Dave Yadallee's personal blog

Day 212, 31 July 2021



Isaiah 64-66



Isaiah 64

1 (Mic 1:3-4; Ps 68:8) Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down,

that the mountains might shake at Your presence,

2 (Ps 99:1; Jer 5:22) as when the melting fire burns,

as the fire causes the waters to boil,

to make Your name known to Your adversaries,

that the nations may tremble at Your presence!

3 (Ps 66:3; 66:5) When You did awesome things for which we did not look,

You came down; the mountains quaked at Your presence.

4 (Ps 31:19; Isa 25:9) For since the beginning of the world men

have not heard, nor perceived by ear,

neither has the eye seen a God besides You,

who acts for the one who waits for Him.

5 (Ex 20:24) You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness,

those who remember You in Your ways.

Indeed, You were angry, for we had sinned;

in our sins we remained a long time,

and shall we be saved?

6 (Ps 90:5-6; Isa 6:5) But we all are as an unclean thing,

and all our righteousness is as filthy rags;

and we all fade as a leaf,

and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

7 (Eze 22:30; Hos 7:7) There is no one who calls on Your name,

who stirs up himself to take hold of You;

for You have hidden Your face from us

and have consumed us because of our iniquities.

8 (Isa 63:16; 29:16) But now, O Lord, You are our Father;

we are the clay, and You are our potter;

and we all are the work of Your hand.

9 (Ps 74:1-2; 79:13) Do not be wrathful beyond measure, O Lord,

nor remember iniquity forever;

look upon us, we pray,

we all are Your people.

10 (Isa 1:7) Your holy cities are a wilderness;

Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11 (2Ki 25:9; Ps 74:5-7) Our holy and beautiful house where our fathers praised You

is burned up with fire;

and all our precious things are laid waste.

12 (Isa 42:14; Ps 74:10-11) Will You refrain Yourself from these things, O Lord?

Will You hold Your peace and afflict us beyond measure?



Isaiah 65



Judgment and Salvation



1 (Ro 10:20; Hos 1:10) I was sought by those who did not ask for Me;

I was found of those who did not seek Me.

I said, "Here I am, here I am,"

to a nation that did not call on My name.

2 (Ro 10:21; Isa 1:2) I have spread out My hands all day

to a rebellious people

who walk in a way that was not good,

after their own thoughts;

3 (Isa 1:29; Job 1:11) a people who provoke Me continually

to My face, presenting sacrifices in gardens

and burning incense on altars of brick;

4 (Lev 11:7; Isa 66:17) who sit among the graves

and lodge in the monuments;

who eat swine's flesh,

and the broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

5 (Mt 9:11; Lk 7:39) who say, "Stand by yourself; do not come near to me,

for I am holier than you!"

These are smoke in My nose,

a fire that burns all day.

6 (Ps 50:3; Jer 16:18) See, it is written before Me:

I will not keep silent, but I will recompense,

even recompense into their bosom,

7 (Ex 20:5; Isa 57:7) your iniquities and the iniquities

of your fathers together, says the Lord;

because they have burned incense on the mountains

and blasphemed Me on the hills,

therefore, I will measure their former work

into their bosom.

8 Thus says the Lord:

As the new wine is found in the cluster,

and one says, "Do not destroy it

for a blessing is in it,"

so I will do for the sake of My servants

that I may not destroy them all.

9 (Am 9:11-15; Isa 27:6) I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,

and out of Judah an inheritor of My mountains;

and My chosen ones shall inherit it,

and My servants shall dwell there.

10 (Isa 35:2; 33:9) Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,

and the Valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in,

for My people who seek Me.

11 (Isa 1:28; 2:2) But you are those who forsake the Lord,

who forget My holy mountain,

who prepare a table for Fortune,

and who furnish the drink offering for Destiny.

12 (Jer 7:13; 2Ch 36:15-16) I will destine you for the sword,

and you all shall bow down to the slaughter;

because when I called, you did not answer;

when I spoke, you did not hear

but did evil before My eyes

and chose that in which I did not delight.

13 (Isa 61:7; 66:5)Therefore, thus says the Lord God:

My servants shall eat,

but you shall be hungry;

My servants shall drink,

but you shall be thirsty;

My servants shall rejoice,

but you shall be ashamed;

14 (Mt 8:12; Ps 66:4) My servants shall sing for joy

with a glad heart,

but you shall cry

with a heavy heart

and shall wail with grief of spirit.

15 (Zec 8:13; Isa 62:2) You shall leave your name

for a curse to My chosen ones;

for the Lord God shall slay you,

but My servants shall be called by another name;

16 (Ps 31:5; Isa 19:18) because he who is blessed in the earth

shall bless himself in the God of truth;

and he who swears in the earth

shall swear by the God of truth;

because the former troubles are forgotten

and because they are hidden from My eyes.



The New Creation



172 (Pe 3:13; Isa 66:22; Jer 3:16) For I create

new heavens and a new earth;

the former things shall not be remembered

or come to mind.

18 (Ps 98:1-9) But be glad and rejoice forever

in that which I create;

for I create Jerusalem for rejoicing

and her people for joy.

19 (Isa 35:10; 25:8) I will rejoice in Jerusalem

and be glad in My people;

and the voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,

nor the voice of crying.

20 (Dt 4:40; Job 5:26) There shall no longer be

an infant who lives only a few days

nor an old man who has not filled out his days.

For the child shall die

a hundred years old,

but the sinner being a hundred years old

shall be accursed.

21 (Am 9:14) They shall build houses and inhabit them;

and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.

22 (Ps 92:12-14) They shall not build and another inhabit;

they shall not plant and another eat;

for as the days of a tree

are the days of My people,

and My chosen ones shall long enjoy

the work of their hands.

23 (Isa 61:9; Dt 28:3-12; Ac 2:39) They shall not labor in vain

nor bring forth children for trouble;

for they are the descendants of the blessed of the Lord

and their offspring with them.

24 (Da 9:20-23; 10:12) Before they call, I will answer;

and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

25 (Isa 65:11; Mic 4:3) The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,

and the lion shall eat straw like the bull,

and dust shall be the serpent's food.

They shall not hurt nor destroy

in all My holy mountain,

says the Lord.



Isaiah 66



True Worship

1 (1Ki 8:27; Mt 5:34-35) Thus says the Lord:

Heaven is My throne,

and the earth is My footstool.

Where then is the house that you could build for Me?

And where is the place of My rest?

2 (Isa 57:15; Ps 34:18) For My hand made all those things,

thus all those things have come to be,

says the Lord.

But to this man I will look,

even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,

and trembles at My word.

3 (Lev 2:2) He who kills a bull

is as if he kills a man;

he who sacrifices a lamb,

as if he breaks a dog’s neck;

he who offers a grain offering,

as if he offers swine’s blood;

he who burns incense,

as if he blesses an idol.

They have chosen their own ways,

and their soul delights in their abominations;

4 (Isa 65:12; 2Ki 21:2; 21:6) I also will choose their punishments

and will bring their fears on them,

because when I called, no one answered;

when I spoke, they did not listen;

but they did evil before My eyes

and chose that in which I did not delight.



The Vindication of Zion

5 (Ps 38:20; Isa 5:19) Hear the word of the Lord,

you who tremble at His word:

Your brothers who hate you,

who cast you out for My name's sake, said,

"Let the Lord be glorified

that we may see your joy."

Yet they shall be ashamed.

6 (Isa 59:18) A voice of noise from the city,

a voice from the temple,

the voice of the Lord

who renders recompense to His enemies.

7 (Isa 54:1) Before she was in labor,

she gave birth;

before her pain came,

she delivered a son.

8 (Isa 64:4) Who has heard such a thing?

Who has seen such things?

Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?

Shall a nation be born at once?

For as soon as Zion was in labor,

she brought forth her sons.

9 (Isa 37:3) Shall I bring to the point of birth

and not cause delivery? says the Lord.

Shall I who cause delivery

shut the womb? says your God.

10 (Dt 32:43; Ps 26:8) Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her,

all you who love her;

rejoice exceedingly with her,

all you who mourn for her,

11 (Isa 60:16; Joel 3:18) that you may feed and be satisfied

with her consoling breasts,

that you may feed

and be delighted with the abundance of her bosom.

12 (Isa 48:18; 60:16) For thus says the Lord:

I will extend peace to her like a river

and the glory of the nations like a flowing stream.

Then you shall nurse, you shall be carried on her sides,

and dandled on her knees.

13 (Isa 51:3) As one whom his mother comforts,

so I will comfort you;

and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.



God's Reign and Final Judgment

14 (Ezr 8:31; 7:9) Then you shall see this, and your heart shall rejoice,

and your bones shall flourish like an herb;

and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward His servants,

and His indignation toward His enemies.

15 (Ps 68:17; Isa 30:33) For the Lord shall come with fire

and with His chariots like a whirlwind,

to render His anger with fury

and His rebuke with flames of fire.

16 (Isa 27:1; Eze 38:21-22) For by fire and by His sword on all flesh,

the Lord shall execute judgment;

and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

17 (Isa 65:3-4) Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves

in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh,

and abominable things, and mice shall be consumed together, says the Lord.

18 (Isa 2:2) For I know their works and their thoughts. The time shall come

to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.

19 (Eze 27:10; Ge 10:2) I will set a sign among them, and send from

them survivors to the nations: to Tar­shish, Pul, and Lud-who draw the bow-to

Tubal, and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame

nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the nations.

20 (Isa 11:9; 43:6) They shall bring all your brothers out of all nations

as an offering to the Lord on horses, and in chariots, and in litters,

and on mules, and on swift beasts to My holy mountain Jerusalem,

says the Lord, as the sons of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel

into the house of the Lord.

21 (Ex 19:6; Isa 61:6) I will also take some of them for priests

and for Levites, says the Lord.

22 (Isa 65:17; Rev 21:1) For as the new heavens and the new earth

which I will make shall remain before Me, says the Lord,

so shall your descendants and your name remain.

23 (Eze 46:1; Ps 86:9) From one New Moon to another, and from

one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me,

says the Lord.

24 (Isa 14:11; Da 12:2) And they shall go forth and look on the corpses

of the men who have transgressed against Me. For their worm shall not

die, nor shall their fire be quenched. And they shall be an abhorrence

to all flesh.



2) Our Daily Bread for 31 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/31/lost-treasures

entitled Priceless Lives in Christ



Luke 15:8-10



8 "Or what woman, having ten silver coinsGk. drachmas,

each worth about a day's wage. and losing one, does not light

a candle and sweep the house and search diligently

until she finds it?

9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors,

saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'

10 (Heb 1:14) Likewise, I tell you, there is joy in the presence

of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."



Tears streamed down my cheeks during a frantic search for my lost

wedding and anniversary rings. After an hour of lifting couch cushions

and scouring every nook and cranny of our home,

Alan said, "I'm sorry. We'll replace them."



"Thanks," I responded. "But their sentimental value surpasses

their material worth. They're irreplaceable." Praying, I continued

hunting for the jewelry. "Please, God. Help me find them."



Later, while reaching into the pocket of a sweater worn earlier

in the week, I found the priceless jewels. "Thank You, Jesus!"

I exclaimed. As my husband and I rejoiced, I slipped on the rings

and recalled the parable of the woman who lost a coin (Luke 15:8-10).

Like the woman who searched for her lost silver coin, I knew the worth

of what had been lost. Neither of us was wrong for wanting to find

our valuables. Jesus simply used that story to emphasize His desire

to save every person He created. One sinner repenting results

in a celebration in heaven.



What a gift it would be to become a person who prays

as passionately for others as we pray for lost treasures to be found.

What a privilege it is to celebrate when someone repents

and surrenders their lives to Christ. If we've placed our trust in Jesus,

we can be thankful we've experienced the joy of being loved

by Someone who never gave up because He thought we were worth finding.



By: Xochitl Dixon



Reflect & Pray



Whose salvation will you commit to praying for today?

Who can you share your testimony with?



Father, thank You for reminding me that every person

You create is a priceless life worth saving.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 7 - The Cost of Widsom



Proverbs 4:4,7



Proverbs 4



4 (Pr 7:2; Eph 6:4) He also taught me and said to me,

"Let your heart retain my words;

keep my commandments, and live.

...

7 (Mt 13:44–46) Wisdom is principal; therefore get wisdom.

And with all your getting, get understanding. "



Establishing priorities is a popular topic of conversation in our

generation. We carry appointment calendars and attend goal-setting

strategy seminars. We let machines answer our telephones so that

we won't miss any important messages, or so that we can screen calls

before we answer them. We order our lives sp that we can "get ahead".

"Getting ahead" in God's kingdom, however, involves other priorities

than the ones we may set for ourselves. "Wisdom is supreme," the

principal thing, says Proverbs 4:7, "Get wisdom. Though it cost

all you have, get understanding."

Wisdom is defined as "an understanding of what is true, right, or lasting."

Biblical wisdom is not merely the accumulation of facts about God and his

teaching, but the application of those truths of life, taking on

the character of God as we mature in the image of Christ.

Such wisdom may, indeed, come at great cost. Jesus calls us to "lay

down our lives" to folow him - perhaps not literally to die, but to die

to self-centered priorities, to allow the Holy Spirit to establish

his value system in us.

"Keep my commandments and you will live," Proverbs 4:4 says. Real life -

rich, fulfilling, significant, abundant life - comes only through union

with God. The success offered by the world, the acclaim of others, material

prosperity and convenience cannot satisfy us once we have tasted

the joy of life with God in Christ.



Application



a) What does "getting wisdom" means to me?



b) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus

my attention on the priorities and values of the Lord?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Luke 7:23



23 (Isa 8:14–15) "And Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.”



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



God's Guiding Presence



Matthew 28:16-20



The Commissioning of the Disciples



Mk 16:14–18; Lk 24:36–49; Jn 20:19–23; Ac 1:6–8



16 (Mt 28:7; 26:32)Then the eleven disciples went away to Galilee,

to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

17 (Mt 28:9) When they saw Him, they worshipped Him. But some doubted.

18 (Mt 11:27; Ro 14:9) Then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,

"All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

19 (Mk 16:15–16; Ac 1:8) Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit,

20 (Mt 18:20; Ac 2:42) teaching them to observe all things

I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always,

even to the end of the age." Amen.





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, ...) .







Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and seek out His plan for Redemption.



Pray to the Lord "Father, thank You for reminding me that every person

You create is a priceless life worth saving."



Pray to the Lord to seek and get wisdom.



Pray to the Lord to be an offence in His Eyes



Pray to the Lord to go out and make disciples of all nations.



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 for Christian widows in Nepal who suffer severe discimination.



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.