Day 219 - 7 August 2021 reflections
Day 219, 7 August 2021
Jeremiah 4-6
Jeremiah 4
Judah Threatened With Invasion
1 (Joel 2:12; Jer 3:22) If you will return, O Israel,
says the Lord,
return to Me.
And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,
then you shall not be moved.
2 (Isa 65:16; Jer 9:24; Ge 22:18) You shall swear, "As the Lord lives,"
in truth, in justice, and in righteousness;
then the nations shall bless themselves in Him,
and in Him they shall glory.
3 (Hos 10:12; Mt 13:7) For thus says the Lord to
the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
Break up your fallow ground,
and do not sow among thorns.
4 (Dt 10:16; Jer 9:26) Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
and take away the foreskins of your heart,
you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
lest My fury come forth like fire,
and burn so that no one can quench it,
because of the evil of your deeds.
5 (Jer 8:14; Jos 10:20) Declare in Judah and publish in Jerusalem, and say:
Blow the trumpet in the land.
Cry aloud and say,
"Assemble yourselves,
and let us go into the fortified cities."
6 (Jer 1:13-15; 50:2 ) Set up the standard toward Zion.
Seek refuge, do not delay.
For I will bring disaster from the north,
and a great destruction.
7 (Jer 2:15; Isa 1:7) The lion has come up from his thicket,
and the destroyer of the nations is on his way.
He has gone forth from his place
to make your land desolate.
And your cities shall be laid waste
without an inhabitant.
8 (Isa 22:12; Jer 6:26) For this gird yourself with sackcloth,
lament and howl.
For the fierce anger of the Lord
is not turned back from us.
9 (Isa 22:3-5; 29:9-10) It shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord,
that the heart of the king will fail and the heart of the officials;
and the priests will be astonished
and the prophets will wonder.
10 (Jer 5:12) Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! Surely You have greatly deceived
this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You shall have peace,'
whereas the sword reaches the throat."
11 (Eze 17:10; Hos 13:15) At that time it will be said to this people
and to Jerusalem: A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness
toward the daughter of My people, not to fan or to cleanse,
12 (Jer 1:16) even a full wind from those places, will come to Me.
Now also I will pronounce judgments against them.
13 (Isa 5:28; 19:1) Look! He shall come up as clouds,
and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind.
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!
14 (Jas 4:8; Pr 1:22) O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
that you may be saved.
How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
15 (Jer 8:16) For a voice declares from Dan,
and publishes wickedness from Mount Ephraim:
16 (Jer 5:15; Eze 21:22) "Report it to the nations, now!"
Indeed, proclaim against Jerusalem:
"Besiegers come from a far country,
and lift their voices against the cities of Judah.
17 (Jer 5:23; 2Ki 25:1-4) As watchmen of a field, they are against her all around,
because she has been rebellious against Me,
says the Lord.
18 (Jer 2:19; Ps 107:17; Isa 50:1) Your way and your deeds
have procured these things to you.
This is your wickedness.
How bitter it is!
How it touches your heart!"
Sorrow for a Doomed Nation
19 (Isa 16:11; 22:4) My soul, my soul!
I am pained at my very heart.
My heart makes a noise in me.
I cannot hold my peace,
because you have heard, O my soul,
the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
20 (Ps 42:7) Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed,
for the whole land is devastated.
Suddenly are my tents devastated,
and my curtains in a moment.
21 How long shall I see the standard
and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 (Ro 16:19; 1Co 14:20) "For My people are foolish,
they have not known Me.
They are foolish children,
and they have no understanding.
They are wise to do evil,
but to do good they have no knowledge."
23 (Ge 1:2; Isa 5:30) I looked on the earth,
and it was without form and void.
And to the heavens,
and they had no light.
24 (Isa 5:25; Eze 38:20 ) I looked on the mountains,
and they trembled,
and all the hills moved to and fro.
25 I looked, and there was no man,
and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
26 (Ps 107:34) I looked, and the fruitful place was a wilderness,
and all the cities were broken down
at the presence of the Lord, and by His fierce anger.
27 (Jer 5:10; 5:18) For thus says the Lord:
The whole land shall be desolate.
Yet I will not make a full end.
28 (Nu 23:19; Isa 50:3) For this the earth shall mourn,
and the heavens above be black,
because I have spoken it, I have purposedit,
and will not relent, nor will I turn back from it.
29 (Isa 2:19-21; Jer 4:7) The whole city shall flee
for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen.
They shall go into thickets
and climb up upon the rocks.
Every city shall be forsaken,
and not a man dwell in it.
30 (2Ki 9:30; La 1:2) When you are devastated, what will you do?
Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold,
though you enlarge your eyes with paint,
in vain you will make yourself fair.
Your lovers will despise you;
they will seek your life.
31 (Isa 1:15; La 1:17) For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor,
and the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
the voice of the daughter of Zion,
that bewails herself, that spreads her hands, saying,
"Ah, woe is me,
for my soul is wearied because of murderers."
Jeremiah 5
The Justice of God's Judgment
1 (2Ch 16:9; Eze 22:30) Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
see now and know;
seek in the open places
if you can find a man,
if there is any who executes justice, who seeks the truth,
that I may pardon her.
2 (Titus 1:16; Isa 48:1) Though they say, "The Lord lives,"
surely they swear falsely.
3 (Jer 2:30; 2Ch 16:9) O Lord, are not Your eyes upon the truth?
You have stricken them, but they have not grieved.
You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction.
They have made their faces harder than a rock;
they have refused to return.
4 (Jer 8:7; Isa 27:11) Therefore I said, "Surely these are the poor.
They are foolish;
for they know not the way of the Lord
or the judgment of their God.
5 (Jer 2:20) I will go to the great men
and will speak to them,
for they have known the way of the Lord
and the judgment of their God."
But these have altogether broken the yoke
and burst the bonds.
6 (Jer 4:7; Hab 1:8) Therefore a lion out of the forest will slay them,
and a wolf from the deserts will destroy them;
a leopard will watch over their cities.
Everyone who goes out from there will be torn in pieces,
because their transgressions are many
and their backslidings have increased.
7 (Dt 32:21; Jos 23:7) How shall I pardon you for this?
Your children have forsaken Me
and sworn by those who are not gods.
When I had fed them to the full,
then they committed adultery
and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
8 (Jer 13:27; Eze 22:11) They were as fed horses in the morning;
everyone neighed after his neighbour's wife.
9 (Jer 9:9; 5:29) Shall I not punish for these things? says the Lord,
and shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 (Jer 4:27; 39:8) Go up upon her walls and destroy,
but make not a full end.
Take away her battlements.
For they are not the Lord’s.
11 (Jer 3:20) For the house of Israel and the house of Judah
have dealt very treacherously againstMe,
says the Lord.
12 (2Ch 36:16; Jer 43:2-3) They have lied about the Lord,
and said, "Not He.
Neither shall evil come upon us,
nor shall we see sword or famine."
13 (Jer 14:15; Job 8:2) And the prophets shall become wind,
and the word is not in them.
Thus it shall be done to them!
14 (Jer 1:9; 23:29) Therefore thus says the Lord God of Hosts:
Because you speak this word,
indeed I will make My words in your mouth fire
and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 (Dt 28:49; Isa 5:26) Truly, I will bring a nation upon you from far,
O house of Israel, says the Lord.
It is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know,
nor do you understand what they say.
16 (Ps 5:9; Isa 5:28) Their quiver is as an open sepulcher,
they all are mighty men.
17 (Lev 26:16; Dt 28:33) They will eat up your harvest and your bread
which your sons and your daughters should eat.
They will eat up your flocks and your herds;
they will eat up your vines and your fig trees;
they will impoverish your fenced cities,
in which you trusted, with the sword.
18 (Jer 4:27; 5:10) Nevertheless in those days, says the Lord,
I will not make a full end of you.
19 (1Ki 9:8-9; Jer 13:22) It shall come to pass when they say,
"Why does the Lord our God do all these things to us?"
then you shall answer them, "As you have forsaken Me
and served strange gods in your land, so you will serve
strangers in a land that is not yours."
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob
and publish it in Judah, saying:
21 (Isa 6:9-10; Eze 12:2) Hear this now, O foolish people
and without understanding,
who have eyes but do not see,
who have ears but do not hear.
22 (Ps 119:120; Dt 28:58) Do you not fear Me? says the Lord.
Will you not tremble at My presence?
For I have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea
by a perpetual decree so that it cannot pass over it.
And though the waves toss themselves, yet they cannot prevail;
though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
23 (Jer 6:28) But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart;
they have revolted and gone aside.
24 (Ge 8:22; Ps 147:8) They do not say in their heart,
"Let us now fear the Lord our God,
who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season.
He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest."
25 (Jer 3:3) Your iniquities have turned away these things,
and your sins have withheld good things from you.
26 (Pr 1:11; Jer 18:22) For among My people are found wicked men.
They lie in wait, as he who sets snares;
they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds,
so are their houses full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and rich.
28 (Dt 32:15; Isa 1:23) They are fat, they are sleek.
Indeed, they excel in deeds of wickedness.
They do not judge the cause of the fatherless,
so that they may prosper;
and the right of the needy they do not defend.
29 (Jer 5:9; Mal 3:50) Shall I not punish them for these things?
says the Lord.
Shall not My soul be avenged
on such a nation as this?
30 (Jer 23:14; Hos 6:10) An appalling and horrible thing
has been committed in the land.
31 (Eze 13:6; Mic 2:11) The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority;
and My people love to have it so.
Yet what will you do in the end?
Jeremiah 6
Siege of Jerusalem
1 (Ne 3:14; Jdg 1:21) O sons of Benjamin, gather yourselves
to flee from the midst of Jerusalem,
and blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
and set up a sign of fire in Beth Hakkerem;
for disaster appears out of the north,
and great destruction.
2 (Isa 1:8; Jer 4:31) I have likened the daughter of Zion
to a comely and delicate woman.
3 (Lk 19:43) The shepherds with their flocks will come to her.
They will pitch their tents against her all around.
They will pasture each in his place.
4 (Jer 15:8; Joel 3:9) "Prepare war against her;
arise, and let us go up at noon."
"Woe to us, for the day declines,
for the shadows of the evening are stretched out."
5Isa 32:14; Jer 52:13 "Arise, and let us go by night
and let us destroy her palaces."
6 For thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Hew down trees
and build a mound against Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished.
She is full of oppression in her midst.
7 (Eze 7:11; 7:23) As a fountain casts out her waters,
so she casts out her wickedness.
Violence and devastation are heard in her;
before Me continually are grief and wounds.
8 (Eze 23:18; Hos 9:12) Be instructed, O Jerusalem,
lest My soul depart from you;
lest I make you desolate,
a land not inhabited.
9 (Jer 16:16; 49:9) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
They will thoroughly glean
the remnant of Israel as a vine.
Turn back your hand
as a grape gatherer into the baskets.
10 (Ac 7:51; Jer 7:26) To whom shall I speak and give warning
that they may hear?
See, their ears are closed,
and they cannot listen.
Indeed, the word of the Lord is a reproach to them;
they have no delight in it.
11 (Jer 9:21; 20:9) Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord;
I am weary with holding in.
I will pour it out upon the children in the street
and upon the assembly of young men together;
for even the husband with the wife shall be taken,
the aged with him who is full of days.
12 (Jer 8:10; Isa 5:25) Their houses shall be turned to others,
with their fields and wives together;
for I will stretch out My hand
upon the inhabitants of the land,
says the Lord.
13 (Jer 8:10; 23:11) For from the least of them even to the greatest of them,
everyone is given to covetousness.
And from the prophet even to the priest,
everyone deals falsely.
14 (Eze 13:10; Jer 4:10) They have healed also the brokenness
of the daughter of My people superficially,
saying, "Peace, peace,"
when there is no peace.
15 (Jer 3:3; 8:12) Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
They were not at all ashamed,
nor could they blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
at the time that I punish them they shall be cast down,
says the Lord.
16 (Jer 18:15; Isa 8:20) Thus says the Lord
Stand in the ways and see,
and ask for the old paths
where the good way is and walk in it,
and you shall find rest for your souls.
But they said, "We will not walk in it."
17 (Isa 21:11; 58:1) Also I set watchmen over you, saying,
"Listen to the sound of the trumpet."
But they said, "We will not listen."
18 Therefore hear, O nations,
and know, O congregation,
what is among them.
19 (Jer 8:9; Isa 1:2) Hear, O earth.
I will bring calamity on this people,
even the fruit of their thoughts,
because they have not listened to My words,
nor to My law, but rejected it.
20 (Isa 1:11; Ps 40:6; Isa 60:6 ) To what purpose does incense
from Sheba come to Me,
and the sweet cane from a far country?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
nor are your sacrifices sweet to Me.
21 (Isa 8:14; 9:14-17) Therefore thus says the Lord:
See, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people,
and the fathers and the sons together will fall upon them.
The neighbor and his friend will perish.
22 (Jer 10:22; 50:41-43) Thus says the Lord:
See, a people comes
from the north country,
and a great nation will be raised
from the remote parts of the earth.
23 (Isa 13:18; Jer 50:42) They will lay hold on bow and spear;
they are cruel and have no mercy.
Their voice roars like the sea,
and they ride upon horses,
set in array as men for war
against you, O daughter of Zion.
24 (Jer 4:31; 49:24) "We have heard the report of it;
our hands grow feeble.
Anguish has taken hold of us,
and pain as of a woman in labor.
25 (Jer 49:29; Job 18:11) Do not go out into the field,
nor walk on the road.
For the sword of the enemy
and terror is on every side."
26 (Jer 4:8; Zec 12:10) O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth
and wallow in ashes.
Mourn as for an only son,
a most bitter lamentation;
for the destroyer
shall suddenly come upon us.
27 (Jer 1:18; 15:20) I have set you as an assayer
and fortress among My people
that you may know
and try their way.
28 (Jer 9:4; 5:23) They all are stubborn rebels
walking about practicing slander.
They are bronze and iron;
they all are corrupters.
29 The bellows blow fiercely,
the lead is consumed by the fire;
the founder melts in vain,
for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 (Ps 119:119; Isa 1:22) Men will call them rejected silver,
because the Lord has rejected them.
2) Our Daily Bread for7 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/07/first-forgive
entitled
Genesis 33:1–11
Jacob Meets Esau
1 Then Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming and four hundred men with him.
So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.
2 He put the female servants and their children in front, then Leah
and her children next, and then Rachel and Joseph last. 3 He went on before them,
bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4 But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck
and kissed him, and they wept. 5 When Esau looked up and saw
the women and the children, he said, "Who are those with you?"
Jacob said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."
6 Then the female servants came near, they and their children,
and they bowed down. 7 Leah also with her children came near
and bowed themselves. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near,
and they bowed themselves.
8 Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company that I met?"
Jacob answered, “These are to find favor in the sight of my lord.â€
9 Esau said, "I have enough, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself."
10 Jacob said, "No, I pray you, if I have now found favor in your sight,
then receive my gift from my hand. For I have seen your face,
and it is as though I have seen the face of God, with you having received me
favorably. 11 Please take my blessing that has been brought to you,
because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have plenty."
We called ourselves "sisters in Christ," but my White friend and I had begun
to act like enemies. Over a café breakfast one morning, we argued unkindly
over our differing racial views. Then we parted, with me vowing not to see
her again. One year later, however, we were hired by the same ministry
-working in the same department, unable not to reconnect. Awkwardly
at first, we talked over conflicts. Then, over time, God helped us to
apologize to each other and to heal and to give the ministry our best.
God also healed the bitter division between Esau and his twin brother, Jacob,
and blessed both their lives. A onetime schemer, Jacob had robbed Esau
of their father's blessing. But twenty years later, God called Jacob
to return to their homeland. So, Jacob sent ahead bountiful gifts to
appease Esau. "But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him;
he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.
And they wept" (Genesis 33:4).
Their reunion stands as a classic example of God's urging to settle anger
with a brother or sister before offering
our gifts-talents or treasures-to Him (Matthew 5:23-24).
Instead, "first go and be reconciled to them;
then come and offer your gift" (v. 24). Jacob obeyed God by reconciling
with Esau, and later setting up an altar to God (Genesis 33:20).
What a beautiful order: First, strive for forgiveness and reconciliation.
Then, at His altar, He receives us.
By: Patricia Raybon
Reflect & Pray
Against whom do you hold a grudge or grievance?
What steps can you take to reconcile?
Dear God, when I hold onto hard feelings against another believer,
inspire me on the way to Your altar to first forgive.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 7 - Oh, Freedom!
Rom 8:1-2
Life in the Spirit
1 (1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:17) There is therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
2 (1Co 15:45; Ro 6:18; Jn 8:32) For the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
In the classic movie, I want to live! actress Susan Hayward
plays a woman convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed.
The suspence builds; the execution is delayed as the officials
wait for a word of pardon. Finally, the woman in executed;
the call comes, and the pardon has been granted, but it is too late.
When no pardon is granted, condemnation leads to death. Our sin
marks us as "guilty" before God, and we deserve the wages of sin,
which is death. But in Jesus Chirst, the pardon does come - and
it comes in time. Our sin deserves condemation by God, and yet
he forgives us because Christ paid the penalty for us,
But we face other kinds of condemnation as well - self-condemnation,
that internal accusation that we still, somehow, must pay the price
of our own sin. Others often condemn us as well, offering much less
forgiveness and mercy than God does. And the Enemy of our souls condemns
us, trying to convince us that we don't, after all, have real freedom
from sin.
Yet Paul tells us in Romans 8, "There is therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus". God has forgiven us freely; he has
granted his pardon. And in light of his forgiveness, how can we live
under the condemnation of others - or even of ourselves?
We are free, Paul says - free from the "law of sin and death,"
free to live in the liberty of the Spirit. The stay of execution
has come: the pardon has been granted. Never again can we tried
for the same crimes: never again must we live under the burden
of condemnation.
Application
a) Have I ever lived under the burden of condemnation from myself
or others? Why?
b) How can Romans 8:1-2 help me live in freedom of such condemnation?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gen 17:5-7
5 (Ne 9:7; Ge 17:15) No longer will your name be called Abram,
but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father
of a multitude of nations.
6 (Ge 35:11; 17:16) I will make you exceedingly fruitful;
and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
7 (Ge 26:24; 28:13; Heb 11:16) I will establish My covenant between Me
and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations
for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Unfailing Love
Ps 63:1-5
PSALMS 63
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
1 O God, You are my God;
early will I seek You;
my soul thirsts for You,
my flesh faints for You,
in a dry and thirsty land
with no water.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I have seen You in the sanctuary,
to see Your power and Your glory.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
my lips will praise You.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Thus will I bless You while I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) My soul will be satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
and my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.
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
7th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted
in our society and be their help
(
Ps 34:18 - The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,
and saves the contrite of spirit.
Ps 145: 14 - 16
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
)
b) Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service. (
Romans 12:4-8
4 (1Co 12:12 -14)For just as we have many parts in one body,
and not all parts have the same function,
5(1Co 10:17; 12:20)so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and all are parts of one another.
6(Ac 13:1; 1Co 13:2)We have diverse gifts according to the grace
that is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;
7 (Ac 13:1; Eph 4:11)if service, in serving; he who teaches, in teaching;
8 (2Co 9:7; 1Co 12:28) he who exhorts, in exhortation;
he who gives, with generosity; he who rules, with diligence;
he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
Col 3:17
17(1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20)And whatever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord for the society/community to know Him.
Pray to the Lord "Dear God, when I hold onto hard feelings against another
believer, inspire me on the way to Your altar to first forgive."
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for freing you from the Law.
Pray to the Lord and thank hHim that He keeps His promises.
Pray to the Lord and be joyful about His lovingkindness.
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 be close to the brokenhearted
in our society and be their help
Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.
Pray for hospital chaplains in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan
as they comfort patients in Jesus' name.
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.