Day 277 - 4 October 2021 reflections
Day 277, 4 October 2021
John 2-4
John 2
The Wedding at Cana
1 (Jn 4:46; 21:2) On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee.
The mother of Jesus was there.
2 Both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.
3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine."
4 (Jn 7:6; 7:30) Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with Me?
My hour has not yet come."
5 His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it."
6 (Jn 3:25) Six water pots made of stone were sitting there, used
for ceremonial cleansing by the Jews, containing twenty to thirty gallons
[Gk. 2 to 3 metretes, or 75 to 115 liters.] each.
7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water."
And they filled them up to the brim.
8 Then He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the master
of the feast." And they took it.
9 (Jn 4:46) When the master of the feast tasted the water that had been
turned into wine, and did not know where it came from
(though the servants who drew the water knew), the master of the feast
called the bridegroom,
10 and he said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first, and after men
have drunk freely, then the poor wine is served.
But you have kept the good wine until now."
11 (Jn 1:14; 3:2) This, the first of His signs, Jesus did in Cana of Galilee,
and He revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
12 (Mt 12:46; 4:13) After this He, and His mother, and His brothers,
and His disciples went down to Capernaum. They remained there a few days.
The Cleansing of the Temple
Mt 21:12-17; Mk 11:15-17; Lk 19:45-48
13 (Lk 2:41; Jn 11:55) The Passover of the Jews was at hand,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 (Mk 11:15; Lk 19:45-46) In the temple He found those who were selling oxen
and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers sitting there.
15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple,
with the sheep and oxen. He poured out the changers' money
and overturned the tables.
16 (Lk 2:49) He said to those who sold doves,
"Take these things away!
Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!"
17 (Ps 69:9) His disciples remembered that it was written,
"Zeal for Your house will consume Me."Ps 69:9.
18 (Jn 6:30) Then the Jews said to Him, "What sign do You show us,
seeing that You do these things?"
19 (Mt 27:40; Mk 14:58) Jesus answered them,
"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
20 Then the Jews said, "It has taken 46 years to build this temple,
and will You raise it up in three days?"
21 (1Co 6:19; Jn 1:14) But He was speaking concerning the temple of His body.
22 (Jn 12:16; 14:26) Therefore, when He was raised from the dead,
His disciples remembered that He had said this to them.
And they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.
Jesus Knows All Men
23 (Jn 3:2) Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast,
many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did.
24 (Mt 9:4; Jn 5:42) But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them,
because He knew all men,
25 and did not need anyone to bear
witness of man, for He knew what was in man.
John 3
Jesus and Nicodemus
1 (Jn 19:39) There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus,
a ruler of the Jews.
2 (Ac 2:22; 10:38) He came to Jesus by night and said to Him,
"Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God.
For no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."
3 (Jn 1:13; 3:5-6) Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly I say to you,
unless a man is born again,
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4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old?
Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?â€
5 (Ac 2:38; Eze 36:25-27; Mk 16:16) Jesus answered, "Truly, truly
I say to you, unless a man is born of water and the Spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 (Ge 6:12; Job 14:4) That which is born of the flesh is flesh,
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 (Jn 3:3; 5:28) Do not marvel that I said to you,
'You must be born again.'
8 (Eze 37:9; 1Co 2:11) The wind blows where it wishes,
and you hear its sound, but you do not know where
it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone
who is born of the Spirit."
9 (Jn 6:52; 6:60) Nicodemus said to Him, "How can this be?"
10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel,
but you do not know these things?
11 (Jn 1:18; 7:16) Truly, truly I say to you, We speak of what
We know and bear witness of what We have seen, but you do not
receive Our testimony.
12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe,
how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 (Pr 30:4; Jn 1:18; 6:38) No one has ascended to heaven except
He who descended from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.
14 (Jn 8:28) Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 (Jn 3:16; 3:36) that whoever believes in Him should not perish,
but may have eternal life.
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9–10; Jn 1-18) "For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish, but have eternal life.
17 (1Jn 4:14; Lk 19:10) For God did not send His Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 (Jn 5:24; Mk 16:16) He who believes in Him is not condemned.
But he who does not believe is condemned already,
because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 (Jn 1:4; 8:12) This is the verdict, that light has come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not
come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
21 (1Jn 1:6; Ps 139:23-24) But he who does the truth comes to the light,
that it may be revealed that his deeds have been done in God."
Jesus and John the Baptist
22 (Jn 3:26) After these things Jesus and His disciples came
into the land of Judea. He remained with them there and baptized.
23 John also was baptizing in Aenon toward Salim, because much water
was there. And people came and were baptized.
24 (Mt 4:12; 14:3) For John had not yet been put in prison.
25 (Jn 2:6) Then a dispute arose between some of John's disciples
and the Jews about ceremonial cleansing.
26 (Jn 1:7; 12:19) They came to John and said to him,
"Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness,
look, He is baptising, and everyone is going to Him."
27 (1Co 4:7; Jas 1:17) John answered, "A man can receive nothing
unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 (Jn 1:20; 1:23) You yourselves bear witness of me, that I said,
'I am not the Christ,' but 'I have been sent before Him.'
29 (Mt 9:15; SS 5:1) He who has the bride is the bridegroom.
But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him,
rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine
is fulfilled. 30He must increase, but I must decrease."
He Who Comes From Heaven
31 (Jn 8:23; Mt 28:18; Jn 6:33) He who comes from above is above all.
He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth.
He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 (Jn 3:11; 1:11; 8:26) He bears witness of what He has seen and heard,
yet no one receives His testimony.
33 He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true.
34 (Jn 3:17; Lk 4:18) For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God,
for God gives the Spirit without measure to Him.
35 (Mt 28:18; Jn 5:20) The Father loves the Son, and has placed all things
into His hand.
36 (Jn 5:24; 3:15-16) He who believes in the Son has eternal life.
He who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God
remains on him.
John 4
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
1 (Jn 3:22; 3:26) Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees
had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),
3 He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.
4 Now it was necessary that He go through Samaria.
5 (Ge 33:19; 48:22) So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar,
near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 (Mt 4:2; 8:24) Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being exhausted
from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came there to draw water.
Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."
8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 (Jn 8:48; Mt 10:5) Then the woman of Samaria said to Him,
"How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?"
For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
10 (Jer 2:13; Jn 4:14) Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God,
and who it is who is saying to you, 'Give Me a drink,'
you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
12 (Jn 8:53) Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well
and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock?"
13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
14 (Jn 6:35; Isa 49:10) but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give
him will never thirst. Indeed, the water that I shall give him will become
in him a well of water springing up into eternal life."
15 (Jn 6:34) The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so that
I will not thirst, nor come here to draw."
16 Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."
17 The woman answered, "I have no husband."
Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband,'
18 for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have
is not your husband. So you have spoken truthfully."
19 (Lk 7:16; 7:39) The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive
that You are a prophet.
20 (Ge 12:6-7; Dt 11:29) Our fathers worshipped on this mountain,
but you all say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."
21 (Mal 1:11; 1Ti 2:8) Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me,
the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor
in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 (Isa 2:3; Ro 9:4-5) You worship what you do not know; we know
what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
23 (Php 3:3; Jn 5:25) Yet the hour is coming, and is now here,
when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.
For the Father seeks such to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him
in spirit and truth."
25 (Jn 4:29) The woman said to Him, “"I know that Messiah is coming"
(who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things."
26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."
27 (Lk 7:39; Jn 4:8-9) Then His disciples came. They marveled that He talked
with a woman. Yet no one said, "What do You seek?"
or, "Why are You talking with her?"
28 The woman then left her water pot, went her way into the city,
and said to the men,
29 (Jn 4:17-18; 4:25) "Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did.
Could this be the Christ?"
30 They went out of the city and came to Him.
31 Meanwhile His disciples urged Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
32 (Job 23:12)But He said to them,
"I have food to eat of which you do not know."
33 Therefore the disciples said one to another,
"Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?"
34 (Jn 6:38; 17:4) Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him
who sent Me, and to finish His work.
35 (Mt 9:37-38; Jn 4:30) Do you not say, 'There are yet four months,
and then comes the harvest'? Listen! I say to you, lift up your eyes
and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.
36 (Ro 1:13) He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit that leads
to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
37 (Mic 6:15; Job 31:8) For in this is the saying true, 'One sows,
and another reaps.'
38 (Ac 8:14-17) I sent you to reap a crop for which you did not labor.
And you have benefited from their labor."
39 (Jn 4:29; 4:5) Many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him
because of the word of the woman who testified,
"He told me all that I ever did."
40 So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to remain with them.
And He stayed there two days.
41 And many more believed because of His word.
42 (1Jn 4:14; Jn 1:29; 2Co 5:19) They said to the woman, "Now we believe,
not because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves
and know that this Man is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."
The Healing of the Nobleman's Son
Mt 8:5-13; Lk 7:1-10
43 (Jn 4:40) After the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee.
44 (Mt 13:57; Lk 4:24) For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor
in his own country.
45 (Jn 2:23; 3:2) Then, when He came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him,
having seen all the things He did at Jerusalem at the feast.
For they had also gone to the feast.
46 (Jn 2:1-11) So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made
the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son
was sick in Capernaum.
47 (Jn 4:3; 4:54) When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea
into Galilee, he went to Him, pleading that He would come down
and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
48 (Ac 2:22; 1Co 1:22) Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs
and wonders, you will not believe."
49 The nobleman said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
50 (Mt 8:13) Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your son lives."
And the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
51 While he was going down, his servants met him
and told him, "Your son lives!"
52 When he inquired of them the hour when he began to heal, they answered,
"Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."
53 (Ac 11:14; 16:34) Then the father knew that it was at the same hour
in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives."
So he and his whole household believed.
54 This was the second sign that Jesus did
when He had come from Judea to Galilee.
2) Our Daily Bread for 4 October 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/10/04/wherever-we-worship
Entitled Wherever We Worship
John 4:7-24
7 A woman of Samaria came there to draw water.
Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."
8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 (Jn 8:48; Mt 10:5) Then the woman of Samaria said to Him,
"How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?"
For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
10 (Jer 2:13; Jn 4:14) Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God,
and who it is who is saying to you, 'Give Me a drink,'
you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
12 (Jn 8:53) Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well
and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock?"
13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
14 (Jn 6:35; Isa 49:10) but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give
him will never thirst. Indeed, the water that I shall give him will become
in him a well of water springing up into eternal life."
15 (Jn 6:34) The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so that
I will not thirst, nor come here to draw."
16 Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."
17 The woman answered, "I have no husband."
Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband,'
18 for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have
is not your husband. So you have spoken truthfully."
19 (Lk 7:16; 7:39) The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive
that You are a prophet.
20 (Ge 12:6-7; Dt 11:29) Our fathers worshipped on this mountain,
but you all say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."
21 (Mal 1:11; 1Ti 2:8) Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me,
the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor
in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 (Isa 2:3; Ro 9:4-5) You worship what you do not know; we know
what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
23 (Php 3:3; Jn 5:25) Yet the hour is coming, and is now here,
when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.
For the Father seeks such to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him
in spirit and truth."
Intense pain and a debilitating headache prevented me from attending services
with my local church family . . . again. Grieving the loss of community
worship, I watched an online sermon. At first, complaints soured my experience.
The poor sound and video quality distracted me. But then a voice on the video
warbled a familiar hymn. Tears flowed as I sang these words:
"Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart. Naught be all else to me save that
Thou art. Thou my best thought, by day or by night. Waking or sleeping,
Thy presence my light." Focusing on the gift of God's constant presence,
I worshiped Him while sitting in my living room.
While Scripture affirms the vital,
essential nature of corporate worship (Hebrews 10:25), God's not bound
within the walls of a church building. During Jesus' chat with the Samaritan
woman at the well, He defied all expectations of the Messiah (John 4:9).
Instead of condemnation, Jesus spoke truth and loved her as she stood next
to that well (v. 10). He revealed His intimate and sovereign knowledge
of His children (vv. 17-18). Proclaiming His deity, Jesus declared
that the Holy Spirit evoked true worship from the hearts of God's people,
not from a specific physical location (vv. 23-24).
When we focus on who God is, what He's done, and all He's promised,
we can rejoice in His constant presence as we worship Him with other
believers, in our living rooms . . . and everywhere!
By: Xochitl Dixon
Reflect & Pray
Where do you enjoy worshiping God? How do you enjoy His presence
and experience joy while worshiping Him?
Amazing God, please help me worship You
as I rejoice in who You are, what You've done,
and all You promise to do.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forver - Day 2 - The Right of Family
John 1:11-12
11 (Jn 3:32) He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.
12 (Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23) Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power
to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,
"Dad, can I ask you something?" Jimmy leaned across the back of his
father's chair. HIs father lowered the newspaper and reached around,
settling Jimmy on his lap.
"Sure. Son," he answered. "You can ask me anything you want. The answer
might not be Yes, butyou always have the right to ask."
For many who have grown up in homes where the father was absent, or when
present, abusive or silent, the scenario of Jimmy and his father may
seem unrealistic. Often we aren't given the right by our parents to ask
what we want, to communicate openly, to express our needs and desires.
But god clearly indicates that no matter what our human families have been
like, in his family there are no barriers to belonging,
to open communications. When we commit our lives to Christ and submit to his
lordship, we have the right to become the sons and daughters of God.
In Christ, we have the right to approach him, to pray, to seek wisdom,
to ask advice, to make requests, to verbalise our needs and desires. We don't
have to be afraid of sounding stupid or being rejected, because in Christ
we belong to him, and he loves us.
The KJV uses the word "power" in verse 12 - "to then gave he power to become
the sons of God." Power implies ability, that we are equipped by the Spirit
to be children of the King. We have the right and we have the power to become
who God has called us to be - his children.
Application
a) Under what circumstances in my life have I felt that I didn't
have the right to express my wishes or feelings?
b) How do today's verses give me confidence in approaching God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Exodus 3:7-8
7 (Ps 106:44; Ex 2:23-25)The Lord said,
"I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt
and have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters,
for I know their sorrows.
8 (Ge 50:24; 15:18-21; Ex 13:5) Therefore, I have come down
to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land,
to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of
the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites,
the Hivites, and the Jebusites."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
PSALMS 23
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside still waters.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He restores my soul;
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff,
they comfort me.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup runs over.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
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?)
Prince Edward Island
Total population 146300
Muslim population (est.) 1127
Charlottetown does not currently (fall 2014) have a local CNMM network.
Pray with us for God's people to come together in reaching Muslims
cooperatively across denominational and organisational lines.
More than 200 attended the Eid festival at the end of Ramadan, the Islamic
month of fasting during daylight hours and the reading of the Qur'an, at
the Dar as-Salam mosque in 2014. This second mosque established
in Charlottetown, the other being the Muslims Assoication of PEI.
As of mid-2014,there are between 250 to 300 families, mostly in Charlottetown.
The Muslims of Charlottetown see their community as symbolically important
for this nation since this is known as the "birthplace of Canada". Yet we were
established as the "Dominion of Canada" with an appeal not only to
monarchial authority, but even more to God's higher Biblical authority as
shown in Psalm 72:8, "May he have dominion from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth."
Let us intercede togther for:
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of PEace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual waysto sahre the Gosepl
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and poeple , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for realtionship with the Father
through the Son.
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
4nd Day of the Month
a) Pray for the preservation of godly values in Canada
(Prov 14:34 -
Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people.
)
b) Pray that political leaders will be awakened by God to the right use
of power and the right stewardship of their positions.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for coming into the World
tlo save us and not condemn us.
Pray to the Lord "Amazing God, please help me worship You
as I rejoice in who You are, what You've done,
and all You promise to do."
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for giving us power as believers.
Pray to the Lord and give Him your burdens .
Pray to the Lord and fear no evil for He will guide your through.
Pray for Prince Edward Island and Let us intercede togther for:
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of PEace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual waysto sahre the Gosepl
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and poeple , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for realtionship with the Father
through the Son.
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 the preservation of godly values in Canada.
Pray that political leaders will be awakened by God to the right use
of power and the right stewardship of their positions.
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.
John 2-4
John 2
The Wedding at Cana
1 (Jn 4:46; 21:2) On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee.
The mother of Jesus was there.
2 Both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.
3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine."
4 (Jn 7:6; 7:30) Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with Me?
My hour has not yet come."
5 His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it."
6 (Jn 3:25) Six water pots made of stone were sitting there, used
for ceremonial cleansing by the Jews, containing twenty to thirty gallons
[Gk. 2 to 3 metretes, or 75 to 115 liters.] each.
7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water."
And they filled them up to the brim.
8 Then He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the master
of the feast." And they took it.
9 (Jn 4:46) When the master of the feast tasted the water that had been
turned into wine, and did not know where it came from
(though the servants who drew the water knew), the master of the feast
called the bridegroom,
10 and he said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first, and after men
have drunk freely, then the poor wine is served.
But you have kept the good wine until now."
11 (Jn 1:14; 3:2) This, the first of His signs, Jesus did in Cana of Galilee,
and He revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
12 (Mt 12:46; 4:13) After this He, and His mother, and His brothers,
and His disciples went down to Capernaum. They remained there a few days.
The Cleansing of the Temple
Mt 21:12-17; Mk 11:15-17; Lk 19:45-48
13 (Lk 2:41; Jn 11:55) The Passover of the Jews was at hand,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 (Mk 11:15; Lk 19:45-46) In the temple He found those who were selling oxen
and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers sitting there.
15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple,
with the sheep and oxen. He poured out the changers' money
and overturned the tables.
16 (Lk 2:49) He said to those who sold doves,
"Take these things away!
Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!"
17 (Ps 69:9) His disciples remembered that it was written,
"Zeal for Your house will consume Me."Ps 69:9.
18 (Jn 6:30) Then the Jews said to Him, "What sign do You show us,
seeing that You do these things?"
19 (Mt 27:40; Mk 14:58) Jesus answered them,
"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
20 Then the Jews said, "It has taken 46 years to build this temple,
and will You raise it up in three days?"
21 (1Co 6:19; Jn 1:14) But He was speaking concerning the temple of His body.
22 (Jn 12:16; 14:26) Therefore, when He was raised from the dead,
His disciples remembered that He had said this to them.
And they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.
Jesus Knows All Men
23 (Jn 3:2) Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast,
many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did.
24 (Mt 9:4; Jn 5:42) But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them,
because He knew all men,
25 and did not need anyone to bear
witness of man, for He knew what was in man.
John 3
Jesus and Nicodemus
1 (Jn 19:39) There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus,
a ruler of the Jews.
2 (Ac 2:22; 10:38) He came to Jesus by night and said to Him,
"Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God.
For no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."
3 (Jn 1:13; 3:5-6) Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly I say to you,
unless a man is born again,
[Gk. a litra, or half a liter. he cannot see the kingdom of God.â€
4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old?
Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?â€
5 (Ac 2:38; Eze 36:25-27; Mk 16:16) Jesus answered, "Truly, truly
I say to you, unless a man is born of water and the Spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 (Ge 6:12; Job 14:4) That which is born of the flesh is flesh,
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 (Jn 3:3; 5:28) Do not marvel that I said to you,
'You must be born again.'
8 (Eze 37:9; 1Co 2:11) The wind blows where it wishes,
and you hear its sound, but you do not know where
it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone
who is born of the Spirit."
9 (Jn 6:52; 6:60) Nicodemus said to Him, "How can this be?"
10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel,
but you do not know these things?
11 (Jn 1:18; 7:16) Truly, truly I say to you, We speak of what
We know and bear witness of what We have seen, but you do not
receive Our testimony.
12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe,
how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 (Pr 30:4; Jn 1:18; 6:38) No one has ascended to heaven except
He who descended from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.
14 (Jn 8:28) Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 (Jn 3:16; 3:36) that whoever believes in Him should not perish,
but may have eternal life.
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9–10; Jn 1-18) "For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish, but have eternal life.
17 (1Jn 4:14; Lk 19:10) For God did not send His Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 (Jn 5:24; Mk 16:16) He who believes in Him is not condemned.
But he who does not believe is condemned already,
because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 (Jn 1:4; 8:12) This is the verdict, that light has come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not
come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
21 (1Jn 1:6; Ps 139:23-24) But he who does the truth comes to the light,
that it may be revealed that his deeds have been done in God."
Jesus and John the Baptist
22 (Jn 3:26) After these things Jesus and His disciples came
into the land of Judea. He remained with them there and baptized.
23 John also was baptizing in Aenon toward Salim, because much water
was there. And people came and were baptized.
24 (Mt 4:12; 14:3) For John had not yet been put in prison.
25 (Jn 2:6) Then a dispute arose between some of John's disciples
and the Jews about ceremonial cleansing.
26 (Jn 1:7; 12:19) They came to John and said to him,
"Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness,
look, He is baptising, and everyone is going to Him."
27 (1Co 4:7; Jas 1:17) John answered, "A man can receive nothing
unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 (Jn 1:20; 1:23) You yourselves bear witness of me, that I said,
'I am not the Christ,' but 'I have been sent before Him.'
29 (Mt 9:15; SS 5:1) He who has the bride is the bridegroom.
But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him,
rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine
is fulfilled. 30He must increase, but I must decrease."
He Who Comes From Heaven
31 (Jn 8:23; Mt 28:18; Jn 6:33) He who comes from above is above all.
He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth.
He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 (Jn 3:11; 1:11; 8:26) He bears witness of what He has seen and heard,
yet no one receives His testimony.
33 He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true.
34 (Jn 3:17; Lk 4:18) For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God,
for God gives the Spirit without measure to Him.
35 (Mt 28:18; Jn 5:20) The Father loves the Son, and has placed all things
into His hand.
36 (Jn 5:24; 3:15-16) He who believes in the Son has eternal life.
He who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God
remains on him.
John 4
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
1 (Jn 3:22; 3:26) Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees
had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),
3 He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.
4 Now it was necessary that He go through Samaria.
5 (Ge 33:19; 48:22) So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar,
near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 (Mt 4:2; 8:24) Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being exhausted
from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came there to draw water.
Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."
8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 (Jn 8:48; Mt 10:5) Then the woman of Samaria said to Him,
"How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?"
For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
10 (Jer 2:13; Jn 4:14) Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God,
and who it is who is saying to you, 'Give Me a drink,'
you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
12 (Jn 8:53) Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well
and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock?"
13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
14 (Jn 6:35; Isa 49:10) but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give
him will never thirst. Indeed, the water that I shall give him will become
in him a well of water springing up into eternal life."
15 (Jn 6:34) The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so that
I will not thirst, nor come here to draw."
16 Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."
17 The woman answered, "I have no husband."
Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband,'
18 for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have
is not your husband. So you have spoken truthfully."
19 (Lk 7:16; 7:39) The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive
that You are a prophet.
20 (Ge 12:6-7; Dt 11:29) Our fathers worshipped on this mountain,
but you all say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."
21 (Mal 1:11; 1Ti 2:8) Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me,
the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor
in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 (Isa 2:3; Ro 9:4-5) You worship what you do not know; we know
what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
23 (Php 3:3; Jn 5:25) Yet the hour is coming, and is now here,
when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.
For the Father seeks such to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him
in spirit and truth."
25 (Jn 4:29) The woman said to Him, “"I know that Messiah is coming"
(who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things."
26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."
27 (Lk 7:39; Jn 4:8-9) Then His disciples came. They marveled that He talked
with a woman. Yet no one said, "What do You seek?"
or, "Why are You talking with her?"
28 The woman then left her water pot, went her way into the city,
and said to the men,
29 (Jn 4:17-18; 4:25) "Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did.
Could this be the Christ?"
30 They went out of the city and came to Him.
31 Meanwhile His disciples urged Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
32 (Job 23:12)But He said to them,
"I have food to eat of which you do not know."
33 Therefore the disciples said one to another,
"Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?"
34 (Jn 6:38; 17:4) Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him
who sent Me, and to finish His work.
35 (Mt 9:37-38; Jn 4:30) Do you not say, 'There are yet four months,
and then comes the harvest'? Listen! I say to you, lift up your eyes
and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.
36 (Ro 1:13) He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit that leads
to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
37 (Mic 6:15; Job 31:8) For in this is the saying true, 'One sows,
and another reaps.'
38 (Ac 8:14-17) I sent you to reap a crop for which you did not labor.
And you have benefited from their labor."
39 (Jn 4:29; 4:5) Many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him
because of the word of the woman who testified,
"He told me all that I ever did."
40 So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to remain with them.
And He stayed there two days.
41 And many more believed because of His word.
42 (1Jn 4:14; Jn 1:29; 2Co 5:19) They said to the woman, "Now we believe,
not because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves
and know that this Man is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."
The Healing of the Nobleman's Son
Mt 8:5-13; Lk 7:1-10
43 (Jn 4:40) After the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee.
44 (Mt 13:57; Lk 4:24) For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor
in his own country.
45 (Jn 2:23; 3:2) Then, when He came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him,
having seen all the things He did at Jerusalem at the feast.
For they had also gone to the feast.
46 (Jn 2:1-11) So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made
the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son
was sick in Capernaum.
47 (Jn 4:3; 4:54) When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea
into Galilee, he went to Him, pleading that He would come down
and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
48 (Ac 2:22; 1Co 1:22) Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs
and wonders, you will not believe."
49 The nobleman said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
50 (Mt 8:13) Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your son lives."
And the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
51 While he was going down, his servants met him
and told him, "Your son lives!"
52 When he inquired of them the hour when he began to heal, they answered,
"Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."
53 (Ac 11:14; 16:34) Then the father knew that it was at the same hour
in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives."
So he and his whole household believed.
54 This was the second sign that Jesus did
when He had come from Judea to Galilee.
2) Our Daily Bread for 4 October 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/10/04/wherever-we-worship
Entitled Wherever We Worship
John 4:7-24
7 A woman of Samaria came there to draw water.
Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."
8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 (Jn 8:48; Mt 10:5) Then the woman of Samaria said to Him,
"How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?"
For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
10 (Jer 2:13; Jn 4:14) Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God,
and who it is who is saying to you, 'Give Me a drink,'
you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
12 (Jn 8:53) Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well
and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock?"
13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
14 (Jn 6:35; Isa 49:10) but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give
him will never thirst. Indeed, the water that I shall give him will become
in him a well of water springing up into eternal life."
15 (Jn 6:34) The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so that
I will not thirst, nor come here to draw."
16 Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."
17 The woman answered, "I have no husband."
Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband,'
18 for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have
is not your husband. So you have spoken truthfully."
19 (Lk 7:16; 7:39) The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive
that You are a prophet.
20 (Ge 12:6-7; Dt 11:29) Our fathers worshipped on this mountain,
but you all say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."
21 (Mal 1:11; 1Ti 2:8) Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me,
the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor
in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 (Isa 2:3; Ro 9:4-5) You worship what you do not know; we know
what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
23 (Php 3:3; Jn 5:25) Yet the hour is coming, and is now here,
when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.
For the Father seeks such to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him
in spirit and truth."
Intense pain and a debilitating headache prevented me from attending services
with my local church family . . . again. Grieving the loss of community
worship, I watched an online sermon. At first, complaints soured my experience.
The poor sound and video quality distracted me. But then a voice on the video
warbled a familiar hymn. Tears flowed as I sang these words:
"Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart. Naught be all else to me save that
Thou art. Thou my best thought, by day or by night. Waking or sleeping,
Thy presence my light." Focusing on the gift of God's constant presence,
I worshiped Him while sitting in my living room.
While Scripture affirms the vital,
essential nature of corporate worship (Hebrews 10:25), God's not bound
within the walls of a church building. During Jesus' chat with the Samaritan
woman at the well, He defied all expectations of the Messiah (John 4:9).
Instead of condemnation, Jesus spoke truth and loved her as she stood next
to that well (v. 10). He revealed His intimate and sovereign knowledge
of His children (vv. 17-18). Proclaiming His deity, Jesus declared
that the Holy Spirit evoked true worship from the hearts of God's people,
not from a specific physical location (vv. 23-24).
When we focus on who God is, what He's done, and all He's promised,
we can rejoice in His constant presence as we worship Him with other
believers, in our living rooms . . . and everywhere!
By: Xochitl Dixon
Reflect & Pray
Where do you enjoy worshiping God? How do you enjoy His presence
and experience joy while worshiping Him?
Amazing God, please help me worship You
as I rejoice in who You are, what You've done,
and all You promise to do.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forver - Day 2 - The Right of Family
John 1:11-12
11 (Jn 3:32) He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.
12 (Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23) Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power
to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,
"Dad, can I ask you something?" Jimmy leaned across the back of his
father's chair. HIs father lowered the newspaper and reached around,
settling Jimmy on his lap.
"Sure. Son," he answered. "You can ask me anything you want. The answer
might not be Yes, butyou always have the right to ask."
For many who have grown up in homes where the father was absent, or when
present, abusive or silent, the scenario of Jimmy and his father may
seem unrealistic. Often we aren't given the right by our parents to ask
what we want, to communicate openly, to express our needs and desires.
But god clearly indicates that no matter what our human families have been
like, in his family there are no barriers to belonging,
to open communications. When we commit our lives to Christ and submit to his
lordship, we have the right to become the sons and daughters of God.
In Christ, we have the right to approach him, to pray, to seek wisdom,
to ask advice, to make requests, to verbalise our needs and desires. We don't
have to be afraid of sounding stupid or being rejected, because in Christ
we belong to him, and he loves us.
The KJV uses the word "power" in verse 12 - "to then gave he power to become
the sons of God." Power implies ability, that we are equipped by the Spirit
to be children of the King. We have the right and we have the power to become
who God has called us to be - his children.
Application
a) Under what circumstances in my life have I felt that I didn't
have the right to express my wishes or feelings?
b) How do today's verses give me confidence in approaching God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Exodus 3:7-8
7 (Ps 106:44; Ex 2:23-25)The Lord said,
"I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt
and have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters,
for I know their sorrows.
8 (Ge 50:24; 15:18-21; Ex 13:5) Therefore, I have come down
to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land,
to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of
the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites,
the Hivites, and the Jebusites."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
PSALMS 23
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside still waters.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He restores my soul;
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff,
they comfort me.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup runs over.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
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?)
Prince Edward Island
Total population 146300
Muslim population (est.) 1127
Charlottetown does not currently (fall 2014) have a local CNMM network.
Pray with us for God's people to come together in reaching Muslims
cooperatively across denominational and organisational lines.
More than 200 attended the Eid festival at the end of Ramadan, the Islamic
month of fasting during daylight hours and the reading of the Qur'an, at
the Dar as-Salam mosque in 2014. This second mosque established
in Charlottetown, the other being the Muslims Assoication of PEI.
As of mid-2014,there are between 250 to 300 families, mostly in Charlottetown.
The Muslims of Charlottetown see their community as symbolically important
for this nation since this is known as the "birthplace of Canada". Yet we were
established as the "Dominion of Canada" with an appeal not only to
monarchial authority, but even more to God's higher Biblical authority as
shown in Psalm 72:8, "May he have dominion from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth."
Let us intercede togther for:
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of PEace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual waysto sahre the Gosepl
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and poeple , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for realtionship with the Father
through the Son.
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
4nd Day of the Month
a) Pray for the preservation of godly values in Canada
(Prov 14:34 -
Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people.
)
b) Pray that political leaders will be awakened by God to the right use
of power and the right stewardship of their positions.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for coming into the World
tlo save us and not condemn us.
Pray to the Lord "Amazing God, please help me worship You
as I rejoice in who You are, what You've done,
and all You promise to do."
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for giving us power as believers.
Pray to the Lord and give Him your burdens .
Pray to the Lord and fear no evil for He will guide your through.
Pray for Prince Edward Island and Let us intercede togther for:
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of PEace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual waysto sahre the Gosepl
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and poeple , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for realtionship with the Father
through the Son.
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 the preservation of godly values in Canada.
Pray that political leaders will be awakened by God to the right use
of power and the right stewardship of their positions.
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.