6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)



Ontario



Quick facts on Muslims in Ontario



Ontario 2015 population 13 687 7000



est Muslim Population 1 001 542



CNMM Networks: Ottawa, Durham, York, Toronto, Mississauga, Halton, Hamilton,

Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor



Ontario has 55% of all of Canada's entire Muslim population. This means that

the whole of the Muslim world is represented somewhere in this province. Most

Muslims are understandably located along the southern border stretching

from Windsor eastward all the way up to Ottawa. Yet Muslims are constantly

resettling in more and more suburban and even small towns of Ontario. Mosques

are springing up, and where there are enough gathered, Islamic schools

are starting.

And they're not complacent, either. Many Islamic leaders are energetic in their

advancement of Islam in Canadian society. Recently in the Niagara Region,

the local mosque distributed via Canada Post as many as 50000 full-colour

brochures on Islam. An that mosque's Facebook page proudly show pictures of

"reverts", or white Canadians who have converted to Islam as a result of

receiving the flier and engaging with the mosque community. Another town

reports Muslims going door-to-door evangelism.

Agree in prayer for:



- net network leaders - the need is great

- the development of network leadership teams

- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals

whom God is calling into this ministry.

- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising

believers

- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas

- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love

towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.



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

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

Islam.



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

which means Blessed Eid!"



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

know, and Muslims around the world:



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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

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

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

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

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

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



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

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

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

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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -

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

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

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



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



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

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

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .



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



http://www.ehc.ca



19th Day of the Month



a) Pray the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders

as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society



(



1 Tim 2:1-2



)



b) Pray for the province of Prince Edward Island



I) Pray for the leaders of Prince Edward Island,

that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4



1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.



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

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

2 for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet

and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge

of the truth.



)



II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to know Him as your Deliverance.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear Father, please help me be faithful in what I do, in

whatever situation You've allowed me to be in, for ultimately, I'm serving

You."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus as Spiritual Light.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that the Lord is your Salvation.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that the Lord is your Redeemer .



Agree in prayer for Ontario:



- get network leaders - the need is great

- the development of network leadership teams

- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals

whom God is calling into this ministry.

- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising

believers

- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas

- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love

towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -

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

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

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



Pray continually for Sikhs to find Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.



Pray the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders

as they make vital decisions that shape Society



Pray that churches, orphanages and other ministries will remain open despite

restrictions in MYANMAR

(BURMA).



[18] Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but

he that commiteth fornication sinneth against his own body.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God

2 Samuel 23



[18] And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among

three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and

had the name among three.

[19] Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain:

howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

[20] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel,

who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also

and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

[21] And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in

his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of

the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

[22] These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among

three mighty men.

[23] He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the

first three. And David set him over his guard.

[24] Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of

Dodo of Bethlehem,

[25] Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

[26] Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

[27] Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

[28] Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,

[29] Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of

Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

[30] Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,

[31] Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

[32] Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,

[33] Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,

[34] Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son

of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

[35] Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

[36] Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

[37] Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the

son of Zeruiah,

[38] Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,

[39] Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.



1 CHRONICLES 11



20 (1Sa 26:6) Also Abishai himself, the brother of Joab,

was a captain of the three who lifted his spear in triumph

over three hundred slain and was given a name among the three.

21 He was honored as a leader by the second company of the three,

but he did not attain to the first three.

22 (Jos 15:21; 2Sa 8:18) Benaiah son of Jehoiada was

the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds.

He killed two Moabite warriors. Indeed, once he went down into a well

and struck a lion on a snowy day.

23 (1Sa 17:7) And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits

[About 7 feet 6 inches, or 2.3 meters.] tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a

spear like a weaver's beam, and he went down to him with a staff,

wrested the spear from the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.

2 4Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, did these things, and won a name among

the three mighty men.

25 Out of the thirty captains, he himself was honored, and although

he did not attain to the three, David set him over his guard.

26 (1Ch 27:7)Now the other mighty men of valor of the army were

Asahel the brother of Joab,

Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

27 Shammoth the Harorite,

Helez the Pelonite,

28 (1Ch 27:12) Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

Abiezer the Anathothite,

29 Sibbekai the Hushathite,

Ilai the Ahohite,

30 Maharai the Netophathite,

Heled the son of Baanah, the Netoph­athite,

31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah in Benjamin,

Benaiah the Pirathonite,

32 Hurai from the rivers of Gaash,

Abiel the Arbathite,

33 Azmaveth the Baharumite,

Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite,

Jonathan the son of Shagee, the Hararite,

35 Ahiam the son of Sakar, the Hararite,

Eliphal the son of Ur,

36 Hepher the Mekerathite,

Ahijah the Pelonite,

37 Hezro the Carmelite,

Naarai the son of Ezbai,

38 Joel the brother of Nathan,

Mibhar the son of Hagri,

39 Zelek the Ammonite,

Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab, the son of Zeruiah,

40 Ira the Ithrite,

Gareb the Ithrite,

41 Uriah the Hittite,

Zabad the son of Ahlai,

42 Adina the son of Shiza, the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites,

and thirty with him,

43 Hanan the son of Maakah,

Joshaphat the Mithnite,

44 Uzzia the Ashterathite,

Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham, the Aroerite,

45 Jediael the son of Shimri and

Joha his brother, the Tizite,

46 Eliel the Mahavite,

and Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam,

Ithmah the Moabite,

47 Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.



20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up

his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the

three.

21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their

captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,

who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down

and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and

in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down

to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand,

and slew him with his own spear.

24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among

the three mighties.

25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the

first three: and David set him over his guard.

26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab,

Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,

29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children

of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,

35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,

39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer

of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites,

and thirty with him,

43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,

45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam,

and Ithmah the Moabite,

47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.

2 Samuel 23



David's Last Words



1 (2Sa 7:8-9; 1Sa 16:12-13) Now these are the last words of David:

The oracle of David the son of Jesse,

the oracle of the man who was raised on high,

the anointed of the God of Jacob,

and the favorite psalmist of Israel:

2 (2Pe 1:21; Mt 22:43) The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,

and His word was on my tongue.

3 (2Sa 22:32; Ex 18:21) The God of Israel said,

the Rock of Israel spoke to me:

He who rules over man justly,

who rules in the fear of God,

4 (Jdg 5:31; Ps 72:6) is like the light of the morning when the sun rises,

a morning with no clouds,

gleaming after the rain

like grass from the land.

5 (Isa 55:3; 9:6-7) Is not my house like this with God?

For He made an everlasting covenant with me,

ordered in all things and secure.

For this is all my salvation and all my desire;

will He not make it flourish?

6 But the worthless individual is like a thorn tossed away, all of them,

for they cannot be taken with the hand.

7 (Heb 6:8 ) But the man who touches them

must have an iron implement and the shaft of a spear,

and they must be burned with fire on the spot.



2 Samuel 23

David's Last Words

1 Now these be the last words of David.

David the son of Jesse said,

And the man who was raised up on high,

The anointed of the God of Jacob,

And the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me,

And his word was in my tongue.

3 The God of Israel said,

The Rock of Israel spake to me,

He that ruleth over men must be just,

Ruling in the fear of God.

4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,

Even a morning without clouds;

As the tender grass springing out of the earth

By clear shining after rain.

5 Although my house be not so with God;

Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant,

Ordered in all things, and sure:

For this is all my salvation, and all my desire,

Although he make it not to grow.

6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away,

Because they cannot be taken with hands:

7 But the man that shall touch them

Must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear;

And they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.



2 Samuel 23



David's Mighty Warriors

1Ch 11:10-41



8 (1Ch 27:2)These are the names of the warriors whom David had:

Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the three.

Or captains, or thirty. [Cf. 1Ch 11:11. ]

He was also known as Adino the Eznite,

on account of eight hundred slain on one occasion.

9 (1Ch 27:4) After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of Ahohi.

He was among the three warriors with David when they defied the Philistines

who were gathered together there to fight when the men of Israel withdrew.

10 (1Sa 11:13; 19:5) He arose and attacked the Philistines until his hand

grew weary and stuck to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory

that day, and the people returned only to plunder.

11 After him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines

had gathered into a troop, where the plot of the field was full of lentils,

and the people fled before the Philistines.

12 (2Sa 23:10) He took his stand in the midst of the plot of land,

defended it, and defeated the Philistines.

The Lord brought about a great victory.

13 (1Sa 22:1; 2Sa 5:18) Then three [Text reads thirty], but three has been

translated here on the basis of other textual witnesses and Masoretic

marginal notation. (Cf. 22:16). of the thirty chief men went down

and came to David at the cave of Adullam during the harvest.

Now the Philistine army was in the Valley of Rephaim.

14 (1Sa 22:4-5)At that time, David was in the stronghold

while the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

15 (Jn 4:14) David said longingly, "O that someone would give me

a drink of water from the well in Bethlehem by the gate!"

16 The three warriors breached the Philistine camp and drew up water from

the well in Bethlehem by the gate, and they brought it to David. However,

he was not willing to drink it,

so he poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord.

17 (Lev 17:10) He said, "Far be it from me, O Lord, to drink this,

the blood of the men who risked their lives."

So he was not willing to drink it.

These things the three warriors did.



[8] These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that

sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he

lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

[9] And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three

mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there

gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

[10] He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his

hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day;

and the people returned after him only to spoil.

[11] And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the

Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground

full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

[12] But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the

Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.

[13] And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the

harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines

pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

[14] And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was

then in Bethlehem.

[15] And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the

water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

[16] And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and

drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it,

and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured

it out unto the LORD.

[17] And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not

this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he

would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.



1 CHRONICLES 11



David's Mighty Men



2Sa 23:8-39



10 (1Ch 11:3) Now these are the heads of the mighty men whom David had,

who strengthened him in his kingdom, along with all Israel,

to establish him as king according to the word of the Lord to Israel.

11 (2Sa 23:8) These make up the number of the mighty men who fought for David:

Jashobeam, the son of Hakmoni, the head of the thirty, who lifted his spear

in triumph over three hundred slain at one time.

12 (1Ch 27:4) After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite,

who was among the three mighty men.

13 He was with David at Pas Dammim when the Philistines were gathered

there for battle. There was a piece of ground full of barley.

Now the men fled from the Philistines.

14 But they stood their ground in the middle of the field, defended it,

and killed the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great victory.

15 (1Ch 14:9; Isa 17:5) Now three of the thirty captains climbed

down the rock to David at the cave of

while the camp of the Philistines was set up in the Valley of Rephaim.

16 (1Sa 10:5) (At that time, David was in the stronghold, but a garrison

of the Philistines was in Bethlehem.)

17 Now David was overcome with longing and said,

"Who will get me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem by the gate?"

18 These three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well

of Bethlehem by the gate, and carried it back to David. However, he was not

willing to drink it but poured out the water to the Lord.

19 For he said, "Far be it from me before my God to do this.

Should I drink the life blood of these men who put their lives in jeopardy?

For at the risk of their lives they brought it." Therefore

he would not drink it.

The three mighty men did these things.



David's Mighty Men



10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had,

who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel,

to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam,

an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against

three hundred slain by him at one time.

12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one

of the three mighties.

13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered

together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the

people fled from before the Philistines.

14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it,

and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.

15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into

the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley

of Rephaim.

16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison

was then at Beth-lehem.

17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water

of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!

18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water

out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and

brought it to David: but David would not drink of it,

but poured it out to the LORD,

19 and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink

the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the

jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it.

These things did these three mightiest.



2 Samuel 23



18 (2Sa 10:10; 10:14) Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah,

was chief of the thirty. [Or another three, Cf. 11:20.] He wielded his spear

against three hundred men and killed them, and won a name beside the three.

19 Was he more honored than the three? He became their commander,

but he did not attain to the three.

20 (Jos 15:21; 2Sa 8:18) And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man

of Kabzeel, who had done great acts. He struck down two sons

of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle

of a pit on a snowy day.

21 He struck down an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now the Egyptian

had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff,

seized the spear from the Egyptian, and killed him with his own spear.

22 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did and won for himself

a name alongside the three.

23 He was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the three.

So David set him over his bodyguard.

24 (2Sa 2:18; 1Ch 27:7) Among the thirty were

Asahel the brother of Joab,

Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

25 Shammah the Harodite,

Elika the Harodite,

26 (2Sa 14:2) Helez the Paltite,

Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

27 (Jos 21:18) Abiezer the Anathothite,

Mebunnai the Hushathite,

28 (2Ki 25:23; 1Ch 27:13) Zalmon the Ahohite,

Maharai the Netophathite,

29 Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

Ithai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of Benjamin,

30 (Jdg 12:15; Jos 24:30) Benaiah the Pirathonite,

Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,

31 (2Sa 3:16) Abi-Albon the Arbathite,

Azmaveth the Barhumite,

32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

of the sons of Jashen,

Jonathan,

33 Shammah the Hararite,

Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,

34 (2Sa 11:3; 15:12) Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maakathite,

Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

35 (1Ch 11:37) Hezro the Carmelite,

Paarai the Arbite,

36 Igal the son of Nathan from Zobah,

the son of Hagri,

37 Zelek the Ammonite,

Naharai the Beerothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

38 (1Ch 2:53; 2Sa 20:26) Ira the Ithrite,

Gareb the Ithrite,

39 (2Sa 11:3) and Uriah the Hittite.

There were thirty-seven in all.

Day 139, 19 May 2026



1) 2 Samuel 22, 2 Samuel 23:1-7, 2 Samuel 23:8-17

1 Chronicles 11:10-19, 2 Samuel 23:18-39 , 1 Chronicles 11:20-47



2 Samuel 22

David's Song of Deliverance

Ps 18:1-50

1 (Ex 15:1; Jdg 5:1) Now on the day the Lord delivered him from the hand

of all of his enemies and from the hand of Saul,

David spoke to the Lord the words of this song.

2 (Ps 31:3; 71:3)He said:

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

3 (Ge 15:1; Ps 9:9) the God of my strength, in whom I will trust;

my shield and the horn of my salvation,

my fortress and my sanctuary;

my Savior, You save me from violence.

4 (Ps 48:1; 96:4) I call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy,

and I am saved from my enemies.

5 (Ps 69:14-15; Jnh 2:3) When the waves of death encompassedme,

the currents of destruction made me afraid.

6 (Ps 116:3) The ropes of Sheol were wrapped around me;

the snares of death were opposite me.

7 (Ps 116:4; 120:1) In my distress I called on the Lord,

and cried out to my God;

from His temple He heard my voice.

My cry reached His ears.

8 (Jdg 5:4; Job 26:11) Then the earth quaked and trembled;

the foundations of the heavens rumbled and shook,

because He was angry.

9 (Heb 12:29) Smoke rose from His nostrils,

devouring fire from His mouth;

coals blazed forth from Him.

10 (1Ki 8:12; Ps 97:2 )He bowed the heaven as He came down,

with thick darkness under His feet.

11 (Ps 104:3 ) He rode upon a cherub as He flew,

and appeared upon the wings of the wind.

12 (2Sa 22:10) He made darkness canopies around Him,

dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

13 (2Sa 22:9) From the brightness before Him

embers of fire are kindled.

14 (1Sa 2:10; Job 37:2-5) The Lord thundered from heaven,

and the Most High uttered His voice.

15 (Dt 32:23; Jos 10:10) He sent out arrows and dispersed them;

with lightning He sent them into confusion.

16 (Na 1:4) The channels of the sea appeared,

the foundations of the world were exposed

with the rebuke of the Lord,

from the blast of breath from His nostrils.

17 (Ps 144:7) He reached from on high and took me;

He drew me out of mighty waters.

18 He rescued me from my strong enemy,

from those who hate me;

for they were stronger than I.

19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,

but the Lord was my support.

20 (2Sa 15:26; Ps 31:8) He brought me to the open expanse;

He rescued me, for He delighted inme.

21 (1Sa 26:23; Ps 24:4) The Lord did for me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands He recompensed me.

22 (Ge 18:19; Pr 8:32) For I have kept the ways of the Lord,

and I have not become guilty against my God.

23 (Ps 119:30; 119:102) For all His judgments are before me,

and I have not abandoned His statutes.

24 (Ge 6:9; 17:1) I am blameless toward Him,

and I have kept myself from guilt.

25 (2Sa 22:21) The Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,

according to my cleanness in His sight.

26 (Mt 5:7) With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful;

with the blameless You prove Yourself blameless;

27 Mt 5:8 with the pure You show Yourself pure;

but with the perverse You show Yourself shrewd.

28 (Ps 72:12-13; Isa 5:15) You deliver a humble people;

but Your eyes are upon the exalted to bring them down.

29 (Ps 27:1; Job 29:3) For You are my lamp, O Lord;

the Lord illuminates my darkness.

30 For by You I can run over a channel;

by my God I can leap over a wall.

31 (Dt 32:4; Pr 30:5) As for God, His way is perfect;

the word of the Lord is proven;

He is a shield

for all who take refuge in Him.

32 (1Sa 2:2) For who is God except the Lord?

And who is a rock except our God?

33 God is my strong fortress,

and He sets the blameless on His way.

34 (Dt 32:13; 2Sa 2:18) He makes my feet like hinds' feet;

He sets me on my high places.

35 (Ps 144:1 ) He trains my hand for battle,

so that my arm may bend a bow of bronze.

36 (Eph 6:16) You have given me a shield of Your salvation,

and Your humility has made me great.

37 (Pr 4:12 ) You widen my stride under me,

and my feet do stagger.

38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them;

I did not turn back until they were consumed.

39 (Mal 4:3) I consumed them and shattered them so that they did not rise;

they fell under my feet.

40 (Ps 44:5) You girded me with strength for the battle;

You subjugated under me those who rose up against me.

41 (Ex 23:27; Jos 10:24) You caused my enemies to retreat from me;

I destroyed those who hated me.

42 (Isa 1:15; 1Sa 28:6) They looked, but there was no one to save them,

to the Lord, but He did not respond.

43 (Mic 7:10; Isa 10:6; 2Ki 13:7) I crushed them like the dust of the land,

like the mud of the streets, I ground them and stamped them down.

44 (2Sa 8:1-14; Isa 55:5) You have also delivered me f

rom the strivings of my people;

You have kept me as the head of the nations.

A people whom I have not known will serve me.

45 (Ps 66:3; 81:15) Foreigners submit to me, cringing;

as soon as they hear, they obey me.

46 (Mic 7:17) Foreigners lose heart;

they gird themselves as they leave their fortresses.

47 (Ps 89:26) The Lord lives; blessed be my rock.

May the God of the rock of my salvation be exalted,

48 (Ps 144:2; 94:1) the God who gave me retribution

and brought down peoples under me,

49 (Ps 140:1) who brought me out from my enemies.

You exalted me above those who rose up against me;

You delivered me from violent ones.

50 (Ro 15:9) Therefore, I praise You, O Lord, among the nations;

I sing praises to Your name.

51 (Ps 144:10; 2Sa 7:12-13) He is a tower of salvation for His king,

and He acts faithfully toward His anointed,

toward David and his descendants forever.



2 Samuel 22

[1] And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the

LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the

hand of Saul:

[2] And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

[3] The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn

of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me

from violence.

[4] I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be

saved from mine enemies.

[5] When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me

afraid;

[6] The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented

me;

[7] In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did

hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

[8] Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and

shook, because he was wroth.

[9] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth

devoured: coals were kindled by it.

[10] He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his

feet.

[11] And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings

of the wind.

[12] And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick

clouds of the skies.

[13] Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

[14] The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

[15] And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited

them.

[16] And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were

discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his

nostrils.

[17] He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

[18] He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for

they were too strong for me.

[19] They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

[20] He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because

he delighted in me.

[21] The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the

cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

[22] For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed

from my God.

[23] For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did

not depart from them.

[24] I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

[25] Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness;

according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

[26] With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright

man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

[27] With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou

wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

[28] And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the

haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

[29] For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

[30] For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a

wall.

[31] As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a

buckler to all them that trust in him.

[32] For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?

[33] God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

[34] He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.

[35] He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine

arms.

[36] Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness

hath made me great.

[37] Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

[38] I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again

until I had consumed them.

[39] And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise:

yea, they are fallen under my feet.

[40] For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up

against me hast thou subdued under me.

[41] Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy

them that hate me.

[42] They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he

answered them not.

[43] Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp

them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

[44] Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast

kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

[45] Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they

shall be obedient unto me.

[46] Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close

places.

[47] The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the

rock of my salvation.

[48] It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

[49] And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me

up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from

the violent man.

[50] Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and

I will sing praises unto thy name.

[51] He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his

anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

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



http://www.ehc.ca



18th Day of the Month



a) Pray that pastors will experience spiritual, emotional and physical

refreshing for the presence of the Lord



( Jer 31:25



25 For I satiate the weary souls and I replenish every languishing soul.



25 For I have satiated the weary soul,

and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

)



b) Pray that the Lord will protect and deliver our nation from

danger and adversity



( Ps 34:7



7 The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear Him,

and delivers them.



7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,

And delivereth them.



Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to accept His discipline.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear Father, sometimes my heart gets tired.

Please forgive me for choosing the wrong things.

Help me embrace Your offer to cleanse and soften my hard heart."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know when you were alien to the Lord.



Pray to the Lord and pray to do your labour in the name of the Lord.



Pray to the Lord and pray to dewll in the House of the Lord

all the Days of your life.



Agree in prayer for Ontario:



- get network leaders - the need is great

- the development of network leadership teams

- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals

whom God is calling into this ministry.

- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising

believers

- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas

- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love

towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -

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

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

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



Pray continually for Sikhs to find Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.



Pray that pastors will experience spiritual, emotional and physical

refreshing for the presence of the Lord



Pray that the Lord will protect and deliver our nation from

danger and adversity



Pray for unreached tribal groups that are resistant to the message of

Jesus in TANZANIA.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



2 Chr 31:21



21 And in every deed that he undertook in the service of the house

of God and with the law and commandment to seek out his God,

he did this with all his heart, and he found success.



21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house

of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God,

he did it with all his heart, and prospered.



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



God's Protection in Times of Trouble



Ps 27:1-6



PSALMS 27



A Psalm of David.



1 The Lord is my light and my salvation;

whom will I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my life;

of whom will I be afraid?

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) When the wicked came against me

to eat my flesh -

my enemies and my foes -

they stumbled and fell.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Though an army should encamp against me,

my heart will not fear;

though war should rise against me,

in this will I be confident.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) One thing I have asked from the Lord,

that will I seek after -

for me to dwell in the house of the Lord

all the days of my life,

to see the beauty of the Lord,

and to inquire in His temple.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) For in the time of trouble

He will hide me in His pavilion;

in the shelter of His tabernacle He will hide me;

He will set me up on a rock.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8 - 9) Now my head will be lifted up

above my enemies encircling me;

therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;

I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.



1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes,

came upon me to eat up my flesh,

They stumbled and fell.

3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:

Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;

That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:

In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;

he shall set me up upon a rock.

6 And now shall mine head be lifted up,

Above mine enemies round about me:

Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

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

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

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

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

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

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



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)



Ontario



Quick facts on Muslims in Ontario



Ontario 2015 population 13 687 7000



est Muslim Population 1 001 542



CNMM Networks: Ottawa, Durham, York, Toronto, Mississauga, Halton, Hamilton,

Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor



Ontario has 55% of all of Canada's entire Muslim population. This means that

the whole of the Muslim world is represented somewhere in this province. Most

Muslims are understandably located along the southern border stretching

from Windsor eastward all the way up to Ottawa. Yet Muslims are constantly

resettling in more and more suburban and even small towns of Ontario. Mosques

are springing up, and where there are enough gathered, Islamic schools

are starting.

And they're not complacent, either. Many Islamic leaders are energetic in their

advancement of Islam in Canadian society. Recently in the Niagara Region,

the local mosque distributed via Canada Post as many as 50000 full-colour

brochures on Islam. An that mosque's Facebook page proudly show pictures of

"reverts", or white Canadians who have converted to Islam as a result of

receiving the flier and engaging with the mosque community. Another town

reports Muslims going door-to-door evangelism.

Agree in prayer for:



- net network leaders - the need is great

- the development of network leadership teams

- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals

whom God is calling into this ministry.

- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising

believers

- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas

- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love

towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.



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

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

Islam.



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

which means Blessed Eid!"



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

know, and Muslims around the world:



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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

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

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

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

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

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



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

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

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

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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -

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

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

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



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



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

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

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .

Psalms 42

BOOK TWO

Psalms 42-72



For the Music Director. A Contemplative Maskil of the sons of Korah.



1 As the deer pants after the water brooks,

so my soul pants after You, O God.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2 ) My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When will I come and appear before God?

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) My tears have been my food

day and night,

while they always say to me,

"Where is your God?"

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) When I remember these things,

I pour out my soul within me.

For I would travel with the throng of people;

I proceeded with them to the house of God,

with the voice of joy and thanks,

with a multitude making a pilgrimage.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Why are you cast down, O my soul?

And why are you disquieted in me?

Hope in God,

for I will yet thank Him

for the help of His presence.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) O my God, my soul is cast down within me;

therefore I will remember You

from the land of Jordan,

and of the Hermon, from the hill of Mizar.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Deep calls to deep

at the noise of Your waterfalls;

all Your waves and Your billows

passed over me.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Yet the Lord will command

His lovingkindness in the daytime,

and in the night His song will be with me,

a prayer to the God of my life.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2 ) I will say to God, my rock,

"Why have You forgotten me?

Why do I go mourning

because of the oppression of the enemy?"

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) With shattering in my bones,

those harassing me reproach me,

when they say to me every day,

"Where is your God?"

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Why, my soul, are you cast down?

Why do you groan within me?

Wait for God;

I will yet thank Him,

For He is my deliverance and my God.



Psalm 42

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.

[1] As the hart panteth after the water brooks,

So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

[2] My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:

When shall I come and appear before God?

[3] My tears have been my meat day and night,

While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

[4] When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me:

For I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God,

With the voice of joy and praise,

With a multitude that kept holyday.

[5] Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

And why art thou disquieted in me?

Hope thou in God:

For I shall yet praise him For the help of his countenance.

[6] O my God, my soul is cast down within me:

Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the

Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

[7] Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts:

All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

[8] Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime,

And in the night his song shall be with me,

and my prayer unto the God of my life.

[9] I will say unto God my rock, why hast thou forgotten me?

Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

[10] As with a sword in my bones,

Mine enemies reproach me;

While they say daily unto me,

Where is thy God?

[11] Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

And why art thou disquieted within me?

Hope thou in God;

For I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.



2) Our Daily Bread for 18 May 2025 titles

Anatomy of a Hardening Heart by Adam R. Holz



Hebrews 3:7-15



A Rest for God's People



7 (Heb 3:15; 4:7) Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

"Today, if you hear His voice,

8 do not harden your hearts

as in the rebellion,

on the day of temptation in the wilderness,

9 (Ac 7:36) where your fathers tested Me and tried Me

and saw My works for forty years.

10 (Ps 95:10) Therefore I was angry with that generation,

and said, 'They always go astray in their heart,

and they have not known My ways.'

11 (Heb 4:3; 4:5) So I swore in My wrath,

'They shall not enter My rest.' "

12 (Heb 12:25) Be attentive, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil,

unbelieving heart, and you depart from the living God.

13 (Eph 4:22; Heb 10:24-25) But exhort one another daily, while it is called

"Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

14 (Heb 3:6) For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning

of our confidence firmly to the end,

15 (Heb 3:7-8) while it is said:

"Today, if you will hear His voice,

do not harden your hearts

as in the rebellion."(Ps 95:7-8.)



[7] Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

[8] Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation

in the wilderness:

[9] When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

[10] Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway

err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

[11] So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

[12] Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of

unbelief, in departing from the living God.

[13] But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of

you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

[14] For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our

confidence stedfast unto the end;

[15] While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your

hearts, as in the provocation.



It's fascinating to see your own heart. Recently, I did. Chest pain led me to

see a doctor, who ordered tests that allowed me to see that my heart has

calcium buildup. More than I should have. Atherosclerosis, the doctors call

it: hardening of the arteries.



I've made big diet and exercise changes. But I've also realised that my

cardiac concerns didn't emerge overnight. In my case, they were the fruit of

unhealthy choices. In time, those habits couldn't help but impact my heart's

health.



Scripture uses similar language to describe being spiritually unhealthy. Our

hearts can gradually grow hardened toward God - one day and one choice at a

time. Hebrews 3:7-8 (referencing Psalm 95:7-8) says, "Today, if you hear his

voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion." After God

delivered His people from Egypt, they "tested and tried [Him]" (v. 9)

during their time in the wilderness.



God had faithfully provided for His people, but they refused to see

it (vv. 9-10). What about us? What habits nudge us away from God - day by day

hardening our hearts against Him? We all make some of those choices. So I'm

thankful that today, right now, God offers to exchange our hearts of stone

for those softened by His love (see Ezekiel 36:26).



Reflect & Pray



How is God drawing you closer to Him? How can you learn to hear His voice?



Dear Father, sometimes my heart gets tired.

Please forgive me for choosing the wrong things.

Help me embrace Your offer to cleanse and soften my hard heart.



Discover more about hearing the voice of God.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



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



Col 1:21-22



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

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

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

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



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

by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

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

and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight



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

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

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

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

Television and movies have educated us about alien life forms.

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

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

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

incompatible with our environment.

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

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

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

the imagination.

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

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

his world through Christ's death and resurrection.

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

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

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

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

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



Application



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



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



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

to Jesus?

Day 138, 18 May 2026



1)Psalms 5, 38, 41, 42



Psalms 5

For the Music Director. With the flutes. A Psalm of David.

1 Give ear to my words, O Lord;

consider my meditation.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Listen to the voice of my cry,

my King and my God,

for to You will I pray.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) O Lord, in the morning You will hear my voice;

in the morning I will direct my prayer to You,

and I will watch expectantly.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) For You are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness,

nor will evil dwell with You.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Those who boast will not stand in Your sight;

You hate all workers of iniquity.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) You will destroy those who speak lies;

the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) But as for me, in the abundance of Your mercy

I will enter Your house;

in fear of You I will worship at Your holy temple.

8J (ob 35:10; Ps 63:6) Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness

because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) For there is no uprightness in their mouth;

destruction is in their midst;

their throat is an open tomb; they flatter with their tongue.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Declare them guilty, O God;

may they fall by their own counsels;

cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions,

for they have rebelled against You.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) But may all those who seek refuge in You rejoice;

may they ever shout for joy, because You defend them;

may those who love Your name be joyful in You.

12 For You, Lord, will bless the righteous;

You surround him with favour like a shield.



Psalm 5

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.

1 Give ear to my words, O LORD,

Consider my meditation.

2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God:

For unto thee will I pray.

3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD;

In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:

Neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight:

Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing:

The LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy:

And in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;

Make thy way straight before my face.

9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;

Their inward part is very wickedness;

Their throat is an open sepulchre;

They flatter with their tongue.

10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;

Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions;

for they have rebelled against thee.

11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:

Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them:

let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous;

With favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.



Psalms 38



A Psalm of David. To bring remembrance.



1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,

nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For Your arrows pierce me,

and Your hand presses down on me.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) There is no soundness in my flesh because of

Your indignation, nor is there health in my bones because of my sin.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) For my iniquities have passed over my head;

as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) My wounds grow foul and fester

because of my foolishness.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) I am bent, I am bowed down greatly;

I go mourning all the day long.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) For my sides are filled with burning,

and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) I am numb and completely crushed;

I have roared because of the groaning of my heart.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Lord, all my desire is before You,

and my sighing is not hidden from You.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) My heart throbs, my strength fails me;

as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) My friends and my companions stand

back because of my affliction,

and those close to me stand at a distance.

12 The people who seek my life strike at me;

those who seek my harm speak destruction,

and plan treacheries all the day long.

13 But I, like a deaf man, did not hear;

and like a dumb man, did not open my mouth.

14 Thus I was as a man who does not hear,

and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15 For in You, O Lord, do I hope;

You will answer, O Lord my God.

16 For I said, "Lest otherwise they should rejoice over me.

When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me."

17 For I am ready to stumble,

an d my pain is continually before me.

18For I will declare my iniquity;

I am anxious because of my sin.

19 But my enemies are lively, and they are strong;

and those who wrongfully hate me are many.

20 Those also who repay evil for good are my adversaries,

because I pursue good.

21 Do not abandon me, O Lord;

O my God, do not be far from me.

22 Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation.



Psalm 38

[1] O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot

displeasure.

[2] For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

[3] There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is

there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

[4] For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are

too heavy for me.

[5] My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

[6] I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

[7] For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no

soundness in my flesh.

[8] I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness

of my heart.

[9] Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from

thee.

[10] My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine

eyes, it also is gone from me.

[11] My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand

afar off.

[12] They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek

my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

[13] But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth

not his mouth.

[14] Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no

reproofs.

[15] For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

[16] For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when

my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

[17] For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

[18] For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

[19] But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me

wrongfully are multiplied.

[20] They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I

follow the thing that good is.

[21] Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

[22] Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.



Psalms 41

For the Music Director. A Psalm of David.



1 Blessed are those who consider the poor;

the Lord will deliver them in the day of trouble.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) The Lord will preserve them and keep them alive,

and they will be blessed on the earth,

and You will not deliver them to the will of their enemies.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) The Lord will sustain them on the sickbed;

You will restore all his lying down in his illness.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) I said, "Lord, be gracious to me;

heal my soul, for I have sinned against You."

5 Ps 42:11; 43:5 My enemies speak evil of me:

"When will he die, and his name perish?"

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) And if people come to see me, they speak insincerely;

their heart gathers iniquity to itself, when they go outside, they tell it.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) All who hate me whisper together against me;

they devise harm against me.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 )"An evil disease clings to him.

And now that he lies down, he will not rise up again."

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Yes, my own close friend,

in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread,

has lifted up the heel against me.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) But You, O Lord, be gracious to me,

and raise me up, that I may repay them.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) By this I know that You favor me,

because my enemy does not triumph over me.

12 As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,

and set me before You forever.

13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel

from everlasting and to everlasting.

Amen and Amen.



Psalm 41

[1] Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in

time of trouble.

[2] The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed

upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

[3] The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make

all his bed in his sickness.

[4] I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned

against thee.

[5] Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

[6] And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth

iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

[7] All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise

my hurt.

[8] An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth

he shall rise up no more.

[9] Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my

bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

[10] But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may

requite them.

[11] By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not

triumph over me.

[12] And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me

before thy face for ever.

[13] Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting.

Amen, and Amen.

2) Our Daily Bread for 17 May 2026 Titled

Deep Roots by Patricia Raybon



Jeremiah 17:5-8



5 (2Ch 32:8; Isa 2:22) Thus says the Lord:

Cursed is the man who trusts in man

and makes flesh his strength,

and whose heart departs from the Lord.

6 (Dt 29:23; Jer 48:6) For he will be like a bush in the desert

and will not see when good comes,

but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,

in a salt land and not inhabited.

7 (Ps 34:8; 2:12) Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,

and whose hope is the Lord.

8 (Ps 1:3; Eze 47:12) For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,

and that spreads out its roots by the river,

and shall not fear when heat comes,

but its leaf shall be green,

and it shall not be anxious in the year of drought,



[5] Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh

flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

[6] For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when

good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a

salt land and not inhabited.

[7] Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

[8] For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out

her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf

shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither

shall cease from yielding fruit.



As Douglas Kent, a landscape architect, toured a charred Los Angeles

neighbourhood after the city's raging 2025 wildfires, he encountered a

shocking surprise - trees, alive and green, right next to melted cars and

burned buildings. Many of them bore lush palms and leaves, abundant fruit,

and strong trunks and branches. How?



After two consecutive rainy winters, the trees' roots had reached deep into

the soil to draw moisture, carrying it to branches and leaves. In a fire,

they proved resistant.

"What I saw," said Kent, "was that if you were deep-rooted, you survived."



Our faith during the fiery trials of life can be like that. As we set our

spiritual roots deep in Christ and His love, we become "like a tree planted

by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when

heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year

of drought and never fails to bear fruit" (Jeremiah 17:8).



Jeremiah, who never minced words, warned that those who trust in "mere flesh"

are "cursed" (v. 5). "That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;

they will not see prosperity when it comes." Instead, "they will dwell in the

parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives" (vv. 5-6).

How much better to trust in God! Well-watered by His sustaining love,

we thrive even in raging times, bearing spiritual fruit in Him.



Reflect & Pray



How deep are your roots in Christ? How can you trust Him during fiery trials?



Dear God, as the world seems to burn around

me, please remind me to trust in You.





Learn how to move from a shallow life to the firm

foundation of your identity in Christ.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 1 - The Joy of Confessing Christ



Romans 10:9-10



9 (Lk 12:8; Php 2:11)that if you confess with your mouth

Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from

the dead, you will be saved,

10 for with the heart one believes unto righteousness,

and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation



[9] That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt

believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be

saved.

[10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth

confession is made unto salvation.



Teena, a college freshman, has just committed her life to Christ,

but she was apprehensive about telling anyone - until Bill appeared

on the scene. He plunked his coffee cup down on the table and smiled.

"I heard something exciting happened to you yesterday, Teena"

"Yeah", Teena paused and looked around, as if seeking an escape route.

"I , uh, well, I did it"

"Did what?"

"Well, I, ah, gave my life to God."

"That's wonderful!" Bill exclaimed.

He was still talking with Teena and encouraging he in her decision

when Maria walked by.

"Maria!" Bill called. "Teena wants to tell you something!"

Teena gasped , open-mouthed, then stammered,

" I - I committed my life to Christ."

Maria , similarly enthuasiatic, encouraged Teena in her commitment,

and within half an hour Teena was stopping her friends to tell them,

"Guess what? I've become a Christian! I belng to Jesus now!"

Teena had already surrendered her heart to Christ.

But when she confessed her decision aloud to others,

the truth of that transformation was confirmed by her.

Many of us have been raised to believe that 'faith is a private matter',

not to be discussed in polite company. Yet Paul makes clear the connection

between heart commitment and verbal confession. Just as my love for family

and friends deepens as I tell them I love them, so a person's love

for Christ is confirmed and stabilised

by speaking of that commitment to others.



Application



a) Have I been reluctant to tell others of my faith in Christ? Why?



b) What happens within me when I do tell others of my love for the Lord?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Mark 4:23-29



23 (Mk 4:9; Mt 11:15) "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

24 (Mt 7:2) He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.

The measure you give will be measured for you,

and to you who hear will more be given.

25 (Mt 13:12; Lk 8:18) For to him who has will more be given.

And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has."



The Parable of the Growing Seed



26 (Mt 13:24) He said, "The kingdom of God is like a man

who scatters seed on the ground.

27 (Ecc 11:5) He sleeps and rises night and day,

and the seed sprouts and grows; he does not know how.

28 For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade,

then the head, then the full seed in the head.

29 (Joel 3:13) But when the grain is ripe,

immediately he applies the sickle because the harvest has come."



23 "If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. "

24 And he said unto them, "Take heed what ye hear:

with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you:

and unto you that hear shall more be given.

25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not,

from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should

cast seed into the ground;

27 and should sleep, and rise night and day,

and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade,

then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

29 But when the fruit is brought forth,

immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come."



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



God's Gift of Salvation



Ps 51:1-13



PSALMS 51



For the Music Director. A Psalm of David,

when Nathan the Prophet came to him,

after he had gone in to Bathsheba.



1 Have mercy on me, O God,

according to Your lovingkindness;

according to the abundance of Your compassion,

blot out my transgressions.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2 ) Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

and cleanse me from my sin.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) For I acknowledge my transgressions,

and my sin is ever before me.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Against You, You only, have I sinned,

and done this evil in Your sight,

so that You are justified when You speak,

and You are blameless when You judge.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) I was brought forth in iniquity,

and in sin my mother conceived me.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) You desire truth in the inward parts,

and in the hidden part You make me to know wisdom.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 ) Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;

wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Make me to hear joy and gladness,

that the bones that You have broken may rejoice.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Hide Your face from my sins,

and blot out all my iniquities.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right spirit within me.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not cast me away from Your presence,

and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,

and uphold me with Your willing spirit.

13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,

and sinners will return to You.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

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

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

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

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

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

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

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)



Ontario



Quick facts on Muslims in Ontario



Ontario 2015 population 13 687 7000



est Muslim Population 1 001 542



CNMM Networks: Ottawa, Durham, York, Toronto, Mississauga, Halton, Hamilton,

Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor



Ontario has 55% of all of Canada's entire Muslim population. This means that

the whole of the Muslim world is represented somewhere in this province. Most

Muslims are understandably located along the southern border stretching

from Windsor eastward all the way up to Ottawa. Yet Muslims are constantly

resettling in more and more suburban and even small towns of Ontario. Mosques

are springing up, and where there are enough gathered, Islamic schools

are starting.

And they're not complacent, either. Many Islamic leaders are energetic in their

advancement of Islam in Canadian society. Recently in the Niagara Region,

the local mosque distributed via Canada Post as many as 50000 full-colour

brochures on Islam. An that mosque's Facebook page proudly show pictures of

"reverts", or white Canadians who have converted to Islam as a result of

receiving the flier and engaging with the mosque community. Another town

reports Muslims going door-to-door evangelism.

Agree in prayer for:



- net network leaders - the need is great

- the development of network leadership teams

- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals

whom God is calling into this ministry.

- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising

believers

- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas

- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love

towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.



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

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

Islam.



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

which means Blessed Eid!"



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

know, and Muslims around the world:



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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

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

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

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

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

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



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

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

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

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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -

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

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

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



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



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

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

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .



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



http://www.ehc.ca



17th Day of the Month



a) Pray for the safety of those

who live in your community -

safety from conflict and crimes



( Ps 122:7 - 7 Peace be within your walls

and security within your towers!



7 Peace be within thy walls,

And prosperity within thy palaces.)



b) Pray for the province of Ontario



I) Pray for the leaders of Ontario,

that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4



1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.



II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord so that you can reflect Christ in

your home and marriage



Pray to the Lord and seek the Lord in every decision you make.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, as the world seems to burn around

me, please remind me to trust in You."



Pray to the Lord and pray to confess publicly that Jesus is Lord of your life.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be a bountiful repear in Lord Jesus Christ.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord as Mercy.



Agree in prayer for Ontario:



- get network leaders - the need is great

- the development of network leadership teams

- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals

whom God is calling into this ministry.

- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising

believers

- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas

- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love

towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -

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

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

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



Pray continually for Sikhs to find Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.



Pray for the safety of those who live in your community -

safety from conflict and crimes



Pray that Christians in Cuba

will wisely yet courageously proclaim the Gospel online, not fearing

retaliation.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God

2 Samuel 21



David Avenges the Gibeonites



1 (Ge 12:10; Nu 27:21) Now there was a famine in the days of David

for three years, year after year; and David called upon the Lord.

The Lord said, "There is blood guilt upon Saul and upon his house

because he put the Gibeonites to death."

2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.

Now the Gibeonites were not from the children of Israel.

Instead they were a remnant of the Amorites.

Although the children of Israel had made a pact with them,

Saul attempted to destroy them in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.

3 (2Sa 20:19; 1Sa 26:19) David said to the Gibeonites, "What must I do

for you, and with what may I appease you that you may bless the inheritance

of the Lord?"

4 The Gibeonites said to him, "We have no concern for silver or gold from Saul

or his household, nor is it for us to put any man in Israel to death."

He said to them, "What are you saying I should do for you?"

5 (2Sa 21:1) They said to the king, "Regarding the man who put an end to us

and planned to exterminate us from the entire territory of Israel,

6 (1Sa 10:24; 10:26) let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us,

and we will hang them before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul,

the chosen one of the Lord." The king said, "I will hand them over."

7 (1Sa 18:3; 20:8) But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan,

the son of Saul on account of the oath of the Lord that was between them,

between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

8 (1Sa 18:19; 2Sa 3:7) So the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter

of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth, whom she had born to Saul,

and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had born to Adriel

the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

9 (Ru 1:22) He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites,

and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord;

the seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the first days

of harvest, in the beginning of the barley harvest.

10 (Dt 21:23) Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it

for herself on the rock, from the beginning of the harvest until the rains

poured on them from heaven. She did not allow the birds of the air to rest

on them by day nor the animals of the field by night.

11 When it was reported to David that which Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,

the concubine of Saul, had done,

12 (Jos 17:11; 1Sa 31:10-13) David went and took the bones of Saul

and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead

who had secretly taken them from the plaza in Beth Shan,

where the Philistines had hung them the day the Philistines

struck down Saul on Gilboa.

13 He brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son

from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.

14 (Jos 18:28; 2Sa 24:25) They interred the bones of Saul and Jonathan

his son in the land of Benjamin at Zela, in the tomb of Kish, his father.

They did everything that the king commanded.

After that God was entreated regarding the land.



[1] Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after

year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul,

and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

[2] And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the

Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the

Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to

slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

[3] Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and

wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of

the LORD?

[4] And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of

Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel.

And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

[5] And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised

against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts

of Israel,

[6] Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up

unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king

said, I will give them.

[7] But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul,

because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan

the son of Saul.

[8] But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she

bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the

daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the

Meholathite:

[9] And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged

them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were

put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of

barley harvest.

[10] And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her

upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them

out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by

day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

[11] And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine

of Saul, had done.

[12] And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his

son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of

Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had

slain Saul in Gilboa:

[13] And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of

Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

[14] And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country

of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they

performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for

the land.



Wars With the Philistines



1Ch 20:4-8



15 (2Sa 5:17; 5:22) Now once again there was a battle between the Philistines

and Israel. So David went down and his servants with him to fight

the Philistines, and David grew weary.

16 (2Sa 21:18; 21:20) Now Ishbi-Benob, who was among the descendants

of the giant and was girded with new weaponry, had a spear weighing

three hundred bronze shekels and had said that he would strike David down.

17 (2Sa 18:3; 1Ki 11:36) But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid.

He struck down the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David made

an oath with him, saying, "You shall no longer come out with us to battle,

so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel."

18 (1Ch 11:29; 2Sa 21:20) Now afterwards there was again a battle with

the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbekai the Hushathite struck down Saph,

who was among the descendants of the giant.

19 (1Ch 20:5) Once again, there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob.

On this occasion, -Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite

struck down Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam.

20 (2Sa 21:16; 21:18) Once again, there was war at Gath. There was a man

of stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot,

twenty-four in number. Now he also was born to the giant.

21 (1Sa 16:9; 17:10) When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah,

the brother of David, struck him down.

22 (1Ch 20:8) Now these four were born to the giant in Gath,

and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.





[15] Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went

down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and

David waxed faint.

[16] And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of

whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being

girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

[17] But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine,

and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go

no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

[18] And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the

Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of

the sons of the giant.

[19] And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan

the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the

Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

[20] And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature,

that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and

twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

[21] And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of

David slew him.

[22] These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of

David, and by the hand of his servants.



1 CHRONICLES 20



Philistine Giants Killed

2Sa 21:15-22



4 (2Sa 21:18-22) Now after this, when war broke out in Gezer

with the Philistines, Sibbekai of Hushah killed Sippai,

who was one of the descendants of the giants, and they were humbled.

5 (2Sa 21:19) Again there was war with the Philistines, and Elhanan

the son of Jair killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite,

the shaft of whose wooden spear was like a weaver's beam.

6 Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature,

who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, 24 in number;

and he also was descended from the giants.

7 (1Sa 16:9; 1Ch 2:13) When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea,

David's brother, killed him.

8 These were descended from the giants in Gath,

and they fell by the hand of David and his servants.



[4] And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with

the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai,

that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

[5] And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair

slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like

a weaver's beam.

[6] And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature,

whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand,

and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.

[7] But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother

slew him.

[8] These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand

of David, and by the hand of his servants.

2 Samuel 19

[31] And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over

Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

[32] Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had

provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very

great man.

[33] And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will

feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

[34] And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I

should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

[35] I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and

evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more

the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy

servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

[36] Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why

should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

[37] Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine

own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But

behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to

him what shall seem good unto thee.

[38] And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to

him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require

of me, that will I do for thee.

[39] And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over,

the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own

place.

[40] Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all

the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

[41] And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the

king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have

brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over

Jordan?

[42] And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king

is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we

eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

[43] And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten

parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then

did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back

our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of

the men of Israel.



2 Samuel 20

Sheba Rebels Against David

1 (1Ki 12:16; Dt 13:13) There happened to be a worthless man there whose name

was Sheba the son of Bikri, a Benjamite. He sounded the trumpet and said,

"We have no share in David,nor do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse;

every man to his tents, O Israel."

2 So every man of Israel withdrew from following David and followed

after Sheba the son of Bikri, but the men of Judah stayed with their king,

from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

3 (2Sa 15:16; 16:21-22) When the king came to his house in Jerusalem,

he took the ten women, the concubines whom he had left to keep

watch over the house, and he placed them in custody. He provided

for them but did not go in to them. They were shut up until the day

of their deaths, living as in widowhood.

4 (2Sa 17:25; 19:13) Then the king said to Amasa, "Summon for me the men

of Judah in three days, then present yourself here."

5 (1Sa 13:8) So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he delayed beyond

the deadline determined for him.

6 (2Sa 11:11; 21:17) So David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bikri

will cause more harm for us than Absalom. You take your lord's servants

and pursue after him. Otherwise, he will find fortified cities and escape

from our sight."

7 (2Sa 8:18; 1Ki 1:38) The men of Joab went out after him,

along with the Kerethites, the Pelethites, and all of the warriors;

and they went out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba the son of Bikri.

8 (2Sa 2:13; 3:30) When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon,

Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was dressed in his battle armor,

and fastened on it was a belt with a sword in its sheath at the waist.

As he went forward, it fell out.

9 Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my brother?" and he took Amasa

by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

10 (2Sa 2:23; 3:27) Amasa was not on guard against the sword

in the hand of Joab, and he struck him in the midsection spilling

his entrails on the ground. He died without being struck a second time.

Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bikri.

11 (2Sa 20:13) Now one of the young men of Joab stood by him and said,

"Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab."

12 Now Amasa was wallowing in his own blood in the middle of the path.

When the man saw that all of the people stood still, he moved Amasa

from the path to the field and threw a covering over him,

when he observed that everyone who passed by would stop.

13 Once he removed him from the path, all of the men passed by,

following Joab in pursuit of Sheba the son of Bikri.

14 (2Ki 15:29) He passed through all of the tribes of Israel toward

Abel Beth Maakah, also passing by all of the Bikrites. Once assembled,

they also came after him.

15 (2Ki 19:32; Jer 32:24) They came and besieged him in Abel Beth Maakah.

They constructed a siege ramp against the city, standing it against

the rampart. As all of the people who were with Joab were battering

the city wall in order to bring it down,

16 (2Sa 14:2) a wise woman called from the city, "Listen! Listen! Say to Joab,

'Come closer so that I may speak with you.' "

17 When he came near, the woman said, "Are you Joab?" He said, "I am."

She said to him, "Listen to the words of your servant,"

and he said, "I'm listening."

18 She said, "In former times, they would say,

'Let them inquire carefully in Abel,' and thus they would resolve an issue.

19 (1Sa 26:19; 2Sa 21:3) I am a trustworthy and faithful one of Israel.

You are attempting to destroy a city, even a mother, in Israel.

Why do you swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?"

20 Joab responded, "Far be it, far be it from me to swallow up or destroy.

21 That is not true. But a man from the hill country of Ephraim,

Sheba the son of Bikri by name, has lifted his hand against King David.

Only deliver him, and I will depart from the city."

And the woman said to Joab, "His head will be thrown to you over the wall."

22 (2Sa 20:1) The woman, with her wisdom, came to all of the people

in the city, and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bikri.

When they threw it to Joab, he blew the horn, and they dispersed

from the city, each going to his own tent.

Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.



2 Samuel 20

[1] And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba,

the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no

part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to

his tents, O Israel.

[2] So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the

son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even

to Jerusalem.

[3] And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten

women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in

ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the

day of their death, living in widowhood.

[4] Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three

days, and be thou here present.

[5] So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than

the set time which he had appointed him.

[6] And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more

harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him,

lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

[7] And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the

Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to

pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

[8] When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before

them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it

a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as

he went forth it fell out.

[9] And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took

Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

[10] But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he

smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground,

and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother

pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

[11] And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab,

and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

[12] And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the

man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway

into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that

came by him stood still.

[13] When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after

Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

[14] And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to

Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went

also after him.

[15] And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast

up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people

that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

[16] Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you,

unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

[17] And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And

he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine

handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

[18] Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying,

They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

[19] I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou

seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up

the inheritance of the LORD?

[20] And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should

swallow up or destroy.

[21] The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of

Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against

David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said

unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

[22] Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off

the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a

trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab

returned to Jerusalem unto the king.



David's Officials



23 (2Sa 8:16-18) Now Joab was over the entire army of Israel.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites.

24 (1Ki 4:3; 12:18) Adoniram was over conscripted labor. Jehoshaphat

the son of Ahilud was secretary.

25 (2Sa 8:17; 1Ki 4:4) Sheva was scribe. Zadok and Abiathar were priests,

26 (2Sa 23:38) and also Ira the Jairite was priest to David.



[23] Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of

Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

[24] And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was

recorder:

[25] And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

[26] And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

1)2 Samuel 19, 2 Samuel 20, 2 Samuel 21, 1 Chronicles 20:4-8



2 Samuel 19

1 (2Sa 18:5; 18:14) It was reported to Joab that the king was weeping

and mourning over Absalom.

2 The victory that day was turned into mourning for all of the people,

for the people heard that day, "The king is grieving for his son."

3 So the people entered the city by stealth that day, as a people

who have been disgraced steal away when they flee from battle.

4 (2Sa 15:30; 18:33) The king covered his face and called with

a loud voice, "My son Absalom, my son, my son!"

5 Then Joab came to the king in his house and said,

"Today you have shamed the faces of all of your servants

who saved your life today, as well as the lives of your sons and daughters,

the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,

6 by loving those who hated you and hating those who love you.

You have shown today that commanders and servants are nothing to you.

I know that if Absalom were alive instead today and all of us were dead,

then this would be right in your eyes.

7 (Pr 14:28; Ge 34:3) Now go out and speak reassuringly to your servants,

for I swear by the Lord that if you do not go out, no man will stay with you

this night, and this will be worse for you than any calamity that has come

against you from your youth until now."

8 (2Sa 18:24; 18:4) So the king arose and took his seat in the gate,

and the people were all told, "The king is sitting in the gate."

So all the people came before the king, but the children of Israel

had fled, each to his tent.



[1] And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

[2] And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people:

for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

[3] And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people

being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

[4] But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O

my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

[5] And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed

this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life,

and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives,

and the lives of thy concubines;

[6] In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast

declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for

this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this

day, then it had pleased thee well.

[7] Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants:

for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with

thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that

befell thee from thy youth until now.

[8] Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the

people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people

came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.



David Returns to Jerusalem



9 (2Sa 15:14; 8:1-14) Now all of the people began to quarrel throughout

all of the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand

of our enemies, and he saved us from the hand of the Philistines,

but now he has fled from the land on account of Absalom.

10 But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle.

Now why are you idle to bring back the king?"

11 (2Sa 15:29) Then David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar the priests,

saying, "Speak to the elders of Israel, saying, 'Why are you last to bring

the king back to his house when the word of all Israel has come to the king,

to his house?

12 (2Sa 5:1) You are my brother. You are my bone and my flesh.

Why are you last to bring back the king?'

13 (2Sa 17:25; Ru 1:17) Say to Amasa, 'Are you not my bone and my flesh?

May God do to me, and more so, if you are not commander of the army

before me from now on in the place of Joab.' "

14 (Jdg 20:1) He swayed the heart of every man of Judah as though they were

one man, and they sent a message to the king:

"Return, you and all of your servants."

15 (Jos 5:9; 1Sa 11:14-15) So the king returned and came as far as the Jordan,

and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and bring the king

across the Jordan.

16 (1Ki 2:8; 2Sa 16:5-13) Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite who was

from Bahurim, hastened to go down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

17 (2Sa 9:2; 16:1-4) With him were a thousand men from Benjamin. And Ziba,

the servant of the house of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants,

rushed down to the Jordan before the king.

18 They crossed the ford to bring the household of the king across

and to do what was pleasing in his eyes.

Shimei the son of Gera fell before the king as he was crossing the Jordan,

19 (1Sa 22:15) and he said to the king, "Do not regard me as guilty, my lord,

or remember how your servant went astray the day when my lord the king

went out from Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

20 (2Sa 16:5) For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore, I have

come this day, first from all of the house of Joseph, to go down to meet

my lord the king."

21 (Ex 22:28; 1Sa 26:9) Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered,

"Shall not Shimei be put to death for this,

because he cursed the anointed of the Lord?"

22 (1Sa 11:13; 2Sa 16:10) David said, "What do you sons of Zeruiah

have against me that you should become an adversary to me today?

Should any man in Israel be put to death today?

For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?"

23 (1Ki 2:8-9; 2:37) The king said to Shimei, "You will not die."

The king gave him his oath.

24 Then Mephibosheth the son of Saul went down to meet the king.

He had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed

his clothes from the day the king left until the day he came back in peace.

25 (2Sa 16:17) When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king

said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?"

26 He said, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said,

'I will saddle the mule for myself in order to ride on

it and go with the king,' because your servant is lame.

27 (2Sa 14:17; 14:20) But he has slandered your servant to my lord the king.

Still my lord the king is as the angel of God, so do what seems best to you.

28 (2Sa 9:13; 9:10) For all my father's house were but dead men

before my lord the king. Yet you set your servant among those who eat

at your table. What right do I have to cry out any more to the king?"

29 The king said to him, "Why do you still speak of your affairs?

I say that you and Ziba shall divide the field."

30 Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him even take everything,

since my lord the king has come safely to his house."



[9] And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel,

saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered

us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land

for Absalom.

[10] And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore

why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

[11] And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak

unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back

to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to

his house.

[12] Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye

the last to bring back the king?

[13] And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do

so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me

continually in the room of Joab.

[14] And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of

one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy

servants.

[15] So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to

go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

[16] And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted

and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

[17] And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the

servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants

with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

[18] And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household,

and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before

the king, as he was come over Jordan;

[19] And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me,

neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that

my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his

heart.

[20] For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am

come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my

lord the king.

[21] But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be

put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?

[22] And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye

should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death

this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

[23] Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king

sware unto him.

[24] And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had

neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes,

from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

[25] And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king,

that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me,

Mephibosheth?

[26] And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy

servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to

the king; because thy servant is lame.

[27] And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord

the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

[28] For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king:

yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table.

What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

[29] And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters?

I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

[30] And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch

as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.



31 (1Ki 2:7) Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim

in order to see the king across the Jordan.

32 (1Sa 25:2) Barzillai was very old, eighty years old. But he sustained

the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.

33 The king said to Barzillai, "Cross over with me and I will sustain you

with me in Jerusalem."

34 Barzillai said to the king, "How many days are left in my life that

I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

35 (2Sa 15:33; Ezr 2:65) I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what

is pleasant from what is harmful? Can your servant taste what I eat

and what I drink? Can I still hear the voices of men and women who sing?

Why, then, should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?

36 Your servant is merely crossing over the Jordan with the king.

Why should the king repay me with this reward?

37 (1Ki 2:7; Jer 41:17) Now allow your servant to return, that I may die

in my own city with the grave of my father and my mother.

But here is your servant Kimham. He will cross over with my lord the king.

Do for him what seems best to you."

38 The king said, "Kimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him

what seems best to you. Whatever you require of me, I will do for you."

39 (Ge 31:55; 47:7; Ru 1:14) All of the people crossed over the Jordan.

And when the king had crossed over, the king kissed Barzillai a

nd blessed him and he returned to his own place.

40 The king passed on to Gilgal, and Kimham went on with him;

all of the people of Judah and half of the people of Israel passed

on with the king.

41 (Jdg 8:1; 12:1) Now all of the men of Israel were coming to the king

and said to the king, "Why have our brothers, the men of Judah,

stolen you away and brought the king and his household across the Jordan,

and all of the men of David with him?"

42 (2Sa 19:12) All of the men of Judah answered the men of Israel,

"Because the king is our close relative. Why are you angry over this matter?

Have we eaten at all at the king's expense? Has he given any gift to us?"

43 (2Sa 5:1; Gal 5:20) And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah

and said, "We have ten shares in the king. Therefore we also have more claim

on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt?

Were we not the first to advise bringing back our king?"

But the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words

of the men of Israel.

Day 137, 17 May 2026



today at Calvary Community Church

, Pastor Barry Regier joined by His wife Lori-Anne spoke on Living

Counter-Cultural ... Goldy Marriages ... Wives



We stand in respect becuase we blieve when Scripute is opeoend, God speakes.



check Nehemiah 8.



A) Accept you husband's authority



1 Peter 3:1a



Likewise you wives, be submissive to your own husbands, (MEB)



Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; (KJV)



1 Peter 2:13



13 (Titus 3:1) Submit yourselves to every human authority for the Lord's sake,

whether it be to the king, as supreme,



[13] Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake:

whether it be to the king, as supreme;



Ephesians 5:22



22 (Ge 3:16; 1Co 14:34) Wives, be submissive to your own husbands

as unto the Lord.



[22] Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.



Colossians 3:18



18 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands,

as it is fitting in the Lord.



[18] Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the

Lord.



1 Peter 3:1b-2



so that if any do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the

conduct of their wives,

2 as they see the purity and reverence of your lives.



that, if any

obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation

of the wives;

[2] While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.



1 Peter 2:21-25



21 (Ac 14:22; Mt 16:24) For to this you were called, because Christ suffered

for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:

22 (Isa 53:9; 2Co 5:21) "He committed no sin,

nor was deceit found in His mouth."(Isa 53:9.)

23 (Isa 53:7; Lk 23:46) When He was reviled, He did not revile back; when He

suffered, He did not threaten, but He entrusted Himself to Him who judges

righteously.

24 (Ro 6:2; 6:11) He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree,

that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness.

"By His wounds you were healed."(Isa 53:5).

25 (Isa 53:6; Ps 119:176)

For you were as sheep going astray, but now have been returned

to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.



[21] For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us,

leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

[22] Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

[23] Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he

threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

[24] Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we,

being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were

healed.

[25] For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the

Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.



B) Pursue Inner beauty



1 Peter 3:3-5



3 (Isa 3:18-24) Do not let your adorning be the outward adorning

of braiding the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine clothing.

4 (Ro 7:22; Ps 149:4) But let it be the hidden nature of the heart, that which

is not corruptible, even the ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is

very precious in the sight of God.

5 (1Ti 5:5) For in this manner, in the old times, the holy women, who trusted

in God, adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,



[3] Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair,

and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

[4] But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not

corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the

sight of God of great price.

[5] For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted

in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:



1 Peter 3:4



4 (Ro 7:22; Ps 149:4) But let it be the hidden nature of the heart, that which

is not corruptible, even the ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is

very precious in the sight of God.



[4] But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not

corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the

sight of God of great price.



Proverbs 11:22



22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout,

so is a fair woman who is without discretion.



22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout,

So is a fair woman which is without discretion.



praus - Strength under control



Phillipians 4:8



8 (Ac 6:3; 10:22) Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever

things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure,

whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report,

if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.



[8] Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are

honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever

things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any

virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.



1 Peter 3:5



5 (1Ti 5:5) For in this manner, in the old times, the holy women, who trusted

in God, adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,



[5] For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted

in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:



C) Trust God above all



1 Peter 3:6



6 (Ge 18:12) even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her

children as long as you do right and are not afraid with any terror.



[6] Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are,

as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.



Not perfection. But Christlikeness.



Ephesians 5:21-33



Walk as Children of Light



21 (Php 2:3; Eph 5:22) being submissive to one another in the fear of God.



[21] Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.



Wives and Husbands



22 (Ge 3:16; 1Co 14:34) Wives, be submissive to your own husbands

as unto the Lord.

23 (Eph 1:22-23; Col 1:18) For the husband is the head of the wife,

just as Christ is the head and Savior of the church, which is His body.

24 (Col 3:20; 3:22) But as the church submits to Christ,

so also let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

25 (Eph 5:28; Col 3:19) Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ

also loved the church and gave Himself for it,

26 (Ac 22:16; 1Co 6:11) that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing

of water by the word,

27 (2Co 11:2; Col 1:22; Eph 1:4) and that He might present to Himself

a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing,

but that it should be holy and without blemish.

28 (Eph 5:25; 5:33) In this way men ought to love their wives as their

own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it,

just as the Lord cares for the church.

30 (1Co 6:15; Ge 2:23) For we are members of His body, of His flesh

and of His bones.

31 "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother

and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh."(Ge 2:24. )

32 This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

33 (Eph 5:25) However, let each one of you love his wife as himself,

and let the wife see that she respects her husband.



[22] Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

[23] For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of

the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

[24] Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to

their own husbands in every thing.

[25] Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and

gave himself for it;

[26] That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the

word,

[27] That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot,

or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without

blemish.

[28] So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth

his wife loveth himself.

[29] For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth

it, even as the Lord the church:

[30] For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

[31] For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be

joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

[32] This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

[33] Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even

as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 7 - The Great Exchange



2 Cor 5:21 - God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,

that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.



21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin;

that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.



People were talking ; the gossip lines were busy day and night.

Andrea, a Bible study leader and pillar of the church, had been

accused of indiscretion with a married man, another member

of the congregation. The rumours were proven untrue,

but that hardly mattered anymore. The damage was done.

"It's just not far," Andrea said. " It was all so unnecessary.

And now, even though I've done nothing wrong, my relationship

with that church will never be the same again."

We all know what pain is caused by undeserved accusation,

rejection, and misunderstanding. Sometimes, when the smoke clears,

irreparable damage has been done, even when no sin has occurred.

We can understand the torment that comes when we've sinned,

but when we've done nothing wrong, the injustice seem unbearable.

Jesus knew what it was to suffer unjustly. He had never sinned at all,

yet he 'became sin' for us. He gave himself in an outrageous exchange:

he took our sin and gave us his righteousness.

Living in this exchange does not mean, of course, that we will be exempt

from pain, that we will never again suffer unjustly or be subject

to rejection. But in Christ, we are declared righteous before God,

just as Jesus himself is righteous. And as we submit

to the Holy Spirit's work in us, we become righteous ,

obeying him and growing in grace. Christ endured rejection

for us so that we might live in him.



Application



a) Have I ever suffered unjustly or been rejected by someone without cause?



b) How can this verse, coupled with my own experience give me a greater

depth of appreciation of what Christ suffered for me?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Philip 4:19



19 (Ro 2:4) But my God shall supply your every need according

to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.



19 But my God shall supply all your need according

to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.



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



God's Reconciling Peace



Ps 85:8-13



8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) I will hear what God the Lord will speak,

for He will speak peace to His people and to His saints,

but let them not turn again to folly.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Surely His salvation is near to them who fear Him,

that glory may dwell in our land.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Mercy and truth have met together;

righteousness and peace have kissed.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Truth springs from the ground,

and righteousness looks down from the sky.

12 Yes, the Lord gives that which is good,

and our land shall yield its increase.

13 Righteousness shall go before Him

and prepare a way for His footsteps.



8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak:

For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints:

But let them not turn again to folly.

9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him;

That glory may dwell in our land.

10 Mercy and truth are met together;

Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

11 Truth shall spring out of the earth;

And righteousness shall look down from heaven.

12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good;

And our land shall yield her increase.

13 Righteousness shall go before him;

And shall set us in the way of his steps.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

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

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

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

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

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

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



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)



Ontario



Quick facts on Muslims in Ontario



Ontario 2015 population 13 687 7000



est Muslim Population 1 001 542



CNMM Networks: Ottawa, Durham, York, Toronto, Mississauga, Halton, Hamilton,

Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor



Ontario has 55% of all of Canada's entire Muslim population. This means that

the whole of the Muslim world is represented somewhere in this province. Most

Muslims are understandably located along the southern border stretching

from Windsor eastward all the way up to Ottawa. Yet Muslims are constantly

resettling in more and more suburban and even small towns of Ontario. Mosques

are springing up, and where there are enough gathered, Islamic schools

are starting.

And they're not complacent, either. Many Islamic leaders are energetic in their

advancement of Islam in Canadian society. Recently in the Niagara Region,

the local mosque distributed via Canada Post as many as 50000 full-colour

brochures on Islam. An that mosque's Facebook page proudly show pictures of

"reverts", or white Canadians who have converted to Islam as a result of

receiving the flier and engaging with the mosque community. Another town

reports Muslims going door-to-door evangelism.

Agree in prayer for:



- net network leaders - the need is great

- the development of network leadership teams

- good connections with local pastors, congregations and individuals

whom God is calling into this ministry.

- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising

believers

- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas

- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love

towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.



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

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

Islam.



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

which means Blessed Eid!"



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

know, and Muslims around the world:



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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

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

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

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

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

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



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

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

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

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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -

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

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

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



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



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

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

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .