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Day 197 - 16 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Friday, July 16. 2021

Day 197, 16 July 2021

Isaiah 18-22

Isaiah 18

An Oracle Concerning Ethiopia

1 (2Ki 19:9; Eze 30:4-5) Woe to the land vibrating with wings,

which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

2 (Ge 10:8-9; 2Ch 12:2-4) which sends ambassadors by the sea,

even in vessels of reeds on the waters, saying,

"Go, swift messengers,

to a nation tall and smooth,

to a people feared far and wide,

a nation strong and oppressive,

whose land the rivers have divided."

3 (Isa 5:26; 26:11) All you inhabitants of the world,

and dwellers on the earth:

When he lifts up a banner on the mountains,

you will see it;

and when he blows a trumpet,

you will hear it.

4 (Isa 26:21; Hos 5:15) For so the Lord said to me:

I will look from My dwelling place quietly,

like dazzling heat in the sunshine,

like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

5 (Eze 17:6-10) For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect

and the sour grape is ripening in the flower,

then He shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks

and take away and cut down the branches.

6 (Jer 7:33; Eze 32:4-6) They shall be left together for the fowl

of the mountains

and for the beasts of the earth;

and the fowl shall spend the summer feeding on them,

and all the beasts of the earth shall spend the winter on them.

7 (Isa 45:14; Zep 3:10) In that time a present shall be brought

to the Lord of Hosts

from a people tall and smooth,

and from a people feared far and wide,

a nation strong and oppressive,

whose land the rivers have divided,

to the place of the name of the Lord of Hosts, even Mount Zion.

(A prophecy that could happen soon)

Isaiah 19

An Oracle Concerning Egypt

1 (Ex 12:12; Jos 2:11) The oracle of Egypt.

See, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud

and shall come into Egypt;

and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at His presence,

and the heart of Egypt shall melt in its midst.

2 (Jdg 7:22; 1Sa 14:20) I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians,

and they shall fight every one against his brother,

and every one against his neighbor,

city against city,

and kingdom against kingdom.

3 (Isa 8:19; Da 2:2; 1Ch 10:13) The spirit of Egypt shall be discouraged

in their midst,

and I will destroy their counsel;

then they shall seek for the idols and for the charmers

and for the mediums and the sorcerers.

4 (Isa 20:4; Jer 46:26) The Egyptians I will give over

into the hand of a cruel lord,

and a fierce king shall rule over them,

says the Lord, the Lord of Hosts.

5 (Jer 51:36; Eze 30:12) The waters from the sea shall dry up,

and the river shall be parched and dry.

6I (sa 37:25; Ex 2:3) The canals shall emit a stench;

the streams of Egypt shall diminish and dry up;

the reeds and rushes shall wither.

7 The papyrus reeds by the brooks,

by the mouth of the brooks,

and everything sown by the brooks,

shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

8 (Eze 47:10; Hab 1:15) The fishermen also shall mourn,

and all those who cast a line into the brooks shall lament,

and those who spread nets on the waters

shall languish.

9 (Eze 27:7; Pr 7:16) Moreover those who work with fine flax

and those who weave white cloth shall be humiliated;

10 and the pillars of Egypt shall be crushed.

All the hired workers shall be grieved in soul.

11 (Nu 13:22; 1Ki 4:30) Surely the princes of Zoan are fools;

the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid.

How can you say to Pharaoh,

"I am a son of the wise,

a son of ancient kings?"

12 (1Co 1:20) Where are they? Where are your wise men?

Let them tell you now, and let them understand

what the Lord of Hosts

has purposed against Egypt.

13 (Jer 2:16; Eze 30:13 ) The princes of Zoan have become fools;

the princes of Memphis are deceived;

they have also seduced Egypt,

even those who are the cornerstone of her tribes.

14 (Job 12:25; Jer 25:27) The Lord has mingled

a perverse spirit in her;

so they have caused Egypt to err in her every work,

as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

15 (Isa 9:14-15) Nor shall there be any work for Egypt,

which its head or tail, its branch or bulrush, may do.

16 (Isa 11:15; Jer 51:30) In that day Egypt shall become like women.

And it shall be afraid and be in dread because of the shaking of the hand

of the Lord of Hosts which He is about to shake over it.

17 (Isa 14:24; Da 4:35) The land of Judah shall become a terror to Egypt.

Everyone to whom it is mentioned shall be in dread of it,

because of the counsel of the Lord of Hosts

which He has determined against it.

18 (Zep 3:9; Isa 19:21) In that day five cities in the land of Egypt

shall speak the language of Canaan and swear to the Lord of Hosts.

One shall be called the City of Destruction.

19 (Ge 28:18; Jos 22:10) In that day there shall be an altar to the Lord

in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border.

20It shall be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of Hosts in the land

of Egypt. For they shall cry to the Lord because of the oppressors,

and He shall send them a Savior and a Champion. And He shall deliver them.

21 (Isa 11:9; Mal 1:11) The Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians

shall know the Lord in that day, and shall worship with sacrifice

and offering, they shall make a vow to the Lord and perform it.

22 (Dt 32:39; Hos 14:1) The Lord shall strike Egypt. He shall strike

and heal it. Then they shall return to the Lord, and He shall be entreated

by them and shall heal them.

23 (Isa 11:16) In that day there shall be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria,

and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria,

and the Egyptians shall worship with the Assyrians.

24 (Isa 65:8; Ge 12:2) In that day Israel shall be the third group

with Egypt and Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the earth,

25 (Isa 29:23; Ps 100:3) whom the Lord of Hosts has blessed, saying,

"ÂBlessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands,

and Israel My inheritance."

Isaiah 20

A Prophecy Against Egypt and Ethiopia

1 (2Ki 18:17) In the year that the Tartan

[Possibly Commander-in-Chief.] came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria

sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it,

2 (1Sa 19:24; Mic 1:8) at the same time the Lord spoke

by Isaiah the son of Amoz saying, "Go and loosen the sackcloth

from your waist and take off your shoes from your feet."

And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

3 (Isa 8:18) The Lord said, "Even as My servant Isaiah has walked naked

and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia,

4 (Isa 19:4; Jer 13:22) so the king of Assyria shall lead away the Egyptians

as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old,

naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

5 (Isa 30:3; 30:5) Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed of Ethiopia

their hope and Egypt their boast.

6 (Mt 23:33; 1Th 5:3) So the inhabitants of this coastland shall say

in that day, 'Certainly such is our hope, where we flee for help

to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And how shall we escape?' "

Isaiah 21

A Prophecy Against Babylon

1 (Isa 13:1; Jer 51:42) The oracle of the desert of the sea.

As whirlwinds in the Negev pass through,

so it comes from the desert,

from a terrible land.

2 (Isa 33:1; Ps 60:3) A grievous vision is declared to me;

the treacherous one still deals treacherously,

and the destroyer still destroys.

Go up, O Elam. Lay siege, O Media.

All her sighing I have made to cease.

3 (Isa 13:8; Ps 48:6) Therefore, my loins are filled with pain;

pangs have taken hold of me as the pangs of a woman who travails.

I am so perplexed at the hearing of it;

I am so dismayed at the seeing of it.

4 My heart panted,

fearfulness overwhelmed me;

the night for which I longed

has turned into trembling for me.

5 (Jer 51:39; 51:57) Prepare the table,

watch in the watchtower,

eat and drink.

Arise, you princes,

and oil the shields.

6 (2Ki 9:17-20) For thus the Lord has said to me:

"Go, station a watchman;

let him declare what he sees.

7 (Isa 21:9) When he sees chariots

with horsemen in pairs,

a chariot of donkeys,

and a chariot of camels,

then let him pay close attention,

very close attention."

8 Then the watchman called:

"O Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime,

and I am stationed at my guard post every night.

9 (Jer 51:8; Rev 14:8) Look, here comes a chariot of men,

horsemen in pairs."

And he answered and said,

"Fallen, fallen is Babylon.

And all the graven images of her gods

lie shattered on the ground."

10 (Jer 51:33; Mic 4:13) O my threshed people and my afflicted

of the threshing floor!

What I have heard from the Lord of Hosts,

the God of Israel,

I have declared to you.

A Prophecy Against Edom

11 (Ge 25:14; 1Ch 1:30) The oracle of Dumah.

He calls to me out of Seir,

"Watchman, how far gone is the night?

Watchman, how far gone is the night?"

12 The watchman says,

"The morning comes and also the night.

If you would inquire, inquire;

return again."

A Prophecy Against Arabia

13 (Jer 25:23-24; Ge 25:3) The oracle about Arabia.

In the forest of Arabia you shall lodge,

O traveling companies of Dedanites.

14 (Ge 25:15; Job 6:19) Bring water for the thirsty,

O inhabitants of the land of Tema;

meet the fugitive with bread.

15 For they fled from the swords,

from the drawn sword,

and from the bent bow,

and from the grievousness of war.

16 (Ps 120:5; Isa 16:14) For thus the Lord has said to me:

Within a year, according to the years of a hireling,

all the glory of Kedar shall fail.

17 (Nu 23:19; Isa 1:20) And the remainder of the number of archers,

the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished,

for the Lord God of Israel has spoken it.

Isaiah 22

An Oracle Concerning Jerusalem

1 (Jer 21:13; Ps 125:2) The oracle of the Valley of Vision.

What ails you now,

that you all have gone up to the housetops,

2 (Isa 32:13; 23:7) you who were full of noise,

a tumultuous city, a joyous city?

Your slain are not slain with the sword,

nor did they die in battle.

3 All your rulers have fled together;

they are captured by the archers.

All of you who were found were taken captive together,

although they had fled from afar.

4 (Jer 9:1; Mic 1:8) Therefore, I say, "Look away from me,

I will weep bitterly;

do not try to comfort me

because of the destruction of the daughter of my people."

5 (Isa 10:6; 37:3) For it is a day of trouble and of treading down

and of perplexity

by the Lord God of Hosts

in the Valley of Vision,

a breaking down of the walls

and a crying to the mountains.

6 (2Ki 16:9; Isa 21:2) Elam took up the quiver

with chariots of men and horsemen,

and Kir uncovered the shield.

7 Your choicest valleys shall be full of chariots,

and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

8 (1Ki 7:2; 10:17) And He shall remove the protection of Judah.

You shall depend in that day

on the weapons of the house of the forest;

9 (2Ki 20:20) you have seen also that the breaches

of the City of David are many;

and you gathered together the waters

of the lower pool.

10 You have numbered the houses of Jerusalem,

and the houses you have broken down to fortify the wall.

11 (2Ki 25:4) You also made a reservoir between the two walls

for the water of the old pool.

But you have not looked to its Maker,

nor did you respect Him who fashioned it long ago.

12 (Joel 2:17; 1:13) In that day the Lord God of Hosts

called you to weeping and mourning,

and to tear your hair and wear sackcloth.

13 (Isa 56:12; 1Co 15:32; Lk 17:26-29) Yet, there is joy and gladness,

slaying of oxen and killing of sheep,

eating of meat and drinking wine:

"Let us eat and drink,

for tomorrow we may die."

14 (1Sa 3:14; Isa 5:9) It was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of Hosts:

Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you until you die,

says the Lord God of Hosts.

15 (2Ki 18:18; Isa 36:3) Thus says the Lord God of Hosts:

Come, go to this treasurer,

even to Shebna, who is over the royal household, and say:

16 (Mt 27:60; 2Ch 16:14) What right do you have here?

And whom do you have here

that you have dug out for yourself a tomb here,

as he who hews out for himself a tomb on high,

and who cuts a habitation for himself in a rock?

17 Indeed, the Lord is about to hurl you headlong, O man;

He is about to seize you firmly.

18 (Isa 17:13) He will surely violently turn

and toss you like a ball into a large country;

there you shall die,

and there the chariots of your glory shall be

the shame of your lordâ€™s house.

19 (Job 40:11-12; Eze 17:24) I will drive you from your office

and pull you down from your station.

20 (2Ki 18:18; Isa 36:3) In that day I will call My servant Eliakim

the son of Hilkiah.

21 (Ge 45:8) And I will clothe him with your robe and tie him securely

with your sash. And I will entrust him with your authority,

and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem

and to the house of Judah.

22 (Job 12:14; Rev 3:7) The key of the house of David I will lay

on his shoulder. Then he shall open, and no one shall shut.

And he shall shut, and no one shall open.

23 (1Sa 2:8; Ezr 9:8) I will fasten him as a nail in a firm place,

and he shall become a glorious throne to his father's house.

24 They shall hang on him all the glory of his father's house,

the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity,

from the bowls to all the jars.

25 (Isa 46:11; Mic 4:4) In that day, says the Lord of Hosts,

the nail that is fastened in the firm place shall be removed,

and be cut down and fall. And the load that was on it shall be cut off,

for the Lord has spoken it.

2) Our Daily Bread for 16 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/16/reoriented

entitled Navigating the Storms of Life

Psalms 43

1 Vindicate me, O God,

and plead my cause against an ungodly nation;

deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For You are the God of my refuge;

why have You rejected me?

Why do I walk about mourning

because of the oppression of the enemy?

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Send out Your light and Your truth.

Let them lead me;

let them bring me to Your holy hill,

and to Your dwelling place.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Then I will go to the altar of God,

to the God of my joyful gladness;

with the harp I will give thanks to You,

O God, my God.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Why are you cast down, O my soul?

And why are you disquieted within me?

Hope in God;

for I will yet give Him thanks,

the salvation of my countenance and my God.

On July 16, 1999, the small plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr.

crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Investigators determined the cause

of the accident to be a common error known as spatial disorientation.

This phenomenon occurs when, due to poor visibility, pilots become

disoriented and forget to rely on their instruments to help them

successfully reach their destination.

As we navigate life, there are often times when life gets so overwhelming

we feel disoriented. A cancer diagnosis, the death of a loved one, a job loss,

a betrayal by a friend-life's unexpected tragedies can easily leave us feeling

lost and confused.

When we find ourselves in these kinds of situations, we might try offering

the prayer of Psalm 43. In this psalm, the psalmist is overwhelmed

and feeling lost because he feels surrounded by evil and injustice.

In despair, the psalmist pleads with God to provide His sure guidance

to help him safely navigate through the situation to his desired destination,

God's presence (vv. 3â€“4). In God's presence the psalmist knows he'll find

renewed hope and joy.

What are the tools the psalmist requests for guidance?

The light of truth and the assurance of God's presence by His Holy Spirit.

When youâ€™re feeling disoriented and lost, God's faithful guidance

through His Spirit and loving presence can comfort you and light your way.

By: Lisa M. Samra

Reflect & Pray

What disorienting circumstances are you experiencing?

How might you ask God to help guide you today?

Heavenly Father, thank You that You've not left me alone

in the challenging and disorienting circumstances of life.

Please help me to rely on You to guide my steps today.

To learn how to help people who are in pain, visit https://ChristianUniversity.org/CC205 .

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 6 Humility and Exaltation

1 Peter 5:6-7

6 (Jas 4:10; Mt 23:12) Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God,

that He may exalt you in due time.

7 (Ps 55:22; 37:5) Cast all your care upon Him, because He cares for you.

"I was so humble I was given an award for humility," the pastor quipped.

"They gave me a humility plaque - but they had to take it back when I hung it

on my office wall."

Humility is rare among 20th Centuey Christians. Our pride tkaes two

seemingly contradictory forms: Self-exaltation and self-denial. But both

focus on self, not on God.

Francois Fenelon, 17th century French archibishop, From his

"Letters of Spiritual Counsel" wrote:

"He who so completely forgetd himself that he never thinks of self ... is

truly humble. If we had the light to discern it, we should see clearly that

when we think we are humbling ourselves we are exalting ourselves;

when we think we are annihilating ourseles we are seeking out own life."

True humility, as Fenelon implies, means recognising who we are in the light

of who God is. Excess of self-importance and low self-esteem are both

self-centered perspectives; true humility is God-centered.

When we humble ourselves, we become intensely aware of God and less

aware of ourselves. We can focus on his face and get our eyes off our own

image. We can stop worrying about how others percieve us. Such humbling

is diffiuclt - as one 70-year-old saint joked, "It ain't the heat that gets

you, it's the humility." But when we submit to him and fell the weight of the

"Mighty hand of God" upon us, we can forget ourselves, abandon

ourselves to his presence, and cast our cares upon him.

Application

a) What form does my pride usualy take - self-exaltation or self-degradtion?

b) Why must I humble myself in order for the Lord to lift me up?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Romans 13:7-8

7 (Mt 17:25; 22:21) Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes

are due, respect to whom respect is due, fear to whom fear is due,

and honor to whom honor is due.

8 (Ro 13:10; Mt 7:12) Owe no one anything, except to love one another,

for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.

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

God's Eternal Faithfulness

Ps 117

1 Praise the Lord, all you nations! Exalt Him, all you peoples!

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For His merciful kindness is great towardus,

and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

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

16th Day of the Month

a) Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false

idea that all moral choices are equal and

without consequences

( John 16:7-8

7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away.

For if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you.

But if I go, I will send Him to you.

8 When He comes, He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment"

)

b) Pray that poeple's hearts would be opened to see the folly

of denying God's supremacy

(

John 14:6

6 Jesus said to him,

"I am the way, the truth, and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me."

Rom 3:19-20

19 Now we know that whatever the law says,

it says to those who are under the law,

so that every mouth may be silenced,

and all the world may become accountable to God.

20 Therefore by the works of the law

no flesh will be justified in His sight,

for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

2 COr 5:10

10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,

that each one may receive his recompense in the body,

according to what he has done,

whether it was good or bad.

2 Cor 10:5

5 casting down imaginations and every high thing

that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,

bringing every thought into

captivity to the obedience of Christ,

)

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 "Heavenly Father, thank You that You've not left me alone

in the challenging and disorienting circumstances of life.

Please help me to rely on You to guide my steps today."

Pray to the Lord to be humble in his site.

Pray to the Lord to be to render what is due.

Pray to the Lord a prayer of Thanksgiving .

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 God will convict the hearts of man and women of the false

idea that all moral choices are equal and

without consequences.

Pray that poeple's hearts would be opened to see the folly

of denying God's supremacy

Pray that Qataris respond to the Gospel as it is proclaimed

through the Internet and broadcast outreaches.

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.

Day 196 - 15 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Thursday, July 15. 2021

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 manâ€™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 serpentâ€™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. 11â€“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 11â€“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 Godâ€™s Spirit would influence

then to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.

( 1 Tim 2:1 â€“ 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 Godâ€™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.

Day 195 - 14 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Wednesday, July 14. 2021

Day 195, 14 July 2021

2 Chron 28; 2 Kings 16-17

2 Chronicles 28

Ahaz, King of Judah

2Ki 16:1-20

1 (1Ch 3:13; Isa 1:1) Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign,

and he was king in Jerusalem for sixteen years. And he did not do

what was correct in the eyes of the Lord as David his father.

2 (Ex 34:17; Jdg 2:11) And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel,

and he cast images for Baal worship.

3 (Lev 18:21; 2Ch 33:2) And he made sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom,

and he burned his sons in the fire according to the detestable acts

of the nations that the Lord had displaced before the sons of Israel.

4 He even made sacrifices and offered incense on the high places

of the hills and under every green tree.

Judah Defeated

5 (Isa 7:1; 2Ki 16:5-6) So the Lord his God gave him

into the hand of the king of Aram. They struck Ahaz and took captive

many prisoners and brought them to Damascus.

He was even given into the hand of the king of Israel,

and he attacked Ahaz with a great slaughter.

6 (2Ki 15:27; Isa 9:21) And Pekah the son of RemÂaliah killed

120000 in Judah in one day, and they were all strong men,

but they abandoned the Lord God of their fathers.

7 And Zikri, a mighty warrior from Ephraim, killed Maaseiah

the son of the king, and Azrikam the official of the palace,

and Elkanah second to the king.

8 (2Ch 11:4; Dt 28:25) And the sons of Israel took captive 200000

of their kin, women, sons, and daughters.

They also took much plunder and brought the plunder to Samaria.

9 (Ezr 9:6; Isa 47:6) And there was a prophet there whose name was Oded,

and he went out to the army as it approached Samaria and said to them,

"See that the anger of the Lord God of your fathers is against Judah,

and He gave them into your hand, and you all have killed them

in a rage that has reached even to heaven.

10 (Lev 25:39-46) And now you are planning to subdue for yourselves

the people of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves.

Do you all not surely have among you guilt before the Lord your God?

11 (Jas 2:13) And now listen to me. Return the captives whom you have taken

captive from your relatives

because the burning wrath of the Lord is on you all."

12 And some men who were heads of the people of Ephraim rose up

before those coming from the war: Azariah the son of Jehohanan,

Berekiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum,

and Amasa the son of Hadlai.

13 And they said, "You will not bring the captives here, for guilt

from the Lord will be on us, and you plan to add to our sin and guilt.

Our guilt is great, and there is already a burning anger against Israel."

14 So the soldiers left the captives and spoil before the officials

and all the assembly.

15 (Dt 34:3; 2Ki 6:22) Then the men who were designated by name took

the captives and clothed those who were naked from the plunder.

So they clothed them, gave them sandals, offered them food and drink,

anointed them with oil, and led them on donkeys, even all those who stumbled.

They brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees,

which was near their kinsmen. Then the officials returned to Samaria.

16 At that time King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria for help.

17 (Ob 1:10) The Edomites continually came and struck Judah

and carried off captives.

18 (Eze 16:57; 16:27) Even the Philistines made raids on the cities

of the lowlands of the Shephelah and the Negev of Judah.

And they captured Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soko and its villages,

Timnah and its villages, and Gimzo and its villages; and they settled there.

19 (2Ch 21:2) For the Lord humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Judah,

for he allowed depravity to spread in Judah and continually transgressed

against the Lord.

20 (2Ki 15:29; 1Ch 5:26) So Tiglath-ÂPileser king of Assyria came

against him, but he brought him distress and not strength.

21 For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the Lord

and palace of the king and the officials, and he gave it

to the king of Assyria, but the king did not help Ahaz.

The Death of Ahaz

22 (Isa 1:5) And at the time that he was oppressed he increased

in unfaithfulness against the Lord.

23 (2Ch 25:14) So he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus

that had devastated him, for he said, "Because the gods of the kings

of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so that

they might help me." But they were his downfall in Judah

and the downfall for all of Israel.

24 (2Ch 29:7; 2Ki 16:17-18) And Ahaz gathered the vessels from the house

of God, and he cut up the vessels. Then he shut the doors of the house

of the Lord, and he made altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

25 (2Ch 28:3) Then in every city in Judah he made high places to make

offerings to other gods. So he provoked the Lord God of his fathers.

26 (2Ki 16:19-20) Now the remainder of the acts and all his ways,

from first to last, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

27 (2Ch 21:20; 24:25) So Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him

in the city of Jerusalem because they did not bring him to the tombs

of the kings of Israel. Then Hezekiah his son was king in his place.

2 Kings 16

Ahaz, King of Judah

2Ch 28:1-27

1 (Isa 1:1) In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah,

Ahaz son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.

2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king,

and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

He did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God

like David his father.

3 (Dt 12:31; Lev 18:21; 2Ki 21:2) He walked in the way of the kings

of Israel and even made his son pass through the fire according

to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed

before the children of IsraelÂ.

4 (Dt 12:2; 1Ki 14:23) He sacrificed and made offerings on the high places,

on the hills, and under every green tree.

5 (2Ki 15:37) Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah,

king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to battle, and they besieged Ahaz

but could not subdue him.

6 (2Ki 14:22; 2Ch 26:2) At that time ReÂzin king of Aram recovered Elath

for Aram and expelled the Judeans from Elath. The Edomites came to Elath

and live there to this day.

7 (2Ki 15:29) So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath--Pileser king of Assyria,

saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand

of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel,

who are rising up against me."

8 (2Ki 12:17-18) Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found

in the house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king's house,

and sent a present to the king of Assyria.

9 (Isa 22:6; Am 9:7) So the king of Assyria listened to him.

The king of Assyria went up to Damascus, captured it,

exiled the people to Kir, and killed Rezin.

10 (Isa 8:2) Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser

king of Assyria and saw an altar that was in Damascus.

King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a pattern of the altar and model of it,

according to the manner of its construction.

11 Uriah the priest built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent

from Damascus. Thus Uriah the priest worked until King Ahaz

came from Damascus.

12 (2Ch 26:16-19) When the king came back from Damascus

and saw the altar, the king approached the altar and made offerings on it.

13 He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out

his libations, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings upon the altar.

14 (2Ch 4:1; Ex 40:6) And the bronze altar that was before the Lord

he moved from the front of the house, from between the altar

and the house of the Lord. He put it on the north side of the new altar.

15 (Ex 29:39-41) Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, "Upon the great

altar offer the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering,

the king's burnt offering, and his grain offering with the burnt offering

of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their libations.

Sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood

of the sacrifice, and the bronze altar will be for me to inquire by."

16 So Uriah the priest did everything that King Ahaz commanded.

17 King Ahaz cut off the bases of the stands and removed the basin from them.

He took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it

and put it on stone pavement.

18 The structure for the Sabbath that they had built in the house

and the king's outer entrance he removed from the house of the Lord

for the king of Assyria.

19 Now the rest of the deeds of Ahaz that he did, are they not written

in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

20 Ahaz slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers

in the City of David. Then Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

2 Kings 17

Hoshea, King of Israel

2Kgs 18:9-12

1 (2Ki 15:30) In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah

became king in Samaria over Israel for nine years.

2 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as the kings of Israel

who were before him.

3 (Hos 10:14) Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him.

Hoshea became his servant and gave him gifts.

4 But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea,

for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt

and offered up no gift to the king of Assyria as he had done year by year.

So the king of Assyria detained him, and then put him in prison.

Israel Exiled to Assyria

5 Then the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, went up to Samaria,

and besieged it for three years.

6 (Dt 28:64; 1Ch 5:26) In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria

seized Samaria and exiled Israel to Assyria. He put them in Halah,

in Habor by the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

7 (Jos 23:16; Ex 20:2) This happened because the children of Israel had sinned

against the Lord their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt

from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had feared other gods

8 (Lev 18:3; Dt 18:9) and walked in the statutes of the nations,

whom the Lord dispossessed before the children of Israel,

and walked in the statutes which the kings of Israel had made.

9 (2Ki 18:8) The children of Israel ascribed things to the Lord their God

that were not so, and they built for themselves high places

in all their cities from the watchtower to the fortified city.

10 (1Ki 14:23; Ex 34:13; 2Ki 16:4) They set up standing stones

and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

11 There they burned incense on all the high places, as the nations did

whom the Lord had carried away before them. And they did wicked things

to provoke the Lord to anger,

12 for they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them,

"You shall not do this thing."

13 (1Sa 9:9; Jer 18:11) But the Lord warned Israel and Judah

by all the prophets and by all the seers, saying,

"Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes,

according to all the law which I commanded your fathers

and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets."

14 (Dt 31:27; Ac 7:51) But they would not listen. They stiffened their necks,

like the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.

15 (Dt 12:30-31; 32:21) They rejected His statutes and His covenant

that He had made with their fathers and the decrees He had given them.

They followed idols, and became idolaters, and followed the surrounding

nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them, that they should not

do like them.

16 (1Ki 12:28; 14:15) They forsook all the commandments of the Lord

their God, made themselves cast images (two calves), made an Asherah pole,

worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

17 (2Ki 21:6; 1Ki 21:20; 2Ki 16:3) They caused their sons and daughters

to pass through the fire, used divination and omens, and sold themselves

to do evil in the sight of the Lord to anger Him.

18 (1Ki 11:13; 11:32) Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel

and removed them from His presence. None remained except the tribe of Judah.

19 (1Ki 14:22-23; 2Ki 16:3) Judah also did not keep the commandments

of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

20 (2Ki 15:29; 13:3) The Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, afflicted them,

and gave them into the hand of plunderers

until He had cast them out of His presence.

21 (1Ki 11:11; 11:31) For He had torn Israel from the house of David,

and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Jeroboam diverted Israel

from following the Lord and caused them to sin greatly.

22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins which Jeroboam

committed. They did not turn aside from them

23 (2Ki 17:6; 17:13) until the Lord removed Israel from His presence

as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled

from their land to Assyria until this day.

Assyria Resettles Samaria

24 (2Ki 18:34; 17:30-31) Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon,

Kuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and put them in the cities of Samaria

instead of the children of Israel.

They possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.

25 (2Ki 17:32; 17:34) Right at the beginning of their settling there,

they did not fear the Lord, so the Lord sent lions among them,

and they killed some of them.

26 So they said to the king of Assyria, "The nations which you have exiled

and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the law of the god

of the land. Therefore He has sent lions among them; they are killing them,

because they do not know the requirements of the god of the land."

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, "Escort back one of the priests

whom you exiled from there and let him go and dwell there.

Let him teach them the law of the god of the land."

28 Then one of the priests whom they had exiled from Samaria

came and lived in Bethel. He taught them how they should fear the Lord.

29 (1Ki 12:31; Mic 4:5) But each nation was making its own gods,

and they put them in the houses of the high places that the people

of Samaria had made, each nation in the cities where they were living.

30 The men of Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, the men of Kuthah made Nergal,

the men of Hamath made Ashima,

31 (2Ki 17:24; 17:17) the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites

were burning their children in fire to Adrammelek and Anammelek,

the gods of Sepharvaim.

32 (1Ki 12:31; 2Ki 17:29) They feared the Lord and made from amongst

themselves priests of the high places, who were working for them

in the houses of the high places.

33 They feared the Lord, and they were serving their own gods,

after the manner of the nations whom they exiled from there.

34 (Ge 32:28; 35:10) To this day they continue to practice

their former customs. They do not fear the Lord, nor are they doing

according to the statutes, requirements, the law or commandment

that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

35 (Jdg 6:10) The Lord had made a covenant and commanded them, saying,

"You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them.

You shall not serve them or sacrifice to them.

36 (Ex 6:6; Dt 6:13) Rather, the Lord, who brought you up

out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm,

Him you shall fear, to Him you shall bow down, and to Him you shall sacrifice.

37 The statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandment, which He wrote

for you, you shall observe to do forever. And you shall not fear other gods.

38 (Dt 4:23; 6:12) The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not

forget. You shall not fear other gods.

39 (2Ki 17:36) Rather the Lord your God you shall fear,

and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."

40 But they did not listen; rather they were practicing their former customs.

41 (Zep 1:5; Mt 6:24) So these nations feared the Lord and were serving

their carved images, both their children and their grandchildren,

as their fathers did, and so they are doing to this day.

2) Our Daily Bread for 14 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/14/listen-and-learn-2

entitled Listen and Learn

James 1:19-27

Hearing and Doing the Word

19 (Pr 10:19; 14:29) Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man

be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

20 for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.

21 (Eph 1:13; 4:22) Therefore lay aside all filthiness and remaining

wickedness and receive with meekness the engrafted word,

which is able to save your souls.

22 (Ro 2:13; Lk 6:46-48) Be doers of the word and not hearers only,

deceiving yourselves.

23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man

viewing his natural face in a mirror.

24 He views himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets

what kind of man he was.

25 (Jas 2:12; Jn 13:17) But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty,

and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work,

this man will be blessed in his deeds.

26 (Ps 34:13; 141:3) If anyone among you seems to be religious

and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart,

this man's religion is vain.

27 (Isa 1:23; Ro 12:2) Religion that is pure and undefiled before God,

the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction

and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

On one side of the street a homeowner displays in his yard a giant

blow-up bald eagle draped in a US flag. A big truck sits in the driveway.

Its side window features a painted flag and the back bumper is covered

with patriotic stickers. Directly across the street in a neighbor's yard

are signs that highlight the slogans for current social justice issues

in the news.

Are the people in these homes feuding or friends? we might wonder.

Is it possible that both families are believers in Jesus?

God calls us to live out the words of James 1:19:

"Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry."

Too often we stubbornly hold on to our opinions and aren't willing

to consider what others are thinking. Matthew Henry's Commentary

has this to say: "We should be swift to hear reason and truth on all sides,

and be slow to speak . . . and, when we do speak,

there should be nothing of wrath."

Someone has said, "Learning requires listening." The practical words from God

in the book of James can only be accomplished if we're filled with God's

loving Spirit and choose to respect others. He's willing to help us make changes

in our hearts and attitudes. Are we open to listen and learn?

By: Anne Cetas

Reflect & Pray

How does God want you to put James 1 into practice?

Whom might you need to listen to and hear?

You know me, God. I can be opinionated sometimes.

Help me to be quick to listen and slow to speak.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 4 - Giving and Receiving

Luke 6:38

38 "Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down,

shaken together, and running over will men give unto you.

For with the measure you use, it will be measured unto you."

"Just give the Lord", the voice on the radio declared. "Give, and he will

give back to you, a hundredfold." The preacher went on to explain how

an old woman on social security had sent her last $10 to support his

ministry, and the next day she got an anonymous money order for

a $1000 . "The Lord will be faithful to his Word," the preacher

concluded. "You give, and you'll receive."

The Lord is, of course, faithful to his Word. But many well-meaning Christians

have interpreted Luke 6:38 as a "paymant in kind" bargain with God:

if I give God my dollar, he's obliged to return it to me with interest.

This "seed-sowing" fallacy, where $20 supposedly becomes $2000 by

an act of divine, multiplication, has caused much

disappointment and frustration.

The "giving and receiving" principle is a valid one; the Lord does, indeed say

"Give, and it will be given to you," but he does not specify what the "return"

will be. The verse appears in the context of forgiveness, of not judging; the

principle is not investment, in any material sense, but generosity.

As we give, as ew are compassionate with others, we take on the

character of the Lord himself. He is generous and giving, and he gives

to us as we give ourselves in love to others.

Application

a) Have I ever "given" to God ot to others as a bribe, to get something

in return?

b) What is God's concept of giving, as demonstrated

in the gift of Jeus Christ?

c) How can this verse help me to give more selflessly?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Mattehw 6:25-33

Care and Anxiety

Lk 12:22â€“34

25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you, take no thought about

your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body,

what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body than clothing?

26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow,

nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not much better than they? 27 Who among you by taking thought

can add a cubit(A cubit is about half a meter.) to his stature?

28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) "Why take thought about clothing? Consider the

lilies of the field, how they grow: They neither work, nor do they spin.

29 (1Ki 10:4â€“7; 2Ch 9:4â€“6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory

was not dressed like one of these. 30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so

clothes the grass of the field, which today is here and tomorrow is thrown

into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 (1Pe 5:7) Therefore, take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?'

or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

32 (Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30)(For the Gentiles seek after all these things.)

For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.

33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11â€“13)

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,

and all these things shall be given to you.

34 (Mt 6:25) Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow,

for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself.

Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.

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

God's Inexhaustible Strength

Philippians 4:10-13

10 (2Co 11:9) I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last you have revived

your concern for me. Regarding this, you did care, but you lacked opportunity.

11 (Php 3:8; 1Ti 6:6â€“9) I do not speak because I have need, for I have learned

in whatever state I am to be content.

12 (2Co 11:27; 11:9) I know both how to face humble circumstances and how

to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things I have learned the secret,

both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

13 (2Co 12:9â€“10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because of Christ

who strengthens me.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)

Where do Muslims live?

Canada is a land of immigrants. And Muslims are coming in increasing numbers

to our shores. Where do they live? How can we prayfor these areas? Use this as

your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.

Data for those population figures is extrapoled for the 2011 National

Household Survay and population growth projections by Pew Forum. These have

also been adjusted by +40% as reliable sources state that on 60% of Muslims

self-identify on government surveys and forms. These estimates are still on

the conservative end of the spectrum. Percentages represent that of the total

Canadian population, not provincial

BC - 136493 - 7.5%

AB - 195240 - 11%

SK - 17279 - 1%

MB - 21349 - 1.2%

ON - 1001542 - 55%

QC - 418946 - 23%

NB - 4543 - 0.003%

NS - 14629 - 0.1%

PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%

NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%

Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%

NWT - 473 - 0.0003%

NU - 86 - 0.00005%

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .

7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada

http://www.ehc.ca

14th Day of the Month

a) Pray for God's kingdom to come

in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,

and in our nation ( Matt 6:10)

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

b) Pray for those who serve with

denominations and Christian organisations

in Canada - that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord to be obedient to him for he rewards the faithful.

Pray to the Lord "You know me, God. I can be opinionated sometimes.

Help me to be quick to listen and slow to speak."

Pray to the Lord to ge a joyful giver.

Pray to the Lord to seek his righteousness first.

Pray to the Lord to strenghten you.

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 God's kingdom to come

in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,

and in our nation

Pray for those who serve with

denominations and Christian organisations

in Canada - that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.

Pray for the safety of believers in Somalia facing persecution from family,

neighbours, terrorists and the government.

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.

Day 194 - 13 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Tuesday, July 13. 2021

Day 194, 13 July 2021

Micah

Micah 1

1 (Isa 1:1; Jer 26:18) The word of the Lord, which came to Micah

the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,

kings of Judah, which he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.

2 (Ps 11:4; Isa 1:2) Hear, all you peoples!

Listen, earth and everything in it,

that the Sovereign Lord may be a witness against you,

the Lord from His holy temple.

Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem

3 (Am 4:13; Isa 26:21) Look! The Lord is coming out from His place,

so that He might come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.

4 (Na 1:5; Ps 97:5) The mountains will melt beneath Him,

and the valleys split apart

like wax before the fire,

like waters deluged down a slope.

5 (Am 8:14; Jer 2:19) All this because of the transgression of Jacob

and because of the sins of the house of Israel.

What is the transgression of Jacob?

Is it not Samaria?

And what is the high place of Judah?

Is it not Jerusalem?

6 (Eze 13:14; Mic 3:12) Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the field

for the planting of vineyards.

I will dump her stones into the valley

and expose her foundations.

7 (Dt 23:18; Hos 2:12) All her idols will be shattered,

and her gifts burned with fire,

and I will annihilate her images,

because she gathered them as the wages of a prostitute,

and as the wages of a prostitute they will again be used.

The Lament of Micah

8 (Job 30:29; Isa 20:2-4) Because of this I will lament and wail,

I will go about barefoot and naked;

I will howl like the jackals

and moan like owlets.

9 (Isa 8:7-8; Mic 1:12) For her wound is mortal,

for it has come to Judah;

it has extended to the gate of my people,

to Jerusalem.

10 (2Sa 1:20; Jer 6:26) Do not tell it in Gath,

do not weep at all;

in Beth Ophrah,

roll around in the dust.

11 (Isa 20:4 ) Pass on your way,

inhabitants of Shaphir, naked and ashamed;

the inhabitants of Zaanan

have not come out.

The mourning of Beth Ezel

has taken from you its foothold.

12 (Jer 14:19; Isa 59:9-11) Indeed the inhabitants of Maroth

wait anxiously for good,

because calamity has come down from the Lord

to the gate of Jerusalem.

13 (Jos 10:3; 2Ki 18:17) Harness the chariot to the steeds,

inhabitants of Lachish.

It was the beginning of sin

to the daughter of Zion,

because in you were found

the transgressions of Israel.

14 (Jos 15:44; 2Ki 16:8) Therefore you will give parting gifts

to Moresheth Gath;

the houses of Akzib will be deception

to the kings of Israel.

15 (Jos 15:44; 15:35) I will again bring a conqueror to you,

inhabitants of Mareshah;

the glory of Israel

will come to Adullam.

16 (Isa 22:12; 2Ki 17:6) Make yourself bald and shave your head

for the children of your delight;

make yourself as bald as the eagle,

for they will go from you into exile.

Micah 2

Woe to the Wicked

1 (Ps 36:4; Ge 31:29) Woe to those who conceive wickedness,

to those who devise evil on their beds!

At morning's light they execute it,

because it is in the power of their hand.

2 (Isa 5:8; Am 8:4) They covet fields and seize them,

and houses and take them.

They defraud a man of his house,

and a fellow man of his inheritance.

3 (Isa 2:11-12; Jer 8:3) Therefore, thus says the Lord:

I am devising disaster against this family,

from which you cannot remove your necks;

and you will not walk haughtily,

for it will be a time of calamity.

4 (Hab 2:6; Nu 23:7) In that day they will take up a taunt against you,

and they will wail a wailing lament, and say:

"We are totally ruined!

He diminishes the portion of my people;

how He removes it from me!

To a traitor He reassigns our fields!"

5 (Dt 32:8; Jos 18:4) Therefore you will not have anyone

to apportion the land by lot

in the assembly of the Lord.

Prophets of Deceit

6 (Am 2:12; Isa 30:10) "Do not prophesy," they say.

"One should not prophesy about these things.

Disgrace will not overtake us."

7 (Ps 15:2; 84:11) Should it be said, O house of Jacob,

â€œIs the Spirit of the Lord impatient?

Are these His deeds?â€

Do not My words benefit

him who walks uprightly?

8 (Ps 120:6-7) But lately My people rise up

like an enemy.

You strip off the rich robe

from those who pass by trustingly,

like men returning from war.

9 (Eze 39:21; Hab 2:14) The women of My people you drive out

from their delightful homes;

from their children

you take My adornment forever.

10 (Dt 12:9; Ps 106:38) Get up and go,

for this is not the resting place,

because uncleanness ruins,

and ruin sickens.

11 (Jer 5:31; Isa 30:10â€“11) If a man, going about vapidly and deceitfully,

lies, "I will preach for you wine and beer,"

he would be just the preacher for this people.

The Restoration of Israel

12 (Mic 4:6-7) I will indeed assemble Jacob-all of you;

I will indeed gather the remnant of Israel.

I will place them together like sheep in a fold,

like a herd in its pasture-

thronging with people.

13 (Isa 52:12) He who breaks through has gone up before them;

they will break through and pass the gate and go out by it.

Then their king will pass on before them,

the Lord at their head.

Micah 3

Leaders and Prophets Judged

1 (Ps 82:1-5; Isa 1:10) Then I said:

Listen now, heads of Jacob,

and rulers of the house of Israel.

Should you not know justice?

2 (Ps 53:4; Eze 22:27) You who hate good and love evil,

who tear the skin from My people

and the flesh from their bones;

3 (Ps 14:4; Eze 11:3) you who have eaten the flesh of My people,

and have flayed their skin from them,

and broken their bones in pieces;

who have chopped them up like meat in the pot,

and like flesh in the cauldron.

4 (Isa 1:15; Ps 18:41) Then they will cry out to the Lord,

but He will not answer them;

He will hide His face from them at that time,

because they have wrought evil deeds.

5 (Isa 9:15-16; Jer 14:14-15)Thus says the Lord:

Regarding the prophets

who mislead My people-

the ones who have something to eat

proclaim "Peace,"

but if one does not feed them,

then they prepare for war against him.

6 (Isa 8:20-22; 29:10) Therefore you will have night without vision,

and you will have darkness without divination;

the sun will set upon the prophets,

and black upon them will be the day.

7 (Isa 44:25; Zec 13:4) The seers will be shamed

and the diviners disgraced,

and they will all cover their beards,

for there is no answer from God.

8 (Isa 58:1; Jer 1:18; 6:11) But as for me, I am filled with power,

with the Spirit of the Lord,

and with justice and might,

to declare to Jacob his transgression

and to Israel his sin.

9 (Ps 58:1-2; Isa 1:23) Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob

and rulers of the house of Israel,

who detest justice

and warp all that is straight,

10 who build Zion with bloodguilt

and Jerusalem with wickedness.

11 (Isa 1:23; Jer 6:13) Her leaders judge for a bribe,

her priests teach for a price,

and her prophets practice divination for money.

Yet upon the Lord they lean, saying,

"Is not the Lord in our midst?

Evil will not come upon us."

12 (Jer 26:18; Ps 79:1) Therefore, because of you,

Zion will be plowed like a field,

Jerusalem will be mounds of ruins,

and the mountain of the house will become wooded heights.

Micah 4

The Mountain of the Lord

Isa 2:1-4

1 (Ps 22:27; 86:9) Then it will be that in the latter days,

the mountain of the house of the Lord will be established

as head of the mountains,

and will be lifted up above the hills;

and people will stream to it.

2 (Ps 25:8-9; Isa 54:13) And many nations will come and say,

"Come, that we might go up to the mountain of the Lord,

and to the house of the God of Jacob,

that He might teach us His ways,

and that we might walk in His paths."

For from Zion will go forth the law,

and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

3 (Isa 2:4) Then He will judge between many peoples

and mediate for mighty nations far and wide;

they will beat their swords into plowshares,

and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nation will not take up sword against nation,

and they will no longer train for war.

4 (1Ki 4:25; Isa 1:20) Then each man will sit under his vine

and under his fig tree,

and no one will make them afraid;

for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts has spoken.

5 (Zec 10:12; 2Ki 17:29) For all the peoples may walk,

each in the name of his God,

but we will walk in the name of the Lord

our God forever and ever.

The Promise of Restoration

6 (Zep 3:19; Ps 147:2) In that day, declares the Lord,

I will assemble the lame

and gather the banished

and those whom I have afflicted;

7 (Isa 24:23; Da 7:14) and I will make the lame into a remnant,

and the banished into a mighty nation;

and the Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion

from this time forth and forevermore.

8 (Zec 9:10) As for you, watchtower of the flock,

citadel of the daughter of Zion,

to you it will come, the former dominion will come,

kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.

9 (Jer 8:19) Now why do you cry loudly?

Have you no king?

Has your counselor perished,

that agony has seized you like the woman in labor?

10 (2Ki 20:18; Isa 48:20) Writhe and bring forth, daughter of Zion,

like the woman in labor,

because now you will go forth from the city

and reside in the field,

and you will come to Babylon.

There you will be rescued;

there the Lord will redeem you

from the hand of your enemies.

11 (Ob 1:12; Isa 5:25-30) But now many nations

are gathered against you, saying,

"May she be defiled,

and may our eyes gaze upon Zion."

12 (Isa 55:8; Lk 3:17) But they do not know

the thoughts of the Lord,

and they do not understand His plan,

that He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

13 (Isa 23:18; Da 2:44) Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion,

for I will make your horn iron;

your hoofs I will make bronze,

and you will shatter many peoples.

I will devote their pillage to the Lord,

their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Micah 5

The Ruler From Bethlehem

1 (La 3:30; Job 16:10) Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops;

he has laid siege against us.

With a rod they will strike

the judge of Israel on the cheek.

2 (Zec 9:9; Mt 2:6) But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,

although you are small among the tribes of Judah,

from you will come forth for Me

one who will be ruler over Israel.

His origins are from of old,

from ancient days.

3 (Isa 10:20-21; Hos 11:8) Therefore He will give them up,

until the time when she who is in labor has given birth,

and the rest of his brothers will return

to the children of Israel.

4 (Mic 7:14; Lk 1:32) He will stand and shepherd

in the strength of the Lord,

in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God;

then they will live securely, because now He will be great

until the ends of the earth;

5 (Lk 2:14; Zec 9:10) and He will be their peace.

The Remnant of Jacob Delivered

When Assyria enters our land

and treads through our palaces,

then we will raise up against him seven shepherds

and eight commanders of men.

6 (Ge 10:8-11; Isa 14:25) They will shepherd the land of Assyria

with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at her gates;

He will rescue us from Assyria,

when he enters our land

and when he treads within our border.

7 (Mic 5:3; Dt 32:2) Then the remnant of Jacob will be

in the midst of many peoples,

like dew from the Lord,

like showers upon the grass,

which do not wait for a man

and do not linger for the sons of men.

8 (Ps 50:22; Mic 4:13) The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations,

in the midst of many peoples,

like a lion among the beasts of the forest,

like a young lion among flocks of sheep,

which when it passes through, tramples and mauls,

without rescuer.

9 (Isa 26:11; Ps 21:8) Your hand will be lifted up over your adversaries,

and all your enemies will be cut off.

10 (Zec 9:10; Hos 14:3) And in that day, declares the Lord,

I will cut off your horses from among you,

and I will destroy your chariots.

11 (Isa 2:12-17) Then I will cut off the cities of your land,

and I will overthrow your strongholds;

12 then I will cut off sorceries from your hand,

and you will no longer have fortune-tellers.

13 (Eze 6:9) Then I will cut off your idols,

and your sacred stones from among you,

and you will no longer bow down

to the work of your hands;

14 (Ex 34:13) then I will root out your Asherah idols from among you,

and I will annihilate your cities.

15 (Ps 149:7; Mic 5:8) And in anger and wrath I will take vengeance

on the nations that have not listened.

Micah 6

The Indictment of the Lord

1 (Ps 50:1; Mic 1:2) Listen to what the Lord says:

Arise, plead your case before the mountains,

that the hills may hear your voice.

2 (Isa 1:18; Hos 4:1) Hear, mountains, the indictment of the Lord,

O enduring foundations of the earth-

that the Lord has an indictment against His people,

and against Israel He will dispute.

3 (Jer 2:5; Isa 43:22â€“23) "My people, what have I done to you,

and how have I wearied you? AnswerMe!

4 (Ex 12:51; Dt 7:8) For I have brought you up from the land of Egypt,

and from the house of slaves I have redeemed you;

and I sent before you Moses,

Aaron, and Miriam.

5 (Nu 25:1; Jos 5:9-10) O My people, remember now

what Balak king of Moab counseled,

and what Balaam son of Beor answered him,

and remember what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,

so that you might know the righteous acts of the Lord."

The Requirement of the Lord

6 "With what should I come before the Lord,

and bow down before God on high?

Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,

with calves a year old?

7 (2Ki 16:3; Ps 50:9) Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,

with ten thousand rivers of oil?

Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?â€

8 (Isa 57:15; Hos 6:6) He has told you, O man, what is good-

and what does the Lord require of you,

but to do justice and to love kindness,

and to walk humbly with your God?

The Punishment of Israel's Guilt

9 (Isa 30:27) The voice of the Lord calls to the city-

and wisdom will fear Your name:

Heed the rod and Him who has appointed it.

10 (Am 3:10; Jer 5:26-27) Are there still in the house of the wicked

treasures of wickedness?

And the short ephah

[A dry measure of about 3/5 bushel, or 22 liters.] which is accursed?

11 (Hos 12:7) Should I acquit the scales of wickedness,

and the sack of dishonest weights?

12 (Isa 1:23; Jer 9:8) Her wealthy men are full of violence,

and her inhabitants speak deception,

and their tongue in their mouth is treachery.

13 Therefore, I have struck you a dreadful blow,

devastating you because of your sins.

14 (Hos 4:10 ) You will eat, but not be satisfied,

with hunger within you.

You will set aside, but not retain;

and what you retain I will give over to the sword.

15 (Zep 1:13; Jer 12:13) You will sow, but not reap;

you will tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;

you will crush grapes, but not drink wine.

16 (Jer 7:24; 51:51) You observe the statutes of Omri,

and every practice of the house of Ahab,

and you walk in their counsels.

Therefore I will give you over to destruction,

and the inhabitants to derision.

You will bear the contempt of My people.

Micah 7

Wait on the Lord

1 (Isa 24:13; Hos 9:10) Woe is me!

Because I am as the gathering of summer fruit,

as the gleaning of grapes;

there is no cluster to eat,

no early fig that my soul desires.

2 (Ps 12:1; Isa 57:1) The godly has perished from the earth,

and no one is upright among men.

All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;

each hunts his brother with a net.

3 (Mic 3:11; Pr 4:16-17) Both hands are upon evil, to do it well.

The prince and the judge request the bribe,

the powerful asserts the craving of his very soul-

they intertwine together.

4 (Isa 22:5; Eze 2:6; 2Sa 23:6-7) The best among them is like a brier,

the most upright among them a bramble;

the day of your watchmen,

of your punishment, has come;

now their confusion is at hand.

5 (Jer 9:4) Do not trust in a companion,

do not rely on a friend;

from her who lies in your embrace,

guard the doors of your mouth.

6 (Mt 10:35-36; Eze 22:7) For the son dishonors the father,

the daughter rises up against her mother,

the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law -

the enemies of a man are members of his own household.

7 (Isa 25:9) But as for me, I watch for the Lord;

I await the God of my salvation;

my God will hear me.

The Penitence of Israel

8 (Ps 112:4; Isa 9:2) Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!

Although I have fallen, I will rise;

although I dwell in darkness,

the Lord is my light.

9 (Ps 37:6; 1Sa 24:15) I will endure the rage of the Lord,

because I have sinned against Him,

until the time when He pleads my case

and executes judgment for me.

He will bring me out into the light;

I will look upon His vindication.

10 (Joel 2:17; Zec 10:5) Then my enemy will see,

and shame will cover her

who said to me,

"Where is the Lord your God?"

My eyes will look upon her;

now she will be trampled

like muck in the streets.

11 A day for building your walls,

in that day the boundary will be extended.

12 (Isa 19:23-25; 11:16) In that day they will come to you

from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,

and from Egypt to the River,

from sea to sea,

and from mountain to mountain.

13 (Isa 3:10-11; Jer 25:11) The earth will become desolate because

of its inhabitants,

from the fruit of their deeds.

The Restoration of Israel

14 (Mic 5:4; Ps 28:9) Shepherd your people with your staff,

the flock of your inheritance,

which live alone in a forest,

in the midst of a fertile land;

let them graze in Bashan and Gilead,

as in the days of old.

15 (Isa 11:16) As in the days when you came out of Egypt,

I will display wonders.

16 (Isa 26:11; 52:15) Nations will see and be ashamed,

despite all their might;

they will put their hand on their mouth,

and their ears will be deaf.

17 (Isa 49:23; Ps 18:45) They will lick dust like the serpent,

like crawling creatures of the earth;

they will come shuddering from their lairs.

They will turn in dread to the Lord our God,

and they will be afraid of You.

18 (Isa 43:25; Jer 32:41) Who is a God like You,

bearing iniquity and passing over transgression

for the remnant of His inheritance?

He does not remain angry forever,

because He delights in benevolence.

19 (Isa 38:17; Jer 50:20) He will again have compassion upon us.

He will tread down our iniquities,

and cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.

20Y ou will give faithfulness to Jacob

and benevolence to Abraham,

which You swore to our fathers

from the days of old.

2) Our Daily Bread for 13 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/13/the-place-i-have-chosen

entitled Longing for God

Nehemiah 1:5-11

5 (Ex 20:6; Dt 7:21) and said:

"I beseech You, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God,

who keeps covenant and mercy for those who love Him

and keep His commandments.

6 (Da 9:20; 2Ch 6:40) Let Your ear now be attentive, and Your eyes open,

that You may hear the prayer of Your servant, which I now pray before You,

day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins

of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against You.

Both my father's house and I have sinned.

7 (Ps 106:6) We have acted very corruptly against You and have not obeyed

the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which You commanded

Your servant Moses.

8 (Dt 4:25-27; 28:64) "Please remember the word that You commanded

Your servant Moses, saying, 'If you behave unfaithfully, then I will scatter

you among the nations,

9 (Dt 12:5; Lev 26:39-42) but if you return to Me and keep My commandments

and do them, though your outcasts are under the farthest part of the heavens,

I will gather them from there and bring them back to the place

where I have chosen to establish My name.'

10 (Dt 9:29; Ex 32:11) "Now these are Your servants and Your people,

whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand.

11 (Ne 1:6; 2:1) O Lord, I implore You, let Your ear be attentive

to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants

who delight to revere Your name. And let Your servant prosper this day,

and grant him mercy in the sight of this man."

For I was the king's cupbearer.

When Conner and Sarah Smith moved five miles up the road,

their cat S'mores expressed his displeasure by running away.

One day Sarah saw a current photo of their old farmhouse on social media.

There was S'mores in the picture!

Happily, the Smiths went to retrieve him. S'mores ran away again.

Guess where he went? This time, the family that had purchased their house

agreed to keep S'mores too. The Smiths couldn't stop the inevitable;

S'mores would always return â€œhome.â€

Nehemiah served in a prestigious position in the king's court in Susa,

but his heart was elsewhere. He had just heard news of the sad condition

of "the city where my ancestors are buried" (Nehemiah 2:3).

And so he prayed,

"Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, . . .

'if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled

people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there

and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name' "(1:8-9).

Home is where the heart is, they say. In Nehemiah's case, longing for home

was more than being tied to the land. It was communion with God

that he most desired. Jerusalem was

"the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name."

The dissatisfaction we sense deep down is actually a longing for God.

We're yearning to be home with Him.

By: Tim Gustafson

Reflect & Pray

What's your idea of home and why?

In what ways do you sense yourself longing for God?

Father, help me understand that only You can satisfy my longings.

Help me be at home with You, no matter where I am.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 3 - All I need

Phil 4:19

19 But my God shall supply your every need according

to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

"But Mom, I really need these!" The strident voice of a teenage girl

rose above the hum of voices in the department store. The item in question

was a pair of $80 blue Jeans, faded, bleached, and torn in the right knee.

Style . Fashion. Self-Image. The girl may not have needed the jeans to

enhance her wardrobe, but she obviously felt she needed then to

enhance her acceptability anomg her peers.

Phillippains 4:19 promises that God "will meet all your needs according

to his glorious riches in Christ." But just what needs does this promise

cover? My need for a bigger house? A better job? An $80 pair of Calvin Kleins?

Certainly God knows and cares about the physical, superficial need of our

lives, and he provides what we need to sustain life. But God's priority

goes much deeper than the kind of radial tires we buy or the brand name on

our back pockets. God is interested in eternal values, in spiritual needs, and

he knows what we need in our lives to draw us closer to him.

"Out of his glorious riches in Christ Jesus," God will enrich us spiritually.

The application of Phil 4:19 involves trusting God to know and care about our

real needs, the deep needs of our souls, and allowing him the freedom to

order our circumstances so that those needs are met. When we are bold

enough to pray, "Lord, do whatever is necessary to make me more like

Jesus Christ," our Father delights to answer that prayer and supply our needs.

Application

a) What is the difference between my "Needs" and my "wants"?

b) What spiritual needs can I identify in my life?

c) How can this verse help me keep my own priorities

in line with God's value system?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

3 John 2

2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be

in good health, even as your soul is well.

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

God's Inexhaustible Strength

Is 40:27-31

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.

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

13th Day of the Month

a) Pray that, with God's help, children and

young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has

for each of them

b)Pray for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador

I) Pray for the leaders of Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 heed His warnings.

Pray to the Lord "Father, help me understand that only

You can satisfy my longings.

Help me be at home with You, no matter where I am."

Pray to the Lord and thank Him for he knows you needs.

Pray to the Lord for you spiritual help.

Pray to the Lord to you strengh.

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, with God's help, children and

young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has

for each of them

Pray for the conviction, repentance and salvation of those who oppose

the church in the Philipines.

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.

Day 193 - 12 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Monday, July 12. 2021

Day 193, 12 July 2021

2 Chron 27; Is 9-12

2 Chronicles 27

Jotham, King of Judah

2Ki 15:33-38

1 (1Ch 3:12) Jotham was 25 years old when he began as king, and he reigned

sixteen years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jerushah the daughter

of Zadok.

2 And he did what was correct in the eyes of the Lord just as his father

Uzziah had done. However, he did not enter the temple of the Lord.

But the people continued acting corruptly.

3 (2Ch 33:14; Ne 3:26-27) And he built the Upper Gate of the house

of the Lord, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.

4 And he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and on the wooded heights

he built citadels and towers.

5 He made war with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them.

That year the Ammonites gave to him one hundred talents

[About 3 3/4 tons, or 3.4 metric tons.] of silver, ten thousand kors

[Likely about 1,800 tons, or 1,600 metric tons of wheat.] of wheat,

and ten thousand kors

[Likely about 1,500 tons, or 1,350 metric tons of barley.] of barley.

The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and third years as well.

6 (2Ch 26:5) So Jotham was strengthened

because he established his ways before the Lord his God.

7 And the remainder of the acts of Jotham, all his wars and ways,

are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

8 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign,

and he was king for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David.

And Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

Isaiah 9

The Coming King

1 (2Ki 15:29; 2Ch 16:4) Nevertheless there shall be no more gloom

for her who was in anguish. In the former time He contemptuously

treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,

but in the latter time He shall make it glorious,

by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

2 (Eph 5:8; Mt 4:16) The people who walked in darkness

have seen a great light;

those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death,

upon them the light has shined.

3 (1Sa 30:16; Isa 26:15) You have multiplied the nation

and increased the joy;

they rejoice before You

according to the joy of harvest

and as men rejoice

when they divide the spoil.

4 (Isa 14:25; 10:26-27) For You have broken the yoke of his burden

and the bar of his shoulder,

the rod of his oppressor

as in the day of Midian's defeat.

5For all the sandals of the tramping warriors

and all the garments rolled in blood

shall be burned as fuel for the fire.

6 (Isa 7:14; Mt 28:18; Lk 2:11) For unto us a child is born,

unto us a son is given,

and the government shall be upon his shoulder.

And his name shall be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

7 (Isa 37:32; Da 2:44) Of the increase of his government and peace

there shall be no end,

upon the throne of David

and over his kingdom,

to order it and to establish it

with justice and with righteousness,

from now until forever.

The zeal of the Lord of Hosts

will perform this.

The Message Against Israel

8 The Lord sent a word against Jacob,

and it falls upon Israel.

9 (Isa 46:12) All the people shall know,

even Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,

who say in the pride

and stoutness of heart,

10 (Mal 1:4) "The bricks are fallen down,

but we will build with hewn stones;

the sycamores are cut down,

but we will replace them with cedars."

11 Therefore, the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him,

and join his enemies together.

12 (2Ch 28:18; Isa 5:25) The Arameans shall be before

and the Philistines behind;

and they shall devour Israel with open jaws.

For all this His anger is not turned away,

and His hand is stretched out still.

13 (Hos 7:10; Isa 31:1) For the people do not turn to Him who struck them,

nor do they seek the Lord of Hosts.

14 (Isa 19:15; Rev 18:8) Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head

and tail, branch and bulrush, in one day.

15 (Isa 3:2-3; Mt 24:24) The elder and honorable man, he is the head;

and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.

16 (Isa 3:12; Mt 15:14) For the leaders of this people cause them to err,

and those who are led by them are destroyed.

17 (Isa 10:6; 5:25) Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men,

nor shall He have mercy on their fatherless and widows;

for every one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer,

and every mouth speaks folly.

For all this His anger is not turned away,

and His hand is stretched out still.

18 (Mal 4:1; Ps 83:14) For wickedness burns as a fire;

it shall devour the briers and thorns,

and shall ignite in the thickets of the forest,

and they shall mount up like rising smoke.

19 (Mic 7:2; 7:6) Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts

is the land burned up,

and the people shall be as fuel for the fire;

no man shall spare his brother.

20 (Isa 49:26) They shall snatch on the right hand,

but still be hungry;

and they shall eat on the left hand,

and shall not be satisfied;

every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.

21 (Isa 5:25; 2Ch 28:6-8) Manasseh consumes Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh,

and they together shall be against Judah.

For all this His anger is not turned away,

and His hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 10

1 (Ps 58:2) Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees

and who write unjust judgments which they have prescribed

2 (Isa 3:14; 1:23) to turn aside the needy from justice

and to take away the right from the poor of My people,

that widows may be their prey,

and that they may rob the fatherless!

3 (Hos 9:7; Lk 19:44) And what will you do in the day of punishment

and in the desolation which shall come from afar?

To whom will you flee for help,

and where will you leave your wealth?

4 (Isa 5:25; 9:12) Nothing remains but to bow down among the prisoners,

and they shall fall among the slain.

For all this His anger is not turned away,

and His hand is stretched out still.

Judgment on Assyria

5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger

and the staff in whose hand is My indignation.

6 (Isa 9:17) I will send him against an ungodly nation,

and against the people of My wrath I will give him a command,

to seize the plunder, to take the prey,

and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

7 (Ge 50:20; Mic 4:11-12) However he does not so intend,

nor does he plan so in his heart;

but his purpose is to destroy

and to cut off many nations.

8 (2Ki 18:24) For he says, "Are not my princes altogether kings?

9 (2Ki 16:9; 2Ch 35:20) Is not Kalno as Carchemish?

Is not Hamath as Arpad?

Is not Samaria as Damascus?

10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols

whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

11 shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols,

so do to Jerusalem and her idols?"

12 (2Ki 19:31; Jer 50:18) When the Lord has performed all His work

on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say,

"I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria

and the glory of his high looks."

13 (Da 4:30) For he says:

"By the strength of my hand and by my wisdom,

I have done it, for I am prudent;

and I have removed the bounds of the people,

and have robbed their treasures,

and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.

14 (Job 31:25) And my hand has found as a nest

the riches of the people,

and as one gathers eggs that are left,

I have gathered all the earth

and there was no one who moved the wing

or opened the mouth or peeped."

15 (Isa 10:5; Ro 9:20-21; Isa 45:9) Shall the axe boast itself against

him who hews with it?

Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?

That is as if the rod wields itself against those who lift it up,

or as if the staff should lift itself up as if it were not wood.

16 (Ps 106:15) Therefore the Lord, God of Hosts,

shall send leanness among his stout ones,

and under his glory he shall kindle a burning

like the burning of a fire.

17 (Nu 11:1-3; Isa 27:4) The light of Israel shall be a fire,

and his Holy One a flame,

and it shall burn and devour

his thorns and his briers in one day,

18 (2Ki 19:23; Isa 10:33-34) and shall consume the glory of his forest,

and of his fruitful field, both soul and body;

and it shall be as when a sick man faints.

19 The rest of the trees of his forest shall be so few

that a child may write them down.

The Returning Remnant of Israel

20 (2Ki 16:7; 2Ch 28:20 ) In that day the remnant of Israel

and those who have escaped of the house of Jacob

shall never again depend on him

who struck them,

but shall depend on the Lord,

the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

21 (Isa 9:6; 7:3) The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob,

to the mighty God.

22 (Ro 9:27-28; Da 9:27 )For though your people, O Israel,

are as the sand of the sea,

yet a remnant of them shall return;

the destruction is decreed,

overflowing with righteousness.

23 For the Lord God of Hosts shall make a complete destruction,

as decreed, in the midst of all the land.

24 (Isa 37:6) Therefore, thus says the Lord God of Hosts:

O My people who dwell in Zion,

do not be afraid of the Assyrian.

He shall strike you with a rod

and shall lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.

25 (Da 11:36) For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease,

and My anger will be directed to their destruction.

26 (Isa 9:4; Jdg 7:25; 2Ki 19:35) The Lord of Hosts shall stir up

a scourge for him

according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb;

and as His rod was over the sea, so shall He lift it up

after the manner of Egypt.

27 (Isa 9:4; 14:25) In that day his burden shall be taken away

from off your shoulder,

and his yoke from off your neck;

and the yoke shall be destroyed

because of the anointing oil.

28 (1Sa 14:2; 13:2) He has come against Aiath,

he has passed through Migron;

at Mikmash he has laid up his carriages.

29 (1Sa 7:17; 13:23) They are gone over the pass,

they have taken up their lodging at Geba.

Ramah is afraid,

Gibeah of Saul has fled.

30 (1Sa 25:44; Jer 1:1) Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim.

Listen, Laishah

and poor Anathoth.

31 Madmenah has fled,

the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.

32 (1Sa 21:1; 22:19) Yet today he shall remain at Nob;

he shakes his fist

against the mount of the daughter of Zion,

the hill of Jerusalem.

33 (Am 2:9; Isa 37:38) See, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts,

shall lop the bough with terror;

and the tall ones of stature shall be hewn down,

and the haughty shall be humbled.

34 (Isa 37:24) He shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,

and Lebanon shall fall by the Mighty One.

Isaiah 11

The Righteous Branch of Jesse

1 (Isa 11:10; 4:2; 53:2) And there shall come forth a shoot

from the stump of Jesse,

and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

2 (Isa 61:1; Mt 3:16; Isa 42:1) The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,

the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

the Spirit of counsel and might,

the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

3 (Jn 7:24) He shall delight in the fear of the Lord,

and he shall not judge by what his eyes see,

nor reprove by what his ears hear;

4 (Mal 4:6; Job 4:9; Ps 2:9) but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,

and reprove with fairness for the meek of the earth.

He shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,

and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

5 (Eph 6:14; Isa 25:1) Righteousness shall be the belt of his loins,

and faithfulness the belt about his waist.

6 (Isa 65:25; Hos 2:18) The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,

and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,

and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;

and a little child shall lead them.

7 The cow and the bear shall graze;

their young ones shall lie down together;

and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8 The nursing child shall play by the hole of the asp,

and the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den.

9 (Hab 2:14; Job 5:23) They shall not hurt or destroy

in all My holy mountain,

for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord,

as the waters cover the sea.

10 (Isa 11:1; Lk 2:32) In that day there shall be a Root of Jesse,

who shall stand as a banner to the peoples. For him shall the nations seek.

And his rest shall be glorious.

11 (Ge 10:22; Mic 7:12) In that day the Lord shall set His hand

again the second time to recover the remnant of His people,

who shall be left, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros,

from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath,

and from the islands of the sea.

12 (Isa 11:10; 56:8) He shall set up a banner for the nations,

and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel,

and gather together the dispersed of Judah

from the four corners of the earth.

13 (Jer 3:18; Hos 1:11) The envy also of Ephraim shall depart,

and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;

Ephraim shall not envy Judah,

and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

14 (Isa 25:10; Jer 49:28) But they shall swoop down on the slopes

of the Philistines towards the west;

they shall plunder the sons of the east together;

they shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab,

and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

15 (Isa 19:16; 7:20) The Lord shall utterly destroy

the tongue of the Egyptian sea,

and with His mighty wind He shall shake His hand

over the River,Euphrates River.

and shall strike it into seven streams,

and make men walk over dry-shod.

16 (Isa 19:23; Ex 14:26-29) There shall be a highway for the remnant

of His people, who will be left from Assyria,

as it was for Israel when he came up from the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 12

Hymns of Praise

1 (Isa 25:1; Ps 30:5) And in that day you shall say:

O Lord, I will praise You;

though You were angry with me,

Your anger has turned away,

and You comforted me.

2 (Ex 15:2; Ps 118:14; Isa 7:14) Certainly God is my salvation;

I will trust and not be afraid;

for the Lord God is my strength and my song;

He also has become my salvation.

3 (Jer 2:13) Therefore with joy you shall draw water

out of the wells of salvation.

4 (Ps 105:1; 145:4-6) In that day you shall say:

Praise the Lord, call upon His name,

declare His deeds among the peoples,

make them remember that His name is exalted.

5 (Ex 15:1; Ps 98:1) Sing to the Lord, for He has done excellent things;

let this be known in all the earth.

6 (Zep 3:14-17; Isa 41:14) Cry out and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion.

For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.

2) Our Daily Bread for 12 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/12/collateral-repair

entitled Jesus Restores Us

Genesis 3:17â€“24

17 And to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife

and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying,

'You shall not eat of it,' Cursed is the ground on account of you;

in hard labor you will eat of it all the days of your life.

18 Thorns and thistles it will bring forth for you, and you will eat

the plants of the field.

19 By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground,

because out of it you were taken;

for you are dust, and to dust you will return."

20 The man called his wife's name Eve because she was the mother

of all the living.

21 The Lord God made garments of skins for both Adam and his wife and clothed

them. 22 The Lord God said, "The man has become like one of us, knowing good

and evil. And now, he might reach out his hand, and take also from the tree of

life, and eat, and live forever"

23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from

the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 2

4 He drove the

man out, and at the east of the garden of Eden He placed the cherubim and a

flaming sword which turned in every direction, to guard the way to the tree

of life.

Although Sam had done nothing wrong, he lost his job on the assembly line.

Carelessness in another division led to problems in cars they built.

After several crashes made the news, wary customers stopped

buying their brand. The company had to downsize, leaving Sam out of work.

He's collateral damage, and it isnâ€™t fair. It never is.

History's first collateral damage occurred immediately after the first sin.

Adam and Eve were ashamed of their nakedness,

so God graciously clothed them with "garments of skins" (Genesis 3:21).

It's painful to imagine, but one or more animals that had always

been safe in the garden were now slaughtered and skinned.

There was more to come. God told Israel, "Every day you are to provide

a year-old lamb without defect for a burnt offering to the Lord;

morning by morning you shall provide it" (Ezekiel 46:13).

Every. Single. Day. How many thousands of animals

have been sacrificed because of human sin?

Their death was necessary to cover our sin until Jesus, the Lamb of God,

came to remove it (John 1:29). Call this "collateral repair." As Adam's sin

kills us, so the Last Adam's (Christ's) obedience restores

all who believe in Him (Romans 5:17-19). Collateral repair isn't fair-

it cost Jesus' life-but it's free.

Reach out to Jesus in belief and receive the salvation He offers,

and His righteous life will count for you.

By: Mike Wittmer

Reflect & Pray

When have you suffered for someone else's mistake?

When have you benefited from someone's success,

and how should you think about both situations?

Jesus, I believe in You, and I know Your life counts for me.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 2 - Due Season

Gal 6:9

9 And let us not grow weary in doing good,

for in due season we shall reap, if we do not give up.

Jackie's preschool class took on an exciting project: they were going to grow

flowers from seeds, Each child took the ssed, planted it carefully in the

bedding soil, watered, and waited. But Jackie couldn't wait. Every day

for a week he ran to the window box, looked for his plants, poked, prodded,

unplanted the seeds and then planted them again. "It's no use,"

he pouted after the first week. "Nothin's gonna grow in there."

We live in an instant society - microwave dinners, quick fixes, easy answers.

We are conditioned by our environment to expect - even to demand -

immediate response, and when we have to wait,

we become impatient and irritable.

Paul's exhortation to the Galatians, "Let us not become weary in doing good,"

is as appropriate for twentieth-century believers as it was for the new church

at Galatia. We lose motivation when we don't see results, and weariness sets in.

If our work does not seem to be producing as we hope, we want to abandon it

and move on to a new project.

But God says, "You will reap a harvest if you don't give up." We give up too

soon in our prayers for a loved one's salvation. We abandon hope too readily

when we don't see spiritual growth in our own lives, when our investment in

another's spiritual maturity seems to have no return. The Lord says,

"The harvest is coming; be patient; trust me."

In due season the harvest comes; when it's the right time. When the seed has

had time to germinate, when the roots are string enough, when the conditions

are right, the reaping time will come. But we must be willing to wait for

the due season, the moment of ripeness, when our labor brings its return.

Application

a) Have I ever felt that my spiritual labors have produced no harvest at all?

b) What does it mean to my own spiritual growth that there is a "due season"

for reaping the harvest?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Ecclesiates 11:1

1 (Pr 19:17; Mt 10:42; Heb 6:10) Cast your bread upon the waters,

for you will find it after many days

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

When you are Facing Pain and Suffering

Romans 8:31-39

The Love of God

31 (Ps 118:6; Ro 4:1) What then shall we say to these things?

If God is for us, who can be against us?

32 (Jn 3:16; Ro 4:25) He who did not spare His own Son,

but delivered Him up for us all, how shall

He not with Him also freely give us all things?

33 (Rev 12:10â€“11; Isa 50:8â€“9) Who shall bring a charge against Godâ€™s elect?

It is God who justifies.

34 (Heb 7:25; Mk 16:19; Ro 8:1) Who is he who condemns?

It is Christ who died, yes, who is risen, who is also

at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

35 (1Co 4:11) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,

or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 (Ps 44:22; 1Co 15:30)As it is written:

"For Your sake we are killed all day long;

we are counted as sheep for the slaughter." (Ps 44:22.)

37 (1Co 15:57; Gal 2:20) No, in all these things we are more

than conquerors through Him who loved us.

38 (Eph 1:21; 1Pe 3:22) For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,

neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present

nor things to come,

39 (Ro 5:8) neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing,

shall be able to separate us from the love of God,

which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

12th Day of the Month

a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business

to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically

(Proverb 11:1

1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,

but a just weight is His delight.

)

b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of

hatred and destruction against humanity acreoss the world.

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord to walk righteously in His site

despite the evil around you.

Pray to the Lord "Jesus, I believe in You,

and I know Your life counts for me."

Pray to the Lord to wait upon the Lord in due season.

Pray to the Lord to give him all your risks and burdens.

Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His sacrifice.

Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business

to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically

Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of

hatred and destruction against humanity acreoss the world.

Pray for more Christian resources in the Tigrinya

language for Eritrean Youth.

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.

Day 192 - 11 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Sunday, July 11. 2021

Day 191, 10 July 2021

At https://www.communitychurch.ca/ we spoke on Psalms 1 , Psalms 119:1-6

Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man

who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

nor stands in the path of sinners,

nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) but his delight is in the law of the Lord,

and in His law he meditates day and night.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

that brings forth its fruit in its season;

its leaf will not wither,

and whatever he does will prosper.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) The ungodly are not so,

but are like the chaff

which the wind drives away.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Therefore the ungodly will not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,

but the way of the ungodly will perish.

Psalms 119

1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless,

who walk in the law of the Lord.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,

and who seek Him with all their heart.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) They also do no wrong;

they walk in His ways.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) You have commanded us

to keep Your precepts diligently.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Oh, that my ways were established

to keep Your statutes!

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Then I shall not be ashamed,

when I have my focus on all Your commandments.

Amos 6-9

Amos 6

Woe to the Complacent

1 (Isa 32:9-11; Am 4:1) Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,

and to those confident on the mount of Samaria,

nobles of the first of the nations,

to whom the house of Israel comes!

2 (Na 3:8; Ge 10:10; 2Ki 18:34) Cross over to Kalneh and see,

and go from there to Hamath the great;

then go down to Gath of the Philistines-

are you better than these kingdoms?

Or is their territory greater than your territory?

3 (Am 9:10; Isa 56:12) You who brush off the day of disaster,

but bring on a session of lawlessness;

4 (Am 3:12; Jas 5:5) who lie upon beds of ivory, and lounge on their couches,

eating lambs from the flock and calves from the stall;

5 (Isa 5:12; Am 5:23) who sing to the sound of the harp

and invent musical instruments for themselves like David;

6 who drink from bowls of wine

and anoint themselves with the finest oils,

but are not grieved over the destruction of Joseph.

7 (Am 7:11; 1Ki 20:16-20) Therefore now they will go

at the head of the captives into exile,

and the revelry of those who are lounging will vanish.

8 (Ps 47:4; Jer 51:14)The Lord God hath sworn by Himself,

an oracle of the Lord the God of Hosts:

I abhor the pride of Jacob

and hate his palaces,

so I will deliver up the city

with all that is in it.

9 (Am 5:3) If there remain ten people in one house, they will die.

10 (1Sa 31:12; Am 8:3) And when a relative or one who prepares

the bodies picks them up to carry them out of the house,

and says to someone in the recesses of the house,

"Is anyone else with you?" and he says, "No," he will say,

"Hush!"â€”not to pronounce the name of the Lord.

11 (Am 3:15; Isa 55:11) But indeed the Lord gives a command,

and He will shatter the great house to bits,

and the small house to pieces.

12 (Am 5:7; Hos 10:4) Can horses run on a rocky crag?

Can one plow the sea with oxen?

But you have turned justice into poison,

and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

13 (Isa 28:14â€“15; Lk 12:19â€“20) you who rejoice in Lo Debar, who say,

"Is it not by our own strength that we captured Karnaim?"

14 (1Ki 8:65; 2Ki 14:25) Watch: I will raise up against you a nation,

O house of Israel,

says the Lord, the God of Hosts,

and they will oppress you

from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi Arabah.

Amos 7

Plague of Locusts

1 (Joel 1:4; Am 8:1) This is what the Lord God showed me:

He was forming a plague of locusts when the latter growth

was beginning to sprout up, the latter growth after the king's reaping.

2 (Ex 10:15; Isa 37:4) When they had finished devouring the foliage

of the land, I said, "O Lord God, please forgive.

How can Jacob survive? For he is small."

3 (Dt 32:36; Hos 11:8) The Lord relented concerning this:

"It shall not be," said the Lord.

Fire

4 (Isa 66:15-16; Am 7:1) This is what the Lord God showed me:

The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire. It was consuming

the great deep and was devouring the fields.

5 (Ps 85:4) I said, "O Lord God, please stop. How can Jacob survive?

For he is small."

6 The Lord relented concerning this:

"This also shall not be," said the Lord God.

Plumb Line

7 (2Ki 21:13) This is what He showed me: The Lord was standing by

a wall made using a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.

8 (Am 8:2; Jer 15:6; La 2:8) The Lord said to me, "Amos, what do you see?"

And I said, "A plumb line."

Then the Lord said, "See, I am putting a plumb line in the midst

of My people Israel. I will forgive them no more.

9 (2Ki 15:8â€“10; Ge 46:1) The high places of Isaac will be destroyed,

the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste,

and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."

The Priest Tries to Banish Amos

10 (Jer 38:4; 26:8-11) Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message

to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you

at the very center of the house of Israel. The country cannot endure

all his words.

11 For this is what Amos said:

'Jeroboam will die by the sword,

and Israel will surely be exiled

away from its land.' "

12 (Mt 8:34; 1Sa 9:9) So Amaziah said to Amos, "O seer, go,

flee back to the land of Judah.

Earn your sustenance there, and prophesy there.

13 (Am 2:12; 1Ki 12:29) But do not prophesy any more at Bethel,

for it is the king's sanctuary and a royal temple."

14 (2Ki 2:5; 4:38) But Amos answered Amaziah: "I am no prophet,

and I am no prophet's disciple. Rather, I am a herdsman

and a dresser of sycamore trees.

15 (Eze 2:3-4; 2Sa 7:8) But the Lord took me away from the flock,

and the Lord said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'

16 (Eze 20:46; 21:2) Now therefore hear the word of the Lord: You say,

'Do not prophesy against Israel,

and do not preach against the house of Isaac.'

17 (2Ki 17:6; Eze 4:13) "Therefore thus says the Lord:

'Your wife will be a prostitute in the city,

your sons and daughters will fall by the sword,

and your land will be divided by measuring line;

you yourself will die in an unclean land;

and Israel will surely go into exile

away from its land.' "

Amos 8

Basket of Fruit

1 (Am 7:1) This is what the Lord God showed me: a basket of summer fruit.

2 (Am 7:8; La 4:18; Mic 7:1) He said, "Amos, what do you see?"

And I said, "A basket of summer fruit."

Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come upon My people Israel.

I will forgive them no more.

3 (Am 5:23; 6:9-10) â€œThe songs of the temple shall become wailings

on that day," says the Lord God.

"The corpses shall be many, cast down everywhere. Hush!"

Against the Greedy

4 (Ps 14:4; Pr 30:14) Hear this, you who trample on the needy

to make the poor of the land fail,

5 (Hos 12:7; 2Ki 4:23) saying,

"When will the New Moon be over,

so that we may sell grain?

And the Sabbath,

that we may open the wheat sales,

making the ephah

[A dry measure of about 3/5 bushel, or 22 liters.] too small,

and the shekel [About 2/5 ounce, or 12 grams.] too heavy,

cheating with dishonest scales,

6 (Am 2:6 ) that we may buy the poor for silver,

the needy for a pair of sandals,

and sell the refuse as wheat?"

7 (Hos 8:13; Am 6:8) The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:

Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

8 (Am 9:5; Hos 4:3; Ps 18:7) Will not the land tremble because of this,

and everyone mourn who lives on it?

It will all rise up like the Nile,

and be tossed around, then sink

like the Nile of Egypt.

9 (Jer 15:9; Am 5:8) On that day, says the Lord God,

I will make the sun go down at noon,

and darken the earth in mid-daylight;

10 (Jer 6:26; Zec 12:10) I will turn your feasts into mourning,

and all your songs into dirges;

I will put sackcloth upon all loins,

and baldness on every head;

I will make it like the mourning for an only child,

and its end like a bitter day.

11 (1Sa 3:1; Ps 74:9) The time is coming, says the Lord God,

when I will send a famine on the land,

not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,

but of hearing the words of the Lord.

12 They will wander from sea to sea,

and from north to east;

they will run back and forth to seek the word of the Lord,

but they will not find it.

13 (Hos 2:3; La 1:18) On that day

the beautiful maidens and the young men

will faint with thirst.

14 (Dt 9:21; 1Ki 12:28-29) Those who swear by Ashimah of Samaria, and say,

"By the life of your god, O Dan,"

and, "By the life of the way of Beersheba"-

they shall fall

and never rise again.

Amos 9

Destruction of the Sanctuary

1 (Ps 68:21; Am 3:14) I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and He said:

Strike the capitals

so that the thresholds shake;

break them off onto the heads of all of them.

Those who remain I will slay with the sword.

Not one of them will get away;

not one fugitive will survive.

2 (Jer 51:53; Ob 1:4) Though they dig down to Sheol,

from there My hand will capture them;

though they climb up to the heavens,

from there I will bring them down;

3 (Jer 16:16; Job 34:22) though they hide on the top of Carmel,

from there I will search and catch them;

though they hide from My sight on the bottom of the sea,

from there will I command the serpent to bite them;

4 (Lev 26:33; Jer 44:11) and though they go into captivity

before their enemies, from there will I command the sword to slay them.

I will set My eyes upon them

for evil and not for good.

5 (Am 8:8; Ps 46:6) The Lord God of Hosts,

He who touches the earth and it melts,

and all who live on it mourn;

it all rises up like the Nile,

and subsides like the river of Egypt;

6 (Ps 104:3; Am 5:8) who builds His chambers in the heavens,

and founds His vault over the earth;

who summons the waters of the sea,

and pours them out upon the surface of the earthâ€”

the Lord is His name.

7 (Jer 47:4; Am 1:5) Are you not like the Ethiopians to Me,

O children of Israel?

says the Lord.

Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt,

but also the Philistines from Caphtor,

and the Arameans from Kir?

8 (Jer 30:11; 44:27) The eyes of the Lord God

are upon the sinful kingdom,

and I will destroy it

from off the face of the earth,

though I will not completely destroy

the house of Jacob,

says the Lord.

9 See, I am giving the command,

and I will sift the house of Israel

among all the nations,

as one sifts with a sieve,

and not a pebble falls to the ground.

10 (Am 6:3; Isa 33:14) All the sinners of My people

will die by the sword,

those who say,

"Never will disaster reach or overtake us."

Restoration of the Davidic Kingdom

11 (Ps 80:12; Isa 16:5) On that day will I raise up

the hut of David that is fallen;

I will close up its breached walls,

raise up its ruins,

and rebuild it as in the days of old;

12 (Isa 43:7; 11:14) that they may possess the remnant of Edom,

and of all the nations called by My name,

says the Lord who will do this.

13 (Lev 26:5; Joel 3:18) Indeed, the days are coming, says the Lord,

when the plowman will overtake the one who is reaping,

and the treader of grapes the one who is sowing the seed;

the mountains will drip sweet wine,

and all the hills will flow with it.

14 (Jer 30:18; Isa 61:4; Jer 30:3) I will restore the fortunes

of My people Israel;

they will rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;

they will plant vineyards and drink their wine;

they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

15 (Isa 60:21; Jer 24:6) I will plant them upon their land,

and no more will they be uprooted

out of their land which I have given them.

The Lord your God has spoken.

2) Our Daily Bread for 11 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/11/reunited

entitled Hope in Grief

1 Thessalonians 4:13â€“18

The Lord's Coming

13 (Eph 2:12; Lev 19:28) But I would not have you ignorant, brothers,

concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others

who have no hope.

14 (1Th 4:13; Rev 1:18) For if we believe that Jesus died and arose again,

so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

15 (1Ki 20:35) For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that

we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede

those who are asleep.

16 (1Co 15:23; Jude 1:9) For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven

with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call

of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

17 (Jn 12:26; Ac 1:9) Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up

together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

And so we shall be forever with the Lord.

18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

As the cabbie drove us to London's Heathrow Airport, he told us his story.

He had come alone to the United Kingdom at age fifteen, seeking to escape

war and deprivation. Now, eleven years later, he has a family of his own

and is able to provide for them in ways unavailable in his native land.

But he laments that he's still separated from his parents and siblings.

He told us that heâ€™s had a hard journey that won't be complete

until he's reunited with his family.

Being separated from our loved ones in this life is hard,

but losing a loved one in death is much harder and creates a sense of loss

that won't be made right until we're reunited with them.

When the new believers at Thessalonica wondered about such losses,

Paul wrote, "Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed

about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest

of mankind, who have no hope" (1 Thessalonians 4:13). He explained

that as believers in Jesus, we can live in expectation of a wonderful reunion

-together forever in the presence of Christ (v. 17).

Few experiences mark us as deeply as the separations we endure,

but in Jesus we have hope of being reunited. And in the midst

of grief and loss we can find the comfort we need

in that enduring promise (v. 18).

By: Bill Crowder

Reflect & Pray

How has loss marked your life? How does Jesus provide the help

and hope you need?

Father, there's nothing on earth that can fill the places in my heart

made empty through loss. Draw me to You and comfort me

with Your love and grace.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 1 Hard Bargain

Mark 11:24

24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,

believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.

"I've been praying." Jennifer declared confidently. " I told God I'd give him

a tithe of that $5000000 when I win the sweepstakes."

Her friend Cindi laughed. "Well, then, you don't have a chance. I told him

I'd give him half!"

Can we, as in Mark 11:24 seems to imply , pray for anything, absolutely

anything, and expect that the Lord will come through? Can we pray with

assurance for new cars, mink coats, or trips to the Caribbean? The verse

seems to be a troublesome one, especially when we try it and our prayers

aren't answered in the way we expected.

But seen in context, Mark 11:24 gives us a much broader picture of the

kind of prayer Jesus meant. The verse appears in the framework of

Jesus' ministry - cleansing the temple, correcting the Pharisees,

commanding forgiveness, discussing his authority. The condition for

the fulfillment of Mark 11:24, if Jesus' actions arew any indication,

is fulfilling the will and purpose of God.

Such a condition for powerful prayers involves much more than attaching

am "If it be Thy will" cluase onton the end of our prayers. We eed to know

God's will and walk in it, seeking his kingdom first, and drawing close to

him. Then , as our hearts are right with him, what we ask in prayer

is likely to be congruent with the mind and purposes of Chirst. We are

less likely to pray selfishly, and more likely to sahre God's priorities,

as we get to know him. And as we deepen in our knowledge of him,

as his will becomes our will, his promise for answered prayer takes

on new dimensions.

Application

a) What is the connection betweeen know God's will and praying effectively?

b) What changes need to take place in my life

so that I might pray with greater power?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

2 Cor 9:8,11

8 God is able to make all grace abound toward you,

so that you, always having enough of everything,

may abound to every good work.

11 So you will be enriched in everything to all bountifulness,

which makes us give thanks to God.

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

When you are Facing Pain and Suffering

Ps 9:9-12

9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed,

a refuge in times of trouble.

10 Those who know Your name will put their trust in You,

for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

11 Sing praises to the Lord who dwells in Zion;

declare His deeds among the people.

12 He who avenges deaths remembers them;

He does not forget the cry of the humble.

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

11th Day of the Month

a) Pray for God's name to be glorified in you life, home, neighbourhood,

city or community, and in Canada.

(

Ps 86:12

12 I will give You thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart,

and I will glorify Your name forever.

John 12:28

28 "Father, glorify Your name."

Then a voice came from heaven, saying,

"I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."

)

b) Pray for the province of New Brunswick

I) Pray for the leaders of New Brunswick, that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.

( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers,

intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority, that we may lead

a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3 (1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God

our Saviour,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.

III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord to be blamess in His site.

Pray to the Lord to be righteous in His eyes.

Pray to the Lord "Father, there's nothing on earth that

can fill the places in my heart

made empty through loss. Draw me to You and comfort me

with Your love and grace."

Pray to the Lord to pray effectively in His site.

Pray to the Lord to be bountiful in his name.

Pray to the Lord to humility in times of opression.

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 God's name to be glorified in you life, home, neighbourhood,

city or community, and in Canada.

Pray for the Christians in the north of Cameroon as they rebuild their homes

and churches destroyed by Boko Haram.

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.

Day 191 - 10 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Saturday, July 10. 2021

Day 191, 10 July 2021

Amos 1-5

Amos 1

Judgment Against Israel's Neighbors

1 (2Sa 14:2; Hos 1:1) The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds

of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah

and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel two years

before the earthquake.

2 (Joel 3:16; Isa 42:13) He said:

The Lord roars from Zion

and utters His voice from Jerusalem;

the pastures of the shepherds languish,

the top of Carmel withers.

3 (Isa 8:4; Am 1:9) Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Damascus,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they have threshed Gilead

with threshing sledges of iron.

4 (2Ki 6:24; Jer 49:27) So I will send fire against the house of Hazael,

and it will devour the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.

5 (2Ki 16:9; Jer 51:30; Am 9:7) I will break the gate bar of Damascus;

from the Valley of Aven I will cut off the one enthroned,

and from Beth Eden the one who holds the scepter.

The people of Aram will go into captivity to Kir,

says the Lord.

6 (2Ch 28:18; 1Sa 6:17) Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Gaza,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they carried away into exile an entire deportation,

to deliver them up to Edom.

7 So I will send fire against the wall of Gaza,

and it will devour its fortresses.

8 (Eze 25:16; Isa 14:29-31; Zep 2:4-7) From Ashdod I will cut off

the one enthroned and from Ashkelon the one who holds the scepter.

I will turn My hand against Ekron,

and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,

says the Lord God.

9 (1Ki 9:11-14; Isa 23:1-18) Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Tyre,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they delivered up an entire deportation to Edom,

and did not remember the covenant of kinship.

10 (Zec 9:4) So I will send fire against the wall of Tyre,

and it will devour its fortresses.

11 (2Ch 28:17; Nu 20:14-21) Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Edom,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because he pursued his brother with the sword,

and repressed all pity;

his anger tore with no ceasing,

and his wrath persisted with no end.

12 (Jer 49:7; 49:20) So I will send fire against Teman,

and it will devour the fortresses of Bozrah.

13 (Hos 13:16; Jer 49:1-6) Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of the Ammonites,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead,

in order to enlarge their border.

14 (Dt 3:11; Am 2:2) So I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah,

and it will devour its fortresses,

with a war cry on the day of battle,

with a tempest on the day of the whirlwind.

15 (Jer 49:3) Their king shall go into captivity,

he and his princes together,

says the Lord.

Amos 2

1 (Isa 15:1-9; Zep 2:8-9) Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Moab,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because he burned to lime

the bones of the king of Edom.

2 (Jer 48:24; 48:41) So I will send fire against Moab,

and it will devour the fortresses of Kerioth;

Moab will die in uproar,

with a war cry and the alarm of the trumpet.

3 (Jer 48:7) I will cut off the ruler from its midst,

and will slay all its princes with him,

says the Lord.

Judgment Against Judah

4 (Eze 20:24; 20:13; 20:16) Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Judah,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they have rejected the law of the Lord,

and have not kept His commandments.

The lies which their fathers followed

have led them astray.

5 (Jer 17:27; Hos 8:14) So I will send fire against Judah,

and it will devour the fortresses of Jerusalem.

Judgment Against Israel

6 (Joel 3:3; 2Ki 18:12) Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Israel,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they sell the righteous for silver,

and the poor for a pair of sandals.

7 (Am 5:12; Isa 10:2) They trample the head of the poor

into the dust of the earth,

and push the oppressed out of the way.

A man and his father go in to the same woman,

profaning My holy name.

8 (Am 6:6) They recline by every altar

on garments taken in pledge,

and in the house of their gods

they drink the wine from those who have been fined.

9 (Mal 4:1; Nu 13:32-33) Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,

whose height was like the height of the cedars.

He was strong as the oaks,

yet I destroyed his fruit above

and his roots below.

10 (Ex 12:51; Dt 2:7) It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,

and led you forty years through the wilderness,

to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets,

and some of your young men as Nazirites.

Is it not so, O children of Israel?

says the Lord.

12 (Isa 30:10; Am 7:13) But you made the Nazirites drink wine,

and commanded the prophets, saying, "Do not prophesy."

13 (Isa 1:14) Indeed I will slow you down,

as a wagon is slowed that is full of sheaves.

14 (Jer 9:23; Ps 33:16) Flight will perish from the swift,

the strong will not retain his strength,

nor will the warrior save his life.

15 The bowman will not stand firm,

the swift-footed will not escape,

nor will the horseman save his life.

16 (Jdg 4:17; Jer 48:4)1 He that is courageous among the warriors

will flee away naked on that day,

says the Lord.

Amos 3

First Pronouncement of Punishment

1 (Am 2:10; Jer 8:3) Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you,

O children of Israel, against the whole family I brought up from the land

of Egypt, saying:

2 (Dt 7:6; Ro 2:9) You alone have I known

of all the families of the earth;

therefore I will punish you

for all your iniquities.

3 Do two people walk together,

if they have not agreed?

4 (Ps 104:21; Hos 11:10) Does a lion roar in the forest,

if it has no prey?

Does a young lion cry out from its den,

if it has not caught something?

5 Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground,

if there was no snare for it?

Does a trap spring up from the ground,

if it has not caught something?

6 (Isa 45:7; 14:24-27) If the trumpet blasts in the city,

are not the people frightened?

If there is disaster against a city,

is it not the Lord who has done it?

7 (Ge 18:17; Jn 15:15) Surely the Lord God does nothing

without revealing His purpose

to His servants the prophets.

8 (Jer 20:9; Ac 4:20) The lion has roared;

who will not fear?

The Lord God has spoken;

who can but prophesy?

9 (Am 4:1; 6:1; 1Sa 5:1) Proclaim to the fortresses in Ashdod,

and the fortresses in the land of Egypt, and say:

"Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,

and see the great disorders within her,

and the oppression in her midst."

10 (Jer 4:22; Zep 1:9) They do not know how to do right, says the Lord,

storing up violence and destruction in their fortresses.

11 (Am 2:5; 6:14) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

An enemy will surround your land;

he will tear down your defenses,

and your fortresses will be plundered.

12 (1Sa 17:34-37; Am 6:4) Thus says the Lord:

As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion

a pair of legs or a piece of an ear,

so will the children of Israel be rescued,

those who live in Samaria,

with the corner of a bed

or a piece of a couch.

13 Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,

says the Lord God, the God of Hosts:

14 (2Ki 23:15; Hos 10:5-8) Surely on the day

I punish the transgressions of Israel,

I will also punish the altars of Bethel;

the horns of the altar will be cut off

and fall to the ground.

15 (Jdg 3:20; 1Ki 22:39) I will destroy the winter house

as well as the summer house,

and the houses of ivory will perish;

the great houses will come to an end,

says the Lord.

Amos 4

Second Pronouncement of Punishment

1 (Ps 22:12; Eze 39:18) Hear this word, you cows of Bashan,

who are on the mountain of Samaria,

who oppress the poor and crush the needy,

who say to their husbands, "Bring us something to drink!"

2 (Ps 89:35; Jer 16:16) The Lord God has sworn by His holiness:

Indeed the days are coming upon you

when they will take you away with hooks,

the last one of you with fishhooks.

3 (Eze 12:5; 12:12) You will go out through breached walls,

every one straight ahead of her;

you will be exiled to Harmon,

says the Lord.

4 (Eze 20:39; Hos 4:15) Come to Bethel and transgress,

to Gilgal and multiply transgression;

bring your sacrifices every morning

and your tithes every three days.

5 (Lev 22:18-21; Ps 81:12) Burn leavened bread as a thank offering;

announce your voluntary offerings loudly,

for so you love to do, O children of Israel,

says the Lord God.

6 (Hag 2:17; Jer 5:3) Though I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities

and lack of food in all your places,

yet you did not return to Me,

says the Lord.

7 (Ex 9:26; 9:4) I also withheld the rain from you,

when there were still three months to the harvest.

I would send rain on one town,

and send no rain on another town.

One field would receive rain,

but another field without rain would wither.

8 (1Ki 18:5; Am 4:6) So two or three towns wandered

to one town to drink water,

but they were not satisfied;

yet you did not return to Me,

says the Lord.

9 (Dt 28:22; Hag 2:17) I struck you with blight and mildew.

Locusts devoured your many gardens and vineyards,

your fig trees and olive trees;

yet you did not return to Me,

says the Lord.

10 (Lev 26:25; Dt 28:60) Pestilence like that of Egypt

I sent against you.

By the sword I killed your young men;

your horses were taken captive.

The stench of your camps I brought up into your nostrils;

yet you did not return to Me,

says the Lord.

11 (Isa 13:19; Zec 3:2) I destroyed some of you,

as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

You were like a firebrand plucked out of the fire;

yet you did not return to Me,

says the Lord.

12 Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel,

and because I will do this to you,

prepare to meet your God, O Israel!

13 (Am 5:8; 9:6; Mic 1:3) The One who forms the mountains

and creates the wind,

who reveals His thoughts to man,

who turns the darkness into dawn

and strides on the heights of the earth-

the Lord, the God of Hosts, is His name.

Amos 5

Third Pronouncement of Punishment

1 (Eze 19:1; Jer 7:29) Hear this word which I take up as a dirge against you,

O house of Israel:

2 (Jer 14:17) Fallen, no more to rise

is maiden Israel;

forsaken on her land,

with no one to raise her up.

3 For thus says the Lord God:

The city that went out with a thousand

will be left with a hundred,

and the one that went out with a hundred

will be left with ten for the house of Israel.

4 (Isa 55:3; 2Ch 15:2) Indeed, thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:

Seek Me and live!

5 (Am 4:4; 8:14) But do not seek Bethel,

and do not enter into Gilgal

or cross over to Beersheba;

for Gilgal will surely go into captivity,

and Bethel shall be no more.

6 (Am 5:4) Seek the Lord and live,

or He will break out like fire in the house of Joseph,

and it will devour Bethel,

with no one to quench it.

7 (Am 6:12) You who turn justice into bitterness

and cast righteousness down to the ground!

8 (Am 4:13; Job 9:9; Ps 104:20) The One who made the Pleiades and Orion,

who turns the deep darkness into dawn

and darkens the day into night,

who summons the waters of the sea

and pours them out on the surface of the earthâ€”

the Lord is His name,

9 the One who flashes destruction against the strong,

so that destruction comes against the fortress.

10 (1Ki 22:8; Isa 29:21) They hate the one who prosecutes at the gate,

and abhor the one who speaks with integrity.

11 (Mic 6:15; Dt 28:30) Therefore, because you trample on the poor

and take from him a levy of wheat,

though you have built houses of hewn stone,

you will not dwell in them;

though you have planted pleasant vineyards,

you will not drink their wine.

12 (Am 2:6-7; 1Sa 8:3) For I know your transgressions are many

and your sins are grievous,

you who oppress the just,

who take a bribe and subvert the needy at the gate.

13 (Ecc 3:7; Hos 4:4) Therefore the prudent are silent at such a time,

for it is an evil time.

14 (Mic 3:11) Seek good and not evil,

so that you may live;

then the Lord, the God of Hosts, will truly be with you,

as you claim.

15 (Ps 97:10; Joel 2:14) Hate evil and love good,

and establish justice at the gate.

It may then be that the Lord God of Hosts will be gracious

to the remnant of Joseph.

16 (Joel 1:11; Jer 9:10) Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Hosts,

the Lord:

Wailing will be in all the squares,

and in all the streets they will say, "Alas! Alas!"

They shall call the farmer to mourning,

and to wailing those skilled in lamentation.

17 (Ex 12:12; Isa 16:10) In all vineyards there shall be wailing,

for I will pass through you,

says the Lord.

The Day of the Lord Is Darkness

18 (Joel 1:15; Isa 5:19) Woe to you that desire

the day of the Lord!

Why do you want the day of the Lord?

It is darkness, and not light,

19 (Isa 24:17-18; Jer 15:2-3) as if someone fled away from a lion,

but a bear attacked him,

or got into the house

and rested his hand on the wall,

but a snake bit him.

20 (Isa 13:10) Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light?

Will it not be deep darkness, with no brightness in it?

21 (Lev 26:31; Isa 1:11-16) I hate, I despise your festivals,

and I am not pleased by your solemn assemblies.

22 (Isa 66:3; Mic 6:6-7) Though you offer Me burnt offerings

or your grain offerings,

I will not accept them,

nor will I regard the offerings

of your fattened animals.

23 (Am 6:5; 8:3) Take away from Me the noise of your songs;

I will not listen to the melody of your harps.

24 (Mic 6:8) But let justice roll down like water,

and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

25 (Ac 7:42-43; Jos 24:14) Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings

those forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

26 But you will carry away Sukuth your king

and Kaiwan your star-images,

your gods that you made for yourselves,

27 (2Ki 17:6; Am 4:13) as I drive you away into exile beyond Damascus,

says the Lord, whose name is the God of Hosts.

2) Our Daily Bread for 10 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/10/believing-truth

entitled Lies with Truth

Proverbs 30:5-8

5 (Ps 12:6; 18:30) Every word of God is pure;

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

6 (Dt 4:2; 12:32) Do not add to His words,

lest He reprove you, and you be found a liar.

7 Two things I have required of you;

do not deny me them before I die:

8 (Mt 6:11; Lk 11:3) Remove vanity and lies far from me-

give me neither poverty nor riches;

feed me with food convenient for me;

I set my Bible on the podium and stared at the eager faces

waiting for me to begin the message. I'd prayed and prepared.

Why couldn't I speak?

Youâ€™re worthless. No one will ever listen to you, especially if they know

your past. And God would never use you. Seared into my heart and mind,

these words spoken in various ways over my life ignited a decade-long war

against the lies I so easily believed. Though I knew the words weren't true,

I couldn't seem to escape my insecurities and fears. So I opened my Bible.

Turning to Proverbs 30:5, I inhaled and exhaled slowly before reading out loud.

"Every word of God is flawless," I read, "he is a shield to those who take

refuge in him." I closed my eyes as peace overwhelmed me,

and I began to share my testimony with the crowd.

Many of us have experienced the paralyzing power of negative words

or opinions others have of us. However, Godâ€™s words are "flawless,"

perfect and absolutely sound. When we're tempted to believe

spirit-crushing ideas about our value or our purpose as God's children,

God's enduring and infallible truth protects our minds and our hearts.

We can echo the psalmist who wrote:

"I remember, Lord, your ancient laws,

and I find comfort in them" (Psalm 119:52).

Let's combat lies we've accepted about God, ourselves,

and others by replacing negative speak with Scripture.

By: Xochitl Dixon

Reflect & Pray

What lies have you believed? What verses in the Bible have

helped you see God, yourself, and others through the truth of Scripture?

Loving Father, please help me to prayerfully study Scripture

as You help me view life through the lens of Your truth.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 7 Our God reigns!

Is 52:7

7 How beautiful upon the mountains

are the feet of him who brings good news,

who proclaims peace,

who brings good news of happiness,

who proclaims salvation,

who says to Zion,

â€œYour God reigns!â€

A messenger has a single duty: to carry information. During World War II, many

parents dreaded the arrival of the Western Union messenger, believing that

delivery of a telegram meant that their son has been wounded or killed.

Isaiah 52:7, however, indicates that a messenger's word is not always

unwelcome. "How beautiful o nthe mountains are the feet of those who bring

good news ..." the prophet says. The "good news"? Peace , salvation,

and the resultant message: "Your God reigns!"

Our God reigns - in forgiveness, in reconciliation, bringing peace and freedom

and joy. Our God reigns, controlling our lives with a loving hand, ordering

our experiences for our good, and his glory. Our God reigns in relationships,

in professional circumstances, in families, in churches. The good news is

proclaimed: Life is not unmanageable. Our God Reigns!

When we know that God reigns in our lives, we can relax, let go of the reins

of control, and live in peace. We can forgive those who have hurt us, knowing

that God will reveal to them what they need to know. We can live

with good times and bad, recognising that God uses every circumstance

of our lives to conform us to the image of his Son. We can rejoice in his

grace, free from the compulsion to earn his love and acceptance, and

we can live in the peace that comes only through his lordship in our lives.

Our God reigns - that is , indeed "good news".

Application

a) Have I ever felt that life was "out of control"? Why?

b) What does it mean in practical terms to know that "Our God reigns"?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Hebrews 7:8

8 In the one case mortal men receive tithes,

but in the other he of whom it is witnessed

that he is alive receives them.

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

When you are Facing Pain and Suffering

2 Cor 12:7-10

7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance

of revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan,

to torment me, lest I be exalted above measure.

8 I asked the Lord three times that this thing might depart from me.

9 But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made

perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will boast in my weaknesses,

that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 So I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in hardships,

in persecutions, and in distresses for Christâ€™s sake.

For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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

10th Day of the Month

a) Pray for Canadians from Coast to Coast to Coast, that the reality of

Jesus's sacrifice and love will touch them personally.

(

John 3:16

16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9-10; Jn 1:18)

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,

that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."

)

b) Pray for students, that the Lord will grant them protection of body,

soul, mind and spirit and fill them with godly desires andtrue hope.

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord to seek good and not evil.

Pray to the Lord "Loving Father, please help me to

prayerfully study Scripture

as You help me view life through the lens of Your truth."

Pray to the Lord an thank Him that he is in control.

Pray to the Lord on being a joyful giver.

Pray to the Lord to give you strengh in weakness.

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 you country, that the reality of

Jesus's sacrifice and love will touch them personally.

Pray for students, that the Lord will grant them protection of body,

soul, mind and spirit and fill them with godly desires andtrue hope.

Pray for the continued growth of house churches in Kurdish areas.

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.

Day 190 - 9 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Friday, July 9. 2021

Day 190, 9 July 2021

Isaiah 5-8

Isaiah 5

The Song of the Vineyard

1 (Ps 80:8; Mt 21:33) Now I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved

concerning His vineyard:

My well-beloved has a vineyard

in a very fruitful hill.

2 (Jer 2:21; Mk 11:13) And He fenced it, and removed its stones,

and planted it with the choicest vine.

And He built a tower in the midst of it,

and also made a winepress in it;

and He expected it to bring forth good grapes,

but it brought forth wild grapes.

3 Now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,

judge between My vineyard and Me.

4 (Mt 23:37) What more could have been done to My vineyard

that I have not done in it?

Why, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes,

did it bring forth wild grapes?

5 (Isa 28:18; La 1:15) So now I will tell you

what I will do to My vineyard:

I will take away its hedge,

and it shall be consumed;

I will break down its wall,

and it shall be trodden down.

6 (Isa 7:23-25; 2Ch 36:19-21) And I will lay it waste:

It shall not be pruned or dug,

but briers and thorns shall come up.

I will also command the clouds

that they rain no rain on it.

7 (Ps 80:8-11) For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts

is the house of Israel,

and the men of Judah

His pleasant plant.

Thus He looked for justice, but saw oppression;

for righteousness, but heard a cry.

Woes and Judgment

8 (Mic 2:2; Hab 2:9-12) Woe to those who join house to house,

who add field to field,

until there is no more space

where they may live alone in the midst of the land!

9 (Mt 23:38; Isa 22:14) In my ears the Lord of Hosts said:

Truly, many houses shall be desolate,

even great and beautiful, without inhabitants.

10 (Lev 26:26) For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,

[About 6 gallons, or 22 liters.]

and the homer [Likely about 360 pounds, or 160 kilograms.]

of seed shall yield an ephah.[Likely about 36 pounds, or 16 kilograms.]

11 (Pr 23:29-30; Isa 5:22) Woe to those who rise up early in the morning

that they may pursue strong drink;

who continue late in the evening

until wine inflames them!

12 (Job 34:27; Ps 28:5) The lyre and the harp, the tambourine and pipe,

and wine are in their feasts;

but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,

or consider the work of His hands.

13 (Hos 4:6; Isa 1:3; 27:11) Therefore My people go into captivity

because they have no knowledge;

and their honorable men are famished,

and their multitude dried up with thirst.

14 (Hab 2:5) Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself

and opened its mouth without measure;

so their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp,

and he who rejoices shall descend into it.

15 (Isa 2:9; 2:11) The common man shall be brought down,

and the great man shall be humbled,

and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.

16 (Isa 29:23; 8:13) But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment,

and God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.

17 (Isa 7:25; Zep 2:6) Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,

and strangers shall eat in the waste places of the wealthy.

18 (Jer 23:14; 23:10) Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood

and sin as if with a cart rope,

19 (Eze 12:22; Jer 17:15) who say, "Let Him make speed

and hasten His work,

that we may see it;

and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel

draw near and come,

that we may know it!"

20 (Pr 17:15; Am 5:7) Woe to those who call evil good,

and good evil;

who exchange darkness for light,

and light for darkness;

who exchange bitter for sweet,

and sweet for bitter!

21 (Pr 3:7; Ro 12:16) Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes

and prudent in their own sight!

22 (Isa 5:11; 28:7) Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine,

and men of strength to mingle strong drink,

23 (Ps 94:21; Isa 10:2) who justify the wicked for a reward,

and take away the justice of the righteous from him!

24 (Job 18:16; Isa 30:12) Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble

and the flame consumes the chaff,

so their root shall be as rottenness,

and their blossom shall go up as dust;

because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts

and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25 (2Ki 9:37; Isa 9:17) Therefore the anger of the Lord burns

against His people,

and He has stretched out His hand against them,

and has stricken them,

and the hills trembled.

Their corpses were torn in the midst of the streets.

For all this His anger is not turned away,

and His hand is still stretched out.

26 (Dt 28:49; Isa 7:18) He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar

and will hiss at them from the ends of the earth;

certainly they shall come

with speed, swiftly.

27 (Job 12:18; Joel 2:7-8) No one shall be weary or stumble among them;

no one shall slumber or sleep;

neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed,

nor the strap of their shoes be broken;

28 (Ps 45:5) their arrows are sharp

and all their bows bent;

their horses' hooves will seem like flint,

and their wheels like a whirlwind.

29 (Isa 42:22; 49:24-25) Their roaring shall be like a lion,

they shall roar like young lions;

they shall roar and lay hold of the prey;

and shall carry it away, and no one shall deliver it.

30 (Isa 8:22; Jer 4:23-28) In that day they shall roar against them

like the roaring of the sea.

And if one looks to the land-

only darkness and sorrow,

and the light is darkened by the clouds.

Isaiah 6

The Commission of Isaiah

1 (Jn 12:41; 2Ki 15:7) In the year that King Uzziah died

I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up,

and His train filled the temple.

2 (Rev 4:8; Ps 103:20) Above it stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings.

With two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet,

and with two he flew.

3 (Ps 72:19; Nu 14:21) One cried to another and said:

"Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts;

the whole earth is full of His glory."

4 (Rev 15:8; Am 9:1) The posts of the door moved at the voice of him

who cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

5 (Ex 33:20; Jer 9:3-8) And I said: "Woe is me! For I am undone

because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people

of unclean lips. For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts."

6 (Rev 8:3-5) Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal

which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar in his hand.

7 (Jer 1:9; Da 10:16) And he laid it on my mouth, and said,

"This has touched your lips, and your iniquity is taken away,

and your sin purged."

8 (Ge 1:26; 3:22) Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying,

"Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?"

Then I said, "Here am I. Send me."

9 (Lk 8:10; Mt 13:14-15) He said, "Go, and tell this people:

'Keep on hearing, but do not understand;

keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'

10 (Jer 5:21; Dt 32:15; Mt 13:15) Make the heart of this people dull,

and their ears heavy,

and shut their eyes;

lest they see with their eyes,

and hear with their ears,

and understand with their heart,

and turn and be healed."

11 (Isa 1:7; Ps 79:5) Then I said, "Lord, how long?"

And He answered:

"Until the cities are laid waste

without inhabitants,

and the houses without man,

and the land is utterly desolate,

12 (Jer 4:29) and the Lord has removed men far away,

and there is a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

13 (Ezr 9:2; Isa 1:9 ) But yet in it shall be a tenth,

and it shall return, and shall be burned,

as a terebinth tree or as an oak,

whose stump remains when it is cut down,

so the holy seed is its stump.â€

Isaiah 7

Isaiah Reassures King Ahaz

1 (2Ki 15:37; 16:1) And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham,

the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Aram,

and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem

to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

2 (Isa 7:13; 8:12) It was said to the house of David, "Aram is allied

with Ephraim." Then his heart trembled and the heart of his people,

as the trees of the wood tremble with the wind.

3 (2Ki 18:17; Isa 36:2) Then the Lord said to Isaiah: Go out now to meet Ahaz,

you, and Shear-Jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool

in the highway of the fuller's field,

4 (Dt 20:3; Isa 30:15) and say to him, Take heed, and be quiet. Do not fear

nor be fainthearted because of the two tails of these smoking firebrands,

because of the fierce anger of Rezin with Aram and of the son of Remaliah,

5 because Aram, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have taken evil counsel

against you, saying,

6 Let us go up against Judah, and trouble it, and let us make a breach there

for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel.

7 (Isa 8:10) Thus says the Lord God:

It shall not stand,

nor shall it come to pass.

8 (Isa 17:1â€“3; Ge 14:15) For the head of Aram is Damascus,

and the head of Damascus is Rezin.

Now within 65 years

Ephraim shall be broken so that it is not a people.

9 (2Ch 20:20) The head of Ephraim is Samaria,

and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.

If you will not believe,

surely you shall not be established.

The Sign of Immanuel

10 Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying:

11 (Isa 37:30; 38:7-8) Ask for a sign from the Lord your God.

Make it either as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, nor will I tempt the Lord.

13 (Isa 43:24; 7:2) Then he said, "Hear now, O house of David.

Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?

14 (Isa 8:8; Mt 1:23; Isa 9:6) Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you

a sign: The virgin [Heb. young woman.] shall conceive, and bear a son,

and shall call his name Immanuel.Or God with us.

15 (Isa 7:22) Curds and honey he shall eat at the time that he knows

enough to refuse the evil and choose the good.

16 (Isa 8:4) For before the child shall know to refuse the evil

and choose the good, the land that you dread shall be forsaken

of both her kings.

17 (Isa 8:7-8; 10:5-6) The Lord shall bring upon you, and upon your people,

and upon your father's house, days that have not come from the day

that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria."

18 (Isa 5:26) In that day the Lord shall whistle for the fly that is

in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is

in the land of Assyria.

19 (Isa 2:19; Jer 16:16) They shall come, and all of them shall rest

in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks,

and on all thorns, and on all bushes.

20 (Isa 8:7; 10:15) In that same day the Lord shall shave with a hired razor,

from regions beyond the River,Euphrates River. with the king of Assyria,

the head, and the hair of the legs, and it shall also remove the beard.

21 (Isa 5:17; Jer 39:10) In that day a man shall nourish a young cow

and two sheep,

22 (Isa 7:15) and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he shall

eat curds; for everyone who is left in the land shall eat curds and honey.

23 (Isa 5:6) In that day every place where there were a thousand vines,

worth a thousand shekels [About 25 pounds, or 12 kilograms.] of silver,

shall become briers and thorns.

24 With arrows and with bows shall men come there because

all the land shall become briers and thorns.

25 On all hills that used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go

there for fear of briers and thorns. But it shall be for pasturing oxen

and for sheep to tread.

Isaiah 8

The Coming Assyrian Invasion

1 (Isa 30:8) Moreover the Lord said to me, Take for yourself a large book

and write in it with a man's pen: "Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey."

[See v. 3. 22Ki 16:10â€“11]

2 I will take to Myself faithful witnesses

for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberekiah.

3 So I went in to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son.

Then the Lord said to me, Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.

[See v. 1. ]

4 For before the child knows how to cry "My father" and "My mother,"

the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away

before the king of Assyria.

5 The Lord spoke to me again, saying:

6 (Jn 9:7; Ne 3:15) Because this people refuses

the gently flowing waters of Shiloah

and rejoices in Rezin

and the son of Remaliah,

7 (Isa 17:12-13; 7:17) now therefore the Lord certainly

is about to bring upon them

the strong and plentiful waters of the River, [Euphrates River].

even the king of Assyria and all his glory;

and he shall come up over all his channels

and go over all his banks.

8 (Isa 7:14; 30:28) And he shall pass through Judah,

he shall overflow and go over,

he shall reach even to the neck,

and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land,

O Immanuel.

9 Be broken, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces.

And give ear, all you from far countries.

Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;

gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.

10 (Ro 8:31; Job 5:12) Take counsel together, but it shall come to nothing;

speak the word, but it shall not stand

for God is with us.

Fear God

11 (Eze 3:14) For the Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand

and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:

12 (1Pe 3:14â€“15) You should not say, "It is a conspiracy,"

concerning all that this people calls a conspiracy,

neither fear their threats

nor be afraid of them.

13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts Himself,

and let Him be your fear,

and let Him be your dread.

14 (Eze 11:16; Lk 2:34) He shall become a sanctuary,

but a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense

to both the houses of Israel,

and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15 (Isa 28:13; Mt 21:44) Many among them shall stumble

and fall and be broken

and be snared and be taken.

16 (Da 12:4 ) Bind up the testimony;

seal the law among My disciples.

17 (Isa 54:8; Hab 2:3) I will wait on the Lord,

who hides His face from the house of Jacob,

and I will eagerly look for Him.

18 (Ps 9:11; Lk 2:34) See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me

are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts who dwells

in Mount Zion.

19 (Isa 19:3; Lev 20:6) When they say to you, "Seek after the mediums

and the wizards, who whisper and mutter," should not a people seek

after their God? Should they consult the dead for the living?

20 (Mic 3:6; 2Pe 1:19) To the law and to the testimony;

if they do not speak according to this word,

it is because there is no light in them.

21 (Isa 9:20) They shall pass through the land hard-pressed and hungry;

when they are hungry, they shall be furious and curse their king

and their God as they look upward.

22 (Isa 5:30; Jer 13:16) Then they shall look to the earth and see trouble

and darkness, gloom of anguish. And they shall be driven away into darkness.

2) Our Daily Bread for 9 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/09/making-every-effort

entitled Growing in God's Grace

2 Peter 1:3-11

The Christian's Call and Election

3 (1Th 2:12; 2Th 2:14) His divine power has given to us all things

that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him

who has called us by His own glory and excellence,

4 (Heb 12:10; 1Jn 3:2) by which He has given to us exceedingly great

and precious promises, so that through these things you might become

partakers of the divine nature and escape the corruption that is

in the world through lust.

5 (2Pe 3:18; Php 4:8) For this reason make every effort to add virtue

to your faith; and to your virtue, knowledge;

6 (Ac 24:25; 2Pe 1:3) and to your knowledge, self-control;

and to your self-control, patient endurance; and to your patient endurance,

godliness;

7 (Ro 12:10; 1Co 13:1-8) and to your godliness, brotherly kindness;

and to your brotherly kindness, love.

8 (Jn 15:2; Col 3:16) For if these things reside in you and abound,

they ensure that you will neither be useless nor unfruitful in the knowledge

of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 (Eph 5:26; Heb 9:14) But the one who lacks these things is blind

and shortsighted because he has forgotten that he was cleansed

from his former sins.

10 (2Pe 3:17) Therefore, brothers, diligently make your calling

and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

11 For in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord

and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly provided for you.

The English preacher Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) lived life "full throttle."

He became a pastor at age nineteen-and soon was preaching to large crowds.

He personally edited all of his sermons, which eventually filled 63 volumes,

and wrote many commentaries, books on prayer, and other works.

And he typically read 6 books a week! In one of his sermons, Spurgeon said,

"The sin of doing nothing is about the biggest of all sins, for it involves

most of the others. . . . Horrible idleness! God save us from it!"

Charles Spurgeon lived with diligence, which meant

he â€œ[made] every effortâ€ (2 Peter 1:5) to grow in God's grace

and to live for Him. If we're Christ's followers, God can instill

in us that same desire and capacity to grow more like Jesus,

to "make every effort to add to [our] faith goodness;

and to goodness, knowledge . . .

self-control, perseverance . . . godlinessâ€ (vv. 5â€“7).

We each have different motivations, abilities, and energy levels-

not all of us can, or should, live at Charles Spurgeon's pace!

But when we understand all Jesus has done for us,

we have the greatest motivation for diligent, faithful living.

And we find our strength through the resources God has given us

to live for and serve Him. God through His Spirit can empower us

in our efforts-big and small-to do so.

By: Alyson Kieda

Reflect & Pray

How are you making every effort to grow more like Christ?

What will help you in this endeavor?

Loving God, help me to be diligent to live for You in all I do and say.

Thank You for enabling me to do so through Your Spirit inside me.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 6 Reconciliation

2 Cor 5:18-19

18 All this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ

and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was

in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their sins

against them, and has entrusted to us the message of reconciliation.

When Paul writes in 2 Cor 5:17 that we become a "new creation" in Christ

Jesus, the story does not end there. The verses following give us direction

for tht new life in Christ. "All This", Paul says, referring tothe miracle of

new life in Christ, "is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ

and gave us the ministry of reconciliation."

Reconciliation means to bring back together what was ince separated. Man was

separated from God by sin, and God took the initiative to reconcile man to

himself. Our "ministry of reconciliation" as Christians is twofold: to draw

others to the Lord and to work for reconciliation between indiviuals.

Reconciliation is the ultimate gaol of forgiveness. God, through his grace ,

extends forgiveness to us when we are still sinners, unrepentant,

undeserving. When we respond, we come into reconciliation with him

and are brought back into oneness. Likewise, when we extend the grace

of frogiveness to another, we are set free by the act of forgiving, but we

hope that the ultimate outcone will be reconciliation.

God shows us the pattern: he is the wronged party, yet he does not wait for

the offender to coem to him, hat in hand. He takes a bold initiative, offering

forgiveness freely with out regard to merit. The pattern applies to us;

as the new life in Christ takes hold of us, we must reach out, and reach,

and keep on reaching, breaking down the barrirers, taking the risk of

rejeciton so that we may come to reconciliation.

Application

a) What barriers stand between me and reconciliation with another person?

b) How can I take a risk and reach out to offer forgiveness and

reconciliation to them?

c) What kind of attitude do I need to be a "minister of reconciliation"?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Malachi 3:10-12

10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in

My house, and test Me now in this, says the Lord of Hosts, if I will not

open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing,

that there will not be room enough to receive it.

11 I will rebuke the devourer

for your sakes, so that it will not destroy the fruit of your ground,

and the vines in your field will not fail to bear fruit,

says the Lord of Hosts.

12 Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be

a delightful land, says the Lord of Hosts.

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

When you are Worried Over Money

Matt 6:19-21

Treasures in Heaven

Lk 12:33â€“34

19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth

and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up

for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy

and where thieves do not break in nor steal, 21 for where your treasure is,

there will your heart be also.

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

9th Day of the Month

a) Pray a prayer of thanksgiving throughout

the day for God's unfailing love, Mercy, compassion, faithfulness and provision.

(

Ps 100

A Psalm of thanksgiving.

1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth!

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Serve the Lord with gladness;

come before His presence with singing.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Know that the Lord, He is God;

it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;

we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,

and into His courts with praise;

be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) For the Lord is good; His mercy endures forever,

and His faithfulness to all generations.

)

b) Pray that the Lord will lead the Church in finding ways to wiesly

and effectively respond to pressing social issues

(

1 Chr 12:32

32 (Est 1:13) From the sons of Issachar,

those having understanding of times

and what Israel should do: two hundred of their captains

with all their brothers at their command.

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord to look to Him for Righteous Direction.

Pray to the Lord "Loving God, help me to be diligent to live for You

in all I do and say.

Thank You for enabling me to do so through Your Spirit inside me."

Pray to the Lord to be a minister of reconciliation in His Eyes.

Pray to the Lord on how to be a joyful givers

Pray to the Lord to put treasure in Heaven.

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 a prayer of thanksgiving throughout

the day for God's unfailing love, Mercy, compassion, faithfulness and provision.

Pray that the Lord will lead the Church in finding ways to wiesly

and effectively respond to pressing social issues

Pray for the churches in Mali as they face new challenges

due to Islamist ideology and attacks.

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.

Day 189 - 8 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Thursday, July 8. 2021

Day 189, 8 July 2021

Isaiah 1-4

Isaiah 1

1 (Isa 2:1; Nu 12:6)The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz,

which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days

of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

The Wickedness of Judah

2 (Mic 1:2; Dt 32:1) Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth.

For the Lord has spoken:

I have nourished and brought up children,

and they have rebelled against Me;

3 (Jer 8:7; Isa 44:18 )the ox knows his owner,

and the donkey his master's crib,

but Israel does not know;

My people do not consider.

4 (Isa 5:24; 5:19) Alas, sinful nation,

a people laden with iniquity,

a brood of evildoers,

children who deal corruptly!

They have forsaken the Lord,

they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger,

they are estranged and backward.

5 (Isa 9:13; 31:6 ) Why should you be beaten again,

that you revolt more and more?

The whole head is sick,

and the whole heart faint.

6 (Jer 6:14; Mt 9:12) From the sole of the foot even to the head

there is no soundness in it.

Wounds, bruises,

and open sores;

they have not been closed,

nor bandaged, nor soothed with oil.

7 (Lev 26:34; Isa 6:11) Your country is desolate,

your cities are burned with fire;

strangers devour your land

in your presence;

and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

8 (Isa 10:32; Job 27:18) The daughter of Zion is left

like a shelter in a vineyard,

like a hut in a field of melons,

like a besieged city.

9 (Ge 19:24; Ro 9:29) Unless the Lord of Hosts

had left to us a very small remnant,

we would have been as Sodom;

we would have been like Gomorrah.

10 (Rev 11:8; Dt 32:32) Hear the word of the Lord,

you rulers of Sodom;

listen to the law of our God,

you people of Gomorrah:

11 (Jer 6:20; 1Sa 15:22) For what purpose is the multitude

of your sacrifices to Me? says the Lord.

I am full of the burnt offerings of rams,

and the fat of fed animals.

I do not delight in the blood of bulls,

or of lambs, or of male goats.

12 (Ex 23:17; 34:23) When you come to appear before Me,

who has required this at your hand,

to trample My courts?

13 (Isa 66:3; 1Ch 23:31) Bring no more vain offerings;

incense is an abomination to Me.

New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations-

I cannot bear with evil assemblies.

14 (Isa 43:24) My soul hates

your New Moons and your appointed feasts;

they are a burden to Me;

I am weary of bearing them.

15 (Isa 59:2-3; Mic 3:4) When you reach out your hands,

I will hide My eyes from you;

even when you make many prayers,

I will not hear.

Your hands are full of blood.

16 (Ps 26:6; 1Pe 3:11) Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;

put away the evil from your deeds, from before My eyes.

Cease to do evil,

17 (Jer 22:3; Zep 2:3) learn to do good; seek justice,

relieve the oppressed;

judge the fatherless,

plead for the widow.

18 (Ps 51:7; Rev 7:14) Come now, and let us reason together,

says the Lord.

Though your sins be as scarlet,

they shall be as white as snow;

though they be red like crimson,

they shall be as wool.

19 (Dt 30:15-16) If you are willing and obedient,

you shall eat the good of the land;

20 (Isa 40:5; 58:14) but if you refuse and rebel,

you shall be devoured with the sword;

for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.

The Degenerate City

21 How the faithful city

has become a prostitute!

She was full of justice;

righteousness lodged in her,

but now murderers.

22 Your silver has become dross,

your wine mixed with water.

23 (Ex 23:8; Mic 7:3) Your princes are rebellious

and companions of thieves;

everyone loves a bribe

and follows after rewards.

They do not defend the fatherless,

nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

24 (Dt 28:63; Isa 49:26 ) Therefore the Lord, the Lord of Hosts,

the Mighty One of Israel, says:

Ah, I will get relief from My adversaries,

and avenge Myself on My enemies.

25 (Mal 3:3) And I will turn My hand against you,

thoroughly purge away your dross,

and take away all your impurities.

26 (Jer 33:7; Zec 8:3) I will restore your judges as at the first,

and your counselors as at the beginning.

Afterward you shall be called

the city of righteousness,

a faithful town.

27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice

and her converts with righteousness.

28 (Job 31:3; Ps 1:6) But the destruction of the transgressors

and sinners shall be together,

and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

29 (Isa 57:5; 65:3) For they shall be ashamed of the oaks

which you have desired,

and you shall be humiliated for the gardens

that you have chosen.

30 For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades,

and as a garden that has no water.

31 (Isa 66:24 ) The strong shall be as tinder,

and his work like a spark;

they will both burn together,

and no one will quench them.

Isaiah 2

The Mountain of the Lord

Mic 4:1-3

1 (Isa 1:1) The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah

and Jerusalem.

2 (Isa 27:13; Mic 4:1-3) In the last days,

the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established

on the top of the mountains,

and shall be exalted above the hills,

and all nations shall flow to it.

3 (Lk 24:47; Isa 51:4-5) Many people shall go and say,

"Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,

to the house of the God of Jacob,

and He will teach us of His ways,

and we will walk in His paths."

For out of Zion shall go forth the law,

and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

4 (Hos 2:18; Joel 3:10) He shall judge among the nations,

and shall rebuke many peoples;

and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,

and their spears into pruning hooks;

nation shall not lift up sword against nation,

nor shall they learn war any more.

5 (Eph 5:8; 1Jn 1:7) O house of Jacob, come,

and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

6 (2Ki 1:2) For You have forsaken Your people,

the house of Jacob,

because they are replenished from the east,

and are soothsayers like the Philistines,

and they please themselves with the children of strangers.

7 (Isa 30:16; 31:1) Their land also is full of silver and gold,

and there is no end to their treasures;

their land is also full of horses,

and there is no end to their chariots.

8 (Ps 115:4-8; Isa 37:19) Their land also is full of idols;

they worship the work of their own hands,

that which their own fingers have made.

9 (Isa 5:15; Ps 49:2) And the common man bows down,

and the great man humbles himself;

therefore, do not forgive them.

10 (Rev 6:15-16) Enter into the rock,

and hide in the dust

from the fear of the Lord

and from the glory of His majesty.

11 (Ps 18:27; Isa 5:15-16) The lofty looks of man shall be humbled,

and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down,

and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

12 (Mal 4:1) For the day of the Lord of Hosts shall be

upon everything that is proud and lofty,

and upon everything that is lifted up,

and it shall be brought low;

13 (Isa 14:8) and it will be upon all the cedars of Lebanon

that are high and lifted up,

and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

14 (Isa 30:25; 40:4) and upon all the high mountains,

and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

15 and upon all the high towers,

and upon every fenced wall,

16 (1Ki 10:22; Isa 23:1) and upon all the ships of Tarshish,

and upon all pleasant sloops.

17 (Isa 2:11) The loftiness of man shall be humbled,

and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low;

the Lord alone will be exalted in that day;

18 the idols He shall utterly abolish.

19 (Isa 2:10; Heb 12:26; Isa 2:21) They shall go into the holes of the rocks,

and into the caves of the earth,

from the fear of the Lord,

and from the glory of His majesty,

when He shall arise to shake the earth mightily.

20 (Isa 30:22; 31:7) In that day a man shall cast away

his idols of silver and his idols of gold,

which they made for themselves to worship,

to the moles and to the bats,

21 (Isa 2:19) to enter the caverns of the rocks,

and into the clefts of the cliffs,

from the terror of the Lord,

and from the glory of His majesty,

when He arises to shake the earth mightily.

22 (Ps 146:3; 8:4) Cease regarding man,

whose breath is in his nostrils;

for why should he be esteemed?

Isaiah 3

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

1 (Lev 26:26; Isa 1:24) For now the Lord,

the Lord of Hosts,

takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah

the stock and the store,

the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;

2 (Eze 17:13 ) the mighty man and the man of war,

the judge and the prophet,

and the prudent and the ancient,

3 the captain of fifty and the honorable man,

the counselor and the skillful artisan, and the eloquent orator.

4 (Ecc 10:16) I will give youths to be their princes,

and unweaned children shall rule over them.

5 (Jer 9:3-8) The people shall be oppressed,

every one by another, and every one by his neighbor;

the youth shall behave himself proudly against the elder,

and the inferior against the honorable.

6 (Isa 4:1) When a man shall take hold of his brother

in the house of his father saying,

"You have clothing; be our ruler,

and let this ruin be under your power,"

7 (Hos 5:13) in that day he shall swear saying,

"I will not be a healer.

For in my house is neither bread nor clothing;

do not make me a ruler of the people."

8 For Jerusalem is ruined,

and Judah is fallen,

because their tongue and their deeds are against the Lord,

to provoke the eyes of His glory.

9 (Ge 13:13; Ro 6:23) The expression of their countenance witnesses

against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom;

they hide it not.

Woe to them!

For they have brought evil on themselves.

10 (Ecc 8:12; Dt 28:1-14) Say to the righteous

that it shall be well with them,

for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

11 (Dt 28:15-68; Ecc 8:13) Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,

for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

12 (Isa 3:4) As for My people, children are their oppressors,

and women rule over them.

O My people, those who lead you cause you to err,

and destroy the way of your paths.

13 (Mic 6:2) The Lord stands up to plead

and stands to judge the people.

14 (Job 22:4; Ps 143:2) The Lord will enter into judgment

with the elders and the princes of His people:

For you have eaten up the vineyard;

the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

15 (Ps 94:5) What do you mean that you beat My people to pieces

and grind the faces of the poor?

says the Lord God of Hosts.

16 (Isa 4:4; 32:9-11) Moreover the Lord says:

Because the daughters of Zion are haughty

and walk with outstretched necks

and wanton eyes,

walking and mincing as they go,

and making a tinkling with their feet,

17 therefore, the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the head

of the daughters of Zion,

and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.

18 (Jdg 8:21) In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the ankle

ornaments, and the headbands, and the crescent ornaments,

19 the chains, and the bracelets, and the veils,

20 (Ex 39:28) the bonnets, the leg ornaments, the sashes,

perfume boxes, amulets,

21 (Ge 24:47) the finger rings, nose rings,

22 festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, purses,

23 hand mirrors, and undergarments, hoods, and veils.

24 (Isa 22:12; La 2:10) Instead of sweet perfume there shall be a stench;

and instead of a belt, a rope;

and instead of well-set hair, baldness;

and instead of fine clothes, a girding of sackcloth;

and branding instead of beauty.

25 Your men shall fall by the sword,

and your mighty in the war.

26 (Jer 14:2; La 2:10) Her gates shall lament and mourn,

and she, being desolate, shall sit on the ground.

Isaiah 4

1 (Ge 30:23; Isa 13:12) And in that day seven women

shall take hold of one man, saying,

"We will eat our own bread,

and wear our own apparel,

only let us be called by your name,

to take away our reproach."

The Branch of the Lord

2 (Jer 23:5; Zec 3:8; 6:12) In that day the branch of the Lord shall

be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent

and comely for those of Israel who have escaped.

3 (Lk 10:20; Isa 52:1) He who is left in Zion and he who remains

in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone who is written

among the living in Jerusalem.

4 (Mal 3:2-3; Eze 36:25) When the Lord has washed away

the filth of the daughters of Zion and has purged the blood of Jerusalem

from the midst by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning,

5 (Ex 13:21-22; Nu 9:15-22) then the Lord will create upon every

dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies,

a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night.

For over all the glory shall be a covering.

6 (Isa 25:4; Ps 27:5; Isa 32:2) There shall be a tabernacle for a shadow

in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge,

and for a shelter from storm and from rain.

2) Our Daily Bread for 8 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/08/checking-for-dust

entitled Blocked Prayers

Mark 11:20-25

The Lesson From the Fig Tree

Mt 21:20â€“22

20 In the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree

withered from the roots.

21 Peter, calling to remembrance, said to Him, "Rabbi, look!

The fig tree which You cursed has withered away."

22 Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.

23 (Mt 17:20; 1Co 13:2) For truly I say to you, whoever

says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be thrown into the sea,'

and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says

will come to pass, he will have whatever he says.

24 (1Jn 3:22) Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,

believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.

25Col 3:13; Mt 6:12And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything

against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you

your sins.â€

For fourteen years, the Mars rover Opportunity faithfully communicated

with the people at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. After it landed in 2004,

it traversed 28 miles of the Martian surface, took thousands of images,

and analyzed many materials. But in 2018, communication between Opportunity

and scientists ended when a major dust storm coated its solar panels,

causing the rover to lose power.

Is it possible that we can allow "dust" to block our communication

with Someone outside of our world? When it comes to prayer

-communicating with God-there are certain things that can get in the way.

Scripture says that sin can block our relationship with God. "If I had

cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened" (Psalm 66:18).

Jesus instructs, "When you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,

forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you

your sins" (Mark 11:25). Our communication with God can also be hindered

by doubt and relationship problems (James 1:5-7; 1 Peter 3:7).

Opportunity's blockage of communication seems to be permanent.

But our prayers don't have to be blocked. By the work of the Holy Spirit,

God lovingly draws us to restored communication with Him.

As we confess our sins and turn to Him, by God's grace we experience

the greatest communication the universe has ever known:

1-to-1 prayer between us and our holy God.

By: Dave Branon

Reflect & Pray

How can confessing your sins to God improve your communication with Him?

What can you do to enrich your prayer life?

Father, guide me to discover what's limiting my communication with You.

Thank You for helping me connect with You!

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 5 When you pray

Mark 11:25

25 And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything

against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may

also forgive you your sins.

"My prayer don't seem to be very effective," a man told his pastor." I try

to make contact with God, but my prayers seem to hit the ceiling and bounce

back."

The pastor thought for a moment, then gently suggested,

"Is there someone in your life you haven't forgiven?"

"What do you meam?" The man's face flushed; the pastir has obviuosly struck

a nerve. "Well, I guess I've had some struggles with my mother ... and then,

my wife, and I ... ." The hidden truth cme to light: the man was bound in

unforgiving relationships with five of the closest people to him.

Forgiveness is an essential element in prayer. For a very good reason,

worship services in litugical churches place the confession of sin and the

absolution near t he beginning of the service, before the reading of God's

Word, prayer, and the sermon. Forgiveness - both the Lord's forgiveness

of us and our forgiveness of others - clears the way for unhindered

communication between God and his people.

When we carry anger and bitterness, or even deeply buired, well-subliminated

unforgiveness, into the presence of God, our prayers will be affected. We can,

however, free the Hopy Spirit to work in our lives and the lives of others

through forgiveness. We can choose to forgive in light of God's forgiveness

of us. And when we do, the channels are re-established;

we can pray in power and opene ourselves to an awareness of his activity

in our lives.

Application

a) Have my prayers ever been affected by unforgiveness in my life?

b) Is there someone in my life whom I need to forgive,

whether or not I can work toward

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Prov 3:9-10

9 Honor the Lord with your substance,

and with the first fruits of all your increase;

10 so your barns will be filled with plenty,

and your presses will burst out with new wine.

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

When you are Worried Over Money

Hebr 13:5-6

5 Let your lives be without love of money, and be content

with the things you have. For He has said:

"I will never leave you, nor forsake you."

6 So we may boldly say:

"The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)

Where do Muslims live?

Canada is a land of immigrants. And Muslims are coming in increasing numbers

to our shores. Where do they live? How can we prayfor these areas? Use this as

your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.

Data for those population figures is extrapoled for the 2011 National

Household Survay and population growth projections by Pew Forum. These have

also been adjusted by +40% as reliable sources state that on 60% of Muslims

self-identify on government surveys and forms. These estimates are still on

the conservative end of the spectrum. Percentages represent that of the total

Canadian population, not provincial

BC - 136493 - 7.5%

AB - 195240 - 11%

SK - 17279 - 1%

MB - 21349 - 1.2%

ON - 1001542 - 55%

QC - 418946 - 23%

NB - 4543 - 0.003%

NS - 14629 - 0.1%

PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%

NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%

Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%

NWT - 473 - 0.0003%

NU - 86 - 0.00005%

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."

Peter's Speech at Pentecost

14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .

7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada

http://www.ehc.ca

8th Day of the Month

a) Pray that the Church will deepen its commitment

to prayer and never cease to call upon God

(

Is 62:6

6 (Isa 52:8; Ps 74:2) I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem,

who shall never hold their peace day nor night.

You who remind the Lord,

do not keep silent;

Ps 5:3

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) O Lord, in the morning You will hear my voice;

in the morning I will direct my prayer to You,

and I will watch expectantly.

Ps 55:17

17 Evening and morning and at noon,

I will make my complaint and murmur,

and He will hear my voice.

)

b) Pray for the province of Manitoba

I) Pray for the leaders of Manitoba, that God's Spirit would

influence then to act justly, serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards.

( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3 (1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable

in the sight of God our Saviour,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32) who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth. )

II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.

III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord to confess yours sin no matter how vile they are.

Pray to the Lord "Father, guide me to discover what's limiting

my communication with You.

Thank You for helping me connect with You!"

Pray to the Lord to be truly forgiving.

Pray to the Lord to honour him with your first substances

Pray to the Lord to be fearless in Him

Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Pray that the Church will deepen its commitment

to prayer and never cease to call upon God

Pray for Kenyan Christian converts from Islam who face ongoing threats

and persecution from family members.

Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness

Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

Day 188 - 7 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Wednesday, July 7. 2021

Day 188, 7 July 2021

2 Kings 15 ; 2 Chron 26

2 Kings 15

Azariah, King of Judah

2Ch 26:3-23

1 (2Ki 14:21; 15:13) In the twenty-seventh year of JerÂoÂboam king of Israel,

Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king.

2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned 52 years

in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jekoliah from Jerusalem.

3 He did what was right in the sight of the Lord,

according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

4 But the high places were not removed. The people continued sacrificing

and making offerings on the high places.

5 (Lev 13:46; Nu 12:14) The Lord afflicted the king, and he was leprous

until the day of his death. He lived in a separate house. Jotham the king's

son was in charge of the house, judging the people of the land.

6 Now the rest of the deeds of Azariah, and all that he did,

are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

7 (2Ch 26:23) So Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him

with his fathers in the City of David. Jotham his son reigned in his place.

Zechariah, King of Israel

8 In the 38th year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam

became king of Israel in Samaria for six months.

9 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done. He did not

turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel

to sin.

10 Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, struck him at Ibleam,

and killed him. Then Shallum reigned in his place.

11 Now the rest of the deeds of Zechariah are written in the book

of the annals of the kings of Israel.

12 (2Ki 10:30) This was the word of the Lord which He spoke to Jehu,

"Your sons will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation."

And it was so.

Shallum, King of Israel

13 (2Ki 15:1) Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the 39th year

of Uzziah king of Judah. He reigned for a month in Samaria.

14 (1Ki 14:17) Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah,

entered Samaria, and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him.

Then Menahem reigned in his place.

15 Now the rest of the deeds of Shallum and the conspiracy he made are written

in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

16 (2Ki 8:12; 1Ki 4:24; Hos 13:16) Then Menahem struck Tiphsah

and all who were in it, and the territories around Tirzah.

Because they did not open up the city to him, he attacked it.

Then he split open all its pregnant woman.

Menahem, King of Israel

17 In the 39th year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king

over Israel for ten years in Samaria.

18 He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not turn aside all his days

from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

19 (2Ki 14:5; 1Ch 5:25-26) Pul the king of Assyria came against the land,

and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents

[About 38 tons, or 34 metric tons.] of silver, that he might help him

strengthen his control of the kingdom.

20 Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all the very wealthy men,

fifty shekels [About 1 1/4 pounds, or 575 grams.[ of silver each, to give

to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria left and did not stay there

in the land.

21The rest of the deeds of Menahem, and all that he did,

are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

22And Menahem slept with his fathers,

and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.

Pekahiah, King of Israel

23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem

became king over Israel in Samaria for two years.

24 (2Ki 15:9) He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not turn aside

from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

25 (2Ch 28:6) But Pekah son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him

and struck him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob,

Arieh, and fifty men of the Gileadites with him. He killed him and reigned

in his place.

26 Now the rest of the deeds of Pekahiah and all that he did are written

in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

Pekah, King of Israel

27 (Isa 7:1; 2Ki 15:23) In the 52nd year of Azariah king of Judah,

Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria for twenty years.

28 He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not turn aside from the sins

of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

29 (Jos 20:7; 1Ki 15:20) In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser

king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh,

Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and then exiled them

to Assyria.

30 (2Ki 17:1) Then Hoshea son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah

son of Remaliah and struck and killed him. Then he reigned in his place

in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

31 The rest of the deeds of Pekah and all that he did are written

in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

Jotham, King of Judah

2Ch 27:1â€“9

32 (2Ki 15:7; 1Ch 3:12) In the second year of Pekah son of RemÂaliah,

king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, became king.

33 (2Ch 27:1) He was twenty-five years old when he became king,

and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name

was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.

34 (2Ch 26:4-5; 2Ki 15:3-4) He did what was right in the sight of the Lord.

He did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

35 (2Ki 12:3; 2Ch 23:20) Only he did not remove the high places. The people

continued sacrificing and making offerings on the high places.

He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.

36 Now the rest of the deeds of Jotham, and all that he did,

are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

37 (2Ki 16:5; Isa 7:1) In those days the Lord began to send Rezin king of Aram

and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

38 Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers

in the City of David his father. Then Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 26

Uzziah, King of Judah

2 Ki 14:21â€“22; 15:1â€“7

1 (2Ch 22:1) And all the people of Judah took Uzziah

[Also known as Azariah in 2Ki 15.] and made him king in the place

of his father Amaziah when he was sixteen years old.

2 He built Eloth and restored it to Judah

after Amaziah the king slept with his fathers.

3 (2Ki 15:2-3) Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign,

and he was king in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. The name of his mother

was Jekoliah from Jerusalem.

4 And he did what was correct in the eyes of the Lord as everything

his father Amaziah had done.

5 (2Ch 24:2; Da 1:17) And he sought after God in the days of Zechariah,

the one who instructed him in the fear of the Lord. And in the days

that he sought after the Lord, God caused him to succeed.

6 (Isa 14:29) He went out to make war with the Philistines, and he broke

through the walls at Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod. Then he built cities

in Ashdod and among the Philistines.

7 (2Ch 21:16) And God brought him aid against the Philistines and Arabians,

those living in Gur Baal, and the Meunites.

8 (Ge 19:38; 2Sa 8:2) And the Ammonites gave a gift to Uzziah,

and his name spread even to the border of Egypt because he became

quite powerful.

9 (Ne 3:13; 2Ki 14:13) Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate,

at the Valley Gate, and at the corner buttress; and he fortified them.

10 (Ge 26:18-21) And he built towers in the wilderness, and he dug out

many cisterns because he had a large amount of livestock,

both in the lowland Shephelah and in the plain. He also had workers

in the fields and vineyards in the hills and fertile orchards,

for he loved agriculture.

11 And Uzziah had an army prepared for battle, those who went out

for war as companies in the number of their divisions

by the appointment of Jeiel the scribe, and Maaseiah the officer,

and Hananiah a commander of the king.

12 The total number of chief officers of the mighty men of valor

was two thousand six hundred.

13 And under their hand was a mighty army of 307500 who were able to go

to battle as a strong army and to help the king against his enemies.

14 And Uzziah prepared for the entire army shields, long spears,

helmets, scale armor, bows, and slings for stones.

15 In Jerusalem he made war machines by skilled men to be placed

on towers and corners to shoot arrows and large stones.

And his name went out for a great distance.

He received great help until he was even more powerful.

Uzziah's Punishment for Pride

16 (2Ch 25:19; Dt 8:14) And as he grew strong, his heart grew more proud,

leading to his destruction. Then he acted unfaithfully against the Lord

his God, for he entered the temple main hall of the Lord to burn

incense on the altar.

17 (1Ch 6:10) But Azariah the priest entered in after him,

and with him were eighty priests of the Lord-men of valor.

18 (Ex 30:7-8; Nu 18:7) And they stood against King Uzziah and said to him,

"It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord for it is

for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense.

Leave from the sanctuary because you have been unfaithful, and there

will be no honor for you from the Lord God."

19 (Nu 12:10) Then Uzziah was enraged, and in his hand was a censer

for incense. And when he became angry with the priests, leprosy appeared

on his forehead in front of the priests in the house of the Lord,

near the altar of incense.

20 Then Azariah the head priest and all the priests turned to him,

and he had leprosy on his forehead; and they hastened to remove

him from there, and he also hurried to leave because the Lord had struck him.

21 (Lev 13:46) So King Uzziah had leprosy until the day of his death.

He dwelt in a separate house with his unclean disease

because he was cut off from the house of the Lord.

Then Jotham his son was over the house of the king,

and he governed the people of the land.

22 (Isa 1:1; 6:1) Now the remainder of the acts of Uzziah,

from beginning to end, Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz, has written them.

23 (2Ch 21:20; 28:27) So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him

with his fathers in the burial field belonging to the kings because they said,

"He is a leper." And Jotham his son ruled in his place.

2) Our Daily Bread for 7 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/07/a-message-necklace

entitled The Wisdom We Need

Proverbs 1:1-9

Proverbs 1

The Purpose and Theme

1 (Pr 10:1; 25:1) The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

2 To know wisdom and instruction,

to perceive the words of understanding,

3 to receive the instruction of wisdom,

justice, judgment, and equity;

4 (Pr 8:5) to give subtlety to the simple,

to the young man knowledge and discretionâ€”

5 (Pr 9:9) a wise man will hear and will increase learning,

and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,

6 (Ps 78:2; 49:4) to understand a proverb and the interpretation,

the words of the wise and their riddles.

7 (Pr 9:10; Job 28:28; Ecc 12:13 ) The fear of the Lord

is the beginning of knowledge,

but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The Prologue: Embrace Wisdom

8 (Pr 6:20) My son, hear the instruction of your father,

and do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

9 (Pr 4:9; Ge 41:42) for they will be a garland of grace on your head,

and chains about your neck.

Ellen opened her mailbox and discovered a bulky envelope with her

dear friend's return address. Just a few days prior, she'd shared

a relational struggle with that friend. Curious, she unwrapped the package

and found a colorful beaded necklace on a simple jute string. Attached was

a card with a company's slogan, "Say It in Morse Code," and words translating

the necklace's hidden and wise message, "Seek God's Ways."

Ellen smiled as she fastened it around her neck.

The book of Proverbs is a compilation of wise sayings-many penned by Solomon,

who was acclaimed as the wisest man of his era (1 Kings 10:23).

Its 31 chapters call the reader to listen to wisdom and avoid folly,

starting with the core message of Proverbs 1:7:

â€œThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.â€

Wisdom-knowing what to do when-comes from honoring God by seeking His ways.

In the introductory verses, we read, "My son, hear the instruction of your father,

and do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

for they will be a garland of grace on your head,

and chains about your neck.â€ (vv. 8â€“9 ).

Ellen's friend had directed her to the Source of the wisdom she needed:

Seek God's ways. Her gift focused Ellen's attention on where to discover

the help she needed.

When we honor God and seek His ways, we'll receive the wisdom

we need for all the matters we face in life. Each and every one.

By: Elisa Morgan

Reflect & Pray

Where do you go when you need wisdom? How can you keep God's words

in the forefront of your mind?

God, remind me that You're the Source of the wisdom I need.

To learn more about the book of Proverbs,

visit https://ChristianUniversity.org/Proverbs .

Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 4 "Formula" for Forgiveness

Luke 17:3 - 4

3 (Lev 19:17; Mt 18:21)"Take heed to yourselves."

"If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive

him. 4 (Mt 18:21â€“22) If he sins against you seven times in a day,

and seven times in a day turns to you, saying,

'I repent,' you must forgive him."

The context of these verses give us an interesting perspective of Jesus'

disciples. In a corollary passage in Matthew 18, the disciples (through

Peter, the designated mouthpiece) ask Jesus,

21 (Mt 18:15; Lk 17:3â€“4) Then Peter came to Him and said,

"Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother who sins against me?

Up to seven times?" (Matthew 18:21)

The disciples wanted a "formula" for forgiveness: they wanted to be able to

develop a checklist. Once, twice, maybe three times a brother could be

forgiven, but after that, you could write him off. After all, if

he keeps on offending over and over again, he doesn't deserve to be forgiven!

But Jesus says, " Rebuke him - let him know his fault; if he repents,

forgive him - even seven times in the same day!"

And the disciplines' response is predictable: "Lord, increase our faith!" They

were more comfortable with their own formula for forgiveness than with the

outrageous demands of the love that Christ imposed upon them.

We are so like the disciples. We want to draw a line and say. "This far

- no more. I'll forgive you once, but don't do it again. Now that you're

forgiven, you'd better shape up!". Yet God's love doesn't recognise "again".

He forgives, and no matter how often we come to him inrepentance

for repeated offenses, his arms of forgiveness are open to us.

That is the way God wants us to forgive. He wants us to lay aside our

checklists, put away our suspicaions, abandon our scoreboards, and forgive.

Seven times, or seventy times seven, as often as we have sinned against God

and been forgiven, we are to forgive.

Application

a) Have I ever kept a "scorecard" of performance on someone I

have forgiven ? Why?

b) Why do I need "increased faith" to be able to forgive as

Jesus calls me to?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

2 Cor 9:6

6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,

and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

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

When you are Worried Over Money

1 Tim 6:6-10

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain

that we can carry nothing out. 8 If we have food and clothing,

we shall be content with these things. 9 But those who desire

to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish

and harmful lusts, which drown men in ruin and destruction.

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil.

While coveting after money, some have strayed from the faith

and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

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

7th Day of the Month

a) Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted

in our society and be their help

(

Ps 34:18 - The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,

and saves the contrite of spirit.

Ps 145: 14 - 16

14 The Lord upholds all who fall,

and raises up all who are bowed down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon You,

and You give them their food in due season.

16 You open Your hand

and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

)

b) Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your

city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service. (

Romans 12:4-8

4 (1Co 12:12 -14)For just as we have many parts in one body,

and not all parts have the same function,

5(1Co 10:17; 12:20)so we, being many, are one body in Christ,

and all are parts of one another.

6(Ac 13:1; 1Co 13:2)We have diverse gifts according to the grace

that is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;

7 (Ac 13:1; Eph 4:11)if service, in serving; he who teaches, in teaching;

8 (2Co 9:7; 1Co 12:28) he who exhorts, in exhortation;

he who gives, with generosity; he who rules, with diligence;

he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Col 3:17

17(1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20)And whatever you do in word or deed,

do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord to make you humble and not proud as Uzziah.

Pray to the Lord to remind you that He is the Source of the wisdom we need

Pray to the Lord to have a Spirit of Forgiveness

that is loving, honest and understanding.

Pray to the Lord to reap bountifully.

Pray to the Lord to put your trust in Him and not money.

Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted

in our society and be their help

Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your

city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.

Pray that North Koreans who receive audio Bibles will grow in their faith.

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.

Day 187 - 6 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Tuesday, July 6. 2021

Day 187, 6 July 2021

jonah

Jonah 1

The Call of Jonah

1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,

2 "Get up, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it,

because their wickedness has come up before Me."

3 But Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

He went down to Joppa and found there a ship going to TarÂshish.

He paid its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish

from the presence of the Lord.

4 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and a mighty storm

came upon the sea, so that the ship was in danger of breaking up.

5 Then the sailors were afraid, and each cried to his god.

They tossed the ship's cargo into the sea in order to lighten the load.

But Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, had lain down,

and was fast asleep.

6 The captain came to him and said, "What are you doing asleep?

Get up, call to your god! Perhaps your god will consider us,

so that we will not perish."

7 The sailors said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots

that we may know on whose account this disaster has come upon us."

So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

8 Then the sailors said to Jonah, "Tell us why this disaster has come

upon us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from?

What is your country? And from what people are you?"

9 Jonah replied, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord,

the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."

10 Then the men were very afraid and said to him,

"What is this you have done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing

from the presence of the Lord because he had told them.

11 Then they said to Jonah, "What shall we do to you, so that the sea

may quiet down for us?" For the sea was growing stormier.

12 So Jonah said to them,"Pick me up and toss me into the sea.

Then the sea will quiet down for you. For I know that it is

on my account this great storm has come upon you."

13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to bring the ship to land,

but they could not do it, for the sea grew more tempestuous against them.

14 Then they cried to the Lord and said, "Please, Lord, do not let us perish

for this man's life, and do not make us guilty for innocent blood,

for You, Lord, have done as it pleased You."

15So they picked up Jonah and tossed him into the sea.

Then the sea ceased from its raging.

16 Therefore the men were very afraid of the Lord,

and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.

The Prayer and Deliverance of Jonah

17 Now the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah.

And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 2

1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish.

2 He said:

"I called to the Lord out of my distress,

and He answered me.

Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

and You heard my voice.

3 You cast me into the deep,

into the heart of the seas,

and the flood surrounded me.

All Your billows and Your waves

passed over me.

4 Then I said, 'I am cast away

from Your sight;

yet I will look again

to Your holy temple.'

5 The waters encompassed me; even to my soul

the deep surrounded me;

weeds were wrapped around my head.

6 I went down to the foundations of the mountains;

the earth with its bars was around me forever;

yet You have brought up my life from the pit,

O Lord my God.

7 "When my life was ebbing away,

I remembered the Lord;

and my prayer came to You,

into Your holy temple.

8 "Those who follow vain idols

forsake their true loyalty.

9 But I will sacrifice to You

with the voice of thanksgiving;

I will pay what I have vowed.

Salvation is of the Lord!"

10 Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon dry land.

Jonah 3

Jonah Preaches at Nineveh

1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,

2 â€œGet up, go to Nineveh, the great city,

and proclaim to it the message that I tell you."

3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord.

Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three-day journey across.

4 Jonah began to enter the city, going a day's walk.

And he cried out, "In forty days' time, Nineveh will be overthrown!"

5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast.

And everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth.

6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne,

removed his robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7 Then he made a proclamation in Nineveh:

"By decree of the king and his nobles:

No man or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste anything.

They shall not eat or drink water.

8 Both man and animals shall cover themselves with sackcloth

and cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways

and from the violence that is in their hands.

9 Who knows? God may relent and change His mind.

He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish."

10 When God saw their actions, that they turned from their evil ways,

He changed His mind about the disaster that He had said He would bring

upon them, and He did not do it.

Jonah 4

Jonah's Anger and the Lord's Compassion

1 Now this greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry.

2 He prayed to the Lord and said, "O Lord! Is this not

what I said while I was still in my own land?

This is the reason that I fled before to Tarshish,

because I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful,

slow to anger, abundant in faithfulness, and ready to relent from punishment.

3 Therefore, Lord, take my life from me,

for it is better for me to die than to live."

4 Then the Lord said, "Is it right for you to be angry?"

5 So Jonah went out of the city and sat down east of the city

and made for himself a booth there. He sat under it in the shade,

waiting to see what would happen to the city.

6 Then the Lord God appointed a plant, and it grew up over Jonah to provide

shade over his head, to provide comfort from his grief.

And Jonah was very happy about the plant.

7 But at dawn the next day, God appointed a worm to attack the plant

so that it withered.

8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind,

and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he became

faint and asked that he might die.

He said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

9 Then God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?"

And Jonah replied, "It is right for me to be angry, even to death."

10 The Lord said, "You are troubled about the plant

for which you did not labor and did not grow.

It came up in a night and perished in a night.

11 Should I not, therefore, be concerned about Nineveh,

that great city, in which there are

more than a hundred and twenty thousand people,

who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?"

2) Our Daily Bread for6 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/06/not-fatherless

entitled Not Fatherless

Matthew 6:5-13

The Lord's Prayer

Lk 11:1-4

5 "When you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites.

For they love to pray standing in the synagogues

and on the street corners that they may be seen by men.

Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

6 But you, when you pray, enter your closet, and when you have shut your door,

pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret

will reward you openly.

7 But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do.

For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you have need

of before you ask Him.

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Romans 8:16

16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirits

that we are the children of God,

John Sowers in his book Fatherless Generation writes that

"No generation has seen as much voluntary father absence as this one

with 25 million kids growing up in single-parent homes." In my own experience,

if I'd bumped into my father on the street, I wouldn't have known him.

My parents were divorced when I was very young, and all the photos of my dad

were burned. So for years I felt fatherless. Then at age thirteen,

I heard the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9â€“13) and said to myself,

You may not have an earthly father,

but now you have God as your heavenly Father.

In Matthew 6:9 we're taught to pray, "Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name." Previously verse 7 says not to "keep on babbling"

when praying, and we may wonder how these verses are connected.

I realized that because God remembers, we don't need to repeat.

He truly understands, so we don't need to explain.

He has a compassionate heart, so we don't need to be uncertain

of His goodness. And because He knows the end from the beginning,

we know His timing is perfect.

Because God is our Father, we don't need to use "many words" (v. 7)

to move Him. Through prayer, we're talking with a Father who loves

and cares for us and made us His children through Jesus.

By: Albert Lee

Reflect & Pray

When have you tried to "move God" in prayer by using many words?

How does having a relationship with Him as your Father help you to trust Him?

Dear heavenly Father, thank You for making me Your child

and for being a Father that welcomes me into Your presence through prayer.

Read Talking with My Father at https://www.DiscoverySeries.org/HP171 .

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 3 The Kind Heart of Forgiveness

Eph 4:32

32 (2Co 2:10; Col 3:12â€“13; Mt 6:12)And be kind one to another,

tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

Don had lost his job because he sttod against his boss and refused to

comprimise his Christian principles. Certain friends in the company had

turned against him, choosing to save their own jobs at any cost,

and he felt very alone, abandoned when he most needed the support

of those who cared.

But Don showed no signs of bitterness or unforgiveness. He refused to

recite the details of his firing to those around him, saying simply and

honestly, " I beleive my boss was wrong in what he did. But God can show

him." The kindness of Don's heart ., and the tenderness with which he

extended forgiveness, became a testimony to all who knew him. Don's

boss never "saw the light", never repented, but Don lived in the freedom of

forgiving.

Comparison is a rare commodity among Christains today. We seem to be

overstocked with judgment and crammed fukk of condemnation, but we have

little space in the corners of our lives for tenderheartedness. We are quick

to assume that we know another person's heart and have the remedy for

the problem, rather then giving that person the benefit of the doubt,

the room to grow, the freedom to make a mistake and seek forgiveness.

Jesus demonstrated the king compassion necessary in forgivemess when he

looked down at the soldiers who has crucified him, gambling at his feet

for his cloak, and said, "Father , forgive them, for they do not know what

are doing."

When others hurt and betray us, they often "do not know what they are

doing." we can, in Christ, offer compassionate forgiveness to them -

not condoning their actions or excusing their wrong, but forgiving ,

in the simplicity and purity of God's love.

Application

a) What is the difference between excusing a wrong and forgiving?

b) How has God forgiven me for Christ's sake?

c) What does today's verse tell me about my attitude in forgiveness?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Luke 6:38

38 "Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down,

shaken together, and running over will men give unto you.

For with the measure you use, it will be measured unto you.â€

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

When you are Burdened by Doubt

Proverbs 30:5

5 Every word of God is pure;

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

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

6th Day of the Month

a) Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community

( Deut 4:6-7

6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7) Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom

and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear

all these statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise

and understanding people."

7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great, who has a god so near

to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?

Matt 5:13-16

13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt

loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty? It is from then on good

for nothing but to be thrown out and to be trampled underfoot by men.

14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18) "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on

a hill cannot be hidden.

15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16) 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.

16 (1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8) Let your light so shine

before men that they may see your good works

and glorify your Father who is in heaven."

Acts 1:8

8 (Mt 28:19; Mk 16:15) "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit

comes upon you. And you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all

Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

b) Pray for the province of British Columbia

I) Pray for the leaders of British Columbia, that God's Spirit

would influence them 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 do the Lord's will and not be bitter about it.

Pray to the Lord "Dear heavenly Father, thank You for making me Your child

and for being a Father that welcomes me into Your presence through prayer."

Pray to the Lord to have a Spirit of Forgiveness

that shows tenderheartedness.

Pray to the Lord to be a cheerful giver.

Pray to the Lord and thank for the purity of His Word.

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 a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community

Pray for brother "S," who has been targeted by authorities from

his country, even after fleeing Jordan.

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.

Day 186 - 5 July 2021 reflections

Posted by DSY on Monday, July 5. 2021

Day 186, 5 July 2021

2 Kings 14; 2 Chron 25

2 Kings 14

Amaziah, King of Judah

2Ch 25:1â€“26:2

1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel,

Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king.

2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king

and reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name

was JehoadÂdan from Jerusalem.

3 He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, only not like David

his father. He did everything that Joash his father did.

4 But he did not remove the high places. Still the people sacrificed

and made offerings on the high places.

5 As soon as he seized the kingdom, he killed his servants who had killed

his father, the king.

6 But he did not kill the children of the murderers, according

to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses,

in which the Lord commanded, "Fathers must not be put to death

for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers.

Rather, a man should be put to death for his own sin."

7 He struck ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt

and captured Sela in battle. He called it Joktheel, as it is to this day.

8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz,

son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another

in the face."

9 Then Jehoash the king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah,

saying, "The thorn bush in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying,

'Give your daughter to my son for a wife.' But a wild animal passed

through in Lebanon and trampled the thorn bush.

10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up.

Enjoy respect and sit at home. Why stir up trouble and fall,

ou and Judah with you?"

11 But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up,

and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face

at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

12 Judah was beaten before Israel, and every man fled to his tent.

13 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash,

the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then he came to Jerusalem

and breached the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim

to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

14 He took all the gold and silver, all the vessels found in the house

of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house, and hostages,

and then returned to Samaria.

15 Now the rest of the deeds Jehoash did, his power and how he fought

with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book

of the annals of the kings of Israel?

16 So Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria

with the kings of Israel. Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

17 Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years

after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

18 And the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, are they not written

in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

19 They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish.

But they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.

20 They carried him on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem

with his fathers in the City of David.

21All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old,

and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept

with his fathers.

Jeroboam II, King of Israel

23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah,

Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria

for forty-one years.

24 He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not turn aside

from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

25 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Lebo Hamath

to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel,

which He spoke by His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet,

who was from Gath Hepher.

26 For the Lord saw the very bitter affliction of Israel. There was

no one left, imprisoned or free, and no helper for Israel.

27 The Lord had not said that He would wipe out the name of Israel

from under heaven, so He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam

son of Joash.

28 Now the rest of the deeds of Jeroboam, all that he did and his power,

how he fought, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath,

which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals

of the kings of Israel?

29 Jeroboam slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel.

Zechariah his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 25

Amaziah, King of Judah

2Ki 14:1â€“20

1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he was king,

and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.

The name of his mother was Jehoaddan from Jerusalem.

2 He did what was correct in the eyes of the Lord,

only not with a complete heart.

3 And it happened that when the kingdom was firmly his

that he killed his servants, those who struck down his father King Joash.

4 But he did not put to death their children because, as it is written

in the Law in the Book of Moses, as the Lord commanded, "You will not

put to death the fathers for their children's actions

nor the children will you put to death for their fathers' actions,

for every man will be put to death for his own sin."

Slaughter of the Edomites

5 Then Amaziah assembled Judah and set over them according to the house

of the fathers commanders of thousands and hundreds in all Judah

and Benjamin, and he appointed men who were twenty years old and above.

And they found three hundred thousand choice men fit for war

and able to use a long spear and large shield.

6 And he hired out from Israel one hundred thousand mighty

men of war for one hundred talents of silver.

7 Then a man of God came to him saying, "O king, do not let the army

of Israel come with you because the Lord is not with Israel

or with any of the sons of Ephraim.

8 But if you go, do it. Be strong for the battle. Yet God shall make

you fall before the enemy, for God has power to help and to bring down."

9 Then Amaziah said to the man of God, "So what should I do about

the 100 talents of silver that I gave to the military party from Israel?"

And the man of God responded, "The Lord has more to give to you than this."

10 So Amaziah dismissed the military party that came to him from Ephraim

to return to their place. And they were very angry with Judah

and returned to their place in a great rage.

11 But Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people, and he journeyed

to the Valley of Salt and struck down ten thousand of the people of Seir.

12 And the people of Judah took captive another ten thousand alive

and brought them to the top of a cliff and threw them from the top of the rock

so that they were all dashed to pieces.

13 But the men of the military party that Amaziah turned back from going

with him in battle raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon.

They struck down three thousand Judeans and took a great amount of plunder.

14 And it happened after Amaziah came back from striking down the Edomites,

he brought back the gods of the people from Seir and set them up as gods

for himself. He worshipped them and gave them sacrifices.

15 So the Lord was greatly angry with Amaziah, and He sent a prophet

to the king. And he said, "Why do you seek from the gods of the people

who were not even able to deliver the people from your hand?"

16 But while the prophet was speaking, the king said,

"Have we made you a counselor to the king?

Stop! Why should you be struck down?"

The prophet refrained, but he said, "I know that God has determined to

destroy you because you have done this and not heeded my advice."

Israel Defeats Judah

17 Then Amaziah king of Judah received advice and sent for Jehoash

the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu king of Israel,

saying, "Come, let us meet together."

18 So Jehoash king of Israel sent a message for Amaziah king of Judah saying,

"A thistle in Lebanon sent for a cedar in Lebanon stating,

'Give your daughter to my son as a wife.'

Then an animal of the field in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

19 You say that you have struck down Edom, and your heart lifts you up

in arrogance. Now remain in your palace. Why do you provoke disaster

so that you fall, you and Judah with you?"

20 But Amaziah would not listen because this was from God so that He might give them into the hand of Jehoash because Amaziah had sought after the gods of Edom.

21So Jehoash king of Israel went up, and they faced each other, he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth Shemesh, which is in Judah.

22 And Judah was struck down by Israel, and each man fled to his home.

23 So at Beth Shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah

the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. And they brought him to Jerusalem

and broke through the walls of the city from the Ephraim Gate

to the Corner Gate, a section of four hundred cubits.

24 And Jehoash took all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found

in the house of God with Obed-Edom, even the treasures of the palace

of the king and hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.

The Death of Amaziah

25 And Amaziah, the son of Joash king of Judah, lived fifteen years

more after the death of Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from first to last,

are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?

27 From the time when Amaziah turned aside from the Lord,

they plotted a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem,

and he fled to Lachish.

Then they sent for him and put him to death in Lachish.

28 They brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers

in the City of David in Judah.

2) Our Daily Bread for 5 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/05/eloquence-not-required

entitled The "What" in Sharing Our Faith

1 Corinthians 2:1-5

1 Corinthians 2

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

1 Brothers, when I came to you, I did not come with superiority

of speech or wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know anything among you

except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

3 I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.

4 My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words

of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

5 so that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men,

but in the power of God.

Alan came to me for advice on how to deal with his fear of public speaking.

Like so many others, his heart would begin to race, his mouth would feel

sticky and dry, and his face would flush bright red.

Glossophobia is among the most common social fears people have-many

even joke that they're more fearful of public speaking than of dying!

To help Alan conquer his fear of not "performing" well,

I suggested he focus on the substance of his message

instead of how well he'd deliver it.

Shifting the focus to what will be shared, instead of one's ability

to share it, is similar to Paul's approach to pointing others to God.

When he wrote to the church at Corinth, he remarked that his message

and preaching "were not with wise and persuasive words" (1 Corinthians 2:4).

Instead, he'd determined to focus solely on the truth of Jesus Christ

and His crucifixion (v. 2), trusting the Holy Spirit to empower his words,

not his eloquence as a speaker.

When weâ€™ve come to know God personally, we'll want to share about Him

with those around us. Yet we sometimes shy away from it because we're afraid

of not presenting it wellâ€”with the "right" or eloquent words.

By focusing instead on the "what"-the truth of who God is and His amazing

works-we can, like Paul, trust God to empower our words and share

without fear or reluctance.

By: Kirsten Holmberg

Reflect & Pray

What has prevented you at times from sharing the truth of God with others?

How can Paul's approach embolden you to share the gospel?

Father in heaven, thank You for revealing Yourself to me through the Bible

and those You put in my life to share with me. Please help me to share

with others, trusting You to empower my words.

To learn more about public speaking in ministry,

visit https://www.odbu.org/ML111 .

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 2 - The key to the Prison Cell

Matt 6:14-15

14 For if you forgive men for their sins, your heavenly Father will

also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men for their sins,

neither will your Father forgive your sins.

Ann had been badly wounded in a relationship that had ended in anger

and accusation. For more than a year, Ann nursed her bitterness, rallying

support for her attitudes from friends and colleagues. Any time she saw

her former friend, Ann put up an icy wall of hostility. She thought she was

"getting over" the hurt, but the very mention of her friend's name brought

back a flood of negative feelings. Ann was trapped, locked in a prison of

unforgiveness , a jail built block by block by her own unwillingness to

forgive. Ann didn't "get over it"; instead, her wounds festered

and her bitterness grew worse.

Then one day - she never knew how - Ann let go of her bitterness. The barriers

of hostility and anger melted away, and when she saw her firend again, she was

able to forgive. And Ann was finally able to turn to the Lord for her own

healing and forgiveness.

"If you fo not forgive," Jesus says - and the statement falls hard on

unforgiving hearts, "Neither weill you be forgiven." In one sense, God's

forgiveness is unconditional - we do not have to earn or deserve it, and it is

always available to us. But we cannot experience the forgiveness God has

extended to us when we harbour unforgiveness towards others and build walls

of bitterness in our hearts.

When we refuse forgiveness toward those who have hurt or betrayed us, we do

not keep them in bondage, but ourselves. We lock ourselves away for an

awareness of God's loving presence; we imprison ourselves in a cell of

revenge. But when we reach out to forgive, we turn in the lock;

the door is open for our own sins to be forgiven and our own hearts

cleansed and purified.

Application

a) Why is forgiving others a condition for experiencing forgiveness in my own

life?

b) How can these verses have a practical effect upon my willingness

to forgive others?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Mark 4:19

19 But the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,

and the desires for other things entering in choke the word,

and it proves unfruitful.

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

When you are Burdened by Doubt

James 1:2 to 8

Faith and Wisdom

2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations,

3 knowing that the trying of your faith develops patience.

4 But let patience perfect its work, that you may be perfect and complete,

lacking nothing.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men

liberally and without criticism, and it will be given to him.

6 But let him ask in faith, without wavering. For he who wavers

is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed with the wind.

7 Let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

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

5th Day of the Month

a) Pray for Canada's First Nation peoples, that the Lord will draw them to Himself

(PS 145:13-18

13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

14 The Lord upholds all who fall,

and raises up all who are bowed down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon You,

and You give them their food in due season.

16 You open Your hand

and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways

and loving in all His works.

18 The Lord is near to all those who call upon Him,

to all who call upon Him in truth.

)

b) Pray for the Lord to search your life , reveal anything offensive

and cleanse you from unrighteousness

( ps 139:24 and see if there is any rebellious way in me,

and lead me in the ancient way.

1: John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us

our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord not to be arrogant as King Azariak of Judah

Pray to the Lord "Father in heaven, thank You for revealing Yourself

to me through the Bible and those You put in my life to share with me.

Please help me to share with others, trusting You to empower my words."

Pray to the Lord to have a Spirit of Forgiveness

to those who have committed sins against you.

Pray to the Lord not ot be deceived by the treasures of this world

but to put treasures in Heaven.

Pray to the Lord to seek Faith and Wisdom in Him.

Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Pray for Your First Nation peoples, that the Lord will draw them to Himself

Pray for the Lord to search your life , reveal anything offensive

and cleanse you from unrighteousness

Pray for Christians whose churches were closed in Algeria.

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.

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