Day 155 - 4 June 2021 reflections
Day 155, 4 June 2021
Proverbs 7 - 9
Proverbs 7
Beware of the Adulteress
1 (Pr 1:8) My son, keep my words,
and lay up my commandments within you.
2 (Dt 32:10; Ps 17:8) Keep my commandments and live,
and my teaching as the apple of your eye.
3 (Pr 3:3; 6:21) Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister,"
and call understanding your kinswoman,
5 (Pr 2:16; 6:24) that they may keep you from the immoral woman,
from the seductress who flatters with her words.
6 For at the window of my house
I looked through my casement,
7 (Pr 6:32; 1:22) and saw among the simple ones,
I discerned among the youths,
a young man void of understanding,
8 passing through the street near her corner;
and he went the way to her house
9 in the twilight, in the evening,
in the black and dark night.
10 (Ge 38:14-15; 1Ti 2:9) And there a woman met him,
with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
11 (Pr 9:13; Titus 2:5) She is loud and stubborn;
her feet do not abide in her house.
12 (Pr 23:28; 9:14) Now she is without, now in the streets,
and lies in wait at every corner.
13 (Ge 39:12) So she caught him, and kissed him;
and with an impudent face said to him:
14 (Lev 7:11) "I have peace offerings with me;
this day have I paid my vows.
15 Therefore I came out to meet you,
diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
16 (Isa 19:9; Eze 27:7) I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry,
with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 (Ps 45:8) I have perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning;
let us solace ourselves with love.
19 (Mt 20:11) For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
20 he has taken a bag of money with him,
and will come home at the day appointed."
21 (Pr 5:3; Ps 12:2) With her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
with the flattering of her lips she seduced him.
22 He went after her straightway,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
23 (Ecc 9:12) until a dart struck through his liver.
As a bird hastens to the snare,
he did not know that it would cost him his life.
24 (Pr 5:7; 4:1) Listen to me now therefore, O children,
and attend to the words of my mouth:
25 (Pr 5:8 ) do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
do not go astray in her paths;
26 (Ne 13:26) for she has cast down many wounded,
and many strong men have been slain by her.
27 (Pr 5:5; 9:18) Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 8
The Virtue of Wisdom
1 (Pr 1:20–2)1 Does not wisdom cry out,
and understanding lift up her voice?
2 She stands on the top of high places,
by the way in the places of the paths.
3 (Job 29:7) She cries out at the gates,
at the entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors:
4 "To you, O men, I call,
and my voice is to the sons of men.
5 (Pr 1:22; 1:4) O you simple, understand wisdom,
and you fools, be of an understanding heart.
6 Hear, for I will speak of excellent things,
and from the opening of my lips will be right things;
7 (Jn 8:14; Ps 37:30) for my mouth will speak truth,
and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
there is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
9 (Pr 14:6) They are all plain to him who understands,
and right to those who find knowledge.
10 (Ps 119:72; 119:127) Receive my instruction, and not silver,
and knowledge rather than choice gold;
11 (Job 28:15-19; Ps 19:10) for wisdom is better than rubies,
and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12 (Pr 1:4 ) "I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
and find out knowledge and discretion.
13 (Pr 16:6; Ps 97:10) The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
pride and arrogance
and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.
14 (Ecc 7:19; Isa 9:6) Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, I have strength.
15 (Da 2:21; Ro 13:1) By me kings reign,
and princes decree justice.
16 By me princes rule,
and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
17 (1Sa 2:30; Jn 14:21) I love those who love me,
and those who seek me early will find me.
18 (Pr 3:16; Mt 6:33) Riches and honor are with me,
yes, enduring riches and righteousness.
19 (Pr 3:14; 8:10) My fruit is better than gold,
yes, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver.
20 I lead in the way of righteousness,
in the midst of the paths of justice,
21 that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,
and I will fill their treasuries.
22 (Pr 3:19) "The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His way,
before His works of old.
23 (Ps 2:6) I was set up from everlasting,
from the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth,
when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 (Ps 90:2) Before the mountains were settled,
before the hills I was brought forth;
26 while as yet He had not made the earth or the fields,
or the first dust of the world.
27 (Pr 3:19; Isa 40:22) When He prepared the heavens, I was there,
when He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28 when He established the clouds above,
when He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
29 (Ps 104:9; Ge 1:9-10) when He gave to the sea His decree,
that the waters should not pass His commandment,
when He appointed the foundations of the earth,
30 (Jn 1:1-3; Mt 3:17) then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him;
and I was daily His delight,
rejoicing always before Him,
31 (Ps 16:3; Jn 13:1) rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth,
and my delights were with the sons of men.
32 (Ps 119:1-2; Lk 11:28) "Now therefore listen to me, O you children,
for blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 (Pr 4:1) Hear instruction, and be wise,
and do not refuse it.
34 (Pr 3:13) Blessed is the man who hears me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 (Pr 12:2; 3:13-18) For whoever finds me finds life,
and will obtain favor of the Lord;
36 (Pr 1:31; 15:32) but he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
all those who hate me love death."
Proverbs 9
The Way of Wisdom
1 (Eph 2:20-22; Mt 16:18) Wisdom has built her house,
she has hewn out her seven pillars;
2 (Pr 23:30) she has killed her beasts, she has mixed her wine,
she has also furnished her table.
3 (Pr 9:14; 8:1-3) She has sent out her maidens,
she cries out from the highest places of the city,
4 (Pr 6:32; 9:16) "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here."
As for him who wants understanding, she says to him,
5 (SS 5:1; Jn 6:27) "Come, eat of my bread,
and drink of the wine which I have mixed.
6 Forsake foolishness and live,
and go in the way of understanding."
7 He who reproves a scorner gets shame for himself,
and he who rebukes a wicked man gets hurt.
8 (Ps 141:5; Mt 7:6 ) Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you;
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 (Pr 1:5) Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser;
teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 (Pr 1:7; Job 28:28; Ps 111:10) The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 (Pr 10:27; 3:16) For by me your days will be multiplied,
and the years of your life will be increased.
12 (Job 22:2-3) If you are wise, you will be wise for yourself,
but if you scorn, you alone will bear it.
The Way of Foolishness
13 (Pr 7:11; 5:6 ) A foolish woman is clamorous;
she is simple, and knows nothing.
14 (Pr 9:3) For she sits at the door of her house,
on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 to call those who pass by
who go right on their way:
16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here."
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17 (Pr 20:17; 30:20) "Stolen waters are sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
18 (Pr 7:27) But he does not know that the dead are there,
and that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
2) Our Daily Bread for 4 June 2021
https://odb.org/US/2021/06/04/perfect-justice
entitled Perfect Justice
Deuteronomy 32:1-4
DEUTERONOMY 32
1 (Dt 4:26; Isa 1:2) Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak;
hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 (Ps 72:6; Isa 55:10-11) My teaching will drop like the rain,
my sayings will distill as the dew,
as the droplets on the grass,
and as the showers on the herb.
3 (Jer 10:6; Dt 3:24) For I will proclaim the name of the Lord:
Ascribe greatness to our God!
4 (Dt 32:18; Ps 92:15) He is the Rock; His work is perfect;
for all His ways are just.
He is a God of faithfulness and without injustice;
righteous and upright is He.
In 1983, three teens were arrested for the murder of a fourteen-year-old.
According to news reports, the younger teen was "shot . . .
because of his [athletic] jacket." Sentenced to life in prison, the three
spent 36 years behind bars before evidence surfaced that revealed their
innocence. Another man had committed the crime. Before the judge released
them as free men, he issued an apology.
No matter how hard we try (and no matter how much good is done
by our officials), human justice is often flawed. We never have
all the information. Sometimes dishonest people manipulate the facts.
Sometimes we're just wrong. And often, evils may take years to be righted,
if they ever are in our lifetime. Thankfully, unlike fickle humans,
God wields perfect justice. "His works are perfect," says Moses,
"and all his ways are just" (Deuteronomy 32:4). God sees things
as they truly are. In time, after we've done our worst, God will bring
about final, ultimate justice. Though uncertain of the timing,
we have confidence because we serve a "faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he" (v. 4).
We may be dogged by uncertainty regarding what's right or wrong.
We may fear that the injustices done to us or those we love will never
be made right. But we can trust the God of justice to one day-either
in this life or the next-enact justice for us.
By: Winn Collier
Reflect & Pray
Where have you seen justice abused or misrepresented?
Where does your heart cry out for God to bring justice?
God, I see injustice all around me: in the news, in my relationships,
on social media. Thank You for the hope I can have in You and Your just ways.
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 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?)
Quebec
Quick facts on Muslims in Quebec
Quebec 2015 population 8214 000
est Muslim Population 418946
CNMM Networks: Montreal
There is a growing Muslim population in Quebec City and a smattering
os Muslims scattered aound the rest of the province, yet the vast majority
of Muslims live in the greater Montreal area. n fact, 23% of Canada's Muslim
population live in Quebec. Why is that? It is largely because Francophone
African Muslims are atrracted to La Belle Provence.
And here's an interesting, perhaps even shocking fact: There are more
Muslims in Montreal than there are evangelical Christians.
This is one demographic factor creates a challenging environment for churches
and believers here: The size of the available 'workforce' is small
by comparison to begin with. Believers are already is a host culture that
is often either indifferent to releigion or resistant to it. And now
this 'new' religious community of Muslims - many of whom do not visibly
or socially conform to Quebec society - are a growing population. It might br
easy for Christians to feel overwhlem by this cultural double-whammy,
yet God has alsways worked miracles through the small, the few.
Agree in prayer for :
- Te people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel
- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding
-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting
together for worship!
- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for
reaching Muslims in Quebec.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
4nd Day of the Month
a) Pray for the preservation of godly values in Canada
(Prov 14:34 -
Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people.
)
b) Pray that political leaders will be awakened by God to the right use
of power and the right stewardship of their positions.
Conclusion:
Pray to Lord as in Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding..
Pray to the Lord for the hope you can have in Him and His just ways.
Pray to the Lord that Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
Pray to the Lord to diligently obey His Word.
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Pray to the Lord for forgiveness of your sins.
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Pray for Muslims in Quebec to receive Christ as Saviour
and that Christian outreach will increae in Quebec.
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.
Pray to The Lord for the preservation of godly values
in the nations of the world.
Pray that political leaders will be awakened by God to the right use
of power and the right stewardship of their positions.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Proverbs 7 - 9
Proverbs 7
Beware of the Adulteress
1 (Pr 1:8) My son, keep my words,
and lay up my commandments within you.
2 (Dt 32:10; Ps 17:8) Keep my commandments and live,
and my teaching as the apple of your eye.
3 (Pr 3:3; 6:21) Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister,"
and call understanding your kinswoman,
5 (Pr 2:16; 6:24) that they may keep you from the immoral woman,
from the seductress who flatters with her words.
6 For at the window of my house
I looked through my casement,
7 (Pr 6:32; 1:22) and saw among the simple ones,
I discerned among the youths,
a young man void of understanding,
8 passing through the street near her corner;
and he went the way to her house
9 in the twilight, in the evening,
in the black and dark night.
10 (Ge 38:14-15; 1Ti 2:9) And there a woman met him,
with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
11 (Pr 9:13; Titus 2:5) She is loud and stubborn;
her feet do not abide in her house.
12 (Pr 23:28; 9:14) Now she is without, now in the streets,
and lies in wait at every corner.
13 (Ge 39:12) So she caught him, and kissed him;
and with an impudent face said to him:
14 (Lev 7:11) "I have peace offerings with me;
this day have I paid my vows.
15 Therefore I came out to meet you,
diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
16 (Isa 19:9; Eze 27:7) I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry,
with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 (Ps 45:8) I have perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning;
let us solace ourselves with love.
19 (Mt 20:11) For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
20 he has taken a bag of money with him,
and will come home at the day appointed."
21 (Pr 5:3; Ps 12:2) With her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
with the flattering of her lips she seduced him.
22 He went after her straightway,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
23 (Ecc 9:12) until a dart struck through his liver.
As a bird hastens to the snare,
he did not know that it would cost him his life.
24 (Pr 5:7; 4:1) Listen to me now therefore, O children,
and attend to the words of my mouth:
25 (Pr 5:8 ) do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
do not go astray in her paths;
26 (Ne 13:26) for she has cast down many wounded,
and many strong men have been slain by her.
27 (Pr 5:5; 9:18) Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 8
The Virtue of Wisdom
1 (Pr 1:20–2)1 Does not wisdom cry out,
and understanding lift up her voice?
2 She stands on the top of high places,
by the way in the places of the paths.
3 (Job 29:7) She cries out at the gates,
at the entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors:
4 "To you, O men, I call,
and my voice is to the sons of men.
5 (Pr 1:22; 1:4) O you simple, understand wisdom,
and you fools, be of an understanding heart.
6 Hear, for I will speak of excellent things,
and from the opening of my lips will be right things;
7 (Jn 8:14; Ps 37:30) for my mouth will speak truth,
and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
there is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
9 (Pr 14:6) They are all plain to him who understands,
and right to those who find knowledge.
10 (Ps 119:72; 119:127) Receive my instruction, and not silver,
and knowledge rather than choice gold;
11 (Job 28:15-19; Ps 19:10) for wisdom is better than rubies,
and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12 (Pr 1:4 ) "I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
and find out knowledge and discretion.
13 (Pr 16:6; Ps 97:10) The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
pride and arrogance
and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.
14 (Ecc 7:19; Isa 9:6) Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, I have strength.
15 (Da 2:21; Ro 13:1) By me kings reign,
and princes decree justice.
16 By me princes rule,
and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
17 (1Sa 2:30; Jn 14:21) I love those who love me,
and those who seek me early will find me.
18 (Pr 3:16; Mt 6:33) Riches and honor are with me,
yes, enduring riches and righteousness.
19 (Pr 3:14; 8:10) My fruit is better than gold,
yes, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver.
20 I lead in the way of righteousness,
in the midst of the paths of justice,
21 that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,
and I will fill their treasuries.
22 (Pr 3:19) "The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His way,
before His works of old.
23 (Ps 2:6) I was set up from everlasting,
from the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth,
when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 (Ps 90:2) Before the mountains were settled,
before the hills I was brought forth;
26 while as yet He had not made the earth or the fields,
or the first dust of the world.
27 (Pr 3:19; Isa 40:22) When He prepared the heavens, I was there,
when He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28 when He established the clouds above,
when He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
29 (Ps 104:9; Ge 1:9-10) when He gave to the sea His decree,
that the waters should not pass His commandment,
when He appointed the foundations of the earth,
30 (Jn 1:1-3; Mt 3:17) then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him;
and I was daily His delight,
rejoicing always before Him,
31 (Ps 16:3; Jn 13:1) rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth,
and my delights were with the sons of men.
32 (Ps 119:1-2; Lk 11:28) "Now therefore listen to me, O you children,
for blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 (Pr 4:1) Hear instruction, and be wise,
and do not refuse it.
34 (Pr 3:13) Blessed is the man who hears me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 (Pr 12:2; 3:13-18) For whoever finds me finds life,
and will obtain favor of the Lord;
36 (Pr 1:31; 15:32) but he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
all those who hate me love death."
Proverbs 9
The Way of Wisdom
1 (Eph 2:20-22; Mt 16:18) Wisdom has built her house,
she has hewn out her seven pillars;
2 (Pr 23:30) she has killed her beasts, she has mixed her wine,
she has also furnished her table.
3 (Pr 9:14; 8:1-3) She has sent out her maidens,
she cries out from the highest places of the city,
4 (Pr 6:32; 9:16) "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here."
As for him who wants understanding, she says to him,
5 (SS 5:1; Jn 6:27) "Come, eat of my bread,
and drink of the wine which I have mixed.
6 Forsake foolishness and live,
and go in the way of understanding."
7 He who reproves a scorner gets shame for himself,
and he who rebukes a wicked man gets hurt.
8 (Ps 141:5; Mt 7:6 ) Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you;
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 (Pr 1:5) Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser;
teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 (Pr 1:7; Job 28:28; Ps 111:10) The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 (Pr 10:27; 3:16) For by me your days will be multiplied,
and the years of your life will be increased.
12 (Job 22:2-3) If you are wise, you will be wise for yourself,
but if you scorn, you alone will bear it.
The Way of Foolishness
13 (Pr 7:11; 5:6 ) A foolish woman is clamorous;
she is simple, and knows nothing.
14 (Pr 9:3) For she sits at the door of her house,
on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 to call those who pass by
who go right on their way:
16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here."
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17 (Pr 20:17; 30:20) "Stolen waters are sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
18 (Pr 7:27) But he does not know that the dead are there,
and that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
2) Our Daily Bread for 4 June 2021
https://odb.org/US/2021/06/04/perfect-justice
entitled Perfect Justice
Deuteronomy 32:1-4
DEUTERONOMY 32
1 (Dt 4:26; Isa 1:2) Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak;
hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 (Ps 72:6; Isa 55:10-11) My teaching will drop like the rain,
my sayings will distill as the dew,
as the droplets on the grass,
and as the showers on the herb.
3 (Jer 10:6; Dt 3:24) For I will proclaim the name of the Lord:
Ascribe greatness to our God!
4 (Dt 32:18; Ps 92:15) He is the Rock; His work is perfect;
for all His ways are just.
He is a God of faithfulness and without injustice;
righteous and upright is He.
In 1983, three teens were arrested for the murder of a fourteen-year-old.
According to news reports, the younger teen was "shot . . .
because of his [athletic] jacket." Sentenced to life in prison, the three
spent 36 years behind bars before evidence surfaced that revealed their
innocence. Another man had committed the crime. Before the judge released
them as free men, he issued an apology.
No matter how hard we try (and no matter how much good is done
by our officials), human justice is often flawed. We never have
all the information. Sometimes dishonest people manipulate the facts.
Sometimes we're just wrong. And often, evils may take years to be righted,
if they ever are in our lifetime. Thankfully, unlike fickle humans,
God wields perfect justice. "His works are perfect," says Moses,
"and all his ways are just" (Deuteronomy 32:4). God sees things
as they truly are. In time, after we've done our worst, God will bring
about final, ultimate justice. Though uncertain of the timing,
we have confidence because we serve a "faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he" (v. 4).
We may be dogged by uncertainty regarding what's right or wrong.
We may fear that the injustices done to us or those we love will never
be made right. But we can trust the God of justice to one day-either
in this life or the next-enact justice for us.
By: Winn Collier
Reflect & Pray
Where have you seen justice abused or misrepresented?
Where does your heart cry out for God to bring justice?
God, I see injustice all around me: in the news, in my relationships,
on social media. Thank You for the hope I can have in You and Your just ways.
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 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?)
Quebec
Quick facts on Muslims in Quebec
Quebec 2015 population 8214 000
est Muslim Population 418946
CNMM Networks: Montreal
There is a growing Muslim population in Quebec City and a smattering
os Muslims scattered aound the rest of the province, yet the vast majority
of Muslims live in the greater Montreal area. n fact, 23% of Canada's Muslim
population live in Quebec. Why is that? It is largely because Francophone
African Muslims are atrracted to La Belle Provence.
And here's an interesting, perhaps even shocking fact: There are more
Muslims in Montreal than there are evangelical Christians.
This is one demographic factor creates a challenging environment for churches
and believers here: The size of the available 'workforce' is small
by comparison to begin with. Believers are already is a host culture that
is often either indifferent to releigion or resistant to it. And now
this 'new' religious community of Muslims - many of whom do not visibly
or socially conform to Quebec society - are a growing population. It might br
easy for Christians to feel overwhlem by this cultural double-whammy,
yet God has alsways worked miracles through the small, the few.
Agree in prayer for :
- Te people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel
- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding
-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting
together for worship!
- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for
reaching Muslims in Quebec.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
4nd Day of the Month
a) Pray for the preservation of godly values in Canada
(Prov 14:34 -
Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people.
)
b) Pray that political leaders will be awakened by God to the right use
of power and the right stewardship of their positions.
Conclusion:
Pray to Lord as in Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding..
Pray to the Lord for the hope you can have in Him and His just ways.
Pray to the Lord that Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
Pray to the Lord to diligently obey His Word.
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Pray to the Lord for forgiveness of your sins.
.
Pray for Muslims in Quebec to receive Christ as Saviour
and that Christian outreach will increae in Quebec.
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.
Pray to The Lord for the preservation of godly values
in the nations of the world.
Pray that political leaders will be awakened by God to the right use
of power and the right stewardship of their positions.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.