Posted by DSY on
Day 45, 14 Feb 2021
A good day at Calvary Community Church Edmonton as we examined
Genesis 39:1-23 Joseph and Potiphar's wife. Joseph stood his
moral ground while Potihper's wife tried to seduce him.
Lev 5 - 7
LEVITICUS 5
The Guilt Offering
1 (Lev 5:17; Pr 29:24; Lev 7:18 )When a person sins in hearing the spoken
oath, and he is a witness, whether he saw or knew about the incident,
if he does not report it, he bears guilt.
2 (Lev 5:17; Dt 14:8) Or when a person touches any ceremonially unclean
thing, whether it is a carcass of unclean wildlife, or a carcass of
an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean crawling thing,
and he did not realize it, then he has become unclean and guilty.
3 (Lev 12:1–8; 15:1–33) Or when he touches human uncleanness,
any uncleanness by which he may become ceremonially unclean,
and he did not realize it, when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.
4 (Jdg 11:31; 1Sa 25:22) Or when a person swears by speaking rashly
with his lips to do evil or to do good, anything that a man may speak
rashly by oath, and he did not realize it, but when he realizes it,
then he has become guilty of any of these things.
5 (Nu 5:7; Lev 16:21; 26:40) When he becomes guilty of one of these things,
he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing.
6 (Lev 4:28; 4:32) And he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord
for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or goat,
for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement
for him concerning his sin.
7 (Lev 12:8; 14:21-22) If he cannot afford an animal, then he shall
bring for his guilt offering, on account of the sin that he committed,
two turtledoves or two pigeons to the Lord, one for a sin offering
and one for a burnt offering.
8 (Lev 1:15; 1:17) He shall bring them to the priest who shall offer
the one for the sin offering first. He will wring off its head at
its neck, but he shall not sever it.
9 (Lev 4:7; 4:18) Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin
offering on the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be
poured out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
10 (Lev 1:14–17; 4:26; 4:20) But the second he shall treat as a burnt
offering according to the regulation. The priest shall make atonement
for him for his sin that he committed, and he shall be forgiven.
11 (Nu 5:15; Lev 2:1–2) But if he cannot afford to bring two turtledoves
or two pigeons, he shall bring for his offering for the sin that
he committed one-tenth of an ephah
(Likely about 3 1/2 pounds, or 1.6 kilograms.)
of wheat flour for a sin offering. He shall not place olive oil on it,
nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
12 (Lev 2:9; 2:2) Then he shall bring it to the priest,
and the priest shall scoop out a handful from it as a memorial portion
and burn it on the altar as a food offering to the Lord made by fire.
It is a sin offering.
13 (Lev 2:3; 4:26) The priest shall make atonement for him concerning
his sin that he committed from any of these offenses, and he shall be
forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.
Offerings With Restitution
14 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
15 (Ex 30:13; Lev 4:2) When a person acts unfaithfully and sins
unintentionally in regard to the holy things of the Lord,
then for his restitution offering to the Lord he shall bring a ram
without blemish from the flock—or its equivalent, in your estimation,
in silver shekels (using the sanctuary shekel
(About 2/5 ounce, or 12 grams.))
-for a guilt offering.
16 (Lev 22:14; Nu 5:7) And he shall repay the sin that he committed
with regard to the holy thing and shall add a fifth to it and give
it to the priest. The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram
of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.
17 (Lev 4:13; 4:27) If a person sins unintentionally
and does any one of the things that by commandments
of the Lord should not be done and he is found guilty,
he shall bear his iniquity.
18 (Lev 5:15-16) He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish
from the flock—or its equivalent value
(This is a shorthand version of the full formula found in Lev 5:15.)
-for a guilt offering. The priest shall make atonement for him concerning
his error that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven.
19 It is a guilt offering: He has indeed incurred guilt before the Lord.
LEVITICUS 6
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Ex 22:7–10; Lev 19:11) When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against
the Lord by lying to another concerning something left in storage,
or entrusted to him, or theft, or by extorting his neighbor,
3 (Ex 23:4; Lev 19:12) or by finding a lost item and lying about it,
and he swears falsely concerning one of all the things that a man
may do to sin in these things,
4 when he sins and he is found guilty, he shall return whatever he stole,
or whatever he extorted, or whatever was left in storage with him,
or the lost item which he found,
5 (Lev 5:16; Nu 5:7-8) or about which he swore falsely, then he shall
repay it in full and shall add one-fifth to it. He shall give it to
whom it belongs on the day that he is found guilty.
6 (Lev 5:15; 5:18) And he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord,
a ram without blemish from the flock -
(or its equivalent value (Shorthand version of the
full formula found in Lev 5:15.))
—for a guilt offering to the priest.
7 (Lev 4:26) And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and
he shall be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.
The Law of the Burnt Offering
8 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
9 (Nu 28:3; Ex 29:38-42) Command Aaron and his sons, saying:
This is the law for the burnt offering.
The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night
until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
10 (Ex 28:39-43; Lev 16:4) The priest shall put on his linen robe,
and his linen undergarments on his body.
Then he shall remove the ashes from the fire
of the burnt offering on the altar,
and he shall put them beside the altar.
11 (Lev 4:12; Eze 44:19) Then he shall take off his garments
and put on other garments, and he shall bring the ashes outside
the camp to a clean place.
12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out.
The priest shall feed it with wood every morning. He will arrange
the burnt offering on it, and he shall burn the fat of
the peace offerings on it.
13 A perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar.
It shall never go out.
The Law of the Grain Offering
14 (Nu 15:4) This is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron
shall offer it before the Lord on the altar.
15 (Lev 2:2; 2:9) He shall take from it a handful of the flour
of the grain offering, and of the oil and all the frankincense
which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar
for a pleasing aroma as a memorial to the Lord.
16 (Lev 2:3; Eze 44:29) Aaron and his sons shall eat the remainder of it;
it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place.
They shall eat it in the court of the tent of meeting.
17 (Lev 2:11; 6:25) It shall not be baked with leaven.
I have given it to them for their portion of My food offerings made by fire.
It is most holy, as is the sin offering and as is the guilt offering.
18 (Lev 6:29; Nu 18:10) All the males among the children of Aaron shall
eat of it. It shall be a perpetual statute in your generations concerning
the food offerings of the Lord made by fire.
Everyone who touches them shall become holy.
19 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
20 (Ex 16:36; 29:2) This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons which
they shall offer to the Lord in the day when he is anointed:
a tenth part of an ephah
(Likely about 3 1/2 pounds, or 1.6 kilograms.)
of wheat flour for a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning
and half at night.
21 (Lev 2:5; 7:9) It shall be made on a griddle with olive oil.
When it is well mixed, you shall bring it; and the baked pieces
of the grain offering you shall offer as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
22 The priest from among the sons of Aaron who is anointed to succeed
him shall offer it. It is a perpetual statute to the Lord.
It shall be completely burned up.
23 For every grain offering for the priest shall be completely burned up.
It shall not be eaten.
The Law of the Sin Offering
24 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
25 (Lev 4:24; 1:11; 1:3) Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying:
This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt
offering is killed shall the sin offering also be killed
before the Lord. It is most holy.
26 (Lev 10:17–18; Eze 44:28–29) The priest who offers it
for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten
in the court of the tent of meeting.
27 (Ex 29:37) Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy,
and when blood is sprinkled on any garment,
you shall wash it in a holy place.
28 (Lev 11:33; 15:12) And the clay vessel where it is boiled
shall be broken, and if it is boiled in a bronze pot,
it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water.
29 All the males among the priests shall eat from this offering.
It is most holy.
30 (Lev 4:3–21; 10:18) Any sin offering where blood is brought
into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place
shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up in the fire.
LEVITICUS 7
The Law of the Guilt Offering
1 (Lev 5:1-6; 5:14-6:7) Likewise this is the law of the guilt offering.
It is most holy.
2 (Lev 1:5; 1:11) In the place where they kill the burnt offering
they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall he sprinkle
on the sides of the altar.
3 (Ex 29:13; Lev 3:15-16) He shall offer all the fat.
The fatty tail and the fat that covers the entrails,
4 and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins,
and the appendage that is above the liver, along with the kidneys,
he shall take away.
5 And the priest shall burn them on the altar for a food offering made
by fire to the Lord. It is a guilt offering.
6 (Lev 6:29; 2:3) Every male among the priests shall eat from it.
It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
7 (Lev 6:25–26; 14:13) As the sin offering, so is the guilt offering;
there is one law for them: the priest who makes atonement shall have it.
8 The priest who offers anyone's burnt offering shall have for himself
the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered.
9 (Lev 2:10; Nu 18:9) Every grain offering that is baked in the oven
and all that is prepared in a pan or griddle shall be for the priest
who offers it.
10 And every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry,
shall be equally shared among all the sons of Aaron.
The Law of Peace Offerings
11 This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings
that a person shall offer to the Lord.
12 (Lev 2:4; Nu 6:15) If he gives it as a thanksgiving offering,
then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened cakes
mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil,
and cakes of wheat flour mixed with olive oil.
13 (Am 4:5; Lev 23:17) Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering
leavened bread with the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings.
14 (Nu 18:19; Ex 29:27–28) From this he shall offer one loaf
from each offering, as a gift to the Lord. It shall be
for the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.
15 The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings
for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered;
he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
16 (Lev 19:5–8; Dt 12:6) But if the sacrifice of his offering
is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day
that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day
also the remainder of it can be eaten.
17 (Ex 12:10) But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice
on the third day shall be burned up with fire.
18 (Lev 19:7–8; 11:41) If any of the flesh of the sacrifice
of his peace offerings is eaten at all on the third day,
the one eating shall not be accepted,
nor shall it be imputed to him who offers it.
It shall be contaminated,
and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
19 The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten.
It shall be burned up with fire. And as for the other flesh,
all who are ritually clean can eat of it.
20 But the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings
that belong to the Lord, and who has any uncleanness on him,
that individual shall be cut off from his people.
21 (Lev 5:2–3; 11:10–13) Moreover the person who shall touch any unclean
thing, whether the uncleanness of man or any unclean beast or any
detestable unclean creature, and then eats of the flesh
of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord,
that individual shall be cut off from his people.
Eating Fat and Blood Forbidden
22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
23 (Lev 3:16–17) Speak to the children of Israel, saying:
You shall not eat any fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
24 (Ex 22:31; Lev 17:15) The fat of an animal that dies
of itself and the fat of that which is torn by beasts
may be used in any other way, but you shall certainly not eat of it.
25 For whoever eats the fat of an animal that is a food offering made
by fire to the Lord, that individual shall be cut off from his people.
26 (Ge 9:4; Lev 3:17) Moreover you shall not eat any manner of blood,
whether from a fowl or animal, in any of your dwellings.
27 Whoever eats any manner of blood, that individual
shall be cut off from his people.
The Priests' Share
28 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
29 Speak to the children of Israel, saying: He who offers the sacrifice
of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his sacrifice to the Lord
from his peace offerings.
30 (Nu 6:20; Lev 3:3-4) His own hands shall bring the food offerings
of the Lord made by fire, the fat with the breast that the breast
may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord.
31 (Lev 3:5; 3:11) The priest shall burn the fat on the altar,
but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.
32 (Lev 7:34; 9:21) The right thigh you shall give to the priest
for a contribution offering for the sacrifice of your peace offerings.
33 The one among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood
of the peace offerings and the fat shall have
the right thigh for his portion.
34 (Nu 18:18–19; Lev 10:14–15) For the breast that is waved
and the thigh that is contributed I have taken from the children of Israel,
from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to
Aaron the priest and to his sons as a perpetual portion
from the children of Israel.
35 This is the consecrated portion for Aaron and his sons,
from the food offerings of the Lord made by fire,
in the day when Moses presented them to minister as priests before the Lord,
36 (Lev 8:12; 8:30) which the Lord commanded that they be given this,
in the day that he anointed them, from the children of Israel
as a perpetual portion throughout their generations.
37 (Ex 29:1) This is the law of the burnt offering,
of the grain offering, and of the sin offering,
and of the guilt offering,
and of the ordinations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings,
38 (Lev 1:1–2) which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai,
in the day that He commanded the children of Israel to offer
their offerings to the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai.
2) Our Daily Bread for 14 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/14/sending-out-an-sos
entitled Sending Out an SOS
Psalm 34:1–10
PSALMS 34
A Psalm of David, when he feigned madness before Abimelek,
who drove him away, and he departed.
1 I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise will continually be in my mouth.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) My soul will make its boast in the Lord;
the humble will hear of it and be glad.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt His name together.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) I sought the Lord, and He answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) They looked to Him and became radiant,
and their faces are not ashamed.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) This poor man cried, and the Lord heard,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear Him,
and delivers them.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints;
for the ones who fear Him will not be in need.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) The young lions are in want and suffer hunger,
but the ones who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.
When the hut of a settler in a mountainous region of Alaska caught fire,
the settler was left without adequate shelter and with few provisions
in the coldest state in the US—in the middle of a frigid winter.
Three weeks later, the man was finally rescued when an aircraft flew over
and spied the large SOS he had stamped out in the snow and darkened with soot.
The psalmist David was certainly in dire straits.
He was being pursued by jealous King Saul who sought to kill him.
And so he fled to the city of Gath, where he pretended to be insane
in order to preserve his life (see 1 Samuel 21). Out of those events
emerged Psalm 34, where David cried out in prayer to God and found
peace (vv. 4, 6). God heard his pleas and delivered him.
Are you in a desperate situation and crying out for help?
Be assured that God still hears and responds to our desperate prayers today.
As with David, He's attentive to our distress calls
nd takes away our fears (v. 4)- and sometimes even saves us
"out of [our] troubles" (v. 6).
Scripture invites us to
"cast [our] cares on the Lord and he will sustain [us]" (Psalm 55:22).
When we turn our difficult circumstances over to God,
we can trust that He'll provide the help we need.
We're secure in His capable hands.
By: Alyson Kieda
Reflect & Pray
When have you felt peace after crying out to God?
When has He rescued you from a desperate situation?
Loving Father, thank You for hearing my prayers and bringing comfort,
peace—whatever I need most.
And thank You especially for rescuing me from my sin.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 1 - Sin Universal
Romans 3:23-24
23 (Ro 3:9) For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,
24 (Ro 4:16; Col 1:14) being justified freely by His grace
through the redemption that is in Christ ÂJesus,
A distinguished middle-aged man stood trembling before his church
to give his testimony. Years before, in the grip of a mental illness
that nearly destroyed his life, he had taken the life of his own daughter
and tried to kill himself. But he did not die; tried and convicted, he
spent years in prison, and even longer in the prison of his own guilt.
After the service, a young woman walked up to him and simply said,
"Thank you for sharing. I've sinned, too."
We've all sinned, too - lest we forget or rationalise, the Bible reminds
us in no uncertain terms. And the writer of these verses was no stranger
to sin: he was the Pharisee, the holier-than-thou religious leader
who officiated at the stoning death of Stephen. He was the Jew who had
scattered and killed the followers of this heretic claaed Christ. He
thought he was righteous while he murdered God's people.
Christians tends to establish a "hierarchy" of sin - sexual sin is "worse"
than pride: murder is "more horrible" than slander. Yet the Bible gives
no indication that god acknowledges our hierarchy. Sin is sin; all have
sinned, and if we are guilty at one point, we are guilty of all.
Rather than rationise our individual sins as being "less bad"
than someone else's, we need to openly confess our dilemma as sinners
and turn to God for his remedy. We cannot and do not need to earn or
deserve that grace - it is a gift from God.
Application
a) Have I ever compared my sin with someone else's in order
to make myself fell like a better person? Why is such
comparison not a valid remedy for sin?
b) Why do I need to acknowledge my sin honestly before I can
receive justification?
c) How can these verses help me keep my own sin in perspective -
that is, keep me from comparing myself to others,
and help me be honest with God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Deut 28:1-2
Blessings for Obedience
1 (Ex 15:26; Lev 26:3–13) Now it will be, if you will diligently
obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all
His commandments which I am commanding you today,
then the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
2 (Zec 1:6; Dt 28:15) And all these blessings will come on you and overtake
you if you listen to the voice of the Lord your God.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Freeing Forgiveness
Micah 7:18-20
18 (Isa 43:25; Jer 32:41) Who is a God like You,
bearing iniquity and passing over transgression
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not remain angry forever,
because He delights in benevolence.
19 (Isa 38:17; Jer 50:20) He will again have compassion upon us.
He will tread down our iniquities,
and cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.
20 You will give faithfulness to Jacob
and benevolence to Abraham,
which You swore to our fathers
from the days of old.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta may have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
14th Day of the Month
a) Pray for God's kingdom to come
in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,
and in our nation ( Matt 6:10)
b) Pray for those who server with
denominations and Christian organisations
in Canada - that God will bless their ministry
and anoint them for effective service.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to seek his will in times of Temptation.
Pray to the Lord to seek his will in obedience.
Pray to the Lord to seek his Will about repenting from sin.
Pray to the Lord to obey his commands.
Pray to seek the Lord's love in your life daily.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for Kingdom to Come in your Community .
Pray that the Church will be effective in its witness.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
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Day 44, 13 Feb 2021
Lev 1- 4
LEVITICUS 1
The Burnt Offering
1 (Ex 19:3; 25:22) And the Lord called Moses and spoke to him
from the tent of meeting, saying:
2 (Lev 22:18–19) Speak to the children of Israel and say to them:
When an individual among you brings an offering to the Lord,
you shall bring your offering from the livestock, either from
the herd or from the flock.
3 (Ex 12:5; Dt 15:21) If his offering is a burnt sacrifice,
and it is from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish.
At the door of the tent of meeting, he shall offer it
of his own free will before the Lord.
4 (Ex 29:10; 29:15) Then he shall lay his hand on the head
of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him
to make atonementTo appease wrath, remove sin,
and reconcile with God. for him.
5 (Lev 1:11; 3:8; 3:2) And he shall slaughter the bull before the Lord,
and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring the blood and sprinkle
the blood on all the sides of the altar that is at the door of
he tent of meeting.
6 (Lev 7:8) Then he shall skin the burnt offering and cut it up into parts.
7 (Ge 22:9; Lev 6:12–13) The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire
on the altar and arrange the wood on the fire.
8 Then the priests, the sons of Aaron, shall arrange the parts,
with the head and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire
that is on the altar.
9 (Lev 1:13; Ge 8:21; Eph 5:2) But he shall wash its entrails
and its legs in water, and the priest shall burn everything
on the altar. It is a burnt sacrifice, a food offering made
by fire, which is a pleasing aroma for the Lord.
10 If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flocks,
whether from the sheep or from the goats,
he shall bring a male without blemish.
11 (Lev 1:5) He shall slaughter it
at the north side of the altar before the Lord.
And the sons of Aaron, the priests,
shall sprinkle its blood on all the sides of the altar.
12 He shall cut it up into parts, with its head and its fat,
and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is
on the fire that is on the altar.
13 But he shall wash the entrails and the legs with water.
The priest shall bring it all and burn it on the altar.
It is a burnt sacrifice, a food offering made by fire,
which is a pleasing aroma for the Lord.
14 (Lev 5:7; Lk 2:24)If his offering to the Lord is
a burnt sacrifice of birds, then he shall bring his offering
from turtledoves or from young pigeons.
15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off its head,
and burn it on the altar. Its blood shall be drained
out on the side of the altar.
16 He shall remove its entrails with its feathers
and throw it to the east side of the altar to the place of the ashes.
17 (Ge 15:10) And he shall split it open by its wings,
but not tear it in two. The priest shall burn it on the altar
on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt sacrifice,
a food offering made by fire, which is a pleasing aroma for the Lord.
LEVITICUS 2
The Grain Offering
1 (Lev 6:14–18; 9:17) When a person offers a grain offering to the Lord,
his offering shall be of wheat flour. He shall pour olive oil on it
and put frankincense on it.
2 (Lev 5:12; 6:15; 2:9) And he shall bring it to the sons of Aaron,
the priests, and he shall scoop out a handful of the flour and its oil,
along with all its frankincense. And the priest shall burn
this memorial portion on the altar, a food offering made by fire,
which is a pleasing aroma for the Lord.
3 (Lev 10:12–13; 6:16–17) And the remainder of the grain offering
shall belong to Aaron and to his sons, which is a most holy part
of the food offerings to the Lord made by fire.
4 (Ex 29:2) When you bring an oven-baked grain offering, it shall be
unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers
spread with oil.
5 If your offering is grain on a griddle, it shall be of unleavened
wheat flour mixed with olive oil.
6 Break it into pieces and pour oil on it. It is a grain offering.
7 If your offering is grain in a skillet, it shall be made of wheat flour
in olive oil.
8 You shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things
to the Lord, and when it is presented to the priest,
he shall take it to the altar.
9 (Lev 2:2; Ex 29:18; Lev 6:15) The priest shall remove a memorial
portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar, a food offering
made by fire, which is a pleasing aroma for the Lord.
10 (Lev 2:3) The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron
and to his sons, which is a most holy part of the food offerings
to the Lord made by fire.
11 (Ex 12:19–20; 23:18) No grain offering that you bring to the Lord
shall be made with leaven, for you shall not burn leaven nor any honey
as a food offering by fire to the Lord.
12 (Ex 23:19) As an offering of first fruits,
you may offer them to the Lord,
but they shall not be offered on the altar for a pleasing aroma.
13 (Eze 43:24; Nu 18:19; 2Ch 13:5) You shall season all your grain offerings
with salt. You shall not fail to use the salt of the covenant of your God
on your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.
14 (Lev 23:10) If you offer a grain offering of your first fruits
to the Lord, you shall offer for the grain offering of your first fruits
fresh ripe grain roasted by fire, coarsely ground new grain.
15 You shall put olive oil on it and frankincense on it.
It is a grain offering
16 The priest shall burn its memorial portion
and some of its coarsely ground new grain and oil,
along with all its frankincense as a food
offering made by fire to the Lord.
LEVITICUS 3
The Peace Offering
1 (Lev 1:3; Nu 6:14) If his offering is a peace sacrifice,
and if he is offering from the herd,
whether male or female, then he shall offer it
without blemish before the Lord.
2 (Ex 29:10; Lev 1:4–5) He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering
and slaughter it at the door of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron,
the priests, shall sprinkle the blood on the sides of the altar.
3 (Ex 29:13; 29:22) He shall offer from the peace sacrifice,
as a food offering made by fire to the Lord, the fat that covers
the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
4 (Lev 3:10) and the two kidneys with the fat that is above them,
which is on the loins, and the appendage on the liver
which he shall remove with the kidneys.
5 (Lev 6:12; Ex 29:13) Then the sons of Aaron shall burn it on the altar
on the burnt sacrifice that is on the wood that is on the fire,
as a food offering made by fire, which is a pleasing aroma for the Lord.
6 If his offering for a peace sacrifice to the Lord is from the flock,
male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
7 (1Ki 8:62) If he is offering a sheep for his offering,
he shall offer it before the Lord.
8 (Lev 1:5) He shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering
and slaughter it before the tent of meeting,
and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood on the sides of the altar.
9 (Ex 29:22; Lev 9:19) He shall offer from the peace sacrifice,
a food offering made by fire for the Lord, its fat,
and the whole fatty tail which he shall remove close to the backbone,
and the fat that covers the entrails,
and all the fat that is on the entrails,
10 and the two kidneys with the fat that is above them,
which is on the loins, and the appendage on the liver which he shall
remove with the kidneys.
11 (Lev 21:6; 21:17) The priest shall burn it on the altar
as a food offering made by fire for the Lord.
12 If his offering is a goat, he shall offer it before the Lord.
13 (Lev 3:8) He shall lay his hand on its head and slaughter it
before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle
its blood on the sides of the altar.
14 He shall offer from it as his offering,
an offering made by fire for the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails
and all the fat that is on the entrails,
15 and the two kidneys with the fat that is above them,
which is on the loins, and the appendage on the liver
which he shall remove with the kidneys.
16 (Lev 7:23–25; 1Sa 2:15–16) The priest shall burn them
on the altar as a food offering made by fire for a pleasing aroma.
All the fat belongs to the Lord.
17 (Ge 9:4; Lev 6:18) As a continual statute for your generations
in all your settlements, you shall not eat any fat or any blood..
LEVITICUS 4
The Sin Offering
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Lev 4:27; Ps 19:12) Speak to the children of Israel, saying:
When a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments
of the Lord that should not be done, and he violates one of them,
3 (Lev 4:14; 9:2) if the anointed priest sins, so as to bring guilt
on the people, he shall bring for his sin that he has committed
a bull without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering.
4 (Lev 1:3–4) He shall bring the bull to the opening of the tent
of meeting before the Lord, and he shall lay his hand on the bull's head
and slaughter the bull before the Lord.
5 (Lev 16:14; 4:16–17) The anointed priest shall take some
of the bull's blood and bring it into the tent of meeting.
6 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle
some of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil
of the sanctuary.
7 (Lev 8:15; 9:9; 16:18) Then the priest shall put some of the blood
on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the Lord
which is in the tent of meeting, and shall pour the rest of the blood
of the bull at the base of the altar of the burnt offering which is
at the door of the tent of meeting.
8 (Lev 3:3–5) Then he shall remove all the fat of the bull that is
for the sin offering—the fat that covers the entrails - and all the fat
that is on the entrails,
9 (Lev 3:4) and the two kidneys with the fat that is above them,
which is on the loins, and the appendage on the liver
which he shall remove with the kidneys,
10 just as these are removed from the bull of the peace sacrifice,
and the priest shall burn them on the altar of the burnt offering.
11 (Nu 19:5; Ex 29:14) The skin of the bull, and all its flesh,
with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung,
12 (Heb 13:11; Ex 29:14) all the rest of the bull,
he shall bring outside the camp to a ritually clean
("Clean: and "unclean" refer to ceremonial aspects of places,
objects, or people.) place at the ash pile and burn it on wood
with fire. It shall be burned on the ash heap.
13 (Lev 5:17; 5:2–5) If the whole congregation of Israel
commits an unintentional sin, and the matter is hidden
from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things
that by the commandments of the Lord should not be done,
and they are found guilty,
14 (Lev 4:3; 4:23) and the sin that they committed
against the commandment becomes known,
the congregation shall offer a bull for a sin offering,
and they will bring it before the tent of meeting.
15 (Lev 1:4) The elders of the congregation shall lay
their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord,
and the bull will be slaughtered before the Lord.
16 (Lev 4:5–12) The anointed priest shall bring
some of the bull's blood to the tent of meeting.
17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood
and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.
18 He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before
the Lord, which is in the tent of meeting, and he shall pour all the rest
of the blood at the base of the altar of the burnt offering that is
at the opening of the tent of meeting.
19 He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar.
20 (Nu 15:25; Heb 10:10–12) He shall do to this bull just
as he did to the bull of the sin offering;
this is what he will do to it.
And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
21 (Lev 16:15) He shall bring the bull outside the camp,
and he shall burn it just as he burned the first bull.
It is the sin offering of the congregation.
22 (Lev 4:2; 4:13) Whenever a leader sins,
and he does unintentionally any one of the things that
by the commandments of the Lord his God should not be done
and is found guilty,
23 (Lev 4:14) or his sin that he committed was made known to him,
he shall bring as his offering a male goat without blemish,
24 and he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat,
and he shall slaughter it in the place where they slaughter
the burnt offering before the Lord. It is a sin offering.
25 (Lev 4:7; 4:18) The priest shall take some of the blood
of the sin offering on his finger and put it on the horns
of the altar of the burnt offering, and he shall pour out its blood
at the base of the altar of the burnt offering.
26 (Lev 4:20; 3:5) And he shall burn all its fat on the altar,
like the fat of the peace sacrifice, and the priest shall make
atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
27 (Lev 4:2; Nu 15:27; Lev 4:13) If any one of the common people
should sin unintentionally by doing one of the things
that by the commandments of the Lord should not be done,
and is found guilty,
28 (Lev 4:23; 4:3; 4:32) or his sin that he committed
was made known to him, he shall bring as his offering
a female goat without blemish, for his sin that he committed.
29 (Lev 4:4; 4:24) He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering,
and he shall slaughter the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
30 (Lev 4:7; 4:25) The priest shall take some of its blood on his finger
and put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering,
and he shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.
31 (Lev 4:26; 4:35; 1:9) And he shall remove all its fat,
just as the fat is removed from the peace sacrifice,
and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasing aroma to the Lord,
and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.
32 (Lev 4:28; 1Pe 2:22; 3:18) And if he brings a sheep for a sin offering,
he shall bring a female without blemish,
33 and lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and he shall
slaughter it for a sin offering in the place where they slaughter
the burnt offering.
34 (Lev 4:7; 4:25) The priest shall take some of the blood
of the sin offering on his finger and put it on the horns
of the altar of the burnt offering, and all the rest of its blood
he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
35 (Lev 4:26; 4:20) And he shall remove all the fat, just as
the fat of the sheep is removed from the peace sacrifice,
and the priest shall burn it on the altar as a food offering
to the Lord made by fire. And the priest shall make atonement
for his sin that he committed, and he shall be forgiven.
2) Our Daily Bread for 13 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/13
entitled Something New
Isaiah 43:14-21
14 (Isa 23:13) Thus says the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans,
into the ships in which they rejoice.
15 (Isa 43:1) I am the Lord, your Holy One,
the Creator of Israel, your King.
16 (Ps 77:19; Isa 51:10) Thus says the Lord,
who makes a way in the sea
and a path in the mighty waters,
17 (Isa 1:31; Ex 14:4–9) who brings forth the chariot and horse,
the army and the mighty men
(they shall lie down together, they shall not rise;
they are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):
18 (Isa 65:17) Do not remember the former things
nor consider the things of old.
19 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) See, I will do a new thing,
now it shall spring forth; shall you not be aware of it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.
20 (Isa 48:21; 13:22) The beast of the field shall honor Me,
the jackals and the owls,
because I give waters in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to My people, My chosen ones.
21 (1Pe 2:9; Ps 102:18) This people I have formed for Myself;
they shall declare My praise.
Farming is difficult in areas that lack fresh water. To help solve
this problem, the Seawater Greenhouse company has created
something new:"colloing houses" in Somaliland, Africa, and
other countries with similar climates. Cooling houses use solar pumps
to drizzle saltwater over walls made of corrugated cardboard.
As the water moves down each panel, it leaves its salt behind.
Much of the remaining fresh water evaporates inside the structure,
which becomes a humid place where fruit and vegetable crops can flourish.
Through the prophet Isaiah, God promised a "new thing" as He provided
"streams in a wasteland" for ancient Israel (Is 43:19) . This new thing
contrasted with the old thing He had done to rescue His people
from the Egyptian Army. Remember the Red Sea account? God wanted His
people to recall the past but not let it overshadow His current
involvement in their lives (v.18). He said, "See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in
the wilderness" (v. 19).
While looking to the past can bolster our faith in God's provision, living
in the past can blind us to all the fresh work of God's Spirit today. We can
ask God to show us how He's currently moving - helping, remaking, and
sustaining His people. May this awareness prompt us to partner with Him
to meet the needs of others, both near and far.
By Jennifer Benson Schuldt.
Reflect & Pray
When new thing is God doing in your life? How is He using you to
touch others' lives and help make the world a better place?
Dear God, I praise You as the living One who constantly does new things.
Help me to trust You to meet my changing needs.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 7 - The Cost of Widsom
Proverbs 4:4,7
Proverbs 4
4 (Pr 7:2; Eph 6:4) He also taught me and said to me,
"Let your heart retain my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
...
7 (Mt 13:44–46) Wisdom is principal; therefore get wisdom.
And with all your getting, get understanding. "
Establishing priorities is a popular topic of conversation in our
generation. We carry appointment calendars and attend goal-setting
strategy seminars. We let machines answer our telephones so that
we won't miss any important messages, or so that we can screen calls
before we answer them. We order our lives sp that we can "get ahead".
"Getting ahead" in God's kingdom, however, involves other priorities
than the ones we may set for ourselves. "Wisdom is supreme," the
principal thing, says Proverbs 4:7, "Get wisdom. Though it cost
all you have, get understanding."
Wisdom is defined as "an understanding of what is true, right, or lasting."
Biblical wisdom is not merely the accumulation of facts about God and his
teaching, but the application of those truths of life, taking on
the character of God as we mature in the image of Christ.
Such wisdom may, indeed, come at great cost. Jesus calls us to "lay
down our lives" to folow him - perhaps not literally to die, but to die
to self-centered priorities, to allow the Holy Spirit to establish
his value system in us.
"Keep my commandments and you will live," Proverbs 4:4 says. Real life -
rich, fulfilling, significant, abundant life - comes only through union
with God. The success offered by the world, the acclaim of others, material
prosperity and convenience cannot satisfy us once we have tasted
the joy of life eith God in Christ.
Application
a) What does "getting wisdom" means to me?
b) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus
my attention on the priorities and values of the Lord?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
2 Cor 8:9
9 (Mt 20:28; 2Co 6:10; 13:14) For you know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though He was rich,
yet for your sakes He became poor,
that through His poverty you might be rich.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Freeing Forgiveness
Eph 1:3-8a
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 (2Co 1:3; Eph 6:12; 2:6) Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 (Eph 5:27; Col 1:22) just as He chose us in Him
before the foundation of the world, to be holy
and blameless before Him in love;
5 (Ro 8:29–30; Eph 1:11) He predestined us to adoption as sons
to Himself through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure
of His will,
6 (Mt 3:17; Eph 1:12) to the praise of the glory of His grace
which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.
7 (Ro 3:24; Ac 2:38; 20:28) In Him we have redemption through His blood
and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,
8 which He lavished
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
13th Day of the Month
a) Pray that, with God's help, children and
young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has
for each of them
b)Pray for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
I) Pray for the leaders of Newfoundland and Labrador,
that God's Spirit would influence then to act justly,
serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1-4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable
in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32) who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God�s Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
c) Pray for the election in Newfoundland and Labrador as coronavirus
has interfered.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to seek his obedience in your life.
Pray to the Lord to seek his Will in what he is doing new in your life.
Pray to the Lord to seek wisdom.
Pray to seek the Lord's richness in your life daily.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for the Chidrren of canada to seek the Lord as Saviour.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 42, 11 Feb 2021
Exodus 39 - 40
EXODUS 39
Making the Priestly Garments
1 (Ex 31:10; 35:19; 35:23) Now from the blue, purple, and scarlet
they made woven garments for serving in the holy place and made
the holy garments for Aaron, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Making the Ephod
Ex 28:6–14
2 (Ex 28:6-12 ) He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet,
and fine twisted linen.
3 Then they hammered the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads
to work them into the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen,
with skillful work.
4 They made shoulder pieces for it, in order to attach it together.
It was joined by the two edges together.
5 The skillfully woven waistband of his ephod that was on it was like it,
of the same material, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet,
and fine twisted linen, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
6 (Ex 28:9) They set the onyx stones enclosed in gold filigree settings;
they were engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names
of the children of Israel.
7 (Ex 28:12; Jos 4:7) And he put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod,
to be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel,
just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Making the Breastplate
Ex 28:15–28
8 He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman,
like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet,
and fine twisted linen.
9 It was square. They made the breastplate folded double, a span
(About 9 inches, or 23 centimeters.)
long and a span wide when doubled.
10 They set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz,
and carbuncle was the first row;
11 the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
12 the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
13 and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.
They were enclosed in settings of gold filigree.
14 (Rev 21:12) The stones were corresponding to
the names of the children of Israel, twelve,
corresponding to their names,
like the engravings of a signet,
each with its name,
corresponding to the twelve tribes.
(Reminders and Memorials)
15 They made on the breastplate braided chains like cords of pure gold.
16 They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings
and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
17 They put the two braided chains of gold in
the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
18 The other two ends of the two braided chains they fastened
in the two filigree settings and put them on the shoulder pieces
of the ephod at the front of it.
19 They made two rings of gold and put them on
the two ends of the breastplate,
on the edge of it which was on the inner side of the ephod.
20 They made two other golden rings and put them on the two sides
of the ephod underneath, toward the front of it,
over against where it joined,
above the waistband of the ephod.
21 They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod
with a blue cord, so that it might be above the waistband of the ephod,
and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod,
just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Making Other Priestly Garments
Ex 28:31–43
22 Then he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
23 There was an opening in the middle of the robe,
like the opening of a coat of mail,
with a band all around the opening so that it should not be torn.
24 They made on the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple,
and scarlet, and twisted linen.
25 They made bells of pure gold and put the bells between
the pomegranates all around on the hem of the robe.
26 There was a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate,
all around about the hem of the robe to be used in service,
just as the Lord commanded Moses.
27 (Eze 44:18) They made tunics of finely woven linen
for Aaron and his sons,
28 (Ex 28:4) and the turban of fine linen,
and the decorated caps of fine linen,
and linen breeches of fine twisted linen.
29 The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet,
the work of an embroiderer, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
30 They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold
and wrote on it an inscription, like the engravings of a signet:
HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
31 They attached to it a blue cord, to fasten it to the turban above,
just as the Lord commanded Moses.
The Work Completed
Ex 35:10-19
32 (Ex 39:42-43; 25:40) Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent
of meeting was finished, and the children of Israel did according to all
that the Lord commanded Moses—so they did.
33 They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings:
its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets;
34 and the covering of rams' skins dyed red,
and the covering of porpoise skins, and the screening veil;
35 the ark of the testimony and its poles and the mercy seat;
36 the table, and all its utensils, and the showbread;
37 the pure gold lampstand, with its arrangement of lamps,
and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;
38 (Ex 30:7) and the gold altar, and the anointing oil,
and the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
39 the bronze altar, and its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils,
the basin and its stand;
40 the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars, and its sockets,
and the curtain for the courtyard gate, its cords, and its pegs,
and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle,
for the tent of meeting;
41 the woven garments of service to do service in the holy place,
and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and his sons' garments,
to minister as priests.
42 (Ex 35:10) The children of Israel did all the work according
to all that the Lord commanded Moses.
43 (Lev 9:22–23; Nu 6:23–27) Moses looked over all the work,
and indeed they had done it; as the Lord had commanded,
so they had done. Then Moses blessed them.
EXODUS 40
The Tabernacle Erected
1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Ex 13:4; 26:30) On the first day of the first month you shall set up
the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
3 (Nu 4:5; Ex 35:12) You shall put the ark of the testimony in it
and screen the ark with the veil.
4 You shall bring in the table
and arrange the things that are to be arranged on it,
and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
5 You shall set the gold altar of incense before the ark of the testimony
and put the curtain for the entrance to the tabernacle.
6 (Ex 40:29) You shall set the altar of the burnt offering in front
of the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
7 You shall set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar
and put water in it.
8 You shall set up the courtyard around it and hang up the curtain
at the courtyard gate.
9 (Lev 8:10) You shall take the anointing oil
and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it and shall consecrate
it and all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
10 (Ex 29:36–37) Then you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering
and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be
most holy.
11 You shall anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.
12 (Lev 8:1–13) Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance
of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
13 (Ex 28:41) You shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him
and consecrate him, so that he may minister to Me as a priest.
14 You shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics.
15 (Nu 25:13) Then you shall anoint them just as you anointed their father,
so that they may minister to Me as priests, for their anointing will
surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
16 Thus Moses did. According to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did.
17 (Nu 7:1) In the first month of the second year,
on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.
18 Moses erected the tabernacle and fastened its sockets,
and set up its boards, and inserted its bars, and erected its pillars.
19 Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering
of the tent on top of it, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
20 (Ex 16:34) He took the testimony and put it into the ark,
attached the poles to the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.
21 (Ex 26:33; 40:3) And he brought the ark into the tabernacle,
and set up the veil of the screening, and screened the ark of the testimony,
just as the Lord commanded Moses.
22 (Ex 26:35) Then he put the table in the tent of meeting on the north side
of the tabernacle outside the veil.
23 (Ex 25:30; 40:4) He set the bread in order on it before the Lord,
just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
24 And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table,
on the south side of the tabernacle.
25 (Ex 25:37; 40:4 ) He lighted the lamps before the Lord,
just as the Lord commanded Moses.
26 (Ex 40:5) Then he put the gold altar in the tent
of meeting before the veil.
27 (Ex 30:7) And he burned fragrant incense on it,
just as the Lord commanded Moses.
28 (Ex 40:5) Then he set up the curtain at the entrance of the tabernacle.
29 (Ex 40:6) He put the altar of burnt offering by the entrance
of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting and offered
on it the burnt offering and the grain offering,
just as the Lord commanded Moses.
30 (Ex 40:7) Then he set the basin between the tent of meeting
and the altar and put water in it for washing.
31 It was there Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands
and their feet.
32 Whenever they went into the tent of meeting,
and whenever they came near the altar, they washed,
just as the Lord commanded Moses.
33 (Ex 40:8; 27:9–16) He erected the courtyard
all around the tabernacle and the altar,
and set up the curtain of the courtyard gate.
So Moses finished the work.
The Glory of the Lord
34 (Nu 9:15–23; Rev 15:8) Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting,
and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
35 (1Ki 8:11) Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting
because the cloud settled on it,
and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
36 (Ne 9:19; Nu 9:17) When the cloud was lifted up from over the tabernacle,
the children of Israel would set out in all their journeys.
37 (Nu 9:19–22) But if the cloud was not lifted up,
then they did not set out until the day that it was lifted.
38 (Ex 13:21; Nu 9:15) For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day,
and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel,
throughout all their journeys.
(The splendour of our Lord)
2) Our Daily Bread for 11 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/12/a-joyful-celebration
entitled A joyful celebration
Revelation 19:1–9
REVELATION 19
1 (Rev 11:15; 19:6; 12:10) After these things I heard a great
sound of many people in heaven, shouting:
"Alleluia!
Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
2 (Dt 32:43; Rev 6:10) For true and righteous are His judgments,
because He has judged the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality;
and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants."
3 (Isa 34:10; Rev 14:11) Again they said:
"Alleluia!
Her smoke rises forever and ever."
4 (Rev 5:14; Ps 106:48) The twenty-four elders
and the four living creatures fell down
and worshipped God who sat on the throne, saying:
"Amen! Alleluia!"
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
5 (Ps 134:1; 135:1) Then a voice came from the throne, saying:
"Praise our God,
all you His servants
and those who fear Him,
both small and great!"
6(Rev 14:2; Ps 97:1) Then I heard something like the sound
like a great multitude, as the sound of many waters
and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying:
"Alleluia!
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
7 (Mt 22:2; Eph 5:32) Let us be glad and rejoice
and give Him glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come,
and His wife has made herself ready.
8 (Ps 45:13–14; 132:9) It was granted her to be arrayed in fine linen,
clean and white."
Fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
9 (Rev 21:5; 22:6) Then he said to me,
"Write: Blessed are those who are invited to
the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me,
"These are the true sayings of God."
My friend Sharon passed away one year prior to the death of my friend
Dave’s teenage daughter Melissa. They both had been tragically killed
in car accidents. One night both Sharon and Melissa were in my dream.
They giggled and talked as they hung streamers in a large banquet hall
and ignored me when I stepped into the room. A long table with white
tablecloths had been set with golden plates and goblets. I asked if
I could help decorate, but they didn't seem to hear me and kept working.
But then Sharon said, "This party is Melissa’s wedding reception."
"Who’s the groom?" I asked.
Neither responded but smiled and looked at each other knowingly.
Finally, it dawned on me-it's Jesus!
"Jesus is the groom," I whispered as I woke up.
My dream brings to mind the joyful celebration believers
in Jesus will share together when He returns.
It's portrayed in Revelation as a lavish feast
called "the wedding supper of the Lamb" (19:9).
John the Baptist, who prepared people for the first coming of Christ,
had called Him "the Lamb of God,
who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29).
He also referred to Jesus as "the bridegroom" and to himself
as the "friend" (like the best man) who waited for Him (3:29).
On that banquet day and for all eternity we will enjoy unbroken
fellowship with Jesus, our groom, and with Sharon and Melissa
and all of God's people.
Reflect & Pray
What does Jesus' invitation to come to Him for forgiveness
and eternal life mean to you? Who could you tell your story to?
I look forward to that day of celebration and seeing You, Jesus.
Come quickly.
Read more about Christ's ultimate triumph in this study of Revelation:
https://www.ChristianUniversity.org/NT228.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 6 - Shielded by the Word
Proverbs 30:5
5 (Ps 12:6; 18:30) Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
A wife of ten years, betrayed by her husband's infidelity, declares that
she will never trust a man again. A teenage son says of his father, "I
can't depend on him anymore! Dad always talk big and makes promises,
but he never does what he says." A career woman, her reputation
undermined by gossip, leaves the church broken, and never returns.
Human beings are weak, volatile, unfaithful creatures; often we
break our word and hurt others in the process. But the Scripture
clearly assures us that God's Word is not like the word of man.
God always reamins faithful to his Word, always fulfills his promises,
always does what he says he will do.
God;s word is pure (or flawless), Proverbs 30:5 says. His Word
is not distorted with mixed motives or flawed by untruth. God's Word
is dependable, able to support and lift us up, able to speak
encouragement to us. His Word is a "shield" a protection for us
against the onslaughts of the Enemy, a place of refuge from the struggle
and confusion of daily life.
We live in a world that recongnises no absolute truth. Morality,
values, relationships, ethics - every decision of life, it seems,
"depends on the situation." But in the midst of the confusion,
God interjects his Word - timeless, pure, trustworthy, reliable.
We can depend upon God's Word. We can turn to him to verify who we are
and the purposes for which we were created. We can find refuge in his truth,
and rest in the knowledge that whatever he says, he will do.
Application
a) In my own experience, how have I found God's Word
to be different from the word of men and women?
b) In what areas of my life do I need the assurance of the validity
and dependability of God's Word?
c) How can today's verse help ne trust more fully in God's Word?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Deut 30:19-20
19 (Dt 4:26; 30:1) I call heaven and earth to witnesses against you this day,
that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse.
Therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;
20 (Dt 10:20; Ps 27:1) that you may love the Lord your God,
that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him,
for He is your life and the length of your days;
and that you may dwell in the land that the Lord
swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Freeing Forgiveness
Ps 103:1-14
PSALMS 103
A Psalm of David.
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all His benefits,
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) who forgives all your iniquities,
who heals all your diseases,
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) who satisfies your mouth with good things,
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9) The Lord does righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the people of Israel.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) He will not always accuse,
neither will He keep his anger forever.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) He does not treat us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord gives compassion to those who fear Him.
14 For He knows how we are formed;
He remembers that we are dust.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire i nthe hearts of those in business to follow God's principles
and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity acreoss the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to seek his glory in your life.
Pray to the Lord to seek his Will to be at the Lamb's Supper.
Pray to the Lord to be envelopped in His Word.
Pray to seek the Lord will's in your life daily.
Pray to seek the Lord's forgiveness and loving mercy.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray to bu a just businessperson in the eyes of the Lord.
Pray for the Lord's mercy in today's world.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 41, 10 Feb 2021
Exodus 33 - 35
EXODUS 33
The Command to Leave Sinai
1 (Ge 12:7; Ex 32:13) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Depart, go up from here,
you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt,
to the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying,
'To your descendants I will give it.'
2 (Ex 32:34; Jos 24:11) I will send an angel before you,
and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite,
the PerizÂzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
3 (Ex 3:8; 32:9–10) Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey.
However, I will not go up in your midst, for you are a stiff-necked
people, and I might destroy you on the way."
4 (Nu 14:39; 14:1 )When the people heard this disturbing word,
they mourned.
And no one put on his ornaments.
5 For the Lord had said to Moses, "Say to the children of Israel,
'You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for one moment,
I might destroy you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments,
so that I may know what I will do to you.' "
6 (Ex 33:4) The children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments
by Mount Horeb.
The Tent of Meeting
7 (Ex 29:42–43; Dt 4:29) Moses took the tent
and pitched it outside the camp,
a good distance from the camp,
and called it the tent of meeting.
And anyone who sought the Lord would
go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp.
8 (Nu 16:27) So whenever Moses went out to the tent,
all the people would rise up and stand,
every man at the entrance of his tent,
and gaze after Moses until he entered the tent.
9 (Ps 99:7; Ex 31:18) And whenever Moses entered the tent,
the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the entrance of the tent,
and the Lord spoke with Moses.
10 When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance
of the tent, all the people rose up and worshipped, every man
at the entrance of his tent.
11 (Nu 12:8; Dt 34:10) The Lord spoke to Moses face to face,
just as a man speaks to his friend. When he returned to the camp,
his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man,
did not depart from the tent.
The Glory of God
12 (Ex 33:17; 32:34) Moses said to the Lord,
"See, You say to me, 'Bring up this people,'
but You have not let me know whom You will send with me.
Yet You have said, 'I know you by name,
and you have also found grace in My sight.'
13 (Dt 9:29; Ps 25:4) Now therefore, I pray You,
if I have found favor in Your sight, show me now Your way,
that I may know You, and that I may find favor in Your sight.
Consider too that this nation is Your people."
14 (Jos 21:44; 22:4) And He said, "My Presence will go with you,
and I will give you rest."
15 (Ex 33:3) Then he said to Him, "If Your Presence does not go with us,
do not bring us up from here.
16 (Nu 14:14; Ex 19:5–6) For how will it be known that
I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people?
Is it not by Your going with us, so that we will be distinguished,
I and Your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?"
17 (Ge 19:21; Ex 33:12) The Lord said to Moses, "I will do this thing of
which you have spoken, for you have found favor in My sight,
and I know you by name."
18 (Ex 33:20; 1Ti 6:16) Then Moses said, "I pray, show me Your glory."
19 (Ex 34:5–7; Isa 7:14) Then He said, "I will make all My goodness
pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you.
I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious
and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
20 (Isa 6:5; Ge 32:30; Ex 24:10) He said, "You cannot see My face,
for no man can see Me and live."
21 Then the Lord said, "Indeed, there is a place by Me.
You must stand on the rock.
22 (Ps 91:4; 91:1) While My glory passes by,
I will put you in a cleft of the rock
and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.
23 (Ex 33:20; Jn 1:18) Then I will take away My hand,
and you will see My back, but My face may not be seen."
EXODUS 34
The New Stone Tablets
1 (Ex 32:19; 31:18; 32:16) Now the Lord said to Moses,
"Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first,
and I will write on these tablets the words
that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
2 (Ex 19:20) Be ready in the morning,
and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai,
and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain.
3 (Ex 19:12–13; 19:21) No one is to come up with you.
Do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain,
and the flocks or herds may not graze in front of the mountain.â€
4 So he cut out two tablets of stone like the first,
and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai,
just as the Lord had commanded him,
and took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
5 (Ex 33:19; 33:9) Then the Lord descended in the cloud,
and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
6 (Ro 2:4; Ne 9:17; Ps 86:15) The Lord passed by before him,
and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and abounding in goodness and truth,
7 (Ex 20:5–6; Job 10:14) keeping mercy for thousands,
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
but who will by no means clear the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children
and on the children's children,
to the third and the fourth generation."
8 (Ex 4:31) Moses made haste and bowed to the ground and worshipped.
9 (Ps 33:12; Ex 32:9) He said, "If now I have found favor in Your sight,
O Lord, let my Lord, I pray, go among us, for we are a stiff-necked people.
Pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."
The Covenant Renewed
10 (Dt 5:2–3; 10:21) Then He said: Indeed, I am going to make
a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as
have not been done in all the earth nor in any nation.
And all the people among whom you live will see the work
of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I will do with you.
11 (Ex 33:2) Obey what I command you this day.
Indeed, I am going to drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite,
the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
12 (Ex 23:32–33; Dt 7:2) Watch yourself so that you make
no covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going,
lest it become a snare in your midst.
13 (Ex 23:24; 2Ki 18:4) But you shall destroy their altars,
break their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles
Carved images of a female deity.
14 (Ex 20:3–5; Dt 4:24) for you shall not worship any other god,
for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
15 (Nu 25:2; Jdg 2:17) lest you make a covenant with
the inhabitants of the land, and they prostitute
themselves with their gods, and sacrifice to their gods,
and someone invites you to eat of his sacrifice.
16 (Dt 7:3–4; 1Ki 11:2–4) And then you take of their
daughters for your sons,
and their daughters prostitute themselves after their gods.
They will make your sons prostitute themselves after their gods.
17 (Ex 32:8; Lev 19:4) You shall make no molded gods for yourselves.
18 (Ex 13:4; Lev 23:6) You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you,
in the month of Aviv, for in the month of Aviv you came out of Egypt.
19 (Ex 13:2; 22:29) Every firstborn of the womb belongs to Me,
and every firstborn male among your livestock,
whether ox or sheep.
20 (Ex 23:15; Dt 16:16) But you must redeem with a lamb
the firstborn of a donkey, and if you fail to redeem him,
then you must break his neck.
You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons.
No one may appear before Me Âempty-handed.
21 (Ex 23:12; 35:2) You shall work six days,
but on the seventh day you must rest.
Even at the time of plowing and harvest you must rest.
22 (Ex 23:16) You must observe the Feast of Weeks,
the first fruits of the wheat harvest,
and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year.
23 (Ex 23:14; 23:17) Three times in the year
all your males must appear before the Lord God,
the God of Israel.
24 (Ex 33:2; Ps 78:55) For I will drive out the nations
before you and enlarge your borders.
No man will covet your land when you go up
to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.
25 (Ex 23:18; 12:10) You must not offer the blood of My sacrifice
with leaven, nor is the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover
to be left until the following morning.
26 (Ex 23:19; Dt 14:21; 26:2) The first of the first fruits
of your land you must bring to the house of the Lord your God.
You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
27 (Ex 17:14; 24:4) Then the Lord said to Moses:
Write down these words,
for in accordance with these words
I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.
28 (Ex 24:18; 31:18) So he was there with the Lord forty days
and forty nights. He did not eat bread or drink water.
And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant,
the Ten Commandments.
Moses' Radiant Face
29 (Ex 32:15; Mt 17:2) When Moses came down from Mount Sinai
with the two tablets of testimony in the hands of Moses,
when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that
the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.
30 So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses,
amazingly, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid
to come near him. 31But Moses called to them, and Aaron
and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him,
and Moses spoke to them.
32 Afterward all the children of Israel drew near,
and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken
to him on Mount Sinai.
33 When Moses finished speaking with them,
he put a veil over his face.
34 (2Co 3:16) But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to
speak with Him, he took the veil off until he came out.
Then he came out and spoke to the children of Israel
what he had been commanded.
35 The children of Israel saw the face of Moses,
that the skin of Moses' face shone,
and then Moses put the veil over his face again
until he went in to speak with Him.
EXODUS 35
Sabbath Regulations
1 (Ex 34:32 )Moses gathered all the congregation of the children
of Israel together, and said to them: These are the things
the Lord has commanded you to do.
2 (Ex 20:9–10; 34:21) Six days shall work be done,
but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day,
a Sabbath of rest to the Lord.
Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
3 (Ex 16:23; 12:16)You must not kindle fire in any
of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.
Offerings for the Tabernacle
Ex 25:1–7; 39:32–41
4 Moses said to all the congregation of the children of Israel:
This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying:
5 (Ex 25:2–7) Take from among you an offering to the Lord.
Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering
to the Lord: gold, silver, and bronze,
6 and blue, purple, and scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
7 rams' skins dyed red, and porpoise skins, and acacia wood,
8 oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil,
and for the fragrant incense,
9 onyx stones, and gemstones to be set for the ephod
and for the breastplate.
10 Every skilled craftsman among you shall come
and make all that the Lord has commanded:
11 (Ex 26:1–37) the tabernacle with its tent and its covering,
its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
12 (Ex 25:10–22) the ark with its poles, the mercy seat,
and the veil that conceals it;
13 (Ex 25:23–30; Lev 24:5–6) the table with its poles,
and all its utensils, and the showbread;
14 (Ex 25:31–39) the lampstand also for the light
and its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;
15 (Ex 30:1–10) and the incense altar with its poles,
and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense,
and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;
16 (Ex 27:1–8; 30:18–21) the altar of burnt offering
with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils,
the basin and its stand;
17 the hangings of the court, its pillars and their sockets,
and the curtain for the gate of the court;
18 (Ex 27:19) the pegs of the tabernacle
and the pegs of the court and their cords;
19 (Ex 31:10) the woven garments for serving
in the holy place,
the holy garments for Aaron the priest
and the garments of his sons,
to minister as priests.
20 Then all the congregation of the children of Israel
departed from the presence of Moses.
21 (Ex 25:2; 35:5) Everyone whose heart stirred him
and everyone whose spirit was willing came
and brought the Lord's offering for the work of the tent of meeting
and for all its service and for the holy garments.
22 They came, both men and women, as many as had willing hearts,
and brought brooches, earrings, rings and bracelets,
all kinds of gold jewelry, and everyone that offered
an offering of gold to the Lord.
23 (1Ch 29:8) Everyone who had blue, purple, and scarlet,
and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams,
and porpoise skins, brought them.
24 Everyone who was making a contribution of silver and bronze
brought the Lord's offering, and everyone who had acacia wood
for any work of the service brought it.
25 (Ex 28:3) All the women that were skilled spun with their hands
and brought what they had spun, both of blue, purple, and scarlet,
and of fine linen.
26 (Ex 35:21) All the women whose hearts stirred them to action
and were skilled spun goats' hair.
27 (1Ch 29:6; Ezr 2:68) The leaders brought onyx stones
and gemstones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate,
28 (Ex 30:23–38) and spice and oil for the light,
and for the anointing oil,
and for the fragrant incense.
29 (Ex 35:4) The children of Israel brought
a willing offering to the Lord,
every man and woman whose heart was willing
to bring material for all the work
which the Lord had commanded through Moses to be made.
Bezalel and Oholiab
Ex 31:2–6
30 Moses said to the children of Israel:
See, the Lord has called by name
Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
31 And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom,
in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of craftsmanship,
32 to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze,
33 and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood
in order to make every manner of artistic work.
34 (Ex 31:6; 2Ch 2:14) He also has put in his heart to teach,
both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan.
35 (Ex 35:31; 31:3) He has filled them with skill to do
all manner of work as craftsmen; as designers; as embroiderers
in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen;
and as weavers: as craftsmen of every work and artistic designers.
2) Our Daily Bread for 9 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/10/waiting-in-hope
entitled Waiting in Hope
Luke 2:25–35
25 (Lk 1:6; 2:38) Now there was a man in Jerusalem
whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout,
waiting for the consolation of Israel,
and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
26 (Jn 8:51; Heb 11:5) It was revealed to him by the Holy Spirit
that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 (Lk 2:41; 2:48) Led by the Spirit, he came into the temple.
And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him
according to the custom of the law,
28 (Lk 1:64) he received Him in his arms and blessed God and said:
29 Ge 15:15; Lk 2:26 "Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace,
according to Your word;
30 (Lk 3:6; Isa 52:10) for my eyes have seen Your salvation
31 which You have prepared in the sight of all people,
32 (Isa 49:6; 9:2; 60:19) a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and the glory of Your people Israel."
33 Joseph and His mother were amazed
at those things which were spoken about Him.
34 (1Co 1:23; Mt 21:44; Ac 28:22) Then Simeon blessed them and
said to Mary His mother, "Listen, this Child is destined to cause
the fall and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign which
will be spoken against,
35 so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
And a sword will pierce through your own soul also."
In the movie Hachi: A Dog's Tale, a college professor
befriended a stray Akita puppy named Hachi.
The dog expressed his loyalty by waiting at the
train station each day for the professor to return from work.
One day, the professor suffered a fatal stroke.
Hachi waited hours at the train station,
and for the next ten years he returned each day—awaiting His loving master.
Luke tells the story of a man named Simeon who patiently waited for the
coming of his Master (Luke 2:25). The Holy Spirit revealed to Simeon
that he would not see death until he saw the Messiah (v. 26).
As a result, Simeon kept waiting for the One who would provide
"salvation" for God’s people (v. 30).
When Mary and Joseph entered the temple with Jesus,
the Holy Spirit whispered to Simeon that He was the One!
The wait was finally over! Simeon held Christ in his arms—the hope,
salvation, and comfort for all people (vv. 28–32).
If we find ourselves in a season of waiting,
may we hear the words of the prophet Isaiah with fresh ears:
"Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint" (Isaiah 40:31).
As we await Jesus' return,
He provides the hope
and strength we need for each new day.
By: Marvin Williams
Reflect & Pray
When have you become weary as you waited for God?
What encouraged you to endure during that challenging season?
Jesus, I will wait for You. Through pain, tears, and uncertainty,
help me to not become weary but to rest in Your provision.
For hope in the storms of life, read https://www.DiscoverySeries.org/Q0746 .
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 3 - Arming for Battle
Joshua 1:8
8 (Ps 19:14; 119:15) This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth.
Meditate on it day and night so that you may act carefully according
to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way successful,
and you will be wise.
When God spoke these words to Joshua, the young leader's prospects for
"prosperity" and "success" were far from promising. Upon Moses' death,
Joshua was apoointed to lead Israel into the Promised Land, to claim
the territory and establish a nation unde God's rule.
Joshua was afraid, and for good reason. The people were rebellious
and intractable. And "claiming the land" meant battling many strong enemies.
Yet God told Joshua that his strengh would come not in prepaing for battle,
but in preparing for battle, but in preparing himself by meditating
on and applying God's word to his life.
We, too, face difficult battles as we seek to enter the "Promised Land"
of God's peace and presence. But his promise is the same as it was to Joshua:
through obedience to the Word, we can find prosperity and success.
God's promise does not necessarily mean financial prosperity
or material success. These victories may come as well, but God's primary
purpose for his people is spiritual success - the victory and joy of living
in fellowship with him. We can be enriched in the knowledge of God and
find power to overcome the enemies of sin and self. The way may not be easy
- after all, there is no victory without conflict - but God promises
that we will succeed as we look to him.
Application
a) What image do I have a personal "Promised Land" that I long
to enter and claim as my own?
b) What enemies will I need to battle in order to enter that land?
c) How can meditation on the Word of God and obedience to him bring me
prosperity and success?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
2 Kings 18:7
7 (1Sa 18:14; 2Ki 16:7; Ge 39:2–3 )The Lord was with him.
Wherever he went, he prospered. He (Ahaz) rebelled against
the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Protection in Times of Trouble
Ps 121
PSALMS 121
A Song of Ascents.
1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills,
from where does my help come?
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He will not let your foot slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Behold, He who guards Israel
shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) The Lord is your guardian;
the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9) The sun shall not harm you during the day,
nor the moon during the night.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) The Lord shall protect you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) The Lord shall preserve your going out
and your coming in from now and for evermore.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
10th Day of the Month
a) Pray for Canadians from Coast to Coast to Coast, that the reality of
Jesus's sacrifice and love will touch them personally.
(
John 3:16
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9-10; Jn 1:18)
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
)
b) Pray for students, that the Lord will grant them protection of body,
soul, mind and spirit and fill them with godly desires andtrue hope.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to seek you beauty.
Pray to the Lord to wait in hope.
Pray to the Lord to help conquer your promised land.
Pray to seek the Lord in your work.
Pray to seek the Lord to be a source of inspiration in times of trouble.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for the Lord to seek his will.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 42, 11 Feb 2021
Exodus 36 - 38
EXODUS 36
1 (Ex 28:3; 25:8) So Bezalel and Oholiab, and every skilled person,
in whom the Lord has put skill and understanding to know how to do
all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, are to do the work
according to all that the Lord has commanded.
2 (Ex 31:6; 1Ch 29:5 ) Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled
person in whom the Lord had put wisdom, everyone whose heart stirred him
to come to the work to do it.
3 (Ex 35:29) They received from Moses all the offerings which the children
of Israel had brought to do the work of the service of the sanctuary,
and they continued to bring to him freewill offerings every morning.
4 And all the skilled men who were doing all the work of the sanctuary
came from the work they were doing,
5 (2Ch 24:14; 2Co 8:2–3) and they said to Moses,
"The people are bringing much more than is needed
for the service of the work which the Lord commanded us to do."
6 So Moses issued a command, and they circulated a proclamation
throughout the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman do any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.†So the people were restrained
from bringing any more.
7 For the material they had was sufficient for all the work
and more than enough to do it.
Construction of the Tabernacle
Ex 26:1–37
8 Every skilled man among those who were doing the work made
the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen,
and blue, and purple, and scarlet,
with cherubim that were the work of skillful workmen.
9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits,
and the width of each curtain four cubits.
(About 9 inches, or 23 centimeters._
All ofthe curtains were the same size.
10 He joined the five curtains to one another,
and the other five curtains he joined to one to another.
11 He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost
curtain in the first set. He did likewise along the edge
of the outermost curtain in the second set.
12 (Ex 26:5) He made fifty loops in the one curtain
and made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain
which was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another.
13 He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains
to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was a unit.
14 (Ex 26:7–13) He made curtains of goats' hair for a tent
over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains in all.
15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits,
and the width of each curtain was four cubits.
(About 45 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 14 meters long and 1.8 meters wide.)
The eleven curtains were all the same size.
16 He joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.
17 He made fifty loops on the outermost edge of the curtain in the first
set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which joined
the second set.
18 He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together,
so that it would be one unit.
19 He made a covering for the tent out of rams' skins
dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above.
20 (Ex 25:5) Then he made boards for the tabernacle out of acacia wood,
standing upright.
21 The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width of each board
was one and a half cubits.
(About 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide, or 4.5 meters long
and 68 centimeters wide.)
22 Each board had two tenons, equally distant from each other.
He did this for all the boards of the tabernacle.
23 He made boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side.
24 He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards;
two sockets under one board for its two tenons
and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
25 For the other side of the tabernacle,
which is toward the north corner,
he made twenty boards,
26 and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board.
27 For the back of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
28 He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the back.
29 They were doubled beneath and joined together at the top in one ring.
He did this with both of them in both the corners.
30 There were eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets,
two under every board.
31 (Ex 26:26–29) He made bars of acacia wood,
five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,
32 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the back to the west.
33 He made the middle bar to pass through
the boards from the one end to the other.
34 He overlaid the boards with gold,
and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars,
and overlaid the bars with gold.
35 (Mt 27:51) He made a veil of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen. He made cherubim,
the work of a skillful designer.
36 He made four pillars of acacia wood and overlaid them
with gold with their hooks of gold,
and he cast four sockets of silver for them.
37 He made a hanging for the tabernacle
entrance of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen,
the work of an embroiderer.
38 And he made its five pillars with their hooks,
and he overlaid their tops and their bands with gold,
but their five sockets were of bronze.
EXODUS 37
Making the Ark of the Covenant
Ex 25:10–20
1 Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood.
Its length was two and a half cubits,
and its width a cubit and a half,
and its height a cubit and a half.
(About 3 3/4 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide and high,
or 1.1 meters long and 68 centimeters wide and high; similarly in v. 6.)
2 He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out,
and made a gold molding for it all around.
3 He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet,
with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side of it.
4 He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
5 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
6 (Heb 9:5) He made the mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long
and one and a half cubits wide.
7 He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered metal
on the two ends of the mercy seat:
8 one cherub on one end, and one cherub on the other end.
Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends.
9 The cherubim spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat
with their wings, with their faces toward each other.
The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.
Making the Table for the Showbread
Ex 25:23–29
10 He made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide
and a cubit and a half high. (About 3 feet long, 1 1/2 feet wide,
and 2 1/4 feet high, or 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide,
and 68 centimeters high.
11 And he overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding for
it all around.
12 Also he made a rim for it of a handbreadth
(About 75 feet, or 23 meters.) all around, and he made a gold molding
for the rim all around.
13 He cast four rings of gold for it and put the rings on the four corners
that were on its four feet.
14 Close by the rim were the rings,
the holders for the poles to carry the table.
15 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold,
to carry the table.
16 He made the utensils which were on the table,
its dishes and its pans and its bowls and its jars,
to be used in pouring out offerings, of pure gold.
Making the Lampstand
Ex 25:31–39
17 (Ex 25:31–39; Heb 9:2) Then he made the lampstand of pure gold.
He made it of hammered work, its base and its shaft.
Its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were of the same piece.
18 Six branches were extending from its sides,
three branches of the lampstand from one side of it,
and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.
19 Three cups shaped like almond flowers,
a bulb and a flower were on the first branch,
and three cups shaped like almond flowers,
a bulb and a flower were on the next branch,
and the same for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
20 In the lampstand there were four cups made like almond flowers,
its bulbs and its flowers.
21 And a bulb was under the first two branches from it,
and a bulb under the next two branches from it,
and a bulb under the third two branches from it,
according to the six branches coming out of it.
22 Their bulbs and their branches were of the same piece.
All of it was one hammered work of pure gold.
23 He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
24 He made it and all of its utensils from a talent (About 75 pounds,
or 34 kilograms.) of pure gold.
Making the Altar of Incense
Ex 30:1–5
25 (Ex 30:1–5) He made the incense altar of acacia wood.
Its length was a cubit, and the width a cubit, a square,
and two cubits high. (About 1 1/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high,
or 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high.)
Its horns were of the same piece.
26 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides all around,
and its horns. He also made a gold molding for it all around.
27 He also made two rings of gold for it under its molding,
on its two sides, on opposite sides, to be places for the poles to carry it.
28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
29 He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices,
according to the work of a perfumer.
EXODUS 38
Making the Altar of Burnt Offering
Ex 27:1–8
1 (Ex 27:1–8) He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood.
It was five cubits (About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters long and wide.)
long and five cubits wide. It was square, and it was three cubits high.
(About 4 1/2 feet, or 1.4 meters.)
2 He made its horns on its four corners.
The horns were part of the same piece,
and he overlaid it with bronze.
3 He made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, and the shovels,
and the basins, the flesh hooks, and the fire pans.
He made all its utensils of bronze.
4 He made for the altar a bronze grating, a network beneath,
under its ledge, reaching halfway up.
5 He cast four rings for the four ends of the bronze grating
to provide places for the poles.
6 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
7 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar with
which to carry it. He made the altar hollow, out of boards.
Making the Bronze Basin
8 (Ex 40:7) He made the basin of bronze with its base of bronze
from the mirrors of the women who served
at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
Making the Court of the Tabernacle
Ex 27:9–19
9 (Ex 27:9–19) He made the courtyard: On the south side southward
the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen,
one hundred cubits; (About 9 inches, or 23 centimeters.)
10 their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
11 For the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits;
their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets were of bronze.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
12 For the west side the hangings were fifty cubits
(About 75 feet, or 23 meters.) with their ten pillars
and their ten sockets.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
13 For the east side eastward, fifty cubits.
14 The hangings of one side of the gate were fifteen cubits
(About 22 feet, or 6.8 meters.) with their three pillars
and their three sockets,
15 and also for the other side of the court gate.
On both sides of the gate of the courtyard the hangings
were fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16 All the hangings of the courtyard all around were of fine twisted linen.
17 The sockets for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars
and their bands were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops of silver,
and all the pillars of the courtyard were furnished with silver bands.
18 The screen for the gate of the courtyard was embroidered of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen.
Its length was twenty cubits, (About 30 feet, or 9 meters.)
and its height was five cubits, (About 7 1/2 feet, or 2.3 meters.)
corresponding to the hangings of the courtyard.
19 Their four pillars and their four sockets were of bronze.
Their hooks and their bands were of silver,
and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were of silver.
20 All the tent pegs of the tabernacle
and of the courtyard all around were bronze.
The Inventory of the Tabernacle
21 (Nu 1:50; 1:53) This is the inventory of the tabernacle,
the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted according
to the commandment of Moses for the service of the Levites
by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
22 Bezalel, the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah,
made all that the Lord commanded Moses.
23 (Ex 35:34) With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamak,
of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer,
an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine linen.
24 (Lev 27:25; Nu 3:47) All the gold that was used for the work,
in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering,
was twenty-nine talents,
and seven hundred and thirty shekels, (A little over a ton, or 1 metric ton.)
according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
25 The silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was
one hundred talents, (About 3 3/4 tons, or 3.4 metric tons; and in v. 27.)
and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels,
(About 44 pounds, or 20 kilograms; and in v. 28.)
according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
26 (Nu 1:46; Ex 12:37; 30:13) a bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel,
(About 1/5 ounce, or 5.7 grams.) according to the shekel of the sanctuary,
for everyone who was numbered, from twenty years old and upward,
for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
27 (Ex 26:19; 26:21) The hundred talents of silver were for casting
the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil — a hundred
sockets ofthe hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
28 Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels,
he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops
and made bands for them.
29 The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents
and two thousand four hundred shekels.
(About 2 1/2 tons, or 2.4 metric tons.)
30 (Ex 26:37) With it he made the sockets
for the door of the tent of meeting,
and the bronze altar and its bronze grating,
and all theutensils of the altar,
31 and the sockets of the courtyard all around,
and the sockets of the courtyard gate,
and all the tent pegs of the tabernacle,
and all the tent pegs of the courtyard all around.
2) Our Daily Bread for 11 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/11/the-ticking-watch
entitled The Ticking Watch
Psalm 37:1–7
PSALMS 37
A Psalm of David.
1 Do not fret because of evildoers,
nor be jealous of those who do injustice.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For they will quickly wither like the grass,
and fade like the green herbs.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Trust in the Lord, and do good;
dwell in the land, and practice faithfulness.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Delight yourself in the Lord,
and He will give you the desires of your heart.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Commit your way to the Lord;
trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9) He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your judgment as the noonday.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him;
do not fret because of those who prosper in their way,
because of those who make wicked schemes.
A group of workers were cutting ice out of a frozen
lake and storing it in an icehouse when one of them
realized he’d lost his watch in the windowless building.
He and his friends searched for it in vain.
After they gave up, a young boy who'd seen them exit
went into the building. Soon, he emerged with the watch.
Asked how he’d found it, he replied:
"I just sat down and kept quiet, and soon I could hear it ticking."
The Bible talks much about the value of being still. And no wonder,
for God sometimes speaks in a whisper (1 Kings 19:12).
In the busyness of life, it can be hard to hear Him.
But if we stop rushing about and spend some quiet time with Him
and the Scriptures, we may hear His gentle voice in our thoughts.
Psalm 37:1–7 assures us that we can trust God to rescue us from
the "wicked schemes" of evil people, give us refuge,
and help us stay faithful.
But how can we do this when turmoil is all around us?
Verse 7 suggests: :Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him."
We could start by learning to keep silent for a few minutes after prayer.
Or by quietly reading the Bible and letting the words soak into our hearts.
And then, perhaps, we'll hear His wisdom speaking to us,
quiet and steady as a ticking watch.
Reflect & Pray
How can you be still before God each day?
What will help you stay silent and listen?
Loving God, grant me the patience and discipline
to stay still for a while each day,
that I might hear Your gentle whisper in my life.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 5 - Learning by Heart
Ps 119:9,11
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) How shall a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping it according to Your word.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Your word I have hidden in my heart,
that I might not sin against You.
"HIs heart is not just in it," a gifted musician commented about the
pianist onstage. "He's here at the Orchestra Hall, playing for
thousands of poeple, an his technique is flawless, but something
is missing - his heart is just not in it."
The psalmist , in Psalm 119, draws a similar parallel. We "Keep our
way pure" through obedience of his Word, by ordering our lives according
to the commands of the Scriptures. But outward behaviour is not the only
essential factor in purity of life. The changes in our behaviour need to
come from the heart, from the inside out. Our "technique" for living
the Christian life may be flawless, but our obediance is founded
in heart motivation, something is certainly missing.
"I seek you with all my heart," the psalmist declares in verse 10.
Thus he can say in verse 11, "I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you"
Often we refer to memorisation as "learning by heart" - and indeed
"by heart" is the biblical mandate for assimilating God's truth
into our daily lives. "By rote" or "By Mind" leaves us
intellectually overstuffed, yet spiritually starving.
When we try to apply the Word outwardly to our behaviour,
we end up in a tangle of legalism, a log "do list" by which
we hope to please God. But when we set our hearts toward god first,
then changes in our behaviour grow out of love for God and a deep
desire to serve him. Then we are truly loving and obeying God with
our whole hearts.
Application
a) In what ways have I triedd to apply God's word to my behaviour
without having the truth firmly in my heart? What was the result?
b) How can I set my heart toward God and give myself more fully
to his Word?
c) What areas of my life need "purifying"? How can these verses
help me to "make my way pure"?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Is 48:15,17
15I, even I, have spoken,
and I have called him;
I have brought him,
and his way will prosper.
17 (Ps 32:8; Isa 43:14) Thus says the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you to profit,
who leads you in the way you should go.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Protection in Times of Trouble
Ps 91
PSALMS 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God in whom I trust."
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) He shall cover you with His feathers,
and under His wings you shall find protection;
His faithfulness shall be your shield and wall.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
nor of the arrow that flies by day;
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9) nor of the pestilence that pursues in darkness,
nor of the destruction that strikes at noonday.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) A thousand may fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand,
but it shall not come near you.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Only with your eyes shall you behold
and see the reward of the wicked.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
even the Most High, your dwelling,
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) there shall be no evil befall you,
neither shall any plague come near your tent;
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) for He shall give His angels charge over you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 They shall bear you up in their hands,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder;
the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
and I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him My salvation.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
11th Day of the Month
a) Pray for God's name to be glorified in you life, home, neighbourhood,
city or community, and in Canada.
(
Ps 86:12
12 I will give You thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
and I will glorify Your name forever.
John 12:28
28 "Father, glorify Your name."
Then a voice came from heaven, saying,
"I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."
)
b) Pray for the province of New Brunswick
I) Pray for the leaders of New Brunswick,
that God's Spirit would influence then to act justly,
serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3 (1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in
the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32) who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses beaming forth
the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to seek his glory.
Pray to the Lord to seek still time to understan God's Word.
Pray to the Lord to hide God's word in your heart.
Pray to seek the Lord how to profit in the Way.
Pray to seek the Lord to be you Salvation.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for the Lord to seek his will in your community.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 40, 9 Feb 2021
Exodus 30 - 32
EXODUS 30
The Altar of Incense
Ex 37:25–28
1 (Ex 37:25–28; Rev 8:3) Also, you must make an altar for burning incense.
You must make it of acacia wood.
2 (Ex 27:2) It must be a cubit in length, and its width a cubit.
It will be square. Its height will be two cubits;
(About 11/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high,
or 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high.)
the horns shall be of one piece with it.
3You must overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides all around,
and its horns; and you must make a molding of gold all around it.
4 (Ex 25:27) You must make two golden rings for it under its molding.
You must make them on its two sides, on opposite sides of it,
and they will be holders for the poles with which to carry it.
5 Then you must make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
6 (Ex 25:21–22) You must put it before the veil that is by the ark
of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony,
where I will meet with you.
7 (1Sa 2:28; Ex 27:20–21) Aaron must burn sweet incense on it.
Every morning, when he trims the lamps, he must burn incense.
8 When Aaron lights the lamps at sundown, he must burn incense on it.
It is to be a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
9 (Lev 10:1)You must offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt sacrifice,
nor grain offering, and you must not pour out a drink offering on it.
10 (Lev 16:18; 23:27) Aaron must make atonement on its horns once a year
with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. Once a year he must make
atonement on it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.
The Atonement Money
11 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12 (Nu 31:50; Ex 38:25–26) When you take the census of the children of
Israel according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for
his life to the Lord when you count them, so that there be no plague
among them when you number them.
13 (Lev 27:25; Nu 3:47) This is what everyone who is counted must give:
half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary
(About 1/5 ounce, or 5.8 grams; and in v. 15. (a shekel is twenty gerahs).)
The half shekel will be the offering to the Lord.
14 Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and above,
must give an offering to the Lord.
15 (Pr 22:2; Eph 6:9) The rich must not give more and the poor must not
give less than half a shekel when they give the offering to the Lord,
to make atonement for your lives.
16 (Ex 38:25–31; Nu 16:40) You must take the atonement money of the
children of Israel and give it for the service of the tent of meeting,
so that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the Lord,
to make atonement for your lives.
The Bronze Basin
17 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
18 (Ex 38:8; 40:7) You must also make a basin of bronze,
with its base also of bronze, for washing,
and you must put it between the tent of meeting and the altar,
and you must put water in it.
19 (Isa 52:11; Ex 40:31–32) For Aaron and his sons must wash
their hands and their feet from it.
20 When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near
the altar to minister by burning incense as an offering made
by fire to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
21 (Ex 28:43) So they must wash their hands and their feet,
so that they will not die. And it will be a perpetual statute for them,
even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
The Anointing Oil
22 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
23 (SS 4:14; Eze 27:19) Take for yourself choice spices: five hundred shekels
(About 12 1/2 pounds, or 5.8 kilograms; and in v. 24. )
of pure myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon
(two hundred and fifty shekels About 61/4 pounds, or 2.9 kilograms.),
two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cane,
24 (Ex 29:40; Ps 45:8) five hundred shekels of cassia,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin
(About 75 pounds, or 34 kilograms.) of olive oil.
25 (Ex 37:29; Nu 35:25; Ps 89:20) And you must make
with it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed compound,
the work of a perfumer. It will be a holy anointing oil.
26 (Nu 7:1) And you must anoint the tent of meeting with it,
along with the ark of the testimony,
27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils,
and the altar of incense,
28 and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils,
and the basin and its stand.
29 (Ex 29:37) You must consecrate them, so that they may be most holy.
Whatever touches them must be holy.
30 (Lev 8:12; 8:30) You must anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them,
so that they may minister as priests to Me.
31 You must speak to the children of Israel, saying,
"This will be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.
32 (Ex 30:25) It must not be poured out on anyone's body,
nor shall you make any other like it in composition.
It is holy, and it will be holy to you.
33 (Ex 30:38; Ge 17:14) Whoever makes anything like it
or whoever puts any of it on a layman
will be cut off from his people."
The Incense
34 (Ex 25:6; 37:29) Then the Lord said to Moses:
Take for yourself sweet spices,
stacte and onycha and galbanum,
sweet spices with pure frankincense of equal amounts.
35 (Ex 30:25; Lev 2:13) You shall make of these an incense,
a compound expertly blended, mingled with salt, pure and holy.
36 (Ex 25:22) You must beat some of it very fine and put
part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting
where I will meet with you. It will be most holy to you.
37 As for the perfume which you will make, you may not
make it for yourselves using the same recipe.
It must be holy for the Lord to you.
38 (Ex 30:33) Whoever makes anything like it in order to use it
as perfume must be cut off from his people.
EXODUS 31
The Tabernacle Artisans
Ex 35:30–35
1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Ex 36:1; 35:30) See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri,
the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
3 (1Ki 7:14; Ex 35:31) I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom,
in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of craftsmanship
4 to devise artistic works for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze,
5 and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in carving of wood,
to work in all manner of craftsmanship.
6 (Ex 28:3; 35:10) I, indeed, I have given him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamak,
of the tribe of Dan, and I have given skill to all who are
specially skilled, that they may make everything that I have commanded you:
7 (Ex 36:8–37:9)the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,
and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tent,
8 (Ex 37:10–28) the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand
with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,
9 (Ex 38:1–8) the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils,
and the basin and its stand,
10 the woven garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest
and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests,
11 (Ex 37:29) the anointing oil and sweet incense for the holy place.
They must make them according to all that I have commanded you.
The Sabbath Law
12 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
13 (Eze 20:12; 20:20) Speak also to the children of Israel, saying,
"You must surely keep My Sabbaths, for it is a sign between Me
and you throughout your generations, that you may know that
I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
14 "You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you.
Everyone who defiles it will surely be put to death.
For whoever does any work on it, that person will be cut
off from among his people.
15 (Ex 16:23; Lev 23:3) Six days may work be done,
but on the seventh is the Sabbath of complete rest,
holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath
day will surely be put to death.
16 Therefore the children of Israel must keep the Sabbath,
to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations,
for a perpetual covenant.
17 (Ge 1:31; Ex 31:13; Ge 2:2–3) It is a sign between Me
and the children of Israel forever, for in six days
the Lord made heaven and earth,
but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed."
18 (Ex 24:12; 32:15–16) When He had made an end of
communing with him on Mount Sinai,
He gave Moses the two tablets of testimony,
tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
EXODUS 32
The Golden Calf
1 (Ex 24:18; Ac 7:40) Now when the people saw that Moses delayed
coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves
together around Aaron and said to him,
"Come, make us gods which will go before us. As for this Moses,
the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
we do not know what has become of him."
2 (Ex 12:35–36; Jdg 8:24–27) Aaron said to them,
"Break off the gold earrings that are in the ears of your wives,
your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."
3 So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were in their ears
and brought them to Aaron.
4 (Dt 9:16; Ne 9:18) He received them from their hand,
and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into a molded calf.
Then they said, "This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up
from the land of Egypt."
5 (2Ki 10:20; Lev 23:2) When Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it.
And Aaron made a proclamation and said, "Tomorrow will be
a feast to the Lord."
6 (1Co 10:7; Nu 25:2) So they rose up early on the next day,
and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings.
And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7 (Dt 9:12; Ex 32:11) The Lord spoke to Moses, "Go, and get down,
for your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt,
have corrupted themselves.
8 (Ex 20:3–4; 20:23) They have quickly turned aside from the way
which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molded calf,
and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said,
'This is your god, O Israel, which has brought you up
from the land of Egypt.' "
9 (Ex 33:3; 33:5) Then the Lord said to Moses,
"I have seen this people, and certainly, it is a stiff-necked people.
10 (Dt 9:14; Nu 14:12; Dt 9:19) Now therefore let Me alone,
so that My wrath may burn against them and I may destroy them.
And I will make of you a great nation.â€
11 (Dt 9:18–20; 9:26–29) But Moses sought the favour of the Lord his God,
and said, "Lord, why does Your wrath burn against Your people,
whom You have brought forth from the land of Egypt with great power
and with a mighty hand?
12 (Nu 14:13–16; Dt 9:28) Why should the Egyptians speak, saying,
'With evil intent He brought them out, to kill them in the mountains
and to destroy them from the face of the earth'?
Turn from Your fierce wrath and relent of this harm against Your people.
13 (Ge 12:7; 22:16) Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants,
to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, 'I will multiply
your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land that
I have spoken of will I give to your descendants,
and they will inherit it forever.'"
14 (Ps 106:45; 2Sa 24:16) Then the Lord relented of the harm
which He said He would do to His people.
15 (Dt 9:15) Moses turned and went down from the mountain
with the two tablets of testimony in his hand.
The tablets were written on both their sides.
They were written on one side and on the other.
16 (Ex 31:18)bThe tablets were God's work,
and the writing was God's writing, engraved on the tablets.
17 (Ex 17:9; 24:13) When Joshua heard the noise of the people
as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a sound of war in the camp."
18But he said:
"It is not the sound of those who shout for victory,
nor is it the sound of those who cry because of being overcome,
but I hear the sound of singing."
19 (Dt 9:16–17) As soon as he came near the camp,
he saw the calf and the dancing, and Moses' anger burned,
so he threw the tablets from his hands
and shattered them at the bottom of the mountain.
20 (Dt 9:21) Then he took the calf which they had made
and burned it in the fire, ground it to powder,
and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
21 (Ge 20:9) Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you,
that you have brought so great a sin upon them?"
22 (Dt 9:24; Ex 14:11) Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord burn.
You know that the people are set on evil.
23 (Ex 32:1–4) For they said to me, 'Make a god for us which will go
before us, for this Moses, the man that brought us up from
the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'
24 (Ex 32:4) I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.'
So they gave it to me, and then I threw it into the fire,
and this calf came out.'"
25 Now when Moses saw the people were in a frenzy,
for Aaron had let them get completely out of control,
causing derision from their enemies,
26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said,
"Whoever is on the Lord's side, come to me."
And all the Levites gathered themselves together around him.
27 (Nu 25:5) He said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
'Every man fasten his sword on his side,
and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp,
and let every man kill his brother, and every man his friend,
and every man his neighbor.'"
28 (Dt 33:9) The Levites did according to the word of Moses,
and about three thousand men of the people died that day.
29 (Nu 25:11–13; Zec 13:3) For Moses had said,
"Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord,
that He may bestow a blessing on you this day,
for every man opposes his son and his brother."
30 (1Sa 12:20; Nu 25:13) On the next day Moses said to the people,
"You have committed a great sin, and now I will go up to the Lord.
Perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."
31 (Ex 20:23; 32:30) Then Moses returned to the Lord and said,
"Oh, this people has committed a great sin and have made a god
of gold for themselves.
32 (Ps 69:28; Da 12:1) Yet now, if You will, forgive their sin,
but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written."
33 (Eze 18:4) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me,
I will blot him out of My book.
34 (Ex 23:20; Dt 32:35) So go now, lead the people to the place of which
I have spoken to you. Indeed, My angel will go before you.
Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will indeed punish them
for their sin."
35 And the Lord plagued the people because they had made the calf,
the one that Aaron made.
(Wiat upon the Lord and do not be unfaithful)
2) Our Daily Bread for 9 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/09/the-cockeyed-squid
entitled Looking Up
Col 3:1-4
COLOSSIANS 3
1 (Ps 110:1; Mk 16:19) If you then were raised with Christ, desire
those things which are above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God.
2 (Mt 16:23) Set your affection on things above, not on things on earth.
3 (Ro 6:2; Col 2:20) For you are dead, and your life is hidden
with Christ in God.
4 (1Jn 3:2; Jn 11:25) When Christ who is our life shall appear,
then you also shall appear with Him in glory.
The cockeyed squid lives in the ocean's "twilight zone" where sunlight
barely filters through the deep waters. The squid's nickname is
a reference to its two extremely different eyes: the left eye develops
over time to become considerably larger than the right—almost twice as big.
Scientists studying the mollusk have deduced that the squid uses
its right eye, the smaller one, to look down into the darker depths.
The larger, left eye, gazes upward, toward the sunlight.
The squid is an unlikely depiction of what it means to live in our present
world and also in the future certainty we await as people who
"have been raised with Christ" (Colossians 3:1). In Paul's letter
to the Colossians, he insists we ought to "set [our] minds on things above"
because our lives are "hidden with Christ in God" (vv. 2–3).
As earth-dwellers awaiting our lives in heaven,
we keep an eye trained on what's happening around
us in our present reality. But just as the squid's
left eye develops over time into one that's larger
and more sensitive to what's happening overhead,
we too can grow in our awareness of the ways God
works in the spiritual realm.
We may not have yet fully grasped what it means to be alive in Jesus,
but as we look "up," our eyes will begin to see it more and more.
By: Kirsten Holmberg
Reflect & Pray
How can you develop your "upward" vision?
How can you set your mind on heavenly things?
Loving God, help me to set my mind and heart
on those things that are of You!
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 3 - Let the Word Dwell in You
Col 3:16
16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17) Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Every day, whether we are aware of it or not, our minds are
bombarded by 20th Century values: "Dress for success!" "Get ahead!"
"You deserve a break today ...." Television, radio, and the incessant
voices that surround us distract our attention and keep us from
focusing on what is really important in our lives.
Paul's instruction to the Colossian Church brings us back to God's
value system: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly."
When we give attention to the Word of God, we put ourselves in a position
to hear a higher truth the clamour of immediate demands
and the expectations of the world around us. We can experience peace
in the midst of struggle and rest in a restless environment.
God's Word is a powerful force for good in our lives - not merely
an attractive philosophy, but true power to overcome the pressures
of daily life.
Dweliing on the Word of God, and letting it indwell us, takes many forms.
Scripture memory, music, meditation, talking with others about the
goodness of God all help us keep our attention focused on Christ rather
than on the values of the world around us.
We can choose to listen to Christian radio or tapes. We can take time
daily for quiet meditation on his Word. We can commit the Word to memory
and draw on its power during the day. And as we listen to the voice
of the Spirit rather than the noise around us, we can enter into
his peace and live in communion with him.
Application
a) What pressures do I face that tend to distract me from the reality
of Chirst's presence?
b) How can I "let the word of Christ dwell richly" in me, so that I
can regain my focus on him?
c) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus
my attention on Jesus and his word?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
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.
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.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
9th Day of the Month
a) Pray a prayter of thanksgiving throughout
the day for God's unfailing love, Mercy, compassion, faithfulness and provision.
(
Ps 100
A Psalm of thanksgiving.
1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth!
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Serve the Lord with gladness;
come before His presence with singing.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Know that the Lord, He is God;
it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
and into His courts with praise;
be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) For the Lord is good; His mercy endures forever,
and His faithfulness to all generations.
)
b) Pray that the Lord will lead the Church in finding ways to wiesly and effectively
respond to pressing social issues
(
1 Chr 12:32
32 (Est 1:13) From the sons of Issachar,
those having understanding of times
and what Israel should do: two hundred of their captains
with all their brothers at their command.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to seek his patience in time of temptation
in case of error.
Pray to the Lord to keep you vision upwards.
Pray to dwell the Holy Word richly.
Pray to seek the Lord in your work.
Pray to seek the Lord to be a source of inspiration in times of trouble.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray that the Church will strongly influential in society.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
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Day 39, 8 Feb 2021
Exodus 28 - 29
EXODUS 28
The Priestly Garments
1 (Nu 18:7; Ex 6:23) And bring near to yourself Aaron, your brother,
and his sons with him from among the children of Israel,
so that they may minister to Me as priests - Aaron,
Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
2 (Ex 31:10; Lev 8:30) You shall make holy garments
for your brother Aaron, for glory and for beauty.
3 (Isa 11:2; 1Co 12:7–11) You shall speak to all
who are specially skilled, whom I have filled
with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make
Aaron's garments to consecrate him,
that he may minister to Me as a priest.
4 (Ex 28:39–40) These are the garments
which they shall make: a breastplate,
and an ephod, and a robe,
and an embroidered coat,
a turban, and a sash.
They shall make holy garments for Aaron
your brother and his sons,
that he may minister to Me as priest.
5 They shall take the gold, the blue,
the purple, and the scarlet, and fine linen.
The Ephod
Ex 39:2–7
6 They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue,
and of purple, of scarlet,
and fine twined linen,
the work of a skilled workman.
7 It shall have the two shoulder pieces attached
to its two corners, so it shall be joined together.
8 (Ex 28:27–28; 29:5) The skillfully woven waistband
of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship,
of the same material: of gold, of blue and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twisted linen.
9 You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names
of the children of Israel,
10 six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest
on the other stone, according to their birth.
11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet,
you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel.
You shall set them in filigree of gold.
12 (Ex 28:29; Jos 4:7) You shall put the two stones on the shoulders
of the ephod as stones of memorial for the children of Israel,
and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders
as a memorial.
13 You shall make filigree settings of gold,
14 and two chains of pure gold. You shall make them of twisted cord
and fasten the braided chains to the filigree settings.
The Breastplate
Ex 39:8–21
15 You shall make the breastplate of judgment,
the work of a skillful workman.
You shall make it in the same manner as the ephod.
Of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet,
and of fine twisted linen you shall make it.
16 It is to be square when doubled: a span (About 9 inches,
or 23 centimeters.) in length and a span in width.
17 (Eze 28:13) You shall set in it four rows of stones.
The first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle;
18 the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
19 the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
20 and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.
They shall be set in gold filigree.
21 (Rev 7:4–8; 21:12) The stones shall be according to the names
of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names,
each like the engravings of a signet,
every one according to his name for the twelve tribes.
22 You shall make for the breastplate braided chains of pure gold.
23 You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold and shall
put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
24 You shall put the two braided chains of gold on the two rings
which are on the ends of the breastplate.
25 You shall fasten the other two ends of the two braided chains
in the two filigree settings and put them
on the front of the shoulder pieces of the ephod.
26 You shall make two rings of gold and shall put them
on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it
which is toward the inner side of the ephod.
27 You shall make two other rings of gold and shall put them
on the two shoulder pieces of the ephod underneath toward the front,
close to the place where it is joined above the skillfully woven
waistband of the ephod.
28 (Nu 15:38) They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings
of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it may be above the skillfully
woven waistband of the ephod, and so that the breastplate will not
come loose from the ephod.
29 (Ex 28:12; 28:30) Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel
on the breastplate of judgment over his heart when he goes into
the holy place, as a memorial before the Lord continually.
30 (Lev 8:8; Nu 27:21) You shall put the Urim and the Thummim
in the breastplate of judgment, and they shall be over Aaron's heart
when he goes in before the Lord. And Aaron shall bear the judgment
of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually.
Other Priestly Garments
Ex 39:22–31
31 You shall make the robe of the ephod completely blue.
32 There shall be a hole at the top of it, in the middle of it.
Around its opening it shall have a binding of woven work,
like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn.
33 You shall make on its hem pomegranates of blue,
and of purple, and of scarlet, all around its hem,
and bells of gold between them all around:
34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate,
all around on the hem of the robe.
35 It shall be on Aaron when he ministers.
And its sound shall be heard when he goes
into the holy place before the Lord,
and when he comes out, so that he does not die.
36 (Zec 14:20; Lev 8:9) You shall make a plate of pure gold
and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet,
HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
37 You shall put it on a blue cord, so that it may be upon the turban.
It is to be on the front of the turban.
38 (Lev 10:17; Nu 18:1) It shall be on Aaron's forehead,
so that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things
which the children of Israel shall consecrate in regard
to all their holy gifts. And it shall always be on his forehead,
so that they may be accepted before the Lord.
39 You shall embroider the tunic of fine linen,
and you shall make the turban of fine linen,
and you shall make the sash, the work of an embroiderer.
40 (Ex 39:41; 28:4) For Aaron's sons you shall make tunics.
You shall make sashes for them, and you shall make caps for them,
for glory and for beauty.
41 (Ex 29:7; 29:9; 40:15) You shall put them on Aaron your brother,
and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them,
and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
42 (Lev 6:10; 16:4) You shall make linen undergarments for them to
cover their naked skin. They shall reach from the waist to the thighs.
43 (Ex 27:21; 20:26) They shall be on Aaron and on his sons
when they come into the tent of meeting or when they come
near to the altar to minister in the holy place,
so that they may not bear iniquity and die.
It shall be a perpetual statute to him and his descendants after him.
EXODUS 29
Consecration of the Priests
Lev 8:1–36
1 Now this is the thing that you shall do to them to consecrate them,
to minister as priests to Me:
Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
2 (Nu 6:15) and unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mixed with oil,
and unleavened wafers anointed with oil - you shall make them of wheat flour.
3 You shall put them into one basket and bring them in the basket
with the bull and the two rams.
4 (Ex 40:12; Heb 10:22) Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door
of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
5 You shall take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic
and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastplate,
and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
6 (Lev 8:9) And you shall put the turban on his head
and put the holy crown on the turban.
7 (Lev 21:10; Nu 35:25) Then shall you take the anointing oil
and pour it on his head and anoint him.
8 (Lev 8:13; Ex 28:40) You shall bring his sons and put tunics on them.
9 (Nu 18:7; Lev 8:22-28) You shall gird them with sashes,
Aaron and his sons, and put the headbands on them,
and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute.
Thus you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
10 (Lev 1:4; 8:14) Then you shall bring a bull before the tent of meeting,
and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.
11 You shall kill the bull before the Lord
by the door of the tent of meeting.
12 (Ex 27:2; Lev 8:15) You shall take of the blood of the bull,
and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger,
and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
13 (Lev 3:3–4) You shall take all the fat that covers the entrails,
and the lobe that is above the liver, and the two kidneys,
and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
14 (Lev 4:11–12; 4:21) But the flesh of the bull, its skin,
and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside the camp.
It is a sin offering.
15 (Ex 29:19) You shall also take one ram, and Aaron
and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.
16 You shall slay the ram, and you shall take its blood
and sprinkle it around on the altar.
17 Then you shall cut the ram in pieces,
and wash its entrails and its legs,
and put them with its pieces and its head.
18 (Ge 8:21) You shall burn the whole ram
on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord.
It is a soothing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
19 (Ex 29:3) Then you shall take the other ram,
and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands
on the head of the ram.
20 You shall kill the ram and take some of its blood
and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron,
and on the tip of the right ear of his sons,
and on the thumb of their right hand,
and on the great toe of their right foot,
and sprinkle the blood around on the altar.
21 (Ex 29:1; 29:7) You shall take some of the blood
that is on the altar and some of the anointing
oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments,
and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him.
So he and his garments shall be consecrated,
along with his sons and his sons' garments with him.
22 (Ex 29:13) Also you shall take the fat and the rump of the ram,
and the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe above the liver,
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them
and the right shoulder (for it is a ram of consecration),
23 (Ex 29:2-3) and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread,
and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread
that is before the Lord.
24 (Lev 7:30; 8:27) And you shall put all of these in the hands of Aaron
and in the hands of his sons, and shall wave them for a wave offering
before the Lord.
25 (Lev 8:28; Ex 29:41) Then you shall take them from their hands
and burn them on the altar for a burnt offering, for a soothing aroma
before the Lord. It is an offering made by fire to the Lord.
26 (Lev 8:29) You shall take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration,
and wave it as a wave offering before the Lord,
and it shall be your portion.
27 (Lev 10:15; Nu 18:11) You shall consecrate the breast of the wave
offering that is waved and the thigh of the priest's portion
that is contributed from the ram of the consecration,
from that which was for Aaron and from that which was for his sons.
28 It shall be for Aaron and his sons by a statute forever,
for it is a contribution.
It shall be a contribution from the children of Israel
from their peace offerings, their contributions to the Lord.
29 (Nu 18:8) The holy garments belonging to Aaron are to belong
to his sons after him, so that they may be anointed in them
and be Âconsecrated in them.
30 (Nu 20:28) The son that is priest in his stead shall put them
on seven days when he comes into the tent of meeting to
minister in the holy place.
31 (Lev 8:31) You shall take the ram of the consecration
and boil its flesh in a holy place.
32 (Mt 12:4) Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram
and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tent of meeting.
33 (Nu 18:4) They shall eat those things by which the atonement
was made in order to consecrate and sanctify them,
but no one else shall eat them, because they are holy.
34 (Ex 12:10; Lev 8:32) If any of the flesh from the consecrations
or from the bread remain until the morning,
then you shall burn the remainder with fire.
It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
35 Thus shall you do to Aaron and his sons according to all that
I have commanded you. You shall consecrate them for seven days.
36 (Heb 10:11; Ex 30:26) Every day you must offer a bull as a sin
offering for atonement, and you must cleanse the altar when you
make atonement for it. You must anoint it to consecrate it.
37 (Ex 40:10; Mt 23:19) For seven days you must make atonement
for the altar and consecrate it, and then the altar will be most holy,
and whatever touches the altar will be holy.
The Daily Offerings
38 (Nu 28:3–8; 1Ch 16:40) Now this is what you are to offer on the altar:
two one-year-old lambs every day, continually.
39 (Eze 46:13–15; 2Ki 16:15) The one lamb you must offer in the morning,
and the other lamb you must offer at sundown.
40 (Lev 23:13) And with the first lamb will be a tenth of an ephah
(Likely about 3 1/2 pounds, or 1.6 kilograms. ) of flour mingled with
the fourth part of a hin (Likely about 1 quart, or 1 liter. )of beaten oil,
and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering.
41 The other lamb you must offer at sundown and must offer with
it the same grain offering and the same drink offering as in the morning,
for a soothing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
42 (Ex 25:22) This will be a continual burnt offering throughout
your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before the Lord,
where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.
43 (1Ki 8:11; Ex 40:34) I will meet there with the children of Israel,
and it will be consecrated by My glory.
44 (Lev 21:15; 22:9) I will sanctify the tent of meeting and the altar.
I will also sanctify both Aaron and his sons to minister as priests to Me.
45 (Ex 25:8; Lev 26:12) I will dwell among the children of Israel
and will be their God.
46 (Ex 20:2) Then they will know that I am the Lord their God who brought
them out of the land of Egypt, so that I may dwell among them.
I am the Lord their God.
2) Our Daily Bread for 2 Feb 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/02/08/trust-the-light
entitled Trust the Light
John 12:25–33 , 35–36
25 (Mt 10:39; Lk 14:26) He who loves his life will lose it.
And he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
26 (Jn 14:3; 17:24) If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me.
Where I am, there will My servant be also.
If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up
27 (Lk 22:53; Jn 13:21) "Now My soul is troubled.
What shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour'? Â
Instead, for this reason I came to this hour.
28 (Mt 3:17; 17:5) Father, glorify Your name."
Then a voice came from heaven, saying,
"I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."
29 The crowd that stood by and heard
it said that it had thundered.
Others said, "An angel has spoken to Him."
30 (Jn 11:42) Jesus answered, "This voice came not
for My sake, but for your sakes.
31 (Jn 14:30; 2Co 4:4; Eph 6:12) Now judgment is upon
this world. Now the ruler of
this world will be cast out.
32 (Jn 6:44; 3:14; 8:28) And if I be lifted up from the earth,
I will draw all men to Myself."
33 (Jn 18:32; 21:19) He said this to signify
by what kind of death He would die.
...
35 (Jn 12:46; Eph 5:8) Then Jesus said to them,
"Yet a little while the light is with you.
Walk while you have the light,
lest darkness overtake you.
He who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.
36 (Lk 16:8; Jn 8:59) While you have light,
believe in the light that you may become sons of light."
Jesus said these things, and departed and hid Himself from them.
The weather forecast said bomb cyclone.
That's what happens when a winter storm rapidly intensifies
as the atmospheric pressure drops. By the time night fell,
the blizzard conditions made the highway to the Denver airport
almost impossible to see. Almost. But when it's your daughter
who's flying home to visit, you do what you have to do.
You pack extra clothes and water (just in case you get stranded
on the highway), drive very slowly, pray without ceasing,
and last but not least, trust your headlights.
And sometimes you can achieve the almost impossible.
Jesus foretold of a storm on the horizon,
one that would involve His death (John 12:31-33),
and one that would challenge His followers to stay
faithful and serve (v. 26).
It was going to get dark and be almost impossible to see.
Almost. So what did Jesus tell them to do?
Believe, or trust, the Light (v. 36).
That was the only way they could keep going forward and stay faithful.
Jesus would only be with them a little while longer.
But believers have His Spirit as our constant guide to light the way.
We too will face dark times when it’s almost impossible to see the
way ahead. Almost. But by believing, or trusting in the Light,
we can press on.
By: John Blase
Reflect & Pray
What dark season have you been through lately?
How did Jesus, the Light, help you keep going?
Jesus, thank You for being the light in my darkness.
Help me to trust and keep going.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 2 - Growing Up
2 Tim 3:16-17
16 (Ro 15:4) All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable
for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction
in righteousness,
17 (1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:21) that the man of God may be complete,
thoroughly equipped for every good work.
"I can't wait till I get big!" Marc, age 5, declared. "Then I do
what I want!" Most of us, as children, shared Marc's statement.
We looked forward to that "magic age" - 16, 18, 21 - when we
would be adults: mature, able to make our own decisions.
We find, of course, that adulthood has its own share of
difficulties and conflicts. But even in our spiritual lives
we often long for a "magic moment" of maturity. As one woman
confessed, "Ever since I became a Christian, I've hoped I'd wake up
one morning to find myself mature."
But growth in the spiritual life comes gradually, like growth in
the physical world. In 2 Tim 2:16-17, Paul gives the young pastor
Timothy an important key to spiritual growing up - the Word of God.
Thw Word is "profitable" or "useful," Pual says, for "teaching" - that is,
for developing a right concept of God. Scripture offers "rebuke" when
we go wrong, "correction" to set us on the right path, and "training
in righteousness" so that we can grow in the image of Christ.
The purpose of Scripture's work in our lives, Paul emphasises,
is that we may be "perfect" - mature, equipped for the good things
God has for us to do. Such maturity does not come easily
or instantaneously, but it does come - sometimes imperceptibly -
as we submit our lives to the transforming power of God's Word.
Application
a) In what areas of my life do I need to grow? How can I benefit
from the Bible's
i) teaching?
ii) rebuke?
iii) correction?
iv) training in righteousness?
b) How can memorising God's Word help me grow in those areas?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
2 Chr 26:5
5 (2 Ch 24:2; Da 1:17) And he sought after God in the days of Zechariah,
the one who instructed him in the fear of the Lord. And in the days
that he sought after the Lord, God caused him to succeed.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Gift of Salvation
Ps 40:1-3,9-11
PSALMS 40
1 I waited patiently for the Lord,
and He turned to me, and heard my cry.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
out of the miry clay,
and set my feet on a rock,
and established my steps.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He has put a new song in my mouth,
even praise to our God;
many will see it, and fear,
and will trust in the Lord.
...
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) I have proclaimed righteousness
in the great congregation;
I have not held back my lips,
O Lord, You know.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) I have not hidden Your righteousness
within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
from the great congregation.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not withhold Your compassion from me, O Lord;
may Your lovingkindness and Your truth always guard me.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
8th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Church will deepen its commitment
to prayer and never cease to call upon God
(
Is 62:6
6 (Isa 52:8; Ps 74:2) I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem,
who shall never hold their peace day nor night.
You who remind the Lord,
do not keep silent;
Ps 5:3
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.
Ps 55:17
17 Evening and morning and at noon,
I will make my complaint and murmur,
and He will hear my voice.
)
b) Pray for the province of Manitoba
I) Pray for the leaders of Manitoaa, 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 Saviour,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32) who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to be part of a family of a priest.
Pray to the Lord for help as you are going through a hard time.
Pray to mature in the Lord and memorise the Holy Word.
Pray to seek the Lord to truly success.
Pray to seek the Lord to be a source of spiritual growth.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray that the Church will be in never-ceasing prayer.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 38, 7 Feb 2021
Today At Church, we addressed Joseph as a servant in the House of Potiphar.
Change in attitude and humility.
Exodus 25 - 27
EXODUS 25
Offerings for the Tabernacle
Ex 35:4–9
1The Lord said to Moses:
2 (Ezr 2:68; 2Co 9:7) Tell the children of Israel to bring Me an offering.
From every man who gives willingly with his heart you shall receive
My offering.
3 This is the offering which you shall take from them:
gold, silver, and bronze,
4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
5 rams' skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood,
6 (Ex 27:20) oil for the light, spices for anointing oil
and for fragrant incense,
7 (Ex 28:4) onyx stones, and stones to be set
in the ephod and in the breastplate.
8 (Ex 29:45; 1Ki 6:13)Let them make Me
a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
9 (Ex 25:40; Heb 8:5) According to all that I show you
-the pattern of the tabernacle
and the pattern of all its furniture
-you shall make it just so.
The Ark of the Covenant
Ex 37:1–9 (God's microphone)
10 (Heb 9:4; Ex 37:1–3) They shall make an ark of acacia wood
two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide,
and one and a half cubits high(.About 3 feet long,
11/2 feet wide, and 21/4 feet high,
or 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide, and 68 centimeters high. )
11 (Ex 25:24; 30:3) You shall overlay it with pure gold,
inside and out shall you overlay it,
and you shall make a gold border around it.
12 You shall cast four gold rings for it and put them
on the four feet with two rings on the one side of it
and two rings on the other side of it.
13 You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14 You shall put the poles into the rings on
the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.
15 (1Ki 8:8) The poles must remain in the rings of the ark.
They must not be removed from it.
16 (Dt 31:26; 1Ki 8:9) You shall put into the ark the testimony
which I shall give you.
17 (Ex 37:6; Ro 3:25) You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold,
two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
18 You shall make two cherubim of gold,
make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Make one cherub on the one end and the other cherub on the other end.
From the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim on its two ends.
20 (1Ki 8:7; 1Ch 28:18) The cherubim shall stretch forth their wings upward,
covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another.
The faces of the cherubim are to face toward the mercy seat.
21 (Ex 26:34) You shall put the mercy seat above upon the ark,
and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
22 (Ex 29:42–43; Nu 7:89) I will meet with you there,
and I will meet with you from above the mercy seat,
from between the two cherubim which are
upon the ark of the testimony.
I will speak with you all that I will command you
for the children of Israel.
The Table for the Showbread
Ex 37:10–16
23 (Ex 37:10–16; Heb 9:2) You shall also make a table of acacia wood,
two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a half cubit high.
(About 6 1/4 pounds, or 2.9 kilograms. )
24 (Ex 25:11) You shall overlay it with pure gold
and make a gold border around it.
25 You shall make a border around it of a handbreadth,
and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.
26 You shall make four gold rings for it
and put the rings on the four corners that are on its four feet.
27 The rings shall be close to the frame to provide places
for the poles to carry the table.
28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood
and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
29 (Nu 4:7; Ex 37:16) You shall make the dishes, its spoons, its pitchers,
and its bowls with which to pour drink offerings.
You shall make them of pure gold.
30 (Ex 39:36) You shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.
The Gold Lampstand
Ex 37:17–24
31 (1Ki 7:49; Zec 4:2) You shall make a lampstand of pure gold.
The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of
hammered metal. Its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece.
32 Six branches shall go out from its sides,
three branches of the lampstand from its one side
and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.
33T hree cups shall be made shaped like almond flowers with buds
and blossoms on one branch, and three cups made like almond flowers
in the other branch, with buds and blossoms,
and the same for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.
34 On the lampstand shall be four cups shaped like almond flowers,
with their buds and their blossoms.
35 There shall be a bud under two branches of the same,
and a budunder two branches of the same,
and a bud under the next two branches of the same,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the lampstand.
36 Their buds and their branches shall be of the same piece,
all of it shall be one hammered work of pure gold.
37 (Nu 8:2; Ex 27:21; Lev 24:2–4) You shall make its seven lamps,
and they shall light its lamps so t
hat they may give light to the area in front of it.
38 Its snuffers and their snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
39 It shall be made from a talent (About 75 pounds, or 34 kilograms.)
of pure gold along with all these utensils.
40 (Ex 26:30; Nu 8:4) See that you make them according
to their pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.
EXODUS 26
The Tabernacle
Ex 36:8–38
1 (Ex 26:36; 36:8–19) Moreover you shall make the tabernacle
with ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, and purple,
and scarlet. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skilled workman.
2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,
and the width of each curtain four cubits.
(About 42 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide. )
All of the curtains shall have the same measurements.
3 Five curtains shall be joined together, one to another.
And the other five curtains are to be joined, one to another.
4 You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the end curtain in one set,
and likewise you shall make loops in the outermost
edge of the end curtain in the second set.
5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain,
and you shall make fifty loops in the edge
of the curtain that is in the second set.
The loops are to be opposite to one another.
6 You shall make fifty clasps of gold and join
the curtains together with the clasps
so that the tabernacle shall be one unit.
7 You shall make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle.
You shall make eleven curtains.
8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits,
and the width of each curtain four cubits,
(About 45 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide.)
and the eleven curtains shall all have the same measure.
9 You shall join five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
You shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tabernacle.
10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in one set
and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that joins the second set.
11 You shall make fifty bronze clasps, and put the clasps into the loops,
and join the tent together so that it may be one unit.
12 The part that remains of the curtains of the tent,
the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
13 A cubit (About 1/5 ounce, or 5.8 grams; and in v. 15.)
on the one side and a cubit on the other side of that which remains
in the length of the curtains of the tent shall hang over the sides
of the tabernacle on this side and on that side to cover it.
14 (Ex 36:19; 25:5) You shall make a covering for the tent out of
rams' skins dyed red and a covering above of porpoise skins.
15 (Ex 36:20–33) You shall make boards for the tabernacle
of acacia wood, standing upright.
16 Ten cubits (About 15 feet long and 21/4 feet wide,
or 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide.)
shall be the length of each board,
and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each board.
17 There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another.
You shall make all the boards of the tabernacle in this way.
18 You shall make the boards for the tabernacle,
twenty boards for the south side.
19 (Ex 38:27) You shall make forty sockets of silver
under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board
for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
20 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side,
there shall be twenty boards,
21 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board.
22 For the back of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.
23 You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the back.
24 They shall be doubled together beneath
and finished together at the top of it into one ring.
So it shall be for both of them.
They shall form the two corners.
25 There shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets,
two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.
26 You shall make bars of acacia wood,
five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
27 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle
for the back to the west.
28 The middle bar in the center of the boards shall reach from end to end.
29 You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold
to provide places for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
30 (Ex 25:40; 25:9) You shall set up the tabernacle according to the plan
which you have been shown on the mountain.
31 (Ex 36:35; 2Ch 3:14) You shall make a veil of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim,
the skillful work of a workman.
32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold.
Their hooks also shall be of gold on four sockets of silver.
33 (Ex 40:21; 25:16) You shall hang up the veil under the clasps,
so that you may bring in the ark of the testimony within the veil;
and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between
the holy place and the Most Holy.
34 (Ex 25:21; 40:20) You shall put the mercy seat
on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy.
35 (Ex 40:22; 40:24) You shall set the table outside the veil,
and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle
toward the south, and you shall put the table on the north side.
36 (Ex 36:37) You shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of an embroiderer.
37 (Ex 36:38) You shall make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen
and overlay them with gold, with their hooks also made of gold,
and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.
EXODUS 27
The Altar of Burnt Offering
Ex 38:1–7
1 (Ex 38:1–7) You shall make an altar of acacia wood,
five cubits long and five cubits wide.
(About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters long and wide.)
The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
(About 4 1/2 feet, or 1.4 meters. )
2 (Ps 118:27; Ex 29:12) You shall make its horns on its four corners.
Its horns shall be part of it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
3 (1Ki 7:45) You shall make its pots for its ashes, and its shovels,
and its basins, and its meat hooks, and its fire pans.
You shall make all of its vessels out of bronze.
4 You shall make a grating for it, a network of bronze,
and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
5 You shall put it under the ledge of the altar beneath,
so that the net will reach halfway up the altar.
6 You shall make poles for the altar,
poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
7 The poles shall be put into the rings,
so that the poles shall be on the two sides
of the altar when carrying it.
8 (Ex 25:40; 25:9) You shall make it hollow with boards.
Just as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
The Court of the Tabernacle
Ex 38:9–20
9 (Ex 38:9–20) You shall make the court of the tabernacle.
On the south side there shall be curtains for the court of
fine twined linen one hundred cubits long
(About 150 feet, or 45 meters; and in v. 11.) for one side;
10 and it shall have twenty pillars with twenty bronze sockets.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
11 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be curtains
one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars
and their twenty sockets of bronze.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
12 For the width of the court on the west side shall be
curtains of fifty cubits (About 75 feet, or 23 meters; and in v. 13. )
with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.
13 The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits.
14 The curtains on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits
(About 23 feet, or 6.8 meters; and in v. 15. )
with their three pillars and their three sockets.
15 On the other side shall be curtains fifteen cubits
with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16 (Ex 26:36) For the gate of the court there shall be
a curtain of twenty cubits,
(About 30 feet, or 9 meters. )
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of an embroiderer,
with their four pillars and their four sockets.
17 All the pillars around about the court shall be furnished
with silver bands. Their hooks shall be of silver,
and their sockets of bronze.
18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits,
and the width fifty (About 150 feet long and 75 feet wide,
or 45 meters long and 23 meters wide.)
throughout, and the height five cubits
(About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters. )
of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze.
19 All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service,
and all its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs
of the court shall be of bronze.
The Oil for the Lamp
Lev 24:1–3
20 You shall command the children of Israel that they bring
you pure oil of olive pressed for the light,
to cause the lamp to burn continually.
21 (Nu 18:23; 19:21) In the tent of meeting,
outside the veil which is before the testimony,
Aaron and his sons shall arrange it from evening
to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual
statute for the children of Israel for generations to come.
2) Our Daily Bread for 2 Feb 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/02/07/recovering-whats-lost
entitled Recovering What’s Lost
1 Sam 30:1-6,18-19
David Defeats the Amalekites
1 (1Sa 15:7; 29:11) Now when David and his men came
to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had raided
the south as far as Ziklag.
They had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire.
2 (1Sa 27:11) They had taken as captives
all the women who were there.
They did not kill anyone,
but carried them off and went on their way.
3 David and his men came to the city,
and they found it burned with fire,
and their wives, their sons,
and their daughters taken captive.
4 (Nu 14:1) So David and the people
that were with him lifted up their voice
and wept until they had no strength in them to weep.
5 (1Sa 25:42–43; 2Sa 2:2) Now David's two wives
were taken captive, AhinÂoam the Jezreelitess
and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 (Ex 17:4; Nu 14:10) David was greatly distressed,
for the people talked of stoning him,
because all the people were bitter in spirit,
each over his sons and daughters.
But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
...
18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken,
and David rescued his two wives.
19 (1Sa 30:8) Now there was nothing missing,
from the smallest thing to the greatest,
neither sons, nor daughters, or plunder,
or anything which they had taken.
David brought back all of it.
At the phone store, the young pastor steeled himself for bad news.
His smartphone, accidentally dropped during our Bible class,
was a total loss, right? Actually, no. The store clerk recovered
all of the pastor's data, including his Bible videos and photos.
She also recovered "every photo I'd ever deleted," he said.
The store also "replaced my broken phone with a brand-new phone."
As he said, "I recovered all I had lost and more."
David once led his own recovery mission
after an attack by the vicious Amalekites.
Spurned by Philistine rulers, David and his army
discovered the Amalekites had raided and burned down
their town of Ziklag - taking captive "the women and everyone else in it,"
including all their wives and children (1 Samuel 30:2-3).
"So David and his men wept aloud until they had
no strength left to weep" (v. 4). The soldiers were so bitter
with their leader David that they talked of "stoning him" (v. 6).
“But David found strength in the Lord his God" (v. 6).
As God promised, David pursued the Amalekites and
"recovered everything the Amalekites had taken . . . .
Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl,
plunder or anything else they had taken.
David brought everything back" (vv. 18–19).
As we face spiritual attacks that "rob" us even of hope,
may we find renewed strength in God. He will be with
us in every challenge of life.
By: Patricia Raybon
Reflect & Pray
What spiritual attacks or life loss are you experiencing?
Turning from your despair to God, how will you find renewed strength in Him?
God, help me to find hope in You even as I face life's challenges.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 1 - God's Perspective
Philip 4:13
13 (2Co 12:9–10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because
of Christ who strengthens me.
Many of us live out self-fulfilling prophecies. We believe
what we tell ourselves - or what we have been told by others:
"You're stupid", "You're ugly", "You'll never amount to anything,"
"You can't do anything right."
We programme ourselvesfor spiritual failure as well.
"I just can't memorise Scripture," we say. "It comes and goes,
and I can't seem to get it to stay." Yet daily we memorise
volumes of information that is less significant than the
Sciptures - telephone numbers, identification codes,
songs lyrics, advertising jingles.
The answer to the dilemma of negativism is not positive
thinking, but right thinking - biblical thinking, according
to what the Bible reveals of God's perspective. God says,
"You are worthwhile. You are valued. You are loved. I created you
just as you are, and whatever I call you to do,
I will give you the strength to do it.:
The context of Phillipians 4:13 shows that Paul had learned
this important secret of spiritual strength. Paul had known
poverty and plenty, trouble and victory. But he also knew
he did not have to let circumstances dtermine his response to God's will.
We need not be controlled by the negative messages life throws in our paths
- even those self-defeating pronouncements we make to ourselves.
Rather, we can respond according to God's perspective, with the
conviction that God has given us strength we need to meet the
challenges we face.
Application
a) What challenges do I face that make me realise my own insufficiencies?
IS memorising Scripture one of those challenges for me?
b) How does today's memory verse help me face those challenges?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
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."
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 fromme.
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."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
7th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted
in our society and be their help
(
Ps 34:18 - The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,
and saves the contrite of spirit.
Ps 145: 14 - 16
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
)
b) Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service. (
Romans 12:4-8
4 (1Co 12:12 -14)For just as we have many parts in one body,
and not all parts have the same function,
5(1Co 10:17; 12:20)so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and all are parts of one another.
6(Ac 13:1; 1Co 13:2)We have diverse gifts according to the grace
that is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;
7 (Ac 13:1; Eph 4:11)if service, in serving; he who teaches, in teaching;
8 (2Co 9:7; 1Co 12:28) he who exhorts, in exhortation;
he who gives, with generosity; he who rules, with diligence;
he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
Col 3:17
17(1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20)And whatever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will to be a good worker
Pray to seek the Lord's so that the Glory of God show.
Pray to seek the Lord's during attacks on your life
Pray to seek the Lord to strengthen you spiritually.
Pray to seek the Lord to be a source of spiritual growth.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for the brokenhearted to fell God's love.
Pray the volunteers in your Church for effective service.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 36, 5 Feb 2021
Exodus 19 - 21
EXODUS 19
EXODUS 19
Israel at Mount Sinai
1 (Ex 12:6; 16:1) In the third month after the children of Israel had gone
forth out of the land of Egypt, on the same day they came
into the Wilderness of Sinai.
2 (Ex 3:1; 17:1) When they set out from Rephidim, they came to the
Wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness.
Israel camped there before the mountain.
3 (Ex 3:4; Ac 7:38) Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him
from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob
and tell the children of Israel:
4 (Isa 63:9; Dt 29:2; Rev 12:14) 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians,
and how I lifted you up on eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself.
5 (Ex 9:29; Dt 10:14) Now therefore, if you will faithfully obey My voice
and keep My covenant, then you shall be My special possession out of all
the nations, for all the earth is Mine.
6 (Dt 7:6; 26:19) And you will be to Me a kingdom of priests
and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak
to the children of Israel."
7 (Ex 4:29–30) So Moses came and called for the elders of the people
and laid before them all these words which the Lord commanded him.
8 (Ex 24:3; 24:7) Then all the people answered together and said,
"All that the Lord has spoken we will do."
And Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord.
9 (Dt 4:36; Ex 19:16) The Lord said to Moses, "Indeed, I am going to come
to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with
you and always believe in you." Then Moses told the words of the people
to the Lord.
10 (Ge 35:2; Lev 11:44–45) The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people
and sanctify them today and tomorrow,
and have them wash their clothes,
11 (Ex 19:16; 34:5) and be ready for the third day, for on the third day
the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
12 You shall set boundaries for the people all around, saying,
'Take heed to yourselves so that you not go up onto the mountain
or touch its border.
Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death.
13 (Ex 19:16; 19:19) No hand will touch him, but he shall
surely be stoned or shot through, whether it be beast or man.
He shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds a long blast,
they shall come up to the mountain."
14 So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified
the people, and they washed their clothes.
15 (Ex 19:11; 1Sa 21:4–5) He said to the people,
"Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives."
16 (Heb 12:21; 12:18–19) So on the third day, in the morning,
there was thunder and lightning, and a thick cloud on the mountain,
and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet.
All the people who were in the camp trembled.
17 (Dt 4:10) Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet
with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
18 (Ps 144:5; Ex 24:17; Jdg 5:5) Now Mount Sinai was completely covered
in smoke because the Lord had descended upon it in fire, and the smoke
ascended like the smoke of a furnace,
and the whole mountain shook violently.
19 (Ps 81:7; Ex 19:16) When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder,
Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.Or thunder.
20 (Ne 9:13) The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain.
And the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21 (1Sa 6:19; Ex 3:5) Then the Lord said to Moses,
"Go down, warn the people, lest they force their way to the Lord to look,
and many of them perish.
22 (Ex 24:5) Let the priests also, which come near to the Lord,
sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break through against them."
23 (Ex 19:12) Moses said to the Lord, "The people cannot come
up to Mount Sinai, for You warned us, saying,
'Set boundaries around the mountain, and sanctify it.' "
24 Then the Lord said to him, "Go, get down, and come up,
you and Aaron with you, but do not let the priests
and the people force their way through to come up to the Lord,
lest He break through against them."
25 So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.
(A big event was about to happen)
EXODUS 20
The Ten Commandments
Dt 5:6–21
1 (Dt 5:22) Now God spoke all these words, saying:
2 (Ex 13:3; Lev 26:1) I am the Lord your God, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 (Jer 35:15; Dt 6:14) You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 (Lev 26:1; Dt 27:15; Lev 19:4) You shall not make for yourself
any graven idol, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water
below the earth.
5 (Ex 34:14; Nu 14:18) You shall not bow down to them or serve them;
for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children
to the third and fourth generation of them who hate Me,
6 (Dt 7:9) and showing lovingkindness to thousands of them
who love Me and keep My commandments.
( No idols, Love the Lord Your God as yourself,
what idols are there in your life?)
7 (Lev 19:12; Jas 5:12) You shall not take the name of the Lord your God
in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone
who takes His name in vain.
( NO swearing. REmember all good thinngs come from above.
Swaer at Satan, the enemy of your soul)
8 (Lev 19:3; Ge 2:3) Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
9 (Lk 13:14; Ex 23:12) Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 (Ex 34:21; Nu 15:32–36) but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the
Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son,
or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant,
or your livestock, or your sojourner who is within your gates.
11 (Ge 2:2–3; Ex 31:17) For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day.
Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12 (Lev 19:3; Lk 18:20) Honor your father and your mother,
that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
(THe Egyptians forced the Hebrews to work without rest.
A Day of rest is good for the soul)
13 (Ro 13:9; Ge 9:5–6; Ex 21:20) You shall not murder.
(No killing , and do not call your brother Raca)
14 (Lev 18:20; 20:10)You shall not commit adultery.
( A big one. Adultery - Pornography is and adultery industry,
same with Prostitution - Recall Judah. Cheating on spuse is not allowed)
15 (Lev 19:11; 19:13) You shall not steal.
(Never be a thief)
16 (Ex 23:1; Mt 19:18) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
( Never tell a lie)
17 (Ro 7:7; Mt 5:28) You shall not covet your neighbor's house;
you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant,
or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.
(Never envy - pride in involved . Be humble)
18 (Ex 19:16–18) All the people witnessed the thunder
and the lightning and the sound of the trumpet
and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it,
they trembled and stood at a distance.
19 (Dt 18:16; Gal 3:19) They said to Moses, "You speak to us,
and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us, lest we die."
20 (Dt 13:3; Isa 8:13) Moses said to the people, "Do not fear,
for God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be
before you so that you do not sin."
21 (1Ki 8:12; Ps 18:9) The people stood a distance away as Moses
drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
(The Power of the Creator is on display)
The Law About the Altar
22 (Ne 9:13; Dt 4:36) Then the Lord said to Moses:
Thus you shall say to the children of Israel,
"You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
23 (Ex 20:3–5; 2Ki 17:33) You shall not make gods of silver alongside
Me or make gods of gold for yourselves.
24 (Dt 12:5; 16:11; 26:2) "You shall make an altar of earth for Me
and on it you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and your peace offerings,
your sheep, and your oxen.
In every place where I cause My name to be honored,
I will come to you and bless you.
25 (Dt 27:5–6; Jos 8:31) If you will make Me an altar of stone,
you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you use your tool on it,
you will have polluted it.
26 And you shall not go up by steps to My altar,
so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it."
EXODUS 21
The Law About Servants
Dt 15:12–18; Lev 25:39–55
1 (Dt 4:14; 6:20) Now these are the judgments which you will set before them.
2 (Dt 15:12–15; 15:18) If you buy a Hebrew servant, he will serve
for six years, but in the seventh he shall go out free
without paying anything.
3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself.
If he is married, then his wife will go out with him.
4 If his master gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters,
the wife and her children shall belong to her master,
and he will go out by himself.
5 (Dt 15:16–17) However, if the servant plainly says,
"I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free,"
6 (Ex 22:8–9) then his master will bring him to the judges,
then he shall also bring him to the door or to the doorpost,
and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl,
and he shall serve him forever.
7 (Ne 5:5; Ex 21:2–3) If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant,
she shall not go out as the male servants do.
8 If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself,
then he shall let her be redeemed.
He has no authority to sell her to a foreign nation,
because he has dealt deceitfully with her.
9 If he has designated her for his son, then he shall deal with
her according to the customary rights of daughters.
10 If he marries another wife,
then he must not diminish the first one's food,
her clothing, or her marital rights.
11 If he does not provide these three for her,
then she shall go out free, without paying money.
The Law About Violence
12 (Ge 9:6; Lev 24:17; Mt 26:52) He that strikes a man
so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
13 (Jos 20:2–9; 1Sa 24:4) However, if it was not premeditated,
but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you
a place where he may flee.
14 (1Ki 2:28–34; Heb 10:26) But if a man willfully comes upon his neighbour
in order to kill him cunningly, then you must take him from My altar,
that he may die.
(Capital Punishment)
15 He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
(Honour your father and mother comes to mind)
16 (Dt 24:7; Ex 22:4) He who kidnaps a man and sells him,
or if he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death.
(Extortion punishable by death)
17 (Pr 20:20; Dt 27:16) He who curses his father or his mother shall
surely be put to death.
18 (Ex 21:20) If men fight and one strikes the other with a stone
or with his fist, and he does not die, but must remain in bed,
19 and then if he gets up and walks around on his staff,
then he who struck him shall go unpunished.
Only he must pay for his loss of time
and shall see to it that he is thoroughly healed.
20 If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant
with a rod so that he or she dies at his hand, then he shall surely be punished.
21 Nevertheless, if he survives for a day or two,
then he shall not be punished, for it is his money.
(Treat those who serve you correctly)
22 (Dt 22:18–19; Ex 21:30) If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that
her child is born prematurely,Or she has a miscarriage.
yet there is no serious injury,
then he shall be surely punished in accordance with
what the woman's husband demands of him,
and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23 (Dt 19:21) But if there is any serious injury,
then you shall give life for life,
24 (Dt 19:21) eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
(That is rather strong)
26 If a man strikes the eye of his male servant
or the eye of his female servant so that it is destroyed,
then he must let him go free on account of his eye.
27 If he knocks out his male servant's tooth
or his female servant's tooth,
then he shall let him or her go free on account of the tooth.
Laws About Property
28 (Ex 21:32) If an ox gores a man or a woman to death,
then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten,
but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.
29 But if the ox has had the habit of goring,
and the owner has been made aware of it,
and he has not kept it in, and it has killed a man or a woman,
then the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.
30 (Ex 21:22; 30:12) If a ransom is set for him, then he shall give
for the ransom of his life whatever is demanded of him.
31 Whether it gored a son or gored a daughter,
it will be done to him according to this rule.
32 (Mt 26:15; Zec 11:12–13) If the ox gores a male servant
or a female servant, then its owner shall give thirty shekels
(About 12 ounces, or 345 grams. ) of silver to their master,
and the ox must be stoned.
33 If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit
and does not cover it, and an ox
or a donkey falls into it,
34 the owner of the pit must make restitution.
He must give money to their owner, and the dead animal will be his.
35 If one man's ox hurts another's so that it dies,
then they shall sell the live ox
and divide its proceeds and divide the dead ox also.
36 Or if it be known that the ox has had the habit of goring
and its owner has not kept it in,
then he shall surely pay ox for ox
and the dead animal will become his own.
(Careful about the strength of an animal)
2) Our Daily Bread for 2 Feb 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/02/05/hold-steady
entitled Hold Steady
Isaiah 41:10–13
10 (Jos 1:9; Isa 41:13–14) Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
yes, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
11 (Isa 45:24; Ex 23:22) Certainly all those who were incensed against you
shall be ashamed and humiliated;
they shall be as nothing,
and those who strive with you shall perish.
12 (Ps 37:35–36; Job 20:7–9) You shall seek them
and shall not find them, even those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
shall be as nothing, as a thing of nonexistence.
13 (Isa 45:1) For I, the Lord your God,
will hold your right hand,
saying to you, "Do not fear;
I will help you."
Harriet Tubman was one of the great American heroes of the 19th century.
Showing remarkable courage, she guided more than three hundred fellow
slaves to freedom after she first escaped slavery by crossing into
free territory in the United States North.
Not content to simply enjoy her own freedom,
she ventured back into slave states nineteen times to lead
friends, family, and strangers to freedom, sometimes guiding
people on foot all the way to Canada.
What drove Tubman to such brave action?
A woman of deep faith, she at one time said this:
"I always told God, I’m going to hold steady on you,
and you've got to see me through."
Her dependence on God's guidance
as she led people out of slavery was a hallmark of her success.
What does it mean to "hold steady" to God?
A verse in the prophecy of Isaiah might help us see that in reality
it's He who holds us as we grab His hand.
Isaiah quotes God, who said, "I am the Lord your God who takes
hold of your right hand and says to you,
Do not fear; I will help you" (41:13).
Harriet held tightly to God, and He saw her through.
What challenges are you facing?
Hold steady to God as He "takes hold" of your hand and your life.
"Do not fear." He will help you.
By: Dave Branon
Reflect & Pray
What’s your biggest challenge right now?
What can you do or say to let God know you trust Him?
Father in heaven, life is hard when I try to do it alone,
so I need Your help. Please come alongside me in
my greatest challenges and help me know I’m not alone.
Learn to face life's challenges
through your study of Soul Care at
https://www.ChristianUniversity.org/CC201.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 6 - Through The Fire
Is 43:2
2 (Ps 66:12; Da 3:25–27) When you pass through waters,
I will be with you.
And through the rivers,
they shall not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire,
you shall not be burned,
nor shall the flame kindle on you.
In the Book of Daniel, 3 young men provide one of the world's best-known
Bible stories. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three of the finest young
men of Israel, were taken into capitivity to Babylon. There King
Nebuchadnezzar, filled with his own importance, commanded that
everyone bow down and worship his image.
When shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to worship anyone
except the One True god, they were cast into Nebuchadnezzar's
furnace of fire.
Is 43:2 brings their experience into focus for us. There the Lord says,
"When you pass throught the fire ... when you walk through the water ..."
Not if, but when. If we are committed to serving and honouring the Lord,
at some point we will be faced with "passing through the fire" for hm.
We may not face a physical frunace, but we may face the fires of
persecution, anger, hostility or suffering. And God says:
"I will be with you."
When the three young Israelites stepped into the king's furnace, all
the people looked and saw, not three, but four men in the fire, their
bonds burned away, walking freely among the flames. They did not
escape the fate decreed for them. But the Lord was with them in
the fire, as surely as he has promised to be with us in the flood
and the fire, as surely as he has promised to be with us in the
flood and fire tht life brings to us. The promise of god remains:
"I will be with you; the waters will not overflow, nor will the
flames burn you."
Application
a) What kinds of "fires" and "Floods" have I experienced?
b) How was I aware of the Lord's presence with me?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Philip 4:19
19Ro 2:4But my God shall supply your every 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.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
5th Day of the Month
a) Pray for Canada's First Nation peoples, that the Lord will draw them to Himself
(PS 145:13-18
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways
and loving in all His works.
18 The Lord is near to all those who call upon Him,
to all who call upon Him in truth.
)
b) Pray for the Lord to search your life , reveal anything offensive and cleanse you from unrighteousness
( ps 139:24 and see if there is any rebellious way in me,
and lead me in the ancient way.
1: John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will about why the 10 commandments were set up
Pray to seek the Lord's will in your challenges today.
Pray to seek the Lord's during troubled times
Pray to seek the Lord in what your needs are.
Pray to seek the Righteousness of the Lord.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for Godly values in Canada and that the politicans will realise
that they are stewart of power.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 37, 6 Feb 2021
Exodus 22 - 24
EXODUS 22
Laws About Restitution
1 (2Sa 12:6; Lk 19:8) If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it
or sells it, then he shall repay five oxen for an ox,
and four sheep for a sheep.
2 (Mt 24:43; Nu 35:27) If a thief is caught breaking in
and is struck so that he dies, then there will be no blood guilt for him.
3 (Ex 21:2) If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him.
He must make full restitution. If he has nothing,
then he will be sold for his theft.
4 (Ex 21:16; 22:1) If the stolen item is in fact found alive
in his possession, whether it be an ox, or donkey, or sheep,
then he shall repay double.
5 If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten
and puts out his beast so that it feeds in another man's field,
he must make restitution of the best of his own field
and of the best of his own vineyard.
6 (Ex 22:9) If fire breaks out and catches in thorn bushes,
so that stacked grain or the standing grain or the field are consumed,
then he who started the fire must surely make restitution.
7 If a man gives his neighbor money or items to be kept for him,
and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is caught,
he must repay double.
8 (Ex 21:6; 22:28) If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house
will be brought before the judges to determine
if he has laid his hand on his neighbor's goods.
9 (Dt 25:1; Ex 22:4) For any kind of trespass, whether it be for an ox,
for a donkey, for a sheep, for clothing, or for any type of lost thing,
where another says it is his, the case of both parties shall come
before the judges. And whoever the judges find guilty will pay double
to his neighbor.
10 If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep,
or any beast to keep for him, and it dies, or is injured,
or is driven away while no one sees it,
11 (Heb 6:16) then there will be an oath before the Lord between
both of them that he has not laid his hand upon his neighbor's property.
And its owner must accept this, and he will not have to make restitution.
12 (Ge 31:39) However, if it was stolen from him, he shall
make restitution to its owner.
13 If it is torn in pieces, then let him bring it as evidence,
and he will not have to repay for that which was torn.
14 If a man borrows anything from his neighbor,
and it is hurt or dies when the owner was not with it,
then he shall surely make restitution.
15 But if the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution.
If it was a hired thing, it came with his hire.
Moral and Ceremonial Laws
16 (Dt 22:28–29) If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged
and has relations with her, he must surely endow her to be his wife.
17 (Ge 34:12; 1Sa 18:25) If her father absolutely refuses to give her
to him, he must pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
18 (Lev 20:27; 1Sa 28:3) You must not allow a sorceress to live.
19 (Lev 18:23; Dt 27:21) Whoever has relations with
a beast must surely be put to death.
20 (Dt 17:2–5; Nu 25:7–8) He who sacrifices to any god
other than the Lord alone shall be utterly destroyed.
21 (Dt 10:19; Ex 23:9; Lev 19:33) You must neither wrong a foreigner
nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
22 (Dt 24:17; 27:19) You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.
23 (Ps 18:6; Lk 18:7) If you afflict them in any way
and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry.
24 (Ps 109:9; 69:24) And My anger will burn,
and I will kill you with the sword,
and your wives will become widows,
and your children fatherless.
25 (Ps 15:5; Lev 25:35–37; Dt 23:19–20) If you lend money to any
of My people who is poor among you, do not be a creditor to him,
and do not charge him interest.
26 (Dt 24:6; Pr 20:16) If you take your neighbor's garment as a pledge,
you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,
27 (Ex 34:6; 2Ch 30:9) for that is his only covering;
it is his garment for his body. In what else will he sleep?
And when he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious.
28 (Ecc 10:20; Ac 23:5) You shall not curse
God or curse the ruler of your people.
29 (Ex 13:2; 23:16) You must not delay to offer the first
of your harvest and of your vats.
You must give to Me the firstborn of your sons.
30 (Lev 22:27; Dt 15:19) Likewise you must do the same
with your oxen and with your sheep. Seven days it shall
remain with its mother, but on the eighth day you must give it to Me.
31 (Eze 4:14; Lev 19:2) You will be holy men to Me;
therefore you must not eat any flesh that is torn
by beasts in the field. You must throw it to the dogs.
EXODUS 23
Laws of Justice and Mercy
1 (Ps 35:11; 101:5) You must not give a false report.
Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
2 (Ex 23:6–7; Lev 19:15) You must not follow the masses to do evil,
and do not testify in a dispute that agrees
with the crowd to pervert justice.
3 You must not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute.
4 (Dt 22:1–4; Pr 25:21) If you meet your enemy's ox
or his donkey going astray, you shall surely return it to him.
5 (Dt 22:4) If you see the donkey of someone who hates
you lying under its burden, you must not ignore it;
you must surely help with him.
6 (Ex 23:2–3; Dt 27:19) You shall not turn justice away
from your poor in his dispute.
7 (Ex 34:7; 23:1) Keep far away from a false charge,
and do not kill the innocent and the righteous,
for I will not justify the wicked.
8 (Dt 16:19; Pr 15:27) You shall not take a bribe,
for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts
the words of the righteous.
9 (Ex 22:21; Dt 27:19) Also you shall not oppress a foreigner,
for you know the life of a foreigner, seeing you were foreigners
in the land of Egypt.
The Laws of Sabbaths
10 You shall sow your land for six years and shall gather in its produce,
11 but in the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow,
so that the poor of your people may eat,
and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat.
You shall do likewise with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
12 (Ex 20:8–11) For six days you are to do your work,
but on the seventh day you must cease,
so that your ox and your donkey may rest,
and the son of your female servant
and the foreigner may refresh themselves.
13 (Dt 4:9; Jos 23:7) In all things that I have said to you,
watch yourselves, and do not mention the name of other gods,
nor let them be heard from your mouth.
The Three Annual Feasts
14 (Dt 16:16) Three times in the year you must celebrate a feast to Me.
15 (Ex 34:20; Nu 28:16–25) You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you,
in the appointed time of the month Aviv, for in it you came out from Egypt.
No one shall appear before Me empty-Âhanded.
16 (Ex 34:22; Lev 23:9–21; 23:34–44) You shall observe the Feast of Harvest,
the first fruits of your labors, which you have sown in the field.
You shall observe the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year,
when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.
17 (Dt 16:16; Ex 34:23) Three times in the year all your males
shall appear before the Lord God.
18 (Ex 34:25; Lev 2:11) You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice
with leavened bread, nor shall the fat of My sacrifice remain
until the morning.
19 (Ex 34:26; Dt 14:21; 26:10) The first of the first fruits of your land
you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God.
You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
The Angel Prepares the Way
20 (Ex 14:19; 32:34) Indeed, I am going to send an angel before you to guard
you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
21 (Ps 78:40; 78:56) Be on guard before him and obey his voice.
Do not provoke him, for he will not pardon your transgressions,
for My name is in him.
22 (Ge 12:3; Dt 30:7) But if you diligently obey his voice
and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies
and an adversary to your adversaries.
23 (Ex 23:20) For My angel will go before you and bring you to
the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites,
and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites,
and I will completely destroy them.
24 (Ex 20:5; Nu 33:52) You must not bow down to their gods,
or serve them, or do according to their practices,
but you shall utterly overthrow them
and break down their images in pieces.
25 (Ex 15:26; Dt 6:13) You shall serve the Lord your God,
and He shall bless your bread and your water,
and I will remove sickness from your midst.
26 (Dt 7:14; Job 5:26) No one shall be miscarrying
or be barren in your land.
I will fulfill the number of your days.
27 (Dt 2:25; 7:23) I will send My fear before you,
and I will throw into panic all the people to whom you shall come.
I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
28 (Dt 7:20) I will send hornets before you which shall
drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.
29 (Dt 7:22) I will not drive them out before you in one year,
lest the land become desolate
and the beasts of the field multiply against you.
30 Little by little I will drive them out before you,
until you become fruitful and inherit the land.
31 (Ge 15:18; Jos 21:44) I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea
to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River;
Euphrates River. for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land
into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
32 (Ex 34:12; Dt 7:2) You must not make a covenant with them
or with their gods.
33 (Dt 7:16; Ps 106:36) They shall not live in your land,
lest they cause you to sin against Me,
for if you serve their gods,
it will surely be a snare to you.
EXODUS 24
The Covenant Confirmed
1 (Ex 6:23; Nu 11:16) Then He said to Moses, "Come up to the Lord, you,
and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
and you shall worship from a distance.
2 (Ex 24:13; 24:15) Moses alone shall come near the Lord,
but they shall not come near, nor may the people go up with him."
3 (Ex 19:8; 24:7) Moses came and told the people
all the words of the Lord and all the ordinances.
Then all the people answered with one voice and said,
"All the words which the Lord has said we will do."
4 (Dt 31:9; Ge 28:18) Moses wrote all the words of the Lord,
and rose up early in the morning,
and built an altar at the foot of the mountain
with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 (Ex 18:12) He sent young Israelite men who offered burnt offerings
and sacrificed peace offerings of young bulls to the Lord.
6 (Heb 9:18) Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins,
and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 (Ex 24:3-4)He took the Book of the Covenant
and read in the hearing of the people,
and they said, "All that the Lord has said we will do,
and we will be obedient."
8 (Mt 26:28; Heb 13:20) So Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it
on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant,
which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words."
Moses on Mount Sinai
9 (Ex 24:1) Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu,
and seventy of the elders of Israel,
10 (Jn 1:18; Eze 10:1) and they saw the God of Israel,
and under His feet there was something like
a paved work of sapphire stone as clear as the sky itself.
11 (Ge 16:13; 31:54) He did not lay His hand upon
the nobles of the children of Israel.
Also they saw God, and they ate and they drank.
12 (Ex 31:18; 32:15-16) The Lord said to Moses,
"Come up to Me to the mountain and stay there,
and I will give you the stone tablets with law
and the commandments which I have written,
so that you may teach them."
13 (Ex 33:11; 3:1) Moses rose up with Joshua his attendant,
and Moses went up to the mountain of God.
14 (Ex 17:10; 17:12) He said to the elders,
"Wait for us in this place until we return to you.
Aaron and Hur are with you.
Whoever has any matters of dispute let him come to them."
15 (Ex 19:9; 19:16) Moses went up to the mountain,
and the cloud covered the mountain.
16 (Ex 16:10; Nu 14:10) The glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai,
and the cloud covered it for six days.
And on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.
17 (Ex 3:2; Heb 12:29) Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord
was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain to the eyes
of the children of Israel.
18 (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:9) Moses went into the midst of the cloud
and went up to the mountain.
And Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
2) Our Daily Bread for 2 Feb 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/02/06/big-blue-light
entitled What's Your Reputation?
Ephesians 5:8–14
8 (Lk 16:8; Jn 12:36) For you were formerly darkness,
but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light-
9 (Ro 15:14) for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness
and righteousness and truth-
10 (1Th 5:21) proving what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 (Ro 13:12; 1Ti 5:20) And do not have fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness; instead, expose them.
12 (Eph 5:3) For it is shameful even to speak
of those things which are done by them in secret.
13 (Jn 3:20–21) But all things are exposed
when they are revealed by the light,
for everything that becomes visible is light.
14 (Isa 60:1; 26:19) Therefore He says:
"Awake, you who sleep,
arise from the dead,
and Christ will give you light."
At local high school sporting events,
Ted was the largest and loudest cheerleader in the stands.
Before a degenerative condition took its toll on him,
he stood six feet six inches tall and weighed 290 pounds.
Ted's crowd-stirring chants of "Blue!"
(the school's color) and candy-tossing at school events were legendary,
earning him the name "Big Blue."
But Ted's reputation in his community wasn't just for cheerleading.
Neither was it for the alcohol addiction he experienced as a younger man.
No, he will be remembered for his love for God and family,
for his generosity and kindness.
At a four-hour "home-going service" that celebrated his life,
person after person came forward to testify
about the vibrant Christlike ways of a man who'd
been rescued from darkness by the power of Jesus through the gospel.
In Ephesians 5:8, Paul reminded believers that they "were once darkness"
but quickly noted, "but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light."
Such is the call for every believer in Jesus. Children of light, like Ted,
have much to offer those engulfed in this world’s darkness.
"Fruitless deeds of darkness" are to be avoided (see vv. 3-4, 11).
Those in our communities and throughout the world need the brilliant,
distinctive witness of those upon whom Jesus has shined (v. 14).
How distinctive? As different as light is from darkness.
By: Arthur Jackson
Reflect & Pray
What are some reasons you hesitate to more intentionally
spread Christ's light in this world?
Where are the places around you that need His light?
Father, forgive me for my passivity about being light.
Lead me and use me as light in the dark spaces of this world.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 7 - Upheld by His Hand
Is 41:10
10 (Jos 1:9; Isa 41:13–14) Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
yes, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Beth had the same recurring nightmare: she was running along a cliff,
then she slipped, and fell headlong, into a bottomless ravine.
Falling, without control,without end, falling, falling, falling...
Beth's dream may be one many of us identify with. The sense
of losing control can be nightmarish, and we may fear falling
without end, without remedy. Financial failure may be the chasm
that we face, or professional disgrace. Personal relationships
may go out of control, and we look into a never-ending
ravine of pain and misunderstanding
But God says, "Don't be afraid; I am holding you up."
Like the father who helps his child learn to swim,
God holds us above the water. We may not feel his hands;
indeed, we may suspect that he lets us go just so we can
do it on our own. But he promises that he doesn't let go.
"I am with you." he declares. "I give you strength
and hold you up."
God's promise never to let go takes on new meaning
in a world where relationships are temporary and life is
uncertain. We do not need to fear, for he is with us.
We can relax and stop striving, for he is our God.
His strength becomes ours; amid all our sin and rebellion,
he undergrids us with his righteousness. We cannot fall,
for he holds us fiirm.
Application
a) Under what circumstances have I felt myself "falling"?
b) How does God's promise in Is 41:10 help me to have faith
in the midst of my fears?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Mark 10:29-30
29 (Mk 8:35) Jesus answered, "Truly I say to you,
there is no one who has left a house or brothers
or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields,
for My sake and for the gospel’s sake,
30 (Mt 12:32) who shall not receive a hundred times as
much now in this age, houses and brothers and sisters
and mothers and children and fields,
with persecution, and in the age to come, eternal life.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's GIft of Salvation
Eph 2:1-10
EPHESIANS 2
From Death to Life
1 (Col 2:13; Lk 15:24) And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
2 (Jn 12:31; Eph 6:12; 2:3) in which you formerly walked according
to the age of this world and according to
the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
3 (Gal 2:15–16; Ps 51:5) among them we all also once
lived in the lusts of our flesh,
doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind,
and we were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
4 (Ro 2:4; Eph 1:7) But God, being rich in mercy,
because of His great love with which He loved us,
5 (Eph 2:1; Ac 15:11; Eph 2:8) even when we were dead in sins,
made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 (Eph 1:3) and He raised us up and seated us together
in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 (Titus 3:4; Eph 2:4) so that in the coming ages He might show
the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 (Eph 2:5; Mk 16:16) For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and this is not of yourselves. It is the gift of God,
9 (2Ti 1:9; Ro 3:20) not of works, so that no one should boast.
10 (Eph 4:24; 2Co 5:17; Eph 1:4) For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand,
so that we should walk in them.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
6th Day of the Month
a) Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community
(
Deut 4:6-7
6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7) Therefore, keep and do them,
for this is your wisdom
and your understanding in the sight of the
nations which shall hear all these statutes,
and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise
and understanding people."
7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great,
who has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is
in all things whenever we call on Him?
Matt 5:13-16
13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth.
But if the salt loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty?
It is from then on good for nothing but to be thrown out
and to be trampled underfoot by men.
14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18)"You are the light of the world.
A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16)Neither do men light a candle
and put it under a basket, but on a candlestick.
And it gives light to all who are in the house.
16(1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8)Let your light so shine before
men that they may see your good works
and glorify your Father who is in heaven."
Acts 1:8
8 (Mt 28:19; Mk 16:15)"But you shall receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you shall
be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth."
b) Pray for the province of British Columbia
I) Pray for the leaders of BC, that God's Spirit would
influence then to act justly, serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable
in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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 seek the Lord's will to be obedient to his will
Pray to seek the Lord's will in what your reputation is.
Pray to seek the Lord's to address your fears
Pray to seek the Lord to be a good witnes.
Pray to seek the Lord for Salvation.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for Godly values in Canada and that the politicans will realise
that they are stewart of power.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 35, 4 Feb 2021
Exodus 16 - 18
EXODUS 16
Bread and Quail
1 (Nu 33:10–12) Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of
the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between
Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their
departing out of the land of Egypt.
2 (Ex 15:24; 1Co 10:10) The whole congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
3 (La 4:9; Ex 17:3) Now the children of Israel said to them, "Would to
God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt,
when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full,
for you have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole
assembly with hunger." (Whine and Cry impatiently)
4 (Ex 15:25; Ps 78:24–25) Then the Lord said to Moses,
"Indeed, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall
go out and gather a certain amount every day, that I may test them,
whether they will walk in My law or not.
5 And it shall come to pass that on the sixth day they shall prepare
that which they bring in, and it will be twice as much as they gather daily."
6 (Ex 6:7; 16:12–13) So Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel,
"At evening, you shall know that the Lord has brought you out from
the land of Egypt.
7 (Nu 16:11; Ex 16:10) And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord,
because He hears your murmurings against the Lord. And what are
we that you murmur against us?"
8 (1Sa 8:7; Ro 13:2) Then Moses said, "This will happen when the Lord
gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to satisfy,
for the Lord hears your murmurings which you murmur against Him.
And what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord."
9 (Nu 16:16) Then Moses said to Aaron, "Say to all the congregation
of the children of Israel, 'Come near before the Lord, for He has
heard your murmurings.'"
10 (Ex 16:7; Nu 16:19) So as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation
of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness,
and indeed, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.
11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
12 (Ex 6:7; Joel 3:17) "I have heard the murmurings
of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'In the evening
you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread.
And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.' "
13 (Nu 11:9; Ps 78:27–28) So in the evening the quail came up
and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew
was surrounding the camp.
14 (Nu 11:7–9; Ps 105:40) When the layer of dew evaporated,
on the surface of the wilderness there lay a small flaky thing,
as fine as the frost on the ground.
15 (Ex 16:4; Dt 8:3) When the children of Israel saw it, they said one
to another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was.
And Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the Lord has
given you to eat.
16 (Ex 16:36) This is what the Lord has commanded, 'Every man is
to gather of it according to what he will eat, an omer
(About 9 inches, or 23 centimeters. )
for every man, according to the number of your people.
Every man should take for them for whoever lives in his tent.'"
17 The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
18 When they measured it with an omer, he that gathered much had
nothing left over, and he that gathered little had no lack.
They gathered every man according what he could eat.
19 (Ex 12:10; 23:18) Moses said to them,
"Let no man leave any of it until the morning."
20 However, they did not listen to Moses, and some of them left part of it
until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank,
and Moses was angry with them.
21 So they gathered it every morning, every man according
to what he could eat. And when the sun got hot, it melted.
22 (Ex 16:5) Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread,
two omers (Likely about 6 pounds, or 2.8 kilograms.) per man,
and then all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses.
23 (Lev 23:3; Ex 20:8–11) He said to them, "This is what the Lord has said,
'Tomorrow is the Sabbath, a holy Sabbath to the Lord.
Bake that which you will bake today, and boil that you will boil,
and all that which remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept
until the morning.'"
24 (Ex 16:20) So they laid it up until the morning, just as Moses commanded,
and it did not stink, nor was there any worm in it.
25 (Ex 16:23) Moses said, "Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord.
Today you will not find it in the field.
26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day,
the Sabbath, there will be none."
27 It happened that some of the people went out on
the seventh day to gather, but they found nothing.
28 (Ps 78:10; 2Ki 17:14) Then the Lord said to Moses,
"How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions?
29 See, the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days
on the sixth day. Every man remain in his place.
Let no man go out of his place on the seventh day."
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 (Ex 16:15) The house of Israel named it manna, and it was
like coriander seed and was white,
and its taste was like wafers made with honey.
32 Then Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded,
'Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations to come,
so that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness,
when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.'"
33 (Heb 9:4) Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot
and put an omer full of manna in it, and place it before the Lord,
to be kept for generations to come."
34 (Ex 25:16; 25:21) As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it
before the testimony, to be kept.
35 (Jos 5:12; Ne 9:20–21) The children of Israel ate manna forty years,
until they came to an inhabited land.
They ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
36 (Ex 16:16) Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.
EXODUS 17
Water From the Rock
1 (Ex 16:1; 19:2)All the congregation of the children of Israel
journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin, from place to place,
according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim,
but there was no water for the people to drink.
2 (Dt 6:16; Ps 78:18) Therefore the people contended with Moses and said,
"Give us water so that we may drink."
And Moses said to them,
"Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?"
3 (Ex 16:2–3) But the people thirsted there for water,
and the people murmured against Moses, and said,
"Why is it that you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us
and our children and our livestock with thirst?"
4 (Nu 14:10; 1Sa 30:6) Then Moses cried out to the Lord, saying,
"What shall I do to this people? They are almost ready to stone me."
5 The Lord said to Moses, "Pass over before the people,
and take with you some of the elders of Israel.
And take in your hand your rod with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 (Ps 114:8; 1Co 10:4) Indeed, I will stand before you there on the rock
in Horeb, and you shall strike the rock,
and there water shall come out of it, so that the people may drink."
Then Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 (Nu 20:13; Ps 81:7) He called the name of the place Massah,
and Meribah, because of the contending of the children of Israel,
and because they tested the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us, or not?"
The Amalekites Defeated
8 (Ge 36:12; 1Sa 15:2) Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 (Ex 4:20; 24:13) So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us and go out,
fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with
the rod of God in my hand."
10 (Ex 24:14) So Joshua did as Moses had said to him
and fought against Amalek. And Moses, Aaron,
and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 (1Ti 2:8; Jas 5:16) Now when Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed,
but when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 (Isa 35:3) But Moses' hands became heavy. So they took a stone,
and put it under him, and he sat on it.
And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side,
and the other on the other side.
And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
(Support is always great to have)
13 So Joshua laid low Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 (Ex 34:27; 1Sa 30:17) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this as
a memorial in a book and rehearse it to Joshua,
for I will utterly wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
15 (Ge 22:14; Jdg 6:24) Then Moses built an altar and called the name of it,
The Lord Is My Banner;
16for he said, "For the Lord has sworn that the Lord will have
war with Amalek from generation to generation."
EXODUS 18
Jethro Counsels Moses
1 (Ex 2:16; 3:1) Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law,
heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel His people,
and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2 (Ex 2:21) Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife,
after he had sent her back,
3 (Ex 2:22; Ac 7:29; Ex 4:20) and her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom;
for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land."
4 And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father
was my help, and He delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
5 (Ex 3:1; 3:12) Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons
and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he camped at the mountain
of God.
6 And he said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law, Jethro, am coming to you,
and your wife, and her two sons with her."
7 (Ge 29:13; 14:17) Then Moses went out to meet his father-in-law,
and bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of the other's
welfare, and then they went into the tent.
8 (Nu 20:14; Ne 9:9–15) Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord
had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake,
and all the hardships that had come on them along the way,
and how the Lord delivered them.
9 Jethro rejoiced because of all the goodness which the Lord had
done for Israel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10 (Ge 14:20; 2Sa 18:28) Jethro said, "The Lord be blessed, who has delivered
you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who
has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11 (2Ch 2:5; Lk 1:51) Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods,
for in the matter in which they treated the people insolently,
He was above them."
12 (Ge 31:54; Dt 12:7) Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law,
took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God,
and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with
Moses' father-in-law before God.
13 On the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood
around ÂMoses from the morning until the evening.
14 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people,
he said, "What is this thing that you are doing for the people?
Why are you sitting by yourself while all the people stand
around you from morning until evening?"
15 (Nu 15:34; 27:5) Then Moses said to his father-in-law,
"Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
16 (Ex 24:14; Dt 4:5) When they have a dispute, it comes to me,
and I judge between a man and his neighbor,
and I make known the statutes of God and His laws."
17 Moses' father-in-law said to him, "What you are doing is not good.
18 You will surely wear yourself out, both you,
and these people who are with you,
for this thing is too heavy for you.
You are not able to do it by yourself.
19 (Nu 27:5; Ex 3:12) Now listen to me, I will advise you,
and may God be with you:
You be a representative for the people to God
so that you may bring their disputes to God.
20 (Dt 1:18; Ps 143:8) And you shall teach them the statutes and laws
and shall show them the way in which they must walk and the work
that they must do.
21 (2Ch 19:5–10; Ac 6:3) Moreover, you shall choose out of all the people
capable men who fear God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain,
and place these men over them, to be rulers of thousands,
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
22 (Nu 11:17; Ex 18:26) Let them judge the people at all times,
and let it be that every difficult matter they shall bring to you,
but every small matter they shall judge, so that it will be easier for you,
and they will bear the burden with you.
23 (Ex 18:18) If you shall do this thing and God commands you so,
then you will be able to endure,
and all these people also will go to their place in peace."
(And so start a justice system of elders)
24 So Moses listened to his father-in-law
and did everything that he had said.
25 (Dt 1:15; Ex 18:21) Moses chose capable men out of all Israel
and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands,
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
26 (Ex 18:22) They judged the people at all times.
They brought the difficult cases to Moses,
but they judged every small matter themselves.
27 (Nu 10:29–30) Moses sent out his father-in-law,
and he went his way to his own land.
(THank you Jethro for your wisdom and passing on the Moses)
2) Our Daily Bread for 2 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/04/investments
entitled Faith Investments
Deuteronomy 11:18–20
18 (Ex 13:9; 13:16) Therefore you must fix these words of mine
in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your
hand, so that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
19 (Dt 4:9–10; 6:7) You shall teach them to your children,
speaking of them when you sit in your house
and when you walk by the way, when you lie down,
and when you rise up.
20 (Dt 6:9) You shall write them on the doorposts
of your house and on your gates,
If it delays, wait for it;
it will surely come, it will not delay.
4 (Ro 1:17; Heb 10:38; Jn 3:36) Look, his soul is lifted up;
it is not upright in him;
but the just shall live by his faith.
On his twelfth Christmas, the boy eagerly awaited the opening of the gifts
under the tree. He was yearning for a new bike, but his hopes were dashed
- the last present he received was a dictionary.
On the first page, he read:
"To Charles from Mother and Daddy, 1958.
With love and high hopes for your best work in school."
In the next decade, Chuck did do well in school.
He graduated from college and later, aviation training.
He became a pilot working overseas,
fulfilling his passion to help people in need and to share Jesus with them.
Now some sixty years after receiving this gift,
he shared the well-worn dictionary with his grandchildren.
It had become for him a symbol of his parents' loving investment
in his future, and Chuck still treasures it.
But he's even more grateful for the daily
investment his parents made in building
his faith by teaching him about God and the Scriptures.
Deuteronomy 11 talks about the importance
of taking every opportunity to share
the words of Scripture with children:
"Teach them to your children, talking
about them when you sit at home
and when you walk along the road,
when you lie down and when you get up" (v. 19).
For Chuck, the eternal values planted
when he was a boy bloomed into
a lifetime of service for his Savior.
With God's enablement, who knows
how much our investment in someone's
spiritual growth will yield.
By: Cindy Hess Kasper
Reflect & Pray
Who invested in your spiritual life as you were growing up?
How can you direct children’s hearts to the wisdom found in Scripture?
Father, help me take time to read the Bible and share it with others.
Download these seven devotionals from Our Daily Bread
for Kids at https://go.odb.org/ODBforKids-7.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 5 - Wating for the Wind
Is 40:31
31 (2Co 4:16; Ps 103:5; Ex 19:4)
but those who wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
and they shall walk and not faint.
High above civilisation, alone on his craggy peak, the eagle waits.
He watches, senses, and then, with effortless grace, he spreads
his wings and soars. He does not flap frantically to gain altitude,
he merely turns his wings into the wind and rises.
Is 40:31 promises that we, too, can be like the eagle,
mounting up on wings, soaring effortlessly,
without weariness. But this is not often our experience.
We usually flap around like invalid pigeons, scratching
for mere existence, flying only when our place in the park is disturbed.
We need to learn to wait on the Lord. Like the wind that raises the eagle
to the heights, the wind of the Spirit will lift us up as well - beyond
the weariness of daily life, beyond the struggle for existence, beyond
the plodding pace of normal interaction.
But the eagle does not rise without plunging for the cliff into the wind.
His ability to stay aloft is based on his understand of wind currents;
when the wind is against him,he rises. He waits on the cliff
until the right moment, then allows the contrary breezes to lift him up.
Most of us are grounded by the winds that are against us. We give up
and never take the first flight. We fear the plunge from the cliff into the
buoyant breath of God, and so we stand fixed, afraid to launch out.
But when we do take the risk, when we wait upon the Lord, and then
give ourselves in obedience to a free-fall from the cliffs of his will,
we discover that there is rest in soaring with him. We do not have to
struggle; we have only to fly, and in flying, to find new strength.
Application
a) Why is "waiting upon the Lord" essential
to "Mounting up with wings as the eagle"?
b) How can this verse help me be more willing to take risks in God's will?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 16:10-12
10 (Mt 25:21; Lk 19:17) "He who is faithful in what is least is faithful
also in much. And he who is dishonest in the least is dishonest also
in much. 11 So if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth,
who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's,
who will give you that which is your own?"
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Reconciling Peace
Col 3:12-17
12 (Eph 4:2; Lk 1:78) So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.
13 (Eph 4:32; Mk 11:25; Eph 4:2) Bear with one another
and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone,
even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.
14 (Eph 4:3; 1Co 13:1–13) And above all these things, embrace love,
which is the bond of perfection.
15 (Jn 14:27; Eph 5:20) Let the peace of God,
to which also you are called in one body,
rule in your hearts. And be thankful.
16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17 ) Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 (1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20 ) And whatever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
4nd Day of the Month
a) Pray for the preservation of godly values in Canada (Prov 14:34 - Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people.
)
b) Pray the political leaders will be awakened by God to the right use of power and the right stewardship of their positions.
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's sio that you are not bitter .
Pray to seek the blessings of the Lord so that you are uplifted.
Pray to seek the Lord's Wisdom in what spritual investment you can make.
Pray to be faithful in all that you do.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for Godly vales in Canada and that the politicans will realise
that they are stewart of power.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 34, 3 Feb 2021
Exodus 13 - 15
EXODUS 13
Consecration of the Firstborn
1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Nu 3:13; Dt 15:19) Sanctify unto Me all the firstborn,
the firstborn of every womb among the children of Israel,
both of man and of beast. It is Mine.
( THE Lord's not the Church)
The Feast of Unleavened Bread
3 (Ex 6:1; Dt 16:3) Moses said to the people,
"Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt,
out of the house of bondage, for by strength of hand the Lord brought
you out from this place. Nothing leavened shall be eaten.
4 (Ex 23:15; 34:18) On this day, you are going out, in the month of Aviv.
5 (Ex 3:8; 6:8; 12:25–26) It shall be when the Lord brings you into
the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites
and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which He swore to your fathers
to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep
this ceremony in this month.
6 (Ex 12:15–20) Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread,
and on the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
7 (Ex 12:19) Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days. And there
shall be no leavened bread seen among you, nor shall there be leaven
seen among you in all your borders.
8 (Ex 13:14; Ps 44:1) You shall declare to your son on that day, saying, ‘
'This is done because of that which the Lord did for me
when I came forth out of Egypt.'
9 (Dt 6:8; Ex 12:14) It shall be as a sign to you on your hand
and as a memorial on your forehead, in order that the Lord's law
may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord brought
you out of Egypt.
10 (Ex 12:14) You shall, therefore, keep this ordinance
at its appointed time from year to year.
The Law of the Firstborn
11 "It shall be when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites,
just as He swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it you,
12 (Nu 18:15; Ex 34:19; Lev 27:26) that you shall set apart to the Lord
the first offspring of every womb and
the first offspring of every beast which you have.
The males shall be the Lord's.
13 (Ex 34:20; Nu 18:15–17) But every first offspring of a donkey
you shall redeem with a lamb.
And if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck,
and all the firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
14 (Jos 4:6; Ex 13:3) "It shall be when your son asks you in time to come,
saying, 'What is this?' that you shall say to him, 'With a strong hand
the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.
15 (Ex 12:29) And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go,
that the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast.
Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the first male offspring
of every womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
16 (Ex 13:9; 13:14) It shall be as a sign on your hand
and as frontlets on your forehead,
for with a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt."
(Jesus was a firstborn to Mary and Joseph)
The Route of the Exodus
17 (Nu 14:1–4; Ex 14:11–12) Now when Pharaoh had let the people go,
God did not lead them through the way of the land of the Philistines,
although it was nearby. For God said, "Lest the people change their
minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt."
18 (Ex 14:2; Nu 33:6–8) Therefore, God led the people around,
through the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea,
and the children of Israel went up prepared for war out of the land of Egypt.
19 (Jos 24:32; Ac 7:16) Moses took the bones of Joseph with him,
for he had made the children of Israel solemnly swear, saying,
"God will surely attend to you,
and you shall carry my bones away from here with you."
20 They took their journey from Sukkoth and camped in Etham,
on the edge of the wilderness.
21 (Dt 1:33; Ne 9:12) The Lord went before them by day in
a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way,
and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light,
so that they might travel by day and by night.
22 He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day
or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.
EXODUS 14
Crossing the Red Sea
1Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Jer 44:1; Nu 33:7–8) Speak to the children of Israel, so that they turn
and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea,
before Baal Zephon. Opposite it you shall camp by the sea.
3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel,
"They are confused in the land. The wilderness has shut them in."
4 (Ex 7:5; Ro 9:17) So I will harden Pharaoh's heart,
so that he shall pursue them.
And I will be honored because of Pharaoh
and because of all his army,
so that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.
5 (Ps 105:25) When it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled,
the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people,
and they said, "Why have we done this,
that we have let Israel go from serving us?"
6 So he made ready his chariot and took his people with him.
7 (Ex 15:4) And he took six hundred select chariots,
and all the chariots of Egypt, and officers over every one of them.
8 (Nu 33:3; Ac 13:17) The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and he pursued after the children of Israel. However, the children of Israel
went out with confidence.
9 (Ex 15:9; Jos 24:6) But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses
and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, a
nd overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
10 (Jos 24:7; Ne 9:9) When Pharaoh drew near,
the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and indeed,
the Egyptians were marching after them,
and they were extremely terrified,
so the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.
11 (Ps 106:7–8) Then they said to Moses,
"Is it because there were no graves in Egypt
that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness?
Why have you dealt with us in this way, bringing us out of Egypt?
12 (Ex 5:21) Is not this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt,
saying, 'Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians'?
For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians
than to die in the wilderness."
(Oh how courage can melt away in the greatness of aversity)
13 (Ex 14:30; 2Ch 20:17; 20:15) But Moses said to the people,
"Fear not! Stand firm! And see the salvation of the Lord,
which He will show you today. For the Egyptians
whom you have seen today, you shall never see again.
14 (Ex 14:25; Dt 1:30) The Lord shall fight for you,
while you hold your peace."
(The Lord is always on our side fighting for us)
15 The Lord said to Moses, "Why do you cry out to Me?
Speak to the children of Israel, so that they go forward.
16 (Ex 4:17; 7:19) And as for you, lift up your rod,
and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it;
then the children of Israel shall go on dry ground
through the midst of the sea.
17 (Ex 14:4; 14:8) As for Me, surely,
I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
so that they shall follow them,
and I will be honored through Pharaoh,
through all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.
18 (Ex 7:5) Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord
when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen."
19 (Ex 13:21–22; 32:34) Then the angel of God, which went
before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them,
and the pillar of the cloud moved before them and stood behind them.
20 So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel,
and there was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night.
Therefore, the one did not come near the other the entire night.
21 (Ex 15:8; Ps 74:13) Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night,
and made the sea dry land, so that the waters were divided.
22 (Ex 15:19; Ps 66:6) The children of Israel went into the midst of the sea
on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand,
and on their left.
23 (Ex 14:17) Then the Egyptians pursued and went in after them into
the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots,
and his horsemen.
24 And in the morning watch the Lord looked down on the army of the Egyptians
through the pillar of fire and of the cloud a
nd threw the camp of the Egyptians into confusion.
25 (Ex 14:14) He removed their chariot wheels,
so that they drove them with difficulty,
and the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from the face of Israel,
for the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt."
26 (Ex 14:16) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand
over the sea, so that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians,
upon their chariots, and their horsemen."
27 (Jos 4:18; Ps 78:53) So Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to its normal place when the morning appeared,
while the Egyptians fled against it, so the Lord overthrew the Egyptians
in the midst of the sea.
28 (Ps 78:53; Hab 3:8–10) The waters returned and covered the chariots,
and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that
came into the sea after them.
There remained not so much as one of them.
29 (Ex 14:22) But the children of Israel walked on dry land
in the midst of the sea. And the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand and on their left.
30 (Ps 106:8; 106:10) Thus the Lord saved Israel that day
from the hand of the Egyptians,
and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore.
31 (Jn 2:11; 11:45) When Israel saw the great power which the Lord
used upon the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord,
and they believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses.
(Let the Lord work within you)
EXODUS 15
A Song of Moses
1 (Ps 106:12; Rev 15:3) Then Moses and the children of Israel sang
this song to the Lord and spoke, saying:
"I will sing to the Lord,
for He has triumphed gloriously!
He has thrown the horse and his rider
into the sea!
2 (Isa 12:2; Ex 3:15–16 )The Lord is my strength and song,
and He has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
3 (Ps 24:8; 83:18 ) The Lord is a man of war;
the Lord is His name.
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his army
He has thrown into the sea;
his chosen captains also
are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 (Ne 9:11; Ex 14:28 )The depths have covered them;
they sank to the bottom like a stone.
6 (Ps 118:15–16; 2:9) "Your right hand, O Lord,
is glorious in power.
Your right hand, O Lord,
shatters the enemy.
7 (Isa 5:24; Dt 33:26) In the greatness of Your excellence,
You overthrow those who rise up against You.
You send out Your wrath;
it consumes them like stubble.
8 (Ps 78:13; Ex 14:21–22) With the blast of Your nostrils
the waters were gathered together.
The flowing waters stood upright as a heap;
and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 (Jdg 5:30; Isa 53:12) "The enemy said,
'I will pursue. I will overtake.
I will divide the spoil;
my lust shall be satisfied upon them.
I will draw my sword,
my hand shall destroy them.'
10 (Ex 14:21; 15:5 ) You blew with Your wind,
and the sea covered them;
they sank like lead
in the mighty waters.
11 (Dt 3:24; Isa 6:3 ) "Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like You,
glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises,
doing wonders?
12 You stretched out Your right hand,
and the earth swallowed them.
13 (Ps 77:20) "In Your mercy You have led
the people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them by Your strength
to Your holy dwelling.
14 (Nu 14:14; Dt 2:25) The peoples have heard and are afraid;
sorrow has taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 (Jos 5:1; 2:9) Then the chiefs of Edom were amazed;
the mighty men of Moab, trembling takes hold of them;
all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.
16 (Ps 74:2; Dt 2:25) Fear and dread fall upon them;
by the greatness of Your arm
they are as still as a stone,
until Your people pass over, O Lord,
until the people whom You have purchased pass over.
17 (Ps 44:2; 80:8) You shall bring them in, and plant them
on the mountain of Your inheritance,
in the place, O Lord, which You have made for Your dwelling,
in the sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.
18 (Ps 10:16; 29:10) The Lord will reign
forever and ever."
19 (Ex 14:28–29) For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots
and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought back the waters
of the sea upon them, but the children of Israel walked
on dry land in the midst of the sea.
The Song of Miriam
20 (Jdg 11:34; 1Sa 18:6; Nu 26:59) Miriam the prophetess,
the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand,
and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dancing.
21 (Ex 15:1) Miriam answered them,
"Sing to the Lord,
for He triumphed gloriously!
The horse and his rider
He has hurled into the sea."
The Waters of Marah and Elim
22 (Ge 16:7; 25:18) Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea,
and they went out into the Wilderness of Shur,
and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
23 (Nu 33:8; Ru 1:20) When they came to Marah,
they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter.
Therefore, the name of it was called Marah.
24 (Ex 16:2; 14:11) So the people murmured against Moses,
saying, "What shall we drink?"
25 (Ex 14:10; Jdg 3:4) And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him
a tree. When he had thrown it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.
There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them.
26 (Dt 7:15; Ex 23:25; Dt 28:60) He said, "If you diligently listen
to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight,
and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes,
I will not afflict you with any of the diseases with which
I have afflicted the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you."
27 (Nu 33:9) Then they came to Elim,
where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees,
and they camped there by the waters.
2) Our Daily Bread for 2 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/03/waiting-for-a-blessing
entitled Waiting for a Blessing
Habakkuk 1:12-2:4
Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
12 (Dt 32:4; 33:27) Are You not from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One? We will not die.
O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment;
and You, O Rock, have established them for correction.
13 (Ps 34:15–16; 35:22 )Your eyes are too pure to look on evil,
and You cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
and hold Your tongue when the wicked
devours the man who is more righteous than he?
14 You make men like fish of the sea,
like crawling things that have no ruler.
15 (Jer 16:16; Am 4:2) They bring all of them up with a hook,
they catch them in their net;
they gather them in their dragnet.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
16 (Hab 1:11) Therefore they sacrifice to their net
and burn incense to their dragnet;
for by them their portion is extravagant,
and their food plentiful.
17 Shall they continue to empty their net,
and continually kill the nations while not sparing anyone?
HABAKKUK 2
1 (Ps 85:8; Isa 21:8) I will stand at my watch
and station myself on the watchtower;
and I will keep watch to see what He will say to me,
and what I will answer when I am reproved.
The Just Shall Live by Faith
2(Dt 27:8; Isa 8:1) And the Lord answered me:
Write the vision,
and make it plain on tablets,
that he who reads it may run.
3 (Da 10:14; Ps 27:14) For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
but it speaks of the end,
and does not lie.
If it delays, wait for it;
it will surely come, it will not delay.
4 (Ro 1:17; Heb 10:38; Jn 3:36) Look, his soul is lifted up;
it is not upright in him;
but the just shall live by his faith.
A popular restaurant in Bangkok serves soup from a broth that has been
cooking for forty-five years and is replenished a bit each day.
The practice, called "perpetual stew," dates back to medieval times.
Just as some "leftovers" taste better a few days later,
the extended cooking time blends and creates unique flavors.
The restaurant has won multiple awards
for the most delicious broth in Thailand.
Good things often take time, but our human nature struggles with patience.
The question "How long?" occurs throughout the Bible.
One poignant example is from the prophet Habakkuk,
who begins his book by asking,
"How long, Lord, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?" (Habakkuk 1:2).
Habakkuk (whose name means “grapplerâ€) prophesied God's judgment
on his country (Judah) through the invasion of the
ruthless Babylonian Empire, and he wrestled with how God could
allow corrupt people to prosper as they exploited others.
But God promised hope and restoration in His own time:
"For the revelation [of God’s help] awaits an appointed time . . . .
Though it linger, wait for it;
it will certainly come and will not delay" (2:3).
The Babylonian captivity lasted seventy years.
By human reckoning tha's a long time,
but God is always faithful and true to His Word.
Some of God's best blessings may be long in coming.
Though they linger, keep looking to Him! He prepares
every blessing with perfect wisdom and
care - and He's always worth waiting for.
By: James Banks
Reflect & Pray
What blessings are you waiting for from God?
How do you plan to worship Him regardless of when blessings come?
Abba, Father, thank You for Your kindness and faithfulness
in every season and blessing of life.
Help me to look forward to You most of all.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 4 - Send for Help !
James 1:5
5 (Pr 2:3–6; Jn 15:7) If any of you lacks wisdom,
let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally
and without criticism, and it will be given to him.
A new employee in an electronics plant had the responsibility
for overseeing one machine. The machine worked fine when the young man
came on duty, but soon it began to run a bit rough. The employee
tinkered with the machine, trying to "fix" it, until finally if stopped
working altogether
In fear and trembling the worker sent for the foreman, and stammered,
"I - I, well, sir, I did my best to fix it."
"Son", the foreman thundered, "you need to know only one thing. Around
here, doing you best means sending for me!"
Wisdom, James 1:5 says, has its source in God alone. And if we are
to attain wisdom, we need to learn doing our best means sending for God.
Often we spend time tinkering with our lives or the the lives of others.
We dont' think to as God for his wisdom i nthe decisions we must take;
instead, we use our human reasoning and take our best guess.
But the path to wisdom does not lie in guesswork. The scriptures
give us clear indication of God's direction for his people, and through Bible
study, application, prayer, and meditation,
we can understand what God wants to reveal to us.
"If any of you lacks wisdom," James says, "he should ask God, who gives
generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him."
The first step to attaining wisdom is recognising that we are not wise.
The second step is to ask. And God, who is faithful to his Word
and His people, will respond.
Application
a) Under what circumstances have I tinkered with my life,
making it worse rather then fixing it?
b) What practical steps can I take to ask God for wisdom?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Matthew 6:19-21
Treasures in Heaven
Lk 12:33–34
19 (Heb 13:5; Lk 12:21) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth
where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
20 (Lk 12:33; Mt 19:21) But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroy a
nd where thieves do not break in nor steal,
21 (Lk 12:34) for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Eternal Faithfulness
2 Tim 2:8-13
8 (Mt 1:1; Ro 2:16) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead,
descended from David, according to my gospel,
9 (Php 1:7; 2Ti 1:8) in which I suffer trouble like a criminal,
even with chains. But the word of God is not bound.
10 (Col 1:24; 2Co 1:6; 4:17) Therefore I endure all things
for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain
the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 (Ro 6:8; 1Th 5:10) This is a faithful saying:
If we die with Him,
we shall also live with Him.
12 (Mt 10:33; Ro 8:17 ) If we endure,
we shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
13 (Nu 23:19; Ro 3:3 )If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
3nd Day of the Month
a) Pray for the province of Alberta as follows:
I) Pray for the leaders of Alberta, that God's Spirit
would influence then to act justly,
serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
(
1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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 t
he Finding the Hope Campaign and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
b) Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring conviction of sin
and Canadian to faith in Christ.
( John 16:8 - When He comes,
He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment: ,
Matthew 9:36 - But when He saw the crowds
, He was moved with compassion for them,
because they fainted and were scattered, like sheep without a shepherd )
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will in impposible circumstance .
Pray to seek the blessings of the Lord.
Pray to seek the Lord's Wisdom first.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour
and Alberta as a Godly province.
Pray to but treasure in Heaven.
Pray not to denial the Lord the Creator.
Pray that the Gospel be accesible to everyone.
Pray for to seek the Lord's vision , wisdom and direction.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 33, 2 Feb 2021
Exodus 10 - 12
EXODUS 10
The Eighth Plague: Locusts
1 (Ex 4:21) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened
his heart and the heart of his servants, that I might show
these signs of Mine before him,
2 (Ex 13:14; Dt 4:9) in order that you may tell in the hearing of your son,
and of your son’s son, what things I have done in Egypt,
and My signs which I have done among them,
that you may know that I am the Lord."
3 (1Ki 21:29; Jas 4:10) Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and said to him,
"Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to
humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
4 (Rev 9:3; Pr 30:27) For if you refuse to let My people go, indeed,
tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.
5 (Ex 9:32; Joel 1:4) And they shall cover the face of the earth,
such that no one will be able to see the earth.
What's more, they shall eat the remainder of that which has escaped
- that which remains to you from the hail - and shall eat every tree
which grows for you out of the field.
6 (Ex 8:3; 8:21) And they shall fill your houses, and the houses
of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians - which neither
your fathers, nor your fathers' fathers have seen since the day that they
were on the earth until this day.' " And he turned and went out from
Pharaoh.
7 (Ex 23:33; Jos 23:13) Then Pharaoh's servants said to him,
"How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go,
so that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet know
that Egypt is destroyed?"
8 (Ex 10:24) So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said
to them, "Go, serve the Lord your God! But who are the ones that shall go?"
9 (Ex 3:18; 5:1) And Moses said, "We will go with our young and our old,
with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds will we go,
for we must hold a feast to the Lord."
10 Then he said to them, “The Lord indeed be with you when I let you
and your little ones go. Beware, for evil is before you.
11 (Ex 10:28) Not so! Go now, you that are men, and serve the Lord,
for that is what you desire." Then they were driven out from Pharaoh's
presence.
12 (Ex 7:19; 10:4–5) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand
over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come up upon
the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left."
13 So Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt; then the Lord brought
an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. And when it was morning,
the east wind brought the locusts.
14 (Ps 78:46) The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt
and settled down in all the territory of Egypt. They were very grievous.
Never before had there been such locusts as they,
nor would there be such ever again.
15 (Ex 10:5) For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land
was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit
of the trees which the hail had left. As a result, nothing green remained
there in the trees or herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
16 (Ex 9:27) Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste and said,
"I have sinned against the Lord, your God, and against you.
17 (Ex 8:8; 9:28) Now therefore please forgive my sin only this once,
and entreat the Lord your God, so that He may take away from me
this death only."
18 So he went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.
19 (Joel 2:20) Then the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind,
which took away the locusts and threw them into the Red Sea.
Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.
20 (Ex 4:21; 11:10) But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart,
so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
The Ninth Plague: Darkness
21 (Ex 9:22; Ps 105:28) Then the Lord said to Moses,
"Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, so that
there may be darkness over the land of Egypt,
a darkness which may be felt."
22 (Ps 105:28; Rev 16:10) So Moses stretched forth his hand
toward the heavens, and there was a thick darkness
in all the land of Egypt for three days.
23 (Ex 8:22; 9:4) They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise
from his place for three days. But all the children of Israel
had light in their dwellings.
24 (Ex 10:8–10) Then Pharaoh called to Moses and said,
"Go, serve the Lord. Only let your flocks and your herds be detained.
Even let your little ones also go with you."
25 But Moses said, "You must also give us sacrifices and burnt offerings,
so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.
26 Our livestock will go with us also. Not a hoof will be left behind,
for we must take of them to serve the Lord our God.
And we do not know with what we must serve the Lord, until we get there."
27 (Ex 10:20; 4:21) But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart,
and he would not let them go.
28So Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Watch yourself,
do not see my face anymore; for in the day you see my face you shall die."
29 (Heb 11:27) Then Moses said,"As you wish. I will never see your face again."
EXODUS 11
Warning of the Final Plague
1 Now the Lord said to Moses, "I will still bring one plague more
upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt. Afterwards he will let you go
from here. When he lets you go, he shall surely
thrust you out from here altogether.
2 (Ex 3:22; 12:35–36) Speak now in the hearing of the people,
and let every man borrow of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor,
articles of silver and articles of gold."
3 (Ex 3:21; 12:36) Then the Lord gave the people favor in the sight
of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great
in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants,
and in the sight of the people.
4 (Ex 12:29; Job 34:20) Moses said, "Thus says the Lord, 'About midnight
I will go out into the midst of Egypt,
5 (Ps 78:51; Ex 4:23) and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die,
from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne,
even to the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill,
as well as all the firstborn of beasts.
6 (Ex 12:30; Am 5:17) Then there shall be a great cry throughout
all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been,
nor shall ever be again.
7 (Ex 8:22; Jos 10:21) But against any of the children of Israel a dog
will not even move his tongue, against man or beast, in order that
you may know how that the Lord distinguishes between Egypt and Israel.'
8 (Ex 12:31–33) Then all these your servants shall come down
to me and bow themselves to me, saying,
'Get out, and all the people who follow you!' After that I will go out."
And he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
9 (Ex 7:3–4; 3:19) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh shall not listen
to you so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."
10 (Ex 4:21; 10:20) So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before
Pharaoh, and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let
the children of Israel go out of his land.
EXODUS 12
The Passover Instituted
Lev 23:4–8; Nu 28:16–25; Dt 16:1–8
1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying:
2 (Dt 16:1; Ex 13:4; 23:15) This month shall be the beginning of months
to you. It shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying:
On the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb,
according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a household.
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him
and his neighbor next to his house take it according to
the number of the persons; according to what each man shall eat,
divide the lamb.
5 (Lev 23:12; Dt 17:1) Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male
of the first year. You shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats.
6 (Lev 23:5; Ex 16:12; Nu 28:16) You shall keep it up until the fourteenth
day of the same month, and then the whole assembly of the congregation
of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two side posts
and on the upper doorpost of the houses in which they shall eat it.
8 (Ex 34:25; Dt 16:7) They shall eat the flesh on that night,
roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread
and bitter herbs.
9 (Ex 12:8; Dt 16:7) Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water,
but roasted with fire, its head with its legs and its entrails.
10 (Ex 23:18; 34:25; 29:34) And you shall let nothing of it remain
until the morning, but that of it which remains until the morning
you shall burn with fire.
11 (Ex 12:27; Eph 6:15) In this way shall you eat it: with your waist
girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand.
So you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover.
12 (Ex 6:2; Nu 33:4) For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night
and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast,
and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the Lord.
13 (Heb 11:28) The blood shall be to you for a sign on the houses where
you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague
shall not be upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 (Ex 12:17; 12:24) This day shall be a memorial to you, and you shall
keep it as a feast to the Lord. Throughout your generations you shall
keep it a feast by an eternal ordinance.
15 (Dt 16:3; Ge 17:14; Ex 23:15) Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
On the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses, for whoever
eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person
shall be cut off from Israel.
16 (Lev 23:7–8; Nu 28:18) On the first day there shall be a holy convocation,
and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you.
No manner of work shall be done on them; but that which every man
must eat—that only may be prepared for you.
17 (Ex 13:3) You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
For on this very day I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt.
Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations
as an ordinance forever.
18 (Ex 12:15; Lev 23:5–8) In the first month, on the fourteenth day
of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until
the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
19 (Ex 12:15; 12:48) Seven days shall there be no leaven found
in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that
person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel,
whether he be a stranger or born in the land.
20 You shall eat nothing leavened.
In all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.
21 (Ex 12:3; Mk 14:12–16) Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel
and said to them, "Draw out and take for yourselves a lamb according
to your families and kill the Passover lamb.
22 (Heb 11:28; Ex 12:7) You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it
in the blood that is in the basin, and apply the lintel and the two side
posts with the blood that is in the basin, and none of you shall go out
from the door of his house until the morning.
23 (Heb 11:28; Rev 7:3) For the Lord will pass through to kill the Egyptians.
And when He sees the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts,
the Lord will pass over the door and will not permit the destroyer to come
to your houses to kill you.
24 (Ex 12:14) "And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance
to you and to your sons forever.
25 (Ex 3:8; 3:17) When you enter the land which the Lord will give you,
according as He has promised, that you shall observe this service.
26 (Ex 13:14–15; Dt 32:7) And when your children shall say to you,
'What does this service mean to you?'
27 (Ex 4:31; 12:11) that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice
of the Lord's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children
of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians,
and delivered our households.' "
And the people bowed down and worshipped.
28 Then the children of Israel went and did so.
Just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn
29 (Ex 4:23; Ps 78:51) At midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne
to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon
and all the firstborn of livestock.
30 (Ex 11:6; Am 5:17) Pharaoh rose up in the night,
he and all his servants and all the Egyptians,
and there was a great cry in Egypt,
for there was not a house where there was not someone dead.
The Exodus
31 (Ex 10:9) Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said,
"Rise up, and get out from among my people,
both you and the children of Israel, and go,
serve the Lord, as you have said.
32 (Ex 10:26) Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said,
and be gone, and bless me also."
33 (Ps 105:38; Ex 11:1) The Egyptians urged the people, so that
they might send them out of the land in haste, for they said,
"We all will be dead."
34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened,
with their kneading troughs being bound up
in their clothes on their shoulders.
35 (Ex 3:21–22; 11:2–3) Now the children of Israel did according
to the word of Moses, and they requested of the Egyptians
articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing.
36 (Ge 15:14; Ex 3:21–22) And the Lord gave the people favor
in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they gave them
what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
37 (Ex 38:26; Nu 1:46) Then the children of Israel journeyed
from Rameses to Sukkoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot,
besides children.
38 (Nu 11:4) A mixed multitude also went up with them along
with flocks and herds, a large amount of livestock.
39 (Ex 6:1; 11:1) They baked unleavened cakes of the dough
which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened
because they were driven out of Egypt and could not linger,
nor had they prepared for themselves any food.
40 (Ge 15:13; Ac 7:6) Now the sojourning of the children of Israel
who lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
41 And at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on the very day,
all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
42 (Dt 16:1–6) It is a night to be observed to the Lord for bringing
them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night for the Lord
to be observed by all the children of Israel in their generations.
(The four hundred year promise to Abraham)
The Ordinance of Passover
43 (Ex 12:48; Nu 9:14) So the Lord said to Moses and Aaron:
This is the ordinance of the Passover:
No foreigner may eat of it.
44 (Ge 17:12–13) But every man's servant bought with money,
when you have circumcised him, may eat it.
45 (Lev 22:10) A foreigner or a hired servant shall not eat it.
46 (Nu 9:12; Jn 19:36; 19:33) In one house shall it be eaten.
You shall not carry any of the flesh outside of the house,
nor shall you break a bone of it.
47 (Ex 12:6; Nu 9:13) All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
48 (Nu 9:14; Ex 12:43) Now when a stranger sojourns with you
and keeps the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised,
and then let him come near and keep it.
And he shall be as one that is born in the land.
However, no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
49 (Nu 15:15–16; 15:29) The same law shall apply to him that is a native
and to the stranger who sojourns among you.
50 So all the children of Israel did it.
They did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.
51 (Ex 12:41) And that same day the Lord brought
the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.
2) Our Daily Bread for 2 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/02/pruned-to-thrive
entitled Pruned to Thrive
John 15:1–12
JOHN 15
Jesus the True Vine
1 (Isa 5:1–7; 1Co 3:9) " am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
2 (Mt 3:10; 13:1) 2Every branch in Me that bears no fruit, He takes away.
And every branch that bears fruit, He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 (Jn 13:10; 17:17) You are already clean through
the word which I have spoken to you.
4 (1Jn 2:6; Jn 6:56; Gal 2:20) Remain in Me, as I also remain in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine,
neither can you, unless you remain in Me.
5 (Php 4:13; Jn 15:16) "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains
in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without Me you can do nothing.
6 (Mt 13:41; Jn 15:2) If a man does not remain in Me,
he is thrown out as a branch and withers.
And they gather them and throw them into the fire,
and they are burned.
7 (Jn 14:13; 15:16) If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you,
you will ask whatever you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 (Mt 5:16; Jn 8:31) My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit;
so you will be My disciples.
9 (Jn 17:26) "As the Father loved Me, I also loved you. Remain in My love.
10 (Jn 14:15; 8:29; 17:4) If you keep My commandments,
you will remain in My love, even as I have kept My Father's
commandments and remain in His love.
11 (Jn 17:13; 16:24) I have spoken these things to you,
that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
12 (Jn 13:34; 1Jn 3:23) This is My commandment:
that you love one another, as I have loved you.
As I watched a bumblebee land lightly on the Russian sage,
I marveled at the bush's lush branches exploding with color.
Its brilliant blue blossoms attracted eyes and bees alike.
Yet only last fall, I'd wondered if it would ever blossom again.
When my wife's parents trimmed the periwinkle plant down to a stub,
I’d assumed they’d decided to get rid of it. But now I was witnessing
the radiant result of pruning that had seemed brutal to me.
The surprising beauty that results from harsh cuts may be one of the reasons
Jesus chose pruning imagery to describe God's work among believers.
In John 15, He says, "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. . . .
Every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that
it will be even more fruitful" (vv. 1–2).
Jesus' words remind us that in the good times and bad,
God is always working in us toward spiritual renewal and fruitfulness (v. 5).
During “pruning†seasons of suffering or emotional barrenness,
we may wonder if we’ll ever thrive again.
But Christ encourages us to continue to stick close to Him:
"No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.
Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me" (v. 4).
As we continually draw spiritual nourishment from Jesus,
the resulting beauty and fruitfulness in our lives (v.
will show the world God’s goodness.
By: Adam R. Holz
Reflect & Pray
How have you seen God use struggle in your life to produce growth
and fruitfulness? How do you think time gives us the perspective
to see God's hand at work in our lives?
Father, help me to trust You during difficult seasons in my life,
knowing that You’re at work to bring beauty and change.
For help in strengthening your faith,
read https://www.DiscoverySeries.org/Q0747 .
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 3 - The Promise of Completion
Philippians 1:6
6 (1Co 1:8; Jn 6:29) I am confident of this very thing,
that He who began a good work in you will perfect it
until the day of Jesus Christ.
"Elizabeth is a good student", the note on the side of the report card read,
"but she doesn't finish what she starts. She has a lot of good ideas, but
rarely brings then to completion."
Many of us are like Elizabeth. We start into a new venture with high hopes
and great motivation. Bit somewhere along the way, we become discouraged.
Someone tells us that our ideas are stpuide, or that we are not capable of
doing what we dream. We get a particulatly difficule hurdle and give up.
Sometimes we fell the Christian like is like that, too. We start well, and
believe that in Christ we can accomplish anything. But then our prayers
become rote, our Bible reading ritual. We can't seem to regain that sense
of God's presence; we have, we conclude, "Lost our first love."
But God has a different perspective. He began the work of salvation in us;
he leads and guides us in his will, and he will complete what he has begun.
Oftne we fail to see God's grace in hte ongoing proces of walking with him
because his agenda is different from ours. We know what we want to see
happen in our lives; God knows what needs to happen.
"When I fist came into a relationship with Christ," one woman explained,
"I knew I had a lot of changing to do. But, strangely enough, the things God
changed weren't on my list at all!"
When God begins his work in oue lives, he has a plan for our maturity.
He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. And what God
has begun, he will finish.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "decide" for God what problems in my life
needed dealing with?
b) Has God ever pointed out issues that were a surprise to me?
c) How can today's verse help me relax in God's will and
have confidence in the direction of my life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
1 Tim 6:17-19
17 (Ro 11:20; 1Ti 4:10) Command those who are rich in this world that they
not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,
who richly gives us all things to enjoy.
18 (Ro 12:8; 12:13) Command that they do good, that they be rich
in good works, generous, willing to share,
19 (Lk 16:9; 1Ti 6:12) and laying up in store for themselves a good
foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of eternal life.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Eternal Faithfulness
Ps 89:1 -8
PSALMS 89
A Contemplative Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;
with my mouth I will make known
Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For I have said,
"Mercy shall be built up forever;
Your faithfulness shall be
established in the heavens."
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) You have said,
"I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn to David my servant:
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) 'Your offspring I will establish forever,
and build up your throne for all generations.' " Selah
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Let the heavens praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9) For who in the skies can
be compared to the Lord?
Who among the heavenly sons is like the Lord?
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) God is greatly to be feared
in the assembly of the holy ones
and awesome to all those who surround Him.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) O Lord God of Hosts,
who is a mighty Lord like You,
with Your faithfulness all around You?
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 “Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
2nd Day of the Month
a) Pray for the Church to make the Gospel accessible to all Canadians
( Rom 10:14-15 -
14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?
And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?
And how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 I And how shall they preach unless they are sent?
As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those
who preach the gospel of peace, who bring good news of good things!"
)
b) Pray that Christian Leaders would seek God's
heart for vision,wisdom and direction.
(Jer 33:3 - Call to Me, and I will answer you,
and show you great and mighty things which you do not know. )
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will when you feel unhumble.
Pray to a branch of the Lord.
Pray to the Lord guide your to completion.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour
Pray that the Gospel be accesible to everyone.
Pray for to seek the Lord's vision , wisdom and direction.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 32, 1 Feb 2021
Exodus 7 - 9
EXODUS 7
1 So the Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh,
and Aaron your brother will be your prophet.
2 (Ex 4:15; 6:29) You shall speak all that I command you,
and Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh
to send the children of Israel out of his land.
3 (Ex 4:21; 11:9) But I will harden Pharaoh's heart and multiply My signs
and My wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 (Ex 6:6; 11:9) Nevertheless,
Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that I may lay My hand upon Egypt
and bring forth My armies and My people, the children of Israel,
out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5 (Ex 7:17; 8:22) And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord
when I stretch forth My hand upon Egypt and bring out
the children of Israel from among them."
6 (Ex 7:2; Ge 6:22) So Moses and Aaron did it. Just as the Lord commanded
them, so they did. 7 (Dt 31:2; 34:7) Moses was eighty years old,
and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Aaron’s Rod Becomes a Snake
8 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9 (Isa 7:11; Jn 2:18) "When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, 'Show a miracle,'
then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod, and throw it before Pharaoh,'
and it shall become a serpent."
10 (Ex 4:3) So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh,
and they did what the Lord had commanded.
And Aaron threw down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants,
and it became a serpent.
11 (Ex 7:22; Ge 41:8; Ex 8:7) Then Pharaoh also called the wise men
and the sorcerers. Then the magicians of Egypt likewise performed
with their secret arts. 12 For every man threw down his rod,
and they became serpents. But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
13 (Ex 4:21; 8:15) Nonetheless, Pharaoh's heart hardened so that
he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
The First Plague: Waters Turn to Blood
14 (Ex 8:15; 10:1_ The Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened.
He refuses to let the people go. 15 (Ex 8:20; 2:5) Go to Pharaoh
in the morning as he goes out to the water, and you shall stand
by the river's bank to meet him. You must take the rod which
was turned to a serpent in your hand.
16 (Ex 3:18; 9:1; 3:12) Then you are to say to him,
'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying,
"Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness."
But up to this point you have not listened!
17 (Ex 4:9; 5:2) Thus says the Lord, "In this you shall know that
I am the Lord: Indeed, I will strike the waters of the Nile with the rod
that is in my hand, and they shall be turned to blood.
18 (Ex 7:24; 7:21) And the fish that are in the river shall die,
and the river shall stink so that the Egyptians shall be weary of
drinking the river's water."'"
19 (Ex 8:5–6; 8:16) Then the Lord spoke to Moses,
"Say to Aaron, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over
the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their canals, over their ponds,
and over all their pools of water, so that they may become blood.
And there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt,
both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.' "
20 (Ps 78:44; 105:29) Moses and Aaron did so, just as the Lord
commanded. And he lifted up the rod and struck the waters
that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh,
and in the sight of his servants, and all the waters that were in the river
were turned to blood. 21 (Ex 7:18) The fish that were in the river died,
the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water ofthe river.
Blood was everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.
22 (Ex 7:11) Nevertheless, the magicians of Egypt did the same with
their secret arts, and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen
to them, as the Lord had said.
23 Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house,
and he did not concern himself with this either. 24 So all the Egyptians dug
around about the river for water to drink, because they could not drink
of the water of the river.
25 Seven days passed after the Lord had struck the river.
EXODUS 8
The Second Plague: Frogs
1 (Ex 3:18; 3:12) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him,
'Thus says the Lord: Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
2 (Ex 7:14; 9:2) But if you refuse to let them go,
then I will plague all your borders with frogs.
3 And the river will swarm with frogs, which shall go up
and come into your house, and into your bedchamber,
and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants,
and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs.
4 So the frogs shall come upon you, upon your people, and upon all
your servants.' "
5 (Ex 7:19) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch forth
your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds,
and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.' "
6 (Ps 78:45; 105:30) Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt,
and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
7 (Ex 7:11; 7:22) The Âmagicians did the same with their secret arts
and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
8 (Ex 9:28; 10:17) Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron,
and said, "Entreat the Lord, that He may take away the frogs from me,
and from my people, and I will let the people go,
so that they may sacrifice to the Lord.â€"
9 Moses said to Pharaoh, "Glory yourself over me: When shall
I entreat for you, your servants, and your people,
to destroy the frogs from you and your houses,
that they may remain in the river only?"
10 (Ex 9:14; Dt 33:26) And he said, "Tomorrow."
Then he said, "Be it according to your word, in order that
you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
11 The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses,
from your servants, and from your people.
They shall remain in the river only."
12 (Ex 8:30; 9:33) Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh,
and Moses cried out to the Lord concerning the frogs
which he had brought against Pharaoh.
13 Then the Lord did according to the word of Moses.
And the frogs died out of the houses, the villages, and the fields.
14 So they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
15 (Ex 7:4; Ecc 8:11) But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief,
he hardened his heart and did not listen to them,
as the Lord had said.
The Third Plague: Gnats
16 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod,
and strike the dust of the land, so that it may become gnats throughout
all the land of Egypt.' "
17 (Ps 105:31) They did so, for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod
and smote the dust of the earth, and it became gnats on man and on beast.
All the dust of the land became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 (Ex 7:11; 9:11) Then the magicians tried with their secret arts
to bring forth gnats, but they could not, so there were gnats
upon man and beast.
19 (Ps 8:3; Lk 11:20) Then the magicians said to Pharaoh,
"This is the finger of God." Nevertheless, Pharaoh's heart was hardened,
and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
The Fourth Plague: Flies
20 (Ex 7:15; 8:1; 9:13) So the Lord said to Moses, "Rise up early
in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes forth to
the water and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord: Let My people go,
so that they may serve Me.
21 Otherwise, if you will not let My people go,
indeed I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants,
and on your people, and into your houses.
And the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies
and also the ground wherever they are.
22 (Ex 9:4; 9:6)" 'I will in that day set apart the land of Goshen,
in which My people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there,
in order that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
23 I will put a division between My people and your people.
Tomorrow this sign will happen.' "
24 (Ps 78:45; 105:31) The Lord did so, and great swarms of flies
came into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses,
and into all the land of Egypt.
The land was corrupted because of the swarms of flies.
25 (Ex 8:8; 9:27) Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said,
"Go, sacrifice to your God in the land."
26 (Ge 43:32; 46:34) Moses said, "It is not right to do so, for what we shall
sacrifice to the Lord our God would be an abomination to the Egyptians.
If we shall sacrifice what is an abomination of the Egyptians
before their eyes, will they not stone us?
27 (Ex 3:18; 3:12) We will go three days' journey into the wilderness,
and then we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as He shall command us."
28 (Ex 8:8; 9:28; 1Ki 13:6)Pharaoh said, "I will let you go,
that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness.
Only you shall not go very far away. Make entreaty for me."
29 (Ex 8:15; 8:8) Moses said, "Indeed, I am leaving you,
and I will plead with the Lord that the swarms of flies may
depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people
tomorrow. But let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more by not
letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord."
30 (Ex 8:12) Moses went away from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord.
31 Then the Lord did according to the word of Moses, and He removed the swarms
of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained.
32 (Ex 8:15; 4:21) Nevertheless, Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also,
nor would he let the people go.
EXODUS 9
The Fifth Plague: Livestock Die
1 (Ex 8:1) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, and speak to him,
'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go,
so that they may serve Me. 2 (Ex 8:2) For if you refuse to let them go
and continue holding them, 3 (Ex 7:4; Ac 13:11) indeed, the hand of the Lord
will be upon your livestock which are in the field, upon the horses,
upon the donkeys, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep.
There shall be a very grievous pestilence. 4 (Ex 8:22) The Lord shall separate
between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt,
and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.' "
5 So the Lord appointed a set time, saying,
"Tomorrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land."
6 (Ps 78:48; Ex 9:25) Then the Lord did this thing the next day,
so that all the livestock of Egypt died, but not one of the livestock
of the children of Israel died. 7 (Ex 7:14; 8:32) Pharaoh sent,
and there was not one of the livestock of the children of Israel
dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened,
so that he did not let the people go.
The Sixth Plague: Boils
8 Then the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take for yourselves handfuls
of ashes from a kiln, and let Moses toss it toward the heavens
in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 (Dt 28:27; Rev 16:2) It shall become
fine dust over all the land of Egypt and shall be a boil breaking
forth with blisters upon man and beast, throughout all the land of Egypt."
10 So they took the ashes from a kiln and stood before Pharaoh.
Then Moses tossed it up toward the heavens, and it became a boil breaking
forth with blisters upon man and beast. 11 The magicians could not stand before
Moses because of the boils, for the boils were upon the magicians
and upon all the Egyptians. 12 (Ex 4:21) Moreover, the Lord hardened
the heart of Pharaoh, so that he did not listen to them,
just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
The Seventh Plague: Hail
13 (Ex 8:20; 7:15) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord,
the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
14 (Ex 8:10) For I will at this time send all My plagues upon you
and your servants and your people, so that you may know
that there is none like Me in all the earth. 15 (Ex 3:20) For by now
I could have stretched out My hand, so that I might strike you
and your people with pestilence, and you would be cut off from the earth.
16 (Ro 9:17; Pr 16:4; Ps 83:17–18) But, indeed, for this cause I have raised
you up, in order to show in you My power and so that My name may be
declared throughout all the earth. 17 Still, you exalt yourself against
My people by forbidding them to go. 18 Certainly, tomorrow about this time
I will cause it to rain a very severe hail, such as has not happened in Egypt
since it was founded until now. 19 Send therefore now
and bring your livestock and all that you have in the field to safety.
Every man and beast which shall be found in the field
and not brought home when the hail comes down upon them will die.' "
20 He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh
made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses.
21But he that failed to regard the word of the Lord left his servants
and his livestock in the field.
22 (Rev 16:21) So the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand
toward the heavens, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt,
upon man and beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout
the land of Egypt." 23 (Jos 10:11; Ps 18:13) Moses stretched forth
his rod toward the heavens, and the Lord sent thunder and hail,
and fire ran along upon the ground. So the Lord rained hail upon
the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail.
It was so severe that there had been none like it in all the land of Egypt
since it became a nation. 25 The hail struck all the land of Egypt,
all that was in the field, both man and beast,
and the hail struck every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field.
26 (Ex 9:4; 11:7) Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel
were, was there no hail.
27 (Ex 10:16; 2Ch 12:6) Then Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron,
and said to them, "I have sinned this time. The Lord is righteous,
and I and my people are wicked. 28 (Ex 8:8; 10:17) Entreat the Lord,
for there has been enough of God’s mighty thunder and hail,
and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."
29 (1Ki 8:22; 8:38) Moses said to him, "As soon as I am gone out of the city,
I will spread out my hands to the Lord. The thunder shall cease,
and there shall no longer be any more hail,
so that you may know that the earth is the Lord's.
30 (Isa 26:10) But as for you and your servants,
I know that you will not yet fear the Lord God."
31 (Ru 1:22; 2:23) Now the flax and the barley were struck,
for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bud.
32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they grow up later.
33 (Ex 9:29; 8:12) So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh
and spread out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders and hail ceased,
and the rain was no longer poured upon the earth.
34 (Ex 7:14) However, when Pharaoh saw that the rain a
nd the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more,
and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
35 (Ex 4:21) The heart of Pharaoh hardened,
and he would not let the children of Israel go,
just as the Lord had spoken by Moses.
2) Our Daily Bread for 1 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/01/a-house-on-a-rock
entitled A House on a Rock
Matthew 7:24 - 29
The Two Housebuilders
Lk 6:47–49
24 (Lk 6:47–49) "Whoever hears these sayings of Mine and does them,
I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.
25 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew
and beat on that house. And it did not fall, for it was founded a rock.
26 And every one who hears these sayings of Mine
and does not do them will be likened to a foolish man
who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain descended,
the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house.
And it fell. And its fall was great."
28 (Mk 1:22; 6:2) When Jesus finished these sayings,
the people were astonished at His teaching,
29 for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
As many as 34,000 homes in one US state are at risk of collapsing
due to faulty foundations. Without realizing it, a concrete company
pulled stone from a quarry laced with a mineral that, over time,
causes concrete to crack and disintegrate. The foundations of nearly
six hundred homes have already crumbled, and that number will likely
skyrocket over time.
Jesus used the image of building a home atop a faulty foundation
to explain the far riskier danger of building our lives on unsteady ground.
He explained how some of us construct our life on sturdy rock,
ensuring that we hold solid when we face fierce storms. Others of us,
however, erect our lives on sand; and when the tempests rage,
our lives tumble "with a great crash" (Matthew 7:27).
The one distinction between building on an unshakable foundation
and a crumbling one is whether or not we put Christ’s words
"into practice" (v. 26). The question isn’t whether or not we hear His words,
but whether we practice them as He enables us.
There's much wisdom offered to us in this world - plus lots of
advice and help - and much of it is good and beneficial.
If we base our life on any foundation other than humble obedience
to God's truth, however, we invite trouble. In His strength,
doing what God says is the only way to have a house, a life, built on rock.
By: Winn Collier
Reflect & Pray
Whose wisdom, insights, or opinions do you listen to the most?
How can you better build your life's foundation by putting Jesus' words
into practice?
God, so much of what I experience feels unsteady and temporary,
a life built on sand. I want to live a solid life. Help me to obey You.
To learn more about the life and teachings of Jesus,
see https://www.ChristianUniversity.org/NT218.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 2 - God's purpose: The Image of Christ
Romans 8:28-29
28 (Gal 1:15; Ge 50:20) We know that all things work together for
good to those who love God,
to those who are called according to His purpose.
29 (Ro 11:2; 1Co 15:49; Eph 1:11) For those whom He foreknew,
He predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,
so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.
A baby dies of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and the parents are
devastated, plagued with guilt, and Asking "Why?" A 17-year-old plunges
headfirst into a pond and to the surface a quadriplegic. A single mother
of 3, struck down by leukemia, has to release he children to foster homes.
And in all these cases, well-meaning Christians stand by and attempt to
comfort: "All thingswork together for good, you know," they say blithely,
"just trust God, and praise him for everything."
Such pat answers are often repeated because they do contain an element
of truth; they become "pat", meaningless, and superficial, when they are
used as a panacea for all ills, whether the cure fits or not.
The truth is, God does use everything for the benfit of his people -
even disaster and tragedy. Romans 8:28 says, "Ian all things God works ...."
God foes not cause human suffering. He is not the author of pain
and misery. But what the Enemy of our souls intends for
destructions, God can use for growth.
The key to understanding Romans 8:28 is Romans 8:29 . The Lord makes
clear what "his purpose" is: that we be "conformed to the
likeness of his Son." Everything that happens is not good,
but nothing is wasted in the economy of God. Even the sorrow,
misfortune, and calamity that strike all of us cam be used by the Spirit
to transform us into the image of Christ.
Application
a) Have I ever had experiences that made me doubt the
"all things work together for good"?
b) How does Romans 8:29 clarify Romans 8:28?
c) How can these verses help me deal with the struggles I have in my
own life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Romans 13:7-8
7 (Mt 17:25; 22:21) Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes
are due, respect to whom respect is due, fear to whom fear is due,
and honor to whom honor is due.
8 (Ro 13:10; Mt 7:12) Owe no one anything, except to love one another,
for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Eternal Faithfulness
Ps 117
1 Praise the Lord, all you nations! Exalt Him, all you peoples!
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For His merciful kindness is great towardus,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise 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.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
1st Day of the month
- Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada
Joel 2:28 And it will be that, afterwards,
I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream
dreams, and your young men will see visions.
Acts 2:17 "In the last days it shall be," says God, "
that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream
dreams.
- Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister
would be directed to do that which pleases God
Prov 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water;
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will when you feel stubborn and relentless.
Pray to the Lord that you build your spiritual foundation on the Solid Rock.
Pray to be a shining Light n your life.
Pray to owe none according to the Lord.
Pray to the Lord a prayer of thankgiving.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to fill your nation
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Posted by DSY on
Day 31, 31 Jan 2021
Today's Sermon comes from Calvary Community Church
Genesis 37:12 - 24
This is when Joseph was thrown into the pit by his brothers.
Have you been thrown, slipped or dived into a pit?
Seek the Lord for the way out
Exodus 4 - 6
EXODUS 4
Moses' Miraculous Signs
1 And Moses answered and said, "But they will not believe me,
nor listen to my voice. For they will say,
'The Lord has not appeared to you.' "
2 The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he said, "A rod."
3 He said, "Throw it on the ground." And he threw it on the ground,
and it became a serpent. Then Moses fled from it.
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Put forth your hand and take it by the tail."
And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand.
5 "This is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
has appeared to you."
6 The Lord said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand into your bosom."
He put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out,
his hand was as leprous as snow.
7 He said, "Put your hand into your bosom again." So he put his hand
into his bosom again and brought it out of his bosom, and it was restored
like his other flesh.
8 "If they will not believe you, nor listen to the voice of the first sign,
then they may believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 But if they will not believe also these two signs or listen to your voice,
then you shall take water from the river and pour it on the dry land,
and the water which you take out of the river will
become blood on the dry land."
10 Then Moses said to the Lord, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent,
neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant.
But I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
11 The Lord said to him, "Who has made man’s mouth?
Or who made the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind?
Have not I, the Lord?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you
what you must say."
13 He said, "O my Lord, send, I pray, by the hand of whomever else
You will send."
14 The anger of the Lord was inflamed against Moses, and He said,
"Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well.
And also, he comes out to meet you, and when he sees you,
he will be glad in his heart.
15 You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth,
and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth,
and will teach you what you must do.
16 What’s more, he will be your spokesman to the people,
and he will be as a mouth for you, and you will be as God to him.
17 You must take this rod in your hand, with which you will perform the signs."
Moses Returns to Egypt
18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him,
"Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt,
and see whether they be yet alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
19 The Lord said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return to Egypt, for all the men
are dead who sought your life." 20 Moses took his wife and his sons
and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt.
And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21 The Lord said to Moses, "When you go to return into Egypt,
see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh,
which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart,
so that he shall not let the people go.
22 You shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord: Israel is My son,
even My firstborn. 23 So I say to you, "Let My son go, that he may serve Me.
And if you refuse to let him go, I will slay your son, even your firstborn." ' "
24 At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met him and sought to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son,
and threw it at his feet, and said, "Surely a bloody husband are you to me."
26 So He let him go. Then she said, "A bloody husband you are,
because of the circumcision."
27 Now the Lord said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses."
So he went, and met him at the mount of God, and kissed him.
28 Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him,
and all the signs which He had commanded him.
29 Moses and Aaron went and gathered together
all the elders of the children of Israel.
30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken
to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 And the people believed. And when they heard that the Lord
had visited the children of Israel
and that He had looked on their affliction, they bowed down and worshipped.
EXODUS 5
Bricks Without Straw
1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in and said to Pharaoh,
"Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Let My people go, that they
may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.' "
2 And Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice
to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go."
3 They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us.
Let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the wilderness,
and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us
with pestilence or with the sword."
4 But the king of Egypt said to them,
"Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work?
Get back to your labor."
5 Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land now are numerous,
and you make them rest from their labor."
6 Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people
and their officers, saying,
7 "You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as before.
Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8 However, the quota of the bricks, which they were making previously,
you shall lay upon them. You shall not diminish any of it. For they are idle.
Therefore they cry out, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
9 Let there be more work laid upon the men so that they may
labor therein, and let them not regard deceptive words."
10 The taskmasters of the people and their officers went out,
and they spoke to the people, saying, "Thus says Pharaoh,
' I will not give you straw. 11 Go, get straw where you can find it,
yet nothing of your work shall be diminished.'"
12 So the people scattered abroad throughout
all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
13 The taskmasters pushed them, saying, "Fulfill your works,
your daily tasks, just as when there was straw."
14 The officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked,
and demanded, "Why have you not fulfilled your task in making
brick both yesterday and today, as previously?"
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh,
saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?
16 There is no straw being given to your servants, and they say to us,
'Make brick.' And indeed, your servants are beaten,
but the fault is in your own people."
17 But he said, "You are slackers! Slackers! Therefore you say,
'Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.'
18 Go therefore now and work, for there shall no straw be given you,
yet shall you deliver the quota of bricks."
19T he officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble,
after it was said, "You shall not diminish anything
from your bricks of your daily task.'
20 Then they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way,
as they came forth from Pharaoh.
21 And they said to them, "May the Lord look on you and judge,
because you have made our scent stink in the estimation of Pharaoh
and in the estimation of his servants,
to put a sword in their hand to slay us."
God Promises Deliverance
22 Moses returned to the Lord, and said, "Lord, why have
You caused trouble for this people? Why is it that You have sent me?
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name,
he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at
all."
EXODUS 6
1 (Ex 12:33; 12:39) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you shall see what
I will do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand shall he let them go,
and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land."
2 (Isa 42:8; Mal 3:6) Then God spoke to Moses, and said to him,
"I am the Lord, 3 (Ps 83:18; Ge 17:1; Ps 68:4) and I appeared to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by My name,
The Lord, I was not known to them. 4 (Ge 15:18; 28:4) I have also established
My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,
the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they sojourned. 5 (Ex 2:24)
I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel,
whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
6 (Dt 26:8; 7:8; 1Ch 17:21) "Therefore say to the children of Israel:
'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage,
and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm and with great judgments.
7 (Dt 4:20; 7:6 ) And I will take you to Me for a people,
and I will be to you a God. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 (Ge 15:18; 26:3) I will bring you into the land, which I swore
to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you
for a heritage. I am the Lord.' "
9 (Ex 5:21) Moses spoke so to the children of Israel,
but they did not listen to Moses on account of
their anguish of spirit and for cruel Âbondage.
10 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
11 "Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel
go out of his land."
12 (Ex 4:10; 6:30) Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, "The children
of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me,
as I am of uncircumcised lips?"
13 And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command
for the children of Israel, and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring
the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
14 (Ge 46:9; 1Ch 5:3 ) These are the heads of their fathers' houses:
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel:
Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi. These are the families of Reuben.
15 (Ge 46:10; 1Ch 4:24) The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad,
Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
These are the families of Simeon.
16 (Ge 46:11; Nu 3:17) These are the names of the sons of Levi
according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari,
and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven years.
17 (1Ch 6:17; Nu 3:18) The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimei,
according to their families.
18 (1Ch 6:2; 6:18) The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel,
and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three years.
19 (Nu 3:20; 1Ch 6:19) The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
These are the families of Levi according to their generations.
20 (Ex 2:1–2; Nu 26:59) Now Amram married Jochebed his father’s sister,
and she bore him Aaron and Moses.
And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven years.
21 (Nu 16:1; 1Ch 6:37–38) The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri.
22 (Lev 10:4; Nu 3:30) The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
23 (Ru 4:19–20; Nu 1:7) Aaron took to himself Elisheba,
daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, to wife;
and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24 (1Ch 6:22–23) The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph.
These are the families of the KoÂrahÂites.
25 (Jos 24:33; Nu 25:7–13) Eleazar, Aaron's son,
married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.
These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
26 (Ex 7:4; 12:17) It was that Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said,
"Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt
according to their armies."
27 They are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt
to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. It was that Moses and Aaron.
Aaron to Speak for Moses
28 On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
29 (Ex 6:11; 7:2) the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "I am the Lord.
Speak to Pharaoh the king of Egypt all that I say to you."
30 (Ex 6:12; 4:10) However, Moses said before the Lord,
"Listen! I am unskilled in speech, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?"
2) Our Daily Bread for 31 Jan 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/01/31/a-future-with-forgiveness
entitled A future with Forgiveness
Romans 12:9–21
9 (Ge 18:10; 18:14) For this is the word of promise,
"At this time I will come,
and Sarah shall have a son."(Ex 20:13-15, 17; Dt 5:17-19, 21.)
10 (Ro 5:3) Not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one man,
our father Isaac. 11 (Ro 4:17) For before the children had been born,
having done neither evil nor good, so that the purpose of God
according to election might stand, not of works, but through Him who calls,
12 it was said to her,
“The elder shall serve the younger.â€(Ge 25:23. 13Mal 1:2–3)
As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.â€(Mal 1:2).
14 (2Ch 19:7; Dt 32:4) What shall we say then?
Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid!
15 (Ex 33:19) For He says to Moses,
"I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."(Ex 33:19).
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs,
but of God who shows mercy. 17 (Ex 9:16) For the Scripture says to Pharaoh,
"For this very purpose I have raised you up,
that I may show My power in you,
and that My name may be proclaimed
in all the earth."(Ex 9:16. 18Ex 4:21; Dt 2:30)
Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and He hardens whom He wills.
Wrath and Mercy of God
19 (2Ch 20:6; Da 4:35) You will then say to me, "Why does He yet find fault?
For who can resist His will?"
20 (Isa 29:16; Job 33:13) Rather, O man, who are you to answer back to God?
Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it,
"Why have you made me like this?"
21 (Isa 64:8) Does the potter not have power over the clay
to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
In 1994, when South Africa made the transition from government
by apartheid (imposed racial segregation) to a democracy, it faced
the difficult question of how to address the crimes committed
under apartheid. The country’s leaders couldn’t ignore the past,
but merely imposing harsh punishments on the guilty risked
deepening the country's wounds. As Desmond Tutu,
the first black Anglican Archbishop of South Africa,
explained in his book No Future Without Forgiveness,
"We could very well have had justice, retributive justice,
and had a South Africa lying in ashes."
Through establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Committee,
the new democracy chose the difficult path of pursuing truth, justice,
and mercy. Those guilty of crimes were offered a path to restoration -
if they were willing to confess their crimes and seek to make restitution.
Only by courageously facing the truth could
the country begin to find healing.
In a way, South Africa's dilemma mirrors
the struggle we all face. We're called to pursue
both justice and mercy (Micah 6:8), but mercy
is often misunderstood to be a lack of accountability,
while pursuing justice can become distorted into pursuing revenge.
Our only path forward is a love that not only
"hates what is evil" (Romans 12:9)
but also longs for the transformation and good of our "neighbour" (13:10).
Through the power of Christ's Spirit,
we can learn what it means to have
a future of overcoming evil with good (12:21).
By: Monica La Rose
Reflect & Pray
When have you witnessed times when the goal of mercy
and grace seemed distorted to enable injustice?
When have you seen both justice and mercy working in harmony?
Loving God, when the pain and injustice around me breaks my heart,
help me to still believe in Your love and power to transform and heal.
Help me to point with my life to Your justice, mercy, and love.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 1 A circle of Light
John 8:12
12 (Jn 12:35; Job 33:28; Isa 49:6)Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying,
"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me
shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life."
When Juday Gardland stepped onstage, she filled the spotlight. Nothing was
illuminated but her face, and as she sang, her listeners had a sense of being
transported beyond themselves into the meaning of her song. The focus of
reality, at that moment, was "Judy", and everything else faded into the dim
recesses of the shadowed room. The spotlight brought her into sharp focus
as the center of attention, and all around her was darkness.
When the scriptures speaks of Jesus as "the light," the image is not
of thousands of blazing bulbes lighting up a football field for a night game.
Rather, he is like a hand-help lamp that throws a circle of light in the
immediate vicinity. such a lamp lights the path that a traveler will walk,
but lights it only one step at a time.
Jesus is the center of that circle of light. As we follow him, we share the
light, but he is always at center. Jesus Christ is the focal point,
and everything else fades into dim gray by comparison.
If we are to keep our lives illuminated, to have his light falling upon the
road we wlak, we must stay close to him. Jesus does not hand the lamp
to us and suggest that we go the way he wants; he , the Light, leads,
and if we want to stay in the light, we follow.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to go my own way, apart frm the Light?
What was the result?
b) How can this verse help me remember the importance of staying close
to Jesus?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
1 Cor 13:3
3 If I give all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Inexhaustible Strength
Ps 18:30-34
30 As for God, His way has integrity;
the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield
to all those who take refuge in Him.
31 For who is God except the Lord?
Or who is a rock besides our God?
32 It is God who clothes me with strength,
and gives my way integrity.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
and causes me to stand on my high places.
34 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 “Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493
British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.
Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver
and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations
in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are
between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all
other nationalities.
Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant
and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,
Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this
region is about 200000.
Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,
more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small
numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.
We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.
A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,
for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that
- the church will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
- the church will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will when you are in a pit.
Pray to the Lord that you will speak out again injustice.
Pray for forgiveness in your life
Pray to in the Light of Jesus
Pray to the Lord for prosperity in your.
Pray for the strengh of the Lord to fill you.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.