Day 196 - 15 July 2021 reflections
Day 196, 15 July 2021
Isaiah 13-17
Isaiah 13
A Prophecy Against Babylon
1 (Isa 1:1; 14:28) The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2 (Isa 5:26; Jer 50:2) Lift up a banner on the high mountain,
exalt the voice to them,
shake the hand,
that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
3 (Joel 3:11; Ps 149:2) I have commanded My sanctified ones,
I have also called My mighty ones for My anger,
even those who rejoice in My exaltation.
4 (Joel 3:14 )The noise of a multitude in the mountains,
like as of a great people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms
of nations gathered together!
The Lord of Hosts musters
the army for battle.
5 They come from a far country,
from the end of heaven,
the Lord and the weapons of His indignation,
to destroy the whole land.
6 (Joel 1:15; Zep 1:7) Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand!
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
7 (Eze 21:7; Isa 19:1) Therefore all hands shall be faint,
and every man’s heart shall melt,
8 (Isa 26:17; Na 2:10) and they shall be afraid.
Pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;
they shall be in pain as a woman who travails;
they shall be amazed one at another;
their faces shall be as flames.
9 (Ps 104:35) See, the day of the Lord comes,
cruel, both with wrath and fierce anger,
to lay the land desolate,
and He shall destroy its sinners out of it.
10 (Mt 24:29; Mk 13:24) For the stars of heaven and their constellations
shall not give their light;
the sun shall be dark when it rises,
and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 (Isa 2:17; Da 5:22-23) I will punish the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease,
and will lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless.
12 (Isa 4:1; 24:6) I will make a man more rare than fine gold,
and mankind than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 (La 1:12) Therefore, I will shake the heavens,
and the earth shall be shaken out of her place
at the wrath of the Lord of Hosts
and in the day of His fierce anger.
14 (1Ki 22:17; Jer 50:16) It shall be as the chased roe,
and as a sheep that no man takes up;
every man shall turn to his own people
and flee every one into his own land.
15 Every one who is found shall be thrust through,
and every one who is joined to them shall fall by the sword.
16 (Na 3:10; Ps 137:8-9) Their children also shall be dashed
to pieces before their eyes;
their houses shall be devastated and their wives ravished.
17 (Pr 6:34-35; Jer 51:11) See, I will stir up the Medes against them,
who shall not regard silver;
and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
18 (2Ki 8:12; 2Ch 36:17) Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces,
and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
their eye shall not spare children.
19 (Ge 19:24; Da 4:30) Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
the beauty of the Chaldean's excellency,
shall be as when God overthrew
Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 (Isa 14:23; Jer 51:43) It shall never be inhabited,
nor shall it be lived in from generation to generation,
nor shall the Arabian pitch a tent there,
nor shall the shepherds make their fold there.
21 (Rev 18:2; Isa 34:11-15) But wild beasts of the desert
shall lie down there,
and their houses shall be full of owls,
ostriches also shall dwell there,
and shaggy goats shall dance there.
22 (Isa 25:2; 35:7) The wild beasts of the islands shall cry
in their desolate houses
and jackals in their pleasant palaces.
And her time is near to come,
and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah 14
The Restoration of Judah
1 (Ps 102:13; Zec 1:17) For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob,
and will yet choose Israel,
and set them in their own land.
Then the strangers shall be joined with them,
and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
2 (Isa 61:5; 60:14) The people shall take them
and bring them to their place,
and the house of Israel shall possess them
in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids;
and they shall take them captive, whose captives they were,
and they shall rule over their oppressors.
The Fall of Babylon's King
3 (Ezr 9:8-9; Jer 30:10) In the day the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow,
and from your fear, and from the hard bondage in which you were made to serve,
4 (Isa 49:26; Rev 18:16) you shall take up this proverb
against the king of Babylon, and say:
How has the oppressor ceased!
The golden city ceased!
5 (Ps 125:3; Isa 9:4) The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
and the scepter of the rulers;
6 he who struck the people in wrath with unceasing strokes,
he who ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and no one hinders.
7 (Ps 126:1-3; 98:7-9 )The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
they break forth into singing.
8 (Eze 31:16) Indeed, the fir trees rejoice at you,
and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
"Since you are laid down,
no tree cutter has come up against us."
9 Hell from beneath is moved for you
to meet you at your coming;
it stirs up the dead for you,
even all the chief ones of the earth;
it has raised up from their thrones
all the kings of the nations.
10 They all shall speak
and say to you:
"Have you also become as weak as we have?
Have you become like us?"
11 Your pomp is brought down to Hell,
and the noise of your harps;
maggots are spread under you,
and the worms cover you.
12 (Lk 10:18; 2Pe 1:19) How are you fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who weaken the nations!
13 (Eze 28:2) For you have said in your heart,
"I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit also on the mount of the congregation,
in the recesses of the north;
14 (Isa 47:8; 2Th 2:4) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High."
15 (Mt 11:23; Eze 32:23) Yet you shall be brought down to Hell,
to the sides of the pit.
{
Please note:
Luke 10
The Return of the Seventy
17Mk 16:17; Lk 10:1The seventy returned with joy, saying,
"Lord, even the demons are subject to us through Your name."
18 (Rev 9:1; Isa 14:12) He said to them, "I saw Satan as lightning
fall from heaven.
19 (Mk 16:18; Ps 91:13) Look, I give you authority to trample
on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy.
And nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 (Ex 32:32; Ps 69:28) Nevertheless do not rejoice that the spirits
are subject to you, but rather rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
Also note from Isa 14:12 - there is a satanis and erroroneous reference
in Is 14:12 to morning star. Why do I say that?
Revelation 22:16 MEV
16 "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to you with this testimony for the churches.
I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star."
Satan is never the Morning star!
}
16 (Jer 50:23) Those who see you shall stare at you
and ponder over you:
"Is this the man who made the earth
to tremble and shook kingdoms,
17 (Joel 2:3; Isa 45:13) who made the world as a wilderness
and destroyed its cities,
who did not open the house of his prisoners?"
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory,
each one in his own tomb;
19 (Jer 41:7; 41:9) but you are cast out of your grave
like an abominable branch
and clothed with those who are slain,
thrust through with a sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit
as a corpse trodden underfoot.
20 (Job 18:19; Ps 21:10) You shall not be joined with them in burial
because you have destroyed your land
and slain your people.
The seed of evildoers
shall never be renowned.
21 (Ex 20:5; Lev 26:39) Prepare a place of slaughter for his children
for the iniquity of their fathers;
they must not rise nor possess the land,
nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 (1Ki 14:10; Pr 10:7) For I will rise up against them,
says the Lord of Hosts,
and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant,
and son, and nephew,
says the Lord.
23 (Zep 2:14; 1Ki 14:10) I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog
and pools of water,
and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,
says the Lord of Hosts.
{Also note the Babylonian religion was based on the Mother-son
religions
https://www.google.com/search?q=mother-son+religions+Chaldean+Mysteries+nimrod
Of which one article
https://amazingdiscoveries.org/S-deception_paganism_Catholic_Nimrod_Mary
The pagan system of sun worship had three main aspects: the father, mother,
and the son. In ancient Chaldean times, these were the god Bel or Merodach,
Ninus the son who was also worshiped as Tammuz, and the female goddess
Rhea who was also worshiped as Ishtar[Oestre,Easter], Astarte, or Beltis.
She was also referred to as the "queen of heaven," and the "wrath subduer."
Mary has received these same names in Catholicism.
A statue of Mary and Jesus at Westminster Abbey.
Notice the globe Jesus is holding.
Mother and child worship was the basis of the ancient religions.
In the various religions of the world, the same system of worship
was perpetuated under different names.
In Egypt , the mother and child were worshiped as Isis and Osiris or Horus,
in India as Isi and Iswara,
in China and Japan as the mother goddess Shing-moo with child,
in Greece as Ceres or Irene and Plutus,
in Rome as Fortuna and Jupitor-puer, or Venus and Adurnis,
and in Scandinavia as Frigga and Balder.
The mother and child were worshiped in Babylon as Ishtar[Oestre,Easter]
and Tammuz, and in Phoenicia, as Ashtoreth and Baal. Moreover,
the child was worshiped as both husband and son of the mother goddess.
The male component is a counterfeit of Jesus Christ. The Biblical names
used for Jesus were also used for the child in ancient religions.
Zoroaster was referred to as the seed, Mithra the Persian
sun god was referred to as the Saviour, Dionysus as the sin-bearer,
Bacchus as the branch, Vishna as the victim-man,
and Osiris as the king of kings.
The Legend of Nimrod
The system of worship has its origin in the legend of Nimrod
and his wife Semiramus. Nimrod (the great-grandson of Noah)
rebelled against God, like his father Cush.
Eventually Nimrod was put to death for his evil deeds,
and according to the ancient patriarchal system,
parts of his body were sent to various cities as a warning.
His wife Semiramus fled, but spread the rumour
that he had ascended to heaven, where he had become one with the sun.
When Semiramus later gave birth to a son, she claimed that it was
the reincarnation of her deified husband,
and that he had returned to save the human race.
She was later deified as the mother of the sun god,
and it was supposed she had ascended into heaven
as the queen of heaven. In the various cultures throughout history
and around the world, the same basic deities have been
worshiped under different names.
Read about Mary, the mother of the true Saviour,
and how paganism has twisted the truth about her identity
}
An Oracle Concerning Assyria
24 (Ac 4:28; Job 23:13) The Lord of Hosts has sworn, saying:
Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass,
and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25 (Isa 9:4; Na 1:13) that I will break the Assyrian in My land,
and on My mountains tread him under foot.
Then shall his yoke depart from off them
and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26 This is the purpose that is purposed on the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out on all the nations.
27 (2Ch 20:6; Isa 43:13) For the Lord of Hosts has purposed,
and who shall disannul it?
And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
An Oracle Concerning Philistia
28 (2Ki 16:20; 2Ch 28:27) In the year that King Ahaz died was this oracle:
29 (2Ch 26:6; Isa 11:8) Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you,
because the rod that struck you is broken;
for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a viper,
and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
30 (Isa 7:21-22) The firstborn of the poor shall feed,
and the needy shall lie down in safety:
and I will kill your root with famine,
and he shall slay your remnant.
31 (Jer 1:14; Isa 13:6) Wail, O gate. Cry, O city.
Melt away, O Philistia, all of you;
for smoke shall come from the north,
and there is no straggler in his ranks.
32 (Ps 87:5; 87:1) What shall one then answer
the messengers of the nation?
That the Lord has founded Zion,
and the poor of His people shall trust in it.
Isaiah 15
A Prophecy Against Moab
Jer 48:29-36
1 (Nu 21:28; Isa 11:14) The oracle of Moab.
Surely in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste
and brought to silence,
surely in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste
and brought to silence,
2 (Lev 21:5; Jer 48:1) he has gone up to the temple and to Dibon,
the high places, to weep.
Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba;
on all their heads shall be baldness,
and every beard cut off.
3 (Jnh 3:6-8) In their streets they shall clothe themselves with sackcloth;
on the tops of their houses and in their streets,
everyone shall wail,
weeping abundantly.
4 (Jer 48:34) Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh;
their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz;
therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;
his life shall be grievous to him.
5 (Jer 48:5; 4:20) My heart shall cry out for Moab;
his fugitives shall flee to Zoar,
like a three-year-old heifer.
For by the Ascent of Luhith
they shall go up with weeping;
for in the way of Horonaim
they shall raise up a cry of destruction,
6 (Nu 32:36; Joel 1:10-12) for the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate;
surely the grass is withered away;
the grass fails,
there is no green thing.
7 (Jer 48:36) Therefore the abundance they have gained, and that
which they have laid up,
they shall carry away to the Brook of the Willows.
8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab;
its wailing to Eglaim,
and its wailing to Beer Elim.
9 (2Ki 17:25) For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood;
for I will bring more woes on Dimon,
lions on the fugitives of Moab,
and on the remnant of the land.
Isaiah 15
A Prophecy Against Moab
Jer 48:29-36
1 (Nu 21:28; Isa 11:14) The oracle of Moab.
Surely in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste
and brought to silence,
surely in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste
and brought to silence,
2 (Lev 21:5; Jer 48:1) he has gone up to the temple and to Dibon,
the high places, to weep.
Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba;
on all their heads shall be baldness,
and every beard cut off.
3 (Jnh 3:6-8) In their streets they shall clothe themselves with sackcloth;
on the tops of their houses and in their streets,
everyone shall wail,
weeping abundantly.
4 (Jer 48:34) Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh;
their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz;
therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;
his life shall be grievous to him.
5 (Jer 48:5; 4:20) My heart shall cry out for Moab;
his fugitives shall flee to Zoar,
like a three-year-old heifer.
For by the Ascent of Luhith
they shall go up with weeping;
for in the way of Horonaim
they shall raise up a cry of destruction,
6 (Nu 32:36; Joel 1:10-12) for the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate;
surely the grass is withered away;
the grass fails,
there is no green thing.
7 (Jer 48:36) Therefore the abundance they have gained,
and that which they have laid up,
they shall carry away to the Brook of the Willows.
8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab;
its wailing to Eglaim,
and its wailing to Beer Elim.
9 (2Ki 17:25) For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood;
for I will bring more woes on Dimon,
lions on the fugitives of Moab,
and on the remnant of the land.
Isaiah 17
An Oracle Concerning Damascus
1 (Zec 9:1; Ge 14:15) The oracle of Damascus.
See, Damascus will cease from being a city;
it shall be a ruinous heap.
2 (Eze 25:5; Nu 32:34) The cities of Aroer are forsaken;
they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down,
and no one shall make them afraid.
3 (Isa 7:16; 8:4) The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim,
and the kingdom from Damascus,
and the remnant of Aram;
they shall be as the glory of the sons of Israel,
says the Lord of Hosts.
4 (Isa 10:16) In that day the glory of Jacob shall decrease,
and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
5 (2Sa 5:18; Jer 51:33) It shall be as when the harvestman gathers the corn
and reaps the ears with his arm,
and it shall be as he who gathers ears
in the Valley of Rephaim.
6 (Isa 24:13; Dt 4:27) Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it,
as the shaking of an olive tree,
two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough,
four or five in its outmost fruitful branches,
says the Lord God of Israel.
7 (Mic 7:7; Hos 3:5) On that day a man shall look to his Maker,
and his eyes shall have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
8 (Isa 27:9; 30:22) He shall not look to the altars,
the work of his hands,
nor shall he respect what his fingers have made,
either the groves or the images.
9 (Isa 27:10) In that day his strong cities shall be as a forsaken bough
and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the sons of Israel;
and there shall be a desolation.
10 (Dt 32:4; Isa 12:2) Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation
and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength,
therefore you plant pleasant plants
and set them with vine slips of a strange god;
11 (Job 4:8; Hos 8:7) in the day that you plant it, you carefully fence it in,
and in the morning you make your seed to flourish;
but the harvest shall be a heap of ruins
in the day of grief and desperate pain.
12 (Ps 18:4; Jer 6:23) Woe to the multitude of many people
who make a noise like the noise of the seas,
and the rushing of many peoples
who make a rumble like the rumbling of mighty waters!
13 (Ps 9:5; Job 21:18) The nations rumble like the rumbling of many waters;
but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off,
and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind,
and like rolling dust before the whirlwind.
14 (2Ki 19:35) At evening time, sudden terror!
And before the morning, they are no more.
This is the portion of those who plunderus,
and the lot of those who rob us.
{This prophecy will be fulfilled soon, Uner the Presidency of Assad
of Syria, this will total see off Damascus and Syria overall}
2) Our Daily Bread for 15 July 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/15/not-like-that
entitled Confident Prayer
Luke 11:5-13
5 Then He said to them, "Which of you has a friend and shall go
to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 for a friend of mine on his journey has come to me, and I have nothing
to set before him';
7 and he will answer from within, 'Do not trouble me; the door is now shut,
and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give you anything'?
8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give him Âanything Â
because he is his friend, yet because of his Âpersistence he will rise
and give him as much as he needs.
9 (Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24) "And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you;
seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks it will be opened.
11 "If a son asks for bread from any of you who is a father,
will you give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish,
will you give him a serpent instead of a fish?
12 Or if he asks for an egg, will you offer him a scorpion?
13 (Mt 7:11; Ge 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
Having tried for years to have a child, Richard and Susan were elated
when Susan became pregnant. Her health problems, however, posed a risk
to the baby, and so Richard lay awake each night praying for his wife
and child. One night, Richard sensed he didn't need to pray so hard,
that God had promised to take care of things. But a week later Susan
miscarried. Richard was devastated. He wondered, Had they lost the baby
because he hadn't prayed hard enough?
On first reading, we might think today's parable suggests so. In the story,
a neighbor (sometimes thought to represent God) only gets out of bed
to help the friend because of the friend's annoying persistence (Luke 11:5-8).
Read this way, the parable suggests that God will give us what we need only
if we badger Him. And if we don't pray hard enough, maybe God won't help us.
But biblical commentators like Klyne Snodgrass believe this misunderstands
the parable-its real point being that if neighbours might help us
for selfish reasons, how much more will our unselfish Father.
We can therefore ask confidently (vv. 9-10), knowing that God is greater
than flawed human beings (vv. 11–13). He isn't the neighbor in the parable,
but the opposite of him.
"I don't know why you lost your baby," I told Richard, "but I know it wasn't
because you didn't pray 'hard' enough. God isn't like that."
By: Sheridan Voysey
Reflect & Pray
If the neighbor in the parable represents God,
what does it suggest God is like?
If verses 11–13 clarify the parable, what then is God like?
Father, today I bring You my needs and the needs of others,
confident that You'll hear and answer, and grateful that it's Your goodness
and not my words that count.
Read about the power of prayer at DiscoverySeries.org/Q0740.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 5 The Way Out
1 Cor 10:13
13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken
you except what is common to man. God is faithful,
and He will not permit you to be tempted above
what you can endure, but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Becky had experienced some hard knocks in the past few weeks; the stress
was beginning to show, and she wasn't sure she sould handle anything else.
"Why me?" Becky wept, covering her face. "I just can't stand it any more!
I can't pay my bills; I just lost my job, and now my car broke down
on the highway. How much more of this can I take?"
Some people seem to have more than their share of trouble and temptation.
Within six months, one family faced finanical trouble, cancer, quadruple
bypass surgery, and leukemia; their trials brought them face to face with
anger, bitterness, and despair as well. Other peopel seem to go through
life with relatively minor stresses and few real temptations to sin.
But whether our problems are great or small, they are part of the cpmmon
thread that ties humanity together. All of us face temptation; it is ,
Paul says, "Common to man." But Paul assures us that
"God ... will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear."
Often what we can bear is more that what we think we can bear. God will use
the troubled times in our lives for our maturity in him, but he promises
as well that he will not let temptation break us. He will provide "a way out,"
"a way of escape".
Sometimes the "way out" is true escape, being removed from what caused the
trouble. At other times, rathewr than being removed from it, we must
withstand the stress, face the temptatino, enure the pain. Whether we escape
or endure, God is faithful to provide what we need; we can trust him
not to give os more than we can bear.
Application
a) Have I ever faced more stress or temptation than I thought I could bear?
b) Under what circumstances has God provided an "escape" for me?
When have I had to walk "through" my difficulties?
c) How can today's verse encourage me when times are tough?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
1 Cor 13:3
3 If I give all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned,
and have not love, it profits me nothing.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Inexhaustible Strength
Ps 18:30-34
30 As for God, His way has integrity;
the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield
to all those who take refuge in Him.
31 For who is God except the Lord?
Or who is a rock besides our God?
32 It is God who clothes me with strength,
and gives my way integrity.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
and causes me to stand on my high places.
34 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
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
15th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living (John 16: 8 - 11
8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness
and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 of righteousness, because I am going to My Father,
and you will see Me no more;
11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world stands condemned."
)
b) Pray for the province of Nova Scotia
I) Pray for the leaders of Nova Scotia, that God’s Spirit would influence
then to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 – 4 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority, that we may
lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Savior, 4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and
to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses beaming forth the illuminating truth
of God’s Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to understand his prophecies , fulfilled
and unfilled, to the fullest. Pray like Daniel to understand
His Word!
Pray to the Lord "Father, today I bring You my needs and the needs of others,
confident that You'll hear and answer, and grateful that it's Your goodness
and not my words that count."
Pray to the Lord and ask him to bear your burdens.
Pray to the Lord to be truly charitable.
Pray to the Lord to strenghten you in spirit.
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 the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living.
Pray that Bibles will become more accessible throughout Morocco.
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 13-17
Isaiah 13
A Prophecy Against Babylon
1 (Isa 1:1; 14:28) The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2 (Isa 5:26; Jer 50:2) Lift up a banner on the high mountain,
exalt the voice to them,
shake the hand,
that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
3 (Joel 3:11; Ps 149:2) I have commanded My sanctified ones,
I have also called My mighty ones for My anger,
even those who rejoice in My exaltation.
4 (Joel 3:14 )The noise of a multitude in the mountains,
like as of a great people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms
of nations gathered together!
The Lord of Hosts musters
the army for battle.
5 They come from a far country,
from the end of heaven,
the Lord and the weapons of His indignation,
to destroy the whole land.
6 (Joel 1:15; Zep 1:7) Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand!
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
7 (Eze 21:7; Isa 19:1) Therefore all hands shall be faint,
and every man’s heart shall melt,
8 (Isa 26:17; Na 2:10) and they shall be afraid.
Pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;
they shall be in pain as a woman who travails;
they shall be amazed one at another;
their faces shall be as flames.
9 (Ps 104:35) See, the day of the Lord comes,
cruel, both with wrath and fierce anger,
to lay the land desolate,
and He shall destroy its sinners out of it.
10 (Mt 24:29; Mk 13:24) For the stars of heaven and their constellations
shall not give their light;
the sun shall be dark when it rises,
and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 (Isa 2:17; Da 5:22-23) I will punish the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease,
and will lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless.
12 (Isa 4:1; 24:6) I will make a man more rare than fine gold,
and mankind than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 (La 1:12) Therefore, I will shake the heavens,
and the earth shall be shaken out of her place
at the wrath of the Lord of Hosts
and in the day of His fierce anger.
14 (1Ki 22:17; Jer 50:16) It shall be as the chased roe,
and as a sheep that no man takes up;
every man shall turn to his own people
and flee every one into his own land.
15 Every one who is found shall be thrust through,
and every one who is joined to them shall fall by the sword.
16 (Na 3:10; Ps 137:8-9) Their children also shall be dashed
to pieces before their eyes;
their houses shall be devastated and their wives ravished.
17 (Pr 6:34-35; Jer 51:11) See, I will stir up the Medes against them,
who shall not regard silver;
and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
18 (2Ki 8:12; 2Ch 36:17) Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces,
and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
their eye shall not spare children.
19 (Ge 19:24; Da 4:30) Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
the beauty of the Chaldean's excellency,
shall be as when God overthrew
Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 (Isa 14:23; Jer 51:43) It shall never be inhabited,
nor shall it be lived in from generation to generation,
nor shall the Arabian pitch a tent there,
nor shall the shepherds make their fold there.
21 (Rev 18:2; Isa 34:11-15) But wild beasts of the desert
shall lie down there,
and their houses shall be full of owls,
ostriches also shall dwell there,
and shaggy goats shall dance there.
22 (Isa 25:2; 35:7) The wild beasts of the islands shall cry
in their desolate houses
and jackals in their pleasant palaces.
And her time is near to come,
and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah 14
The Restoration of Judah
1 (Ps 102:13; Zec 1:17) For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob,
and will yet choose Israel,
and set them in their own land.
Then the strangers shall be joined with them,
and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
2 (Isa 61:5; 60:14) The people shall take them
and bring them to their place,
and the house of Israel shall possess them
in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids;
and they shall take them captive, whose captives they were,
and they shall rule over their oppressors.
The Fall of Babylon's King
3 (Ezr 9:8-9; Jer 30:10) In the day the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow,
and from your fear, and from the hard bondage in which you were made to serve,
4 (Isa 49:26; Rev 18:16) you shall take up this proverb
against the king of Babylon, and say:
How has the oppressor ceased!
The golden city ceased!
5 (Ps 125:3; Isa 9:4) The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
and the scepter of the rulers;
6 he who struck the people in wrath with unceasing strokes,
he who ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and no one hinders.
7 (Ps 126:1-3; 98:7-9 )The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
they break forth into singing.
8 (Eze 31:16) Indeed, the fir trees rejoice at you,
and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
"Since you are laid down,
no tree cutter has come up against us."
9 Hell from beneath is moved for you
to meet you at your coming;
it stirs up the dead for you,
even all the chief ones of the earth;
it has raised up from their thrones
all the kings of the nations.
10 They all shall speak
and say to you:
"Have you also become as weak as we have?
Have you become like us?"
11 Your pomp is brought down to Hell,
and the noise of your harps;
maggots are spread under you,
and the worms cover you.
12 (Lk 10:18; 2Pe 1:19) How are you fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who weaken the nations!
13 (Eze 28:2) For you have said in your heart,
"I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit also on the mount of the congregation,
in the recesses of the north;
14 (Isa 47:8; 2Th 2:4) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High."
15 (Mt 11:23; Eze 32:23) Yet you shall be brought down to Hell,
to the sides of the pit.
{
Please note:
Luke 10
The Return of the Seventy
17Mk 16:17; Lk 10:1The seventy returned with joy, saying,
"Lord, even the demons are subject to us through Your name."
18 (Rev 9:1; Isa 14:12) He said to them, "I saw Satan as lightning
fall from heaven.
19 (Mk 16:18; Ps 91:13) Look, I give you authority to trample
on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy.
And nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 (Ex 32:32; Ps 69:28) Nevertheless do not rejoice that the spirits
are subject to you, but rather rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
Also note from Isa 14:12 - there is a satanis and erroroneous reference
in Is 14:12 to morning star. Why do I say that?
Revelation 22:16 MEV
16 "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to you with this testimony for the churches.
I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star."
Satan is never the Morning star!
}
16 (Jer 50:23) Those who see you shall stare at you
and ponder over you:
"Is this the man who made the earth
to tremble and shook kingdoms,
17 (Joel 2:3; Isa 45:13) who made the world as a wilderness
and destroyed its cities,
who did not open the house of his prisoners?"
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory,
each one in his own tomb;
19 (Jer 41:7; 41:9) but you are cast out of your grave
like an abominable branch
and clothed with those who are slain,
thrust through with a sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit
as a corpse trodden underfoot.
20 (Job 18:19; Ps 21:10) You shall not be joined with them in burial
because you have destroyed your land
and slain your people.
The seed of evildoers
shall never be renowned.
21 (Ex 20:5; Lev 26:39) Prepare a place of slaughter for his children
for the iniquity of their fathers;
they must not rise nor possess the land,
nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 (1Ki 14:10; Pr 10:7) For I will rise up against them,
says the Lord of Hosts,
and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant,
and son, and nephew,
says the Lord.
23 (Zep 2:14; 1Ki 14:10) I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog
and pools of water,
and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,
says the Lord of Hosts.
{Also note the Babylonian religion was based on the Mother-son
religions
https://www.google.com/search?q=mother-son+religions+Chaldean+Mysteries+nimrod
Of which one article
https://amazingdiscoveries.org/S-deception_paganism_Catholic_Nimrod_Mary
The pagan system of sun worship had three main aspects: the father, mother,
and the son. In ancient Chaldean times, these were the god Bel or Merodach,
Ninus the son who was also worshiped as Tammuz, and the female goddess
Rhea who was also worshiped as Ishtar[Oestre,Easter], Astarte, or Beltis.
She was also referred to as the "queen of heaven," and the "wrath subduer."
Mary has received these same names in Catholicism.
A statue of Mary and Jesus at Westminster Abbey.
Notice the globe Jesus is holding.
Mother and child worship was the basis of the ancient religions.
In the various religions of the world, the same system of worship
was perpetuated under different names.
In Egypt , the mother and child were worshiped as Isis and Osiris or Horus,
in India as Isi and Iswara,
in China and Japan as the mother goddess Shing-moo with child,
in Greece as Ceres or Irene and Plutus,
in Rome as Fortuna and Jupitor-puer, or Venus and Adurnis,
and in Scandinavia as Frigga and Balder.
The mother and child were worshiped in Babylon as Ishtar[Oestre,Easter]
and Tammuz, and in Phoenicia, as Ashtoreth and Baal. Moreover,
the child was worshiped as both husband and son of the mother goddess.
The male component is a counterfeit of Jesus Christ. The Biblical names
used for Jesus were also used for the child in ancient religions.
Zoroaster was referred to as the seed, Mithra the Persian
sun god was referred to as the Saviour, Dionysus as the sin-bearer,
Bacchus as the branch, Vishna as the victim-man,
and Osiris as the king of kings.
The Legend of Nimrod
The system of worship has its origin in the legend of Nimrod
and his wife Semiramus. Nimrod (the great-grandson of Noah)
rebelled against God, like his father Cush.
Eventually Nimrod was put to death for his evil deeds,
and according to the ancient patriarchal system,
parts of his body were sent to various cities as a warning.
His wife Semiramus fled, but spread the rumour
that he had ascended to heaven, where he had become one with the sun.
When Semiramus later gave birth to a son, she claimed that it was
the reincarnation of her deified husband,
and that he had returned to save the human race.
She was later deified as the mother of the sun god,
and it was supposed she had ascended into heaven
as the queen of heaven. In the various cultures throughout history
and around the world, the same basic deities have been
worshiped under different names.
Read about Mary, the mother of the true Saviour,
and how paganism has twisted the truth about her identity
}
An Oracle Concerning Assyria
24 (Ac 4:28; Job 23:13) The Lord of Hosts has sworn, saying:
Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass,
and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25 (Isa 9:4; Na 1:13) that I will break the Assyrian in My land,
and on My mountains tread him under foot.
Then shall his yoke depart from off them
and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26 This is the purpose that is purposed on the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out on all the nations.
27 (2Ch 20:6; Isa 43:13) For the Lord of Hosts has purposed,
and who shall disannul it?
And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
An Oracle Concerning Philistia
28 (2Ki 16:20; 2Ch 28:27) In the year that King Ahaz died was this oracle:
29 (2Ch 26:6; Isa 11:8) Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you,
because the rod that struck you is broken;
for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a viper,
and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
30 (Isa 7:21-22) The firstborn of the poor shall feed,
and the needy shall lie down in safety:
and I will kill your root with famine,
and he shall slay your remnant.
31 (Jer 1:14; Isa 13:6) Wail, O gate. Cry, O city.
Melt away, O Philistia, all of you;
for smoke shall come from the north,
and there is no straggler in his ranks.
32 (Ps 87:5; 87:1) What shall one then answer
the messengers of the nation?
That the Lord has founded Zion,
and the poor of His people shall trust in it.
Isaiah 15
A Prophecy Against Moab
Jer 48:29-36
1 (Nu 21:28; Isa 11:14) The oracle of Moab.
Surely in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste
and brought to silence,
surely in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste
and brought to silence,
2 (Lev 21:5; Jer 48:1) he has gone up to the temple and to Dibon,
the high places, to weep.
Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba;
on all their heads shall be baldness,
and every beard cut off.
3 (Jnh 3:6-8) In their streets they shall clothe themselves with sackcloth;
on the tops of their houses and in their streets,
everyone shall wail,
weeping abundantly.
4 (Jer 48:34) Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh;
their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz;
therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;
his life shall be grievous to him.
5 (Jer 48:5; 4:20) My heart shall cry out for Moab;
his fugitives shall flee to Zoar,
like a three-year-old heifer.
For by the Ascent of Luhith
they shall go up with weeping;
for in the way of Horonaim
they shall raise up a cry of destruction,
6 (Nu 32:36; Joel 1:10-12) for the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate;
surely the grass is withered away;
the grass fails,
there is no green thing.
7 (Jer 48:36) Therefore the abundance they have gained, and that
which they have laid up,
they shall carry away to the Brook of the Willows.
8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab;
its wailing to Eglaim,
and its wailing to Beer Elim.
9 (2Ki 17:25) For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood;
for I will bring more woes on Dimon,
lions on the fugitives of Moab,
and on the remnant of the land.
Isaiah 15
A Prophecy Against Moab
Jer 48:29-36
1 (Nu 21:28; Isa 11:14) The oracle of Moab.
Surely in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste
and brought to silence,
surely in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste
and brought to silence,
2 (Lev 21:5; Jer 48:1) he has gone up to the temple and to Dibon,
the high places, to weep.
Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba;
on all their heads shall be baldness,
and every beard cut off.
3 (Jnh 3:6-8) In their streets they shall clothe themselves with sackcloth;
on the tops of their houses and in their streets,
everyone shall wail,
weeping abundantly.
4 (Jer 48:34) Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh;
their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz;
therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;
his life shall be grievous to him.
5 (Jer 48:5; 4:20) My heart shall cry out for Moab;
his fugitives shall flee to Zoar,
like a three-year-old heifer.
For by the Ascent of Luhith
they shall go up with weeping;
for in the way of Horonaim
they shall raise up a cry of destruction,
6 (Nu 32:36; Joel 1:10-12) for the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate;
surely the grass is withered away;
the grass fails,
there is no green thing.
7 (Jer 48:36) Therefore the abundance they have gained,
and that which they have laid up,
they shall carry away to the Brook of the Willows.
8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab;
its wailing to Eglaim,
and its wailing to Beer Elim.
9 (2Ki 17:25) For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood;
for I will bring more woes on Dimon,
lions on the fugitives of Moab,
and on the remnant of the land.
Isaiah 17
An Oracle Concerning Damascus
1 (Zec 9:1; Ge 14:15) The oracle of Damascus.
See, Damascus will cease from being a city;
it shall be a ruinous heap.
2 (Eze 25:5; Nu 32:34) The cities of Aroer are forsaken;
they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down,
and no one shall make them afraid.
3 (Isa 7:16; 8:4) The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim,
and the kingdom from Damascus,
and the remnant of Aram;
they shall be as the glory of the sons of Israel,
says the Lord of Hosts.
4 (Isa 10:16) In that day the glory of Jacob shall decrease,
and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
5 (2Sa 5:18; Jer 51:33) It shall be as when the harvestman gathers the corn
and reaps the ears with his arm,
and it shall be as he who gathers ears
in the Valley of Rephaim.
6 (Isa 24:13; Dt 4:27) Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it,
as the shaking of an olive tree,
two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough,
four or five in its outmost fruitful branches,
says the Lord God of Israel.
7 (Mic 7:7; Hos 3:5) On that day a man shall look to his Maker,
and his eyes shall have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
8 (Isa 27:9; 30:22) He shall not look to the altars,
the work of his hands,
nor shall he respect what his fingers have made,
either the groves or the images.
9 (Isa 27:10) In that day his strong cities shall be as a forsaken bough
and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the sons of Israel;
and there shall be a desolation.
10 (Dt 32:4; Isa 12:2) Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation
and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength,
therefore you plant pleasant plants
and set them with vine slips of a strange god;
11 (Job 4:8; Hos 8:7) in the day that you plant it, you carefully fence it in,
and in the morning you make your seed to flourish;
but the harvest shall be a heap of ruins
in the day of grief and desperate pain.
12 (Ps 18:4; Jer 6:23) Woe to the multitude of many people
who make a noise like the noise of the seas,
and the rushing of many peoples
who make a rumble like the rumbling of mighty waters!
13 (Ps 9:5; Job 21:18) The nations rumble like the rumbling of many waters;
but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off,
and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind,
and like rolling dust before the whirlwind.
14 (2Ki 19:35) At evening time, sudden terror!
And before the morning, they are no more.
This is the portion of those who plunderus,
and the lot of those who rob us.
{This prophecy will be fulfilled soon, Uner the Presidency of Assad
of Syria, this will total see off Damascus and Syria overall}
2) Our Daily Bread for 15 July 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/15/not-like-that
entitled Confident Prayer
Luke 11:5-13
5 Then He said to them, "Which of you has a friend and shall go
to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 for a friend of mine on his journey has come to me, and I have nothing
to set before him';
7 and he will answer from within, 'Do not trouble me; the door is now shut,
and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give you anything'?
8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give him Âanything Â
because he is his friend, yet because of his Âpersistence he will rise
and give him as much as he needs.
9 (Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24) "And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you;
seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks it will be opened.
11 "If a son asks for bread from any of you who is a father,
will you give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish,
will you give him a serpent instead of a fish?
12 Or if he asks for an egg, will you offer him a scorpion?
13 (Mt 7:11; Ge 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
Having tried for years to have a child, Richard and Susan were elated
when Susan became pregnant. Her health problems, however, posed a risk
to the baby, and so Richard lay awake each night praying for his wife
and child. One night, Richard sensed he didn't need to pray so hard,
that God had promised to take care of things. But a week later Susan
miscarried. Richard was devastated. He wondered, Had they lost the baby
because he hadn't prayed hard enough?
On first reading, we might think today's parable suggests so. In the story,
a neighbor (sometimes thought to represent God) only gets out of bed
to help the friend because of the friend's annoying persistence (Luke 11:5-8).
Read this way, the parable suggests that God will give us what we need only
if we badger Him. And if we don't pray hard enough, maybe God won't help us.
But biblical commentators like Klyne Snodgrass believe this misunderstands
the parable-its real point being that if neighbours might help us
for selfish reasons, how much more will our unselfish Father.
We can therefore ask confidently (vv. 9-10), knowing that God is greater
than flawed human beings (vv. 11–13). He isn't the neighbor in the parable,
but the opposite of him.
"I don't know why you lost your baby," I told Richard, "but I know it wasn't
because you didn't pray 'hard' enough. God isn't like that."
By: Sheridan Voysey
Reflect & Pray
If the neighbor in the parable represents God,
what does it suggest God is like?
If verses 11–13 clarify the parable, what then is God like?
Father, today I bring You my needs and the needs of others,
confident that You'll hear and answer, and grateful that it's Your goodness
and not my words that count.
Read about the power of prayer at DiscoverySeries.org/Q0740.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 5 The Way Out
1 Cor 10:13
13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken
you except what is common to man. God is faithful,
and He will not permit you to be tempted above
what you can endure, but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Becky had experienced some hard knocks in the past few weeks; the stress
was beginning to show, and she wasn't sure she sould handle anything else.
"Why me?" Becky wept, covering her face. "I just can't stand it any more!
I can't pay my bills; I just lost my job, and now my car broke down
on the highway. How much more of this can I take?"
Some people seem to have more than their share of trouble and temptation.
Within six months, one family faced finanical trouble, cancer, quadruple
bypass surgery, and leukemia; their trials brought them face to face with
anger, bitterness, and despair as well. Other peopel seem to go through
life with relatively minor stresses and few real temptations to sin.
But whether our problems are great or small, they are part of the cpmmon
thread that ties humanity together. All of us face temptation; it is ,
Paul says, "Common to man." But Paul assures us that
"God ... will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear."
Often what we can bear is more that what we think we can bear. God will use
the troubled times in our lives for our maturity in him, but he promises
as well that he will not let temptation break us. He will provide "a way out,"
"a way of escape".
Sometimes the "way out" is true escape, being removed from what caused the
trouble. At other times, rathewr than being removed from it, we must
withstand the stress, face the temptatino, enure the pain. Whether we escape
or endure, God is faithful to provide what we need; we can trust him
not to give os more than we can bear.
Application
a) Have I ever faced more stress or temptation than I thought I could bear?
b) Under what circumstances has God provided an "escape" for me?
When have I had to walk "through" my difficulties?
c) How can today's verse encourage me when times are tough?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
1 Cor 13:3
3 If I give all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned,
and have not love, it profits me nothing.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Inexhaustible Strength
Ps 18:30-34
30 As for God, His way has integrity;
the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield
to all those who take refuge in Him.
31 For who is God except the Lord?
Or who is a rock besides our God?
32 It is God who clothes me with strength,
and gives my way integrity.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
and causes me to stand on my high places.
34 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
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
15th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living (John 16: 8 - 11
8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness
and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 of righteousness, because I am going to My Father,
and you will see Me no more;
11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world stands condemned."
)
b) Pray for the province of Nova Scotia
I) Pray for the leaders of Nova Scotia, that God’s Spirit would influence
then to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 – 4 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority, that we may
lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Savior, 4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and
to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses beaming forth the illuminating truth
of God’s Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to understand his prophecies , fulfilled
and unfilled, to the fullest. Pray like Daniel to understand
His Word!
Pray to the Lord "Father, today I bring You my needs and the needs of others,
confident that You'll hear and answer, and grateful that it's Your goodness
and not my words that count."
Pray to the Lord and ask him to bear your burdens.
Pray to the Lord to be truly charitable.
Pray to the Lord to strenghten you in spirit.
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 the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living.
Pray that Bibles will become more accessible throughout Morocco.
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.