray to the Lord and to be rooted in Him.
Pray to the Lord and be a doer of the Word.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
Pray for families in Columbia that have been affected by violence.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Tuesday, August 24. 2021
Day 236, 24 August 2021
Lamentations 1 - 2
Lamentations 1
The Sorrows of Jerusalem
1 (1Ki 4:21; Ezr 4:20) How lonely sits the city
that was full of people!
How she has become like a widow,
who was once great among the nations!
She who was a princess among the provinces
has become a slave!
2 (Ps 6:6; Mic 7:5) She weeps sorely in the night,
her tears are on her cheeks;
among all her lovers
she has none to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
they have become her enemies.
3 (Dt 28:64-67; La 2:9) Judah has gone into captivity,
under affliction and great servitude;
she dwells among the nations,
she finds no rest;
all her persecutors overtook her
in the midst of distress.
4 (Jer 9:11; Joel 1:8-13) The roads to Zion mourn
because no one comes to the solemn feasts.
All her gates are desolate;
her priests sigh,
her virgins are afflicted,
and she herself suffers bitterly.
5 (Ps 90:7-8; Jer 30:14-15) Her adversaries have become her masters,
her enemies prosper;
for the Lord has afflicted her
because of the multitude of her transgressions.
Her children have gone into captivity
before the enemy.
6From the daughter of Zion
all her beauty has departed.
Her princes have become like deer
that find no pasture;
they fled without strength
before the pursuer.
7 (Ps 42:4; 77:5-9) In the days of her affliction and misery
Jerusalem remembers all her pleasant things
that she had in the days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy,
there was no one to help her.
The adversaries saw her
and mocked at her desolation.
8 (Isa 59:2-13; La 1:20-22) Jerusalem has sinned grievously;
therefore she has become vile.
All who honored her despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself sighs
and turns away.
9 (Dt 32:29; Isa 47:7) Her uncleanness is in her skirts;
she took no thought of her future;
therefore her fall is astounding;
she has no comforter.
"O Lord, look upon my affliction,
for the enemy has triumphed!"
10 (Dt 23:3; Jer 51:51) The adversary has spread his hand
over all her precious things;
for she has seen the nations
enter her sanctuary,
those whom You commanded
not to enter Your congregation.
11 (Jer 52:6; 38:9) All her people groan,
as they search for bread;
they trade their treasures for food
to restore their strength.
Look, O Lord, and consider,
for I am despised.
12 (Da 9:12) Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Look and see
if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
which was brought upon me,
which the Lord has inflicted
on the day of His fierce anger.
13 (Job 30:30; Hab 3:16) From on high He has sent fire into my bones,
and it prevailed against them;
He has spread a net for my feet;
He turned me back;
He has made me desolate
and faint all the day long.
14 (Dt 28:48; Isa 47:6) The yoke of my transgressions
was bound; by His hand
they were fastened together; they were set upon my neck.
He made my strength fail;
the Lord delivered me into the hands
of those whom I am not able to withstand.
15 (Isa 28:18; 63:3) The Lord has trampled underfoot
all my mighty men in my midst;
He has called an assembly against me
to crush my young men;
The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah
as in a winepress.
16 (La 1:2; Jer 13:17) For these things I weep;
my eyes flow with tears;
for the comforter, who should relieve my soul,
is far from me.
My children are desolate
for the enemy has prevailed.
17 (Jer 4:31; Isa 1:15) Zion spreads out her hands,
but there is no one to comfort her;
the Lord has commanded against Jacob
that his neighbors should be his adversaries;
Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them.
18 (1Sa 12:14-15; Jer 12:1) The Lord is in the right,
for I have rebelled against His commandment.
Hear now, all peoples,
and see my sorrow;
my virgins and my young men
have gone into captivity.
19 (La 1:2; 1:11) I called for my lovers,
but they deceived me;
my priests and my elders
perished in the city,
while they sought food
to restore their strength.
20 (La 2:11; Dt 32:25) Look, O Lord, for I am in distress;
my soul is greatly troubled;
my heart is overturned within me,
for I have grievously rebelled.
In the street the sword bereaves,
at home it is like death.
21 (La 1:8; Jer 50:11) They have heard my groaning,
yet there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
they are glad that You have done it.
Bring the day that You have announced,
that they become like me.
22 (Ne 4:4-5; Ps 109:14-15) Let all their wickedness come before You,
and do to them
as You have done to me
for all my transgressions;
for my groans are many,
and my heart is faint.
Lamentations 2
The Anger of God Over Jerusalem
1 (Ps 99:5; 132:7) How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion
with a cloud in His anger!
He has cast down from heaven to the earth
the beauty of Israel;
He has not remembered His footstool
in the day of His anger.
2 (Ps 89:39-40; La 2:17) The Lord has swallowed up without mercy
all the habitations of Jacob;
In His wrath He has thrown down
the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought them down to the ground;
He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
3 (Ps 74:11; 75:5) He has cut off in fierce anger
all the might of Israel;
He has drawn back His right hand
from before the enemy.
He has burned against Jacob
like a flaming fire, devouring all around.
4 (Isa 42:25; Jer 7:20) He has bent His bow like an enemy,
with his right hand set like an adversary;
He has killed all who were pleasant to His eye;
in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion,
He has poured out His fury like fire.
5 (La 2:2; Jer 30:14) The Lord has become like an enemy;
He has swallowed up Israel,
He has swallowed up all her palaces;
He has destroyed her strongholds,
and has increased mourning and lamentation
in the daughter of Judah.
6 (La 1:4; Zep 3:18) He has violently taken away His tabernacle
as if it were a garden;
He has destroyed His place of assembly;
the Lord has caused the solemn feasts and Sabbaths
to be forgotten in Zion.
In his fierce indignation He has despised the king and the priest.
7 (Ps 74:3-8; 78:59-61) The Lord has scorned His altar,
He has disowned His sanctuary;
He has given up the walls of her palaces
into the hand of the enemy.
They have made a noise in the house of the Lord
as on the day of a solemn feast.
8 (2Ki 21:13; Isa 3:26) The Lord has purposed to destroy
the wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has stretched out a line;
He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying;
therefore He caused the rampart and the wall to lament;
they languished together.
9 (Ne 1:3; Hos 3:4) Her gates have sunk into the ground;
He has destroyed and broken her bars.
Her king and her princes are among the nations;
the Law is no more,
and her prophets find
no vision from the Lord.
10 (Isa 3:26; Job 2:12-13) The elders of the daughter of Zion
sit on the ground in silence;
they throw dust on their heads
and gird themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
bow their heads to the ground.
11 (Job 16:13; La 1:16) My eyes fail with tears,
my spirit is greatly troubled;
my bile is poured on the ground
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
because the children and infants faint
in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers,
"Where is grain and wine?"
when they faint like a wounded man
in the streets of the city,
as their life is poured out
on their mothers' bosom.
13 (La 1:12; 2Sa 5:20) What can I say for you,
to what shall I liken you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare with you,
that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your devastation is great like the sea;
who can heal you?
14 (Isa 58:1; Jer 5:31) Your prophets have seen for you
false and deceptive visions;
they have not revealed your iniquity,
to bring back your captives,
but have seen for you oracles
that are false and misleading.
15 (Ps 48:2; Jer 18:16) All who pass by
clap their hands at you;
they hiss and shake their heads
at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
"Is this the city that men call
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth?"
16 (Ps 35:21; La 3:46) All your enemies
have opened their mouth against you;
they hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, "We have swallowed her up!
Certainly this is the day that we longed for;
we have found it; we have seen it."
17 (Ps 89:42; Eze 5:11) The Lord has done what He planned;
He has fulfilled His word
that He had commanded in the days of old.
He has thrown down and has not pitied,
and He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;
He has exalted the power of your adversaries.
18 (Ps 119:145; Jer 9:1) Their heart cried to the Lord:
O wall of the daughter of Zion,
let your tears run down
like a river day and night;
give yourself no rest,
your eyes no respite!
19 (Ps 62:8; 1Sa 1:15; Isa 26:9) Arise, cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the watches;
pour out your heart like water
before the face of the Lord.
Lift your hands to Him
for the lives of your young children,
who faint for hunger
at the head of every street.
20 (Jer 19:9; La 4:10) Look, O Lord, and consider!
To whom have You done this?
Should the women eat their offspring,
the children who were born healthy?
Should the priest and the prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 (2Ch 36:17; Jer 13:14) The young and the old lie
on the ground in the streets;
my virgins and my young men
have fallen by the sword;
You have killed them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered and not pitied.
22 (Jer 6:25; Ps 31:13) You have invited as to a feast day
the terrors all around;
in the day of the Lord's anger
no one escaped or survived;
those whom I held and raised
my enemy destroyed.
2) Our Daily Bread for 24 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/24/food-everywhere
God's Provision
Genesis 1:11-13,29-30 Matthew 6:28,30
Genesis 1
11 (Heb 6:7) Then God said, "Let the earth produce vegetation:Or grass.
plants yielding seed and fruit trees on the earth yielding fruit after
their kind with seed in them." And it was so.
12 The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind
and trees yielding fruit with seed in them after their kind.
And God saw that it was good.
13 So the evening and the morning were the third day.
29 (Ge 9:3; Ps 104:14-15) Then God said, "See, I have given you every
plant yielding seed which is on the face of all the earth
and every tree which has fruit yielding seed. It shall be food for you.
30 (Ps 147:9; 104:14) To every beast of the earth and to every bird
of the air and to everything that creeps on the earth
which has the breath of life in it, I have given every green plant
for food." And it was so.
Matthew 6
28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) "Why take thought about clothing? Consider the lilies
of the field, how they grow: They neither work, nor do they spin.
30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field,
which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,
will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"
We trekked deeper and deeper into the forest, venturing farther and farther
away from the village at Yunnan Province, China. After an hour or so,
we heard the deafening roar of the water. Quickening our steps,
we soon reached a clearing and were greeted by a beautiful view
of a curtain of white water cascading over the gray rocks. Spectacular!
Our hiking companions, who lived in the village we had left an hour earlier,
decided that we should have a picnic. Great idea, but where was the food?
We hadn't brought any. My friends disappeared into the surrounding forest
and returned with an assortment of fruits and vegetables and even some fish.
The shuixiangcai looked strange with its small purple flowers,
but tasted heavenly!
I was reminded that creation declares God's extravagant provision.
We can see proof of His generosity in "all sorts of seed-bearing plants,
and trees with seed-bearing fruit†(Genesis 1:12 nlt). God has made
and given us for food “every seed-bearing plant . . .
and every tree that has fruit with seed in it†(v. 29).
Do you sometimes find it hard to trust God to meet your needs?
Why not take a walk in nature? Let what you see remind you
of Jesus' assuring words: "Do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?'
or 'What shall we drink?' . . . Your heavenly Father knows that
you need [all these things]" (Matthew 6:31-32).
By: Poh Fang Chia
Reflect & Pray
How has God provided for you in the past?
How can you continue to lean on His provision in the present?
Loving Father, You're a generous provider.
Help me to trust You to meet my needs.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 3 The song of Exaltation
Exodus 15:2
2 The Lord is my strength and song,
and He has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
my father's God, and I will exalt Him.
The world is full of music that communicates human emotion:
love, joy, sadness, separation.
A love song makes us misty-eyed; a song of protest arouses anger; a song
describing loss stimulates feelings of hurt and abandonment.
Music is a powerful force to swaythe human spirit.
Exodus 15:2 indicates that God should be the source of the songs in our hearts.
Human emotions vacillate; human relationships disappoint,
but God is our "strength" and our "song".
To exalt the Lord includes many different type of "songs".
"I can't carry a tune in a bucket," one woman complained.
"How can I sing to the Lord anything that will be pleasing to him?"
But the Lord does not delight in the professionalisn of our songs,
but in the motivation of our hearts. We can "sing to the Lord"
when we enjoy a Bach organ piece played for his glory.
We can exalt him in the words of Scripture - either remembered or sung.
We can worship him by enjoying the songs of others.
The key to making the Lord our song is exaltation. When our thoughts
lift him up in praise, we are singing a song of exaltation to the Lord.
When God is exlted in our songs, in our hearts, and in our thoughts,
that focus gives strength to our lives. We can face the difficulties
that are an inevitable part of experience,
because God is our "strength and our song".
Application
a) What is the difference between a song that is professionally performed
and one that exalts the Lord?
b) What practical steps can I take to make my daily life a "song of praise" to God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 28:13
13 He who covers his sins will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Angry or Vengeful
Prov 15:1
1 A soft answer turns away wrath,
but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 25:28
28 He who has no rule over his own spirit
is like a city that is broken down and without walls.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 24 of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will open a door for the message for the Gospel
at every level of Canadian Society. (
Col 4:3
3 while praying also for us, that God would open to
us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ,
for which I am also in chains,
)
b) Pray for the Province of Saskatchewan
I) Pray for the leaders of Saskatchewan,
that God's Spirit would influence
then to act justly,
serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.)
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use
the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to be obedient to His will.
Pray to the Lord "Loving Father, You're a generous provider.
Help me to trust You to meet my needs."
Pray to the Lord and sing Him A Song of Praise.
Pray to the Lord and cofess you sins openly to Him.
Pray to the Lord and pray no to quicken to anger.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray that the Lord will open a door for the message for the Gospel
at every level of Canadian Society.
Pray for outreach efforts in Eastern Tajikistan.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Monday, August 23. 2021
Day 235, 23 August 2021
Jeremiah 51-52
Jeremiah 51
The Destruction of Babylon
1 (Jer 4:11-12; Hos 13:15) Thus says the Lord:
I will raise up against Babylon,
and against those who dwell in Leb Kamai,
the spirit of a destroyer.
2 (Jer 15:7; Mt 3:12) And I will send foreigners to Babylon
that they may winnow her and empty her land.
For in the day of trouble
they will be against her all around.
3 (Jer 46:4; 50:14) Let not him who bends his bow bend it,
and let him not rise up in his scale-armor,
and do not spare her young men;
utterly destroy all her host.
4 (Jer 49:26; Isa 13:15) Thus the slain will fall
in the land of the Chaldeans,
and those who are thrust through in her streets.
5 (Hos 4:1; Jer 33:24-26) For Israel has not been forsaken, nor Judah,
by his God, the Lord of Hosts,
though their land was filled with sin
against the Holy One of Israel.
6 (Jer 50:8; 50:15; 50:28) Flee out of the midst of Babylon,
and each of you deliver his soul!
Do not be cut off in her punishment,
for this is the time of the vengeance of the Lord;
He will render to her a recompense.
7 (Rev 14:8; 17:4; 17:2) Babylon has been a golden cup
in the hand of the Lord,
that made all the earth drunk.
The nations have drunk of her wine;
therefore the nations are mad.
8 (Isa 21:9; Jer 46:11) Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed.
Howl for her.
Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
9 (Isa 13:14; Jer 50:16) We applied healing to Babylon,
but she is not healed.
Forsake her, and let us each go into his own country;
for her judgment reaches to heaven
and is lifted up even to the skies.
10 (Jer 50:28; Ps 37:6) The Lord has brought forth our righteousness.
Come, and let us declare in Zion
the work of the Lord our God.
11 (Jer 46:4; 50:45) Sharpen the arrows.
Gather the shields.
The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
For His device is against Babylon, to destroy it;
because it is the vengeance of the Lord,
the vengeance of His temple.
12 (Isa 13:2; Jer 51:11) Set up the standard against the walls of Babylon,
make the watch strong,
set up the watchmen,
prepare the ambushes.
For the Lord has both devised and done
that which He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 (Rev 17:1; Isa 45:3) O you who dwell by many waters,
abundant in treasures,
your end has come,
and the measure of your end.
14 (Jer 49:13; 50:15) The Lord of Hosts has sworn by Himself,
saying: Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts,
and they will lift up shouts of victory against you.
15 (Job 9:8; Jer 10:12-16) He has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom,
and has stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
16 (Ps 135:7; 18:13; Jnh 1:4) When He utters His voice,
there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,
and He causes the clouds to ascend from the remote parts of the earth;
He makes lightning with rain,
and brings out the wind from His storehouses.
17 (Jer 10:14; Hab 2:18-19) Every man is ignorant by His knowledge;
every founder is humiliated by the graven image,
for his molded image is falsehood,
and there is no breath in them.
18 They are vanity, the work of errors;
in the time of their punishment they will perish.
19 (Jer 10:16; Ps 73:26) The portion of Jacob is not like them,
for He is the former of all things,
and Israel is the rod of His inheritance.
The Lord of Hosts is His name.
20 (Isa 10:5; 41:15-16) He says: You are My battle-ax
and weapon of war:
for with you I will break in pieces the nations,
and with you I will destroy kingdoms;
21 (Ex 15:1) and with you I will break in pieces the horse and his rider;
and with you I will break in pieces the chariot and his rider.
22 (2Ch 36:17; Isa 13:18) With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;
and with you I will break in pieces old and young;
and with you I will break in pieces the young man and the young woman.
23 I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock;
and with you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
and with you I will break in pieces captains and rulers.
24 (Jer 50:15) I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea
all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the Lord.
25 (Rev 8:8; Zec 4:7; Isa 13:2) I am against you, O destroying mountain,
says the Lord,
who destroys all the earth.
And I will stretch out My hand against you,
and roll you down from the rocks,
and will make you a burned mountain.
26 (Isa 13:19-22; Jer 50:12-13) They will not take of you
a stone for a corner,
or a stone for foundations,
but you will be desolate forever,
says the Lord.
27 (Ge 8:4; 10:3) Set up a standard in the land,
blow the trumpet among the nations,
prepare the nations against her,
call together against her the kingdoms
of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;
appoint a captain against her.
Cause the horses to come up as the rough locusts.
28 (Jer 51:11) Prepare against her the nations,
the kings of the Medes,
the captains, and all the rulers,
and every land of their dominion.
29 (Jer 8:16; 51:43) So the land trembles and sorrows,
for the purposes of the Lord will be performed against Babylon,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation
without an inhabitant.
30 (Na 3:13; La 2:9; Isa 13:7-8) The mighty men of Babylon
have ceased fighting;
they have remained in their strongholds.
Their might has failed;
they became as women.
They have burned her dwelling places;
the bars of her gates are broken.
31 (2Sa 18:19-31; 2Ch 30:6) One courier will run to meet another,
and one messenger to meet another,
to show the king of Babylon
that his city has been captured from end to end,
32 and the passages have been seized,
and they have burned the reeds with fire,
and the men of war are terrified.
33 (Isa 21:10; Hos 6:11) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor,
it is time to thresh her;
yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come.
34 (Jer 50:17; 51:44) "Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
has devoured me and crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel.
He has swallowed me up like a dragon;
he has filled his belly with my delicacies,
he has cast me out.
35 May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,"
the inhabitant of Zion will say;
and, "May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,"
Jerusalem will say.
36 (Jer 50:38; Ps 140:12) Therefore thus says the Lord:
I will plead your cause,
and take vengeance for you.
And I will dry up her sea,
and make her springs dry.
37 (Rev 18:2; Jer 18:16) Babylon will become heaps,
a dwelling place for jackals,
an astonishment, and a hissing,
without an inhabitant.
38 (Jer 2:15) They will roar together like young lions;
they will growl as lions' whelps.
39 (Jer 51:57; 25:27) When they become heated up,
I will make their feasts,
and I will make them drunk,
that they may rejoice,
and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake,
says the Lord.
40 (Jer 50:27) I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams with male goats.
41 (Jer 25:26; Isa 13:19) How Sheshak has been captured!
And how the praise of the whole earth has been seized!
How Babylon has become an astonishment
among the nations!
42 (Isa 8:7-8; Da 9:26) The sea has come up over Babylon;
she has been covered with the multitude of the waves.
43 (Isa 13:20; Jer 2:6) Her cities have become a desolation,
a dry land and a wilderness,
a land in which no man dwells,
through which no son of man passes.
44 (Jer 51:34; 51:58) I will punish Bel in Babylon,
and I will bring forth from his mouth what he has swallowed up;
and the nations will not flow together any more to him.
Indeed, the wall of Babylon will fall.
45 (Jer 51:6; Isa 48:20) My people, go out of her midst,
and deliver every man his soul
from the fierce anger of the Lord,
46 (2Ki 19:7; Isa 13:3-5) lest your heart grows faint, and you are afraid
for the report that will be heard in the land-
for the report will come one year, and after that in another year will come
another report,
and violence will be in the land,
ruler against ruler-
47 (Jer 50:2; Isa 46:1-2) therefore the days are coming
when I will punish the graven images of Babylon;
and her whole land will be humiliated,
and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 (Isa 44:23; Rev 18:20) Then the heaven and the earth,
and all that is in it,
shall sing for joy over Babylon;
for the destroyers will come to her
from the north,
says the Lord.
49 (Jer 50:29; 51:24) As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,
so at Babylon the slain of all the earth will fall.
50 (Jer 44:28; Dt 4:29-31) You who have escaped the sword,
go away, do not stand still.
Remember the Lord afar off,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51 (La 1:10; Ps 44:13-16) We are humiliated
because we have heard reproach.
Shame has covered our faces,
for strangers have come into
the holy places of the house of the Lord.
52 (Jer 51:47; 50:38) Therefore, surely the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will punish her graven images,
and the mortally wounded shall groan
through all her land.
53 (Jer 49:16; Ge 11:4) Though Babylon should mount up to heaven,
and though she should fortify the height of her strength,
yet from Me will destroyers come to her,
says the Lord.
54 (Jer 50:22; 48:3-5) A sound of an outcry comes from Babylon,
and great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans,
55because the Lord has devastated Babylon,
and destroyed the great voice out of her.
When her waves roar like great waters,
a noise of their voice is uttered.
56 (Ps 46:9; 94:1-2) Because the destroyer is coming against her,
even upon Babylon, and her mighty men will be captured,
every one of their bows are broken.
For the Lord is a God of recompense;
He will completely repay.
57 (Jer 46:18; 25:27) I will make her officials drunk, and her wise men,
her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men;
and they will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake,
says the King whose name is the Lord of Hosts.
58 (Jer 51:64; Hab 2:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
The broad wall of Babylon will be utterly broken,
and her high gates will be burned with fire;
and the peoples will labor in vain,
and the nations become exhausted only for fire.
Jeremiah’s Command to Seraiah
59 (Jer 32:12; 36:4) The word which Jeremiah the prophet
commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah,
when he went with ZedÂekiah the king of Judah into Babylon
in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was a quartermaster.
60 (Isa 30:8; Jer 30:2-3) So Jeremiah wrote in a single scroll
all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words
that are written against Babylon.
61 Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "When you come to Babylon, then see
that you read aloud all these words,
62 (Jer 50:3; 50:13) and say, 'O Lord, You have spoken against
this place to cut it off, that no one will remain in it,
neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever.'
63 (Jer 19:10-11; Rev 18:21) It will be that when you have made
an end of reading this scroll that you will bind a stone to it,
and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,
64 (Jer 51:58; Job 31:40) and say, 'Thus Babylon will sink
and not rise from the disaster that I will bring upon her,
and they will become weary.' "
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 52
The Fall of Jerusalem Reviewed
2Ki 24:18-20; 25:1-21; 2Ch 36:11-20; Jer 39:1-10
1 (2Ki 24:18; Jos 10:29) Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 (1Ki 14:22) He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all
that Jehoiakim had done.
3 (2Ch 36:13; Isa 3:4-5) Through the anger of the Lord this came to pass in
Jerusalem and Judah until He had cast them out from His presence.
Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 (Jer 39:1; Eze 24:1-2) In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,
in the tenth day of the month, NebÂuchadnezzar king of Babylon came,
he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it;
they built a siege wall all around it.
5 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
6 (Isa 3:1; 2Ki 25:3) In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month,
the famine was so severe in the city that there was no bread for the people
of the land.
7 (2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4-7) Then the city was breached, and all the men of war
fled and went out of the city by night by way of the gate between
the two walls, which was by the king's garden, though the Chaldeans
were all around the city, and they went by way of the Arabah.
8 (Jer 21:7; 32:4) But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king
and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho,
and all his army was scattered from him.
9 (Nu 13:21; Jer 39:5) Then they took the king and carried him up
to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath
where he passed sentence on him.
10 (Jer 22:30; 2Ki 25:7) The king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah
before his eyes; he also slew all the officials of Judah in Riblah.
11 (Eze 12:13) Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and the king of Babylon
bound him in chains and carried him to Babylon and put him in prison
until the day of his death.
The Temple Burned
12 (2Ki 25:8; Jer 39:9; 52:29) Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day
of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard who served the king of Babylon came into
Jerusalem,
13 (2Ch 36:19; Ps 79:1) and burned the house of the Lord,
and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem.
Even all the large houses, he burned with fire.
14 (Ne 1:3; 2Ki 25:10) And all the army of the Chaldeans who were
with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls of Jerusalem
all around.
15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive
some of the poorest of the people, and the rest of the people
who remained in the city, and those who fell away, who fell
to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
16 (2Ki 25:12) But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left
some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
17 (Jer 27:19-22; 2Ch 4:12-15) Also the pillars of bronze
that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands,
and the bronze sea that was in the house of the Lord,
the Chaldeans broke and carried all their bronze to Babylon.
18 (Ex 27:3; Nu 4:14) The cauldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers,
and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with
which they ministered, they took away.
19 (1Ki 7:49-50) The captain of the guard also took away the basins,
and the fire pans, and the bowls, and the cauldrons, and the lampstands,
and the spoons, and the cups, what was of fine gold,
and what was of fine silver.
20 (1Ki 7:47; 2Ki 25:16) The two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls
that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made
in the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.
21 (2Ki 25:17) Concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar
was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference a
nd in thickness it was four fingers,
[About 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference,
or 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference.]
and hollow.
22 A capital of bronze was upon it, and the height of one capital was five
cubits, [About 7 1/2 feet, or 2.3 meters.] with network and pomegranates
upon the capital all around, all of bronze. The second pillar also
and the pomegranates were like these.
23 (1Ki 7:20) There were 96 pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates
were a hundred upon the network all around.
The Babylonian Exile
24 (2Ki 25:18; 1Ch 6:14; Jer 21:1) The captain of the guard took Seraiah
the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest,
and the three officers of the temple.
25 (Est 1:14; 2Ki 25:19) He also took out of the city one official
who had charge of the men of war, and seven men of the advisers
of the king who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander
of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men
of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.
26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them
and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
27 (Isa 6:11-12; 27:10) The king of Babylon struck them
and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath.
Thus Judah was carried away captive out of its own land.
28 (2Ki 24:2-3; 24:12-16) These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar
carried away captive:
in the seventh year three thousand and twenty-three Jews.
29 (Jer 52:12) In the eighteenth year of NebuchadÂnezzar
he carried away captive from ÂJerusalem 832 persons.
30 In the 23rd year of Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive
of the Jews 745.
All the persons were 4600 .
Jehoiachin Released
2Ki 25:27-30
31 (Ge 40:13; 40:20) In the 37th year of the captivity of Jehoiachin,
king of Judah, in the 12th month, on the 25th day of the month,
Awel-Marduk, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign lifted up
the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison,
32 and spoke kindly to him, and set his throne
above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
33 (2Sa 9:7; Ge 41:14) Therefore Jehoiachin changed his prison garments
and continually ate meals before him all the days of his life.
34 (2Sa 9:10) For his allowance, there was a continual allowance
given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion all the days
of his life until the day of his death.
2) Our Daily Bread for 23 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/23/love-your-samaritan
entitled Loving Your Enemy
Acts 1:1-8
Acts 1
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
1 (Lk 1:3; 24:19) The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus,
concerning all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2 (Jn 13:18; 20:21) until the day when He was taken up, after He had given commandments through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen,
3 (1Co 15:5-7; Jn 20:26) to whom He presented Himself alive after His passion
by many infallible proofs, appearing to them for forty days,
and speaking concerning the kingdom of God.
4 (Lk 24:49; Jn 14:16) Being assembled with them, He commanded them,
"Do not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father,
of which you have heard from Me. (Lk 24:49).
5 (Mt 3:11; Lk 3:16) For John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized
with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
The Ascension
6 (Mt 17:11) So when they had come together, they asked Him,
"Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"
7 (Mt 24:36; Da 2:21; Mk 13:32) He said to them,
“It is not for you to know the times or the dates,
which the Father has fixed by His own authority.
8 (Mt 28:19; Mk 16:15) But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
comes upon you. And you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
I ducked into a room before she saw me. I was ashamed of hiding,
but I didn't want to deal with her right then-or ever. I longed to tell her
off, to put her in her place. Though I'd been annoyed by her past behavior,
it's likely I had irritated her even more!
The Jews and Samaritans also shared a mutually irritating relationship.
Being a people of mixed origin and worshiping their own gods, the Samaritans
-in the eyes of the Jews-had spoiled the Jewish bloodline and faith,
erecting a rival religion on Mount Gerizim (John 4:20). In fact, the Jews so
despised Samaritans they would walk the long way around rather
than take the direct route through their country.
Jesus revealed a better way. He brought salvation for all people, including
Samaritans. So He ventured into the heart of Samaria to bring living water
to a sinful woman and her town (vv. 4-42). His last words to His disciples
were to follow His example. They must share His good news with everyone,
beginning in Jerusalem and dispersing through Samaria until they reached
"the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8). Samaria was more than the next
geographical sequence. It was the most painful part of the mission.
The disciples had to overcome lifetimes of prejudice to love people
they didn't like.
Does Jesus matter more to us than our grievances?
There's only one way to be sure. Love your "Samaritan."
By: Mike Wittmer
Reflect & Pray
How can you begin to show love to those who aren't very loving?
When have you been loving to a difficult person
and then found them softening?
Father, may the waves of Your love crash over me,
producing a torrent that streams to others through me.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 2 The Wardrobe of Joy Isaiah 61:10
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
On her wedding day, the bride dresses carefully for the ceremony
that is about to take place. Never before has she spent so much
time in preparation for one relatively brief event. When she
looks in the mirror and rejoices in her happiness, she responds not
out of vanity, but for sheer joy as she anticipates the coming ceremony.
God wants his people, lie that bride to be joyful, to rejoice in the Lord,
the Bridegroom. And he gives, through his grace,
the garments of joy to his beloved ones.
He clothes us, Isaiah says, with salvation, and covers us with
the robe of righteousness. The wardrobe that God provides is not merely
a utility garment, a coverall that hides our sin from his eyes.
It is his own righteousness in Christ, given to us as a free gift, so that
we might be united with him. And God himself, Isaiah says,
is filled with joy, adorning himself like a bridegroom.
When we truly see God's immeasurable gift in accepting us as him own,
we also will "greatly rejoice" in the Lord. He, the eternal god,
Creator of the universe, desires to be united with us, as a husband
desires his wife! God does not simply accept us grudgingly,
reminding us of our unworthiness to be with him. Rather, he celbrates
with unrestained joy his oneness in Spirit with those he cals his own.
And we, having been fully forgiven
and set free from sin, can rejoice unashamedly as well.
Application
a) Have I ever felt ashamed to draw close to God? Why?
b) What does this verse tell me about God's attitude towards me?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 12:21
21 "So is he who stores up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Impatient
James 5:7-11
Patience and Prayer
7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.
Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth
and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts,
for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.
9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned.
Look, the Judge is standing at the door.
10 My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord,
as an example of suffering and patience.
11 Indeed we count them happy who endure.
You have heard of the patience of Job
and have seen the purpose of the Lord,
that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 23 of the Month
a) Pray for the genuine conversion and successful rehabilitation os those
who have committed crimes.
b) Pray for spiritual and functional unity in the Body of Christ
across Canada.
(
John 13:34-35
34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another,
even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples,
if you have love for one another."
Rom 12:10
10 Be devoted to one another with brotherly love; prefer one another in honour
Heb 10:24
24 And let us consider how to spur one another to love and to good works.
1 Peter 3:8
8 Finally, be all of one mind, be loving toward one another, be gracious,
and be kind.
1 John 3:23
23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name
of His Son ÂJesus Christ and love one another as He commanded us.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and know that He is your help.
Pray to the Lord and seek His Will and Timing.
Pray to the Lord "Father, may the waves of Your love crash over me,
producing a torrent that streams to others through me."
Pray to the Lord and for Jesus Christ who
died for our sins in the cross.
Pray to the Lord and pray not to store treasure for yourself.
Pray to the Lord and pray for patience in your life.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray for the genuine conversion and successful rehabilitation os those
who have committed crimes.
Pray for spiritual and functional unity in the Body of Christ
across Canada.
Pray for the comfort and direction of the many missionaries
deported from Turkey.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Tuesday, August 10. 2021
Day 223, 11 August 2021
Jeremiah 18-22
Jeremiah 18
The Potter and the Clay
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 (Jer 19:1-2) "Arise and go down to the potter's house,
and there I will cause you to hear My words."
3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was making
something on the wheel.
4 Yet the vessel that he made of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter;
so he made it again into another vessel,
as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
6 (Isa 64:8; 45:9) O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?
says the Lord. As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand,
O house of Israel.
7 (Jer 1:10) At one moment I may speak concerning a nation
and concerning a kingdom to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it.
8 (Jer 26:13; Eze 18:21) If that nation against which I have spoken turns
from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to do to it.
9 (Jer 1:10; 31:28) Or at another moment I may speak concerning a nation
and concerning a kingdom to build and to plant it.
10 (1Sa 2:30; Eze 33:18) If it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice,
then I will relent of the good with which I said I would bless it.
11 (2Ki 17:13; Isa 1:16-19) Now therefore speak to the men of Judah
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus says the Lord:
Look, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you.
Repent now, everyone from his evil way, and make your ways
and your deeds good.
12 (Jer 2:25; Isa 57:10) But they say, "There is no hope! But we will walk
after our own devices, and each of us will do according
to the stubbornness of his evil heart."
13 (Jer 5:30; Isa 66:8) Therefore thus says the Lord:
Ask now among the nations,
who has heard such things?
The virgin of Israel
has done a very horrible thing.
14 Shall a man leave the snow of Lebanon,
which comes from the rock of the field?
Shall the cold flowing water that comes from another place
be forsaken?
15 (Isa 57:14; Jer 6:16) Because My people have forgotten Me,
they have burned incense to vain gods
and they have stumbled in their ways
from the ancient paths,
to walk in bypaths,
not on a highway,
16 (Ps 22:7; Jer 25:9 ) to make their land desolate,
and a perpetual hissing;
everyone who passes by shall be astonished
and shake his head.
17 (Jer 2:27; 13:24) I will scatter them before the enemy
as with an east wind;
I will show them the back and not the face
in the day of their calamity.
Jeremiah Persecuted
18 (Jer 11:19; Ps 52:2) Then they said, "Come and let us devise plans
against Jeremiah. For the law will not be lost from the priest, nor counsel
from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him
with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words."
19 Give heed to me, O Lord,
and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
20 (Ps 35:7; 57:6 ) Shall evil be recompensed for good?
For they have dug a pit for my soul.
Remember that I stood before You
to speak good for them,
and to turn away Your wrath from them.
21 (Ps 109:9-20; Jer 9:21) Therefore, deliver up their children
to the famine
and pour out their blood by the power of the sword;
and let their wives be bereaved of their children and become widows
and let their men be put to death;
let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
22 (Ps 140:5; Jer 6:26) Let a cry be heard from their houses,
when You bring a troop suddenly upon them;
for they have dug a pit to take me
and hidden snares for my feet.
23 (Isa 2:9) Yet, Lord, You know
all their counsel against me to slay me.
Do not forgive their iniquity
nor blot out their sin from Your sight;
but let them be overthrown before You;
deal thus with them in the time of Your anger.
Jeremiah 19
The Broken Jar
1 (Nu 11:16) Thus says the Lord: Go and buy a potter's earthen bottle,
and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders
of the priests.
2 (Jos 15:8; 2Ki 23:10) Then go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom,
which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words
that I will tell you,
3 (1Sa 3:11; Jer 17:20) and say: Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah
and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
I will bring such disaster upon this place, at which whoever hears of it,
his ears shall tingle.
4 (Jer 2:34; 2Ki 21:16; Dt 28:20) Because they have forsaken Me
and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods
whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known,
and have filled this place with the blood of the innocent,
5 (Jer 32:35; Lev 18:21; Ps 106:37-38) and have built the high places
of Baal to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal,
which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into My mind-
6 (Jos 15:8; Isa 30:33) therefore, surely the days are coming,
says the Lord, when this place shall no more be called Topheth
or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
7 (Lev 26:17; Jer 16:4) I will make void the counsel of Judah
and Jerusalem in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword
before their enemies, and by the hands of those who seek their lives.
And their corpses I will give to be food for the fowl of the heaven
and for the beasts of the earth.
8 (Jer 18:16; 1Ki 9:8) I will make this city desolate and a hissing.
Everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss because
of all the wounds.
9 (Lev 26:29; Isa 9:20) I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons
and the flesh of their daughters, and everyone will eat the flesh
of his friend in the siege and distress, with which their enemies
and those who seek their lives will distress them.
10 (Jer 19:1; 51:63-64) Then you will break the bottle in the sight of the men
that go with you,
11 (Ps 2:9; Isa 30:14) and say to them: Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's
vessel that cannot be made whole again; and they will bury them in Topheth
until there is no other place to bury.
12 Thus I will do to this place and to the inhabitants, says the Lord,
and even make this city as Topheth.
13 (2Ki 23:12; Jer 7:18) And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses
of the kings of Judah will be defiled as the place of Topheth,
because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned
incense to all the host of heaven and have poured out drink offerings
to other gods.
14 (2Ch 20:5; Jer 26:2) Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord
had sent him to prophesy. And he stood in the court of the house of the Lord
and said to all the people:
15 (Jer 7:26; 17:23) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
I am about to bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the disaster
that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their necks
so that they might not heed My words.
Jeremiah 20
Pashhur Strikes Jeremiah
1 (1Ch 24:14; 2Ki 25:18) Now Pashhur the son of Immer the priest,
who was also chief officer in the house of the Lord,
heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
2 (Jer 37:13; 1:19) Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet
and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Gate of Benjamin,
which was by the house of the Lord.
3 (Jer 20:10; Isa 8:3) On the next day Pashhur brought Jeremiah
out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has not called
your name Pashhur, but "Magor-missabib."[Possibly Chief of Staff.[
4J (er 29:21; Job 18:11-21) For thus says the Lord: I will make you
a terror to yourself and to all your friends. And they will fall by the sword
of their enemies while your eyes will see it. Thus I will give all Judah
into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them captive
into Babylon and will slay them with the sword.
5 (2Ki 20:17-18; 24:12-16) Moreover I will deliver all the wealth
of this city, and all its produce, and all the precious things;
and all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand
of their enemies who will destroy them, and take them,
and carry them to Babylon.
6 (Jer 14:14-15; La 2:14) You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house
will go into captivity; and you will come to Babylon,
and there you will die and will be buried there,
you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.
Jeremiah Dejected
7 (La 3:14; Eze 3:14) O Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived;
You are stronger than I and have prevailed.
I am held in derision daily;
everyone mocks me.
8 (Jer 6:10; 2Ch 36:16) For each time I speak, I cry out;
I cry out, "Violence and devastation,"
because to me the word of the Lord has resulted
in reproach and derision daily.
9 (Job 32:18-20; Ps 39:3) But if I say, "I will not make mention of Him
nor speak any more in His name,"
then His word was in my heart
as a burning fire shut up in my bones;
and I was weary of forbearing it,
and I could not endure it.
10 (Ps 31:13; 41:9) For I heard the defaming of many,
"Terror on every side!
Denounce him. Yes, denounce him!"
All my familiar friends
who watch for my fall, say,
"Perhaps he will be enticed
so that we can prevail against him,
and we will take our revenge on him."
11 (Jer 15:20; 23:40; 1:8) But the Lord is with me as a dread mighty One.
Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail.
They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper.
Their everlasting shame will never be forgotten.
12 (Jer 11:20; Ps 54:7; 59:10) But, O Lord of Hosts, who tests the righteous
and sees the mind and the heart,
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for to You I have presented my cause.
13 (Ps 34:6; 69:33) Sing to the Lord,
praise the Lord.
For He has delivered the soul of the poor
from the hand of evildoers.
14 (Jer 15:10) Cursed be the day in which I was born.
Let not the day be blessed in which my mother bore me.
15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father,
saying, "A baby boy has been born to you!"
and made him very glad.
16 (Jer 18:22; 48:3-4) Let that man be as the cities
which the Lord overthrew and did not relent,
and let him hear the cry in the morning
and the shout of alarm at noon,
17 (Job 3:10-11; 10:18-19) because he did not kill me from the womb,
so that my mother might have been my grave,
and her womb be always pregnant.
18 (Job 3:20; La 3:1) Why did I come forth from the womb
to see trouble and sorrow,
so that my days are spent in shame?
Jeremiah 21
Zedekiah's Request Denied
1 (Jer 29:25; 37:3) The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord
when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malkijah,
and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
2 (Jer 37:3; 37:7) "Please inquire of the Lord for us.
For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us.
Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to all His wondrous works,
so that the enemy withdraws from us."
3 Then Jeremiah said to them: Thus you shall say to Zedekiah:
4 (Jer 32:5; Isa 13:4) Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Behold, I will turn
back the weapons of war that are in your hands with which you fight
against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who besiege
you outside the walls; and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
5 (Ex 6:6; Isa 5:25) I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched
hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
6 (Jer 32:24) I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast;
they will die of a great pestilence.
7 (Jer 37:17; Eze 7:9) Afterwards, says the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah
king of Judah and his servants and the people and such as are left
in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and
into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those
who seek their life. And he will strike them with the edge of the sword.
He will not spare them or have pity or mercy.
8 (Dt 30:15; 30:19) To this people you shall say: Thus says the Lord:
See, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
9 (Jer 38:2; 39:18; 45:5) He who abides in this city will die by the sword
and by the famine and by the pestilence. But he who goes out and falls
away to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will have
his own life as booty.
10 (Jer 44:11; 52:13) For I have set My face against this city for disaster
and not for good, says the Lord. It will be given into the hand of
the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.
Message to the House of David
11 (Jer 13:18; 17:20) Concerning the house of the king of Judah, say,
Hear the word of the Lord,
12 (Isa 1:17; Ps 101:8) O house of David; thus says the Lord:
Execute justice each morning,
and deliver him who has been robbed
from the hand of the oppressor,
lest My fury go out like fire
and burn so that no one can quench it,
because of the evil of your deeds.
13 (Ps 125:2; Ob 1:3-4) See, I am against you,
O inhabitant of the valley,
O rocky plain,
says the Lord,
you men who say,
"Who shall come down against us?
Or who shall enter our dwellings?"
14 (2Ch 36:19; Isa 3:10-11) But I will punish you
according to the fruit of your deeds,
says the Lord,
and I will kindle a fire in the forest,
and it will devour all things around it.
Jeremiah 22
Impending Judgment
1 Thus says the Lord: Go down to the house of the king of Judah,
and speak this word there,
2 (Lk 1:32; Isa 9:7a) nd say: Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah
who sits on the throne of David, you and your servants
and your people who enter by these gates.
3 (Jer 21:12; 22:17) Thus says the Lord: Execute justice and righteousness,
and deliver the robbed out of the hand of the oppressor.
And do no wrong or violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow,
neither shed innocent blood in this place.
4 (Jer 17:25) For if you indeed do these things, then kings sitting
on the throne of David will enter by the gates of this house,
riding in chariots and on horses, he and his servants and his people.
5 (Heb 6:13; Ge 22:16) But if you will not obey these words,
I swear by Myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a desolation.
6 (Ge 37:25; Ps 107:34) For thus says the Lord to the king's house of Judah:
You are Gilead to Me,
and the peak of Lebanon;
yet surely I will make you a wilderness
and cities which are not inhabited.
7 (Isa 37:24; 10:33-34) I will prepare destroyers against you,
everyone with his weapons;
and they shall cut down your choice cedars
and cast them into the fire.
8 (1Ki 9:8-9; 2Ch 7:20-22) Many nations will pass by this city,
and every man will say to his neighbor,
"Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?"
9 (2Ki 22:17; 2Ch 34:25) Then they will answer,
"Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God,
and worshipped other gods, and served them."
10 (Ecc 4:2; Isa 57:1) Do not weep for the dead nor bemoan him,
but weep constantly for him who goes away;
for he will return no more
nor see his native country.
11 (1Ch 3:15; 2Ch 36:1-4) For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum
the son of Josiah king of Judah, who became king instead of Josiah his father,
who went from this place: He will not return any more,
12 (2Ki 23:34; Jer 22:18) but will die in the place
where they have led him captive
and will see this land no more.
13 (Lev 19:13; Mic 3:10) Woe to him who builds his house with unrighteousness
and his chambers with injustice,
who uses his neighbor's services without wages,
and gives him nothing for his work,
14 (2Sa 7:2; Isa 5:8-9) who says, "I will build myself a roomy house
and large chambers,"
and cuts out its windows,
paneling it with cedar
and painting it with vermilion.
15 (2Ki 23:25; Isa 3:10; Jer 21:12) Do you reign
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and do justice and righteousness,
and then it was well with him?
16 (Ps 72:1-4; 72:12-13) He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
then it was well with him.
Is not this what it means to know Me?
says the Lord.
17 (2Ki 24:4; Jer 22:3) But your eyes and your heart
are intent only on your covetousness
and on shedding innocent blood
and on oppression and violence.
18 (1Ki 13:30; Jer 16:4) Therefore thus says the Lord concerning
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
They will not lament for him, saying,
"Ah, my brother!" or, "Ah, sister!"
They will not lament for him, saying,
"Ah, lord!" or, "Ah, his glory!"
19 (Jer 36:30; 1Ki 21:23-24) He will be buried with the burial of a donkey,
drawn and cast out
beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20 (Nu 27:12) Go up to Lebanon and cry out,
and lift up your voice in Bashan,
and cry out from Abarim,
for all your lovers are destroyed.
21 (Jer 3:25; 32:30) I spoke to you in your prosperity,
but you said, "I will not listen!"
This has been your manner from your youth,
that you have not obeyed My voice.
22 (Jer 20:11) The wind will sweep away all your shepherds,
and your lovers shall go into captivity;
surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated
for all your wickedness.
23 (Jer 6:24; 22:6) O inhabitant of Lebanon,
who makes your nest in the cedars,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
the pain as of a woman in labor!
24 (SS 8:6; Jer 37:1) As I live, says the Lord, though Koniah
the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on My right hand,
yet would I pluck you from there.
25 (2Ki 24:15-16; Jer 21:7) And I will give you into the hand of those
who seek your life and into the hand of those whose face you fear,
even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of BabÂylon
and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 (2Ki 24:15; 24:8) I will cast you and your mother that bore you out
into another country where you were not born, and there you shall die.
27 But to the land where they desire to return, they will not return there.
28 (Ps 31:12; Jer 48:38) Is this man Koniah a despised broken jar?
Is he a vessel in which is no desire?
Why are he and his seed cast out
and thrown into a land which they had not known?
29 (Jer 6:19; Mic 1:2) O land, land, land,
hear the word of the Lord!
30 (Ps 94:20; Jer 36:30) Thus says the Lord:
Write down this man childless,
a man who will not prosper in his days;
for no man of his seed shall prosper,
sitting on the throne of David
and ruling any more in Judah.
2) Our Daily Bread for 11 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/11/accessible-to-all
entitled Accessible to All
Matthew 7:13–14
The Narrow Gate
Lk 13:24
13 "Enter at the narrow gate, for wide is the gate
and broad is the way that leads to destruction,
and there are many who are going through it,
14 because small is the gate and narrow is the way
which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
From a manmade bridge on the small Bahamian island of Eleuthera,
visitors can admire the stark contrast between the roiling dark
blue waters of the Atlantic and the calm turquoise waters
of the Caribbean Sea. Over time, storms washed away the original strip
of land once marked by a natural stone arch. The glass window bridge
that now serves as a tourist attraction on Eleuthera
is known as "the narrowest place on earth."
The Bible describes the road that leads to eternal life as narrow
"and only a few find it" (Matthew 7:14). The gate is considered
small because God the Son is the only bridge that can reconcile
fallen man and God the Father through
the power of the Holy Spirit (vv. 13-14; see John 10:7-9; 16:13).
7 (Jn 3:19; 15:18-19) "The world cannot hate you.
But it hates Me, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.
8 (Jn 7:6) You go up to this feast. I am not going up to this feast yet,
because My time has not yet fully come.â€"
9 Having said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.
13 (Jn 14:17; 14:26; 15:26) "But when the Spirit of truth comes,
He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own authority.
But He will speak whatever He hears,
and He will tell you things that are to come. "
However, Scripture also says that believers from every people, nation,
and societal rank can enter heaven and will bow before the King of Kings
and worship together around His throne (Revelation 5:9). This phenomenal
image of contrast and unity includes all of God's beautifully diverse people.
9 (Rev 14:6; Ps 33:3; 40:3) And they sang a new song, saying:
"You are worthy to take the scroll,
and to open its seals;
for You were slain,
and have redeemed us to God by Your blood
out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,"
Though we're separated from God by our sin, every person God created
is invited to enter eternity in heaven by walking this narrow path
of reconciliation through a personal relationship with Christ.
His sacrifice on the cross, resurrection from the tomb, and ascension
to heaven is the good news, accessible to all and worth sharing today
and every day.
By: Xochitl Dixon
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Reflect & Pray
How did you respond after hearing the good news?
How can you be more intentional about sharing it with others?
God the Father, please empower me through Your Holy Spirit
so I can show others the accessible path that leads
to Your approachable Son, Jesus.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forver - Day 4 - Daddy!
Romans 8:15
'For you have not received the spirit of slavery again to fear. But you have
received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father." '
"I've always been a Daddy's girl," Sandi said proudly, and her relationship
with her father proved it. She was never spoiled, but even as a grown woman,
Sandi maintained a closeness with her father, sharing intimately with him the
important issues of her life. And just her use of the name "Daddy" indicated
that he was, indded a warm, approachable, attectionate man.
Many people are not so fortunate. Some fathers are stern and harsh;
others absent or uncaring, some even abusive. Few have the king of father
who presents a picture of the loving fatherhood of God.
But whatever our concept of fatherhood, God makes clear that he is everything
we always wanted our fathers to be - loving, forgiving, approachable,
totally accepting of us as we are, encouraging us to become all he has
created us to be.
In Romans 8, Paul calls God our "Abba Father". The Aramaic word for Father,
Abba, is an intimate term that might well be translated, Daddy.
God is our "Daddy," our "Abba" - not a distant, stern patriarch ready
to strike us down at the first sign of transgression, but a gentle,
loving Father who longs for us to climb into his lapand let him comfort us.
When we commit ourselves to Christ, Paul indicates, we do not receive a
"spirit of bondage to fear" but a "spirit of adoption." We are not called
to respond to God out of fear, but out of love and reverence.
We can relax and enjoy his presence, for we are his children,
and he is our loving Daddy.
Application
a) What concept of fatherhood do I have from my own experience with my father?
How does that correspond to Paul's description of God as "Daddy"?
b) How can this verse help change my perception of what it means to have
God as my Father?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Exodus 3:7-8
7 (Ps 106:44; Ex 2:23-25)The Lord said,
"I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt
and have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters,
for I know their sorrows.
8 (Ge 50:24; 15:18-21; Ex 13:5) Therefore, I have come down
to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land,
to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of
the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites,
the Hivites, and the Jebusites."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
PSALMS 23
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside still waters.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He restores my soul;
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff,
they comfort me.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup runs over.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
11th Day of the Month
a) Pray for God's name to be glorified in you life, home, neighbourhood,
city or community, and in Canada.
(
Ps 86:12
12 I will give You thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
and I will glorify Your name forever.
John 12:28
28 "Father, glorify Your name."
Then a voice came from heaven, saying,
"I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."
)
b) Pray for the province of New Brunswick
I) Pray for the leaders of New Brunswick,
that God's Spirit would influence then to act justly,
serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3 (1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in
the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32) who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses beaming forth
the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to be obedient despite the rebellion around you.
Pray to the Lord "God the Father, please empower me through Your Holy Spirit
so I can show others the accessible path that leads
to Your approachable Son, Jesus.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for beingthe Loving Father He is.
Pray to the Lord and give Him your burdens.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for He will guide you through dangers.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray for God's name to be glorified in you life, home, neighbourhood,
city or community, and in Canada.
Pray for the encouragement and courage of local believers
in the United Arab Emirates who worship in secret.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Tuesday, August 10. 2021
Day 224, 12 August 2021
Jeremiah 23-25
Jeremiah 23
The Righteous Branch
1 (Jer 10:21; 2:8) Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep
of My pasture! says the Lord.
2 (Ex 32:34) Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds
that feed My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away
and have not visited them. I am about to punish you
for the evil of your deeds, says the Lord.
3 (Jer 32:37; 29:14) I will gather the remnant of My flock
out of all countries wherever I have driven them and bring them again
to their folds, and they shall be fruitful and increase.
4 (1Pe 1:5) I will also set up shepherds over them who will feed them;
and they will fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor will they be missing,
says the Lord.
5 (Isa 4:2; 9:7; 11:1-5) The days are coming, says the Lord,
that I will raise up for David a righteous Branch,
and he shall reign as king and deal wisely,
and shall execute justice and righteousness in the earth.
6 (1Co 1:30; Isa 9:6; Jer 33:16) In his days Judah will be saved,
and Israel will dwell safely.
And this is the name by which he will be called:
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
7 (Jer 16:14-15; Isa 43:18-19) Therefore, surely the days are coming,
says the Lord, when they will no more say, "As the Lord lives
who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,"
8 (Isa 43:5-6; Am 9:14-15) but, "As the Lord lives who brought up
and led the descendants of the house of Israel out of the north country
and from all countries where I had driven them."
Then they will dwell in their own land.
Lying Prophets
9 (Hab 3:16) My heart is broken within me,
because of the prophets;
all my bones shake;
I am like a drunken man,
like a man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord,
and because of His holy words.
10 (Ps 107:34; Jer 9:2) For the land is full of adulterers;
for the land mourns because of the curse.
The pleasant places of the wilderness have dried up.
And their course is evil
and their might is not right.
11 (Jer 6:13; Zep 3:4) For both prophet and priest are profane;
indeed, in My house I have found their wickedness,
says the Lord.
12 (Ps 35:6; Jer 11:23) Therefore their way will be as slippery ways to them;
they shall be driven into the darkness
and fall in it;
for I will bring disaster upon them,
even the year of their punishment,
says the Lord.
13 (Jer 2:8; Isa 9:16) In addition, I have seen folly
in the prophets of Samaria.
They prophesied by Baal
and caused My people Israel to err.
14 (Isa 1:9-10; Jer 29:23) I have seen also among the prophets of Jerusalem
a horrible thing.
They commit adultery and walk in lies.
They also strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one repents from his wickedness.
All of them are as Sodom to Me
and her inhabitants as Gomorrah.
15 (Jer 8:14; 9:15) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts concerning the prophets:
"I will feed them with wormwood
and make them drink the water of gall,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
profaneness has gone out into all the land."
16 (Jer 14:14; 27:9-10) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.
They lead you into vanity;
they speak a vision of their own heart
and not out of the mouth of the Lord.
17 (Mic 3:11; Jer 8:11; 13:10) They still say to those who despise Me,
"The Lord has said, 'You will have peace'";
and they say to everyone who walks after the imagination of his own heart,
"No evil will come upon you."
18 (Jer 23:22; 1Co 2:16) For who has stood in the counsel of the Lord
and has perceived and heard His word?
Who has given heed to His word and listened to it?
19 (Jer 25:32; 30:23) Look, a whirlwind of the Lord
has gone forth in fury,
a tempestuous whirlwind.
It will fall tempestuously upon the head of the wicked.
20 (Jer 30:24; Ge 49:1; Zec 1:6) The anger of the Lord will not turn back
until He has executed and performed
the thoughts of His heart.
In the latter days
you will understand it perfectly.
21 (Jer 14:14; 27:15) I have not sent these prophets,
yet they ran.
I have not spoken to them,
yet they prophesied.
22 (Jer 23:18; 25:5) But if they had stood in My counsel
and had caused My people to hear My words,
then they would have turned them from their evil way
and from the evil of their deeds.
23 (Ps 139:1-10) Am I a God who is near,
says the Lord,
and not a God far off?
24 (1Ki 8:27; Job 22:13-14) Can a man hide himself in secret places
so that I do not see him?
says the Lord.
Do I not fill heaven and earth?
says the Lord.
25 (Jer 23:28; 23:32) I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy
lies in My name, saying, "I had a dream, I had a dream!"
26 (1Ti 4:1-2) How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who
prophesy lies? Indeed, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
27 (Jdg 3:7; 8:33-34) who plan to cause My people to forget My name
by their dreams, which they tell to their neighbor, as their fathers have
forgotten My name for Baal.
28 (1Co 3:12-13) The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream.
And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully.
What is the chaff to the wheat? says the Lord.
29 (Jer 5:14; 20:9) Is not My word like fire, says the Lord,
and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
30 (Dt 18:20; Ps 34:16) See, therefore I am against the prophets,
says the Lord, who steal My words, each from his neighbor.
31 (Jer 23:17) See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use
their tongues and say, "The Lord says."
32 (Jer 7:8; La 2:14) See, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,
says the Lord, and recount them and cause My people to err by their lies
and reckless boasting. Yet I sent them not nor commanded them.
Therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says the Lord.
False Prophecy
33 (Mal 1:1; Isa 13:1) When this people or the prophet or a priest asks you,
saying, "What is the oracle of the Lord?" you shall then say to them,
"What oracle? I will forsake you, says the Lord."
34 As for the prophet and the priest and the people who say,
"The oracle of the Lord," I will punish that man and his house.
35 Thus each of you will say to his neighbor and to his brother,
"What has the Lord answered?" and, "What has the Lord spoken?"
36 (2Pe 3:16; 2Ki 19:4) And the oracle of the Lord you shall mention
no more, for every man's word will be his oracle.
For you have perverted the words of the living God,
of the Lord of Hosts our God.
37 Thus you will say to that prophet, "What has the Lord answered you?"
and, "What has the Lord spoken?"
38 But if you say, "The oracle of the Lord"; therefore thus says the Lord:
Because you say this word, "The oracle of the Lord," I have also sent to you,
saying, You shall not say, "The oracle of the Lord."
39 (Jer 23:33; Eze 8:18) Therefore, surely, I, even I, will utterly forget you
and cast you and the city that I gave you and your fathers out of My presence.
40 (Jer 20:11; Eze 5:14-15) And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you
and perpetual shame which shall not be forgotten.
Jeremiah 24
The Good and Bad Figs
1 (Jer 29:2; 2Ch 36:10) The Lord showed me two baskets of figs that were
set before the temple of the Lord after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah,
and the officials of Judah with the carpenters and smiths from Jerusalem
and brought them to Babylon.
2 (Isa 5:4; 5:7) One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that
are first ripe, and the other basket had very rotten figs,
which were so rotten they could not be eaten.
3 (Am 8:2; Zec 4:2) Then the Lord said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?"
And I said, "Figs, the good figs, very good. And the rotten, very rotten,
that are so rotten they cannot be eaten."
4 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
5 (Na 1:7; Zec 13:9) Thus says the Lord the God of Israel:
Like these good figs, so I will acknowledge those who are carried away captive
of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans
for their good.
6 (Jer 29:10; 42:10) For I will set My eyes upon them for good,
and I will bring them again to this land. And I will build them up
and not pull them down. And I will plant them and not pluck them up.
7 (Jer 30:22; Heb 8:10) I will give them a heart to know Me,
that I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God,
for they will return to Me with their whole heart.
8 (Jer 24:2; 43:1-44:1) But as the rotten figs, which cannot be eaten,
they are so rotten, says the Lord, so I will forsake Zedekiah
the king of Judah and his officials, and the rest of Jerusalem
who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.
9 (Jer 15:4; 29:18) And I will make them a horror
and an evil to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach
and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places wherever I shall drive them.
10 (Isa 51:19; Eze 5:12-17) I will send the sword, the famine,
and the pestilence among them until they are consumed from
off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.
Jeremiah 25
Seventy Years of Captivity
1 (Jer 36:1; 2Ki 24:1-2) The word that came to Jeremiah concerning
all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
king of Judah, that was the first year of NebÂuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
2 (Jer 18:11) which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah
and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:
3 (Jer 1:2; 11:7) From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon,
king of Judah, even to this day, these 23 years the word of the Lord
has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking,
but you have not listened.
4 (Jer 25:3; 26:5) The Lord has sent to you all His servants the prophets,
rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined
your ear to hear.
5 (Jer 7:7; Ge 17:8) They said, "Turn now again everyone from his evil way
and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell in the land that the Lord has
given to you and to your fathers forever and ever.
6 (Dt 8:19; 6:14) And do not go after other gods to serve them
and to worship them, and provoke Me not to anger
with the works of your hands; and I will do you no harm."
7 (2Ki 21:15; Dt 32:21) Yet you have not listened to Me, says the Lord,
that you might provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands
to your own harm.
8 Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts: Because you have not obeyed My words,
9 (Jer 1:15; 18:16) I will send and take all the families of the north,
says the Lord, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant,
and will bring them against this land and its inhabitants,
and against all these surrounding nations; I will utterly destroy them,
and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
10 (Jer 7:34; Eze 26:13) Moreover I will take from them the voice of laughter
and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice
of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the candle.
11 (Da 9:2; 2Ch 36:21-22) This whole land shall be a desolation
and an astonishment, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon
seventy years.
12 (Isa 13:19; Jer 29:10) It shall come to pass when seventy years
are finished that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,
says the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans,
and will make it perpetual desolations.
13 (Jer 1:5; 1:10) I will bring upon that land all My words
which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book,
which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
14 (Jer 51:6; 27:7; 50:9) For many nations and great kings will make
slaves of them, even them. And I will recompense them according
to their deeds and according to the works of their hands.
The Cup of God's Wrath
15 (Ps 75:8; Isa 51:17) For thus says the Lord God of Israel to me:
Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand and cause all the nations
to whom I send you to drink it.
16 (Na 3:11; Jer 51:7) They will drink, and totter, and be mad,
because of the sword that I will send among them.
17 (Jer 1:10; 25:28) Then I took the cup from the hand of the Lord
and made all the nations, to whom the Lord had sent me, drink:
18 (Ps 60:3; Jer 24:9) Jerusalem and thecities of Judah and the kings
and the officials, to make them a desolation, an astonishment,
a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
19 (Jer 46:2; 46:13-26) Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants,
and his officials, and all his people;
20 (Job 1:1; Isa 20:1) and all the foreign people, and all the kings
of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines
(even Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);
21 (Jer 48:1-49:22; Ps 137:7)Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;
22 (Jer 47:4) and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon,
and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea;
23 (Jer 9:26; 49:8) Dedan, and Tema, and Buz,
and all who cut the corners of their hair;
24 (2Ch 9:14; Jer 25:20) and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings
of the foreign people who dwell in the desert;
25 (Ge 10:22; Isa 11:11) and all the kings of Zimri,
and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
26 (Jer 51:41; 25:9) and all the kings of the north, far and near,
one with another; and all the kingdoms of the earth
which are upon the face of the earth,
and the king of Sheshak shall drink after them.
27 (Jer 25:16; Hab 2:16) Therefore you shall say to them,
Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Drink and be drunk and spew and fall and rise no more because
of the sword which I will send among you.
28 (Job 34:33) It will be, if they refuse to take the cup
from your hand to drink, then you will say to them:
Thus says the Lord of Hosts: You shall certainly drink!
29 (Pr 11:31; Eze 38:21) For I am starting to bring calamity
on the city which is called by My name, and should you be utterly unpunished?
You shall not be unpunished. For I will call for a sword upon
all the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord of Hosts.
30 (Joel 3:16; Am 1:2) Therefore prophesy against them all these words,
and say to them:
The Lord will roar from on high,
and utter His voice from His holy habitation;
He will mightily roar against His fold.
He will give a shout, as those who tread the grapes,
against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 (Hos 4:1; Joel 3:2) A noise shall come even
to the remote parts of the earth,
for the Lord has a controversy with the nations;
He shall enter into judgment with all flesh.
He shall give those who are wicked to the sword,
says the Lord.
32 (Jer 23:19; Isa 34:2) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
See, disaster shall go forth
from nation to nation,
and a great whirlwind shall be raised up
from the remote parts of the earth.
33 (Isa 66:16; Ps 79:3) The slain of the Lord on that day will be
from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth.
They will not be lamented or gathered or buried.
They will be as dung on the ground.
34 (Jer 6:26) Howl, you shepherds, and cry;
and wallow in the ashes, you leaders of the flock.
For the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished;
and you will fall like a choice vessel.
35 (Job 11:20; Am 2:14) The shepherds will have no way to flee,
nor the leaders of the flock to escape.
36 (Jer 4:8) A voice of the cry of the shepherds
and a howling of the leaders of the flock shall be heard,
for the Lord has devastated their pasture.
37 (Isa 27:10-11) The peaceable habitations are cut down
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38 (Jer 4:7; 5:6) He has left His lair as the lion;
for their land is desolate
because of the fierceness of the oppressor
and because of His fierce anger.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/12/listening-for-life
entitled Listening Matters
Psalm 85
Psalms 85
For the Music Director. A Psalm of the songs of Korah.
1 Lord, You have been favorable to Your land;
You have brought back the captivity of Jacob.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people;
You have covered all their sin. Selah
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) You have withdrawn all Your wrath;
You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Restore us, O God of our salvation,
and put away Your indignation towardus.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Will You not revive us again,
that Your people may rejoice in You?
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Show us Your mercy, O Lord,
and grant us Your deliverance.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) I will hear what God the Lord will speak,
for He will speak peace to His people and to His saints,
but let them not turn again to folly.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Surely His salvation is near to them who fear Him,
that glory may dwell in our land.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Mercy and truth have met together;
righteousness and peace have kissed.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Truth springs from the ground,
and righteousness looks down from the sky.
12 Yes, the Lord gives that which is good,
and our land shall yield its increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before Him
and prepare a way for His footsteps.
"Come at once. We have struck a berg." Those were the first words
Harold Cottam, the wireless operator on the RMS Carpathia,
received from the sinking RMS Titanic at 12:25 a.m. on April 15, 1912.
The Carpathia would be the first ship to the disaster scene, saving 706 lives.
In the US Senate hearings days later, the Carpathia's captain Arthur Rostron
testified, "The whole thing was absolutely providential. . . . The wireless
operator was in his cabin at the time, not on official business at all,
but just simply listening as he was undressing. . . .
In ten minutes maybe he would have been in bed,
and we would not have heard the message."
Listening matters-especially listening to God. The writers of Psalm 85,
the sons of Korah, urged attentive obedience when they wrote,
“I will hear what God the Lord will speak,
for He will speak peace to His people and to His saints,
but let them not turn again to folly.
Surely His salvation is near to them who fear Him,
that glory may dwell in our land.†(vv. 8–9).
Their admonition is especially poignant because their ancestor Korah
had rebelled against God
and had perished in the wilderness (Numbers 16:1–35).
The night the Titanic sank, another ship was much closer,
but its wireless operator had gone to bed. Had he heard the distress signal,
perhaps more lives would have been saved. When we listen to God
by obeying His teaching, He'll help us navigate
even life's most troubled waters.
By: James Banks
Reflect & Pray
In what ways will you stay attentive to God and the Scriptures today?
How can doing so help you to help others?
Father, help me to stay close to You
in my thoughts, words, and actions.
Please use me as Your servant to bring
Your hope to others.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 5 - God Loved, So He Gave
John 3:16-17
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9–10; Jn 1:18) "For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
17 (1Jn 4:14; Lk 19:10) For God did not send His Son into
the world to condemn the world, but that the world
through Him might be saved."
Often called "the gospel in a nutshell", John 3:16 is so familiar,
even the unchurched, that it has all but lost its impact for us.
WE cite it by rote, as if it had no more meaning than a SSN (SIN),
and think that we understand the truth becuase we know the words.
Why did God send Jesus, his only Son, into the world to die?
Because he loved the people he created. God had no reason,
humanly speaking, to love mankind. Throughout history, from
the Garden of Eden forward, people had deliberately turned
against God and tried his patience. Even the nation God chose
for himself, Israel rebelled againt the Lord and turned to other gods.
And we, as individuals, have rebelled against him too. WE have tried
to control our own lives; we have denied his reality; or
acknowledged his existence and then systematically ignored him.
We have become our own gods.
Yet Christ, in love, took upon himself the rejection, the humiliation,
the pain we were responsible for. We deserved to be condemned to die,
but he died for us instead. "God did not send his Son into the world
to condemn the world," John 3:17 says, "but to save the world through him."
Often, even after we have committed our lives to Christ, we mistakenly
suppose that God's primary purpose is to condemn us - to catch us in sin
and punish us. But God says that his purpose is to love us and to save us
from sin and ourselves. He loved, and so he gave; he still loves us,
and he still continues to give.
Application
a) What sin in my life put Jesus on the cross?
b) How do I know that my sins has been forgiven?
c) How can these verses help me when I face condemnation and guilt?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Deut 8:18
18 But you must remember the Lord your God,
for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth,
so that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers,
as it is today.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
PSALMS 25:15-21
15 My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
for He will lead my feet from the net.
16 Turn to me, and be gracious to me,
for I am isolated and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
bring me out of my distresses.
18 Look on my pain and misery,
and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider my enemies, for they are many,
and they hate me with violent hatred.
20 Watch over my life, and deliver me!
Let me not suffer shame,
for I seek refuge in You.
21 Truth and integrity will preserve me
while I wait for You.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity acreoss the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to be obedient despite the rebellion around you.
Pray to the Lord "Father, help me to stay close to You
in my thoughts, words, and actions.
Please use me as Your servant to bring
Your hope to others."
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for sending
His Only Begotten Son into this World to save us.
Pray to the Lord and be humble to Him.
Pray to the Lord and wait upon the Lord in Truth and integrity.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically.
Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity acreoss the world.
Pray for Christians prisoners in Iran who were realeased from jail
at the outset of the pandemic during 2020.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Tuesday, August 10. 2021
Day 225, 13 August 2021
Jeremiah 26-29
Jeremiah 26
Jeremiah Threatened With Death
1 (2Ch 36:4-5; Jer 27:1) In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim
the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord, saying:
2 (Dt 4:2; Jer 19:14) Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the house
of the Lord, and speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship
in the house of the Lord all the words that I command you to speak to them.
Do not diminish a word.
3 (Jer 18:7-10; 36:3) Perhaps they will listen and turn every man
from his evil way, that I may repent of the calamity which I purpose to do
to them because of the evil of their deeds.
4 (1Ki 9:6; Isa 1:20) You will say to them: Thus says the Lord:
If you will not listen to Me, to walk in My law which I have set before you,
5 (Jer 25:3-4; 2Ki 9:7) to listen to the words of My servants the prophets,
whom I sent to you, both rising up early and sending them,
but you have not listened,
6 (2Ki 22:19; Jer 24:9) then I will make this house like Shiloh
and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
7 (Jer 5:31; Mic 3:11) So the priests and the prophets and all the people
heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
8 (La 4:13-14) And when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people,
the priests and the prophets and all the people took hold of him,
saying, "You shall surely die.
9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying,
'This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate
without an inhabitant'?" And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah
in the house of the Lord.
10 (Jer 36:10) When the officials of Judah heard these things,
then they came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord
and sat down in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the Lord.
11 (Jer 38:4; Dt 18:20) Then the priests and the prophets spoke
to the officials and to all the people, saying,
"This man deserves to die! For he has prophesied against this city,
as you have heard with your ears."
12 (Jer 26:15; Ac 4:19) Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials
and to all the people, saying, "The Lord sent me to prophesy
against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
13 (Jer 26:3; Joel 2:14) Therefore now amend your ways and your deeds,
and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent
of the disaster that He has pronounced against you.
14 (Jer 38:5; Jos 9:25) As for me, here I am in your hand.
Do with me as seems good and right to you.
15 (Nu 35:33; Pr 6:17) But know for certain that if you put me to death,
you will surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city
and upon the inhabitants. For truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak
all these words in your ears."
Jeremiah Spared From Death
16 (Ac 5:34-39; 23:9) Then the officials and all the people said
to the priests and to the prophets, "This man is not worthy of death.
For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God."
17 (Ac 5:34) Then certain of the elders of the land rose up
and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:
18 (Ne 4:2; Jer 9:11) "Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah
king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying,
'Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Zion shall be plowed like a field,
and Jerusalem shall become heaps,
and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.'
19 (Ex 32:14; 2Sa 24:16) Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him
to death? Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the Lord, and the Lord relented
of the disaster which He had pronounced against them?
Thus we might procure great evil against ourselves."
20 (1Sa 7:2; Jos 9:17) There was also a man that prophesied in the name
of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim,
who prophesied against this city and against this land
according to all the words of Jeremiah.
21 (Mt 10:23; 2Ch 16:10) And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men
and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death.
But when Uriah heard it, he was afraid and fled and went into Egypt.
22 (2Ki 22:12; 22:14) And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt: namely,
Elnathan the son of Akbor and certain men with him into Egypt.
23 (Jer 2:30) They brought Uriah out of Egypt and led him to Jehoiakim
the king, who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body
into the graves of the common people.
24 (1Ki 18:4; 2Ki 22:12-14) Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam
the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, with the result that
he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.
Jeremiah 27
Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar
1 In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah,
this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
2 Thus says the Lord to me: Make bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,
3 and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab,
and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyre,
and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem
to Zedekiah king of Judah.
4 And command them to go to their masters, saying: Thus says the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel: Thus you shall say to your masters:
5 (Ps 115:15-16; Isa 45:12) I have made the earth, the men, and the beasts
which are on the ground by My great power and by My outstretched arm,
and have given it to whom it seemed good to Me.
6 (Jer 28:14; 25:9; Eze 29:18-20) Now I have given all these lands
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant.
And also I have given to him the beasts of the field to serve him.
7 (Isa 14:4-6; Jer 52:31) All nations shall serve him and his son
and his son's son until the time of his own land comes;
and then many nations and great kings will make him their servant.
8 (Jer 24:10; 38:17-19) It shall come to pass that I will punish the nation
and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,
and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,
says the Lord. I will punish that nation with the sword, and with famine,
and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
9 (Isa 8:19; Jer 14:14) Therefore do not listen to your prophets,
or to your diviners, or to your dreamers, or to your enchanters,
or to your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, "You shall not serve
the king of Babylon."
10 (Jer 32:31) For they prophesy a lie to you in order to remove you far
from your land. And I will drive you out, and you shall perish.
11 (Jer 21:9; 27:2) But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke
of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those I will let remain still
in their own land, says the Lord, and they shall till it and dwell in it.
12 (Jer 28:1; 38:17) I spoke also to Zedekiah king of Judah according
to all these words, saying: Bring your necks under the yoke of the
king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live.
13 (Eze 18:31; Jer 27:8) Why will you die, you and your people,
by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord has spoken
against the nation that will not serve the king of BabÂylon?
14 (Jer 14:14; 23:21) Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets
who speak to you, saying, "You will not serve the king of Babylon,"
because they prophesy a lie to you.
15 (Jer 27:10; 2Ch 25:16) For I have not sent them, says the Lord,
yet they prophesy a lie in My name, so that I might drive you out
and that you might perish, you and the prophets that prophesy to you.
16 (2Ki 24:13; Jer 28:3) I also spoke to the priests and to all this people:
Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets that prophesy
to you, saying, "The vessels of the house of the Lord will now soon be brought
again from Babylon." For they prophesy a lie to you.
17 Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live.
Why should this city be laid waste?
18 (1Sa 7:8; 12:19) But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord
is with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of Hosts, that
the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord
and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not go to Babylon.
19 (2Ki 25:13; Jer 52:17-23) For thus says the Lord of Hosts concerning
the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases,
and concerning the rest of the vessels that remain in this city,
20 (Jer 24:1; 2Ch 36:10) which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
did not take when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim,
king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon,
and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
21 Indeed, thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning
the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord and in the house
of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem:
22 (Jer 29:10; Ezr 7:19; Jer 32:5) They will be carried to Babylon
and they will be there until the day that I visit them, says the Lord.
Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.
Jeremiah 28
The False Prophet Hananiah
1 (Jer 27:1; Jos 9:3) In that same year, at the beginning
of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year
and in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet,
who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord
in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
2 "Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
3 (2Ki 24:13; 2Ch 36:10) Within two full years I will bring back into
this place all the vessels of the house of the Lord that Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
4 (Jer 22:24; 24:1) And I will bring back to this place Jeconiah
the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah
who went into Babylon, says the Lord, for I will break the yoke
of the king of Babylon."
5 (Jer 28:1) Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah
in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people
that stood in the house of the Lord,
6 (1Ki 1:36; Ps 41:13) even the prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen. May the Lord
do so; may the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied,
to bring back the vessels of the house of the Lord and all that was carried
away captive, from Babylon into this place.
7 (1Ki 22:28) Nevertheless hear now this word that I speak in your ears
and in the ears of all the people.
8 (1Ki 17:1; Am 1:2) The prophets of old who have been before me
and before you prophesied both against many countries
and against great kingdoms, of war and disaster and pestilence.
9 (Dt 18:22; Jer 6:14) As for the prophet who prophesies of peace,
when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet shall be
known as one whom the Lord has truly sent."
10 (Jer 27:2) Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the neck
of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.
11 Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying,
"Thus says the Lord: Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within the space
of two full years." Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12 (Jer 1:2) Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet,
after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck
of the prophet Jeremiah, saying:
13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says the Lord: You have broken
the yokes of wood, but you have made instead of them yokes of iron.
14 (Dt 28:48; Jer 27:6-7) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations,
that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
and they shall serve him. And I have given him the beasts of the field also.
15 (La 2:14; Eze 13:22) Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah
the prophet, "Listen now, Hananiah. The Lord has not sent you,
and you make this people trust in a lie.
16 (Jer 29:32; Ge 7:4) Therefore thus says the Lord: I am about to cast you
from off the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have
taught rebellion against the Lord."
17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah 29
Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles
1 (Est 9:20) Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah
the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the captivity,
and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people
whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.
2 (Jer 22:24-28; 2Ki 24:12-16) (This was after Jeconiah the king,
and the queen, and the eunuchs, and the officials of Judah and Jerusalem,
and the carpenters, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.)
3 It was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah
the son of Hilkiah (whom Zedekiah, king of Judah, sent to Babylon
to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying:
4 (Jer 24:5) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel,
to all who have been carried away captive whom I have caused
to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
5 (Jer 29:28) Build houses and dwell in them; and plant gardens
and eat their fruit.
6 (Jer 16:2-4) Take wives and beget sons and daughters;
and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands,
so that they may bear sons and daughters; so that you may increase
there and not diminish.
7 (Ezr 6:10; 1Ti 2:1-2) Seek the peace of the city where I have caused
you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it;
for in its peace you will have peace.
8 (Jer 5:31; 14:14) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you,
and do not listen to the dreams which they dream.
9 (Jer 27:15; 29:31) For they prophesy falsely to you in My name. I have not
sent them, says the Lord.
10 (Jer 25:12; 27:22) For thus says the Lord: When seventy years have been
completed for Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you,
in causing you to return to this place.
11 (Ps 40:5; Jer 30:18-22) For I know the plans that I have for you,
says the Lord, plans for peace and not for evil, to give you a future
and a hope.
12 (Jer 33:3; Ps 50:15) Then you shall call upon Me, and you shall come
and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13 (Jer 24:7; 2Ch 22:9) You shall seek Me and find Me, when you shall search
for Me with all your heart.
14 (Jer 30:3; Ps 32:6) I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will turn
away your captivity and gather you from all the nations
and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord,
and I will bring you back into the place from
where I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 Because you have said, "The Lord has raised up prophets for us
in BabÂylon,"
16 (Jer 38:2-3; 38:17-23) thus says the Lord concerning the king
who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people
who dwell in this city, your brothers who did not go out with you into exile,
17 (Jer 24:8-10; 29:18) thus says the Lord of Hosts:
I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence,
and will make them like vile figs that cannot be eaten, they are so rotten.
18 (2Ch 29:8; Jer 15:4) I will pursue them with the sword, with famine,
and with pestilence; and will make them a terror to all the kingdoms
of the earth, to be a curse and an astonishment,
a hissing and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
19 (Jer 6:19; 26:5) because they have not listened to My words, says the Lord,
which I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending
them. But you would not listen, says the Lord.
20 (Jer 24:5; Mic 4:10) Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all you in captivity
whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
21 (Jer 14:14-15; 29:8-9) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel,
concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah the son
of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in My name:
I will deliver them into the hand of NebÂuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
and he shall slay them before your eyes.
22 (Da 3:6; Isa 65:15) And because of them a curse shall be taken up
by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying,
"May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab,
whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,"
23 (Jer 23:14; Mal 3:5) because they have committed folly in Israel,
and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives,
and have spoken lying words in My name, which I have not commanded them.
Indeed, I know and am a witness, says the Lord.
A Message to Shemaiah
24 (Jer 29:31-32) Thus you shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,
saying:
25 (Jer 29:29; 37:3) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Because you have sent letters in your name to all the people
who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest,
and to all the priests, saying,
26 (Jer 20:1-2; 2Ki 9:11; Hos 9:7) The Lord has made you priest instead
of Jehoiada the priest, that you should be officers in the house of the Lord,
for every man that is mad and makes himself a prophet, that you should
put him in the stocks and in prison.
27 Now therefore why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth
who prophesies to you?
28 (Jer 29:5) For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying,
"This captivity will be long; build houses and dwell in them,
and plant gardens and eat their fruit."
29 Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:
31 (Jer 29:9; 14:14-15)Send to all the captives, saying, Thus says the Lord
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied
to you though I did not send, and he caused you to trust in a lie,
32 (Jer 28:16; 17:6) therefore thus says the Lord: I will punish Shemaiah
the Nehelamite and his seed. He will not have a man to dwell among t
his people, nor will he see the good that I will do for My people,
says the Lord, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord.
2) Our Daily Bread for 13 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/13/the-true-nature-of-love
entitled The True Nature of Love
2 Corinthians 8:1–9
2 Corinthians 8
Liberal Giving
1 (Ac 16:9) Moreover, brothers, we want you to experience the grace of God
bestowed on the churches of Macedonia,
2 how in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy
and their deep poverty overflowed toward the riches of their generous giving.
3 (1Co 16:2) For I bear record that according to their means, and beyond
their means, they freely gave,
4 (Ac 24:17; 1Co 16:3-4) begging us with much urgency that we would receive
the gift and the fellowship of ministering to the saints.
5 This they did, not as we expected. First, they gave themselves to the Lord,
and then to us by the will of God.
6 (2Co 12:18; 8:4) So we urged Titus, that as he had begun, so he would
also complete this gracious deed for you.
7 (2Co 9:8; 1Co 1:5; Ro 15:14) But as you abound in everything-in faith,
in utterance, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love to us-
see that you abound in this grace also.
8 (1Co 7:6) I say this not as a command, but to prove through
the authenticity of others, the sincerity also of your love.
9 (Mt 20:28; 2Co 6:10; 13:14) For you know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich,
yet for your sakes He became poor, that through His poverty you might be rich.
During the pandemic lockdown, Jerry was forced to close his fitness center
and had no income for months. One day he received a text from a friend
asking to meet him at his facility at 6:00 p.m. Jerry wasn't sure why
but made his way there. Soon cars started streaming into the parking lot.
The driver in the first car placed a basket on the sidewalk near the building.
Then car after car (maybe fifty of them) came by. Those inside waved
at Jerry or hollered out a hello, stopped at the basket, and dropped
in a card or cash. Some sacrificed their money; all gave their time
to encourage him.
The true nature of love is sacrificial, according to the apostle Paul.
He explained to the Corinthians that the Macedonians gave "even beyond
their ability" so they could meet the needs of the apostles
and others (2 Corinthians 8:3). They even "pleaded" with Paul for
the opportunity to give to them and to God's people.
The basis for their giving was the sacrificial heart of Jesus Himself.
He left the riches of heaven to come to earth to be a servant
and to give His very life. " Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich,
yet for your sakes He became poor, " (v. 9).
May we too plead with God so that we might
"excel in this grace of giving" (v. 7) in order to lovingly
meet the needs of others.
By: Anne Cetas
Reflect & Pray
How might sacrificial service or giving fit into your life this week?
Who needs your encouragement?
Loving God, You are so good. Please give me opportunities
to bless others for You in Your power and wisdom.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 6 - Eternal Life, Beginning now
John 10:28 - I give them eternal life. They shall never perish,
nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand.
In C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce, one of the Spirits in heaven, identifying
himself as George MacDonald, makes some startling statements on the nature of
eternal life. Depending upon the individual's choice for or against Christ,
MacDonald says, everything in life takes on the character of haven or hell.
"At the end of ALL THINGS, when the sun rises here (in heaven) and the twilight
turns to blackness down there, the Blessed will say, 'We have never lived
anywhere except in Heaven,' and the Lost, 'We were always in Hell.'
And both will speak truly" - From the Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis.
Lewis was not trying to make a theological case, but to demonstrate
a principle: eterenal life begins now.
The choices that we make for or against obedience to God, the life we live,
the patterns we establish, all move us in one direction of the other.
And when we have decided to choose obedience to God (the forsakeness of sin),
when we give ourselves fully into his hands, he is able to take the worst of
circumstances and redeem them for our good, use them to mature us in his image.
Again Jesus says in John 10:28
"I give them eternal life. They shall never perish,
nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand. "
In Christ is a very secure place to be. No experience is lost, no pain is
wasted. Everything in our lives is redeemed by God for our benefit.
Application
a) How have I experienced the truth that "eternal life begins now"?
b) How can this verse help me put life in perspective during times
of stress and anxiety?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Deut 28:11
11 (Dt 28:4; 30:9) The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity,
in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock,
and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore
to your fathers to give you.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
1 John 4:16b-18
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us,
so that we may have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is,
so are we in this world.
18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love,
but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
Whoever fears is not perfect in love.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
a) Pray that, with God's help, children and
young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has
for each of them
b)Pray for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
I) Pray for the leaders of Newfoundland and Labrador,
that God's Spirit would influence then to act justly,
serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1-4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable
in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32) who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to be obedient and resilient to the Lord
despite the rebellion around you.
Pray to the Lord "Loving God, You are so good. Please give me opportunities
to bless others for You in Your power and wisdom."
Pray to the Lord and give your live for Salvation.
Pray to the Lord and trust in Him.
Pray to the Lord and thank him for being perfect Love.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray that, with God's help, children and
young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has
for each of them
Pray that believers in Turkmenistan will maintain
a courageous witness despite intimidation.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Tuesday, August 10. 2021
Day 226, 14 August 2021
Jeremiah 30-31
Jeremiah 30
Israel and Judah Restored
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 (Isa 30:8; Jer 36:32) Thus says the Lord God of Israel:
Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
3 (Jer 16:15; 29:14) For surely the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.
The Lord says, I also will cause them to return to the land that
I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4 These are the words that the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
5 (Isa 5:30; Am 5:16-18) For thus says the Lord:
I have heard a sound of trembling,
of fear, and not of peace.
6 (Jer 4:31; 6:24) Ask now, and see,
can a male labor with child?
Why do I see every man
with his hands on his loins, as a woman in labor,
and all faces turned pale?
7 (Joel 2:11; Jer 30:10 )Alas! for that day is great,
so that no one is like it;
it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble,
but he shall be saved out of it.
8 (Eze 34:27; Isa 9:4; Jer 27:2) For it shall come to pass in that day,
says the Lord of Hosts,
that I shall break his yoke from off their neck
and tear away their bonds,
and strangers shall no longer make them their slaves.
9 (Hos 3:5; Lk 1:69; Isa 55:3-5) But they shall serve the Lord their God
and David their king,
whom I will raise up for them.
10 (Isa 43:5; Jer 46:27-28) Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,
says the Lord,
nor be dismayed, O Israel;
for I will save you from afar,
and your seed from the land of their captivity.
And Jacob shall return and shall be in rest and be quiet,
and no one shall make him afraid.
11 (Jer 10:24; 4:27) For I am with you, says the Lord,
to save you.
Although I make a full end of all nations
wherever I have scattered you,
yet I will not make a full end of you.
But I will correct you in measure
and will not leave you altogether unpunished.
12 (Jer 15:18; 2Ch 36:16) For thus says the Lord:
Your bruise is incurable
and your wound is severe.
13 (Jer 8:22; 46:11) There is no one to plead your cause
that you may be bound up.
You have no healing medicines.
14 (Job 30:21; Jer 5:6) All your lovers have forgotten you;
they do not seek you;
for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy,
with the chastisement of a cruel one,
because of the multitude of your iniquities, because your sins are numerous.
15 (Jer 30:12; 30:14) Why do you cry because of your affliction?
Your sorrow is incurable.
Because of the multitude of your iniquities, because your sins are numerous,
I have done these things to you.
16 (Jer 10:25; Isa 14:2) Therefore all who devour you will be devoured;
and all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity.
And those who plunder you will become plunder,
and all who prey upon you I will give for prey.
17 (Ex 15:26; Ps 107:20) For I will restore health to you,
and I will heal you of your wounds,
says the Lord,
because they called you an outcast, saying,
"This is Zion whom no man cares for."
18 (Jer 30:3; Ps 102:13) Thus says the Lord:
I will restore the fortunes of Jacob's tents
and have mercy on his dwelling places;
and the city will be built upon her own heap,
and the palace will remain on its rightful place.
19 (Isa 35:10; 51:11) Out of them will proceed thanksgiving
and the voice of those who make merry;
and I will multiply them,
and they will not be few.
I will also glorify them,
and they will not be small.
20 Their children also will be as before,
and their congregation will be established before Me;
and I will punish all who oppress them.
21 (Nu 16:5; Ge 49:10) Their leader shall be one of them,
and their ruler shall proceed from their midst;
and I will cause him to draw near and he will approach Me;
for who is this that dares
to approach Me?
says the Lord.
22 (Jer 24:7; 31:1) You shall be My people,
and I will be your God.
23 (Jer 23:19-20; 25:32) Look, the whirlwind of the Lord
goes forth with fury,
a continuing whirlwind;
it will fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
24 (Jer 23:20; 4:28) The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return
until He has done it
and until He has performed the intentions of His heart.
In the latter days
you will understand it.
Jeremiah 31
The Exiles Return
1 (Jer 30:22; Ge 17:7-8) At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God
of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.
2 (Nu 10:33; Dt 1:33) Thus says the Lord:
The people who survived the sword
found grace in the wilderness,
when I went to give Israel rest.
3 (Hos 11:4; Mal 1:2) The Lord has appeared to him from afar, saying:
Indeed, I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.
4 (Jer 31:13; 33:7) Again I will build you
and you will be built, O virgin of Israel.
You will again be adorned with your tambourines
and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
5 (Am 9:14; Dt 28:30) You will yet plant vines
on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters will plant
and will enjoy them.
6 (Jer 50:4-5) For there will be a day when the watchmen
on the hills of Ephraim will proclaim,
"Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God."
7 (Ps 14:7; 28:9) For thus says the Lord:
Sing with gladness for Jacob,
and shout among the chief of the nations;
publish, praise, and say,
"O Lord, save Your people,
the remnant of Israel."
8 (Isa 42:16; Jer 23:8) See, I will bring them from the north country,
and gather them from the remote parts of the earth,
and with them the blind and the lame,
the woman with child and her who is in labor with child, together;
a great company will return here.
9 (Jer 3:4; Ex 4:22; Isa 63:13) They will come with weeping,
and with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters,
in a straight way in which they shall not stumble.
For I am a Father to Israel,
and Ephraim is My firstborn.
10 (Isa 40:11; 66:19; Eze 34:12) Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands far off, and say,
"He who scattered Israel will gather him
and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock."
11 (Isa 44:23; 48:20) For the Lord has redeemed Jacob
and ransomed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
12 (Isa 35:10; 58:11; 65:19 )Therefore they will come
and sing in the height of Zion,
and will be joyful over the goodness of the Lord,
for wheat and for wine and for oil
and for the young of the flock and of the herd;
and their souls will be as a watered garden.
And they will not sorrow any more at all.
13 (Ps 30:11; Isa 51:11) Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance,
both young men and old together;
for I will turn their mourning into joy,
and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14 (Jer 31:25) I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,
and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness,
says the Lord.
15 (Jos 18:25; Ge 37:35) Thus says the Lord:
A voice is heard in Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children,
because they are no more.
16 (Ru 2:12; Jer 30:3) Thus says the Lord:
Keep your voice from weeping
and your eyes from tears;
for your work shall be rewarded,
says the Lord,
and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
17 There is hope for your future,
says the Lord,
that your children will come back to their own border.
18 (Ps 80:3; Job 5:17 )I have surely heard Ephraim pleading:
"You have chastised me,
and I was chastised, as an untrained calf;
turn me back and I will be turned,
for you are the Lord my God.
19 (Jer 3:25; Eze 36:31; 21:12) Surely after I turned back,
I repented;
and after I was instructed,
I struck myself on my thigh;
I was ashamed and even humiliated
because I bore the reproach of my youth."
20 (Isa 55:7; 63:15) Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For since I spoke against him,
I surely do remember him still;
therefore My heart longs for him.
I will surely have mercy on him,
says the Lord.
21 (Jer 50:5; Isa 48:20) Set up road marks,
place guideposts.
Set your heart toward the highway,
even the way by which you went.
Turn back, O virgin of Israel,
turn back to these your cities.
22 (Jer 2:23; 3:6) How long will you go about,
O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth:
A woman shall obtain a man.
23 (Zec 8:3; Isa 1:26; Jer 50:7) Thus says the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel: Once again they shall use this speech
in the land of Judah and in the cities when I restore their fortunes:
"May the Lord bless you, O habitation of righteousness
and mountain of holiness!"
24 (Zec 8:4-8; Eze 36:10) And Judah and all its cities will dwell there,
the farmer and those who go out with the flocks.
25 (Jer 31:14; Jn 4:14) For I satiate the weary souls and I replenish every
languishing soul.
26 Upon this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was sweet to me.
27 (Hos 2:23; Eze 36:9) Surely, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah
with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.
28 (Jer 1:10; 44:27) It shall come to pass that as I have watched
over them to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down,
and to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them, to build,
and to plant, says the Lord.
29 (La 5:7; Eze 18:2-3) In those days they will say no more:
"The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge."
30 (Isa 3:11; Eze 18:4) But everyone will die for his own iniquity.
Every man that eats the sour grape, his teeth will be set on edge.
A New Covenant
31 (Lk 22:20; Jer 32:40 ) Surely, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah.
32 (Dt 1:31; 5:3) It will not be according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers
in the day that I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of Egypt,
because they broke My covenant,
although I was a husband to them,
says the Lord.
33 (2Co 3:3; Heb 10:16) But this shall be the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My law within them
and write it in their hearts;
and I will be their God,
and they shall be My people.
34 (Isa 54:13; Jer 33:8) They shall teach no more every man his neighbor
and every man his brother, saying, "Know the Lord,"
for they all shall know Me,
from the least of them to the greatest of them,
says the Lord,
for I will forgive their iniquity,
and I will remember their sin no more.
35 (Isa 51:15; Jer 10:16) Thus says the Lord,
who gives the sun
for a light by day
and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars
for a light by night,
who stirs up the sea
so that the waves roar,
the Lord of Hosts is His name:
36 (Isa 54:9-10; Jer 33:20-26) If those ordinances depart from before Me,
says the Lord,
then the seed of Israel also will cease
from being a nation before Me forever.
37 (Jer 33:22; 33:24-26) Thus says the Lord:
If heaven above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,
I will also cast off all the seed of Israel
for all that they have done,
says the Lord.
38 (2Ki 14:13; Zec 14:10) Surely, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when the city will be built to the Lord from the Tower of Hananel
to the Corner Gate.
39 (Zec 2:1-2) The measuring line shall stretch out straight to the
hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah.
40 (2Sa 15:23; Joel 3:17) The whole valley of the dead bodies
and of the ashes, and all the fields to the Kidron Valley,
to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, will be holy to the Lord.
It will not be plucked up nor thrown down any more forever.
2) Our Daily Bread for 14 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/14/when-we-dont-understand-2
entitled When We Don't Understand
Job 2:7-10
7 (Dt 28:35; 28:27) Therefore, the Adversary went out from the presence
of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with severe sores from the sole
of his foot to the top of his head.
8 (Job 42:6; Eze 27:30) So he took a piece of broken pottery
with which to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.
9 (Job 2:3; 2:5) His wife said to him, “
Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die.â€
10 (Ps 39:1; Job 1:21-22) He said to her, "You talk like one of the foolish
women talks. Will we indeed accept the good from God
but not accept the adversity?"
In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
"I don't understand His plan. I turned my whole life over to Him.
And this happens!" Such was the message of a son to his mother
when his dream to succeed as a professional athlete was temporarily derailed.
Who among us hasn't had some kind of unexpected, disappointing experience
that sends our minds into overdrive with exclamations and questions?
A family member cuts off communication without explanation;
health gains are reversed; a company relocates unexpectedly;
a life-altering accident happens.
Job 1-2 records a series of tragedies and setbacks in Job's life.
Humanly speaking, if there was anyone who qualified for a life
free from trouble, it was Job.
"That man was blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil." (Job 1:1).
But life doesn't always work out the way we'd like it to-it didn't for Job,
and it doesn't for us. When his wife counseled him to "curse God and die!" (2:9),
Job's words to her were wise, instructive, and fitting for us as well when
things happen-big or small-that we'd rather not face.
" 'Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?' In all this, Job did not sin
in what he said" (v. 10).
By God's strength, may our trust in and reverence for Him remain,
even when we can't understand how He's at work during life's difficult days.
By: Arthur Jackson
Reflect & Pray
When has your faith in God been tested? What has He used during tough
circumstances to help your reverence for Him to remain intact?
Father, help me to trust You and honour You when I can't
see Your hand or understand Your plan.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 7 - The Great Exchange
2 Cor 5:21 - God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,
that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
People were talking ; the gossip lines were busy day and night.
Andrea, a Bible study leader and pillar of the church, had been
accused of indiscretion with a married man, another member
of the congregation. The rumours were proven untrue,
but that hardly mattered anymore. The damage was done.
"It's just not far," Andrea said. " It was all so unnecessary.
And now, even though I've done nothing wrong, my relationship
with that church will never be the same again."
We all know what pain is caused by undeserved accusation,
rejection, and misunderstanding. Sometimes, when the smoke clears,
irreparable damage has been done, even when no sin has occurred.
We can understand the torment that comes when we've sinned,
but when we've done nothing wrong, the injustice seem unbearable.
Jesus knew what it was to suffer unjustly. He had never sinned at all,
yet he 'became sin' for us. He gave himself in an outrageous exchange:
he took our sin and gave us his righteousness.
Living in this exchange does not mean, of course, that we will be exempt
from pain, that we will never again suffer unjustly or be subject
to rejection. But in Christ, we are declared righteous before God,
just as Jesus himself is righteous. And as we submit
to the Holy Spirit's work in us, we become righteous ,
obeying him and growing in grace. Christ endured rejection
for us so that we might live in him.
Application
1. Have I ever suffered unjustly or been rejected by someone without cause?
2. How can this verse, coupled with my own expereience give me a greater
depth of appreciation of what Christ suffered for me?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Isaiah 1:19
19 (Dt 30:15-16) If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Discouraged or Depressed
Psalm 13
For the Music Director. A Psalm of David.
1 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me for good?
How long will you hide Your face from me?
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) How long will I harbor cares in my soul
and sorrow in my heart by day?
How long will my enemy loom over me?
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Take note and answer me, O Lord my God!
Brighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) lest my enemy say, 'I have him,'
lest my foes exult when I stumble.
5(Ps 42:11; 43:5) I for my part confide in Your kindness;
may my heart exult in Your salvation!
6(2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9 ) I will sing to the Lord,
because He has dealt bountifully with me.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
14th Day of the Month
a) Pray for God's kingdom to come
in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,
and in our nation ( Matt 6:10)
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
b) Pray for those who server with
denominations and Christian organisations
in Canada - that God will bless their ministry
and anoint them for effective service.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to be obedient and resilient to the Lord
despite the rebellion around you and to understand His plan.
Pray to the Lord "Father, help me to trust You and honour You when I can't
see Your hand or understand Your plan."
Pray to the Lord and pray to understand what Sins put Jesus on the cross.
Pray to the Lord and to obey Him.
Pray to the Lord and thank him for
dealing with you bountifully.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray for God's kingdom to come
in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,
and in our nation
Pray for those who server with
denominations and Christian organisations
in Canada - that God will bless their ministry
and anoint them for effective service.
Pray that churches in Kyrgyzstan will be able to help those who
have lost income.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Tuesday, August 10. 2021
Day 227, 15 August 2021
Today at https://www.calvarycommunty.ca/
we address Psalm 103:1-5
Psalms 103
A Psalm of David.
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all His benefits,
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) who forgives all your iniquities,
who heals all your diseases,
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) who satisfies your mouth with good things,
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Six reasons To Praise The lord
1) Forgiver of sins ... who forgives all your sins.
Praise the Lord Because He forgives All your Sins
Like the prodigal son og Luke 15:18-24
17 "When he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired
servants have an abundance of bread, and here I am perishing with hunger!
18 (Lk 15:21; 18:13) I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him,
"Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
19 (Lk 7:6-7) I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
Make me like one of your hired servants." '
20 (Ac 20:37; Ge 45:14) So he arose and came to his father.
“But while he was yet far away, his father saw him and was moved
with compassion, and ran and embraced his neck and kissed him.
21 (Ps 51:4; Lk 15:18-19) "The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned
against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
22 (Ge 41:42; Rev 6:11) "But the father said to his servants,
'Bring out the best robe and put it on him. And put a ring on his hand
and shoes on his feet.
23 Bring here the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry.
24 (Lk 15:32; Eph 2:1) For this son of mine was dead, and is alive again;
he was lost, and is found.' So they began to be merry."
Mark 2:5
5 (Mt 9:2; 9:22) When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic,
"Son, your sins are forgiven you."
2) Healer .. who heals all your diseases.
Healed from sickness - our faith is built
Healed through sickness - our faith is refined
Healed by sickness - into eternity - our faith is perfected
3) Redeemer ... who crowns you with tender mercies.
Praise the Lord because he redeems your life from death
4) Blesser .. who crowns you with tender mercies.
5) Satisfier ... who fills your life with good things.
6) Renewer ... who renews your strength like the eagles.
Jeremiah 32-24
Jeremiah 32
Jeremiah Buys a Field
1 (2Ki 25:1-2; Jer 39:1-2) The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord
in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year
of Nebuchadnezzar.
2 (Ne 3:25; Jer 37:21) For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem,
and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison,
which was in the house of the king of Judah.
3 (Jer 34:2-3; 21:4-7) For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying,
"Why do you prophesy? You say: Thus says the Lord: I am about to give this
city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it,
4 (Jer 38:18; 38:23) and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape
out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but will surely be delivered into the hand
of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him
eye to eye.
5 (Jer 27:22; 33:5) And he will lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he will be
until I visit him, says the Lord. Though you fight against the Chaldeans,
you will not succeed."
6 So Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
7 (Jer 1:1; Lev 25:25) Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you,
saying, "Buy my field that is in Anathoth. For the right of redemption
is yours to buy it."
8 (Jer 32:2; 32:7) So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court
of the prison according to the word of the Lord and said to me, "Please buy
my field, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin;
for the right of inheritance and the redemption is yours.
Buy it for yourself."
Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
9 I bought the field of Hanamel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth,
and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels
[About 7 ounces, or 200 grams.] of silver.
10 (Jer 32:44; 32:12; Dt 32:34) I signed and sealed the deed, and summoned
witnesses, and weighed the money from him in the balances.
11 (Lk 2:27) So I took the deed of purchase, both that which was sealed
according to the law and custom, and that which was open.
12J (Jer 32:16; 51:59) And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch
the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel
my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses
who signed the deed of purchase, before all the Jews
who sat in the court of the prison.
13 I charged Baruch in their presence, saying,
14 Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds,
this sealed deed of purchase and this deed which is open, and put them
in an earthen vessel that they may last many days.
15 (Jer 30:18; 32:43-44) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
Jeremiah Prays for Understanding
16 (Ge 32:9-12; Jer 12:1) Now when I had delivered the deed of purchase
to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying:
17 (Ge 18:14; 2Ki 19:15) Ah Lord God! Truly, You have made the heavens
and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm,
and there is nothing too hard for You.
18 (Jer 10:16; Ex 34:7) You show lovingkindness to thousands,
and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom
of their children after them, O great and mighty God.
The Lord of Hosts is His name,
19 (Isa 28:29; Jer 17:10) great in counsel and mighty in deed,
whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men,
to give to everyone according to his ways
and according to the fruit of his deeds.
20 (Ne 9:10; Ex 9:16) You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
even to this day, and in Israel, and among other men, and have made Yourself
a name, as it is today.
21 (Ex 6:6; Dt 26:8) And You have brought your people Israel out of the land
of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand,
and with a stretched-out arm, and with great terror.
22 (Ex 3:8; 13:5) And You have given them this land, which You swore
to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
23 (Ezr 9:7; Ps 78:54-55) And they entered and possessed it.
But they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law.
They have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do;
therefore You have caused all this calamity to come upon them.
24 (Dt 4:26; Jos 23:15-16) See, the siege ramps have come to the city
to take it. And the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans
who fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine,
and of the pestilence, and what You have spoken has come to pass,
as You can see.
25 (Jer 32:24) O Lord God, You have said to me,
"Buy the field for money and call in witnesses,"
although the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
God Promises the People's Return
26 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:
27 (Nu 16:22; 27:16) Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh.
Is anything too hard for Me?
28 (Jer 32:3; 19:7-12) Therefore thus says the Lord: I will give this city
into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
king of BabÂylon, and he shall take it.
29 (Jer 19:13; 21:10) And the Chaldeans who fight against this city
will come and set this city on fire and burn it with the houses,
upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal
and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger.
30 (Dt 9:7-12; Isa 63:10) Indeed the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah
have only done evil before Me from their youth.
For the sons of Israel have only provoked Me to anger with the work
of their hands, says the Lord.
31 (2Ki 23:27; 1Ki 11:7-8) Indeed this city has been to Me a provocation
of My anger and My fury from the day that they built it, even to this day,
so that I should remove it from before My face,
32 (Isa 1:4-6; Jer 2:26) because of all the evil of the sons of Israel
and of the sons of Judah which they have done to provoke Me to anger,
they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets,
and the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33 (Jer 2:27; 7:13) They have turned their back to Me and not their face.
Though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have
not listened nor received instruction.
34 (Jer 7:30; 2Ki 21:4-7) But they set their abominations in the house
which is called by My name, to defile it.
35 (Jer 7:31; Lev 18:21; 20:2-5) They built the high places of Baal
which are in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters
to pass through the fire to Molek, which I had not commanded them,
nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination,
to cause Judah to sin.
36 (Jer 32:24; 32:3) Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
concerning this city of which you say, "It shall be delivered
into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by famine,
and by pestilence":
37(Jer 23:3; 23:6) See, I will gather them out of all countries wherever
I have driven them in My anger, and in My fury, and in great wrath;
and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.
38 (Jer 24:7; 30:22) And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
39 (Dt 11:18-21; 2Ch 30:12) And I will give them one heart and one way,
that they may fear Me forever, for their good and for their children
after them.
40 (Isa 55:3; Jer 50:5) And I will make an everlasting covenant with them
that I will not turn away from them, to do them good. But I will put My fear
in their hearts so that they shall not depart from Me.
41 (Jer 24:6; Dt 30:9) Indeed, I will rejoice over them to do them good,
and I will plant them in this land assuredly with My whole heart
and with My whole soul.
42 (Jer 31:28; Zec 8:14-15) For thus says the Lord: Just as I have brought
all this great calamity upon this people, so I will bring upon them
all the good that I have promised them.
43 (Jer 32:15; Eze 37:11-14) Fields will be bought in this land of which you
say, It is desolate, without man or beast. It is given
into the hand of the Chaldeans.
44 (Jer 17:26; 33:7) Men will buy fields for money, sign and seal deeds,
and call in witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about
Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains,
and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the Negev;
for I will restore their fortunes, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 33
The Promise of Restoration
1 (Jer 37:21; 38:28) Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah
the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison,
saying:
2 (Ex 6:3; 15:3) Thus says the Lord, the Maker of the earth, the Lord
who formed it to establish it; the Lord is His name:
3 (Jer 29:12; Ps 91:15) Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you
great and mighty things which you do not know.
4 (Jer 32:24; Eze 4:2) For thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning
the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah,
which are thrown down to make a defense against the siege mounds
and against the sword:
5 (Isa 8:17; Jer 21:4-7) They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is
to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I have slain in My anger
and in My fury, all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city.
6 (Isa 30:26; 66:12) I will bring it health and healing, and I will heal them;
and I will reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
7 (Isa 1:26; Jer 30:3) I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes
of Israel, and will build them as at the first.
8 (Ps 51:2; Jer 31:34) I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby
they have sinned against Me. And I will pardon all their iniquities whereby
they have sinned and whereby they have transgressed against Me.
9 (Jer 13:11; Isa 60:5) It will be to Me a name of joy, praise,
and honor before all the nations of the earth which shall hear of all the good
that I do to them; and they will fear and tremble for all the goodness and for
all the prosperity that I procure for it.
10 (Jer 32:43) Thus says the Lord: Again there shall be heard in this place
of which you say, "It is desolate, without man and without beast,"
even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem,
that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant, and without beast,
11 (1Ch 16:34; 16:8) the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness,
the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of those
who shall say,
"Give thanks to the Lord of Hosts,
for the Lord is good;
for His mercy endures forever,"
and of those who bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord.
For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at the first, says the Lord.
12 (Isa 65:10; Jer 31:24) Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Again in this place
which is desolate, without man and without beast, and in all the cities,
will be a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
13 (Lev 27:32; Jer 17:26) In the cities of the mountains, in the cities
of the vale, and in the cities of the Negev, and in the land of Benjamin,
and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah,
shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him who numbers them,
says the Lord.
The Davidic Covenant
14 (Jer 29:10; 23:5) Surely, the days are coming, says the Lord, when
I will perform that good word which I have promised to the house of Israel
and to the house of Judah:
15 (Isa 4:2; 11:1-5) In those days and at that time,
I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David;
and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the earth.
16 (Jer 23:6; Isa 45:17; 1Co 1:30) In those days Judah will be saved,
and Jerusalem will dwell safely.
And this is the name by which she will be called:
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
17 (1Ki 2:4; Ps 89:29-37) For thus says the Lord: David shall never lack
a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;
18 nor shall the Levitical priests lack a man before Me to offer burnt
offerings, to kindle grain offerings, and to sacrifice continually.
19 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:
20 (Ge 8:22; Ps 89:37) Thus says the Lord: If you can break
My covenant of the day and My covenant of the night so that there
should not be day and night in their season,
21 (2Ch 7:18; Ps 89:34) then also My covenant may be broken
with David My servant, that he should not have a son to reign on his throne,
and with the Levitical priests, My ministers.
22 (Ge 15:5; 22:17) As the host of heaven cannot be numbered
nor the sand of the sea measured, so I will multiply the seed of David
My servant and the Levites that minister to Me.
23 Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:
24 (Ne 4:2-4; Ps 44:13-14) Have you not considered what this people
have spoken, saying, "The two families which the Lord has chosen,
He has cast them off"? Thus they have despised My people, that they should be
no more a nation before them.
25 (Ps 74:16-17; Jer 31:35-36) Thus says the Lord: If My covenant for day
and night does not stand, and if I have not appointed the ordinances
of heaven and earth,
26 (Isa 14:1; Jer 31:37) then I would cast away the seed of Jacob
and David My servant, so that I would not take any of his seed to be rulers
over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Yet I will restore their fortunes
and have mercy on them.
Jeremiah 34
Zedekiah to Die in Exile
1 (Jer 1:15; 32:2) The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord
when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army
and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion
and all the people fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities,
saying:
2 (Jer 21:10; 34:22) Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go and speak
to ZedÂekiah king of Judah and tell him: Thus says the Lord: I will give
this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.
3 (Jer 32:4; 21:7) And you will not escape out of his hand, but will surely
be taken and delivered into his hand. And you will see the king of Babylon
eye to eye, and he will speak with you face to face,
and you will go to Babylon.
4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah!
Thus says the Lord concerning you: You will not die by the sword.
5 (2Ch 16:14; Jer 22:18) But you will die in peace; and as spices
were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you,
so they burn spices for you. And they will lament for you, saying,
"Alas, lord!" For I have pronounced the word, says the Lord.
6 (1Sa 3:18; 15:16-24) Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words
to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
7 (Jos 10:3; 15:35) when the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem,
and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and Azekah,
for these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah.
Slaves to be Free
8 (Lev 25:10; 2Ki 11:17) This is the word that came to Jeremiah
from the Lord after the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people
who were in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them:
9 (Ge 14:13; Ex 2:6) that every man should let his male slave and every man
his female slave, being a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, go free so that
no one should keep them, a Jew his brother, in bondage.
10 (Jer 26:10; 26:16) Now when all the officials and all the people who had
entered into the covenant heard that everyone should let his male slave
and everyone his female slave go free, so that no one should keep them
any more in bondage, then they obeyed and let them go.
11 But afterward they turned around and caused the male slaves
and the female slaves whom they had set free to return, and brought
them into subjection for male slaves and female slaves.
12 Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
13 (Jos 24:17; Jdg 6:8) Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I made
a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying:
14 (Dt 15:12; 1Sa 8:7-8) "At the end of seven years, each of you shall set
free his Hebrew brother who has been sold to you; and when he has served
you six years, you shall let him go free from you." But your fathers did not
obey Me nor incline their ear.
15 (Jer 34:8; 2Ki 23:3; Ne 10:29) You recently turned and did what was right
in My sight by proclaiming liberty, every man to his neighbour; and you made
a covenant before Me in the house that is called by My name.
16 (Lev 19:12; Ex 20:7) But then you turned around and profaned My name
when every one of you took back his male and female slaves,
whom you had set free, at their pleasure, and you brought them
into subjection to be your slaves.
17 (Mt 7:2; Dt 28:25) Therefore thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed Me
in proclaiming liberty, everyone to his brother and every man
to his neighbor. I proclaim a liberty to you, says the Lord, to the sword,
to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you a terror to all
the kingdoms of the earth.
18 (Ge 15:10; Dt 17:2) I will give the men who have transgressed My covenant,
who have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made
before Me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between the parts,
19 (Zep 3:3-4; Jer 29:2) the officials of Judah and the officials of Jerusalem,
the court officers, and the priests, and all the people of the land,
who passed between the parts of the calf,
20 (Jer 7:33; 11:21) I will even give them into the hand of their enemies
and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies
shall be food to the fowl of heaven and to the beasts of the earth.
21 (Jer 39:6; 52:24-27) Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will give
into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek
their life and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army,
which has gone away from you.
22 (Jer 9:11; 39:1-2) I will command, says the Lord, and cause them
to return to this city, and they will fight against it and take it
and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation
without an inhabitant.
2) Our Daily Bread for 15 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/15/powerfully-at-work
entitled Extending Grace to Others
Acts 4:32-35
32 (2Ch 30:12; Php 1:27) All the believers were of one heart and one soul,
and no one said that what he possessed was his own. But to them all things
were in common.
33 (Ac 1:8; 1:22) With great power the apostles testified to the resurrection
of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.
34 (Ac 2:45) There was no one among them who lacked, for all those
who were owners of land or houses sold them,
and brought the income from what was sold,
35 (Ac 5:2; 2:45) and placed it at the apostles' feet. And it was distributed
to each according to his need.
Our son spent the early years of his life in a children's home prior
to our adopting him. Before leaving the cinderblock building together
to go home, we asked to collect his belongings. Sadly, he had none.
We exchanged the clothes he was wearing for the new items we'd brought
for him and also left some clothing for the other children.
Even though I was grieved by how little he had, I rejoiced that we could
now help meet his physical and emotional needs.
A few years later, we saw a person asking for donations for families in need.
My son was eager to donate his stuffed animals and a few coins to help them.
Given his background, he might have (understandably) been more
inclined to hold tightly to his belongings.
I'd like to think the reason for his generous response was the same
as that of the early church: "God’s grace was so powerfully at work
in them all" that nobody in their midst had need (Acts 4:33–34).
The people willingly sold their own possessions to provide
for one another's needs.
When we become aware of the needs of others, whether material
or intangible, may God's grace be so powerfully at work in us that
we respond as they did, willingly giving from our hearts to those
in need. This makes us vessels of God's grace as fellow believers
in Jesus, "one in heart and mind" (v. 32).
By: Kirsten Holmberg
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Reflect & Pray
How’s God’s grace at work in you? What could you share with
others as a manifestation of His grace?
Thank you, God, for all You've given to me, including Your grace.
Help me to extend Your grace to others.
Learn more about grace at https://www.DiscoverySeries.org/Q0613.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 1 - The Joy of Confessing Christ
Romans 10:9-10
9 (Lk 12:8; Php 2:11)that if you confess with your mouth
Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved,
10 for with the heart one believes unto righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation
Teena, a college freshman, has just committed her life to Christ,
but she was apprehensive about telling anyone - until Bill appeared
on the scene. He plunked his coffee cup down on the table and smiled.
"I heard something exciting happened to you yesterday, Teena"
"Yeah", Teena paused and looked around, as if seeking an escape route.
"I , uh, well, I did it"
"Did what?"
"Well, I, ah, gave my life to God."
"That's wonderful!" Bill exclaimed.
He was still talking with Teena and encouraging he in her decision
when Maria walked by.
"Maria!" Bill called. "Teena wants to tell you something!"
Teena gasped , open-mouthed, then stammered,
" I - I committed my life to Christ."
Maria , similarly enthuasiatic, encouraged Teena in her commitment,
and within half an hour Teena was stopping her friends to tell them,
"Guess what? I've become a Christian! I belng to Jesus now!"
Teena had already surrendered her heart to Christ.
But when she confessed her decision aloud to others,
the truth of that transformation was confirmed by her.
Many of us have been raised to believe that 'faith is a private matter',
not to be discussed in polite company. Yet Paul makes clear the connection
between heart commitment and verbal confession. Just as my love for family
and friends deepens as I tell them I love them, so a person's love
for Christ is confirmed and stabilised by speaking of that commitment to others.
Application
a) Have I been reluctant to tell others of my faith in Christ? Why?
b) What happens within me when I do tell others of my love for the Lord?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Joshua 1:8
8 (Ps 19:14; 119:15) This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth.
Meditate on it day and night so that you may act carefully according to all
that is written in it. For then you will make your way successful,
and you will be wise.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are discouraged or Depressed
Matthew 11: 25-30
25 (Ps 8:2; Jn 11:41) At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things
from the wise and prudent and revealed them to infants.
26 Even so, Father, for it seemed good in Your sight.
27 (Jn 10:15; Mt 28:18; Jn 1:18) "All things are delivered to Me
by My Father, and no one knows the Son, except the Father.
And no one knows the Father, except the Son and he to whom
the Son will reveal Him.
28 (Jn 7:37; 6:37) "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily
burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 (Jer 6:16; Jn 13:15) Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me.
For I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(Jer 6:16).
30 (1Jn 5:3) For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light."
because He has dealt bountifully with me.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
15th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living (John 16: 8 - 11
8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness
and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 of righteousness, because I am going to My Father,
and you will see Me no more;
11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world stands condemned."
)
b) Pray for the province of Nova Scotia
I) Pray for the leaders of Nova Scotia, that God’s Spirit would influence
then to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 – 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority, that we may
lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and
to come to the knowledge of the truth.
)
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses beaming forth the illuminating truth
of God’s Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and Thank Him for what he has done in your life.
Pray to the Lord to be obedient and resilient to the Lord
despite the rebellion around you and to understand His plan.
Pray to the Lord "Thank you, God, for all You've given to me,
including Your grace. Help me to extend Your grace to others."
Pray to the Lord and confess that He is Lord and Saviour of your life.
Pray to the Lord and meditate on His Word.
Pray to the Lord and give Him all your burdens
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living
Pray for the effective use of technology in Kazakhstan
in proclaiming the Gospel.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Tuesday, August 10. 2021
Day 228, 16 August 2021
Jeremiah 35-37
Jeremiah 35
The Rekabites' Obedience
1 (2Ki 23:35; Jer 1:3) The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord
in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:
2 (1Ch 2:55; 9:26) Go to the house of the Rekabites and speak to them,
and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers,
and give them wine to drink.
3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah,
and his brothers and all his sons and the whole house of the Rekabites,
4 (Dt 33:1; 2Ki 12:9) and I brought them into the house of the Lord,
into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God,
which was by the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber
of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door.
5 (Am 2:12) Then I set before the sons of the house of the Rekabites
pots full of wine and cups, and I said to them, “Drink wine.â€
6 (2Ki 10:15; Lev 10:9) But they said, “We will drink no wine. For Jonadab
the son of Rekab our father commanded us, saying,
'You shall not drink wine, neither you nor your sons forever.
7 (Ge 25:27; Ex 20:12) You shall not build a house, sow seed,
plant a vineyard, nor own one; but all your days you shall dwell in tents
so that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.'
8 (Col 3:20; Pr 1:8-9) Thus we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son
of Rekab, our father, in all that he has charged us, to drink no wine all
our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters,
9 (1Ti 6:6; Ps 37:16) nor to build houses for us to dwell in;
and we do not have vineyard, or field, or seed.
10 But we have lived in tents only and have obeyed and done according
to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
11 (Jer 8:14; 2Ki 24:1-2) But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came up into the land, we said, 'Come, and let us go to Jerusalem
before the army of the Chaldeans and before the army of the Arameans.'
So we have dwelt in Jerusalem."
12 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:
13 (Jer 5:3; 32:33) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Will you not receive instruction by listening to My words? says the Lord.
14 (Isa 30:9; Jer 7:13) The words of JonaÂdab the son of Rekab, that
he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed.
For to this day they drink none, but they obey their father's commandment.
However, I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking,
but you did not obey Me.
15 (Jer 18:11; 25:5-6) I also have sent to you all My servants the prophets,
rising up early and sending them, saying, "Return now every man
from his evil way and amend your deeds, and do not go after other gods
to serve them, and you will dwell in the land that I have given to you
and to your fathers." But you have not inclined your ear nor obeyed Me.
16 (Mal 1:6; Jer 35:14) Indeed, the sons of Jonadab the son of Rekab
have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded
them, but this people has not obeyed Me.
17 (Isa 65:12; 66:4) Therefore thus says the Lord God of Hosts, the God
of Israel: I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem
all the disaster that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken
to them but they have not listened, and I have called them
but they have not answered.
18 (Ex 20:12; Eph 6:1-3) Jeremiah said to the house of the RekÂabites:
Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed
the commandment of Jonadab your father and kept all his precepts
and done according to all that he has commanded you,
19 (Jer 15:19; 1Ch 2:55) therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God
of Israel, Jonadab the son of Rekab shall not lack a man to stand
before Me always.
Jeremiah 36
Jeremiah's Scroll Is Burned
1 (Jer 25:1) In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 (Jer 30:2; 25:3; Ex 17:14) Take a scroll of a book, and write in it
all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel
and against Judah and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you,
from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
3 (Jer 18:8; 26:3; Eze 12:3) It may be that the house of Judah will hear
all the disaster which I intend to do to them, so that every man
may turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.
4 (Jer 32:12; 36:32) Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah.
And Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah
all the words of the Lord which He had spoken to him.
5 (Jer 32:2; 33:1) Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying,
"I am shut in. I cannot go into the house of the Lord.
6 (Jer 36:8-9) Therefore go and read from the scroll that you have written
at my dictation the words of the Lord in the hearing of the people
in the house of the Lord on a fast day. And also you shall read them
in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.
7 (Jer 36:3; 2Ki 22:13) Perhaps their supplication will come before the Lord,
and everyone will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger
and the fury that the Lord has pronounced against this people."
8 (Jer 1:17) Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah
the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the Lord
in the house of the Lord.
9 (2Ch 20:3; Est 4:16) In the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
king of Judah, in the ninth month, they proclaimed a fast
before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem and to all the people
who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.
10 (Jer 36:11; 26:10) Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah
in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan
the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the New Gate of the house
of the Lord, in the ears of all the people.
11 When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard
out of the book all the words of the Lord,
12 (Jer 26:22; 2Ki 22:12) then he went down to the king's house,
into the scribe's chamber. And all the officials sat there, even Elishama
the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Akbor,
and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and ZedÂekiah the son of Hananiah,
and all the other officials.
13 (2Ki 22:10) Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard
when BarÂuch read the book in the ears of the people.
14 (Jer 36:2) Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah,
the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying,
"Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read in the ears
of the people and come." So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll
in his hand and came to them.
15 They said to him, "Sit down now, and read it in our ears."
So Baruch read it in their ears.
16 (Jer 13:18; 36:24) When they heard all the words, they turned to
one another in fear and said to Baruch, "We will surely tell the king
of all these words."
17 (Jn 9:15) They also asked Baruch, saying, "Tell us now, how did you write
all these words? Was it at his mouth?"
18 (Jer 36:4) Then Baruch answered them, "He pronounced all these words
to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book."
19 (1Ki 17:3; 18:4) Then the officials said to Baruch, "Go hide, you
and Jeremiah, and let no man know where you are."
20 (Jer 36:12) Then they went to the king in the court, but they laid up
the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words
in the ears of the king.
21 (2Ki 22:10; 2Ch 34:18) So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the scroll,
and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it
in the ears of the king and in the ears of all the officials who stood
beside the king.
22 (Am 3:15) Now the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month,
and there was a fire burning on the hearth before him.
23 (1Ki 22:8; 22:27) As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king cut it
with a scribe's knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth,
until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
24 (Ps 36:1; Jer 36:16) Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their
garments, neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
25 (Ge 37:22; Jer 36:12) Although Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah
entreated the king not to burn the scroll, yet he would not listen to them.
26 (1Ki 19:1-3; 19:10) But the king commanded Jerahmeel
the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah
the son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet.
But the Lord hid them.
Jeremiah and Baruch Rewrite the Scroll
27 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah after the king had burned
the book and the words which Baruch had written at the mouth of Jeremiah,
saying:
28 (Zec 1:5–6) Take again another scroll and write in it all the former words
that were in the first book, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
29 (Isa 30:10; Jer 26:9) You shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah:
Thus says the Lord: You have burned this book, saying,
Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come
and destroy this land, and will cause man and beast to cease from here?
30 (Jer 22:30; 2Ki 24:12-15) Therefore thus says the Lord concerning
Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David.
And his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day
and the frost of the night.
31 (Pr 29:1; Jer 19:15) I will also punish him and his seed
and his servants for their iniquity. And I will bring upon them
and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem and upon the men of Judah
all the disaster that I have pronounced against them; but they did not listen.
32 (Jer 36:4; 36:18) Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it
to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah who wrote in it from the mouth
of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah
had burned in the fire. And there were added to them many like words.
Jeremiah 37
Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah
1 (2Ki 24:17; Jer 22:24) And King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned
instead of Koniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
made king in the land of Judah.
2 (Ki 24:19-20; 2Ch 36:12-16) But neither he nor his servants nor the people
of the land listened to the words of the Lord, which He spoke through
the prophet Jeremiah.
3 (Jer 21:1-2; 1Ki 13:6; Jer 29:25) But Zedekiah the king sent Jehukal
the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah,
the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
"Please pray to the Lord our God for us."
4 (Jer 37:15; 32:2-3) Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going
out among the people, for they had not yet put him into prison.
5 (Eze 17:15; 2Ki 24:7) At that time Pharaoh's army had come out of Egypt,
and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report
of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
6 Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying:
7 (La 4:17; 2Ki 22:18) Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Thus you shall
say to the king of Judah who sent you to Me to inquire of Me:
Pharaoh's army which has come out to help you shall return to Egypt,
to its own land.
8 (Jer 38:23; 39:2-8) The Chaldeans will come again and fight against
this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
9 (Ob 1:3; Mt 24:4-5) Thus says the Lord: Do not deceive yourselves,
saying, "The Chaldeans will surely depart from us," for they will not depart.
10 (Lev 26:36-38; Isa 30:17) For though you had struck the whole army
of the Chaldeans who fight against you and there remained
but wounded men among them, yet every man would rise up in his tent
and burn this city with fire.
Jeremiah Imprisoned
11 Now when the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem
at the approach of Pharaoh's army,
12 (Jer 1:1) Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin
to take possession of his property there among the people.
13 (Jer 38:7; Zec 14:10) When he was in the Gate of Benjamin,
a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah
the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah.
And he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
"You are falling away to the Chaldeans!"
14 (Ps 27:12; 52:1-2) But Jeremiah said, "It is false! I am not falling away
to the Chaldeans," but he did not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah
and brought him to the officials.
15 (Jer 38:26; Ge 39:20) Therefore the officials were wrathful with Jeremiah,
and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe;
for they had made that the prison.
16 (Jer 38:6; 38:10-13) For Jeremiah had entered the dungeon, that is,
the vaulted cell, and Jeremiah had remained there many days.
17 (Jer 21:7; 1Ki 14:1-4) Then Zedekiah the king sent and took him out;
and the king asked him secretly in his house,
and said, "Is there any word from the Lord?"
And Jeremiah said, "There is!" Then he said,
"You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon."
18 (Jn 10:32; Ac 25:8) Moreover Jeremiah said to King ZedÂekiah,
"How have I sinned against you or against your servants
or against this people that you have put me in prison?
19 (2Ki 3:13; Jer 2:28) Where now are your prophets who prophesied
to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you,
nor against this land'?
20 (Jer 36:7) Therefore now please listen, O my lord the king.
Please let my supplication be accepted before you, that you not cause me
to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there."
21 (Jer 38:13; 38:28; 32:2) Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they
should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison and give him daily
a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread
in the city was finished. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
2) Our Daily Bread for 16 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/16/active-faith
entitled Active Faith
James 1:27,2:14-26
27 (Isa 1:23; Ro 12:2) Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father,
is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction
and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Faith and Works
14 (Jas 1:22-25; Gal 5:6) What does it profit, my brothers, if a man
says he has faith but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 (Lk 3:11) If a brother or sister is naked and lacking daily food,
16 and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,"
and yet you give them nothing that the body needs, what does it profit?
17 (Jas 2:14; 2:26) So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
18 (Gal 5:6; Jas 3:13) But a man may say, "You have faith and I have works."
Show me your faith without your works,
and I will show you my faith by my works.
19 (Dt 6:4; Mt 8:29) You believe that there is one God; you do well.
The demons also believe and tremble.
20 (Jas 2:26) But do you want to be shown, O foolish man, that faith
without works is dead?
21 (Ge 22:16-18) Was not Abraham our father justified by works
when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 (1Th 1:3) Do you see how faith worked with his works,
and by works faith was made perfect?
23 (Ge 15:6; 2Ch 20:7) The Scripture was fulfilled which says,
"Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,"
Ge 15:6. and he was called the friend of God.
24 You see then how by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
25 (Heb 11:31; Jos 2:1; 2:19-21) Likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute
justified by works when she received the messengers
and sent them out another way?
26 (Jas 2:20; 2:17) As the body without the spirit is dead,
so faith without works is dead.
Sam's father had to flee for his life during a military coup.
With the sudden loss of income, the family could no longer afford
the crucial medicine that kept Sam's brother alive.
Seething at God, Sam thought, What have we done to deserve this?
A believer in Jesus heard about the family's troubles. Finding he had
enough money to cover the medicine, he bought a supply and took it to them.
The life-saving gift from a stranger had a profound impact. "This Sunday,
we will go to this man's church,†his mother declared.
Sam's anger began to subside. And eventually, one by one, each member
of the family put their faith in Jesus.
When James wrote about the necessity of a lifestyle of integrity accompanying
a profession of faith in Christ, he singled out the need to care for others.
"Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food,"
James wrote. "If one of you says to them, 'Go in peace; keep warm and well
fed,' but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?" (2:15–16).
Our actions demonstrate the genuineness of our faith. Significantly, those
actions can influence the faith-choices of others. In Sam's case,
he became a pastor and church-planter. Eventually he would call the man
who helped his family "Papa Mapes." He now knew him as his spiritual father
-the one who showed them the love of Jesus.
By: Tim Gustafson
Reflect & Pray
How have you experienced the love of Jesus extended to you?
What can you do to help someone in need?
Faithful God, help me to live out my faith in You.
I want the way I serve others to honor You.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 2 - Alienation and Reconciliation
Col 1:21-22
21 (Eph 2:12) And you, who were formerly alienated
and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
22 (Ro 7:4; Eph 5:27) in the body of His flesh through death,
to present you holy and blameless and above reproach in His sight,
Some 50 years ago, Orson Welles's radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds
threw the nation into panic; people on the East Coast ran for their lives,
expecting at any moment to be destroyed by alien invaders from outer space.
Today, of course, we are more sophisticated about such matters.
Television and movies have educated us about alien life forms.
Star Wars and Star Trek have taught us that their appearance can be much
different than ours. Sometimes they are unable to exist in our atmosphere
with artificial life-support systems; their physical makeup is often
incompatible with our environment.
God says that we, apart from Christ, are as incompatible with his kingdom
as the 'aliens' of movies are with Earth's environment.
We are at war with God, a true "war of the worlds" that staggers
the imagination.
Yet God has 'reconciled' us to his world. He has made us fit,
made us able to exist in his kingdom. He has made us part of
his world through Christ's death and resurrection.
Now, through Christ, we are 'holy' and 'without blemish' in God's sight.
And that transformation, ironically, make us 'alien' in the world around us.
No longer do we fit in a world of selfishness and greed, a world where Self
is god and everyone does what is right in his own heart.
We belong, instead, in the kingdom of God's righteousness.
Application
a) In what ways am I an 'alien' in this world?
b) How have I been an 'alien' to God's kingdom?
c) How can today's verses help me deal with my sense of 'not fitting'?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Deut 29:9
9 (Dt 4:6; Jos 1:7)Therefore, keep the words of this covenant
and do them, so that you may prosper in all you do.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are ill or injured
Psalm 103:1-5
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all His benefits,
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) who forgives all your iniquities,
who heals all your diseases,
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) who satisfies your mouth with good things,
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
16th Day of the Month
a) Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false
idea that all moral choices are equal and without consequences
( John 16:7-8
7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away.
For if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you.
But if I go, I will send Him to you.
8 When He comes, He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment"
)
b) Pray that poeple's hearts would be opened to see the folly
of denying God's supremacy
(
John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him,
"I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Rom 3:19-20
19 Now we know that whatever the law says,
it says to those who are under the law,
so that every mouth may be silenced,
and all the world may become accountable to God.
20 Therefore by the works of the law
no flesh will be justified in His sight,
for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
2 Cor 5:10
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
that each one may receive his recompense in the body,
according to what he has done,
whether it was good or bad.
2 Cor 10:5
5 casting down imaginations and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,
bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ,
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to be obedient and resilient to the Lord
despite the rebellion around you and to understand His plan
and honour Him.
Pray to the Lord "aithful God, help me to live out my faith in You.
I want the way I serve others to honor You."
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His reconciling salvation
that you can become compatible to Him.
Pray to the Lord and pray to keep His Word.
Pray to the Lord for redeeming you.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false
idea that all moral choices are equal and without consequences.
Pray that poeple's hearts would be opened to see the folly
of denying God's supremacy
Pray for ministry workers throughout Pakistan.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Posted by DSY on Tuesday, August 10. 2021
Day 229, 17 August 2021
Jeremiah 38-40 ; Psalms 74,79
Jeremiah 38
Jeremiah Thrown Into a Cistern
1 Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur,
and Jukal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malkijah
heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying:
2 (Jer 34:17; 39:18) Thus says the Lord: He who remains in this city
will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. But he who goes
out to the Chaldeans shall live, for he shall have his life as plunder,
and shall live.
3 (Jer 21:10; 32:3-5) Thus says the Lord: This city shall surely be given
into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, and he will capture it.
4 (Jer 26:11; Ex 5:4) Therefore the officials said to the king, "We beseech
you, let this man be put to death, for he thus weakens the hands
of the men of war who remain in this city and the hands of all the people,
in speaking such words to them; for this man does not seek the welfare
of this people, but their harm."
5 (2Sa 3:39) Then Zedekiah the king said, "Here he is; he is in your hand;
for the king cannot do anything against you."
6 (Jer 37:16; 37:21) Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern
of Malkijah the son of HammeÂlech that was in the court of the prison,
and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the cistern there was
no water, only mud, so Jeremiah sank in the mud.
7 (Jer 29:2; 37:13) Now Ebed-Melek the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs
who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern.
Now the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin.
8 Ebed-Melek went forth out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying,
9 (Jer 52:6) "My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have
done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the cistern.
And he will die by hunger in the place where he is,
for there is no more bread in the city."
10 Then the king commanded Ebed-Melek the Ethiopian, saying,
"Take thirty men with you from here and take up Jeremiah the prophet
out of the cistern before he dies."
11 So Ebed-Melek took the men under his authority
and went into the house of the king under the storeroom
and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags and let them down
by cords into the cistern to Jeremiah.
12 Then Ebed-Melek the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, "Now put these
worn-out clothes and worn-out rags under your armpits under the cords,"
so Jeremiah did accordingly.
13 (Jer 37:21; Ac 23:35) Then they drew Jeremiah up with cords and took him up
out of the cistern, and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah Again
14 (1Sa 3:17-18; 1Ki 22:16) Then Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah
the prophet brought to him at the third entrance that is in the house
of the Lord. And the king said to Jeremiah, "I will ask you something; hide
nothing from me."
15 (Lk 22:67-68) Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I declare it to you,
shall you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel,
you will not listen to me."
16 (Isa 57:16; Jer 37:17) So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah,
saying, "As the Lord lives, who made our souls, I surely will not put you
to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life."
17 (Jer 27:12; 38:2) Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord,
the God of Hosts, the God of Israel: If you will surrender to the officers
of the king of Babylon, then your soul will live and this city will not be
burned with fire. Thus you and your household will live.
18 (Jer 38:3; 2Ki 25:4-10) But if you do not surrender to the king
of Babylon's officials, then this city will be given into the hand
of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with fire, and you will not escape
out of their hand."
19 (Jn 12:42; Isa 51:12-13) Then Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah,
"I am afraid of the Jews who have fallen over to the Chaldeans, l
est they deliver me into their hand and mock me."
20 (Isa 55:3; 2Ch 20:20) But Jeremiah said, "They will not deliver you.
Please obey the voice of the Lord which I speak to you, so it will be
well with you and your soul will live.
21 But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the Lord has shown me:
22 (Jer 20:10; 43:6) Then all the women who are left in the house
of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officers of the king
of Babylon; and those women shall say:
'Your friends have misled
and prevailed against you;
while your feet were sunk in the mud,
they turned back.'
23 (Jer 41:10; 38:18) "So they will bring out all your wives
and your children to the Chaldeans. And you will not escape out of their hand,
but will be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon; and you will cause this
city to be burned with fire."
24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know of these words,
and you will not die.
25 (Jer 38:4-6; 38:27) But if the officials hear that I have talked with you
and they come to you and say to you, 'Declare to us now what you said
to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us
and we will not put you to death,'
26 (Jer 37:20; 37:15) then you will say to them, 'I presented my supplication
before the king, that he would not cause me to return to the house
of Jonathan, to die there.' "
27 Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and asked him.
And he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded;
so they stopped speaking with him, for the matter was not overheard.
28 (Jer 37:21; 39:14) So Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison
until the day that Jerusalem was captured.
Jeremiah 39
The Fall of Jerusalem
2Ki 25:1-12; Jer 52:4-16
1 (Jer 52:4–7; Eze 24:1–2) In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah,
in the tenth month, NebÂuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army
came against Jerusalem and besieged it.
2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day
of the month, the city wall was broken up.
3 (Jer 21:4; 38:17) All the officials of the king of Babylon entered
and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo,
Sarsekim the Rabsaris,[Possibly Chief of Staff.]
Nergal-Sharezer the Rabmag,[Possibly the high official.]
and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.
4 (2Ch 32:5; Am 2:14) When Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them
and all the men of war, then they fled and went out of the city
by night, by way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls.
And he went out the way of the Arabah.
5 (2Ki 23:33; Jos 5:10) But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them
and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had taken
him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah
in the land of Hamath, where he passed sentence on him.
6 (Jer 52:10; Dt 28:34) Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah
in Riblah before his eyes. Moreover, the king of Babylon slew all the nobles
of Judah.
7 (Eze 12:13; Jdg 16:21) He also put out Zedekiah's eyes
and bound him with chains to carry him to Babylon.
8 (Ne 1:3; Jer 21:10) The Chaldeans burned the king's house
and the houses of the people with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
9 (Jer 40:1; Ge 37:36) Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard
carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people
who remained in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to him,
with the rest of the people who remained.
10 (2Ki 25:12; Jer 40:7) But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left
behind in the land of Judah the poor people who had nothing,
and gave them vineyards and fields at that time.
The Lord Delivers Jeremiah
11 (Jer 15:21; Ac 24:23) Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge
concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
12 (Pr 16:7; Ps 105:14–15) "Take him and look after him, and do not harm him.
But do to him just as he says to you."
13 (Jer 39:3) So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the
Rabsaris, Nergal-Sharezer the Rabmag, and all the chief officers of
the king of Babylon
14 (Jer 38:28; 2Ki 22:12) sent and took Jeremiah out of the court
of the prison and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
the son of Shaphan, that he should take him home.
So he lived among the people.
15 Now the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was shut up
in the court of the prison, saying:
16 (Da 9:12; Zec 1:6) Go and speak to Ebed-Melek the Ethiopian,
saying: Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
I will bring My words upon this city for harm and not for good.
And they shall be accomplished in that day before you.
17 (Ps 41:1-2; 50:15) But I will deliver you in that day, says the Lord,
and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom
you are afraid.
18 (Jer 21:9; 38:2) For I will surely deliver you, and you will not fall
by the sword; but your life will be as plunder to you,
because you have put your trust in Me, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 40
Jeremiah With Gedaliah the Governor
1 (Jer 31:15; Jos 18:25) The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had
taken him bound in chains among all who were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried away captive to Babylon.
2 (Dt 29:24-28; Jer 22:8-9) The captain of the guard had taken Jeremiah,
and said to him: "The Lord your God has pronounced this disaster
upon this place.
3 (Ro 2:5; Jer 50:7) And the Lord has brought it and done according as He
has said. Because you have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed
His voice, therefore this thing has come upon you.
4 Now look, I am loosening you this day from the chains which are
on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon,
come and I will look well after you. But if it seems bad to you to come
with me into Babylon, never mind. See, all the land is before you.
Go wherever it seems good and right for you to go."
5 (Jer 39:14; 2Ki 8:7-9) Now while he was not yet going back, he said,
"Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,
whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah,
and dwell with him among the people. Or go wherever it seems right
for you to go."
So the captain of the guard gave him rations and a gift and let him go.
6 (Jdg 20:1; Jer 39:14) Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
to Mizpah and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
Gedaliah Is Assassinated
2Ki 25:22-26
7 (Jer 39:10) Now all the captains of the forces which were in the fields,
they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had committed men to him,
and women, and children, and some of the poorest of the land who were not
carried away captive to BabÂylon.
8 (Jer 42:1; Dt 3:14; Jos 12:5) Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan
the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth,
and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite,
and Jezaniah the son of a Maakathite, they and their men.
9 (Jer 27:11; 1Sa 20:16-17) Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying,
"Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land
and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.
10 (Jer 40:12; Dt 1:38) As for me, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve
the Chaldeans who will come to us. But you, gather wine
and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels
and dwell in your cities that you have taken."
11 (Isa 16:4) Likewise, also all the Jews who were in Moab,
and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and who were
in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left
a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan.
12 (Jer 43:5) Then all the Jews returned out of all places
wherever they were driven and came to the land of Judah,
to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered very much wine
and summer fruits.
13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains
of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah at Mizpah,
14 (Jer 41:10; 2Sa 10:1-6; Jer 25:21) and said to him,
"Do you certainly know that Baalis, the king of the Ammonites,
has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay you?"
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.
15 (1Sa 26:8; 2Sa 21:17) Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke
to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, "Let me go, please,
and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and no man shall know it.
Why should he slay you so that all the Jews who are gathered to you
should be scattered and the remnant in Judah perish?"
16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah,
"You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely of Ishmael."
Psalms 74
A Contemplative Maskil of Asaph.
1 O God, why have You cast us off forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Remember Your congregation, which You have
purchased of old, the rod of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed,
this Mount Zion, where You have lived.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Move Your footsteps to the perpetual desolations,
to all the harm the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place;
they set up their miracles for signs.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) They seem like men who lift up axes on a thicket of trees.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) But now they strike down its carved work altogether
with axes and hammers.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) They have cast fire into Your sanctuary;
they have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) They said in their hearts,
"Let us destroy them together."
They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) We do not see our signs;
there is no longer any prophet,
nor is there among us any who knows how long.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) O God, how long will the adversary scorn?
Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Why do You withdraw Your hand, Your right hand?
Draw it out of Your bosom and destroy them!
12 For God is my King of old,
working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 You divided the sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the dragons on the waters.
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan in pieces,
and gave him for food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 You split the fountain and the flood;
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.
16 The day is Yours, the night also is Yours;
You have prepared the light and the sun.
17Y ou have established all the borders of the earth;
You have made summer and winter.
18 Remember this, that the enemy has scorned, O Lord,
and that the foolish people have blasphemed Your name.
19 Do not give the life of Your turtledove to a wild animal;
do not forget the life of Your poor forever.
20 Have regard for the covenant;
for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
21 May the oppressed not return ashamed;
may the poor and needy praise Your name.
22 Arise, O God, plead Your own cause;
remember how the fool insults You daily.
23 Do not forget the voice of Your enemies,
the tumult of those who rise up against You continually.
Psalms 79
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) The dead bodies of Your servants
they have given to the birds of the sky for food
and the flesh of Your faithful to the animals of the land.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Their blood they have poured out like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) We have become a reproach to our neighbors,
a scorn and derision to those who are around us.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Pour out Your wrath
upon the nations who do not know You,
and upon the kingdoms
who have not called upon Your name.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) For they have devoured Jacob,
and laid waste his dwelling place.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Do not choose to remember our former iniquities;
let Your tender mercies come swiftly to us,
for we are brought very low.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;
deliver us, and purge away our sins, for Your name's sake.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"
May the avenging of the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations before our eyes.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Let the groans of the prisoners come before You;
according to the greatness of Your power
preserve those who are appointed to die.
12 And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their lap
the reproach that they have reproached You, O Lord.
13 But we are Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,
and will give You thanks forever;
we will declare Your praise
to all generations.
2) Our Daily Bread for 17 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/17/his-word-by-faith
entitled Trusting the Bible
Jeremiah 15:15-21
15 (Jer 12:3; Ps 69:7-9) O Lord, You who know, remember me,
and take notice of me,
and take vengeance on my persecutors.
Because of your longsuffering, do not take me away.
Know that for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.
16 (Jer 14:9; Job 23:12) Your words were found and I ate them.
And Your word became to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart,
for I am called by Your name,
O Lord God of Hosts.
17 (Ps 1:1; La 3:28) I did not sit in the assembly of mockers,
nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone because of Your hand,
for You have filled me with indignation.
18 (Jer 30:15; Job 34:6) Why is my pain perpetual
and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed?
Shall You be altogether to me as a deceptive stream
and as waters that fail?
The Lord Reassures Jeremiah
19 (Jer 15:1; Zec 3:7) Therefore thus says the Lord:
If you return, then I will bring you back,
and you shall stand before Me;
and if you take out the precious from the worthless,
you will be My spokesman.
Let them return to you,
but do not return to them.
20 (Jer 1:18–-9; Ps 46:7) I will make you to this people
a fortified bronze wall;
and they shall fight against you,
but they shall not prevail against you;
for I am with you
to save you and to deliver you,
says the Lord.
21 (Ge 48:16; Ps 37:40) I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked,
and I will redeem you out of the hand of the violent.
Billy Graham, the renowned American evangelist, once described his struggle
to accept the Bible as completely true. One night as he walked alone
in the moonlight at a retreat center in the San Bernardino Mountains,
he dropped to his knees and placed his Bible on a tree stump, able only
to "stutter" a prayer: "Oh, God! There are many things in this book I do not
understand."
By confessing his confusion, Graham said the Holy Spirit finally "freed me
to say it. 'Father, I am going to accept this as thy Word-by faith!' " When he
stood up, he still had questions, but he said, "I knew a spiritual battle in
my soul had been fought and won."
The young prophet Jeremiah fought spiritual battles too. Yet he consistently
sought answers in Scripture. "When your words came, I ate them; they were
my joy and my heart's delight" (Jeremiah 15:16). He declared,
"The word of the Lord . . . is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my
bones†(20:8-9). 19th-century evangelist Charles Spurgeon wrote,
"[Jeremiah] lets us into a secret. His outer life, especially his faithful
ministry, was due to his inward love of the word which he preached."
We too can shape our life through the wisdom of Scripture despite
our struggles. We can keep studying, as always, by faith.
By: Patricia Raybon
Reflect & Pray
How has your life been shaped by Scripture?
As you accept it by faith, how do you expect your life to change?
Heavenly Father, show me new things
about You as I read the Bible.
Teach me Your ways. Show me Your love.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 3 - From Darkness to Light
Col 1:13-14
13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has transferred us
into the kingdom of His dear Son,
14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Most of us have no real concept of darkness. We live in a world illuminated
not only by sun, moon and start, bit by streetlights and electric lamps and,
when the power goes off, flashlights and candles. We resist the darkness
For the sighted, being in absolute darkness is a frightening experience.
The dark blots out everything; we can see nothing, not even our own bodies,
and we may become disoriented. The dark seems to press in upon us,
with an almost physical weight that oppresses.
Spiritual darkness is like that. Spiritual darkness,
the absence of light in Christ, is oppressive, weighing us down,
distorting our perceptions of realty.
We cannot judge clearly, for we cannot see at all.
Yet God breaks into our darkness, bringing his light - Jesus Christ,
The Light of the World. When the awareness of Christ invades our lives,
our eyes are opened and we can see for the first time. We see our sin,
God's grace, and the Way he has provided for escape from the dark.
And as we continue to walk in his light, we see even more - the need
for changes in our lives, and God's power to work those changes.
Discernment and wisdom come through his light,
and we understand spiritual truths we could never see before.
Paul says that God has 'rescued' us from darkness and brought us
into the light. We cannot, on our own, accomplish this rescue,
but god through Christ's sacrifice brings it about in us.
He is the light who illuminates our darkness.
Application
a) Many different kinds of spiritual darkness invade our lives
and keep us blind to the truth - sin, lack of understanding,
resistance to the Holy Spirit. What kinds of spiritual darkness
have I experienced?
b) What changes took place in me when I first 'came into the light'?
c) What spiritual truths can I see now that I could not see
when I lived in darkness?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Is 55:11
11 (Isa 45:23; 46:10) so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
it shall not return to Me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are ill or injured
James 5:13-16
13 (Ps 50:15; Eph 5:19) Is anyone among you suffering?
Let him pray. Is anyone merry? Let him sing psalms.
14 (Mk 6:13; 16:18; Ac 14:23) Is anyone sick among you?
Let him call for the elders of the church,
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil
in the name of the Lord.
15 (Isa 33:24; Jas 1:6) And the prayer of faith will save
the sick, and the Lord will raise him up.
And if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.
16 (Ge 20:17; 18:23-32) Confess your faults to one another
and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist
chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the
campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
17th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the safety of those
who live in your community -
safety from conflict an crimes
( Ps 122:7 - 7 "Peace be within your walls
and security within your towers!" )
b) Pray for the province of Ontario
I) Pray for the leaders of Ontario,
that God's Spirit would influence
then to act justly,
serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth. )
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use
the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to be obedient and resilient to the Lord
despite the troubles around you.
Pray to the Lord "Heavenly Father, show me new things
about You as I read the Bible.
Teach me Your ways. Show me Your love."
Pray to the Lord and pray to stay in His Light.
Pray to the Lord and know the His word is accomplished.
Pray to the Lord and seek Him in your illness.
Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Pray for the safety of those
who live in your community -
safety from conflict an crimes
Pray for Barrun's boldness and protection in Bangladesh
as he racehes out to Muslims.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.