Day 206 - 25 July 2021 reflections
Day 206, 25 July 2021
Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ we looked at
Job 5:7
7 (Job 14:1; Ge 3:17-19) but man is born to trouble,
as the sparks fly upward.
Psalms 46
For the Music Director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.
A Song.
1 God {omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, immutble}
is our refuge and strength, a well-proven help in trouble.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed,
and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) There is a river whose streams make glad the city
of God, the holy dwelling place of the Most High.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) God is in the midst of her; she will not be moved;
God will help her in the early dawn.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) The nations roared; the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice; the earth melted.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) The Lord of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Come, see the works of the Lord,
who makes desolations in the earth.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts off the spear;
He burns the chariot in the fire.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Be still and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) The Lord of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
John 16:33
33 (Jn 14:27; 1Jn 4:4; Jn 14:1) "I have told you these things
so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have
tribulation. But be of good cheer. I have overcome the world."
Isaiah 40 - 43
Isaiah 40
Comfort for God's People
1 (Isa 51:12; 51:3) Comfort, O comfort, My people, says your God.
2 (Isa 61:7; Jer 16:18) Speak kindly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that her warfare has ended,
that her iniquity has been pardoned,
that she has received of the hand of the Lord
double for all her sins.
3 (Mal 3:1; Jn 1:23; Mal 4:5-6 ) The voice of him who cries out,
"Prepare the way of the Lord
in the wilderness,
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.
4 (Isa 45:2; Eze 21:26 ) Let every valley be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low,
and let the rough ground become a plain,
and the rough places a plain;
5 (Isa 1:20; 52:10) then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it."
6 (Job 14:2; Ps 102:11) The voice said, "Cry out."
And he said, "What shall I cry out?"
All flesh is grass,
and all its loveliness is as the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades
because the Spirit of the Lord blows upon it;
surely the people are grass.
8 (Mt 5:18; 1Pe 1:25) The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God shall stand forever.
9 (Isa 25:9; 12:2) O Zion, bearer of good news,
get yourself up onto a high mountain;
O Jerusalem, bearer of good news,
lift up your voice with strength,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
say to the cities of Judah,
"Here is your God!"
10 (Isa 62:11; Rev 22:12) See, the Lord God will come with a strong hand,
and His arm shall rule for Him;
see, His reward is with Him,
and His recompense before Him.
11 (Eze 34:23; Mic 5:4) He shall feed His flock like a shepherd;
He shall gather the lambs with His arm,
and carry them in His bosom,
and shall gently lead those that are with young.
12 (Pr 30:4; Heb 1:10-12) Who has measured the waters
in the hollow of His hand,
and meted out heaven with the span,
and calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,
and weighed the mountains in scales,
and the hills in a balance?
13 (Ro 11:34; 1Co 2:16 ) Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
or as His counselor has taught Him?
14 (Col 2:3; Job 21:22) With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him,
and taught Him in the path of justice,
and taught Him knowledge,
and showed to Him the way of understanding?
15 (Jer 10:10) Certainly the nations are as a drop in a bucket,
and are counted as the small dust of the balance;
He takes up the coastlands as a very little thing.
16 (Mic 6:6-7) Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor the beasts sufficient as a burnt offering.
17 (Ps 62:9) All nations before Him are as nothing,
and they are counted by Him as less than nothing
and meaningless.
18 (Isa 46:5; Ac 17:29; Ex 8:10) To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
19 (Ps 115:4-8; Hab 2:18-19) The workman melts a graven image,
and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold,
and casts silver chains.
20 (1Sa 5:3-4; Isa 41:7) He who is too impoverished for such an offering
chooses a tree that will not rot;
he seeks for himself a skillful workman
to prepare a graven image that shall not totter.
21 (Ac 14:17) Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 (Nu 13:33; Ps 104:2) It is He who sits upon the circle of the earth,
and the inhabitants are as grasshoppers,
who stretches out the heavens as a curtain,
and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in.
23 (Job 12:21; Ps 107:40) He brings the princes to nothing;
He makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
24 (Isa 41:16; 17:13) Scarcely shall they be planted;
scarcely shall they be sown;
scarcely shall their tree take root in the earth,
when He will also blow on them,
and they will wither,
and the whirlwind will take them away as stubble.
25 (Isa 40:18) To whom then will you liken Me,
that I should be equal to him? says the Holy One.
26 (Ps 89:11-13; Isa 48:13) Lift up your eyes on high,
and see who has created these things,
who brings out their host by number;
He calls them all by name,
by the greatness of His might and the strength of His power;
not one of them is missing.
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and assert, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my justice escapes the notice of my God"?
28 (Ps 147:5; Ge 21:33; Isa 57:15) Have you not known?
Have you not heard,
that the everlasting God, the Lord,
the Creator of the ends of the earth,
does not faint, nor is He weary?
His understanding is inscrutable.
29 (Isa 41:10) He gives power to the faint,
and to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 (Isa 9:17) Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall,
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.
Isaiah 41
The Lord Helps Israel
1 (Hab 2:20; Zec 2:13) Keep silent before Me, O islands,
and let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near, then let them speak;
let us come near together to judgment.
2 (Isa 40:24; 45:1) Who raised up the righteous man from the east,
called him to His foot,
gave the nations before him,
and made him rule over kings?
He makes them as the dust with his sword,
and as driven stubble with his bow.
3 He pursued them, and passed safely,
by paths his feet have not traveled.
4 (Isa 41:26; 48:12) Who has performed and done this,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am the first,
and with the last. I am He.
5 (Jos 5:1; Ps 67:7) The coastlands saw it and feared,
the ends of the earth were afraid;
they drew near and came.
6 Every one helped his neighbor,
and every one said to his brother, "Be of good courage."
7 (Isa 40:19-20) So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,
and he who smooths metal with the hammer
encourages him who strikes the anvil,
saying, "It is ready for the soldering";
and he fastened it with nails so that it should not totter.
8 (2Ch 20:7; Jas 2:23) But you, Israel, are My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
the seed of Abraham, My friend.
9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
and called from its remotest parts,
and said to you, “You are My servant;
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.â€
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."
14 (Ps 22:6; Isa 43:14) Do not fear, you worm Jacob,
and you men of Israel.
I will help you, says the Lord
and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 (Mic 4:13; Hab 3:12) See, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument
with double edges;
you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small,
and shall make the hills as chaff.
16 (Jer 51:2) You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away,
and the whirlwind shall scatter them;
and you shall rejoice in the Lord,
and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 (Isa 30:19; 42:16) When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongues fail for thirst,
I, the Lord, will hear them,
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 (Ps 107:35; Isa 30:25) I will open rivers in high places,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.
19 (Isa 55:13; 60:13) I will plant in the wilderness
the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive tree;
I will set in the desert
the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together,
20 (Job 12:9) that they may see, and know,
and consider, and understand together,
that the hand of the Lord has done this,
and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
The Futility of Idols
21 Present your case, says the Lord.
Bring forth your arguments, says the King of Jacob.
22 (Isa 45:21; 46:10) Let them bring them forth, and show us
what shall happen;
let them show the former things, what they were,
that we may consider them
and know their outcome,
or declare to us things to come.
23 (Isa 42:9; 44:7-8) Show the things that are to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods;
do good, or do evil,
that we may be dismayed and see it together.
24 (Ps 115:8; 1Co 8:4) Indeed you are nothing,
and your work amounts to nothing;
he who chooses you is an abomination.
25 (Isa 41:2; 2Sa 22:43) I have raised up one from the north,
and he shall come;
from the rising of the sun he shall call on My name;
and he shall come on princes as on mortar,
and as the potter treads clay.
26 (Isa 41:22; 44:7) Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know?
And from former times, that we may say, "He is right!"?
There is no one who shows,
no one who declares,
no one who hears your words.
27 (Isa 40:9; 52:7) Formerly I said to Zion, "Look, here they are,"
and to Jerusalem, "I will give one who brings good news."
28 (Isa 63:5) But when I look, there is no man,
even among them, and there is no counselor
who, when I ask of them, could answer a word.
29 (Isa 41:24; Jer 5:13) See, they all are vanity;
their works are nothing;
their molded images are wind and emptiness.
Isaiah 42
The Servant of the Lord
1 (Isa 43:10; 52:13) Here is My servant, whom I uphold,
My chosen one, in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon him;
he shall bring forth justice to the nations.
2 (Zec 9:9) He shall not cry out, nor lift up his voice,
nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3 (Ps 96:13; 147:3) A bruised reed he shall not break,
and the smoking flax he shall not quench;
he shall bring forth justice faithfully.
4 (Ge 49:10; Isa 60:9) He shall not be disheartened nor be discouraged,
until he has set justice in the earth;
and the coastlands shall wait for his law.
5 (Ac 17:25; Job 12:10) Thus says God the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread forth the earth and that which comes out of it,
who gives breath to the people on it,
and spirit to those who walk in it:
6 (Lk 2:32; Isa 49:6; 49:8) I the Lord have called You in righteousness,
and will hold Your hand,
and will keep You and appoint You
for a covenant of the people,
for a light of the nations,
7 (Isa 35:5; 61:1; 49:9) to open the blind eyes,
to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.
8 (Isa 48:11; Ex 20:3-5) I am the Lord, that is My name;
and My glory I will not give to another,
nor My praise to graven images.
9 (Isa 43:19) See, the former things have come to pass,
and new things I declare;
before they spring forth
I tell you of them.
A Song of Praise
10 (Ps 33:3; 40:3) Sing to the Lord a new song,
and His praise from the ends of the earth,
you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,
the coastlands, and the inhabitants.
11 (Isa 32:16; 60:7) Let the wilderness and the cities lift up their voices,
the villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord,
and declare His praise in the islands.
13 (Ps 78:65; Hos 11:10) The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, yes, raise a war cry;
He shall prevail against His enemies.
The Lord's Help Is Promised
14 I have for a long time held My peace;
I have been still and refrained Myself.
Now I will cry like a travailing woman;
I will destroy and devour at once.
15 (Isa 50:2; Na 1:4-6) I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation,
and I will make the rivers islands,
and I will dry up the pools.
16 (Isa 29:18; 32:3 ) I will bring the blind by a way that they did not know;
I will lead them in paths that they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them
and crooked things straight.
These things I will do for them
and not forsake them.
17 (Ps 97:7; Isa 1:29) They shall be turned back,
they shall be greatly ashamed,
who trust in graven images,
who say to the molded images, "You are our gods."
Israel's Disobedience
18 (Isa 29:18) Hear, you deaf;
look, you blind, that you may see.
19 (Jer 5:21; Eze 12:2) Who is blind, but My servant?
Or deaf, as My messenger whom I sent?
Who is blind as he who is at peace with Me,
and blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 You have seen many things, but you do not observe them;
your ears are open, but no one hears.
21 The Lord is well pleased
for His righteousness' sake
to magnify the law and make it honorable.
22 (Isa 14:17) But this is a people robbed and despoiled;
they are all snared in holes,
and they are hidden in prison houses;
they are for a prey,
and no one delivers,
for a spoil,
and no one says, "Restore them."
23 (Isa 48:18) Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
24 Who gave up Jacob as spoil,
and Israel to the robbers?
Did not the Lord,
against whom we have sinned?
For they would not walk in His ways,
nor were they obedient to His law.
25 (Hos 7:9; Isa 57:11) Therefore, He has poured on him the fury of His anger
and the strength of battle;
and it has set him on fire all around, yet he did not recognize it;
and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Isaiah 43
The Redeemer of Israel
1 (Isa 43:7; 44:2) But now, thus says the Lord
who created you, O Jacob,
and He who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name; you are Mine.
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.
3 (Ex 20:2; Pr 21:18) For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I gave Egypt for your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
4 (Ex 19:5-6) Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honorable,
and I have loved you;
therefore, I will give men for you,
and people for your life.
5 (Isa 49:12; 44:2) Do not fear, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
and gather you from the west;
6 I will say to the north, "Give them up,"
and to the south, "Do not keep them back.
Bring My sons from afar,
and My daughters from the ends of the earth,
7 (Ps 100:3; Isa 43:1) even everyone who is called by My name,
for I have created him for My glory;
I have formed him, and I have made him."
8 (Isa 6:9; Eze 12:2) Bring forth the blind people who have eyes,
and the deaf who have ears.
9 (Isa 41:1; 43:26) Let all the nations be gathered together,
and let the people be assembled.
Who among them can declare this,
and show us former things?
Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified;
or let them hear and say, "It is true."
10 (Isa 41:4; 42:1) You are My witnesses, says the Lord,
and My servant whom I have chosen
that you may know and believe Me,
and understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
nor shall there be after Me.
11 (Hos 13:4; Dt 6:4) I, even I, am the Lord,
and besides Me there is no savior.
12 (Dt 32:12; Isa 43:10) I have declared, and have saved, and I have shown,
when there was no strange god among you;
therefore, you are My witnesses, says the Lord, that I am God.
13 (Ps 90:2; Job 9:12) Indeed, from eternity I am He;
there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;
I act, and who can reverse it?
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.
Pleading With Israel
22 (Mic 6:3; Mal 1:13) But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob;
but you have been weary of Me, O Israel.
23 (Am 5:25; Zec 7:5-6) You have not brought Me the sheep
for your burnt offerings,
nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
nor wearied you with incense.
24 (Isa 1:14; 7:13) You have bought Me no sweet cane with money,
nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
but you have made Me burdened with your sins;
you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
25 (Isa 37:35; 44:22) I, even I, am He who blots out
your transgressions for My own sake,
and will not remember your sins.
26 (Isa 1:18; 43:9) Put Me in remembrance;
let us plead together;
state your cause, that you may be justified.
27 (Jer 5:31; Isa 28:7) Your first father has sinned,
and your teachers have transgressed against Me.
28 (Jer 24:9; Ps 79:4) Therefore, I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary,
and have given Jacob to the curse,
and Israel to reproaches.
2) Our Daily Bread for 25 July 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/25/of-prayer-and-dust-and-stars-2
entitled Of Prayer and Dust and Stars
Geensis 15:1-6
1 (Ge 26:24; Ps 3:3) After this the word of the Lord came to
Abram in a vision, saying,
"Do not fear, Abram.
I am your shield,
your exceedingly great reward.Or your reward will be great."
2 (Ac 7:5) But Abram said, "Lord God, what will You give me,
seeing I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
3 (Ge 14:14) Abram said, "Since You have not given me any children,
my heir is a servant born in my house."
4 (Ge 17:16) Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
"This man will not be your heir, but a son that is
from your own body will be your heir."
5 (Dt 1:10; Ge 22:17; Ex 32:13) He brought him outside and said,
"Look up toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them."
And He said to him, "So will your descendants be."
6 (Jas 2:23; Ps 106:31) Abram believed the Lord,
and He credited it to him as righteousness.
Lara and Dave desperately wanted a baby, but their physician told them
they were unable to have one. Lara confided to a friend:
"I found myself having some very honest talks with God."
But it was after one of those "talks" that she and Dave spoke to their pastor,
who told them about an adoption ministry at their church.
A year later they were blessed with an adopted baby boy.
In Genesis 15, the Bible tells of another honest conversation-this
one between Abram and God. God had told him,
"Do not be afraid, Abram. I am . . . your very great reward" (v. 1).
But Abram, uncertain of God’s promises about his future, a
nswered candidly: "Sovereign Lord, what can you give me
since I remain childless?" (v. 2).
Earlier God had promised Abram, "I will make your offspring
like the dust of the earth" (13:16). Now Abram-in a very human moment-
reminded God of that. But note God's response:
He assured Abram by telling him to look up and
"count the stars—if indeed you can,"
indicating his descendants would be beyond numbering (15:5).
How good is God, not only to allow such candid prayer
but also to gently reassure Abram! Later, God would change
his name to Abraham (“father of manyâ€). Like Abraham,
you and I can openly share our hearts with Him
and know that we can trust Him to do what's best for us and others.
By: James Banks
Reflect & Pray
How do you think Abraham felt when God encouraged Him
in such a difficult moment? What candid conversation
do you need to have with God today?
Loving heavenly Father, thank You for caring about
even the most intimate details of my life.
Help me to stay close to You in prayer today.
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
Is 48:15,17
15 I, 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?)
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
Day 25 of the Month
a) Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
(Acts 2: 41,47b
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized,
and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
)
b) Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
( Prov 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for being a ever pesnet help in trouble
Pray to the Lord and repent of your sins.
Pray to the Lord "Loving heavenly Father, thank You for caring about
even the most intimate details of my life.
Help me to stay close to You in prayer today."
Pray to the Lord to overcome your own insufficificies.
Pray to the Lord and be thankly for any calling.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for Salvation
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 there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
Pray for believers from Muslim backgrounds in Palestinian
areas, espally those who have lost their jobs.
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.
Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ we looked at
Job 5:7
7 (Job 14:1; Ge 3:17-19) but man is born to trouble,
as the sparks fly upward.
Psalms 46
For the Music Director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.
A Song.
1 God {omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, immutble}
is our refuge and strength, a well-proven help in trouble.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed,
and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) There is a river whose streams make glad the city
of God, the holy dwelling place of the Most High.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) God is in the midst of her; she will not be moved;
God will help her in the early dawn.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) The nations roared; the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice; the earth melted.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) The Lord of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Come, see the works of the Lord,
who makes desolations in the earth.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts off the spear;
He burns the chariot in the fire.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Be still and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) The Lord of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
John 16:33
33 (Jn 14:27; 1Jn 4:4; Jn 14:1) "I have told you these things
so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have
tribulation. But be of good cheer. I have overcome the world."
Isaiah 40 - 43
Isaiah 40
Comfort for God's People
1 (Isa 51:12; 51:3) Comfort, O comfort, My people, says your God.
2 (Isa 61:7; Jer 16:18) Speak kindly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that her warfare has ended,
that her iniquity has been pardoned,
that she has received of the hand of the Lord
double for all her sins.
3 (Mal 3:1; Jn 1:23; Mal 4:5-6 ) The voice of him who cries out,
"Prepare the way of the Lord
in the wilderness,
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.
4 (Isa 45:2; Eze 21:26 ) Let every valley be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low,
and let the rough ground become a plain,
and the rough places a plain;
5 (Isa 1:20; 52:10) then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it."
6 (Job 14:2; Ps 102:11) The voice said, "Cry out."
And he said, "What shall I cry out?"
All flesh is grass,
and all its loveliness is as the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades
because the Spirit of the Lord blows upon it;
surely the people are grass.
8 (Mt 5:18; 1Pe 1:25) The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God shall stand forever.
9 (Isa 25:9; 12:2) O Zion, bearer of good news,
get yourself up onto a high mountain;
O Jerusalem, bearer of good news,
lift up your voice with strength,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
say to the cities of Judah,
"Here is your God!"
10 (Isa 62:11; Rev 22:12) See, the Lord God will come with a strong hand,
and His arm shall rule for Him;
see, His reward is with Him,
and His recompense before Him.
11 (Eze 34:23; Mic 5:4) He shall feed His flock like a shepherd;
He shall gather the lambs with His arm,
and carry them in His bosom,
and shall gently lead those that are with young.
12 (Pr 30:4; Heb 1:10-12) Who has measured the waters
in the hollow of His hand,
and meted out heaven with the span,
and calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,
and weighed the mountains in scales,
and the hills in a balance?
13 (Ro 11:34; 1Co 2:16 ) Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
or as His counselor has taught Him?
14 (Col 2:3; Job 21:22) With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him,
and taught Him in the path of justice,
and taught Him knowledge,
and showed to Him the way of understanding?
15 (Jer 10:10) Certainly the nations are as a drop in a bucket,
and are counted as the small dust of the balance;
He takes up the coastlands as a very little thing.
16 (Mic 6:6-7) Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor the beasts sufficient as a burnt offering.
17 (Ps 62:9) All nations before Him are as nothing,
and they are counted by Him as less than nothing
and meaningless.
18 (Isa 46:5; Ac 17:29; Ex 8:10) To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
19 (Ps 115:4-8; Hab 2:18-19) The workman melts a graven image,
and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold,
and casts silver chains.
20 (1Sa 5:3-4; Isa 41:7) He who is too impoverished for such an offering
chooses a tree that will not rot;
he seeks for himself a skillful workman
to prepare a graven image that shall not totter.
21 (Ac 14:17) Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 (Nu 13:33; Ps 104:2) It is He who sits upon the circle of the earth,
and the inhabitants are as grasshoppers,
who stretches out the heavens as a curtain,
and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in.
23 (Job 12:21; Ps 107:40) He brings the princes to nothing;
He makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
24 (Isa 41:16; 17:13) Scarcely shall they be planted;
scarcely shall they be sown;
scarcely shall their tree take root in the earth,
when He will also blow on them,
and they will wither,
and the whirlwind will take them away as stubble.
25 (Isa 40:18) To whom then will you liken Me,
that I should be equal to him? says the Holy One.
26 (Ps 89:11-13; Isa 48:13) Lift up your eyes on high,
and see who has created these things,
who brings out their host by number;
He calls them all by name,
by the greatness of His might and the strength of His power;
not one of them is missing.
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and assert, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my justice escapes the notice of my God"?
28 (Ps 147:5; Ge 21:33; Isa 57:15) Have you not known?
Have you not heard,
that the everlasting God, the Lord,
the Creator of the ends of the earth,
does not faint, nor is He weary?
His understanding is inscrutable.
29 (Isa 41:10) He gives power to the faint,
and to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 (Isa 9:17) Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall,
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.
Isaiah 41
The Lord Helps Israel
1 (Hab 2:20; Zec 2:13) Keep silent before Me, O islands,
and let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near, then let them speak;
let us come near together to judgment.
2 (Isa 40:24; 45:1) Who raised up the righteous man from the east,
called him to His foot,
gave the nations before him,
and made him rule over kings?
He makes them as the dust with his sword,
and as driven stubble with his bow.
3 He pursued them, and passed safely,
by paths his feet have not traveled.
4 (Isa 41:26; 48:12) Who has performed and done this,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am the first,
and with the last. I am He.
5 (Jos 5:1; Ps 67:7) The coastlands saw it and feared,
the ends of the earth were afraid;
they drew near and came.
6 Every one helped his neighbor,
and every one said to his brother, "Be of good courage."
7 (Isa 40:19-20) So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,
and he who smooths metal with the hammer
encourages him who strikes the anvil,
saying, "It is ready for the soldering";
and he fastened it with nails so that it should not totter.
8 (2Ch 20:7; Jas 2:23) But you, Israel, are My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
the seed of Abraham, My friend.
9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
and called from its remotest parts,
and said to you, “You are My servant;
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.â€
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."
14 (Ps 22:6; Isa 43:14) Do not fear, you worm Jacob,
and you men of Israel.
I will help you, says the Lord
and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 (Mic 4:13; Hab 3:12) See, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument
with double edges;
you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small,
and shall make the hills as chaff.
16 (Jer 51:2) You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away,
and the whirlwind shall scatter them;
and you shall rejoice in the Lord,
and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 (Isa 30:19; 42:16) When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongues fail for thirst,
I, the Lord, will hear them,
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 (Ps 107:35; Isa 30:25) I will open rivers in high places,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.
19 (Isa 55:13; 60:13) I will plant in the wilderness
the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive tree;
I will set in the desert
the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together,
20 (Job 12:9) that they may see, and know,
and consider, and understand together,
that the hand of the Lord has done this,
and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
The Futility of Idols
21 Present your case, says the Lord.
Bring forth your arguments, says the King of Jacob.
22 (Isa 45:21; 46:10) Let them bring them forth, and show us
what shall happen;
let them show the former things, what they were,
that we may consider them
and know their outcome,
or declare to us things to come.
23 (Isa 42:9; 44:7-8) Show the things that are to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods;
do good, or do evil,
that we may be dismayed and see it together.
24 (Ps 115:8; 1Co 8:4) Indeed you are nothing,
and your work amounts to nothing;
he who chooses you is an abomination.
25 (Isa 41:2; 2Sa 22:43) I have raised up one from the north,
and he shall come;
from the rising of the sun he shall call on My name;
and he shall come on princes as on mortar,
and as the potter treads clay.
26 (Isa 41:22; 44:7) Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know?
And from former times, that we may say, "He is right!"?
There is no one who shows,
no one who declares,
no one who hears your words.
27 (Isa 40:9; 52:7) Formerly I said to Zion, "Look, here they are,"
and to Jerusalem, "I will give one who brings good news."
28 (Isa 63:5) But when I look, there is no man,
even among them, and there is no counselor
who, when I ask of them, could answer a word.
29 (Isa 41:24; Jer 5:13) See, they all are vanity;
their works are nothing;
their molded images are wind and emptiness.
Isaiah 42
The Servant of the Lord
1 (Isa 43:10; 52:13) Here is My servant, whom I uphold,
My chosen one, in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon him;
he shall bring forth justice to the nations.
2 (Zec 9:9) He shall not cry out, nor lift up his voice,
nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3 (Ps 96:13; 147:3) A bruised reed he shall not break,
and the smoking flax he shall not quench;
he shall bring forth justice faithfully.
4 (Ge 49:10; Isa 60:9) He shall not be disheartened nor be discouraged,
until he has set justice in the earth;
and the coastlands shall wait for his law.
5 (Ac 17:25; Job 12:10) Thus says God the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread forth the earth and that which comes out of it,
who gives breath to the people on it,
and spirit to those who walk in it:
6 (Lk 2:32; Isa 49:6; 49:8) I the Lord have called You in righteousness,
and will hold Your hand,
and will keep You and appoint You
for a covenant of the people,
for a light of the nations,
7 (Isa 35:5; 61:1; 49:9) to open the blind eyes,
to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.
8 (Isa 48:11; Ex 20:3-5) I am the Lord, that is My name;
and My glory I will not give to another,
nor My praise to graven images.
9 (Isa 43:19) See, the former things have come to pass,
and new things I declare;
before they spring forth
I tell you of them.
A Song of Praise
10 (Ps 33:3; 40:3) Sing to the Lord a new song,
and His praise from the ends of the earth,
you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,
the coastlands, and the inhabitants.
11 (Isa 32:16; 60:7) Let the wilderness and the cities lift up their voices,
the villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord,
and declare His praise in the islands.
13 (Ps 78:65; Hos 11:10) The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, yes, raise a war cry;
He shall prevail against His enemies.
The Lord's Help Is Promised
14 I have for a long time held My peace;
I have been still and refrained Myself.
Now I will cry like a travailing woman;
I will destroy and devour at once.
15 (Isa 50:2; Na 1:4-6) I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation,
and I will make the rivers islands,
and I will dry up the pools.
16 (Isa 29:18; 32:3 ) I will bring the blind by a way that they did not know;
I will lead them in paths that they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them
and crooked things straight.
These things I will do for them
and not forsake them.
17 (Ps 97:7; Isa 1:29) They shall be turned back,
they shall be greatly ashamed,
who trust in graven images,
who say to the molded images, "You are our gods."
Israel's Disobedience
18 (Isa 29:18) Hear, you deaf;
look, you blind, that you may see.
19 (Jer 5:21; Eze 12:2) Who is blind, but My servant?
Or deaf, as My messenger whom I sent?
Who is blind as he who is at peace with Me,
and blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 You have seen many things, but you do not observe them;
your ears are open, but no one hears.
21 The Lord is well pleased
for His righteousness' sake
to magnify the law and make it honorable.
22 (Isa 14:17) But this is a people robbed and despoiled;
they are all snared in holes,
and they are hidden in prison houses;
they are for a prey,
and no one delivers,
for a spoil,
and no one says, "Restore them."
23 (Isa 48:18) Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
24 Who gave up Jacob as spoil,
and Israel to the robbers?
Did not the Lord,
against whom we have sinned?
For they would not walk in His ways,
nor were they obedient to His law.
25 (Hos 7:9; Isa 57:11) Therefore, He has poured on him the fury of His anger
and the strength of battle;
and it has set him on fire all around, yet he did not recognize it;
and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Isaiah 43
The Redeemer of Israel
1 (Isa 43:7; 44:2) But now, thus says the Lord
who created you, O Jacob,
and He who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name; you are Mine.
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.
3 (Ex 20:2; Pr 21:18) For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I gave Egypt for your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
4 (Ex 19:5-6) Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honorable,
and I have loved you;
therefore, I will give men for you,
and people for your life.
5 (Isa 49:12; 44:2) Do not fear, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
and gather you from the west;
6 I will say to the north, "Give them up,"
and to the south, "Do not keep them back.
Bring My sons from afar,
and My daughters from the ends of the earth,
7 (Ps 100:3; Isa 43:1) even everyone who is called by My name,
for I have created him for My glory;
I have formed him, and I have made him."
8 (Isa 6:9; Eze 12:2) Bring forth the blind people who have eyes,
and the deaf who have ears.
9 (Isa 41:1; 43:26) Let all the nations be gathered together,
and let the people be assembled.
Who among them can declare this,
and show us former things?
Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified;
or let them hear and say, "It is true."
10 (Isa 41:4; 42:1) You are My witnesses, says the Lord,
and My servant whom I have chosen
that you may know and believe Me,
and understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
nor shall there be after Me.
11 (Hos 13:4; Dt 6:4) I, even I, am the Lord,
and besides Me there is no savior.
12 (Dt 32:12; Isa 43:10) I have declared, and have saved, and I have shown,
when there was no strange god among you;
therefore, you are My witnesses, says the Lord, that I am God.
13 (Ps 90:2; Job 9:12) Indeed, from eternity I am He;
there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;
I act, and who can reverse it?
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.
Pleading With Israel
22 (Mic 6:3; Mal 1:13) But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob;
but you have been weary of Me, O Israel.
23 (Am 5:25; Zec 7:5-6) You have not brought Me the sheep
for your burnt offerings,
nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
nor wearied you with incense.
24 (Isa 1:14; 7:13) You have bought Me no sweet cane with money,
nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
but you have made Me burdened with your sins;
you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
25 (Isa 37:35; 44:22) I, even I, am He who blots out
your transgressions for My own sake,
and will not remember your sins.
26 (Isa 1:18; 43:9) Put Me in remembrance;
let us plead together;
state your cause, that you may be justified.
27 (Jer 5:31; Isa 28:7) Your first father has sinned,
and your teachers have transgressed against Me.
28 (Jer 24:9; Ps 79:4) Therefore, I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary,
and have given Jacob to the curse,
and Israel to reproaches.
2) Our Daily Bread for 25 July 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/25/of-prayer-and-dust-and-stars-2
entitled Of Prayer and Dust and Stars
Geensis 15:1-6
1 (Ge 26:24; Ps 3:3) After this the word of the Lord came to
Abram in a vision, saying,
"Do not fear, Abram.
I am your shield,
your exceedingly great reward.Or your reward will be great."
2 (Ac 7:5) But Abram said, "Lord God, what will You give me,
seeing I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
3 (Ge 14:14) Abram said, "Since You have not given me any children,
my heir is a servant born in my house."
4 (Ge 17:16) Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
"This man will not be your heir, but a son that is
from your own body will be your heir."
5 (Dt 1:10; Ge 22:17; Ex 32:13) He brought him outside and said,
"Look up toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them."
And He said to him, "So will your descendants be."
6 (Jas 2:23; Ps 106:31) Abram believed the Lord,
and He credited it to him as righteousness.
Lara and Dave desperately wanted a baby, but their physician told them
they were unable to have one. Lara confided to a friend:
"I found myself having some very honest talks with God."
But it was after one of those "talks" that she and Dave spoke to their pastor,
who told them about an adoption ministry at their church.
A year later they were blessed with an adopted baby boy.
In Genesis 15, the Bible tells of another honest conversation-this
one between Abram and God. God had told him,
"Do not be afraid, Abram. I am . . . your very great reward" (v. 1).
But Abram, uncertain of God’s promises about his future, a
nswered candidly: "Sovereign Lord, what can you give me
since I remain childless?" (v. 2).
Earlier God had promised Abram, "I will make your offspring
like the dust of the earth" (13:16). Now Abram-in a very human moment-
reminded God of that. But note God's response:
He assured Abram by telling him to look up and
"count the stars—if indeed you can,"
indicating his descendants would be beyond numbering (15:5).
How good is God, not only to allow such candid prayer
but also to gently reassure Abram! Later, God would change
his name to Abraham (“father of manyâ€). Like Abraham,
you and I can openly share our hearts with Him
and know that we can trust Him to do what's best for us and others.
By: James Banks
Reflect & Pray
How do you think Abraham felt when God encouraged Him
in such a difficult moment? What candid conversation
do you need to have with God today?
Loving heavenly Father, thank You for caring about
even the most intimate details of my life.
Help me to stay close to You in prayer today.
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
Is 48:15,17
15 I, 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?)
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
Day 25 of the Month
a) Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
(Acts 2: 41,47b
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized,
and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
)
b) Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
( Prov 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for being a ever pesnet help in trouble
Pray to the Lord and repent of your sins.
Pray to the Lord "Loving heavenly Father, thank You for caring about
even the most intimate details of my life.
Help me to stay close to You in prayer today."
Pray to the Lord to overcome your own insufficificies.
Pray to the Lord and be thankly for any calling.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for Salvation
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 there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
Pray for believers from Muslim backgrounds in Palestinian
areas, espally those who have lost their jobs.
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.