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    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2026 edition?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ontario&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Quick facts on Muslims in Ontario&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ontario 2015 population  13 687 7000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
est Muslim Population     1 001 542&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
CNMM Networks:  Ottawa, Durham, York, Toronto, Mississauga, Halton, Hamilton,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                   Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ontario has 55% of all of Canada&#039;s entire Muslim population. This means that &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the whole of the Muslim world is represented somewhere in this province. Most&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Muslims are understandably located along the southern border stretching&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
from Windsor eastward all the way up to Ottawa. Yet Muslims are constantly &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
resettling in more and more suburban and even small towns of Ontario. Mosques &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
are springing up, and where there are enough gathered, Islamic schools &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
are starting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And they&#039;re not complacent, either. Many Islamic leaders are energetic in their&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
advancement of Islam in Canadian society. Recently in the Niagara Region,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the local mosque distributed via Canada Post as many as 50000 full-colour &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
brochures on Islam. An that mosque&#039;s Facebook page proudly show pictures of &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;reverts&quot;, or white Canadians who have converted to Islam as a result of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
receiving the flier and engaging with the mosque community.  Another town &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
reports  Muslims going door-to-door evangelism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Agree in prayer for:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- net network leaders - the need is great&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- the development of network leadership teams&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  whom God is calling into this ministry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   believers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Adding further&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Under the Keep Praying page&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Eid al-Fitr, the &quot;Festival of Breaking the Fast&quot;, will start! After 30 days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of fasting, the Eid  celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
decorated and festivals will be held.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Islam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying &quot;Eid Mubarak&quot;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which means Blessed Eid!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
know, and Muslims around the world:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Acts 2:12-17 :  17 &quot;In the last days it shall be,&quot; says God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.  20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.&quot;[a]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Footnotes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
discipleship movements among Muslim people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god&#039;s heart for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Matthew 5:14-15  : 14 &quot;You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
house.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ideas for prayer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Christ among Muslim people - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Romans 12:13 &quot;contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you for praying through the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;My name is Kam. I&#039;m 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
cannabis. I didn&#039;t know how to stop or how to get help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I&#039;d known before. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
through the power of the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ROMANS 15:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.ehc.ca&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Day 28 of the Month&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a) Pray for new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
John 5:24&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 (Jn 3:18; 1Jn 3:14; Jn 3:36) &quot;Truly, truly I say to you, whoever&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hears My word and believes in Him who sent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Me has eternal life and shall not come into condemnation,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but has passed from death into life.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
b) Pray for God&#039;s kingdom to come in the life of someone you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
know today . (&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Lord&#039;s prayer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Matthew 6:9-13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 &quot;Therefore pray in this manner:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Our Father who is in heaven,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hallowed be Your name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Your will be done&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
on earth, as it is in heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as we forgive our debtors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but deliver us from evil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. &quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 Give us this day our daily bread. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Conclusion:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray to keep His statutes and be undefiled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord: &quot;Loving God, I want to be honest with You about _________.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord who has redeemed you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray to the riches of obedience to the Creator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray to give Him praise for He is good all the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Agree in prayer for Ontario:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- get network leaders - the need is great&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- the development of network leadership teams&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  whom God is calling into this ministry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   believers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Christ among Muslim people - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Romans 12:13 &quot;contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray for new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray for God&#039;s kingdom to come in the life of someone you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
know today .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray that Christians will be strong witnesses in &lt;a &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
href=&quot;https://www.vomcanada.com/Table/Resources-News-Articles/Sierra-Leone/&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SIERRA LEONE&lt;/a&gt;, shining the light of Christ in areas of spiritual darkness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Remember eternity starts now -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 
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    <title>Day 148 of My 6th Bible Study Journey Part 3</title>
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    3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 5 Called by Name&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Isaiah 43:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 But now, thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and He who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I have called you by your name; you are Mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Eric, age 4, somehow lost his mother in a large and busy department store.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Found sobbing under a coat rack, the boy tried to tell the security guard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
where he was when he got separated from his mother. Finally the guard said,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;what&#039;s your name, Son? Who do you belong to?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The child brightened a bit, gave the guard his name, and within minutes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the frantic mother was reunited with her lost son.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
One of the first questions we are asked, both as children and adults, is&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;What is your name?&quot; - that is, &quot;Who are you? Who do you belong to?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Children bear the name of their parents, and most women,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
except for professional reasons,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
take the name of their husbands when they marry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Our names are our primary method of identification;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
they connect us with our heritage and those we love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In Isaiah 43:1, God declares that we belong to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Lord who created us and formed us says,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.&quot; God&#039;s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
right of ownership in our lives extends beyond the bond of family and friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of parent, child, or spouse. We belong first to him;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
we are called by him into oneness with him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Scripture is filled with images of the Lord&#039;s care for us;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
when we are lost, he does&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
not wait for us to find him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but takes the initiative, like a loving parent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to seek us out. That declaration of belonging can give us&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a strong sense of security in our lives. God loves us;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
he will never let us go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Application&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a) What experiences have I had of being lost of abandoned?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
b) How can today&#039;s verse help me find security in belonging to God?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Gen 13:2,5-6,14-17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 (Ge 24:35; Ps 112:1-3) Abram was very wealthy in livestock,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in silver and in gold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 (Ge 36:6-7) But the land was not able to support them&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
both dwelling together because their possessions were so great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 (Ge 28:14; Dt 3:27) After Lot had departed from him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the Lord said to Abram,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
northward and southward and eastward and westward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 (Ge 12:7; 2Ch 20:7) All the land that you see I will give to you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and to your descendants forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 (Ge 28:14; Nu 23:10) I will make your descendants like the dust&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the earth, so that if a man could number the dust of the earth,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
then your descendants could also be numbered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 Arise, and walk throughout the land across its length&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and its width, for I will give it to you.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and southward, and eastward, and westward:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and to thy seed for ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for I will give it unto thee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5) From a Book called God&#039;s Promises for you:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God&#039;s Generous Provision&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ps 145:13b-21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 Your dominion endures throughout all generations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and raises up all who are bowed down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and You give them their food in due season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 You open Your hand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and loving in all His works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 The Lord is near to all those who call upon Him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to all who call upon Him in truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He also will hear their cry and will save them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 The Lord preserves all those who love Him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but all the wicked He will destroy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and let all people bless His holy name&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
forever and ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And thou givest them their meat in due season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 Thou openest thine hand,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And holy in all his works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To all that call upon him in truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He also will hear their cry, and will save them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
But all the wicked will he destroy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Remember God&#039;s promises when You pray&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Lord&#039;s prayer &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Matthew 6:9-13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 &quot;Therefore pray in this manner:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Our Father who is in heaven,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hallowed be Your name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Your will be done&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
on earth, as it is in heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as we forgive our debtors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but deliver us from evil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 Give us this day our daily bread. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 
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    Heth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
57 You are my portion, O Lord;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I have said that I would keep Your words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
58 I seek Your favor with my whole heart;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
be merciful to me according to Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
59 I consider my ways,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and I turn my feet to Your testimonies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
60 I made haste, and I did not delay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to keep Your commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
61 The bands of the wicked have trapped me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but I have not forgotten Your law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
because of Your righteous judgments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
63 I am a companion of all who fear You,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and of those who keep Your precepts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
teach me Your statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[57] Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[58] I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
according to thy word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[59] I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[60] I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[61] The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[62] At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
righteous judgments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[63] I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
precepts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[64] The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Teth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
65 You have been good to Your servant,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
O Lord, according to Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for I have believed Your commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
67 Before I was afflicted I wandered,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but now I keep Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
68 You are good and do good;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
teach me Your statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
69 The proud have spoken lies against me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but I keep Your precepts with my whole heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
70 Their heart is as thick as fat,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but I delight in Your law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that I might learn Your statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
72 The law from Your mouth is better to me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
than thousands of gold and silver coins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[65] Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[66] Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[67] Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[68] Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[69] The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
with my whole heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[70] Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[71] It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[72] The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
silver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
dh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
73 Your hands have made me and fashionedme;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
74 Those who fear You will be glad when they see me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
because I have hoped in Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
75 I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and that You in faithfulness have afflicted me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
76 Let Your merciful kindness comfort me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
according to Your word to Your servant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
77 Let Your compassion come to me, that I may live,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for Your law is my delight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
78 Let the proud be ashamed, for they have been wicked to me in falsehood,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but I will meditate on Your precepts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
79 Let those who fear You turn to me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that they might know Your testimonies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
80 Let my heart be blameless in Your statutes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that I may not be ashamed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[73] Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
may learn thy commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[74] They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in thy word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[75] I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
faithfulness hast afflicted me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[76] Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thy word unto thy servant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[77] Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
delight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[78] Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[79] Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
testimonies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[80] Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Kaph&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
81 My soul longs for Your deliverance,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but I hope in Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
82 My eyes are weary for Your word,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
saying, &quot;When will You comfort me?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
83 For I have become like a wineskin dried in the smoke,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
yet I have not forgotten Your statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
84 How many days are given to Your servant?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When will You provide judgment on those who persecute me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
85 The proud have dug pits for me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and they do not live in accordance to Your law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
86 All Your commandments are faithful;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I am persecuted without cause; help me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
87 They have almost consumed me on the earth,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but I have not abandoned Your precepts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that I may keep the testimony from Your mouth. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[81] My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[82] Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[83] For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[84] How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
on them that persecute me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[85] The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[86] All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thou me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[87] They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[88] Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thy mouth. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2) Our Daily Bread for 28 May 2024 titled &lt;a href=&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
https://www.odbm.org/en/devotionals/devotional-category/it-was-me&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It Was Me&lt;/a&gt; by Tim Gustafson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Leviticus 26:40-45&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
40 (1Ki 8:33-36; Pr 28:13) But if they confess their iniquity,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the iniquity of their fathers, with their treachery that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
they committed against Me, and also that they have walked contrary to Me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
41 (Eze 44:7; Ac 7:51) and that I also have walked contrary to them&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and have brought them into the land of their enemies;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
42 (Ex 2:24; 6:5) then will I remember My covenant with Jacob,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and I will remember the land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
43 (Lev 26:15) But the land shall be abandoned by them, and enjoy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They shall make amends&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for their iniquity, because they despised My&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and because they abhorred My statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
44 (Ro 11:2; 2Ki 13:23) Yet for all that, when they are in the land of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
their enemies, I will not cast them away, nor will I abhor them&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to destroy them utterly and to break My covenant with them,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for I am the Lord their God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
45 (Lev 22:33; 25:38) But for their sake I will remember the covenant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the Lord. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[40] If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
they have walked contrary unto me;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[41] And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[42] Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
remember the land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[43] The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[44] And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[45] But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that I might be their God: I am the LORD. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In an old movie comedy, a bumbling but brilliant programmer is chosen for the &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
first manned mission to Mars. Constantly making foolish mistakes, the &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
programmer has a habit of blurting out, &quot;It wasn&#039;t me!&quot; When the crew lands on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Mars, the programmer slips from the top of the ladder and falls to the &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
planet&#039;s surface - just before his partner sets foot on it. The first words &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
spoken on Mars are, &quot;It wasn&#039;t me!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It&#039;s a farcical story, but that programmer&#039;s phrase is hauntingly realistic. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Whenever there&#039;s blame to go around, our response can sound a lot like, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;It wasn&#039;t me!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God desires our obedience. But He also knows we&#039;re prone to disobey Him. In &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Leviticus 26:1-13, God outlined His plan for Israel. If they obeyed His &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
commands, He said, &quot;I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
increase your numbers&quot; (v. 9). But habitual disobedience would bring curses &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and afflictions designed to bring the people to repentance. Then God said &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that if disobedient Israel would &quot;confess their sins and the sins of their &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ancestors&quot; (v. 40), He would remember His covenant with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The key to restoring relationship with God is our admission of what we&#039;ve done&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
wrong. Blaming others keeps us trapped in the guilt cycle, powerless &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to vindicate ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Feeling far from God? A good place to start is by saying, &quot;It was me.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Reflect &amp;amp; Pray&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
What is your reflexive reaction when you might be to blame for something? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Think of a time when you&#039;ve been truly honest with God. What did it look like?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Loving God, I want to be honest with You about _________.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;A href=&quot;https://www.odbm.org/en/spiritual-living&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
/spiritual-growth/the-gifts-of-confession&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Learn more about the gift of confession. &lt;/a&gt; 
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    Day 148, 28 May 2026&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1) Psalms 119:1-88&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ALEPH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
who walk in the law of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and who seek Him with all their heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) They also do no wrong;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
they walk in His ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) You have commanded us&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to keep Your precepts diligently.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Oh, that my ways were established&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to keep Your statutes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Then I shall not be ashamed,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
when I have my focus on all Your commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) I will praise You with an upright heart,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
when I have learned Your righteous judgments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) I will keep Your statutes;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
do not completely abandon me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[1] Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[2] Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
whole heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[3] They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[4] Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[5] O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[6] Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[7] I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thy righteous judgments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[8] I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
BETH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) How shall a young man keep his way pure?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
By keeping it according to Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) With my whole heart I seek You;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
do not allow me to wander from Your commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Your word I have hidden in my heart,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that I might not sin against You.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 Blessed are You, O Lord;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
teach me Your statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 With my lips I declare&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
all the decrees of Your mouth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as much as in all riches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 I will meditate on Your precepts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and keep my eyes on Your ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 I will delight in Your statutes;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I will not forget Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[9] Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
according to thy word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[10] With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[11] Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[12] Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[13] With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[14] I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
riches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[15] I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[16] I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Gimel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 Deal kindly with Your servant, that I may live&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and keep Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 Open my eyes, that I may behold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
wondrous things from Your law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 I am a sojourner in the land;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
do not hide Your commandments fromme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 My soul is consumed all the time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
with a longing for Your decrees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 You have rebuked the proud, those cursed,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
who depart from Your commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for I have kept Your testimonies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
23 Even if princes sit and conspire against me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Your servant will meditate on Your statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 Your testimonies are my delight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and my counselors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[17] Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[18] Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[19] I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[20] My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[21] Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
commandments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[22] Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[23] Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in thy statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[24] Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Daleth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25 My soul clings to the dust;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
revive me according to Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
26 I have declared my ways, and You heard me;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
teach me Your statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 Make me to understand the way of Your precepts;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
then I shall contemplate on Your wondrous works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
28 My soul collapses on account of grief;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
strengthen me according to Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
29 Remove from me the way of falsehood,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and graciously grant me Your law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Your judgments I have laid before me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
31 I have stayed with Your testimonies, OLord;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
may I not be put to shame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
32 I will run in the way of Your commandments,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
when You set my heart free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[25] My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[26] I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[27] Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
wondrous works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[28] My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[29] Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[30] I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[31] I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[32] I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and I shall keep it to the end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and observe it with my whole heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
35 Lead me in the path of Your commandments,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for I delight in them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
36 Incline my heart unto Your testimonies,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and not for unjust gain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
37 Turn away my eyes from beholding worthlessness,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and revive me in Your way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
38 Establish Your word to Your servant,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
so that You are feared.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
39 Turn away my reproach that I dread,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for Your judgments are good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
40 Behold, I have a longing for Your precepts;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
revive me in Your righteousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[33] Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[34] Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
it with my whole heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[35] Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
delight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[36] Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[37] Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[38] Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[39] Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[40] Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
righteousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Waw&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
41 Let Your mercies come to me, O Lord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
even Your deliverance according to Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
42 So I shall have an answer for him who reproaches me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for I trust in Your word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
43 Do not take the word of truth out of my mouth,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for I have hoped in Your judgments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
44 So I shall keep Your law continually,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
forever and ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
45 I will walk in an open space,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for I seek Your precepts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
46 I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and will not be ashamed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
47 I will delight in Your commandments,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which I have loved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
48 My hands I will lift up unto Your commandments, which I have loved;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I will meditate on Your statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[41] Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
according to thy word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[42] So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
trust in thy word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[43] And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hoped in thy judgments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[44] So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[45] And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[46] I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ashamed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[47] And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[48] My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and I will meditate in thy statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Zayin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
49 Remember Your word to Your servant,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
on which You have caused me to hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
50 This is my comfort in my affliction,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for Your word revives me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
51 The proud ones have derided me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
yet I have not forsaken Your law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, OLord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and I have comforted myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
53 Fury has taken hold of me because of the wicked&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
who forsake Your law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
54 Your statutes have been my songs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in the house of my temporary dwelling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
55 I have remembered Your name, O Lord, in the night,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and have kept Your law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
56 This is my blessing,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
because I have kept Your precepts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[49] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[50] This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[51] The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thy law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[52] I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[53] Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[54] Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[55] I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[56] This I had, because I kept thy precepts. 
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    6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ontario&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Quick facts on Muslims in Ontario&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ontario 2015 population  13 687 7000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
est Muslim Population     1 001 542&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
CNMM Networks:  Ottawa, Durham, York, Toronto, Mississauga, Halton, Hamilton,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                   Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ontario has 55% of all of Canada&#039;s entire Muslim population. This means that &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the whole of the Muslim world is represented somewhere in this province. Most&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Muslims are understandably located along the southern border stretching&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
from Windsor eastward all the way up to Ottawa. Yet Muslims are constantly &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
resettling in more and more suburban and even small towns of Ontario. Mosques &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
are springing up, and where there are enough gathered, Islamic schools &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
are starting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And they&#039;re not complacent, either. Many Islamic leaders are energetic in their&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
advancement of Islam in Canadian society. Recently in the Niagara Region,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the local mosque distributed via Canada Post as many as 50000 full-colour &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
brochures on Islam. An that mosque&#039;s Facebook page proudly show pictures of &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;reverts&quot;, or white Canadians who have converted to Islam as a result of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
receiving the flier and engaging with the mosque community.  Another town &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
reports  Muslims going door-to-door evangelism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Agree in prayer for:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- net network leaders - the need is great&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- the development of network leadership teams&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  whom God is calling into this ministry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   believers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Adding further&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Under the Keep Praying page&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Eid al-Fitr, the &quot;Festival of Breaking the Fast&quot;, will start! After 30 days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of fasting, the Eid  celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
decorated and festivals will be held.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Islam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying &quot;Eid Mubarak&quot;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which means Blessed Eid!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
know, and Muslims around the world:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Acts 2:12-17 :  17 &quot;In the last days it shall be,&quot; says God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.  20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.&quot;[a]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Footnotes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
discipleship movements among Muslim people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god&#039;s heart for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Matthew 5:14-15  : 14 &quot;You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
house.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ideas for prayer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Christ among Muslim people - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Romans 12:13 &quot;contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you for praying through the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;My name is Kam. I&#039;m 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
cannabis. I didn&#039;t know how to stop or how to get help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I&#039;d known before. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
through the power of the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ROMANS 15:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.ehc.ca&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Day 27 of the Month&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a) Pray that God&#039;s Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 Cor 10:4-5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 casting down imaginations and every high thing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 5casting down imaginations, and every high thing &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
b) Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Conclusion:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray to seek His Wisdom and Fear the Lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and to be surrounded by wise men of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord: &quot;Please grant me the strength to press on &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and keep my eyes on You, dear Jesus, for Your presence brings me joy.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray to experience the Mercy of God. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray to uphole His Righteous cause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray to seek His Kingdom first and His Righteousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Agree in prayer for Ontario:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- get network leaders - the need is great&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- the development of network leadership teams&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  whom God is calling into this ministry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   believers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Christ among Muslim people - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Romans 12:13 &quot;contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray that God&#039;s Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray for local churches in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vomcanada.com/tanzania.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Tanzania &lt;/a&gt;that are diligently working to reach their communities &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Remember eternity starts now -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 
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    5) From a Book called God&#039;s Promises for you:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God&#039;s Generous Provision&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Matthew 6:24-34&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God and Money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 (Lk 16:13; 16:11; 16:9) &quot;No one can serve two masters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For either he will hate the one and love the other,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
or else he will hold to the one and despise the other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You cannot serve God and money.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Care and Anxiety&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Lk 12:22-34&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) &quot;Therefore, I say to you,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
take no thought about your life, what you will eat,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
or what you will drink, nor about your body,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
what you will put on. Is not life more than&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the body than clothing?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 Who among you by taking thought can add a cubit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(A cubit is about half a meter.) to his stature?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) &quot;Why take thought about clothing?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
They neither work, nor do they spin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
29 (1Ki 10:4-7; 2Ch 9:4-6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
31 (1Pe 5:7) Therefore, take no thought, saying, &#039;What shall we eat?&#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
or &#039;What shall we drink?&#039; or &#039;What shall we wear?&#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
32 (Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30) (For the Gentiles seek after all these things.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11-13) But seek first the kingdom of God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
34 (Mt 6:25) Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
True Wisdom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ye cannot serve God and mammon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
better than they?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
29 and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
like one of these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
O ye of little faith?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Remember God&#039;s promises when You pray&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Lord&#039;s prayer &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Matthew 6:9-13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 &quot;Therefore pray in this manner:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Our Father who is in heaven,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hallowed be Your name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Your will be done&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
on earth, as it is in heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as we forgive our debtors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but deliver us from evil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 Give us this day our daily bread. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 
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    Psalms 71&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ps 31:1-4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 In You, O Lord, I seek refuge;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
may I never be put to shame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Deliver me in Your righteousness and help me escape;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
incline Your ear to me and save me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Be my rock of refuge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to enter continually;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You have given commandment to save me;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for You are my rock and my stronghold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
out of the hand of the unjust and cruel man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) For You are my hope, O Lord God;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You are my confidence from my youth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) On You I have supported myself from the womb;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You took me out of my mother&#039;s womb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
My praise will continually be about You.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) I am like a wondrous sign to many;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You are my strong refuge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) My mouth will be filled with Your praise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and with Your glory all the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Do not cast me off in the time of old age;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
do not forsake me when my strength fails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) For my enemies speak against me;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and those who watch for my life take counsel together,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) saying, &quot;God has forsaken him;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
pursue and catch him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for there is none to deliver him.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 O God, do not be far from me;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
O my God, act quickly to help me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 May the adversaries of my life be ashamed and confused;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
may those who seek my harm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
be enveloped in scorn and dishonor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 But I will hope continually,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and will add to all Your praise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Your salvation all the day,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for I cannot know their numbers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord God;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 O God, You have taught me from my youth;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and until now I have proclaimed Your wondrous works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 Now also when I am old and gray,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
O God, do not forsake me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
until I have proclaimed Your strength to this generation,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Your power to everyone who is to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heights;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You have done great deeds;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
O God, who is like You?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 You who have shown me great distresses and troubles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
will revive me again,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and will bring me up again&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
from the depths of the earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 You will increase my greatness,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and You will encircle and comfort me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
22 I will give You thanks with the harp,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
even Your truth, O my God;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to You I will sing with the lyre,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
O Holy One of Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
23 My lips will rejoice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
when I sing to You,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and my soul, which You have redeemed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 My tongue also will speak of Your righteousness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
all the day long;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for those who seek my harm are ashamed,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for they have been put to shame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Psalm 71&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[1] In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[2] Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ear unto me, and save me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[3] Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[4] Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the unrighteous and cruel man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[5] For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[6] By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
out of my mother&#039;s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[7] I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[8] Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[9] Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
faileth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[10] For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
take counsel together,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[11] Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
none to deliver him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[12] O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[13] Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[14] But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[15] My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
day; for I know not the numbers thereof.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[16] I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
righteousness, even of thine only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[17] O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thy wondrous works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[18] Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that is to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[19] Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
things: O God, who is like unto thee!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[20] Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[21] Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[22] I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[23] My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thou hast redeemed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[24] My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Psalms 94&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
O God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Rise up, O Judge of the earth;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
render to the proud what they deserve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) O Lord, how long shall the wicked,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
how long shall the wicked triumph?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) They spew forth their arrogant words;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
all those who do iniquity boast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and afflict Your inheritance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) They kill the widow and the sojourner,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and murder the fatherless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Yet they say, &quot;The Lord does not see,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
neither does the God of Jacob regard it.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Understand, you brutish among the people;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
fools, when will you be wise?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) He who made the ear, shall He not hear?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He who formed the eye, shall He not see?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) He who chastises the nations, shall He not correct?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He teaches people knowledge!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) The Lord, He knows the thoughts of people,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that they are a breath.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O Lord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and teach from Your law,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 that You may give him rest from the days of adversity,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
until a pit is dug for the wicked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 For the Lord will not forsake His people;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
neither will He abandon His inheritance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 But justice shall return to those who are righteous,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and all the upright in heart shall followit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Who will stand up for me against those who do iniquity?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 Unless the Lord had been my help,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
my soul would have lived in the land of silent death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 When I said, &quot;My foot slips,&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Your mercy, O Lord, held me up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 When there is a multitude of worries within me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Your comforts delight my soul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 Shall wicked rulers, who make oppressive laws,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
align with You?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 They conspire together against the life of the righteous&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and condemn innocent blood to death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
22 But the Lord is my defense,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and my God is the rock of my refuge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
23 He shall bring upon them their own iniquity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and shall cut them off for their own wickedness;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
yes, the Lord our God shall destroy them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Psalms 94&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[1] O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
belongeth, shew thyself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[2] Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[3] LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[4] How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
iniquity boast themselves?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[5] They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[6] They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[7] Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
regard it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[8] Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
wise?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[9] He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shall he not see?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[10] He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
man knowledge, shall not he know?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[11] The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[12] Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of thy law;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[13] That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
pit be digged for the wicked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[14] For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
inheritance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[15] But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
heart shall follow it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[16] Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for me against the workers of iniquity?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[17] Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[18] When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[19] In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[20] Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
mischief by a law?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[21] They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
condemn the innocent blood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[22] But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[23] And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.  
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    2) Our Daily Bread for 27 May 2026 titled &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.odbm.org/en&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
/devotionals/devotional-category/joy-from-jesus&quot;&gt;Joy from Jesus &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
by Leslie Koh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Philippians 1:18-21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Choose to rejoice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Philippians 1:18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Indeed, I will rejoice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[18] What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
A) Determine to rejoice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Philippians 1:18d-19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[18] ... and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[19] For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 ... And in this I rejoice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Indeed, I will rejoice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 (2Co 1:11; Ac 16:7) For I know that through your prayer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, this will result&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in my deliverance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
B) Connect into Community&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Philippians 1:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 (1Co 6:20; Ro 5:5) Accordingly, it is my earnest expectation and my hope&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but that with all boldness as always,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
so now also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether it be by life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
or by death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[20] According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
c) Seek to honour Christ ... no matter what&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Philippians 1:20-21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 (1Co 6:20; Ro 5:5) Accordingly, it is my earnest expectation and my hope&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but that with all boldness as always,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
so now also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether it be by life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
or by death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 (Gal 2:20) For to me, to continue living is Christ, and to die is gain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[20] According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[21] For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Nancy&#039;s cancer treatment caused so many ulcers in her mouth and throat that &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
she couldn&#039;t even swallow a piece of bread. She had to rely on milk to fill &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
her stomach for many painful days. The only thing that brought a smile to the &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
sixty-year-old&#039;s face was the joy of knowing Jesus - and her grandsons. Being &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
with them each week helped her to not dwell on her situation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;If not for the boys, I would have given up,&quot; she said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The apostle Paul also found joy in Jesus and others despite his difficulties. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
His joy came from Jesus and living for Him. Despite being imprisoned &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Philippians 1:13), he found strength to encourage others. He spoke of the joy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that came from partnering in sharing the good news about Jesus, and from &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
knowing what awaited him upon death (vv. 3-5, 18, 20). That confidence enabled&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
him to say, &quot;To me, to live is Christ and to die is gain&quot; (v. 21).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Paul could rejoice because Jesus was his life. His sense of contentment and &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
security didn&#039;t come from any possession or situation but from knowing he &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
belonged to Christ. Thus, in a letter written in the worst of circumstances, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
he could say in Philippians 4:4, &quot;Rejoice in the Lord always. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I will say it again: Rejoice!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
May we find joy in Jesus, who loves us, cares for us, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and gives us strength to rejoice in any circumstance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Reflect &amp;amp; Pray&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
What challenging situation are you facing now? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
What difference does it make to know Jesus is always with you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Please grant me the strength to press on &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and keep my eyes on You, dear Jesus, for Your presence brings me joy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.odbm.org/en/discovery-series&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
/in-his-presence/introduction&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For further study, read In His Presence.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 4 Under the Mercy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ps 13:5-6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 I for my part confide in Your kindness;may my heart exult in Your salvation!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In Sheldon Vanauken&#039;s book &quot;A Severe Mercy&quot;, Vanauken faced the &quot;severe mercy&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the untimely death of his wife. His friend C. S. Lewis , who had endured a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
similar grief , comforted him through letters,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
encouraging him with the exhotation, &quot;Go under the Mercy&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
While God&#039;s grace deals with sin and forgiveness,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God&#039;s mercy deals with the pain pf human existence. We all experience pain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- sometimes as a natural result of wrongs we have done, sometimes unfairly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as a consequence of living in a fallen world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
But for all who hurt, God provides&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
mercy - respite from pain, and the assurance of a Lord who cares.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
David , in Psalm 13 says &quot; I trust in your mercy, your unfailing love.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God&#039;s love never fail us, no matter how much we may have failed him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
David knew the consequences of sin; he knew what it meant to fail God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to rebel against God&#039;s faithfulness. Yet David trusted in God&#039;s Goodness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
rather than depending upon his own; he focused his attention upon the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
mercy of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We need, like David, to &quot;Go under the mercy&quot;, even when it is a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;severe mercy.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Even when circumstances seem bad; even when things seem out of control; even&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
when we think God has forsaken us, yet his mercy is at work to bring us&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
fulfillment and cause us to turn to him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
with a song of praise on our lips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Application&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a) How have I experienced the mercy of God?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
b) How can these verses help me focus on God&#039;s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
merciful intervention in my life even when circumstances seem&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
out of control? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ps 35:27&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 May those who favour my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
may they say continually, &quot;The Lord be magnified,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
who delights in the peace of His servant.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 
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    Psalms 37&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
A Psalm of David.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Do not fret because of evildoers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
nor be jealous of those who do injustice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For they will quickly wither like the grass,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and fade like the green herbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Trust in the Lord, and do good;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
dwell in the land, and practice faithfulness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Delight yourself in the Lord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and He will give you the desires of your heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Commit your way to the Lord;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and your judgment as the noonday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
do not fret because of those who prosper in their way,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
because of those who make wicked schemes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Let go of anger, and forsake wrath;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
do not fret-it surely leads to evil deeds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) For evildoers will be cut off,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) For yet a little while, and the wicked will not be;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
you will look diligently for their place, and it will not be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) But the meek will inherit the earth,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and will delight themselves in the abundance of peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 The wicked plot against the righteous,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and grind their teeth against them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 The Lord will laugh at him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for He sees that his day is coming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and have bent their bow,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to cast down the poor and needy,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and to slay those on the upright path.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 Their sword will enter into their own heart,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and their bows will be broken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 Better is a little that the righteous has&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
than the abundance of many wicked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but the Lord supports the righteous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 The Lord knows the days of people of integrity,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and their inheritance will be forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 They will not be ashamed in the evil time,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 But the wicked will perish,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the enemies of the Lord will be like the glory of pastures;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
they will waste away, in smoke they will waste away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 The wicked borrows and does not repay,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but the righteous is gracious and gives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
22 For those who are blessed of Him will inherit the earth,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but those who are cursed of Him will be cut off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
23 The steps of a man are made firm by the Lord;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He delights in his way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 Though he falls, he will not be hurled down,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for the Lord supports him with His hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25 I have been young, and now am old;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
nor their offspring begging bread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
26 The righteous are gracious and lend,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and their offspring are a source of blessing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 Depart from evil and do good,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and abide forevermore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
28 For the Lord loves justice,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and does not forsake His saints;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
they are preserved forever,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
29 The righteous will inherit the land,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and dwell on it forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and their tongue speaks justice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
31 The law of their God is in their heart;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
none of their steps will slip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
32 The wicked watch the righteous,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and seek to kill them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
33 The Lord will not forsake them to their hand,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
nor condemn them when they are judged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
34 Hope in the Lord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and keep His way,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and He will exalt you to inherit the land;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
35 I have seen the wicked in great power,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and spreading himself like a luxuriant tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
36 Yet he passed away, and he was not;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I sought him, but he could not be found.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
37 Mark the blameless man, and consider the upright,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for the end of that man is peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
38 But the transgressors will be destroyed together;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the end of the wicked is to be cut off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He is their refuge in the time of distress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
40 The Lord will help them and deliver them;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He will deliver them from the wicked,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and save them, because they take refuge in Him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Psalm 37&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[1] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the workers of iniquity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[2] For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
herb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[3] Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
verily thou shalt be fed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[4] Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thine heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[5] Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to pass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[6] And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
judgment as the noonday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[7] Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
devices to pass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[8] Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
evil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[9] For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shall inherit the earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[10] For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[11] But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the abundance of peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[12] The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
teeth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[13] The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[14] The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[15] Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
broken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[16] A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
wicked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[17] For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
righteous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[18] The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
be for ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[19] They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
they shall be satisfied.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[20] But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[21] The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
mercy, and giveth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[22] For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
cursed of him shall be cut off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[23] The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
his way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[24] Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
upholdeth him with his hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[25] I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[26] He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[27] Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[28] For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[29] The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[30] The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
judgment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[31] The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[32] The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[33] The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
judged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[34] Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[35] I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
green bay tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[36] Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
could not be found.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[37] Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
is peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[38] But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
wicked shall be cut off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[39] But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in the time of trouble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[40] And the LORD shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver them&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 
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    1 Kings 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
David&#039;s Successor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Absalom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and they following Adonijah helped him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
nd Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to David, were not with Adonijah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king&#039;s sons,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and all the men of Judah the king&#039;s servants:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Solomon his brother, he called not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and David our lord knoweth it not?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
why then doth Adonijah reign?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
said, What wouldest thou?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thou knowest it not:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 and he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Nathan the prophet also came in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the king with his face to the ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king&#039;s sons,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the king&#039;s presence, and stood before the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
soul out of all distress,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to Gihon:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
34 and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
over Israel and over Judah. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and caused Solomon to ride upon king David&#039;s mule, and brought him to Gihon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God save king Solomon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and bringest good tidings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hath made Solomon king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and they have caused him to ride upon the king&#039;s mule:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
45 and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
47 And moreover the king&#039;s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and went every man his way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hold on the horns of the altar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
he shall die.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Go to thine house. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Chronicles 29:23-25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
23 (1Ki 2:12; 1Ch 28:5) Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as king instead of David his father, and he prospered,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and all Israel obeyed him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 All the leaders and the mighty men, and also the sons of King David,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25 (1Ki 3:13; 2Ch 1:1) The Lord highly exalted Solomon in the sight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had never been&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
on any king in Israel before him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
before him in Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Kings 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
David&#039;s Charge to Solomon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1Ch 29:26-28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 (Ge 47:29; Dt 31:14) Now it was coming close to the day of David&#039;s death,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and he gave his son Solomon a charge, saying:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 (Jos 23:14; 1:6-7) &quot;I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and show yourself to be a man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 (Dt 29:9; 17:18-20) And keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in His ways, keeping His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
nd His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 (2Sa 7:25; 1Ki 8:25) that the Lord may carry out His word that He spoke&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
concerning me, saying, &#039;If your children take heed to their way,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to walk before Me in faithfulness with all their hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and with all their souls,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
you shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.&#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 (2Sa 3:27; 20:10) &quot;Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to me, what he did to the two commanders of the army of Israel, to Abner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the son of Ner and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, shedding&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the blood of war in a time of peace. He spilled their blood on the belt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that was around his waist and on the shoes of his feet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 (1Ki 2:9) Do the right thing according to your wisdom,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7 (2Sa 9:7; 9:10) &quot;But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and let them eat at your table, for with such loyalty they supported me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
when I fled from your brother Absalom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8 (2Sa 16:5-8) &quot;There is also with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
by the Lord, saying, &#039;I will not put you to death with the sword.&#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 (1Ki 2:6; Ge 42:38) Now therefore do not hold him guiltless,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 (Ac 2:29; 13:36) So David slept with his fathers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and was buried in the City of David.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 (2Sa 5:4-5; 1Ch 29:26-27) David reigned over Israel forty years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He reigned seven years in Hebron and 33 years in Jerusalem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 (2Ch 1:1) So Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and his kingdom was firmly established. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
David&#039;s Charge to Solomon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
his son, saying,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a man;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 that the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a man on the throne of Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and in his shoes that were on his feet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to the grave in peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of Absalom thy brother.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to the grave with blood. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
he in Jerusalem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and his kingdom was established greatly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 
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    1 Chronicles 29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Death of David&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1Ki 2:10-12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
26 (1Ch 18:14) Now David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 (2Sa 5:4-5; 1Ki 2:11) His tenure as king over Israel was forty years:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In Hebron, he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
he was king thirty-three years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
28 (Ge 15:15; 1Ch 23:1) So he died at a good old age, full of days, riches,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and honor. And Solomon his son reigned in his place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
29 (1Sa 9:9; 22:5) Now the acts of David the king, first to last,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 (Da 4:23; 4:25) with all his reign and his might and the times that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
overtook him, and Israel, and all the kingdoms of the lands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and in the book of Gad the seer,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 Chronicles 1:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Solomon Seeks Wisdom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 (1Ch 29:25; 1Ki 2:12) Now Solomon the son of David strengthened himself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and made Solomon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
exceedingly great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Kings 2:13-46&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Throne of Solomon Established&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the mother of Solomon. And she said, &quot;Do you come in peace?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And he said, &quot;I come peaceably.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14Then he said, &quot;I have something to say to you.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And she said, &quot;Speak.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 (1Ki 1:5; 1:25) He said, &quot;You know that the kingdom was mine and that all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Israel viewed me as the king. However, the kingdom has become my brother&#039;s,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for it was given to him by the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 And now I ask one petition of you; do not deny me.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
She said to him, &quot;Keep speaking.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 And he said, &quot;Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not refuse you,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 Bathsheba said, &quot;Very well, I will speak to the king on your behalf.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 (Ps 45:9) So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her and bowed to her. Then he sat down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
on his throne and had a seat placed at his right hand for her to sit upon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 Then she said, &quot;I desire one small petition of you. Please do not deny me.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And the king said to her, &quot;Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 She said, &quot;Let Abishag the Shunammite be given as a wife to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Adonijah your brother.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
22 (1Ch 3:2) King Solomon answered his mother, &quot;Now why do you ask Abishag&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my elder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
brother. Ask not only for him, but also for Abiathar the priest,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
23 (Ru 1:17) Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, &quot;May God do so to me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 (1Ch 22:10) Now therefore as the Lord lives, who has established me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and set me on the throne of David my father and who has made me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a house as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25 (2Sa 8:18) So King Solomon dispatched Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and he executed him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
26 (Jos 21:18; 1Sa 22:20-23) The king said to Abiathar the priest,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are worthy of death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the ark of the Lord God before David my father and because you shared&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in all the hardships my father endured.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 (1Sa 2:27-36) So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the Lord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thus fulfilling the word of the Lord that He had spoken concerning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the house of Eli in Shiloh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
28 (1Ki 1:7; 1:50) Then word came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
though he did not support Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and caught hold of the horns of the altar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
29 (1Ki 2:25; Ex 21:14) King Solomon was told that Joab had fled&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to the tabernacle of the Lord and was by the altar. Then Solomon sent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, &quot;Go and execute him.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 So Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord and said to him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;Thus says the king, &#039;Come forth.&#039; &quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And he said, &quot;No, I will die here.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And Benaiah told the king all Joab said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
31 (Nu 35:33; Dt 21:8-9) The king said to him, &quot;Do as he has said, strike him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
down and bury him, and thus take away from me and my father&#039;s house the guilt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for the blood Joab shed without cause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
32 (Jdg 9:24; 2Ch 21:13) The Lord shall return his blood upon his own head,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for he attacked two men more righteous and better than he-Abner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
commander of the army of Judah-and killed them with the sword&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
when my father David was unaware.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
33 (1Ki 2:32) Therefore their blood shall return upon the head of Joab&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and upon the head of his seed forever, but upon David and upon his seed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and upon his house and upon his throne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shall the peace of the Lord rest forever.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
34 (Jos 15:61; 1Ki 2:25) So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and attacked and killed him, and he was buried in his own house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in the wilderness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
35 (1Ki 2:27; 4:4) The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in place of Joab and put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
36 The king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, &quot;Build a house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for yourself in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and never leave the city.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
37 (2Sa 1:16; 15:23) For on the day you go out and pass over&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the Kidron Valley, know for certain that you will surely die.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Your blood shall be on your own head.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
38 Shimei said to the king, &quot;What you say is good. As my lord the king has&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
said, so will your servant do.&quot; And Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
39 It came about that at the end of three years, two servants of Shimei&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ran away to Achish son of Maakah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;Your servants are in Gath.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
40 Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to look for his servants. And Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
41 Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and had returned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
42 The king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, &quot;Did I not make you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
swear by the Lord and warned you, saying, &#039;Know for certain that on the day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
you go out and walk abroad anywhere, you shall surely die&#039;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And you said to me, &#039;What you say is good; I will obey.&#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
43 Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the commandment that I gave you?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
44 (2Sa 16:5-13; 1Sa 25:39) The king also said to Shimei, &quot;You know&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
all the wickedness in your heart and what you did to David my father.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore the Lord shall return your wickedness on your own head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
45 (Pr 25:5) But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shall be established before the Lord forever.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
46 (1Ki 2:12; 2Ch 1:1) So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
who went out and attacked him so that he died.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
about, and is become my brother&#039;s: for it was his from the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Say on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king&#039;s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
mother; and she sat on his right hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thee nay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to wife.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the son of Zeruiah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and he fell upon him that he died.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in all wherein my father was afflicted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
house of Eli in Shiloh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and caught hold on the horns of the altar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and thus he answered me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shed, from me, and from the house of my father.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
captain of the host of Judah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
from the LORD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shall be upon thine own head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and was come again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The word that I have heard is good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the commandment that I have charged thee with?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
45 and king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
be established before the LORD for ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in the hand of Solomon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 
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    1 Kings 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Adonijah Seeks Kingship&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Now King David was old and advanced in years, and they covered him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
with clothes, but he could not get warm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 Therefore his servants said to him, &quot;Let a young virgin be found&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for my lord the king, and let her stand before the king and care for him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and let her lie by your side so that my lord the king may keep warm.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 (Jos 19:18; 1Sa 28:4) So they searched for a beautiful young woman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
throughout the land of Israel and found Abishag, a Shunammite,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and brought her to the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 She was very beautiful and cared for the king and ministered to him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but the king did not know her intimately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 (2Sa 3:4; 15:1) Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;I will be king,&quot; and he assembled chariots and horsemen and fifty men&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to run before him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 (2Sa 3:3-4; 1Ch 3:2) His father had not confronted him at any time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
by asking, &quot;Why have you done this?&quot; He also was a very attractive man,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and he was born next after Absalom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7 (2Sa 20:25; 1Ki 2:22) He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and with Abiathar the priest, and they agreed to help him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8 (1Ki 4:18; 2Sa 20:25) But Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei and David&#039;s mighty men&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
did not join Adonijah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 (2Sa 17:17) Adonijah slaughtered sheep and oxen and fat cattle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
by the Stone of Zoheleth, which is by En Rogel, and invited all his brothers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the king&#039;s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king&#039;s servants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 (2Sa 12:24) But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 (2Sa 3:4) Therefore Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
saying, &quot;Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and David our lord does not know it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 Now please come and let me give you some advice, so that you may save&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
your own life as well as that of your son Solomon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 (1Ki 1:30; 1:17) Go to King David and say to him, &#039;Did not you, my lord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
O king, swear to your handmaid, saying: Assuredly Solomon your son&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Why then does Adonijah reign?&#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 Then while you are still there talking with the king, I will come in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and confirm your words.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 So Bathsheba went to the king&#039;s chamber. Now the king was very old,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And the king said, &quot;What do you want?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 (1Ki 1:13; 1:30) And she said to him, &quot;My lord, you swore by the Lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
your God to your handmaid, saying: Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 (1Ki 1:24) But Adonijah reigns, and now, my lord, O king, you are unaware.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 He has slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance and has invited&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 And you, my lord, O king, all the eyes of Israel are upon you that you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 (Dt 31:16; 1Ki 2:10) Otherwise it shall be that when my lord the king&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
sleeps with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be considered offenders.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
22 While she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
23 The king was told, &quot;Nathan the prophet is here,&quot; and when he entered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the king&#039;s presence, he bowed himself before the king with his face&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to the ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
24 Nathan said, &quot;My lord, O king, have you said, &#039;Adonijah shall reign&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
after me, and he shall sit upon my throne&#039;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25 (1Sa 10:24; 1Ki 1:9) For he has gone down this day and has slain oxen,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
fat cattle, and sheep in abundance and has invited all the king&#039;s sons,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the commanders of the guard, and Abiathar the priest, and they eat and drink&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
with him, saying, &#039;God save King Adonijah!&#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
26 (1Ki 1:8; 1:10) But he has not invited me, your servant,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
or Zadok the priest or Benaiah the son of Jehoiada or your servant Solomon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you have not let your servants&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Solomon Becomes King&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1Ch 29:21-25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
28 Then King David answered and said, &quot;Call Bathsheba to me.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And she came into the king&#039;s presence and stood before the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
29 (2Sa 4:9) The king vowed, &quot;As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
out of all distress,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 (1Ki 1:13; 1:17) even as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel, saying,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
my throne in my stead,&#039; even so will I certainly do this day.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
31 (Da 2:4; 3:9( Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in reverence to the king and said, &quot;Let my lord King David live forever.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
32 (1Ki 1:8) King David said, &quot;Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada for me.&quot; So they came before the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
33 (2Ch 32:30; 1Ki 1:38) And the king said to them, &quot;Take with you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
34 (1Sa 10:1; 2Sa 15:10) And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
there anoint him king over Israel, and blow the trumpet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and say, &#039;God save King Solomon!&#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
35 Then you shall come up after him. And he shall come and sit on my throne,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for he will be king in my place as I have appointed him to be ruler&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
over Israel and over Judah.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
36 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, &quot;Amen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, also say so!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
37 (1Sa 20:13; 1Ki 1:47) As the Lord has been with my lord the king,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
may He also be with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of my lord King David.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
38 (2Sa 8:18; 1Ki 1:8) So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Kerethites and the Pelethites went down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and had Solomon ride on King David&#039;s mule and brought him to Gihon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
39 (Ps 89:20; 1Sa 10:24) Zadok the priest took a horn of oil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
out of the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and all the people said, &quot;God save King Solomon!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
40 All the people came up to see him and played flutes and greatly rejoiced,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
so that the earth shook at the sound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
41 Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard the commotion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as they were finishing their meal, and when Joab heard the sound&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the trumpet, he said, &quot;Why is the city so loud and in an uproar?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
42 (2Sa 15:36; 17:17) While he was speaking, Jonathan the son of Abiathar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the priest came. Adonijah said to him, &quot;Come in, for you are a valiant man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and bring good tidings.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
43 Jonathan answered Adonijah, saying, &quot;Surely our lord King David&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
has made Solomon king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
44 The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Kerethites, and the Pelethites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And they had him ride on the king&#039;s mule.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
45 (1Ki 1:40) And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
king in Gihon, and they have come up from their rejoicing, so that the city&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
is in an uproar. This is the noise that you heard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
46 (1Ch 29:23) Also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
47 (Ge 47:31; 1Ki 1:37) Moreover, the king&#039;s servants came to bless our lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
King David, saying, &#039;May God make the name of Solomon better than your name&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and make his throne greater than your throne.&#039; And the king bowed himself upon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
48 (1Ki 3:6; Ps 132:11-12) The king also said, &#039;Blessed be the Lord God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day so that I could&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
see with my own eyes.&#039; &quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
49 All the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid and rose up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and went on their way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
50 (1Ki 2:28) Adonijah feared Solomon. So he got up and went to the altar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and held on to its horns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
51 Then Solomon was told, &quot;Adonijah fears King Solomon, for he has caught&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hold of the horns on the altar, saying &#039;Let King Solomon swear to me today&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that he will not slay his servant with the sword.&#039;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
52 (1Sa 14:45; 2Sa 14:11) And Solomon said, &quot;If he will show himself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a worthy man, not one of his hairs will fall to the ground, but if wickedness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
is found in him, he shall die.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
53 So King Solomon sent for him, and they brought him down from the altar,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and he came and bowed himself to King Solomon. And Solomon said to him,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;Go to your house.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Kings 1(KJV)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
clothes, but he gat no heat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to him: but the king knew her not. 
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    Day 147, 27 May 2026&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1) 1 Chronicles 29:1-22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Kings 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Chronicles 29:23-25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Kings 2:1-12 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Chronicles 29:26-30 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 Chronicles 1:1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Kings 2:13-46 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Psalms 37, 71, 94&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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1 Chronicles 29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Temple Offerings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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1 (1Ch 22:5; 1Ki 3:7) King David said to all the assembly, &quot;Solomon my son,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
is great since the palace is not for a man but for the Lord God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 (1Ch 22:3-5; Isa 54:11-12) So with all my might I have prepared for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the house of my God: gold for the things of gold, silver for the things&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of silver, bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and wood for the things of wood, along with onyx stones and stones&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for setting, stones of antimony, multicolored stones, and every precious&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
stone, even alabaster in abundance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 Moreover, in my devotion to the house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of my God I have offered from my own property, gold and silver, which I give&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for the house of my God, over and above that which I prepared&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for the holy dwelling place:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 (1Ki 9:28; 1Ch 22:14) three thousand talents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[About 110 tons, or 100 metric tons.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of gold of the gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[About 260 tons, or 235 metric tons.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the house;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 of gold for the things of gold and of silver for the things of silver,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
even for all the handiwork of the craftsmen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Now, who is willing to consecrate himself today to the Lord?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 Then the leaders of the fathers&#039; houses, the leaders of the tribes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of Israel, the captains of thousands and hundreds, and the officials&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the king&#039;s workers offered willingly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7 Also they donated to the service of the house of God five thousand talents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[About 190 tons, or 170 metric tons.] of gold and ten thousand darics&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[About 185 pounds, or 84 kilograms. ]of gold, ten thousand talents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[About 380 tons, or 340 metric tons.] of silver, eighteen thousand talents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[About 675 tons, or 610 metric tons.] of bronze, and 100000 talents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[About 3,800 tons, or 3,400 metric tons.] of iron.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8 Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the Lord in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 (1Ki 8:61) Then the people rejoiced because they had offered willingly,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord; a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
nd King David also rejoiced greatly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
A Prayer of David&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 So David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and David said,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;Blessed are You, O Lord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the God of Israel,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
our Father forever and ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 (Da 4:34-35; Mt 6:13) Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for everything in the heavens and the earth is Yours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Yours is the kingdom, O Lord,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and You exalt Yourself as head aboveall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 (2Ch 1:12; 20:6) Riches and honor flow from You,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and You rule over all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In Your hand are power and might,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and in Your hand it is to make great and to strengthen all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 So now, our God, we give thanks to You,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and praise Your glorious name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 &quot;But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
so freely as this? For everything comes from You, even from Your own hand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
we have given to You.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 (Job 14:2; Ps 39:12) For we are strangers and sojourners before You,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
just as all our fathers were. Our days on earth are like a shadow,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and there is no hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a house for Your holy name has come from Your hand, and all belongs to You.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 (1Ch 28:9; 1Sa 16:7) I know, my God, that You test the heart,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and with uprightness You are pleased, so in the uprightness of my heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I have offered freely all these things, and now I have seen Your people,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
those present here, offer freely and joyously to You.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
forever in the thoughts and intentions of the heart of Your people&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and direct their heart to You.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 (Ps 72:1; 1Ch 22:14) Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to do all these things and to build the palace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for which I have made preparation.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 (Ex 4:31) Then David said to all the assembly, &quot;Bless now the Lord&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
your God.&quot; So all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
They bowed down and paid homage to the Lord and the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Solomon, King of Israel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1Ki 1:28-53&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 On the following day, they made sacrifices to the Lord and offered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
burnt offerings to the Lord: one thousand bulls, one thousand rams,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and one thousand lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in abundance for all Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
22 (1Ch 23:1; 1Ki 1:34-39) So they ate and drank before the Lord on that day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
with great joy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And they made Solomon the son of David king a second time,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for they anointed him to the Lord as a ruler and Zadok as a priest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Chronicles 29 (KJV)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the houses withal:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 the gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the king&#039;s work, offered willingly,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
7 and gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Gives Thanks to God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as head above all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to give strength unto all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
own have we given thee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
prepare their heart unto thee:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the palace, for the which I have made provision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
22 and did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. 
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    7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.ehc.ca&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Day 26 of the Month&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a) Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ (Matt 5:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 Let your light so shine before men that they may&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
b) Pray for the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I) Pray for the leaders of Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that God&#039;s Spirit would influence then to act justly,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
serve with integrity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
II) Pray for the churches of the province,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that they would be lighthouses&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God&#039;s Word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
III) Pray that the Lord would use&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the Finding the Hope Campaign&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Conclusion:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray to your trust in the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord: &quot;Dear God, please teach me to live out integrity before You &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and others.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray the Lord in Song.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray to be in the light of Jesus Christ, the Creator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord and pray knnow Jesus Chirst, the loving High Priest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Agree in prayer for Ontario:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- get network leaders - the need is great&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- the development of network leadership teams&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  whom God is calling into this ministry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   believers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Christ among Muslim people - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Romans 12:13 &quot;contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray that Christian expatriates in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vomcanada.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
/oman.htm&quot;&gt;Oman&lt;/a&gt; will have opportunities to share the love of Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Remember eternity starts now -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 
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    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5) From a Book called God&#039;s Promises for you:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God&#039;s Help in Times of Temptation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Hebrews 4:14-16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Jesus the Great High Priest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 (Heb 6:20; 1:2-3) Since then we have a great High Priest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
let us hold firmly to our confession.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 (2Co 5:21; Jn 8:46) For we do not have a High Priest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
who cannot sympathise with our weaknesses,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 (Eph 3:12; Php 4:6-7) Let us then come with confidence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and find grace to help in time of need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
let us hold fast our profession.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
15 For we have not an high priest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
16 Let us therefore come boldly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and find grace to help in time of need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Remember God&#039;s promises when You pray&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Lord&#039;s prayer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Matthew 6:9-13 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 &quot;Therefore pray in this manner:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Our Father who is in heaven,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hallowed be Your name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Your will be done&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
on earth, as it is in heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as we forgive our debtors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
but deliver us from evil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11 Give us this day our daily bread. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ontario&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Quick facts on Muslims in Ontario&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ontario 2015 population  13 687 7000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
est Muslim Population     1 001 542&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
CNMM Networks:  Ottawa, Durham, York, Toronto, Mississauga, Halton, Hamilton,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                   Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ontario has 55% of all of Canada&#039;s entire Muslim population. This means that &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the whole of the Muslim world is represented somewhere in this province. Most&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Muslims are understandably located along the southern border stretching&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
from Windsor eastward all the way up to Ottawa. Yet Muslims are constantly &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
resettling in more and more suburban and even small towns of Ontario. Mosques &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
are springing up, and where there are enough gathered, Islamic schools &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
are starting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And they&#039;re not complacent, either. Many Islamic leaders are energetic in their&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
advancement of Islam in Canadian society. Recently in the Niagara Region,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the local mosque distributed via Canada Post as many as 50000 full-colour &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
brochures on Islam. An that mosque&#039;s Facebook page proudly show pictures of &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;reverts&quot;, or white Canadians who have converted to Islam as a result of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
receiving the flier and engaging with the mosque community.  Another town &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
reports  Muslims going door-to-door evangelism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Agree in prayer for:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- net network leaders - the need is great&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- the development of network leadership teams&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  whom God is calling into this ministry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   believers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Adding further&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Under the Keep Praying page&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and Eid al-Fitr, the &quot;Festival of Breaking the Fast&quot;, will start! After 30 days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of fasting, the Eid  celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
decorated and festivals will be held.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Islam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying &quot;Eid Mubarak&quot;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
which means Blessed Eid!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
know, and Muslims around the world:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Acts 2:12-17 :  17 &quot;In the last days it shall be,&quot; says God,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.  20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.&quot;[a]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Footnotes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
discipleship movements among Muslim people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god&#039;s heart for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Matthew 5:14-15  : 14 &quot;You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
house.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ideas for prayer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Christ among Muslim people - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Romans 12:13 &quot;contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you for praying through the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;My name is Kam. I&#039;m 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
cannabis. I didn&#039;t know how to stop or how to get help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I&#039;d known before. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
through the power of the Holy Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ROMANS 15:13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) . 
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