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Day 273, 30 September 2021



Luke 1 ; John 1



Luke 1



The Prologue



1 Whereas many have undertaken to write a narrative of those things

which are most surely believed among us,

2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning

were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

3 it seemed good to me also, having accurately investigated all things

from the very beginning, to write to you an orderly account,

most excellent Theophilus,

4 that you might know the certainty of the things which you have been told.



The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold



5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest

named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And his wife was

of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

6 They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments

and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren,

and they both were now well advanced in years.

8 Now while he served as priest before God, when his division was on duty,

9 according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn

incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

10 And the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side

of the altar of incense.

12 When Zechariah saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

13 But the angel said to him, "Do not fear, Zechariah, for your prayer

has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son,

and you shall call his name John.

14 You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink

neither wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit,

even from his mother's womb.

16 He will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

17 And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah,

to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children

and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready

a people prepared for the Lord."

18 Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know this?

For I am an old man and my wife well advanced in years."

19 The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God.

And I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

20 And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day

that these things happen, because you did not believe my words,

which will be fulfilled in their season."

21 The people waited for Zechariah, and wondered why he waited

so long in the temple.

22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They perceived

that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he made signs to them

and remained speechless.

23 As soon as the days of his service were fulfilled,

he departed to his own home.

24 After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months

she hid herself, saying,

25 "Thus the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked on me,

to take away my reproach among men."



The Birth of Jesus Foretold



26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God

to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph,

of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.

28 The angel came to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favuored.

The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women."

29 When she saw him, she was troubled by his words, and considered

in her mind what kind of greeting this might be.

30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found

favour with God.

31 Listen, you will conceive in your womb and bear a Son

and shall call His name JESUS.

32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest.

And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever.

And of His kingdom there will be no end."

34 Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not know a man?"

35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you,

and the power of the Highest will overshadow you.

Therefore the Holy One who will be born will be called the Son of God.

36 Listen, your cousin Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age.

And this is the sixth month with her who was declared barren.

37 For with God nothing will be impossible."

38 Mary said, "I am the servant of the Lord. May it be unto me according

to your word." Then the angel departed from her.



Mary Visits Elizabeth



39 In those days Mary arose and quickly went into the hill country,

to a city of Judah,

40 and entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

41 When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped

in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

42 She spoke out with a loud voice, "Blessed are you among women,

and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

43 But why is this granted to me,

that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

44 Indeed, as soon as the sound of your greeting came to my ears,

the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a completion

to those things which were told her by the Lord."



The Song of Mary



46 And Mary said:

"My soul magnifies the Lord,

47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

48 For He has regarded

the low estate of His servant;

surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed.

49 For He who is mighty has done great things for me,

and holy is His name.

50 His mercy is on those who fear Him

from generation to generation.

51 He has shown strength with His arm;

He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

52 He has pulled down the mighty from their thrones

and exalted those of low degree.

53 He has filled the hungry with good things,

and the rich He has sent away empty.

54 He has helped His servant Israel,

in remembrance of His mercy,

55 as He spoke to our fathers,

to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

56 Mary remained with her about three months

and returned to her own house.



The Birth of John the Baptist



57 Now Elizabeth's time had come to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.

58 Her neighbours and cousins heard how the Lord had shown her great mercy,

and they rejoiced with her.

59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child.

And they were calling him Zechariah, after the name of his father.

60 But his mother answered, “Not so! He shall be called John.”

61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives

who is called by this name."

62 They made signs to his father, asking what he would have him called.

63 He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John."

And they all were amazed.

64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue was loosed,

and he spoke and praised God.

65 Fear came on all who lived around them. And all these facts

were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.

66 All those who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying,

"What kind of child will he be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him.



The Prophecy of Zechariah



67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit

and prophesied, saying,

68 "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

for He has visited and redeemed His people,

69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us

in the house of His servant David,

70 as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets of long ago,

71 that we should be saved from our enemies

and from the hand of all who hate us,

72 to perform the mercy promised to our fathers

and to remember His holy covenant,

73 the oath which He swore to our father Abraham,

74 to grant us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies,

might serve Him without fear,

75 in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

76 "And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;

for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

77 to give knowledge of salvation to His people

by the remission of their sins,

78 through the tender mercy of our God,

whereby the sunrise from on high has visited us;

79 to give light to those who sit in darkness

and in the shadow of death,

to guide our feet into the way of peace."

80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit,

and he remained in the wilderness until the day of his appearance to Israel.



John 1



The Word Became Flesh



1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,

and the Word was God.

2 He was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were created through Him, and without Him nothing

was created that was created.

4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.

5 The light shines in darkness, but the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.

7 This man came as a witness in order to testify concerning the Light,

that all men through Him might believe.

8 He was not this Light, but was sent in order to testify

concerning the Light.

9 The true Light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was created through Him,

yet the world did not know Him.

11 He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.

12 Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power to become sons of God,

to those who believed in His name,

13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,

nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory,

the glory as the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, "This was He of whom I said,

'He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.' "

16 We have all received from His fullness grace upon grace.

17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came

through Jesus Christ.

18 No one has seen God at any time. The only Son, who is at the Father's side,

has made Him known.



The Testimony of John the Baptist



Mt 3:1–12; Mk 1:2–8; Lk 3:15–17



19 Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests

and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."

21 They asked him, "Who then? Are you Elijah?"

He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."

22 They said to him then, "Who are you? Tell us so that we may give

an answer to those who sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?"

23 John said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness,

'Make straight the way of the Lord,' just as the prophet Isaiah said."

24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.

25 They asked him, "Why do you baptise then, if you are not the Christ,

nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

26 John answered them, "I baptize with water, but One stands among you,

whom you do not know.

27 This is He who comes after me, who is preferred before me,

the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."

28 These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan,

where John was baptizing.



The Lamb of God



29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb

of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

30 This is He of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who is preferred

before me, for He was before me.'

31 I did not know Him, but for this reason I came baptizing with water:

so that He might be revealed to Israel."

32 Then John bore witness, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending

from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him.

33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me,

'The One on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining,

this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

34 I have seen and have borne witness that He is the Son of God."

The First Disciples

35 Again, the next day John was standing with two of his disciples.

36 Looking upon ­Jesus as He walked, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

38 Then Jesus turned, saw them following, and said to them,

"What do you seek?"

And they said to Him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are You staying?"

39 Jesus said to them, "Come and see."

So they came and saw where He stayed and remained with Him that day,

for it was about the tenth hour.

40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew,

Simon Peter's brother.

41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him,

"We have found the Messiah" (which means the Christ).

42 Then he brought him to Jesus.

When Jesus saw him, He said, "You are Simon the son of John.

You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).



The Calling of Philip and Nathanael



43 The next day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip,

and said to him, "Follow Me."

44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom

Moses in the law, as well as the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth,

the son of Joseph."

46 Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?"

Philip said to him, "Come and see."

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him and said concerning him,

"Here is an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile.

48 Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?"

Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were

under the fig tree, I saw you."

49 Nathanael answered Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God!

You are the King of Israel!"

50 Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under

the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

51 And He said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, hereafter you shall see

heaven opened and the angels of God ascending

and descending upon the Son of Man."



2) Our Daily Bread for 30 September 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/09/30/all-that-you-need

Entitled All That You Need



Psalm 73:23–28



23 Nevertheless I am continually with You;

You have held me by my right hand.

24 You will guide me with Your counsel,

and afterward receive me to glory.

25 Whom have I in heaven but You?

And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You.

26 My flesh and my heart fails,

but God is the strength of my heart

and my portion forever.

27 For those who are far from You will perish;

You destroy everyone who is unfaithful to You.

28 But it is good for me to draw near to God;

I have taken my refuge in the Lord God,

that I may declare all Your works.



Seated at the dining room table, I gazed at the happy chaos around me.

Aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews were enjoying the food

and being together at our family reunion. I was enjoying it all, too.

But one thought pierced my heart: You're the only woman here

with no children, with no family to call your own.



Many single women like me have similar experiences. In my culture,

an Asian culture where marriage and children are highly valued,

not having a family of one's own can bring a sense of incompleteness.

It can feel like you're lacking something that defines who you are

and makes you whole.



That's why the truth of God being my "portion" is so comforting

to me (Psalm 73:26). When the tribes of Israel were given

their allotments of land, the priestly tribe of Levi was assigned none.

Instead, God promised that He Himself would be their portion

and inheritance (Deuteronomy 10:9). They could find complete satisfaction

in Him and trust Him to supply their every need.



For some of us, the sense of lack may have nothing to do with family.

Perhaps we yearn for a better job or higher academic achievement.

Regardless of our circumstances, we can embrace God as our portion.

He makes us whole. In Him, we have no lack.



By: Karen Huang



Reflect & Pray



What's one thing lacking in your life that you feel would make you whole?

How can you surrender it to God and find satisfaction in Him as your portion?



Father, thank You for making me complete in Christ.

Help me to say along with the psalmist,

"As for me, it is good to be near God" (Psalm 73:28).



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 5 - Starting Over



2 Cor 5:17



17 (Jn 3:3; Ro 16:7) Therefore, if any man is in Christ,

he is a new creature. Old things have passed away.

Look, all things have become new.



"The trouble with turning over a new leaf," Gordon sighed,

"is that once you've done it twice, you're right back where

you started." Gordon, in his mid-fifties, had his job

"canceled" by a company wanting to cut back on retirement payments.

Out of work, with few prospects, he said wistfully,

"I wish I had the chance to start over again."

Many of us would echo Gordon's sentiments. Whether we have lost a job,

gone through a divorce, moved to another part of the country, or

experienced some lesser crisis, we often long for the chance to

begin again, fresh, without the shadow of past mistakes following us.

God's word offers just such an opportunity. Anyone who is in Christ,

Paul says in 2 Cor 5:17, is a "new creation". For the Christian, the past

is truly past - "all things are become new". In the forgiveness

and restoration of God's grace we can leave the past behind,

with all its mistakes, and enter into new life.

And the promise is not just for the newly saved. Those of us who

have been Christians for years need to hear the truth of 2 Cor 5:17 again,

for we accumulated some "new mistakes" since we came to Christ. Anyone who

is in Christ is a new creation; the freedom of forgiveness, of

"starting over" is available to all who call upon the name of the Lord.

We cannot every really "start over" simply by establishing New Year's

resolutions or turning over a new leaf. Only God gives us that opportunity;

his grace allows us to clear away the rubble of the past and begin again.

Everything becomes new in God's loving forgiveness.



Application



a) What "resolutions" have I made in an attempt to "start over"

in some area of struggle or failure in my life? Did my resolutions work?



b) What does 2 Cor 5:17 mean for me at this point in my Christian Life?



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?)



Nova Scotia



Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629



With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truto.



Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.



while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.



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 30 of the Month



a) Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout

Canadian society, as it is in Heaven



( Matt 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.



)



b) Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city

or community, and across our nation. (



Rom 2:4



4 (Ex 34:6; Isa 30:18) Do you despise the riches of His goodness,

tolerance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God

leads you to repentance?



)







Conclusion:





Pray to the Lord and pray to that doubts will be cast aside

for Jesus has given power to His believers.



Pray to the Lord "Father, thank You for making me complete in Christ.

Help me to say along with the psalmist,

"As for me, it is good to be near God" (Psalm 73:28)."



Pray to the Lord and seek Him for you are a new creation in Him.



Pray to the Lord and pray to seek the favour of the Lord .



Pray to the Lord and know the His lovingkindness is better than life.



Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



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

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



Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout

your society, as it is in Heaven



Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city

or community, and across our nation.



Pray that those in Isreal persecuting Jewish Christians

will come to know Jesus.



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 272, 29 September 2021



Malachi



Malachi 1



1 (Isa 13:1; Hab 1:1) The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.



Israel Preferred to Edom



2 (Jer 31:3; Isa 41:8-9) I have loved you, says the Lord.

But you say, "How have You loved us?"

Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord. Yet I have loved Jacob;

3 (Jer 49:16-18; Eze 35:3-4) but Esau I have hated, and I have made

his mountains a desolation and left his inheritance for the jackals

of the desert.

4 (Isa 9:9-10; Eze 25:14) Whereas Edom says, "We are impoverished,

but we will rebuild the ruins," thus says the Lord of Hosts: They may build,

but I will tear down. They will be called the Wicked Territory,

and the people against whom the Lord has indignation forever.

5 Your eyes will see this, and you will say, "

Great is the Lord, beyond the border of Israel!"



Profane Offerings



6 (Lk 6:46; Ex 20:12) A son honors his father, and a servant his master.

If then I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master,

where is My fear? says the Lord of Hosts to you, O priests,

who despise My name.

But you say, "How have we despised Your name?"

7 (Mal 1:12) You offer defiled food on My altar, but say,

"How have we defiled You?"

By saying, "The table of the Lord is contemptible."

8 (Dt 15:21) When you offer the blind as a sacrifice, is it not evil?

When you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil?

Offer it now to your governor! Would he be pleased with you,

or accept you? says the Lord of Hosts.

9 (Jer 27:18) But now entreat God's favour, that He may be gracious to us.

With such offerings from your hands, will He accept you favorably?

says the Lord of Hosts.

10 (Jer 6:20) Who is there among you who would shut the doors, that you might

not kindle fire on My altar in vain? I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord

of Hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

11 (Isa 66:19-20; 45:6) For from the rising of the sun to its setting,

My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be

offered to My name, and a pure offering. For My name will be great among

the nations, says the Lord of Hosts.

12 But you profane it, in that you say, "The table of the Lord is defiled,

and its fruit, that is, its food is contemptible."

13 (Mic 6:3) You also say, "What a weariness it is," and you snort at it,

says the Lord of Hosts.

You bring in what is stolen, the lame, or the sick;

thus you bring an offering! Should I accept this from your hand?

says the Lord.

14 (Zec 14:9; Ps 47:2) But cursed be the deceiver who has in his flock

a male, and vows, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished.

For I am a great king, says the Lord of Hosts,

and My name is to be feared among the nations.



Malachi 2



Divine Warnings to the Priests



1 (Mal 1:6) And now, O priests, this commandment is for you.

2 (Mal 3:9; Ps 69:22) If you will not listen, and if you will not take it

to heart to give honor to My name, says the Lord of Hosts,

I will send a curse on you and I will curse your blessings.

Yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.

3 (Na 3:6; Ex 29:14) I rebuke your descendants, and spread refuse

on your faces, the refuse of your solemn feasts, and you will be taken

away with it.

4 And you will know that I have sent this command to you,

that My covenant with Levi may remain, says the Lord of Hosts.

5 (Nu 25:12-13) My covenant with him was for life and peace,

and I gave them to him. With awe he feared Me,

and he was reverent before My name.

6 (Jer 23:22; Da 12:3) True instruction was in his mouth,

and injustice was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace

and with uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

7 (Lev 10:11; Jer 18:18) For a priest's lips should preserve knowledge,

and people should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger

of the Lord of Hosts.

8 (Jer 18:15; 1Sa 2:17) But you have departed from the way. You have caused

many to stumble at the law. You have violated the covenant of Levi,

says the Lord of Hosts.

9 (Dt 1:17; 1Sa 2:30) So I have made you contemptible

and base before all the people, because you have not kept My ways,

but have shown partiality in the law.



The Covenant Profaned



10 (1Co 8:6; Isa 63:16) Have we not all one Father?

Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another,

by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

11 (Ezr 9:1-2) Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination

has been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned

the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has married the daughter

of a foreign god.

12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant

of the man who does this, teacher and student, yet who brings an offering

to the Lord of Hosts.

13 This is the second thing you do: You cover the altar of the Lord

with tears, with weeping and crying out, because He no longer regards

the offering, nor receives it with good will from your hand.

14 (Isa 54:6; Mal 3:5) Yet you say, "Why?" It is because the Lord

has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth,

against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your companion

and your wife by covenant.

15 (Mt 19:4-6; 1Co 7:14) Did He not make them one, having a remnant

of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring.

So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.

16 (Mt 5:31-32; Lk 16:18) For the Lord, the God of Israel,

says that He hates divorce; for it covers one's garment with violence,

says the Lord of Hosts.

Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.



Injustice Committed



17 (Isa 43:24; Zep 1:12) You have wearied the Lord with your words.

Yet you say, "How have we wearied Him?"

When you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord,

and He delights in them," or, "Where is the God of justice?"



Malachi 3



The Coming Messenger



1 (Mal 4:5; Isa 63:9) I will send My messenger, and he will prepare

the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come

to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant,

in whom you delight. He is coming, says the Lord of Hosts.

2 (Zec 13:9; Rev 6:17) But who can endure the day of his coming,

and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire

and like fullers' soap.

3 (Isa 1:25; Da 12:10) He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;

he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver,

and they will present to the Lord offerings in righteousness.

4 (2Ch 7:1-3) Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant

to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.

5 (Lev 19:13; Dt 24:17) Then I will draw near to you for judgment.

I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers,

against the perjurers, against those who oppress the hired worker

in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn aside

the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord of Hosts.



Withholding Tithes



6 (Nu 23:19; Jas 1:17; Heb 13:8) For I am the Lord, I do not change;

therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

7 (Zec 1:3) From the days of your fathers you have gone away from

My ordinances and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return

to you, says the Lord of Hosts.

But you say, "How shall we return?"

8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me.

But you say, "How have we robbed You?"

In tithes and offerings.

9 (Mal 2:2) You are cursed with a curse, your whole nation,

for you are robbing Me.

10 (Ge 7:11; 2Ki 7:2) Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,

that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,

says the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open for you the windows

of heaven and pour out for you a blessing, that there will not be room

enough to receive it.

11 I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that it will not

estroy the fruit of your ground, and the vines in your field will not

fail to bear fruit, says the Lord of Hosts.

12 (Isa 61:9; 62:4) Then all the nations will call you blessed,

for you will be a delightful land, says the Lord of Hosts.

13 (Mal 2:17) Your words have been hard against Me, says the Lord.

Yet you say, "What have we spoken against You?"

14 (Isa 58:3; Zep 1:12) You said, "It is vain to serve God.

What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,

and that we have walked as mourners before the Lord of Hosts?

15 (Mal 4:1; Ps 95:9) And now we call the proud blessed,

for those who do wickedness are built up; they even test God and escape."



The Reward of the Faithful



16 (Ps 56:8) Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another.

The Lord listened and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written

before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.

17 (Ex 19:5; Dt 7:6) They shall be Mine, says the Lord of Hosts,

on the day when I make up My jewels. And I will spare them as a man

spares his son who serves him.

18 (Ge 18:25) Then you will again discern between the righteous

and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.



Malachi 4



The Great Day of the Lord



1 (Isa 5:24; 47:14) Surely the day is coming, burning like an oven;

all the proud, yes, all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming

will burn them up, says the Lord of Hosts, so that it will leave them

neither root nor branch.

2 (Isa 30:26; Lk 1:78) But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness

will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out and grow up

like calves from the stall.

3 (Job 40:12; Isa 26:6) And you will tread down the wicked, for they will be

ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I do this,

says the Lord of Hosts.

4 (Dt 4:10) Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, the statutes

and judgments which I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

5 (Lk 1:17; Joel 2:31) See, I will send you Elijah the prophet

before the coming of the great and dreaded day of the Lord.

6 (Isa 11:4; Zec 5:3) He will turn the hearts of the fathers

to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers,

lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.



2) Our Daily Bread for 29 September 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/09/29/joyful-learning

Entitled Joyful Learning



Romans 12:1-3



Romans 12

The New Life in Christ

1 (1Pe 2:5; Ro 6:13; 6:16) I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies

of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy,

and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service of worship.

2 (Ro 12:1; 1Pe 1:14) Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed

by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good

and acceptable and perfect will of God.

3 (Ro 1:5; 11:20) For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone

among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think,

but to think with sound judgment, according to the measure of faith

God has distributed to every man.



In the city of Mysore, India, there’s a school made

of two refurbished train cars connected end-to-end.

Local educators teamed up with the South Western Railway Company

to buy and remodel the discarded coaches. The units were essentially

large metal boxes, unusable until workers installed stairways, fans,

lights, and desks. Workers also painted the walls and added colorful

murals inside and out. Now, sixty students attend classes there

because of the amazing transformation that took place.



Something even more amazing takes place when we follow the apostle

Paul's command to "be transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Romans 12:2).

As we allow the Holy Spirit to uncouple us from the world and its ways,

our thoughts and attitudes begin to change. We become more loving,

more hopeful, and filled with inner peace (8:6).



Something else happens too. Although this transformation process

is ongoing, and often has more stops and starts than a train ride,

the process helps us understand what God wants for our lives.

It takes us to a place where we "will learn to know God's will" (12:2 nlt).

Learning His will may or may not involve specifics, but it always involves

aligning ourselves with His character and His work in the world.



Nali Kali, the name of the transformed school in India,

means "joyful learning" in English. How's God's transforming power

leading you to the joyful learning of His will?



By: Jennifer Benson Schuldt



Reflect & Pray



Which areas of your thought life are most in need

of God's transforming power? How willing are you to act when you

clearly understand His will for your life?



Dear God, I invite You to transform me by renewing

my mind today. Thank You for all that's possible

when I surrender to You.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 4 - Entire Forgiveness



Acts 13:38



38 (Lk 24:47; Ac 2:38) "Therefore, brothers, let it be known

to you that through this Man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,"



At age 17 Mary, a cross-country runner, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

She went on to college, faced with the prospect of gradual physical decline

and, ultimately, life in a wheelchair. "The worst part," Mary admitted "is

not the pain or the inability to do what I once did. The worst part is

the hopelessness, the emotional struggle. There is no cure, no real

treatment - only insurance."

In our fallen world, there are many incurable circumstances we have to endure.

But the guilt of our sin is not one of them. Yet despite the declaration

of the Scripture that Jesus' sacrificial death paid the price for our sins,

many of us cary a load of guilt - as if we ourselves had tp pay the price.

Paul, a man who know the grace of God and the depth of his own sin,

emphasises the source and the completeness of our forgiveness.

Through Jesus - not through my good behaviour, not through my determination to

change, not through my reputation, my family's faith, or my religious duties.

Forgiveness of sins come through Christ alone, a gift we do not deserve,

a gift which places all of us on equal ground at the foot of the cross.

To acknowledge our sin without knowing the source of forgiveness only

results in hopelessness and despair - we see ourselves, yet we are powerless

to change the sin we see. But when we realise that Christ has provided

complete forgiveness of sin, we can face our sin honestly, knowing

the freedom of confession and the restoration of forgiveness.



Application



a) In what ways have I changed myself, to "torn over a new leaf",

to "make myself worthy" of God's love?



b) How can Acts 13:18 help me remember the source of forgiveness?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Gen 14:22-23



22 (Ex 6:8; Da 12:7) But Abram said to the king of Sodom,

"I have lifted up my hand to the Lord, God Most High,

the Possessor of heaven and earth,

23 (2Ki 5:16; Est 9:15–16) that I will take nothing that is yours,

not a thread or a sandal strap; lest you say, 'I have made Abram rich.'"



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



God's Unfailing Love



Lamen 3:19-24



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."



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?)



Nova Scotia



Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629



With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truto.



Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.



while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.



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 and pray to know His Will and be in contempt of His will.



Pray to the Lord "Dear God, I invite You to transform me by renewing

my mind today. Thank You for all that's possible

when I surrender to You."



Pray to the Lord and proclaim Him to be the remedy to Sin and Salvation.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that only the Lord can make you rich .



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for his mercies for they are new every morning.



Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



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 Hanifa in the United Arab Emirates who was ostracised by her family,

yet still activey shares the Gospel with other women.



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 271, 28 September 2021



Nehemiah 11 - 13



Nehemiah 11

The Residents of Jerusalem



1 Ch 9:1-17



1 (Ne 11:18; Isa 48:2) Now the rulers of the people lived at Jerusalem,

so the rest of the people cast lots in order to bring one out of ten

to stay in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine remained

in other cities.

2 (Jdg 5:9) The people blessed all the men who volunteered to dwell

in Jerusalem.

3 (Ezr 2:43; 2:1) Now these are the leaders of the provinces

who lived in Jerusalem (though in the cities of Judah

every one lived on his own property within their cities):

Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants,

and the descendants of Solomon's servants.

4 (Ge 38:29) Some of the sons of Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem.

Those from Judah were:

Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah,

the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel-the descendants of Perez,

5 and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Kol-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah,

the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah,

the son of Shelah.

6 All the descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 486 valiant men.

7 These are the sons of Benjamin:

Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah,

the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel,

the son of Jeshaiah, 8and after him Gabbai and Sallai, totaling 928.

9 Joel, the son of Zikri, was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah

was second to him over the city.

10 Of the priests there were: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib and Jakin;

11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok,

the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was a ruler of the house of God.

12 Their relatives performing the work of the house were 822 .

There was also Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah,

the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur,

the son of Malkijah,

13 plus his relatives who were chiefs of the fathers' houses were 242;

and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth,

the son of Immer,

14 and their brothers, mighty men of valor, were 128. Their overseer

was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

15 From the Levites there were:

Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah,

the son of Bunni;

16 plus Shabbethai and Jozabad, who as leaders of the Levites

had oversight of the outside work of the house of God.

17 (1Ch 9:15) Mattaniah the son of Mika, the son of Zabdi,

the son of Asaph, was the first to begin the thanksgiving at prayer,

Bakbukiah was the second out of his relatives, and then

Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

18 (Ne 11:1; Rev 21:2) All the Levites in the holy city were 284.

19 Moreover, the gatekeepers,

Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

20 The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Le­vites were in

all the cities of Judah, every one tending to his own inheritance.

21 (Ne 3:26) But the temple servants lived in Ophel,

and Ziha and Gishpa were over them.

22 (Ne 12:42; 11:9) The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi

the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah,

the son of Mika. Some of the sons of Asaph were the singers

attending to the work of the house of God,

23(Ezr 6:8-9) for the king's regulation about them made their unity

a daily issue.

24 (Ge 38:30; 1Ch 18:17) Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah

the son of Judah, was the king's assistant

[Lit. at the king's hand.] in all matters concerning the people.



The Residents Outside Jerusalem



25 (Jos 14:15) For the villages located by their fields,

some of the people of Judah lived at Kiriath Arba and its villages,

others at Dibon and its villages, or at Jekabzeel and its villages,

26 as well as at Jeshua, at Moladah, and at Beth Pelet,

27 and at Hazar Shual, and at Beersheba and its villages,

28 (1Sa 27:6) and at Ziklag, at Mekonah and its villages,

29 and at En Rimmon, at Zorah, at Jarmuth,

30 (Jos 10:3; 15:8) Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, at Lachish

and its fields, and at Azekah and its villages. So they lived

from Beersheba as far as the Valley of Hinnom.

31 Some of the Benjamites settled from Geba onward,

at Mikmash, Aija, and Bethel and their villages,

32 (Jos 21:18; 1Sa 21:1) at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

33 (2Sa 4:3) Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

34 (1Sa 13:18) Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

35 (1Ch 8:12) Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

36 From the Levites, some divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin.



Nehemiah 12



The Priests and Levites



1 (Ezr 2:1-2; Ne 10:2-8) Now these are the priests and the Le­vites

who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua:

Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

2 Amariah, Malluk, Hattush,

3 Shekaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

4 (Lk 1:5) Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,

5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,

6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah.

These were the leaders of the priests

and of their relatives in the days of Joshua.

8 (Ne 11:17; 12:24) Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel,

Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving songs,

in conjunction with his relatives.

9 There were also their relatives Bakbukiah and Unni,

positioned across from each other in the watches.

10 Joshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib,

Eliashib was the father of Joiada,

11 Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.

12 Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, these were the heads

of the fathers' houses:

of Seraiah, Meraiah;

of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

13 of Ezra, Meshullam;

of Amariah, Jehohanan;

14 of Malluk, Jonathan;

of Shebaniah, Joseph;

15 of Harim, Adna;

of Meraioth, Helkai;

16of Iddo, Zechariah;

of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

17 of Abijah, Zikri;

of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;

18 of Bilgah, Shammua;

of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

19 of Joiarib, Mattenai;

of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

20 of Sallu, Kallai;

of Amok, Eber;

21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah;

and of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

22 The Levites, as well as the priests, were recorded as the chiefs

of the fathers' houses in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan,

and Jaddua during the reign of Darius the Persian.

23 The descendants of Levi who served as the chiefs of the fathers' house

were recorded in the book of the chronicles until the days of Johanan

the son of Eliashib.

24 (1Ch 25:1-26) The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah,

and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them,

to praise and to give thanks, section opposite section,

according to the commandment of David the man of God.

25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon,

and Akkub were gatekeepers maintaining the guard duty at the storehouse

of the gates.

26 (Ne 8:9) These leaders served during the days of Joiakim the son of Joshua,

the son of Jozadak, during the days of Nehemiah the governor,

and during the days of Ezra the priest, the scribe.



Nehemiah Dedicates the City Wall



27 (1Ch 15:16; 15:28) At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem

they sought to bring the Levites from all their places to Jerusalem

to celebrate the dedication appropriately with thanksgiving songs

and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

28 (1Ch 9:16; 2:54) The members of choirs had assembled

from the regions all around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,

29 from Beth Gilgal, and from fields of Geba and Azmaveth,

because they had built villages for themselves all around Jerusalem.

30 (Ex 19:10; Job 1:5) Then the priests and the Levites purified themselves.

They also purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

31 (Ne 2:13; 12:38) Then I led the commanders of Judah up to the top

of the wall and appointed two great thanksgiving choirs.

The first choir proceeded to the right on the wall toward the Dung Gate.

32 Behind them followed Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

33 with Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

34 Judah, Benjamin, She­maiah, Jeremiah,

35 and some of the priests with trumpets-Zechariah, the son of Jonathan,

the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah,

the son of Zakkur, the son of Asaph,

36 (Ne 12:24; 1Ch 23:5) in conjunction with his relatives-Shemaiah,

Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani,

being accompanied with the musical instruments of David the man of God.

Ezra the scribe went before them.

37 (Ne 2:14; 3:26) At the Fountain Gate, directly across from them,

they ascended the steps of the City of David, following that sloped

section of the wall up to the house of David, then eastward

to the Water Gate.

38 (Ne 3:8; 3:11) The second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left

where I followed them with the other half of the people on top of the wall,

from the Tower of the Furnaces to the Broad Wall,

39 (Ne 3:1; 3:3; 3:6) then from above the Ephraim Gate past the Old Gate,

the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred,

as far as the Sheep Gate, but they stood still at the Gate of the Guard.

40 So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, as did I

and the half of the officials with me,

41 and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah,

Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets,

42 and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam,

and Ezer. The singers sang loudly. Jezrahiah was their director.

43 (Ps 92:4) On that day they offered great sacrifices

and rejoiced because God had given them great cause for rejoicing.

The wives and the children rejoiced, too.

From far away the joyful celebration of Jerusalem was heard.



Temple Responsibilities



44 (Ne 13:12-13) At that time men were appointed to govern

over the chambers for the treasures, for the contributions,

for the first fruits, and for the tithes, so that they might

gather into them out of the fields of the cities the legal portions

belonging to the priests and Levites. This was because the celebration

of Judah survived on the basis of the priests and the Levites

45 (1Ch 25:1-26) who, accompanied by the singers

and the gatekeepers, attentively preserved the practices

of their God and the practices of purification, according

to the commandment of David and of his son Solomon.

46 (2Ch 29:30) For in the former days of David and Asaph

there were leaders for the singers, the songs of praise,

and thanksgivings to God.

47 All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah

gave the singers and the gatekeepers their portions,

as specified daily. Likewise, they consecrated what was

due to the Levites, who then consecrated what was due

to the descendants of Aaron.



Nehemiah 13



The Reforms of Nehemiah



1 (Dt 23:3-5; Ne 9:3) On that day they read aloud

from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people.

In it there was found written that no Ammonite

or Moabite should ever enter the congregation of God,

2 (Dt 23:5) because they did not meet the children of Israel

with bread and water, but hired Balaam to curse them.

However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

3 (Ne 9:2; Ex 12:38) When they heard the Law, they separated

from Israel all the racially mixed.

4 (Ne 12:44; 2:10) Before this, Eliashib the priest,

who had been appointed to govern the chambers of the house

of our God, was related to Tobiah.

5 So, he had prepared a great chamber hall for him, where previously

they had stored the contributions, the frankincense, the vessels,

and the tithes of grain, new wine, and fresh oil, as required,

for the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the contribution

for the priests.

6 (Ne 5:14) But during this time I was not in Jerusalem,

since in the 32nd year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon

I had gone to the king. At the conclusion of those days

I requested a leave of the king.

7 (Ne 13:5) When I came to Jerusalem and understood the evil

that Eliashib did for Tobiah by preparing him a chamber in the courts

of the house of God,

8 I was very grieved. So, from the chamber I threw all of the household

belongings of Tobiah outside.

9 (2Ch 29:5) Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers

so that I could return there the vessels of the house of God,

the contributions for the offerings, and the frankincense.

10 (Ne 10:37; Mal 3:8) When I perceived that the supplies

for the Levites had not been given and that the Le­vites

and the singers doing the work had fled, everyone to his own field,

11 (Ne 10:39; 13:17) I confronted the officials and asked, "Why is

the house of God forsaken?" So I gathered them and stationed

them at their posts.

12 (Ne 10:37-39; 12:44) Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain,

the new wine, and the fresh oil to the storehouses.

13 (Ne 7:2; 12:44) Overseeing the replenishing of the storehouse,

I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe,

and Pedaiah from the Levites, and to assist them Hanan the son of Zakkur,

the son of Mattaniah, for they were considered reliable,

and their task was to distribute to their relatives.

14 (Ne 5:19; 13:22) Remember me, O my God, concerning this. Do not blot out

my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and its workings.

15 (Ne 10:31; Ex 34:21) In those days I saw in Judah some treading

winepresses on the Sabbath or hauling loads of grain or loading donkeys

with wine, grapes, figs, and all manner of burdens in order to bring

them to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So, during the day

while they were selling the food goods, I warned them.

16 Men of Tyre also stayed there, having hauled in fish

and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them on the Sabbath

to the people of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

17 (Ne 13:11; 13:25) Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and asked them,

"What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

18 (Jer 17:21-23) Did not your fathers do likewise?

Did not our God bring all this evil against us and against this city?

Will you yet bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath?"

19 (Lev 23:32) As the gates of Jerusalem began to cast the evening shadow

before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut,

and charged that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath.

Some of my servants I stationed at the gates so that there would be

no loads brought in on the Sabbath day.

20 Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kind of merchandise

lodged outside Jerusalem.

21 So I warned them and said to them, "Why do you spend the night next

to the wall? If you do so again, I will send you away by force."

From that time on they stopped coming on the Sabbath.

22 (Ne 12:30; 13:14) Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves

so that they could come and, as guardians of the gates,

sanctify the Sabbath day.

Remember me, O my God, concerning this also,

and spare me according to Your abundant mercy.

23 (Ne 10:30; Ezr 9:1-2) Moreover, in those days I also saw Jews

who had married the women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

24 Half of their children spoke in the language of Ashdod,

yet none of them could recognize the language of the Jews.

This was true language by language.

25 (Ezr 10:5; Ne 10:29-30) So I confronted them and cursed them.

Some of the men I beat. Others, I plucked out their hair.

Also, I made them swear an oath by God and said to them,

"You shall neither give your daughters to their sons,

nor marry their daughters to your sons or to yourselves.

26 (1Ki 3:13; 2Ch 1:12) Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things?

Yet among many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God,

who made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women caused

even him to sin.

27 (Ezr 10:2) Should we then listen to you, the ones doing

all this great evil, who are behaving unfaithfully against our God

by bedding foreign women?"

28 (Ne 2:19; 2:10) Also, one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib

the high priest, was a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, so I drove

him away from me.

29 (Ne 6:14) Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood

and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

30 (Ne 10:30) Thus I purified them from everything foreign

and appointed work crews for the priests and the Levites, each to his task,

31 (Ne 10:34; 13:14) and I provided the wood offering, at the appointed times,

and the first fruits.

Remember me, O my God, for good.



Psalm 126



A Song of Ascents.



1 When the Lord restored the captives of Zion,

we were like those who dream.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Then our mouth was filled with laughter,

and our tongue with singing.

Then they said among the nations,

"The Lord has done great things for them."

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) The Lord has done great things for us;

we are glad.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Restore our captives, O Lord,

as the streams in the Negev.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Those who sow in tears

shall reap in joy.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) He who goes forth and weeps,

bearing precious seed to sow,

shall come home again with rejoicing,

bringing his grain sheaves with him.





2) Our Daily Bread for 28 September 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/09/28/flight-of-ichabod

Entitled Flight of Ichabod



1 Samuel 4:12–22



12 (Jos 7:6; 2Sa 1:2) There ran a man of Benjamin from the battle line,

and he came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn

and with dust upon his head.

13 (1Sa 1:9; 4:18) When he came, Eli was sitting on a seat by the wayside

watching. For his heart feared for the ark of God.

Now the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.

14 When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said,

"What does the noise of this tumult mean?"

And the man hurriedly came and told Eli.

15 (1Sa 3:2) Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were dim,

so that he could not see.

16 (2Sa 1:4) The man said to Eli, "I am he that came out of the army,

and I fled today out of the battle line."

And he said, “What is the word, my son?”

17 The messenger answered and said, "Israel has fled before the Philistines,

and there also has been a great slaughter among the people.

Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead.

And the ark of God is taken."

18 (1Sa 4:13) When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell from off the seat

backward by the side of the gate. And his neck broke and he died,

for he was an old and heavy man. And he had judged Israel forty years.

19 His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was pregnant, about to give birth.

And when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken,

and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead,

she kneeled down and gave birth, for her pains came upon her.

20 (Ge 35:17-18) About the time of her death the women that stood

by her said to her, "Do not fear, for you have borne a son."

But she did not answer or regard it.

21 (Ps 26:8; Jer 2:11) She named the child Ichabod, saying,

"The glory is departed from Israel," because the ark of God was taken,

and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

22 She said, "The glory is departed from Israel, for the ark of God is taken."



In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving tells of Ichabod Crane,

a schoolteacher who seeks to marry a beautiful young woman named Katrina.

Key to the story is a headless horseman who haunts the colonial countryside.

One night, Ichabod encounters a ghostly apparition on horseback

and flees the region in terror. It's clear to the reader that this "horseman"

is actually a rival suitor for Katrina, who then marries her.



Ichabod is a name first seen in the Bible, and it too has a gloomy backstory.

While at war with the Philistines, Israel carried the sacred

ark of the covenant into battle. Bad move. Israel's army was routed

and the ark captured. Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of the high priest Eli,

were killed (1 Samuel 4:17). Eli too would die (v. 18). When the pregnant

wife of Phinehas heard the news, "she went into labor and gave birth,

but was overcome by her labor pains"(v. 19). With her last words

she named her son Ichabod (literally, "no glory"). "The Glory has departed

from Israel," she gasped (v. 22).



Thankfully, God was unfolding a much larger story. His glory would ultimately

be revealed in Jesus, who said of His disciples,

"I have given them the glory that you [the Father] gave me" (John 17:22).



No one knows where the ark is today, but no matter. Ichabod has fled.

Through Jesus, God has given us His very glory!



By: Tim Gustafson



Reflect & Pray



What do you think it means for God to give us His glory?

How have you experienced it?



Dear Father, thank You for revealing Your glory through Jesus.

Make me mindful of Your presence throughout this day.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 3 - The Remedy



Acts 4:12



12 (Mt 1:21; Jn 3:36) "There is no salvation in any other,

for there is no other name under heaven given among men

by which we must be saved."



"You have cancer", the doctor told his patient. "We need to operate

- as soon as possible. It's the only remedy." The patient, not wanting

to undergo surgery unless it was absolutely necessary, sought out a second

opinion, then a third. When the third round of testing came up with the same

results, she returned to the doctor and submitted herself to the treatment.

Often the remedy for the problems in our lives seems worst than the problems

themselves. We don't want to endure the pain of self-examination, of honest

confrontation with our sin and selfishness. We'd rather live in "blissful

ignorance" than face up to ourselves.

But the Bible tells us there is only one remedy for sin: casting ourselves

upon the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. Submitting ourselves to God's

"treatment" for sin is not an easy matter or a simple decision. We have to

give up on ourselves, on our ownstrving for self-salvation. We have to come

to the agonising realisation of our sin, the depths to which we have fallen.

Acknowlegding sin is not a duty simply for "bad" people who have lived in

rebellion against God. "Good" people - Sunday-school kids, moral parents,

and sweet little grandmothers - may have more difficulty coming to Christ

than swindlers and prostitutes, precisely because their sin is not as

visible - sometimes it is even applauded by church and society.

"Good" or "bad", we all have the same problem: sin. And, because

of the Lord's grace, we all have the same remedy: salvation through Christ.

As we look to him, not to others, and see ourselves in light of his holiness,

we can glimpse the seriousness of our own resistance to him and call upon

his name.



Application



a) What other "remedies" have I tried to use in treating my sin?



b) Why is Jesus Christ the only source of salvation?



c) How can this verse help me to see the "salvation"

of Christ in the daily struggles of life?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Gen 13:2,5-6,14-17



2 (Ge 24:35; Ps 112:1–3) Abram was very wealthy in livestock,

in silver and in gold.

5 Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

6 (Ge 36:6–7) But the land was not able to support them

both dwelling together because their possessions were so great.

14 (Ge 28:14; Dt 3:27) After Lot had departed from him,

the Lord said to Abram,

"Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are,

northward and southward and eastward and westward.

15 (Ge 12:7; 2Ch 20:7) All the land that you see I will give to you

and to your descendants forever.

16 (Ge 28:14; Nu 23:10) I will make your descendants like the dust

of the earth, so that if a man could number the dust of the earth,

then your descendants could also be numbered.

17 Arise, and walk throughout the land across its length

and its width, for I will give it to you."



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



God's Generous Provision



Ps 145:13b-21



13 Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

14 The Lord upholds all who fall,

and raises up all who are bowed down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon You,

and You give them their food in due season.

16 You open Your hand

and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways

and loving in all His works.

18 The Lord is near to all those who call upon Him,

to all who call upon Him in truth.

19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;

He also will hear their cry and will save them.

20 The Lord preserves all those who love Him,

but all the wicked He will destroy.

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,

and let all people bless His holy name

forever and ever.



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?)



Nova Scotia



Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629



With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truto.



Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.



while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.



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 seek His will to be a reformer.



Pray to the Lord "Dear Father, thank You for revealing

Your glory through Jesus.

Make me mindful of Your presence throughout this day."



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for being the remedy to Sin and Salvation.



Pray to the Lord and trust in His promises .



Pray to the Lord and speak the righteouness of the Lord.



Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



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 new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear

and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.



Pray that Yahweh will expand His Kigdom among the million of Arab

and Persian refugees living in Turkey.



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 270, 27 September 2021



Nehemiah 8 - 10



Nehemiah 8

1 (Ezr 7:6; Ne 3:26) All the people gathered together as one man in the area

in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring

the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.

2 (Lev 23:24; Nu 29:1) On the first day of the seventh month,

Ezra the priest brought the Law before the congregation of men, women,

and all who could listen with understanding.

3 In the area in front of the Water Gate, he read aloud from sunrise until

midday to the men, women, and those who could understand.

All the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

4 Ezra the scribe stood on a raised wood platform, which they had made

for the ­purpose. Beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah,

and Maaseiah on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael,

Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

5 (Jdg 3:20; 1Ki 8:14) Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people

(because he was above all the people), and, as he opened it, all the people

stood up.

6 (Ex 4:31; Ne 5:13)When Ezra blessed the Lord as the great God, all

the people responded "Amen, Amen!" By lifting up their hands as they bowed

their heads, they worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

7 (Ne 9:4; Ezr 10:22–23; Ne 3:23Then Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub,

Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kel­ita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah,

and the Levites, explained the Law to the people while the people stood in

their place.

8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, with

interpretation, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the

reading.

9 (Ne 7:65; 7:70) Then Nehemiah the magistrate, Ezra the priest and scribe,

and the Levites who were teaching the people said to all the people, "This

day is holy to the Lord your God. Stop mourning and weeping." (This was

because all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law.)

10 (Dt 26:11-13; Est 9:19) Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat,

drink the sweet drink, and send portions to those for whom nothing is

prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy

of the Lord is your strength."

11 So the Levites quieted all the people, saying,

"Hush! Because today is holy you should stop being so sorrowful."

12 (Ne 8:7-8) Then all the people went to eat, to drink, to send portions,

and to enjoy a great celebration because they had understood the words

declared to them.



The Feast of Tabernacles



13 On the second day, the chiefs of the fathers' households

of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered to Ezra

the scribe in order to understand the words of the Law.

14 (Lev 23:34) They found written in the Law where the Lord had commanded

by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast

of the seventh month,

15 (Lev 23:4; 23:40) and that they should publish and proclaim

in all their cities and in Jerusalem, "Go out to the hills

and bring olive branches, along with wild olive branches, myrtle branches,

palm branches, and other leafy branches to make booths, as it was written."

16 (2Ki 14:13; Ne 12:39) So the people went out and brought back branches

and made themselves booths. Each household did so on its roof, in their yard,

on the grounds of the house of God, in the area in front of the Water Gate,

or in the area at the Gate of Ephraim.

17 (2Ch 8:13; 7:8-10) All the congregation who had returned from captivity

made booths and lived in them. Not since the days of Joshua the son of Nun

to that day had the children of Israel done so, and there was a tremendously

great feast.

18 (Lev 23:36; Nu 29:35) And day by day, from the first day to the last day,

he read from the Book of the Law of God. They celebrated the feast seven

days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly as required.



Nehemiah 9



The Israelites Confess Their Sins



1 (Jos 7:6; 1Sa 4:12) Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children

of Israel were assembled with fasting and sackcloth,

and there was dirt on them.

2 (Ezr 10:11; Ne 13:3) The offspring of Israel separated themselves

from all the foreigners and then stood and confessed their sins

and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 (Ne 8:7-8) They stood in their place and read from the Book of the Law

of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day. And for another fourth,

they confessed and worshipped the Lord their God.

4 (Ne 8:7) Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani,

and Kenani stood up on the stairs of the Levites

and cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

5 (1Ch 29:13) Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah,

Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said:

"Stand up and bless the Lord your God forever and ever! Let them

bless Your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 (Ge 1:1; 2:1; 2Ki 19:15) You alone are the Lord. You have made heaven,

the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it,

the seas and all that is in them; and You preserve them all.

And the host of heaven worships You.

7 (Ge 11:31; 17:5) "You are the Lord God who chose Abram and brought him out

of Ur of the Chaldeans. You gave him the name Abraham

8 (Ge 15:6; 15:18-21)and found his heart faithful before You. And You made

a covenant with him to give him the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites,

the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites-to give it

to his seed. Indeed, You have fulfilled Your words because You are righteous.

9 "When You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heard their cry

by the Red Sea,

10 (Jer 32:20; Da 9:15) You enacted signs and wonders against Pharaoh,

against all his servants, and against all the people of his land because

You knew how arrogantly they had acted against them. Thus, You made a name

for Yourself, as it is this day.

11 (Ps 78:13; Ex 14:21-22) You divided the sea before them, so they might

pass through the midst of the sea on dry ground, and cast their pursuers

into the deep like a stone into stormy waters.

12 (Ex 13:21-22; Ne 9:19) By day You led them with a pillar of cloud,

and by night with a pillar of fire to light the way for them to go.

13 (Ex 20:1; 19:11) "You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them

from heaven and gave them just requirements, true laws, good statutes

and commandments.

14 (Ge 2:3; Ex 20:8-11) You also revealed to them Your Holy Sabbath and,

by the hand of Moses Your servant, set in place for them the precepts,

statutes, and laws.

15 (Ex 17:6; Dt 1:8) You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger

and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst. You told

them to enter in order to possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

16 (Dt 31:27; Ne 9:10) "But they and our fathers acted proudly and hardened

their necks and did not obey Your commandments.

17 (Ps 78:11; 86:5) They refused to obey and were not mindful of Your wonders

that You performed among them. But they hardened their necks and in their

rebellion appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are a God

ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding

in kindness, and did not forsake them.

18 (Ex 32:4-8) "Even when they had made themselves a molded calf and said,

'This is your god that brought you out of Egypt,'

and committed terrible provocations,

19 (Ne 9:12; 9:27) yet You in Your great mercy did not forsake them

in the wilderness: The pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day,

to lead them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them

the way they should go.

20 (Nu 11:17; Ex 16:15) You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them,

did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, and gave them water

for their thirst.

21 (Dt 2:7; 8:4) Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness,

so that they lacked nothin-—their clothing did not wear out

nor did their feet swell.

22 (Nu 21:21-35) "You gave them kingdoms and nations,

and You divided them as boundaries. They possessed the land of Sihon,

which was the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og,

the king of Bashan.

23 (Ge 15:5; 22:17) Their descendants You increased like the stars

of heaven, and You brought them into the land, which You had promised

to their fathers that they would enter and possess it.

24 (Jos 11:23; 18:1) So the descendants went in and possessed the land,

and You subdued for them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,

and gave them into their hands-with their kings and the peoples of the land

-to do with them as they would.

25 (Dt 32:15; 3:5) They captured unassailable cities and a fertile land.

They possessed houses full of all goods, wells dug, vineyards, olive groves,

and fruit trees in abundance, so they ate, were filled, and became fat,

and they indulged themselves in Your great goodness.

26 (1Ki 14:9; Jdg 2:11-12) "Nevertheless they became disobedient,

and rebelled against You, and cast Your law behind their backs,

and killed Your prophets who had warned them to turn back to You.

But they committed terrible provocations.

27 Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies,

who afflicted them. When they cried to You in the time of their affliction,

You heard from heaven, and, according to Your abundant mercy, You gave them

deliverers who delivered them out of the hand of their enemies.

28 (Jdg 3:11-12; 3:30) "But after they had rest, they again did evil before

You. Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that

they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to You,

You heard from heaven, and many times You delivered them according

to Your mercies.

29 (Ne 9:16; Lev 18:5) "You warned them in order to restore them again

to Your law, but they acted arrogantly and did not listen

to Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances

(which would enable a man to live, if he would do them),

stubbornly turning away and becoming belligerent so that

they would not hear.

30 (Ne 9:20; Isa 42:24) For many years You endured them

and warned them by Your Spirit in Your prophets, yet they would not listen.

Therefore, You gave them into the hand of the people of the lands.

31 (Jer 4:27; Ne 9:17) Nevertheless, for the sake of Your abundant mercy,

You did not completely destroy them or forsake them.

Indeed, You are a gracious and merciful God.

32 (2Ki 17:3; Ne 1:5) "Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty,

and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and mercy, let not all the hardship,

since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day, that has come on us,

our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers,

and on all Your people seem insignificant to You.

33 (Ge 18:25; Ps 106:6) You are righteous for everything that has come

upon us! You have acted faithfully while we have done wickedly.

34 For our kings, princes, priests, and fathers have failed to keep Your law

and did not obey Your commandments

and Your warnings even when You confronted them.

35 (Dt 28:47) For whether in their kingdom or in Your abundant goodness

(that You gave them) or in the spacious and fertile land

(that You set before them), they have neither served You nor turned away

from their wicked deeds.

36 (Dt 28:48; Ezr 9:9) "Here we are, slaves today. The land that You gave

to our fathers was for eating its fruit and its goodness.

Behold, we have become slaves on account of it,

37 (Dt 28:33; 28:51) because its abundant produce belongs to the kings

whom You have set over us due to our sins. They have control over our bodies

and over our livestock, as they please. We are in great distress."



Signatories to the Agreement



38 (Ne 10:1; 10:29) So on the basis of all this, we are executing

a written agreement that is being sealed by our princes, Levites,

and priests.



Nehemiah 10



Signatories of the Covenant



1 (Ne 9:38; 1:1) Now the names of those on the sealed agreement were:

Nehemiah, the magistrate, the son of Hakaliah,

and Zedekiah.

2 Next were Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah,

4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluk,

5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.

These were the priests.

9 The Levites were:

Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, and Kadmiel,

10 along with their relatives Shebaniah,

Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

11 Mika, Rehob, Hashabiah,

12 Zakkur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.

14 (Ne 7:8; 7:11-13) The leaders of the people were:

Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

26 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,

27 Malluk, Harim, and Baanah.



Summary of the Covenant



28 (Ne 9:2) The remainder of the people, the priests, the Levites,

the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who

on the basis of the Law of God separated themselves from the people

of the lands-their wives, their sons, and their daughters, that is,

every one capable of knowledge and understanding-

29 (Ps 119:106; 2Ki 23:3) have decisively joined in with their countrymen

and their nobles, and obligated themselves-by both a curse and an oath-to

walk in the Law of God, which was given by Moses the servant of God,

and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord who is our Lord,

along with His judgments and His statutes

30 (Ex 34:16; Dt 7:3) so that we will not give our daughters

to the people of the land nor take their daughters for our sons.

31 (Ex 23:10-11; Ne 13:15-22) If the people of the land bring merchandise

or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them

on the Sabbath or a holy day. We will also renounce the seventh year harvest

and the full payment of every debt.

32 (Ex 30:11-16) We also establish for ourselves the ordinance to collect

from ourselves annually one-third of a shekel for the service of the house

of our God:

33 (2Ch 2:4; Lev 24:5-6) for the showbread, the continual grain offering,

the continual burnt offering, the Sabbaths, the New Moons, the appointed

feasts, the holy things, and the sin offerings to make an atonement for

Israel, as well as for all the work of the house of our God.

34 (Ne 13:31; Isa 40:16) Also, we cast lots to determine the duty

of the supply of wood that the priests, the Levites,

and the people-according to the houses of our fathers,

being set by annually appointed times-might bring to the house of our God,

in order to burn it on the altar of the Lord our God,

as it is written in the Law;

35 (Ex 23:19; Dt 26:2) and, likewise, for the annual bringing

of the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all fruit

of all trees to the house of the Lord;

36 (Ex 13:2; Lev 27:26-27) and for bringing to the priests

who are ministering at the house of God, the firstborn of our sons

and livestock, as it is written in the Law, plus the firstborn

of our herds and flocks.

37 (Lev 23:17; Nu 18:21) Moreover, the first of our fresh dough,

our contributions, the fruit of every tree, and the new wine and oil we will

bring to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, but the tithe

of our crops we will bring to the Levites, since they themselves receive

the tithes in all our agricultural cities.

38 (Ne 13:12-13) There must be a priest, a descendant of Aaron, with the Levites when they are collecting tithes, and the Levites will offer a tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, for the chambers of the storehouse. 392Ch 31:12Both the children of Israel and the Levites should bring the contribution of the grain, new wine, and the fresh oil to the chambers because the vessels of the sanctuary and the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers are there.

We resolve not to forsake the house of our God.



2) Our Daily Bread for 27 September 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/09/27/unlimited

Entitled Unlimited





Isaiah 40:21–28



21 (Ac 14:17) Have you not known?

Have you not heard?

Has it not been told to you from the beginning?

Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

22 (Nu 13:33; Ps 104:2) It is He who sits upon the circle of the earth,

and the inhabitants are as grasshoppers,

who stretches out the heavens as a curtain,

and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in.

23 (Job 12:21; Ps 107:40) He brings the princes to nothing;

He makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

24 (Isa 41:16; 17:13) Scarcely shall they be planted;

scarcely shall they be sown;

scarcely shall their tree take root in the earth,

when He will also blow on them,

and they will wither,

and the whirlwind will take them away as stubble.

25 (Isa 40:18) To whom then will you liken Me,

that I should be equal to him? says the Holy One.

26 (Ps 89:11-13; Isa 48:13) Lift up your eyes on high,

and see who has created these things,

who brings out their host by number;

He calls them all by name,

by the greatness of His might and the strength of His power;

not one of them is missing.

27 Why do you say, O Jacob,

and assert, O Israel,

"My way is hidden from the Lord,

and my justice escapes the notice of my God"?

28 (Ps 147:5; Ge 21:33; Isa 57:15) Have you not known?

Have you not heard,

that the everlasting God, the Lord,

the Creator of the ends of the earth,

does not faint, nor is He weary?

His understanding is inscrutable.



There I am, sitting in the shopping mall food court, my body tense

and my stomach knotted over looming work deadlines. As I unwrap

my burger and take a bite, people rush around me, fretting over

their own tasks. How limited we all are, I think to myself, limited

in time, energy, and capacity.



I consider writing a new to-do list and prioritizing the urgent tasks,

but as I pull out a pen another thought enters my mind: a thought of One

who is infinite and unlimited, who effortlessly accomplishes

all that He desires.



This God, Isaiah says, can measure the oceans in the hollow of His hand

and collect the dust of the earth in a basket (Isaiah 40:12). He names

the stars of the heavens and directs their path (v. 26), knows the rulers

of the world and oversees their careers (v. 23), considers islands

mere specks of dust and the nations like drops in the sea (v. 15).

"To whom will you compare me?" He asks (v. 25).

"The Lord is the everlasting God," Isaiah replies.

"He will not grow tired or weary" (v. 28).



Stress and strain are never good for us, but on this day they deliver

a powerful lesson. The unlimited God is not like me.

He accomplishes everything He wishes. I finish my burger,

and then pause once more. And silently worship.



By: Sheridan Voysey



Reflect & Pray



How will you draw on God’s unlimited strength today? (vv. 29-31).

In the midst of your tasks and deadlines, how will you pause

to worship the infinite One?



Loving God, You're the unlimited One who'll accomplish all You've promised.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 2 - Earning Death



Romans 6:23



23 (Ro 5:12; Ge 2:17; Ro 2:7) For the wages of sin is death,

but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.



"I only want my rights," declares the belligerant Big Ghost, one of the

characters in C. S. Lewis's classic, The Great Divorce. "I'm not asking

for anybody's bleeding charity."

"Then do. At once," his angleic friend Len urges. "Ask for the Bleeding

Charity. Everything is here for the asking and nothing can be bought."

Often we are much like the Ghost in Lewis's tale of heaven and hell.

We want "What we deserve," and being blind to our own sin, we think

we deserve praise, or al least mercy. But Paul is very clear on what

we have coming: "The wages of sin is death".

We work for our wages - we've earned our paycheque, and we deserve it.

We don't have to thank anyone for paying us - it's our due, not a gift.

Similarly, the paycheque issued to us in renumeration for our sin is

what we deserve: death.

Yet, if we are willing to lay aside our pride and accept God's gift,

we can live. "The gift of God is eternal life." Nothing we can do or say

can make us worthy of the gift of life. We are sinners by nature and we

rebel against God in our choices. Yet God, in Christ, offers grace to us,

freedom from sin, liberty from the burden of trying to earn his favour.

Ironically, freedom and peace in the Christian life come not through

justifying ourselves and making ourselves look good, but through

acknowledging the depth of our sin ad our ability to do anything about it.

When we realise that we are trapped in out sinful selves and only

Christ can free us, then we are ready to journey toward grace and freedom.



Application



a) In what way's have I treid to "earn" the gift of eternal life?



b) What can I do to focus on God's grace and realise

that I cannot accomplish my own salvation?





4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Ps 35:27



27 May those who favour my righteous cause

shout for joy and be glad;

may they say continually, "The Lord be magnified,

who delights in the peace of His servant."



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



God's Generous Provision



Matthew 6:24-34



God and Money



24 (Lk 16:13; 16:11; 16:9) "No one can serve two masters.

For either he will hate the one and love the other,

or else he will hold to the one and despise the other.

You cannot serve God and money."



Care and Anxiety



Lk 12:22–34



25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you,

take no thought about your life, what you will eat,

or what you will drink, nor about your body,

what you will put on. Is not life more than

and the body than clothing?

26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air,

for they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns.

Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

27 Who among you by taking thought can add a cubit

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

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

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:

They neither work, nor do they spin.

29 (1Ki 10:4–7; 2Ch 9:4–6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon

in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field,

which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

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

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

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

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

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

33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11-13) But seek first the kingdom of God

and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.

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

for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself.

Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.



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?)



Nova Scotia



Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629



With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truto.



Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.



while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.



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 confess you sins and seek His merices.



Pray to the Lord "Loving God, You're the unlimited One

who'll accomplish all You've promised."



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for paying the wages of Sin on the Cross.



Pray to the Lord and shout for joy for His righteous cause .



Pray to the Lord and seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.



Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



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 that in-country workers in the Philippines will courageously

seize opportunites to share the Gospel.



Pray for Tamara in Tajikistan whose husband was kill for being a pastor.



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 269, 26 September 2021



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

We talked on Disciples who make disciples - follower .



1) Spend time with Jesus



John 12:26



26 (Jn 14:3; 17:24) "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me.

Where I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me,

the Father will honor him."



Mark 3:14



14 He ordained twelve to be with Him, and to be sent out to preach



Luke 14:26



26 (Mt 10:37; Jn 12:25) "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate

his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters,

yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. "



Mark 12:29-30



29 (Dt 6:4; Lk 10:27) Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments

is, 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.

30 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,

and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.'

Dt 6:4-5. This is the first commandment.



2) Disciples loving fellow disciples



John 13:35



35 (Jn 17:21) "By this all men will know that you are My disciples,

if you have love for one another.”





1 John 4:20



20 (1Jn 2:4; 3:17) If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother,

he is a liar. For whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen,

how can he love God whom he has not seen?



Nehemiah 6 -7



Nehemiah 6



Nehemiah's Enemies



1 (Ne 2:10; 2:19) When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian,

and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall

and that there was not a gap in it (though at that time I had

not erected the doors on the gates),

2 (1Ch 8:12; Ps 37:12) Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying,

"Come, that we might meet together in one of the villages

in the plain of Ono." But they planned to do evil to me.

3 So I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work,

so I am not able to come down.

Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”

4 Four more times they sent for me like this, but I answered them

the same way.

5 Sanballat sent the same request a fifth time by his servant,

but the letter was open in his hand.

6 (Ne 2:19) In it was written,

"It is reported among the nations, and Geshem confirms it,

that you and the Jews are planning to rebel;

consequently you are rebuilding the wall.

According to these words, you are their king.

7 You have also appointed prophets to preach on your behalf

in Jerusalem, saying, 'There is a king in Judah!' According to these words,

it will now be reported to the king. So come now and let us consult together."

8 (Job 13:4; Ps 52:2) I sent him this response, saying, "Nothing like these

reports that you are saying has occurred. From your own mind,

you are inventing them."

9 (Ps 138:3) Because they all wanted to frighten us, they thought,

"They will pull their hands back from the work." But that would

never be done. So now, O God, strengthen my hands.

10 (Jer 36:5) When I came to the house of Shemaiah the crippled

son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, he said, "Let us meet together

at the house of God, inside the temple, and then we can shut

the temple doors. They are coming to kill you! Even tonight,

they could come to kill you!"

11 (Pr 28:1) But I said, "Should a man like me flee? Who is there like me

who would go into the temple to save his life? I would never go!"

12 (Eze 13:22) Then I perceived and saw that God had not sent him,

but that he pronounced the prophecy against me, because Tobiah

and Sanballat had hired him.

13 (Ne 6:6; Jer 20:10) He was hired for this reason: that I might

become fearful, act accordingly, and sin. Then they would have

an evil report by which they could reproach me.

14 (Ne 13:29) Remember, O my God, concerning Tobiah and Sanballat these

deeds of theirs, as well as the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the

prophets who were trying to frighten me.



The Wall Completed



15 (Ne 4:1-2) The wall was finished on the 25th day of the month Elul,

in 52 days.

16 (Ne 2:10; 4:1) When all our enemies heard it and all the surrounding

nations saw it, they were tremendously humbled. They perceived that,

because of our God, this work had been accomplished.

17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah produced numerous letters

in transit to Tobiah. Likewise, the letters of Tobiah came to them,

18 (Ezr 2:5) because so many in Judah were bound by oath to him since

he was the son-in-law of Shekaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan

had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berekiah.

19 Also they reported his good deeds in front of me and reported my words

to him. Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.



Nehemiah 7



1 (Ne 6:1; 6:15) Once the wall was rebuilt and I had erected the doors,

the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were appointed.

2 (Ne 1:2; 2:8) Over Jerusalem, I put in charge both my brother Hanani

and Hananiah, the palace commander, because each was a faithful man

and feared God more than many.

3 I said to them, "The gates of Jerusalem should not be opened

until the sun is hot. Until guards are posted, the doors should be closed

and bolted. Likewise, appoint guards from Jerusalemss inhabitants-

each at his post, across from his own house."

4 Now the city was large and spacious, yet the people in it were few

since there had been no houses built.



The List of Returned Exiles



Ezr 2:1-70



5 So my God put an idea in my mind, and I gathered the nobles, the officials,

and the people together to conduct a genealogy registration. When I found

the book of the genealogical register, it contained the list of those

who first came back. I found written in it:

6 (Ezr 2:1-70) These are the people of the province who returned

from the captivity of the exiles whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon

had carried away, but came back to Jerusalem and to Judah,

everyone to his city.

7 (Ezr 2:2) Those who came with Zerubbabel were Joshua, Nehemiah,

Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai,

Nehum, and Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel was this:

8 The sons of Parosh, 2172;

9 the sons of Shephatiah, 372;

10 (Ezr 2:5) the sons of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two;

11 (Ezr 2:6) the sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab,

two thousand eight hundred and eighteen;

12 the sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

13 (Ezr 2:8) the sons of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five;

14 the sons of Zakkai, seven hundred and sixty;

15 (Ezr 2:10) the sons of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight;

16 the sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight;

17 (Ezr 2:12) the sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two;

18 the sons of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven;

19 the sons of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven;

20 (Ezr 2:15) the sons of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five;

21 the sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-­eight;

22 (Ezr 2:19) the sons of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight;

23 (Ezr 2:17) the sons of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four;

24 the sons of Hariph, one hundred and twelve;

25 (Ezr 2:20) the sons of Gibeon, ninety-five.

26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight;

27 the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight;

28 (Ezr 2:24) the men of Beth Azmaveth, ­forty-two;

29 (Jos 18:25; Ezr 2:25) the men of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth,

seven hundred and forty-three;

30 the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;

31 the men of Mikmash, one hundred and twenty-two;

32 (Ezr 2:28) the men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three;

33 the men of the other Nebo, fifty-two;

34 (Ne 7:12) the sons of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

35 the sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty;

36 the sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five;

37 (1Ch 8:12) the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one;

38 the sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.



Priestly Leaders



39 The priests:

the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jesh­ua, nine hundred and seventy-three;

40 (1Ch 24:14)the sons of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two;

41 (1Ch 9:12) the sons of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;

42 (1Ch 24:8) the sons of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.

43 (Ezr 2:40) The Levites:

the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

44 The singers:

the sons of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.

45 The gatekeepers:

the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub,

the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-­eight.

46 The temple servants:

the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,

47 (Ezr 2:44)the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon,

48 the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai,

49 the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,

50 the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda,

51 the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah,

52 (Ezr 2:50) the sons of Besai, the sons of Meu­nim, the sons of Nephusim,

53 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,

54 (Ezr 2:52) the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,

55 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,

56 the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

57 (Ezr 2:55) The sons of Solomon's servants:

the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida,

58the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,

59 (Ezr 2:57)the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil,

the sons of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, the sons of Amon.

60 All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants

were three hundred and ninety-two.

61 (Ezr 2:59) These were they who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha,

Kerub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not show their fathers' houses

nor their lineage-whether they were of Israel:

62 The sons of

Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.

63 Of the priests:

the sons of

Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who married

one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name.

64 These sought for their fathers' registration in the genealogical registry,

but it was not found. Therefore, they were considered as unclean

and removed from the priesthood.

65 (Ne 8:9; Ex 28:30) The magistrate said to them that they should not eat

of the most holy things until there was an appointed priest

with Urim and Thummim.

66 (Ezr 2:64) The whole congregation together was 42360,

67 besides their male and female servants, which numbered 7337;

and they had two hundred and forty-five male and female singers.

68 Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules,

two hundred and forty-five;

69 their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; the donkeys,

six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

70 (Ne 8:9) Some of the chiefs of the fathers' households gave to the work.

The magistrate gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas,

[About 19 pounds, or 8.4 kilograms.]

fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

71 Others of the chiefs of the fathers' households gave to the treasury

for the work twenty thousand gold drachmas

[About 375 pounds, or 170 kilograms; and in v. 72.]

and two thousand two hundred silver minas.

[About 1 1/3 tons, or 1.2 metric tons. ]

72 What the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas,

two thousand silver minas,

[About 1 1/4 tons, or 1.1 metric tons.]

and sixty-seven priests' garments.

73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers,

some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities.



Ezra Reads the Law



When the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.



2) Our Daily Bread for 26 September 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/09/26/rest-well

Entitled Rest Well



Matthew 11:25-30



Come to Me and Rest



Lk 10:21-22



25 (Ps 8:2; Jn 11:41) At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, O Father,

Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things

from the wise and prudent and revealed them to infants.

26 Even so, Father, for it seemed good in Your sight.

27 (Jn 10:15; Mt 28:18; Jn 1:18) "All things are delivered to Me by My Father,

and no one knows the Son, except the Father. And no one knows the Father,

except the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal Him.

28 (Jn 7:37; 6:37) "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened,

and I will give you rest.

29 (Jer 6:16; Jn 13:15) Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me.

For I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

(Jer 6:16).

30 (1Jn 5:3) For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light."



The clock blinked 1:55 a.m. Burdened by a late-night text conversation,

sleep wasn't coming. I unwound the mummy-like clutch of my tangled sheets

and padded quietly to the couch. I Googled what to do to fall asleep

but instead found what not to do: don't take a nap or drink caffeine

or work out late in the day. Check. Reading further on my tablet,

I was advised not to use "screen time" late either. Oops.

Texting hadn't been a good idea. When it comes to resting well,

there are lists of what not to do.



In the Old Testament, God handed down rules regarding what not to do

on the Sabbath in order to embrace rest. In the New Testament,

Jesus offered a new way. Rather than stressing regulations,

Jesus called the disciples into relationship. "Come to me, all you

who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28).

In the preceding verse, Jesus pointed to His own ongoing relationship

of oneness with His Father-the One He's revealed to us.

The provision of ongoing help Jesus enjoyed from the Father

is one we can experience as well.



While we're wise to avoid certain pastimes that can interrupt our sleep,

resting well in Christ has more to do with relationship than regulation.

I clicked my reader off and laid my burdened heart down on the pillow

of Jesus' invitation: “Come to me . . .”



By: Elisa Morgan



Reflect & Pray



How does viewing rest as a relationship rather than

a regulation change your view of rest? In what area of your life is

Jesus calling you to rest in relationship with Him?



Dear Jesus, thank You for the rest You call me

to in an ongoing relationship with You.



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 ­Jesus,



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



Joshua 1:5



5 (Dt 7:24; 31:6–8) No man will be able to stand against

you all the days of your life.

As I was with Moses, I will be with you.

I will not abandon you. I will not leave you.



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



God's Help in Times of Temptation



1 Cor 10:1-13



1 Corinthians 10



Warning Against Idolatry



1 (Ex 14:29; Ps 66:6) I would not want you to be unaware that

all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

3 (Ex 16:35; Dt 8:3) all ate the same spiritual food;

4 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) and all drank the same spiritual drink,

for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,

and that Rock was Christ.

5 (Heb 3:17; Jude 1:5) But with many of them God was not well pleased,

and they were overthrown in the wilderness.

6 (Nu 11:4; 1Co 10:11) Now these things were our examples to the intent

that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.

7 (Ex 32:19; 32:4) Neither be idolaters as were some of them.

As it is written,

“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to revel.” (Ex 32:6. )

8 (Nu 25:1–9; 1Co 6:18) Neither let us commit sexual immorality as some

of them committed, when 23000 fell in one day.

9 (Nu 21:5–6; Ex 17:2) Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them

also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.

10 (Ex 12:23; Nu 16:41) Neither murmur, as some of them also murmured

and were destroyed by the destroyer.

11 (Ro 13:11) Now all these things happened to them for examples.

They are written as an admonition to us,

upon whom the end of the ages has come.

12 (Ro 11:20) Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed,

lest he fall.

13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken you except what is common

to man. God is faithful, and He will not permit you to be tempted above

what you can endure, but will with the temptation also make a way

to escape, that you may be able to bear it.



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?)



Nova Scotia



Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629



With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truto.



Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.



while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.



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 to be in Harmony with fellow Disciples of Jesus.



Pray to the Lord and pray to seek His favour in times of opposition.



Pray to the Lord "Dear Jesus, thank You for the rest You call me

to in an ongoing relationship with You."



Pray to the Lord and thank Him fir He is with you and does not

abandon you.



Pray to the Lord and god and fruitful witness for Him .



Pray to the Lord and to escape temptation.



Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



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 the protection of Tunisian believers.



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 268, 25 September 2021



Nehemiah 1 - 5



Nehemiah 1



The Prayer of Nehemiah



1 (Ne 10:1; Zec 7:1) The words of Nehemiah the son of Hakaliah.

In the month Kislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the palace,

2 (Ne 7:2) Hanani, one of my relatives, and some men of Judah arrived. So I

asked them concerning the returning Jews who had been in captivity,

and concerning Jerusalem.

3 (Ne 2:17; 2Ki 25:10; Ne 2:3) They said to me, "The remnant that returned

from captivity is there in the province enduring great affliction

and reproach. Also, the wall of Jerusalem remains broken down,

and its gates have been burned with fire."

4 (Ne 2:4; Ezr 10:1) When I heard these words, I sat down and wept

and mourned for days. Then I fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

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

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

who keeps covenant and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments.

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

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

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

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

Both my father's house and I have sinned.

7 (Ps 106:6) We have acted very corruptly against You

and have not obeyed the commandments, nor the statutes,

nor the judgments, which You commanded Your servant Moses.

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

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

you among the nations,

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

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

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

chosen to establish My name.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

For I was the king's cupbearer.



Nehemiah 2



Nehemiah Sent to Jerusalem



1 (Ezr 7:1; Ne 1:1) In the month of Nisan, during the twentieth year

of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took the wine

and gave it to the king. Never had I been upset in his presence.

2 (Pr 15:13) So the king said to me, "Why is your face troubled though

you do not seem sick? This is nothing but a troubled heart."

Then I became very much afraid

3 (Ne 1:3; Da 2:4) and said to the king, "May the king live forever!

Why should not my face be troubled when the city, the place

of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"

4 (Ne 1:4) So the king said to me,

"What are you requesting about this matter?"

Immediately, I prayed to the God of heaven

5 and then said to the king, "If this pleases the king

and if this might be good for your servant who is before you,

then would you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs

so that I may rebuild it?"

6 (Ne 13:6; 5:14) The king, with the queen sitting beside him, said to me,

"How long would your journey be? And when will you return?"

Because it pleased the king to send me, I established a timetable for him.

7 (Ezr 7:21; 8:36) I further said to the king, "If this pleases the king,

may letters be given to me for the governors of the province

Beyond the River so that they would allow me to pass through

until I come to Judah,

8 (Ezr 7:6; Ne 7:2) as well as a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's

forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates

of the temple mount, for the city wall, and for the house into

which I will enter." The king granted me these things, because the good hand

of my God was upon me.

9 (Ezr 8:22) When I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River,

I gave them the king's letters. He also sent with me commanders of foot

and horse soldiers.

10 (Ne 2:19; 4:7) When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite

subordinate heard this, it deeply grieved them that there was a man

coming to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.



Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls



11 (Ezr 8:32) When I arrived in Jerusalem, I was there three days.

12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men who were with me;

I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem.

There was no animal with me, except the one on which I rode.

13 (Ne 1:3; 2Ch 26:9) So I went out by night by the Valley Gate toward

the Dragon's Well and then to the Dung Gate, because I was inspecting

the ­broken-down walls of Jerusalem and its burned gates.

14 (Ne 3:15; 2Ki 20:20) Next I passed by the Fountain Gate

and then to the King's Pool, but there was no place for my mount to pass.

15 (2Sa 15:23; Jn 18:1) By going up along the riverbed at night,

I inspected the wall. Then I turned back so that I could enter

by the Valley Gate, and then came back again.

16 The officials did not know where I went or what I did, since I had not

yet told it to the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials,

or to any of the others who would do the work.

17 (Ne 1:3; Eze 5:14; Ps 44:13) Finally, I said to them, "You see the distress

that we are in, how Jerusalem is devastated and its gates are burned

with fire. Come, and let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will

no more be a reproach."

18 (2Sa 2:7) Then I told them that the hand of my God had been good to me

and also about the king's words that he had spoken to me.

And they said, "Let us rise up and build!"

So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

19 (Ne 6:6; 6:1-2; Ps 44:13-14) But when Sanballat the Horonite,

Tobiah the Ammonite subordinate, and Geshem the Arabian heard it,

they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said,

"What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"

20 (Ezr 4:3; Ne 2:4) Then answered I them and said to them,

"The God of heaven, He will enable us to prosper. Therefore we His servants

will arise and build, but you will have no portion, or right,

or memorial in Jerusalem."



Nehemiah 3



Rebuilding the Wall



1 (Ne 12:39; Jer 31:38; Ne 13:28) Then Eliashib the high priest rose up

with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate.

They sanctified it and erected its doors. From the Tower of the Hundred

to the Tower of Hananel, they sanctified the wall.

2 (Ne 7:36; Ezr 2:34) Next to him the men of Jericho built,

and next to them Zakkur the son of Imri built.

3 (Ne 12:39; 2Ch 33:14) The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate,

constructing its beams, erecting its doors, and installing locks

and bars for it.

4 (Ezr 8:33; Ne 3:21) Next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah,

the son of Hakkoz made repairs. Next to him, Meshullam the son of Berekiah,

the son of Meshezabel made repairs. Next to him Zadok the son of Baana

made repairs.

5 (2Sa 14:2; Ne 3:27) Next to them the Tekoites made repairs,

but their noblemen would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord.

6 (Ne 12:39) Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah

repaired the Old Gate. They constructed its beams, erected its doors,

and installed locks and bars for it.

7 Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite

and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah,

places under the authority of the governor of the province Beyond the River.

8 (Ne 12:38; 3:31-32) Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah,

one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him Hananiah,

the son of one of the apothecaries, made repairs, and they repaired Jerusalem

as far as the Broad Wall.

9 (Ne 3:12; 3:17) Next to him Rephaiah the son of Hur, commander of half

of the Jerusalem district, made repairs.

10 Next to him Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house.

Next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.

11 (Ne 12:38) Malkijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-Moab

repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Furnaces.

12 (Ne 3:9) Next to them Shallum the son of Hallohesh,

commander of the other half of the Jerusalem district, made repairs

along with his daughters.

13 (Ne 2:13; Jos 15:34) Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired

the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it, erected its doors, and installed locks

and bars for it, plus repaired one thousand cubits

[About 1,500 feet, or about 450 meters.] along on the wall to the Dung Gate.

14 (Jer 6:1; Ne 2:13) But the Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah the son

of Rekab, commander of the Beth Hakkerem district. He rebuilt it,

and erected its doors, and installed the locks and bars for it.

15 (Ne 12:37; Jn 9:7) Moreover, Shallun the son of Kol-Hozeh,

commander of the Mizpah district, made repairs to the Fountain Gate.

He rebuilt it, covered it, erected its doors, and installed the locks

and bars for it. He also repaired the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's

garden as far as the steps going down from the City of David.

16 (2Ki 20:20; Ac 2:29) After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, commander of half

of the Beth Zur district, made repairs as far as the area across from the Tomb

of David plus to the constructed pool and to the house of the mighty.

17 (Jos 15:44) After him the Levites, under Rehum the son of Bani,

made repairs. Next to them Hash­abiah, commander of half of the Keilah

district, made repairs in his area.

18 After him their brothers, under Binnui the son of Henadad,

commander of the other half of the Keilah district, made repairs.

19 (2Ch 26:9) Next to them Ezer the son of Jeshua, commander of Mizpah,

made repairs to another section across from the ascent to the armory

at the corner.

20 (Ne 3:1) After him Baruch the son of Zabbai zealously repaired

another section, from the corner to the door of the house of Eliashib

the high priest.

21 After him Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz repaired

another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of it.

22 (Ne 12:28) After him the priests,

the men of the surrounding plain, made repairs.

23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs across from their house.

After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah made repairs

beside his house.

24 (Ne 3:19) After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section

from the house of Azariah as far as the corner plus the corner tower.

25 (Jer 32:2; 37:21) Palal the son of Uzai made repairs across from the corner

and to the tower protruding out of the king's upper house next

to the courtyard of the guards.

After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.

26 (Ne 8:1; 11:21) The temple servants living in Ophel made repairs

from opposite the Water Gate eastward to the protruding tower.

27 (Ne 3:5) After them the Tekoites repaired another section across

from the great protruding tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

28 (2Ch 23:15; 2Ki 11:16) Up to the Horse Gate the priests made repairs

-each one across from his house.

29 After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired across from his house.

After him Shemaiah the son of Shekaniah, who was keeper of the East Gate,

made repairs.

30 After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph

repaired another section. After them Meshullam the son of Berekiah made

repairs across from his chamber.

31 (Ne 3:8; 3:32) After him Malkijah the goldsmith's son made repairs

as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants.

This was across from the Mustering Gate extending as far as the upper room

of the corner tower.

32 (Ne 3:1; 12:39) Between the upper room of the corner tower

and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.



Nehemiah 4



Opposition to the Rebuilding



1 (Ne 2:10; 2:19) When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall,

he became angry and was greatly irritated, and he mocked the Jews.

2 (Ezr 4:9-10; Ne 4:10) He spoke before his relatives and the army of Samaria

and said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they fortifying themselves?

Will they make sacrifices? Can they complete this in a day?

Can they revive the burned-up stones out of the rubbish heaps?"

3 (Ne 2:10) Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said,

"Even what they are rebuilding, if even a fox climbed it,

that would break down their stone wall."

4 (Ps 79:12; 123:3-4) Hear, O our God, that we are despised. Turn

their reproach back upon their own head, and give them as spoil in a land

of captivity:

5 (Jer 18:23; Ps 109:14) No longer cover their iniquity nor blot out

their sin, which is before You since they have made insults

against the builders.

6 So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was solidified

up to half its height. The people had a passion for the work.

7 (Ne 2:10; 4:1) When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites,

and the Ashdodites heard how the restoration of Jerusalem's walls

was progressing and how the breaches had begun to be sealed,

it made them extremely furious.

8 (Ps 83:3-11) So they all conspired together to fight against Jerusalem

in order to cause it chaos.

9 (Ne 4:11) Nevertheless we prayed to our God, and, because of them,

we set up a watch for them day and night.

10 Judah had said, "The strength of the burden bearers is failing though

there is much rubble. And we ourselves are unable to rebuild the wall."

11 Our adversaries said, "They will neither know nor see until we have

entered in among them and slain them. Indeed, we will stop the work!"

12 When the Jews living near them came, they told us ten times,

"From every place where you turn, they will be against us."

13 (Ne 4:17-18) Therefore I set guards at the lowest positions

along the wall and just inside the wall at the unrepaired areas.

I also stationed the people by families providing them individually

their own swords, spears, and bows.

14 (Nu 14:9; 2Sa 10:12) After I looked around, I stood up

and said to the nobles, the rulers, and the rest of the people,

"Stop being terrified because of them! Remember instead that the Lord

is great and awesome. So fight for each other-and for your sons,

your daughters, your wives, and your houses."

15 (2Sa 17:14) Now when our enemies heard that this had become known to us

and that God had brought their counsel to nothing, then we all returned

to the wall, everyone to his work.

16 After that day, half of my servants did the work while the other half

handled the spears, shields, bows, and body armor. Commanders were appointed

to support every house of Judah.

17 Those rebuilding the wall and those hauling the loads were working

with one hand doing the task, but with the other hand holding the weapon.

18 For the builders, everyone had his sword bound to his side,

even while rebuilding. The trumpet blower worked beside me.

19 I said to the nobles, the rulers, and to the rest of the people,

"The work is vast and over a large area. Since we are spread along the wall

far from each other,

20 (Ex 14:14; Dt 1:30) assemble to us there at the place where you hear

the trumpet sounded. Our God shall fight for us."

21 So we labored in the work with half of them holding spears

from sunrise to the rising of the stars.

22 Likewise at the same time I said to the people,

"Every man and his ­servant must lodge within Jerusalem.

By night, they may be a guard to us; by day, a laborer for the work."

23 So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the men of the guard

who followed me took off our clothes.

Each carried his weapon, even when washing.



Nehemiah 5



Nehemiah Stops Oppression



1 (Isa 5:7) Now there was a great outcry of the people

and their wives against their fellow Jews.

2 Some were saying, "We and our sons and our daughters are many.

Therefore, let us acquire grain so that we may eat and live."

3 Others were saying, "We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards,

and houses so that we might acquire grain because of hunger."

4 (Ezr 4:13; 4:20) Still others were saying, "We have borrowed money

for the king's tribute against the value of our fields and vineyards.

5 (2Ki 4:1; Ge 37:27) Now our flesh is the same as the flesh of

our countrymen. Our children are like their children, but we are

subjugating our sons and our daughters as servants. Indeed,

some of our daughters are in bondage already, and we are powerless to do

anything because our fields and vineyards belong to others."

6 (Ex 11:8) I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.

7 (Ex 22:25; Lev 25:36) So I contemplated about this for myself and,

as a result, I rebuked the nobles and officials and said to them,

"Based on the claim of each against his brother, you are exacting usury."

Then I convened a great assembly against them,

8 (Lev 25:47-49) and I said to them, "By whatever means we had,

we purchased our Jewish countrymen who were being sold to the nations.

So, will you once more sell your countrymen so that they might again be

sold to us?" Then they kept silent, because they found nothing to answer.

9 (Lev 25:36; 2Sa 12:14) Also I said, "What you are doing is not good!

Should not you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach

of the nations, our enemies?

10 Moreover, I, my relatives, and my servants are loaning them money

and grain. So, I urge you, cease from this practice of usury.

11 (Isa 58:6) Please restore to them, even this day, their fields,

their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses,

along with a hundredth part of the money, the grain, the wine,

and the oil that you had exacted from them."

12 (Ezr 10:5) Then they said, "We will restore it and will require

nothing of them. We will do what you have said."

Then I called the priests and made them swear an oath to keep this promise.

13 (Ac 18:6; 1Ch 16:36) Also I shook out the front of my garment and said,

"Like this, may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor

who does not carry out this promise. Exactly like this, may he be shaken out

and emptied."

And all the congregation said, "Amen," and praised the Lord.

And the people did according to this promise.



Nehemiah's Generosity



14 (Ne 13:6; 2:1) Moreover from the time that I was appointed

to be their governor in the land of Judah

(from the twentieth year even until the 32nd year of King Artaxerxes)

twelve years had passed. And my companions and I had not eaten

the governor's food allotment.

15 (Ne 5:9; Job 31:23) The former governors preceding me had extracted

a heavy burden on the people, because they took from them food and wine,

besides forty shekels

[About 1 pound, or 460 grams.] of silver. Moreover, even their servants

domineered over the people. But I myself never did so, because of the fear

of God.

16 Furthermore, I stayed determined in the work on this wall.

We bought no field, and all my servants were gathered there for the sake

of the work.

17 (1Ki 18:19; 2Sa 9:7) Moreover there were regularly at my table 150 Jews

and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations around us.

18 (1Ki 4:22-23) Daily there were one ox and six choice sheep prepared for me.

Fowls were also prepared for me. Once in ten days all sorts of wine were

supplied in abundance. Yet for all this, I never required the governor's

food allotment because it was a heavy burden on this people.

19 (Ne 13:14; 13:22) Remember me, O my God, for good, according to all

that I have done for this people.



2) Our Daily Bread for 25 September 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/09/25/god-knows-we-feel

Entitled God Knows We Feel



Psalms 42



Psalms 42



For the Music Director. A Contemplative Maskil of the sons of Korah.



1 As the deer pants after the water brooks,

so my soul pants after You, O God.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When will I come and appear before God?

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) My tears have been my food

day and night,

while they always say to me,

"Where is your God?"

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) When I remember these things,

I pour out my soul within me.

For I would travel with the throng of people;

I proceeded with them to the house of God,

with the voice of joy and thanks,

with a multitude making a pilgrimage.

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

And why are you disquieted in me?

Hope in God,

for I will yet thank Him

for the help of His presence.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) O my God, my soul is cast down within me;

therefore I will remember You

from the land of Jordan,

and of the Hermon, from the hill of Mizar.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Deep calls to deep

at the noise of Your waterfalls;

all Your waves and Your billows

passed over me.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Yet the Lord will command His lovingkindness

in the daytime,

and in the night His song will be with me,

a prayer to the God of my life.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) I will say to God, my rock,

"Why have You forgotten me?

Why do I go mourning

because of the oppression of the enemy?"

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) With shattering in my bones,

those harassing me reproach me,

when they say to me every day,

"Where is your God?"

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

Why do you groan within me?

Wait for God;

I will yet thank Him,

For He is my deliverance and my God.



Feeling overwhelmed, Sierra grieved her son's fight with addiction.

"I feel bad," she said. "Does God think I have no faith because

I can't stop crying when I'm praying?"



"I don't know what God thinks," I said. "But I know He can handle

real emotions. It's not like He doesn't know we feel."

I prayed and shed tears with Sierra as we pleaded for her son's deliverance.



Scripture contains many examples of people wrestling

with God while struggling. The writer of Psalm 42 expresses a deep longing

to experience the peace of God's constant and powerful presence.

He acknowledges his tears and his depression over the grief he's endured.

His inner turmoil ebbs and flows with confident praises, as he reminds

himself of God's faithfulness. Encouraging his "soul," the psalmist writes,

"Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God"

(v. 11). He's tugged back and forth between what he knows to be true about God

and the undeniable reality of his overwhelming emotions.



God designed us in His image and with emotions. Our tears for others reveal

deep love and compassion, not necessarily a lack of faith.

We can approach God with raw wounds or old scars because He knows we feel.

Each prayer, whether silent, sobbed, or shouted with confidence,

demonstrates our trust in His promise to hear and care for us.



By: Xochitl Dixon



Reflect & Pray



What emotion have you tried to hide from God?

Why is it often hard to be honest with God about difficult

or overwhelming emotions?



Unchanging Father, thank You for assuring me that You know I feel

and need to process my ever-changing emotions.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 7 - The Cost of Widsom



Proverbs 4:4,7



Proverbs 4



4 (Pr 7:2; Eph 6:4) He also taught me and said to me,

"Let your heart retain my words;

keep my commandments, and live.



...



7 (Mt 13:44–46) Wisdom is principal; therefore get wisdom.

And with all your getting, get understanding. "



Establishing priorities is a popular topic of conversation in our

generation. We carry appointment calendars and attend goal-setting

strategy seminars. We let machines answer our telephones so that

we won't miss any important messages, or so that we can screen calls

before we answer them. We order our lives so that we can "get ahead".

"Getting ahead" in God's kingdom, however, involves other priorities

than the ones we may set for ourselves. "Wisdom is supreme," the

principal thing, says Proverbs 4:7, "Get wisdom. Though it cost

all you have, get understanding."

Wisdom is defined as "an understanding of what is true, right, or lasting."

Biblical wisdom is not merely the accumulation of facts about God and his

teaching, but the application of those truths of life, taking on

the character of God as we mature in the image of Christ.

Such wisdom may, indeed, come at great cost. Jesus calls us to "lay

down our lives" to folow him - perhaps not literally to die, but to die

to self-centered priorities, to allow the Holy Spirit to establish

his value system in us.

"Keep my commandments and you will live," Proverbs 4:4 says. Real life -

rich, fulfilling, significant, abundant life - comes only through union

with God. The success offered by the world, the acclaim of others, material

prosperity and convenience cannot satisfy us once we have tasted

the joy of life with God in Christ.



Application



a) What does "getting wisdom" means to me?



b) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus

my attention on the priorities and values of the Lord?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Mark 4:20-25



20 (Mk 4:8; Jn 15:4–5) "Still others are seed sown on good ground,

those who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit:

thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much."



A Light Under a Basket



Lk 8:16–18



21 (Mt 5:15; Lk 8:16) He said to them, "Is a candle brought to be put

under a basket or under a bed and not to be set on a candlestick?

22 (Lk 8:17) For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed;

neither is anything kept secret except to be proclaimed.

23 (Mk 4:9; Mt 11:15)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

24 (Mt 7:2) He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.

The measure you give will be measured for you,

and to you who hear will more be given.

25 (Mt 13:12; Lk 8:18) For to him who has will more be given.

And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has."



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



God's Help in Times of Temptation



Hebrews 4:14-16



Jesus the Great High Priest



14 (Heb 6:20; 1:2–3) Since then we have a great High Priest

Who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,

let us hold firmly to our confession.

15 (2Co 5:21; Jn 8:46) For we do not have a High Priest

who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses,

but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.

16 (Eph 3:12; Php 4:6–7) Let us then come with confidence

to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy

and find grace to help in time of need.



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?)



Nova Scotia



Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629



With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truto.



Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.



while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.



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 and pray to seek His favour.



Pray to the Lord "Unchanging Father, thank You for assuring me that

You know I feel and need to process my ever-changing emotions."



Pray to the Lord and seek His wisdom .



Pray to the Lord and god and fruitful witness for Him .



Pray to the Lord and seek Him when you face temptation.



Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



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 that believers who have been kicked out

of their communities in Mexico will remain strong in 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.