Dave Yadallee's personal blog

Day 243, 31 August 2021



Ezekiel 18 - 20



Ezekiel 18



The Soul Who Sins Will Die



1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:

2 (Isa 3:15; La 5:7) What do you mean in using this proverb

concerning the land of Israel, saying:

"The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

and the children’s teeth are set on edge"?

3 As I live, says the Lord God, you shall not have occasion anymore

to use this proverb in Israel.

4 (Eze 18:20; Ro 6:23; Nu 16:22) All souls are Mine. The soul of the father,

so also the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins shall die.

5 But if a man is righteous

and does that which is lawful and right,

6 (Eze 18:15; Dt 4:19; Eze 6:13) and has not eaten on the mountains;

nor has he lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,

nor has he defiled his neighbor's wife,

nor has he approached a woman during her impurity;

7 (Eze 18:16; 18:12; Ex 22:26) and he has not oppressed anyone,

but has restored to the debtor his pledge;

has devastated no one by violence,

has given his bread to the hungry,

and has covered the naked with a garment;

8 (Ex 22:25; Zec 8:16; Dt 23:19-20) if he has not lent at interest,

nor has taken any increase,

but has withdrawn his hand from iniquity,

has executed true justice between man and man;

9 (Am 5:4; Eze 18:17) has walked in My statutes,

and has kept My judgments to deal truly,

he is righteous

and shall surely live,

says the Lord God.

10 (Ex 21:12) If he begets a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood,

and who does any of these things to a brother

11 (though he himself does not do any of these things),

but even has eaten on the mountain shrines

and defiled his neighbor's wife;

12 (Eze 8:6; 8:17) has oppressed the poor and needy,

has devastated by violence,

has not restored the pledge,

and has lifted up his eyes to the idols,

has committed abomination,

13 (Ex 22:25; Lev 20:9) has lent at interest, and has taken increase,

shall he then live?

He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die.

His blood shall be upon his own head.

14 (2Ch 34:21; Pr 23:24) Now if he begets a son who sees all his father's

sins which he has done, and considering does not do likewise:

15 He has not eaten on the mountain shrines,

nor has he lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,

has not defiled his neighbor's wife;

16 (Eze 18:7) nor has he oppressed anyone,

has not withheld a pledge,

nor has he devastated by violence,

but has given his bread to the hungry,

and has covered the naked with a garment;

17 (Eze 18:8-9) he keeps his hand from the poor,

has not received usury nor increase,

has executed My judgments, and has walked in My statutes.

He shall not die for the iniquity of his father; he shall surely live.

18 (Eze 3:18) As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, devastated

his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people,

he shall die for his iniquity.



Repent and Live



19 (Ex 20:5; Jer 15:4) Yet you say, "Why should the son not bear

the punishment of the iniquity of the father?" When the son has done

what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes, and has done them,

he shall surely live.

20 (Dt 24:16; 2Ki 14:6) The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not

bear the punishment of the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father

bear the punishment of the iniquity of the son. The righteousness

of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked

shall be upon himself.

21 (Eze 18:27-28; 33:19) But if the wicked turns from all his sins

that he has committed, and keeps all My statutes, and does that which

is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

22 (Ps 18:20-24; Isa 43:25) All his transgressions that he has committed,

they shall not be remembered against him. Because of his righteousness

that he has done, he shall live.

23 (Eze 33:11; Ps 147:11) Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,

says the Lord God, but rather that he should turn from his ways and live?

24 (1Sa 15:11; Eze 33:18) But when a righteous man turns away

from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all

the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live?

All his righteousness that he has done shall not be remembered for his

trespass that he has committed and in his sin that he has done.

In them he shall die.

25 (Eze 33:17; Ge 18:25) Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not right."

Hear now, O house of Israel. Is not My way right? Are not your ways not right?

26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity,

he dies in it. For his iniquity that he has done he shall die.

27 (Isa 1:18; 55:7) Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness

that he has committed and does that which is lawful and right,

he shall save his soul.

28 Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions

that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

29 Yet the house of Israel says, "The way of the Lord is not right."

O house of Israel, are not My ways right? Are not your ways not right?

30 (Eze 18:21; 7:3) Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one

according to his ways, says the Lord God. Repent, and turn away from all your

transgressions so that iniquity shall not be your ruin.

31 (Eze 11:19; Ps 51:10) Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby

you have transgressed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.

For why will you die, O house of Israel?

32 (Eze 18:23) For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,

says the Lord God. Therefore, repent and live.



Ezekiel 19



A Lament for Israel's Princes



1 (2Ki 24:6; Eze 26:17) Moreover take up a lamentation

for the officials of Israel,

2 and say:

What was your mother?

A lioness among lions!

She lay down among young lions;

she nourished her whelps.

3 When she brought up one of her whelps,

he became a lion

and learned to catch his prey;

he devoured men.

4 (2Ki 23:33-34; 2Ch 36:4) The nations also heard of him;

he was taken in their pit,

and they brought him with chains

to the land of Egypt.

5 Now when she saw as she had waited

that her hope was lost,

then she took another of her whelps

and made him a young lion.

6 He went up and down among the lions;

he became a young lion,

and learned to catch the prey,

and devoured men.

7 (Eze 30:12) He destroyed their fortified palaces,

and he laid waste their cities;

and the land and its fullness

were appalled by the noise of his roaring.

8 (Eze 12:13; 19:4) Then the nations set against him

on every side from their provinces,

and spread their net over him;

he was taken in their pit.

9 (2Ch 36:6; Eze 6:2) They put him in a cage with hooks

and brought him to the king of Babylon;

they brought him in hunting nets,

so that his voice would be heard no more

on the mountains of Israel.

10 (Ps 80:8-11; Dt 8:7) Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,

planted by the waters;

it was fruitful and full of branches

by reason of many waters.

11 (Eze 31:3; Ps 80:15) It had strong rods

for the scepters of those who rule.

And its stature

was exalted above the clouds,

so it appeared in its height

with the multitude of its branches.

12 (Eze 17:10; Hos 13:15) But it was plucked up in fury,

it was cast down to the ground,

and the east wind dried up its fruit.

Its strong rod was broken and it withered;

the fire consumed it.

13 (Hos 2:3; Eze 19:10) Now it is planted in the wilderness,

in a dry and thirsty ground.

14 (2Ki 24:20; Eze 19:1) Fire has gone out from its branch;

it has devoured its shoots and fruit,

so that there is no strong rod in it,

a scepter to rule.

This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.



Ezekiel 20

Israel's Continuing Rebellion

1 (Eze 8:1; 1:2; 24:1) In the seventh year, in the fifth month,

on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel

came to inquire of the Lord and sat before me.

2 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

3 (Mic 3:7) Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them:

Thus says the Lord God: Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live,

says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

4 (Eze 22:2; 23:36) Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them?

Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.

5 (Ge 14:22; Ex 3:8) And say to them: Thus says the Lord God: On the day

when I chose Israel, and lifted up My hand to the seed of the house of Jacob,

and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up My hand

to them, saying, I am the Lord your God,

6 (Eze 20:15; Ex 3:8; Ps 48:2) on that day that I lifted up My hand to them

to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected

for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,

7 (Lev 18:3; Ex 20:2) then I said to them: Cast away, each of you,

the abominations of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols

of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

8 (Isa 63:10; Eze 5:13) But they rebelled against Me and would not listen

to Me. They did not cast away the abominations of their eyes, nor did they

forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I will pour out My fury upon them,

to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

9 (Eze 20:14; 20:22) But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not

be polluted before the nations among whom they were, in whose sight

I made Myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

10 Therefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt

and brought them into the wilderness.

11 (Lev 18:5; Dt 4:8) I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments,

which if a man does them, he shall live.

12 (Ex 20:8-11; Lev 21:23) Moreover I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign

between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies

them.

13 (Eze 20:21; 20:8; Dt 9:8) But the house of Israel rebelled against Me

in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes, and they despised

My judgments, which if a man does them, he shall live. And My Sabbaths

they greatly polluted. Then I said I would pour out My fury upon them

in the wilderness to consume them.

14 (Eze 20:9) But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be polluted

before the nations in whose sight I brought them out.

15 (Ps 95:11; 106:26) Also I lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness

that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing

with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,

16 (Nu 15:39; Eze 14:3-4) because they despised My judgments

and did not walk in My statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths.

For their hearts went after their idols.

17 (Eze 11:13; Jer 4:27) Nevertheless My eye spared them from destroying

them, nor did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

18 (Dt 4:3-6; Eze 20:7) But I said to their children in the wilderness:

Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments,

nor defile yourselves with their idols.

19 I am the Lord your God: Walk in My statutes, and keep My judgments,

and do them.

20 (Jer 17:22; Eze 20:12) And hallow My Sabbaths. And they shall be a sign

between Me and you that you may know that I am the Lord your God.

21 (Eze 20:13; 20:8; Nu 21:5) Yet the children rebelled against Me.

They did not walk in My statutes, nor did they keep My judgments

to do them, which if a man does them, he shall live. They polluted My Sabbaths.

Then I said I would pour out My fury upon them to accomplish My anger against

them in the wilderness.

22 (Eze 20:9; 20:14) Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name's

sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the nations in whose

sight I brought them out.

23 (Lev 26:33; Eze 20:15) I lifted up My hand to them also in the wilderness,

that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through

the countries,

24 (Eze 6:9; 20:16) because they had not executed My judgments,

but had despised My statutes and had polluted My Sabbaths, and their eyes

were after their fathers' idols.

25 (Ps 81:12; Isa 66:4) Therefore I gave them also statutes that were

not good and judgments by which they could not live.

26 (Lev 18:21; Eze 6:7) And I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts,

in that they caused to pass through the fire all who opened the womb, that

I might make them desolate in order that they might know that I am the Lord.

27 (Ro 2:24; Eze 2:7) Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel

and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Yet in this your fathers have

blasphemed Me, in that they have committed a trespass against Me.

28 (Eze 6:13; Jos 23:14) When I had brought them into the land for which

I lifted up My hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill

and all the leafy trees, and there they offered their sacrifices,

and there they presented the provocation of their offering.

There also they made their sweet savour

and there poured out their drink offerings.

29 Then I said to them: What is the high place to which you go?

And the name is called Bamah to this day.

30 (Jer 16:12; Jdg 2:19) Therefore say to the house of Israel,

Thus says the Lord God: Will you pollute yourselves after the manner

of your fathers and commit harlotry after their abominations?

31 (Ps 106:37-39; Jer 7:31) When you offer your gifts, when you make your sons

to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols,

even to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel?

As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

32 (Jer 44:17; Eze 11:5) That which comes into your mind shall not come

about when you say, "We will be as the nations,

as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone."



God Will Restore Israel



33 (Jer 21:5) As I live, says the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand

and with a stretched-out arm and with fury poured out, I will rule over you.

34 (Eze 20:38; 34:16) And I will bring you out from the peoples and will

gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered with a mighty hand

and with a stretched-out arm and with fury poured out.

35 (Hos 2:14; Jer 2:35) I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples,

and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

36 (Nu 11:1-35; 1Co 10:5-10) As I entered into judgment with your fathers

in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment

with you, says the Lord God.

37 (Lev 27:32; Jer 33:13) I will cause you to pass under the rod,

and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

38 (Eze 13:9; Ps 95:11) And I will purge from among you the rebels

and those who transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the country

where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel.

And you shall know that I am the Lord.

39 (Jdg 10:14; Isa 1:13-15) As for you, O house of Israel, thus says

the Lord God: Go serve every one of you his idols, but later you shall

surely listen to Me. But do not pollute My holy name anymore with your gifts

and with your idols.

40 (Isa 56:7; 60:7) For on My holy mountain, on the mountain of the height

of Israel, says the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them,

shall serve Me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will seek

your offerings and the first fruits of your gifts with all your holy things.

41 (Eze 28:25; 11:17) I will accept you with your sweet savor when I bring

you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries in which you

have been scattered. And I will be sanctified among you before the nations.

42 (Eze 34:13; 38:23) You shall know that I am the Lord when I bring you

into the land of Israel, into the country for which I lifted up My hand

to give it to your fathers.

43 (Eze 6:9; Hos 5:15) There you shall remember your ways and all your deeds

in which you have been defiled. And you shall loathe yourselves in your own

sight for all your evils that you have committed.

44 (Eze 24:24; 20:9) You shall know that I am the Lord when I have dealt with

you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, or according

to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, says the Lord God.



A Prophecy Against the Negev



45 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

46 (Eze 21:2; Am 7:16) Son of man, set your face toward the south,

preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negev.

47 (Jer 21:14; Isa 9:18-19) And say to the forest of the Negev,

Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God:

I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you

and every dry tree. The flaming flame shall not be quenched, \and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned in it.

48 All flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it.

It shall not be quenched.

49 (Jn 16:25) Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! They say of me,

'Does he not speak parables?' "





2) Our Daily Bread for 31 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/31/sharing-jesus

Entitled Sharing Jesus



Isaiah 12



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.



Shortly after Dwight Moody (1837-99) came to faith in Christ, the evangelist

resolved not to let a day pass without sharing God's good news with at least

one person. On busy days, he'd sometimes forget his resolution until late.

One night, he was in bed before he remembered. As he stepped outside,

he thought, No one will be out in this pouring rain. Just then he saw a man

walking down the street. Moody rushed over and asked to stand

under his umbrella to avoid the rain. When granted permission, he asked,

"Have you any shelter in the time of storm? Could I tell you about Jesus?"



Moody embodied a readiness to share how God saves us from the consequences

of our sins. He obeyed God's instructions to the Israelites to proclaim

His name and "make known among the nations what he has done" (Isaiah 12:4).

Not only were God's people called to "proclaim that his name is exalted"

(v. 4), but they were also to share how He had "become [their] salvation"

(v. 2). Centuries later, our call remains to tell the wonders of Jesus

becoming a man, dying on the cross, and rising again.



Perhaps we heard about God's love when, as Moody did, someone left

their comfort zone to talk with us about Jesus.

And we too, each in our own way, can let someone know about

the One who saves.



By: Amy Boucher Pye





Reflect & Pray



What has God done in your life that you can share with another?

How has He equipped you to present the good news?



Jesus, thank You for setting me free from my sins.

Help me to be ready to tell others of Your good news.



Read Evangelism: Reaching out through Relationships at

https://www.DiscoverySeries.org/Q0913 .



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 3:12–13; 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 forgiveness 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



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?)



New Brunswick



Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543



Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist

chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the

campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.

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

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

Islam.

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

which means Blessed Eid!"

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

know, and Muslims around the world:

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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



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

"What does this mean?"

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



Peter's Speech at Pentecost



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

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

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

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

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

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

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



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

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



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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -



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

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

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



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

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



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









Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to turn away from your sins and transgressions.



Pray to the Lord "Jesus, thank You for setting me free from my sins.

Help me to be ready to tell others of Your good news."



Pray to the Lord and pray to be a true forgiver.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be a joyful giver.



Pray to the Lord and thenk Him for being you eternel Helper.



Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick 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 change the hearts of persecutors in India

and they will turn to Christ.



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 241, 29 August 2021



Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/



WE refered to



Psalm 127



Psalms 127

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.

1 Except the Lord build the house,

those who build labor in vain;

except the Lord guards the city,

the watchman stays awake in vain.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) It is in vain for you to rise up early,

to stay up late,

and to eat the bread of hard toil,

for He gives sleep to His beloved.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Look, children are a gift of the Lord,

and the fruit of the womb is a reward.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) As arrows in the hand of a mighty warrior,

so are the children of one’s youth.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Happy is the man

who has his quiver full of them;

he shall not be ashamed

when he speaks with the enemies at the gate.





and





Matthew 7:24-27



The Two Housebuilders

Lk 6:47-49

24 (Lk 6:47–49) "Whoever hears these sayings of Mine and does them,

I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.

25 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew

and beat on that house. And it did not fall, for it was founded a rock.

26 And every one who hears these sayings of Mine and does not do them will

be likened to a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

27 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew

and beat on that house. And it fell. And its fall was great."



Ezekiel 13 - 15



Ezekiel 13



False Prophets Condemned



1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Jer 37:19; Eze 13:17) Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel

who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own hearts,

"Hear the word of the Lord!"

3 (Jer 23:28-32; La 2:14) Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets

who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

4 O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the ruins.

5 (Isa 58:12; Eze 22:30) You have not gone up into the gaps, nor did you

build up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day

of the Lord.

6 (Eze 22:28; Jer 28:15) They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying,

"The Lord says," when the Lord has not sent them. And they have made others

to hope for the confirmation of their word.

7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination

when you say, "The Lord says," yet it is not I who have spoken?

8 (Eze 5:8; 21:3) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have spoken

vanity and seen lies, therefore I am against you, says the Lord God.

9 (Ps 69:28; 87:6) Thus My hand shall be against the prophets who see vanity

and who divine lies. They shall not have a place in the council of My people,

nor shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall

they enter into the land of Israel so that you may know that I am

the Lord God.

10 (Jer 6:14; Eze 13:16) It is surely because they have seduced My people,

saying, "Peace," when there was no peace. And when anyone builds up a wall,

they daub it with whitewash.

11 (Eze 38:22; Isa 28:2) Say to those who daub it with whitewash

that it shall fall. There shall be an overflowing shower, and you,

O great hailstones, shall fall. And a stormy wind shall break it.

12 When the wall has fallen, will you not be asked,

"Where is the whitewash with which you have daubed it?"

13 (Isa 30:30; Ps 148:8; Rev 11:19) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

I will make a violent wind break out in My fury.

And there shall be an overflowing shower in My anger, and hailstones

in My fury to consume it.

14 (Jer 6:15; Mic 1:6) So I will break down the wall that you have daubed

with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground so that its foundation

is laid bare. And when it falls, you shall be consumed in its midst.

And you shall know that I am the Lord.

15 Thus I will accomplish My wrath upon the wall and upon those who have

daubed it with whitewash, and I will say to you, The wall is no more,

nor those who daubed it,

16 (Jer 6:14; Eze 13:10) along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy

concerning Jerusalem and who see visions of peace for her

when there is no peace, says the Lord God.

17 (Eze 13:2; Jdg 4:4) Now you, son of man, set your face against

the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own heart

and prophesy against them,

18 (Eze 13:20; 2Pe 2:14) and say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women

who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils on the heads of persons

of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people

but save the souls alive of others for yourselves?

19 (Pr 28:21; Mic 3:5) And you pollute Me among My people for handfuls

of barley and pieces of bread to slay the souls of those who should not die

and to save the souls alive of those who should not live by your lying

to My people who hear your lies.

20 Therefore thus says the Lord God: I am against your magic bands

with which you hunt the souls there as birds, and I will tear them

from your arms, and will let the souls go,

even the souls that you hunt as birds.

21 Your veils also I will tear off and deliver My people out of your hands,

and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted. And you shall know

that I am the Lord.

22 (Jer 23:14) Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous

sad, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked

that he should not turn from his wicked way and save his life,

23 (Eze 13:21; 12:24; Mic 3:6) therefore you women shall no more see vanity

or practice divinations, and I will deliver My people out of your hand.

Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.



Ezekiel 14



Idolatrous Elders Condemned



1 (Eze 8:1; 20:1) Then some of the elders of Israel came to me

and sat before me.

2 The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

3 (Eze 7:19; Isa 1:15) Son of man, these men have set up their idols

in their heart and put the stumbling block of their iniquity

before their face. Should I be inquired of by them at all?

4 (2Ki 1:16; Isa 66:4) Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says

the Lord God: Every man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols

in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face,

and comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes according

to the multitude of his idols,

5 (Isa 1:4; Zec 11:8) in order to seize the heart of the house of Israel

who are estranged from Me through all their idols.

6 (Isa 2:20; 30:22) Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says

the Lord God: Repent and turn away from your idols and turn away your

faces from all your abominations.

7 (Ex 12:48; 20:10) For every one of the house of Israel or of the stranger

who sojourns in Israel who separates himself from Me, and sets up his idols

in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face,

and comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself,

I the Lord will answer him by Myself.

8 (Eze 5:15; 15:7) And I will set My face against that man and will make him

a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people.

And you shall know that I am the Lord.

9 (Jer 4:10) And if the prophet is deceived when he has spoken a word,

I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand

against him and will destroy him from the midst of My people Israel.

10 They shall bear the punishment of their iniquity. The punishment

of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him who seeks him

11 (Eze 37:23; 48:11) in order that the house of Israel may no more

go astray from Me or be polluted anymore with all their transgressions.

Thus they shall be My people, and I shall be their God, says the Lord God.



Jerusalem's Imminent Judgment



12 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:

13 (Lev 26:26; Eze 4:16) Son of man, when the land sins against Me

by trespassing grievously, then I will stretch out My hand against it,

and break the staff of the bread, and send famine against it,

and cut off man and beast from it.

14 (Jer 15:1; Eze 14:20) Even though these three men, Noah, Daniel,

and Job, were in it, they could deliver but their own souls

by their righteousness, says the Lord God.

15 (Eze 5:17; Lev 26:22) If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land,

and they destroy it so that it becomes desolate, that no man may pass

through because of the beasts,

16 (Ge 19:29) though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God,

they could deliver neither their sons nor their daughters.

They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

17 (Lev 26:25; Eze 21:3-4) Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say,

"Let the sword go through the land and cut off man and beast from it,"

18 though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God,

they would deliver neither their sons nor their daughters,

but they alone would deliver themselves.

19 (Eze 38:22; 2Sa 24:15) Or if I send a pestilence into that land

and pour out My fury on it in blood to cut off from it man and beast,

20 (Eze 14:14) though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,

says the Lord God, they would deliver neither their sons nor their

daughters. They would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.

21 (Eze 5:17; 33:27) For thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send

My four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine,

and the wild beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off man and beast from it.

22 (Eze 20:43; 12:16) Yet a remnant shall be left in it who shall

be brought out, both sons and daughters. They shall come out to you,

and you shall see their way and their deeds. Then you shall be comforted

concerning the disaster that I have brought against Jerusalem,

even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

23 (Jer 22:8-9) Then they shall comfort you when you see their ways

and their deeds. And you shall know that I have not done without cause all

that I have done in it, says the Lord God.



Ezekiel 15



Jerusalem as a Useless Vine



1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Isa 5:1-7; Hos 10:1) Son of man, how is the wood of the vine tree

better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

3 Can wood be taken from it to do any work, or can men take a peg of it

to hang any vessel on it?

4 (Jn 15:6; Isa 27:11) If it has been cast into the fire for fuel

and the fire has devoured both ends of it and the middle of it is burned,

is it useful for any work?

5 When it was whole, it was not made into anything. How much less is it

useful for any work when the fire has devoured it and it is burned!

6 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As the wood of the vine tree among

the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel,

so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 (Eze 14:8; Ps 34:16) I will set My face against them. Though they go

out from one fire, yet the fire shall devour them. Then you shall know

that I am the Lord when I set My face against them.

8 (Eze 6:14) I will make the land desolate, because they have committed

a trespass, says the Lord God.



2) Our Daily Bread for 29 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/29/the-gospel-of-rome

Entitled The Power of the Gospel



Romans 1:1-7,14-17



Romans 1

Salutation

1 (Ro 15:16; 1Co 1:1) Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be

an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God,

2 (Ro 3:21; Titus 1:2) which He promised beforehand through His prophets

in the Holy Scriptures,

3 (Gal 4:4; Mt 1:1; Jn 1:14) concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,

who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh

4 (2Co 13:4) and declared to be the Son of God with power, according

to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

5 (Ac 6:7; 1:25) Through Him we have received grace

and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all nations for His name,

6 (Rev 17:14) among whom you also are called by Jesus Christ:

7 (Col 1:2; 2Co 13:14) To all who are in Rome, beloved of God,

called to be saints:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.



14 I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians,

both to the wise and to the unwise.

15 So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel

to you also who are in Rome.



The Definition of the Gospel



16 (Ro 2:9; Mk 8:38) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.

For it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,

to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 (Hab 2:4; Gal 3:11; Ro 3:21) For in it the righteousness of God is revealed

from faith to faith. As it is written,

"The just shall live by faith."(Hab 2:4).



Ancient Rome had its own version of "the gospel"—the good news. According

to the poet Virgil, Zeus, king of the gods, had decreed for the Romans

a kingdom without end or boundaries. The gods had chosen Augustus as divine

son and savior of the world by ushering

in a golden age of peace and prosperity.



This, however, wasn't everyone's idea of good news. For many it was

an unwelcome reality enforced by the heavy hand of the emperor's army

and executioners. The glory of the empire was built on the backs

of enslaved people who served without legal personhood

or property at the pleasure of masters who ruled over them.



This was the world in which Paul introduced himself

as a servant of Christ (Romans 1:1). Jesus-how Paul had once hated that name.

And how Jesus Himself had suffered for admitting to being the king of the Jews

and Savior of the world.



This was the good news Paul would explain in the rest

of his letter to the Romans. This gospel was "the power of God that brings

salvation to everyone who believes" (v. 16). Oh, how it was needed by those

who suffered under Caesar! Here was the news of a crucified

and resurrected Savior-the liberator who conquered His enemies

by showing how much He loved them.



By: Mart DeHaan



Reflect & Pray



As you read Paul's opening words to the Romans, what phrases describe

the good news to you? (1:1-7). Why would Paul, who had once hated Jesus

so much, now want everyone to believe in Him? (see Acts 26).



Loving God, thank You for the good news.

Give me the boldness to share the gospel with those around me.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 1 - Forgiving as God Forgave



Col 3:13



13 Bear with one another and

forgive one another. If anyone

has a quarrel against anyone,

even as Christ forgave you,

so you must do.



"No!" Brett slammed his hand against the desk to punctuate his point.

"My wife's infidelity is completely unforgivable. She just wants to make things

look good, to have me condone her new relationship.

I won't do it. I won't forgive her."

Brett was a man in pain, and his perspective on forgiving

his wife is understandable. But unfortunately, many of us are

the victims of "unforgiveable" offenses; many of us, as well,

are the perpetrators of such offenses, and we desperately need

to be forgiven.

Brett ultimately came to understand that forgiving and "unforgivable"

hurt is not based on the worthiness of the recipient of forgiveness,

but on the worthiness of Christ himself. The Bible teaches that we are bound

to forgiveness for one simple reason:

because God has forgiven us in Jesus Christ.

"Forgive as the Lord forgave", Paul commands in Col 3:13 . How did Christ

forgive? Freely, completely, without basing his forgiveness on our merit. He

forgave us unilaterally, offering forgiveness before we asked,

before we were aware of our sin and the pain it caused him,

before we came to him in repentance.

Forgiveness does more that release the perpetrator for the bondage of

his wrongdoing. It releases the victim as well. Forgiveness frees

the forgiver from the bondage of anger and bitterness that keeps him distant

from the love of God. We can forgive the most "unforgivable" of offenses

against us when we focus our attention not on the offender, but on Christ,

who forgave us.



Application



a) Have I ever harboured unforgiveness toward another person?

What was the result in my spiritual/emotional life?



b) Is there someone in my life who has hurt me, who I need to forgive?

How can this verse help me extend the forgiveness to that person?





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."



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?)



New Brunswick



Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543



Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist

chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the

campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.

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

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

Islam.

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

which means Blessed Eid!"

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

know, and Muslims around the world:

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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



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

"What does this mean?"

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



Peter's Speech at Pentecost



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

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

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

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

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

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

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



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

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



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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -



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

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

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



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

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



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



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



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 29 of the Month



a) Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion (



Ps 139:13-16



13 You brought my inner parts into being;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;

marvelous are Your works,

and You know me completely.

15 My frame was not hidden from You

when I was made in secret,

and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw me unformed,

yet in Your book

all my days were written,

before any of them came into being.



)



b) Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight (



Gal 2:10



10 (Ac 24:17) Only they requested that we should remember the poor,

which I also was eager to do.



)













Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord to be based on His firm foundation.



Pray to the Lord and pray not to be a stumbling block.



Pray to the Lord "Loving God, thank You for the good news.

Give me the boldness to share the gospel with those around me."



Pray to the Lord and pray to be forgiving just as Christ forgave you.



Pray to the Lord and pray to depend on Him for everything.



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for the purness of His Word.



Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick 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 enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion.



Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight .



Pray for ophans in Nigeria whose parents were killed by Boko Haram terrorists.



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 240, 28 August 2021



Ezekiel 9 - 12



Ezekiel 9



The Slaughter of the Wicked



1 (Isa 6:8) He cried out also in my ears with a loud voice, saying,

"Cause those who have charge over the city to draw near, even every man

with his destroying weapon in his hand."

2 (Lev 16:4; Eze 10:2) Six men came from the way of the higher gate

which lies toward the north, each with his battle weapon in his hand.

And one man among them was clothed with linen with a writer's case

by his side. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

3 (Eze 10:4; 11:22-23) Then the glory of the God of Israel ascended

from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the temple.

And He called to the man clothed with linen who had the writer's case

by his side.

4 (Ex 12:7; Ps 119:53) And the Lord said to him, "Go through the midst

of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark

upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan

for all the abominations that are done in its midst."

5 (Eze 5:11) To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after him

through the city and strike. Do not let your eye spare or have pity.

6 (2Ch 36:17; Jer 25:29) Utterly slay old and young, both maidens

and little children, and women. But do not touch any man on whom is the mark.

And begin at My sanctuary." Then they began with the elders

who were before the temple.

7 (2Ch 36:17; Eze 7:20-22) Then he said to them, "Defile the temple,

and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!" So they went out

and killed in the city.

8 (Eze 11:13; Nu 14:5; Jos 7:6) While they were killing, I was left alone;

and I fell on my face and cried out,

"Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the rest of Israel by Your pouring

out of Your fury upon Jerusalem?"

9 (Eze 8:12; Job 22:13) Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house

of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood,

and the city is full of perverseness. For they say,

'The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.'

10 (Eze 7:4; Isa 65:6) But as for Me, My eye shall not spare, nor will

I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their heads."

11 Then the man clothed with linen who had the case by his side

reported the matter, saying, "I have done just as You have commanded me."



Ezekiel 10



The Glory of God Leaves the Temple



1 (Ex 24:10; Rev 4:2-3) Then I looked, and in the expanse

that was above the heads of the cherubim there appeared over them,

as it were, a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

2 (Rev 8:5; Eze 1:13) And He spoke to the man clothed with linen and said,

"Go in between the wheels under the cherubim and fill your hands with coals

of fire from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city."

And he entered in my sight.

3 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the temple when the man went in,

and the cloud filled the inner court.

4 (Eze 1:28; 9:3) Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub

and stood over the threshold of the temple. And the house was filled

with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the glory of the Lord.

5 (Eze 1:24; Job 40:9) The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even

in the outer court, like the voice of the Almighty God when He speaks.

6 (Eze 10:2) When He had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying,

"Take fire from between the wheels, from among the cherubim," he went in

and stood beside the wheel.

7 One cherub stretched out his hand from among the cherubim to the fire

that was between the cherubs, and took some, and put it into the hands

of him who was clothed with linen, who took it and went out.

8 (Eze 1:8; 10:21) There appeared among the cherubim the form of a man's

hand under their wings.

9 (Da 10:6; Rev 21:20) Then I looked, and there were the four wheels

by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub.

And the appearance of the wheels was as the color of a beryl stone.

10 As for their appearances, all four had one likeness, as if one wheel

had been in the middle of a wheel.

11 (Eze 1:17; 10:22) When they went, they went on their four sides.

They did not turn as they went, but they followed to the place

wherever the head looked. They did not turn as they went.

12 (Eze 1:18; Rev 4:6) Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands,

and their wings, and the wheels that the four had were full of eyes all round.

13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing the whirling wheels.

14 (1Ki 7:36; Rev 4:7) Each one had four faces. The first face was the face

of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man,

the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

15 (Eze 1:5) Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living creatures

that I saw by the River Kebar.

16 When the cherubim went, the wheels went by them. And when the cherubim

lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels

also would not turn from beside them.

17 (Eze 1:20-21) When the cherubim stood, the wheels stood.

And when they rose up, the wheels also rose up with them.

For the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

18 (Ps 18:10) Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold

of the temple and stood over the cherubim.

19 The cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth

in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them.

They stood at the door of the east gate of the house of the Lord;

and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

20 (Eze 1:1; 10:15) These are the living creatures that I saw under the God

of Israel by the River Kebar. So I knew that they were cherubim.

21 (Eze 1:6; 10:14) Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings.

And the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

22 (Eze 1:10; 10:11) The likeness of their faces was the same faces

which I saw by the River Kebar, their appearances and themselves.

Each went straight forward.



Ezekiel 11



God's Judgment on Wicked Counselors



1 (Eze 3:12; 8:16) Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me

to the east gate of the house of the Lord which faces eastward.

And at the door of the gate were 25 men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah

the son of Azzur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, officials of the people.

2 (Ps 2:1-2; 52:2) Then He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men

who devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city,

3 (Eze 12:22; 12:27) who say, 'The time is not near to build houses.

This city is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.'

4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man!"

5 (Jer 17:10; Eze 2:2) Then the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me,

and He said to me, Say, Thus says the Lord: Thus you have said,

O house of Israel, for I know the things that come into your mind,

every one of them.

6 (Eze 7:23; Isa 1:15) You have multiplied your slain in this city,

and you have filled the streets with them.

7 (Eze 24:3-13; Mic 3:2-3) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it,

they are the flesh and this city is the cauldron. But I will bring you

out of the midst of it.

8 (Pr 10:24; Job 3:25) You have feared the sword, so I will bring

a sword upon you, says the Lord God.

9 (Eze 5:8; Dt 28:36) I will bring you out of the midst of the city

and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments

against you.

10 (2Ki 14:25; 25:19-21) You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you

in the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

11 (Eze 11:3) This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be

the flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you in the border

of Israel.

12 (Eze 8:10; 8:14) Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.

For you have not walked in My statutes, or executed My judgments,

but have done after the customs of the nations all around you.

13 (Eze 9:8; 11:1) Now while I was prophesying, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah

died. Then fell I down upon my face and cried out with a loud voice and said,

"Ah, Lord God! Will You make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"

The Exiles’ Return Promised

14 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

15 (Eze 33:24) Son of man, your brothers, your kindred, your fellow captives,

and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they to whom the inhabitants

of Jerusalem have said, "Go far from the Lord. This land has been given

to us as a possession."

16 (Isa 8:14; Ps 90:1) Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God:

Although I have cast them far off among the nations, and although

I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be a sanctuary

to them for a little while in the countries where they have gone.

17 (Eze 28:25; Jer 3:18) Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God:

I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries

where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

18 (Eze 5:11; 37:23) When they come there, they shall take away

all the detestable things and all the abominations from it.

19 (Eze 18:31; Zec 7:12) I will give them one heart, and I will put

a new spirit within them. And I will take the stony heart out of their flesh,

and give them a heart of flesh,

20 (Ps 105:45; Eze 14:11) that they may walk in My statutes,

and keep My ordinances, and do them. And they shall be My people,

and I will be their God.

21 (Eze 9:10; 11:18) But as for those whose hearts walk after the hearts

of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense

their way upon their own heads, says the Lord God.

22 (Eze 10:19) Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels

beside them. And the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

23 (Zec 14:4; Eze 8:4) The glory of the Lord went up from the midst

of the city and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

24 (Eze 8:3; 11:1) Afterwards the Spirit took me up

and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea

to those of the captivity.

So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

25 (Eze 3:4; 2:7) Then I spoke to those of the captivity all the things

that the Lord had shown me.



Ezekiel 12



Judah's Captivity Symbolized



1 The word of the Lord also came to me, saying:

2 (Ps 78:40; Isa 1:23) Son of man, you dwell in the midst

of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see,

and ears to hear but does not hear. For they are a rebellious house.

3 (Jer 36:3; 26:3) Therefore, son of man, prepare baggage for captivity

and go into captivity by day in their sight. And you shall go into captivity

from your place to another place in their sight. It may be that they

understand, though they are a rebellious house.

4 (Jer 39:4; 2Ki 25:4) You shall bring out your belongings by day in their

sight, as baggage for exile; and you shall go out at evening in their sight,

as those who go into exile.

5 Dig a hole through the wall in their sight,and go out thereby.

6 (Eze 4:3; Isa 8:18) In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulders

and carry it out in the twilight. You shall cover your face so that you

cannot see the land. For I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.

7 (Eze 24:18; 37:7) I did so as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage

by day as baggage for captivity, and in the evening I dug through the wall

with my own hands. I brought it out at twilight,

carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.

8 In the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

9 (Eze 17:12; 24:19) Son of man, has not the house of Israel,

the rebellious house, said to you, "What are you doing?"

10 (2Ki 9:25; Isa 13:1) Say to them, "Thus says the Lord God:

This oracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem

and all the house of Israel who are in it."

11 (Jer 15:2; 52:15) Say, "I am your sign.

"As I have done, so it shall be done to them. They shall go into exile,

into captivity."

12 (2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4) The prince who is among them shall bear his baggage

on his shoulder in the twilight and go out. They shall dig through the wall

to carry it out thereby. He shall cover his face so that he cannot see

the land with his eyes.

13 (Eze 17:20; Hos 7:12) My net also I will spread upon him, and he shall be

taken in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon to the land

of the Chaldeans. Yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.

14 (Eze 5:2; 2Ki 25:4-5) I will scatter toward every wind all who are about

him, his helpers and all his troops. And I will draw out the sword after them.

15 (Eze 6:7; 6:14) Then they shall know that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the countries.

16Jer 22:8–9; Eze 14:22–23But I will spare a few men of them from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, so that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they go and know that I am the Lord.

17 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

18 Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water

with trembling and with anxiety.

19 (Zec 7:14; Eze 6:6-7) And say to the people of the land,

Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land

of Israel: They shall eat their bread with carefulness

and drink their water with astonishment, because their land shall be

desolate from all that is in it, because of the violence of all those

who dwell in it.

20 (Isa 7:23-24; Jer 4:7) The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste,

and the land shall be desolate. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

21 The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

22 (Eze 11:3; 12:27) Son of man, what is this proverb that you people

have in the land of Israel, saying,

"The days are prolonged, and every vision fails"?

23 (Joel 2:1; Zep 1:14) Tell them therefore, "Thus says the Lord God:

I will make this proverb cease so that they shall no more use it

as a proverb in Israel." But say to them, The days are at hand

and the effect of every vision.

24 (Eze 13:23; Zec 13:2-4) For there shall be no more any vain vision

or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

25 (Isa 14:24; Hab 1:5) For I the Lord will speak, and the word

that I speak shall come to pass. It shall be no more prolonged.

For in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word,

and will perform it, says the Lord God.

26 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

27 (Da 10:14; Eze 12:22) Son of man, look, the house of Israel says,

"The vision that he sees is for many days to come,

and he prophesies of the times that are far off."

28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: There shall none

of My words be prolonged anymore, but the word which I have spoken

shall be done, says the Lord God.



2) Our Daily Bread for 28 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/28/a-great-ending

Entitled A Great Ending



Revelation 22:12-21



12 (Isa 40:10; Rev 22:7) "Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with Me

to give to each one according to his work.

13 (Rev 1:8; 21:6; 1:17) I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning

and the End, the First and the Last."

14 (Rev 21:27; 22:2) Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they

may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates

into the city.

15 (Rev 21:8; Gal 5:19-21; Php 3:2) Outside are dogs and sorcerers

and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters and everyone

who loves and practices a lie.

16 (Rev 1:1; 5:5; Mt 2:2) "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."

17 (Rev 21:6; Isa 2:5) The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." Let him

who hears say, "Come." Let him who is thirsty come.

Let him who desires take the water of life freely.

18 (Dt 4:2; Pr 30:6) I testify to everyone who hears the words

of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things,

God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book.

19 (Rev 22:2; 13:8) And if anyone takes away from the words

of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part

out of the Book of Life and out of the Holy City

and out of the things which are written in this book.

20 (Rev 22:7; 1Co 16:22) He who testifies to these things says,

"Surely I am coming soon."

Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus!

21 (Ro 16:20) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.



My husband and son surfed television channels looking for a movie to watch

and discovered that their favorite movies were already in progress.

As they enjoyed watching the final scenes, the search became a game.

They managed to find eight of their favorite flicks. Frustrated,

I asked why they wouldn't just choose a movie to watch from the beginning.

My husband laughed. "Who doesn’t love a great ending?"



I had to admit I too look forward to the endings of my favorite books

or movies. I've even skimmed through my Bible and focused on my favorite parts

or the stories that seem more palatable and easier to understand.

But the Holy Spirit uses all of God's reliable and life-applicable words

to transform us and affirm that His story will end well for believers in Jesus.



Christ declares Himself to be "the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,

the Beginning and the End" (Revelation 22:13). He proclaims that His people

will inherit eternal life (v. 14) and warns those who dare to add

or subtract from "the words of the prophecy of this scroll" (vv. 18-19).



We may not know or understand everything in the Bible,

but we do know Jesus is coming again. He'll keep His word. He'll demolish

sin, right every wrong, make all things new, and reign as our loving King

forever. Now, that’s a great ending that leads to our new beginning!



By: Xochitl Dixon



Reflect & Pray



How does the certainty of knowing Jesus is coming again help you live for Him

today? What excites you the most about Christ’s promised return?



Come, Lord Jesus! Come!



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 5 Rejoice in Grace – Day 7 Break up Your Fallow Ground



Hosea 10:12



12 Sow to yourselves righteousness, reap mercy,

break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord,

until He comes and rains righteousness upon you.



When a farmer prepares to plant his crop, a great deal od preparation

is necessary before the seen can be sown. He has to plow up the ground,

turning under the stubble from the previous harvest, harrow the field to

break up the clods, and fertilise- readying the soil for optimum growht.

A fallow field, one that was not planted the previous season, must be

broken and worked so that the seed can find root in the ground.

The Bible likens spiritual growth to raising crops. God is the one

who brings rain and gives growth, but the success or failure

of the seed - both in initial salvation and in ongoing maturity -

is often linked to how well the soil has been prepared.

That preparation isn't always a pleasant or rewarding process.

We may resist the plowing or harrowing that comes through

the Holy Spirit's convictoin of sin. We may need to dig up boulders

of bitterness and thistles of anger; we may have to plow under the

stubble of the last crop of lessons, working that mulch deep into our lives.

But the final outcome is worth the effort - even the pain - that

preparation brings. Broken up, harrowed, readied for the seed of God's Word,

we are rich and fertile ground, and the seed of righteousness produces

an abundant crop in us.



Application



a) In what ways have I been "broken up" and "harrowed" by the Holy

Spirit to prepare me for God's work in me?



b) How can I apply these verses to myself? How can I

"sow in righteousness," "reap in mercy,"

"break up my fallow ground"?





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?)



New Brunswick



Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543



Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist

chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the

campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.

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

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

Islam.

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

which means Blessed Eid!"

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

know, and Muslims around the world:

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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



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

"What does this mean?"

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



Peter's Speech at Pentecost



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

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

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

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

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

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

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



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

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



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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -



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

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

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



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

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



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



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



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 28 of the Month



a) Pray for new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear

and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.



(



John 5:24



24 (Jn 3:18; 1Jn 3:14; Jn 3:36) "Truly, truly I say to you, whoever

hears My word and believes in Him who sent

Me has eternal life and shall not come into condemnation,

but has passed from death into life."



)





b) Pray for God's kingdom to come in the life of someone you

know today . (



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.



)











Conclusion:





Pray to the Lord and pray that His justice will be done.



Pray to the Lord "Come, Lord Jesus! Come"



Pray to the Lord and pray that The Lord works in

you break up any wicked manner in you.



Pray to the Lord and pray to seek His wisdom constantly and daily.



Pray to the Lord and pray the materialism does not blunt your focus on Heaven.



Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick 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 new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear

and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.



Pray for God's kingdom to come in the life of someone you

know today .



Pray for those in Libya who must worship through online churches

because of persecution.



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 239, 27 August 2021



Ezekiel 5 - 8



Ezekiel 5



A Sword Against Jerusalem



1 (Lev 21:5; Isa 7:20) As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword.

Take and cause it to pass upon your head and upon your beard

as a barber's razor. Then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.

2 (Eze 5:12; Lev 26:33; Jer 9:16) You shall burn with fire a third part

in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are fulfilled.

Then you shall take a third part and strike it with the sword

all around the city. And a third part you shall scatter in the wind.

And I will draw out a sword after them.

3 (Jer 39:10; 40:6) You shall also take a few in number from them

and bind them in the edges of your robes.

4 Then take some of them again and cast them into the midst of the fire

and burn them in the fire. For a fire shall come out

into all the house of Israel.

5 (Eze 4:1; Dt 4:6) Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem.

I have set it in the midst of the nations,

with countries that are all around her.

6 (Jer 11:10; Zec 7:11) But she has rebelled against My judgments

more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes

more than the countries that are all around her.

For they have refused My judgments and My statutes,

and have not walked in them.

7 (2Ch 33:9; Jer 2:10-11) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have

more turmoil than the nations that are round about you and have not walked

in My statutes, or have kept My judgments, and have not even acted according

to the judgments of the nations that are all around you,

8 (Eze 15:7; Jer 21:5) therefore thus says the Lord God: Pay attention.

I, even I, am against you and will execute judgments in your midst

in the sight of the nations.

9 (Da 9:12; Mt 24:21) I will do in you what I have not done,

and the like of which I will not do anymore, because of all your abominations.

10 (Dt 28:64; Eze 12:14) Therefore the fathers shall eat their sons

in your midst, and the sons shall eat their fathers. For I will execute

judgments on you, and the whole remnant of you I will scatter into

all the winds.

11 (Eze 7:20; 2Ch 36:14) Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, surely,

because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things

and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you,

and My eye shall have no pity, nor will I spare.

12 (Eze 5:2; Jer 15:2; 21:9) A third part of you shall die by pestilence

or by famine; they shall be consumed in your midst.

And a third part shall fall by the sword all around you.

And I will scatter a third part into all the winds,

and I will draw out a sword after them.

13 (Isa 1:24; Eze 36:5-6) Thus My anger shall be accomplished,

and I will cause My fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted.

Then they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in My zeal

when I have accomplished My fury in them.

14 (Ne 2:17; Ps 74:3-10) Moreover I will make you a desolation

and a reproach among the nations that are all around you,

in the sight of all who pass by.

15 (Eze 25:17; Jer 22:8-9) So it shall be a reproach and a taunt,

a warning and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you,

when I execute judgments in you in anger and in fury and in furious

rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.

16 (Dt 32:23-24; Eze 4:16) When I send upon them the deadly arrows

of famine which shall be for their destruction

and which I will send to destroy you, then I will also increase

the famine upon you and break your staff of bread.

17 (Eze 38:22; Lev 26:22)So I will send upon you famine and wild beasts,

and they shall bereave you of children. And pestilence and bloodshed

shall pass through you. And I will bring the sword upon you.

I the Lord have spoken it.



Ezekiel 6





Judgment on Idolatrous Israel

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 13:17; 19:9) Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel,

and prophesy against them,

3 (Lev 26:30) and say, Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God.

Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers,

and to the valleys: Pay attention. I, even I, will bring a sword upon you,

and I will destroy your high places.

4 (2Ch 14:5; Lev 26:30) Your altars shall be desolate, and your images

shall be broken. And I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

5 I will lay the dead corpses of the sons of Israel before their idols.

And I will scatter your bones all around your altars.

6 (Isa 6:11; Eze 5:14) In all your dwelling places, the cities shall be laid

waste and the high places shall be desolate so that your altars may be laid

waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease,

and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

7 The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.

8 (Eze 14:22; Isa 6:1) 3Yet I will leave a remnant, for you will have some

who escape the sword among the nations when you are scattered

among the countries.

9 (Eze 20:43; Ps 78:40) Those of you who escape shall remember Me among

the nations wherever they shall be carried captive, because I am broken

by their whorish heart which has departed from Me, and with their eyes

which play the harlot after their idols. And they shall loathe themselves

for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

10 They shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain

that I would bring this calamity upon them.

11 (Eze 5:12; 9:4) Thus says the Lord God: Clap your hand, and stamp

with your foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house

of Israel! For they shall fall by sword, by famine, and by pestilence.

12 (Eze 5:13; La 4:11) He who is far off shall die of pestilence,

and he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains

and is besieged shall die by famine. Thus I will accomplish My fury upon them.

13 (Eze 20:28; Hos 4:13; 1Ki 14:23) Then you shall know that I am the Lord,

when their slain men shall be among their idols all around their altars,

on every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains,

and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place

where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.

14 (Isa 5:25; 9:12) So, in all their habitations I will stretch

out My hand upon them and make the land desolate, indeed,

more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah.

And they shall know that I am the Lord.



Ezekiel 7



The Day of the Lord's Wrath



1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Am 8:2; 8:10) And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land

of Israel:

An end, the end is coming

upon the four corners of the land.

3 (Eze 18:30) Now the end has come upon you,

and I will send My anger upon you,

and will judge you according to your ways,

and will recompense upon you all your abominations.

4 (Eze 5:11; 6:7) My eye shall not spare you,

nor will I have pity;

but I will recompense your ways upon you,

and your abominations shall be in your midst.

And you shall know that I am the Lord!

5 (2Ki 21:12-13; Eze 5:9) Thus says the Lord God:

A disaster, a singular disaster;

it is coming!

6 (Zec 13:7) An end is coming,

the end has come;

it watches for you;

it has come!

7 (Isa 22:5; Eze 7:12) Your doom has come to you,

O inhabitant in the land;

the time has come, the day of trouble is near,

and not the joyful shouting on the mountains.

8 (Eze 9:8; 14:19) Now I will shortly pour out My fury upon you,

and accomplish My anger upon you;

and I will judge you according to your ways,

and will recompense you for all your abominations.

9 My eye shall not spare,

nor will I have pity;

I will recompense you according to your ways,

and your abominations that are in your midst.

And you shall know that I am the Lord who strikes.

10 Isa 10:5 The day is coming!

Your doom has gone out;

the rod has blossomed,

pride has budded.

11 (Zep 1:18; Isa 59:6-8) Violence has risen up

into a rod of wickedness;

none of them shall remain,

none of their people,

none of their wealth,

nor anything eminent among them.

12 (Isa 5:13-14; Eze 6:11-12) The time has come,

the day has drawn near.

Do not let the buyer rejoice,

or the seller mourn,

for wrath is against all their multitude.

13 (Lev 25:24-28; 25:31) For the seller shall not return

to that which is sold,

although they both live;

for the vision concerning the whole multitude

shall not return;

nor shall any strengthen his life

by his iniquity.

14 (Jer 4:5) They have blown the trumpet

even to make all ready,

but none goes to the battle;

for My wrath is against all the multitude.

15 (Jer 14:18; La 1:20) The sword is outside,

and the pestilence and the famine within.

He who is in the field

shall die by the sword;

and he who is in the city,

famine and pestilence shall devour him.

16 (Ezr 9:15; Isa 38:14) Even when their survivors escape,

they shall be on the mountains

like doves of the valleys,

all of them mourning,

every one over his iniquity.

17 (Eze 21:7; Jer 6:24) All hands shall be feeble,

and all knees shall be weak as water.

18 (Isa 15:2-3; Am 8:10) They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth,

and horror shall cover them;

and shame shall be upon all faces,

and baldness upon all their heads.

19 (Pr 11:4; Zep 1:18) They shall cast their silver in the streets,

and their gold shall become abhorrent;

their silver and their gold

shall not be able to deliver them

in the day of the wrath of the Lord;

they shall not satisfy their souls,

or fill their stomachs,

for their iniquity has become a stumbling block.

20 (Eze 24:21; Jer 7:30) They transformed the beauty of His ornaments

into pride,

and made the images of their abominations

and of their detestable things with it;

therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them.

21 (2Ki 24:13; Ps 74:2-8) I will give it into the hands of the strangers

as plunder and to the wicked of the earth for destruction,

and they shall pollute it.

22 (Jer 18:17) My face also I will turn from them,

and they shall pollute My secret place;

for the robbers shall enter

and defile it.

23 (Jer 27:2; Eze 9:9) Make a chain,

for the land is full of bloody crimes,

and the city is full of violence.

24 (Eze 28:7; 21:31) Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations,

and they shall possess their houses;

I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease,

and their holy places shall be defiled.

25 When destruction comes,

then they shall seek peace, but there shall be none.

26 (Jer 4:20; Ps 74:9) Mischief shall come upon mischief,

and rumor shall be upon rumor.

Then they shall seek a vision of the prophet;

but the law shall perish from the priest,

and counsel from the elders.

27 The king shall mourn,

and the prince shall be clothed with desolation,

and the hands of the people of the land shall tremble.

I will do to them according to their way,

and according to what they deserve I will judge them.

And they shall know that I am the Lord!



Ezekiel 8



Abominations in the Temple



1 (Eze 20:1; 1:2-3; 14:1) In the sixth year, in the sixth month,

on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house

and the elders of Judah sat before me,

the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.

2 (Eze 1:4; 1:26-27) Then I looked, and there was a likeness

as the appearance of a man. From His loins and downward was

the appearance of fire. And from His loins and upward was

the appearance of brightness, as the appearance of glowing metal.

3 (Dt 32:16; Eze 11:1) He stretched out the form of a hand

and took me by a lock of my head. And the Spirit lifted me up

between the earth and the heavens, and brought me in the visions of God

to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court,

where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy.

4 (Eze 3:22-23) The glory of the God of Israel was there,

according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

5 (Eze 8:3; Jer 3:2) Then He said to me, "Son of man, lift up your eyes

now toward the north." So I lifted up my eyes toward the north,

and northward at the gate of the altar was this image of jealousy

in the entrance.

6 (Eze 5:11; 8:9) He said furthermore to me, "Son of man, do you see

what they do, even the great abominations that the house of Israel

commits here, so that I should go far off from My sanctuary?

But yet you shall see still greater abominations."

7 Then He brought me to the door of the court.

And when I looked, there was a hole in the wall.

8 (Isa 29:15) So He said to me, "Son of man, now dig in the wall."

And when I had dug in the wall, there was a door.

9 He said to me, "Enter and notice the wicked abominations that they do here."

10 (Ex 20:4; Ro 1:23) So I went in and saw every form of creeping things,

and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel,

portrayed upon the wall all around.

11 (Nu 11:16; 16:17) There stood before them seventy men of the elders

of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan,

with every man his censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.

12 (Isa 29:15; Eze 9:9) Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen

what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark,

every man in the chambers of his images? For they say,

'The Lord does not see us. The Lord has forsaken the land.'"

13 (Eze 8:6) He also said to me, "Yet again you shall see greater

abominations that they do."

14 (Eze 44:4; 46:9) Then He brought me to the door of the gate of the house

of the Lord which was toward the north.

And women sat there weeping for Tammuz.

15 Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Yet again you shall

see greater abominations than these."

16 (Jer 2:27; Dt 4:19) He brought me into the inner court of the house

of the Lord, and at the door of the temple of the Lord,

between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with

their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east.

And they worshipped the sun toward the east.

17 (Eze 7:23; 9:9) Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man?

Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations

which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence

and have continually provoked Me to anger. And they put the branch

to their nose.

18 (Isa 1:15; Mic 3:4) Therefore I will indeed deal in fury.

My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in My ears

with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them."



2) Our Daily Bread for 27 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/27/the-ultimate-healer

Entitled The Ultimate Healer



Numbers 21:4-9 , 2 Kings 1 , 2 Kings 18:4



Numbers 21



The Bronze Serpent



4 (Ex 6:9; Jdg 11:18) They journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea,

to go around the land of Edom, and the soul of the people was

very discouraged because of the way.

5 (Ps 78:19) The people spoke against God and against Moses,

"Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness?

For there is no bread or water, and our soul loathes this worthless manna."

6 (Dt 8:15; Jer 8:17) So the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people,

and they bit the people, and many children of Israel died.

7 (Ex 8:8; Nu 11:2) So the people came to Moses and said,

"We have sinned for we have spoken against the Lord and against you.

Pray to the Lord, and He will take away the serpents from us."

And Moses prayed for the people.

8 The Lord said to Moses, "Make a poisonous serpent, and put it on a pole,

and it will be, that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, will live."

9 (2Ki 18:4; Jn 3:14-15) Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on a pole,

and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the bronze serpent he lived.



2 Kings 18





4 (2Ch 31:1; Nu 21:8-9) He removed the high places, broke down the sacred

pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and crushed the bronze serpent that Moses

had made, for until those days the children of Israel had made offerings to it.

They called it Nehushtan.

5 (2Ki 19:10; 23:25) He trusted in the Lord God of Israel. Afterwards,

there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah

or among those who were before him.

6 (Dt 10:20; Jos 23:8) He clung to the Lord. He did not depart from

following him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord ­commanded Moses.

7 (1Sa 18:14; 2Ki 16:7; Ge 39:2-3) The Lord was with him. Wherever he went,

he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.



When a medical treatment began to provide relief for a family member's

severe food allergies, I became so excited that I talked about it

all the time. I described the intense process and extolled the doctor

who had created the program. Finally, some friends commented,

"We think God should always get the credit for healing."

Their statement made me pause. Had I taken my eyes off the Ultimate Healer

and made the healing into an idol?



The nation of Israel fell into a similar trap when they began to burn incense

to a bronze snake which God had used to heal them. They'd been performing

this act of worship until Hezekiah identified it as idolatry

and "broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made" (2 Kings 18:4).



Several centuries earlier, a group of venomous snakes had invaded

the Israelite camp. The snakes bit the people and many died (Numbers 21:6).

Although spiritual rebellion had caused the problem, the people cried

out to God for help. Showing mercy, He directed Moses to sculpt

a bronze snake, fasten it to a pole, and hold it up for everyone to see.

When the people looked at it, they were healed (vv. 4-9).



Think of God's gifts to you. Have any of them become objects of praise

instead of evidence of His mercy and grace? Only our holy God-the source

of every good gift (James 1:17)-is worthy of worship.



By: Jennifer Benson Schuldt



Reflect & Pray



How has God shown you His goodness through other people?

Why is it so easy to give people credit for what God has done in your life?



Dear God, I worship You as the all-powerful God

who hears my prayers.

Thank You for sustaining my life and caring for me.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 6 God Works!



Phil 2:12-13



12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence,

but so much more in my absence, work out your own salvation

with fear and trembling.

13 For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure.



"I just can't do it!" Marlys, a carrer woman in her 30s, was struggling to fit

her new Christian pricinples into the business world. Accustomed to the

cutthroat tactics of the corporate hierarchy, she has a hard time knowing

Jesus' examples of grace and mercy applied.

Marlys was right. She couldn't do it. In our own strength, none of us is able

to "live the Christian life." Someone has said, " The Christian life isn't

difficult -- it's impossible!" Only the power of the Holy Spirit is

effective to work the needed changes in our priorities and behaviour;

only God can accomplish what he calls us to do.

In Phillippians 2:12, Paul says "work it out." If we stop there,

we are likely to throw up our hands in despair.

But the good news appears in verse 13:

" For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure."

WE are not left on our own to figure out how to live the Christian life.

God gives us both the will and the ability to obey him, to live in a way

that will please him.

The key to a God-pleasing life is not performance, but obedience. God does not

expect us to "do great things" for him, to deserve his love and grace.

Our part in the process of salvation is to respond in obedience to the Lord,

to say "yes" to wht he asks of us. We cannot change ourselves;

we cannot even know ourselves apart from the Spirit's insight. But

as we cooperate with him, as we agree to be obedient, the Spirit changes us

within, and those changes are "worked out" into our lives.



Application



a) Have I ever tried to "Live the Christian life" on my own strengh?

What was the result?



b) In what practical ways is Paul's declaration that "God works in me"

good new in my life?





4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Hebr 11:6



6 (1Ch 28:9; Jer 29:13-14) And without faith it is impossible to please God,

for he who comes to God must believe that He exists

and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.





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



When you are Burdened by Doubt



Matt 7:7-11



Ask, Seek, Knock



Lk 11:9-13



7(Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24)"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;

knock and it will be opened to you.

8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,

and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

9 "What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread,

will give him a stone?

10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?

11 (Ge 6:5; 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts

to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give

good things to those who ask 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?)



New Brunswick



Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543



Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist

chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the

campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.

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

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

Islam.

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

which means Blessed Eid!"

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

know, and Muslims around the world:

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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



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

"What does this mean?"

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



Peter's Speech at Pentecost



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

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

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

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

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

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

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



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

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



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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -



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

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

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



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

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



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



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



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 27 of the Month



a) Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to

hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.



(



2 Cor 10:4-5



4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,

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,



)



b) Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who

are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.





Conclusion:





Pray to the Lord and pray to expereince His greatness.



Pray to the Lord "Dear God, I worship You as the all-powerful God

who hears my prayers.

Thank You for sustaining my life and caring for me."



Pray to the Lord and pray to live the Christian life in His leadership.



Pray to the Lord and pray to seek him constantly and daily.



Pray to the Lord and ask you Heavenly Father to provide your needs.



Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick 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's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to

hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.



Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who

are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.



Pray for Christians who havebeen displaced in Vietnam.



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 238, 26 August 2021



Ezekiel 1 - 4



Ezekiel 1



The Vision of the Lord's Glory



1 (Eze 11:24; Mt 3:16) In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month,

on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives

by the river of Kebar, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

2 (Eze 8:1; 20:1) On the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year

of the captivity of King Jehoiachin,

3 (2Ki 3:15; Eze 3:22) the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel

the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar.

And the hand of the Lord was on him there.

4 (Eze 1:27; 8:2) As I looked, a whirlwind came out of the north,

a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually, and a brightness

was all around it, and in its midst something as glowing metal

in the midst of the fire.

5 Also out of the midst came the likeness of four living creatures.

And this was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.

6 (Eze 10:14) Every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

7 (Rev 1:15; Da 10:6) Their legs were straight and the soles of their feet

were like the sole of a calf's hoof. And they gleamed like the color

of burnished bronze.

8 (Eze 10:21) They had the hands of a man under their wings on their 4 sides.

As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

9 (Eze 10:22) their wings were joined to one another. Their faces did not turn

when they went. Each went straight forward.

10 (Eze 10:14; Rev 4:7) As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face

of a man, and all four had the face of a lion on the right side, and the face

of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle.

11 (Isa 6:2; Eze 1:23) Thus were their faces. And their wings were stretched

upward. Two wings of every one were joined to one another, and two covered

their bodies.

12 (Eze 1:9) Each went straight forward. Wherever the spirit was to go,

they would go and not turn as they went.

13 (Ps 104:4; Rev 4:5) As for the likeness of the living creatures,

their appearance was like burning coals of fire and like the appearance

of lamps. It went up and down among the living creatures.

And the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

14 (Zec 4:10; Mt 24:27) The living creatures ran to and fro as the appearance

of a flash of lightning.

15 (Eze 10:9; 1:19-21) Now as I looked at the living creatures,

one wheel was on the ground by the living creatures for each of the four faces.

16 (Da 10:6) The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the color

of sparkling beryl. And all four of them had one likeness.

And their appearance and their work was, as it were, a wheel in the middle

of a wheel.

17 (Eze 1:9; 1:12) Whenever they went, they went in any of their four sides

and did not turn as they went.

18 (Eze 10:12; Rev 4:6) As for their rims, they were so high that they were

dreadful. And the rims of all four of them were full of eyes all around.

19 (Eze 10:16) Whenever the living creatures went, the wheels went with them.

And whenever the living creatures were lifted up from the ground,

the wheels also were lifted up.

20 (Eze 1:12; 10:17) Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go

in that direction. And the wheels rose close beside them.

For the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

21 (Eze 10:17; 1:19-20) Whenever those went, these went. And whenever those

stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the ground,

the wheels rose close beside them. For the spirit of the living creatures

was in the wheels.

22 (Eze 10:1; 1:26) The likeness of the expanse over the heads of the living

creatures was as the awesome gleam of crystal, stretched out over their heads

above.

23 Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, the one toward

the other. Each one also had two wings which covered its body on the one side

and the other.

24 (Eze 43:2; Da 10:6) When they went, I heard the noise of their wings,

like the noise of abundant waters, as the voice of the Almighty,

the noise of tumult as the noise of an army camp. Whenever they stood still,

they let down their wings.

25 There was a voice from the expanse that was over their heads

whenever they stood still and let down their wings.

26 (Eze 10:1; Ex 24:10; Rev 1:13) Above the expanse that was over their heads

was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone.

And on the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man

on it high up.

27 (Eze 1:4; 8:2) Then I saw as glowing metal, as the appearance of fire all

around within it, from the appearance of His loins and upward;

and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw as it were

the appearance of fire, and there was a brightness around Him.

28 (Eze 3:23; Rev 10:1; Eze 8:4) As the appearance of the rainbow that is in

the cloud on a day of rain,

so was the appearance of the brightness all around.

This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.

And when I saw it, I fell on my face and heard a voice of one speaking.



Ezekiel 2



The Call of Ezekiel



1 (Da 10:11; Eze 3:1) Then He said to me: Son of man, stand on your feet,

and I will speak to you!

2 (Eze 3:24; Da 8:18) When He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me

and set me on my feet. Then I heard Him speaking to me.

3 (Jer 3:25; 1Sa 8:7-8) And He said to me: Son of man, I send you

to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me.

They and their fathers have transgressed against Me even to this very day.

4 (Eze 3:7; Ps 95:8) And as for the impudent and obstinate children,

I am sending you to them. And you shall say to them, "Thus says the Lord God."

5 (Eze 3:27; 33:33) As for them, whether they listen or not (for they are a

rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.

6 (Jer 1:8; Mic 7:4) And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them

or be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with you,

and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words

or be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

7 (Jer 1:7; Eze 3:10) You shall speak My words to them, whether they listen

or not, for they are rebellious.

8 (Rev 10:9; Isa 50:5) But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be

rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth

and eat what I give you.

9 (Eze 8:3; 3:1) When I looked, a hand was sent to me. And a scroll was in it.

10 (Rev 8:13; Isa 3:11) And He spread it before me. And there was writing

on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were

words of lamentation and mourning and woe.



Ezekiel 3



1 (Eze 2:8-9) Moreover He said to me, Son of man, eat what you find.

Eat this scroll and go speak to the house of Israel.

2 (Jer 25:17) So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll.

3 (Ps 19:10; 119:103) He said to me, Son of man, feed your stomach

and fill your inward parts with this scroll that I give you.

Then I ate it, and it was as honey for sweetness in my mouth.

4 Then He said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel

and speak with My words to them.

5 (Jnh 1:2; Isa 33:19) For you are not being sent to a people

of foreign speech and hard language, but to the house of Israel,

6nor to many peoples of foreign speech and hard language, whose

words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should

listen to you.

7 (Eze 2:4; 1Sa 8:7) But the house of Israel will not listen to you,

because they will not listen to Me. For all the house of Israel

is impudent and obstinate.

8 (Jer 1:18) But I have made your face as hard as their faces

and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

9 (Isa 50:7; Eze 2:6) As emery harder than flint, I have made your forehead.

Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed at their looks,

though they are a rebellious house.

10 (Job 22:22; Eze 2:8) Moreover He said to me: Son of man, all My words

that I shall speak to you receive in your heart and hear with your ears.

11 (Eze 2:7; 2:5) Go to the captives, to the sons of your people,

and speak to them and tell them, whether they listen or not,

"Thus says the Lord God."

12 (Eze 8:3; Ac 8:39) Then the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me

a great thundering voice: "­Blessed be the glory of the Lord in His place."

13 (Eze 1:24; 10:16-17) I heard also the noise of the wings of the living

creatures that touched one another and the noise of the wheels beside them,

even a great rushing sound.

14 (Eze 37:1; 2Ki 3:15) So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away,

and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord

was strong upon me.

15 (Job 2:13; Ps 137:1) Then I came to the captives at Tel Aviv, who lived

by the River Kebar, and I sat there where they sat seven days,

causing consternation among them.



Ezekiel, a Watchman for Israel



16 (Jer 42:7) At the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me,

saying,

17 (Isa 52:8; Jer 6:17) Son of man, I have made you a watchman

to the house of Israel. Whenever you hear the word from My mouth,

then warn them from Me.

18 (Eze 33:6; Ge 2:17; Eze 3:20) When I say to the wicked,

"You shall surely die," and you do not warn him,

nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live,

the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity,

but his blood I will require at your hand.

19 (Eze 14:14; 14:20) Yet if you warn the wicked and he does not

turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity.

But you have delivered your soul.

20 (Eze 18:24; 3:18; Ps 125:5) Again, when a righteous man turns

from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block

before him, he shall die. Because you have not given him warning,

he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done

shall not be remembered. But his blood I will require at your hand.

21 (Ac 20:31) Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that the righteous

should not sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live

because he took warning. And you have delivered your soul.

22 (Ac 9:6; Eze 1:3) The hand of the Lord was upon me there,

and He said to me, Rise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.

23 (Eze 1:28; Ac 7:55) Then I arose, and went out into the plain. And the glory

of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Kebar,

and I fell on my face.

24 (Eze 2:2) Then the Spirit entered me, and set me on my feet,

and spoke with me and said to me: Go, shut yourself up within your house.

25 (Eze 4:8) As for you, son of man, they shall put bands on you

and shall bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them.

26 (Eze 24:27) And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth

so that you shall be mute and cannot be one to rebuke them,

for they are a rebellious house.

27 (Eze 24:27; 3:11) But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth,

and you shall say to them, "Thus says the Lord God." He who hears,

let him hear. And he who refuses, let him refuse.

For they are a rebellious house.



Ezekiel 4



The Siege of Jerusalem Portrayed



1 You also, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you and inscribe

a city on it, even Jerusalem.

2 (Eze 21:22) Then lay siege against it, and build a fort against it,

and build a mound against it; set camps and place battering rams

against it all around.

3 (Isa 8:18; 20:3) Moreover take for yourself an iron plate

and set it up for a wall of iron between you and the city.

And set your face against it so that it is besieged, and lay siege against it.

This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

4 (Lev 16:22; 10:17) As for you, lie down on your left side

and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it.

According to the number of the days that you lie on it,

you shall bear their iniquity.

5 For I have laid upon you the years of their iniquity according to the number

of the days, three hundred and ninety days. So you shall bear the iniquity

of the house of Israel.

6 (Nu 14:34; Da 9:24-26; 12:11-12) When you have accomplished them, lie again

on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days.

I have appointed you each day for a year.

7 (Isa 52:10) Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem,

and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.

8 (Eze 3:25) I will lay bands upon you, and you shall not turn yourself from

one side to another until you have ended the days of your siege.

9 Also take for yourself wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils,

and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel and make bread.

According to the number of the days that you lie on your side,

three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it.

10 Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels

[About 8 ounces, or 230 grams.] a day. From time to time you shall eat it.

11 You also shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin.

[About 2/3 quart, or 0.6 liter]. From time to time you shall drink it.

12 You shall eat it as barley cake, having baked it in their sight with dung

that comes out of man.

13 (Da 1:8)Then the Lord said, "Even so the sons of Israel shall eat their

defiled bread among the nations where I drive them.”

14 (Eze 9:8; 20:49) Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! My soul has not been defiled.

For from my youth up even until now I have not eaten of that which dies

of itself, or is torn in pieces, nor has abominable meat come into my mouth."

15 Then He said to me, "I have given you cow dung instead of man's dung

over which you shall prepare your bread."

16 (Lev 26:26; Eze 5:16) Moreover He said to me, Son of man, I will cut off

the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight

and with anxiety and drink water by measure and with horror,

17 (Lev 26:39; Eze 24:23) because bread and water will be scarce, and they will be appalled with one another, and waste away for their iniquity.



2) Our Daily Bread for 25 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/26/heeding-the-warnings

Entitled Heeding the Warnings



Matthew 10:1-7,32-33



Matthew 10

The Mission of the Twelve Apostles

Mk 3:13-19; Lk 6:12-16

1 (Mk 3:13-15; 6:7-13) He called His twelve disciples to Him

and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out,

and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

2 (Mt 4:18; 4:21) Now the names of the twelve apostles are these:

first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother;

James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

3 (Mk 3:18; Ac 1:13; Mt 9:9) Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas,

and Matthew, the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus;

and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

4 (Mt 26:14; Jn 13:2) Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot,

who also betrayed Him.



The Commissioning of the Twelve Apostles



Mk 6:7-13; Lk 9:1-6



5 (Jn 4:9; 2Ki 17:24-41) These twelve Jesus sent out, and commanded them,

saying, "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city

of the Samaritans.

6 (Jer 50:6; Ps 119:176) But go rather to the lost sheep of the house

of Israel.

7 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) As you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is

at hand.'"



Confessing and Denying Christ

Lk 12:8-9



32 (Rev 3:5; Ro 10:9-10) "Whoever will confess Me before men,

him will I confess also before My Father who is in heaven.

33 (2Ti 2:12; Mk 8:38)But whoever will deny Me before men,

him will I also deny before My Father who is in heaven."



When a pickpocket tried to pilfer my property while I was on vacation

in another country, it wasn't a surprise. I'd read warnings about

the danger of subway thieves, so I knew what to do to protect my wallet.

But I never expected it to happen.



Fortunately, the young man who grabbed my wallet had slippery fingers,

so it fell to the floor where I could retrieve it. But the incident reminded

me that I should have heeded the warnings.



We don’t like to dwell on warnings because we think they'll get in the way

of enjoying life, but it's imperative to pay attention to them. For instance,

Jesus gave us a clear warning while sending out His disciples to proclaim

God's coming kingdom (Matthew 10:7). He said, “Whoever will confess Me before men,

him will I confess also before My Father who is in heaven.

But whoever will deny Me before men,

him will I also deny before My Father who is in heaven.” (vv. 32–33).



We have a choice. In love, God provided a Savior and a plan for us

to be in His presence for eternity. But if we turn away from God

and choose to reject His message of salvation

and the real life He offers for both now and forever,

we lose out on the opportunity to be with Him.



May we trust in Jesus, the One who chose to save us from

being eternally separated from the One who loves and made us.



By: Dave Branon



Reflect & Pray



Why is rejecting Jesus such a serious thing?

How have you chosen to respond to His call?



Heavenly Father, thank You for providing salvation

through Jesus. And thank You for sending warnings to remind me

of the importance of putting my faith in Him.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 5 Called by Name



Isaiah 43:1



1 But now, thus says the Lord

who created you, O Jacob,

and He who formed you, O Israel:

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;



Eric, age 4, somehow lost his mother in a large and busy department store.

Found sobbing under a coat rack, the boy tried to tell the security guard

where he was when he got separated from his mother. Finally the guard said,

"what's your name, Son? Who do you belong to?"

The child brightened a bit, gave the guard his name, and within minutes

the frantic mother was reunited with her lost son.

One of the first questions we are asked, both as children and adults, is

"What is your name?" - that is, "Who are you? Who do you belong to?"

Children bear the name of their parents, and most women,

except for professional reasons,

take the name of their husbands when they marry.

Our names are our primary method of identification;

they connect us with our heritage and those we love.

In Isaiah 43:1, God declares that we belong to him.

The Lord who created us and formed us says,

"I have redemmed you; I have called you by name; you are mine." God's

right of ownership in our lives extends beyond the bond of family and friends,

of parent, child, or spouse. We belong first to him;

we are called by him into oneness with him.

The Scripture is filled with images of the Lord's care for us;

when we are lost, he does

not wait for us to find him,

but takes the initiative, like a loving parent

to seek us out. That declaration of belonging can give us

a strong sense of security in our lives. God loves us;

he will never let us go.



Application



a) What experiences have I had of being lost of abandoned?



b) How can today's verse help me find security in belonging to God?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Prov 13:22



22 (Job 27:16-17; Pr 28:8) A good man leaves an inheritance to

his children’s children, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.



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



When you are Angry of Vengeful



Romans 12:14-21



14 (Mt 5:44; Lk 6:28) Bless those who persecute you; bless, and do not curse.

15 (Heb 13:3; Job 30:25) Rejoice with those who rejoice,

and weep with those who weep.

16 (Ro 11:25; 15:5) Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not be haughty,

but associate with the lowly. Do not pretend to be wiser than you are.

17 (Pr 20:22; Mt 5:39) Repay no one evil for evil. Commend what is honest

in the sight of all men.

18 (Mk 9:50; Ro 14:19; Mt 5:9) If it is possible, as

much as it depends on you, live peaceably with all men.

19 (Dt 32:35; Pr 24:29) Beloved, do not avenge yourselves,

but rather give place to God's wrath, for it is written:

"Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,"(Dt 32:35.) says the Lord.

20(Pr 25:21–22; Mt 5:44)Therefore

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;

if he is thirsty, give him a drink;

for in doing so you will

heap coals of fire on his head.”(r 25:21–22.)

21(1Pe 3:9)Do not be overcome by evil,

but overcome evil with good.



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?)



New Brunswick



Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543



Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist

chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the

campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.

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

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

Islam.

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

which means Blessed Eid!"

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

know, and Muslims around the world:

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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



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

"What does this mean?"

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



Peter's Speech at Pentecost



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

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

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

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

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

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

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



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

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



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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -



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

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

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



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

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



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



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



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 26 of the Month



a) Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary

work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ (Matt 5:16

16 Let your light so shine before men that they may

see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

)



b) Pray for the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut



I) Pray for the leaders of Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut,

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 and feel His greatness.



Pray to the Lord "Heavenly Father, thank You for providing salvation

through Jesus. And thank You for sending warnings to remind me

of the importance of putting my faith in Him."



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for being the family Leader.



Pray to the Lord and to be just in Him.



Pray to the Lord and pray to render good for evil.



Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick 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 Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary

work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ



Pray for those traing and equipping pastors in Sri

Lanka.



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 237, 25 August 2021



Lamentations 3 - 5



Lamentations 3

The Prophet's Anguish



1 (Ps 88:7; Job 19:21) I am the man who has seen affliction

by the rod of His wrath.

2 (Job 30:26; Isa 59:9) He has driven and brought me

into darkness without any light.

3 Surely against me has He turned His hand

continually, the whole day long.

4 (Ps 51:8; Isa 38:13) My flesh and my skin He has made waste away;

He has broken my bones;

5 (La 3:19; Jer 23:15) He has besieged and enveloped me

with gall and travail.

6 (Ps 88:5-6; 143:3) He has set me in dark places,

like the dead of long ago.

7 (Job 3:23; 19:8) He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out;

He has made my chain heavy.

8 (Job 30:20; Ps 22:2) Even when I cry for help,

He shuts out my prayer.

9 (Isa 63:17) He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;

He has made my paths crooked.

10 He is to me a bear lying in wait,

a lion in hiding.

11 (Hos 6:1; Job 16:12-13) He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces;

He has made me desolate.

12 (Job 7:20; Ps 38:2) He has bent His bow

and set me as a target for the arrow.

13 (Job 6:4) He has caused the arrows of His quiver

to pierce my inward parts.

14 (Jer 20:7; La 3:63) I have become the derision of all my people,

their mocking song all the day.

15 (Jer 9:15) He has filled me with bitterness,

He has sated me with wormwood.

16 (Pr 20:17; Jer 6:26) He has made my teeth grind on gravel,

and covered me with ashes.

17 (Isa 59:11) My soul is bereft of peace;

I have forgotten prosperity.

18 (Job 17:15; Eze 37:11) So I say, "My strength and my hope

from the Lord have perished."

19 (La 3:5; 3:15) Remember my affliction and my misery,

the wormwood and the gall.

20 (Ps 42:5-6; 42:11) Surely my soul remembers

and is humbled within me.

21 (Ps 130:7) But this I call to mind,

and therefore I have hope:

22 (Mal 3:6; Ps 78:38) It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed;

His compassions do not fail.

23 (Zep 3:5; Ps 36:5) They are new every morning;

great is Your faithfulness.

24 (Ps 16:5; 73:26) "The Lord is my portion," says my soul,

"therefore I will hope in Him."

25 (Isa 25:9; 30:18) The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,

to the soul who seeks Him.

26 (Ps 37:7; 130:5) It is good that a man should wait quietly

for the salvation of the Lord.

27 (Ecc 12:1) It is good for a man to bear the yoke

in his youth.

28 (Jer 15:17; La 2:10) Let him sit alone in silence

when it is laid on him;

29 (Job 40:4) let him put his mouth in the dust-

there may yet be hope.

30 (Isa 50:6; Job 16:10) Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,

and let him be filled with insults.

31 (Ps 94:14; 77:7) For the Lord

will not cast off forever.

32 (Ps 78:38; Hos 11:8) But though He causes grief,

yet He will have compassion

according to the abundance of His mercies.

33 (Eze 33:11) For He does not afflict from His heart,

nor grieve the sons of men.

34 To crush underfoot

all the prisoners of the earth,

35 to turn aside the justice due a man

in the presence of the Most High,

36 (Hab 1:13) to subvert a man in his cause,

the Lord does not approve.

37 (Ps 33:9-11) Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass,

unless the Lord has commanded it?

38 (Isa 45:7; Job 2:10) Is it not from the mouth of the Most High

that good and bad proceed?

39 (Mic 7:9; Pr 19:3) Why should a living man complain,

a man for the punishment of his sins?

40 (Ps 119:59; 139:23-24) Let us search and try our ways,

and return to the Lord!

41 (Ps 25:1; 28:2) Let us lift up our hearts and hands

to God in heaven:

42 (2Ki 24:4; Ne 9:26) We have transgressed and rebelled;

You have not pardoned.

43 (La 2:21; 2:17; Ps 83:15) You have covered Yourself with anger

and pursued us;

You have killed and not pitied.

44 (La 3:8; Ps 97:2) You have covered Yourself with a cloud,

so that no prayer should pass through.

45 (1Co 4:13) You have made us filthy refuse

in the midst of the peoples.

46 (La 2:16; Ps 22:6–8) All our enemies have opened their mouths

against us.

47 (Isa 24:17-18; 51:19) Panic and snare have come upon us,

desolation and destruction.

48 (La 2:11; Ps 119:136) My eyes flow with rivers of tears

for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 (Jer 14:17; Ps 77:2) My eyes flow and do not cease,

without respite,

50 (Isa 63:15; La 5:1) until the Lord from heaven

looks down and sees.

51 My eyes bring suffering to my soul

at the fate of all the daughters of my city.

52 (Ps 35:7; 35:19) My enemies chased me like a bird,

without cause.

53 (Jer 38:6; 38:9) They cut off my life in the pit

and cast stones on me.

54 (Jnh 2:3-5; Eze 37:11) Waters flowed over my head;

I said, "I am cut off!

55 I called on Your name, O Lord,

from the lowest pit.

56 (Ps 55:1; Job 34:28) You have heard my plea:

"Do not close Your ear to my cry for help!"

57 (Isa 41:10; Ps 145:18) You drew near on the day I called on You,

and You said, "Do not fear!"

58 (Jer 51:36) O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul;

You have redeemed my life.

59 (Ps 26:1; 35:23) O Lord, You have seen the wrong done tome;

judge my case.

60 (Jer 11:19-20) You have seen all their vengeance,

all their schemes against me.

61 (La 5:1; Ps 74:18) You have heard their reproach, O Lord,

all their schemes against me,

62 (Eze 36:3; Ps 59:7) the lips of my enemies and

their devices against me all the day.

63 (Ps 139:2; La 3:14) Look at their sitting down and their risingup;

I am their mocking song.

64 (Ps 28:4; Jer 11:20) Render to them a recompense, O Lord,

according to the work of their hands.

65 (Isa 6:10; Dt 2:30) Give them hardness of heart;

may Your curse be upon them!

66 (Ps 8:3; Dt 25:19) In Your anger pursue and destroy them

from under Your heavens, O Lord!



Lamentations 4



The Punishment of Zion



1 (La 2:19; Eze 7:19-22) How the gold has become dim!

How the most fine gold has changed!

The stones of the sanctuary lie scattered

at the head of every street.

2 (Jer 19:11; Isa 30:14) The precious sons of Zion,

comparable to fine gold,

how they are esteemed as earthen pots,

the work of a potter's hands!

3 (Isa 49:15; Eze 5:10) Even the jackals offer the breast;

they nurse their young,

yet the daughter of my people has become cruel,

like ostriches in the wilderness.

4 (Ps 22:15; La 2:11-12) The tongue of the infant cleaves

to the roof of his mouth for thirst;

the children beg for bread,

but no one divides it for them.

5 (Am 6:3-7; 2Sa 1:24) Those who once ate delicacies

are desolate in the streets;

those who were brought up in scarlet

embrace ash heaps.

6 (Ge 19:25; Lk 10:12) For the iniquity of the daughter of my people

is greater than the sin of Sodom,

which was overthrown in a moment,

and no hands were wrung for her.

7 (Ps 51:7) Her princes were purer than snow,

whiter than milk;

their bodies were more ruddy than rubies,

their appearance like sapphire.

8 (Job 30:30; Ps 102:3-5) Their form is blacker than coal;

they are not recognized in the streets;

their skin cleaves to their bones,

it has become as dry as wood.

9 (Lev 26:39; Eze 24:23) Those killed by the sword

are better off than those who die of hunger,

for they pine away,

stricken for want of the fruits of the field.

10 (La 2:20; Isa 49:15) The hands of compassionate women

have boiled their own children;

they became their food in the destruction

of the daughter of my people.

11 (Jer 7:20; Eze 22:31) The Lord has fulfilled His fury,

He has poured out His fierce anger.

He kindled a fire in Zion,

and it has devoured its foundations.

12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world,

would not have believed

that the adversary and the enemy could enter

the gates of Jerusalem.

13 (Jer 5:31; 6:13) This was for the sins of her prophets

and the iniquities of her priests,

who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.

14 (Jer 2:34; Nu 19:16) They wandered,

blind, in the streets;

they have defiled themselves with blood,

so that no one could touch their garments.

15 They cried out to them, "Depart! Unclean!

Depart, depart, do not touch us!"

Therefore they fled and wandered;

men among the nations said,

"They shall live with us no longer."

16 (Isa 9:14-16; La 5:12) The presence of the Lord scattered them;

He will regard them no more;

they do not respect the priests,

nor show favor to the elders.

17 (Eze 29:16; Isa 20:5) Our eyes failed us,

watching vainly for help;

in our watchtowers we watched

for a nation that could not save us.

18 (Am 8:2; Eze 7:2-12) They tracked our steps

so that we could not walk in our streets.

Our end drew near; our days were numbered,

for our end had come.

19 (Isa 5:26-28; Jer 4:13) Our pursuers were swifter

than the eagles of the skies.

They pursued us on the mountains;

they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

20 (Ge 2:7; 2Sa 19:21) The breath of our life, the anointed king of the Lord,

was captured in their traps,

of whom we said, "Under his shadow

we shall live among the nations."

21 (Job 1:1; Ps 137:7) Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,

you who dwell in the land of Uz!

The cup shall also pass to you;

you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

22 (Isa 40:2; Ps 137:7) The punishment of your iniquity,

O daughter of Zion, is accomplished;

He shall exile you no longer.

He shall punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom;

He will expose your sins!



Lamentations 5



A Prayer for Restoration



1 (Ps 44:13-16; La 3:61) Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;

look, and see our reproach!

2 (Zep 1:13; Isa 1:7) Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,

our homes to foreigners.

3 (Jer 18:21; Ex 22:24) We have become orphans and fatherless;

our mothers are like widows.

4 (Isa 3:1) We must pay for the water we drink;

our wood is sold to us.

5 (Ne 9:36-37) Our pursuers are at our necks;

we labor and have no rest.

6 (Hos 9:3; 12:1) We have given our hand to Egypt and to Assyria,

to be satisfied with bread.

7 (Jer 16:12; 31:29) Our fathers sinned and are no more,

but we bear their iniquities.

8 (Ne 5:15; Zec 11:6) Slaves rule over us;

there is no one to deliver us from their hand.

9 (Jer 40:9-12) We get our bread at the peril of our lives,

because of the sword in the wilderness.

10 (La 4:8; Job 30:30) Our skin is hot as an oven,

because of the terrible famine.

11 (Zec 14:2; Isa 13:16) They ravished the women in Zion,

the virgins in the cities of Judah.

12 (La 4:16; Isa 47:6) Princes were hung up by their hands,

the faces of elders were not honored.

13 (Jdg 16:21) Young men ground at the millstones;

boys staggered under loads of wood.

14 (Jer 7:34) The elders have left the city gate,

the young men stopped their music.

15 (Am 8:10) The joy of our hearts has ceased;

our dancing has turned into mourning.

16 (Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18) The crown has fallen from our head;

woe to us, for we have sinned!

17 (Isa 1:5; La 2:11) For this our heart is faint;

for these things our eyes grow dim;

18 (Mic 3:12) because of Mount Zion, which is desolate,

with foxes walking upon it.

19 (Ps 102:12; 45:6) You, O Lord, remain forever;

Your throne endures from generation to generation.

20 (Ps 13:1; 44:24) Why do You forget us forever,

and forsake us for so long a time?

21 (Ps 80:3; Jer 31:18) Restore us to Yourself, O Lord, that we may return!

Renew our days as of old,

22 (Ps 60:1-2) unless You have utterly rejected us,

and are very angry with us.



2) Our Daily Bread for 25 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/25/a-good-reason

A Good Reason



1 Timothy 5:1-8



1 Timothy 5



Duties Toward Others



1 (Lev 19:32; Titus 2:6) Do not rebuke an elder, but exhort him as a father,

the younger men as brothers,

2 the elder women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters,

with complete purity.

3 (Ac 6:1; 9:39) Honor widows that are widows indeed.

4 (1Ti 2:3; Ge 45:10-11) But if any widow has children or grandchildren,

let them learn first to show piety at home and to repay their parents.

For this is good and acceptable before God.

5 (Lk 2:37; 1Ti 5:3) Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate,

trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

6 (Lk 15:24; Jas 5:5) But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.

7 (1Ti 4:11) And these things command, that they may be blameless.

8 (Titus 1:16; Gal 6:10) But if any do not care for their own, and especially

for those of their own house, they have denied the faith

and are worse than unbelievers.



The two women occupied the aisle seats across from each other. The flight

was two hours, so I couldn't help but see some of their interactions.

It was clear they knew each other, might even be related.

The younger of the two (probably in her sixties) kept reaching in her bag

to hand the older (I’d guess in her nineties) fresh apple slices,

then homemade finger sandwiches, then a towelette for clean up,

and finally a crisp copy of the New York Times. Each hand-off was done

with such tenderness, such dignity. As we stood to exit the plane,

I told the younger woman, "I noticed the way you cared for her.

It was beautiful." She replied, "She's my best friend. She's my mother."



Wouldn't it be great if we could all say something like that?

Some parents are like best friends. Some parents are nothing like that.

The truth is those relationships are always complicated at best.

While Paul's letter to Timothy doesn’t ignore that complexity,

it still calls us to put our "religion into practice" by taking care of parents

and grandparents-our "relatives," our "own household" (1 Timothy 5:4, .



We all too often practice such care only if family members were

or are good to us. In other words, if they deserve it.

But Paul offers up a more beautiful reason to repay them.

Take care of them because "this is pleasing to God" (v. 4).



By: John Blase



Reflect & Pray



If your parents are still living, how would you describe

your relationship with them? Regardless of what kind of job

they did as parents, what are some ways you can take care

of them right now?



Father, give me grace and mercy as I seek

to care for those who cared for me.

And help me to remember the reason I'm doing it.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 4 Under the Mercy



Ps 13:5-6



5 I for my part confide in Your kindness;

may my heart exult in Your salvation!

6 I will sing to the Lord,

because He has dealt bountifully with me.



In Sheldon Vanauken's book "A Severe Mercy", Vanauken faced the "severe mercy"

of the untimely death of his wife. His friend C. S. Lewis , who had endured a

similar grief , comforted him through letters,

encouraging him with the exhotation, "Go under the Mercy".

While God's grace deals with sin and forgiveness,

God's mercy deals with the pain pf human existence. We all experience pain

- sometimes as a natural result of wrongs we have done, sometimes unfairly

as a consequence of living in a fallen world.

But for all who hurt, God provides

mercy - respite from pain, and the assurance of a Lord who cares.

David , in Psalm 13 says " I trust in your mercy, your unfailing love."

God's love never fail us, no matter how much we may have failed him.

David knew the consequences of sin; he knew what it meant to fail God,

to rebel against God's faithfulness. Yet David trusted in God's Goodness

rather than depending upon his own; he focused his attention upon the

mercy of the Lord.

We need, like David, to "Go under the mercy" , even when it is a "severe mercy."

Even when circumstances seem bad; even when things seem out of control; even

when we think God has forsaken us, yet his mercy is at work to bring us

fulfillment and cause us to turn to him

with a song of praise on our lips.



Application



a) How have I experienced the mercy of God?



b) How can these verses help me focus on God's

merciful intervention in my life even when circumstances seem

out of control?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Ps 1:3



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.





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



When you are Angry of Vengeful



James 1:19-25



Hearing and Doing the Word



19 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 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and remaining

wickedness and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able

to save your souls.

22 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 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.







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?)



New Brunswick



Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543



Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist

chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the

campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.

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

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

Islam.

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

which means Blessed Eid!"

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

know, and Muslims around the world:

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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



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

"What does this mean?"

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



Peter's Speech at Pentecost



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

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

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

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

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

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

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



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

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



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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -



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

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

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



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

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



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



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



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 25 of the Month



a) Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or

community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.



(Acts 2: 41,47b



41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized,

and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

)



b) Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true

justice for all.



( Prov 11:1



1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,

but a just weight is His delight.



)



Conclusion:





Pray to the Lord afor He is constant and eternal.



Pray to the Lord "Father, give me grace and mercy as I seek

to care for those who cared for me.

And help me to remember the reason I'm doing it."



Pray to the Lord and trust in His mercy, His unfailing love..



Pray to the Lord and to be rooted in Him.



Pray to the Lord and be a doer of the Word.



Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick to know Jesus as Saviour.



Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



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

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



Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or

community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.



Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true

justice for all.



Pray for families in Columbia that have been affected by violence.



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 236, 24 August 2021



Lamentations 1 - 2



Lamentations 1



The Sorrows of Jerusalem



1 (1Ki 4:21; Ezr 4:20) How lonely sits the city

that was full of people!

How she has become like a widow,

who was once great among the nations!

She who was a princess among the provinces

has become a slave!

2 (Ps 6:6; Mic 7:5) She weeps sorely in the night,

her tears are on her cheeks;

among all her lovers

she has none to comfort her.

All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;

they have become her enemies.

3 (Dt 28:64-67; La 2:9) Judah has gone into captivity,

under affliction and great servitude;

she dwells among the nations,

she finds no rest;

all her persecutors overtook her

in the midst of distress.

4 (Jer 9:11; Joel 1:8-13) The roads to Zion mourn

because no one comes to the solemn feasts.

All her gates are desolate;

her priests sigh,

her virgins are afflicted,

and she herself suffers bitterly.

5 (Ps 90:7-8; Jer 30:14-15) Her adversaries have become her masters,

her enemies prosper;

for the Lord has afflicted her

because of the multitude of her transgressions.

Her children have gone into captivity

before the enemy.

6From the daughter of Zion

all her beauty has departed.

Her princes have become like deer

that find no pasture;

they fled without strength

before the pursuer.

7 (Ps 42:4; 77:5-9) In the days of her affliction and misery

Jerusalem remembers all her pleasant things

that she had in the days of old.

When her people fell into the hand of the enemy,

there was no one to help her.

The adversaries saw her

and mocked at her desolation.

8 (Isa 59:2-13; La 1:20-22) Jerusalem has sinned grievously;

therefore she has become vile.

All who honored her despise her,

for they have seen her nakedness;

she herself sighs

and turns away.

9 (Dt 32:29; Isa 47:7) Her uncleanness is in her skirts;

she took no thought of her future;

therefore her fall is astounding;

she has no comforter.

"O Lord, look upon my affliction,

for the enemy has triumphed!"

10 (Dt 23:3; Jer 51:51) The adversary has spread his hand

over all her precious things;

for she has seen the nations

enter her sanctuary,

those whom You commanded

not to enter Your congregation.

11 (Jer 52:6; 38:9) All her people groan,

as they search for bread;

they trade their treasures for food

to restore their strength.

Look, O Lord, and consider,

for I am despised.

12 (Da 9:12) Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?

Look and see

if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,

which was brought upon me,

which the Lord has inflicted

on the day of His fierce anger.

13 (Job 30:30; Hab 3:16) From on high He has sent fire into my bones,

and it prevailed against them;

He has spread a net for my feet;

He turned me back;

He has made me desolate

and faint all the day long.

14 (Dt 28:48; Isa 47:6) The yoke of my transgressions

was bound; by His hand

they were fastened together; they were set upon my neck.

He made my strength fail;

the Lord delivered me into the hands

of those whom I am not able to withstand.

15 (Isa 28:18; 63:3) The Lord has trampled underfoot

all my mighty men in my midst;

He has called an assembly against me

to crush my young men;

The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah

as in a winepress.

16 (La 1:2; Jer 13:17) For these things I weep;

my eyes flow with tears;

for the comforter, who should relieve my soul,

is far from me.

My children are desolate

for the enemy has prevailed.

17 (Jer 4:31; Isa 1:15) Zion spreads out her hands,

but there is no one to comfort her;

the Lord has commanded against Jacob

that his neighbors should be his adversaries;

Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them.

18 (1Sa 12:14-15; Jer 12:1) The Lord is in the right,

for I have rebelled against His commandment.

Hear now, all peoples,

and see my sorrow;

my virgins and my young men

have gone into captivity.

19 (La 1:2; 1:11) I called for my lovers,

but they deceived me;

my priests and my elders

perished in the city,

while they sought food

to restore their strength.

20 (La 2:11; Dt 32:25) Look, O Lord, for I am in distress;

my soul is greatly troubled;

my heart is overturned within me,

for I have grievously rebelled.

In the street the sword bereaves,

at home it is like death.

21 (La 1:8; Jer 50:11) They have heard my groaning,

yet there is no one to comfort me.

All my enemies have heard of my trouble;

they are glad that You have done it.

Bring the day that You have announced,

that they become like me.

22 (Ne 4:4-5; Ps 109:14-15) Let all their wickedness come before You,

and do to them

as You have done to me

for all my transgressions;

for my groans are many,

and my heart is faint.



Lamentations 2



The Anger of God Over Jerusalem



1 (Ps 99:5; 132:7) How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion

with a cloud in His anger!

He has cast down from heaven to the earth

the beauty of Israel;

He has not remembered His footstool

in the day of His anger.

2 (Ps 89:39-40; La 2:17) The Lord has swallowed up without mercy

all the habitations of Jacob;

In His wrath He has thrown down

the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;

He has brought them down to the ground;

He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

3 (Ps 74:11; 75:5) He has cut off in fierce anger

all the might of Israel;

He has drawn back His right hand

from before the enemy.

He has burned against Jacob

like a flaming fire, devouring all around.

4 (Isa 42:25; Jer 7:20) He has bent His bow like an enemy,

with his right hand set like an adversary;

He has killed all who were pleasant to His eye;

in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion,

He has poured out His fury like fire.

5 (La 2:2; Jer 30:14) The Lord has become like an enemy;

He has swallowed up Israel,

He has swallowed up all her palaces;

He has destroyed her strongholds,

and has increased mourning and lamentation

in the daughter of Judah.

6 (La 1:4; Zep 3:18) He has violently taken away His tabernacle

as if it were a garden;

He has destroyed His place of assembly;

the Lord has caused the solemn feasts and Sabbaths

to be forgotten in Zion.

In his fierce indignation He has despised the king and the priest.

7 (Ps 74:3-8; 78:59-61) The Lord has scorned His altar,

He has disowned His sanctuary;

He has given up the walls of her palaces

into the hand of the enemy.

They have made a noise in the house of the Lord

as on the day of a solemn feast.

8 (2Ki 21:13; Isa 3:26) The Lord has purposed to destroy

the wall of the daughter of Zion.

He has stretched out a line;

He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying;

therefore He caused the rampart and the wall to lament;

they languished together.

9 (Ne 1:3; Hos 3:4) Her gates have sunk into the ground;

He has destroyed and broken her bars.

Her king and her princes are among the nations;

the Law is no more,

and her prophets find

no vision from the Lord.

10 (Isa 3:26; Job 2:12-13) The elders of the daughter of Zion

sit on the ground in silence;

they throw dust on their heads

and gird themselves with sackcloth.

The virgins of Jerusalem

bow their heads to the ground.

11 (Job 16:13; La 1:16) My eyes fail with tears,

my spirit is greatly troubled;

my bile is poured on the ground

because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,

because the children and infants faint

in the streets of the city.

12 They say to their mothers,

"Where is grain and wine?"

when they faint like a wounded man

in the streets of the city,

as their life is poured out

on their mothers' bosom.

13 (La 1:12; 2Sa 5:20) What can I say for you,

to what shall I liken you,

O daughter of Jerusalem?

What shall I compare with you,

that I may comfort you,

O virgin daughter of Zion?

For your devastation is great like the sea;

who can heal you?

14 (Isa 58:1; Jer 5:31) Your prophets have seen for you

false and deceptive visions;

they have not revealed your iniquity,

to bring back your captives,

but have seen for you oracles

that are false and misleading.

15 (Ps 48:2; Jer 18:16) All who pass by

clap their hands at you;

they hiss and shake their heads

at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,

"Is this the city that men call

the perfection of beauty,

the joy of the whole earth?"

16 (Ps 35:21; La 3:46) All your enemies

have opened their mouth against you;

they hiss and gnash their teeth.

They say, "We have swallowed her up!

Certainly this is the day that we longed for;

we have found it; we have seen it."

17 (Ps 89:42; Eze 5:11) The Lord has done what He planned;

He has fulfilled His word

that He had commanded in the days of old.

He has thrown down and has not pitied,

and He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;

He has exalted the power of your adversaries.

18 (Ps 119:145; Jer 9:1) Their heart cried to the Lord:

O wall of the daughter of Zion,

let your tears run down

like a river day and night;

give yourself no rest,

your eyes no respite!

19 (Ps 62:8; 1Sa 1:15; Isa 26:9) Arise, cry out in the night,

at the beginning of the watches;

pour out your heart like water

before the face of the Lord.

Lift your hands to Him

for the lives of your young children,

who faint for hunger

at the head of every street.

20 (Jer 19:9; La 4:10) Look, O Lord, and consider!

To whom have You done this?

Should the women eat their offspring,

the children who were born healthy?

Should the priest and the prophet be killed

in the sanctuary of the Lord?

21 (2Ch 36:17; Jer 13:14) The young and the old lie

on the ground in the streets;

my virgins and my young men

have fallen by the sword;

You have killed them in the day of Your anger,

You have slaughtered and not pitied.

22 (Jer 6:25; Ps 31:13) You have invited as to a feast day

the terrors all around;

in the day of the Lord's anger

no one escaped or survived;

those whom I held and raised

my enemy destroyed.



2) Our Daily Bread for 24 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/24/food-everywhere

God's Provision



Genesis 1:11-13,29-30 Matthew 6:28,30



Genesis 1



11 (Heb 6:7) Then God said, "Let the earth produce vegetation:Or grass.

plants yielding seed and fruit trees on the earth yielding fruit after

their kind with seed in them." And it was so.

12 The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind

and trees yielding fruit with seed in them after their kind.

And God saw that it was good.

13 So the evening and the morning were the third day.

29 (Ge 9:3; Ps 104:14-15) Then God said, "See, I have given you every

plant yielding seed which is on the face of all the earth

and every tree which has fruit yielding seed. It shall be food for you.

30 (Ps 147:9; 104:14) To every beast of the earth and to every bird

of the air and to everything that creeps on the earth

which has the breath of life in it, I have given every green plant

for food." And it was so.



Matthew 6



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.

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?"



We trekked deeper and deeper into the forest, venturing farther and farther

away from the village at Yunnan Province, China. After an hour or so,

we heard the deafening roar of the water. Quickening our steps,

we soon reached a clearing and were greeted by a beautiful view

of a curtain of white water cascading over the gray rocks. Spectacular!



Our hiking companions, who lived in the village we had left an hour earlier,

decided that we should have a picnic. Great idea, but where was the food?

We hadn't brought any. My friends disappeared into the surrounding forest

and returned with an assortment of fruits and vegetables and even some fish.

The shuixiangcai looked strange with its small purple flowers,

but tasted heavenly!



I was reminded that creation declares God's extravagant provision.

We can see proof of His generosity in "all sorts of seed-bearing plants,

and trees with seed-bearing fruit” (Genesis 1:12 nlt). God has made

and given us for food “every seed-bearing plant . . .

and every tree that has fruit with seed in it” (v. 29).



Do you sometimes find it hard to trust God to meet your needs?

Why not take a walk in nature? Let what you see remind you

of Jesus' assuring words: "Do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?'

or 'What shall we drink?' . . . Your heavenly Father knows that

you need [all these things]" (Matthew 6:31-32).



By: Poh Fang Chia



Reflect & Pray



How has God provided for you in the past?

How can you continue to lean on His provision in the present?



Loving Father, You're a generous provider.

Help me to trust You to meet my needs.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 3 The song of Exaltation



Exodus 15:2



2 The Lord is my strength and song,

and He has become my salvation.

He is my God, and I will praise Him;

my father's God, and I will exalt Him.



The world is full of music that communicates human emotion:

love, joy, sadness, separation.

A love song makes us misty-eyed; a song of protest arouses anger; a song

describing loss stimulates feelings of hurt and abandonment.

Music is a powerful force to swaythe human spirit.

Exodus 15:2 indicates that God should be the source of the songs in our hearts.

Human emotions vacillate; human relationships disappoint,

but God is our "strength" and our "song".

To exalt the Lord includes many different type of "songs".

"I can't carry a tune in a bucket," one woman complained.

"How can I sing to the Lord anything that will be pleasing to him?"

But the Lord does not delight in the professionalisn of our songs,

but in the motivation of our hearts. We can "sing to the Lord"

when we enjoy a Bach organ piece played for his glory.

We can exalt him in the words of Scripture - either remembered or sung.

We can worship him by enjoying the songs of others.

The key to making the Lord our song is exaltation. When our thoughts

lift him up in praise, we are singing a song of exaltation to the Lord.

When God is exlted in our songs, in our hearts, and in our thoughts,

that focus gives strength to our lives. We can face the difficulties

that are an inevitable part of experience,

because God is our "strength and our song".



Application



a) What is the difference between a song that is professionally performed

and one that exalts the Lord?



b) What practical steps can I take to make my daily life a "song of praise" to God?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Proverbs 28:13



13 He who covers his sins will not prosper,

but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.



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



When you are Angry or Vengeful



Prov 15:1



1 A soft answer turns away wrath,

but grievous words stir up anger.



Proverbs 25:28



28 He who has no rule over his own spirit

is like a city that is broken down and without walls.



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?)



New Brunswick



Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543



Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist

chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the

campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.

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

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

Islam.

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

which means Blessed Eid!"

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

know, and Muslims around the world:

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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



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

"What does this mean?"

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



Peter's Speech at Pentecost



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

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

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

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

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

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

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



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

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



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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -



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

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

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



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

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



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



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



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 24 of the Month



a) Pray that the Lord will open a door for the message for the Gospel

at every level of Canadian Society. (



Col 4:3



3 while praying also for us, that God would open to

us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ,

for which I am also in chains,

)



b) Pray for the Province of Saskatchewan



I) Pray for the leaders of Saskatchewan,

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 and pray to be obedient to His will.



Pray to the Lord "Loving Father, You're a generous provider.

Help me to trust You to meet my needs."



Pray to the Lord and sing Him A Song of Praise.



Pray to the Lord and cofess you sins openly to Him.



Pray to the Lord and pray no to quicken to anger.



Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick 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 open a door for the message for the Gospel

at every level of Canadian Society.



Pray for outreach efforts in Eastern Tajikistan.



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.