Day 189 - 8 July 2021 reflections
Day 189, 8 July 2021
Isaiah 1-4
Isaiah 1
1 (Isa 2:1; Nu 12:6)The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz,
which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days
of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
The Wickedness of Judah
2 (Mic 1:2; Dt 32:1) Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth.
For the Lord has spoken:
I have nourished and brought up children,
and they have rebelled against Me;
3 (Jer 8:7; Isa 44:18 )the ox knows his owner,
and the donkey his master's crib,
but Israel does not know;
My people do not consider.
4 (Isa 5:24; 5:19) Alas, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
a brood of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger,
they are estranged and backward.
5 (Isa 9:13; 31:6 ) Why should you be beaten again,
that you revolt more and more?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
6 (Jer 6:14; Mt 9:12) From the sole of the foot even to the head
there is no soundness in it.
Wounds, bruises,
and open sores;
they have not been closed,
nor bandaged, nor soothed with oil.
7 (Lev 26:34; Isa 6:11) Your country is desolate,
your cities are burned with fire;
strangers devour your land
in your presence;
and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
8 (Isa 10:32; Job 27:18) The daughter of Zion is left
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut in a field of melons,
like a besieged city.
9 (Ge 19:24; Ro 9:29) Unless the Lord of Hosts
had left to us a very small remnant,
we would have been as Sodom;
we would have been like Gomorrah.
10 (Rev 11:8; Dt 32:32) Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom;
listen to the law of our God,
you people of Gomorrah:
11 (Jer 6:20; 1Sa 15:22) For what purpose is the multitude
of your sacrifices to Me? says the Lord.
I am full of the burnt offerings of rams,
and the fat of fed animals.
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of male goats.
12 (Ex 23:17; 34:23) When you come to appear before Me,
who has required this at your hand,
to trample My courts?
13 (Isa 66:3; 1Ch 23:31) Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to Me.
New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations-
I cannot bear with evil assemblies.
14 (Isa 43:24) My soul hates
your New Moons and your appointed feasts;
they are a burden to Me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 (Isa 59:2-3; Mic 3:4) When you reach out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
even when you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of blood.
16 (Ps 26:6; 1Pe 3:11) Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
put away the evil from your deeds, from before My eyes.
Cease to do evil,
17 (Jer 22:3; Zep 2:3) learn to do good; seek justice,
relieve the oppressed;
judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
18 (Ps 51:7; Rev 7:14) Come now, and let us reason together,
says the Lord.
Though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool.
19 (Dt 30:15-16) If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 (Isa 40:5; 58:14) but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be devoured with the sword;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.
The Degenerate City
21 How the faithful city
has become a prostitute!
She was full of justice;
righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
22 Your silver has become dross,
your wine mixed with water.
23 (Ex 23:8; Mic 7:3) Your princes are rebellious
and companions of thieves;
everyone loves a bribe
and follows after rewards.
They do not defend the fatherless,
nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
24 (Dt 28:63; Isa 49:26 ) Therefore the Lord, the Lord of Hosts,
the Mighty One of Israel, says:
Ah, I will get relief from My adversaries,
and avenge Myself on My enemies.
25 (Mal 3:3) And I will turn My hand against you,
thoroughly purge away your dross,
and take away all your impurities.
26 (Jer 33:7; Zec 8:3) I will restore your judges as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called
the city of righteousness,
a faithful town.
27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice
and her converts with righteousness.
28 (Job 31:3; Ps 1:6) But the destruction of the transgressors
and sinners shall be together,
and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 (Isa 57:5; 65:3) For they shall be ashamed of the oaks
which you have desired,
and you shall be humiliated for the gardens
that you have chosen.
30 For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades,
and as a garden that has no water.
31 (Isa 66:24 ) The strong shall be as tinder,
and his work like a spark;
they will both burn together,
and no one will quench them.
Isaiah 2
The Mountain of the Lord
Mic 4:1-3
1 (Isa 1:1) The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah
and Jerusalem.
2 (Isa 27:13; Mic 4:1-3) In the last days,
the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established
on the top of the mountains,
and shall be exalted above the hills,
and all nations shall flow to it.
3 (Lk 24:47; Isa 51:4-5) Many people shall go and say,
"Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
and He will teach us of His ways,
and we will walk in His paths."
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 (Hos 2:18; Joel 3:10) He shall judge among the nations,
and shall rebuke many peoples;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
nor shall they learn war any more.
5 (Eph 5:8; 1Jn 1:7) O house of Jacob, come,
and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
The Day of the Lord
6 (2Ki 1:2) For You have forsaken Your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are replenished from the east,
and are soothsayers like the Philistines,
and they please themselves with the children of strangers.
7 (Isa 30:16; 31:1) Their land also is full of silver and gold,
and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is also full of horses,
and there is no end to their chariots.
8 (Ps 115:4-8; Isa 37:19) Their land also is full of idols;
they worship the work of their own hands,
that which their own fingers have made.
9 (Isa 5:15; Ps 49:2) And the common man bows down,
and the great man humbles himself;
therefore, do not forgive them.
10 (Rev 6:15-16) Enter into the rock,
and hide in the dust
from the fear of the Lord
and from the glory of His majesty.
11 (Ps 18:27; Isa 5:15-16) The lofty looks of man shall be humbled,
and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down,
and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
12 (Mal 4:1) For the day of the Lord of Hosts shall be
upon everything that is proud and lofty,
and upon everything that is lifted up,
and it shall be brought low;
13 (Isa 14:8) and it will be upon all the cedars of Lebanon
that are high and lifted up,
and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
14 (Isa 30:25; 40:4) and upon all the high mountains,
and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
15 and upon all the high towers,
and upon every fenced wall,
16 (1Ki 10:22; Isa 23:1) and upon all the ships of Tarshish,
and upon all pleasant sloops.
17 (Isa 2:11) The loftiness of man shall be humbled,
and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day;
18 the idols He shall utterly abolish.
19 (Isa 2:10; Heb 12:26; Isa 2:21) They shall go into the holes of the rocks,
and into the caves of the earth,
from the fear of the Lord,
and from the glory of His majesty,
when He shall arise to shake the earth mightily.
20 (Isa 30:22; 31:7) In that day a man shall cast away
his idols of silver and his idols of gold,
which they made for themselves to worship,
to the moles and to the bats,
21 (Isa 2:19) to enter the caverns of the rocks,
and into the clefts of the cliffs,
from the terror of the Lord,
and from the glory of His majesty,
when He arises to shake the earth mightily.
22 (Ps 146:3; 8:4) Cease regarding man,
whose breath is in his nostrils;
for why should he be esteemed?
Isaiah 3
Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem
1 (Lev 26:26; Isa 1:24) For now the Lord,
the Lord of Hosts,
takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah
the stock and the store,
the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;
2 (Eze 17:13 ) the mighty man and the man of war,
the judge and the prophet,
and the prudent and the ancient,
3 the captain of fifty and the honorable man,
the counselor and the skillful artisan, and the eloquent orator.
4 (Ecc 10:16) I will give youths to be their princes,
and unweaned children shall rule over them.
5 (Jer 9:3-8) The people shall be oppressed,
every one by another, and every one by his neighbor;
the youth shall behave himself proudly against the elder,
and the inferior against the honorable.
6 (Isa 4:1) When a man shall take hold of his brother
in the house of his father saying,
"You have clothing; be our ruler,
and let this ruin be under your power,"
7 (Hos 5:13) in that day he shall swear saying,
"I will not be a healer.
For in my house is neither bread nor clothing;
do not make me a ruler of the people."
8 For Jerusalem is ruined,
and Judah is fallen,
because their tongue and their deeds are against the Lord,
to provoke the eyes of His glory.
9 (Ge 13:13; Ro 6:23) The expression of their countenance witnesses
against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom;
they hide it not.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.
10 (Ecc 8:12; Dt 28:1-14) Say to the righteous
that it shall be well with them,
for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 (Dt 28:15-68; Ecc 8:13) Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12 (Isa 3:4) As for My people, children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O My people, those who lead you cause you to err,
and destroy the way of your paths.
13 (Mic 6:2) The Lord stands up to plead
and stands to judge the people.
14 (Job 22:4; Ps 143:2) The Lord will enter into judgment
with the elders and the princes of His people:
For you have eaten up the vineyard;
the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15 (Ps 94:5) What do you mean that you beat My people to pieces
and grind the faces of the poor?
says the Lord God of Hosts.
16 (Isa 4:4; 32:9-11) Moreover the Lord says:
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks
and wanton eyes,
walking and mincing as they go,
and making a tinkling with their feet,
17 therefore, the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the head
of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.
18 (Jdg 8:21) In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the ankle
ornaments, and the headbands, and the crescent ornaments,
19 the chains, and the bracelets, and the veils,
20 (Ex 39:28) the bonnets, the leg ornaments, the sashes,
perfume boxes, amulets,
21 (Ge 24:47) the finger rings, nose rings,
22 festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, purses,
23 hand mirrors, and undergarments, hoods, and veils.
24 (Isa 22:12; La 2:10) Instead of sweet perfume there shall be a stench;
and instead of a belt, a rope;
and instead of well-set hair, baldness;
and instead of fine clothes, a girding of sackcloth;
and branding instead of beauty.
25 Your men shall fall by the sword,
and your mighty in the war.
26 (Jer 14:2; La 2:10) Her gates shall lament and mourn,
and she, being desolate, shall sit on the ground.
Isaiah 4
1 (Ge 30:23; Isa 13:12) And in that day seven women
shall take hold of one man, saying,
"We will eat our own bread,
and wear our own apparel,
only let us be called by your name,
to take away our reproach."
The Branch of the Lord
2 (Jer 23:5; Zec 3:8; 6:12) In that day the branch of the Lord shall
be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent
and comely for those of Israel who have escaped.
3 (Lk 10:20; Isa 52:1) He who is left in Zion and he who remains
in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone who is written
among the living in Jerusalem.
4 (Mal 3:2-3; Eze 36:25) When the Lord has washed away
the filth of the daughters of Zion and has purged the blood of Jerusalem
from the midst by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning,
5 (Ex 13:21-22; Nu 9:15-22) then the Lord will create upon every
dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies,
a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night.
For over all the glory shall be a covering.
6 (Isa 25:4; Ps 27:5; Isa 32:2) There shall be a tabernacle for a shadow
in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge,
and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
2) Our Daily Bread for 8 July 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/08/checking-for-dust
entitled Blocked Prayers
Mark 11:20-25
The Lesson From the Fig Tree
Mt 21:20–22
20 In the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree
withered from the roots.
21 Peter, calling to remembrance, said to Him, "Rabbi, look!
The fig tree which You cursed has withered away."
22 Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.
23 (Mt 17:20; 1Co 13:2) For truly I say to you, whoever
says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be thrown into the sea,'
and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says
will come to pass, he will have whatever he says.
24 (1Jn 3:22) Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.
25Col 3:13; Mt 6:12And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything
against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you
your sins.â€
For fourteen years, the Mars rover Opportunity faithfully communicated
with the people at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. After it landed in 2004,
it traversed 28 miles of the Martian surface, took thousands of images,
and analyzed many materials. But in 2018, communication between Opportunity
and scientists ended when a major dust storm coated its solar panels,
causing the rover to lose power.
Is it possible that we can allow "dust" to block our communication
with Someone outside of our world? When it comes to prayer
-communicating with God-there are certain things that can get in the way.
Scripture says that sin can block our relationship with God. "If I had
cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened" (Psalm 66:18).
Jesus instructs, "When you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,
forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you
your sins" (Mark 11:25). Our communication with God can also be hindered
by doubt and relationship problems (James 1:5-7; 1 Peter 3:7).
Opportunity's blockage of communication seems to be permanent.
But our prayers don't have to be blocked. By the work of the Holy Spirit,
God lovingly draws us to restored communication with Him.
As we confess our sins and turn to Him, by God's grace we experience
the greatest communication the universe has ever known:
1-to-1 prayer between us and our holy God.
By: Dave Branon
Reflect & Pray
How can confessing your sins to God improve your communication with Him?
What can you do to enrich your prayer life?
Father, guide me to discover what's limiting my communication with You.
Thank You for helping me connect with You!
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 5 When you pray
Mark 11:25
25 And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything
against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may
also forgive you your sins.
"My prayer don't seem to be very effective," a man told his pastor." I try
to make contact with God, but my prayers seem to hit the ceiling and bounce
back."
The pastor thought for a moment, then gently suggested,
"Is there someone in your life you haven't forgiven?"
"What do you meam?" The man's face flushed; the pastir has obviuosly struck
a nerve. "Well, I guess I've had some struggles with my mother ... and then,
my wife, and I ... ." The hidden truth cme to light: the man was bound in
unforgiving relationships with five of the closest people to him.
Forgiveness is an essential element in prayer. For a very good reason,
worship services in litugical churches place the confession of sin and the
absolution near t he beginning of the service, before the reading of God's
Word, prayer, and the sermon. Forgiveness - both the Lord's forgiveness
of us and our forgiveness of others - clears the way for unhindered
communication between God and his people.
When we carry anger and bitterness, or even deeply buired, well-subliminated
unforgiveness, into the presence of God, our prayers will be affected. We can,
however, free the Hopy Spirit to work in our lives and the lives of others
through forgiveness. We can choose to forgive in light of God's forgiveness
of us. And when we do, the channels are re-established;
we can pray in power and opene ourselves to an awareness of his activity
in our lives.
Application
a) Have my prayers ever been affected by unforgiveness in my life?
b) Is there someone in my life whom I need to forgive,
whether or not I can work toward
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Prov 3:9-10
9 Honor the Lord with your substance,
and with the first fruits of all your increase;
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your presses will burst out with new wine.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Worried Over Money
Hebr 13:5-6
5 Let your lives be without love of money, and be content
with the things you have. For He has said:
"I will never leave you, nor forsake you."
6 So we may boldly say:
"The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to 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?)
Where do Muslims live?
Canada is a land of immigrants. And Muslims are coming in increasing numbers
to our shores. Where do they live? How can we prayfor these areas? Use this as
your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.
Data for those population figures is extrapoled for the 2011 National
Household Survay and population growth projections by Pew Forum. These have
also been adjusted by +40% as reliable sources state that on 60% of Muslims
self-identify on government surveys and forms. These estimates are still on
the conservative end of the spectrum. Percentages represent that of the total
Canadian population, not provincial
BC - 136493 - 7.5%
AB - 195240 - 11%
SK - 17279 - 1%
MB - 21349 - 1.2%
ON - 1001542 - 55%
QC - 418946 - 23%
NB - 4543 - 0.003%
NS - 14629 - 0.1%
PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%
NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%
Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%
NWT - 473 - 0.0003%
NU - 86 - 0.00005%
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
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 Manitoba, 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 confess yours sin no matter how vile they are.
Pray to the Lord "Father, guide me to discover what's limiting
my communication with You.
Thank You for helping me connect with You!"
Pray to the Lord to be truly forgiving.
Pray to the Lord to honour him with your first substances
Pray to the Lord to be fearless in Him
Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.
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 that the Church will deepen its commitment
to prayer and never cease to call upon God
Pray for Kenyan Christian converts from Islam who face ongoing threats
and persecution from family members.
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.
Isaiah 1-4
Isaiah 1
1 (Isa 2:1; Nu 12:6)The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz,
which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days
of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
The Wickedness of Judah
2 (Mic 1:2; Dt 32:1) Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth.
For the Lord has spoken:
I have nourished and brought up children,
and they have rebelled against Me;
3 (Jer 8:7; Isa 44:18 )the ox knows his owner,
and the donkey his master's crib,
but Israel does not know;
My people do not consider.
4 (Isa 5:24; 5:19) Alas, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
a brood of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger,
they are estranged and backward.
5 (Isa 9:13; 31:6 ) Why should you be beaten again,
that you revolt more and more?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
6 (Jer 6:14; Mt 9:12) From the sole of the foot even to the head
there is no soundness in it.
Wounds, bruises,
and open sores;
they have not been closed,
nor bandaged, nor soothed with oil.
7 (Lev 26:34; Isa 6:11) Your country is desolate,
your cities are burned with fire;
strangers devour your land
in your presence;
and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
8 (Isa 10:32; Job 27:18) The daughter of Zion is left
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut in a field of melons,
like a besieged city.
9 (Ge 19:24; Ro 9:29) Unless the Lord of Hosts
had left to us a very small remnant,
we would have been as Sodom;
we would have been like Gomorrah.
10 (Rev 11:8; Dt 32:32) Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom;
listen to the law of our God,
you people of Gomorrah:
11 (Jer 6:20; 1Sa 15:22) For what purpose is the multitude
of your sacrifices to Me? says the Lord.
I am full of the burnt offerings of rams,
and the fat of fed animals.
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of male goats.
12 (Ex 23:17; 34:23) When you come to appear before Me,
who has required this at your hand,
to trample My courts?
13 (Isa 66:3; 1Ch 23:31) Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to Me.
New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations-
I cannot bear with evil assemblies.
14 (Isa 43:24) My soul hates
your New Moons and your appointed feasts;
they are a burden to Me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 (Isa 59:2-3; Mic 3:4) When you reach out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
even when you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of blood.
16 (Ps 26:6; 1Pe 3:11) Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
put away the evil from your deeds, from before My eyes.
Cease to do evil,
17 (Jer 22:3; Zep 2:3) learn to do good; seek justice,
relieve the oppressed;
judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
18 (Ps 51:7; Rev 7:14) Come now, and let us reason together,
says the Lord.
Though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool.
19 (Dt 30:15-16) If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 (Isa 40:5; 58:14) but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be devoured with the sword;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.
The Degenerate City
21 How the faithful city
has become a prostitute!
She was full of justice;
righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
22 Your silver has become dross,
your wine mixed with water.
23 (Ex 23:8; Mic 7:3) Your princes are rebellious
and companions of thieves;
everyone loves a bribe
and follows after rewards.
They do not defend the fatherless,
nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
24 (Dt 28:63; Isa 49:26 ) Therefore the Lord, the Lord of Hosts,
the Mighty One of Israel, says:
Ah, I will get relief from My adversaries,
and avenge Myself on My enemies.
25 (Mal 3:3) And I will turn My hand against you,
thoroughly purge away your dross,
and take away all your impurities.
26 (Jer 33:7; Zec 8:3) I will restore your judges as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called
the city of righteousness,
a faithful town.
27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice
and her converts with righteousness.
28 (Job 31:3; Ps 1:6) But the destruction of the transgressors
and sinners shall be together,
and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 (Isa 57:5; 65:3) For they shall be ashamed of the oaks
which you have desired,
and you shall be humiliated for the gardens
that you have chosen.
30 For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades,
and as a garden that has no water.
31 (Isa 66:24 ) The strong shall be as tinder,
and his work like a spark;
they will both burn together,
and no one will quench them.
Isaiah 2
The Mountain of the Lord
Mic 4:1-3
1 (Isa 1:1) The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah
and Jerusalem.
2 (Isa 27:13; Mic 4:1-3) In the last days,
the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established
on the top of the mountains,
and shall be exalted above the hills,
and all nations shall flow to it.
3 (Lk 24:47; Isa 51:4-5) Many people shall go and say,
"Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
and He will teach us of His ways,
and we will walk in His paths."
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 (Hos 2:18; Joel 3:10) He shall judge among the nations,
and shall rebuke many peoples;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
nor shall they learn war any more.
5 (Eph 5:8; 1Jn 1:7) O house of Jacob, come,
and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
The Day of the Lord
6 (2Ki 1:2) For You have forsaken Your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are replenished from the east,
and are soothsayers like the Philistines,
and they please themselves with the children of strangers.
7 (Isa 30:16; 31:1) Their land also is full of silver and gold,
and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is also full of horses,
and there is no end to their chariots.
8 (Ps 115:4-8; Isa 37:19) Their land also is full of idols;
they worship the work of their own hands,
that which their own fingers have made.
9 (Isa 5:15; Ps 49:2) And the common man bows down,
and the great man humbles himself;
therefore, do not forgive them.
10 (Rev 6:15-16) Enter into the rock,
and hide in the dust
from the fear of the Lord
and from the glory of His majesty.
11 (Ps 18:27; Isa 5:15-16) The lofty looks of man shall be humbled,
and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down,
and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
12 (Mal 4:1) For the day of the Lord of Hosts shall be
upon everything that is proud and lofty,
and upon everything that is lifted up,
and it shall be brought low;
13 (Isa 14:8) and it will be upon all the cedars of Lebanon
that are high and lifted up,
and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
14 (Isa 30:25; 40:4) and upon all the high mountains,
and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
15 and upon all the high towers,
and upon every fenced wall,
16 (1Ki 10:22; Isa 23:1) and upon all the ships of Tarshish,
and upon all pleasant sloops.
17 (Isa 2:11) The loftiness of man shall be humbled,
and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day;
18 the idols He shall utterly abolish.
19 (Isa 2:10; Heb 12:26; Isa 2:21) They shall go into the holes of the rocks,
and into the caves of the earth,
from the fear of the Lord,
and from the glory of His majesty,
when He shall arise to shake the earth mightily.
20 (Isa 30:22; 31:7) In that day a man shall cast away
his idols of silver and his idols of gold,
which they made for themselves to worship,
to the moles and to the bats,
21 (Isa 2:19) to enter the caverns of the rocks,
and into the clefts of the cliffs,
from the terror of the Lord,
and from the glory of His majesty,
when He arises to shake the earth mightily.
22 (Ps 146:3; 8:4) Cease regarding man,
whose breath is in his nostrils;
for why should he be esteemed?
Isaiah 3
Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem
1 (Lev 26:26; Isa 1:24) For now the Lord,
the Lord of Hosts,
takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah
the stock and the store,
the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;
2 (Eze 17:13 ) the mighty man and the man of war,
the judge and the prophet,
and the prudent and the ancient,
3 the captain of fifty and the honorable man,
the counselor and the skillful artisan, and the eloquent orator.
4 (Ecc 10:16) I will give youths to be their princes,
and unweaned children shall rule over them.
5 (Jer 9:3-8) The people shall be oppressed,
every one by another, and every one by his neighbor;
the youth shall behave himself proudly against the elder,
and the inferior against the honorable.
6 (Isa 4:1) When a man shall take hold of his brother
in the house of his father saying,
"You have clothing; be our ruler,
and let this ruin be under your power,"
7 (Hos 5:13) in that day he shall swear saying,
"I will not be a healer.
For in my house is neither bread nor clothing;
do not make me a ruler of the people."
8 For Jerusalem is ruined,
and Judah is fallen,
because their tongue and their deeds are against the Lord,
to provoke the eyes of His glory.
9 (Ge 13:13; Ro 6:23) The expression of their countenance witnesses
against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom;
they hide it not.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.
10 (Ecc 8:12; Dt 28:1-14) Say to the righteous
that it shall be well with them,
for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 (Dt 28:15-68; Ecc 8:13) Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12 (Isa 3:4) As for My people, children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O My people, those who lead you cause you to err,
and destroy the way of your paths.
13 (Mic 6:2) The Lord stands up to plead
and stands to judge the people.
14 (Job 22:4; Ps 143:2) The Lord will enter into judgment
with the elders and the princes of His people:
For you have eaten up the vineyard;
the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15 (Ps 94:5) What do you mean that you beat My people to pieces
and grind the faces of the poor?
says the Lord God of Hosts.
16 (Isa 4:4; 32:9-11) Moreover the Lord says:
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks
and wanton eyes,
walking and mincing as they go,
and making a tinkling with their feet,
17 therefore, the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the head
of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.
18 (Jdg 8:21) In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the ankle
ornaments, and the headbands, and the crescent ornaments,
19 the chains, and the bracelets, and the veils,
20 (Ex 39:28) the bonnets, the leg ornaments, the sashes,
perfume boxes, amulets,
21 (Ge 24:47) the finger rings, nose rings,
22 festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, purses,
23 hand mirrors, and undergarments, hoods, and veils.
24 (Isa 22:12; La 2:10) Instead of sweet perfume there shall be a stench;
and instead of a belt, a rope;
and instead of well-set hair, baldness;
and instead of fine clothes, a girding of sackcloth;
and branding instead of beauty.
25 Your men shall fall by the sword,
and your mighty in the war.
26 (Jer 14:2; La 2:10) Her gates shall lament and mourn,
and she, being desolate, shall sit on the ground.
Isaiah 4
1 (Ge 30:23; Isa 13:12) And in that day seven women
shall take hold of one man, saying,
"We will eat our own bread,
and wear our own apparel,
only let us be called by your name,
to take away our reproach."
The Branch of the Lord
2 (Jer 23:5; Zec 3:8; 6:12) In that day the branch of the Lord shall
be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent
and comely for those of Israel who have escaped.
3 (Lk 10:20; Isa 52:1) He who is left in Zion and he who remains
in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone who is written
among the living in Jerusalem.
4 (Mal 3:2-3; Eze 36:25) When the Lord has washed away
the filth of the daughters of Zion and has purged the blood of Jerusalem
from the midst by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning,
5 (Ex 13:21-22; Nu 9:15-22) then the Lord will create upon every
dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies,
a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night.
For over all the glory shall be a covering.
6 (Isa 25:4; Ps 27:5; Isa 32:2) There shall be a tabernacle for a shadow
in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge,
and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
2) Our Daily Bread for 8 July 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/08/checking-for-dust
entitled Blocked Prayers
Mark 11:20-25
The Lesson From the Fig Tree
Mt 21:20–22
20 In the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree
withered from the roots.
21 Peter, calling to remembrance, said to Him, "Rabbi, look!
The fig tree which You cursed has withered away."
22 Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.
23 (Mt 17:20; 1Co 13:2) For truly I say to you, whoever
says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be thrown into the sea,'
and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says
will come to pass, he will have whatever he says.
24 (1Jn 3:22) Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.
25Col 3:13; Mt 6:12And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything
against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you
your sins.â€
For fourteen years, the Mars rover Opportunity faithfully communicated
with the people at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. After it landed in 2004,
it traversed 28 miles of the Martian surface, took thousands of images,
and analyzed many materials. But in 2018, communication between Opportunity
and scientists ended when a major dust storm coated its solar panels,
causing the rover to lose power.
Is it possible that we can allow "dust" to block our communication
with Someone outside of our world? When it comes to prayer
-communicating with God-there are certain things that can get in the way.
Scripture says that sin can block our relationship with God. "If I had
cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened" (Psalm 66:18).
Jesus instructs, "When you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,
forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you
your sins" (Mark 11:25). Our communication with God can also be hindered
by doubt and relationship problems (James 1:5-7; 1 Peter 3:7).
Opportunity's blockage of communication seems to be permanent.
But our prayers don't have to be blocked. By the work of the Holy Spirit,
God lovingly draws us to restored communication with Him.
As we confess our sins and turn to Him, by God's grace we experience
the greatest communication the universe has ever known:
1-to-1 prayer between us and our holy God.
By: Dave Branon
Reflect & Pray
How can confessing your sins to God improve your communication with Him?
What can you do to enrich your prayer life?
Father, guide me to discover what's limiting my communication with You.
Thank You for helping me connect with You!
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 5 When you pray
Mark 11:25
25 And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything
against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may
also forgive you your sins.
"My prayer don't seem to be very effective," a man told his pastor." I try
to make contact with God, but my prayers seem to hit the ceiling and bounce
back."
The pastor thought for a moment, then gently suggested,
"Is there someone in your life you haven't forgiven?"
"What do you meam?" The man's face flushed; the pastir has obviuosly struck
a nerve. "Well, I guess I've had some struggles with my mother ... and then,
my wife, and I ... ." The hidden truth cme to light: the man was bound in
unforgiving relationships with five of the closest people to him.
Forgiveness is an essential element in prayer. For a very good reason,
worship services in litugical churches place the confession of sin and the
absolution near t he beginning of the service, before the reading of God's
Word, prayer, and the sermon. Forgiveness - both the Lord's forgiveness
of us and our forgiveness of others - clears the way for unhindered
communication between God and his people.
When we carry anger and bitterness, or even deeply buired, well-subliminated
unforgiveness, into the presence of God, our prayers will be affected. We can,
however, free the Hopy Spirit to work in our lives and the lives of others
through forgiveness. We can choose to forgive in light of God's forgiveness
of us. And when we do, the channels are re-established;
we can pray in power and opene ourselves to an awareness of his activity
in our lives.
Application
a) Have my prayers ever been affected by unforgiveness in my life?
b) Is there someone in my life whom I need to forgive,
whether or not I can work toward
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Prov 3:9-10
9 Honor the Lord with your substance,
and with the first fruits of all your increase;
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your presses will burst out with new wine.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Worried Over Money
Hebr 13:5-6
5 Let your lives be without love of money, and be content
with the things you have. For He has said:
"I will never leave you, nor forsake you."
6 So we may boldly say:
"The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to 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?)
Where do Muslims live?
Canada is a land of immigrants. And Muslims are coming in increasing numbers
to our shores. Where do they live? How can we prayfor these areas? Use this as
your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.
Data for those population figures is extrapoled for the 2011 National
Household Survay and population growth projections by Pew Forum. These have
also been adjusted by +40% as reliable sources state that on 60% of Muslims
self-identify on government surveys and forms. These estimates are still on
the conservative end of the spectrum. Percentages represent that of the total
Canadian population, not provincial
BC - 136493 - 7.5%
AB - 195240 - 11%
SK - 17279 - 1%
MB - 21349 - 1.2%
ON - 1001542 - 55%
QC - 418946 - 23%
NB - 4543 - 0.003%
NS - 14629 - 0.1%
PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%
NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%
Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%
NWT - 473 - 0.0003%
NU - 86 - 0.00005%
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
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 Manitoba, 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 confess yours sin no matter how vile they are.
Pray to the Lord "Father, guide me to discover what's limiting
my communication with You.
Thank You for helping me connect with You!"
Pray to the Lord to be truly forgiving.
Pray to the Lord to honour him with your first substances
Pray to the Lord to be fearless in Him
Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.
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 that the Church will deepen its commitment
to prayer and never cease to call upon God
Pray for Kenyan Christian converts from Islam who face ongoing threats
and persecution from family members.
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.