Day 15 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 15 Jan 2022 reflections
Day 15 , 15 Jan 2022
Genesis 8-9
Genesis 10:1-5
1 Chronicles 1:5-7
Genesis 10:6-20
1 Chronicles 1:8-16
Genesis 10:21-30
1 Chronicles 1:17-23
Genesis 10:31-32
Genesis 11:1-26
1 Chronicles 1:24-27
Genesis 11:27-31
Genesis 8
The Flood Recedes
1 God remembered Noah and every living thing and all the livestock that were
with him in the ark.
So God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the water receded.
2 Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed,
and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
3 The water receded steadily from the earth,
and after the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
4 The ark rested in the seventh month,
on the seventeenth day of the month,
on the mountains of Ararat.
5 The water continually decreased until the tenth month.
In the tenth month, on the first day of the month,
the tops of the mountains became visible.
6 Then at the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the
ark which he had made,
7 and he sent forth a raven, which went to and fro until the waters
were dried up on the earth.
8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had subsided
from the face of the ground.
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, so she
returned to him into the ark,
for the waters were on the surface of all the earth.
Then he put forth his hand, and took her,
and brought her into the ark to himself.
10 He waited yet another seven days, and again
he sent out the dove from the ark.
11 The dove came to him in the evening, and in her mouth there was a freshly
plucked olive leaf.
So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
12 He waited another seven days and sent out the dove again,
but it did not return to him again.
13 So in the six hundred and first year, in the first month,
the first day of the month,
the waters were dried up from the earth;
and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked,
and saw the surface of the ground was dry.
14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month,
the earth was dry.
15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying,
16 "Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons'
wives with you.
17 Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you,
birds and animals,
and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,
so that they may breed abundantly on the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
18 So Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives went out.
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything
that moves on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took of every clean animal
and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 The Lord smelled a soothing aroma; and the Lord said in His heart,
"I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the inclination
of man's
heart is evil from his youth,
nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
22 While the earth remains,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
and day and night
will not cease."
Genesis 9
The Noahic Covenant
1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them,
"Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
2 Every beast of the earth and every bird of the sky and all
that moves on the earth and all the fish of the sea will fear you
and be terrified of you. They are given into your hand.
3 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you.
I give you everything, just as I gave you the green plant.
4 "Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
5 But for your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning;
from every animal will I require it;
of man, too, will I require a reckoning for human life,
of every man for that of his fellow man.
6 Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed;
for God made man
in His own image.
7 And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase
abundantly in the earth and multiply in it."
8 Again God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
9 "As for Me, I establish My covenant with you, and with your
descendants after you;
10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock,
and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes
out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
11 I establish My covenant with you. Never again shall all
flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood.
Never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
12 Then God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which
I am making between Me
and you and every living creature that is with you,
for all future generations.
13 I have set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of a covenant
between Me and the earth.
14 When I bring a cloud over the earth, the rainbow will be seen in the cloud;
15 then I will remember My covenant,
which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh,
and the waters will never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 The rainbow will appear in the cloud, and I will see it
and remember the everlasting covenant between God
and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that
I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."
The Sons of Noah
18 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Ham was the father of Canaan.
19 These were the three sons of Noah,
and from them the whole earth was populated.
20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.
21 Then he drank some of the wine and became drunk,
and lay uncovered (naked) in his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,
and told his two brothers outside.
23 So Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders,
and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father.
Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
24 When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his younger son had done to him,
25 he said,
"Canaan be cursed!
He will be a servant of servants
to his brothers."
26 He also said,
"Blessed be the Lord God of Shem,
and let Canaan be his servant.
27 May God enlarge Japheth,
and may he dwell in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be his servant."
28 Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.
Genesis 10
The Table of Nations
1 Now these are the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah. And sons were born to them after the flood.
The Japhethites
2The sons of Japheth were
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek, and Tiras.
3The sons of Gomer were
Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. (Askenaz as in Ashkenazi)
4The sons of Javan were
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
5 From these the coastlands of the nations were divided into their lands,
everyone according to his tongue, according to their families, by their nations.
The Hamites
1 Chron 1:5 - 7
Japhethites
Ge 10:2 - 5
5 The sons of Japheth were
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek, and Tiras.
6 The sons of Gomer were
Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. (Askenaz as in Ashkenazi)
7 The sons of Javan were
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
Genesis 10
6 The sons of Ham were
Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush were
Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteka;
and the sons of Raamah were
Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush was the father of Nimrod.
He became a mighty one on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said,
"Even like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord."
10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh
in the land of Shinar.
11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh,
the city Rehoboth Ir, and Calah,
12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).
13 Egypt was the father of
the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
14 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorites.
15 Canaan was the father of
Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
16 and the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
17 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
18 Arvadites, Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
Later the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19 The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon toward Gerar to Gaza,
and then to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families,
according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.
1Ch 1:8 - 16
Hamites
Ge 10:6 - 20
8 The sons of Ham were
Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
9 The sons of Cush were
Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteka.
The sons of Raamah were
Sheba and Dedan.
10 Cush became the father of
Nimrod, who began to be mighty on the earth.
11 Egypt became the father of
the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, and Naphtuhites,
12 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom came the Philistines),
and the Caphtorites.
13 Canaan became the father of
Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth
14 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
Genesis 10
The Semites
21 To Shem, who was the father of all the children of Eber,
whose older brother was Japheth, were sons born also.
22 The sons of Shem were
Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram were
Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek.
24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,
and Shelah was the father of Eber.
25 To Eber were born two sons.
The name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided;
his brother's name was Joktan.
26 Joktan was the father of
Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
30 Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar,
the hill country of the east.
1Ch 1:17 - 23
17 The sons of Shem were
Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram,
Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek.
18 Arphaxad became the father of Shelah,
and Shelah became the father of Eber.
19 Two sons were born to Eber:
The name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided,
and the name of his brother was Joktan.
20 Joktan became the father of
Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
21 Hadoram, Uzal, and Diklah,
22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,
23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
Genesis 10
31 These are the sons of Shem, by their families and their language,
in their lands and their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations,
in their nations. From these were the nations divided in the earth
after the flood.
Genesis 11
The Tower of Babel
1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
2 As the people journeyed from the east,
they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 They said to each other,
"Let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly."
And they had brick for stone and tar for mortar.
4
Then they said, "Come, let us build us a city and a tower,
whose top will reach to heaven,
and let us make a name for ourselves;
otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."
5But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that
the sons of men built.
6The Lord said, "The people are one and they have one language,
and this is only the beginning of what they will do;
now nothing that they propose to do will be impossible for them.
7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language,
so that they may not understand one another's speech."
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth,
and they stopped building the city.
9 Therefore the name of it was called Babel,
because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth.
From there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
(The Lord is in command)
Shem's Descendants
Ge 10:21 - 31; 1Ch 1:17 - 27
10 These are the generations of Shem.
Shem was a hundred years old,
and two years after the flood he became the father of Arphaxad.
11 Shem lived after the birth of Arphaxad five hundred years,
and had other sons and daughters.
12 Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah.
13 Arphaxad lived after the birth of Shelah four hundred and three years,
and had other sons and daughters.
14 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
15 Shelah lived after the birth of Eber four hundred and three years,
and had other sons and daughters.
16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
17 Eber lived after the birth of Peleg four hundred and thirty years,
and had other sons and daughters.
18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
19 Peleg lived after the birth of Reu two hundred and nine years,
and had other sons and daughters.
20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
21 Reu lived after the birth of Serug two hundred and seven years,
and had other sons and daughters.
22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23 Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred years,
and had other sons and daughters.
24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
25 Nahor lived after the birth of Terah one hundred and nineteen years,
and had other sons and daughters.
26 Now Terah lived seventy years,
and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
1Ch 1:24 - 27
24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27 and Abram, who is Abraham.
Genesis 11
Terah's Descendants
27 These are the generations of Terah.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran,
and Haran became the father of Lot.
28 Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth,
in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Abram and Nahor took wives.
The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife,
Milkah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milkah and the father of Iskah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, son of Haran,
and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife,
and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans
to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Harran,
they settled there.
32 The days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Harran.
2) Our Daily Bread for 15 January 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/01/15/life-by-death
entitled Life by Death
Exodus 12:5-13
5 (Lev 23:12; Dt 17:1) Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male
of the first year. You shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats.
6 (Lev 23:5; Ex 16:12; Nu 28:16) You shall keep it up until the fourteenth
day of the same month, and then the whole assembly of the congregation
of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two side posts
and on the upper doorpost of the houses in which they shall eat it.
8 (Ex 34:25; Dt 16:7) They shall eat the flesh on that night,
roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread
and bitter herbs.
9 (Ex 12:8; Dt 16:7) Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water,
but roasted with fire, its head with its legs and its entrails.
10 (Ex 23:18; 34:25; 29:34) And you shall let nothing of it remain
until the morning, but that of it which remains until the morning
you shall burn with fire.
11 (Ex 12:27; Eph 6:15) In this way shall you eat it: with your waist
girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand.
So you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover.
12 (Ex 6:2; Nu 33:4) For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night
and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast,
and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the Lord.
13 (Heb 11:28) The blood shall be to you for a sign on the houses where
you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague
shall not be upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year:
ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month:
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it
in the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts
and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire,
and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire;
his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that
which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet,
and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's
passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all
the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are:
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be
upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Carl was battling cancer and needed a double lung transplant. He asked God
for new lungs but felt odd doing so. He confessed it's a strange thing
to pray, because "someone has to die so I might live."
Carl's dilemma highlights a basic truth of Scripture: God uses death to bring
life. We see this in the story of the exodus. Born into slavery,
the Israelites languished under the oppressive hands of the Egyptians.
Pharaoh wouldn't release his grip until God made it personal. Every eldest son
would die unless the family killed a spotless lamb and slathered its blood
across their doorposts (Exodus 12:6-7, 12-13).
Today, you and I have been born into the bondage of sin. Satan wouldn't
release his grip on us until God made it personal, sacrificing His perfect
Son on the blood-spattered arms of the cross.
Jesus calls us to join Him there. Paul explained, "I have been crucified with
Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Galatians 2:20).
When we put our faith in God's spotless Lamb, we commit to daily dying
with Him-dying to our sin so we might rise with Him to new life (Romans 6:4-5). We express this faith every time we say no to the shackles of sin and yes
to the freedom of Christ. We're never more alive than when we die with Jesus.
By: Mike Wittmer
Reflect & Pray
Why is death the only path to life? How have you shown
that you've received Jesus' death on your behalf?
Jesus, Your death brings me life.
Help me die to sin today and live my life through You.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 7 - The Cost of Widsom
Proverbs 4:4,7
Proverbs 4
4 (Pr 7:2; Eph 6:4) He also taught me and said to me,
"Let your heart retain my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
7 (Mt 13:44–46) Wisdom is principal; therefore get wisdom.
And with all your getting, get understanding. "
4 He taught me also, and said unto me,
Let thine heart retain my words:
Keep my commandments, and live.
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
And with all thy getting get understanding.
Establishing priorities is a popular topic of conversation in our
generation. We carry appointment calendars and attend goal-setting
strategy seminars. We let machines answer our telephones so that
we won't miss any important messages, or so that we can screen calls
before we answer them. We order our lives so that we can "get ahead".
"Getting ahead" in God's kingdom, however, involves other priorities
than the ones we may set for ourselves. "Wisdom is supreme," the
principal thing, says Proverbs 4:7, "Get wisdom. Though it cost
all you have, get understanding."
Wisdom is defined as "an understanding of what is true, right, or lasting."
Biblical wisdom is not merely the accumulation of facts about God and his
teaching, but the application of those truths of life, taking on
the character of God as we mature in the image of Christ.
Such wisdom may, indeed, come at great cost. Jesus calls us to "lay
down our lives" to follow him - perhaps not literally to die, but to die
to self-centered priorities, to allow the Holy Spirit to establish
his value system in us.
"Keep my commandments and you will live," Proverbs 4:4 says. Real life -
rich, fulfilling, significant, abundant life - comes only through union
with God. The success offered by the world, the acclaim of others, material
prosperity and convenience cannot satisfy us once we have tasted
the joy of life with God in Christ.
Application
a) What does "getting wisdom" means to me?
b) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus
my attention on the priorities and values of the Lord?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gen 14:22-23
22 (Ex 6:8; Da 12:7) But Abram said to the king of Sodom,
"I have lifted up my hand to the Lord, God Most High,
the Possessor of heaven and earth,
23 (2Ki 5:16; Est 9:15-16) that I will take nothing that is yours,
not a thread or a sandal strap; lest you say, 'I have made Abram rich.'"
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand
unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23 that I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will
not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say,
I have made Abram rich:
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Unfailing Love
Lamen 3:19-24
19 (La 3:5; 3:15) Remember my affliction and my misery,
the wormwood and the gall.
20 (Ps 42:5-6; 42:11) Surely my soul remembers
and is humbled within me.
21 (Ps 130:7) But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
22 (Mal 3:6; Ps 78:38) It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed;
His compassions do not fail.
23 (Zep 3:5; Ps 36:5) They are new every morning;
great is Your faithfulness.
24 (Ps 16:5; 73:26) "The Lord is my portion," says my soul,
"therefore I will hope in Him."
19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery,
The wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance,
And is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed,
Because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning:
Great is thy faithfulness.
24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul;
Therefore will I hope in him.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493
British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.
Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver
and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations
in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are
between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all
other nationalities.
Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant
and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,
Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this
region is about 200000.
Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,
more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small
numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.
We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.
A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,
for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that
- the church will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
- the church will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.
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 "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.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- 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, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
15th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living (John 16: 8 - 11
8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin
and of righteousness and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 of righteousness, because I am going to My Father,
and you will see Me no more;
11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world stands condemned."
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
)
b) Pray for the province of Nova Scotia
I) Pray for the leaders of Nova Scotia, that God's Spirit would influence
them to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet
and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
)
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
prayandfast.ca
Day 13 of 21
WEAR YOUR ARMOR
Ephesians 6:10-18
10 (Eph 1:19; 1Co 16:13) Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord
and in the power of His might.
11 (Eph 6:13; Ro 13:12; Eph 4:14) Put on the whole armor of God that
you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces of evil
in the heavenly places.
13 (Eph 5:16) Therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may
be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 (Isa 11:5; 59:17) Stand therefore, having your waist girded with truth,
having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 (Isa 52:7; Ro 10:15) having your feet fitted with the readiness
of the gospel of peace, 16and above all, taking the shield of faith,
with which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery arrows
of the evil one.
17 (Heb 4:12; Isa 49:2; 59:17) Take the helmet of salvation
and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 (Col 4:2; 1Ti 2:1; Eph 1:16) Pray in the Spirit always with all kinds
of prayer and supplication. To that end be alert with all perseverance
and supplication for all the saints.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against
the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able
to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having
on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able
to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God:
18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,
and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
1 Thessalonians 5:8
8 (Isa 59:17; 1Th 5:5) But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting
on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate
of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
Isaiah 59:17
17 (Isa 9:7; Eph 6:14) For He put on righteousness as a breastplate
and a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing
and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate,
and an helmet of salvation upon his head;
and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Romans 13:14
14 (Gal 3:27; Eph 4:24) But put on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
4 (Jer 1:10; 2Co 6:7) For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,
5 (Isa 2:11-12; 1Co 1:19) 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,
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God
to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought
to the obedience of Christ;
DEVOTION:
Satan is a being that you will deal with regularly in life. There will be
times in life that what he is offering may seem appealing, but his intent is
always to "steal, kill and destroy"(John 10:10). What does he want to destroy?
Our peace of mind, our destiny, our relationships, and so much more.
REFLECTION:
Satan has no place in your life unless you open the door for him.
Seek God first and Satan will flee from you.
When we break sin in our life, we must replace it with Godly behaviour.
When we break a bad habit, it is always best to replace them with good ones.
The best way to defeat Satan is to put Christ on the throne of our heart,
then there's no room for the devil.
PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, today I claim victory over Satan by putting
on the whole armor of God!
I put on the belt of truth! May I stand firm in the truth of your Word
so I will not be a victim of Satan's lies.
I put on the breastplate of righteousness! May it guard my heart from evil
so I will remain pure and holy, protected under the blood of Jesus Christ.
I put on the shoes of peace! May I stand firm in the Good News of the Gospel
so your peace will shine through me and be a light to all I encounter.
I take the shield of faith! May I be ready for Satan's fiery darts of doubt,
denial, and deceit so I will not be vulnerable to spiritual defeat.
I put on the helmet of salvation! May I keep my mind focused on you so Satan
will not have a stronghold on my thoughts.
I take the sword of the spirit! May the two-edged sword of your Word be ready
in my hands so I can expose the tempting words of Satan.
I am prepared to live this day in spiritual victory!
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
(Prayer by Dr. David Jeremiah)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to be obedient and honourable.
Pray to the Lord
"Jesus, Your death brings me life.
Help me die to sin today and live my life through You."
Pray to the Lord and pray to get Wisdom from Him.
Pray to the Lord and remember He will provide your needs.
Pray to the Lord and remember His mercies are new every morning.
Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.
Pray for the Lord to convict all of His Righteous
standards of living
Pray for Bachir in Lebanon who is persecuted by those to whom he preaches.
Heavenly Father, today I claim victory over Satan by putting
on the whole armor of God!
I put on the belt of truth! May I stand firm in the truth of your Word
so I will not be a victim of Satan's lies.
I put on the breastplate of righteousness! May it guard my heart from evil
so I will remain pure and holy, protected under the blood of Jesus Christ.
I put on the shoes of peace! May I stand firm in the Good News of the Gospel
so your peace will shine through me and be a light to all I encounter.
I take the shield of faith! May I be ready for Satan's fiery darts of doubt,
denial, and deceit so I will not be vulnerable to spiritual defeat.
I put on the helmet of salvation! May I keep my mind focused on you so Satan
will not have a stronghold on my thoughts.
I take the sword of the spirit! May the two-edged sword of your Word be ready
in my hands so I can expose the tempting words of Satan.
I am prepared to live this day in spiritual victory!
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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.
Genesis 8-9
Genesis 10:1-5
1 Chronicles 1:5-7
Genesis 10:6-20
1 Chronicles 1:8-16
Genesis 10:21-30
1 Chronicles 1:17-23
Genesis 10:31-32
Genesis 11:1-26
1 Chronicles 1:24-27
Genesis 11:27-31
Genesis 8
The Flood Recedes
1 God remembered Noah and every living thing and all the livestock that were
with him in the ark.
So God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the water receded.
2 Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed,
and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
3 The water receded steadily from the earth,
and after the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
4 The ark rested in the seventh month,
on the seventeenth day of the month,
on the mountains of Ararat.
5 The water continually decreased until the tenth month.
In the tenth month, on the first day of the month,
the tops of the mountains became visible.
6 Then at the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the
ark which he had made,
7 and he sent forth a raven, which went to and fro until the waters
were dried up on the earth.
8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had subsided
from the face of the ground.
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, so she
returned to him into the ark,
for the waters were on the surface of all the earth.
Then he put forth his hand, and took her,
and brought her into the ark to himself.
10 He waited yet another seven days, and again
he sent out the dove from the ark.
11 The dove came to him in the evening, and in her mouth there was a freshly
plucked olive leaf.
So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
12 He waited another seven days and sent out the dove again,
but it did not return to him again.
13 So in the six hundred and first year, in the first month,
the first day of the month,
the waters were dried up from the earth;
and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked,
and saw the surface of the ground was dry.
14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month,
the earth was dry.
15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying,
16 "Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons'
wives with you.
17 Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you,
birds and animals,
and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,
so that they may breed abundantly on the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
18 So Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives went out.
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything
that moves on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took of every clean animal
and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 The Lord smelled a soothing aroma; and the Lord said in His heart,
"I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the inclination
of man's
heart is evil from his youth,
nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
22 While the earth remains,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
and day and night
will not cease."
Genesis 9
The Noahic Covenant
1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them,
"Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
2 Every beast of the earth and every bird of the sky and all
that moves on the earth and all the fish of the sea will fear you
and be terrified of you. They are given into your hand.
3 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you.
I give you everything, just as I gave you the green plant.
4 "Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
5 But for your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning;
from every animal will I require it;
of man, too, will I require a reckoning for human life,
of every man for that of his fellow man.
6 Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed;
for God made man
in His own image.
7 And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase
abundantly in the earth and multiply in it."
8 Again God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
9 "As for Me, I establish My covenant with you, and with your
descendants after you;
10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock,
and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes
out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
11 I establish My covenant with you. Never again shall all
flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood.
Never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
12 Then God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which
I am making between Me
and you and every living creature that is with you,
for all future generations.
13 I have set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of a covenant
between Me and the earth.
14 When I bring a cloud over the earth, the rainbow will be seen in the cloud;
15 then I will remember My covenant,
which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh,
and the waters will never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 The rainbow will appear in the cloud, and I will see it
and remember the everlasting covenant between God
and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that
I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."
The Sons of Noah
18 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Ham was the father of Canaan.
19 These were the three sons of Noah,
and from them the whole earth was populated.
20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.
21 Then he drank some of the wine and became drunk,
and lay uncovered (naked) in his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,
and told his two brothers outside.
23 So Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders,
and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father.
Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
24 When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his younger son had done to him,
25 he said,
"Canaan be cursed!
He will be a servant of servants
to his brothers."
26 He also said,
"Blessed be the Lord God of Shem,
and let Canaan be his servant.
27 May God enlarge Japheth,
and may he dwell in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be his servant."
28 Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.
Genesis 10
The Table of Nations
1 Now these are the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah. And sons were born to them after the flood.
The Japhethites
2The sons of Japheth were
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek, and Tiras.
3The sons of Gomer were
Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. (Askenaz as in Ashkenazi)
4The sons of Javan were
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
5 From these the coastlands of the nations were divided into their lands,
everyone according to his tongue, according to their families, by their nations.
The Hamites
1 Chron 1:5 - 7
Japhethites
Ge 10:2 - 5
5 The sons of Japheth were
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek, and Tiras.
6 The sons of Gomer were
Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. (Askenaz as in Ashkenazi)
7 The sons of Javan were
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
Genesis 10
6 The sons of Ham were
Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush were
Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteka;
and the sons of Raamah were
Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush was the father of Nimrod.
He became a mighty one on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said,
"Even like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord."
10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh
in the land of Shinar.
11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh,
the city Rehoboth Ir, and Calah,
12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).
13 Egypt was the father of
the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
14 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorites.
15 Canaan was the father of
Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
16 and the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
17 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
18 Arvadites, Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
Later the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19 The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon toward Gerar to Gaza,
and then to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families,
according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.
1Ch 1:8 - 16
Hamites
Ge 10:6 - 20
8 The sons of Ham were
Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
9 The sons of Cush were
Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteka.
The sons of Raamah were
Sheba and Dedan.
10 Cush became the father of
Nimrod, who began to be mighty on the earth.
11 Egypt became the father of
the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, and Naphtuhites,
12 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom came the Philistines),
and the Caphtorites.
13 Canaan became the father of
Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth
14 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
Genesis 10
The Semites
21 To Shem, who was the father of all the children of Eber,
whose older brother was Japheth, were sons born also.
22 The sons of Shem were
Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram were
Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek.
24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,
and Shelah was the father of Eber.
25 To Eber were born two sons.
The name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided;
his brother's name was Joktan.
26 Joktan was the father of
Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
30 Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar,
the hill country of the east.
1Ch 1:17 - 23
17 The sons of Shem were
Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram,
Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek.
18 Arphaxad became the father of Shelah,
and Shelah became the father of Eber.
19 Two sons were born to Eber:
The name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided,
and the name of his brother was Joktan.
20 Joktan became the father of
Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
21 Hadoram, Uzal, and Diklah,
22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,
23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
Genesis 10
31 These are the sons of Shem, by their families and their language,
in their lands and their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations,
in their nations. From these were the nations divided in the earth
after the flood.
Genesis 11
The Tower of Babel
1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
2 As the people journeyed from the east,
they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 They said to each other,
"Let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly."
And they had brick for stone and tar for mortar.
4
Then they said, "Come, let us build us a city and a tower,
whose top will reach to heaven,
and let us make a name for ourselves;
otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."
5But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that
the sons of men built.
6The Lord said, "The people are one and they have one language,
and this is only the beginning of what they will do;
now nothing that they propose to do will be impossible for them.
7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language,
so that they may not understand one another's speech."
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth,
and they stopped building the city.
9 Therefore the name of it was called Babel,
because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth.
From there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
(The Lord is in command)
Shem's Descendants
Ge 10:21 - 31; 1Ch 1:17 - 27
10 These are the generations of Shem.
Shem was a hundred years old,
and two years after the flood he became the father of Arphaxad.
11 Shem lived after the birth of Arphaxad five hundred years,
and had other sons and daughters.
12 Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah.
13 Arphaxad lived after the birth of Shelah four hundred and three years,
and had other sons and daughters.
14 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
15 Shelah lived after the birth of Eber four hundred and three years,
and had other sons and daughters.
16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
17 Eber lived after the birth of Peleg four hundred and thirty years,
and had other sons and daughters.
18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
19 Peleg lived after the birth of Reu two hundred and nine years,
and had other sons and daughters.
20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
21 Reu lived after the birth of Serug two hundred and seven years,
and had other sons and daughters.
22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23 Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred years,
and had other sons and daughters.
24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
25 Nahor lived after the birth of Terah one hundred and nineteen years,
and had other sons and daughters.
26 Now Terah lived seventy years,
and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
1Ch 1:24 - 27
24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27 and Abram, who is Abraham.
Genesis 11
Terah's Descendants
27 These are the generations of Terah.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran,
and Haran became the father of Lot.
28 Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth,
in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Abram and Nahor took wives.
The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife,
Milkah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milkah and the father of Iskah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, son of Haran,
and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife,
and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans
to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Harran,
they settled there.
32 The days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Harran.
2) Our Daily Bread for 15 January 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/01/15/life-by-death
entitled Life by Death
Exodus 12:5-13
5 (Lev 23:12; Dt 17:1) Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male
of the first year. You shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats.
6 (Lev 23:5; Ex 16:12; Nu 28:16) You shall keep it up until the fourteenth
day of the same month, and then the whole assembly of the congregation
of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two side posts
and on the upper doorpost of the houses in which they shall eat it.
8 (Ex 34:25; Dt 16:7) They shall eat the flesh on that night,
roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread
and bitter herbs.
9 (Ex 12:8; Dt 16:7) Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water,
but roasted with fire, its head with its legs and its entrails.
10 (Ex 23:18; 34:25; 29:34) And you shall let nothing of it remain
until the morning, but that of it which remains until the morning
you shall burn with fire.
11 (Ex 12:27; Eph 6:15) In this way shall you eat it: with your waist
girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand.
So you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover.
12 (Ex 6:2; Nu 33:4) For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night
and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast,
and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the Lord.
13 (Heb 11:28) The blood shall be to you for a sign on the houses where
you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague
shall not be upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year:
ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month:
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it
in the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts
and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire,
and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire;
his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that
which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet,
and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's
passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all
the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are:
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be
upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Carl was battling cancer and needed a double lung transplant. He asked God
for new lungs but felt odd doing so. He confessed it's a strange thing
to pray, because "someone has to die so I might live."
Carl's dilemma highlights a basic truth of Scripture: God uses death to bring
life. We see this in the story of the exodus. Born into slavery,
the Israelites languished under the oppressive hands of the Egyptians.
Pharaoh wouldn't release his grip until God made it personal. Every eldest son
would die unless the family killed a spotless lamb and slathered its blood
across their doorposts (Exodus 12:6-7, 12-13).
Today, you and I have been born into the bondage of sin. Satan wouldn't
release his grip on us until God made it personal, sacrificing His perfect
Son on the blood-spattered arms of the cross.
Jesus calls us to join Him there. Paul explained, "I have been crucified with
Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Galatians 2:20).
When we put our faith in God's spotless Lamb, we commit to daily dying
with Him-dying to our sin so we might rise with Him to new life (Romans 6:4-5). We express this faith every time we say no to the shackles of sin and yes
to the freedom of Christ. We're never more alive than when we die with Jesus.
By: Mike Wittmer
Reflect & Pray
Why is death the only path to life? How have you shown
that you've received Jesus' death on your behalf?
Jesus, Your death brings me life.
Help me die to sin today and live my life through You.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 7 - The Cost of Widsom
Proverbs 4:4,7
Proverbs 4
4 (Pr 7:2; Eph 6:4) He also taught me and said to me,
"Let your heart retain my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
7 (Mt 13:44–46) Wisdom is principal; therefore get wisdom.
And with all your getting, get understanding. "
4 He taught me also, and said unto me,
Let thine heart retain my words:
Keep my commandments, and live.
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
And with all thy getting get understanding.
Establishing priorities is a popular topic of conversation in our
generation. We carry appointment calendars and attend goal-setting
strategy seminars. We let machines answer our telephones so that
we won't miss any important messages, or so that we can screen calls
before we answer them. We order our lives so that we can "get ahead".
"Getting ahead" in God's kingdom, however, involves other priorities
than the ones we may set for ourselves. "Wisdom is supreme," the
principal thing, says Proverbs 4:7, "Get wisdom. Though it cost
all you have, get understanding."
Wisdom is defined as "an understanding of what is true, right, or lasting."
Biblical wisdom is not merely the accumulation of facts about God and his
teaching, but the application of those truths of life, taking on
the character of God as we mature in the image of Christ.
Such wisdom may, indeed, come at great cost. Jesus calls us to "lay
down our lives" to follow him - perhaps not literally to die, but to die
to self-centered priorities, to allow the Holy Spirit to establish
his value system in us.
"Keep my commandments and you will live," Proverbs 4:4 says. Real life -
rich, fulfilling, significant, abundant life - comes only through union
with God. The success offered by the world, the acclaim of others, material
prosperity and convenience cannot satisfy us once we have tasted
the joy of life with God in Christ.
Application
a) What does "getting wisdom" means to me?
b) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus
my attention on the priorities and values of the Lord?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gen 14:22-23
22 (Ex 6:8; Da 12:7) But Abram said to the king of Sodom,
"I have lifted up my hand to the Lord, God Most High,
the Possessor of heaven and earth,
23 (2Ki 5:16; Est 9:15-16) that I will take nothing that is yours,
not a thread or a sandal strap; lest you say, 'I have made Abram rich.'"
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand
unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23 that I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will
not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say,
I have made Abram rich:
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Unfailing Love
Lamen 3:19-24
19 (La 3:5; 3:15) Remember my affliction and my misery,
the wormwood and the gall.
20 (Ps 42:5-6; 42:11) Surely my soul remembers
and is humbled within me.
21 (Ps 130:7) But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
22 (Mal 3:6; Ps 78:38) It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed;
His compassions do not fail.
23 (Zep 3:5; Ps 36:5) They are new every morning;
great is Your faithfulness.
24 (Ps 16:5; 73:26) "The Lord is my portion," says my soul,
"therefore I will hope in Him."
19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery,
The wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance,
And is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed,
Because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning:
Great is thy faithfulness.
24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul;
Therefore will I hope in him.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493
British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.
Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver
and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations
in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are
between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all
other nationalities.
Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant
and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,
Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this
region is about 200000.
Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,
more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small
numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.
We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.
A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,
for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that
- the church will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
- the church will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.
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 "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.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- 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, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
15th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living (John 16: 8 - 11
8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin
and of righteousness and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 of righteousness, because I am going to My Father,
and you will see Me no more;
11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world stands condemned."
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
)
b) Pray for the province of Nova Scotia
I) Pray for the leaders of Nova Scotia, that God's Spirit would influence
them to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet
and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
)
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
prayandfast.caDay 13 of 21
WEAR YOUR ARMOR
Ephesians 6:10-18
10 (Eph 1:19; 1Co 16:13) Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord
and in the power of His might.
11 (Eph 6:13; Ro 13:12; Eph 4:14) Put on the whole armor of God that
you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces of evil
in the heavenly places.
13 (Eph 5:16) Therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may
be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 (Isa 11:5; 59:17) Stand therefore, having your waist girded with truth,
having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 (Isa 52:7; Ro 10:15) having your feet fitted with the readiness
of the gospel of peace, 16and above all, taking the shield of faith,
with which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery arrows
of the evil one.
17 (Heb 4:12; Isa 49:2; 59:17) Take the helmet of salvation
and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 (Col 4:2; 1Ti 2:1; Eph 1:16) Pray in the Spirit always with all kinds
of prayer and supplication. To that end be alert with all perseverance
and supplication for all the saints.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against
the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able
to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having
on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able
to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God:
18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,
and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
1 Thessalonians 5:8
8 (Isa 59:17; 1Th 5:5) But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting
on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate
of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
Isaiah 59:17
17 (Isa 9:7; Eph 6:14) For He put on righteousness as a breastplate
and a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing
and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate,
and an helmet of salvation upon his head;
and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Romans 13:14
14 (Gal 3:27; Eph 4:24) But put on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
4 (Jer 1:10; 2Co 6:7) For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,
5 (Isa 2:11-12; 1Co 1:19) 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,
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God
to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought
to the obedience of Christ;
DEVOTION:
Satan is a being that you will deal with regularly in life. There will be
times in life that what he is offering may seem appealing, but his intent is
always to "steal, kill and destroy"(John 10:10). What does he want to destroy?
Our peace of mind, our destiny, our relationships, and so much more.
REFLECTION:
Satan has no place in your life unless you open the door for him.
Seek God first and Satan will flee from you.
When we break sin in our life, we must replace it with Godly behaviour.
When we break a bad habit, it is always best to replace them with good ones.
The best way to defeat Satan is to put Christ on the throne of our heart,
then there's no room for the devil.
PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, today I claim victory over Satan by putting
on the whole armor of God!
I put on the belt of truth! May I stand firm in the truth of your Word
so I will not be a victim of Satan's lies.
I put on the breastplate of righteousness! May it guard my heart from evil
so I will remain pure and holy, protected under the blood of Jesus Christ.
I put on the shoes of peace! May I stand firm in the Good News of the Gospel
so your peace will shine through me and be a light to all I encounter.
I take the shield of faith! May I be ready for Satan's fiery darts of doubt,
denial, and deceit so I will not be vulnerable to spiritual defeat.
I put on the helmet of salvation! May I keep my mind focused on you so Satan
will not have a stronghold on my thoughts.
I take the sword of the spirit! May the two-edged sword of your Word be ready
in my hands so I can expose the tempting words of Satan.
I am prepared to live this day in spiritual victory!
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
(Prayer by Dr. David Jeremiah)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to be obedient and honourable.
Pray to the Lord
"Jesus, Your death brings me life.
Help me die to sin today and live my life through You."
Pray to the Lord and pray to get Wisdom from Him.
Pray to the Lord and remember He will provide your needs.
Pray to the Lord and remember His mercies are new every morning.
Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.
Pray for the Lord to convict all of His Righteous
standards of living
Pray for Bachir in Lebanon who is persecuted by those to whom he preaches.
Heavenly Father, today I claim victory over Satan by putting
on the whole armor of God!
I put on the belt of truth! May I stand firm in the truth of your Word
so I will not be a victim of Satan's lies.
I put on the breastplate of righteousness! May it guard my heart from evil
so I will remain pure and holy, protected under the blood of Jesus Christ.
I put on the shoes of peace! May I stand firm in the Good News of the Gospel
so your peace will shine through me and be a light to all I encounter.
I take the shield of faith! May I be ready for Satan's fiery darts of doubt,
denial, and deceit so I will not be vulnerable to spiritual defeat.
I put on the helmet of salvation! May I keep my mind focused on you so Satan
will not have a stronghold on my thoughts.
I take the sword of the spirit! May the two-edged sword of your Word be ready
in my hands so I can expose the tempting words of Satan.
I am prepared to live this day in spiritual victory!
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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.