Day 300 - 27 October 2021 reflections
Day 300, 27 October 2021
1)
John 11
John 11
The Death of Lazarus
1 (Mt 21:17) Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany,
the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (Jn 12:3; Mk 14:3) This was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment
and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 (Jn 11:5; 11:36) So the sisters sent word to Him, saying,
"Lord, he whom You love is sick."
4 (Jn 9:3; 11:40) When Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not
unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God
may be glorified by it."
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 So when He heard that he was sick, He remained where He was two more days.
7 Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go into Judea again."
8 (Jn 10:31; 8:59) His disciples said to Him,
"Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone You. Are You going there again?"
9 (Jn 9:4; 12:35) Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day?
If anyone walks during the day, he does not stumble,
because he sees the light of this world.
10 (Jer 13:16) But if anyone walks during the night, he stumbles,
because the light is not in him."
11 (Da 12:2; Ac 7:60) After He said this, He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus
has fallen asleep. But I am going that I may awaken him from sleep."
12 Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he is sleeping, he will be well."
13 Jesus had spoken of his death. But they thought that He was speaking
of getting rest through sleep.
14 So then Jesus plainly told them, "Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there,
so that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him."
16 (Mt 10:3; Jn 21:2) Then Thomas, who is called Didymus,
said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go also, that we may die with Him."
Jesus the Resurrection and the Life
17 (Jn 11:39) When Jesus arrived, He found that he had been in the tomb
four days already.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, less than two miles away.
(Gk. 15 stadia, or about 3 kilometers.)
19 (Job 2:11; Jn 11:31) Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary,
to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 (Lk 10:38-42) When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went
and met Him, but Mary remained in the house.
21 (Jn 11:32; 11:37) Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here,
my brother would not have died.
22 (Jn 9:31; 11:41-42) But even now I know that whatever You may ask of God,
God will give You."
23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
24 (Jn 5:28-29; Ac 24:15) Martha said to Him,
"I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."
25 (Jn 1:4; 1Th 4:14) Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.
He who believes in Me, though he may die, yet shall he live.
26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
27 (Mt 16:16; Jn 6:14) She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that
You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world."
Jesus Weeps
28 (Jn 13:13; Mt 26:18) When she had said this, she went her way
and secretly called her sister Mary, saying, "
The Teacher has come and is calling for you."
29 When she heard this, she rose quickly and went to Him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was in the place
where Martha met Him.
31 (Jn 11:19) When the Jews who were with Mary in the house, comforting her,
saw that she quickly rose up and went out, they followed her, saying,
"She is going to the tomb to weep there."
32 (Jn 11:21) When Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down
at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would
not have died."
33 (Jn 11:38; 12:27) When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came
with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.
34 He said, "Where have you laid him?"
They said to Him, "Lord, come and see."
35 (Lk 19:41; Jn 11:33) Jesus wept.
36 (Jn 11:3) Then the Jews said, "See how He loved him."
37 (Jn 9:6-7) But some of them said, "Could not this Man,
who opened the eyes of the blind man, have also kept this man from dying?"
Lazarus Brought to Life
38 (Mt 27:60; Jn 11:33) Then Jesus, again groaning within Himself,
came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.
39 (Jn 11:17) Jesus said, "Take away the stone."
Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him,
"Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
40 (Jn 11:4; 11:23-26) Jesus said to her,
"Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"
41 (Jn 17:1; Mt 11:25) So they took away the stone from the place where
the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up His eyes and said,
"Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 (Jn 3:17; 17:21) I know that You always hear Me. But because of the people
standing around, I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me."
43 When He had said this, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
44 (Jn 20:7; 19:40) He who was dead came out, his hands and feet wrapped
with grave clothes, and his face wrapped with a cloth.
Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
The Plot to Kill Jesus
Mt 26:1–5; Mk 14:1–2; Lk 22:1–2
45 (Jn 2:23; 11:19) Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary,
and saw what Jesus had done, believed in Him.
46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees
and told them what Jesus had done.
47 (Mt 26:3; 5:22) Then the chief priests and the Pharisees
assembled the Sanhedrin and said,
"What shall we do? This Man is performing many signs.
48 If we leave Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him,
and the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation."
49 (Mt 26:3; Jn 11:51) Then one of them named Caiaphas,
who was the high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,
50 (Jn 18:14) nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man
should die for the people, that the whole nation should not perish."
51 (Ex 28:30; 1Sa 23:9) He did not say this on his own authority.
But being the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die
for the nation,
52 (Jn 10:16; Isa 49:6) and not for the nation only, but that He might
also gather together in unity the children of God who were scattered abroad.
53 So from that day forward they planned to put Him to death.
54 (Jn 7:1; 2Ch 13:19 ) Therefore Jesus no longer walked
openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country
near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim,
and remained there with His disciples.
55 (Jn 2:13; 6:4) Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand.
Many went up to Jerusalem from the country before the Passover
to purify themselves.
56 (Jn 7:11) Then they searched for Jesus and said among themselves
as they stood in the temple,
"What do you think, that He will not come to the feast?"
57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders
that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it,
that they might seize Him.
2) Our Daily Bread for 27 October 2021
https://odb.org/us/2021/10/27/simplistic-formulas
entitled A Purpose in Suffering
Job 42:1–9
Job 42
Job's Repentance
1 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2 (Mt 19:26; Ge 18:14) "I know that You can do everything,
and that no thought can be withheld from You.
3 (Job 38:2; Ps 40:5) 'Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge?'
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me which I did not know.
4 (Job 38:3; 40:7) " 'Hear, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you declare to Me.'
5(Ro 10:17; Isa 6:1) I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees You.
6 (Ezr 9:6; Job 2:8) Therefore I abhor myself,
and repent in dust and ashes."
Epilogue
7 (Job 2:11) And so it was, that after the Lord had spoken these words
to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite,
"My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends,
for you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.
8 (Nu 23:1; Job 1:5) And now, take for yourselves seven bulls
and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves
a burnt offering; and My servant Job will pray for you.
For him I will accept, lest I deal with you according to
your folly, in that you have not spoken of Me the thing
which is right like My servant Job."
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite,
and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord
had commanded them; the Lord also accepted Job.
"So what you're saying is, it may not be my fault." The woman's words
took me by surprise. Having been a guest speaker at her church,
we were now discussing what I’d shared that morning.
"I have a chronic illness," she explained, "and I have prayed,
fasted, confessed my sins, and done everything else I was told
to do to be healed. But I'm still sick, so I thought I was to blame."
I felt sad at the woman's confession. Having been given a spiritual
"formula" to fix her problem, she had blamed herself when the formula
hadn't worked. Even worse, this formulaic approach to suffering
was disproved generations ago.
Simply put, this old formula says that if you're suffering,
you must have sinned. When Job tragically lost his livestock,
children, and health, his friends used the formula on him.
"Who, being innocent, has ever perished?" Eliphaz said,
suspecting Job's guilt (Job 4:7). Bildad even told Job that his children
only died because they had sinned (8:4). Ignorant of the real cause
of Job's calamities (1:6-2:10), they tormented him with simplistic
reasons for his pain, later receiving God's rebuke (42:7).
Suffering is a part of living in a fallen world. Like Job, it can happen
for reasons we may never know. But God has a purpose for you that goes
beyond the pain you endure. Don't get discouraged by falling
for simplistic formulas.
By: Sheridan Voysey
Reflect & Pray
How else do you see the "suffering = sin" formula being used?
Why do you think it's still so prevalent?
Great Physician, give me words to heal, not hurt, in times of pain.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 4 "Formula" for Forgiveness
Luke 17:3 - 4
3 (Lev 19:17; Mt 18:21)"Take heed to yourselves."
"If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive
him. 4 (Mt 18:21–22) If he sins against you seven times in a day,
and seven times in a day turns to you, saying,
'I repent,' you must forgive him."
The context of these verses give us an interesting perspective of Jesus'
disciples. In a corollary passage in Matthew 18, the disciples (through
Peter, the designated mouthpiece) ask Jesus,
21 (Mt 18:15; Lk 17:3–4) Then Peter came to Him and said,
"Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother who sins against me?
Up to seven times?" (Matthew 18:21)
The disciples wanted a "formula" for forgiveness: they wanted to be able to
develop a checklist. Once, twice, maybe three times a brother could be
forgiven, but after that, you could write him off. After all, if
he keeps on offending over and over again, he doesn't deserve to be forgiven!
But Jesus says, " Rebuke him - let him know his fault; if he repents,
forgive him - even seven times in the same day!"
And the disciplines' response is predictable: "Lord, increase our faith!" They
were more comfortable with their own formula for forgiveness than with the
outrageous demands of the love that Christ imposed upon them.
We are so like the disciples. We want to draw a line and say. "This far
- no more. I'll forgive you once, but don't do it again. Now that you're
forgiven, you'd better shape up!". Yet God's love doesn't recognise "again".
He forgives, and no matter how often we come to him inrepentance
for repeated offenses, his arms of forgiveness are open to us.
That is the way God wants us to forgive. He wants us to lay aside our
checklists, put away our suspicaions, abandon our scoreboards, and forgive.
Seven times, or seventy times seven, as often as we have sinned against God
and been forgiven, we are to forgive.
Application
a) Have I ever kept a "scorecard" of performance on someone I
have forgiven ? Why?
b) Why do I need "increased faith" to be able to forgive as
Jesus calls me to?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
2 Cor 9:8,11
8 God is able to make all grace abound toward you,
so that you, always having enough of everything,
may abound to every good work.
11 So you will be enriched in everything to all bountifulness,
which makes us give thanks to God.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Facing Pain and Suffering
Ps 9:9-12
9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know Your name will put their trust in You,
for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11 Sing praises to the Lord who dwells in Zion;
declare His deeds among the people.
12 He who avenges deaths remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the humble.
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 27 of the Month
a) Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.
(
2 Cor 10:4-5
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,
5 casting down imaginations and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,
bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
)
b) Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to empathetic like the Lord .
Pray to the Lord "Great Physician, give me words to heal,
not hurt, in times of pain."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a forgiving person
and to stop keeping scorecards.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for the bountifulness He gives you.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for being a refuge for the oppressed.
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 Gospel
- 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 God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.
Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.
Pray for a spirit of unity and collaberation amonf Tunisia's churches.
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)
John 11
John 11
The Death of Lazarus
1 (Mt 21:17) Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany,
the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (Jn 12:3; Mk 14:3) This was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment
and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 (Jn 11:5; 11:36) So the sisters sent word to Him, saying,
"Lord, he whom You love is sick."
4 (Jn 9:3; 11:40) When Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not
unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God
may be glorified by it."
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 So when He heard that he was sick, He remained where He was two more days.
7 Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go into Judea again."
8 (Jn 10:31; 8:59) His disciples said to Him,
"Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone You. Are You going there again?"
9 (Jn 9:4; 12:35) Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day?
If anyone walks during the day, he does not stumble,
because he sees the light of this world.
10 (Jer 13:16) But if anyone walks during the night, he stumbles,
because the light is not in him."
11 (Da 12:2; Ac 7:60) After He said this, He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus
has fallen asleep. But I am going that I may awaken him from sleep."
12 Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he is sleeping, he will be well."
13 Jesus had spoken of his death. But they thought that He was speaking
of getting rest through sleep.
14 So then Jesus plainly told them, "Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there,
so that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him."
16 (Mt 10:3; Jn 21:2) Then Thomas, who is called Didymus,
said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go also, that we may die with Him."
Jesus the Resurrection and the Life
17 (Jn 11:39) When Jesus arrived, He found that he had been in the tomb
four days already.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, less than two miles away.
(Gk. 15 stadia, or about 3 kilometers.)
19 (Job 2:11; Jn 11:31) Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary,
to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 (Lk 10:38-42) When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went
and met Him, but Mary remained in the house.
21 (Jn 11:32; 11:37) Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here,
my brother would not have died.
22 (Jn 9:31; 11:41-42) But even now I know that whatever You may ask of God,
God will give You."
23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
24 (Jn 5:28-29; Ac 24:15) Martha said to Him,
"I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."
25 (Jn 1:4; 1Th 4:14) Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.
He who believes in Me, though he may die, yet shall he live.
26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
27 (Mt 16:16; Jn 6:14) She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that
You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world."
Jesus Weeps
28 (Jn 13:13; Mt 26:18) When she had said this, she went her way
and secretly called her sister Mary, saying, "
The Teacher has come and is calling for you."
29 When she heard this, she rose quickly and went to Him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was in the place
where Martha met Him.
31 (Jn 11:19) When the Jews who were with Mary in the house, comforting her,
saw that she quickly rose up and went out, they followed her, saying,
"She is going to the tomb to weep there."
32 (Jn 11:21) When Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down
at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would
not have died."
33 (Jn 11:38; 12:27) When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came
with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.
34 He said, "Where have you laid him?"
They said to Him, "Lord, come and see."
35 (Lk 19:41; Jn 11:33) Jesus wept.
36 (Jn 11:3) Then the Jews said, "See how He loved him."
37 (Jn 9:6-7) But some of them said, "Could not this Man,
who opened the eyes of the blind man, have also kept this man from dying?"
Lazarus Brought to Life
38 (Mt 27:60; Jn 11:33) Then Jesus, again groaning within Himself,
came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.
39 (Jn 11:17) Jesus said, "Take away the stone."
Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him,
"Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
40 (Jn 11:4; 11:23-26) Jesus said to her,
"Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"
41 (Jn 17:1; Mt 11:25) So they took away the stone from the place where
the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up His eyes and said,
"Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 (Jn 3:17; 17:21) I know that You always hear Me. But because of the people
standing around, I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me."
43 When He had said this, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
44 (Jn 20:7; 19:40) He who was dead came out, his hands and feet wrapped
with grave clothes, and his face wrapped with a cloth.
Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
The Plot to Kill Jesus
Mt 26:1–5; Mk 14:1–2; Lk 22:1–2
45 (Jn 2:23; 11:19) Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary,
and saw what Jesus had done, believed in Him.
46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees
and told them what Jesus had done.
47 (Mt 26:3; 5:22) Then the chief priests and the Pharisees
assembled the Sanhedrin and said,
"What shall we do? This Man is performing many signs.
48 If we leave Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him,
and the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation."
49 (Mt 26:3; Jn 11:51) Then one of them named Caiaphas,
who was the high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,
50 (Jn 18:14) nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man
should die for the people, that the whole nation should not perish."
51 (Ex 28:30; 1Sa 23:9) He did not say this on his own authority.
But being the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die
for the nation,
52 (Jn 10:16; Isa 49:6) and not for the nation only, but that He might
also gather together in unity the children of God who were scattered abroad.
53 So from that day forward they planned to put Him to death.
54 (Jn 7:1; 2Ch 13:19 ) Therefore Jesus no longer walked
openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country
near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim,
and remained there with His disciples.
55 (Jn 2:13; 6:4) Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand.
Many went up to Jerusalem from the country before the Passover
to purify themselves.
56 (Jn 7:11) Then they searched for Jesus and said among themselves
as they stood in the temple,
"What do you think, that He will not come to the feast?"
57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders
that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it,
that they might seize Him.
2) Our Daily Bread for 27 October 2021
https://odb.org/us/2021/10/27/simplistic-formulas
entitled A Purpose in Suffering
Job 42:1–9
Job 42
Job's Repentance
1 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2 (Mt 19:26; Ge 18:14) "I know that You can do everything,
and that no thought can be withheld from You.
3 (Job 38:2; Ps 40:5) 'Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge?'
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me which I did not know.
4 (Job 38:3; 40:7) " 'Hear, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you declare to Me.'
5(Ro 10:17; Isa 6:1) I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees You.
6 (Ezr 9:6; Job 2:8) Therefore I abhor myself,
and repent in dust and ashes."
Epilogue
7 (Job 2:11) And so it was, that after the Lord had spoken these words
to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite,
"My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends,
for you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.
8 (Nu 23:1; Job 1:5) And now, take for yourselves seven bulls
and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves
a burnt offering; and My servant Job will pray for you.
For him I will accept, lest I deal with you according to
your folly, in that you have not spoken of Me the thing
which is right like My servant Job."
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite,
and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord
had commanded them; the Lord also accepted Job.
"So what you're saying is, it may not be my fault." The woman's words
took me by surprise. Having been a guest speaker at her church,
we were now discussing what I’d shared that morning.
"I have a chronic illness," she explained, "and I have prayed,
fasted, confessed my sins, and done everything else I was told
to do to be healed. But I'm still sick, so I thought I was to blame."
I felt sad at the woman's confession. Having been given a spiritual
"formula" to fix her problem, she had blamed herself when the formula
hadn't worked. Even worse, this formulaic approach to suffering
was disproved generations ago.
Simply put, this old formula says that if you're suffering,
you must have sinned. When Job tragically lost his livestock,
children, and health, his friends used the formula on him.
"Who, being innocent, has ever perished?" Eliphaz said,
suspecting Job's guilt (Job 4:7). Bildad even told Job that his children
only died because they had sinned (8:4). Ignorant of the real cause
of Job's calamities (1:6-2:10), they tormented him with simplistic
reasons for his pain, later receiving God's rebuke (42:7).
Suffering is a part of living in a fallen world. Like Job, it can happen
for reasons we may never know. But God has a purpose for you that goes
beyond the pain you endure. Don't get discouraged by falling
for simplistic formulas.
By: Sheridan Voysey
Reflect & Pray
How else do you see the "suffering = sin" formula being used?
Why do you think it's still so prevalent?
Great Physician, give me words to heal, not hurt, in times of pain.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 4 "Formula" for Forgiveness
Luke 17:3 - 4
3 (Lev 19:17; Mt 18:21)"Take heed to yourselves."
"If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive
him. 4 (Mt 18:21–22) If he sins against you seven times in a day,
and seven times in a day turns to you, saying,
'I repent,' you must forgive him."
The context of these verses give us an interesting perspective of Jesus'
disciples. In a corollary passage in Matthew 18, the disciples (through
Peter, the designated mouthpiece) ask Jesus,
21 (Mt 18:15; Lk 17:3–4) Then Peter came to Him and said,
"Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother who sins against me?
Up to seven times?" (Matthew 18:21)
The disciples wanted a "formula" for forgiveness: they wanted to be able to
develop a checklist. Once, twice, maybe three times a brother could be
forgiven, but after that, you could write him off. After all, if
he keeps on offending over and over again, he doesn't deserve to be forgiven!
But Jesus says, " Rebuke him - let him know his fault; if he repents,
forgive him - even seven times in the same day!"
And the disciplines' response is predictable: "Lord, increase our faith!" They
were more comfortable with their own formula for forgiveness than with the
outrageous demands of the love that Christ imposed upon them.
We are so like the disciples. We want to draw a line and say. "This far
- no more. I'll forgive you once, but don't do it again. Now that you're
forgiven, you'd better shape up!". Yet God's love doesn't recognise "again".
He forgives, and no matter how often we come to him inrepentance
for repeated offenses, his arms of forgiveness are open to us.
That is the way God wants us to forgive. He wants us to lay aside our
checklists, put away our suspicaions, abandon our scoreboards, and forgive.
Seven times, or seventy times seven, as often as we have sinned against God
and been forgiven, we are to forgive.
Application
a) Have I ever kept a "scorecard" of performance on someone I
have forgiven ? Why?
b) Why do I need "increased faith" to be able to forgive as
Jesus calls me to?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
2 Cor 9:8,11
8 God is able to make all grace abound toward you,
so that you, always having enough of everything,
may abound to every good work.
11 So you will be enriched in everything to all bountifulness,
which makes us give thanks to God.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Facing Pain and Suffering
Ps 9:9-12
9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know Your name will put their trust in You,
for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11 Sing praises to the Lord who dwells in Zion;
declare His deeds among the people.
12 He who avenges deaths remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the humble.
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 27 of the Month
a) Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.
(
2 Cor 10:4-5
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,
5 casting down imaginations and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,
bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
)
b) Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to empathetic like the Lord .
Pray to the Lord "Great Physician, give me words to heal,
not hurt, in times of pain."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a forgiving person
and to stop keeping scorecards.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for the bountifulness He gives you.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for being a refuge for the oppressed.
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 Gospel
- 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 God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.
Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.
Pray for a spirit of unity and collaberation amonf Tunisia's churches.
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.