Day 213 - 1 August 2021 reflections
Day 213, 1 August 2021
Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/
We focused on Psalms 51.
Let's Get some background on Psalms 51
2 SAMUEL 11
David and Bathsheba
1 (1Ch 20:1; 1Ki 20:22; 20:26) In the spring of the year, the time
when the kings go out to battle, David sent out Joab and his officers,
all of Israel with him. They brought to ruin the Ammonites
and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
2 (Dt 22:8; Mt 5:28) One evening when David arose from his bed
and was walking on the roof of the king's house, from the roof
he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
3 (2Sa 23:39; 1Ch 3:5) So, David sent someone to inquire about the woman.
And it was asked, "Is this not Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam,
the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
4 (Lev 18:19; Jas 1:14-15) So David sent messengers, and took her;
and she came to him, and he lay with her. When she had purified
herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.
5 (Dt 22:22) The woman conceived. So she sent a message
and reported to David, "I am pregnant."
6 Then David sent an order to Joab, "Send Uriah the Hittite to me."
So, Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 (Ge 37:14; 1Sa 17:22) When Uriah came to him, David asked
about the welfare of Joab, the people, and the fighting.
8 (Ge 18:4) Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house. Wash your feet."
So Uriah left the house of the king, and a gift from the king followed him.
9 But Uriah slept at the entrance of the house of the king with all
of the servants of his lord; he did not go down to his house.
10 When they reported to David, saying, "Uriah did not go down to his house,"
David said to Uriah, "Have you not come from a journey?
Why did you not go down to your house?"
11 (2Sa 7:2; 7:6) Uriah responded to David, "The ark, Israel, and Judah dwell
in make shift shelters. My lord Joab and the officers of my lord are camping
in the open field. But I may enter my house to eat, to drink,
and to sleep with my wife? As you live and as your soul lives,
I will not do this thing!"
12 So David said to Uriah, "Remain here another day, and I will send you back
tomorrow." Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the following day.
13 Now David invited him to eat in his presence, and he drank until he got
Uriah drunk. In the evening, he went to lie down in his lodging
with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
14 (1Ki 21:8-10) That morning, David wrote a message to Joab
and sent it by way of Uriah.
15 (2Sa 12:9) He wrote in the message, "Send Uriah to the front of the line
where the fighting is heaviest then withdraw from him,
so that he may be struck down and die."
16 So as Joab was besieging the city, he stationed Uriah in a place
where he knew fierce men were.
17 When the men of the city came out, they fought with Joab,
and some people among those who served David fell;
Uriah the Hittite died among them.
18 Joab sent word to inform David of all of the events of the battle.
19 He instructed the messenger, "When you finish telling the king
all the details of the battle,
20 if his anger rises and he says to you, 'Why did you approach
so near to the city? Did you not know that they might shoot
from the city wall?
21 Who killed Abimelek the son of Jerub-Besheth?
Did not a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the city wall
so that he died at Thebez? Why did you approach so near to the city wall?'
You shall then say, 'Additionally your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.' "
22 So the messenger departed and came to report to David everything that Joab
had sent with him.
23 The messenger reported to David, "The men prevailed over us
when they came out against us in the open field, but we drove them
back to the entrance of the gate.
24 Then the archers shot at your servants from upon the city wall,
and some of those who serve the king are dead.
Even your servant Uriah the Hittite died."
25 So David replied to the messenger, "Thus you shall report to Joab,
'Do not allow this thing to dismay you, for the sword devours one as well
as another. Sustain your attack against the city and bring it to ruin.'
Encourage him with this reply."
26 When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead,
she mourned for her husband.
27 (2Sa 12:9; Ps 51:4-5) When the time of mourning was concluded,
David sent for her and brought her to his house. She became his wife
and bore him a son.
But the thing that David had done was displeasing to the Lord.
2 SAMUEL 12
Nathan Rebukes David
1Ch 20:1-3
1 (1Ki 20:35-41) The Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said,
"There were two men in a certain city. One was wealthy,
but the other was poor.
2 The wealthy man had a very large flock and herd,
3 (2Sa 11:3) but the poor man had nothing except a single small ewe lamb
that he had acquired. He nourished it and raised it together with himself
and his sons. From his crumbs, it would eat; from his cup, it would drink;
and in his arms it would lie. It was like a daughter to him.
4 "There came a visitor to the wealthy man, but he was unwilling to take
from his own flock or herd to prepare a meal for the wanderer
who had come to him. Instead he took the poor man's ewe lamb
and prepared food for the wanderer who had come to him."
5 (1Sa 26:16) David became very angry because of this man. He said to Nathan,
"As the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die.
6 (Ex 22:1; Lk 19:8) And he shall restore the lamb fourfold,
because he did this thing, and because he had no pity."
7 (1Sa 16:13) Then Nathan told David, "You are this man! Thus says the Lord,
the God of Israel: I anointed you as king over Israel and I rescued you from
the hand of Saul."
So now
PSALMS 51
For the Music Director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the Prophet came to him,
after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
{A psalm of repentance}
{vv 1-9 focuses on confession and reconciliation}
{vv 10-19 focuses on the transformative work that the Holy Spirit
does throughout the process of our repentance}
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to Your lovingkindness;
according to the abundance of Your compassion,
blot out my transgressions{Pesha}.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin{khatta'th}.
{The very nature of Sin is rebelling against Yahweh and going against his
purposes and plans for us. And it is his redemptive work through Jesus
on the cross, that enables us to get right with HIm.
}
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) For I acknowledge my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Against You, You only, have I sinned,
and done this evil in Your sight,
so that You are justified when You speak,
and You are blameless when You judge.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin my mother conceived me.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) You desire truth in the inward parts,
and in the hidden part You make me to know wisdom.
{Note the weight of sin}
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Make me to hear joy and gladness,
that the bones that You have broken may rejoice.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Hide Your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
{hyssop is an herb used for ceremonial cleansing}
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Create {bara} in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not cast me away from Your presence,
and do not take Your Holy Spirit fromme.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
and uphold me with Your willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
and sinners will return to You.
{Only the Holy Spirit can help with the purging of sin}
14 Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God,
God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.
{The joy of confession}
16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, You will not despise.
{Broken and contrite heart is the key}
18 Do good to Zion in Your good pleasure;
build the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then You will be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
with burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
then they will offer young bulls on Your altar.
{Community affected
Application
We need to repent of our sin just like David did.
When we repent we too acknowledge the need for God
who speaks truth into our lives, transforming and renewig our spirit
through His Holy Spirit
When we allow God's transformative work into our lives,
it seeps into the community around us.
Repentance isn't just us saying "I'm sorry" to God, but it us making
ourselves vulnerable to Him and desiring him to create something
new out of us.
}
Romans 10:9-10
9 (Lk 12:8; Php 2:11) that if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord,
and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved,
10 for with the heart one believes unto righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Proverbs 28:13
13 (Job 31:33; Ps 32:3-5) He who covers his sins will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
1 John 1:9
9 (Ps 32:5; Pr 28:13) If we confess our sins, He is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2 Kings 20-21
2 Kings 20
Hezekiah's Life Extended
2Ch 32:24-26; Isa 38:1-8
1(2Sa 17:23) In those days Hezekiah became ill and was near death.
The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him, and said to him,
"Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live."
2 Then he turned his face toward the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying,
3 (Ne 13:22; 2Ki 18:3–6) "Please, O Lord, remember how I have walked before
You faithfully and with an undivided heart and have done what is good
in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Now before Isaiah had come out of the middle courtyard,
the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
5 (1Sa 9:16; 2Ki 19:20) "Turn back and say to Hezekiah the leader of My
people: Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father:
I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will heal you.
On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
6 (2Ki 19:34) I will add to your days fifteen years, and I will deliver you
and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria.
I will defend this city for My own sake and for the sake of David My servant."
7 (Isa 38:21) Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs."
So they took it and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me,
and that I should go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?"
9 Isaiah said, "This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will
do the thing that He has spoken: Should the shadow walk forward ten steps
or go back ten steps?"
10 And Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow to stretch
ten steps, so let it go back ten steps."
11 (Jos 10:12–14; Isa 38:8) Isaiah the prophet called to the Lord,
and He made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.
Envoys From Babylon
Isa 39:1-8; 2Ch 32:32-33
12 (2Ch 32:31; Isa 39:1-8) At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan,
king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah,
for he had heard that Hezekiah had been ill.
13 Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them all the treasure house,
the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, all the armory,
and all that was found in his storehouses.
There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion
that Hezekiah did not show them.
14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him,
"What did these men say? From where did they come to you?"
Hezekiah said, "They came from a distant land, from Babylon."
15 He said, "What have they seen in your house?"
Hezekiah said, "They have seen everything in my house.
There is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them."
16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the Lord:
17 (2Ki 24:13; 2Ch 36:10) The days are coming when everything that is
in your house and that your fathers have stored up until this day
will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord.
18 (2Ch 33:11; 2Ki 24:12) Some of your sons who go out from you,
who will be born to you, will be taken away.
They will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."
19 (1Sa 3:18) Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah,
"The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good."
And he said, "Why not, if there is peace and security in my days?"
The Death of Hezekiah
20 (Ne 3:16; 2Ch 32:32) The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah, all his power,
how he made a pool and a conduit and brought water into the city,
are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
21 (2Ch 32:33) Hezekiah slept with his fathers,
and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
2 Kings 21
Manasseh, King of Judah
2Ch 33:1-20
1 (Isa 62:4) Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king,
and he reigned 55 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah.
2 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations
of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the children of Israel.
3 (2Ki 17:16; 18:4) He went back and rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah
his father had destroyed. He erected altars for Baal, made an Asherah pole
as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshipped all the host of heaven
and served them.
4 (2Sa 7:13; 1Ki 8:29) He built altars in the house of the Lord,
of which the Lord had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name."
5 (1Ki 7:12; 6:36) He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts
of the house of the Lord.
6 (Lev 18:21; 19:31) He made his son pass through the fire,
was conjuring and seeking omens, and dealt with mediums and soothsayers.
He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.
7 (1Ki 8:29; 9:3) He put a carved image of Asherah that he had made
in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son,
"In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes
of Israel, I will put My name forever.
8 (2Sa 7:10) I will not make the feet of Israel to wander homeless
from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they will be careful
to do according to all that I have commanded them and according
to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them."
9 (Pr 29:12) But they did not listen. Manasseh led them to do more evil
than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.
10 The Lord spoke by His servants the prophets, saying,
11 (1Ki 21:26; 2Ki 24:3-4)"Because Manasseh king of Judah
has done these abominations, things more evil than all that the Amorites did,
and has also caused Judah to sin with his idols,
12 (1Sa 3:11; Jer 19:3) therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel:
I am bringing evil on Jerusalem and Judah, such evil that the ears
of whoever hears about it will tingle.
13 (Isa 34:11; Am 7:7-8) I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring
line of Samaria and the level of the house of Ahab,
and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl,
wiping it and turning it upside down.
14 (Jer 23:33; 2Ki 19:4) I will disregard the remnant of My inheritance
and give them into the hand of their enemies.
They shall become plunder and spoil for all their enemies,
15 because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me
to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day."
16 (2Ki 21:11) Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood very much,
until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to the other;
besides his sin he caused Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
17 Now the rest of the deeds of Manasseh, all that he did, and his sin
that he committed, are they not written in the book
of the annals of the kings of Judah?
18 (2Ch 33:20; 2Ki 21:26) Manasseh slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza.
Amon his son reigned in his place.
Amon, King of Judah
2Ch 33:21-25
19 (2Ch 33:21-23) Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king.
He reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth,
daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.
21He walked in all the ways that his father walked,
served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them.
22 (1Ki 11:33; 2Ki 22:17) He abandoned the Lord God of his fathers,
and he did not walk in the way of the Lord.
23 (2Ki 12:20; 14:19) The servants of Amon conspired against him
and killed the king in his house.
24 (2Ki 14:5) But the people of the land struck all those who conspired
against King Amon, and the Âpeople of the land made
Josiah his son king in his place.
25 Now the rest of the deeds of Amon that he did,
are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
26 (2Ki 21:18) And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza,
and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
2) Our Daily Bread for 1 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/01/who-needs-your-support
entitled Who Needs Your Support?
Jeremiah 26:12-15,20-24
12 (Jer 26:15; Ac 4:19) Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials
and to all the people, saying, “"The Lord sent me to prophesy
against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
13 (Jer 26:3; Joel 2:14) Therefore now amend your ways and your deeds,
and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent
of the disaster that He has pronounced against you.
14 (Jer 38:5; Jos 9:25) As for me, here I am in your hand.
Do with me as seems good and right to you.
15 (Nu 35:33; Pr 6:17) But know for certain that if you put me to death,
you will surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves
and upon this city and upon the inhabitants.
For truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears."
20 (1Sa 7:2; Jos 9:17) There was also a man that prophesied in the name
of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim,
who prophesied against this city and against this land according
to all the words of Jeremiah.
21 (Mt 10:23; 2Ch 16:10) And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men
and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death.
But when Uriah heard it, he was afraid and fled and went into Egypt.
22 (2Ki 22:12; 22:14 )And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt:
namely, Elnathan the son of Akbor and certain men with him into Egypt.
23 (Jer 2:30) They brought Uriah out of Egypt and led him
to Jehoiakim the king, who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body
into the graves of the common people.
24 (1Ki 18:4; 2Ki 22:12-14) Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan
was with Jeremiah, with the result that he was not given into the hands
of the people to put him to death.
Clifford Williams was sentenced to die for a murder he didn't commit.
From death row he vainly filed motions to reconsider the evidence against him.
Each petition was denied—-or 42 years. Then attorney Shelley Thibodeau
learned of his case. She found that not only was there no evidence
to convict Williams, but that another man had confessed to the crime.
At the age of 76, Williams was finally exonerated and released.
The prophets Jeremiah and Uriah were also in deep trouble.
They had told Judah that God promised to judge His people
if they didn't repent (Jeremiah 26:12–13, 20). This message angered
the people and officials of Judah, who sought to kill both prophets.
They succeeded with Uriah. He fled to Egypt, but was brought back
to face the king, who "had him struck down with a swordâ€"(v. 23).
Why didn't they kill Jeremiah? In part because Ahikam
"stood up for Jeremiah" (nlt), "and so he was not handed
over to the people to be put to death" (v. 24).
We may not know anyone facing death, but we probably know someone
who could use our support. Whose rights are trampled?
Whose talents are dismissed? Whose voice isn't heard?
It may be risky to step out like Thibodeau or Ahikam, but it's so right.
Who needs us to stand up for them as God guides us?
By: Mike Wittmer
Reflect & Pray
Whom can you stand with? If you voice your support,
what do you think might happen to them, to you, and to others?
Loving God, help me to love others as You've loved me.
Learn more at https://DiscoverTheWord.org/series/the-mercy-prayer/ .
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 1 - Sin Universal
Romans 3:23-24
23 (Ro 3:9) For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,
24 (Ro 4:16; Col 1:14) being justified freely by His grace
through the redemption that is in Christ ÂJesus,
A distinguished middle-aged man stood trembling before his church
to give his testimony. Years before, in the grip of a mental illness
that nearly destroyed his life, he had taken the life of his own daughter
and tried to kill himself. But he did not die; tried and convicted, he
spent years in prison, and even longer in the prison of his own guilt.
After the service, a young woman walked up to him and simply said,
"Thank you for sharing. I've sinned, too."
We've all sinned, too - lest we forget or rationalise, the Bible reminds
us in no uncertain terms. And the writer of these verses was no stranger
to sin: he was the Pharisee, the holier-than-thou religious leader
who officiated at the stoning death of Stephen. He was the Jew who had
scattered and killed the followers of this heretic claaed Christ. He
thought he was righteous while he murdered God's people.
Christians tends to establish a "hierarchy" of sin - sexual sin is "worse"
than pride: murder is "more horrible" than slander. Yet the Bible gives
no indication that god acknowledges our hierarchy. Sin is sin; all have
sinned, and if we are guilty at one point, we are guilty of all.
Rather than rationise our individual sins as being "less bad"
than someone else's, we need to openly confess our dilemma as sinners
and turn to God for his remedy. We cannot and do not need to earn or
deserve that grace - it is a gift from God.
Application
a) Have I ever compared my sin with someone else's in order
to make myself fell like a better person? Why is such
comparison not a valid remedy for sin?
b) Why do I need to acknowledge my sin honestly before I can
receive justification?
c) How can these verses help me keep my own sin in perspective -
that is, keep me from comparing myself to others,
and help me be honest with God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Haggai 2:7-9
7 (1Ki 8:11; Isa 60:7) And I will shake all the nations,
and they will come with the wealth of all nations,
and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of Hosts.
8 (Isa 60:17) The silver is mine, and the gold is Mine,
says the Lord of Hosts.
9 (Isa 9:6–7) The glory of this latter house will be greater
than the former, says the Lord of Hosts. And in this place
I will give peace, says the Lord of Hosts.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Help in Times of Temptation
James 1:12-18
Trial and Temptation
12 (Jas 2:5; 1Co 9:25; 2Ti 4:8)Blessed is the man who endures temptation,
for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life,
which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God,"
for God cannot be tempted with evil; neither does He tempt anyone.
14 But each man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
15 (Job 15:35; Ps 7:14) Then, when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin;
and when sin is finished, it brings forth death.
16 (Jas 1:19; 2:5) Do not err, my beloved brothers.
17 (Mal 3:6; Nu 23:19; Jn 3:27) Every good gift and every perfect gift
is from above and comes down from the Father of lights,
with whom is no change or shadow of turning.
18 (1Pe 1:23; Jn 1:13; Rev 14:4) Of His own will He brought us forth with
the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of His creatures.
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
1st Day of the month
1) Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada
(
Joel 2:28 And it will be that, afterwards,
I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream
dreams, and your young men will see visions.
Acts 2:17 "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.
)
2) Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister
would be directed to do that which pleases God
(Prov 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord,
as the rivers of water;)
Conclusion:
Pray a prayer of repentance of your sins to the Lord like David
and Hezekiah did.
Pray to the Lord "Loving God, help me to love others as You've loved me."
Pray to the Lord and the for He has the solution for the Redemption on Sin.
Pray to the Lord and give Him thanks for being the Wealth of everything.
Pray to the Lord to seek a way out of temptation.
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 an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on your country.
Pray that the heart of Prime Minister, Monarch and President of your country
would be directed to do that which pleases God
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.