Day 270 - 27 September 2021 reflections
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 Âpurpose. 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, KelÂita, 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.
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 Âpurpose. 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, KelÂita, 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.