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Day 250 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

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Day 250, 7 September 2026

1) Daniel 4, Ezekiel 38, Ezekiel 39

Daniel 4

Nebuchadnezzar's Second Dream

1 (Da 6:25; 3:4) Nebuchadnezzar the king,

to all peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth:

Peace be multiplied to you.

2 (Da 3:26) I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that

the Most High God has done for me.

3 (Da 2:44; Ps 105:27) How great are His signs,

and how mighty are His wonders!

His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

and His dominion is from generation to generation.

4 (Isa 47:7-8) I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house,

and flourishing in my palace.

5 (Da 2:1) I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed

and the visions of my head troubled me.

6 (Da 2:2) Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon

before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

7 (Isa 44:25; Jer 27:9-10) Then came in the magicians, the astrologers,

the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and I told the dream before them;

but they did not make known to me its interpretation.

8 (Da 1:7; 4:18) But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name

was Belteshazzar according to the name of my god and in whom is the Spirit

of the Holy God, and before him I told the dream, saying,

9 (Da 2:48; 5:11) "Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know

that the Spirit of the Holy God is in you and no secret troubles you,

tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.

10 (Da 4:5) Now these were the visions of my mind while on my bed:

I saw a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

11 (Dt 9:1; Da 4:21-22) The tree grew and became strong, and its height

reached heaven, and it was visible to the end of all the earth.

12 (Eze 17:23; La 4:20) Its leaves were fair, and its fruit much,

and in it was food for all. The animals of the field had shadow under it,

and the fowl of the heavens lived in its boughs, and all flesh

was fed of it.

13 (Dt 33:2; Da 7:1) "I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed,

and there was a holy watcher coming down from heaven.

14 (Mt 3:10; Eze 31:12--3) He cried aloud and said thus:

'Hew down the tree and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves

and scatter its fruit. Let the animals get away from under it,

and the fowl from its branches.

15 (Job 14:7-9) Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth,

even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field.

" 'And let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be

with the animals in the grass of the earth.

16 (Da 4:23; 4:25) Let its heart be changed from that of a man,

let him be given the heart of an animal. And let seven periods

of time pass over it.

17 (Da 4:25; 1Sa 2:8; Jer 27:5-7) " 'This matter is by the decree

of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones,

in order that the living may know that the Most High rules

over the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever He wills

and sets up over it the basest of men.'

18 (Ge 41:8; Da 5:8) "This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen.

Now you, Belteshazzar, tell its interpretation to me, because

all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known

to me the interpretation. But you are able, for the Spirit of the Holy God

is in you."

[1] Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that

dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

[2] I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath

wrought toward me.

[3] How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is

an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

[4] I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:

[5] I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and

the visions of my head troubled me.

[6] Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before

me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

[7] Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the

soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known

unto me the interpretation thereof.

[8] But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar,

according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods:

and before him I told the dream, saying,

[9] O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit

of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the

visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

[10] Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree

in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

[11] The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto

heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:

[12] The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was

meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of

the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

[13] I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and

an holy one came down from heaven;

[14] He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his

branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get

away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

[15] Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a

band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet

with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass

of the earth:

[16] Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given

unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

[17] This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the

word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most

High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and

setteth up over it the basest of men.

[18] This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar,

declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my

kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art

able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

Daniel Interprets the Dream

19 (Da 7:28; 8:27) Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished

for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke and said,

"Belteshazzar, do not let the dream, or its interpretation, trouble you."

Belteshazzar answered and said, "My lord, if only the dream was for those

who hate you, and its interpretation for your enemies!

20 (Da 4:10-12) The tree that you saw, which grew and became strong,

whose height reached to the heavens, and was visible to all the earth,

21 and whose leaves were fair, and its fruit much, and in it was food

for all, under which the animals of the field lived,

and upon whose branches the fowl of the heavens had their habitation:

22 (2Sa 12:7; Da 2:37-38) It is you, O king, who have grown

and become strong. Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven,

and your dominion to the ends of the earth.

23 (Da 5:21) "Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down

from heaven and saying, 'Cut the tree down and destroy it, yet

leave the stump of its roots in the ground, even with a band of iron

and bronze, in the tender grass of the field. And let it be wet

with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the animals

of the field until seven periods of time pass over it'-

24 (Ps 107:40; Job 40:11-12) "This is the interpretation, O king,

and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon

my lord the king:

25 (Da 4:17; Ps 83:18; Jer 27:5) You shall be driven away from men,

and your dwelling shall be with the wild animals.

You shall be given grass to eat like oxen, and wet with the dew of heaven.

And seven times shall pass over you, until you have learned that

the Most High rules over the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever

He chooses.

26 (Da 4:15) Inasmuch as they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots,

your kingdom shall be assured to you after you acknowledge that Heaven rules.

27 (1Ki 21:29; Isa 55:6-7) Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable

to you, and break off your sins by righteousness and your iniquities

by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a lengthening

of your prosperity.

[19] Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour,

and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let

not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar

answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the

interpretation thereof to thine enemies.

[20] The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height

reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

[21] Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat

for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches

the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:

[22] It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness

is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

[23] And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from

heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump

of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in

the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and

let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over

him;

[24] This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most

High, which is come upon my lord the king:

[25] That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the

beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they

shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee,

till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth

it to whomsoever he will.

[26] And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy

kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the

heavens do rule.

[27] Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break

off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the

poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

The Dream Is Fulfilled

28 (Nu 23:19; Zec 1:6) All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.

29 At the end of twelve months he walked on the roof of the palace

of the kingdom of Babylon.

30 (Isa 37:24-25) The king spoke, saying, "Is this not Babylon the Great

that I myself have built as a royal residence by my mighty power

and for the honor of my majesty?"

31 (Lk 12:20) While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice

from heaven: "O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom

has departed from you!

32 (Da 5:21) And you shall be driven away from men, and your dwelling

shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be given grass

to eat as oxen, and seven periods of time shall pass over

you until you know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of men

and gives it to whomever He wills."

33 (Da 4:25; 4:32) Immediately the thing was fulfilled concerning

Nebuchadnezzar. And he was driven from men and ate grass as oxen,

and his body was wet with the dew of heaven until his hairs were grown

like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws.

[28] All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.

[29] At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of

Babylon.

[30] The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built

for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of

my majesty?

[31] While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven,

saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed

from thee.

[32] And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the

beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven

times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the

kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

[33] The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was

driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the

dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his

nails like birds' claws.

Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

34 (Jer 10:10; Da 12:7) But at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar,

lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me,

and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him who lives forever:

For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,

and whose kingdom endures from generation to generation.

35 (Ps 115:3; 135:6; Job 42:2) And all the inhabitants of the earth

are reputed as nothing;

and He does according to His will

in the army of heaven

and among the inhabitants of the earth.

And no one can stay His hand or say to Him,

"What have You done?"

36 (Pr 22:4; 2Ch 33:12-13) At the same time my reason returned to me.

And for the glory of my kingdom, my honor and splendor returned to me.

And my counselors and my lords sought me out. Then I was established

in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added to me.

37 (Dt 32:4; Ex 18:11) Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol

and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true

and His ways just, and those who walk in pride He is able to abase.

[34] And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto

heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most

High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is

an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

[35] And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he

doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the

inhabitants

of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

[36] At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my

kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellers and

my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent

majesty was added unto me.

[37] Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven,

all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in

pride he is able to abase.

Ezekiel 38

A Prophecy Against Gog

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 39:1; Ge 10:2; Eze 27:13) Son of man, set your face against Gog

of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshek and Tubal,

[mostly likely Russia, Moscow and Tbilisi]

and prophesy against him,

3 (Eze 13:8) and say: Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, O Gog,

the prince of Rosh, Meshek and Tubal.

4 (Eze 29:4; 38:15) And I will turn you back and put hooks into your jaws,

and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses, and horsemen,

all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company

with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords.

[Please note, the modern Russian army derived from the Soviet Era

is still powerful]

5 (Eze 27:10; Ge 10:6; Eze 30:5) Persia, Ethiopia, and Put with them,

all of them with shield and helmet. [Iran, Libya and Ethopia will be part

this alliance]

6 (Ge 10:2-3; Eze 27:14) I will do so to Gomer and all its troops,

Beth Togarmah of the north quarters and all its troops,

and many peoples with you. [Eastern Europe or most likely the

old Khazer kingdom]

7 (Isa 8:9-10) Be prepared and prepare yourself, you and all your companies

that are assembled to you, and be a guard to them.

8 (Isa 24:22; Eze 38:16) After many days you shall be called. In the latter

years you shall come into the land that is restored from the sword,

whose inhabitants have been gathered out of many peoples,

against the mountains of Israel which had been always a waste.

But its people were brought out of the nations, and they, all of them,

are dwelling safely.

9 (Isa 28:2; Jer 4:13) You shall ascend and come like a storm;

you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your troops,

and many peoples with you.

10 (Ps 36:4; Mic 2:1) Thus says the Lord God: It shall come to pass

on that day that things shall come into your mind and you shall think

an evil thought,

11 (Zec 2:4-5) and you shall say, "I will go up against the land

of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest,

that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls

and having neither bars nor gates,"

12 (Isa 10:6; Eze 29:19) to take spoil and to seize prey,

to turn your hand against the desolate places that are now inhabited,

and against the people who are gathered out of the nations,

who have obtained livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst

of the world.

13 (Eze 27:15; 27:12) Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish

with all its villages shall say to you, "Have you come to take spoil?

Have you gathered your company to seize prey, to carry away silver

and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great spoil?"

14 (Eze 38:8; 38:11) Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog:

Thus says the Lord God: On that day when My people of Israel dwell safely,

shall you not know it?

15 (Eze 39:2; 38:6) And you shall come from your place out of the north parts,

you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company

and a mighty army.

16 (Eze 38:23; 36:23) And you shall come up against My people of Israel

as a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the latter days

that I will bring you against My land so that the nations

may know Me when I shall be sanctified in you, O Gog, before their eyes.

Ezekiel 38

[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief

prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the

chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

[4] And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring

thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed

with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields,

all of them handling swords:

[5] Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and

helmet:

[6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters,

and all his bands: and many people with thee.

[7] Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company

that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

[8] After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt

come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out

of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always

waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell

safely all of them.

[9] Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to

cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

[10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same

time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

[11] And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I

will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling

without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

[12] To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the

desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are

gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell

in the midst of the land.

[13] Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young

lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou

gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take

away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

[14] Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord

GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not

know it?

[15] And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and

many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and

a mighty army:

[16] And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover

the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my

land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O

Gog, before their eyes.

Judgment on Gog

17 (Isa 34:1-6; 63:1-6) Thus says the Lord God: Are you he of whom

I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel,

who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring

you against them?

18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog comes against

the land of Israel, says the Lord God, that My fury shall come up in My anger.

19 (Hag 2:6-7; Eze 5:13) For in My jealousy and in the fire

of My wrath I have spoken: Surely in that day there shall be

a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

20 ( Hos 4:3; Na 1:4-6) The fish of the sea and the fowl of the heavens

and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the earth

and all the men who are upon the face of the earth shall shake at My presence,

and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall,

and every wall shall fall to the ground.

21 (Jdg 7:22; 1Sa 14:20) I will call for a sword

against him on all My mountains,

says the Lord God. Every man's sword shall be against his brother.

22 (Ps 11:6; Isa 66:16) I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence

and with blood. And I will rain upon him and upon his troops

and upon the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing rain and hailstones,

fire and brimstone.

23 (Eze 36:23; 37:28) Thus I will magnify Myself, and sanctify Myself,

and I will be known in the eyes of many nations.

Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

[A nuclear punishment against Russia]

[17] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time

by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many

years that I would bring thee against them?

[18] And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against

the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.

[19] For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in

that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

[20] So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the

beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and

all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence,

and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall,

and every wall shall fall to the ground.

[21] And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains,

saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

[22] And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I

will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with

him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

[23] Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in

the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 39

The Destruction of Gog's Armies

1 (Eze 38:2-3) Moreover you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say:

Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, O Gog,

prince of Rosh, Meshek, and Tubal.

2 (Eze 38:15) And I will turn you back, drive you on, and take you up

the north parts and bring you against the mountains of Israel.

3 (Ps 76:3; Hos 1:5) And I will strike your bow out of your left hand

and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.

4 (Eze 33:27; 39:17-20) You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel,

you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you.

I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts

of the field to be devoured.

5 You shall fall upon the open field. For I have spoken, says the Lord God.

6 (Eze 30:8; Jer 25:22) I will send a fire on Magog and among those who dwell

safely in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

7 (Eze 38:16; 38:23) So I will make My holy name known in the midst

of My people Israel. And I will not let them pollute My holy name anymore.

And the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.

8 (Eze 38:17) It is coming and it shall be done, says the Lord God.

This is the day of which I have spoken.

9 (Ps 46:9; Jos 11:6) Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go

and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both the shields

and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs

and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire for seven years.

[ a long burn]

10 (Isa 33:1; 14:2) They shall take no wood out of the field,

or cut down any out of the forests, for they shall make fires

with the weapons. And they shall despoil those who despoiled them,

and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 39

[1] Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith

the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech

and Tubal:

[2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and

will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon

the mountains of Israel:

[3] And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine

arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

[4] Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,

and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds

of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

[5] Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord

GOD.

[6] And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in

the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

[7] So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and

I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall

know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

[8] Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day

whereof I have spoken.

[9] And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall

set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the

bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn

them with fire seven years:

[10] So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any

out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they

shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith

the Lord GOD.

The Burial of Gog

11 It shall come to pass in that day that I will give to Gog a place

of graves there in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east

of the sea, and it shall stop the passengers. And there they shall bury Gog

and all his multitude, and they shall call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.

12 (Dt 21:23; Eze 39:14) For seven months the house of Israel shall be burying

them so that they may cleanse the land.

[If the elimination of the army is nuclear, it will a

big mess to clean up]

13 (Eze 28:22; Jer 33:9) Indeed, all the people of the land shall bury them.

And it shall be their renown on the day that I shall be glorified,

says the Lord God.

14 They shall separate men who continually pass through the land

to bury the passengers, even those who remain upon the face of the earth,

to cleanse it.

After the end of seven months they shall search.

15 As the passengers pass through the land and anyone sees a man's bone,

then he shall set up a sign by it until the buriers have buried it

in the Valley of Hamon Gog.

16 Also the name of the city shall be Hamonah.

Thus they shall cleanse the land.

17 (Zep 1:7; Jer 12:9; Eze 39:4) As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord

God: Speak to every kind of fowl and to every beast of the field:

Assemble and come. Gather on every side to My sacrifice that I sacrifice

for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that you may

eat flesh and drink blood.

18 (Ps 22:12; Jer 51:40) You shall eat the flesh of the mighty

and drink the blood of the officials of the earth as though of rams,

of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

19 You shall eat fat until you are full and drink blood until you are drunk

from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

20 (Rev 19:18; Ps 76:5-6) Thus you shall be filled at My table with horses

and chariots, with mighty men, and with all the men of war, says the Lord God.

21 (Ex 9:16; Isa 37:20) I will set My glory among the nations,

and all the nations shall see My judgment that I have executed,

and My hand that I have laid upon them.

22 (Jer 24:7; Eze 39:28) So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord

their God from that day and forward.

23 (Isa 1:15; 59:2) The nations shall know that the house of Israel

went into captivity for their iniquity because they trespassed against Me,

and I hid My face from them. And I gave them into the hand of their enemies,

and all of them fell by the sword.

24 (Jer 2:17; 2:19) According to their uncleanness and according

to their transgressions, I have done to them and hid My face from them.

[11] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a

place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of

the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they

bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of

Hamon-gog.

[12] And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that

they may cleanse the land.

[13] Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to

them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.

[14] And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through

the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the

earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

[15] And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's

bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in

the valley of Hamon-gog.

[16] And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse

the land.

[17] And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every

feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and

come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice

for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may

eat flesh, and drink blood.

[18] Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the

princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of

them fatlings of Bashan.

[19] And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be

drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

[20] Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with

mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

[21] And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall

see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

[22] So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from

that day and forward.

[23] And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity

for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my

face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they

all by the sword.

[24] According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions

have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

The Restoration of Israel

25 (Isa 27:12-13; Eze 34:13) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy

on the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for My holy name.

26 (1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4) They shall forget their shame and all their trespasses

by which they have trespassed against Me when they lived safely in their land

and no one made them afraid.

27 (Eze 36:23-24; 38:16) When I have brought them back from the peoples

and gathered them out of the lands of their enemies, then I shall be

sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.

28 (Eze 39:22) Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God

who caused them to be led into captivity among the nations,

and then gathered them again to their own land and have left none of them

there anymore.

29 (Joel 2:28; Isa 32:15) Nor will I hide My face from them anymore.

For I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,

says the Lord God.

[25] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity

of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous

for my holy name;

[26] After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses

whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their

land, and none made them afraid.

[27] When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out

of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many

nations;

[28] Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which cause them to

be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto

their

own land, and have left none of them any more there.

[29] Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out

my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

2) Our Daily Bread for 7 September 2026 Titled
instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will guide you with My eye" (v. 8 nkjv).

God watches over His children, and He brings them together because they need

each other. It's another indication that "he that trusteth in the LORD,

mercy shall compass him about. " (v. 10).

Reflect & Pray

When have you experienced something that reminded you that

God has His loving eye on you? What does His unfailing love mean to you?

Dear God, thank You that You’re real and that You're always watching over me.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 2 - Alienation and Reconciliation

Col 1:21-22

21 (Eph 2:12) And you, who were formerly alienated

and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled

22 (Ro 7:4; Eph 5:27) in the body of His flesh through death,

to present you holy and blameless and above reproach in His sight,

21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind

by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

22 in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy

and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight

Some 50 years ago, Orson Welles's radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds

threw the nation into panic; people on the East Coast ran for their lives,

expecting at any moment to be destroyed by alien invaders from outer space.

Today, of course, we are more sophisticated about such matters.

Television and movies have educated us about alien life forms.

Star Wars and Star Trek have taught us that their appearance can be much

different than ours. Sometimes they are unable to exist in our atmosphere

with artificial life-support systems; their physical makeup is often

incompatible with our environment.

God says that we, apart from Christ, are as incompatible with his kingdom

as the 'aliens' of movies are with Earth's environment.

We are at war with God, a true "war of the worlds" that staggers

the imagination.

Yet God has 'reconciled' us to his world. He has made us fit,

made us able to exist in his kingdom. He has made us part of

his world through Christ's death and resurrection.

Now, through Christ, we are 'holy' and 'without blemish' in God's sight.

And that transformation, ironically, make us 'alien' in the world around us.

No longer do we fit in a world of selfishness and greed, a world where Self

is god and everyone does what is right in his own heart.

We belong, instead, in the kingdom of God's righteousness.

Application

a) In what ways am I an 'alien' in this world?

b) How have I been an 'alien' to God's kingdom?

c) How can today's verses help me deal with my sense of 'not fitting'?

to Jesus?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Hebrews 7:8

8 In the one case mortal men receive tithes,

but in the other he of whom it is witnessed

that he is alive receives them.

8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them,

of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

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

When you are Facing Pain and Suffering

2 Cor 12:7-10

7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance

of revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan,

to torment me, lest I be exalted above measure.

8 I asked the Lord three times that this thing might depart from me.

9 But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made

perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will boast in my weaknesses,

that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 So I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in hardships,

in persecutions, and in distresses for Christ's sake.

For when I am weak, then I am strong.

7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of

the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh,

the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is

made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my

infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,

in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak,

then am I strong.

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 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)

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

http://www.ehc.ca

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.

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to understand the Prophecies of God, fulfilled

and unfulfilled and to humble yourself to the Lord.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, thank You that You’re real and that You're

always watching over me."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know that yu are not alien to the Lord Jesus.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus as receiver of tithes and offerings.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus as your strength.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

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 for church planters like Aaron who are ministering in central

Mexico.

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.

Day 249 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

nospam@example.com (DSY) — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:27:00 +0000

Day 249, 6 September 2026

Today at Calvary Community Church

, Pastor Nathan Zeiber spoke on Faith in the Age of AI - What makes us

human?

Genesis 1:26-28

26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness,

and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds

of the air, and over the livestock, and over all the earth,

and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

27 So God created man in His own image;

in the image of God He created him;

male and female He created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish

the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds

of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

[26] And God said, Let us make ** man in our image **, after our likeness: and let

them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,

and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing

that creepeth upon the earth.

[27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he

him; male and female created he them.

[28] And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and

multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the

fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing

that moveth upon the earth.

Psalm 115:4-8

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Their idols are silver and gold,

the work of men's hands.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) They have mouths, but they cannot speak;

eyes, but they cannot see;

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) they have ears, but they cannot hear;

noses, but they cannot smell;

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) they have hands, but they cannot feel;

feet, but they cannot walk; neither can they speak with their throat.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Those who make them are like them;

so is everyone who trusts in them.

[4] Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

[5] They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

[6] They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

[7] They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not:

neither speak they through their throat.

[8] They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in

them.

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

1 (2Co 12:4) If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,

and have not love, I have become as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

2 (Mt 17:20; 21:21) If I have the gift of prophecy, and understand

all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith,

so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

3 If I give all my goods to feed the poor,

and if I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.

[1] Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not

charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

[2] And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries,

and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove

mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

[3] And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my

body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Romans 8:29

29 (Ro 11:2; 1Co 15:49; Eph 1:11) For those whom He foreknew,

He predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,

so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed

to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

1) 1 Chronicles 7, 1 Chronicles 8, 1 Chronicles 9

1 CHRONICLES 7

Sons of Issachar

1 (Ge 46:13) Now the sons of Issachar were

Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four in all.

2 (2Sa 24:1-9) The sons of Tola were

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel. They were heads

of their father's house. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor

in their generations. Their number in the days of David was 22600.

3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah, and the sons of Izrahiah were

Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ishiah, five chiefs in all.

4 With them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers,

were 36000 troops of war, battle-ready, for they had many wives and sons.

5 Now their brothers from all the families of Issachar were mighty

men of valor, in all eighty-seven thousand registered by genealogy.

[1] Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron,

four.

[2] And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and

Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they

were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days

of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

[3] And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and

Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.

[4] And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers,

were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had

many wives and sons.

[5] And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men

of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

Sons of Benjamin

6 (Ge 46:21; 1Ch 8:1-40) Benjamin had Bela, Beker, and Jediael,

three sons in all.

7 The sons of Bela were five:

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads

of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, and registered

by their genealogies, 22034 in number.

8 The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri,

Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these are the sons of Beker.

9 Now their registration according to their generations,

heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor,

was 20200.

10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan, along with the sons of Bilhan:

Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

11All these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers' houses,

mighty men of valor, numbering 17200 soldiers,

ready to go out to war for battle.

12 And the Shuppites and Huppites were the sons of Ir;

the Hushites the sons of Aher.

[6] The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

[7] And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and

Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and

were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and

four.

[8] And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai,

and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are

the sons of Becher.

[9] And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations,

heads of the house of the fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand

and two hundred.

[10] The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and

Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

[11] All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty

men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go

out for war and battle.

[12] Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of

Aher.

Sons of Naphtali

13 (Nu 26:48-49) The sons of Naphtali were

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, descendants of Bilhah.

[13] The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the

sons of Bilhah.

Sons of Manasseh

14 The sons of Manasseh were

Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore. She also bore Makir

the father of Gilead.

15 (Nu 26:33; 36:1-12) Now Makir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim,

whose sister's name was Maakah.

The name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.

16 Maakah the wife of Makir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh.

His brother's name was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17 (1Sa 12:11)The son of Ulam was Bedan.

These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh.

18 His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19 The sons of Shemida were

Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

[14] The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the

Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

[15] And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose

sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and

Zelophehad had daughters.

[16] And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name

Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and

Rakem.

[17] And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of

Machir, the son of Manasseh.

[18] And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

[19] And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

Sons of Ephraim

20 (Nu 26:35-36) The sons of Ephraim were

Shuthelah, Bered his son,

Tahath his son, Eleadah his son,

Tahath his son,

21 Zabad his son,

Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath

born in that land killed because they came down to take their livestock.

22 ()Ge 37:34; Job 2:11) Ephraim their father mourned many days,

and his brothers came to comfort him.

23 Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son,

so he called his name Beriah, because evil had been in his house

24 (Jos 16:3; 16:5) (his daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower

and Upper Beth Horon as well as Uzzen Sheerah).

25 Rephah was also his son, as were Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son,

26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

27 (Ex 17:9-14; 24:13) Nun his son, and Joshua his son.

28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns,

and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer with its towns,

Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns;

29 (Jdg 1:22-29) also along the borders of the Manassites,

Beth Shan and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns,

and Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

[20] And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his

son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

[21] And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the

men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take

away their cattle.

[22] And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to

comfort him.

[23] And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he

called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

[24] (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the

upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)

[25] And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his

son,

[26] Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

[27] Non his son, Jehoshua his son.

[28] And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns

thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof;

Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

[29] And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her

towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In

these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

Sons of Asher

30 (Ge 46:17; Nu 26:44-46) Now the children of Asher were

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

31 The sons of Beriah were

Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

32 Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua.

33 The sons of Japhlet were

Pasak, Bimhal, and Ashvath.

These were the children of Japhlet.

34 The sons of Shomer were

Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

35 The sons of his brother Helem were

Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

36 The sons of Zophah were

Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

38 The sons of Jether were

Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.

39 The sons of Ulla were

Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their fathers' houses,

choice men, mighty men of valor, and heads of the leaders. They were

registered by their genealogy among the army fit for war.

Their number was 26000 men.

[30] The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah

their sister.

[31] And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of

Birzavith.

[32] And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

[33] And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the

children of Japhlet.

[34] And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

[35] And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and

Amal.

[36] The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and

Imrah,

[37] Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.

[38] And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

[39] And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.

[40] All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house,

choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number

throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was

twenty and six thousand men.

1 Chronicles 8:1-28

1 (Ge 46:21; Nu 26:38) Now Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn,

Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

3 (Ge 46:21) The sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, Abihud,

4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

5 (1Ch 7:12) Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

6 (Jdg 3:20-30; 1Ch 2:54) These are the sons of Ehud,

who were the heads of the fathers' houses to those dwelling in Geba,

and who exiled them to Manahath.

7 So he exiled Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera and

then became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

8 Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab

after he had sent away his wives Hushim and Baara.

9 He had sons with his wife Hodesh, namely Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam,

10 Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of the fathers' houses.

11 He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

12 (Ezr 2:33; Ne 6:2) The sons of Elpaal were

Eber, Misham, Shemed (he built Ono and Lod with its towns),

13 Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers' houses

to those dwelling in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath,

14 as well as Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,

15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

16 Michael, Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah.

17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

18 Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

19 Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi,

20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

23 Abdon, Zikri, Hanan,

24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

25 Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

26 Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham.

28 These were heads of the fathers' houses according to their generations,

chief men who dwelt in Jerusalem.

[1] Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the

third,

[2] Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

[3] And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

[4] And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,

[5] And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

[6] And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of

the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:

[7] And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and

Ahihud.

[8] And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent

them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

[9] And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and

Malcham,

[10] And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the

fathers.

[11] And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

[12] The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and

Lod, with the towns thereof:

[13] Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the

inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

[14] And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,

[15] And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,

[16] And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;

[17] And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,

[18] Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

[19] And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,

[20] And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,

[21] And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;

[22] And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,

[23] And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

[24] And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,

[25] And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;

[26] And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

[27] And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

[28] These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These

dwelt in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 8:29-40

29 The father of Gibeon dwelt in Gibeon, and Maakah was his wife's name.

30 His firstborn son was Abdon, along with Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

31 Gedor, Ahio, and Zeker.

32 Mikloth also became the father of Shimeah. Now these also dwelt

in Jerusalem with their own families near their brothers.

33 (1Sa 9:1; 31:2; 2Sa 2:8) Ner became the father of Kish;

Kish the father of Saul; Saul the father of Jonathan,

Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.

34 (2Sa 9:12; 4:4) Jonathan's son was

Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal became the father of Micah.

35 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melek, Tarea, and Ahaz.

36 Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah

became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth,

and Zimri. Zimri became the father of Moza,

37 and Moza became the father of Binea.

Now Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

38 Azel had six sons, and their names were

Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan.

All these were the sons of Azel.

39 The sons of his brother Eshek were

Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

40 The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, even archers,

and had many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty in all.

These were all the sons of Benjamin.

[28] These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men.

These

dwelt in Jerusalem.

[29] And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was

Maachah:

[30] And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

[31] And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.

[32] And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in

Jerusalem, over against them.

[33] And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and

Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

[34] And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.

[35] And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

[36] And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and

Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,

[37] And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his

son:

[38] And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and

Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of

Azel.

[39] And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the

second, and Eliphelet the third.

[40] And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many

sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of

Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 9:1

1 CHRONICLES 9

1 So all Israel was registered by genealogies, and these were written

in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was led into exile

to Babylon for their unfaithfulness.

[1] So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were

written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away

to Babylon for their transgression.

2 (Ne 7:73; Ezr 2:43; 2:58) Now the first ones to dwell in their possessions

in their cities were children of Israel, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

A Post-Exilic Genealogy

Ne 11:3-19

3 (Ne 11:1) Some of the sons of Judah dwelt in Jerusalem alongside

some of the sons of Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh:

4 (Ge 46:12; Nu 26:20) Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri,

the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Perez the son of Judah;

5 of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons;

6of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brothers, six hundred and ninety.

7 Those of the sons of Benjamin were

Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;

8 Ibneiah the son of Jeroham; Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Mikri;

Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

9 and their brothers according to their generations, 956.

All these men were heads of families according to their fathers' houses.

10 Those of the priests were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jakin;

11 (Ne 11:11) Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam,

the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub,

the head official of the house of God;

12 Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah;

Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam,

the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

13 and their brothers, heads of the houses of their fathers, 1760

very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

14 Those of the Levites were Shemaiah the son of Hasshub,

the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

15 (Ne 11:22) Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mika,

the son of Zikri, the son of Asaph;

16 Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun;

Berekiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah,

who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

17 Now the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman,

and their brothers (Shallum was the head officer

18 (Eze 46:1-2) who until then had served at the king's eastern gate).

They were the gatekeepers for the camps of the Levites.

19 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

and his brothers from his father's house, the Korahites,

were over the work of the service, gatekeepers of the tabernacle.

Their fathers had been over the camp of the Lord, guards at the entrance.

20 Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the official over them in previous times,

and the Lord was with him.

21 (1Ch 26:14; 26:2) Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper

at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

22 (1Sa 9:9) All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve.

They were registered by their genealogy in their villages. Now David

and Samuel the seer established them in their trusted offices.

23 So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house

of the Lord, that is, the house of the tabernacle, as guards.

24 The gatekeepers were on four sides: east, west, north, and south.

25 (2Ki 11:5; 2Ch 23:8) Their brothers in their villages were to come

for seven days from time to time to serve with them.

26 For in their trusted offices the four main gatekeepers who were

Levites had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

27 They spent the night around the house of God, for the watch

was entrusted to them, and they were responsible for opening it every morning.

28 Some of them were in charge of the vessels of service, that they should

bring them in and out by number.

29 (1Ch 23:29) Some others were appointed over the furnishings

and all the implements of the sanctuary as well as the fine flour, the wine,

the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.

30 (Ex 30:23-25) And some of the sons of the priests mixed the ointment

of the spices.

31 (1Ch 9:19; 9:22) Mattithiah, one of the Levites (he was the firstborn of

Shallum the Korahite), was entrusted with making the flat cakes.

32 (Lev 24:5-8) Others of the sons of the Kohathites and from their brothers

were given charge over the showbread to prepare it every Sabbath.

33 (1Ch 6:31-33; 25:1-31) Now these are the singers, heads of the fathers'

houses of the Levites, who stayed in the temple chambers, free from

other service, because they were occupied with the work day and night.

34 These were the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according

to their generations, leaders, who dwelt in Jerusalem.

[2] Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their

cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

[3] And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of

Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;

[4] Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of

Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

[5] And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

[6] And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and

ninety.

[7] And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of

Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,

[8] And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of

Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of

Ibnijah;

[9] And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and

fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their

fathers.

[10] And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

[11] And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok,

the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;

[12] And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of

Malchijah,

and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam,

the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

[13] And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and

seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of

the house of God.

[14] And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam,

the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

[15] And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the

son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

[16] And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun,

and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages

of the Netophathites.

[17] And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and

their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

[18] Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in

the companies of the children of Levi.

[19] And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and

his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work

of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers,

being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.

[20] And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past,

and the Lord was with him.

[21] And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation.

[22] All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred

and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom

David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

[23] So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house

of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

[24] In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and

south.

[25] And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after

seven days from time to time with them.

[26] For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office,

and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

[27] And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was

upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

[28] And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that

they should bring them in and out by tale.

[29] Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the

instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil,

and the frankincense, and the spices.

[30] And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

[31] And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum

the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the

pans.

[32] And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over

the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

[33] And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who

remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work

day and night.

[34] These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their

generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

The Genealogy of Saul

1Ch 8:28-38

35 Now Jeiel the father of Gibeon,

whose wife's name was Maakah, dwelt in Gibeon.

36 His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

38 Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. These also dwelt in Jerusalem

with their own families near their brothers.

39 (1Sa 13:22) Ner became the father of Kish; Kish the father of Saul;

Saul the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.

40The son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal

became the father of Micah.

41 (1Ch 8:35) The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melek, Tahrea, and Ahaz.

42 () 1Ch 8:36Ahaz became the father of Jarah,

and Jarah the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri.

Zimri became the father of Moza,

43 (1Ch 8:37) and Moza became the father of Binea, Rephaiah his son,

Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

44 Azel had six sons, and these were their names:

Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan.

These were the sons of Azel.

[35] And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was

Maachah:

[36] And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and

Nadab,

[37] And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

[38] And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at

Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

[39] And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and

Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

[40] And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah.

[41] And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.

[42] And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri;

and Zimri begat Moza;

[43] And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his

son.

[44] And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and

Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

2) Our Daily Bread for 6 September 2026 Titled

Contending for the Faith by Marvin Williams

Jude 1:20-23

Warnings and Exhortations

20 But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith.

Pray in the Holy Spirit.

21 Keep yourselves in the love of God while you are waiting for the mercy

of our Lord Jesus Christ, which leads to eternal life.

22 On some have compassion, using discernment.

23 And others save with fear while pulling them out of the fire,

hating even the garment stained by the flesh.

[20] But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith,

praying in the Holy Ghost,

[21] Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord

Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

[22] And of some have compassion, making a difference:

[23] And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even

the garment spotted by the flesh.

A twenty-seven-year-old student studying in Japan had to be rescued from Mount

Fuji twice in one week! After being airlifted during his first climb due to

dangerous conditions, he realised he'd left his phone and other belongings

behind. Four days later, ignoring warnings, he returned to the mountain, only

to need to be rescued again - this time suffering from altitude sickness. His

story made headlines for its rarity but also because he'd knowingly trekked

back into danger.

This account mirrors a spiritual reality - we often tend to head back to what

God has rescued us from. Jude captures this tension in his little letter.

Written to a church threatened by false teachers and moral compromises, he

exhorted believers "to contend for the faith" (1:3), not just for themselves

but for others too. Jude challenged them to snatch others

"from the fire" (v. 23) - taking an active role in shielding struggling

believers from false teachers. As believers in Jesus, we can't simply stand

back and watch others flounder and fail.

Today, God is calling us to rescue others and to resist returning to the place

we were rescued from. His grace will rescue us more than once, but it also

calls us to live like we've already been rescued. Through God's strength,

let's contend for the faith and help others be built up in the "most holy

faith" (v. 20).

Reflect & Pray

How can we show mercy to believers who doubt?

What does it mean to show mercy mixed with reverent fear?

Dear God, please help me contend for

the faith and help those experiencing doubt.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 1 - The Joy of Confessing Christ

Romans 10:9-10

9 (Lk 12:8; Php 2:11)that if you confess with your mouth

Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from

the dead, you will be saved,

10 for with the heart one believes unto righteousness,

and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation

[9] That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt

believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be

saved.

[10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth

confession is made unto salvation.

Teena, a college freshman, has just committed her life to Christ,

but she was apprehensive about telling anyone - until Bill appeared

on the scene. He plunked his coffee cup down on the table and smiled.

"I heard something exciting happened to you yesterday, Teena"

"Yeah", Teena paused and looked around, as if seeking an escape route.

"I , uh, well, I did it"

"Did what?"

"Well, I, ah, gave my life to God."

"That's wonderful!" Bill exclaimed.

He was still talking with Teena and encouraging he in her decision

when Maria walked by.

"Maria!" Bill called. "Teena wants to tell you something!"

Teena gasped , open-mouthed, then stammered,

" I - I committed my life to Christ."

Maria , similarly enthuasiatic, encouraged Teena in her commitment,

and within half an hour Teena was stopping her friends to tell them,

"Guess what? I've become a Christian! I belng to Jesus now!"

Teena had already surrendered her heart to Christ.

But when she confessed her decision aloud to others,

the truth of that transformation was confirmed by her.

Many of us have been raised to believe that 'faith is a private matter',

not to be discussed in polite company. Yet Paul makes clear the connection

between heart commitment and verbal confession. Just as my love for family

and friends deepens as I tell them I love them, so a person's love

for Christ is confirmed and stabilised

by speaking of that commitment to others.

Application

a) Have I been reluctant to tell others of my faith in Christ? Why?

b) What happens within me when I do tell others of my love for the Lord?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Malachi 3:10-12

10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in

My house, and test Me now in this, says the Lord of Hosts, if I will not

open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing,

that there will not be room enough to receive it.

11 I will rebuke the devourer

for your sakes, so that it will not destroy the fruit of your ground,

and the vines in your field will not fail to bear fruit,

says the Lord of Hosts.

12 Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be

a delightful land, says the Lord of Hosts.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in

mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not

open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall

not be room enough to receive it.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy

the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit

before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be

a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

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

When you are Worried Over Money

Matt 6:19-21

Treasures in Heaven

Lk 12:33-34

19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth

and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

20 But store up

for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy

and where thieves do not break in nor steal,

21 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.

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 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)

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

http://www.ehc.ca

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 BC, 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 know you are loved by Him.

Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord for your nation not to go into

spiritual exile.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please help me contend for

the faith and help those experiencing doubt."

Pray to the Lord and pray to confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be a generous given.

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

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

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

Ask the Lord to remove governmental barriers that are preventing churches in

Morocco from worshipping

openly.

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.

Day 248 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

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Day 248, 5 September 2026

1)Psalm 137, 1 Chronicles 4, 1 Chronicles 5, 1 Chronicles 6

Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept

when we remembered Zion.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) We hung our harps

upon the poplars.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) For there our captors made us sing

and our tormentors made us entertain,

saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) How shall we sing the song of the Lord

in a foreign land?

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

let my right hand forget its skill.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) If I do not remember you,

let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,

if I do not have Jerusalem

as my highest joy.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Remember, O Lord, the people of Edom

in the day of Jerusalem,

who said, "Raze it, raze it,

down to its foundations."

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed,

blessed is the one who rewards you

as you have done to us.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Blessed is the one who takes

and dashes your little ones against the rocks.

Psalms 137

[1] By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we

remembered Zion.

[2] We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

[3] For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and

they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs

of Zion.

[4] How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?

[5] If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

[6] If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;

if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

[7] Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who

said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

[8] O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that

rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

[9] Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the

stones.

1 CHRONICLES 4

Other Sons of Judah

1 (Ge 46:12; 38:29) The sons of Judah were

Perez, Hezron, Karmi, Hur, and Shobal.

2 Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath,

and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad.

These are the families of the Zorathites.

3 These were the sons of the father of Etam:

Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.

4 (1Ch 2:50; 4:18) Penuel was the father of Gedor,

and Ezer was the father of Hushah.

These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah,

the father of Bethlehem.

5 (1Ch 2:24) Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives: Helah and Naarah.

6Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari.

hese were the sons of Naarah.

7 The sons of Helah were

Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan.

8 Koz became the father of Anub and Hazzobebah and the families of Aharhel

the son of Harum.

9 (Ge 34:19) Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers,

and his mother called his name Jabez, saying,

"Because I bore him in hardship."

10 Then Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh, that You would indeed

bless me and enlarge my territory, that Your hand might be with me,

and that You would keep me from evil, that it may not bring me hardship!"

So God granted what he asked.

11 Kelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir,

who was the father of Eshton.

12 Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah,

and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These were the men of Rekah.

13 (Jos 15:17; Jdg 1:13) The sons of Kenaz were

Othniel and Seraiah,

and the sons of Othniel were

Hathath and Meonothai.

14 Meonothai became the father of Ophrah,

and Seraiah became the father of Joab,

the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen.

15 (Nu 13:6) The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were

Iru, Elah, and Naam,

and the son of Elah was

Kenaz.

16 The sons of Jehallelel were

Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

17 The sons of Ezrah were

Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon, and Mered's wife bore Miriam,

Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

18 (1Ch 4:4) His Judean wife bore Jered the father of Gedor,

Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

So these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

19 (Jos 15:44) The sons of his wife Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were

the father of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maakathite.

20 The sons of Shimon were

Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon.

And the sons of Ishi were

Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

21 (Ge 38:5; 46:12) The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were

Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the families

of the house of workers of fine linen at Beth Ashbea;

22 Jokim, the men of Kozeba, Joash, Saraph, who was lord in Moab,

and Jashubi Lehem (these records are ancient).

23 They were the potters, those dwelling at Netaim and Gederah

(they dwelt there with the king for his work).

1 Chronicles 4

[1] The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

[2] And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and

Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

[3] And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash:

and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:

[4] And Penuel the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are

the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

[5] And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

[6] And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari.

These were the sons of Naarah.

[7] And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

[8] And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of

Harum.

[9] And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called

his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

[10] And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest

bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me,

and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And

God granted him that which he requested.

[11] And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of

Eshton.

[12] And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of

Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah.

[13] And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel;

Hathath.

[14] And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the

valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

[15] And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and

the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

[16] And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

[17] And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon:

and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

[18] And his wife Jehudiajah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the

father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons

of Bithiah the daughter of Pharoah, which Mered took.

[19] And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of

Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

[20] And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon.

And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.

[21] The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and

Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that

wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

[22] And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the

dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.

[23] These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges:

there they dwelt with the king for his work.

Sons of Simeon

Jos 19:2-10

24 (Ge 46:10) The sons of Simeon were

Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul,

25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.

26 The sons of Mishma were

Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son, and Shimei his son.

27 (Nu 2:4; 2:13) Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters,

but his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family

multiply as much as the sons of Judah.

28 (Jos 19:2-3) Now they dwelt in Beersheba, Moladah, and Hazar Shual

29 (Jos 19:3,4) as well as in Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

31 (Jos 19:5-6) Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and Shaaraim.

These were their cities until the reign of David.

32 Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan,

five cities in all,

33 (Jos 19:8) and all the villages that were around these cities

as far as Baal.

Such are their inhabited cities, and those registered to them were

34 Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah;

35 Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;

36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah;

37 Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah,

the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.

38 These mentioned by name were leaders in their families,

and their fathers' houses increased greatly.

39 (Jos 15:58; 1Ch 4:4) They went to the entrance of Gedor,

as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks

40 (Jdg 18:7-10) There they found rich, good pasture,

and the land was wide, quiet, and peaceful;

for former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.

41 In the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, those written by name came

and attacked their tents, along with the Meunites who were found there,

and utterly destroyed them until this day. Then they dwelt there

in their place because there was pasture for their flocks there.

42 (Ge 36:8-9) Now some of them, namely five hundred men

from the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir with Pelatiah,

Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, as their captains.

43 (1Sa 30:17; 15:7-8) Then they struck down the rest of the Amalekites

who had escaped. So they have dwelt there until this day.

[24] The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

[25] Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

[26] And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Shimei his son.

[27] And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not

many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children

of Judah.

[28] And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,

[29] And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

[30] And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

[31] And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at

Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

[32] And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan,

five cities:

[33] And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto

Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.

[34] And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

[35] And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of

Asiel,

[36] And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and

Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

[37] And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the

son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

[38] These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the

house of their fathers increased greatly.

[39] And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the

valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

[40] And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet,

and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

[41] And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,

and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and

destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because

there was pasture there for their flocks.

[42] And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to

mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah,

and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

[43] And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt

there unto this day.

1 Chronicles 5

Sons of Reuben

1 (Ge 29:32; 35:22) Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel

(for he was the firstborn, but since he defiled his father's bed,

his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel,

so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright;

2 (Mic 5:2; Mt 2:6; Ge 49:8-10 ) though Judah prevailed

over his brothers and a ruler came from him,

yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

3 (Ge 46:9; Ex 6:14; Nu 26:5-9) the sons of Reuben the firstborn

of Israel were Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi.

4 The sons of Joel were

Shemaiah his son, Gog his son,

Shimei his son,

5 Micah his son,

Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

6 (1Ch 5:26) and Beerah his son, whom

Tiglath--Pileser the king of Assyria led into exile.

He was a leader of the Reubenites.

7 (1Ch 5:1) 7His brothers according to their families

by the registration of their generations were

Jeiel, the first, and Zechariah;

8 (Nu 32:34; 32:38) Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel,

who dwelt in Aroer, even as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.

9 (Jos 22:8-9) And he dwelt toward the east as far as the entrance

to the wilderness from the Euphrates,

for their cattle were abundant in the land of Gilead.

10 Now in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites,

who fell by their hand, and they dwelt in their tents over

all the eastern plains of Gilead.

[1] Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the

firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was

given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to

be reckoned after the birthright.

[2] For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief

ruler;

but the birthright was Joseph's:)

[3] The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hannoch, and

Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

[4] The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

[5] Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,

[6] Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away

captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

[7] And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their

generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

[8] And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt

in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:

[9] And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from

the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of

Gilead.

[10] And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by

their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of

Gilead.

Sons of Gad

11 (Jos 13:11; 13:24-28) The sons of Gad dwelt opposite

them in the land of Bashan as far as Salekah.

12 Joel was the first, Shapham the second,

with Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.

13 Their brothers of their father's house were

Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia, and Eber, seven in all.

14 These are the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah,

the sonof Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai,

the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni,

was the head of their father's house.

16 (1Ch 27:29; SS 2:1) They dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns,

and in all the outlands of Sharon to the edge of their borders.

17 (2Ki 14:16; 14:28) All of them were registered by genealogy in the days

of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

18 (Nu 1:3) The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites,

and the half-tribe of Manasseh numbered 44760 valiant men,

men able to bear shield and sword, to shoot with a bow,

and who were skillful in battle, who went to war.

19 (Ge 25:15; 1Ch 1:31) They made war with the Hagrites, namely Jetur,

Naphish, and Nodab.

20 (2Ch 18:31; Ps 20:7-8) They were helped against them,

and the Hagrites and all who were with them were delivered into their hand,

for they cried to God in the battle, and He heard their prayer

because they trusted in Him.

21 They captured their livestock: fifty thousand of their camels,

two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys,

and one hundred thousand men.

22 (2Ki 15:29; 17:6) So many fell slain, because the war was of God.

And they dwelt in their place until the exile.

[11] And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan

unto Salchah:

[12] Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in

Bashan.

[13] And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and

Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

[14] These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah,

the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of

Jahdo, the son of Buz;

[15] Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their

fathers.

[16] And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the

suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

[17] All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of

Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

[18] The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of

valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and

skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore,

that went out to the war.

[19] And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and

Nodab.

[20] And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered

into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the

battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

[21] And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of

sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men

an hundred thousand.

[22] For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they

dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

The Half-Tribe of Manasseh

23 (Dt 3:8-9; SS 4:8) The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh also dwelt

in the land. They increased from Bashan as far as Baal Hermon and Senir,

even to Mount Hermon.

24 These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel,

Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, men of reputation,

and heads of their fathers' houses.

25 (Ex 34:15) They were unfaithful to the God of their fathers

and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land,

whom God had wiped out before them.

26 (2Ki 15:19; 17:6) So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul

the king of Assyria, even the spirit of Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria,

and he led the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

into exile and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan

to this day.

[23] And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they

increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

[24] And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and

Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty

men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.

[25] And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a

whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before

them.

[26] And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and

the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away,

even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and

brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto

this day.

1 CHRONICLES 6

Sons of Levi

1 (Ge 46:11; Ex 6:16) The sons of Levi were

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2 (Ex 6:18) The sons of Kohath were

Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

3 (Lev 10:1; Ex 6:20) The children of Amram were

Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.

The sons of Aaron were

Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4 (Ex 6:25; 1Ch 6:50) Eleazar became the father of Phinehas,

Phinehas the father of Abishua,

5 Abishua the father of Bukki, and Bukki the father of Uzzi.

6 Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah the father of Meraioth.

7 Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah father of Ahitub.

8 (2Sa 8:17; 15:27) Ahitub became the father of Zadok,

and Zadok father of Ahimaaz.

9 Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah father of Johanan.

10 (1Ki 6:1-7; 2Ch 3:1) Johanan became the father of Azariah

(he was the one who ministered as a priest in the temple

that Solomon built in Jerusalem).

11 (Ezr 7:3) Azariah became the father of Amariah,

and Amariah the father of Ahitub.

12 (Ne 11:11) Ahitub became the father of Zadok,

and Zadok the father of Shallum.

13 (2Ki 22:12-14; 2Ch 35:8) Shallum became the father of Hilkiah,

and Hilkiah the father of Azariah.

14 (2Ki 25:18; Ne 11:11) Azariah became the father of Seraiah,

and Seraiah of Jehozadak.

15 (2Ki 25:18; 25:21) Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord led Judah

and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 Ex 6:16The sons of Levi were

Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 (1Ch 23:7) These are the names of the sons of Gershom:

Libni and Shimei.

18 (1Ch 23:12) The sons of Kohath were

Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

19 (1Ch 23:21; 24:26) The sons of Merari were

Mahli and Mushi.

Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

20 Of Gershom were

Libni his son, Jahath his son,

Zimmah his son, 21Joah his son,

Iddo his son, Zerah his son,

and Jeatherai his son.

22 (Ex 6:24) The sons of Kohath were

Amminadab his son, Korah his son,

Assir his son, 23Elkanah his son,

Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son,

Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

25 The sons of Elkanah were

Amasai and Ahimoth.

26 (1Sa 1:1) As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son,

Nahath his son,

27 (1Sa 1:1) Eliab his son,

Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.

28 (1Sa 8:2; 1Ch 6:33) The sons of Samuel were

the firstborn Joel and Abijah.

29 (1Ch 6:19)The sons of Merari were

Mahli, Libni his son,

Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son,

and Asaiah his son.

[1] The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

[2] And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

[3] And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also

of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

[4] Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,

[5] And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,

[6] And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

[7] Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

[8] And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

[9] And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

[10] And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office

in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

[11] And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

[12] And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

[13] And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

[14] And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

[15] And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and

Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

[16] The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

[17] And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

[18] And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

[19] The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of

the Levites according to their fathers.

[20] Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

[21] Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

[22] The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

[23] Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

[24] Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

[25] And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

[26] As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

[27] Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

[28] And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

[29] The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

[30] Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

The Temple Musicians

Jos 21:4-39

31 (2Sa 6:17; 1Ch 15:16-22) These are the ones whom David appointed

over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark rested there.

32 Now they were ministering before the dwelling place of the tabernacle

of meeting with singing until Solomon had built the house of the Lord

in Jerusalem, and they were arranged

by their order according to their service.

33 (1Ch 6:28; 15:17) These are the ones standing in order with their sons.

Of the sons of the Kohathites were

Heman the singer,

the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,

the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

35 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah,

the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,

the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir,

the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

38 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,

the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

39 (2Ch 5:12; 29:13) His brother Asaph, the one standing at his right hand, was

Asaph the son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,

40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,

the son of Malkijah,

41 the son of Ethni,

the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

42 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,

the son of Shimei,

43 the son of Jahath,

the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

44 Of the sons of Merari, their brothers, standing on the left hand was

Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi,

the son of Malluk,

45 the son of Hashabiah,

the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

46 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani,

the son of Shemer,

47 the son of Mahli,

the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,

the son of Levi.

48 Their brothers the Levites also were appointed for

all kinds of service to the tabernacle of the house of God.

49 (Ex 27:1-8; 30:1-7) But Aaron and his sons were making sacrifices

on the altar of the burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all

the work of the Most Holy Place and to make atonement for Israel,

according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

50 Now these are the sons of Aaron:

Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,

Abishua his son,

51 Bukki his son,

Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,

Ahitub his son,

53 (2Sa 8:17) Zadok his son,

and Ahimaaz his son.

54 (Ge 25:16) And these are their dwelling places according to their walled

settlements in their territory, for they were given to them, namely

to the sons of Aaron and to the families of the Kohathites, by lot.

55 (Jos 14:13) They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah,

and its surrounding outlands.

56 (Jos 15:13) But the open fields of the city, and its villages,

they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

57 (Jos 15:48; 21:13-14) To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah

with the cities of refuge: Hebron and Libnah with its outlands,

Jattir and Esh-temoa with their outlands,

58 (Jos 10:3) Hilen with its outlands, Debir with its outlands,

59 (Jos 21:16; 15:42) Ashan with its outlands, and Beth Shemesh

with its outlands.

60 (Jer 1:1) From the tribe of Benjamin, they gave Geba with its outlands,

Alemeth with its outlands, and Anathoth with its outlands.

All their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

61 To the sons of Kohath, those remaining from the family of that tribe,

they gave ten cities by lot from half the tribe of Manasseh.

62 To the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave

from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe

of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities in all.

63 (Jos 21:7; 21:34-40) To the sons of Merari, throughout their families,

they gave by lot from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad,

and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities in all.

64 (Jos 21:41-42; 21:3) Thus, the sons of Israel gave cities with their

outlands to the Levites.

65 They gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah,

and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon,

and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin,

these cities, which are called by their names.

66 Then some from the families of the sons of Kohath

received cities for their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

67 (Jos 21:21) They gave to them with the cities of refuge:

Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim with its outlands,

Gezer with its outlands,

68 Jokmeam with its outlands, Beth Horon with its outlands,

69 (Jos 10:12) Aijalon with its outlands, and Gath Rimmon with its outlands.

70 Also the half-tribe of Manasseh gave Aner with its outlands

and Bileam with its outlands for the remaining family of the sons of Kohath.

71 (Jos 21:27; 9:10) To the sons of Gershom, the family of the half-tribe

of Manasseh gave Golan in Bashan with its outlands and Ashtaroth

with its outlands.

72 From the tribe of Issachar, they received Kedesh

with its outlands, Daberath with its outlands,

73 Ramoth with its outlands, and Anem with its outlands.

74 From the tribe of Asher, they received Mashal with its outlands,

Abdon with its outlands,

75 Hukok with its outlands, and Rehob with its outlands.

76 (Jos 21:32) From the tribe of Naphtali, they received Kedesh in Galilee

with its outlands, Hammon with its outlands, and Kiriathaim with its outlands.

77 (Jos 21:34-35) To the remaining sons of Merari, the tribe of Zebulun gave

Rimmono with its outlands and Tabor with its outlands.

78 (Jos 20:8) Then on the other side of the Jordan opposite Jericho,

to the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer

in the wilderness with its outlands, Jahzah with its outlands,

79 Kedemoth with its outlands, and Mephaath with its outlands.

80 (Ge 32:2; 2Ki 9:1) And from the tribe of Gad, they received Ramoth

in Gilead with its outlands, Mahanaim with its outlands,

81 (Jos 21:39) Heshbon with its outlands, and Jazer with its outlands.

[31] And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the

house

of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

[32] And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the

congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in

Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

[33] And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the

Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

[34] The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of

Toah,

[35] The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of

Amasai,

[36] The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of

Zephaniah,

[37] The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of

Korah,

[38] The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of

Israel.

[39] And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son

of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

[40] The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

[41] The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

[42] The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

[43] The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

[44] And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan

the

son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

[45] The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

[46] The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

[47] The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of

Levi.

[48] Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of

service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

[49] But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering,

and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the

place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that

Moses the servant of God had commanded.

[50] And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,

Abishua his son,

[51] Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

[52] Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

[53] Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

[54] Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their

coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs

was the lot.

[55] And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs

thereof

round about it.

[56] But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to

Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

[57] And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,

Hebron,

the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa,

with their suburbs,

[58] And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

[59] And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:

[60] And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth

with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities

throughout

their families were thirteen cities.

[61] And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that

tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half

tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

[62] And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe

of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of

Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

[63] Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families,

out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the

tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

[64] And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their

suburbs.

[65] And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and

out

of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the

children

of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

[66] And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of

their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

[67] And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount

Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

[68] And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs,

[69] And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:

[70] And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and

Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of

Kohath.

[71] Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half

tribe

of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her

suburbs:

[72] And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath

with her suburbs,

[73] And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:

[74] And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with

her suburbs,

[75] And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:

[76] And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,

and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

[77] Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of

Zebulun. Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

[78] And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan,

were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her

suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

[79] Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:

[80] And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and

Mahanaim with her suburbs,

[81] And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

2) Our Daily Bread for 5 September 2026 Titled

When God Opens Our Eyes by Monica La Rose

Numbers 22:22-32

22 (Ex 4:24; Nu 22:32) The anger of God was inflamed because he went,

and the angel At times the Lord speaks directly through an angel

(cf. the story of the burning bush in Ex 3:2-4).

of the Lord stood in the way as an adversary against him.

Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

23 The donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way,

and His sword was drawn in His hand, so the donkey turned out of the way

and went into the field. Balaam struck the donkey to turn her onto the road.

24 But the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path of the vineyards,

a wall on this side and a wall on that side.

25 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she threw herself

into the wall and crushed the foot of Balaam against the wall,

and he struck her again.

26 The angel of the Lord went further and stood in a narrow place

where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

27 When the donkey saw the angel of theLord, she fell down under Balaam,

and the anger of Balaam was inflamed, and he struck the donkey with a staff.

28 (2Pe 2:16) Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey,

and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you,

that you have struck me these three times?"

29 (Pr 12:10) And Balaam said to the donkey,

"You have mocked me. O that there was a sword in my hand,

for now I would kill you."

30 The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey, whom you have ridden

since I became yours, to this day? Do I normally do this to you?"

And he said, "No."

31 (Ge 21:19; Lk 24:16) Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam,

and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way,

and His sword was drawn in His hand,

and he bowed his head and fell flat on his face.

32 (Nu 22:22) The angel of the Lord said to him,

"Why have you struck your donkey these three times?

I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before Me."

[22] And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD

stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his

ass, and his two servants were with him.

[23] And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his

sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went

into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

[24] But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall

being on this side, and a wall on that side.

[25] And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the

wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

[26] And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place,

where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

[27] And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam:

and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.

[28] And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam,

What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

[29] And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would

there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

[30] And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast

ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto

thee? And he said, Nay.

[31] Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the

LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down

his head, and fell flat on his face.

[32] And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten

thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because

thy way is perverse before me:

In thirteenth-century France, legend has it that a knight left his baby boy at

home guarded by his greyhound dog Guinefort. The knight returned to find

chaos - the crib overturned, his son nowhere to be seen, and his hound's mouth

covered in blood. Assuming the dog had harmed his son, he killed it.

Afterward, he found the body of a large snake covered in dog bites - and his

son unharmed under the cradle. Guinefort had saved the baby's life. The dog's

heroism and unjust fate so moved people that they misguidedly revered

Guinefort as a saint.

Scripture records a similar incident, in which an animal was unjustly punished

for protecting its owner. The prophet Balaam had been hired by the Moabite

king to curse God's people (Numbers 22:4-6). On Balaam's journey, an "angel of

the Lord . . . with a drawn sword" (v. 23) blocked his path. Balaam's donkey,

seeing the danger, avoided the angel twice - only to be beaten for his

efforts (vv. 23, 25). When the donkey could no longer evade the angel,

he refused to move and was again punished (vv. 26-27).

Finally, God enabled the donkey to speak and defend itself (vv. 29-30), and

then He opened Balaam's eyes to see the angel and heed God's

instructions (v. 31-32).

We're not likely to hear an animal talk back to us anytime soon, but God can

still open our eyes in unexpected ways. When that happens, let's be prepared

to listen.

Reflect & Pray

When has God opened your eyes? How has that changed you?

Gracious God, please help me to hear and respond to Your leading.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 7 - The Great Exchange

2 Cor 5:21 - God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,

that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin;

that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

People were talking ; the gossip lines were busy day and night.

Andrea, a Bible study leader and pillar of the church, had been

accused of indiscretion with a married man, another member

of the congregation. The rumours were proven untrue,

but that hardly mattered anymore. The damage was done.

"It's just not far," Andrea said. " It was all so unnecessary.

And now, even though I've done nothing wrong, my relationship

with that church will never be the same again."

We all know what pain is caused by undeserved accusation,

rejection, and misunderstanding. Sometimes, when the smoke clears,

irreparable damage has been done, even when no sin has occurred.

We can understand the torment that comes when we've sinned,

but when we've done nothing wrong, the injustice seem unbearable.

Jesus knew what it was to suffer unjustly. He had never sinned at all,

yet he 'became sin' for us. He gave himself in an outrageous exchange:

he took our sin and gave us his righteousness.

Living in this exchange does not mean, of course, that we will be exempt

from pain, that we will never again suffer unjustly or be subject

to rejection. But in Christ, we are declared righteous before God,

just as Jesus himself is righteous. And as we submit

to the Holy Spirit's work in us, we become righteous ,

obeying him and growing in grace. Christ endured rejection

for us so that we might live in him.

Application

a) Have I ever suffered unjustly or been rejected by someone without cause?

b) How can this verse, coupled with my own experience give me a greater

depth of appreciation of what Christ suffered for me?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

2 Cor 9:6

6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,

and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly;

and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

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

When you are Worried Over Money

1 Tim 6:6-10

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain

that we can carry nothing out.

8 If we have food and clothing, we shall be content with these things.

9 But those who desire

to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish

and harmful lusts, which drown men in ruin and destruction.

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil.

While coveting after money, some have strayed from the faith

and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain

we can carry nothing out.

8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

9 But they that will

be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish

and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil:

which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,

and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)

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

http://www.ehc.ca

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. "

9 If 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 give Him Glory.

Pray to the Lord: "Gracious God, please help me to hear

and respond to Your leading."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus Christ who was made sin

so you can gain access to Heaven.

Pray to the Lord and pray to sow bountifully.

Pray to the Lord and pray to have godliness with contentment.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

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 Djibouti will

be protected from Islamists who’ve sought sanctuary in surrounding areas.

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.

Day 247 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

nospam@example.com (DSY) — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:17:00 +0000

Day 247, 4 September 2026

1)Ezekiel 35,36,37

Ezekiel 35

A Prophecy Against Edom

1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Ge 32:3; Eze 6:2) Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir

and prophesy against it,

3 (Jer 6:12; 15:6) and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: I am against you,

O Mount Seir, and I will stretch out My hand against you, and I will make

you a desolation and a waste.

4 (Eze 35:9; Mal 1:3-4) I will lay your cities waste, and you shall

become a desolation. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

5 (Ps 137:7; Eze 21:25; 21:29) Because you have had a perpetual hatred

and have delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword

in the time of their calamity, in the time of the punishment of the end,

6 (Isa 63:2-6) therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will prepare you

for bloodshed, and bloodshed shall pursue you. Since you have not hated

bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you.

7 (Eze 29:11; 35:3) Thus I will make Mount Seir a desolation and a waste,

and cut off from it the one who passes through and the one who returns.

8 (Eze 31:12; 32:4-5) I will fill its mountains with its slain men.

On your hills and in your valleys and in all your rivers, they shall fall

who are slain with the sword.

9 (Eze 6:7; 25:13) I will make you a perpetual desolation,

and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you shall know that

I am the Lord.

10 (Eze 36:5; 48:35) Because you have said, "These two nations

and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess them,"

whereas the Lord was there,

11 (Ps 9:16; Mt 7:2) therefore, as I live, says the Lord God,

I will treat you according to your anger and according to your envy,

which you have showed out of your hatred against them. And I will make

Myself known among them when I have judged you.

12 (Eze 36:2) Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have heard all

your blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel,

saying, "They are laid desolate. They are given to us to consume."

13 (Da 11:36; 1Sa 2:3) Thus with your mouth you have boasted against Me

and have multiplied your words against Me. I have heard them.

14 Thus says the Lord God: When the whole earth rejoices,

I will make you a desolation.

15 (Isa 34:5-6; La 4:21) As you rejoiced at the inheritance

of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you.

You shall be a desolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it.

Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 35

[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

[3] And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am

against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make

thee most desolate.

[4] I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt

know that I am the LORD.

[5] Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the

children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity,

in the time that their iniquity had an end:

[6] Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto

blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even

blood shall pursue thee.

[7] Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that

passeth out and him that returneth.

[8] And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in

thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the

sword.

[9] I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return:

and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

[10] Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall

be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:

[11] Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to

thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy

hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have

judged thee.

[12] And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy

blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying,

They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

[13] Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied

your words against me: I have heard them.

[14] Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make

thee desolate.

[15] As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel,

because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O

mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am

the LORD.

Ezekiel 36

A Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel

1 As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say:

O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.

2 (Dt 32:13; Eze 25:3) Thus says the Lord God: Because theenemy has said

against you, "Aha! Even the ancient high places are our possession,"

3 (Ps 44:13-14; Jer 18:16) therefore, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord

God: For good reason they have made you desolate and swallowed you up

on every side so that you might become a possession to the rest

of the nations, and you have been taken up on the lips of talkers

and are an infamy of the people.

4 (Dt 11:11; Eze 34:28) Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word

of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills,

to the rivers and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities

that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the rest

of the nations that are all around;

5 (Eze 36:3; Dt 4:24) therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely in the fire

of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations and against

all Edom, who have arrogated My land into their possession with the joy of all

their hearts and with a spiteful soul, to cast it out for a prey.

6 (Ps 123:3-4; Eze 34:29) Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel

and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and to the valleys:

Thus says the Lord God: I have spoken in My jealousy and in My fury, because

you have borne the shame of the nations.

7 (Eze 20:5) Therefore, thus says the Lord God: I have lifted up My hand

that surely the nations who are about you shall themselves bear

their invectives.

8 (Isa 27:6; 4:2) But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth

your branches and yield your fruit for My people Israel.

For they shall come soon.

9 For I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.

10 (Eze 36:33; Isa 27:6) And I will multiply men upon you, all the house

of Israel, all of it. And the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places

shall be built.

11 (Mic 7:14; Jer 30:18) And I will multiply man and beast upon you. And they

shall increase and bring forth fruit. AndI will settle you as you were before

and do better to you than at the beginning. Thus you shall know that

I am the Lord.

12 (Jer 15:7) Indeed, I will cause men to walk upon you, My people Israel,

and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance,

and you shall no longer bereave them of children.

13 (Nu 13:32) Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you,

"You are a devourer of men and have bereaved your nation of children,"

14 therefore you shall devour men no more or bereave your nation of children

anymore, says the Lord God.

15 (Ps 89:50; Eze 34:29) Nor will I cause men to hear in you the invectives

of the nations anymore, nor shall you bear the reproach of the peoples

anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to fall anymore, says the Lord God.

[1] Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say,

Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:

[2] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha,

even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

[3] Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have

made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a

possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips

of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

[4] Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus

saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to

the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken,

which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are

round about;

[5] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy

have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea,

which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their

heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

[6] Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the

mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith

the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because

ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

[7] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely

the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

[8] But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and

yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

[9] For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be

tilled and sown:

[10] And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of

it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:

[11] And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and

bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do

better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

[12] Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they

shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no

more henceforth bereave them of men.

[13] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest

up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;

[14] Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations

any more, saith the Lord GOD.

[15] Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any

more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither

shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD.

The Restoration of Israel

16 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

17 (Jer 2:7) Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land,

they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their way was before Me

as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

18 (2Ch 34:21; La 2:4) Therefore I poured My fury upon them for the blood

that they had shed upon the land and for their idols with which they

had polluted it.

19 (Dt 28:64; Eze 39:24) And I scattered them among the nations,

and they were dispersed throughout the countries. According to their ways

and according to their deeds, I judged them.

20 (Isa 52:5; Ro 2:24) When they entered the nations, where they went,

they profaned My holy name, because they said of them,

"These are the people of the Lord and have gone out of His land."

21 (Ps 74:18; Isa 48:9) But I had pity for My holy name, which the house

of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

22 (Eze 36:32; Dt 7:7-8) Therefore say to the house of Israel,

Thus says the Lord God: I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel,

but for My holy name's sake which you have profaned among the nations

where you went.

23 (Eze 20:41; Isa 5:16) I will vindicate the sanctity of My great name

which was profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst.

Then the nations shall know that I am the Lord, says the Lord God,

when I shall be sanctified among you before their eyes.

24 (Eze 37:21; 34:13) For I will take you from among the nations and gather

you out of all countries and will bring you into your own land.

25 (Heb 10:22; Ps 51:7) Then I will sprinkle clean water upon you,

and you shall be clean. From all your filthiness and from all your idols,

I will cleanse you.

26 (Ps 51:10; Eze 11:19-20) Also, I will give you a new heart,

and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will take away the stony heart

out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

27 (Eze 37:14; Isa 59:21) I will put My Spirit within you and cause you

to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

28 (Eze 37:27; 11:20) You will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers.

And you will be My people, and I will be your God.

29 (Hos 2:21-23; Mt 1:21) I will also save you from all your uncleanness.

And I will call for the grain and increase it and lay no famine upon you.

30 (Eze 34:27) I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the increase

of the field so that you shall receive no more reproach of famine

among the nations.

31 (Eze 6:9; 20:43) Then you shall remember your evil ways and your deeds

that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight

for your iniquities and your abominations.

32 (Dt 9:5; Eze 36:22) Not for your sake am I doing this, says the Lord God,

let it be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated for your ways,

O house of Israel!

33 (Eze 36:10; Isa 58:12) Thus says the Lord God: On the day that I cleanse

you from all your iniquities, I will cause you to dwell in the cities,

and the waste places shall be built.

34 The desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight

of all who pass by.

35 (Isa 51:3; Joel 2:3) They shall say, "This land that was desolate

has become like the garden of Eden. And the waste and desolate

and ruined cities have become fenced and inhabited."

36 (Eze 17:24; 22:14) Then the nations that are left all around you shall

know that I the Lord have built the ruined places and planted that which

was desolate. I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.

37 (Eze 14:3) Thus says the Lord God: This also I will let the house

of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock.

38 (Jn 10:16) As the flock for sacrifices, as the flock of Jerusalem in her

solemn feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men.

Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

[16] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[17] Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they

defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as

the uncleanness of a removed woman.

[18] Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed

upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:

[19] And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through

the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged

them.

[20] And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they

profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the

LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.

[21] But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had

profaned among the heathen, whither they went.

[22] Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do

not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake,

which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

[23] And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the

heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall

know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in

you before their eyes.

[24] For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all

countries, and will bring you into your own land.

[25] Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from

all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

[26] A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within

you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give

you an heart of flesh.

[27] And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my

statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

[28] And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye

shall be my people, and I will be your God.

[29] I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for

the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

[30] And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the

field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.

[31] Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were

not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities

and for your abominations.

[32] Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you:

be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

[33] Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from

all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the

wastes shall be builded.

[34] And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the

sight of all that passed by.

[35] And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the

garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become

fenced, and are inhabited.

[36] Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the

LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD

have spoken it, and I will do it.

[37] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the

house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a

flock.

[38] As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so

shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know

that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 37

The Valley of Dry Bones

1 (Eze 1:3; 8:3) The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He carried me out

in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the midst of the valley which

was full of bones,

2 and He caused me to pass among them all around. And there were very many

in the open valley. And they were very dry.

3 (1Sa 2:6; Dt 32:39) He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"

And I answered, "O Lord God, You know."

4 (Jer 22:29; Eze 36:1) Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones

and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

5 (Ge 2:7; Ps 104:29-30) Thus says the Lord God to these bones:

I will cause breath to enter you so that you live.

6 (Eze 38:23; Joel 2:27) And I will lay sinews upon you and will grow back

flesh upon you and cover you with skin and put breath in you so that

you live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord."

7 (Jer 13:5-7) So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied,

there was a noise and a shaking. And the bones came together,

bone to its bone.

8 When I looked, the sinews and the flesh grew upon them,

and the skin covered them. But there was no breath in them.

9 Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the wind; prophesy, son of man,

and say to the wind: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds,

O breath, and breathe upon these slain so that they live."

10 (Rev 11:11) So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came

into them, and they lived and stood up upon their feet,

an exceeding great army.

11 (Ps 141:7; Isa 49:14) Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones

are the whole house of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up,

and our hope is lost. We are cut off completely.'

12 (Isa 26:19; Hos 13:14) Therefore prophesy and say to them,

Thus says the Lord God: Pay attention, O My people, I will open your graves

and cause you to come up out of your graves and bring you into the land

of Israel.

13 Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves,

O My people, and brought you up out of your graves.

14 (Eze 36:27; Joel 2:28-29) And I shall put My Spirit in you,

and you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land.

Then you shall know that I the Lord have spoken and performed it,

says the Lord."

[Future prophecy most likely a restored Kingdom of Israel post-tribulation]

[1] The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of

the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

[2] And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very

many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

[3] And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O

Lord GOD, thou knowest.

[4] Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O

ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

[5] Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to

enter into you, and ye shall live:

[6] And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and

cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall

know that I am the LORD.

[7] So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a

noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

[8] And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and

the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

[9] Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and

say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O

breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

[10] So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and

they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

[11] Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of

Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are

cut off for our parts.

[12] Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,

O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your

graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

[13] And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O

my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

[14] And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place

you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it,

and performed it, saith the LORD.

Israel and Judah Unite

15 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:

16 (2Ch 15:9; Nu 17:2-3) Moreover, son of man, take one stick and write on it:

"For Judah and for the sons of Israel his companions." Then take another stick

and write on it, "For Joseph the stick of Ephraim and for all the house

of Israel his companions."

17 (Isa 11:13; Jer 50:4) Then join them to one another into one stick

so that they become one in your hand.

18 (Eze 12:9; 24:19) When the sons of your people speak to you, saying,

"Will you not show us what you mean by these things?"

19 (Eze 37:16-17; Zec 10:6) say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim,

and the tribes of Israel his companions, and will put them with it,

with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick;

and they shall be one in My hand.

20 (Eze 12:3) The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand

before their eyes.

21 (Eze 36:24; Jer 29:14) Say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone

and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land.

22 (Jer 3:18; 50:4) And I will make them one nation in the land upon

the mountains of Israel. And one king shall be king over them all.

And they shall be two nations no more, nor shall they be divided

into two kingdoms anymore.

23 (Eze 36:28-29) Nor shall they defile themselves anymore with their idols,

nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions.

But I will save them out of all their dwelling places in which they have

sinned and will cleanse them. So they shall be My people, and I will be

their God.

24 (Isa 40:11; Hos 3:5) David My servant shall be king over them.

And they all shall have one shepherd. They shall also walk in My judgments,

and observe My statutes and do them.

25 (Eze 28:25; Am 9:15) They shall dwell in the land that I have given

to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived. And they shall dwell

in it, they and their sons and their son's sons forever. And My servant

David shall be their prince forever.

26 (Isa 55:3; Jer 30:19) Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them.

It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them

and multiply them and will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore.

27 (Eze 37:23; Jn 1:14) My tabernacle also shall be with them.

Indeed, I will be their God and they shall be My people.

28 (Eze 20:12; Ex 31:13) The nations shall know that I the Lord do sanctify

Israel when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.

[15] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

[16] Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For

Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another

stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the

house of Israel his companions:

[17] And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one

in thine hand.

[18] And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt

thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

[19] Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick

of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his

fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make

them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

[20] And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before

their eyes.

[21] And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the

children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will

gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

[22] And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of

Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more

two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

[23] Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor

with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I

will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned,

and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

[24] And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have

one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes,

and do them.

[25] And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my

servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even

they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my

servant David shall be their prince for ever.

[26] Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an

everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them,

and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

[27] My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and

they shall be my people.

[28] And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my

sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

2) Our Daily Bread for 4 September 2025 Titles Junk Files by Adam R. Holz

Hebrews 12:1-7,10,14

The Discipline of the Lord

1 Therefore, since we are encompassed with such a great cloud of witnesses,

let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles us,

and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

2 (Heb 1:3; Lk 24:26) Let us look to Jesus, the author and finisher of our

faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising

the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

3 (Gal 6:9; Heb 12:5) For consider Him who endured such hostility

from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and your hearts give up.

4 (Heb 10:32-34) You have not yet resisted to bloodshed while striving

against sin.

5 (Pr 3:11-12) And you have forgotten the exhortation addressed

to you as sons:

"My son, do not despise the discipline from the Lord,

nor grow weary when you are rebuked by Him;

6 (Rev 3:19; Ps 119:75; Pr 3:12) for whom the Lord loves He disciplines,

and scourges every son whom He receives."

7 (Pr 13:24; 19:18) Endure discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons.

For what son is there whom a father does not discipline?

10 (2Pe 1:4) For they indeed disciplined us for a short time according

to their own judgment, but He does so for our profit, that we may partake

of His holiness.

[1] Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of

witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily

beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

[2] Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy

that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set

down at the right hand of the throne of God.

[3] For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against

himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

[4] Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

[5] And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto

children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint

when thou art rebuked of him:

[6] For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he

receiveth.

[7] If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son

is he whom the father chasteneth not?

[10] For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure;

but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Warning Against Rejecting God's Grace

14 (Ro 14:19; 2Co 7:1) Pursue peace with all men, and the holiness

without which no one will see the Lord,

[14] Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see

the Lord:

My smartphone occasionally reminds me I'm not good at digital housekeeping.

"Junk files are taking up space," the message reads. "Delete 675MB of junk

files." Now, I dislike being nagged by my phone. But if I clean out those

files, I've got more space for things that really matter. Then, when I'm at my

daughter's swim meet, for instance, I'll have enough digital storage to

actually shoot a video of her winning a race instead of unexpectedly realising

that those pesky "junk files" have sabotaged my ability to capture the moment.

Junk files on our phones are easy to delete. But what about the "junk files"

in our souls? Like our phones, our souls can be clogged with stuff that keeps

us from flourishing spiritually. The author of Hebrews understood this

reality, encouraging us to pay close attention to anything that trips us up in

our walk with God. "Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that

so easily entangles," he writes, followed by this challenge:

"And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us" (Hebrews 12:1).

What weighs you down? What trips you up? Hebrews encourages us to fix "our

eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith" (v. 2), who alone can help

us identify and delete the "junk files" that hinder our abundant life in Him.

Reflect & Pray

What most trips you up in your relationship with God?

How does your faith help you identify and throw off sinful influences?

Dear Father, please give me the wisdom and courage to

"throw off . . . the sin that so easily entangles" me.

3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association

Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools

Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 6 - Eternal Life, Beginning now

John 10:28 - I give them eternal life. They shall never perish,

nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand.

28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,

neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

In C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce, one of the Spirits in heaven, identifying

himself as George MacDonald, makes some startling statements on the nature of

eternal life. Depending upon the individual's choice for or against Christ,

MacDonald says, everything in life takes on the character of haven or hell.

"At the end of ALL THINGS, when the sun rises here (in heaven) and the twilight

turns to blackness down there, the Blessed will say, 'We have never lived

anywhere except in Heaven,' and the Lost, 'We were always in Hell.'

And both will speak truly" - From the Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis.

Lewis was not trying to make a theological case, but to demonstrate

a principle: eternal life begins now.

The choices that we make for or against obedience to God, the life we live,

the patterns we establish, all move us in one direction of the other.

And when we have decided to choose obedience to God (the forsakeness of sin),

when we give ourselves fully into his hands, he is able to take the worst of

circumstances and redeem them for our good, use them to mature us in his image.

Again Jesus says in John 10:28

"I give them eternal life. They shall never perish,

nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand. "

In Christ is a very secure place to be. No experience is lost, no pain is

wasted. Everything in our lives is redeemed by God for our benefit.

Application

a) How have I experienced the truth that "eternal life begins now"?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Luke 6:38

38 "Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down,

shaken together, and running over will men give unto you.

For with the measure you use, it will be measured unto you."

38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,

and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For

with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

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

When you are Burdened by Doubt

Proverbs 30:5

5 Every word of God is pure;

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

5 Every word of God is pure:

He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

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 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)

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

http://www.ehc.ca

4nd Day of the Month

a) Pray for the preservation of godly values in Canada

(Prov 14:34 - Righteousness exalts a nation,

but sin is a reproach to any people.

34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:

But sin is a reproach to any people.

)

b) Pray the political leaders will be awakened by God to the right

use of power and the right stewardship of their positions.

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to know He has the Future in His hands.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear Father, please give me the wisdom and courage to

"throw off . . . the sin that so easily entangles" me."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know that eternity starts now.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be a generous giver.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the purity of God's Word.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray for the preservation of godly values in Canada

Pray the political leaders will be awakened by God to the right

use of power and the right stewardship of their positions.

Pray for Fazal, who was persecuted for sharing his faith with other displaced

Afghans in Central

Asia.

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.

Day 246 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

nospam@example.com (DSY) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:51:00 +0000

Day 246, 3 September 2025

1)Ezekiel 32,33,34

Ezekiel 32

A Lament for Pharaoh and Egypt

1 (Eze 30:20; 32:17) In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month,

on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 29:3; 27:2) Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king

of Egypt and say to him:

You likened yourself to a young lion of the nations,

but you are as the monster in the seas;

and you burst forth in your rivers,

and muddied the waters with your feet,

and made foul their rivers.

3 (Eze 12:13) Thus says the Lord God:

I will therefore spread out My net over you

with a company of many peoples,

and they shall bring you up in My net.

4 (Isa 18:6; Eze 29:5) Then I will leave you upon the land;

I will cast you out on the open field,

and I will cause all the fowl of the heavens to remain upon you.

And I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with you.

5 (Eze 31:12) I will lay your flesh upon the mountains,

and fill the valleys with your refuse.

6 (Isa 34:3; Ex 7:17) I will also water the land with your blood,

as far as the mountains;

and the rivers shall be full of you.

7 (Isa 13:10; Joel 2:31) When I put you out, I will cover the heavens

and make their stars dark;

I will cover the sun with a cloud,

and the moon shall not give its light.

8 (Ge 1:14) All the bright lights in the heavens

I will make dark over you,

and set darkness upon your land,

says the Lord God.

9 (Rev 18:10-15) I will also vex the hearts of many peoples when I bring

your destruction among the nations, into the countries

which you have not known.

10 (Eze 26:16; 27:35) Indeed, I will make many peoples amazed at you,

and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you when I brandish My sword

before them. And they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own

life, on the day of your fall.

11 For thus says the Lord God:

The sword of the king of Babylon

shall come upon you.

12 (Eze 28:7; 29:19) By the swords of the mighty,

I will cause your multitude to fall.

All of them are tyrants of the nations;

they shall destroy the pride of Egypt,

and all its multitude shall be destroyed.

13 (Eze 29:11; 29:8) I also will destroy all the beasts

from beside many waters;

nor shall the foot of man muddy them anymore,

nor the hoofs of beasts muddy them.

14 Then I will make their waters settle,

and cause their rivers to run like oil,

says the Lord God.

15 (Ex 7:5; Eze 6:7) When I make the land of Egypt desolate,

and the country is destitute of that by which it was full,

when I smite all those who dwell in it,

then shall they know that I am the Lord.

16 (2Sa 1:17; 2Ch 35:25) This is the lamentation, and they shall chant it.

The daughters of the nations shall chant it. They shall chant it over Egypt

and over all her multitude, says the Lord God.

[1] And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the

first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say

unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale

in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the

waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

[3] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee

with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

[4] Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the

open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee,

and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

[5] And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with

thy height.

[6] I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to

the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

[7] And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the

stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall

not give her light.

[8] All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set

darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

[9] I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy

destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not

known.

[10] Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be

horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and

they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day

of thy fall.

[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall

come upon thee.

[12] By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the

terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of

Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

[13] I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great

waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs

of beasts trouble them.

[14] Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like

oil, saith the Lord GOD.

[15] When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be

destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that

dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.

[16] This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters

of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt,

and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

A Dirge for Egypt

17 (Eze 32:1) In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month,

the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

18 (Eze 31:14; Jer 1:10) Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt

and cast it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations,

to the nether parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit.

19 (Eze 31:18; 32:29-30) "Whom do you surpass in beauty? Descend and make

your bed with the uncircumcised."

20 (Ps 28:3) They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain

by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. They have drawn her

and all her multitudes away.

21 (Isa 14:9-10; Eze 32:27) The strong among the mighty shall speak

to him and those who help him out of the midst of Sheol:

"They have gone down, they lie still, uncircumcised,

slain by the sword."

22 (Eze 32:26; 32:24) Assyria is there and all her company.

Her graves are around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword,

23 (Eze 26:20; Ps 27:13; Eze 26:17) whose graves are set in the sides

of the pit and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain,

fallen by the sword, who cause terror in the land of the living.

24 (Ge 10:22; Jer 49:34-39) There is Elam and all her multitude all around

her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who descended

uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror

in the land of the living and bore their shame with those who went down

to the pit.

25 (Ps 139:8) They have set a bed for her in the midst of the slain

with all her multitude. Her graves are all around it. All of them

uncircumcised, slain by the sword; though their terror was caused

in the land of the living, yet they have borne their shame

with those who go down to the pit. They were put in the midst

of those who are slain.

26 (Eze 27:13; Ge 10:2; Eze 38:2-3) There is Meshek, Tubal,

and all her multitude. Their graves are all around them.

All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused

their terror in the land of the living.

27 (Isa 14:18-19; Job 3:13-15) They shall not lie with the mighty

who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to Sheol

with their weapons of war and whose swords were laid under their heads.

But the punishment for their iniquity rested upon their bones,

though the terror of these mighty ones was once in the land of the living.

28 Indeed, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised

and shall lie with those who are slain with the sword.

29 (Jer 49:7-22) There is Edom also, its kings and all its officials,

who for all their might are laid by those who were slain by the sword.

They shall lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.

30 (Eze 38:6; 28:21) There are also the officials of the north, all of them,

and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror from their might have gone

down in shame with the slain. So they lie down uncircumcised with those

who are slain by the sword,

and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

31 (Eze 31:16; 14:22) Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted

over all his multitude slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his army,

says the Lord God.

32 (Eze 32:27) Though I have caused a terror of him in the land

of the living, yet he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised

with those who are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude,

says the Lord God.

[17] It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the

month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[18] Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even

her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the

earth, with them that go down into the pit.

[19] Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the

uncircumcised.

[20] They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she

is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.

[21] The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell

with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain

by the sword.

[22] Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of

them slain, fallen by the sword:

[23] Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round

about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused

terror in the land of the living.

[24] There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them

slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the

nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the

living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

[25] They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her

multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain

by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet

have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in

the midst of them that be slain.

[26] There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round

about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they

caused their terror in the land of the living.

[27] And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the

uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and

they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be

upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of

the living.

[28] Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt

lie with them that are slain with the sword.

[29] There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might

are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the

uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

[30] There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians,

which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of

their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the

sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

[31] Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude,

even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

[32] For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be

laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the

sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 33:1-20

Renewal of Ezekiel's Call

1 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 3:11; 33:17) Son of man, speak to the children of your people

and say to them: If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land

take a man from among them and set him for their watchman,

3 (Hos 8:1; Ne 4:18) and he sees the sword come upon the land

and blows the trumpet and warns the people,

4 (Eze 18:13; 2Ch 25:16) then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet

and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away,

his blood shall be upon his own head.

5 (Ex 9:19-21; Heb 11:7) He heard the sound of the trumpet yet did not

take warning. His blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning

delivers his soul.

6 (Eze 18:20; 18:24) But if the watchman sees the sword come

and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned

and a sword comes and takes a person from among them,

he is taken away in his iniquity. But his blood I will require

from the hand of the watchman.

7 (Jer 26:2; Isa 62:6) Now as for you, son of man: I have set you a watchman

to the house of Israel. Therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth

and warn them from Me.

8 (Eze 18:4; 33:14) When I say to the wicked, "O wicked man,

you shall surely die," and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way,

that wicked man shall die in his iniquity. But his blood I will require

from your hand.

9 (Eze 3:19; 3:21) Nevertheless, if you on your part warn the wicked to turn

from his way and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity.

But you have delivered your soul.

[1] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When

I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their

coasts, and set him for their watchman:

[3] If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and

warn the people;

[4] Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning;

if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

[5] He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood

shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

[6] But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and

the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among

them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the

watchman's hand.

[7] So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of

Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

[8] When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou

dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall

die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

[9] Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he

do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast

delivered thy soul.

God's Justice and Mercy

10 (Lev 26:39; Isa 49:14) Therefore as for you, son of man, say to the house

of Israel: Thus you have spoken, saying, "Surely our transgressions

and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them. How should we then live?"

11 (Eze 18:23; 2Pe 3:9) Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I have

no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn

from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die,

O house of Israel?

12 (2Ch 7:14; Eze 18:21) Therefore you, son of man, say to the sons of your

people: The righteousness of a righteous man shall not deliver him in the day

of his transgression. As for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall

by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness. Nor shall the righteous

be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sins.

13 (Eze 18:24; Heb 10:38) When I say to the righteous that he shall surely

live and he so trusts in his righteousness that he commits iniquity,

all his righteousness shall not be remembered. But for that iniquity

of his that he has committed, he shall die.

14 (Eze 18:27; Isa 55:7; Jer 18:7-8) Again, when I say to the wicked,

"You shall surely die," and he turns from his sin and does that which

is lawful and right,

15 (Eze 20:11; Lk 19:8) if the wicked man restores a pledge, gives back

what he had robbed, walks in the statutes of life without committing

iniquity, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

16 (Eze 18:22; Isa 43:25) None of his sins that he has committed shall be

remembered against him. He has done what is lawful and right.

He shall surely live.

17 (Eze 18:25; 18:29) Yet the sons of your people say, "The way of the Lord

is not right," when their way is not right.

18 (Eze 33:12-13) When the righteous turns from his righteousness

and commits iniquity, he shall die by it.

19 But if the wicked turns from his wickedness and does that which is lawful

and right, he shall live by them.

20 (Eze 18:25) Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not right." O house

of Israel, I will judge you, every one according to his ways.

[10] Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye

speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine

away in them, how should we then live?

[11] Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the

death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn

ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

[12] Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The

righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his

transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall

thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the

righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

[13] When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he

trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses

shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he

shall die for it.

[14] Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn

from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

[15] If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk

in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live,

he shall not die.

[16] None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he

hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

[17] Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal:

but as for them, their way is not equal.

[18] When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth

iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

[19] But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful

and right, he shall live thereby.

[20] Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I

will judge you every one after his ways.

The Fall of Jerusalem

21 (2Ki 25:10; Eze 1:2) In the twelfth year of our captivity,

in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped

out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, "The city is taken."

22 (Eze 1:3; 3:26-27) Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening,

before those who escaped came. And He opened my mouth at the time

they came to me in the morning. Therefore my mouth was opened

and I was speechless no more.

23 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

24 (Isa 51:2; Eze 33:27) Son of man, those who inhabit these wastes

in the land of Israel are saying, "Abraham was one, yet he inherited the land.

But to us who are many, the land has been given for an inheritance."

25 (Ge 9:4; Dt 12:16) Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

You eat meat with the blood in it and lift up your eyes toward

your idols as you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

26 (Ge 27:40; Mic 2:1-2) You rely upon your sword, you work abominations,

and every one of you defiles his neighbour's wife. Should you then possess

the land?

27 (1Sa 13:6; Jer 42:22) Thus you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword,

and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured,

and those who are in the forts and in the caves shall die of pestilence.

28 (Eze 7:24; Jer 44:2) For I will make the land a desolation and a waste,

and the pomp of her strength shall cease. And the mountains of Israel

shall be desolate so that none shall pass through.

29 (Eze 6:7) Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I make the land

a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have

committed.

30 (Isa 29:13; 58:2) As for you, son of man, the sons of your people

are talking about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses;

and they speak to one another, each saying to his brother,

"Come now, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord."

31 (Ps 78:36-37; Isa 29:13) They come to you as people come, and they sit

before you as My people, and they hear your words; but they will not do them.

For they do the lustful desires in their mouth, and their heart goes after

their covetousness.

32 (Mk 6:20) You are to them as a sensual song of one who has a pleasant

voice and can play well on an instrument. For they hear your words,

but they do not do them.

33 (Jer 28:9; Eze 2:5) When this comes to pass, and it is coming to pass,

then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.

[21] And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth

month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of

Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

[22] Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was

escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning;

and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

[23] Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[24] Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak,

saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the

land is given us for inheritance.

[25] Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the

blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and

shall ye possess the land?

[26] Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one

his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

[27] Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely

they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the

open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in

the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

[28] For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength

shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall

pass through.

[29] Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most

desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

[30] Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking

against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to

another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what

is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

[31] And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee

as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with

their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their

covetousness.

[32] And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a

pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words,

but they do them not.

[33] And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know

that a prophet hath been among them.

Ezekiel 34

A Prophecy Against Israel's Shepherds

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Jer 23:1; Ps 78:71-72) Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds

of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, Thus says the Lord God:

Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not

the shepherds feed the flock?

3 (Zec 11:16; 11:5) You eat the fat and clothe yourself with the wool;

you kill those who are fed without feeding the flock.

4 (Ex 1:13-14; Eze 34:16) The diseased you have not strengthened,

nor have you healed that which was sick, nor have you bound up

that which was broken, nor have you brought back that which was driven away,

nor have you sought that which was lost. But with force and with cruelty

you have subjugated them.

5 (Mt 9:36; 1Ki 22:17) They were scattered because there was no shepherd.

And they became meat to all the beasts of the field and were scattered.

6 (Ps 142:4; 1Pe 2:25) My sheep wandered through all the mountains

and upon every high hill. Indeed, My flock was scattered upon

all the face of the earth, and no one searched or sought after them.

7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

8 As I live, says the Lord God, surely because My flock became a prey,

and My flock even became meat to every beast of the field, because

there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock;

but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock,

9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.

10 (Jer 21:13; Eze 13:8) Thus says the Lord God: I am against the shepherds.

And I will require My flock from their hand and cause them to cease from

feeding the flock. Nor shall the shepherds feed themselves anymore,

for I will deliver My flock from their mouth so that they may not be

meat for them.

[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say

unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the

shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed

the flocks?

[3] Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are

fed: but ye feed not the flock.

[4] The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which

was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye

brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which

was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

[5] And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became

meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

[6] My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:

yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did

search or seek after them.

[7] Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

[8] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey,

and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no

shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds

fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

[9] Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

[10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will

require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the

flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will

deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

The True Shepherd

11 (Lk 19:10) For thus says the Lord God: I, even I, will search

for My sheep and seek them out.

12 (Eze 30:3; Jer 13:16) As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day

that he is among his sheep that are scattered, so I will seek out My sheep

and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered

in a cloudy and dark day.

13 (Eze 11:17) I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them

from the countries, and bring them to their own land, and feed them upon

the mountains of Israel by the rivers and in all the inhabited

places of the country.

14 (Jn 10:9; Jer 31:12-14) I will feed them in a good pasture,

and upon the high mountains of Israel their grazing ground shall be.

There they shall lie on good grazing ground, and in a rich pasture

they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel.

15 I will feed My flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.

16 (Isa 10:16; 49:26) I will seek that which was lost and bring back

that which was driven away and bind up that which was broken

and will strengthen that which was sick. But I will destroy the fat

and the strong. I will feed them with judgment.

17 (Mt 25:32-33; Eze 34:20-22) As for you, O My flock, thus says

the Lord God: I will judge between sheep and cattle, between the rams

and the male goats.

18 (Nu 16:9; 16:13) Does it seem a small thing to you to have eaten up

the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest

of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters,

that you must foul the rest with your feet?

19 And as for My flock, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet,

and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.

20 Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: I, even I, will judge between

the fat sheep and between the lean sheep.

21 (Dt 33:17; Lk 13:14-16) Because you have thrust with side

and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns

until you have scattered them abroad,

22 (Ps 72:12-14; Jer 23:2-3) therefore I will save My flock, and they shall

no more be a prey. And I will judge between one sheep and another.

23 (Isa 40:11; Jn 10:11) I will set up one shepherd over them,

and he shall feed them, even My servant David. He shall feed

them himself and be their shepherd.

24 (Eze 36:28; 37:27) I the Lord will be their God, and My servant David

shall be prince among them. I the Lord have spoken.

25 (Isa 11:6-9; Lev 26:6) I will make with them a covenant of peace

and will cause the wild beasts to cease from the land so that they dwell

safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

26 (Ge 12:2; Isa 44:3) I will make them and the places all around My hill

a blessing. And I will cause the showers to come down in their season.

They shall be showers of blessing.

27 (Jer 30:8; Lev 26:13) The tree of the field shall yield its fruit,

and the ground shall yield its increase, and they shall be safe in their land.

Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands

of their yoke and delivered them out of the hand of those who enslaved them.

28 (Jer 30:10; Eze 34:25) They shall no more be a prey to the nations,

nor shall the beast of the land devour them. But they shall dwell safely

and no one shall make them afraid.

29 (Eze 36:29; Isa 4:2) I will raise up for them a planting place of renown,

and no more shall they be consumed with hunger in the land, nor shall

they bear the shame of the nations anymore.

30 (Ps 46:7; 46:11) Thus shall they know that I, the Lord their God,

am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,

says the Lord God.

31 (Ps 100:3; 78:52) As for you, My flock, the flock of My pasture,

you are men, and I am your God, says the Lord God.

[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my

sheep, and seek them out.

[12] As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his

sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them

out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

[13] And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the

countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the

mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the

country.

[14] I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of

Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a

fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

[15] I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord

GOD.

[16] I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven

away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which

was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with

judgment.

[17] And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge

between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

[18] Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture,

but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to

have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

[19] And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your

feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

[20] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will

judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

[21] Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the

diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

[22] Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I

will judge between cattle and cattle.

[23] And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even

my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

[24] And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among

them; I the LORD have spoken it.

[25] And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil

beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the

wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

[26] And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and

I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers

of blessing.

[27] And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall

yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know

that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and

delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

[28] And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the

beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall

make them afraid.

[29] And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no

more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the

heathen

any more.

[30] Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that

they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.

[31] And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,

saith the Lord GOD.

2) Our Daily Bread for 3 September 2026 titled

Reverent Fear of God by Karen Huang

Deuteronomy 10:12-15

The Essence of the Law

12 (Dt 6:5; Mic 6:8) Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you,

but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him,

and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

13 (Dt 6:24) to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which

I am commanding you today for your good?

14(1Ki 8:27; Ex 19:5) Indeed, heaven and the highest heavens belong

to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.

15 (Dt 4:37) The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them;

and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all people,

as it is today.

[12] And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to

fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to

serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

[13] To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command

thee this day for thy good?

[14] Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the

earth also, with all that therein is.

[15] Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose

their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

"I killed people in the past," Tanitan said, "but ever since I chose to

believe in Jesus Christ, He will not allow me to commit such practices

anymore." Tanitan, a member of the Ilongot tribe from the Sierra Madre

mountains in the Philippines, came from a culture of head-hunting - the

practice of hunting humans and severing their heads. In comparing his life

before he knew God to his life now, Tanitan said, "Before, I was afraid to die

but not afraid to kill. Now, I am afraid to kill but not afraid to die."

As I read Tanitan’s story in the book To the Headhunters of Sierra Madre by

Florentino Santos, I thought of how his newfound fear of or reverence toward

God developed his desire to obey Him. I remembered Moses' words to the

Israelites before they entered the land God promised them: "What does the Lord

your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God" (Deuteronomy 10:2).

Reverence toward God was to be reflected in obedience to Him. God's people

were to "walk in obedience to Him, to love Him . . . and to observe the Lord's

commands and decrees" (vv. 12-13).

As believers in Jesus, our deep respect for God's holiness compels us to hate

evil and do what pleases Him (Proverbs 8:13). Let's ask Him to help us make

reverence toward God a way of life.

Reflect & Pray

From today's Scripture, how would you describe the "fear [of] the Lord"?

Where do you find obeying God difficult, and how can the command to fear

Him help you?

Holy God, please help me to experience reverent fear in Your presence.

3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association

Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools

Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 5 - God Loved, So He Gave

John 3:16-17

16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9-10; Jn 1:18) "For God so loved the world

that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in

Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

17 (1Jn 4:14; Lk 19:10) For God did not send His Son into

the world to condemn the world, but that the world

through Him might be saved."

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;

but that the world through him might be saved.

Often called "the gospel in a nutshell", John 3:16 is so familiar,

even the unchurched, that it has all but lost its impact for us.

WE cite it by rote, as if it had no more meaning than a SSN (SIN),

and think that we understand the truth because we know the words.

Why did God send Jesus, his only Son, into the world to die?

Because he loved the people he created. God had no reason,

humanly speaking, to love mankind. Throughout history, from

the Garden of Eden forward, people had deliberately turned

against God and tried his patience. Even the nation God chose

for himself, Israel rebelled against the Lord and turned to other gods.

And we, as individuals, have rebelled against him too. WE have tried

to control our own lives; we have denied his reality; or

acknowledged his existence and then systematically ignored him.

We have become our own gods.

Yet Christ, in love, took upon himself the rejection, the humiliation,

the pain we were responsible for. We deserved to be condemned to die,

but he died for us instead. "God did not send his Son into the world

to condemn the world," John 3:17 says, "but that the world

through Him might be saved."

Often, even after we have committed our lives to Christ, we mistakenly

suppose that God's primary purpose is to condemn us - to catch us in sin

and punish us. But God says that his purpose is to love us and to save us

from sin and ourselves. He loved, and so he gave; he still loves us,

and he still continues to give.

Application

a) What sin in my life put Jesus on the cross?

b) How do I know that my sins has been forgiven?

c) How can these verses help me when I face condemnation and guilt?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Mark 4:19

19 But the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,

and the desires for other things entering in choke the word,

and it proves unfruitful.

19 and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,

and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word,

and it becometh unfruitful.

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

When you are Burdened by Doubt

James 1:2 to 8

Faith and Wisdom

2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations,

3 knowing that the trying of your faith develops patience.

4 But let patience perfect its work, that you may be perfect and complete,

lacking nothing.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men

liberally and without criticism, and it will be given to him.

6 But let him ask in faith, without wavering. For he who wavers

is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed with the wind.

7 Let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

3 knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect

and entire, wanting nothing.

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men

liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth

is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

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 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)

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

http://www.ehc.ca

3nd Day of the Month

a) Pray for the province of Alberta as follows:

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.

3 For 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

b) Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring conviction of sin

and Canadians to faith in Christ.

( John 16:8 - When He comes, He will convict the world of sin

and of righteousness and of judgment:

8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,

and of righteousness, and of judgment:

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus as the True Shepherd.

Pray to the Lord: "Holy God, please help me

to experience reverent fear in Your presence."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord who forgives your sins.

Pray to the Lord and pray to not to be deceived by the riches of this world.

Pray to the Lord and pray to seek the Wisdom of the Lord.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring conviction of sin

and Canadians to faith in Christ.

Use Romans 15:13

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

to pray for the joy, peace and hope

of Pakistani Christians.

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.

Day 245 of MY 6th Bible Study Journey

nospam@example.com (DSY) — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:42:00 +0000

Day 245, 2 September 2025

1)Lamentations 4, Lamentations 5 , Ezekiel 28,

Ezekiel 29, Ezekiel 30, Ezekiel 31

Lamentations 4

The Punishment of Zion

1 (La 2:19; Eze 7:19-22) How the gold has become dim!

How the most fine gold has changed!

The stones of the sanctuary lie scattered

at the head of every street.

2 (Jer 19:11; Isa 30:14) The precious sons of Zion,

comparable to fine gold,

how they are esteemed as earthen pots,

the work of a potter's hands!

3 (Isa 49:15; Eze 5:10) Even the jackals offer the breast;

they nurse their young,

yet the daughter of my people has become cruel,

like ostriches in the wilderness.

4 (Ps 22:15; La 2:11-12) The tongue of the infant cleaves

to the roof of his mouth for thirst;

the children beg for bread,

but no one divides it for them.

5 (Am 6:3-7; 2Sa 1:24) Those who once ate delicacies

are desolate in the streets;

those who were brought up in scarlet

embrace ash heaps.

6 (Ge 19:25; Lk 10:12) For the iniquity of the daughter of my people

is greater than the sin of Sodom,

which was overthrown in a moment,

and no hands were wrung for her.

7 (Ps 51:7) Her princes were purer than snow,

whiter than milk;

their bodies were more ruddy than rubies,

their appearance like sapphire.

8 (Job 30:30; Ps 102:3-5) Their form is blacker than coal;

they are not recognized in the streets;

their skin cleaves to their bones,

it has become as dry as wood.

9 (Lev 26:39; Eze 24:23) Those killed by the sword

are better off than those who die of hunger,

for they pine away,

stricken for want of the fruits of the field.

10 (La 2:20; Isa 49:15) The hands of compassionate women

have boiled their own children;

they became their food in the destruction

of the daughter of my people.

11 (Jer 7:20; Eze 22:31) The Lord has fulfilled His fury,

He has poured out His fierce anger.

He kindled a fire in Zion,

and it has devoured its foundations.

12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world,

would not have believed

that the adversary and the enemy could enter

the gates of Jerusalem.

13 (Jer 5:31; 6:13) This was for the sins of her prophets

and the iniquities of her priests,

who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.

14 (Jer 2:34; Nu 19:16) They wandered,

blind, in the streets;

they have defiled themselves with blood,

so that no one could touch their garments.

15 They cried out to them, "Depart! Unclean!

Depart, depart, do not touch us!"

Therefore they fled and wandered;

men among the nations said,

"They shall live with us no longer."

16 (Isa 9:14-16; La 5:12) The presence of the Lord scattered them;

He will regard them no more;

they do not respect the priests,

nor show favor to the elders.

17 (Eze 29:16; Isa 20:5) Our eyes failed us,

watching vainly for help;

in our watchtowers we watched

for a nation that could not save us.

18 (Am 8:2; Eze 7:2-12) They tracked our steps

so that we could not walk in our streets.

Our end drew near; our days were numbered,

for our end had come.

19 (Isa 5:26-28; Jer 4:13) Our pursuers were swifter

than the eagles of the skies.

They pursued us on the mountains;

they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

20 (Ge 2:7; 2Sa 19:21) The breath of our life, the anointed king of the Lord,

was captured in their traps,

of whom we said, "Under his shadow

we shall live among the nations."

21 (Job 1:1; Ps 137:7) Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,

you who dwell in the land of Uz!

The cup shall also pass to you;

you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

22 (Isa 40:2; Ps 137:7) The punishment of your iniquity,

O daughter of Zion, is accomplished;

He shall exile you no longer.

He shall punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom;

He will expose your sins!

[1] How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the

stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

[2] The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they

esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

[3] Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young

ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the

wilderness.

[4] The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for

thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

[5] They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that

were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

[6] For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is

greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a

moment, and no hands stayed on her.

[7] Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they

were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

[8] Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets:

their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

[9] They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain

with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the

fruits of the field.

[10] The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they

were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

[11] The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce

anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations

thereof.

[12] The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not

have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the

gates of Jerusalem.

[13] For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that

have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

[14] They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted

themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

[15] They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch

not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They

shall no more sojourn there.

[16] The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them:

they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

[17] As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we

have watched for a nation that could not save us.

[18] They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near,

our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

[19] Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued

us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

[20] The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in

their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

[21] Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of

Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and

shalt make thyself naked.

[22] The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion;

he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine

iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

Lamentations 5

A Prayer for Restoration

1 (Ps 44:13-16; La 3:61) Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;

look, and see our reproach!

2 (Zep 1:13; Isa 1:7) Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,

our homes to foreigners.

3 (Jer 18:21; Ex 22:24) We have become orphans and fatherless;

our mothers are like widows.

4 (Isa 3:1) We must pay for the water we drink; our wood is sold to us.

5 (Ne 9:36-37) Our pursuers are at our necks; we labor and have no rest.

6 (Hos 9:3; 12:1) We have given our hand to Egypt and to Assyria,

to be satisfied with bread.

7 (Jer 16:12; 31:29) Our fathers sinned and are no more,

but we bear their iniquities.

8 (Ne 5:15; Zec 11:6) Slaves rule over us;

there is no one to deliver us from their hand.

9 (Jer 40:9-12) We get our bread at the peril of our lives,

because of the sword in the wilderness.

10 (La 4:8; Job 30:30) Our skin is hot as an oven,

because of the terrible famine.

11 (Zec 14:2; Isa 13:16) They ravished the women in Zion,

the virgins in the cities of Judah.

12 (La 4:16; Isa 47:6) Princes were hung up by their hands,

the faces of elders were not honored.

13 (Jdg 16:21) Young men ground at the millstones;

boys staggered under loads of wood.

14 (Jer 7:34) The elders have left the city gate,

the young men stopped their music.

15 (Am 8:10) The joy of our hearts has ceased;

our dancing has turned into mourning.

16 (Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18) The crown has fallen from our head;

woe to us, for we have sinned!

17 (Isa 1:5; La 2:11) For this our heart is faint;

for these things our eyes grow dim;

18 (Mic 3:12) because of Mount Zion, which is desolate,

with foxes walking upon it.

19 (Ps 102:12; 45:6) You, O Lord, remain forever;

Your throne endures from generation to generation.

20 (Ps 13:1; 44:24) Why do You forget us forever,

and forsake us for so long a time?

21 (Ps 80:3; Jer 31:18) Restore us to Yourself, O Lord, that we may return!

Renew our days as of old,

22 (Ps 60:1-2) unless You have utterly rejected us,

and are very angry with us.

Lamentations 5

[1] Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

[2] Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

[3] We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

[4] We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

[5] Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

[6] We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be

satisfied with bread.

[7] Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

[8] Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of

their hand.

[9] We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the

wilderness.

[10] Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

[11] They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

[12] Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not

honoured.

[13] They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

[14] The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

[15] The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

[16] The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

[17] For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

[18] Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk

upon it.

[19] Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to

generation.

[20] Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

[21] Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days

as of old.

[22] But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

Ezekiel 28

A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre

1 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:

2 (Eze 28:9; 2Th 2:4; Isa 31:3) Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre,

Thus says the Lord God:

Because your heart is lifted up,

and you have said, "I am a god;

I sit in the seat of gods

in the midst of the seas,"

yet you are a man, and not God,

though you set your heart as the heart of God.

3 (Da 1:20; 5:11-12) You are wiser than Daniel;

there is no secret that is a match for you.

4 With your wisdom and with your understanding,

you have obtained riches for yourself,

and have obtained gold and silver

into your treasuries;

5 (Ps 62:10; 52:7) by your great wisdom, by your trade,

you have increased your riches,

and your heart is lifted up

because of your riches.

6 (Eze 28:2; Ex 9:17) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Because you have set your heart

as the heart of God,

7 (Eze 31:12; 30:11) therefore, I will bring strangers upon you,

the most cruel of the nations;

and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,

and defile your brightness.

8 (Eze 27:26-27; 27:34) They shall bring you down to the pit,

and you shall die the death of those who are slain

in the midst of the seas.

9 (Eze 28:2) Will you yet say before him who slays you,

"I am a god,"

although you are a man and not God,

in the hands of those who wound you?

10 (Eze 31:18; 32:19) You shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of strangers;

for I have spoken! says the Lord God.

[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in

the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God,

though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

[3] Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can

hide from thee:

[4] With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee

riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

[5] By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches,

and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

[6] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as

the heart of God;

[7] Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the

nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom,

and they shall defile thy brightness.

[8] They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of

them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

[9] Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt

be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

[10] Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of

strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

A Lament for the King of Tyre

11 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

12 (Eze 19:1; 26:17) Son of man, take up a lamentation

over the king of Tyre and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

You had the seal of perfection,

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13 (Eze 27:16; 31:8-9) You were in Eden,

the garden of God;

every precious stone was your covering:

the sardius, topaz, and the diamond,

the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper,

the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold.

The workmanship of your settings and sockets was in you;

on the day that you were created, they were prepared.

14 (Ex 25:17-20; 30:26) You were the anointed cherub that covers,

and I set you there;

you were upon the holy mountain of God;

you walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

15 (Eze 27:3-4; 28:3-6) You were perfect in your ways

from the day that you were created,

until iniquity was found in you.

16 (Hab 2:17; Ge 3:24) By the multitude of your merchandise,

you were filled with violence in your midst,

and you sinned;

therefore I have cast you as profane out of the mountain of God;

and I have destroyed you, O covering cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

17 (Eze 28:2; 28:5) Your heart was lifted up

because of your beauty;

you have corrupted your wisdom

by reason of your brightness;

I cast you to the ground,

I lay you before kings, that they may see you.

18 (Mal 4:3; Am 1:9-10) You have defiled your sanctuaries

by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your trade;

therefore I have brought fire out from your midst;

it has devoured you,

and I have turned you to ashes upon the earth

in the sight of all those who see you.

19 (Eze 26:21) All those who know you among the people

are astonished at you;

you are a terror,

and you shall cease to be forever.

[11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[12] Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto

him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and

perfect in beauty.

[13] Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy

covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the

jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the

workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day

that thou wast created.

[14] Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so:

thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in

the midst of the stones of fire.

[15] Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,

till iniquity was found in thee.

[16] By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee

with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane

out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

[17] Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted

thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I

will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

[18] Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities,

by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from

the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon

the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

[19] All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee:

thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

A Prophecy Against Sidon

20 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

21 (Eze 6:2; Ge 10:15) Son of man, set your face toward Sidon

and prophesy against her

22 (Eze 39:13; Ex 14:4) and say, Thus says the Lord God:

I am against you, O Sidon;

and I will be glorified in your midst;

and they shall know that I am the Lord,

when I execute judgments in her

and display My holiness in her.

23 (Eze 38:22) For I will send pestilence into her,

and blood into her streets;

and the wounded shall fall in her midst

by the sword upon her on every side;

and they shall know that I am the Lord.

24 (Nu 33:55; Jos 23:13) There shall be no more a pricking brier

to the house of Israel, nor any painful thorn among all

who are around them, who despised them. Then they shall know that

I am the Lord God.

[20] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[21] Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

[22] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon;

and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am

the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be

sanctified in her.

[23] For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and

the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on

every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

[24] And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel,

nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them;

and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

The Future Blessing for Israel

25 (Ps 106:47; Jer 23:8) Thus says the Lord God: When I gather

the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered

and display My holiness in them in the sight of the nations,

then they shall dwell in their land that I have given to My servant Jacob.

26 (Eze 28:22; 28:24) They shall dwell safely in it and shall build houses

and plant vineyards and dwell securely when I execute judgments on all those

around them who despise them. Then they shall know that

I am the Lord their God.

[25] Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel

from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in

them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I

have given to my servant Jacob.

[26] And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant

vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed

judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall

know that I am the LORD their God.

Ezekiel 29:1-16

A Prophecy Against Egypt

1 (Eze 26:1; 29:17) In the tenth year, in the tenth month,

on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 6:2; Jer 44:30) Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt

and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

3 (Isa 27:1; Eze 32:2) Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers,

which has said, "My Nile is my own,

and I myself have made it."

4 (2Ki 19:28; Eze 38:4) But I will put hooks in your jaws,

and will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales,

and will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,

and all the fish of your rivers shall stick to your scales.

5 (Jer 7:33; 8:2) I will abandon you to the wilderness,

you and all the fish of your rivers;

you shall fall upon the open field;

you shall not be brought together or gathered.

I have given you for food

to the beasts of the field and to the fowl of the heavens.

6 (2Ki 18:21; Isa 36:6) All the inhabitants of Egypt shall know

that I am the Lord, because they have been

a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

7 (Eze 17:15-17) When they took hold of you by your hand,

you broke and tore all their hands. And when they leaned upon you,

you broke and made all their legs shake.

8 (Eze 14:17) Therefore thus says the Lord God: I will bring a sword

upon you, and cut off man and beast out of you.

9 (Eze 29:3; Pr 16:18) The land of Egypt shall become a desolation

and waste. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

Because you said, "The Nile is mine, and I have made it,"

10 (Eze 30:12) therefore, I am against you and against your rivers,

and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation,

from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.

11 (Eze 32:13; Jer 43:11-12) No foot of man shall pass through it,

nor foot of beast pass through it, nor shall it be inhabited for forty years.

12 (Jer 46:19; Eze 30:7) Thus I will make the land of Egypt desolate

in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities

among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate for forty years.

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations

and will disperse them among the countries.

13 (Isa 19:22; Jer 46:26) For thus says the Lord God:

At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples

wherever they were scattered.

14 (Eze 30:14; Isa 11:11) And I will turn the fortunes of Egypt

and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros,

into the land of their origin, and there they shall be a debased kingdom.

15 (Eze 30:13; Zec 10:11) It shall be the basest of the kingdoms,

and it shall exalt itself no more above the nations. For I will diminish them

so that they shall rule over the nations no more.

16 (Hos 8:13; Isa 20:5) It shall be the confidence of the house of Israel

no more, bringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned to Egypt.

But they shall know that I am the Lord God.

[1] In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month,

the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy

against him, and against all Egypt:

[3] Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee,

Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his

rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for

myself.

[4] But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy

rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst

of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

[5] And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish

of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be

brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of

the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

[6] And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because

they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

[7] When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all

their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all

their loins to be at a stand.

[8] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon

thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

[9] And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know

that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made

it.

[10] Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will

make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene

even unto the border of Ethiopia.

[11] No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass

through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

[12] And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the

countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid

waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among

the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

[13] Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather

the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

[14] And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to

return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they

shall be there a base kingdom.

[15] It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself

any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no

more rule over the nations.

[16] And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which

bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but

they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Babylonia to Plunder Egypt

17 (Eze 29:1) In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month,

on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

18 (Jer 27:6; 25:9) Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon

caused his army to labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald,

and every shoulder was peeled. Yet he and his army had no wages from Tyre

for the labor that he had done against it.

19 (Jer 43:10-13; Eze 30:24-25) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

And he shall carry off her wealth and take her spoil and take her prey.

And it shall be wages for his army.

20 (Isa 10:6-7; Jer 25:9) I have given him the land of Egypt

for his labor with which he labored against it, because they acted for Me,

says the Lord God.

21 (Ps 132:17; Eze 24:27) On that day I will cause the horn of the house

of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth in their midst.

Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

[17] And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first

month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me,

saying,

[18] Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a

great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder

was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service

that he had served against it:

[19] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of

Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude,

and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his

army.

[20] I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served

against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.

[21] In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth,

and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they

shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 30:1-19

1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:

2 (Isa 13:6; 15:2) Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord God:

Howl,

"Woe to the day!"

3 (Eze 7:7; 7:12) For the day is near,

even the day of the Lord is near,

a cloudy day,

it shall be the time of doom for the nations.

4 (Eze 29:19; 29:8) The sword shall come upon Egypt,

and great pain shall be in Ethiopia,

when the slain fall in Egypt,

they take away her wealth,

and her foundations are broken down.

5 (Jer 25:20; Eze 27:10) Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, all Arabia,

Kub, and the men of the land that is in league shall fall with them

by the sword.

6 (Eze 29:10; Isa 20:3-6) Thus says the Lord:

Indeed, those who uphold Egypt shall fall,

and the pride of her power shall come down.

From Migdol to Syene

they shall fall in her by the sword,

says the Lord God.

7 (Eze 29:12; Jer 25:18-26) They shall be desolate

in the midst of the countries that are desolate,

and her cities shall be

in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

8 (Eze 29:6; Ps 58:11) They shall know that I am the Lord

when I have set a fire in Egypt

and when all her helpers are destroyed.

9 (Isa 18:1-2; 23:5) In that day messengers shall go forth from Me

in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall

come upon them as in the day of Egypt. For it is coming!

10 (Eze 29:19) Thus says the Lord God:

I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease

by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

11 (Eze 28:7) He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations,

shall be brought to destroy the land;

and they shall draw their swords against Egypt,

and fill the land with the slain.

12 (Eze 29:3) I will make the rivers dry,

and sell the land into the hand of the wicked;

and I will make the land waste and all that is in it,

by the hand of strangers.

I, the Lord, have spoken.

13 (Zec 10:11; Jer 2:16) Thus says the Lord God:

I will also destroy the idols,

and I will cause their images to cease from Memphis;

and no more shall there be a prince of the land of Egypt.

And I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

14 (Jer 46:25; Eze 29:14) I will make Pathros desolate,

and will set fire in Zoan,

and will execute judgments in Thebes.

15 I will pour out My fury upon Pelusium,

the strength of Egypt;

and I will cut off the multitude of Thebes.

16 I will set fire in Egypt;

Pelusium shall have great pain,

and Thebes shall be rent asunder,

and Memphis shall have distresses daily.

17 (Ge 41:45) The young men of Heliopolis and of Bubastis

shall fall by the sword,

and the women shall go into captivity.

18 (Eze 30:3; Isa 10:27) In Tahpanhes also the day shall be darkened,

when I break there the yokes of Egypt.

And the pomp of her strength shall cease in her;

as for her, a cloud shall cover her,

and her daughters shall go into captivity.

19 (Eze 30:14; Ps 9:16) Thus I will execute judgments in Egypt,

and they shall know that I am the Lord.

[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe

worth the day

[3] For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it

shall be the time of the heathen.

[4] And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in

Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her

multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

[5] Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub,

and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

[6] Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the

pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall

in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

[7] And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are

desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are

wasted.

[8] And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt,

and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

[9] In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the

careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the

day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.

[10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to

cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

[11] He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be

brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt,

and fill the land with the slain.

[12] And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the

wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand

of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.

[13] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will

cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince

of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

[14] And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will

execute judgments in No.

[15] And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut

off the multitude of No.

[16] And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall

be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

[17] The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and

these cities shall go into captivity.

[18] At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there

the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for

her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

[19] Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am

the LORD.

A Prophecy Against Pharaoh

20 (Eze 26:1; 29:17) In the eleventh year, in the first month,

on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

21 (Jer 30:13; 46:11) Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king

of Egypt. And it has not been bound up to be healed or wrapped with

a bandage to make it strong to hold the sword.

22 (2Ki 24:7; Ps 37:17) Therefore thus says the Lord God: I am against

Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong

and the broken. And I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

23 (Eze 30:17-18; 30:26) I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations

and disperse them among the countries.

24 (Eze 30:25; Zep 2:12) For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon

and put My sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh so that

he groans before him with the groanings of a wounded man.

25 So I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms

of Pharaoh shall fall down. Then they shall know that I am the Lord

when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon

and he stretches it out upon the land of Egypt.

26 (Eze 29:12) When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations

and disperse them among the countries, then they shall know

that I am the Lord.

[20] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the

seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[21] Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it

shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it

strong to hold the sword.

[22] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of

Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I

will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

[23] And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse

them through the countries.

[24] And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword

in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him

with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

[25] But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of

Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I

shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall

stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

[26] And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them

among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 31

Pharaoh to Be Slain

1 (Eze 30:20; Jer 52:5-6) In the eleventh year, in the third month,

on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 29:19; 30:10) Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt,

and to his multitude:

Whom are you like in your greatness?

3 (Isa 10:33-34; Da 4:10) Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,

with fair branches and shade for a forest,

and high stature;

and its top was among the clouds.

4 (Eze 17:5; 17:8) The waters made it great;

the deep set it up on high.

With its rivers it continually ran

all around its plants,

and sent out its little rivers

to all the trees of the field.

5 (Da 4:11; Eze 17:5) Therefore its height was exalted

above all the trees of the field,

and its boughs were multiplied,

and its branches became long

because of the abundance of water, as it spread them out.

6 (Eze 17:23; Da 4:12) All the fowl of heaven

made their nests in its boughs;

and under its branches

all the beasts of the field gave birth;

and under its shadow

all great nations lived.

7 Thus it was fair in its greatness,

in the length of its branches,

for its roots were

by many waters.

8 (Eze 28:13; Ge 13:10) The cedars in the garden of God

could not match it;

the fir trees

were not like its boughs,

and the chestnut trees

were not like its branches;

nor was any tree in the garden of God

like it in its beauty.

9 (Ge 13:10; Isa 51:3) I made it beautiful with an abundance of branches,

so that all the trees of Eden envied it,

that were in the garden of God.

10 (Eze 28:17; Da 5:20) Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because

it is lifted up in height and has shot up its top among the clouds,

and its heart is arrogant in its height,

11 (Dt 18:12; Eze 32:11-12) I therefore will deliver it into the hand

of the mighty one of the nations. He shall surely deal with it.

I have driven it out for its wickedness.

12 (Eze 28:7; 35:8; 30:11) Aliens, the tyrants of the nations have

cut it off and left it. Upon the mountains and in all the valleys

its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken

by all the rivers of the land. And all the peoples of the earth

have gone down from its shadow and have left it.

13 (Eze 32:4; Isa 18:6) Upon its ruin all the fowl of the heavens

shall remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be

upon its fallen branches

14 (Ps 82:7; Eze 26:20) to the end that none of all the trees

by the waters exalt themselves for their height,

or shoot up their tops among the clouds, or their well-watered trees stand up

in their height. For they all have been delivered to death, to the nether

parts of the earth in the midst of the sons of men, with those who go down

to the pit.

15 Thus says the Lord God: On the day when it went down to Sheol

I caused mourning. I covered the deep over it and restrained its rivers,

and its many waters were stayed. And I caused Lebanon to mourn for it,

and all the trees of the field fainted for it.

16 (Isa 14:15; 14:8; Eze 26:15) I made the nations to shake at the sound

of its fall when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit.

And all the well-watered trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon,

were comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

17 (Ps 9:17; Eze 31:6) They also went down into Sheol with it to those

who were slain with the sword. And those who were its power lived

under its shadow in the midst of the nations.

18 (Eze 32:19; 32:21; 28:10) To whom are you thus like in glory

and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you shall be brought down

with the trees of Eden to the nether parts of the earth. You shall lie

in the midst of the uncircumcised with those who were slain by the sword.

This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord God.

[1] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the

first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude;

Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

[3] Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and

with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature;

and his top was among the thick boughs.

[4] The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers

running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the

trees of the field.

[5] Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and

his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the

multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

[6] All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his

branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under

his shadow dwelt all great nations.

[7] Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for

his root was by great waters.

[8] The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were

not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor

any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

[9] I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the

trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

[10] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself

in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his

heart is lifted up in his height;

[11] I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the

heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his

wickedness.

[12] And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have

left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are

fallen,

and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people

of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

[13] Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the

beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

[14] To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves

for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither

their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all

delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the

children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I

caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods

thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for

him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

[16] I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him

down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden,

the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in

the nether parts of the earth.

[17] They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the

sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst

of the heathen.

[18] To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of

Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether

parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with

them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,

saith the Lord GOD.

2) Our Daily Bread for 2 September 2026 Titled

The Ultimate Snapshot by Kenneth Petersen

2 Corinthians 4:7-18

2 Corinthians 4

Treasure in Earthen Vessels

4 (2Co 4:6; Jn 12:31; Heb 1:3) The god of this world has blinded

the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious

gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

5 (1Co 1:23; 2Co 1:24) For we do not preach ourselves,

but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants

for Jesus' sake.

6 (Ge 1:3; 2Pe 1:19) For God, who commanded the light to shine

out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light

of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7 (2Co 5:1; La 4:2) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

the excellency of the power being from God and not from ourselves.

8 (2Co 7:5) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;

we are perplexed, but not in despair;

9 (Heb 13:5) persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

10 (Ro 6:5; 2Co 1:5) and always carrying around in the body the death

of the Lord Jesus, that also the life of Jesus might be expressed

in our bodies.

11 (Ro 8:36) For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake,

that also the life of Jesus might be manifested in our mortal flesh.

12 (2Co 13:9) So then, death works in us, but life in you.

13 (Ps 116:10; 1Co 12:9) We have the same spirit of faith.

As it is written, "I believed, and therefore I have spoken."

(Ps 116:10, LXX (Septuagint).) So we also believe and therefore speak,

14 (1Th 4:14; Eph 5:27) knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus

will also raise us through Jesus and will present us with you.

15 (2Co 1:11; Ro 8:28) All these things are for your sakes,

so that the abundant grace through the thanksgiving

of many might overflow to the glory of God.

[4] In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which

believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the

image of God, should shine unto them.

[5] For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves

your servants for Jesus' sake.

[6] For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined

in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the

face of Jesus Christ.

[7] But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the

power may be of God, and not of us.

[8] We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but

not in despair;

[9] Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

[10] Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the

life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

[11] For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that

the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

[12] So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

[13] We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I

believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

[14] Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also

by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

[15] For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might

through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

Living by Faith

16 (Ro 7:22; Isa 40:31) For this reason we do not lose heart:

Even though our outward man is perishing, yet our inward man

is being renewed day by day.

17 (Ro 8:18; 1Pe 5:10) Our light affliction, which lasts

but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding

and eternal weight of glory,

18 (Heb 11:1; 2Co 5:7) while we do not look at the things

which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.

For the things which are seen are temporal,

but the things which are not seen are eternal.

[16] For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet

the inward man is renewed day by day.

[17] For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a

far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

[18] While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which

are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things

which are not seen are eternal.

Before our trip to Switzerland, my mental snapshot was of snowy Alps, goats

grazing, and mountain farmers blowing alpine horns. However, as we drove south

from Zurich, the landscape was the same drab tangle of highways we saw in any

city. When we got close to our lodging, we had to drive up a precarious

one-lane dirt road. At our rental place, we hauled our suitcases up steep

stone stairways. Exhausted and disappointed, we finally made our way onto the

patio. And there, opening up before us, stretched an extraordinary vista: the

Alps rising up majestically over the blue expanse of Lake Lucerne, with small

towns glittering like fireflies below us. The ordeal was worth it.

I recalled the verse, "Therefore we do not lose heart" (2 Corinthians 4:16).

The apostle Paul writes of his own struggles: "We are hard pressed on every

side, but . . . not in despair" (v. . He reveals his positive outlook:

"Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that

far outweighs them all" (v. 17). He advises us to "fix our eyes . . .

on what is unseen" (v. 18), to hope for that eternal landscape.

Sometimes our journey is drab and difficult. But in Christ, we're assured that

we'll witness the ultimate snapshot. The ordeal will be worth it: His eternal

glory far surpasses anything we can imagine.

Reflect & Pray

What are the difficult roads in your life these days?

What does "eternal glory" mean to you?

Loving God, I need encouragement through this tough journey.

I pray for assurance of Your eternal glory.

For further study, read Paul's Pain and His Passion: 2 Corinthians 5

3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association

Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools

Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 4 - Daddy!

Romans 8:15

'For you have not received the spirit of slavery again to fear. But you have

received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father." '

15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have

received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

"I've always been a Daddy's girl," Sandi said proudly, and her relationship

with her father proved it. She was never spoiled, but even as a grown woman,

Sandi maintained a closeness with her father, sharing intimately with him the

important issues of her life. And just her use of the name "Daddy" indicated

that he was, indeed a warm, approachable, affectionate man.

Many people are not so fortunate. Some fathers are stern and harsh;

others absent or uncaring, some even abusive. Few have the king of father

who presents a picture of the loving fatherhood of God.

But whatever our concept of fatherhood, God makes clear that he is everything

we always wanted our fathers to be - loving, forgiving, approachable,

totally accepting of us as we are, encouraging us to become all he has

created us to be.

In Romans 8, Paul calls God our "Abba Father". The Aramaic word for Father,

Abba, is an intimate term that might well be translated, Daddy.

God is our "Daddy," our "Abba" - not a distant, stern patriarch ready

to strike us down at the first sign of transgression, but a gentle,

loving Father who longs for us to climb into his lap and let him comfort us.

When we commit ourselves to Christ, Paul indicates, we do not receive a

"spirit of bondage to fear" but a "spirit of adoption." We are not called

to respond to God out of fear, but out of love and reverence.

We can relax and enjoy his presence, for we are his children,

and he is our loving Daddy.

Application

a) What concept of fatherhood do I have from my own experience with my father?

How does that correspond to Paul's description of God as "Daddy"?

b) How can this verse help change my perception of what it means to have

God as my Father?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Hebr 11:6

6 (1Ch 28:9; Jer 29:13-14) And without faith it is impossible to please God,

for he who comes to God must believe that He exists

and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh

to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them

that diligently seek him.

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

When you are Burdened by Doubt

Matt 7:7-11

Ask, Seek, Knock

Lk 11:9-13

7(Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24) "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;

knock and it will be opened to you.

8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,

and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

9 "What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread,

will give him a stone?

10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?

11 (Ge 6:5; 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts

to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give

good things to those who ask Him!

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,

and it shall be opened unto you:

8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;

and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread,

will he give him a stone?

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children,

how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things

to them that ask him?

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

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 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)

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

http://www.ehc.ca

2nd Day of the Month

a) Pray for the Church to make the Gospel accessible to all Canadians (

Rom 10:14-15 -

14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not

believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?

And how shall they hear without a preacher?

15 I And how shall they preach

unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of

those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring good news of good

things!"

[14] How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how

shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they

hear without a preacher?

[15] And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How

beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring

glad tidings of good things!

)

b) Pray that Christian Leaders would seek God's heart for vision,wisdom

and direction. (

Jer 33:3

- Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you

great and mighty things which you do not know.

3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee

great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray for repentence in your nation.

Pray to the Lord: "Loving God, I need encouragement through this tough

journey. I pray for assurance of Your eternal glory. "

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus as loving Father.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be faithful in seeking Him diligently.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be persistent in prayer.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray for the Church to make the Gospel accessible to all Canadians

Pray that Christian Leaders would seek God's heart for vision,wisdom

and direction.

Pray for the protection of Christians who share the Gospel in regions of

conflict in

Isreal.

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.

Day 244 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

nospam@example.com (DSY) — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:03:00 +0000

Day 244, 1 September 2026

1) Lamentations 1,2,3

Lamentations 1

The Sorrows of Jerusalem

1 (1Ki 4:21; Ezr 4:20) How lonely sits the city

that was full of people!

How she has become like a widow,

who was once great among the nations!

She who was a princess among the provinces

has become a slave!

2 (Ps 6:6; Mic 7:5) She weeps sorely in the night,

her tears are on her cheeks;

among all her lovers

she has none to comfort her.

All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;

they have become her enemies.

3 (Dt 28:64-67; La 2:9) Judah has gone into captivity,

under affliction and great servitude;

she dwells among the nations,

she finds no rest;

all her persecutors overtook her

in the midst of distress.

4 (Jer 9:11; Joel 1:8-13) The roads to Zion mourn

because no one comes to the solemn feasts.

All her gates are desolate;

her priests sigh,

her virgins are afflicted,

and she herself suffers bitterly.

5 (Ps 90:7-8; Jer 30:14-15) Her adversaries have become her masters,

her enemies prosper;

for the Lord has afflicted her

because of the multitude of her transgressions.

Her children have gone into captivity

before the enemy.

6 From the daughter of Zion

all her beauty has departed.

Her princes have become like deer

that find no pasture;

they fled without strength

before the pursuer.

7 (Ps 42:4; 77:5-9) In the days of her affliction and misery

Jerusalem remembers all her pleasant things

that she had in the days of old.

When her people fell into the hand of the enemy,

there was no one to help her.

The adversaries saw her

and mocked at her desolation.

8 (Isa 59:2-13; La 1:20-22) Jerusalem has sinned grievously;

therefore she has become vile.

All who honored her despise her,

for they have seen her nakedness;

she herself sighs

and turns away.

9 (Dt 32:29; Isa 47:7) Her uncleanness is in her skirts;

she took no thought of her future;

therefore her fall is astounding;

she has no comforter.

"O Lord, look upon my affliction,

for the enemy has triumphed!"

10 (Dt 23:3; Jer 51:51) The adversary has spread his hand

over all her precious things;

for she has seen the nations

enter her sanctuary,

those whom You commanded

not to enter Your congregation.

11 (Jer 52:6; 38:9) All her people groan,

as they search for bread;

they trade their treasures for food

to restore their strength.

Look, O Lord, and consider,

for I am despised.

12 (Da 9:12) Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?

Look and see

if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,

which was brought upon me,

which the Lord has inflicted

on the day of His fierce anger.

13 (Job 30:30; Hab 3:16) From on high He has sent fire into my bones,

and it prevailed against them;

He has spread a net for my feet;

He turned me back;

He has made me desolate

and faint all the day long.

14 (Dt 28:48; Isa 47:6) The yoke of my transgressions

was bound; by His hand

they were fastened together; they were set upon my neck.

He made my strength fail;

the Lord delivered me into the hands

of those whom I am not able to withstand.

15 (Isa 28:18; 63:3) The Lord has trampled underfoot

all my mighty men in my midst;

He has called an assembly against me

to crush my young men;

The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah

as in a winepress.

16 (La 1:2; Jer 13:17) For these things I weep;

my eyes flow with tears;

for the comforter, who should relieve my soul,

is far from me.

My children are desolate

for the enemy has prevailed.

17 (Jer 4:31; Isa 1:15) Zion spreads out her hands,

but there is no one to comfort her;

the Lord has commanded against Jacob

that his neighbors should be his adversaries;

Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them.

18 (1Sa 12:14-15; Jer 12:1) The Lord is in the right,

for I have rebelled against His commandment.

Hear now, all peoples,

and see my sorrow;

my virgins and my young men

have gone into captivity.

19 (La 1:2; 1:11) I called for my lovers,

but they deceived me;

my priests and my elders

perished in the city,

while they sought food

to restore their strength.

20 (La 2:11; Dt 32:25) Look, O Lord, for I am in distress;

my soul is greatly troubled;

my heart is overturned within me,

for I have grievously rebelled.

In the street the sword bereaves,

at home it is like death.

21 (La 1:8; Jer 50:11) They have heard my groaning,

yet there is no one to comfort me.

All my enemies have heard of my trouble;

they are glad that You have done it.

Bring the day that You have announced,

that they become like me.

22 (Ne 4:4-5; Ps 109:14-15) Let all their wickedness come before You,

and do to them

as You have done to me

for all my transgressions;

for my groans are many,

and my heart is faint.

[1] How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people how is she

become as a widow she that was was great among the nations, and princess

among the provinces, how is she become tributary

[2] She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among

all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt

treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

[3] Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great

servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her

persecutors overtook her between the straits.

[4] The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all

her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and

she is in bitterness.

[5] Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath

afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are

gone into captivity before the enemy.

[6] And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes

are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without

strength before the pursuer.

[7] Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries

all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people

fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw

her, and did mock at her sabbaths.

[8] Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that

honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she

sigheth, and turneth backward.

[9] Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end;

therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my

affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.

[10] The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things:

for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou

didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

[11] All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant

things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am

become vile.

[12] Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be

any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD

hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

[13] From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against

them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made

me desolate and faint all the day.

[14] The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed,

and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath

delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

[15] The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me:

he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath

trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

[16] For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water,

because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my

children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

[17] Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the

LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round

about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

[18] The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment:

hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young

men are gone into captivity.

[19] I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine

elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to

relieve their souls.

[20] Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine

heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword

bereaveth, at home there is as death.

[21] They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine

enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou

wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

[22] Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou

hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my

heart is faint.

Lamentations 2

The Anger of God Over Jerusalem

1 (Ps 99:5; 132:7) How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion

with a cloud in His anger!

He has cast down from heaven to the earth

the beauty of Israel;

He has not remembered His footstool

in the day of His anger.

2 (Ps 89:39-40; La 2:17) The Lord has swallowed up without mercy

all the habitations of Jacob;

In His wrath He has thrown down

the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;

He has brought them down to the ground;

He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

3 (Ps 74:11; 75:5) He has cut off in fierce anger

all the might of Israel;

He has drawn back His right hand

from before the enemy.

He has burned against Jacob

like a flaming fire, devouring all around.

4 (Isa 42:25; Jer 7:20) He has bent His bow like an enemy,

with his right hand set like an adversary;

He has killed all who were pleasant to His eye;

in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion,

He has poured out His fury like fire.

5 (La 2:2; Jer 30:14) The Lord has become like an enemy;

He has swallowed up Israel,

He has swallowed up all her palaces;

He has destroyed her strongholds,

and has increased mourning and lamentation

in the daughter of Judah.

6 (La 1:4; Zep 3:18) He has violently taken away His tabernacle

as if it were a garden;

He has destroyed His place of assembly;

the Lord has caused the solemn feasts and Sabbaths

to be forgotten in Zion.

In his fierce indignation He has despised the king and the priest.

7 (Ps 74:3-8; 78:59-61) The Lord has scorned His altar,

He has disowned His sanctuary;

He has given up the walls of her palaces

into the hand of the enemy.

They have made a noise in the house of the Lord

as on the day of a solemn feast.

8 (2Ki 21:13; Isa 3:26) The Lord has purposed to destroy

the wall of the daughter of Zion.

He has stretched out a line;

He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying;

therefore He caused the rampart and the wall to lament;

they languished together.

9 (Ne 1:3; Hos 3:4) Her gates have sunk into the ground;

He has destroyed and broken her bars.

Her king and her princes are among the nations;

the Law is no more,

and her prophets find

no vision from the Lord.

10 (Isa 3:26; Job 2:12-13) The elders of the daughter of Zion

sit on the ground in silence;

they throw dust on their heads

and gird themselves with sackcloth.

The virgins of Jerusalem

bow their heads to the ground.

11 (Job 16:13; La 1:16) My eyes fail with tears,

my spirit is greatly troubled;

my bile is poured on the ground

because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,

because the children and infants faint

in the streets of the city.

12 They say to their mothers,

"Where is grain and wine?"

when they faint like a wounded man

in the streets of the city,

as their life is poured out

on their mothers' bosom.

13 (La 1:12; 2Sa 5:20) What can I say for you,

to what shall I liken you,

O daughter of Jerusalem?

What shall I compare with you,

that I may comfort you,

O virgin daughter of Zion?

For your devastation is great like the sea;

who can heal you?

14 (Isa 58:1; Jer 5:31) Your prophets have seen for you

false and deceptive visions;

they have not revealed your iniquity,

to bring back your captives,

but have seen for you oracles

that are false and misleading.

15 (Ps 48:2; Jer 18:16) All who pass by

clap their hands at you;

they hiss and shake their heads

at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,

"Is this the city that men call

the perfection of beauty,

the joy of the whole earth?"

16 (Ps 35:21; La 3:46) All your enemies

have opened their mouth against you;

they hiss and gnash their teeth.

They say, "We have swallowed her up!

Certainly this is the day that we longed for;

we have found it; we have seen it."

17 (Ps 89:42; Eze 5:11) The Lord has done what He planned;

He has fulfilled His word

that He had commanded in the days of old.

He has thrown down and has not pitied,

and He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;

He has exalted the power of your adversaries.

18 (Ps 119:145; Jer 9:1) Their heart cried to the Lord:

O wall of the daughter of Zion,

let your tears run down

like a river day and night;

give yourself no rest,

your eyes no respite!

19 (Ps 62:8; 1Sa 1:15; Isa 26:9) Arise, cry out in the night,

at the beginning of the watches;

pour out your heart like water

before the face of the Lord.

Lift your hands to Him

for the lives of your young children,

who faint for hunger

at the head of every street.

20 (Jer 19:9; La 4:10) Look, O Lord, and consider!

To whom have You done this?

Should the women eat their offspring,

the children who were born healthy?

Should the priest and the prophet be killed

in the sanctuary of the Lord?

21 (2Ch 36:17; Jer 13:14) The young and the old lie

on the ground in the streets;

my virgins and my young men

have fallen by the sword;

You have killed them in the day of Your anger,

You have slaughtered and not pitied.

22 (Jer 6:25; Ps 31:13) You have invited as to a feast day

the terrors all around;

in the day of the Lord's anger

no one escaped or survived;

those whom I held and raised

my enemy destroyed.

Lamentations 2

[1] How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his

anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and

remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

[2] The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not

pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of

Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom

and the princes thereof.

[3] He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath

drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob

like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

[4] He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an

adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of

the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

[5] The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed

up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased

in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

[6] And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a

garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused

the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath

despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

[7] The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he

hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have

made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

[8] The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he

hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying:

therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished

together.

[9] Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her

bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more;

her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

[10] The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep

silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded

themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to

the ground.

[11] Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is

poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people;

because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

[12] They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as

the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into

their mothers' bosom.

[13] What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken

to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may

comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the

sea: who can heal thee?

[14] Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have

not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for

thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

[15] All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head

at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The

perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

[16] All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and

gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the

day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

[17] The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his

word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath

not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set

up the horn of thine adversaries.

[18] Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let

tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not

the apple of thine eye cease.

[19] Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out

thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward

him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of

every street.

[20] Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the

women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the

prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

[21] The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and

my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of

thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

[22] Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in

the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have

swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

Lamentations 3

The Prophet's Anguish

1 (Ps 88:7; Job 19:21) I am the man who has seen affliction

by the rod of His wrath.

2 (Job 30:26; Isa 59:9) He has driven and brought me

into darkness without any light.

3 Surely against me has He turned His hand

continually, the whole day long.

4 (Ps 51:8; Isa 38:13) My flesh and my skin He has made waste away;

He has broken my bones;

5 (La 3:19; Jer 23:15) He has besieged and enveloped me

with gall and travail.

6 (Ps 88:5-6; 143:3) He has set me in dark places,

like the dead of long ago.

7 (Job 3:23; 19:8) He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out;

He has made my chain heavy.

8 (Job 30:20; Ps 22:2) Even when I cry for help, He shuts out my prayer.

9 (Isa 63:17) He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;

He has made my paths crooked.

10 He is to me a bear lying in wait, a lion in hiding.

11 (Hos 6:1; Job 16:12-13) He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces;

He has made me desolate.

12 (Job 7:20; Ps 38:2) He has bent His bow

and set me as a target for the arrow.

13 (Job 6:4) He has caused the arrows of His quiver to pierce my inward parts.

14 (Jer 20:7; La 3:63) I have become the derision of all my people,

their mocking song all the day.

15 (Jer 9:15) He has filled me with bitterness,

He has sated me with wormwood.

16 (Pr 20:17; Jer 6:26) He has made my teeth grind on gravel,

and covered me with ashes.

17 (Isa 59:11) My soul is bereft of peace;

I have forgotten prosperity.

18 (Job 17:15; Eze 37:11) So I say, "My strength and my hope

from the Lord have perished."

19 (La 3:5; 3:15) Remember my affliction and my misery,

the wormwood and the gall.

20 (Ps 42:5-6; 42:11) Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.

21 (Ps 130:7) But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:

22 (Mal 3:6; Ps 78:38) It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed;

His compassions do not fail.

23 (Zep 3:5; Ps 36:5) They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

24 (Ps 16:5; 73:26) "The Lord is my portion," says my soul,

"therefore I will hope in Him."

25 (Isa 25:9; 30:18) The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,

to the soul who seeks Him.

26 (Ps 37:7; 130:5) It is good that a man should wait quietly

for the salvation of the Lord.

27 (Ecc 12:1) It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.

28 (Jer 15:17; La 2:10) Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him;

29 (Job 40:4) let him put his mouth in the dust-there may yet be hope.

30 (Isa 50:6; Job 16:10) Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,

and let him be filled with insults.

31 (Ps 94:14; 77:7) For the Lord will not cast off forever.

32 (Ps 78:38; Hos 11:8) But though He causes grief,

yet He will have compassion according to the abundance of His mercies.

33 (Eze 33:11) For He does not afflict from His heart,

nor grieve the sons of men.

34 To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,

35 to turn aside the justice due a man in the presence of the Most High,

36 (Hab 1:13) to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

[1] I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

[2] He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

[3] Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

[4] My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

[5] He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

[6] He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

[7] He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain

heavy.

[8] Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

[9] He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

[10] He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

[11] He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me

desolate.

[12] He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

[13] He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

[14] I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

[15] He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

[16] He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me

with ashes.

[17] And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

[18] And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

[19] Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

[20] My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

[21] This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

[22] It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his

compassions fail not.

[23] They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

[24] The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

[25] The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh

him.

[26] It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the

salvation of the LORD.

[27] It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

[28] He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

[29] He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

[30] He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with

reproach.

[31] For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

[32] But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the

multitude of his mercies.

[33] For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

[34] To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

[35] To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

[36] To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

37 (Ps 33:9-11) Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass,

unless the Lord has commanded it?

38 (Isa 45:7; Job 2:10) Is it not from the mouth of the Most High

that good and bad proceed?

39 (Mic 7:9; Pr 19:3) Why should a living man complain,

a man for the punishment of his sins?

40 (Ps 119:59; 139:23-24) Let us search and try our ways,

and return to the Lord!

41 (Ps 25:1; 28:2) Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

42 (2Ki 24:4; Ne 9:26) We have transgressed and rebelled;

You have not pardoned.

43 (La 2:21; 2:17; Ps 83:15) You have covered Yourself with anger

and pursued us; You have killed and not pitied.

44 (La 3:8; Ps 97:2) You have covered Yourself with a cloud,

so that no prayer should pass through.

45 (1Co 4:13) You have made us filthy refuse in the midst of the peoples.

46 (La 2:16; Ps 22:6-8) All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

47 (Isa 24:17-18; 51:19) Panic and snare have come upon us,

desolation and destruction.

48 (La 2:11; Ps 119:136) My eyes flow with rivers of tears

for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 (Jer 14:17; Ps 77:2) My eyes flow and do not cease, without respite,

50 (Isa 63:15; La 5:1) until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees.

51 My eyes bring suffering to my soul

at the fate of all the daughters of my city.

52 (Ps 35:7; 35:19) My enemies chased me like a bird, without cause.

53 (Jer 38:6; 38:9) They cut off my life in the pit and cast stones on me.

54 (Jnh 2:3-5; Eze 37:11) Waters flowed over my head; I said, "I am cut off!

55 I called on Your name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.

56 (Ps 55:1; Job 34:28) You have heard my plea:

"Do not close Your ear to my cry for help!"

57 (Isa 41:10; Ps 145:18) You drew near on the day I called on You,

and You said, "Do not fear!"

58 (Jer 51:36) O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul;

You have redeemed my life.

59 (Ps 26:1; 35:23) O Lord, You have seen the wrong done tome; judge my case.

60 (Jer 11:19-20) You have seen all their vengeance,

all their schemes against me.

61 (La 5:1; Ps 74:18) You have heard their reproach, O Lord,

all their schemes against me,

62 (Eze 36:3; Ps 59:7) the lips of my enemies and

their devices against me all the day.

63 (Ps 139:2; La 3:14) Look at their sitting down and their rising up;

I am their mocking song.

64 (Ps 28:4; Jer 11:20) Render to them a recompense, O Lord,

according to the work of their hands.

65 (Isa 6:10; Dt 2:30) Give them hardness of heart;

may Your curse be upon them!

66 (Ps 8:3; Dt 25:19) In Your anger pursue and destroy them

from under Your heavens, O Lord!

[37] Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth

it not?

[38] Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

[39] Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his

sins?

[40] Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

[41] Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

[42] We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

[43] Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou

hast not pitied.

[44] Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass

through.

[45] Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the

people.

[46] All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

[47] Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

[48] Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the

daughter of my people.

[49] Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

[50] Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

[51] Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

[52] Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

[53] They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

[54] Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

[55] I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

[56] Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

[57] Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst,

Fear not.

[58] O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my

life.

[59] O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

[60] Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

[61] Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations

against me;

[62] The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me

all the day.

[63] Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

[64] Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their

hands.

[65] Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

[66] Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

2) Our Daily Bread for 1 September 2026 Titled

Gathering to Grow in Christ by Xochitl Dixon

Acts 2:1-6,36-37,42

1 (Ac 20:16; 1Co 16:8) When the day of Pentecost had come,

they were all together in one place.

2 (Ac 4:31; 1Ki 19:11) Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing

wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house

where they were sitting.

3 (Mt 3:11) There appeared to them tongues as of fire,

being distributed and resting on each of them,

4 (Mk 16:17; 1Co 12:10) and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit

and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

5 (Ac 8:2; Lk 2:25) Now dwelling in Jerusalem were Jews, devout men,

from every nation under heaven.

6 When this sound occurred, the crowd came together and were confounded,

because each man heard them speaking in his own language.

[1] And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one

accord in one place.

[2] And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,

and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

[3] And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat

upon each of them.

[4] And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with

other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

[5] And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every

nation under heaven.

[6] Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were

confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

36 "Therefore, let all the house of Israel assuredly know that God

has made this Jesus, whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ."

37 (Lk 3:10; Ac 5:33) When they heard this, they were stung in the heart

and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles,

"Brothers, what shall we do?"

[36] Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath

made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

[37] Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said

unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we

do?

42 (Ac 1:14; 20:7; 2:46) They continued steadfastly in the apostles'

teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in the prayers.

[42] And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship,

and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

In Monterey Bay, California, a boat captain saw fifteen Pacific white-sided

dolphins join a super pod of more than two thousand dolphins. Various types

and ages of dolphins gather in pods to fend off predators, feed,

and socialise. Still, the size and diversity of this super pod was a rare

sight to behold.

The Bible records a rare gathering of diverse people that's foundational in

our faith history. As the disciples celebrated Pentecost in Jerusalem, "a

sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole

house where they were sitting" (Acts 2:2). They were "filled with the Holy

Spirit," who enabled them to speak in different languages (v. 4). People God

created "from every nation under heaven" had also gathered

for Pentecost (v. 5). When they investigated the loud noise, each person

"heard their own language being spoken" by the disciples (v. 6). Then Peter

proclaimed Jesus as "both Lord and Messiah" (v. 36). About three thousand

believed and were baptised (v. 41). As God's people lived in community like

never before, He "added to their number daily those who were

being saved" (v. 47).

By the power of the Holy Spirit, God's people around the world still gather to

grow in community and proclaim Jesus as Lord. Through us, He will continue

expanding His kingdom.

Reflect & Pray

How are you gathering to grow with God's diverse people? How has

He used people who are different from you to grow your faith and His church?

Dear God, please grow Your church as I gather to grow with others.

3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association

Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools

Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 3 - Inseparable From God's Love

Romans 8:38-39

38 (Eph 1:21; 1Pe 3:22) For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,

neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present

nor things to come,

39 (Ro 5:8) neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing,

shall be able to separate us from the love of God,

which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

[38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor

principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to

separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Separation is a fact of human life. Relationships disintegrate,

children grow up, loved ones die, husbands and wives divorce,

friends changes and drift apart. We may resist change and separation,

but we must deal with them nevertheless.

Separation sometimes is a natural result of growth and development;

sometimes it is a violent, cataclysmic shaking of an individual's life.

2 lifelong friends go separate ways to college or into future careers;

a church splits over doctrinal differences; a wife finds out a hidden

secret in her husband's past.

But with God, there is no separation, no death, no breaking of vows,

no growing beyond the relationship. Nothing, says Paul, can separate

us from the love of God. A skeleton in my closet, once revealed, may

cost me the trust of those I thought were my friends. But God knows

all my past, all my sin; he forgives, and it cannot separate me from him.

My present personal struggles may cause trouble in my job and result in

the loss of that income, but God understands what I'm going through,

and even when I'm angry at him, he can take it without drawing away

or striking back. My present problems cannot separate me from the Lord.

And God knows, too, the plan he has established for my future. I cannot

walk away from him, grow beyond my need for him, or outrun him into

tomorrow.

She may separate me from my awareness of God's presence in my life,

but it cannot set me beyond his reach. There is no power that is greater

than God's love, and no place I can go that will separate me

from that love.

Application

a) Have I ever felt separated from the love of God? Under what circumstances?

b) How can today's verse free me from anxiety about the past,

the present or the future?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Luke 12:21

21 "So is he who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

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

When you are Impatient

James 5:7-11

Patience and Prayer

7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.

Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth

and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.

8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts,

for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.

9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned.

Look, the Judge is standing at the door.

10 My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord,

as an example of suffering and patience.

11 Indeed we count them happy who endure.

You have heard of the patience of Job

and have seen the purpose of the Lord,

that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold,

the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long

patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord

draweth nigh.

9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:

behold, the judge standeth before the door.

10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord,

for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience

of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful,

and of tender mercy.

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 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)

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

http://www.ehc.ca

1st Day of the month

1) Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada

(

Joel 2:28 And it will be that, afterwards,

I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream

dreams, and your young men will see visions.

28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon

all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men

shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Acts 2:17 "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.

17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,

I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:

And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

And your young men shall see visions,

And your old men shall dream dreams:

)

2) Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister

would be directed to do that which pleases God

(Prov 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord,

as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will.

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD,

As the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray a prayer on intervention for your Nation.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please grow Your church

as I gather to grow with others."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord loves you unconditionally.

Pray to the Lord and pray not to lay treasure for yourself.

Pray to the Lord and pray for pateince in your life.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada

Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister

would be directed to do that which pleases God

Pray that untraceable Bibles and portions of Scripture will be distributed to

every North Korean.

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.

Day 243 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

nospam@example.com (DSY) — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:19:00 +0000

Day 243, 31 August 2026

1) Jeremiah 51, Jeremiah 52

Jeremiah 51

The Destruction of Babylon

1 (Jer 4:11-12; Hos 13:15) Thus says the Lord:

I will raise up against Babylon,

and against those who dwell in Leb Kamai,

the spirit of a destroyer.

2 (Jer 15:7; Mt 3:12) And I will send foreigners to Babylon

that they may winnow her and empty her land.

For in the day of trouble

they will be against her all around.

3 (Jer 46:4; 50:14) Let not him who bends his bow bend it,

and let him not rise up in his scale-armor,

and do not spare her young men;

utterly destroy all her host.

4 (Jer 49:26; Isa 13:15) Thus the slain will fall

in the land of the Chaldeans,

and those who are thrust through in her streets.

5 (Hos 4:1; Jer 33:24-26) For Israel has not been forsaken, nor Judah,

by his God, the Lord of Hosts,

though their land was filled with sin

against the Holy One of Israel.

6 (Jer 50:8; 50:15; 50:28) Flee out of the midst of Babylon,

and each of you deliver his soul!

Do not be cut off in her punishment,

for this is the time of the vengeance of the Lord;

He will render to her a recompense.

7 (Rev 14:8; 17:4; 17:2) Babylon has been a golden cup

in the hand of the Lord,

that made all the earth drunk.

The nations have drunk of her wine;

therefore the nations are mad.

8 (Isa 21:9; Jer 46:11) Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed.

Howl for her.

Take balm for her pain;

perhaps she may be healed.

9 (Isa 13:14; Jer 50:16) We applied healing to Babylon,

but she is not healed.

Forsake her, and let us each go into his own country;

for her judgment reaches to heaven

and is lifted up even to the skies.

10 (Jer 50:28; Ps 37:6) The Lord has brought forth our righteousness.

Come, and let us declare in Zion

the work of the Lord our God.

11 (Jer 46:4; 50:45) Sharpen the arrows.

Gather the shields.

The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.

For His device is against Babylon, to destroy it;

because it is the vengeance of the Lord,

the vengeance of His temple.

12 (Isa 13:2; Jer 51:11) Set up the standard against the walls of Babylon,

make the watch strong,

set up the watchmen,

prepare the ambushes.

For the Lord has both devised and done

that which He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

13 (Rev 17:1; Isa 45:3) O you who dwell by many waters,

abundant in treasures,

your end has come,

and the measure of your end.

14 (Jer 49:13; 50:15) The Lord of Hosts has sworn by Himself,

saying: Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts,

and they will lift up shouts of victory against you.

[1] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and

against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a

destroying wind;

[2] And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty

her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

[3] Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him

that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men;

destroy ye utterly all her host.

[4] Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that

are thrust through in her streets.

[5] For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of

hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

[6] Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not

cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he

will render unto her a recompence.

[7] Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the

earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations

are mad.

[8] Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for

her pain, if so she may be healed.

[9] We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and

let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto

heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

[10] The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare

in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

[11] Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the

spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to

destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his

temple.

[12] Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong,

set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised

and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

[13] O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end

is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

[14] The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill

thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against

thee.

15 (Job 9:8; Jer 10:12-16) He has made the earth by His power;

He has established the world by His wisdom,

and has stretched out the heaven by His understanding.

16 (Ps 135:7; 18:13; Jnh 1:4) When He utters His voice,

there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,

and He causes the clouds to ascend from the remote parts of the earth;

He makes lightning with rain,

and brings out the wind from His storehouses.

17 (Jer 10:14; Hab 2:18-19) Every man is ignorant by His knowledge;

every founder is humiliated by the graven image,

for his molded image is falsehood,

and there is no breath in them.

18 They are vanity, the work of errors;

in the time of their punishment they will perish.

19 (Jer 10:16; Ps 73:26) The portion of Jacob is not like them,

for He is the former of all things,

and Israel is the rod of His inheritance.

The Lord of Hosts is His name.

20 (Isa 10:5; 41:15-16) He says: You are My battle-ax

and weapon of war:

for with you I will break in pieces the nations,

and with you I will destroy kingdoms;

21 (Ex 15:1) and with you I will break in pieces the horse and his rider;

and with you I will break in pieces the chariot and his rider.

22 (2Ch 36:17; Isa 13:18) With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;

and with you I will break in pieces old and young;

and with you I will break in pieces the young man and the young woman.

23 I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock;

and with you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;

and with you I will break in pieces captains and rulers.

24 (Jer 50:15) I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea

all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the Lord.

25 (Rev 8:8; Zec 4:7; Isa 13:2) I am against you, O destroying mountain,

says the Lord,

who destroys all the earth.

And I will stretch out My hand against you,

and roll you down from the rocks,

and will make you a burned mountain.

26 (Isa 13:19-22; Jer 50:12-13) They will not take of you

a stone for a corner,

or a stone for foundations,

but you will be desolate forever,

says the Lord.

27 (Ge 8:4; 10:3) Set up a standard in the land,

blow the trumpet among the nations,

prepare the nations against her,

call together against her the kingdoms

of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;

appoint a captain against her.

Cause the horses to come up as the rough locusts.

28 (Jer 51:11) Prepare against her the nations,

the kings of the Medes,

the captains, and all the rulers,

and every land of their dominion.

29 (Jer 8:16; 51:43) So the land trembles and sorrows,

for the purposes of the Lord will be performed against Babylon,

to make the land of Babylon a desolation

without an inhabitant.

30 (Na 3:13; La 2:9; Isa 13:7-8) The mighty men of Babylon

have ceased fighting;

they have remained in their strongholds.

Their might has failed;

they became as women.

They have burned her dwelling places;

the bars of her gates are broken.

31 (2Sa 18:19-31; 2Ch 30:6) One courier will run to meet another,

and one messenger to meet another,

to show the king of Babylon

that his city has been captured from end to end,

32 and the passages have been seized,

and they have burned the reeds with fire,

and the men of war are terrified.

33 (Isa 21:10; Hos 6:11) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor,

it is time to thresh her;

yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come.

34 (Jer 50:17; 51:44) "Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon

has devoured me and crushed me;

he has made me an empty vessel.

He has swallowed me up like a dragon;

he has filled his belly with my delicacies,

he has cast me out.

35 May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,"

the inhabitant of Zion will say;

and, "May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,"

Jerusalem will say.

36 (Jer 50:38; Ps 140:12) Therefore thus says the Lord:

I will plead your cause,

and take vengeance for you.

And I will dry up her sea,

and make her springs dry.

37 (Rev 18:2; Jer 18:16) Babylon will become heaps,

a dwelling place for jackals,

an astonishment, and a hissing,

without an inhabitant.

38 (Jer 2:15) They will roar together like young lions;

they will growl as lions' whelps.

39 (Jer 51:57; 25:27) When they become heated up,

I will make their feasts,

and I will make them drunk,

that they may rejoice,

and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake,

says the Lord.

40 (Jer 50:27) I will bring them down

like lambs to the slaughter,

like rams with male goats.

41 (Jer 25:26; Isa 13:19) How Sheshak has been captured!

And how the praise of the whole earth has been seized!

How Babylon has become an astonishment

among the nations!

42 (Isa 8:7-8; Da 9:26) The sea has come up over Babylon;

she has been covered with the multitude of the waves.

43 (Isa 13:20; Jer 2:6) Her cities have become a desolation,

a dry land and a wilderness,

a land in which no man dwells,

through which no son of man passes.

44 (Jer 51:34; 51:58) I will punish Bel in Babylon,

and I will bring forth from his mouth what he has swallowed up;

and the nations will not flow together any more to him.

Indeed, the wall of Babylon will fall.

45 (Jer 51:6; Isa 48:20) My people, go out of her midst,

and deliver every man his soul

from the fierce anger of the Lord,

46 (2Ki 19:7; Isa 13:3-5) lest your heart grows faint, and you are afraid

for the report that will be heard in the land-

for the report will come one year, and after that in another year will come

another report,

and violence will be in the land,

ruler against ruler-

47 (Jer 50:2; Isa 46:1-2) therefore the days are coming

when I will punish the graven images of Babylon;

and her whole land will be humiliated,

and all her slain will fall in her midst.

48 (Isa 44:23; Rev 18:20) Then the heaven and the earth,

and all that is in it,

shall sing for joy over Babylon;

for the destroyers will come to her

from the north,

says the Lord.

49 (Jer 50:29; 51:24) As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,

so at Babylon the slain of all the earth will fall.

50 (Jer 44:28; Dt 4:29-31) You who have escaped the sword,

go away, do not stand still.

Remember the Lord afar off,

and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

51 (La 1:10; Ps 44:13-16) We are humiliated

because we have heard reproach.

Shame has covered our faces,

for strangers have come into

the holy places of the house of the Lord.

52 (Jer 51:47; 50:38) Therefore, surely the days are coming, says the Lord,

when I will punish her graven images,

and the mortally wounded shall groan

through all her land.

53 (Jer 49:16; Ge 11:4) Though Babylon should mount up to heaven,

and though she should fortify the height of her strength,

yet from Me will destroyers come to her,

says the Lord.

54 (Jer 50:22; 48:3-5) A sound of an outcry comes from Babylon,

and great destruction

from the land of the Chaldeans,

55 because the Lord has devastated Babylon,

and destroyed the great voice out of her.

When her waves roar like great waters,

a noise of their voice is uttered.

56 (Ps 46:9; 94:1-2) Because the destroyer is coming against her,

even upon Babylon, and her mighty men will be captured,

every one of their bows are broken.

For the Lord is a God of recompense;

He will completely repay.

57 (Jer 46:18; 25:27) I will make her officials drunk, and her wise men,

her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men;

and they will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake,

says the King whose name is the Lord of Hosts.

58 (Jer 51:64; Hab 2:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:

The broad wall of Babylon will be utterly broken,

and her high gates will be burned with fire;

and the peoples will labor in vain,

and the nations become exhausted only for fire.

[15] He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by

his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

[16] When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the

heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he

maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his

treasures.

[17] Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by

the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath

in them.

[18] They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation

they shall perish.

[19] The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all

things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his

name.

[20] Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break

in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

[21] And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with

thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

[22] With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will

I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the

young man and the maid;

[23] I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and

with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and

with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

[24] And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea

all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

[25] Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which

destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and

roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

[26] And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for

foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

[27] Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations,

prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of

Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the

horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

[28] Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the

captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his

dominion.

[29] And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD

shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation

without an inhabitant.

[30] The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in

their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have

burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

[31] One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another,

to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

[32] And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with

fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

[33] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of

Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little

while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

[34] Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed

me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon,

he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

[35] The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the

inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall

Jerusalem say.

[36] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take

vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

[37] And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an

astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

[38] They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lion's whelps.

[39] In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken,

that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the

LORD.

[40] I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he

goats.

[41] How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth

surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

[42] The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of

the waves thereof.

[43] Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land

wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

[44] And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his

mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow

together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

[45] My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his

soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

[46] And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be

heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in

another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against

ruler.

[47] Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the

graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all

her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

[48] Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for

Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the

LORD.

[49] As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall

fall the slain of all the earth.

[50] Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the

LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

[51] We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered

our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house.

[52] Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do

judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall

groan.

[53] Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify

the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith

the LORD.

[54] A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the

land of the Chaldeans:

[55] Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the

great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their

voice is uttered:

[56] Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty

men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of

recompences shall surely requite.

[57] And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and

her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and

not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

[58] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be

utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people

shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

59 (Jer 32:12; 36:4) The word which Jeremiah the prophet

commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah,

when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon

in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was a quartermaster.

60 (Isa 30:8; Jer 30:2-3) So Jeremiah wrote in a single scroll

all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words

that are written against Babylon.

61 Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "When you come to Babylon, then see

that you read aloud all these words,

62 (Jer 50:3; 50:13) and say, 'O Lord, You have spoken against

this place to cut it off, that no one will remain in it,

neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever.'

63 (Jer 19:10-11; Rev 18:21) It will be that when you have made

an end of reading this scroll that you will bind a stone to it,

and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,

64 (Jer 51:58; Job 31:40) and say, 'Thus Babylon will sink

and not rise from the disaster that I will bring upon her,

and they will become weary.' "

Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

[59] The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of

Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah

into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet

prince.

[60] So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon,

even all these words that are written against Babylon.

[61] And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt

see, and shalt read all these words;

[62] Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to

cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it

shall be desolate for ever.

[63] And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that

thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:

[64] And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from

the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are

the words of Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 52

The Fall of Jerusalem Reviewed

2Ki 24:18-20; 25:1-21; 2Ch 36:11-20; Jer 39:1-10

1 (2Ki 24:18; Jos 10:29) Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name

was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

2 (1Ki 14:22) He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all

that Jehoiakim had done.

3 (2Ch 36:13; Isa 3:4-5) Through the anger of the Lord this came to pass in

Jerusalem and Judah until He had cast them out from His presence.

Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 52

[1] Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the

daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

[2] And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all

that Jehoiakim had done.

[3] For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and

Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled

against the king of Babylon.

4 (Jer 39:1; Eze 24:1-2) In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,

in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came,

he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it;

they built a siege wall all around it.

5 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

[4] And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,

in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he

and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts

against it round about.

[5] So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

6 (Isa 3:1; 2Ki 25:3) In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month,

the famine was so severe in the city that there was no bread for the people

of the land.

7 (2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4-7) Then the city was breached, and all the men of war

fled and went out of the city by night by way of the gate between

the two walls, which was by the king's garden, though the Chaldeans

were all around the city, and they went by way of the Arabah.

8 (Jer 21:7; 32:4) But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king

and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho,

and all his army was scattered from him.

9 (Nu 13:21; Jer 39:5) Then they took the king and carried him up

to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath

where he passed sentence on him.

10 (Jer 22:30; 2Ki 25:7) The king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah

before his eyes; he also slew all the officials of Judah in Riblah.

11 (Eze 12:13) Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and the king of Babylon

bound him in chains and carried him to Babylon and put him in prison

until the day of his death.

[6] And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was

sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

[7] Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth

out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which

was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:)

and they went by the way of the plain.

[8] But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook

Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

[9] Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to

Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.

[10] And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he

slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

[11] Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him

in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of

his death.

The Temple Burned

12 (2Ki 25:8; Jer 39:9; 52:29) Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day

of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,

Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard who served the king of Babylon came into

Jerusalem,

13 (2Ch 36:19; Ps 79:1) and burned the house of the Lord,

and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem.

Even all the large houses, he burned with fire.

14 (Ne 1:3; 2Ki 25:10) And all the army of the Chaldeans who were

with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls of Jerusalem

all around.

15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive

some of the poorest of the people, and the rest of the people

who remained in the city, and those who fell away, who fell

to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

16 (2Ki 25:12) But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left

some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

17 (Jer 27:19-22; 2Ch 4:12-15) Also the pillars of bronze

that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands,

and the bronze sea that was in the house of the Lord,

the Chaldeans broke and carried all their bronze to Babylon.

18 (Ex 27:3; Nu 4:14) The cauldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers,

and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with

which they ministered, they took away.

19 (1Ki 7:49-50) The captain of the guard also took away the basins,

and the fire pans, and the bowls, and the cauldrons, and the lampstands,

and the spoons, and the cups, what was of fine gold,

and what was of fine silver.

20 (1Ki 7:47; 2Ki 25:16) The two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls

that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made

in the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.

21 (2Ki 25:17) Concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar

was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference a

nd in thickness it was four fingers,

[About 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference,

or 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference.]

and hollow.

22 A capital of bronze was upon it, and the height of one capital was five

cubits, [About 7 1/2 feet, or 2.3 meters.] with network and pomegranates

upon the capital all around, all of bronze. The second pillar also

and the pomegranates were like these.

23 (1Ki 7:20) There were 96 pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates

were a hundred upon the network all around.

The Babylonian Exile

24 (2Ki 25:18; 1Ch 6:14; Jer 21:1) The captain of the guard took Seraiah

the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest,

and the three officers of the temple.

25 (Est 1:14; 2Ki 25:19) He also took out of the city one official

who had charge of the men of war, and seven men of the advisers

of the king who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander

of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men

of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.

26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them

and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

27 (Isa 6:11-12; 27:10) The king of Babylon struck them

and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath.

Thus Judah was carried away captive out of its own land.

[12] Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the

nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan,

captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

[13] And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the

houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

[14] And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the

guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

[15] Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain

of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in

the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and

the rest of the multitude.

[16] But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of

the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

[17] Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the

bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans

brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

[18] The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls,

and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took

they away.

[19] And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and

the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in

gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard

away.

[20] The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the

bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of

all these vessels was without weight.

[21] And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen

cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness

thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

[22] And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was

five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about,

all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto

these.

[23] And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the

pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

[24] And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and

Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

[25] He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men

of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were

found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the

people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were

found in the midst of the city.

[26] So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought

them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

[27] And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in

the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own

land.

28 (2Ki 24:2-3; 24:12-16) These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar

carried away captive:

in the seventh year three thousand and twenty-three Jews.

29 (Jer 52:12) In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar

he carried away captive from Jerusalem 832 persons.

30 In the 23rd year of Nebuchadnezzar,

Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive

of the Jews 745.

All the persons were 4600 .

[28] This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the

seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:

[29] In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from

Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:

[30] In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the

captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty

and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

Jehoiachin Released

2Ki 25:27-30

31 (Ge 40:13; 40:20) In the 37th year of the captivity of Jehoiachin,

king of Judah, in the 12th month, on the 25th day of the month,

Awel-Marduk, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign lifted up

the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison,

32 and spoke kindly to him, and set his throne

above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

33 (2Sa 9:7; Ge 41:14) Therefore Jehoiachin changed his prison garments

and continually ate meals before him all the days of his life.

34 (2Sa 9:10) For his allowance, there was a continual allowance

given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion all the days

of his life until the day of his death.

[31] And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of

Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth

day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of

his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him

forth out of prison,

[32] And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the

kings that were with him in Babylon,

[33] And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread

before him all the days of his life.

[34] And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of

Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his

life.

2) Our Daily Bread for 31 August 2025 titled Christ in Me

by Jennifer Benson Schuldt

Galatians 2:19-21

19 (Ro 7:4; 6:2) For through the law I am dead to the law,

that I might live for God.

20 (Ro 8:37; Gal 1:4) I have been crucified with Christ.

It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.

And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God,

Or by the faith of the Son of God. who loved me and gave Himself for me.

21 (Gal 3:21; Heb 7:11) I do not nullify the grace of God.

For if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ died in vain.

[19] For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

[20] I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ

liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith

of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

[21] I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the

law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer became famous for his talent at age twenty.

The art critics of his day called him "the greatest mind that ever expressed

itself in line." As his fame spread, influential people tried to hire him with

promises of luxury and ease. Even other acclaimed artists such as Giovanni

Bellini and Raphael revered his work.

In what experts consider to be his best self-portrait, Dürer mingled his

physical characteristics with what he thought Jesus might have looked like. He

painted himself with long, wavy hair, a beard, and eyes that seemed to convey

a sense of divine purpose. While many assumed this was the artist's prideful

opinion of himself, others who knew him believed Dürer wanted to live a life

that would allow people to see Jesus in him.

If we truly know Christ, this is our desire as well. Believing in Him and

accepting His death and resurrection as the basis for our relationship with

God means we should now live for Jesus - not for ourselves (Galatians 2:19).

We live for Him, and He lives in us and works through us. The apostle Paul

said this about his spiritual transformation: "I no longer live, but Christ

lives in me" (v. 20). May the glory of Christ shine through our lives today

so that the world sees Him in us.

Reflect & Pray

How do you feel when you sense Jesus working through you to make Himself

known? What challenges prevent this from happening at times?

Father in heaven, please help me to stop living

to satisfy my desires. Help me to surrender to Your Spirit so others will see

Christ in me.

3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association

Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools

Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 2 - The Right of Family

John 1:11-12

11 (Jn 3:32) He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.

12 (Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23) Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power

to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,

11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power

to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

"Dad, can I ask you something?" Jimmy leaned across the back of his

father's chair. His father lowered the newspaper and reached around,

settling Jimmy on his lap.

"Sure. Son," he answered. "You can ask me anything you want. The answer

might not be Yes, but you always have the right to ask."

For many who have grown up in homes where the father was absent, or when

present, abusive or silent, the scenario of Jimmy and his father may

seem unrealistic. Often we aren't given the right by our parents to ask

what we want, to communicate openly, to express our needs and desires.

But god clearly indicates that no matter what our human families have been

like, in his family there are no barriers to belonging,

to open communications. When we commit our lives to Christ and submit to his

lordship, we have the right to become the sons and daughters of God.

In Christ, we have the right to approach him, to pray, to seek wisdom,

to ask advice, to make requests, to verbalise our needs and desires. We don't

have to be afraid of sounding stupid or being rejected, because in Christ

we belong to him, and he loves us.

The KJV uses the word "power" in verse 12 - "to them gave he power to become

the sons of God." Power implies ability, that we are equipped by the Spirit

to be children of the King. We have the right and we have the power to become

who God has called us to be - his children.

Application

a) Under what circumstances in my life have I felt that I didn't

have the right to express my wishes or feelings?

b) How do today's verses give me confidence in approaching God?

4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland

Deut 28:11

11 (Dt 28:4; 30:9) The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity,

in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock,

and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore

to your fathers to give you.

11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body,

and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land

which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

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

When you are lonely

1 John 4:16b-18

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us,

so that we may have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is,

so are we in this world.

18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love,

but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.

Whoever fears is not perfect in love.

God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness

in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:

because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

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?)

New Brunswick

Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543

Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist

church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the

campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

And

Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to know that His word does not return void.

Pray to the Lord: "Father in heaven, please help me to stop living

to satisfy my desires. Help me to surrender to Your Spirit so others will see

Christ in me.""

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the power the Lord gives you.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Blessings of the Lord in obedience.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know The Lord as love.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray that members of violent anti-missionary groups will be powerfully

transformed by Christ in the

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES.

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.

Day 242 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

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Day 242, 30 August 2026

Today at Calvary comunity church

Pastor Gary Taitinger spoke on Hard Questions for God - Does God Need my Money?

Giving is its own greatest reward and reflects our bebelief in God's character

Psalm 50:7-12

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) "Hear, O My people, and I will speak,

O Israel, and I will testify against you;

I am God, even your God.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) I will not reprove you for your sacrifices

or for your burnt offerings that are continually before Me.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) I will take no young bull out of your house,

nor male goats out of your folds.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) For every wild animal of the forest is Mine,

and the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) I know every bird of the mountains,

and the creatures that move in the field are Mine.

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you;

for the world is Mine, and all its fullness.

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak;

O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices

Or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

9 I will take no bullock out of thy house,

Nor he goats out of thy folds.

10 For every beast of the forest is mine,

And the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains:

And the wild beasts of the field are mine.

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:

A journey of Giving

- Learning about proportionate giving.

The Christian pattern and the tree

- Many things in the Christian pattern are not duty, bu in fact are their

own greatest reward because of 'life work'.

- Wise effective living depends on God being the centre of life.

Giving and the tree principle.

- Giving is part of the nature of God and is inheret in the Tree's contrast

between God's way of living and the self directed way of living ...

Matthew 6:21

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

[21] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Matthew 25:34-40

34 (Jas 2:5; Lk 12:32) "Then the King will say to those at His right hand,

'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you

since the foundation of the world.

35 (Eze 18:7; 18:16) For I was hungry and you gave Me food,

I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in.

36 (Jas 1:27; Heb 10:34) I was naked and you clothed Me,

I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me.'

37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry

and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?

38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

39 And when did we see You sick or in prison and come to You?'

40 (Mt 10:42; Pr 19:17) "The King will answer, 'Truly I say to you,

as you have done it for one of the least of these brothers of Mine,

you have done it for Me.'

[34] Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed

of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of

the world:

[35] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave

me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

[36] Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in

prison, and ye came unto me.

[37] Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an

hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

[38] When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed

thee?

[39] Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

[40] And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye

have done it unto me.

Non-giving says:

- I am my own security

- I don't need to contribute

- I can't trust God enough to give.

Scam Work-arounds

Substituting behaviour excuses to avoid giving.

- We receive money in exchange for our life effort.

- If faith does not addect our money we try to server 2 masters.

- God wants you to affirm that He is your provider.

Conclusion:

God wants our lifestyle to refelct our trust that He cares for us like the

lilies of the field and that our sustenance is by His permission.

- Actualise your belifef in lasting things with your finances

- Affirm your conviction that God is your security.

- Accept that you are a manager of your blessings not an owner.

1) Jeremiah 49, Jeremiah 50

Jeremiah 49

Judgment on Ammon

1 (Dt 23:3; 2Ch 20:1) Concerning the Ammonites:

Thus says the Lord:

Does Israel have no sons?

Or has he no heirs?

Why then does their king inherit Gad

and his people dwell in his cities?

2 (Jer 4:19; Dt 3:11) Therefore, surely the days are coming,

says the Lord,

when I will cause an alarm of war

to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites;

and it will be a desolate heap,

and her towns will be burned with fire.

Then Israel will be heir

to those who were his heirs,

says the Lord.

3 (Jer 48:7; Isa 15:2) Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai has been devastated!

Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,

gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,

and run to and fro inside the walls;

for their king shall go into captivity,

and his priests and his officials together.

4 (Jer 9:23; 21:13) Why do you glory in the valleys,

your flowing valley,

O backsliding daughter

who trusts in her treasures, saying,

"Who shall come against me?"

5 (Jer 46:5; 49:29) I will bring a fear upon you,

says the Lord God of Hosts,

from all those who are around you;

and each of you will be driven out headlong,

and no one will gather together the fugitives.

6 (Jer 48:47; 49:39) Yet afterward I will restore the fortunes

of the sons of Ammon,

says the Lord.

[1] Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath

he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in

his cities?

[2] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an

alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a

desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall

Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

[3] Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird

you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king

shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

[4] Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O

backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come

unto me?

[5] Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from

all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right

forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

[6] And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon,

saith the LORD.

Judgment on Edom

Ob 1-6

7 (Ge 25:30; 36:11) Concerning Edom.

Thus says the Lord of Hosts:

Is there no more wisdom in Teman?

Has counsel perished from the prudent?

Has their wisdom vanished?

8 (Jer 25:23; 46:21) Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths,

O inhabitants of Dedan.

For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,

the time that I punish him.

9 (Ob 1:5-6) If grape gatherers came to you,

would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

If thieves came by night,

they would destroy until they had enough.

10 (Isa 17:14; Mal 1:3-4) But I have made Esau bare,

I have uncovered his secret places

so that he will not be able to hide himself.

His seed is devastated, and his brothers, and his neighbors,

and he is no more.

11 (Ps 68:5; Hos 14:3) Leave your fatherless children behind.

I will preserve them alive;

and let your widows trust in Me.

12 (Jer 25:28-29; Ob 1:16) For thus says the Lord: They whose judgment

was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk. And are you the one

who shall go unpunished altogether? You will not go unpunished,

but you will surely drink of it.

13 (Ge 22:16; 36:33) For I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah

will become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. And

all the cities will become perpetual wastes.

14 (Isa 30:4) I have heard a message from the Lord,

and an ambassador has been sent to the nations:

"Gather together, and come against her,

and rise up to the battle!"

15 For I will make you small among the nations,

and despised among men.

16 (Job 39:27; Am 9:2) As for the terror of you,

the pride of your heart has deceived you,

O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,

who hold the height of the hill.

Though you make your nest as high as the eagle,

I will bring you down from there,

says the Lord.

17 (Jer 50:13; Eze 35:7) Also Edom will become a desolation;

everyone who goes by it will be astonished,

and will hiss at all its wounds.

18 (Dt 29:23; Jer 49:33) As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah

and the neighboring cities,

says the Lord,

no man will abide there,

nor will a son of man dwell in it.

19 (Jer 12:5; Ex 15:11) He will come up like a lion from the thickets

of the Jordan against the perpetually watered meadow;

but I will suddenly make him run away from her.

And I will appoint over her whomever I choose.

For who is like Me? And who will summon Me into court?

Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me?

20 (Jer 50:45; Mal 1:3-4; Jer 49:7) Therefore hear the counsel

of the Lord that He has planned against Edom,

and His purposes that He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:

Surely the least of the flock will drag them out;

surely He will make their habitations desolate because of them.

21 (Jer 50:46) The earth has shaken at the noise of their fall;

there is an outcry. Its noise has been heard at the Red Sea.

22 (Jer 48:40-41; Isa 13:8) He will mount up and fly as the eagle

and spread his wings against Bozrah;

and in that day the hearts of the mighty men of Edom

will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

[7] Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in

Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

[8] Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring

the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

[9] If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning

grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

[10] But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he

shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren,

and his neighbours, and he is not.

[11] Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy

widows trust in me.

[12] For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink

of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go

unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

[13] For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a

desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof

shall be perpetual wastes.

[14] I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the

heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to

the battle.

[15] For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among

men.

[16] Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O

thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the

hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring

thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

[17] Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be

astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

[18] As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities

thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of

man dwell in it.

[19] Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan

against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away

from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is

like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that

will stand before me?

[20] Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against

Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of

Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall

make their habitations desolate with them.

[21] The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise

thereof was heard in the Red sea.

[22] Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings

over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as

the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Judgment on Damascus

23 (2Ki 18:34; Isa 10:9) Concerning Damascus:

Hamath and Arpad have been humiliated,

for they have heard bad news.

They are faint-hearted;

there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quieted.

24 Damascus has become helpless;

she has turned away to flee,

and panic has seized her.

Anguish and sorrows have seized her

as a woman in labor.

25 (Jer 33:9; 51:41) How the city of praise has not been deserted,

the city of My joy!

26 (Jer 50:30; 11:22) Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,

and all the men of war will be cut off in that day,

says the Lord of Hosts.

27 (1Ki 15:18-20; Am 1:3-5) I will kindle a fire to the wall of Damascus,

and it will consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

[23] Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have

heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it

cannot be quiet.

[24] Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath

seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

[25] How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

[26] Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of

war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.

[27] And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume

the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Judgment on Kedar and Hazor

28 (Ge 25:13; Jdg 6:3) Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor,

which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated:

Thus says the Lord:

Arise, go up to Kedar,

and destroy the men of the East.

29 (Jer 6:25; 46:5) Their tents and their flocks they will take away.

They will carry away their curtains for themselves,

and all their vessels, and their camels;

and they will call out to one another,

"Terror is on every side!"

30 (Jer 25:9; 27:6) Flee, go far away,

dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor,

says the Lord.

For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you,

and has conceived a purpose against you.

31 (Eze 38:11; Nu 23:9) Arise, go up to the nation at ease,

that dwells securely,

says the Lord.

It has neither gates nor bars;

they dwell alone.

32 (Jer 9:26; 25:23) Their camels will become plunder,

and the multitude of their cattle booty.

And I will scatter into all winds those who cut the corners of their hair,

and I will bring their calamity from all sides,

says the Lord.

33 (Jer 9:11; 10:22) Hazor will become a dwelling for jackals

and a desolation forever.

No man will abide there,

nor any son of man dwell in it.

[28] Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which

Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye,

go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

[29] Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to

themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they

shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

[30] Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the

LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you,

and hath conceived a purpose against you.

[31] Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care,

saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

[32] And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a

spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost

corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the

LORD.

[33] And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever:

there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

Judgment on Elam

34 (Ge 10:22; 14:1) The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah

the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah

king of Judah, saying:

35 (Isa 22:6; Ps 46:9) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:

I will break the bow of Elam,

the chief of their might.

36Jer 49:32; Eze 5:10 Upon Elam I will bring the four winds

from the four quarters of heaven,

and will scatter them toward all those winds.

And there will be no nation

where the outcasts of Elam will not go.

37 (Jer 9:16; 48:2) For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,

and before those who seek their life.

And I will bring disaster upon them,

even My fierce anger,

says the Lord;

and I will send the sword after them

until I have consumed them.

38 And I will set My throne in Elam

and will destroy from there the king and the officials,

says the Lord.

39 (Jer 48:47) But it will come to pass in the latter days

that I will restore the fortunes of Elam,

says the Lord.

[34] The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in

the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

[35] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the

chief of their might.

[36] And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of

heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no

nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

[37] For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before

them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them even my fierce

anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have

consumed them:

[38] And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king

and the princes, saith the LORD.

[39] But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again

the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 50

Judgment on Babylon

Jer 10:12-16

1 (Isa 13:1-3; 14:4) The word that the Lord spoke against Babylon

and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet:

2 (Isa 46:1; 21:9; Jer 51:44) Declare among the nations and publish,

and set up a standard;

do not conceal it, but say,

Babylon has been captured.

Bel has been humiliated.

Marduk has been broken in pieces;

her idols have been humiliated;

her images have been broken in pieces.

3 (Zep 1:3; Jer 50:9) For out of the north there comes up a nation

against her,

which will make her land desolate,

and no one will dwell in it.

They will wander away;

they will depart,

both man and beast.

4 (Hos 3:5; 1:11) In those days and at that time,

says the Lord,

the sons of Israel will come,

they and the children of Judah together.

They will go along weeping as they go,

and seek the Lord their God.

5 (Jer 32:40; Isa 55:3; Heb 8:6-10) They will ask for the way to Zion

with their faces in its direction.

They will come that they may join themselves to the Lord

in a perpetual covenant

that will not be forgotten.

6 (Isa 53:6; Mt 9:36) My people have been lost sheep.

Their shepherds have caused them to go astray;

they have turned them away on the mountains.

They have gone from mountain to hill

and have forgotten their resting place.

7 (Jer 14:8; 2:3) All who found them have devoured them,

and their adversaries said, "We are not guilty,

because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice,

even the Lord, the hope of their fathers."

8 (Isa 48:20; Jer 51:6) Wander away out of the midst of Babylon,

and go out of the land of the Chaldeans,

and be as the male goats before the flocks.

9 For I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon

an assembly of great nations from the north country.

And they shall set themselves in array against her;

from there she shall be taken captive.

Their arrows will be like those of a skilled warrior;

no one shall return empty-handed.

10 (Jer 25:12) Chaldea will become plunder;

all who destroy her will be satisfied,

says the Lord.

11 (Isa 47:6) Because you were glad, because you rejoiced,

O you destroyers of My heritage,

because you have grown fat as the heifer at the grass,

and bellow as bulls,

12 (Jer 51:43) your mother will be sorely humiliated;

she who bore you will be ashamed.

She will be the least of the nations,

a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

13 (Jer 18:16; 49:17) Because of the wrath of the Lord

she will not be inhabited,

but shall be wholly desolate.

Everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished

and hiss at all her wounds.

14 (Jer 50:29; 50:7; 50:9) Put yourselves in battle array

against Babylon all around,

all you who bend the bow;

shoot at her, spare no arrows,

for she has sinned against the Lord.

15 (Jer 51:58; 46:10) Shout against her all around;

she has given herself up, her foundations have fallen,

her walls have been thrown down.

For this is the vengeance of the Lord.

Take vengeance on her;

as she has done, do to her.

16 (Isa 13:14; Jer 46:16) Cut off the sower from Babylon,

and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest.

For fear of the oppressing sword

everyone will turn to his people,

and everyone will flee to his own land.

17 (Jer 2:15; 2Ki 18:9-13) Israel is a scattered flock.

The lions have driven him away.

First the king of Assyria

devoured him;

and this last one who has broken his bones

is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

18 (Isa 10:12) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

I will punish the king of Babylon and his land,

as I have punished the king of Assyria.

19 (Jer 31:6; Eze 34:13-14) I will bring Israel again to his habitation,

and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan,

and his soul will be satisfied

upon Mount Ephraim and Gilead.

20 (Mic 7:19; Jer 31:34; Isa 1:9) In those days and at that time,

says the Lord,

the iniquity of Israel will be sought for,

and there shall be none.

And the sins of Judah,

but they shall not be found;

for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

21 (Eze 23:23) Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it,

and against the inhabitants of Pekod.

Slay and utterly destroy them,

says the Lord,

and do according to all that I have commanded you.

22 (Jer 4:19-21; 51:54-56) A noise of battle is in the land,

and great destruction.

23 (Jer 51:20-24) How the hammer of the whole earth

has been cut asunder and broken!

How Babylon has become a desolation

among the nations!

24 (Job 9:4; Da 5:30-31) I have laid a snare for you,

and you were also caught, O Babylon,

and you were not aware.

You have been found, and also caught,

because you have striven against the Lord.

25 (Jer 51:25; 51:55) The Lord has opened His armory

and has brought out the weapons of His indignation,

for this is the work of the Lord God of Hosts

in the land of the Chaldeans.

26 (Isa 14:23; 45:3) Come against her from the utmost border,

open her storehouses;

cast her up as heaps and destroy her utterly;

let nothing of her be left.

27 (Isa 34:7; Jer 46:21) Slay all her bulls,

let them go down to the slaughter.

Woe to them! For their day has come,

the time of their punishment.

28 (Isa 48:20; Jer 50:15) There is the sound of those who flee

and escape out of the land of Babylon,

to declare in Zion

the vengeance of the Lord our God,

the vengeance of His temple.

29 (Isa 47:10; Jer 51:56) Call together the archers against Babylon.

All you who bend the bow,

encamp against it all around;

let no one escape.

Recompense her according to her work;

according to all that she has done, do to her,

for she has been proud against the Lord,

against the Holy One of Israel.

30 (Jer 49:26; 9:21) Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets,

and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,

says the Lord.

31 (Jer 21:13; 50:29) I am against you, O most proud,

says the Lord God of Hosts,

for your day has come,

the time when I will punish you.

32 (Jer 21:14; 49:27) The most proud will stumble and fall,

and no one will raise him up;

and I will kindle a fire in his cities,

and it will devour all all around him.

33 (Isa 14:17; 58:6) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:

The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah

were oppressed together;

and all who took them captives held them fast;

they refused to let them go.

34 (Jer 51:36; Isa 43:14) Their Redeemer is strong;

the Lord of Hosts is His name.

He will thoroughly plead their case,

that He may give rest to the land,

but disquiet to the inhabitants of Babylon.

35 (Jer 47:6; 51:57) A sword is against the Chaldeans,

says the Lord,

and against the inhabitants of Babylon,

and against her officials, and against her wise men.

36 (Jer 49:22; Isa 44:25) A sword is against the oracle priests,

and they will become fools.

A sword is against her mighty men,

and they shall be dismayed.

37 (Jer 51:30; 25:20) A sword is against their horses,

and against their chariots,

and against all the foreigners who are in her midst;

and they will become as women.

A sword is against her treasures,

and they will be robbed.

38 (Isa 44:27; Jer 50:2) A drought is against her waters,

and they will be dried up.

For it is the land of graven images,

and they are mad over their idols.

39 (Isa 13:20-22; Rev 18:2) Therefore the wild beasts of the desert

with the wild beasts of the islands will dwell there,

and the ostriches will dwell in it.

It will be inhabited no more forever,

nor will it be lived in from generation to generation.

40 (Ge 19:24-25; Jer 49:18) As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah

and the neighboring cities,

says the Lord,

so no man will abide there,

nor will any son of man dwell in it.

41 (Jer 51:27-28; Isa 13:2-5) Look! A people shall come from the north

and a great nation, and many kings

will be raised up from the remote parts of the earth.

42 (Isa 5:30; 13:17-18) They will hold the bow and the lance;

they are cruel and will not show mercy.

Their voice shall roar like the sea;

and they shall ride on horses,

everyone put in array, like a man to the battle,

against you, O daughter of Babylon.

43 (Jer 49:24; 51:31) The king of Babylon has heard the report of them,

and his hands waxed feeble.

Anguish took hold of him,

and pangs as of a woman in labor.

44 (Jer 49:19-21) He will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan

to the perpetually watered meadow.

But I will make them suddenly run away from it,

and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it.

For who is like Me? And who will summon Me into court?

And who is the shepherd that can stand before Me?

45 (Jer 49:20; 51:10-11) Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord

that He has planned against Babylon,

and His purposes that He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:

Surely the least of the flock will drag them out.

Surely He will make their habitation desolate because of them.

46 (Jer 49:21; Eze 26:18) At the shout,

"Babylon has been seized!" the earth is shaken,

and the outcry is heard among the nations.

Jeremiah 50

[1] The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the

Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

[2] Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard;

publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach

is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in

pieces.

[3] For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall

make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove,

they shall depart, both man and beast.

[4] In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel

shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they

shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

[5] They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying,

Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that

shall not be forgotten.

[6] My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go

astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from

mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.

[7] All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We

offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of

justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

[8] Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the

Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.

[9] For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly

of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in

array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as

of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

[10] And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied,

saith the LORD.

[11] Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine

heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as

bulls;

[12] Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be

ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry

land, and a desert.

[13] Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it

shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be

astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

[14] Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend

the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.

[15] Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations

are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD:

take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

[16] Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the

time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one

to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

[17] Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the

king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of

Babylon hath broken his bones.

[18] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I

will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of

Assyria.

[19] And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on

Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and

Gilead.

[20] In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel

shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and

they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

[21] Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the

inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD,

and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

[22] A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

[23] How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is

Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

[24] I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and

thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast

striven against the LORD.

[25] The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of

his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land

of the Chaldeans.

[26] Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her

up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

[27] Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto

them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

[28] The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to

declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his

temple.

[29] Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow,

camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her

according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for

she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

[30] Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of

war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.

[31] Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of

hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

[32] And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up:

and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about

him.

[33] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children

of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them

fast; they refused to let them go.

[34] Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall

throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet

the inhabitants of Babylon.

[35] A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants

of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

[36] A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her

mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

[37] A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the

mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women:

a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.

[38] A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the

land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

[39] Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the

islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be

no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to

generation.

[40] As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof,

saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man

dwell therein.

[41] Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and

many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

[42] They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not

shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon

horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O

daughter of Babylon.

[43] The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed

feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

[44] Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto

the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from

her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like

me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will

stand before me?

[45] Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against

Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the

Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he

shall make their habitation desolate with them.

[46] At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry

is heard among the nations.

2) Our Daily Bread for 30 August 2025 titled

God's Rich Provision by Patricia Raybon

Philippians 4:15-19

15 (Php 1:5; 2Co 11:8-12) Now you Philippians know also,

that in the beginning of the gospel when I departed from Macedonia,

no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving,

except you alone.

16 (1Th 2:9) Even in Thessalonica, you sent aid once and again for

my necessity,

17 (Titus 3:14) not because I desired a gift, but I desire fruit that

accumulates to your account.

18 (Eph 5:2; Php 2:25-26) But I have everything and abound. I have been

filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you,

like a sweet fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.

19 (Ro 2:4) But my God shall supply your every need according

to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

[15] Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when

I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning

giving and receiving, but ye only.

[16] For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

[17] Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your

account.

[18] But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus

the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice

acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

[19] But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory

by Christ Jesus.

After Hurricane Helene's floodwaters nearly destroyed his small North Carolina

town in 2024, a pastor noticed an inspiring pattern. As he struggled to answer

the persistent question, "What do you need?" donations kept showing up exactly

when he needed them. Phone chargers? Out of the blue, a man drove up with a

generator, creating a charging station at the church. Drinking water?

Suddenly, pallets of water bottles arrived.

Coincidence? The Bible points us to God, not mere happenstance: "My God will

meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus"

(Philippians 4:19). The promise might seem empty to a town nearly demolished

by a thirty-foot wall of raging water. But Paul, who was in prison when he

offered this encouragement, was no stranger to hardship.

Paul was writing to the church in Philippi to thank them for badly needed

financial gifts. Except for them, he'd been neglected (v. 15). But God used

them to meet his needs. So His words shined a bright light on God, who

provided the "riches of His glory" found in Christ Jesus our Saviour, in whom

we have "every spiritual blessing" (Ephesians 1:3). Joy, peace, truth, and

salvation are among the things He provides for us. In kindness as well,

He'll provide a drink of water too, if that's what we need. What a loving,

generous God.

Reflect & Pray

What spiritual needs do you have today? What practical needs do you have?

I thank You, loving God, for providing

my spiritual and practical needs today according to Your will

and the riches of Your glory in Christ Jesus.

3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association

Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools

Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 1 - Bought Back

Eph 1:7

7 (Ro 3:24; Ac 2:38; 20:28) In Him we have redemption through His blood

and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace

[7] In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,

according to the riches of his grace;

In the opening scenes of The Glenn Miller Story, Glenn Miller, then a

struggling musician trying to find an audience for his music, enters

a pawn shop. He has hocked his trombone for rent money, and has come

to redeem it. Paying the pawn broker the money, he buys back his own

instrument and leaves the shop, indicating that he will probably

be back again.

In Eph 1:7. Paul says that in Christ "we have redemption through

His blood and the forgiveness of sin according to the riches of His grace."

We belonged to God from the beginning; he made us and stamped

his image upon us. But through sin we were lost, pawned to the

world's system and the Enemy of our souls.

But God redeemed us; he "bought us back" with the most valuable

currency in the universe - the blood of his own Son, Jesus Christ.

He did not resent the bargain, or question whether we were worth

such a price. He freely gave Jesus in trade to ransom the souls

of the people he created and loved.

Sometimes in Christian circles we get so caught up in religious

jargon that we forget what redemption really means. Gog did not have

to "get us out of hock." He was not compelled to buy us back when we

had sold ourselves to sin. But because of his love, and with no

deserving on our part, he chose to pay an enormous price to set us free.

We are redeemed, bought back, by the One who owned us in the first place.

Application

a) In what ways have I been "in hock" to sin in my life?

b) What does it mean, in practical terms, that God "redeemed" me

from that sin?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Proverbs 10:22

22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich ,and He adds no sorrow with it.

22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And he addeth no sorrow with it.

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

When you are Saddened by Loss

1 Cor 15:35-38,51-57

35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up?

With what body do they come?"

36 You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

37 When you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare kernel,

perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.

38 Then God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.

51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall

all be changed.

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet,

for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible,

and we shall be changed.

53 For tis corruptible will put on incorruption,

and this mortal will put on immortality.

54 When this corruptible will have put on incorruption,

and this mortal will have put on immortality,

then the saying that is written shall come to pass:

"Death is swallowed up in victory."

55 "O death, where is your sting?

O grave, where is your victory?"

56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through

our Lord Jesus Christ!

35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?

and with what body do they come?

36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

37 and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,

but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,

and to every seed his own body.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall

all be changed,

52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:

for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,

and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,

and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,

and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought

to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through

our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)

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

http://www.ehc.ca

Day 29 of the Month

a) Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion (

Ps 139:13-16

13 You brought my inner parts into being;

You wove me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;

marvelous are Your works,

and You know me completely.

15 My frame was not hidden from You

when I was made in secret,

and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw me unformed,

yet in Your book

all my days were written,

before any of them came into being.

13 For thou hast possessed my reins:

Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My substance was not hid from thee,

When I was made in secret, and curiously wrought

in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;

And in thy book all my members were written,

Which in continuance were fashioned,

When as yet there was none of them.

)

b) Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight (

Gal 2:10

10 (Ac 24:17) Only they requested that we should remember the poor,

which I also was eager to do.

10 Only they would that we should remember the poor;

the same which I also was forward to do.

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord for laying treasure in Heaven.

Pray to the Lord and pray for justice for the world and

a prayer of intervention in your country.

Pray to the Lord: "I thank You, loving God, for providing

my spiritual and practical needs today according to Your will

and the riches of Your glory in Christ Jesus."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord who bought you out of sin.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Blessings of the Lord .

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the upcoimg rapture of the Church.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion

Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight

Pray for the protection and peace of Christians threatened by the Islamist

group, Hefazat-e-Islam in

Bangladesh.

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.

Day 241 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

nospam@example.com (DSY) — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:12:00 +0000

Day 241, 29 August 2026

1) Jeremiah 46, Jeremiah 47, Jeremiah 48

Jeremiah 46

Judgment on Egypt

1 (Jer 1:10) The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against

the nations:

2 (2Ki 23:29; Isa 10:9) Concerning Egypt, about the army of Pharaoh Necho

king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish,

which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim

the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

3 (Isa 21:5; Jer 51:11-12) Order the buckler and shield,

and draw near to battle!

4 (Eze 21:9-11; Jer 51:3) Harness the horses;

mount the steeds!

Take your positions

with your helmets,

polish the spears,

put on the armor!

5 (Jer 6:25; 49:29) Why have I seen them

dismayed and drawing back?

Their mighty ones are beaten down

and have taken refuge in flight,

and not looking back.

Terror is on every side!

says the Lord.

6 (Da 11:19; Jer 46:12) Let not the swift flee away,

nor the mighty man escape;

they will stumble and fall

towards the north by the River Euphrates.

7 (Jer 47:2; Isa 8:7-8) Who is this that comes up as the Nile,

whose waters surge about as the rivers?

8 Egypt rises up like the Nile,

and his waters surge about like the rivers.

And he has said, I will go up and will cover the land.

I will surely destroy the city and its inhabitants.

9 (Isa 66:19; Eze 27:10) Come up, O horses,

and rage, O chariots!

And let the mighty men come forth:

the Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield,

and the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.

10 (Joel 1:15; Dt 32:42) For this is the day of the Lord God of Hosts,

a day of vengeance, so that He may avenge Himself of His adversaries.

And the sword will devour;

and it will be satiated and made drunk with their blood;

for the Lord God of Hosts has a slaughter

in the north country by the River Euphrates.

11 (Jer 8:22; Isa 47:1) Go up into Gilead and take balm,

O virgin daughter of Egypt;

in vain you shall use many medicines,

for you will not be cured.

12 (Na 3:8-10; Isa 19:2) The nations have heard of your shame,

and your cry has filled the land;

for the mighty man has stumbled over the mighty,

and they both have fallen together.

[1] The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the

Gentiles;

[2] Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which

was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of

Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

[3] Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

[4] Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your

helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

[5] Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their

mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear

was round about, saith the LORD.

[6] Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall

stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

[7] Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the

rivers?

[8] Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers;

and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the

city and the inhabitants thereof.

[9] Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come

forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the

Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

[10] For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that

he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it

shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts

hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

[11] Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in

vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

[12] The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land:

for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen

both together.

Defeat of Egypt Foretold

13 (Jer 43:10-13; 44:30) The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet,

about Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon coming to strike the land of Egypt.

14 (Jer 44:1; 46:10) Declare in Egypt and publish in Migdol,

and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes;

say, "Stand fast and prepare yourself,

for the sword will devour those about you."

15 (Isa 66:15-16; Ps 18:14) Why have your valiant men become prostrate?

They do not stand because the Lord has thrust them down.

16 (Lev 26:36-37; Jer 51:9) He made many to fall.

Indeed, each one has fallen upon another.

Then they said, "Arise and let us go back

to our own people and to the land of our nativity,

away from the oppressing sword."

17 (Isa 19:11-16; Ex 15:9) They cried there,

"Pharaoh king of Egypt is a tumult.

He has let the time appointed pass by!"

18 (Jer 48:15; Jos 19:22) As I live, says the King

whose name is the Lord of Hosts,

surely as Tabor is among the mountains,

and as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.

19 (Isa 20:4; Jer 48:18) O daughter dwelling in Egypt,

prepare your baggage for captivity,

for Memphis will become desolate,

it will even be burned down without an inhabitant.

20 (Jer 47:2; Hos 10:11) Egypt is like a very fair heifer,

but destruction comes,

it comes out of the north.

21 (2Ki 7:6; Jer 46:5) Also her mercenaries are in her midst

like fat bulls,

for they also have turned back and have fled away together.

They did not stand their ground

because the day of their calamity has come upon them,

even the time of their punishment.

22 (Isa 14:8; 29:4) Its sound goes along like a serpent,

for they march on as an army,

and come against her with axes,

as choppers of wood.

23 (Jdg 7:12; 6:5) They have cut down her forest,

says the Lord.

Surely it will not be found any more,

even though they are now more numerous than the grasshoppers,

and are innumerable.

24 (Jer 1:15) The daughter of Egypt has been humiliated;

she has been delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

25 (Ex 12:12; Isa 20:5-6) The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel,

says: See, I will punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt,

with their gods and their kings, even Pharaoh and all those who trust in him.

26 (Jer 44:30; Eze 32:11) And I shall deliver them into the hand of those

who seek their lives and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon

and into the hand of his servants. But afterwards it will be inhabited,

as in the days of old, says the Lord.

[13] The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how

Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

[14] Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in

Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour

round about thee.

[15] Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD

did drive them.

[16] He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise,

and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from

the oppressing sword.

[17] They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath

passed the time appointed.

[18] As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as

Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

[19] O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into

captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

[20] Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out

of the north.

[21] Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for

they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand,

because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their

visitation.

[22] The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an

army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

[23] They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be

searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

[24] The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into

the hand of the people of the north.

[25] The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the

multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings;

even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:

[26] And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives,

and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of

his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old,

saith the LORD.

God Will Save Israel

27 (Isa 43:5; Jer 30:10-11) But do not fear, O My servant Jacob,

and do not be dismayed, O Israel.

For I will save you from afar off,

and your seed from the land of their captivity;

and Jacob shall return and be in rest and at ease,

and no one shall make him afraid.

28 (Jer 4:27; 10:24) Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,

says the Lord, for I am with you;

for I will make a full end of all the nations

where I have driven you.

However, I will not make a full end of you,

but correct you in measure,

and I will not leave you wholly unpunished.

[27] But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel:

for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of

their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and

none shall make him afraid.

[28] Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee;

for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee:

but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet

will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

Jeremiah 47

Judgment on the Philistines

1 (Jer 25:20; Ge 10:19) The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah

the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh conquered Gaza.

2 (Isa 8:7-8; 15:2-5) Thus says the Lord:

See, waters rise up out of the north

and will be an overflowing flood,

and will overflow the land, and all that is in it,

the city and those who dwell in it.

Then the men shall cry out

and all the inhabitants of the land will howl

3 (Jdg 5:22; Jer 8:16) at the noise of the stamping of the hoofs

of his strong horses,

at the rushing of his chariots,

and at the rumbling of his wheels.

The fathers will not look back to their children

because of the feebleness of their hands,

4 (Am 9:7; Dt 2:23; Isa 20:6) because of the day that comes

to destroy all the Philistines

and to cut off from Tyre and Sidon

every helper that remains.

For the Lord will destroy the Philistines,

the remnant of the country of Caphtor.

5 (Jer 48:37; 25:20; 41:5) Baldness has come upon Gaza;

Ashkelon has been cut off.

O remnant of their valley,

how long shall you gash yourself?

6 (Jer 12:12; Eze 21:3-5 O sword of the Lord,

how long shall you not be quiet?

Withdraw into your sheath,

rest, and be still.

7 (Eze 14:17; Mic 6:9) How can it be quiet,

seeing the Lord has given it a charge

against Ashkelon and against the sea shore?

There He has appointed it.

Jeremiah 47

[1] The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the

Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

[2] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall

be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is

therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and

all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

[3] At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the

rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers

shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

[4] Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut

off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will

spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.

[5] Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of

their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

[6] O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up

thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

[7] How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against

Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.

Jeremiah 48

Judgment on Moab

Isa 16:6-12

1 (Nu 32:3; 32:37-38) Concerning Moab:

Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated.

Kiriathaim is humiliated and captured;

Misgab [Or the stronghold.] is humiliated and dismayed.

2 (Nu 32:37; Isa 16:14) There is no more praise for Moab;

in Heshbon they have devised evil against her:

"Come and let us cut it off from being a nation!"

Also you will be cut down, O Madmen.

The sword will pursue you.

3 (Isa 15:5; Jer 48:34) A sound of crying will be from Horonaim:

"Devastation and great destruction!"

4 "Moab is destroyed";

her little ones have caused a cry of distress to be heard;

5 (Isa 15:5) for by the Ascent of Luhith they will go up

with continual weeping;

for at the descent of Horonaim

they have heard a cry of destruction.

6 (Jer 17:6; 51:6) Flee, save your lives,

and be like the juniper in the wilderness.

7 (Nu 21:29; Jer 49:3) For because you have trusted in your works

and in your treasures, you will also be captured;

and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity

together with his priests and his officials.

8 (Jer 6:26) The destroyer will come upon every city,

and no city will escape.

The valley also will perish,

and the plain will be destroyed,

as the Lord has spoken.

9 (Ps 11:1; Isa 16:2) Give wings to Moab,

that she may flee and get away;

for the cities will become desolate,

without any to dwell in them.

10 (1Ki 20:42; Jdg 5:23) Cursed be he who does the work of the Lord

negligently, and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.

11 (Zep 1:12; Zec 1:15) Moab has been at ease from his youth,

and he has also been undisturbed,

like wine on its dregs,

and he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,

nor has he gone into captivity.

Therefore his taste remained in him,

and his scent has not changed.

12 Therefore, surely the days are coming,

says the Lord,

when I will send to him those who tip vessels,

and they will tip him over,

and will empty his vessels

and break his bottles.

13 (Jdg 11:24; Isa 45:16) Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh,

as the house of Israel was ashamed

of Bethel, their confidence.

14 (Ps 33:16; Isa 10:13) How do you say, "We are mighty

and strong men for the war"?

15 (Jer 46:18; 50:27) Moab has been devastated and gone up out of her cities,

and her chosen young men have also gone down to the slaughter,

says the King whose name is the Lord of Hosts.

16 (Isa 13:22) The calamity of Moab will come soon,

and his affliction hastens fast.

17 (Isa 9:4) All you who are about him, mourn for him.

And all you who know his name,

say, "How the strong staff has been broken,

the beautiful rod!"

18 (Nu 21:30; Isa 47:1) O daughter who inhabits Dibon,

come down from your glory

and sit on the parched ground,

for the destroyer of Moab

will come upon you,

and he will destroy your strongholds.

19 (Dt 2:36; 1Sa 4:16) O inhabitant of Aroer,

stand by the road and keep watch.

Ask him who flees and her who escapes,

and say, "What has happened?"

20 (Isa 16:2) Moab has been humiliated, for it has been broken down.

Howl and cry out.

Tell it in Arnon,

that Moab has been devastated.

21 (Jos 13:18; Isa 15:4) And judgment has come upon the plain country:

upon Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,

22 (Nu 33:46; Jer 48:18) and Dibon and Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,

23 (Jos 13:17; Jer 48:1) and Kiriathaim and Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,

24 (Am 2:2; Jer 48:41) and Kerioth and Bozrah,

and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.

25 (Ps 75:10; 10:15) The horn of Moab has been cut off

and his arm has been broken,

says the Lord.

26 (Isa 19:14; 29:9) Make him drunk,

for he magnified himself against the Lord.

Moab also will wallow in his vomit,

and he also will be held in derision.

27 (Jer 2:26; Mic 7:8-10) For was not Israel a derision to you?

Or was he caught among thieves?

For each time you speak of him,

you shake your head in scorn.

28 (Jdg 6:2; Ps 55:6-7) O you who dwell in Moab,

leave the cities and dwell in the rock,

and be like the dove that makes her nest

in the sides of the hole's mouth.

29 (Isa 16:6; Ps 138:6) We have heard of the pride of Moab

(he is very proud),

of his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride,

and the haughtiness of his heart.

30 (Jer 50:36) I know his wrath, says the Lord,

but it is futile. His lies have accomplished nothing.

31 (2Ki 3:25; Isa 15:5) Therefore I will howl for Moab,

and I will cry out for all Moab.

My heart shall mourn for the men of Kir Hareseth.

32 (Isa 16:8-9; Nu 21:32) O vine of Sibmah,

I will weep for you more than the weeping of Jazer.

Your plants have stretched over the sea,

they reach even to the sea of Jazer.

The destroyer has fallen upon your summer fruits

and upon your vintage.

33 (Isa 5:10; Hag 2:16) Joy and gladness are taken away

from the plentiful field, even from the land of Moab,

and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses;

no one will tread with shouting.

Their shouting will not be shouts of joy.

34 (Isa 15:4-6; Nu 32:3) From the outcry of Heshbon even to Elealeh,

and even to Jahaz, they have uttered their voice,

from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath Shelishiyah;

for also the waters of Nimrim shall become desolate.

35 (Isa 15:2; 16:12) Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab,

says the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in the high place

and him who burns incense to his gods.

36 (Isa 15:7; 16:11) Therefore My heart will wail for Moab like pipes,

and My heart will wail like pipes for the men of Kir Hareseth,

because the riches that they have gotten have perished.

37 (Ge 37:34; Isa 15:2-3) For every head will be bald

and every beard clipped;

upon all the hands will be gashes,

and upon the loins sackcloth.

38 (Jer 22:28; Isa 22:1) There will be lamentation everywhere

upon all the housetops of Moab

and in the streets,

for I have broken Moab

like a vessel in which is no pleasure,

says the Lord.

39 How it is broken down! How they have wailed!

How Moab has turned his back with shame!

So Moab will be a derision

and a terror to all around him.

40 (Dt 28:49; Isa 8:8) For thus says the Lord:

Look, one will fly as an eagle

and spread his wings against Moab.

41 (Isa 13:8; 21:3) Kerioth has been captured,

and the strongholds have been seized,

and the mighty men's hearts in Moab in that day

will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

42 (Jer 48:2; Isa 7:8) Moab will be destroyed from being a people

because he has magnified himself against the Lord.

43 (Isa 24:17-18; La 3:47) Fear and the pit

and the snare will be upon you,

O inhabitant of Moab,

says the Lord.

44 (1Ki 19:17; Jer 11:23) He who flees from the terror

shall fall into the pit,

and he who gets up out of the pit

will be taken in the snare;

for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab,

the year of their punishment,

says the Lord.

45 (Nu 24:17; 21:28) The fugitives stand without strength

under the shadow of Heshbon;

for a fire will come out of Heshbon

and a flame from the midst of Sihon,

and will devour the forehead of Moab

and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

46 (Nu 21:29; Jdg 11:24) Woe to you, O Moab!

The people of Chemosh have perished;

for your sons have been taken away captive

and your daughters into captivity.

47 (Jer 49:39; 49:6) Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab

in the latter days, says the Lord.

Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

Jeremiah 48

[1] Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto

Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is

confounded and dismayed.

[2] There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil

against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt

be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

[3] A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great

destruction.

[4] Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

[5] For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the

going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

[6] Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

[7] For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou

shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his

priests and his princes together.

[8] And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape:

the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD

hath spoken.

[9] Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities

thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

[10] Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be

he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

[11] Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees,

and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into

captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

[12] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto

him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels,

and break their bottles.

[13] And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was

ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

[14] How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

[15] Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young

men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD

of hosts.

[16] The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

[17] All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name,

say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

[18] Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and

sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall

destroy thy strong holds.

[19] O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that

fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

[20] Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; and tell

ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

[21] And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon

Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

[22] And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,

[23] And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,

[24] And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land

of Moab, far or near.

[25] The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.

[26] Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab

also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

[27] For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves?

for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

[28] O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and

be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

[29] We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness,

and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

[30] I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies

shall not so effect it.

[31] Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine

heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.

[32] O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy

plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the

spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

[33] And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the

land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none

shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

[34] From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have

they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of

three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

[35] Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that

offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

[36] Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart

shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he

hath gotten are perished.

[37] For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the

hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

[38] There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab,

and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is

no pleasure, saith the LORD.

[39] They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned

the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them

about him.

[40] For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall

spread his wings over Moab.

[41] Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty

men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her

pangs.

[42] And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath

magnified himself against the LORD.

[43] Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of

Moab, saith the LORD.

[44] He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that

getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon

it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

[45] They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force:

but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of

Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the

tumultuous ones.

[46] Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons

are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.

[47] Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith

the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

2) Our Daily Bread for 29 August 2024 Titled

God's Breath of Life by Tom Felten

Genesis 2:1-7

Genesis 2:1 So the heavens and the earth, and all their hosts, were finished.

[1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2 On the seventh day God completed His work which He had done,

and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,

because on it He had rested from all His work which He had created and made.

[2] And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he

rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

[3] And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it

he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

(Interesting that God and the Holy Trinity created the Universe

with the help of divine servants created by the Lord himself.

Noted one of the 10 commandments)

Adam and Eve

4 This is the account[d] of the heavens and the earth when they were created.

In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

[4] These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were

created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

5 no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field

had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth,

and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

6 But a mist[e] arose from the earth

and watered the whole surface of the ground.

7 Then the Lord God

formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the

breath of life, and man became a living being.

[5] And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb

of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon

the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

[6] But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of

the ground.

[7] And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into

his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Researchers discovered that the water anole can stay underwater for twenty

minutes without a fresh gulp of air. The tiny lizard has water-repelling skin,

and after taking a deep dive it exhales a bubble of air that sticks to its

snout. The clever creature then rebreathes the bubble again and

again - something scientists believe is the recycling of the trapped air

supply. Although water anoles possess this special ability, like many

creatures, they must breathe to live.

In Genesis 2, we read that God "breathed into [Adam's] nostrils the breath of

life, and the man became a living being" (v. 7). As He created all things in

"the heavens and the earth' (v. 4), He also created man from 'the dust of the

ground" (v. 7). But it took God's breath of life to make His creation fully

alive. He transformed the first human into a living being - a living soul.

Later, He formed Eve from Adam's rib (v. 22). As spiritual beings, we're able

to enjoy fellowship with Him by belief in Christ. Jesus "breathed on" the

disciples and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit" (John 20:22). One commentator

writes that this "'inbreathing' of the Holy Spirit is essential in order

for people to enjoy fellowship with God."

Each breath we take is God’s gift of physical life. As believers in Jesus,

it's also a reflection of our eternal life and being indwelt by the

life-giving Spirit (Romans 8:11).

Reflect & Pray

What does God’s breath of life mean to you?

How has the Spirit made you spiritually alive?

Loving God, thank You for eternal life and Your breath of life.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 7 - Oh, Freedom!

Romans 8:1-2

Life in the Spirit

1 (1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:17) There is therefore now no condemnation

for those who are in Christ Jesus,

who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

2 (1Co 15:45; Ro 6:18; Jn 8:32) For the law of the Spirit of life

in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

The Spirit of God Within You

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,

who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free

from the law of sin and death.

In the classic movie, I want to live! actress Susan Hayward

plays a woman convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed.

The suspense builds; the execution is delayed as the officials

wait for a word of pardon. Finally, the woman in executed;

the call comes, and the pardon has been granted, but it is too late.

When no pardon is granted, condemnation leads to death. Our sin

marks us as "guilty" before God, and we deserve the wages of sin,

which is death. But in Jesus Christ, the pardon does come - and

it comes in time. Our sin deserves condemnation by God, and yet

he forgives us because Christ paid the penalty for us,

But we face other kinds of condemnation as well - self-condemnation,

that internal accusation that we still, somehow, must pay the price

of our own sin. Others often condemn us as well, offering much less

forgiveness and mercy than God does. And the Enemy of our souls condemns

us, trying to convince us that we don't, after all, have real freedom

from sin.

Yet Paul tells us in Romans 8, "There is therefore now no condemnation

for those who are in Christ Jesus". God has forgiven us freely; he has

granted his pardon. And in light of his forgiveness, how can we live

under the condemnation of others - or even of ourselves?

We are free, Paul says - free from the "law of sin and death,"

free to live in the liberty of the Spirit. The stay of execution

has come: the pardon has been granted. Never again can we tried

for the same crimes: never again must we live under the burden

of condemnation.

Application

a) Have I ever lived under the burden of condemnation from myself

or others? Why?

b) How can Romans 8:1-2 help me live in freedom of such condemnation?

4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland

Deut 8:18

18 But you must remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you

the ability to get wealth, so that He may establish His covenant which

He swore to your fathers, as it is today.

18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee

power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto

thy fathers, as it is this day.

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

When you are lonely

PSALMS 25:15-21

15 My eyes are ever toward the Lord,

for He will lead my feet from the net.

16 Turn to me, and be gracious to me,

for I am isolated and afflicted.

17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged;

bring me out of my distresses.

18 Look on my pain and misery,

and forgive all my sins.

19 Consider my enemies, for they are many,

and they hate me with violent hatred.

20 Watch over my life, and deliver me!

Let me not suffer shame,

for I seek refuge in You.

21 Truth and integrity will preserve me

while I wait for You.

15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD;

For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;

For I am desolate and afflicted.

17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged:

O bring thou me out of my distresses.

18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain;

And forgive all my sins.

19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many;

And they hate me with cruel hatred.

20 O keep my soul, and deliver me:

Let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;

For I wait on 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?)

New Brunswick

Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543

Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist

church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the

campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

And

Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .

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

http://www.ehc.ca

Day 29 of the Month

a) Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion (

Ps 139:13-16

13 You brought my inner parts into being;

You wove me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;

marvelous are Your works,

and You know me completely.

15 My frame was not hidden from You

when I was made in secret,

and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw me unformed,

yet in Your book

all my days were written,

before any of them came into being.

13 For thou hast possessed my reins:

Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My substance was not hid from thee,

When I was made in secret, and curiously wrought

in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;

And in thy book all my members were written,

Which in continuance were fashioned,

When as yet there was none of them.

)

b) Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight (

Gal 2:10

10 (Ac 24:17) Only they requested that we should remember the poor,

which I also was eager to do.

10 Only they would that we should remember the poor;

the same which I also was forward to do.

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the prophecies

and the judgemnts of the Lord.

Pray to the Lord: "Loving God, thank You for eternal life

and Your breath of life."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know freedom from condemnation in Jesus Christ.

Pray to the Lord and pray to honour his covenant.

Pray to the Lord and pray that integrity and uprightness preserves you.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion

Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight

Pray for those who have lost jobs, homes, and even physical health, for

accepting Christ as their Saviour

in Malawi

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.

Day 240 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

nospam@example.com (DSY) — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:48:00 +0000

Day 240, 28 August 2026

1) Jeremiah 41, Jeremiah 42, Jeremiah 43, Jeremiah 44, Jeremiah 45

Jeremiah 41

1 (Jer 40:8; Ps 41:9) In the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,

the son of Elishama of the royal seed, and the officials of the king,

even ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah.

While they were eating bread together in Mizpah,

2 (2Ki 25:25; Jer 40:5) Ishmael the son of Nethaniah

and the ten men that were with him arose and struck Gedaliah

the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan with the sword and slew him,

whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

3I shmael also slew all the Jews who were with him,

even with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there,

and the men of war.

4 On the day after he had slain Gedaliah, when no one knew it,

5 (Dt 14:1; Jos 18:1) eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh,

and from Samaria, having their beards shaven, and their clothes torn,

and their bodies gashed, with offerings and incense in their hands

to bring them to the house of the Lord.

6 (2Sa 3:16; Jer 50:4) Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out

from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went. As he met them,

he said to them, "Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!"

7 (Ps 55:23; Isa 59:7) Yet it was so when they came into the midst

of the city that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, he and the men who were

with him, slew them and cast them into the midst of the cistern.

8 But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, "Do not slay us,

for we have stores in the field, of wheat and barley, and of oil and honey."

So he refrained and did not slay them among their brothers.

9 (Jdg 6:2; 1Sa 13:6) Now the cistern in which Ishmael had cast

all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah,

was what Asa the king had made because of Baasha the king of Israel.

And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were slain.

10 (Jer 40:14; 40:7) Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest

of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters,

and all the people who remained in Mizpah whom Nebuzaradan

the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive,

and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

11 (Jer 40:7-8; 40:13-16) But when Johanan the son of Kareah

and all the captains of the forces that were with him heard of all

the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

12 (2Sa 2:13; Ge 14:14-16) then they took all the men

and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him

by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

13 And when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan

the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him,

they were glad.

14 So all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah

turned about and returned, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.

15 (Job 21:30; Pr 28:17) But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped

from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.

16 (Jer 42:8; 43:4-7) Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains

of the forces that were with him took all the remnant of the people

whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah,

after he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war,

and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back

from Gibeon.

17 (2Sa 19:37-38; Jer 42:14) And they departed and lived in the habitation

of Geruth Kimham, which is by Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt,

18 (Jer 40:5; 42:16) because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them,

because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,

whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.

Jeremiah 41

[1] Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of

Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the

king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;

and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.

[2] Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with

him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword,

and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

[3] Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah,

at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.

[4] And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no

man knew it,

[5] That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,

even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and

having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring

them to the house of the LORD.

[6] And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them,

weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said

unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

[7] And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael

the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he,

and the men that were with him.

[8] But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not:

for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and

of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.

[9] Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men,

whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made

for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled

it with them that were slain.

[10] Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that

were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained

in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to

Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them

away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

[11] But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces

that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah

had done,

[12] Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of

Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

[13] Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael

saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were

with him, then they were glad.

[14] So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah

cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.

[15] But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men,

and went to the Ammonites.

[16] Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces

that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from

Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah

the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children,

and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:

[17] And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by

Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

[18] Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael

the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of

Babylon made governor in the land.

Jeremiah 42

Jeremiah Warns Against Going to Egypt

1 (Jer 6:13; 40:13) Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son

of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from

the least even to the greatest came near,

2 (Lev 26:22; Jer 36:7) and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our

supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to the Lord your God,

even for all this remnant. For we are left but a few out of many, as your

eyes now see us.

3 (Ps 86:11; Pr 3:6) Pray that the Lord your God may show us the way

in which we should walk and the thing that we should do."

4 (Ex 8:29; 1Sa 3:17-18) Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them,

"I have heard you. I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words.

And it shall come to pass, that whatever the Lord will answer you,

I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you."

5 (Ge 31:50; Jdg 11:10) Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the Lord be a true

and faithful witness against us, if we do not act according to all things

for which the Lord your God shall send you to us.

6 (Jer 7:23; Dt 5:29) Whether it is good or whether it is bad, we will

obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send you so that it may

be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God."

7 (Ps 27:14) At the end of ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

8 (Jer 42:1) Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains

of the forces that were with him and all the people from the least even

to the greatest,

9 (2Ki 19:4; 19:6) and said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,

to whom you sent me to present your supplication before Him:

10 (Jer 24:6; 31:28) If you will still abide in this land, then I will build

you up and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pluck you up;

for I will relent of the disaster that I have brought on you.

11 (Ro 8:31; Isa 43:5) Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon of whom

you are now afraid. Do not be afraid of him, says the Lord. For I am with

you to save you and to deliver you from his hand.

12 (Ne 1:11; Ps 106:45-46) I will show mercies to you so that he may have

mercy on you and cause you to return to your own land.

13 (Jer 44:16; Ex 5:2) "But if you say, 'We will not dwell in this land,'

so as not to obey the voice of the Lord your God,

14 (Jer 4:19; 41:17) saying, 'No, but we will go into the land of Egypt

where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet,

nor have hunger for bread, and there we will dwell,'

15 (Dt 17:16; Jer 44:12-14) now therefore hear the word of the Lord,

O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

If you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to dwell there,

16 (Jer 44:27; Eze 11:8) then it shall come to pass that the sword

which you feared shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt

and the famine of which you were afraid shall follow close after you

there in Egypt. And there you shall die.

17 (Jer 42:22; 24:10) So it shall be with all the men who set their faces

to go into Egypt to sojourn there. They shall die by the sword, by famine,

and by pestilence. And none of them shall remain or escape from the disaster

that I will bring upon them.

18 (Jer 7:20; 18:16) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

As My anger and My fury have been poured out upon the inhabitants

of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out upon you when you go to Egypt.

And you will be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse,

and a reproach. And you shall see this place no more.

19 (Dt 17:16; Ne 9:26) "The Lord has said concerning you, O remnant of Judah,

Do not go into Egypt! Know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

20 For you have only deceived yourselves when you sent me to

the Lord your God, saying, 'Pray for us to the Lord our God. And according

to all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.'

21 (Eze 2:7; Zec 7:11-12) Now I have this day declared it to you.

But you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God,

or anything for which He has sent me to you.

22 (Jer 42:17; Eze 6:11) Now therefore certainly know that you will die

by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, in the place wherever you desire

to go and to sojourn."

Jeremiah 42

[1] Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and

Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto

the greatest, came near,

[2] And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our

supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God,

even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes

do behold us:)

[3] That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the

thing that we may do.

[4] Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I

will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come

to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it

unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

[5] Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness

between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD

thy God shall send thee to us.

[6] Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the

LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we

obey the voice of the LORD our God.

[7] And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto

Jeremiah.

[8] Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the

forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the

greatest,

[9] And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye

sent me to present your supplication before him;

[10] If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not

pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me

of the evil that I have done unto you.

[11] Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not

afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver

you from his hand.

[12] And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and

cause you to return to your own land.

[13] But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice

of the LORD your God,

[14] Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see

no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and

there will we dwell:

[15] And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus

saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to

enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

[16] Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall

overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were

afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

[17] So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt

to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the

pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I

will bring upon them.

[18] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and

my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall

my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye

shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach;

and ye shall see this place no more.

[19] The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not

into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

[20] For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your

God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that

the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

[21] And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the

voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto

you.

[22] Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the

famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to

sojourn.

Jeremiah 43

Jeremiah Taken to Egypt

1 (Jer 26:8; 42:22) When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people

all these words of the Lord their God, with which the Lord their God had

sent him to them,

2 (2Ch 36:13; Isa 7:9) Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan

the son of Kareah, and all the proud men said to Jeremiah, "You speak falsely.

The Lord our God has not sent you to say, 'Do not go into Egypt to sojourn

there.'

3 (Jer 36:4; 36:10) But Baruch the son of Neriah sets you against us

to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death

and carry us away captives into Babylon."

4 (Jer 42:5-6; 2Ch 25:16) So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains

of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord to dwell

in the land of Judah.

5 (Jer 40:11-12) But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains

of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned

from all nations wherever they had been driven to dwell in the land of Judah,

6 (Jer 39:10; 40:7) even men, and women, and children,

and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain

of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,

and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

7 (Jer 2:16; 44:1) So they came into the land of Egypt

because they did not obey the voice of the Lord.

Thus they entered as far as Tahpanhes.

8 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying:

9 Take some large stones in your hand and hide them in the clay

in the brick kiln which is at the entrance of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes,

in the sight of the men of Judah,

10 (Ps 18:11; 27:5) and say to them, Thus says the Lord of Hosts,

the God of Israel: I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,

My servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid;

and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

11 (Jer 15:2; 44:13) When he comes, he shall ravage the land of Egypt

and deliver whoever is meant for death to death, and whoever is meant

for captivity to captivity, and whoever is meant for the sword to the sword.

12 (Jer 46:25; Eze 30:13) I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods

of Egypt and he shall burn them and carry them away captives. And he shall

array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment,

and he shall depart from there in peace.

13 He shall also break the images of Heliopolis that is in the land of Egypt,

and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.

Jeremiah 43

[1] And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto

all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their

God had sent him to them, even all these words,

[2] Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah,

and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD

our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

[3] But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver

us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and

carry us away captives into Babylon.

[4] So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and

all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of

Judah.

[5] But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took

all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they

had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;

[6] Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every

person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the

son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the

son of Neriah.

[7] So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of

the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

[8] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

[9] Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the

brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the

sight of the men of Judah;

[10] And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;

Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant,

and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall

spread his royal pavilion over them.

[11] And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such

as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and

such as are for the sword to the sword.

[12] And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he

shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself

with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall

go forth from thence in peace.

[13] He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of

Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

Jeremiah 44

Idolatry Leads to Judgment

1 (Jer 46:14; Ex 14:2; Isa 11:11) The word that came to Jeremiah concerning

all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol,

and Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in the country of Pathros,

[Or the stronghold.] saying,

2 (Isa 6:11; Jer 9:11) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

You have seen all the calamity that I have brought upon Jerusalem

and upon all the cities of Judah. Look at them; today they are a desolation,

and no man dwells in them,

3 (Dt 13:6; 29:26) because of their wickedness, which they have committed

to provoke Me to anger, in that they went to burn incense

and to serve other gods, whom they did not know;

they nor you nor your fathers.

4 (Jer 7:13; 7:25) However, I sent to you all My servants the prophets,

rising early and sending them, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing

that I hate."

5 But they did not listen nor incline their ear to turn from their wickedness,

not to burn incense to other gods.

6 (Isa 51:17; 51:20) Therefore My fury and My anger was poured out

and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem;

and they are ruined and desolate, as it is this day.

7 (Nu 16:38; Jer 51:22) Now thus says the Lord God of Hosts,

the God of Israel: Why are you committing this great evil against your souls,

to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, out of Judah,

leaving you no one to remain,

8 (Jer 42:18; 25:6-7) provoking Me to wrath with the works of your hands,

burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone

to dwell, so that you might cut yourselves off

and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

9 (Jer 7:17-18) Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers,

and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives,

and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives,

which they have committed in the land of Judah

and in the streets of Jerusalem?

10 (Pr 28:14; Jer 8:12) They are not humbled even to this day,

nor have they feared, nor have they walked in My law

and My statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.

11 (Jer 21:10; Am 9:4) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts,

the God of Israel: I will set My face against you for disaster,

and to cut off all Judah.

12 (Jer 42:15-18; Isa 65:15) I will take the remnant of Judah who have set

their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there,

and they all will be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt.

They will even be consumed by the sword and by the famine.

They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword

and by the famine; and they will be an execration, and an astonishment,

and a curse, and a reproach.

13 (Jer 11:22; 43:11) For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt,

as I have punished Jerusalem; by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.

14 (Jer 22:26-27; Ro 9:27) So none of the remnant of Judah who have gone

into the land of Egypt to sojourn there will escape or remain,

with the result that they return into the land of Judah

to which they have a desire to return to dwell there.

For no one shall return except those who escape.

15 (Pr 11:21; Isa 1:5) Then all the men who knew that their wives

had burned incense to other gods and all the women that stood by,

a great multitude, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt,

in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying:

16 "As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord,

we will not listen to you.

17 (Ne 9:34; Jer 7:18) But we will certainly do whatever we have vowed,

to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings

to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings,

and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.

For then we had plenty of food, and were well off, and saw no disaster.

18 (Mal 3:13-15; Nu 11:5-6) But since we left off burning incense

to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her,

we have been in want of all things and have been consumed by the sword

and by the famine."

19 (Jer 7:18; 44:15) The women also said, "When we burned incense

to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to her,

did we make her cakes to worship her and pour out drink offerings

to her without our husbands?"

[1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in

the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and

in the country of Pathros, saying,

[2] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the

evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah;

and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,

[3] Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to

anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they

knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.

[4] Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and

sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

[5] But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their

wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

[6] Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in

the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and

desolate, as at this day.

[7] Therefore now this saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel;

Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you

man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to

remain;

[8] In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning

incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell,

that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a

reproach among all the nations of the earth?

[9] Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of

the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own

wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in

the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

[10] They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor

walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your

fathers.

[11] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I

will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

[12] And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go

into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and

fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by

the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the

sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an

astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

[13] For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have

punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:

[14] So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of

Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into

the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there:

for none shall return but such as shall escape.

[15] Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto

other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the

people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah,

saying,

[16] As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD,

we will not hearken unto thee.

[17] But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own

mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink

offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our

princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then

had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

[18] But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to

pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been

consumed by the sword and by the famine.

[19] And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink

offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink

offerings unto her, without our men?

Calamity for the Jews

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women,

and to all the people who had given him such an answer:

21 (Ps 79:8; Isa 64:9) "The incense offerings that you burned

in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you,

and your fathers, your kings, and your officials,

and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them

and did they not come into His mind?

22 (Jer 25:18; Isa 7:13) So the Lord could no longer bear it

because of the evil of your deeds and because of the abominations

which you have committed. Therefore your land is a desolation,

and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

23 (1Ki 9:9; Da 9:11-12) Because you have burned incense

and because you have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed

the voice of the Lord, nor walked in His law, nor in His statutes,

nor in His testimonies, therefore this calamity has happened to you,

as it is this day."

24 (Jer 43:7; 42:15) Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people

and to all the women, "Hear the word of the Lord,

all Judah who are in the land of Egypt.

25 (Mt 14:9) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths

and fulfilled with your hand, saying, 'We will surely perform our vows

that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven

and to pour out drink offerings to her.'

"Proceed to accomplish your vows and surely perform your vows!

26 (Ge 22:16; Ps 50:16) Yet hear the word of the Lord, all Judah

who dwells in the land of Egypt: I have sworn by My great name,

says the Lord, that My name shall no more be named in the mouth

of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying,

'As the Lord God lives.'

27 (Jer 31:28; 2Ki 21:14) I will watch over them for disaster

and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt

shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine until there is an end

of them.

28 (Jer 44:14; Isa 10:19) Yet a small number who escape the sword shall

return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant

of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there will know

whose words will stand, Mine or theirs.

29 (Pr 19:21; Isa 40:8) "This will be a sign to you, says the Lord,

that I will punish you in this place so that you may know

that My words shall surely stand against you for disaster.

30 (2Ki 25:4-7; Jer 34:21) Thus says the Lord: I will give Pharaoh

Hophra the king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies

and into the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave Zedekiah

king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,

who was his enemy, and sought his life."

[20] Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women,

and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,

[21] The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets

of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the

people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his

mind?

[22] So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your

doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore

is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an

inhabitant, as at this day.

[23] Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the

LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor

in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened

unto you, as at this day.

[24] Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear

the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:

[25] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your

wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand,

saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense

to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will

surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.

[26] Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the

land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that

my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the

land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.

[27] Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the

men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword

and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

[28] Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land

of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone

into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand,

mine, or theirs.

[29] And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish

you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against

you for evil:

[30] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt

into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life;

as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of

Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.

Jeremiah 45

A Message to Baruch

1 (Jer 36:1; 32:12; 36:4) The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke

to Baruch the son of Neriah when he had written these words in a book

at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim

the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:

2 Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:

3 (2Co 4:1; 4:16) You said, "Alas, woe is me! For the Lord has added

grief to my sorrow. I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest."

4 (Jer 18:7-10; 31:28) Thus you shall say to him, "Thus says the Lord:

That which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted

I will pluck up, even this whole land.

5 (Jer 21:9; 39:18) But are you seeking great things for yourself?

Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster upon all flesh, says the Lord,

but I will give your life to you as booty in all the places where you go."

Jeremiah 45

[1] The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah,

when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the

fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

[2] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;

[3] Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my

sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

[4] Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I

have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up,

even this whole land.

[5] And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I

will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give

unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

2) Our Daily Bread for 28 August 2026

The Courage God Gives by Karen Huang

2 Samuel 23:11-12

11 After him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines

had gathered into a troop, where the plot of the field was full of lentils,

and the people fled before the Philistines.

12 (2Sa 23:10) He took his stand in the midst of the plot of land,

defended it, and defeated the Philistines.

The Lord brought about a great victory.

[11] And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the

Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground

full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

[12] But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the

Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.

The CEO was hurting employees with his sharp tongue. No one dared confront

him. Everyone was afraid of him, including Gene. But one day the CEO berated a

new employee, reducing her to tears. When Gene saw how everyone in the room

stayed silent, he spoke up.

"I told him the way he was treating people was wrong," Gene recalls. "He was

astonished; it was the first time someone stood up to him. He didn't change,

but I'm glad I spoke up."

Scripture tells us of another man who stood up to a challenge many were afraid

of. Shammah, a military warrior of David, came to the future king from

difficult circumstances (see 2 Samuel 23:11-12), but God used him to defeat

the Philistines. "When the Philistines banded together at . . . a field full

of lentils, Israel's troops fled from them” (v. 11). Only Shammah had the

courage to defend Israel's food supply. Being the lone man against the

Philistine army meant death, but Shammah "took his stand in the middle

of the field. He defended it" (v. 12).

God helped Shammah defeat the Philistines (v. 12). He may have been the only

Israelite in the field, but he wasn't alone - God was with him, giving him

great victory that day. There may be times when we’re called to stand up to a

challenge that everyone else is avoiding. Like Shammah, let’s take our stand,

relying on God's presence and help.

Reflect & Pray

What challenge is God calling you to stand up to?

How can you rely on Him for help?

Dear Father, please give me the courage to take a stand for You.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 6 - It is Finished

John 5:24

24 (Jn 3:18; 1Jn 3:14; Jn 3:36) "Truly, truly I say to you, whoever hears

My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life

and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. "

[24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth

on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into

condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

"PLEASE BE PATIENT - GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET,"

the sweatshirt read. In this case, the message was an ironic one,

for the occupant of the shirt was a snaggle-toothed, freckle-faced six year

old!

In one sense, God is not finished with the work he has to do in each of us.

Life in Christ is an ongoing process of change and growth as we become

more like him. Certainly, the more we see of ourselves, the more we hope

he isn't finished with us!

Yet whatever plans God has for making us into the men and women he created

us to be, certain aspects of our life in Christ are finished, finalised.

Jesus declares with absolute assurance, "whoever hears

My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life

and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. "

Because we do not have to earn or deserve God's grace, because we are not

called to prove ourselves worthy of Salvation, we can have immediate

and total assurance of the security of life in Jesus Christ. The one who

put his trust in the Lord has eternal life; he will not be condemned;

he has crossed over from death to life.

This "crossing over" into life happens in the split second when we acknowledge

our dependence upon Christ alone. And the rest of our lives is given over to

the development of his image in us.

God is not finished with us yet.

But his work of salvation is finished - complete,

fully dependable an accomplished fact.

Application

a) Have I ever doubted the "accomplished fact" of my own salvation? Why?

b) How can today's verse help me realise that, although I may have a lot of

growing yet to do, my salvation in Jesus Christ is secure?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Ps 37:25-26

25 I have been young, and now am old;

yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,

nor their offspring begging bread.

26 The righteous are gracious and lend,

and their offspring are a source of blessing.

25 I have been young, and now am old;

Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,

nor his seed begging bread.

26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth;

And his seed is blessed.

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

When you are ill or injured

Matthew 8:14-17

The Healing of Many People

Mk 1:29-34; Lk 4:38-41

14 When Jesus entered Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother,

lying sick with a fever.

15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she rose and served them.

16 When the evening came, they brought to Him many

who were possessed with demons.

And He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all who were sick,

17 to fulfill what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet,

"He Himself took our infirmities

and bore our sicknesses."

[14] And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother

laid, and sick of a fever.

[15] And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and

ministered unto them.

[16] When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed

with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that

were sick:

[17] That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,

saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

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?)

New Brunswick

Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543

Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist

church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the

campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

And

Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .

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

http://www.ehc.ca

Day 28 of the Month

a) Pray for new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear

and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.

(

John 5:24

24 (Jn 3:18; 1Jn 3:14; Jn 3:36) "Truly, truly I say to you, whoever

hears My word and believes in Him who sent

Me has eternal life and shall not come into condemnation,

but has passed from death into life."

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word,

and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life,

and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

)

b) Pray for God's kingdom to come in the life of someone you

know today . (

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. "

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.

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to keep you focus on Him

and not on the Idols of the Land.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear Father, please give me the courage

to take a stand for You."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord works with you continually.

Pray to the Lord and pray to root righteousness.

Pray to the Lord and pray for healing from Jesus Christ.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray for new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear

and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.

Pray for God's kingdom to come in the life of someone you

know today .

Pray for the protection of new believers who are being threatened by their

family members in Saudi

Arabia.

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.

Day 239 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

nospam@example.com (DSY) — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:42:00 +0000

Day 239, 27 August 2026

1)Ezekiel 24, Ezekiel 25 , Ezekiel 26, Ezekiel 27

Ezekiel 24:1-14

Ezekiel 24

The Siege of Jerusalem

1 (Eze 8:1; 20:1) And in the ninth year, in the tenth month,

on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (2Ki 25:1; Jer 39:1) Son of man, write the name of the day, this same day.

The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this same day.

3 (Eze 11:3; 17:2) Utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them,

Thus says the Lord God:

Put on the pot, put it on,

and also pour water into it.

4 (Mic 3:2-3) Gather the pieces into it,

even every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder.

Fill it with the choice bones;

5 (Jer 52:10; 52:24-27) take the choicest of the flock,

and also pile the bones under it;

make it boil well,

also seethe its bones in it.

6 (Eze 22:2; Na 3:1) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Woe to the bloody city,

to the pot whose rust is in it,

and whose rust has not gone out of it!

Take out of it piece by piece

without choosing.

7 (Lev 17:13; Dt 12:16) For her blood is in her midst;

she set it on the bare rock;

she did not pour it on the ground

to cover it with dust.

8 That it may cause fury to come up to take vengeance,

I have set her blood on the bare rock,

that it may not be covered.

9 (Isa 30:33; Eze 24:6) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Woe to the bloody city!

I will also make the pile great.

10 Heap on wood,

kindle the fire;

boil the flesh,

and spice it well,

and let the bones be burned.

11 (Jer 21:10; Mal 4:1) Then set it empty on its coals,

so that it may be hot and its bronze may glow,

and its filthiness may be melted in it,

and its rust may be consumed.

12 (Jer 9:5) She has wearied Me with toil,

and her great rust has not gone from her.

Let her rust be in the fire.

13 (Jer 6:28-30; Eze 5:13) In your filthiness is lewdness.

Because I would have purged you, yet you are not purged,

you shall not be purged from your filthiness anymore until

I have caused My fury to rest on you.

14 (Eze 18:30; Nu 23:19) I the Lord have spoken. It shall come to pass

and I will act. I will not go back, nor will I spare, nor will I be sorry.

According to your ways and according to your deeds, I shall judge you,

says the Lord God.

[1] Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the

month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the

king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

[3] And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus

saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

[4] Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and

the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

[5] Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make

it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

[6] Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot

whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out

piece by piece; let no lot fall up on it.

[7] For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock;

she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

[8] That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her

blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

[9] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even

make the pile for fire great.

[10] Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well,

and let the bones be burned.

[11] Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be

hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that

the scum of it may be consumed.

[12] She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth

out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

[13] In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou

wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till

I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

[14] I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I

will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to

thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the

Lord GOD.

The Death of Ezekiel's Wife

15 Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

16 (Jer 13:17; 22:10) Son of man, I am about to take away from you the desire

of your eyes with a stroke. Yet you shall not mourn or weep,

nor shall your tears run down.

17 (Hos 9:4; Lev 10:6) Groan silently. Make no mourning for the dead.

Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet and do not cover

your mustache and do not eat the bread of men.

18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died.

And in the morning I did as I was commanded.

19 (Eze 12:9; 37:18) And the people said to me,

"Will you not tell us what these

things mean forus, that you are behaving this way?"

20 Then I answered them: The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

21 (Eze 23:47; Ps 27:4) Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God:

I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength,

the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul.

And your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall

by the sword.

22 You shall do as I have done. You shall not cover your mustache,

nor will you eat the bread of men.

23 (Lev 26:39; Eze 4:17) Your turbans shall be on your heads,

and your shoes on your feet. You shall not mourn or weep.

But you shall pine away for your iniquities and groan toward one another.

24 (Eze 4:3; Isa 20:3) Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you. According to all that

he has done you shall do. And when it comes about, then you shall know that

I am the Lord God.

25 (Eze 24:21; Ps 48:2) As for you, son of man, shall it not be on the day

when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire

of their eyes, and that on which they set their minds,

their sons and their daughters,

26 (Job 1:15-19; Eze 33:21-22) that on that day he who escapes shall come

to you to cause you to hear it with your ears?

27 (Eze 33:22; 3:26-27) On that day your mouth shall be opened to him who

escaped, and you shall speak and be mute no more. Thus you shall be a sign

to them. And they shall know that I am the Lord.

[15] Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[16] Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with

a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run

down.

[17] Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine

head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips,

and eat not the bread of men.

[18] So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died;

and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

[19] And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things

are to us, that thou doest so?

[20] Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[21] Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will

profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your

eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters

whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

[22] And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat

the bread of men.

[23] And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet:

ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and

mourn one toward another.

[24] Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done

shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

[25] Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them

their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that

whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

[26] That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee

to hear it with thine ears?

[27] In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou

shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and

they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 25

A Prophecy Against Ammon

1 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:

2 (Jer 49:1-6; Eze 6:2) Son of man, set your face against the sons of Ammon

and prophesy against them,

3 (Eze 36:2; Ps 70:2-3) and say to the sons of Ammon, Hear the word

of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God: Because you said, "Aha!" against

My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel

when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah

when they went into captivity,

4 (Dt 28:33; 28:51) therefore, I will deliver you to the men of the East

for a possession, and they shall set their camps among you

and make their dwellings among you. They shall eat your fruit

and drink your milk.

5 (Eze 21:20; 2Sa 12:26) I will make Rabbah a meadow for camels,

and the sons of Ammon a couching place for flocks. Thus you shall know

that I am the Lord.

6 (Zep 2:8; Ob 1:12) For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped

your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced in heart with all your spite

against the land of Israel,

7 (Zep 1:4; Eze 25:13) therefore, I will stretch out My hand against you

and deliver you for destruction to the nations. And I will cut you off

from the peoples and cause you to perish from the countries.

I will destroy you. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

[3] And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith

the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was

profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against

the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;

[4] Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a

possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their

dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

[5] And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a

couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

[6] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and

stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against

the land of Israel;

[7] Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will

deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the

people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy

thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

A Prophecy Against Moab

8 (Isa 15:1-9; Jer 25:21) Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir say,

Look, the house of Judah is like all the nations,

9 (Jos 13:17; Jer 48:23) therefore, I will deprive the side of Moab

of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory

of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim,

10 (Eze 21:32) and I will give it for a possession with the Ammonites

to the men of the East, so that the sons of Ammon may not be remembered

among the nations.

11 I will execute judgments on Moab. And they shall know that I am the Lord.

[8] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the

house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

[9] Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from

his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country,

Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,

[10] Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in

possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.

[11] And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am

the LORD.

A Prophecy Against Edom

12 (Ps 137:7; Jer 49:7-22) Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom

has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance

and has greatly offended and revenged themselves upon them,

13 (Jer 25:23; Eze 29:8) therefore thus says the Lord God:

I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off man

and beast from it. And I will make it desolate. From Teman even

to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.

14 (Isa 11:14) I will lay My vengeance upon Edom by the hand

of My people Israel. And they shall do in Edom according to My anger

and according to My fury. And they shall know My vengeance, says the Lord God.

[12] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house

of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged

himself upon them;

[13] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand

upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it

desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

[14] And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel:

and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury;

and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.

A Prophecy Against Philistia

15 (Isa 14:29-31; Eze 25:6) Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines

have dealt by revenge and have taken vengeance with a spiteful heart

to destroy with everlasting hatred,

16 (1Sa 30:14; Eze 25:13) therefore thus says the Lord God:

I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines

and will cut off the Kerethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

17 (Eze 25:11; Ps 9:16) I will execute great vengeance upon them

with furious rebukes. And they shall know that I am the Lord when

I lay My vengeance upon them.

[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge,

and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old

hatred;

[16] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand

upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the

remnant of the sea coast.

[17] And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and

they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

Ezekiel 26

A Prophecy Against Tyre

1 (Eze 20:13) In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month,

the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Isa 23:1-18; Jer 25:22) Son of man, because Tyre has said against

Jerusalem, "Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken. It has opened to me.

I shall be filled now that she is laid waste,"

3 (Isa 5:30; Jer 51:42) therefore thus says the Lord God: I am against you,

O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes

its waves to come up.

4 (Isa 23:11; Am 1:10) They shall destroy the walls of Tyre

and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her

and make her a bare rock.

5 (Eze 29:19; 25:7) She shall be a place for the spreading of nets

in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken, says the Lord God,

and she shall become destruction to the nations.

6 (Eze 16:46; 26:8) Her daughters who are on the mainland shall be slain

by the sword. And they shall know that I am the Lord.

7 (Ezr 7:12; Da 2:37) For thus says the Lord God: From the north I will bring

upon Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, with horses

and with chariots and with cavalry and a great army.

8 (Eze 21:22; Jer 6:6) He shall slay your daughters on the mainland

with the sword. And he shall set up a siege wall against you

and cast up a mound against you and lift up the roof of shields against you.

9 He shall set engines of war against your walls, and with his axes he shall

break down your towers.

10 (Jer 47:3; Eze 26:15) By reason of the abundance of his horses,

their dust shall cover you. Your walls shall shake at the noise

of the horsemen and of the wagons and of the chariots when he enters

your gates as men enter a city that has been breached.

11 (Isa 5:28; 26:5) With the hoofs of his horses he shall tread

down all your streets. He shall slay your people by the sword,

and your strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

12 (Isa 23:8; 2Ch 32:27) They shall make a spoil of your riches,

and a prey of your merchandise. And they shall break down your walls

and destroy your pleasant houses. And they shall lay your stones

and your timber and your dust in the midst of the water.

13 (Isa 23:16; Jer 7:34) I will cause the noise of your songs to cease.

And the sound of your harps shall be heard no more.

14 (Job 12:14; Mal 1:4) I will make you a bare rock. You shall be a place

to spread nets upon. You shall be built no more, for I the Lord have spoken,

says the Lord God.

[1] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month,

that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is

broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be

replenished, now she is laid waste:

[3] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus,

and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his

waves to come up.

[4] And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I

will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

[5] It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea:

for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to

the nations.

[6] And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword;

and they shall know that I am the LORD.

[7] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus

Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with

horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

[8] He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall

make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the

buckler against thee.

[9] And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he

shall break down thy towers.

[10] By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee:

thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and

of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a

city wherein is made a breach.

[11] With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he

shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down

to the ground.

[12] And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy

merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant

houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the

midst of the water.

[13] And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy

harps shall be no more heard.

[14] And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to

spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken

it, saith the Lord GOD.

15 (Eze 27:35; Jer 49:21) Thus says the Lord God to Tyre:

Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded

cry, when the slaughter is made in your midst?

16 (Eze 32:10; Job 8:22) Then all the officials of the sea shall come down

from their thrones and lay away their robes and take off their embroidered

garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling. They shall sit

on the ground and tremble every moment and be astonished at you.

17 (Eze 19:1; Isa 14:12) They shall take up a lamentation over you and say

to you:

How you are destroyed, O inhabited one of the seas,

the renowned city,

which was strong in the sea,

she and her inhabitants,

who caused her terror

to be on all her inhabitants!

18 (Isa 23:5-7; Eze 26:15) Now the coastlands shall tremble

on the day of your fall; indeed,

the coastlands that are by the sea

shall be troubled at your departure.

19 (Isa 8:7-8; Eze 26:3) For thus says the Lord God: When I make you

a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up

the deep upon you and great waters shall cover you,

20 (Ps 27:13; Zec 2:8) then I shall bring you down with those who descend

into the pit, to the people of old, and make you dwell in the lower parts

of the earth, in places desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit

so that you will not be inhabited. But I shall set glory in the land

of the living.

21 (Eze 27:36; 28:19) I will bring terrors on you and you shall be no more.

Though you will be sought, you shall never be found again, says the Lord God.

[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the

sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the

midst of thee?

[16] Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and

lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall

clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall

tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

[17] And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art

thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city,

which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their

terror to be on all that haunt it!

[18] Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that

are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

[19] For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city,

like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon

thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

[20] When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with

the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in

places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not

inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

[21] I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be

sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 27

A Lament for Tyre

1 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:

2 (Jer 9:10; 9:17-20) Now you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre.

3 (Eze 27:4) And say to Tyre who is situated at the entrance of the sea,

who is a merchant of the peoples for many coastlands,

Thus says the Lord God:

O Tyre, you have said,

"I am perfect in beauty."

4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas.

Your builders have perfected your beauty.

5 (Dt 3:9; SS 4:8) They have made all your ship boards

of fir trees from Senir;

they have taken cedars from Lebanon

to make a mast for you.

6 (Ge 10:4; Isa 2:13) Of the oaks of Bashan

they have made your oars;

with ivory they have inlaid your deck of boxwood

out of the coastlands of Cyprus.

7 (Ex 25:4; Jer 10:9) Fine linen with embroidered work

from Egypt was your sail,

so that it became your distinguishing sign;

blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah

was your awning.

8 (Ge 10:18; 1Ki 9:27) The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your mariners;

your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots.

9 (1Ki 5:18; Jos 13:5) The elders of Byblos and her wise men

were in you repairing your seams;

all the ships of the sea with their mariners

were in you to deal in your merchandise.

10 (Eze 30:5; 38:5; SS 4:4) They of Persia and of Lydia and of Put

were in your army, your men of war;

they hung the shield and helmet in you;

they set forth your comeliness.

11 The sons of Arvad and your army

were upon your walls all around,

and the Gammad

were in your towers;

they hung their shields on your walls all around;

they have made your beauty perfect.

12 (Ge 10:4; 1Ki 10:22) Tarshish was your merchant by reason

of the multitude of all kinds of riches.

With silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your wares.

13 (Ge 10:2; Isa 66:19; 1Ch 1:5) Greece, Tubal, and Meshek,

they were your merchants. They traded in your market

with the lives of men and vessels of bronze.

14 (Ge 10:3; Eze 38:6) Those of Beth Togarmah gave horses

and horsemen and mules for your wares.

15 (Ge 10:7; 1Ki 10:22) The sons of Dedan were your merchants.

Many coastlands were your merchandise. They brought you for

a payment horns of ivory and ebony.

16 (Jdg 10:6; Eze 28:13) Aram was your merchant by reason

of the multitude of your wares. They paid for your wares

with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate.

17 (Jdg 11:33; 1Ki 5:9) Judah and the land of Israel,

they were your merchants. They traded in your market with the wheat

of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balm.

18 (Isa 7:8) Damascus was your merchant in the multitude of your wares,

because of the multitude of all kinds of riches,

because of the wine of Helbon and white wool.

19 (Ex 30:23-24) Dan and Javan paid for your wares from Izal.

Bright iron, cassia, and sweet cane were in your market.

20 (Ge 25:3)Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for chariots.

21 (Isa 60:7; Ge 25:13) Arabia and all the officials of Kedar, they were

your customers in lambs, rams, and goats. For these they were your merchants.

22 (Ge 10:7; Isa 60:6) The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were your

merchants. They paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices

and with all kinds of precious stones and gold.

23 (2Ki 19:12; Isa 37:12) Harran, and Kanneh, and Eden, the merchants

of Sheba, Ashur, and Kilmad, were your merchants.

24 They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue

and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly

wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

25 (Isa 2:16; Ps 48:7) The ships of Tarshish were

the carriers for your market.

And you were filled and were very glorious

in the midst of the seas.

26 (Ps 48:7; Jer 18:17) Your rowers have brought you

into great waters;

the east wind has broken you

in the midst of the seas.

27 (Pr 11:4) Your riches and your wares, your merchandise,

your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers,

and the dealers of your merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you,

with all your company which is in your midst,

shall fall into the midst of the seas

in the day of your ruin.

28 (Eze 26:10) The meadowlands shall shake

at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

29 All who handle the oar,

the mariners and all the pilots of the sea,

shall come down from their ships;

they shall stand upon the land.

30 (Jer 6:26; 2Sa 1:2) And they shall cause their voice

to be heard against you,

and shall cry bitterly,

and shall cast up dust upon their heads;

they shall wallow in ashes.

31 (Isa 16:9; 22:12) Also they shall make themselves utterly bald for you,

and gird themselves with sackcloth;

and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart

and bitter wailing.

32 (Eze 26:17; 27:2) Also, in their wailing

they shall take up a lamentation for you and lament over you, saying,

"Who is like Tyre, like her who is silent

in the midst of the sea?

33 (Rev 18:19) When your wares went out by sea,

you filled many peoples;

you enriched the kings of the earth

with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.

34 (Eze 27:26-27; Zec 9:3-4) Now that you are broken by the seas

in the depths of the waters,

your merchandise and all your company

in your midst have fallen.

35 (Isa 23:6; Eze 32:10) All the inhabitants of the coastlands

shall be astonished at you,

and their kings shall be sorely afraid;

they are troubled in countenance.

36 (Jer 18:16; Ps 37:10) The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;

you shall be a terror,

and you shall cease to be forever."

Ezekiel 27

[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

[2] Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

[3] And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea,

which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.

[4] Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected

thy beauty.

[5] They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have

taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

[6] Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the

Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of

Chittim.

[7] Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest

forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that

which covered thee.

[8] The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O

Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

[9] The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers:

all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy

merchandise.

[10] They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of

war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy

comeliness.

[11] The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and

the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls

round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

[12] Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of

riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

[13] Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the

persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

[14] They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and

horsemen and mules.

[15] The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of

thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.

[16] Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy

making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered

work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

[17] Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in

thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

[18] Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making,

for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

[19] Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron,

cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

[20] Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

[21] Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs,

and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.

[22] The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they

occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious

stones, and gold.

[23] Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assur, and

Chilmad, were thy merchants.

[24] These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and

broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of

cedar, among thy merchandise.

[25] The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast

replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

[26] Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath

broken thee in the midst of the seas.

[27] Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy

pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men

of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of

thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

[28] The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

[29] And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the

sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;

[30] And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry

bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow

themselves in the ashes:

[31] And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them

with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and

bitter wailing.

[32] And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and

lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the

midst of the sea?

[33] When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people;

thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches

and of thy merchandise.

[34] In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the

waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

[35] All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their

kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

[36] The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a

terror, and never shalt be any more.

2) Our Daily Bread for 27 August 2026 titled

Where God Reigns by Marvin Williams

James 4:1-10

Friendship With the World

1 (Ro 7:23; 1Pe 2:11) Where do wars and fights among you come from?

Do they not come from your lusts that war in your body?

2 You lust and do not have, so you kill.

You desire to have and cannot obtain. You fight and war.

Yet you do not have, because you do not ask.

3 (1Jn 5:14; 3:22) You ask, and do not receive, because you ask amiss,

that you may spend it on your passions.

4 (Jn 15:19; Ro 8:7) You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know

that the friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore

will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

5 Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "He yearns jealously

for the spirit that lives in us"(The source of this quotation is uncertain.)?

6 (Pr 3:34; 1Pe 5:5) But He gives more grace. For this reason it says:

"God resists the proud,

but gives grace to the humble."(Pr 3:34.)

7 (Eph 4:27; 1Pe 5:8-9) Therefore submit yourselves to God.

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8 (2Ch 15:2; Jas 1:8) Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.

Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

9 (Lk 6:25; Pr 14:13) Grieve and mourn and weep.

Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to dejection.

10 (Mt 23:12) Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,

and He will lift you up.

[1] From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even

of your lusts that war in your members?

[2] Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain:

ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

[3] Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it

upon your lusts.

[4] Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the

world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world

is the enemy of God.

[5] Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth

in us lusteth to envy?

[6] But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud,

but giveth grace unto the humble.

[7] Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee

from you.

[8] Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye

sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

[9] Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to

mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

[10] Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

In 2018, a man checked into a room at New York hotel for a one-night stay.

Remarkably, he used the room for five years without paying another cent -

exploiting obscure rent laws to hold on to it. His refusal to leave,

however, eventually led to potential prison time for him.

Like an unwelcome tenant who overstays, James warns us that the devil lingers

in our lives when left unchecked. "Resist the devil," James writes, "and he

will flee from you" (4:7). The apostle emphasises that our struggles often

come from impure "desires" and "wrong motives" (vv. 1, 3) - things like pride,

divided loyalties, and impure thoughts residing in our hearts. To counter such

temptation, James offers two commands: "submit . . . to God" and "resist the

devil" (v. 7). To submit means surrendering every part of our lives to God.

Resisting the devil is equally active, requiring prayer, vigilance,

and the wisdom of Scripture.

Like a landlord evicting an unlawful tenant, in God's strength we can refuse

to let the temptation of the devil overtake us. As we resist him, God promises

victory as James asserts, "He will flee from you" (v. 7).

When we evict sin and the devil's influence and "come near to God" (v. 8), we

allow His peace, joy, and purpose to dwell more fully in us. The enemy can't

stay where God reigns!

Reflect & Pray

What can you do to remove "unwelcome tenants" from your life?

How does submitting to God help?

Sovereign God, please help me surrender every part of my

life to You so I can stand firm against the enemy's schemes.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 5 - Starting Over

2 Cor 5:17

17 (Jn 3:3; Ro 16:7) Therefore, if any man is in Christ,

he is a new creature. Old things have passed away.

Look, all things have become new.

17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:

old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

"The trouble with turning over a new leaf," Gordon sighed,

"is that once you've done it twice, you're right back where

you started." Gordon, in his mid-fifties, had his job

"canceled" by a company wanting to cut back on retirement payments.

Out of work, with few prospects, he said wistfully,

"I wish I had the chance to start over again."

Many of us would echo Gordon's sentiments. Whether we have lost a job,

gone through a divorce, moved to another part of the country, or

experienced some lesser crisis, we often long for the chance to

begin again, fresh, without the shadow of past mistakes following us.

God's word offers just such an opportunity. Anyone who is in Christ,

Paul says in 2 Cor 5:17, is a "new creation". For the Christian, the past

is truly past - "all things are become new". In the forgiveness

and restoration of God's grace we can leave the past behind,

with all its mistakes, and enter into new life.

And the promise is not just for the newly saved. Those of us who

have been Christians for years need to hear the truth of 2 Cor 5:17 again,

for we accumulated some "new mistakes" since we came to Christ. Anyone who

is in Christ is a new creation; the freedom of forgiveness, of

"starting over" is available to all who call upon the name of the Lord.

We cannot every really "start over" simply by establishing New Year's

resolutions or turning over a new leaf. Only God gives us that opportunity;

his grace allows us to clear away the rubble of the past and begin again.

Everything becomes new in God's loving forgiveness.

Application

a) What "resolutions" have I made in an attempt to "start over"

in some area of struggle or failure in my life? Did my resolutions work?

b) What does 2 Cor 5:17 mean for me at this point in my Christian Life?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Is 55:11

11 (Isa 45:23; 46:10) so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;

it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,

and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:

it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,

and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

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

When you are ill or injured

James 5:13-16

13 (Ps 50:15; Eph 5:19) Is anyone among you suffering?

Let him pray. Is anyone merry? Let him sing psalms.

14 (Mk 6:13; 16:18; Ac 14:23) Is anyone sick among you?

Let him call for the elders of the church,

and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil

in the name of the Lord.

15 (Isa 33:24; Jas 1:6) And the prayer of faith will save

the sick, and the Lord will raise him up.

And if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.

16 (Ge 20:17; 18:23-32) Confess your faults to one another

and pray for one another, that you may be healed.

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.

13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.

Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church;

and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15 and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise

him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,

that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man

availeth much.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

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?)

New Brunswick

Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543

Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist

church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the

campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

And

Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .

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

http://www.ehc.ca

Day 27 of the Month

a) Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to

hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.

(

2 Cor 10:4-5

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,

5 casting down imaginations and every high thing

that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,

bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5casting down imaginations, and every high thing

that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,

and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

)

b) Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who

are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to understand the judgements of the Lord.

Pray to the Lord: "Sovereign God, please help me surrender every part of my

life to You so I can stand firm against the enemy's schemes."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know that you are a new creation in Jesus Christ.

Pray to the Lord and pray to kniow the Word will not return void.

Pray to the Lord and pray to confess for healing.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to

hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.

Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who

are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.

Pray for those suffering from loss/ displacement due to an Islamist insurgency

in the Cabo Delgado region

of MOZAMBIQUE.

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.

Day 238 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

nospam@example.com (DSY) — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:13:00 +0000

Day 238, 26 August 2025

1) Ezekiel 22, Ezekiel 23

Ezekiel 22

The Sins of Jerusalem

1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 20:4; 24:6) Now you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge

the bloody city? Indeed, you shall show her all her abominations.

3 (Eze 22:27) Then say, Thus says the Lord God: The city sheds blood

in her midst, that her time may come, and makes idols against herself

to defile herself.

4 (2Ki 21:16; Ps 44:13-14) You have become guilty in your blood that

you have shed and have defiled yourself with your idols which you have made.

And you have caused your day to draw near and have come to your years.

Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking

to all countries.

5 Those who are near and those who are far from you shall mock you,

you of infamy and much turmoil.

6 (Isa 1:23; Eze 22:27) The princes of Israel in you, every one according

to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.

7 (Ex 22:21-22; Dt 27:16) In you they have treated father and mother lightly.

In your midst they have dealt with the stranger by oppression.

In you they have vexed the fatherless and the widow.

8 (Eze 20:13; 22:26) You have despised My holy things and have profaned

My Sabbaths.

9 (Lev 19:16; Hos 4:10) In you are men who carry slanders to shed blood.

And in you they eat at the mountain shrines.

In your midst they commit lewdness.

10 (Lev 18:19; 18:7-8) In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness.

In you they have humbled her who was unclean in her menstrual impurity.

11 (Lev 18:15; 20:17) One has committed abomination with his neighbour's wife,

and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you

has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

12 (Dt 27:25; Eze 23:35) In you they have taken bribes to shed blood.

You have taken usury and increase, and you have injured your neighbours

for gain by extortion, and you have forgotten Me, says the Lord God.

13 (Isa 33:15; Eze 21:17) Therefore I have struck My hand toward

your dishonest gain which you have made, and toward your blood which has been

in your midst.

14 (Eze 17:24; 21:7) Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong

in the days that I shall deal with you? I the Lord have spoken and will do it.

15 (Dt 4:27; Zec 7:14) I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you

in the countries and consume your filthiness out of you.

16 (Eze 6:7; Ps 83:18) You shall profane yourself in the sight of the nations,

and you shall know that I am the Lord.

[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city?

yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.

[3] Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the

midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to

defile herself.

[4] Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast

defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused

thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I

made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.

[5] Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee,

which art infamous and much vexed.

[6] Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to

shed blood.

[7] In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee

have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed

the fatherless and the widow.

[8] Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

[9] In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat

upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

[10] In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have

they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

[11] And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and

another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath

humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

[12] In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and

increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and

hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

[13] Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which

thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

[14] Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that

I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.

[15] And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the

countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

[16] And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the

heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Jerusalem as God's Furnace

17 The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

18 (Ps 119:119; Isa 1:22) Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross

to Me. All of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the midst

of the furnace. They are the dross of silver.

19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you all have become dross,

therefore, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

20 As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the midst

of a furnace to blow fire on it to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger

and in My fury, and I will lay you there and melt you.

21 Indeed, I will gather you and blow upon you in the fire of My wrath,

and you shall be melted in the midst of it.

22 (Eze 20:8; 20:33) As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace,

so you shall be melted in the midst of it. And you shall know that

I the Lord have poured out My fury upon you.

[17] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[18] Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are

brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are

even the dross of silver.

[19] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross,

behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

[20] As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the

midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather

you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

[21] Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and

ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

[22] As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted

in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my

fury upon you.

Indictment of Sinful Leaders

23 The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

24 (Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30) Son of man, say to her: You are the land that

is not cleansed nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

25 (Hos 6:9; Jer 2:34) There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst

like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They have

taken the treasure and precious things. They have made many widows

in her midst.

26 (Lev 10:10; 1Sa 2:12-17) Her priests have violated My law

and have profaned My holy things. They have made no distinction

between the holy and profane, nor have they shown the difference

between the unclean and the clean, and they have hidden their eyes from

My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

27 (Eze 22:13; Isa 1:23) Her officials in her midst are like wolves ravening

the prey by shedding blood and destroying lives in order

to obtain dishonest gain.

28 (Jer 23:25-32; Eze 13:6-7) Her prophets have daubed them with whitewash,

seeing vanity and divining lies for them, saying,

"Thus says the Lord God," when the Lord has not spoken.

29 (Eze 22:7; Ex 23:9; Isa 5:7) The people of the land have used oppression

and exercised robbery and have vexed the poor and needy and have oppressed

the sojourner wrongfully.

30 (Jer 5:1; Eze 13:5) I sought for a man among them who would build up

the hedge and stand in the gap before Me for the land so that I would not

destroy it, but I found no one.

31 (Eze 7:8-9; 9:10) Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them.

I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath.

Their own way I have recompensed on their heads, says the Lord God.

[23] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[24] Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor

rained upon in the day of indignation.

[25] There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a

roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken

the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the

midst thereof.

[26] Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things:

they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they

shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes

from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

[27] Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to

shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

[28] And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing

vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when

the LORD hath not spoken.

[29] The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and

have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger

wrongfully.

[30] And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and

stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I

found none.

[31] Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed

them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their

heads, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 23

The Sins of Oholah and Oholibah

1 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:

2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.

3 (Lev 17:7; Jos 24:14) And they committed harlotries in Egypt.

They committed harlotries in their youth. There their breasts were pressed,

and there their virgin bosom was handled.

4 (Eze 16:8) Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister.

And they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names,

Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

[3] And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their

youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of

their virginity.

[4] And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister:

and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names;

Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

Samaria

5 (2Ki 15:19; 16:7) Oholah played the harlot when she was Mine. And

she lusted after her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

6 who were clothed in purple, captains and rulers, all of them desirable

young men, horsemen riding on horses.

7 (Hos 5:3; 6:10) Thus she committed her harlotries with them, with all those

who were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted,

with all their idols she defiled herself.

8 (Ex 32:4; Eze 23:3) She did not forsake her harlotries from the time

in Egypt. For in her youth they lay with her, and they handled her virgin

bosom and poured their harlotry upon her.

9 (2Ki 15:29; 17:23) Therefore I have delivered her into the hand

of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians after whom she doted.

10 (Eze 23:29; Hos 2:10) They uncovered her nakedness. They took her sons

and her daughters and killed her with the sword. And she became

a byword among women, for they had executed judgments on her.

[5] And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her

lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,

[6] Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them

desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

[7] Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the

chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols

she defiled herself.

[8] Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they

lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured

their whoredom upon her.

[9] Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the

hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

[10] These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters,

and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had

executed judgment upon her.

Jerusalem

11 (Jer 3:8-11) Now her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was more corrupt

in her inordinate love than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister

in her harlotries.

12 (2Ki 16:7-15) She lusted after the Assyrians her neighbors,

captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses,

all of them desirable young men.

13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they both took the same way.

14 (Eze 8:10; Jer 22:14) So she increased her harlotries. And she saw men

portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

15 girded with belts on their loins, exceeding in dyed attire on their heads,

all of them looking like officials, after the manner of the Babylonians

of Chaldea, the land of their nativity.

16 (Eze 16:29; Mt 5:28) And as soon as she saw them with her eyes,

she lusted after them and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

17 (Eze 23:22; 23:28) The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love,

and they defiled her with their harlotry, and she was polluted with them,

and her soul became disgusted with them.

18 (Ps 78:59; 106:40) So she uncovered her harlotries and uncovered

her nakedness. Then My soul became disgusted with her, as My soul

became disgusted with her sister.

19 (Eze 23:3) Yet she multiplied her harlotries while remembering

the days of her youth in which she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

20 (Eze 16:26; 17:15) For she lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is

as the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

21 Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth when the Egyptians handled

your bosom because of the breasts of your youth.

Judgment on Jerusalem

22 (Eze 16:37) Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God:

I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom you were alienated,

and I will bring them against you on every side:

23 (Jer 50:21; 2Ki 20:14-17) the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans,

Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them.

All of them are desirable young men, captains and rulers,

officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses.

24 (Jer 39:5-6; 47:3) They shall come against you with weapons,

chariots and wagons, and with an assembly of peoples. They shall set

themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet.

And I will set the judgment before them, and they shall judge you according

to their customs.

25 (Eze 23:47; Ex 34:14) I will set My jealousy against you, so that they deal

furiously with you. They shall take away your nose and your ears.

And your remnant shall fall by the sword. They shall take your sons

and your daughters. And your remnant shall be devoured by the fire.

26 (Eze 16:39; Jer 13:22) They shall also strip you of your clothes

and take away your fair jewels.

27 (Eze 16:41; 23:3) Thus I will make your lewdness and your harlotry brought

from the land of Egypt to cease from you so that you shall not lift up

your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.

28 (Jer 34:20; Eze 16:37) For thus says the Lord God: I will deliver you

into the hand of those whom you hate, into the hand of those from whom

you were alienated.

29 (Eze 16:39; 23:25-26) And they shall deal with you hatefully,

and shall take away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bare.

And the nakedness of your harlotries shall be uncovered,

both your lewdness and your harlotries.

30 (Eze 6:9) I will do these things to you because you have gone whoring

after the nations, because you have polluted yourself with their idols.

31 (2Ki 21:13; Jer 7:14-15) You have walked in the way of your sister.

Therefore I will give her cup into your hand.

32 (Ps 60:3; Isa 51:17) Thus says the Lord God:

You shall drink of your sister's cup,

which is deep and wide;

you shall be laughed to scorn and held in derision;

it contains much.

33 (Isa 51:17; Jer 25:27) You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,

the cup of horror and desolation,

the cup of your sister Samaria.

34 (Ps 75:8; Isa 51:17) You shall drink it and drain it,

then you shall gnaw at its fragments

and tear off your own breasts;

for I have spoken, says the Lord God.

35 (1Ki 14:9; Isa 17:10) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back,

now bear the punishment of your lewdness and your harlotries.

[11] And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her

inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her

whoredoms.

[12] She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers

clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable

young men.

[13] Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,

[14] And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed

upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,

[15] Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon

their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the

Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

[16] And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and

sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

[17] And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled

her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was

alienated from them.

[18] So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my

mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

[19] Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of

her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

[20] For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of

asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

[21] Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in

bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

[22] There, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy

lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them

against thee on every side;

[23] The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and

all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and

rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

[24] And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and

with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield

and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall

judge thee according to their judgments.

[25] And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously

with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant

shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy

residue shall be devoured by the fire.

[26] They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair

jewels.

[27] Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom

brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes

unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

[28] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand

of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is

alienated:

[29] And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy

labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy

whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

[30] I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring

after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

[31] Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her

cup into thine hand.

[32] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and

large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

[33] Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of

astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

[34] Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the

sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it,

saith the Lord GOD.

[35] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and

cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy

whoredoms.

Judgment on the Sisters

36 (Eze 22:2; Isa 58:1) The Lord moreover said to me: Son of man, will you

judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

37 (Eze 16:36; 16:20-21) For they have committed adultery, and blood is in

their hands. Thus with their idols they have committed adultery

and have also caused their sons whom they bore to Me to pass through

the fire for them as food.

38 (Eze 20:13; 2Ki 21:4) Moreover they have done this to Me:

They have defiled My sanctuary in the same day and have profaned My Sabbaths.

39 (2Ki 21:4; Jer 23:11) For when they had slain their children

to their idols, then they came the same day into My sanctuary to profane it.

And thus they have done in the midst of My house.

40 (2Ki 9:30; Jer 4:30) Furthermore, they have even sent for men to come

from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and they came. For them you washed

yourself, painted your eyes, and decked yourself with ornaments.

41 (Est 1:6; Isa 65:11) And you sat on a stately couch with a table prepared

before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.

42 (Eze 16:11-12) A sound of a multitude at ease was with her,

and drunkards were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort.

And they put bracelets on the hands of the women and beautiful crowns

on their heads.

43 Then I said to her who was worn out by adulteries, "Will they now commit

harlotries with her when she is so?"

44 Yet they went in to her as they go in to a woman who plays the harlot.

So they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.

45 (Lev 20:10; Hos 6:5) But righteous men shall judge them

after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women who shed

blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.

46 (Eze 16:40; Jer 15:4) For thus says the Lord God: Bring up a company

against them and give them over to terror and devastation.

47 (Jer 39:8; Eze 16:40-41) The company shall stone them with stones

and cut them down with their swords. They shall slay their sons

and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

48 (Eze 16:41; 23:27) Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land,

that all women may be warned and not commit lewdness as you have done.

49 (Eze 7:4; 9:10) Your lewdness shall be recompensed upon you, and you shall

bear the punishment of worshipping your idols. Then you shall know

that I am the Lord God.

[36] The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and

Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;

[37] That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and

with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their

sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them

through the fire, to devour them.

[38] Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my

sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.

[39] For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came

the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done

in the midst of mine house.

[40] And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom

a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself,

paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,

[41] And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it,

whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

[42] And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men

of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put

bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

[43] Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit

whoredoms with her, and she with them?

[44] Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the

harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.

[45] And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of

adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they

are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

[46] For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and

will give them to be removed and spoiled.

[47] And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with

their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up

their houses with fire.

[48] Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may

be taught not to do after your lewdness.

[49] And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the

sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

2) Our Daily Bread for 26 August 2025 titled Power of Consistent Prayer

by Lisa M. Samra

Daniel 6:3-7,9-11

3 (Da 5:12; 5:14) Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents

and officials because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king

thought to set him over the whole realm.

4 (Ge 43:18; Jdg 14:4) Then the presidents and officials sought

to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom,

but they could find no occasion or fault because he was faithful;

nor was there any error or fault found in him.

5 (Ac 24:13-16; 24:20-21) Then these men said,

"We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel,

unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God."

6 (Da 2:4; Ne 2:3) Then these presidents and officials assembled together

to the king, and said to him: "King Darius, live forever!

7 (Ps 59:3; Da 3:2) All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors,

and the officials, the counselors, and the captains have consulted

together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree,

that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days,

save of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

9 (Ps 118:9; 146:3) Therefore King Darius signed the writing, even the decree.

10 (Ps 55:17; 95:6) Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went

into his house. And his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem,

he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks

before his God, as he had been doing previously.

11 (Ps 37:32-33; Da 6:6) Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying

and making supplication before his God.

[3] Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because

an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the

whole realm.

[4] Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel

concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault;

forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in

him.

[5] Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel,

except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

[6] Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and

said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

[7] All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the

counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal

statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of

any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into

the den of lions.

[9] Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

[10] Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his

house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he

kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks

before his God, as he did aforetime.

[11] Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making

supplication before his God.

Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington encouraged a group of young

actors to begin each day with prayer, suggesting they "put your shoes way

under the bed at night" to ensure they "gotta get on your knees

in the morning."

Developing a regular habit of prayer might take some thoughtful and even

creative planning, but it's a practice that has sustained God's people

throughout history - especially in difficult times. We see this in the life of

Daniel, who served in King Darius' administration. He quickly distinguished

himself as the top government advisor, which angered local

officials (Daniel 6:3). Out of jealousy they plotted to oust the prophet,

but quickly realised the only charge that would stick was related to

Daniel's devotion to the "the law of his God" (v. 5). Even after the officials

tricked the king into making it illegal for Daniel to pray, Daniel still "got

down on his knees, and prayed . . . just as he had done before" (v. 10).

A consistent prayer life was essential for Daniel to experience God's

sustaining strength and peace (Psalm 29:11). It helped him to triumph over the

forces seeking to destroy him. In the same way, establishing a regular time to

meet with God in prayer and making it a daily priority can help cultivate our

relationship with Him. During each difficulty we face, it's His strength that

will sustain us.

Reflect & Pray

How has a regular pattern of prayer sustained you in difficulty?

What example of prayer in the Bible encourages you?

Loving Father, please give me Your strength and mercy each morning.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 4 - Entire Forgiveness - Acts 13:38

38 (Lk 24:47; Ac 2:38) "Therefore, brothers, let it be known

to you that through this Man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,"

38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren,

that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

At age 17 Mary, a cross-country runner, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

She went on to college, faced with the prospect of gradual physical decline

and, ultimately, life in a wheelchair. "The worst part," Mary admitted "is

not the pain or the inability to do what I once did. The worst part is

the hopelessness, the emotional struggle. There is no cure, no real

treatment - only insurance."

In our fallen world, there are many incurable circumstances we have to endure.

But the guilt of our sin is not one of them. Yet despite the declaration

of the Scripture that Jesus' sacrificial death paid the price for our sins,

many of us carry a load of guilt - as if we ourselves had tp pay the price.

Paul, a man who know the grace of God and the depth of his own sin,

emphasises the source and the completeness of our forgiveness.

Through Jesus - not through my good behaviour, not through my determination to

change, not through my reputation, my family's faith, or my religious duties.

Forgiveness of sins come through Christ alone, a gift we do not deserve,

a gift which places all of us on equal ground at the foot of the cross.

To acknowledge our sin without knowing the source of forgiveness only

results in hopelessness and despair - we see ourselves, yet we are powerless

to change the sin we see. But when we realise that Christ has provided

complete forgiveness of sin, we can face our sin honestly, knowing

the freedom of confession and the restoration of forgiveness.

Application

a) In what ways have I changed myself, to "turn over a new leaf",

to "make myself worthy" of God's love?

b) How can Acts 13:38 help me remember the source of forgiveness?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Deut 29:9

9 (Dt 4:6; Jos 1:7)Therefore, keep the words of this covenant

and do them, so that you may prosper in all you do.

9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them,

that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

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

When you are ill or injured

Psalm 103:1-5

1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits,

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) who forgives all your iniquities,

who heals all your diseases,

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) who redeems your life from the pit,

who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) who satisfies your mouth with good things,

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: And all that is within me, bless his holy name.

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who healeth all thy diseases;

4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;

So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

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?)

New Brunswick

Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543

Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist

church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the

campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

And

Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .

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

http://www.ehc.ca

Day 26 of the Month

a) Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary

work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ (Matt 5:16

16 Let your light so shine before men that they may

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

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

good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

)

b) Pray for the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut

I) Pray for the leaders of Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut,

that God's Spirit would influence then to act justly,

serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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.

3 For 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 for your nation not to participate

in the sins of the world.

Pray to the Lord: "Loving Father, please give me Your strength

and mercy each morning."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus Chirst your source of

forgiveness of sins.

Pray to the Lord and pray to honour His Covenant.

Pray to the Lord and pray for His Healing.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary

work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ.

Pray that Sadou, a Fulani and former Muslim, will grow spiritually so he can

share his faith with others

in BURKINA FASO.

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.

Day 237 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

nospam@example.com (DSY) — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:35:00 +0000

Day 237, 25 August 2026

1) Ezekiel 20, Ezekiel 21

Ezekiel 20

Israel's Continuing Rebellion

1 (Eze 8:1; 1:2; 24:1) In the seventh year, in the fifth month,

on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel

came to inquire of the Lord and sat before me.

2 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

3 (Mic 3:7) Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them:

Thus says the Lord God: Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live,

says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

4 (Eze 22:2; 23:36) Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them?

Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.

5 (Ge 14:22; Ex 3:8) And say to them: Thus says the Lord God: On the day

when I chose Israel, and lifted up My hand to the seed of the house of Jacob,

and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up My hand

to them, saying, I am the Lord your God,

6 (Eze 20:15; Ex 3:8; Ps 48:2) on that day that I lifted up My hand to them

to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected

for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,

7 (Lev 18:3; Ex 20:2) then I said to them: Cast away, each of you,

the abominations of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols

of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

8 (Isa 63:10; Eze 5:13) But they rebelled against Me and would not listen

to Me. They did not cast away the abominations of their eyes, nor did they

forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I will pour out My fury upon them,

to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

9 (Eze 20:14; 20:22) But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not

be polluted before the nations among whom they were, in whose sight

I made Myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

10 Therefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt

and brought them into the wilderness.

11 (Lev 18:5; Dt 4:8) I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments,

which if a man does them, he shall live.

12 (Ex 20:8-11; Lev 21:23) Moreover I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign

between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies

them.

13 (Eze 20:21; 20:8; Dt 9:8) But the house of Israel rebelled against Me

in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes, and they despised

My judgments, which if a man does them, he shall live. And My Sabbaths

they greatly polluted. Then I said I would pour out My fury upon them

in the wilderness to consume them.

14 (Eze 20:9) But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be polluted

before the nations in whose sight I brought them out.

15 (Ps 95:11; 106:26) Also I lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness

that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing

with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,

16 (Nu 15:39; Eze 14:3-4) because they despised My judgments

and did not walk in My statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths.

For their hearts went after their idols.

17 (Eze 11:13; Jer 4:27) Nevertheless My eye spared them from destroying

them, nor did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

18 (Dt 4:3-6; Eze 20:7) But I said to their children in the wilderness:

Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments,

nor defile yourselves with their idols.

19 I am the Lord your God: Walk in My statutes, and keep My judgments,

and do them.

20 (Jer 17:22; Eze 20:12) And hallow My Sabbaths. And they shall be a sign

between Me and you that you may know that I am the Lord your God.

21 (Eze 20:13; 20:8; Nu 21:5) Yet the children rebelled against Me.

They did not walk in My statutes, nor did they keep My judgments

to do them, which if a man does them, he shall live. They polluted My Sabbaths.

Then I said I would pour out My fury upon them to accomplish My anger against

them in the wilderness.

22 (Eze 20:9; 20:14) Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name's

sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the nations in whose

sight I brought them out.

23 (Lev 26:33; Eze 20:15) I lifted up My hand to them also in the wilderness,

that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through

the countries,

24 (Eze 6:9; 20:16) because they had not executed My judgments,

but had despised My statutes and had polluted My Sabbaths, and their eyes

were after their fathers' idols.

25 (Ps 81:12; Isa 66:4) Therefore I gave them also statutes that were

not good and judgments by which they could not live.

26 (Lev 18:21; Eze 6:7) And I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts,

in that they caused to pass through the fire all who opened the womb, that

I might make them desolate in order that they might know that I am the Lord.

27 (Ro 2:24; Eze 2:7) Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel

and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Yet in this your fathers have

blasphemed Me, in that they have committed a trespass against Me.

28 (Eze 6:13; Jos 23:14) When I had brought them into the land for which

I lifted up My hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill

and all the leafy trees, and there they offered their sacrifices,

and there they presented the provocation of their offering.

There also they made their sweet savour

and there poured out their drink offerings.

29 Then I said to them: What is the high place to which you go?

And the name is called Bamah to this day.

30 (Jer 16:12; Jdg 2:19) Therefore say to the house of Israel,

Thus says the Lord God: Will you pollute yourselves after the manner

of your fathers and commit harlotry after their abominations?

31 (Ps 106:37-39; Jer 7:31) When you offer your gifts, when you make your sons

to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols,

even to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel?

As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

32 (Jer 44:17; Eze 11:5) That which comes into your mind shall not come

about when you say, "We will be as the nations,

as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone."

[1] And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth

day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of

the LORD, and sat before me.

[2] Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,

[3] Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus

saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord

GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

[4] Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to

know the abominations of their fathers:

[5] And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose

Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and

made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand

unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;

[6] In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of

the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk

and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

[7] Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his

eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your

God.

[8] But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did

not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they

forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them

to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

[9] But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before

the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto

them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

[10] Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and

brought them into the wilderness.

[11] And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a

man do, he shall even live in them.

[12] Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and

them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

[13] But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they

walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man

do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then

I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

[14] But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before

the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

[15] Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would

not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and

honey, which is the glory of all lands;

[16] Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but

polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

[17] Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I

make an end of them in the wilderness.

[18] But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the

statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile

yourselves with their idols:

[19] I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and

do them;

[20] And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you,

that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

[21] Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my

statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall

even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out

my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

[22] Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that

it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I

brought them forth.

[23] I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would

scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

[24] Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my

statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their

fathers' idols.

[25] Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments

whereby they should not live;

[26] And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass

through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate,

to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

[27] Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto

them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me,

in that they have committed a trespass against me.

[28] For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up

mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the

thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they

presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their

sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

[29] Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the

name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

[30] Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye

polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after

their abominations?

[31] For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through

the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and

shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord

GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

[32] And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say,

We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood

and stone.

God Will Restore Israel

33 (Jer 21:5) As I live, says the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand

and with a stretched-out arm and with fury poured out, I will rule over you.

34 (Eze 20:38; 34:16) And I will bring you out from the peoples and will

gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered with a mighty hand

and with a stretched-out arm and with fury poured out.

35 (Hos 2:14; Jer 2:35) I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples,

and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

36 (Nu 11:1-35; 1Co 10:5-10) As I entered into judgment with your fathers

in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment

with you, says the Lord God.

37 (Lev 27:32; Jer 33:13) I will cause you to pass under the rod,

and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

38 (Eze 13:9; Ps 95:11) And I will purge from among you the rebels

and those who transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the country

where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel.

And you shall know that I am the Lord.

39 (Jdg 10:14; Isa 1:13-15) As for you, O house of Israel, thus says

the Lord God: Go serve every one of you his idols, but later you shall

surely listen to Me. But do not pollute My holy name anymore with your gifts

and with your idols.

40 (Isa 56:7; 60:7) For on My holy mountain, on the mountain of the height

of Israel, says the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them,

shall serve Me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will seek

your offerings and the first fruits of your gifts with all your holy things.

41 (Eze 28:25; 11:17) I will accept you with your sweet savor when I bring

you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries in which you

have been scattered. And I will be sanctified among you before the nations.

42 (Eze 34:13; 38:23) You shall know that I am the Lord when I bring you

into the land of Israel, into the country for which I lifted up My hand

to give it to your fathers.

43 (Eze 6:9; Hos 5:15) There you shall remember your ways and all your deeds

in which you have been defiled. And you shall loathe yourselves in your own

sight for all your evils that you have committed.

44 (Eze 24:24; 20:9) You shall know that I am the Lord when I have dealt with

you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, or according

to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, says the Lord God.

[33] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a

stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:

[34] And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of

the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a

stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.

[35] And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will

I plead with you face to face.

[36] Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of

Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.

[37] And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into

the bond of the covenant:

[38] And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that

transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they

sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know

that I am the LORD.

[39] As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye

every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but

pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

[40] For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,

saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the

land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your

offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy

things.

[41] I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the

people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered;

and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

[42] And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the

land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give

it to your fathers.

[43] And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye

have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all

your evils that ye have committed.

[44] And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for

my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your

corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

A Prophecy Against the Negev

45 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

46 (Eze 21:2; Am 7:16) Son of man, set your face toward the south,

preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negev.

47 (Jer 21:14; Isa 9:18-19) And say to the forest of the Negev,

Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God:

I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you

and every dry tree. The flaming flame shall not be quenched,

and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned in it.

48 All flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it.

It shall not be quenched.

49 (Jn 16:25) Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! They say of me,

'Does he not speak parables?' "

[45] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[46] Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward

the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

[47] And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus

saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall

devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall

not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned

therein.

[48] And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not

be quenched.

[49] Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Ezekiel 21

Babylon, the Sword of the Lord

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 20:46; 4:7; 25:2) Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem,

and speak against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

3 (Job 9:22; Jer 21:13) and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord:

I am against you, and will draw My sword from its sheath, and will cut off

from you the righteous and the wicked.

4 (Eze 20:47; 7:2) Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous

and the wicked, therefore My sword shall be drawn from its sheath

against all flesh from the south to the north,

5 (Eze 21:30; Na 1:9) that all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn

forth My sword from its sheath. It shall not return anymore.

6 (Isa 22:4; Eze 6:11) As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart

and bitter grief, groan before their eyes.

7 Eze 7:17; Isa 13:7It shall be when they say to you, "Why do you groan?"

that you shall answer, "Because of the news that is coming. And every heart

shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint,

and all knees shall be weak as water. It comes and shall be brought to pass,"

says the Lord God.

8 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

9 (Eze 21:3) Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord! Say:

A sword, a sword is sharpened

and also furbished!

10 (Ps 110:5-6; Eze 20:47) It is sharpened to make a slaughter;

it is furbished so that it may glitter like lightning.

Should we then make cheer, the rod of My son despising every tree?

11 (Eze 21:19) He has given it to be furbished,

that it may be handled;

the sword is sharpened,

and it is furbished to give it into the hand of the slayer.

12 (Eze 21:6; Joel 1:13) Cry out and howl, son of man;

for it shall be against My people,

it shall be against all the officials of Israel.

Terrors by reason of the sword

shall be upon My people;

therefore strike your thigh.

13 (Eze 21:10) Because it is a trial, and what if even the rod which

despises shall be no more? says the Lord God.

14 (Nu 24:10; 2Ki 24:1) You therefore, son of man, prophesy

and clap your hands together.

And let the sword be doubled

the third time,

the sword of the slain.

It is the sword of the great one slain,

which surrounds them.

15 (Jer 17:27; Eze 21:7) That their hearts may faint,

and many fall at all their gates,

I have given the glittering sword.

Ah! It is made for striking like lightning;

it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

16 Show yourself sharp, go to the right hand.

Set yourself. Go to the left hand,

wherever your edge is set.

17 (Eze 5:13; 21:14) I will also clap My hands together,

and I will cause My fury to rest;

I the Lord have spoken.

18 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:

19 (Jer 1:10; Eze 4:1-3) As for you, son of man, appoint two ways

for the sword of the king of Babylon to come. Both of them shall come out

of one land. And make a signpost. Make it at the head of the way to the city.

20 (Jer 49:2; Am 1:14) Appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah

of the sons of Ammon and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

21 (Ge 31:19; Pr 16:33) For the king of Babylon stands at the parting

of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination:

He shakes the arrows, he consults the images, he looks in the liver.

22 (Eze 4:2; 26:9) At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem:

to appoint battering rams, to open the mouth for the slaughter,

to lift up the voice with a battle shout, to appoint battering rams

against the gates, to cast up a ramp, and to build a siege tower.

23 (Nu 5:15; Eze 21:24) It shall be to them as a false divination

in their sight, to those who have sworn oaths. But he will call

to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be seized.

24 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have made your iniquity

to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that

in all your deeds your sins do appear, because, I say, that you have

come to remembrance, you shall be seized with the hand.

25 (Eze 35:5; 2Ch 36:13) You, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day

has come in the time of the punishment of the end,

26 (Eze 17:24; Ps 75:7) thus says the Lord God: Remove the diadem

and take off the crown. This shall not be the same anymore.

Exalt what is low, and abase what is high.

27 (Ps 2:6; Ge 49:10) A ruin, a ruin, a ruin I shall make it.

And it shall be no more until He comes whose right it is,

and I shall give it to Him.

Ezekiel 21

[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the

holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

[3] And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against

thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from

thee the righteous and the wicked.

[4] Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked,

therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from

the south to the north:

[5] That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of

his sheath: it shall not return any more.

[6] Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and

with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

[7] And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that

thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall

melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all

knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to

pass, saith the Lord GOD.

[8] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[9] Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a

sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

[10] It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may

glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as

every tree.

[11] And he hath give it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword

is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

[12] Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be

upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon

my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

[13] Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it

shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

[14] Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together,

and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is

the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy

chambers.

[15] I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their

heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright,

it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

[16] Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left,

whithersoever thy face is set.

[17] I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to

rest: I the LORD have said it.

[18] The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

[19] Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the

king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and

choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

[20] Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites,

and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

[21] For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of

the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted

with images, he looked in the liver.

[22] At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint

captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with

shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and

to build a fort.

[23] And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them

that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that

they may be taken.

[24] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity

to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all

your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to

remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

[25] And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when

iniquity shall have an end,

[26] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown:

this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

[27] I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until

he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

A Sword Against the Ammonites

28 (Eze 21:9-10; 21:20) You, son of man, prophesy and say: Thus says

the Lord God concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach,

and say,

The sword, the sword is drawn,

furbished for the slaughter,

to cause it to consume

that it may be like lightning,

29 (Eze 21:25; 22:28) while they see vanity for you,

while they divine a lie to you

to bring you upon the necks

of the wicked who are slain,

whose day has come

in the time of the punishment of the end.

30 (Jer 47:6-7; Eze 16:38) Return it to its sheath.

I will judge you

in the place where you were created,

in the land of your nativity.

31 (Ps 18:15; Isa 30:33) I will pour out My indignation upon you;

I will blow against you in the fire of My wrath,

and deliver you into the hand of cruel men,

skilled in destruction.

32 (Eze 25:10; Mal 4:1) You shall be fuel to the fire;

your blood shall be in the midst of the land.

You shall be no more remembered,

for I the Lord have spoken.

[28] And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD

concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The

sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume

because of the glittering:

[29] Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee,

to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose

day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

[30] Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the

place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

[31] And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against

thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men,

and skilful to destroy.

[32] Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of

the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.

2) Our Daily Bread for 25 August 2026 Titled God Sees All by Leslie Koh

Amos 9:2-4,11-12,14-15

Destruction of the Sanctuary

2 (Jer 51:53; Ob 1:4) Though they dig down to Sheol,

from there My hand will capture them;

though they climb up to the heavens,

from there I will bring them down;

3 (Jer 16:16; Job 34:22) though they hide on the top of Carmel,

from there I will search and catch them;

though they hide from My sight on the bottom of the sea,

from there will I command the serpent to bite them;

4 (Lev 26:33; Jer 44:11) and though they go into captivity

before their enemies, from there will I command the sword to slay them.

I will set My eyes upon them for evil and not for good.

Restoration of the Davidic Kingdom

11 (Ps 80:12; Isa 16:5) On that day will I raise up

the hut of David that is fallen;

I will close up its breached walls,

raise up its ruins,

and rebuild it as in the days of old;

12 (Isa 43:7; 11:14) that they may possess the remnant of Edom,

and of all the nations called by My name,

says the Lord who will do this.

14 (Jer 30:18; Isa 61:4; Jer 30:3) I will restore the fortunes

of My people Israel;

they will rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;

they will plant vineyards and drink their wine;

they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

15 (Isa 60:21; Jer 24:6) I will plant them upon their land,

and no more will they be uprooted

out of their land which I have given them.

The Lord your God has spoken.

Amos 9

[2] Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though

they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

[3] And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and

take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of

the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

[4] And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I

command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon

them for evil, and not for good.

[11] In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen,

and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will

build it as in the days of old:

[12] That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen,

which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

[14] And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they

shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards,

and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit

of them.

[15] And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be

pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

Michael couldn’t help laughing as Grace hid behind a menu. They were playing a

game of hide-and-seek at the table in a café while waiting for the food. The

five-year-old thought that if she couldn't see her father, then he couldn't

see her. It seemed silly at the time, but as Michael reflected on the

situation later, he realised it contained an important lesson: Do we believe

we can hide our sins from God? Do we think that if we can't see Him,

then He can't see us?

In Amos 9, this same point is made when God, speaking through the prophet,

warns Israel not to think they can escape judgment for their sins: "Though

they hide themselves . . . I will hunt them down." He said, "I will keep my

eye on them” (vv. 3-4). Nothing escapes the eyes of the all-seeing,

all-knowing God.

But the warning also came with a message of hope. In verses 11-15, God

promises restoration: "I will restore David's fallen shelter - I will repair

its broken walls" (v. 11). After suffering the consequences of their sin,

God's people would be restored and given bountiful blessings (vv. 13-15).

Just as God sees our failings, He also sees our repentance, and He's ready to

forgive and restore. As we draw comfort from this truth, let’s hold on tightly

to our holy and righteous God, who is full of mercy and grace.

Reflect & Pray

What sins are you struggling with?

How will you respond to God's readiness to restore?

All-knowing God, nothing I do, think, say, or feel is hidden from

You. Thank You for Your mercy and grace, for my hope is in You alone.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 3 - The Remedy

Acts 4:12

12 (Mt 1:21; Jn 3:36) "There is no salvation in any other,

for there is no other name under heaven given among men

by which we must be saved."

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name

under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

"You have cancer", the doctor told his patient. "We need to operate

- as soon as possible. It's the only remedy." The patient, not wanting

to undergo surgery unless it was absolutely necessary, sought out a second

opinion, then a third. When the third round of testing came up with the same

results, she returned to the doctor and submitted herself to the treatment.

Often the remedy for the problems in our lives seems worst than the problems

themselves. We don't want to endure the pain of self-examination, of honest

confrontation with our sin and selfishness. We'd rather live in "blissful

ignorance" than face up to ourselves.

But the Bible tells us there is only one remedy for sin: casting ourselves

upon the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. Submitting ourselves to God's

"treatment" for sin is not an easy matter or a simple decision. We have to

give up on ourselves, on our own striving for self-salvation. We have to come

to the agonising realisation of our sin, the depths to which we have fallen.

Acknowledging sin is not a duty simply for "bad" people who have lived in

rebellion against God. "Good" people - Sunday-school kids, moral parents,

and sweet little grandmothers - may have more difficulty coming to Christ

than swindlers and prostitutes, precisely because their sin is not as

visible - sometimes it is even applauded by church and society.

"Good" or "bad", we all have the same problem: sin. And, because

of the Lord's grace, we all have the same remedy: salvation through Christ.

As we look to him, not to others, and see ourselves in light of his holiness,

we can glimpse the seriousness of our own resistance to him and call upon

his name.

Application

a) What other "remedies" have I tried to use in treating my sin?

b) Why is Jesus Christ the only source of salvation?

c) How can this verse help me to see the "salvation"

of Christ in the daily struggles of life?

4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland

Joshua 1:8

8 (Ps 19:14; 119:15) This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth.

Meditate on it day and night so that you may act carefully according to all

that is written in it. For then you will make your way successful,

and you will be wise.

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.

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

When you are discouraged or Depressed

Matthew 11:25-30

25 (Ps 8:2; Jn 11:41) At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, O Father,

Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things

from the wise and prudent and revealed them to infants.

26 Even so, Father, for it seemed good in Your sight.

27 (Jn 10:15; Mt 28:18; Jn 1:18) "All things are delivered to Me

by My Father, and no one knows the Son, except the Father.

And no one knows the Father, except the Son and he to whom

the Son will reveal Him.

28 (Jn 7:37; 6:37) "Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavily

burdened, and I will give you rest.

29 (Jer 6:16; Jn 13:15) Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me.

For I am meek and lowly in heart,

and you will find rest for your souls.(Jer 6:16).

30 (1Jn 5:3) For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light."

because He has dealt bountifully with me.

The Hidden Revelation

25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father,

Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things

from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man

knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father,

save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,

and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek

and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

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?)

New Brunswick

Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543

Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist

church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the

campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

And

Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .

a) Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or

community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.

(Acts 2: 41,47b

41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized,

and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:

and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

)

b) Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true

justice for all.

( Prov 11:1

1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,

but a just weight is His delight.

1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:

But a just weight is his delight.

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord to honour His commandments and His

Covenant.

Pray to the Lord: "All-knowing God, nothing I do, think, say, or feel is

hidden from You. Thank You for Your mercy and grace, for my hope is in You

alone."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus as the Only source of Salvation.

Pray to the Lord and pray to meditate on the Word of the Lord

that is will not depart from you.

Pray to the Lord and pray to rest n the Lord.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or

community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.

Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true

justice for all.

Pray for the ongoing efforts of ministry workers who are persevering

in areas targeted by Boko Haram in

Cameroon.

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.

Day 236 of My 6th bible Study Journey

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Day 236, 24 August 2025

1) Ezekiel 17, Ezekiel 18, Ezekiel 19

Ezekiel 17

Two Eagles and a Vine

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 20:49) Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable

to the house of Israel,

3 (Jer 48:40; Hos 8:1) and say, Thus says the Lord God:

A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers which had

various colors, came to Lebanon and took away the highest branch of the cedar.

4 He cropped off the top of its young twigs and carried it into

a land of merchants. He set it in a city of dealers.

5 (Dt 8:7-9; Isa 44:4) He took also some of the seed of the land

and planted it in a fruitful field. He placed it by great waters

and set it as a willow tree.

6 (Eze 17:14) It grew and became a spreading vine of low stature,

whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under it.

So it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

7 (Eze 17:15; 31:4) There was also another great eagle with great wings

and many feathers. And this vine bent its roots toward him and shot forth

its branches toward him, that he might water it by the bed

where it was planted.

8 It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth

branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a splendid vine.

9 Say: Thus says the Lord God: Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots

and cut off its fruit, so that it withers, so that all its spring leaves

wither? It will not take a great power or many people to pull it

from its roots.

10 (Hos 13:15) Though it has been planted, will it prosper? Shall it not

utterly wither when the east wind hits it? It shall wither in the furrows

where it grew.

11 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

12 (Eze 24:19; 1:2) Say now to the rebellious house: Do you not know

what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem,

and took its king and its officials, and led them to him in Babylon.

13 (2Ch 36:13; 2Ki 24:15-17) He took one of the king's seed,

and made a covenant with him, and put him under oath. He has also taken

away the mighty of the land,

14 (Eze 29:14) that the kingdom might be debased, that it might not lift

itself up, but by the keeping of his covenant it might stand.

15 (Dt 17:16; 2Ki 24:20) But he rebelled against him in sending

his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses

and much people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape who does such things?

Can he indeed break the covenant and be delivered?

16 (Eze 12:13; Jer 52:11) As I live, says the Lord God, surely in the country

of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant

he broke, in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

17 (Jer 37:7; Isa 36:6) Nor shall Pharaoh with his mighty army

and great company help him in the war by casting up mounts

and building forts to cut off many persons.

18 (1Ch 29:24) Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant,

when he had given his allegiance and has done all these things,

he shall not escape.

19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely My oath that he has

despised and My covenant that he has broken, I will inflict upon his own head.

20 (Eze 12:13; Jer 2:35) I will spread My net upon him, and he shall be taken

in My snare, and I will bring him to Babylon and will enter into judgment

with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against Me.

21 (2Ki 25:5; 25:11) All the choice men in all his troops shall fall

by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward all winds.

And you shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.

22 (Eze 20:40; Ps 2:6) Thus says the Lord God: I will also take of the highest

branch of the high cedar and set it aside. I will crop off from the top

of its young twigs a tender one and will plant it on a high

and lofty mountain.

23 (Eze 31:6; Mt 13:32) On the mountain of the height of Israel I will plant

it. And it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a splendid cedar.

And under it all fowl of every wing shall nest. In the shadow of its branches

they shall nest.

24 (Eze 22:14; Am 9:11) All the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord

have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up

the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish.

I, the Lord, have spoken and will do it.

Ezekiel 17

[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of

Israel;

[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings,

longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon,

and took the highest branch of the cedar:

[4] He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of

traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

[5] He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful

field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

[6] And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches

turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a

vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

[7] There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers:

and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her

branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

[8] It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring

forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

[9] Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull

up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it

shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or

many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

[10] Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly

wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows

where it grew.

[11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[12] Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean?

tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken

the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to

Babylon;

[13] And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and

hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

[14] That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but

that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

[15] But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that

they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he

escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be

delivered?

[16] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king

dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he

brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

[17] Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for

him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many

persons:

[18] Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had

given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

[19] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he

hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I

recompense upon his own head.

[20] And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare,

and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his

trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

[21] And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and

they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that

I the LORD have spoken it.

[22] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the

high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young

twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

[23] In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall

bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it

shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof

shall they dwell.

[24] And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought

down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree,

and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have brought down the

high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have

made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.

Ezekiel 18

The Soul Who Sins Will Die

1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:

2 (Isa 3:15; La 5:7) What do you mean in using this proverb

concerning the land of Israel, saying:

"The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

and the children's teeth are set on edge"?

3 As I live, says the Lord God, you shall not have occasion anymore

to use this proverb in Israel.

4 (Eze 18:20; Ro 6:23; Nu 16:22) All souls are Mine. The soul of the father,

so also the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins shall die.

5 But if a man is righteous

and does that which is lawful and right,

6 (Eze 18:15; Dt 4:19; Eze 6:13) and has not eaten on the mountains;

nor has he lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,

nor has he defiled his neighbor's wife,

nor has he approached a woman during her impurity;

7 (Eze 18:16; 18:12; Ex 22:26) and he has not oppressed anyone,

but has restored to the debtor his pledge;

has devastated no one by violence,

has given his bread to the hungry,

and has covered the naked with a garment;

8 (Ex 22:25; Zec 8:16; Dt 23:19-20) if he has not lent at interest,

nor has taken any increase,

but has withdrawn his hand from iniquity,

has executed true justice between man and man;

9 (Am 5:4; Eze 18:17) has walked in My statutes,

and has kept My judgments to deal truly,

he is righteous

and shall surely live,

says the Lord God.

10 (Ex 21:12) If he begets a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood,

and who does any of these things to a brother

11 (though he himself does not do any of these things),

but even has eaten on the mountain shrines

and defiled his neighbor's wife;

12 (Eze 8:6; 8:17) has oppressed the poor and needy,

has devastated by violence,

has not restored the pledge,

and has lifted up his eyes to the idols,

has committed abomination,

13 (Ex 22:25; Lev 20:9) has lent at interest, and has taken increase,

shall he then live?

He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die.

His blood shall be upon his own head.

14 (2Ch 34:21; Pr 23:24) Now if he begets a son who sees all his father's

sins which he has done, and considering does not do likewise:

15 He has not eaten on the mountain shrines,

nor has he lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,

has not defiled his neighbor's wife;

16 (Eze 18:7) nor has he oppressed anyone,

has not withheld a pledge,

nor has he devastated by violence,

but has given his bread to the hungry,

and has covered the naked with a garment;

17 (Eze 18:8-9) he keeps his hand from the poor,

has not received usury nor increase,

has executed My judgments, and has walked in My statutes.

He shall not die for the iniquity of his father; he shall surely live.

18 (Eze 3:18) As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, devastated

his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people,

he shall die for his iniquity.

[1] The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

[2] What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel,

saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set

on edge?

[3] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to

use this proverb in Israel.

[4] Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul

of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

[5] But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

[6] And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes

to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's

wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

[7] And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge,

hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath

covered the naked with a garment;

[8] He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any

increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true

judgment between man and man,

[9] Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly;

he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

[10] If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth

the like to any one of these things,

[11] And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the

mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

[12] Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not

restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath

committed abomination,

[13] Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then

live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall

surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

[14] Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he

hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

[15] That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes

to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

[16] Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither

hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath

covered the naked with a garment,

[17] That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received

usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes;

he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

[18] As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by

violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall

die in his iniquity.

Repent and Live

19 (Ex 20:5; Jer 15:4) Yet you say, "Why should the son not bear

the punishment of the iniquity of the father?" When the son has done

what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes, and has done them,

he shall surely live.

20 (Dt 24:16; 2Ki 14:6) The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not

bear the punishment of the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father

bear the punishment of the iniquity of the son. The righteousness

of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked

shall be upon himself.

21 (Eze 18:27-28; 33:19) But if the wicked turns from all his sins

that he has committed, and keeps all My statutes, and does that which

is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

22 (Ps 18:20-24; Isa 43:25) All his transgressions that he has committed,

they shall not be remembered against him. Because of his righteousness

that he has done, he shall live.

23 (Eze 33:11; Ps 147:11) Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,

says the Lord God, but rather that he should turn from his ways and live?

24 (1Sa 15:11; Eze 33:18) But when a righteous man turns away

from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all

the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live?

All his righteousness that he has done shall not be remembered for his

trespass that he has committed and in his sin that he has done.

In them he shall die.

25 (Eze 33:17; Ge 18:25) Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not right."

Hear now, O house of Israel. Is not My way right? Are not your ways not right?

26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness

and commits iniquity,

he dies in it. For his iniquity that he has done he shall die.

27 (Isa 1:18; 55:7) Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness

that he has committed and does that which is lawful and right,

he shall save his soul.

28 Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions

that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

29 Yet the house of Israel says, "The way of the Lord is not right."

O house of Israel, are not My ways right? Are not your ways not right?

30 (Eze 18:21; 7:3) Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one

according to his ways, says the Lord God. Repent, and turn away from all your

transgressions so that iniquity shall not be your ruin.

31 (Eze 11:19; Ps 51:10) Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby

you have transgressed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.

For why will you die, O house of Israel?

32 (Eze 18:23) For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,

says the Lord God. Therefore, repent and live.

[19] Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When

the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my

statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

[20] The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the

iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the

son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the

wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

[21] But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed,

and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall

surely live, he shall not die.

[22] All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be

mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

[23] Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord

GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

[24] But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and

committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the

wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done

shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his

sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

[25] Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of

Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

[26] When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and

committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done

shall he die.

[27] Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he

hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his

soul alive.

[28] Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions

that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

[29] Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O

house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

[30] Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to

his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your

transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

[31] Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have

transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye

die, O house of Israel?

[32] For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord

GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Ezekiel 19

A Lament for Israel's Princes

1 (2Ki 24:6; Eze 26:17) Moreover take up a lamentation

for the officials of Israel,

2 and say:

What was your mother?

A lioness among lions!

She lay down among young lions;

she nourished her whelps.

3 When she brought up one of her whelps,

he became a lion

and learned to catch his prey;

he devoured men.

4 (2Ki 23:33-34; 2Ch 36:4) The nations also heard of him;

he was taken in their pit,

and they brought him with chains

to the land of Egypt.

5 Now when she saw as she had waited

that her hope was lost,

then she took another of her whelps

and made him a young lion.

6 He went up and down among the lions;

he became a young lion,

and learned to catch the prey,

and devoured men.

7 (Eze 30:12) He destroyed their fortified palaces,

and he laid waste their cities;

and the land and its fullness

were appalled by the noise of his roaring.

8 (Eze 12:13; 19:4) Then the nations set against him

on every side from their provinces,

and spread their net over him;

he was taken in their pit.

9 (2Ch 36:6; Eze 6:2) They put him in a cage with hooks

and brought him to the king of Babylon;

they brought him in hunting nets,

so that his voice would be heard no more

on the mountains of Israel.

10 (Ps 80:8-11; Dt 8:7) Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,

planted by the waters;

it was fruitful and full of branches

by reason of many waters.

11 (Eze 31:3; Ps 80:15) It had strong rods

for the scepters of those who rule.

And its stature

was exalted above the clouds,

so it appeared in its height

with the multitude of its branches.

12 (Eze 17:10; Hos 13:15) But it was plucked up in fury,

it was cast down to the ground,

and the east wind dried up its fruit.

Its strong rod was broken and it withered;

the fire consumed it.

13 (Hos 2:3; Eze 19:10) Now it is planted in the wilderness,

in a dry and thirsty ground.

14 (2Ki 24:20; Eze 19:1) Fire has gone out from its branch;

it has devoured its shoots and fruit,

so that there is no strong rod in it,

a scepter to rule.

This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

Ezekiel 19

[1] Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

[2] And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she

nourished her whelps among young lions.

[3] And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it

learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

[4] The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they

brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

[5] Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she

took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

[6] And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and

learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

[7] And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and

the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

[8] Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and

spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

[9] And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of

Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be

heard upon the mountains of Israel.

[10] Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was

fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

[11] And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and

her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her

height with the multitude of her branches.

[12] But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and

the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered;

the fire consumed them.

[13] And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

[14] And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her

fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a

lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

2) Our Daily Bread for 24 August 2026 titled

Fighting for You By Karen Pimpo

Exodus 14:10-18

10 (Jos 24:7; Ne 9:9) When Pharaoh drew near,

the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and indeed,

the Egyptians were marching after them,

and they were extremely terrified,

so the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.

11 (Ps 106:7-8) Then they said to Moses,

"Is it because there were no graves in Egypt

that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness?

Why have you dealt with us in this way, bringing us out of Egypt?

12 (Ex 5:21) Is not this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt,

saying, 'Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians'?

For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians

than to die in the wilderness."

(Oh how courage can melt away in the greatness of aversity)

13 (Ex 14:30; 2Ch 20:17; 20:15) But Moses said to the people,

"Fear not! Stand firm! And see the salvation of the Lord,

which He will show you today. For the Egyptians

whom you have seen today, you shall never see again.

14 (Ex 14:25; Dt 1:30) The Lord shall fight for you,

while you hold your peace."

(The Lord is always on our side fighting for us)

15 The Lord said to Moses, "Why do you cry out to Me?

Speak to the children of Israel, so that they go forward.

16 (Ex 4:17; 7:19) And as for you, lift up your rod,

and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it;

then the children of Israel shall go on dry ground

through the midst of the sea.

17 (Ex 14:4; 14:8) As for Me, surely,

I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,

so that they shall follow them,

and I will be honored through Pharaoh,

through all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.

18 (Ex 7:5) Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord

when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen."

[10] And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their

eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore

afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.

[11] And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast

thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus

with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

[12] Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us

alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to

serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

[13] And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the

salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians

whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

[14] The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

[15] And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto

the children of Israel, that they go forward:

[16] But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and

divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the

midst of the sea.

[17] And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they

shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his

host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

[18] And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me

honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

Professional boxer Jim Braddock was known as someone who fought not for riches

and fame but to put food on the table for his family. The movie Cinderella Man

chronicles his fairytale-like comeback from a past-his-prime boxer to the

world heavyweight champion. While facing extreme poverty during the Great

Depression, Jim repeatedly sacrificed his own resources, health, and pride to

provide for his children. He was never intimidated by an opponent

and courageously endured pummeling in the ring to keep his family safe.

Jim’s legacy is one of passionate defense of his family. We, too, have a

passionate defender who has promised to take our place in the ring. When the

Israelites faced Pharaoh's mighty army after their escape from slavery in

Egypt, they were terrified and cried out to God. "It would have been better

for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!" they foolishly said

(Exodus 14:12). But Moses replied in faith, "The Lord will fight for you; you

need only to be still” (v. 14). And without any action from the Israelites,

their enemies were literally swept away by the sea as God supernaturally ended

the battle before it even began.

Sometimes it feels like we're facing the trials of life or arrows from the

enemy, Satan, on our own (see Psalm 91:5). But God's with us

(Deuteronomy 31:6), and He fights for us; we need only to be still.

Reflect & Pray

What battle are you tempted to fight on your own?

What does it look like to "be still" as you trust God to fight for you?

Dear Jesus, I trust You as You fight for me.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 2 - Earning Death

Romans 6:23

23 (Ro 5:12; Ge 2:17; Ro 2:7) For the wages of sin is death,

but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal

life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

"I only want my rights," declares the belligerent Big Ghost, one of the

characters in C. S. Lewis's classic, The Great Divorce. "I'm not asking

for anybody's bleeding charity."

"Then do. At once," his angelic friend Len urges. "Ask for the Bleeding

Charity. Everything is here for the asking and nothing can be bought."

Often we are much like the Ghost in Lewis's tale of heaven and hell.

We want "What we deserve," and being blind to our own sin, we think

we deserve praise, or al least mercy. But Paul is very clear on what

we have coming: "The wages of sin is death".

We work for our wages - we've earned our paycheque, and we deserve it.

We don't have to thank anyone for paying us - it's our due, not a gift.

Similarly, the paycheque issued to us in renumeration for our sin is

what we deserve: death.

Yet, if we are willing to lay aside our pride and accept God's gift,

we can live. "The gift of God is eternal life." Nothing we can do or say

can make us worthy of the gift of life. We are sinners by nature and we

rebel against God in our choices. Yet God, in Christ, offers grace to us,

freedom from sin, liberty from the burden of trying to earn his favour.

Ironically, freedom and peace in the Christian life come not through

justifying ourselves and making ourselves look good, but through

acknowledging the depth of our sin ad our ability to do anything about it.

When we realise that we are trapped in out sinful selves and only

Christ can free us, then we are ready to journey toward grace and freedom.

Application

a) In what way's have I tried to "earn" the gift of eternal life?

b) What can I do to focus on God's grace and realise

that I cannot accomplish my own salvation?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Proverbs 22:7

7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

7 The rich ruleth over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.

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

When you are Saddened by Loss

John 14:1 - 7

1 "Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in Me.

2 In My Father's house are many dwelling places.

If it were not so, I would have told you.

I am going to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again

and receive you to Myself,

that where I am, you may be also.

4 You know where I am going, and you know the way."

5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know

where You are going. How can we know the way?"

6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth,

and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

7 If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.

From now on you do know Him and have seen Him."

1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so,

I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,

and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest;

and how can we know the way?

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:

no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also:

and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen 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?)

New Brunswick

Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543

Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist

church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the

campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

And

Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .

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

http://www.ehc.ca

Day 24 of the Month

a) Pray that the Lord will open a door for the message for the Gospel

at every level of Canadian Society. (

Col 4:3

3 while praying also for us, that God would open to

us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ,

for which I am also in chains,

3 withal praying also for us, that God would open unto

us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ,

for which I am also in bonds:

)

b) Pray for the Province of Saskatchewan

I) Pray for the leaders of Saskatchewan,

that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.

III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray of prayer of repentance of your sin.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, I trust You as You fight for me."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Lord Jesus Christ as the only source of

Salvation.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be neither borrower nor sender.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know The Lord

is preparing place for your in Heaven.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- 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!

Pray that the Lord will open a door for the message for the Gospel

at every level of Canadian Society.

As turning from Islam to Christianity is considered a crime in the

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,

pray for the courage of new converts.

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.