Day 298 - 25 October 2021 reflections
Day 298, 25 October 2021
1)
Luke 14-15
Luke 14
The Healing of the Man With Edema
1 (Mk 3:2; Lk 11:37) On the Sabbath they watched Him as He went
into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees to eat bread.
2 There before Him was a man who had edema. (Gk. 2 lepta. A lepton,
meaning "small" or "thin," is a fraction of a penny
and about 1/128 of a denarius, which was a day's wage.
A Jewish bronze or copper coin, it was the smallest coin circulated.)
3 (Mt 12:10Â) Jesus said to the lawyers and Pharisees,
"Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
4 But they remained silent. So He took him and healed him, and let him go.
5 (Lk 13:15) Then He said, "Which of you having a donkey or an ox that
has fallen into a pit will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"
6 (Lk 20:40) And they could not answer Him regarding these things.
A Lesson to Guests and a Host
7 (Lk 11:43; Mt 23:6) When He marked how they chose the seats of honor,
He told a parable to those who were invited, saying to them,
8 (Pr 25:6-7) "When you are invited by any man to a wedding banquet,
do not sit down in a seat of honor, lest a more honorable man
than you be invited by him;
9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you,
'Give this man the seat,' and then you will begin with shame to take
the lowest seat.
10 (Pr 25:6-7) But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest seat,
so that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you,
'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will have respect in the presence
of those who sit at dinner with you.
11 (Lk 18:14; Pr 29:23) For whoever exalts himself will be humbled,
and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
12 Then He said also to the one who invited Him, "When you prepare a dinner
or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen
or your rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return,
and you be repaid.
13 (Lk 14:21; Ne 8:10) But when you prepare a banquet, call the poor,
the maimed, the lame, the blind,
14 (Ac 24:15; Jn 5:29) and you will be blessed, for they cannot repay you.
You shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
The Parable of the Great Banquet
Mt 22:1-10
15 (Rev 19:9; Lk 13:29) When one of those who sat at dinner with Him heard
this, he said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread
in the kingdom of God!"
16 (Mt 22:2-14) Then He said to him, "A man prepared a banquet
and invited many,
17 and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who had been invited,
'Come, for everything is now prepared.'
18 "But they all with one mind began to make excuses. The first said to him,
'I have bought a piece of land, and I must go and see it.
I ask you to excuse me.'
19 "Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going
to prove them. I ask you to excuse me.'
20 (1Co 7:33) "Still another said, 'I have married a wife,
and therefore I cannot come.'
21 (Lk 14:13) "The servant came and reported this to his master.
Then the master of the house in anger said to his servant,
'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city,
and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.'
22 "The servant said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done,
and yet there is room.'
23 "Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges,
and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
24 (Mt 21:43; Ac 13:46) For I tell you, none of those men who were invited
shall taste my supper.' "
The Cost of Discipleship
Mt 10:37-38
25 Large crowds went with Him. And He turned and said to them,
26 (Mt 10:37; Jn 12:25) "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate
his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes,
and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
27 (Mt 10:38; Jn 19:17) And whoever does not bear his cross
and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
28 (Pr 24:27) "For who among you, intending to build a tower,
does not sit down first and count the cost to see whether
he has resources to complete it?
29 Otherwise, perhaps, after he has laid the foundation
and is not able to complete it, all who see it will begin to mock him,
30 saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to complete it.'
31 (Pr 20:18) "Or what king, going to wage war against another king,
does not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able
with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 Otherwise, while the other is yet at a distance, he sends a delegation
and requests conditions of peace.
33 (Lk 14:26; Php 3:7-8) So likewise, any of you who does not forsake
all that he has cannot be My disciple.
Tasteless Salt
Mt 5:13; Mk 9:50
34 (Mt 5:13) "Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its saltiness,
how shall it be made salty?
35 (Mt 11:15) It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure pile.
So men throw it out.
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Luke 15
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
Mt 18:12-14
1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.
2 (Mt 9:11; Lk 5:30) But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying,
"This Man receives sinners and eats with them."
3 So He told them this parable, saying,
4 (Eze 34:11-12; 34:16) "What man among you having a hundred sheep
and losing one of them does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness
and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
5 And when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 (1Pe 2:25) Then when he comes home, he calls together his friends
and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me,
for I have found my sheep which was lost.'
7 (Lk 5:32) Likewise, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over
one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous men who need
no repentance.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 "Or what woman, having ten silver coins
(Gk. drachmas, each worth about a day's wage.)
and losing one, does not light a candle and sweep the house
and search diligently until she finds it?
9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors,
saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'
10 (Heb 1:14) Likewise, I tell you, there is joy in the presence
of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
11 Then He said, "A man had two sons.
12 (Mk 12:44; Lk 15:30) The younger of them said to his father,
'Father, give me the share of the property that falls to me.'
So he divided his estate between them.
13 (Lk 15:30; 16:1) "Not many days later, the younger son gathered
everything together, and journeyed to a distant country, and there
squandered his possessions in prodigal living.
14 When he had spent everything, there came a severe famine in that country,
and he began to be in want.
15 So he went and hired himself to a citizen of that county,
who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 He would gladly have filled his stomach with the husks
that the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.
17 "When he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired
servants have an abundance of bread, and here I am perishing with hunger!
18 (Lk 15:21; 18:13) I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him,
"Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
19 (Lk 7:6-7) I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
Make me like one of your hired servants." '
20 (Ac 20:37; Ge 45:14) So he arose and came to his father.
"But while he was yet far away, his father saw him
and was moved with compassion, and ran and embraced his neck and kissed him.
21 (Ps 51:4; Lk 15:18-19) "The son said to him,
'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
22 (Ge 41:42; Rev 6:11) "But the father said to his servants,
'Bring out the best robe and put it on him.
And put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet.
23 Bring here the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry.
24 (Lk 15:32; Eph 2:1) For this son of mine was dead, and is alive again;
he was lost, and is found.' So they began to be merry.
25 "Now his older son was in the field. As he came and drew near the house,
he heard music and dancing.
26 So he called one of the servants and asked what this meant.
27 He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed
the fattened calf, because he has received him safe and sound.'
28 "He was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out
and entreated him.
29 But he answered his father, 'Look! These many years have I served you.
Nor have I ever transgressed your commands, yet never have you given me
a goat, so that I might be merry with my friends.
30 (Pr 29:3; Lk 15:12-13) But when this son of yours came,
who has devoured your living with harlots,
you killed the fattened calf for him.'
31 "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me,
and all that I have is yours.
32 (Lk 15:24) But it was fitting to be merry and be glad,
for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again;
he was lost and is found.'"
2) Our Daily Bread for 25 October 2021
https://odb.org/us/2021/10/25/the-testing
entitled The Testing
Genesis 22:1-3,6-12
1 (Heb 11:17; Dt 8:2) After these things God tested Abraham
and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
2 (2Ch 3:1; Jn 3:16) Then He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac,
whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt
offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."
3 So Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey,
and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son;
and he split the wood for the burnt offering,
and arose and went to the place that God had told him.
6 (Jn 19:17) So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering '
and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand
and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.
7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!"
And he said, "Here I am, my son."
Then he said, "Here is the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
8 (Jn 1:36; 1:29) Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb
for a burnt offering." So the two of them went together.
9 (Jas 2:21) Then they came to the place that God had told him. So Abraham
built an altar there and arranged the wood; and he bound Isaac his son and
laid him on the altar, on the wood.
10Then Abraham stretched out his hand
and took the knife to slay his son.
11 (Ge 16:7; 16:9-10) But the angel of the Lord called to him
out of heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!"
And he said, “Here I am."
12 (1Sa 15:22; Jas 2:21–22) Then He said, "Do not lay your hands
on the boy or do anything to him, because now I know that you fear God,
seeing you have not withheld your only son from Me.â€
The first time I took my sons to hike a Colorado Fourteener-a mountain
with an elevation of a least 14,000 feet-they were nervous.
Could they make it? Were they up to the challenge? My youngest stopped
on the trail for extended breaks. "Dad, I can't go any more," he said
repeatedly. But I believed this test would be good for them,
and I wanted them to trust me. A mile from the peak, my son who'd insisted
he could go no further caught his second wind and beat us to the summit.
He was so glad he trusted me, even amid his fears.
I marvel at the trust Isaac had in his father as they climbed their mountain.
Far more, I'm undone by the trust Abraham had in God as he raised his knife
over his son (Genesis 22:10). Even with his confused and wrenching heart,
Abraham obeyed. Mercifully, an angel stopped him.
"Do not lay a hand on the boy," God's messenger declared (v. 12).
God never intended for Isaac to die.
As we draw parallels from this unique story to our own with caution,
it's crucial to note the opening line: “God tested Abraham†(v. 1).
Through his test, Abraham learned how much he trusted God.
He discovered His loving heart and profound provision.
In our confusion, darkness, and testing, we learn truths
about ourselves and about God. And we may even find that
our testing leads to a deeper trust in Him.
By: Winn Collier
Reflect & Pray
How do you believe you’ve been tested by God? What was that experience like, and what did you take away from it?
God, I don't know if what I'm experiencing is Your testing or not,
but either way, I want to trust You. I give my future to You.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 2 - The key to the Prison Cell
Matt 6:14-15
14 For if you forgive men for their sins, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men for their sins,
neither will your Father forgive your sins.
Ann had been badly wounded in a relationship that had ended in anger
and accusation. For more than a year, Ann nursed her bitterness, rallying
support for her attitudes from friends and colleagues. Any time she saw
her former friend, Ann put up an icy wall of hostility. She thought she was
"getting over" the hurt, but the very mention of her friend's name brought
back a flood of negative feelings. Ann was trapped, locked in a prison of
unforgiveness , a jail built block by block by her own unwillingness to
forgive. Ann didn't "get over it"; instead, her wounds festered
and her bitterness grew worse.
Then one day - she never knew how - Ann let go of her bitterness. The barriers
of hostility and anger melted away, and when she saw her firend again, she was
able to forgive. And Ann was finally able to turn to the Lord for her own
healing and forgiveness.
"If you fo not forgive," Jesus says - and the statement falls hard on
unforgiving hearts, "Neither weill you be forgiven." In one sense, God's
forgiveness is unconditional - we do not have to earn or deserve it, and it is
always available to us. But we cannot experience the forgiveness God has
extended to us when we harbour unforgiveness towards others and build walls
of bitterness in our hearts.
When we refuse forgiveness toward those who have hurt or betrayed us, we do
not keep them in bondage, but ourselves. We lock ourselves away for an
awareness of God's loving presence; we imprison ourselves in a cell of
revenge. But when we reach out to forgive, we turn in the lock;
the door is open for our own sins to be forgiven and our own hearts
cleansed and purified.
Application
a) Why is forgiving others a condition for experiencing forgiveness in my own
life?
b) How can these verses have a practical effect upon my willingness
to forgive others?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Malachi 3:10-12
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in
My house, and test Me now in this, says the Lord of Hosts, if I will not
open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing,
that there will not be room enough to receive it.
11 I will rebuke the devourer
for your sakes, so that it will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
and the vines in your field will not fail to bear fruit,
says the Lord of Hosts.
12 Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be
a delightful land, says the Lord of Hosts.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Worried Over Money
Matt 6:19-21
Treasures in Heaven
Lk 12:33–34
19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth
and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up
for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy
and where thieves do not break in nor steal, 21 for where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.
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 Association 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 together 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
Day 25 of the Month
a) Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
(Acts 2: 41,47b
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized,
and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
)
b) Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
( Prov 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray for the lost and the Prodigals
and pray to be repentant .
Pray to the Lord "God, I don't know if what I'm experiencing
is Your testing or not, but either way, I want to trust You.
I give my future to You."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a forgiving person
and forgive those who have sinned against you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to tes the Lord with your tithes and offerings.
Pray to the Lord and pray to store treasure in Heaven.
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 ways to share 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 people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
Pray that house-church members in Iraq will be strenghtened amid persecution.
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.
1)
Luke 14-15
Luke 14
The Healing of the Man With Edema
1 (Mk 3:2; Lk 11:37) On the Sabbath they watched Him as He went
into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees to eat bread.
2 There before Him was a man who had edema. (Gk. 2 lepta. A lepton,
meaning "small" or "thin," is a fraction of a penny
and about 1/128 of a denarius, which was a day's wage.
A Jewish bronze or copper coin, it was the smallest coin circulated.)
3 (Mt 12:10Â) Jesus said to the lawyers and Pharisees,
"Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
4 But they remained silent. So He took him and healed him, and let him go.
5 (Lk 13:15) Then He said, "Which of you having a donkey or an ox that
has fallen into a pit will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"
6 (Lk 20:40) And they could not answer Him regarding these things.
A Lesson to Guests and a Host
7 (Lk 11:43; Mt 23:6) When He marked how they chose the seats of honor,
He told a parable to those who were invited, saying to them,
8 (Pr 25:6-7) "When you are invited by any man to a wedding banquet,
do not sit down in a seat of honor, lest a more honorable man
than you be invited by him;
9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you,
'Give this man the seat,' and then you will begin with shame to take
the lowest seat.
10 (Pr 25:6-7) But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest seat,
so that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you,
'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will have respect in the presence
of those who sit at dinner with you.
11 (Lk 18:14; Pr 29:23) For whoever exalts himself will be humbled,
and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
12 Then He said also to the one who invited Him, "When you prepare a dinner
or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen
or your rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return,
and you be repaid.
13 (Lk 14:21; Ne 8:10) But when you prepare a banquet, call the poor,
the maimed, the lame, the blind,
14 (Ac 24:15; Jn 5:29) and you will be blessed, for they cannot repay you.
You shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
The Parable of the Great Banquet
Mt 22:1-10
15 (Rev 19:9; Lk 13:29) When one of those who sat at dinner with Him heard
this, he said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread
in the kingdom of God!"
16 (Mt 22:2-14) Then He said to him, "A man prepared a banquet
and invited many,
17 and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who had been invited,
'Come, for everything is now prepared.'
18 "But they all with one mind began to make excuses. The first said to him,
'I have bought a piece of land, and I must go and see it.
I ask you to excuse me.'
19 "Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going
to prove them. I ask you to excuse me.'
20 (1Co 7:33) "Still another said, 'I have married a wife,
and therefore I cannot come.'
21 (Lk 14:13) "The servant came and reported this to his master.
Then the master of the house in anger said to his servant,
'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city,
and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.'
22 "The servant said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done,
and yet there is room.'
23 "Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges,
and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
24 (Mt 21:43; Ac 13:46) For I tell you, none of those men who were invited
shall taste my supper.' "
The Cost of Discipleship
Mt 10:37-38
25 Large crowds went with Him. And He turned and said to them,
26 (Mt 10:37; Jn 12:25) "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate
his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes,
and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
27 (Mt 10:38; Jn 19:17) And whoever does not bear his cross
and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
28 (Pr 24:27) "For who among you, intending to build a tower,
does not sit down first and count the cost to see whether
he has resources to complete it?
29 Otherwise, perhaps, after he has laid the foundation
and is not able to complete it, all who see it will begin to mock him,
30 saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to complete it.'
31 (Pr 20:18) "Or what king, going to wage war against another king,
does not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able
with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 Otherwise, while the other is yet at a distance, he sends a delegation
and requests conditions of peace.
33 (Lk 14:26; Php 3:7-8) So likewise, any of you who does not forsake
all that he has cannot be My disciple.
Tasteless Salt
Mt 5:13; Mk 9:50
34 (Mt 5:13) "Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its saltiness,
how shall it be made salty?
35 (Mt 11:15) It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure pile.
So men throw it out.
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Luke 15
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
Mt 18:12-14
1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.
2 (Mt 9:11; Lk 5:30) But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying,
"This Man receives sinners and eats with them."
3 So He told them this parable, saying,
4 (Eze 34:11-12; 34:16) "What man among you having a hundred sheep
and losing one of them does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness
and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
5 And when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 (1Pe 2:25) Then when he comes home, he calls together his friends
and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me,
for I have found my sheep which was lost.'
7 (Lk 5:32) Likewise, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over
one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous men who need
no repentance.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 "Or what woman, having ten silver coins
(Gk. drachmas, each worth about a day's wage.)
and losing one, does not light a candle and sweep the house
and search diligently until she finds it?
9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors,
saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'
10 (Heb 1:14) Likewise, I tell you, there is joy in the presence
of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
11 Then He said, "A man had two sons.
12 (Mk 12:44; Lk 15:30) The younger of them said to his father,
'Father, give me the share of the property that falls to me.'
So he divided his estate between them.
13 (Lk 15:30; 16:1) "Not many days later, the younger son gathered
everything together, and journeyed to a distant country, and there
squandered his possessions in prodigal living.
14 When he had spent everything, there came a severe famine in that country,
and he began to be in want.
15 So he went and hired himself to a citizen of that county,
who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 He would gladly have filled his stomach with the husks
that the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.
17 "When he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired
servants have an abundance of bread, and here I am perishing with hunger!
18 (Lk 15:21; 18:13) I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him,
"Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
19 (Lk 7:6-7) I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
Make me like one of your hired servants." '
20 (Ac 20:37; Ge 45:14) So he arose and came to his father.
"But while he was yet far away, his father saw him
and was moved with compassion, and ran and embraced his neck and kissed him.
21 (Ps 51:4; Lk 15:18-19) "The son said to him,
'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
22 (Ge 41:42; Rev 6:11) "But the father said to his servants,
'Bring out the best robe and put it on him.
And put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet.
23 Bring here the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry.
24 (Lk 15:32; Eph 2:1) For this son of mine was dead, and is alive again;
he was lost, and is found.' So they began to be merry.
25 "Now his older son was in the field. As he came and drew near the house,
he heard music and dancing.
26 So he called one of the servants and asked what this meant.
27 He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed
the fattened calf, because he has received him safe and sound.'
28 "He was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out
and entreated him.
29 But he answered his father, 'Look! These many years have I served you.
Nor have I ever transgressed your commands, yet never have you given me
a goat, so that I might be merry with my friends.
30 (Pr 29:3; Lk 15:12-13) But when this son of yours came,
who has devoured your living with harlots,
you killed the fattened calf for him.'
31 "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me,
and all that I have is yours.
32 (Lk 15:24) But it was fitting to be merry and be glad,
for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again;
he was lost and is found.'"
2) Our Daily Bread for 25 October 2021
https://odb.org/us/2021/10/25/the-testing
entitled The Testing
Genesis 22:1-3,6-12
1 (Heb 11:17; Dt 8:2) After these things God tested Abraham
and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
2 (2Ch 3:1; Jn 3:16) Then He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac,
whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt
offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."
3 So Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey,
and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son;
and he split the wood for the burnt offering,
and arose and went to the place that God had told him.
6 (Jn 19:17) So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering '
and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand
and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.
7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!"
And he said, "Here I am, my son."
Then he said, "Here is the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
8 (Jn 1:36; 1:29) Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb
for a burnt offering." So the two of them went together.
9 (Jas 2:21) Then they came to the place that God had told him. So Abraham
built an altar there and arranged the wood; and he bound Isaac his son and
laid him on the altar, on the wood.
10Then Abraham stretched out his hand
and took the knife to slay his son.
11 (Ge 16:7; 16:9-10) But the angel of the Lord called to him
out of heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!"
And he said, “Here I am."
12 (1Sa 15:22; Jas 2:21–22) Then He said, "Do not lay your hands
on the boy or do anything to him, because now I know that you fear God,
seeing you have not withheld your only son from Me.â€
The first time I took my sons to hike a Colorado Fourteener-a mountain
with an elevation of a least 14,000 feet-they were nervous.
Could they make it? Were they up to the challenge? My youngest stopped
on the trail for extended breaks. "Dad, I can't go any more," he said
repeatedly. But I believed this test would be good for them,
and I wanted them to trust me. A mile from the peak, my son who'd insisted
he could go no further caught his second wind and beat us to the summit.
He was so glad he trusted me, even amid his fears.
I marvel at the trust Isaac had in his father as they climbed their mountain.
Far more, I'm undone by the trust Abraham had in God as he raised his knife
over his son (Genesis 22:10). Even with his confused and wrenching heart,
Abraham obeyed. Mercifully, an angel stopped him.
"Do not lay a hand on the boy," God's messenger declared (v. 12).
God never intended for Isaac to die.
As we draw parallels from this unique story to our own with caution,
it's crucial to note the opening line: “God tested Abraham†(v. 1).
Through his test, Abraham learned how much he trusted God.
He discovered His loving heart and profound provision.
In our confusion, darkness, and testing, we learn truths
about ourselves and about God. And we may even find that
our testing leads to a deeper trust in Him.
By: Winn Collier
Reflect & Pray
How do you believe you’ve been tested by God? What was that experience like, and what did you take away from it?
God, I don't know if what I'm experiencing is Your testing or not,
but either way, I want to trust You. I give my future to You.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 2 - The key to the Prison Cell
Matt 6:14-15
14 For if you forgive men for their sins, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men for their sins,
neither will your Father forgive your sins.
Ann had been badly wounded in a relationship that had ended in anger
and accusation. For more than a year, Ann nursed her bitterness, rallying
support for her attitudes from friends and colleagues. Any time she saw
her former friend, Ann put up an icy wall of hostility. She thought she was
"getting over" the hurt, but the very mention of her friend's name brought
back a flood of negative feelings. Ann was trapped, locked in a prison of
unforgiveness , a jail built block by block by her own unwillingness to
forgive. Ann didn't "get over it"; instead, her wounds festered
and her bitterness grew worse.
Then one day - she never knew how - Ann let go of her bitterness. The barriers
of hostility and anger melted away, and when she saw her firend again, she was
able to forgive. And Ann was finally able to turn to the Lord for her own
healing and forgiveness.
"If you fo not forgive," Jesus says - and the statement falls hard on
unforgiving hearts, "Neither weill you be forgiven." In one sense, God's
forgiveness is unconditional - we do not have to earn or deserve it, and it is
always available to us. But we cannot experience the forgiveness God has
extended to us when we harbour unforgiveness towards others and build walls
of bitterness in our hearts.
When we refuse forgiveness toward those who have hurt or betrayed us, we do
not keep them in bondage, but ourselves. We lock ourselves away for an
awareness of God's loving presence; we imprison ourselves in a cell of
revenge. But when we reach out to forgive, we turn in the lock;
the door is open for our own sins to be forgiven and our own hearts
cleansed and purified.
Application
a) Why is forgiving others a condition for experiencing forgiveness in my own
life?
b) How can these verses have a practical effect upon my willingness
to forgive others?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Malachi 3:10-12
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in
My house, and test Me now in this, says the Lord of Hosts, if I will not
open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing,
that there will not be room enough to receive it.
11 I will rebuke the devourer
for your sakes, so that it will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
and the vines in your field will not fail to bear fruit,
says the Lord of Hosts.
12 Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be
a delightful land, says the Lord of Hosts.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Worried Over Money
Matt 6:19-21
Treasures in Heaven
Lk 12:33–34
19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth
and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up
for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy
and where thieves do not break in nor steal, 21 for where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.
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 Association 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 together 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
Day 25 of the Month
a) Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
(Acts 2: 41,47b
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized,
and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
)
b) Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
( Prov 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray for the lost and the Prodigals
and pray to be repentant .
Pray to the Lord "God, I don't know if what I'm experiencing
is Your testing or not, but either way, I want to trust You.
I give my future to You."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a forgiving person
and forgive those who have sinned against you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to tes the Lord with your tithes and offerings.
Pray to the Lord and pray to store treasure in Heaven.
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 ways to share 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 people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
Pray that house-church members in Iraq will be strenghtened amid persecution.
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.