Day 221 - 9 August 2021 reflections
Day 221, 9 August 2021
Jeremiah 10-13
Jeremiah 10
The True God and Idols
Jer 51-15–19
1 Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
2 (Lev 20:23; 18:3) Thus says the Lord:
Do not learn the way of the nations;
do not be terrified at the signs of heaven,
although the nations are terrified at them.
3 (Isa 44:9-20; 45:20) For the customs of the people are vain;
for with the axe one cuts a tree out of the forest,
the work of the hands of the workman.
4 (Isa 40:19-20) They deck it with silver and with gold;
they fasten it with nails and with hammers
so that it may not move.
5 (Isa 46:7; 1Co 12:2; Isa 41:23-24) They are as a scarecrow
in a cucumber field,
but do not speak;
they must be carried,
because they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they cannot do evil,
nor can they do good.
6 (Ex 15:11; Ps 48:1) There is no one like You, O Lord.
You are great,
and Your name is great in might.
7 (Rev 15:4; Ps 22:28 ) Who would not fear You,
O King of the nations?
Indeed, it is Your due.
For among all the wise men of the nations,
and in all their kingdoms,
there is no one like You.
8 (Isa 41:29; Jer 10:14) But they are altogether unthinking and foolish;
the tree is a doctrine of vanities.
9 (Ps 115:4; Da 10:5) Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish,
and gold from Uphaz,
the work of the workman and of the hands of the founder;
blue and purple are their clothing;
they all are the work of skilled men.
10 (Ps 76:7; Na 1:6 ) But the Lord is the true God;
He is the living God and an everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth trembles,
and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
11 (Ps 96:5; Isa 2:18) Thus you shall say to them:
The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth,
even they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.
12 (Ge 1:1; Job 9:8) He has made the earth by His power.
He has established the world by His wisdom
and has stretched out the heavens by His discretion.
13 (Ps 135:7; Job 38:34-35) When He utters His voice, there is a multitude
of waters in the heavens,
and He causes the vapors to ascend from the remote parts of the earth;
He makes lightning with rain,
and brings out the wind from His storehouses.
14 (Jer 10:8; Pr 30:2) Every man is stupid, without knowledge;
every goldsmith is put to shame by an idol;
for his molded image is false,
and there is no breath in them.
15 (Isa 41:24; Jer 14:22) They are vain and a work of mockery;
in the time of their punishment they shall perish.
16 (Dt 32:9; Jer 31:35) The portion of Jacob is not like them,
for He is the Maker of all things,
and Israel is the rod of His inheritance.
The Lord of Hosts is His name.
The Exile Prophesied
17( Eze 12:3-12; Jer 6:1) Gather up your wares out of the land,
O inhabitant of the fortress.
18 (1Sa 25:29) For thus says the Lord:
I will sling out
the inhabitants of the land at this time,
and will distress them
that they may be found.
19 (Mic 7:9; Jer 4:31) Woe is me because of my brokenness!
My wound is grievous.
But I said,
"Truly this is an illness, and I must bear it."
20 (Jer 4:20; 31:15; Isa 54:2) My tabernacle is devastated,
and all my cords are broken.
My sons have gone from me and are no more.
There is no one to spread my tent anymore,
and to set up my curtains.
21 (Jer 2:8; 10:8) For the shepherds have become unthinking
and have not sought the Lord.
Therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flocks are scattered.
22 (Jer 9:11) Listen! The sound of the report has come,
and a great commotion out of the north country,
to make the cities of Judah desolate
and a den of jackals.
The Prayer of Jeremiah
23 (Pr 20:24; 16:1) O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself;
it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
24 (Ps 6:1; 38:1) O Lord, correct me, but with justice,
not in Your anger,
lest You bring me to nothing.
25 (Ps 79:6-7; Jer 8:16) Pour out Your fury upon the nations
that do not know You
and upon the families that do not call on Your name;
for they have eaten up Jacob
and devoured him, and consumed him,
and have made his habitation desolate.
Jeremiah 11
The Broken Covenant
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 (Jer 11:6; Ex 19:5) Hear the words of this covenant,
and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
3 (Dt 27:26) And say you to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel:
Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
4 (Lev 26:12; Dt 4:20) which I commanded your fathers in the day
that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace,
saying, Obey My voice, and do according to all which I command you.
So you shall be My people, and I will be your God,
5 (Dt 7:12-13; Ps 105:9-11) that I may perform the oath
which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing
with milk and honey, as it is this day.
Then I answered and said, "So be it, O Lord."
6 (Ro 2:13; Jas 1:22) Then the Lord said to me: Proclaim all these words
in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:
saying, Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.
7 (Ex 15:26; 1Sa 8:9) For I earnestly warned your fathers in the day that
I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day,
rising early and warning, saying, Obey My voice.
8 (Jer 7:24; 7:26) Yet they did not obey or incline their ear,
but everyone walked in the imagination of their evil heart.
Therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant,
which I commanded them to do, but which they did not do.
9 (Hos 6:9) The Lord said to me: A conspiracy has been found among
the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10 (Dt 31:16; 1Sa 15:11) They have turned back to the iniquities
of their forefathers who refused to hear My words.
And they have gone after other gods to serve them.
The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken
My covenant which I made with their fathers.
11 (Pr 1:28; Isa 1:15) Therefore thus says the Lord, Surely,
I will bring calamity upon them which they will not be able to escape.
And though they cry to Me, I will not listen to them.
12 (Dt 32:37; Jer 2:28) Then the cities of Judah and inhabitants
of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they offer incense.
But they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
13 (2Ki 23:13; Jer 2:28) For according to the number of your cities
are your gods, O Judah. And according to the number of the streets
of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing,
even altars to burn incense to Baal.
14 (Jer 11:11; Ex 32:10) Therefore do not pray for this people,
nor lift up a cry or prayer for them. For I will not hear them in the time
that they cry to Me because of their trouble.
15 (Pr 2:14) What right has My beloved in My house,
seeing that she has done many lewd deeds?
Can the sacrificial meat take away from you your disaster,
so that you can rejoice while doing evil?
16 (Ps 52:8; Isa 27:11) The Lord called your name,
"A green olive tree, fair in fruit and form."
With the noise of a great tumult
He has kindled fire upon it,
and its branches are broken.
17 (Isa 5:2; Jer 2:21) For the Lord of Hosts, who planted you,
has pronounced disaster against you, because of the evil of the house
of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against
themselves to provoke Me to anger in offering incense to Baal.
Jeremiah's Life Threatened
18 (1Sa 23:11-12; 2Ki 6:9-10) The Lord has made it known to me and I knew it;
then You showed me their deeds.
19 (Ps 83:4; Jer 18:18) But I was like a gentle lamb that is brought
to the slaughter, and I did not know that they had devised plots
against me, saying,
"Let us destroy the tree with the fruit,
and let us cut him off from the land of the living
so that his name may be remembered no more."
20 (Ps 7:9; Jer 20:12) But, O Lord of Hosts, who judges righteously,
who tries the feelings and the heart,
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for to You I have revealed my cause.
21 (Isa 30:10; Jer 12:5-6) Therefore thus says the Lord of the men
of Anathoth who seek your life, saying,
"Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord so that you not die by our hand."
22 (Jer 18:21; 2Ch 36:17) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts:
I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword.
Their sons and their daughters shall die by famine.
23 (Jer 23:12; Hos 9:7) And there shall be no remnant of them,
for I will bring calamity upon the men of Anathoth,
even the year of their punishment.
Jeremiah 12
Jeremiah's Plea
1 (Job 12:6; Ps 51:4) Righteous are You, O Lord,
that I plead with You.
Indeed, let me talk with You about matters of justice.
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?
2 (Isa 29:13; Jer 11:17) You have planted them; indeed, they have taken root;
they grow; indeed, they bring forth fruit.
You are near in their mouth,
but far from their mind.
3 (Jer 17:18; Jas 5:5) But You, O Lord, know me;
You have seen me and tested my heart toward You.
Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
4 (Jer 9:10; 4:25; Ps 107:34) How long shall the land mourn
and the herbs of every field wither?
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it,
the beasts and the birds have been snatched away,
because they said,
"He will not see our latter end."
God Answers Jeremiah
5 (Jer 49:19; 50:44) If you have run with the footmen,
and they have wearied you,
then how can you contend with horses?
And if in the land of peace in which you trusted, they wearied you,
then how will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?
6 (Pr 26:25; Jer 9:4) For even your brothers and the household of your father,
even they have dealt treacherously with you.
Indeed, they have cried aloud after you.
Do not believe them
though they speak fair words to you.
7 (Jer 11:15; Isa 2:6) I have forsaken My house,
I have abandoned My heritage;
I have given the dearly beloved of My soul
into the hand of her enemies.
8 (Hos 9:15; Am 6:8) My heritage is to Me
as a lion in the forest.
She cries out against Me;
therefore I have hated her.
9 (Isa 56:9; Jer 7:33) My heritage is to Me
as a speckled vulture;
the vultures all around are against her.
Come, assemble all the beasts of the field,
bring them to devour.
10 (Isa 5:1-7; 63:18) Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard;
they have trodden My portion under foot;
they have made My pleasant portion
a desolate wilderness.
11 (Isa 42:25; Jer 23:10) They have made it desolate,
and being desolate, it mourns to Me.
The whole land has been made desolate,
because no man lays it to heart.
12 (Jer 47:6; Isa 34:6) The destroyers have come
upon all high places through the wilderness,
for the sword of the Lord shall devour
from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land.
No one shall have peace.
13 (Dt 28:38; Mic 6:15) They have sown wheat, but reap thorns;
they have strained themselves, but shall not profit.
And they shall be ashamed of your harvest
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
14 (Zec 2:8; Dt 30:3)Thus says the Lord: Against all My evil neighbors
who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel
to inherit, I will pluck them out of their land and pluck out
the house of Judah from among them.
15 (Jer 48:47; 49:6; 49:39) It shall come to pass that after
I have plucked them out, I will again have compassion on them,
and will bring them back, every man to his heritage,
and every man to his land.
16 (Jer 4:2; Jos 23:7; Zep 1:5) It shall come to pass if they will
diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name,
"As the Lord lives," as they taught My people to swear by Baal,
then they will be built up in the midst of My people.
17 (Isa 60:12; Ps 2:8-12) But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up
and destroy that nation, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 13
A Linen Sash
1 (Jer 13:11) Thus says the Lord to me, "Go and buy yourself a linen waistband
and put it upon your loins, and do not put it in water."
2 (Isa 20:2; Eze 2:8) So I bought a waistband according to the word
of the Lord and put it on my loins.
3 The word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying,
4 "Take the waistband that you have, which is upon your loins,
and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a hole of the rock."
5 (Ex 40:16; 39:42-43) So I went and hid it by the Euphrates,
as the Lord had commanded me.
6 After many days the Lord said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates
and take the waistband from there, which I commanded you to hide there."
7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the waistband
from the place where I had hidden it. But the waistband was destroyed.
It was profitable for nothing.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to me:
9 (Lev 26:19; Isa 2:10-17) Thus says the Lord: After this manner I will
destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
10 (Jer 16:12; 9:14) This evil people, who refuse to hear My words,
who walk in the imagination of their hearts, and walk after other gods,
to serve them, and to worship them, shall be even as this waistband
which is good for nothing.
11 (Jer 33:9; Ex 19:5-6) For as the waistband cleaves to the loins
of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel
and the whole house of Judah to cleave to Me,
says the Lord, so that they might be to Me a people for renown,
and for a praise, and for a glory; but they would not listen.
The Metaphor of Wine Bottles
12 Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says the Lord
God of Israel: Every bottle shall be filled with wine. And when they say
to you, "Do we not certainly know that every bottle should be filled
with wine?"
13 (Ps 60:3; 75:8) then you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord:
I will fill all the inhabitants of this land-even the kings that sit
on the throne of David, and the priests, and the prophets,
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem-with drunkenness.
14 (Dt 29:20; Ps 2:9) I will dash them against one another,
even the fathers and the sons together, says the Lord.
I will not show pity nor spare nor have mercy,
but will destroy them.
Exile Threatened
15 (Isa 28:14-22) Hear and give heed;
do not be proud,
for the Lord has spoken.
16 (Isa 59:9; Jos 7:19; Isa 5:30) Give glory to the Lord your God,
before He causes darkness
and before your feet stumble
on the dark mountains,
and while you look for light,
He turns it into the shadow of death
and makes it gross darkness.
17 (Jer 9:1; Ps 80:1) But if you will not listen to it,
my soul will weep in secret places
for your pride;
and my eyes will weep sorely
and run down with tears,
because the flock of the Lord is carried away captive.
18 (2Ki 24:12; Jer 22:26) Say to the king and to the queen mother:
"Humble yourselves, sit down,
for your beautiful crown
shall come down from your head."
19 (Jer 52:27) The cities of the Negev will be shut up,
and no one will open them;
all Judah will be carried away into captivity;
it will be wholly carried away captive.
20 (Jer 6:22; 23:2) Lift up your eyes and see
those who come from the north.
Where is the flock that was given to you,
your beautiful flock?
21 (Isa 13:8; Jer 4:31) What will you say when He appoints over you
those you yourself had taught to be companions to you?
Shall not sorrows take hold of you,
as a woman in labor?
22 (Na 3:5; Jer 5:19) And if you say in your heart,
"Why have these things come upon me?"
for the greatness of your iniquity
your skirts have been removed
and your heels made bare.
23 (Pr 27:22; Isa 1:5) Can the Ethiopian change his skin
or the leopard his spots?
Then you also can do good,
who are accustomed to doing evil.
24 (Lev 26:33; Ps 1:4) Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble
that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
25 (Job 20:29; Ps 11:6) This is your lot,
the portion of your measures from Me,
says the Lord,
because you have forgotten Me
and trusted in falsehood.
26 (La 1:8; Hos 2:10) Therefore I Myself have uncovered your skirts
over your face
so that your shame may appear.
27 (Eze 6:13; Hos 8:5) I have seen your adulteries and your lustful neighings,
the lewdness of your harlotry,
and your abominations
on the hills in the fields.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
How long will you remain unclean?
2) Our Daily Bread for 9 August 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/09/fearless-love-2
entitled Fearless Love
1 John 3:1,11-18
1 (Jn 1:12; 3:16) Consider how much love the Father has given to us,
that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not
know us, because it did not know Him.
Love One Another
11 (1Jn 1:5; 2Jn 1:5) For this is the message that you heard from
the beginning: We should love one another,
12 (Heb 11:4; Jude 1:11) not like Cain, who was of the wicked one
and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him?
Because his own works were evil, and his brother's works were righteous.
13 (Jn 17:14; 15:18-19) Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.
14 (Jn 5:24; 1Jn 5:2) We know that we have passed from death to life,
because we love the brothers.
Whoever does not love his brother remains in death.
15 (Mt 5:21-22; Rev 21:8) Whoever hates his brother is a murderer,
and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
16 (Php 2:17; Jn 3:16) By this we know the love of God: that He laid down
His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
17 (1Jn 4:20; Heb 13:16) Whoever has the world's goods and sees his brother
in need, but closes his heart of compassion from him, how can the love
of God remain in him?
18 (1Jn 2:1; Ro 12:9) My little children, let us love not in word and speech,
but in action and truth.
There are some images so powerful they can never be forgotten. That was
my experience when I viewed a famous photograph
of the late Princess Diana of Wales. At first glance, the captured scene
looks mundane: smiling warmly, the princess is shaking the hand of
an unidentified man. But it's the photograph's story that makes it remarkable.
On April 19, 1987, when Princess Diana visited London Middlesex Hospital,
the United Kingdom was engulfed in a wave of panic as it confronted
the AIDS epidemic. Not knowing how the disease-which often killed
with terrifying speed-was spread, the public at times treated
AIDS victims like social pariahs.
So it was a stunning moment when Diana, with ungloved hands
and a genuine smile, calmly shook an AIDS patient's hand that day.
That image of respect and kindness would move the world to treat
victims of the disease with similar mercy and compassion.
The picture reminds me of something I often forget: freely and generously
offering the love of Jesus to others is worth it. John reminded early believers
in Christ that to let love wither or hide in the face of our fear is really to live
"in death" (1 John 3:14). And to love freely and unafraid, filled
and empowered with the Spirit’s self-giving love, is to experience
resurrection life in all its fullness (vv. 14, 16).
By: Monica La Rose
Reflect & Pray
When are you most prone to let fear stifle your love for others?
How can you grow in experiencing and sharing the Spirit's
boundless love within those fearful places?
God of love, You are love, and to live in love is to live in You.
I long to live with that kind of fearless, joyous love. Fill me
with Your Spirit, and carry me ever deeper into Your love,
until fear dissolves and Your love flows freely through me.
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forver - Day 2 - The Right of Family
John 1:11-12
11 (Jn 3:32) He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.
12 (Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23) Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power
to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,
"Dad, can I ask you something?" Jimmy leaned across the back of his
father's chair. HIs father lowered the newspaper and reached around,
settling Jimmy on his lap.
"Sure. Son," he answered. "You can ask me anything you want. The answer
might not be Yes, butyou always have the right to ask."
For many who have grown up in homes where the father was absent, or when
present, abusive or silent, the scenario of Jimmy and his father may
seem unrealistic. Often we aren't given the right by our parents to ask
what we want, to communicate openly, to express our needs and desires.
But god clearly indicates that no matter what our human families have been
like, in his family there are no barriers to belonging,
to open communications. When we commit our lives to Christ and submit to his
lordship, we have the right to become the sons and daughters of God.
In Christ, we have the right to approach him, to pray, to seek wisdom,
to ask advice, to make requests, to verbalise our needs and desires. We don't
have to be afraid of sounding stupid or being rejected, because in Christ
we belong to him, and he loves us.
The KJV uses the word "power" in verse 12 - "to then gave he power to become
the sons of God." Power implies ability, that we are equipped by the Spirit
to be children of the King. We have the right and we have the power to become
who God has called us to be - his children.
Application
a) Under what circumstances in my life have I felt that I didn't
have the right to express my wishes or feelings?
b) How do today's verses give me confidence in approaching God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Genesis 30:43
The man became exceedingly prosperous and had many sheep
and female servants and male servants and camels and donkeys.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are anxious
Phil 4:4-7
4 (Php 3:1; Ro 12:12 Rejoice in the Lord always.
Again I will say, rejoice!
5 (Jas 5:8-9) Let everyone come to know your gentleness.
The Lord is at hand.
6 (Eph 6:18; Mt 6:25-33) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything,
by prayer and supplication with gratitude, make your requests known
to God.
7 (Jn 14:27; Col 3:15; Isa 26:3) And the peace of God, which surpasses
all understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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
8th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Church will deepen its commitment
to prayer and never cease to call upon God
(
Is 62:6
6 (Isa 52:8; Ps 74:2) I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem,
who shall never hold their peace day nor night.
You who remind the Lord, do not keep silent;
Ps 5:3
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) O Lord, in the morning You will hear my voice;
in the morning I will direct my prayer to You,
and I will watch expectantly.
Ps 55:17
17 Evening and morning and at noon,
I will make my complaint and murmur,
and He will hear my voice.
)
b) Pray for the province of Manitoba
I) Pray for the leaders of Manitoaa, that God's Spirit would
influence then to act justly, serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3 (1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable
in the sight of God our Saviour,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32) who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to be obeient in His Will despite threats.
Pray to the Lord "God of love, You are love, and to live in love is to live
in You. I long to live with that kind of fearless, joyous love. Fill me
with Your Spirit, and carry me ever deeper into Your love,
until fear dissolves and Your love flows freely through me."
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for listening to you.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him that He will let you prosper if you obey Him.
Pray to the Lord and give Him all your burdens.
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 Church will deepen its commitment
to prayer and never cease to call upon God
Pray for the local believers of Qatar who are persecuted for their faith.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.