Dave Yadallee's personal blog

Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for He is redeemer and He will

punish the wicked and give him your burdens.



Pray to the Lord: "Loving Father, it must break Your heart

when I war with my brothers and sisters in Christ. Please give me

Your wisdom and the aid of the Spirit to bring healing and unity."



Pray to the Lord and pray for the Word of the Lord to never depart your mouth.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be faithful in all you do.



Pray to the Lord and pray to do all in the name of the Lord Jesus.



Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted in our society

and be their help



Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your

city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.



Pray that those ministering in remote areas would

witness the spiritual transformation of many villages.



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.

5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



God's Reconciling Peace



Col 3:12-17



12 (Eph 4:2; Lk 1:78) So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,

a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.

13 (Eph 4:32; Mk 11:25; Eph 4:2) Bear with one another

and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone,

even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.

14 (Eph 4:3; 1Co 13:1-13) And above all these things, embrace love,

which is the bond of perfection.

15 (Jn 14:27; Eph 5:20) Let the peace of God,

to which also you are called in one body,

rule in your hearts. And be thankful.

16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17 ) Let the word of Christ dwell

in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing

one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17 (1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20 ) And whatever you do in word or deed,

do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God the Father through Him.



12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,

kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have

a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

14 And above all these things put on charity,

which is the bond of perfectness.

15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye

are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;

teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God and the Father by 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."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2026 edition?)



2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493



British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.

Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver

and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations

in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are

between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all

other nationalities.



Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant

and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,

Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this

region is about 200000.

Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,

more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small

numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.

We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.

A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,

for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that



- the church will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

- the church will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



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 "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.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- 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, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



7th Day of the Month



a) Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted in our society

and be their help



(

Ps 34:18 - The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,

and saves the contrite of spirit.



18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;

And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.



Ps 145: 14 - 16



14 The Lord upholds all who fall,

and raises up all who are bowed down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon You,

and You give them their food in due season.

16 You open Your hand

and satisfy the desire of every living thing.



Samek

14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,

And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

Ain

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;

And thou givest them their meat in due season.

Pe

16 Thou openest thine hand,

And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.



)



b) Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your

city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.

(



Romans 12:4-8



4 (1Co 12:12-14)For just as we have many parts in one body,

and not all parts have the same function,

5(1Co 10:17; 12:20)so we, being many, are one body in Christ,

and all are parts of one another.

6(Ac 13:1; 1Co 13:2)We have diverse gifts according to the grace that

is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;

7 (Ac 13:1; Eph 4:11)if service, in serving; he who teaches, in teaching;

8 (2Co 9:7; 1Co 12:28) he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with

generosity; he who rules, with diligence;

he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.



4 For as we have many members in one body,

and all members have not the same office:

5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ,

and every one members one of another.

6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that

is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according

to the proportion of faith;

7 or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth,

on teaching;

8 or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let

him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence;

he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.



Col 3:17



17(1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20)And whatever you do in word or deed,

do all in the name

of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.



17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name

of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.



)

Job 21



Job's Reply

1 But Job answered and said,

2 Hear diligently my speech,

And let this be your consolations.

3 Suffer me that I may speak;

And after that I have spoken, mock on.

4 As for me, is my complaint to man?

And if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

5 Mark me, and be astonished,

And lay your hand upon your mouth.

6 Even when I remember I am afraid,

And trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

7 Wherefore do the wicked live,

Become old, yea, are mighty in power?

8 Their seed is established in their sight with them,

And their offspring before their eyes.

9 Their houses are safe from fear,

Neither is the rod of God upon them.

10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not;

Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

11 They send forth their little ones like a flock,

And their children dance.

12 They take the timbrel and harp,

And rejoice at the sound of the organ.

13 They spend their days in wealth,

And in a moment go down to the grave.

14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us;

For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?

And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

16 Lo, their good is not in their hand:

The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out!

And how oft cometh their destruction upon them!

God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

18 They are as stubble before the wind,

And as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children:

He rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

20 His eyes shall see his destruction,

And he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,

When the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

22 Shall any teach God knowledge?

Seeing he judgeth those that are high.

23 One dieth in his full strength,

Being wholly at ease and quiet.

24 His breasts are full of milk,

And his bones are moistened with marrow.

25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul,

And never eateth with pleasure.

26 They shall lie down alike in the dust,

And the worms shall cover them.

27 Behold, I know your thoughts,

And the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince?

And where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way?

And do ye not know their tokens,

30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction?

They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

31 Who shall declare his way to his face?

And who shall repay him what he hath done?

32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave,

And shall remain in the tomb.

33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him,

And every man shall draw after him,

As there are innumerable before him.

34 How then comfort ye me in vain,

Seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?



(The Lord destroys the Wicked)



Job 22

Eliphaz Speaks: Job's Wickedness Is Great



1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

2 (Lk 17:10) "Can a man be profitable to God,

as he who is wise may be profitable to himself?

3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?

Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?

4 (Job 14:3; Ps 143:2) "Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,

and enters into judgment with you?

5 Is not your wickedness great,

and your iniquity infinite?

6 (Ex 22:26; Eze 18:16) For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing,

and stripped the naked of their clothing.

7 (Job 31:17; Isa 58:7) You have not given water to the weary to drink,

and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

8 (Isa 9:15) But as for the mighty man, he possessed the earth,

and the honorable man lived in it.

9 (Job 24:3; 24:21) You have sent widows away empty,

and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

10 (Job 18:8 -10) Therefore snares are all around you,

and sudden fear troubles you,

11 (La 3:54; Ps 69:1-2) or darkness, so that you cannot see;

and an abundance of waters covers you.

12 (Job 11:8) "Is not God in the height of heaven?

And see the height of the stars, how high they are!

13 (Ps 10:11; Eze 8:12) And you say, 'What does God know?

Can He judge through the dark cloud?

14 (Ps 139:11-12) Thick clouds are His covering, so He cannot see;

and He walks above the circle of heaven.'

15 Will you keep to the old way,

that wicked men have trod?

16 (Job 15:32) They were cut down before their time;

their foundations were swept away by a flood.

17 (Job 21:14-15; Ps 4:6) They said to God, 'Depart from us,'

and, 'What can the Almighty do to us?'

18 (Job 21:16; 12:6) Yet He filled their houses with good things;

but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

19 (Ps 52:6; 58:10) "The righteous see it and are glad,

and the innocent laugh them to scorn:

20 (Job 1:16) 'Surely our adversaries are cut down,

and the fire consumes their remnant.'

21 "Now acquaint yourself with Him and be at peace;

thereby good will come to you.

22 (Job 23:12; Ps 119:11) Receive, I pray, the teaching from His mouth,

and lay up His words in your heart.

23 (Job 11:13-14; Zec 1:3) If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;

you will put away iniquity far from your tents.

24 (1Ki 9:28) Then you will lay up gold as dust,

and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

25 (Isa 33:6) Yes, the Almighty will be your gold

and your precious silver;

26 (Job 27:10; Isa 58:14) for then you will delight yourself in the Almighty,

and will lift up your face unto God.

27 (Isa 58:9; Job 33:26) You will make your prayer to Him, and He will hear you,

and you will pay your vows.

28 (Ps 112:4; Pr 4:18) You will also declare a matter, and it will be established unto you;

and the light will shine upon your ways.

29 (1Pe 5:5; Jas 4:6) When men are cast down, and you say, 'There is a time of exaltation!'

then He will save the humble person.

30 He will even deliver one who is not innocent;

he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.'



Job 22

Eliphaz Speaks

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

2 Can a man be profitable unto God,

As he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?

Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee?

Will he enter with thee into judgment?

5 Is not thy wickedness great?

And thine iniquities infinite?

6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought,

And stripped the naked of their clothing.

7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,

And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth;

And the honourable man dwelt in it.

9 Thou hast sent widows away empty,

And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

10 Therefore snares are round about thee,

And sudden fear troubleth thee;

11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see;

And abundance of waters cover thee.

12 Is not God in the height of heaven?

And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

13 And thou sayest, How doth God know?

Can he judge through the dark cloud?

14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not;

And he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

15 Hast thou marked the old way

Which wicked men have trodden?

16 Which were cut down out of time,

Whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

17 Which said unto God, Depart from us:

And what can the Almighty do for them?

18 Yet he filled their houses with good things:

But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

19 The righteous see it, and are glad:

And the innocent laugh them to scorn.

20 Whereas our substance is not cut down,

But the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:

Thereby good shall come unto thee.

22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,

And lay up his words in thine heart.

23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up,

Thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,

And the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence,

And thou shalt have plenty of silver.

26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty,

And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee,

And thou shalt pay thy vows.

28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee:

And the light shall shine upon thy ways.

29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, there is lifting up;

And he shall save the humble person.

30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent:

And it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.



(Have to done this in your life?)

Job 23

Job Replies: My Complaint Is Grievous



1 Then Job answered:

2 (Job 10:1) "Today also my complaint is bitter;

my hand is heavy because of my groaning.

3 (Job 13:3; 16:21) Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,

that I might come even to His seat!

4 (Job 13:18) I would present my case before Him

and fill my mouth with arguments.

5 I would know the words that He would answer me

and understand what He would say to me.

6 (Job 13:21) Will He plead against me with His great power?

No! But He would take note of me.

7 There the righteous might dispute with Him;

so would I be delivered forever from my Judge.

8 (Job 9:11) "Look, I go forward, but He is not there,

and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

9 when He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;

He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.

10 (Ps 66:10; 1Pe 1:7) But He knows the way that I take;

when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

11 (Ps 44:18; 17:5) My foot has held fast to His steps;

I have kept His way and have not turned aside.

12 (Jn 4:32; 4:34) I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;

I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

13 (Ps 115:3; Job 12:14) "But He is resolute, and who can turn Him?

And whatever His soul desires, that He does.

14 (1Th 3:3) For He performs what is appointed forme,

and many such things are with Him.

15 Therefore I am troubled at His presence;

when I consider, I am afraid of Him.

16 (Job 27:2; Ps 22:14) For God makes my heart soft,

and the Almighty troubles me;

17 (Job 19:8) because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness,

nor has He covered the darkness from my face.



Job 23

Job's Reply

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 Even to day is my complaint bitter:

My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

3 Oh that I knew where I might find him!

That I might come even to his seat!

4 I would order my cause before him,

And fill my mouth with arguments.

5 I would know the words which he would answer me,

And understand what he would say unto me.

6 Will he plead against me with his great power?

No; but he would put strength in me.

7 There the righteous might dispute with him;

So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;

And backward, but I cannot perceive him:

9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him:

He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

10 But he knoweth the way that I take:

When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

11 My foot hath held his steps,

His way have I kept, and not declined.

12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;

I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him?

And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me:

And many such things are with him.

15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence:

When I consider, I am afraid of him.

16 For God maketh my heart soft,

And the Almighty troubleth me:

17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness,

Neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.



(always give your burdens to the Lord)



2) Our Daily Bread for 7 January 2026 Titled

The Bone Wars by Bill Crowder



Philippians 4:1-3



1 (Php 1:8; 1:27; 1Co 16:13) Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brothers,

my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.



[1] Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown,

so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.



Exhortations



2 (Php 2:2-3) I exhort Euodia and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.

3 (Lk 10:20; Php 1:27) I ask you also, true companion, help those women who

labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with my other fellow

laborers, whose names are in the Book of Life.



[2] I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind

in the Lord.

[3] And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which

laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my

fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.



In the American West in the late 1800s, the search for dinosaur bones created

the Bone Wars, in which two paleontologists battled one another in their

pursuit of making the most historic find. One writer noted how the two

"used underhanded methods to try to outdo the other in the field, resorting to

bribery, theft, and the destruction of bones." He noted how, in trying to ruin

each other's work, both destroyed their own reputations as well.



Conflict and competition are inevitable in our broken world. How we choose to

engage those conflicts reveals what’s in our hearts. Paul learned of conflict

between two women in the church at Philippi and wrote, "I plead with Euodia

and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord." He asked

a fellow believer to "help these women since they have contended

at my side in the cause of the gospel" (Philippians 4:2-3).



When we find ourselves at odds with fellow believers in Jesus, we need the

Spirit's help. As we submit to His work in our hearts, He'll help us

demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). We'll experience

healing and peace - if not for our own reputations,

for the reputation of Christ and the gospel.



Reflect & Pray



What conflicts do you face today?

How could the peace of the Spirit make a difference in resolving them?



Loving Father, it must break Your heart

when I war with my brothers and sisters in Christ. Please give me

Your wisdom and the aid of the Spirit to bring healing and unity.



Follow these ten rules for positive

communication when resolving conflicts in relationships.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 4 - Arming for Battle



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.



8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt

meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according

to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous,

and then thou shalt have good success.



When God spoke these words to Joshua, the young leader's prospects for

"prosperity" and "success" were far from promising. Upon Moses' death,

Joshua was appointed to lead Israel into the Promised Land, to claim

the territory and establish a nation under God's rule.

Joshua was afraid, and for good reason. The people were rebellious

and intractable. And "claiming the land" meant battling many strong enemies.

Yet God told Joshua that his strength would come not in preparing for battle,

but in preparing for battle, but in preparing himself by meditating

on and applying God's word to his life.

We, too, face difficult battles as we seek to enter the "Promised Land"

of God's peace and presence. But his promise is the same as it was to Joshua:

through obedience to the Word, we can find prosperity and success.

God's promise does not necessarily mean financial prosperity

or material success. These victories may come as well, but God's primary

purpose for his people is spiritual success - the victory and joy of living

in fellowship with him. We can be enriched in the knowledge of God and

find power to overcome the enemies of sin and self. The way may not be easy

- after all, there is no victory without conflict - but God promises

that we will succeed as we look to him.



Application



a) What image do I have a personal "Promised Land" that I long

to enter and claim as my own?



b) What enemies will I need to battle in order to enter that land?



c) How can meditation on the Word of God and obedience to him bring me

prosperity and success?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Luke 16:10-12



10 (Mt 25:21; Lk 19:17) "He who is faithful in what is least is faithful

also in much. And he who is dishonest in the least is dishonest also

in much.

11 So if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth,

who will commit to your trust the true riches?

12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's,

who will give you that which is your own?"



10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:

and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,

who will commit to your trust the true riches?

12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's,

who shall give you that which is your own?

Day 7, 7 January 2026



1) Job 20, Job 21, Job 22, Job 23



Job 20



Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer



1 (Job 2:11)Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:

2 "Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer,

and for this I make haste.

3 I have heard the rebuke that disgraces me,

and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.

4 "Do you not know this of old,

since man was placed upon earth,

5 (Ps 37:35-36) that the triumphing of the wicked is short,

and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?

6 ( Isa 14:13-14; Ob 1:3-4) Though his loftiness extends to the heavens,

and his head reaches to the clouds,

7 (1Ki 14:10; 2Ki 9:37) yet he will perish forever like his own excrement;

those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

8 (Ps 73:20; 90:5) He will fly away like a dream and will not be found;

yes, he will be chased away as a vision of the night.

9 (Job 7:8; 7:10) The eye that saw him will see him no more;

nor will his place behold him anymore.

10 (Job 20:18) His children will seek favor from the poor,

and his hands will give back his wealth.

11 (Job 13:26; 21:26) His bones are full of his youthful vigor,

but it will lie down with him in the dust.

12 (Job 15:16; Ps 10:7) "Though evil is sweet in his mouth,

and he hides it under his tongue,

13 though he spares it and does not forsake it,

but keeps it in his mouth,

14 yet his food in his stomach turns sour;

it becomes the venom of cobras within him.

15 He has swallowed down riches,

and he will vomit them up again;

God will cast them out of his belly.

16He will suck the poison of cobras;

the viper's tongue will slay him.

17 (Dt 32:13-14; Job 29:6) He will not see the streams, the rivers,

the brooks of honey and butter.

18 (Job 20:10; 20:15) He will give back the produce of labor and will not swallow it down.

According to his wealth the restitution will be, and he will not rejoice in it;

19 (Job 35:9) because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor.

He has violently taken away a house that he did not build.

20 (Ecc 5:13-14) "Because he knows no quietness in his belly,

he will not save anything he desired.

21 Nothing is left for him to eat;

therefore his prosperity will not endure.

22 In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;

every hand of misery will come upon him.

23 (Ps 78:30-31; Nu 11:33) When he is about to fill his belly,

God will cast the fury of His wrath on him

and will rain it on him while he is eating.

24 (Isa 24:18; Am 5:19) He will flee from the iron weapon;

a bronze bow will pierce him through.

25 (Job 16:13; 18:11) It is drawn and comes out of the body;

yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall.

Terrors are upon him.

26 (Ps 21:9) Total darkness is stored up for his treasures.

An unfanned fire will consume him;

what is left in his tent will be consumed.

27 (Job 16:18; Isa 26:21) The heavens will reveal his iniquity,

and the earth will rise up against him.

28 The increase of his house will depart,

and his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath.

29 (Job 27:13; 31:2-3) This is the wicked man's portion from God,

and the inheritance appointed to him by God."



(God will punish the wicked)



Job 20



Zophar's Speech



1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer,

And for this I make haste.

3 I have heard the check of my reproach,

And the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

4 Knowest thou not this of old,

Since man was placed upon earth,

5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short,

And the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens,

And his head reach unto the clouds;

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung:

They which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found:

Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more;

Neither shall his place any more behold him.

10 His children shall seek to please the poor,

And his hands shall restore their goods.

11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth,

Which shall lie down with him in the dust.

12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth,

Though he hide it under his tongue;

13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not;

But keep it still within his mouth:

14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned,

It is the gall of asps within him.

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:

God shall cast them out of his belly.

16 He shall suck the poison of asps:

The viper's tongue shall slay him.

17 He shall not see the rivers,

The floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

18 That which he laboured for shall he restore,

And shall not swallow it down:

According to his substance shall the restitution be,

and he shall not rejoice therein.

19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor;

Because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly,

He shall not save of that which he desired.

21 There shall none of his meat be left;

Therefore shall no man look for his goods.

22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits:

Every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

23 When he is about to fill his belly,

God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him,

And shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

24 He shall flee from the iron weapon,

And the bow of steel shall strike him through.

25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body;

Yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall:

Terrors are upon him.

26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places:

A fire not blown shall consume him;

It shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity;

And the earth shall rise up against him.

28 The increase of his house shall depart,

And his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God,

And the heritage appointed unto him by God.



Job 21

Job Replies: The Wicked Do Prosper

1 But Job answered:

2 "Listen carefully to my speech,

and let this be your consolation.

3 (Job 16:10; 17:2) Bear with me that I may speak,

and after I have spoken, mock on.

4 "As for me, is my complaint against man?

And if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

5 (Jdg 18:19; Job 29:9) Look at me and be astonished,

and put your hand over your mouth.

6 Even when I remember I am afraid,

and trembling takes hold of my body.

7 (Job 12:6; Ps 37:35) Why do the wicked live and become old;

yes, become mighty in power?

8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight,

and their offspring before their eyes.

9 (Job 9:34; Ps 73:5) Their houses are safe from fear,

nor is the rod of God upon them.

10 (Ex 23:26) Their bull breeds without failure;

their cow gives calves without miscarriage.

11 They send forth their little ones like a flock,

and their children dance.

12 (Ge 4:21) They take up the tambourine and harp

and rejoice at the sound of the flute.

13 (Job 36:11) They spend their days in wealth,

and in a moment go down to Sheol.

14 (Job 22:17; Pr 1:29) Therefore they say to God, 'Depart from us,

for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

15 (Job 34:9; Ex 5:2) Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?

And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?'

16 (Job 22:18; Ps 1:1) Indeed, their prosperity is not in their hand.

The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17 (Job 18:5-6) How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?

How often does their destruction come upon them,

the sorrows God distributes in His anger?

18 (Job 13:25; Ps 1:4) They are like straw before the wind,

and like chaff that a storm carries away.

19 (Ex 20:5) God stores up their iniquity for their children;

let Him reward the people themselves, and they will know it.

20 (Isa 51:17; Rev 14:10) Let their eyes see their own destruction,

and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 (Job 14:5) For what do they care about their households after them,

when the number of their months is cut off?

22 (Ro 11:34; Isa 40:13-14) 'Can anyone teach God knowledge,

since He judges those who are on high?

23 One dies in his full strength,

being wholly at ease and secure.

24 (Pr 3:8) His pails are full of milk,

and the marrow of his bones is moist.

25 (Job 7:11) Another dies in the bitterness of his soul,

never having eaten with pleasure.

26 (Ecc 9:2; Isa 14:11) They will lie down alike in the dust,

and worms will cover them.

27 "Behold, I know your thoughts,

and the schemes with which you would wrong me.

28 (Job 8:22; 20:7) For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince?

And where are the dwelling places of the wicked?'

29 Have you not asked them who travel the road?

And do you not know their signs?

30 (Pr 16:4; Job 20:28) For the wicked are reserved for the day of destruction;

they will be brought forth on the day of wrath.

31 (Dt 7:10; Gal 2:11) Who will declare his way to his face?

And who will repay him for what he has done?

32 Yet will he be brought to the grave

and will remain in the tomb.

33 (Job 30:23; Heb 9:27) The clods of the valley will be sweet unto him;

and everyone will follow him,

as countless have gone before.

34 (Job 16:2) 'How then can you comfort me with emptiness,

since deceit remains in your answers?' "

7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



6th Day of the Month



a) Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community



(

Deut 4:6-7



6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7 ) Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom and

your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear all these

statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and

understanding people."

7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great, who has a god so near

to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?



6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and

your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these

statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and

understanding people.

7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,

as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?



Matt 5:13-16



13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt

loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty? It is from then on good for

nothing but to be thrown out and to be trampled underfoot by men.

14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18) "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden.

15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16) 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.

16 (1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8) Let your light so shine before men that they

may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.



13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,

wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,

but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set

on an hill cannot be hid.

15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on

a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,

and glorify your Father which is in heaven.



Acts 1:8



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."



8 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:

and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,

and in all Juda, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."



b) Pray for the province of British Columbia



I) Pray for the leaders of Alberta, 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.



1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,

intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 for kings,

and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable

life in all godliness and honesty. 3For this is good and acceptable

in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 who will have all men to be saved,

and to come unto 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 thank Him for being redeemer and comforter.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear Father, please help me to seek Your Son

Jesus with all my heart and worship Him with all I have."



Pray to the Lord and pray for the Word of the Lord to dwell richly in you.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be faithful in all that you do.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be faithful in community.



Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community



Pray for Christians like Ariane, Marc, Aisosa, Renee and Rebecca,

in Benin who escaped voodooism to follow 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.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 3 - Let the Word Dwell in You



Col 3:16



16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17) Let the word of Christ dwell

in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing

one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.



16 Let the word of Christ dwell

in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing

one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.



Every day, whether we are aware of it or not, our minds are

bombarded by 20th Century values: "Dress for success!" "Get ahead!"

"You deserve a break today ...." Television, radio, and the incessant

voices that surround us distract our attention and keep us from

focusing on what is really important in our lives.

Paul's instruction to the Colossian Church brings us back to God's

value system: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly."

When we give attention to the Word of God, we put ourselves in a position

to hear a higher truth the clamour of immediate demands

and the expectations of the world around us. We can experience peace

in the midst of struggle and rest in a restless environment.

God's Word is a powerful force for good in our lives - not merely

an attractive philosophy, but true power to overcome the pressures

of daily life.

Dwelling on the Word of God, and letting it indwell us, takes many forms.

Scripture memory, music, meditation, talking with others about the

goodness of God all help us keep our attention focused on Christ rather

than on the values of the world around us.

We can choose to listen to Christian radio or tapes. We can take time

daily for quiet meditation on his Word. We can commit the Word to memory

and draw on its power during the day. And as we listen to the voice

of the Spirit rather than the noise around us, we can enter into

his peace and live in communion with him.



Application



a) What pressures do I face that tend to distract me from the reality

of Christ's presence?



b) How can I "let the word of Christ dwell richly" in me, so that I

an regain my focus on him?



c) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus

my attention on Jesus and his word?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Luke 16:10-12



10 (Mt 25:21; Lk 19:17) "He who is faithful in what is least is faithful

also in much. And he who is dishonest in the least is dishonest also

in much.

11 So if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth,

who will commit to your trust the true riches?

12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's,

who will give you that which is your own?"



10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:

and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,

who will commit to your trust the true riches?

12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's,

who shall give you that which is your own?



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



God's Reconciling Peace



Col 3:12-17



12 (Eph 4:2; Lk 1:78) So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,

a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.

13 (Eph 4:32; Mk 11:25; Eph 4:2) Bear with one another

and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone,

even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.

14 (Eph 4:3; 1Co 13:1-13) And above all these things, embrace love,

which is the bond of perfection.

15 (Jn 14:27; Eph 5:20) Let the peace of God,

to which also you are called in one body,

rule in your hearts. And be thankful.

16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17 ) Let the word of Christ dwell

in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing

one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17 (1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20 ) And whatever you do in word or deed,

do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God the Father through Him.



12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,

kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have

a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

14 And above all these things put on charity,

which is the bond of perfectness.

15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye

are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;

teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God and the Father by 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."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493



British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.

Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver

and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations

in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are

between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all

other nationalities.



Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant

and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,

Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this

region is about 200000.

Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,

more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small

numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.

We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.

A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,

for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that



- the church will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

- the church will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



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 "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.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- 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, ...) .

Job 19

Job Replies: My Redeemer Lives

1 Then Job answered:

2 "How long will you torment my soul

and break me in pieces with words?

3 (Ge 31:7) These ten times you have reproached me;

you are not ashamed that you have wronged me.

4 And if indeed I have erred,

my error remains with me.

5 (Ps 35:26; 38:16) If indeed you exalt yourselves against me

and plead against me with my disgrace,

6 (Job 18:8-10) know now that God has bent me

and has surrounded me with His net.

7 (La 3:8; Hab 1:2-3) "Look, I cry out concerning wrong, but I am not heard;

I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

8 (Job 3:23; La 3:7) He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass,

and He has set darkness in my paths.

9 (Ps 89:44; 89:39) He has stripped me of my glory

and taken the crown from my head.

10 (Job 24:20) He has destroyed me on every side, and I am gone;

my hope He has uprooted like a tree.

11 (Job 13:24; 16:9) He has also kindled His wrath against me,

and He counts me as one of His enemies.

12 (Job 30:12) His troops come together

and build up their road against me;

they set up camp all around my tent.

13 (Ps 69:8; 88:8) "He has removed my brothers far from me,

and my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

14 (Ps 38:11) My relatives have failed,

and my close friends have forgotten me.

15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants,

count me for a stranger;

I am a foreigner in their sight.

16 I called my servant, but he gave me no answer;

I begged him with my mouth.

17 My breath is offensive to my wife;

I am loathsome to the children of my own body.

18 (2Ki 2:23) Yes, young children despise me;

I arose, and they spoke against me.

19 (Ps 41:9; 55:12-14) All my close friends abhorred me,

and they whom I love are turned against me.

20 (Ps 102:5; La 4:8) My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh,

and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

21 (Job 1:11; Ps 38:2) "Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O you my friends,

for the hand of God has struck me!

22 (Ps 69:26) Why do you persecute me as God does,

and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 (Isa 30:8) "Oh, that my words were written!

Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

24(Jer 17:1) That they were engraved with an iron pen

and lead in the rock forever!

25 (Ps 19:14; Isa 43:14) For I know that my Redeemer lives,

and He will stand at last on the earth;

26 (Ps 17:15; 1Jn 3:2; 1Co 13:12) and after my skin is destroyed,

yet in my flesh I will see God,

27 (Ps 73:26) whom I will see for myself,

and my eyes will behold, and not another.

How my heart yearns within me.

28(Job 19:22) "If you should say, 'How shall we persecute him?'

since the root of the matter is found in me,

29 be afraid of the sword for yourselves;

for wrath brings the punishments of the sword,

that you may know there is a judgment."



(Jesus is our Redeemer)



Job 19



Job's Reply



[1] Then Job answered and said,

[2] How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

[3] These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make

yourselves strange to me.

[4] And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

[5] If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my

reproach:

[6] Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his

net.

[7] Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there

is no judgment.

[8] He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in

my paths.

[9] He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

[10] He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath

he removed like a tree.

[11] He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him

as one of his enemies.

[12] His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp

round about my tabernacle.

[13] He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily

estranged from me.

[14] My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

[15] They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I

am an alien in their sight.

[16] I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my

mouth.

[17] My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's

sake of mine own body.

[18] Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

[19] All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned

against me.

[20] My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the

skin of my teeth.

[21] Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of

God hath touched me.

[22] Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

[23] Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

[24] That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

[25] For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the

latter day upon the earth:

[26] And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall

I see God:

[27] Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not

another; though my reins be consumed within me.

[28] But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter

is found in me?

[29] Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the

sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.



2) Our Daily Bread for 6 January 2026 titled

Seeking the Christ Child

by Patricia Raybon



Matthew 2:1-2, 7-12



The Visit of the Wise Men



1 (Lk 2:4-7; Mic 5:2) Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea

in the days of Herod the king, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem,

2 (Nu 24:17; Jer 23:5; Zec 9:9) saying, "Where is He who was born King

of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east and have come

to worship Him."

(3 When Herod the king heard these things, he was troubled,

and all Jerusalem with him.

4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people

together, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.

5 (Ge 35:19) They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is

what the prophet wrote:

6 (Mic 5:2; Jn 7:42) 'And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are no longer least among the princes of Judah;

for out of you shall come a Governor,

who will shepherd My people Israel.'[Ps 91:11-12.]")

7 Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men,

carefully inquired of them what time the star appeared.

8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said,

"Go and search diligently for the young Child, and when you have found Him,

bring me word again, so that I may come and worship Him also."

9 When they heard the king, they departed. And the star which they saw

in the east went before them until it came and stood over where the young

Child was.

10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great excitement.

11 (Ps 72:10; Mt 14:33) And when they came into the house,

they saw the young Child with Mary, His mother, and fell down

and worshipped Him. And when they had opened their treasures,

they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

12 (Mt 2:22; 27:19) But being warned in a dream that they should

not return to Herod, they returned to their own country

by another route.



[1] Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the

king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

[2] Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his

star in the east, and are come to worship him.

([3] When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all

Jerusalem with him.

[4] And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people

together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

[5] And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written

by the prophet,

[6] And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the

princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my

people Israel.)

[7] Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them

diligently what time the star appeared.

[8] And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for

the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may

come and worship him also.

[9] When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which

they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where

the young child was.

[10] When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

[11] And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with

Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened

their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and

myrrh.

[12] And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to

Herod, they departed into their own country another way.



When writing teacher Peter Turchi sees a map, he looks for the adventure it

holds. "To ask for a map," he says, "is to say, 'Tell me a story.' " I seized

on that idea when preparing to teach a Sunday school class during Christmas

on the "Faith of the Wise Men." As I studied maps, I learned the Magi traveled

some nine hundred miles - perhaps over several months - to find the Christ

child, finally finding not a babe in a manger but a toddler living with His

parents in a house. Their reaction after such a long trip?

"They bowed down and worshiped him" (Matthew 2:11).



Their journey invited my students and me to plan with intention to seek Christ

more fully. As Scripture tells us, when the Magi finally arrived in Jerusalem,

their urgent question was: "Where is the one who has been born king of

the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him" (v. 2).



Distance didn't deter their worship. Nor did danger or delays. Herod's deadly

demand was ironic: "Go and search carefully for the child" (v. .

Nobody had searched more diligently for Jesus than the Magi.



We can heed the example of the wise men by seeking Christ diligently too.

Then, as we worship Him, we can expect our heavenly Father to speak

to our hearts, leading us from old ways to new paths to journey with Him.



Reflect & Pray



How can you seek Christ this new year? How can you worship Him?



Dear Father, please help me to seek Your Son

Jesus with all my heart and worship Him with all I have.



To learn more about seeking Jesus, watch

In Pursuit of Jesus.

Job 16

Job Replies: You Are Miserable Comforters

1 Then Job answered:

2 "I have heard many such things;

miserable comforters are you all!

3 (Job 6:26; 15:2) Will windy words have an end?

Or what provokes you that you answer?

4 (Ps 22:7; 109:25) I also could speak as you do,

if your soul were in my place.

I could heap up words against you

and shake my head at you;

5 but I would strengthen you with my mouth,

and the moving of my lips would relieve your grief.

6 "Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;

and though I stop, how am I eased?

7 (Job 7:3; 1:15-19) But now He has made me weary;

You have made desolate all my company.

8 (Job 10:17; Ru 1:21) You have filled me with wrinkles,

which is a witness against me;

and my leanness has risen up and bears witness to my face.

9 (Ps 35:16; La 2:16) He has torn me in His wrath,

and He has carried a grudge against me.

He has gnashed me with His teeth;

my enemy sharpens His gaze upon me.

10 (Ps 22:13; 35:15) They have gaped upon me with their mouth;

they have struck me upon the cheek with reproach;

they have gathered themselves together against me.

11 God has delivered me to the ungodly

and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

12 (Job 7:20 ) I was at ease, but He has shattered me.

He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces,

and set me up for His target.

13 (Job 20:25; 6:4) His archers surround me;

He splits open my kidneys and does not pity;

He pours out my gall upon the ground.

14 He pierces me with thrust after thrust;

He rushes upon me like a warrior.

15 (Ps 7:5; 75:10) "I have sewn sackcloth over my skin

and thrust my horn into the dust.

16 My face is inflamed with weeping,

and on my eyelids is the shadow of death,

17 though not for any violence in my hands,

and my prayer is pure.

18 (Isa 26:21; Ps 66:18-19) "O earth, do not cover my blood,

and let my cry have no resting place.

19 (Ro 1:9) Also now, look, my witness is in heaven,

and my record is on high.

20 My friends scorn me;

my eyes pour out tears unto God.

21 (Job 31:35) Oh, that one might plead for a man with God,

as a man pleads for his neighbor!

22 (Ecc 12:5) "For when a few years have passed,

I will go the way from which I will not return."



[1] Then Job answered and said,

[2] I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

[3] Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou

answerest?

[4] I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I

could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

[5] But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips

should asswage your grief.

[6] Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am

I eased?

[7] But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

[8] And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me:

and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

[9] He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his

teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

[10] They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the

cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

[11] God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands

of the wicked.

[12] I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by

my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

[13] His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and

doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

[14] He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a

giant.

[15] I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

[16] My face is foul with weeping, and my eyelids is the shadow of death;

[17] Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

[18] O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

[19] Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

[20] My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

[21] O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his

neighbour!

[22] When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not

return.



(Pray to be comforters not condemners!)



Job 17



Job Prays for Relief

1 "My spirit is broken,

my days are extinguished,

the grave is ready for me.

2(1Sa 1:6-7; Job 12:4) Are not mockers with me?

And does not my eye dwell on their provocation?

3(Pr 11:15; Ps 119:122) "Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself.

Who is he who will shake hands with me?

4 For You have hidden their heart from understanding.

Therefore will You not exalt them.

5 (Job 11:20 )He who speaks flattery to his friends,

even the eyes of his children will fail.

6 (Job 30:9; Ps 44:14) "And He has made me a byword of the people,

someone in whose face they spit.

7 (Job 16:16; Ps 6:7) My eye also is dim because of sorrow,

and all my members are like a shadow.

8 Upright men will be astonished at this,

and the innocent will stir up himself against the hypocrite.

9 (Pr 4:18; Job 22:30) The righteous also will hold to his way,

and he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.

10 (Job 6:29) "But as for you all, return and come now,

for I cannot find one wise man among you.

11 (Job 7:6) My days are past, my purposes are broken off,

even the thoughts of my heart.

12 They change the night into day;

the light is short because of darkness.

13 If I wait, the grave is my house;

I have made my bed in the darkness.

14 (Ps 16:10) I have said to the pit, 'You are my father';

to the worm, 'You are my mother and my sister.'

15 Where now is my hope?

As for my hope, who will see it?

16 (Job 3:17-19; Jnh 2:6) Will they go down to the gates of Sheol?

Will we descend together in the dust?'



[1] My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

[2] Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their

provocation?

[3] Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike

hands with me?

[4] For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou

not exalt them.

[5] He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children

shall fail.

[6] He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a

tabret.

[7] Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a

shadow.

[8] Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up

himself against the hypocrite.

[9] The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands

shall be stronger and stronger.

[10] But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one

wise man among you.

[11] My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my

heart.

[12] They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

[13] If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

[14] I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou are my

mother, and my sister.

[15] And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

[16] They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in

the dust.



Job 18



Bildad Speaks: God Punishes the Wicked



1 (Job 2:11; 8:1)Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

2 "How long will it be until you put an end to words?

Gain understanding, and afterwards we will speak.

3 (Ps 73:22) Why are we counted as beasts

and regarded as stupid in your sight?

4 (Job 13:14; 14:18) You who tear yourself in anger,

will the earth be forsaken for you?

And will the rock be removed from its place?

5 (Pr 13:9; 20:20) "Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out,

and the spark of his fire will not shine.

6 The light will be dark in his tent,

and his candle beside him will be put out.

7 (Pr 4:12) The steps of his strength will be shortened,

and his own counsel will cast him down.

8 (Job 22:10; Ps 9:15) For he is cast into a net by his own feet,

and he walks upon a snare.

9 The trap will take him by the heel,

and the snare will prevail against him.

10 The snare is laid for him in the ground,

and a trap for him in the path.

11 (Job 15:21; Jer 6:25) Terrors will make him afraid on every side

and will drive him to his feet.

12 His strength will be hungry,

and destruction will be ready at his side.

13 (Isa 14:30) It will devour the parts of his skin;

the firstborn of death will devour his limbs.

14 His confidence will be rooted out of his tent,

and it will bring him to the king of terrors.

15 (Ps 11:6) They dwell in his tent who have no part with him;

brimstone will be scattered upon his habitation.

16 (Hos 9:16; Job 15:30) His roots will be dried up beneath,

and above his branch will dry up.

17 (Ps 34:16; Pr 10:7) The memory of him will perish from the earth,

and he will have no name in the street.

18 (Job 10:22; 20:8) He will be driven from light into darkness,

and chased out of the world.

19 (Jer 22:30) He has neither descendant nor posterity among his people,

nor anyone remaining in his dwellings.

20 (Ps 37:13; Jer 50:27) They who come after him will be astonished at his day,

as they who went before were seized with fright.

21 (Jer 9:3; Jdg 2:10) Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,

and this is the place of him who does not know God."



Job 18



Bildad's Speech



[1] Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

[2] How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we

will speak.

[3] Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

[4] He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee?

and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

[5] Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire

shall not shine.

[6] The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put

out with him.

[7] The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall

cast him down.

[8] For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

[9] The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against

him.

[10] The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

[11] Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his

feet.

[12] His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at

his side.

[13] It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death

shall devour his strength.

[14] His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall

bring him to the king of terrors.

[15] It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone

shall be scattered upon his habitation.

[16] His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut

off.

[17] His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name

in the street.

[18] He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the

world.

[19] He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any

remaining in his dwellings.

[20] They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that

went before were affrighted.

[21] Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of

him that knoweth not God.

Day 6, 6 January 2025



1) Job 14, Job 15, Job 16, Job 17, Job 18, Job 19



Job 14

1 (Job 5:7; Ecc 2:23) "Man who is born of a woman

is of few days and full of trouble.

2 (Job 8:9; 1Pe 1:24) He comes forth like a flower and withers;

he flees like a shadow and does not continue.

3 (Ps 143:2; 144:3) Do You open Your eyes on such a one,

and bring me into judgment with You?

4 (Jn 3:6; Job 15:14) Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?

There is no one.

5 (Job 21:21; 7:1) Seeing his days are determined,

the number of his months are with You;

You have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

6 (Job 7:19; Ps 39:13) turn from him, that he may rest,

until he, as a hired man, finishes his day.

7 "For there is hope for a tree,

if it is cut down, that it will sprout again,

and that its tender shoots will not cease.

8 Though its root may grow old in the earth,

and its stump may die in the ground,

9 yet at the scent of water it will bud

and bring forth boughs like a plant.

10 (Job 14:12) But man dies and wastes away;

yes, man gives up his breath, and where is he?

11 (Isa 19:5 ) As the waters disappear from the sea,

and the flood shrivels and dries up,

12 (Job 3:13; Ac 3:21) so man lies down and does not rise;

until the heavens are no more, he will not awake,

nor be raised out of his sleep.

13 "Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,

that You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,

that You would appoint me a set time

and remember me!

14 (Job 7:1; 13:15) If a man dies, will he live again?

All the days of my service I will wait,

until my relief comes.

15 (Job 10:3; 13:22) You will call, and I will answer You;

You will long for the work of Your hands.

16 (Job 10:6; 31:4) For now You number my steps;

do You not observe my sin?

17 (Dt 32:34; Hos 13:12) My transgression is sealed up in a bag,

and You plaster over my iniquity.

18 (Job 18:4) "Surely the mountain falling comes to nothing,

and the rock is removed out of its place.

19 The waters wear away the stones;

its overflow washes away the dust of the earth;

and You destroy the hope of man.

20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;

changing his countenance, You send him away.

21 (Ecc 9:5; Isa 63:16) His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;

and they are brought low, but he does not perceive it.

22 But his flesh on him will have pain,

and his soul within him will mourn."



[1] Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

[2] He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a

shadow, and continueth not.

[3] And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into

judgment with thee?

[4] Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

[5] Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee,

thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

[6] Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an

hireling, his day.

[7] For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout

again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

[8] Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die

in the ground;

[9] Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like

a plant.

[10] But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and

where is he?

[11] As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

[12] So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they

shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

[13] O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me

secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time,

and remember me!

[14] If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time

will I wait, till my change come.

[15] Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the

work of thine hands.

[16] For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

[17] My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine

iniquity.

[18] And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is

removed out of his place.

[19] The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out

of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

[20] Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his

countenance, and sendest him away.

[21] His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought

low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

[22] But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall

mourn.



(Short are our days, but our hope lies in the Salvastion of Jesus Christ)



Job 15

Eliphaz Speaks: Job Does Not Fear God

1 (Job 2:11) Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

2 (Job 6:26; 8:2) "Should a wise man reply with empty knowledge

and fill his lungs with the east wind?

3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk

or with speeches with which he can do no good?

4 Yes, you cast off reverence

and hinder prayer before God.

5 For your mouth utters your iniquity,

and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

6 (Lk 19:22; Job 9:20) Your own mouth condemns you, and not;

yes, your own lips testify against you.

7 (Ps 90:2) "Are you the first man who was born?

Or were you made before the hills?

8 (Ro 11:34; Jer 23:18) Have you heard the counsel of God?

And do you restrict wisdom to yourself?

9 (Job 13:2) What do you know that we do not know?

What do you understand that is not in us?

10 (Job 32:6-7) Both the gray-haired and very aged are among us -

much older than your father.

11 Are the consolations of God too small for you?

Or the word spoken gently to you?

12 Why does your heart carry you away?

And what do your eyes wink at,

13 that you turn your spirit against God,

and let such words go out of your mouth?

14 (Job 14:4; Pr 20:9) "What is man that he should be pure?

And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

15 (Job 4:18; 25:5) Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,

and the heavens are not pure in His sight.

16 (Job 34:7; Pr 19:28) How much more abhorred and corrupt is man,

who drinks iniquity like water!

17 "I will tell you; hear me,

and what I have seen I will declare,

18 (Job 8:8) what wise men have told,

not hiding anything received from their fathers,

19 (Joel 3:17) to whom alone the land was given,

and no foreigner passed among them:

20 (Job 24:1; 27:13) The wicked man travails with pain all his days,

and numbered are the years stored up for the oppressor.

21 (Job 18:11; 1Th 5:3) A dreadful sound is in his ears;

in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.

22 He does not believe that he will return from darkness,

and a sword awaits him.

23 (Ps 59:15; 109:10) He wanders about for bread, saying, 'Where is it?'

He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

24 Trouble and anguish will make him afraid;

they will prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.

25 For he stretches out his hand against God,

and strengthens himself against the Almighty.

26 He rushes upon Him, even on His neck,

with his thick embossed shield.

27 (Ps 17:10; 73:7) "He has covered his face with his fatness

and gathered fat upon his waist.

28 (Job 3:14) He dwells in desolate cities

and in houses which no man inhabits,

which are ready to become heaps.

29 (Job 27:16-17) He will not be rich, nor will his wealth continue,

nor will his possessions spread over the earth.

30 (Job 4:9; 15:22) He will not depart out of darkness;

the flame will dry out his branches,

and by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

31 (Isa 59:4) Let him who is deceived not trust in futility,

for futility will be his reward.

32 (Job 22:16; Ecc 7:17) It will be accomplished before his time,

and his branch will not be green.

33 He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine,

and will cast off his blossom like the olive.

34 (Job 8:13) For the company of hypocrites will be desolate,

and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

35 (Ps 7:14; Hos 10:13) They conceive mischief, and give birth to futility;

their womb prepares deceit."



[1] Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

[2] Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east

wind?

[3] Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he

can do no good?

[4] Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

[5] For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of

the crafty.

[6] Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify

against thee.

[7] Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the

hills?

[8] Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to

thyself?

[9] What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is

not in us?

[10] With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy

father.

[11] Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing

with thee?

[12] Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

[13] That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out

of thy mouth?

[14] What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman,

that he should be righteous?

[15] Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not

clean in his sight.

[16] How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity

like water?

[17] I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

[18] Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

[19] Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

[20] The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of

years is hidden to the oppressor.

[21] A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come

upon him.

[22] He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited

for of the sword.

[23] He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the

day of darkness is ready at his hand.

[24] Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against

him, as a king ready to the battle.

[25] For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself

against the Almighty.

[26] He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his

bucklers:

[27] Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of

fat on his flanks.

[28] And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man

inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

[29] He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither

shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

[30] He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his

branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

[31] Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his

recompence.

[32] It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be

green.

[33] He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his

flower as the olive.

[34] For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall

consume the tabernacles of bribery.

[35] They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly

prepareth deceit.



(Be humble in the name of the Lord)

7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



5th Day of the Month



a) Pray for Canada's First Nation peoples, that the Lord will draw them to Himself

(PS 145:13-18

13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

14 The Lord upholds all who fall,

and raises up all who are bowed down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon You,

and You give them their food in due season.

16 You open Your hand

and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways

and loving in all His works.

18 The Lord is near to all those who call upon Him,

to all who call upon Him in truth.

)



Mem

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

Samek

14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,

And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

Ain

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;

And thou givest them their meat in due season.

Pe

16 Thou openest thine hand,

And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

Zade

17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways,

And holy in all his works.

Qoph

18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him,

To all that call upon him in truth.



b) Pray for the Lord to search your life ,

reveal anything offensive and cleanse you from unrighteousness

( ps 139:24 " and see if there is any rebellious way in me,

and lead me in the ancient way. "



24 And see if there be any wicked way in me,

And lead me in the way everlasting.



1: John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us

our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. "



9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to

forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.





Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to place your hope in Him.



Pray to the Lord: "Thank you, dear God, for telling us

that 'the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective'

(James 5:16). Please help me to be that kind of person."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know god's Word for discipline.



Pray to the Lord and pray to lay treasure in Heaven.



Pray to the Lord and pray to never deny the Lord.



Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



Pray for Canada's First Nation peoples,

that the Lord will draw them to Himself



Pray for the Lord to search your life ,

reveal anything offensive and cleanse you from unrighteousness



Pray that more Christian workers will be equipped

to reach Saudis with the message of Jesus.



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.

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Matthew 6:19-21



Treasures in Heaven



Lk 12:33-34



19 (Heb 13:5; Lk 12:21) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth

where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

20 (Lk 12:33; Mt 19:21) But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,

where neither moth nor rust destroy

and where thieves do not break in nor steal,

21 (Lk 12:34) for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."



19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth

corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust

doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

21 for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



God's Eternal Faithfulness



2 Tim 2:8-13



8 (Mt 1:1; Ro 2:16) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead,

descended from David, according to my gospel,

9 (Php 1:7; 2Ti 1:8) in which I suffer trouble like a criminal,

even with chains. But the word of God is not bound.

10 (Col 1:24; 2Co 1:6; 4:17) Therefore I endure all things

for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain

the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11 (Ro 6:8; 1Th 5:10) This is a faithful saying:

If we die with Him, we shall also live with Him.

12 (Mt 10:33; Ro 8:17 ) If we endure, we shall also reign with Him.

If we deny Him, He also will deny us.

13 (Nu 23:19; Ro 3:3 )If we are faithless,

He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.



8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead

according to my gospel:

9 wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of

God is not bound.

10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also

obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him,

we shall also live with him:

12 if we suffer, we shall also reign with him:

if we deny him, he also will deny us:

13 if we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.



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."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493



British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.

Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver

and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations

in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are

between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all

other nationalities.



Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant

and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,

Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this

region is about 200000.

Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,

more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small

numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.

We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.

A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,

for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that



- the church will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

- the church will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



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 "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.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- 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, ...) .

Job 13



13:1 "Notice, my eye has seen all this;

my ear has heard and understood it.

2 What you know, I also know the same;

I am not inferior to you.

3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty,

and I desire to reason with God.

4 But you are plasterers of falsehood;

you are all physicians of no value.

5 Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace,

and it would be your wisdom!

6 Hear now my reasoning,

and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

7 Will you speak wickedly for God?

And talk deceitfully for Him?

8 Will you take His side?

Will you plead for God?

9 Is it good that He would search you out?

Or as one man mocks another, do you so mock Him?

10 He will surely rebuke you,

if you secretly show partiality.

11 Will not His excellence make you afraid,

and the dread of Him fall upon you?

12 Your reminders are parables made of ashes;

your answers are answers made of clay.

13 "Hold your peace; leave me alone, that I may speak,

and let come on me what may!

14 Why do I take my flesh in my teeth

and put my life in my hand?

15 Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him,[a]

but I will defend my own ways before Him.

16 He also will be my salvation,

for a hypocrite could not come before Him.

17 Listen carefully to my speech,

and to my declaration with your ears.

18 See now, I have prepared my case;

I know that I will be justified.

19 Who is he who will plead with me?

For now, if I hold my tongue, I will give up my breath.

20 "Only grant me two things,

then I will not hide myself from You:

21 Withdraw Your hand far from me,

and let not the dread of You make me afraid.

22 Then call, and I will answer;

or let me speak, and You answer me.

23 How many are my iniquities and sins?

Make known to me my transgression and my sin.

24 Why do You hide Your face

and regard me as Your enemy?

25 Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro?

And will You pursue dry stubble?

26 For You write bitter things against me

and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

27 You put my feet in the stocks

and watch closely all my paths;

You draw a line around the soles of my feet.

28 "Man, as a rotten thing, decays,

as a garment that is moth eaten.



[1] Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

[2] What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

[3] Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

[4] But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

[5] O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your

wisdom.

[6] Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

[7] Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

[8] Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

[9] Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another,

do ye so mock him?

[10] He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

[11] Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

[12] Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

[13] Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me

what will.

[14] Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

[15] Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine

own ways before him.

[16] He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before

him.

[17] Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

[18] Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

[19] Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I

shall give up the ghost.

[20] Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

[21] Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

[22] Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

[23] How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression

and my sin.

[24] Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

[25] Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry

stubble?

[26] For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the

iniquities of my youth.

[27] Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all

my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

[28] And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.



Footnotes

1. Job 13:15 Original Heb. I have no hope.



(Our hope is always with the Lord)



2) Our Daily Bread for 5 January 2026 titled

Care Prayer by Dave Branon



1 Samuel 12:19-24



19 (Ex 9:28; 1Jn 5:16) All the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants

to the Lord your God, that we will not die, for we have added to all our sins

this evil, to ask for ourselves a king."

20 (Dt 11:16) Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. You have done all this

wickedness, only do not turn aside from following the Lord,

and serve the Lord with all your heart.

21 (Hab 2:18; Jer 10:15) But do not turn aside, for then you would be going

after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.

22 (Jos 7:9; 1Ki 6:13) As befits His great name, the Lord will not abandon

His people. For it has pleased the Lord to make you His people.

23 (1Ki 8:36; Pr 4:11) Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin

against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you. But I will teach you the good

and the right way.

24 (Dt 10:21; Isa 5:12) Fear the Lord; serve Him in truth with all your heart,

and consider what great things He has done for you.



[19] And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the

LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this

evil, to ask us a king.

[20] And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this

wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD

with all your heart;

[21] And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which

cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

[22] For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake:

because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

[23] Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in

ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

[24] Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for

consider how great things he hath done for you.



A woman was unusually nervous as she sat in the dentist's chair. Family

burdens troubled her greatly, and it was noticeable. Her dentist sensed

her anxiety and asked her about it. Her story led him to ask, "Can I pray

for you?" When the dental hygienist came into the room, she also prayed for

the woman. Two prayers and one completed dentist's visit later, the woman

left the office knowing that she'd truly been cared for.



Praying for others is one of the best ways for us to show that we care because

it calls on the greatest resource we know - our heavenly Father - to be

actively involved in the lives of others. In 1 Samuel 12, the prophet Samuel

was faced with the concerns of a very nervous group of people (v. 19). The

Israelites had erroneously asked for a king, and they were afraid of how it

was going to go for themselves. The prophet told them to "not be afraid"

(v. 20) and assured them of God's goodness as seen in these words:

"Far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing

to pray for you" (v. 23).



We also have the privilege and calling to pray for others. Silently sometimes

and out loud at other times, we honor God when we petition Him for assistance

on behalf of others in need.



Reflect & Pray



How can you provide caring prayer right now?

What will it mean for people to know you're praying for them?



Thank you, dear God, for telling us

that "the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective"

(James 5:16). Please help me to be that kind of person.





For further study, read Man of God and Man of the People.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 2 - Growing Up



2 Tim 3:16-17



16 (Ro 15:4) All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable

for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction

in righteousness,

17 (1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:21) that the man of God may be complete,

thoroughly equipped for every good work.



16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable

for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction

in righteousness:

17 that the man of God may be perfect,

throughly furnished unto all good works.



"I can't wait till I get big!" Marc, age 5, declared. "Then I do

what I want!" Most of us, as children, shared Marc's statement.

We looked forward to that "magic age" - 16, 18, 21 - when we

would be adults: mature, able to make our own decisions.

We find, of course, that adulthood has its own share of

difficulties and conflicts. But even in our spiritual lives

we often long for a "magic moment" of maturity. As one woman

confessed, "Ever since I became a Christian, I've hoped I'd wake up

one morning to find myself mature."

But growth in the spiritual life comes gradually, like growth in

the physical world. In 2 Tim 2:16-17, Paul gives the young pastor

Timothy an important key to spiritual growing up - the Word of God.

The Word is "profitable" or "useful," Paul says, for "teaching" - that is,

for developing a right concept of God. Scripture offers "rebuke" when

we go wrong, "correction" to set us on the right path, and "training

in righteousness" so that we can grow in the image of Christ.

The purpose of Scripture's work in our lives, Paul emphasises,

is that we may be "perfect" - mature, equipped for the good things

God has for us to do. Such maturity does not come easily

or instantaneously, but it does come - sometimes imperceptibly -

as we submit our lives to the transforming power of God's Word.



Application



a) In what areas of my life do I need to grow? How can I benefit

from the Bible's



i) teaching?



ii) rebuke?



iii) correction?



iv) training in righteousness?

Day 5, 5 January 2025



1) Job 11, 12, 13



Job 11



Zophar Speaks: Job Is Guilty

11:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:

2 "Should not the multitude of words be answered?

And should a man full of talk be justified?

3 Should your empty talk make men hold their peace?

And when you mock, will no one shame you?

4 For you have said, `My teaching is pure,

And I am clean in your eyes.'

5 But oh, that God would speak

and open His lips against you,

6 and that He would show you the secrets of wisdom!

For they would double your prudence.

And know that God overlooks some of your iniquity.

7 "Can you search out the deep things of God?

Can you find out the totality of the Almighty?

8 It is as high as heaven; what can you do?

Deeper than Sheol; what can you know?

9 Its measure is longer than the earth

and broader than the sea.

10 "If He passes through, and shuts up, and gathers together for judgment,

then who can hinder Him?

11 For He knows worthless men;

He sees wickedness also; will He not then consider it?

12 For an empty-headed man will become wise,

when a wild donkey's colt is born a man.

13 "If you prepare your heart

and stretch out your hands toward Him;

14 if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,

and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

15 for then you will lift up your face without blemish;

yes, you will be steadfast and will not fear,

16 because you will forget misery,

and remember it as waters that pass away,

17 and your life will be brighter than noonday,

even your darkness will be as the morning.

18 You will trust because there is hope;

yes, you will search about you,

and you will look around and rest in safety.

19 Also you will lie down, and none will make you afraid;

yes, many will court your favor.

20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail,

and they will not escape,

and their hope will be as the giving up of breath."



[1] Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

[2] Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of

talk be justified?

[3] Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall

no man make thee ashamed?

[4] For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

[5] But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

[6] And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double

to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine

iniquity deserveth.

[7] Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty

unto perfection?

[8] It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what

canst thou know?

[9] The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

[10] If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder

him?

[11] For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then

consider it?

[12] For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

[13] If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

[14] If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness

dwell in thy tabernacles.

[15] For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be

stedfast, and shalt not fear:

[16] Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that

pass away:

[17] And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine

forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

[18] And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig

about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

[19] Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many

shall make suit unto thee.

[20] But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and

their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.



Job 12



12:1 And Job answered:

2 "No doubt but you are the people,

and wisdom will die with you!

3 But I have understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Yes, who does not know such things as these?

4 "I am a laughingstock to my neighbor,

who calls upon God, and He answers him;

the righteous, upright man is a laughingstock.

5 He whose foot is unsteady

is despised in the thoughts of him who is at ease.

6 The tents of robbers are at peace,

and those who provoke God are secure,

into whose hand they bring their own god.

7 "But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;

and the birds of the air, and let them tell you;

8 or speak to the earth, let it teach you;

and let the fish of the sea declare to you.

9 Who among all these does not know

that the hand of the Lord has done this,

10 in whose hand is the soul of every living thing

and the breath of all mankind?

11 Does not the ear test words

and the mouth taste its food?

12 Wisdom is with the elderly,

and understanding comes with long life.

13 "With Him are wisdom and strength;

He has counsel and understanding.

14 Surely, He tears down, and it cannot be built again;

He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

15 Surely, He withholds the waters, and they dry up;

also He sends them out, and they overthrow the earth.

16 With Him are strength and wisdom.

The deceived and the deceiver are His.

17 He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.

18 He has loosened the bonds imposed by kings

and bound their waist with a belt.

19 He leads away priests stripped

and overthrows the mighty.

20 He removes speech from the trusted ones

and takes away the understanding of the aged.

21 He pours contempt upon princes

and loosens the belt of the mighty.

22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness

and brings the shadow of death to light.

23 He increases the nations and destroys them;

He enlarges the nations and guides them.

24 He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,

and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

25 They grope in the dark without light,

and He makes them to stagger like a drunk man.



[1] And Job answered and said,

[2] No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

[3] But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea,

who knoweth not such things as these?

[4] I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he

answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

[5] He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the

thought of him that is at ease.

[6] The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are

secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

[7] But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the

air, and they shall tell thee:

[8] Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the

sea shall declare unto thee.

[9] Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought

this?

[10] In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all

mankind.

[11] Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

[12] With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

[13] With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

[14] Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up

a man, and there can be no opening.

[15] Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth

them out, and they overturn the earth.

[16] With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

[17] He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

[18] He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

[19] He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

[20] He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the

understanding of the aged.

[21] He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the

mighty.

[22] He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light

the shadow of death.

[23] He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the

nations, and straiteneth them again.

[24] He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and

causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

[25] They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger

like a drunken man.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 1 - God's Perspective



Philippians 4:13



13 (2Co 12:9-10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because

of Christ who strengthens me.



13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.



Many of us live out self-fulfilling prophecies. We believe

what we tell ourselves - or what we have been told by others:

"You're stupid", "You're ugly", "You'll never amount to anything,"

"You can't do anything right."

We programme ourselves for spiritual failure as well.

"I just can't memorise Scripture," we say. "It comes and goes,

and I can't seem to get it to stay." Yet daily we memorise

volumes of information that is less significant than the

Scriptures - telephone numbers, identification codes,

songs lyrics, advertising jingles.

The answer to the dilemma of negativism is not positive

thinking, but right thinking - biblical thinking, according

to what the Bible reveals of God's perspective. God says,

"You are worthwhile. You are valued. You are loved. I created you

just as you are, and whatever I call you to do,

I will give you the strength to do it.

The context of Phillipians 4:13 shows that Paul had learned

this important secret of spiritual strength. Paul had known

poverty and plenty, trouble and victory. But he also knew

he did not have to let circumstances determine his response to God's will.

We need not be controlled by the negative messages life throws in our paths

- even those self-defeating pronouncements we make to ourselves.

Rather, we can respond according to God's perspective, with the

conviction that God has given us strength we need to meet the

challenges we face.



Application



a) What challenges do I face that make me realise my own insufficiencies?

IS memorising Scripture one of those challenges for me?



b) How does today's memory verse help me face those challenges?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



1 Tim 6:17-19



17 (Ro 11:20; 1Ti 4:10) Command those who are rich in this world that they

not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,

who richly gives us all things to enjoy.

18 (Ro 12:8; 12:13) Command that they do good, that they be rich

in good works, generous, willing to share,

19 (Lk 16:9; 1Ti 6:12) and laying up in store for themselves a good

foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of eternal life.



17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded,

nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly

all things to enjoy;

18 that they do good, that they be rich in good works,

ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

19 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time

to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



God's Eternal Faithfulness



Ps 89:1-8



PSALMS 89



A Contemplative Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.



1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;

with my mouth I will make known

Your faithfulness to all generations.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For I have said,

"Mercy shall be built up forever;

Your faithfulness shall be

established in the heavens."

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) You have said,

"I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have sworn to David my servant:

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) 'Your offspring I will establish forever,

and build up your throne for all generations.' " Selah

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Let the heavens praise Your wonders, O Lord;

Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) For who in the skies can

be compared to the Lord?

Who among the heavenly sons is like the Lord?

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) God is greatly to be feared

in the assembly of the holy ones

and awesome to all those who surround Him.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) O Lord God of Hosts,

who is a mighty Lord like You,

with Your faithfulness all around You?



1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever:

With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:

Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen,

I have sworn unto David my servant,

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever,

And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD:

Thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

6 For who in the heaven

Can be compared unto the LORD?

Who among the sons of the mighty

Can be likened unto the LORD?

7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,

And to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee?

Or to thy faithfulness round about thee?



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."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493



British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.

Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver

and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations

in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are

between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all

other nationalities.



Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant

and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,

Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this

region is about 200000.

Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,

more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small

numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.

We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.

A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,

for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that



- the church will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

- the church will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



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 "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.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- 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, ...) .