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Day 120, 30 Apr 2022



1) 2 Samuel 24:1-9

1 Chronicles 21:1-6

2 Samuel 24:10-17

1 Chronicles 21:7-17

2 Samuel 24:18-25

1 Chronicles 21:18-30

1 Chronicles 22



2 Samuel 24

David's Census of Israel and Judah

1Ch 21:1-17

1 (1Ch 27:23-24; 21:1) Again the Lord became angry against Israel,

and He incited David against them, saying,

"Go and count the people of Israel and Judah."

2 (2Sa 3:10; Jdg 20:1) The king said to Joab the commander of the army

who was with him, "Go throughout all of the tribes of Israel,

from Dan to Beersheba, and muster the people so that I may know

the number of the people."

3 (Dt 1:11) Joab said to the king, "May the Lord your God add to the people

however many they are one hundred times over in the sight of my lord the king.

But why does my lord the king so desire this thing?"

4 However, the king's word prevailed against Joab and the commanders

of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out

from before the king to register the people of Israel.

5 (Dt 2:36; Jos 13:9) They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer,

south of the city, in the middle of the ravine of Gad toward Jazer.

6 (Jos 19:28) They went toward Gilead to the land of Tahtim Hodshi.

Then they went toward Dan Jaan and around to Sidon.

7 (Jos 19:29; 11:3) They went to the fortress of Tyre and all of the towns

of the Hivites and Canaanites. They went to the Negev and Beersheba.

8 They went throughout the entire land, and after nine months

and twenty days, they came to Jerusalem.

9 Joab gave the count of the census of the people to the king.

There were 800 000 capable men who could draw

a sword in Israel, and the men of Judah were 500 000.



[1] And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved

David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

[2] For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him,

Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and

number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

[3] And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people,

how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the

king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

[4] Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the

captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from

the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

[5] And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of

the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:

[6] Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they

came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,

[7] And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the

Hibites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah,

even to Beer-sheba.

[8] So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at

the end of nine months and twenty days.

[9] And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and

there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword;

and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.



1 Chronicles 21



The Census of Israel and Judah



2Sa 24:1-25



1 (Job 1:6-12; 2:1) Now Satan stood against Israel

and incited David to number Israel.

2 (1Ch 27:23-24)Then David said to Joab and the leaders of the people,

"Go count Israel from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report,

that I may know their number."

3 But Joab said, "May the Lord increase the number of His people

one hundred times more. My lord the king, are not all of them my lord's

servants? Why then should my lord require this?

Why should it bring guilt on Israel?"

4 Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab, so Joab departed

and went throughout all Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

5 (2Sa 24:9) Joab gave the results of the census of the people to David:

All Israel had 1 100 000 men who drew the sword,

and in Judah 470000 men drew the sword.

6 However, he did not include the Levites and Benjamin

because the word of the king was abhorrent to Joab.



A Cause of Trespass



1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel

from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me,

that I may know it.

3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more

as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants?

why then doth my lord require this thing?

why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed,

and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David.

And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men

that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men

that drew sword.

6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them:

for the king's word was abominable to Joab.



2 Samuel 24



Judgment for David's Sin



10 (2Sa 12:13; 1Sa 13:13; 24:5) Now the heart of David struck him

after he had counted the people. David said to the Lord,

"I have sinned greatly by what I have done. Now may the Lord

take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have behaved very foolishly."

11 (1Sa 9:9; 22:5) When David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord

came to the prophet Gad, the seer for David, saying,

12 "Go and speak to David: Thus says the Lord: Three options

I am laying before you. Choose for yourself one of them,

and I will do this to you."

13 (1Ch 21:12; Lev 26:25) So Gad came to David and told him. He said to him,

"Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land?

Or shall you flee three months before your enemies while they pursue you?

Or shall there be three days of plague in your land?

Now consider and advise what answer I shall return to Him who sent me."

14 (Ps 51:1; 119:156) David said to Gad, "I am very distressed. Let us fall

by the hand of the Lord, for His mercy is great. May I not fall

by the hand of man."

15 (1Ch 21:14; 27:24) So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel from the morning

until the appointed time. Seventy thousand men from the people died,

from Dan to Beersheba.

16 (Ge 6:6; Ex 12:23) When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem

to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity. He said to the angel

who was annihilating the people, "Enough! Now stay your hand."

The angel of the Lord was at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

17 (Ps 74:1; 2Sa 24:10) On seeing the angel who was striking down the people,

David said to the Lord, "I am the one who has sinned

and I am the one who has done wrong. These sheep, what have they done?

Please, let your hand be against me and against the house of my father."



[10] And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And

David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and

now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I

have done very foolishly.

[11] For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto

the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

[12] Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things;

choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

[13] So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven

years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months

before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days'

pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to

him that sent me.

[14] And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into

the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into

the hand of man.

[15] So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the

time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba

seventy thousand men.

[16] And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it,

the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the

people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by

the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

[17] And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the

people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these

sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and

against my father's house.



1 Chronicles 21



7 Now this thing was evil in the sight of God, and He struck Israel.

8 (2Sa 12:1) 3So David said to God, "I have sinned greatly in doing

this thing. Now, please, take away the iniquity of your servant,

for I have acted very foolishly."

9 (1Sa 9:9; 1Ch 29:29) And the Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

10 "Go and speak to David, 'Thus says the Lord: Three things I offer you;

choose one of these for yourself that I may do to you.'"

11 So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the Lord,

'Select for yourself, 12either three years of famine, or three months

of being swept away before your foes while the sword of your enemy

overtakes you, or three days of the sword of the Lord, even pestilence

in the land, with the angel of the Lord destroying throughout

all the territory of Israel.' Now then consider what answer

I shall return to Him who sent me."

13 (Ps 130:7; 86:15) David replied to Gad, "I am in great distress.

Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are very great,

but do not let me fall into the hand of man."

14 So the Lord sent a plague throughout Israel, and 70000 men of Israel fell.

15 (Ge 6:6; Ex 32:14) And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it,

but as he prepared to destroy it, the Lord looked and relented

from the calamity. And He said to the angel bringing the destruction,

"It is enough. Remove your hand." The angel of the Lord was then standing

by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

16 (Nu 14:5; 1Ki 21:27) David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord

standing between earth and heaven with his sword drawn in his hand stretched

out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders, covered in sackcloth,

fell on their faces.

17 David said to God, "Was it not I who gave the command to number the people?

I am the one who has sinned and surely done evil. But these sheep,

what have they done? O Lord my God, I pray, let Your hand be against me

and my father's house, but do not let Your people be plagued."



7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this

thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I

have done very foolishly.

9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things:

choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee

12 either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes,

while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days

the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel

of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore

advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

1 3And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into

the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall

into the hand of man.

14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel

seventy thousand men.

15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was

destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil,

and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand.

And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between

the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched

out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed

in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be

numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for

these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee,

O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house;

but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.



2 Samuel 24



David Builds an Altar



1Ch 21:18-26



18 Gad came to David that day and said to him, "Go up and erect an altar

to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."

19 So David went up according to the word of Gad, as the Lord commanded.

20 When Araunah looked and saw the king and his servants coming toward him,

he went out and bowed low to the king with his face on the ground.

21 Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?"

David replied, "To purchase the threshing floor from you in order to build

an altar to the Lord, so that the plague may be averted from the people."

22 (1Ki 19:21; 1Sa 6:14)Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take

and offer up what seems good to him. Here are the oxen for the burnt offering

and the threshing sledges and yokes of the oxen for wood.

23 (Eze 20:40-41) Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king."

Araunah also said to the king,

"May the Lord your God be favorable toward you."

24 (1Ch 21:24-25) However, the king said to Araunah,

"No, for I will certainly purchase from you for a fair price.

I will not offer up to the Lord burnt offerings that cost me nothing"

So David purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels

[About 1.25 pounds, or 575 grams.] of silver.

25 (2Sa 21:14; 1Sa 7:17) David built an altar to the Lord there and offered

burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the land pleaded with the Lord,

and the plague was averted from Israel.



[18] And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar

unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

[19] And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD

commanded.

[20] And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward

him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face

upon the ground.

[21] And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?

And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto

the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

[22] And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up

what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and

threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.

[23] All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And

Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

[24] And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee

at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of

that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the

oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

[25] And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt

offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and

the plague was stayed from Israel.



1 Chronicles 21



David Builds an Altar



18 (2Ch 3:1) Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to tell David

that David should go up and raise an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor

of Ornan the Jebusite.

19 So David went up at the word of Gad which he delivered in the name

of the Lord.

20 (Jdg 6:11) Now Ornan turned and saw the angel, but his four sons who were

with him hid themselves as Ornan threshed the wheat.

21 As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David

and went out from the threshing floor and bowed down before David

with his face to the ground.

22 Then David said to Ornan, "Give me the site of the threshing floor so

that I may build an altar on it to the Lord. Sell it to me at full price so

the plague on the people may be restrained."

23 So Ornan replied to David, "Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king

do whatever seems good in his eyes. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt

offerings, the threshing wagons for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering.

I will give it all."

24 Then King David said to Ornan, "No, for I will surely acquire it

for the full price, for I will not take what is yours for the Lord nor

offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing."

25 So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels

[About 15 pounds, or 6.9 kilograms.]

of gold by weight for the site,

26 (Lev 9:24; Jdg 6:21) and David built there an altar to the Lord

and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings.

He called on the Lord, and the Lord answered him

by fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

27 So the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put away

his sword in its sheath.

28 At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered

him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.

29 (1Ch 16:39; 2Ch 1:3) For the tabernacle of the Lord and the altar

of burnt offering that Moses had made in the wilderness were

in the high place in Gibeon at that time.

30 But David was unable to go before it to inquire of God,

because he was terrified by the sword of the angel of the Lord.



18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David

should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor

of Ornan the Jebusite.

19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name

of the LORD.

20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him

hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went

out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face

to the ground.

22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor,

that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me

for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king

do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt

offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat

for the meat offering; I give it all.

24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for

the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD,

nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings

and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from

heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again

into the sheath thereof.

28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the

threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness,

and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place

at Gibeon.

30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God:

for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.



1 Chronicles 22

1 (2Ch 3:1; 1Ch 21:18-28) Then David said,

"Here shall be the house of the Lord God

and here the altar of the burnt offering for Israel."



Plans to Build the Temple



2 (1Ki 5:17-18; 9:20-21) So David gave instructions to gather together

those sojourning in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonemasons

to cut hewn stones for building the house of God.

3 (1Ch 22:14; 1Ki 7:47) David also provided large quantities of iron

for nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps as well as

an abundance of bronze beyond measure,

4 (1Ki 5:6-10) and cedar logs without number, for the Sidonians

and the Tyrians brought much cedar wood to David.

5 (1Ki 3:7; 1Ch 29:1) Now David said, "Solomon my son is young

and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be

exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all the lands.

Therefore I will make preparation for it now."

So David made extensive preparations before his death.

6 Then David called Solomon his son and commanded him to build

a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

7 (Dt 12:5; 12:11) David said to Solomon, "My son, I had it in my heart

to build a house for the name of the Lord my God,

8 (1Ch 28:3; 1Ki 5:3) but the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

'You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You shall not build

a house for My name because you have shed much blood on the earth before Me.

9 (1Ki 4:20; 4:25) A son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest.

I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. Solomon will be his name,

and I will give peace and tranquility to Israel in his days.

10 (2Sa 7:13-14; Heb 1:5) He will be the one to build a house for My name.

He shall be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him, and I will establish

the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.'

11 (1Ch 22:16) "Now, my son, may the Lord be with you, and may you have

success in building the house of the Lord your God just

as He has spoken concerning you.

12 (1Ki 3:9-12; 2Ch 1:10) Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding

and give you charge over Israel so you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

13 (Jos 1:6-9; 1Ch 28:7) Then you will prosper if you carefully observe

the statutes and the judgments which the Lord commanded Moses for Israel.

Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid or dismayed.

14 (1Ch 22:3) "With great difficulty I have prepared for the house of the Lord

100000 talents [About 3,750 tons, or 3,400 metric tons.] of gold and 1000000

[About 37,500 tons, or 34,000 metric tons.] talents of silver as well as

innumerable quantities of bronze and iron, beyond measure. I have also

prepared timber and stone to which you may add even more.

15 Moreover you have an abundance of workers: stonecutters, masons,

carpenters, and men skilled in all kinds of work,

16 (1Ch 22:11) craftsmen in gold, silver, bronze, and iron without number.

Rise up and work, and may the Lord be with you."

17 (1Ch 28:1-6) Then David commanded all the leaders of Israel

to assist Solomon his son, saying,

18 (1Ch 22:9; 23:25) "Is not the Lord your God with you?

Has He not given you rest all around? For He has given the inhabitants

of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord

and His people.

19 (1Ki 8:6; 1Ch 22:7) Now dedicate your heart and your soul

to seek the Lord your God. Rise up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God,

so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord along with the holy

vessels of God into the house which is to be built for the name of the Lord."



1 Chronicles 22



Plans for the Temple



1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God,

and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land

of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors

of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

4 also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought

much cedar wood to David.

5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that

is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame

and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation

for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for

the LORD God of Israel.

7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build

an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

8 but the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood

abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house

unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will

give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon,

and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be

his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel

for ever.

11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house

of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge

concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes

and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel:

be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD

an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents

of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance:

timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers

of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.

16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number.

Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon

his son, saying,

18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest

on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand;

and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.

19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise

therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the

ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God,

into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.



2) Our Daily Bread for 30 April 2022

https://odb.org/CA/2022/04/30/servants-of-the-night

entitled Servants of the Night



Psalms 134

A Song of Ascents.

1 Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,

who by night stand in the house of the Lord.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,

and bless the Lord.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) May the Lord who made heaven and earth

bless you from Zion.



Psalms 134

[1] Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night

stand in the house of the LORD.

[2] Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.

[3] The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.



It's 3 a.m. at an acute-care hospital. A worried patient presses the call

button for the fourth time in an hour. The night-shift nurse answers without

complaint. Soon another patient is screaming, crying for attention. The nurse

isn't surprised. She requested the night shift five years ago to avoid her

hospital's daytime frenzy. Then the reality hit. Night work often meant

taking on extra tasks, such as lifting and turning patients by herself.

It also meant closely monitoring patients' conditions so physicians could be

notified in emergencies.



Buoyed by close friendships with her nighttime co-workers, this nurse still

struggles to get adequate sleep. Often, she asks her church for prayer,

seeing her work as vital. "Praise God, their prayers make a difference."



Her praise is good and right for a night worker-as well as for all of us.

The psalmist wrote, "Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,

who by night stand in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands in the

sanctuary, and bless the Lord." (Psalm 134:1–2).



This psalm, written for the Levites who served as temple watchmen,

acknowledged their vital work-protecting the temple by day and night. In our

nonstop world, it feels proper to share this psalm especially for nighttime

workers, yet every one of us can praise God in the night.

As the psalm adds, “May the Lord who made heaven and earth

bless you from Zion.” (v. 3).



By: Patricia Raybon



Reflect & Pray



When you consider nighttime workers-nurses, janitors, first responders,

and others-what prayers on their behalf can you offer to God?

Why would praising God lead to a blessing from Him for nighttime workers?



Dear God, in the early morning hours while I safely sleep,

send Your blessings to nighttime workers doing vital work in my community.

And help me to praise You in the night.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 7 - Upheld by His Hand



Is 41:10



10 (Jos 1:9; Isa 41:13-14) Do not fear, for I am with you;

do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you, I will help you,

yes, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.



10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee:

be not dismayed; for I am thy God:

I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee;

yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.



Beth had the same recurring nightmare: she was running along a cliff,

then she slipped, and fell headlong, into a bottomless ravine.

Falling, without control,without end, falling, falling, falling...

Beth's dream may be one many of us identify with. The sense

of losing control can be nightmarish, and we may fear falling

without end, without remedy. Financial failure may be the chasm

that we face, or professional disgrace. Personal relationships

may go out of control, and we look into a never-ending

ravine of pain and misunderstanding

But God says, "Don't be afraid; I am holding you up."

Like the father who helps his child learn to swim,

God holds us above the water. We may not feel his hands;

indeed, we may suspect that he lets us go just so we can

do it on our own. But he promises that he doesn't let go.

"I am with you." he declares. "I give you strength

and hold you up."

God's promise never to let go takes on new meaning

in a world where relationships are temporary and life is

uncertain. We do not need to fear, for he is with us.

We can relax and stop striving, for he is our God.

His strength becomes ours; amid all our sin and rebellion,

he undergirds us with his righteousness. We cannot fall,

for he holds us firm.



Application



a) Under what circumstances have I felt myself "falling"?



b) How does God's promise in Is 41:10 help me to have faith

in the midst of my fears?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Ps 35:27



27 May those who favour my righteous cause

shout for joy and be glad;

may they say continually, "The Lord be magnified,

who delights in the peace of His servant."



27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad,

that favour my righteous cause:

Yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified,

which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



God's Generous Provision



Matthew 6:24-34



God and Money



24 (Lk 16:13; 16:11; 16:9) "No one can serve two masters.

For either he will hate the one and love the other,

or else he will hold to the one and despise the other.

You cannot serve God and money."



Care and Anxiety



Lk 12:22-34



25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you,

take no thought about your life, what you will eat,

or what you will drink, nor about your body,

what you will put on. Is not life more than

and the body than clothing?

26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air,

for they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns.

Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

27 Who among you by taking thought can add a cubit

(A cubit is about half a meter.) to his stature?

28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) "Why take thought about clothing?

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:

They neither work, nor do they spin.

29 (1Ki 10:4-7; 2Ch 9:4-6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon

in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field,

which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 (1Pe 5:7) Therefore, take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?'

or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

32 (Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30) (For the Gentiles seek after all these things.)

For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.

33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11-13) But seek first the kingdom of God

and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.

34 (Mt 6:25) Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow,

for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself.

Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.



True Wisdom



24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,

and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat,

or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not

the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor

gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much

better than they?

27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,

how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

29 and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed

like one of these.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,

and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you,

O ye of little faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?

or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)

for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,

and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow:

for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.





Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



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 2022 edition?)



Manitoba



Quick facts on Muslims in Manitoba



Manitoba 2015 population 1 282 000



est Muslim Population 21 349



CNMM Networks: Winnipeg



The Muslim population of Manitoba, understandably centred in Winnipeg, is very

diverse and represents some 48 different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Conservative estimates put their number at 21000 , with some suggesting

it might be twice that size.

Some outreach among Muslims has started, yet in comparison to the size

of this community, there is the need and opportunity for far more engagement.

Continued influx of new immigrants and refugees continues to see the growth

of this Muslim centre in Manitoba.

We rejoice in the Arabic fellowship meeting there and the energetic workers

among Muslims in Winnipeg.



Let us intercede in unity for:



- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population

- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim

communities around them, as well as training new workers

- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim

background believers and for effectiveness in outreach

- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground

in the face of opposition to her new faith.

- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged

with great support



Adding further



https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/building-bridges-for-the-soninke/



Building Bridges for the Soninke



Soninke Muslims live in Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, and several

other countries in West Africa. Most have never met a Christian. Bible

translation in their language has made incredible progress, yet many have

yet to read scripture or hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their language.

They are less than two percent Christian.



The Soninke are hardworking and resilient, but they face powerful enemies.

One enemy is climate change in the form of growing deserts. Fewer trees

and less fertile land threaten their homelands. Political upheaval

and violent insurgent groups are also intruding on the regions where

they live and work. The Soninke endure despite these encroachments.



Mr. Silla, an influential community leader in western Gambia, is

an entrepreneur who started businesses, using his earnings to pave

roads in his hometown. Training his family to be business-minded has enabled

his children and relatives to join his work. He now has business connections

in Mali, Senegal, France, and America.



The Soninke are open to God's truth, but many have never heard about Christ

and His coming to bridge their separation from God.



Pray that the Soninke will not be discouraged by climate change

and political upheaval, but will look to Christ, who bridged the chasm

between God and man.

Pray that Soninke families have safe places to live,

free of external pressures.

Ask God to create portals of Gospel access for the Soninke through

missionaries and national workers.

Pray for the workers serving among the Soninke.

May God equip them with all they need to do the work he called them to do.



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



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



Day 30 of the Month



a) Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout

Canadian society, as it is in Heaven



( Matt 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.



)



b) Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city

or community, and across our nation. (



Rom 2:4



4 (Ex 34:6; Isa 30:18) Do you despise the riches of His goodness,

tolerance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God

leads you to repentance?



4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance

and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth

thee to repentance?



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and seek Him for every decision you make.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, in the early morning hours while I safely sleep,

send Your blessings to nighttime workers doing vital work in my community.

And help me to praise You in the night."



Pray to the Lord and pray that he carry you through the hard times of life.



Pray to the Lord and pray to exonerate Him!



Pray to the Lord and pray to Seek Him First and His Righteousness.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population

- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim

communities around them, as well as training new workers

- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim

background believers and for effectiveness in outreach

- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground

in the face of opposition to her new faith.

- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged

with great support



Pray that Muslims' hearts will be hungry for God

during the fast of Ramadan.



Pray that the Soninke will not be discouraged by climate change

and political upheaval, but will look to Christ, who bridged the chasm

between God and man.

Pray that Soninke families have safe places to live,

free of external pressures.

Ask God to create portals of Gospel access for the Soninke through

missionaries and national workers.

Pray for the workers serving among the Soninke.

May God equip them with all they need to do the work he called them to do.



Pray continually for Sikhs to find Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.



Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout

Canadian society, as it is in Heaven.



Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city

or community, and across our nation.



Pray that new believers in Burkina Faso will be able

to get their own copy of God's word.

Day 119, 29 Apr 2022



1) 2 Samuel 22

Psalms 18



2 Samuel 22

David's Song of Deliverance

Ps 18:1-50

1 (Ex 15:1; Jdg 5:1) Now on the day the Lord delivered him from the hand

of all of his enemies and from the hand of Saul,

David spoke to the Lord the words of this song.

2 (Ps 31:3; 71:3)He said:

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

3 (Ge 15:1; Ps 9:9) the God of my strength, in whom I will trust;

my shield and the horn of my salvation,

my fortress and my sanctuary;

my Savior, You save me from violence.

4 (Ps 48:1; 96:4) I call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy,

and I am saved from my enemies.

5 (Ps 69:14-15; Jnh 2:3) When the waves of death encompassedme,

the currents of destruction made me afraid.

6 (Ps 116:3) The ropes of Sheol were wrapped around me;

the snares of death were opposite me.

7 (Ps 116:4; 120:1) In my distress I called on the Lord,

and cried out to my God;

from His temple He heard my voice.

My cry reached His ears.

8 (Jdg 5:4; Job 26:11) Then the earth quaked and trembled;

the foundations of the heavens rumbled and shook,

because He was angry.

9 (Heb 12:29) Smoke rose from His nostrils,

devouring fire from His mouth;

coals blazed forth from Him.

10 (1Ki 8:12; Ps 97:2 )He bowed the heaven as He came down,

with thick darkness under His feet.

11 (Ps 104:3 ) He rode upon a cherub as He flew,

and appeared upon the wings of the wind.

12 (2Sa 22:10) He made darkness canopies around Him,

dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

13 (2Sa 22:9) From the brightness before Him

embers of fire are kindled.

14 (1Sa 2:10; Job 37:2-5) The Lord thundered from heaven,

and the Most High uttered His voice.

15 (Dt 32:23; Jos 10:10) He sent out arrows and dispersed them;

with lightning He sent them into confusion.

16 (Na 1:4) The channels of the sea appeared,

the foundations of the world were exposed

with the rebuke of the Lord,

from the blast of breath from His nostrils.

17 (Ps 144:7) He reached from on high and took me;

He drew me out of mighty waters.

18 He rescued me from my strong enemy,

from those who hate me;

for they were stronger than I.

19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,

but the Lord was my support.

20 (2Sa 15:26; Ps 31:8) He brought me to the open expanse;

He rescued me, for He delighted inme.

21 (1Sa 26:23; Ps 24:4) The Lord did for me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands He recompensed me.

22 (Ge 18:19; Pr 8:32) For I have kept the ways of the Lord,

and I have not become guilty against my God.

23 (Ps 119:30; 119:102) For all His judgments are before me,

and I have not abandoned His statutes.

24 (Ge 6:9; 17:1) I am blameless toward Him,

and I have kept myself from guilt.

25 (2Sa 22:21) The Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,

according to my cleanness in His sight.

26 (Mt 5:7) With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful;

with the blameless You prove Yourself blameless;

27 Mt 5:8 with the pure You show Yourself pure;

but with the perverse You show Yourself shrewd.

28 (Ps 72:12-13; Isa 5:15) You deliver a humble people;

but Your eyes are upon the exalted to bring them down.

29 (Ps 27:1; Job 29:3) For You are my lamp, O Lord;

the Lord illuminates my darkness.

30 For by You I can run over a channel;

by my God I can leap over a wall.

31 (Dt 32:4; Pr 30:5) As for God, His way is perfect;

the word of the Lord is proven;

He is a shield

for all who take refuge in Him.

32 (1Sa 2:2) For who is God except the Lord?

And who is a rock except our God?

33 God is my strong fortress,

and He sets the blameless on His way.

34 (Dt 32:13; 2Sa 2:18) He makes my feet like hinds' feet;

He sets me on my high places.

35 (Ps 144:1 ) He trains my hand for battle,

so that my arm may bend a bow of bronze.

36 (Eph 6:16) You have given me a shield of Your salvation,

and Your humility has made me great.

37 (Pr 4:12 ) You widen my stride under me,

and my feet do stagger.

38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them;

I did not turn back until they were consumed.

39 (Mal 4:3) I consumed them and shattered them so that they did not rise;

they fell under my feet.

40 (Ps 44:5) You girded me with strength for the battle;

You subjugated under me those who rose up against me.

41 (Ex 23:27; Jos 10:24) You caused my enemies to retreat from me;

I destroyed those who hated me.

42 (Isa 1:15; 1Sa 28:6) They looked, but there was no one to save them,

to the Lord, but He did not respond.

43 (Mic 7:10; Isa 10:6; 2Ki 13:7) I crushed them like the dust of the land,

like the mud of the streets, I ground them and stamped them down.

44 (2Sa 8:1-14; Isa 55:5) You have also delivered me f

rom the strivings of my people;

You have kept me as the head of the nations.

A people whom I have not known will serve me.

45 (Ps 66:3; 81:15) Foreigners submit to me, cringing;

as soon as they hear, they obey me.

46 (Mic 7:17) Foreigners lose heart;

they gird themselves as they leave their fortresses.

47 (Ps 89:26) The Lord lives; blessed be my rock.

May the God of the rock of my salvation be exalted,

48 (Ps 144:2; 94:1) the God who gave me retribution

and brought down peoples under me,

49 (Ps 140:1) who brought me out from my enemies.

You exalted me above those who rose up against me;

You delivered me from violent ones.

50 (Ro 15:9) Therefore, I praise You, O Lord, among the nations;

I sing praises to Your name.

51 (Ps 144:10; 2Sa 7:12-13) He is a tower of salvation for His king,

and He acts faithfully toward His anointed,

toward David and his descendants forever.



2 Samuel 22

[1] And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the

LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the

hand of Saul:

[2] And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

[3] The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn

of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me

from violence.

[4] I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be

saved from mine enemies.

[5] When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me

afraid;

[6] The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented

me;

[7] In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did

hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

[8] Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and

shook, because he was wroth.

[9] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth

devoured: coals were kindled by it.

[10] He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his

feet.

[11] And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings

of the wind.

[12] And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick

clouds of the skies.

[13] Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

[14] The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

[15] And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited

them.

[16] And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were

discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his

nostrils.

[17] He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

[18] He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for

they were too strong for me.

[19] They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

[20] He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because

he delighted in me.

[21] The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the

cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

[22] For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed

from my God.

[23] For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did

not depart from them.

[24] I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

[25] Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness;

according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

[26] With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright

man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

[27] With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou

wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

[28] And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the

haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

[29] For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

[30] For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a

wall.

[31] As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a

buckler to all them that trust in him.

[32] For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?

[33] God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

[34] He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.

[35] He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine

arms.

[36] Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness

hath made me great.

[37] Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

[38] I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again

until I had consumed them.

[39] And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise:

yea, they are fallen under my feet.

[40] For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up

against me hast thou subdued under me.

[41] Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy

them that hate me.

[42] They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he

answered them not.

[43] Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp

them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

[44] Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast

kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

[45] Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they

shall be obedient unto me.

[46] Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close

places.

[47] The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the

rock of my salvation.

[48] It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

[49] And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me

up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from

the violent man.

[50] Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and

I will sing praises unto thy name.

[51] He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his

anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.



PSALMS 18



2Sa 22:1-51



For the Music Director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.

He spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord

delivered him from the hand of

all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:

1 I love You, O Lord, my strength.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) The Lord is my pillar, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;

my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,

and I will be saved from my enemies.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) The cords of death encircled me,

and the torrents of destruction terrified me.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) The cords of Sheol surrounded me;

the snares of death confronted me.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) In my distress I called on the Lord,

and cried for help to my God;

He heard my voice from His temple,

and my cry for help came before Him to His ears.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Then the earth shook and quaked;

the foundations of the hills also moved;

they reeled because His anger burned.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Smoke went up out of His nostrils,

and fire from His mouth devoured;

coals were kindled by it.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2 )He bent the heavens and came down,

and darkness was under His feet.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) He rode on a cherub, and flew;

He flew swiftly on the wings of the wind.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) He made darkness His secret place;

His pavilion was surrounding Him,

dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

12 At the brightness before Him His thick clouds passed by,

hailstones and coals of fire.

13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens,

and the Most High gave His voice,

hailstones and coals of fire.

14 He sent out His arrows and scattered them,

and He shot out lightning and distressed them.

15 Then the channels of waters appeared,

and the foundations of the world were discovered

at Your rebuke, O Lord,

at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

16 He sent from above, He took me;

He drew me out of many waters.

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy,

and from those who hated me,

for they were too strong for me.

18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,

but the Lord was my support.

19 He also brought me forth into a large place;

He delivered me because He delighted in me.

20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.

21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,

and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22 For all His judgments were before me,

and I did not put away His statutes from me.

23 I was also upright before Him,

and I kept myself from my iniquity.

24 Therefore the Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness of my hands in His view.

25 With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;

with the blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

26 with the pure You will show Yourself pure;

and with the crooked You will show Yourself crooked.

27 For You will save the afflicted people,

but will bring down prideful eyes.

28 For You will cause my lamp to shine;

the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

29 For by You I can run through a troop,

and by my God I can leap a wall.

30 As for God, His way has integrity;

the word of the Lord is proven;

He is a shield

to all those who take refuge in Him.

31 For who is God except the Lord?

Or who is a rock besides our God?

32 It is God who clothes me with strength,

and gives my way integrity.

33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,

and causes me to stand on my high places.

34 He trains my hands for war,

so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

35 You have given me the shield of Your salvation,

and Your right hand has held me up,

and Your gentleness has made me great.

36 You have lengthened my stride under me,

so that my feet did not slip.

37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them;

I did not return until they were destroyed.

38 I wounded them, and they were not able to rise;

they are fallen under my feet.

39 For You clothed me with strength for the battle;

You subdued under me those who rose up against me.

40 You gave me the necks of my enemies,

and I destroyed those who hate me.

41 They cried for help, but there was none to save them;

even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind;

I cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

43 You have delivered me from the hostilities of the people,

and You have made me the head of nations;

a people whom I have not known serve me.

44 At hearing a report, they obey me;

foreigners come cringing to me.

45 Foreigners fade away,

and come quaking out of their prisons.

46 The Lord lives! And blessed be my Rock!

May the God of my salvation be exalted.

47 It is God who avenges me

and subdues the people under me;

48 He delivers me from my enemies.

You lift me up above those who rise up against me;

You have delivered me from the violent man.

49 Therefore I will give thanks to You, OLord, among the nations,

and sing praises to Your name.

50 He gives great deliverance to His king,

and shows lovingkindness to His anointed,

to David and to his descendants for evermore.



Psalms 18

[1] I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

[2] The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my

strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation,

and my high tower.

[3] I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be

saved from mine enemies.

[4] The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me

afraid.

[5] The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented

me.

[6] In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard

my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

[7] Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills

moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

[8] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth

devoured: coals were kindled by it.

[9] He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his

feet.

[10] And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings

of the wind.

[11] He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were

dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

[12] At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail

stones and coals of fire.

[13] The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice;

hail stones and coals of fire.

[14] Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out

lightnings, and discomfited them.

[15] Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world

were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy

nostrils.

[16] He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

[17] He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for

they were too strong for me.

[18] They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

[19] He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because

he delighted in me.

[20] The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the

cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

[21] For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed

from my God.

[22] For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his

statutes from me.

[23] I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

[24] Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

[25] With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man

thou wilt shew thyself upright;

[26] With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou

wilt shew thyself froward.

[27] For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high

looks.

[28] For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my

darkness.

[29] For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped

over a wall.

[30] As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a

buckler to all those that trust in him.

[31] For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?

[32] It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

[33] He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

[34] He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine

arms.

[35] Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand

hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

[36] Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

[37] I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn

again till they were consumed.

[38] I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen

under my feet.

[39] For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast

subdued under me those that rose up against me.

[40] Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy

them that hate me.

[41] They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he

answered them not.

[42] Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them

out as the dirt in the streets.

[43] Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast

made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve

me.

[44] As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall

submit themselves unto me.

[45] The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

[46] The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my

salvation be exalted.

[47] It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

[48] He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those

that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

[49] Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and

sing praises unto thy name.

[50] Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his

anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.



2) Our Daily Bread for 29 April 2022

https://odb.org/CA/2022/04/29/spiritual-diagnosis

entitled Spiritual Diagnosis



Jeremiah 44:16-18,20-23



15 (Pr 11:21; Isa 1:5) Then all the men who knew that their wives

had burned incense to other gods and all the women that stood by,

a great multitude, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt,

in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying:

16 "As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord,

we will not listen to you.

17 (Ne 9:34; Jer 7:18) But we will certainly do whatever we have vowed,

to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings

to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings,

and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.

For then we had plenty of food, and were well off, and saw no disaster.

18 (Mal 3:13-15; Nu 11:5-6) But since we left off burning incense

to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her,

we have been in want of all things and have been consumed by the sword

and by the famine."

19 (Jer 7:18; 44:15) The women also said, "When we burned incense

to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to her,

did we make her cakes to worship her and pour out drink offerings

to her without our husbands?"



Calamity for the Jews



20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women,

and to all the people who had given him such an answer:

21 (Ps 79:8; Isa 64:9) "The incense offerings that you burned

in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you,

and your fathers, your kings, and your officials,

and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them

and did they not come into His mind?

22 (Jer 25:18; Isa 7:13) So the Lord could no longer bear it

because of the evil of your deeds and because of the abominations

which you have committed. Therefore your land is a desolation,

and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

23 (1Ki 9:9; Da 9:11-12) Because you have burned incense

and because you have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed

the voice of the Lord, nor walked in His law, nor in His statutes,

nor in His testimonies, therefore this calamity has happened to you,

as it is this day."



A Protest

[15] Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto

other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all

the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah,

saying,

[16] As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD,

we will not hearken unto thee.

[17] But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own

mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink

offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings,

and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem:

for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

[18] But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to

pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been

consumed by the sword and by the famine.

[19] And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink

offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink

offerings unto her, without our men?



The Prophet's Answer



[20] Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women,

and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,

[21] The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets

of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes,

and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them,

and came it not into his mind?

[22] So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your

doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore

is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without

an inhabitant, as at this day.

[23] Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against

the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law,

nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened

unto you, as at this day.



Chemotherapy reduced the tumour in my father-in-law's pancreas,

until it didn't. As the tumor began to grow again, he was left with

a life-and-death decision. He asked his doctor, "Should I take more of this

chemo or try something else, perhaps a different drug or radiation?"



The people of Judah had a similar life-and-death question. Weary from war

and famine, God's people wondered whether their problem was too much idolatry

or not enough. They concluded they should offer more sacrifices to a false

god and see if she would protect and prosper them (Jeremiah 44:17).



Jeremiah said they had wildly misdiagnosed their situation. Their problem

wasn't a lack of commitment to idols; their problem was that they had them.

They told the prophet, "We will not listen to the message you have spoken

to us in the name of the Lord!" (v. 16). Jeremiah replied,

"Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord

and have not obeyed him or followed his law or his decrees

or his stipulations, this disaster has come upon you" (v. 23).



Like Judah, we may be tempted to double down on sinful choices that have

landed us in trouble. Relationship problems? We can be more aloof.

Financial issues? We'll spend our way to happiness. Pushed aside? We'll

be equally ruthless. But the idols that contributed to our problems

can't save us. Only Jesus can carry us through our troubles as we turn to Him.



By: Mike Wittmer



Reflect & Pray



What personal problem has you stumped and how are you tempted

to respond in a sinful way? What do you think Jesus might want you to do?



Jesus, I’d rather fail with You than succeed without You.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 6 - Through The Fire



Is 43:2



2 (Ps 66:12; Da 3:25-27) When you pass through waters,

I will be with you. And through the rivers,they shall not overflow you.

When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,

nor shall the flame kindle on you.



2 When thou passest through the waters,

I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee:

when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned;

neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.



In the Book of Daniel, 3 young men provide one of the world's best-known

Bible stories. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three of the finest young

men of Israel, were taken into capitivity to Babylon. There King

Nebuchadnezzar, filled with his own importance, commanded that

everyone bow down and worship his image.

When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to worship anyone

except the One True god, they were cast into Nebuchadnezzar's

furnace of fire.

Is 43:2 brings their experience into focus for us. There the Lord says,

"When you pass through the fire ... when you walk through the water ..."

Not if, but when. If we are committed to serving and honouring the Lord,

at some point we will be faced with "passing through the fire" for hm.

We may not face a physical furnace, but we may face the fires of

persecution, anger, hostility or suffering. And God says:

"I will be with you."

When the three young Israelites stepped into the king's furnace, all

the people looked and saw, not three, but four men in the fire, their

bonds burned away, walking freely among the flames. They did not

escape the fate decreed for them. But the Lord was with them in

the fire, as surely as he has promised to be with us in the flood

and the fire, as surely as he has promised to be with us in the

flood and fire tht life brings to us. The promise of god remains:

"I will be with you; the waters will not overflow, nor will the

flames burn you."



Application



a) What kinds of "fires" and "Floods" have I experienced?



b) How was I aware of the Lord's presence with me?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Joshua 1:5



5 (Dt 7:24; 31:6-8) No man will be able to stand against

you all the days of your life.

As I was with Moses, I will be with you.

I will not abandon you. I will not leave you.



5 There shall not any man be able to stand before

thee all the days of thy life:

as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee:

I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



God's Help in Times of Temptation



1 Cor 10:1-13



1 Corinthians 10



Warning Against Idolatry



1 (Ex 14:29; Ps 66:6) I would not want you to be unaware that

all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

3 (Ex 16:35; Dt 8:3) all ate the same spiritual food;

4 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) and all drank the same spiritual drink,

for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,

and that Rock was Christ.

5 (Heb 3:17; Jude 1:5) But with many of them God was not well pleased,

and they were overthrown in the wilderness.

6 (Nu 11:4; 1Co 10:11) Now these things were our examples to the intent

that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.

7 (Ex 32:19; 32:4) Neither be idolaters as were some of them.

As it is written,

"The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to revel." (Ex 32:6. )

8 (Nu 25:1-9; 1Co 6:18) Neither let us commit sexual immorality as some

of them committed, when 23000 fell in one day.

9 (Nu 21:5-6; Ex 17:2) Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them

also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.

10 (Ex 12:23; Nu 16:41) Neither murmur, as some of them also murmured

and were destroyed by the destroyer.

11 (Ro 13:11) Now all these things happened to them for examples.

They are written as an admonition to us,

upon whom the end of the ages has come.

12 (Ro 11:20) Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed,

lest he fall.

13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken you except what is common

to man. God is faithful, and He will not permit you to be tempted above

what you can endure, but will with the temptation also make a way

to escape, that you may be able to bear it.



1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all

our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

2 and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

3 and did all eat the same spiritual meat;

4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that

spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

5 But with many of them God was not well pleased:

for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust

after evil things, as they also lusted.

7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written,

The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed,

and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,

and were destroyed of serpents.

10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured,

and were destroyed of the destroyer.

11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples:

and they are written for our admonition,

upon whom the ends of the world are come.

12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:

but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted

above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also

make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.



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 2022 edition?)



Manitoba



Quick facts on Muslims in Manitoba



Manitoba 2015 population 1 282 000



est Muslim Population 21 349



CNMM Networks: Winnipeg



The Muslim population of Manitoba, understandably centred in Winnipeg, is very

diverse and represents some 48 different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Conservative estimates put their number at 21000 , with some suggesting

it might be twice that size.

Some outreach among Muslims has started, yet in comparison to the size

of this community, there is the need and opportunity for far more engagement.

Continued influx of new immigrants and refugees continues to see the growth

of this Muslim centre in Manitoba.

We rejoice in the Arabic fellowship meeting there and the energetic workers

among Muslims in Winnipeg.



Let us intercede in unity for:



- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population

- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim

communities around them, as well as training new workers

- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim

background believers and for effectiveness in outreach

- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground

in the face of opposition to her new faith.

- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged

with great support



Adding further



https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/from-coffee-to-christ/



From Coffee to Christ



Many people in Morocco's Frontier People Groups (FPG's) have left their

homeland and resettled in cities throughout North America. Some 77000

Moroccan Arabs live in Montreal, while New York City is home to 33000 more,

according to Global Gates' UPG Priority Matrix.



They came to North America for family, jobs, or the promise of a better

life, and some of them may even be in your community.



In North Carolina's Research Triangle area, there is a coffee shop where

Moroccan men, women, and children gather to enjoy beverages, food, games,

and community. Reaching out to them is easy, and relationships

and trust develop naturally through enjoying a cup of coffee and playing

games. Spiritual conversations flourish, and Christian workers share

the hope of Jesus through Bible stories; all that in English,

and right down the street.



As more Moroccans leave Morocco and Europe and make their homes throughout

North America, the church has unprecedented opportunities to engage them

and their communities. Equipped with nothing more than the love of Jesus

and a few bucks for coffee, Christians can engage these groups without

the need for passports, plane tickets, or language skills.



Pray that more churches and Christians in North America will embrace

this new era of missions in our neighborhoods as God, in His sovereign

plan (Acts 17:26-27), has brought the nations right to our doorsteps.



26 (Mal 2:10; Ge 3:20) He has made from one blood every nation of men

to live on the entire face of the earth, having appointed fixed times

and the boundaries of their habitation,

27 (Ac 14:17; Jer 23:23-24) that they should seek the Lord so perhaps

they might reach for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each

one of us.



[26] And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the

face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the

bounds of their habitation;

[27] That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and

find him, though he be not far from every one of us:



Pray for more laborers among Moroccans here in North America. Ask the Holy

Spirit to burden believers and churches for Moroccans in their communities.



Pray for missionary families who labor full time among Moroccans in North

America; they need encouragement and financial provision to continue their

work. May they not grow weary in doing good (Galatians 6:9).



9 (Heb 12:3; 1Co 15:58; Heb 12:5) And let us not grow weary in doing good,

for in due season we shall reap, if we do not give up.



[9] And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap,

if we faint not.



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



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



Day 29 of the Month



a) Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion (



Ps 139:13-16



13 You brought my inner parts into being;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;

marvelous are Your works,

and You know me completely.

15 My frame was not hidden from You

when I was made in secret,

and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw me unformed,

yet in Your book

all my days were written,

before any of them came into being.



13 For thou hast possessed my reins:

Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My substance was not hid from thee,

When I was made in secret, and curiously wrought

in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;

And in thy book all my members were written,

Which in continuance were fashioned,

When as yet there was none of them.



)



b) Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight (



Gal 2:10



10 (Ac 24:17) Only they requested that we should remember the poor,

which I also was eager to do.



10 Only they would that we should remember the poor;

the same which I also was forward to do.



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His mercies and deliverance.



Pray to the Lord: "Jesus, I’d rather fail with You than succeed without You."



Pray to the Lord and pray that he carry you through the fires of life.



Pray to the Lord and remember He is with you.



Pray to the Lord and pray to Him not to fall into idolatry.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population

- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim

communities around them, as well as training new workers

- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim

background believers and for effectiveness in outreach

- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground

in the face of opposition to her new faith.

- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged

with great support



Pray that Muslims' hearts will be hungry for God

during the fast of Ramadan.



Pray that more churches and Christians in North America will embrace

this new era of missions in our neighborhoods as God, in His sovereign

plan (Acts 17:26-27), has brought the nations right to our doorsteps.



Pray for more laborers among Moroccans here in North America. Ask the Holy

Spirit to burden believers and churches for Moroccans in their communities.



Pray for missionary families who labor full time among Moroccans in North

America; they need encouragement and financial provision to continue their

work. May they not grow weary in doing good (Galatians 6:9).



Pray continually for Sikhs to find Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.



Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion.



Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight.



Pray for the long-time political leader, Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea,

and others of governmental authority.

Day 118, 28 Apr 2022



1) 2 Samuel 19:31-43

2 Samuel 20

Psalms 7

2 Samuel 21

1 Chronicles 20:4-8



2 SAMUEL 19



31 (1Ki 2:7) Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim

in order to see the king across the Jordan.

32 (1Sa 25:2) Barzillai was very old, eighty years old. But he sustained

the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.

33 The king said to Barzillai, "Cross over with me and I will sustain you

with me in Jerusalem."

34 Barzillai said to the king, "How many days are left in my life that

I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

35 (2Sa 15:33; Ezr 2:65) I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what

is pleasant from what is harmful? Can your servant taste what I eat

and what I drink? Can I still hear the voices of men and women who sing?

Why, then, should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?

36 Your servant is merely crossing over the Jordan with the king.

Why should the king repay me with this reward?

37 (1Ki 2:7; Jer 41:17) Now allow your servant to return, that I may die

in my own city with the grave of my father and my mother.

But here is your servant Kimham. He will cross over with my lord the king.

Do for him what seems best to you."

38 The king said, "Kimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him

what seems best to you. Whatever you require of me, I will do for you."

39 (Ge 31:55; 47:7; Ru 1:14) All of the people crossed over the Jordan.

And when the king had crossed over, the king kissed Barzillai a

nd blessed him and he returned to his own place.

40 The king passed on to Gilgal, and Kimham went on with him;

all of the people of Judah and half of the people of Israel passed

on with the king.

41 (Jdg 8:1; 12:1) Now all of the men of Israel were coming to the king

and said to the king, "Why have our brothers, the men of Judah,

stolen you away and brought the king and his household across the Jordan,

and all of the men of David with him?"

42 (2Sa 19:12) All of the men of Judah answered the men of Israel,

"Because the king is our close relative. Why are you angry over this matter?

Have we eaten at all at the king's expense? Has he given any gift to us?"

43 (2Sa 5:1; Gal 5:20) And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah

and said, "We have ten shares in the king. Therefore we also have more claim

on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt?

Were we not the first to advise bringing back our king?"

But the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words

of the men of Israel.



[31] And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over

Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

[32] Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had

provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very

great man.

[33] And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will

feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

[34] And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I

should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

[35] I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and

evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more

the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy

servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

[36] Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why

should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

[37] Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine

own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But

behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to

him what shall seem good unto thee.

[38] And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to

him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require

of me, that will I do for thee.

[39] And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over,

the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own

place.

[40] Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all

the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

[41] And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the

king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have

brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over

Jordan?

[42] And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king

is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we

eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

[43] And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten

parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then

did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back

our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of

the men of Israel.



2 Samuel 20

Sheba Rebels Against David

1 (1Ki 12:16; Dt 13:13) There happened to be a worthless man there whose name

was Sheba the son of Bikri, a Benjamite. He sounded the trumpet and said,

"We have no share in David,nor do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse;

every man to his tents, O Israel."

2 So every man of Israel withdrew from following David and followed

after Sheba the son of Bikri, but the men of Judah stayed with their king,

from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

3 (2Sa 15:16; 16:21-22) When the king came to his house in Jerusalem,

he took the ten women, the concubines whom he had left to keep

watch over the house, and he placed them in custody. He provided

for them but did not go in to them. They were shut up until the day

of their deaths, living as in widowhood.

4 (2Sa 17:25; 19:13) Then the king said to Amasa, "Summon for me the men

of Judah in three days, then present yourself here."

5 (1Sa 13:8) So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he delayed beyond

the deadline determined for him.

6 (2Sa 11:11; 21:17) So David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bikri

will cause more harm for us than Absalom. You take your lord's servants

and pursue after him. Otherwise, he will find fortified cities and escape

from our sight."

7 (2Sa 8:18; 1Ki 1:38) The men of Joab went out after him,

along with the Kerethites, the Pelethites, and all of the warriors;

and they went out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba the son of Bikri.

8 (2Sa 2:13; 3:30) When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon,

Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was dressed in his battle armor,

and fastened on it was a belt with a sword in its sheath at the waist.

As he went forward, it fell out.

9 Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my brother?" and he took Amasa

by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

10 (2Sa 2:23; 3:27) Amasa was not on guard against the sword

in the hand of Joab, and he struck him in the midsection spilling

his entrails on the ground. He died without being struck a second time.

Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bikri.

11 (2Sa 20:13) Now one of the young men of Joab stood by him and said,

"Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab."

12 Now Amasa was wallowing in his own blood in the middle of the path.

When the man saw that all of the people stood still, he moved Amasa

from the path to the field and threw a covering over him,

when he observed that everyone who passed by would stop.

13 Once he removed him from the path, all of the men passed by,

following Joab in pursuit of Sheba the son of Bikri.

14 (2Ki 15:29) He passed through all of the tribes of Israel toward

Abel Beth Maakah, also passing by all of the Bikrites. Once assembled,

they also came after him.

15 (2Ki 19:32; Jer 32:24) They came and besieged him in Abel Beth Maakah.

They constructed a siege ramp against the city, standing it against

the rampart. As all of the people who were with Joab were battering

the city wall in order to bring it down,

16 (2Sa 14:2) a wise woman called from the city, "Listen! Listen! Say to Joab,

'Come closer so that I may speak with you.' "

17 When he came near, the woman said, "Are you Joab?" He said, "I am."

She said to him, "Listen to the words of your servant,"

and he said, "I'm listening."

18 She said, "In former times, they would say,

'Let them inquire carefully in Abel,' and thus they would resolve an issue.

19 (1Sa 26:19; 2Sa 21:3) I am a trustworthy and faithful one of Israel.

You are attempting to destroy a city, even a mother, in Israel.

Why do you swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?"

20 Joab responded, "Far be it, far be it from me to swallow up or destroy.

21 That is not true. But a man from the hill country of Ephraim,

Sheba the son of Bikri by name, has lifted his hand against King David.

Only deliver him, and I will depart from the city."

And the woman said to Joab, "His head will be thrown to you over the wall."

22 (2Sa 20:1) The woman, with her wisdom, came to all of the people

in the city, and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bikri.

When they threw it to Joab, he blew the horn, and they dispersed

from the city, each going to his own tent.

Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.



David's Officials



23 (2Sa 8:16-18) Now Joab was over the entire army of Israel.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites.

24 (1Ki 4:3; 12:18) Adoniram was over conscripted labor. Jehoshaphat

the son of Ahilud was secretary.

25 (2Sa 8:17; 1Ki 4:4) Sheva was scribe. Zadok and Abiathar were priests,

26 (2Sa 23:38) and also Ira the Jairite was priest to David.



2 Samuel 20

[1] And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba,

the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no

part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to

his tents, O Israel.

[2] So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the

son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even

to Jerusalem.

[3] And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten

women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in

ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the

day of their death, living in widowhood.

[4] Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three

days, and be thou here present.

[5] So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than

the set time which he had appointed him.

[6] And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more

harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him,

lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

[7] And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the

Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to

pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

[8] When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before

them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it

a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as

he went forth it fell out.

[9] And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took

Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

[10] But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he

smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground,

and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother

pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

[11] And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab,

and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

[12] And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the

man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway

into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that

came by him stood still.

[13] When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after

Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

[14] And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to

Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went

also after him.

[15] And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast

up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people

that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

[16] Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you,

unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

[17] And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And

he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine

handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

[18] Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying,

They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

[19] I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou

seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up

the inheritance of the LORD?

[20] And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should

swallow up or destroy.

[21] The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of

Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against

David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said

unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

[22] Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off

the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a

trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab

returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

[23] Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of

Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

[24] And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was

recorder:

[25] And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

[26] And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.



PSALMS 7



A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning

the words of Cush, a Benjamite.



1 O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;

save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me,

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) lest they tear my soul like a lion,

rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) O Lord my God, if I have done this,

if there is iniquity in the palms of my hands,

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) if I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,

or have delivered my adversary without cause,

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) then may the enemy pursue my life and overtake me;

may my enemy trample my life to the ground,

and lay my honor in the dust. Selah

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;

rise up because of the rage of my adversaries,

and awaken Yourself for me; You have commanded justice.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) The congregation of the peoples surround You;

return above it to heaven's heights.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) The Lord will judge the peoples;

grant me justice, O Lord, according to my righteousness,

and according to my integrity within me.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) May the evil of the wicked come to an end;

may You vindicate the righteous one;

You are a righteous God who examines the minds and hearts.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) My defense depends on God,

who saves the upright in heart.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) God is a righteous judge,

and God has indignation every day.

12 If one does not repent,

God will sharpen His sword;

He has bent His bow and made it ready.

13 He has prepared for Himself deadly weapons;

He makes His arrows flaming shafts.

14 The wicked man writhes in pain of iniquity;

he has conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.

15 He who digs a hole and hollows it

will then fall into his own pit.

16 His mischief will return on his own head;

his violence will descend on the crown of his own head.

17 I will thank the Lord according to His righteousness,

and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.



Psalms 7

[1] O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that

persecute me, and deliver me:

[2] Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is

none to deliver.

[3] O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

[4] If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have

delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

[5] Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my

life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

[6] Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of

mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

[7] So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their

sakes therefore return thou on high.

[8] The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my

righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

[9] Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the

just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

[10] My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

[11] God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

[12] If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made

it ready.

[13] He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth

his arrows against the persecutors.

[14] Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and

brought forth falsehood.

[15] He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he

made.

[16] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing

shall come down upon his own pate.

[17] I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing

praise to the name of the LORD most high.



2 Samuel 21



David Avenges the Gibeonites



1 (Ge 12:10; Nu 27:21) Now there was a famine in the days of David

for three years, year after year; and David called upon the Lord.

The Lord said, "There is blood guilt upon Saul and upon his house

because he put the Gibeonites to death."

2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.

Now the Gibeonites were not from the children of Israel.

Instead they were a remnant of the Amorites.

Although the children of Israel had made a pact with them,

Saul attempted to destroy them in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.

3 (2Sa 20:19; 1Sa 26:19) David said to the Gibeonites, "What must I do

for you, and with what may I appease you that you may bless the inheritance

of the Lord?"

4 The Gibeonites said to him, "We have no concern for silver or gold from Saul

or his household, nor is it for us to put any man in Israel to death."

He said to them, "What are you saying I should do for you?"

5 (2Sa 21:1) They said to the king, "Regarding the man who put an end to us

and planned to exterminate us from the entire territory of Israel,

6 (1Sa 10:24; 10:26) let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us,

and we will hang them before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul,

the chosen one of the Lord." The king said, "I will hand them over."

7 (1Sa 18:3; 20:8) But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan,

the son of Saul on account of the oath of the Lord that was between them,

between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

8 (1Sa 18:19; 2Sa 3:7) So the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter

of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth, whom she had born to Saul,

and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had born to Adriel

the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

9 (Ru 1:22) He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites,

and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord;

the seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the first days

of harvest, in the beginning of the barley harvest.

10 (Dt 21:23) Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it

for herself on the rock, from the beginning of the harvest until the rains

poured on them from heaven. She did not allow the birds of the air to rest

on them by day nor the animals of the field by night.

11 When it was reported to David that which Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,

the concubine of Saul, had done,

12 (Jos 17:11; 1Sa 31:10-13) David went and took the bones of Saul

and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead

who had secretly taken them from the plaza in Beth Shan,

where the Philistines had hung them the day the Philistines

struck down Saul on Gilboa.

13 He brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son

from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.

14 (Jos 18:28; 2Sa 24:25) They interred the bones of Saul and Jonathan

his son in the land of Benjamin at Zela, in the tomb of Kish, his father.

They did everything that the king commanded.

After that God was entreated regarding the land.



Wars With the Philistines



1Ch 20:4-8



15 (2Sa 5:17; 5:22) Now once again there was a battle between the Philistines

and Israel. So David went down and his servants with him to fight

the Philistines, and David grew weary.

16 (2Sa 21:18; 21:20) Now Ishbi-Benob, who was among the descendants

of the giant and was girded with new weaponry, had a spear weighing

three hundred bronze shekels and had said that he would strike David down.

17 (2Sa 18:3; 1Ki 11:36) But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid.

He struck down the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David made

an oath with him, saying, "You shall no longer come out with us to battle,

so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel."

18 (1Ch 11:29; 2Sa 21:20) Now afterwards there was again a battle with

the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbekai the Hushathite struck down Saph,

who was among the descendants of the giant.

19 (1Ch 20:5) Once again, there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob.

On this occasion, -Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite

struck down Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam.

20 (2Sa 21:16; 21:18) Once again, there was war at Gath. There was a man

of stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot,

twenty-four in number. Now he also was born to the giant.

21 (1Sa 16:9; 17:10) When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah,

the brother of David, struck him down.

22 (1Ch 20:8) Now these four were born to the giant in Gath,

and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.



2 Samuel 21

[1] Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after

year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul,

and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

[2] And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the

Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the

Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to

slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

[3] Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and

wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of

the LORD?

[4] And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of

Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel.

And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

[5] And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised

against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts

of Israel,

[6] Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up

unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king

said, I will give them.

[7] But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul,

because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan

the son of Saul.

[8] But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she

bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the

daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the

Meholathite:

[9] And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged

them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were

put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of

barley harvest.

[10] And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her

upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them

out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by

day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

[11] And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine

of Saul, had done.

[12] And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his

son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of

Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had

slain Saul in Gilboa:

[13] And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of

Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

[14] And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country

of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they

performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for

the land.

[15] Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went

down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and

David waxed faint.

[16] And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of

whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being

girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

[17] But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine,

and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go

no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

[18] And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the

Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of

the sons of the giant.

[19] And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan

the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the

Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

[20] And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature,

that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and

twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

[21] And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of

David slew him.

[22] These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of

David, and by the hand of his servants.



1 CHRONICLES 20



Philistine Giants Killed

2Sa 21:15-22



4 (2Sa 21:18-22) Now after this, when war broke out in Gezer

with the Philistines, Sibbekai of Hushah killed Sippai,

who was one of the descendants of the giants, and they were humbled.

5 (2Sa 21:19) Again there was war with the Philistines, and Elhanan

the son of Jair killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite,

the shaft of whose wooden spear was like a weaver's beam.

6 Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature,

who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, 24 in number;

and he also was descended from the giants.

7 (1Sa 16:9; 1Ch 2:13) When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea,

David's brother, killed him.

8 These were descended from the giants in Gath,

and they fell by the hand of David and his servants.



[4] And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with

the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai,

that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

[5] And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair

slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like

a weaver's beam.

[6] And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature,

whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand,

and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.

[7] But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother

slew him.

[8] These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand

of David, and by the hand of his servants.



2) Our Daily Bread for 28 April 2022

https://odb.org/CA/2022/04/28/growing-in-faith

entitled Growing in Faith



James 1:2-4





Faith and Wisdom



2 (Jas 1:12) My brothers, count it all joy

when you fall into diverse temptations,

3 (Heb 10:36; 2Pe 1:6) knowing that the trying

of your faith develops patience.

4 (Mt 5:48; Lk 21:19) But let patience perfect its work,

that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.



[2] My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

[3] Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

[4] But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and

entire, wanting nothing.



At the beginning of my gardening journey, I'd wake up early and run to my

vegetable garden to see if anything had sprouted. Nothing.

After an internet search for "fast garden growth," I learned that the

seedling stage is the most important phase of a plant's lifespan.

Knowing now that this process couldn't be rushed, I came to appreciate

the strength of small sprouts fighting their way through the soil toward

the sun and their resilience to temperamental weather. After waiting patiently

for a few weeks, I was finally greeted by bursts of green sprouts creeping

through the soil.



Sometimes it's easy to praise the victories and triumphs in our lives

without similarly acknowledging that growth in our character often comes

through time and struggle. James instructs us to "count it all joy

when you fall into diverse temptations” (James 1:2). But what could possibly

be delightful about trials?



God will sometimes allow us to go through challenges and hardships so that

we can be molded into who He’s called us to be. He waits in anticipation

for us to come out of the trials of life "perfect and complete,

lacking nothing" (v. 4). By staying grounded in Jesus, we can persevere

through any challenge, growing stronger and ultimately allowing the fruit

of the Spirit to blossom in our lives (Galatians 5:22-23). His wisdom gives

us the nourishment we need to truly flourish each and every day (John 15:5).



By: Kimya Loder



Reflect & Pray



What trials have you been working through recently?

What lessons are these circumstances revealing to you?



Dear heavenly Father, sometimes the trials I face seem unbearable.

Please give me the strength to persevere, and help me as I grow

in faith and develop into the fruit-bearing believer

that You've called me to be.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 5 - Waiting for the Wind



Is 40:31



31 (2Co 4:16; Ps 103:5; Ex 19:4)

but those who wait upon the Lord

shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as eagles,

they shall run and not be weary,

and they shall walk and not faint.



31 but they that wait upon the LORD

shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as eagles;

they shall run, and not be weary;

and they shall walk, and not faint.



High above civilisation, alone on his craggy peak, the eagle waits.

He watches, senses, and then, with effortless grace, he spreads

his wings and soars. He does not flap frantically to gain altitude,

he merely turns his wings into the wind and rises.

Is 40:31 promises that we, too, can be like the eagle,

mounting up on wings, soaring effortlessly,

without weariness. But this is not often our experience.

We usually flap around like invalid pigeons, scratching

for mere existence, flying only when our place in the park is disturbed.

We need to learn to wait on the Lord. Like the wind that raises the eagle

to the heights, the wind of the Spirit will lift us up as well - beyond

the weariness of daily life, beyond the struggle for existence, beyond

the plodding pace of normal interaction.

But the eagle does not rise without plunging for the cliff into the wind.

His ability to stay aloft is based on his understand of wind currents;

when the wind is against him,he rises. He waits on the cliff

until the right moment, then allows the contrary breezes to lift him up.

Most of us are grounded by the winds that are against us. We give up

and never take the first flight. We fear the plunge from the cliff into the

buoyant breath of God, and so we stand fixed, afraid to launch out.

But when we do take the risk, when we wait upon the Lord, and then

give ourselves in obedience to a free-fall from the cliffs of his will,

we discover that there is rest in soaring with him. We do not have to

struggle; we have only to fly, and in flying, to find new strength.



Application



a) Why is "waiting upon the Lord" essential

to "Mounting up with wings as the eagle"?



b) How can this verse help me be more willing to take risks in God's will?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Mark 4:20-25



20 (Mk 4:8; Jn 15:4–5) "Still others are seed sown on good ground,

those who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit:

thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much."



A Light Under a Basket



Lk 8:16-18



21 (Mt 5:15; Lk 8:16) He said to them, "Is a candle brought to be put

under a basket or under a bed and not to be set on a candlestick?

22 (Lk 8:17) For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed;

neither is anything kept secret except to be proclaimed.

23 (Mk 4:9; Mt 11:15)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

24 (Mt 7:2) He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.

The measure you give will be measured for you,

and to you who hear will more be given.

25 (Mt 13:12; Lk 8:18) For to him who has will more be given.

And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has."



20 And these are they which are sown on good ground;

such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit,

some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put

under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested;

neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete,

it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

25 For he that hath, to him shall be given:

and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



God's Help in Times of Temptation



Hebrews 4:14-16



Jesus the Great High Priest



14 (Heb 6:20; 1:2-3) Since then we have a great High Priest

Who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,

let us hold firmly to our confession.

15 (2Co 5:21; Jn 8:46) For we do not have a High Priest

who cannot sympathise with our weaknesses,

but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.

16 (Eph 3:12; Php 4:6-7) Let us then come with confidence

to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy

and find grace to help in time of need.



14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest,

that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,

let us hold fast our profession.

15 For we have not an high priest

which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;

but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

16 Let us therefore come boldly

unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,

and find grace to help in time of need.



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 2022 edition?)



Manitoba



Quick facts on Muslims in Manitoba



Manitoba 2015 population 1 282 000



est Muslim Population 21 349



CNMM Networks: Winnipeg



The Muslim population of Manitoba, understandably centred in Winnipeg, is very

diverse and represents some 48 different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Conservative estimates put their number at 21000 , with some suggesting

it might be twice that size.

Some outreach among Muslims has started, yet in comparison to the size

of this community, there is the need and opportunity for far more engagement.

Continued influx of new immigrants and refugees continues to see the growth

of this Muslim centre in Manitoba.

We rejoice in the Arabic fellowship meeting there and the energetic workers

among Muslims in Winnipeg.



Let us intercede in unity for:



- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population

- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim

communities around them, as well as training new workers

- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim

background believers and for effectiveness in outreach

- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground

in the face of opposition to her new faith.

- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged

with great support



Adding further



https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/reaching-frontier-people-groups-in-morocco/



Reaching Frontier People Groups in Morocco



When the first American missionaries reached Morocco in 1895, they discovered

a challenging mission field. Now, more than 125 years later, the soil

of Moroccan hearts remains tough.



Morocco, a North African country that's home to 37 million people, is also

home to 24 Frontier People Groups (FPG), according to Joshua Project.

It defines an FPG as "an Unreached People Group with 0.1 percent

or fewer Christians of any kind,

and no evidence of a self-sustaining Gospel movement."



Most Moroccans seem content with Islam's convincing proverbs

and entrenched teachings from the Qur'an. Islam is Morocco's state religion,

but the country's constitution grants people freedom of thought,

expression, and assembly-freedoms that can be rare in other Islamic nations.



Christian workers in Morocco see signs that Isaiah’s prophecy is being

fulfilled today: "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;

those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death,

upon them the light has shined. / The people that walked in darkness have

seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death,

upon them hath the light shined. " (Isaiah 9:2).



More workers are needed in these hard mission fields because God wants

people in Morocco's 24 FPGs to know Him. As we labor in prayer for those

living in darkness, may the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

shine brightly on them.



Pray that God will send more laborers to minister to Moroccans.

Ask God to lift the veil from their eyes as they hear about Jesus.

Pray for people in the 24 FPGs in the Joshua Project database.

Ask God to encourage missionary families serving among Moroccans

and to give them a deep sense of His presence.

Pray for an Acts 6:7 moment to take place among Moroccan Imams and Muslims.



7 (Ac 12:24; 19:20) So the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples

grew rapidly in Jerusalem, and a great number of the priests

were obedient to the faith.



[7] And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples

multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were

obedient to the faith.



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



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



Day 28 of the Month



a) Pray for new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear

and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.



(



John 5:24



24 (Jn 3:18; 1Jn 3:14; Jn 3:36) "Truly, truly I say to you, whoever

hears My word and believes in Him who sent

Me has eternal life and shall not come into condemnation,

but has passed from death into life."



24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word,

and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life,

and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.



)



b) Pray for God's kingdom to come in the life of someone you

know today . (



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.



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for protecting you from your enemies.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear heavenly Father, sometimes the trials I face

seem unbearable. Please give me the strength to persevere, and help me

as I grow in faith and develop into the fruit-bearing believer

that You've called me to be."



Pray to the Lord and pray to wait upon the Lord.



Pray to the Lord and pray to plant good spiritual seed.



Pray to the Lord and pray to Him while in temptation.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population

- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim

communities around them, as well as training new workers

- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim

background believers and for effectiveness in outreach

- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground

in the face of opposition to her new faith.

- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged

with great support



Pray that Muslims' hearts will be hungry for God

during the fast of Ramadan.



Pray that God will send more laborers to minister to Moroccans.

Ask God to lift the veil from their eyes as they hear about Jesus.

Pray for people in the 24 FPGs in the Joshua Project database.

Ask God to encourage missionary families serving among Moroccans

and to give them a deep sense of His presence.

Pray for an Acts 6:7 moment to take place among Moroccan Imams and Muslims.



Pray continually for Sikhs to find Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.



Pray for new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear

and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.



Pray for God's kingdom to come in the life of someone you

know today .



Pray that churches in Azerbaijan will reach out to those who lost

income during the pandemic.

Day 117, 27 Apr 2022



1) 2 Samuel 17:15-29

Psalms 3

Psalms 63

2 Samuel 18

2 Samuel 19:1-30



2 SAMUEL 17



Hushai Warns David to Escape



15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests,

"Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel to do one thing,

but I advised them to do another thing.

16 (2Sa 15:28) Now quickly send someone to report to David,

'Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness,

but instead cross over. Otherwise, the king and all of the people

who are with him will be swallowed up.' "

17 (Jos 15:7; 18:16) Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En Rogel.

A servant girl would go report to them, and they would go report

to King David, because they could not be seen entering the city.

18 (2Sa 3:16; 16:5) But a young man saw them and reported this to Absalom.

So the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim.

He had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it.

19 The wife took a covering and spread it over the opening of the well.

Then she scattered grain over it so that nothing could be discerned.

20 (Ex 1:19) The servants of Absalom came to the woman at the house

and said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?"

She said, "They crossed over the brook of water." When they searched,

they could not find them. So they returned to Jerusalem.

21 (2Sa 17:15-16) After they left, they came up from the well, went,

and reported to King David. They said to David, "Arise and quickly cross over

the water because thus has Ahithophel advised against you"

22 So David and all of the people who were with him arose and crossed

over the Jordan. By daybreak, there was not one left who had not crossed

over the Jordan.

23 (2Sa 15:12; 2Ki 20:1) When Ahithophel realized that his advice

was not followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house

in his own city. He gave instruction to his household, then he hanged

himself and died; he was interred in the tomb of his father.







Absalom's Death



24 (Ge 32:2; 2Sa 2:8) David came to Mahanaim as Absalom crossed the Jordan,

he and every Israelite with him.

25 (2Sa 19:13; 20:9-12) Now Absalom had placed Amasa over the army

in the place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Jether

the Ishmaelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash

and sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.

26 Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

27 (2Sa 9:4; 10:1-2) When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash

from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar,

and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

28 brought bedding, metal bowls, ceramic vessels, wheat, barley, flour,

roasted grain, beans, lentils,

29 (2Sa 16:2; 16:14) honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the livestock

for David and the people who were with him to eat and use.

For they said, "The people are hungry, exhausted,

and thirsting in the wilderness."



[15] Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus

did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus

have I counselled.

[16] Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this

night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king

be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

[17] Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen

to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and

told king David.

[18] Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of

them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in

his court; whither they went down.

[19] And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and

spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

[20] And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said,

Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone

over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them,

they returned to Jerusalem.

[21] And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of

the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass

quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

[22] Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they

passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that

was not gone over Jordan.

[23] And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled

his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his

household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the

sepulchre of his father.

[24] Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all

the men of Israel with him.

[25] And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa

was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail

the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

[26] So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

[27] And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the

son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of

Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

[28] Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley,

and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

[29] And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and

for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is

hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.



PSALMS 3

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.



1 Lord, how my foes have multiplied!

Many rise up against me!

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Many are saying about my life,

"There is no help for him in God." Selah

[Musical term for a pause or change in the music.]

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) But You, O Lord, are a shield for me,

my glory and the One who raises up my head.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) I cried to the Lord with my voice,

and He answered me from His holy hill. Selah

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) I lay down and slept;

I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) I will not be afraid of multitudes of people

who have set themselves against me all around.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Arise, O Lord;

save me, O my God!

For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek;

You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Salvation belongs to the Lord.

Your blessing is on Your people. Selah



Psalms 3

[1] LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up

against me.

[2] Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.

Selah.

[3] But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of

mine head.

[4] I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy

hill. Selah.

[5] I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

[6] I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set

themselves against me round about.

[7] Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies

upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

[8] Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people.

Selah.



PSALMS 63



A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.



1 O God, You are my God;

early will I seek You;

my soul thirsts for You,

my flesh faints for You,

in a dry and thirsty land

with no water.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I have seen You in the sanctuary,

to see Your power and Your glory.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,

my lips will praise You.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Thus will I bless You while I live;

I will lift up my hands in Your name.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) My soul will be satisfied as with marrow and fatness,

and my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) When I remember You on my bed,

and meditate on You in the night watches,

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) because You have been my help,

therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) My soul clings hard to You;

Your right hand upholds me.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) But those who seek my soul to destroy it

will go into the lower parts of the earth.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) They will fall by the sword;

they will be a portion for jackals.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) But the king will rejoice in God;

everyone who swears by Him will glory,

because the mouth of liars will be stopped.





Psalms 63

[1] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for

thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water

is;

[2] To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

[3] Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise

thee.

[4] Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy

name.

[5] My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth

shall praise thee with joyful lips:

[6] When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night

watches.

[7] Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings

will I rejoice.

[8] My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

[9] But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower

parts of the earth.

[10] They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

[11] But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall

glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.



2 Samuel 18

1 David mustered the people who were with him, and he set over them

commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

2 (Jdg 7:16; 2Sa 15:19-22) Then David dispatched the people, one-third

under the command of Joab, one-third under the command of Abishai

the son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, and one-third under the command

of Ittai the Gittite. Then David said to the people, "I myself will go out

with you."

3 (2Sa 21:17) But the people said, "You should not go, for if we retreat,

they will not be concerned about us. Even if half of us die,

they will not be concerned about us. But now you are worth ten thousand of us.

Therefore, it would be better to assist us from the city."

4 (2Sa 18:24) The king said to them, "I will do what seems best to you."

So the king stood beside the gate while all of the people went out

by hundreds and thousands.

5 The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, "Deal gently

with the young man Absalom." All of the people heard the king instruct

the commanders concerning Absalom.

6 (Jos 17:18; 17:15) So the people went out toward Israel in the field,

but the fighting occurred in the forest of Ephraim.

7 The people of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David.

That day the defeat was extensive, twenty thousand men.

8 The fighting spread across the land, and the people consumed

by the forest were more numerous than those consumed by the sword that day.

9 (2Sa 14:26) Absalom was encountered by some of the servants of David.

Now Absalom was riding on his mule. When the mule went under the branches

of a very large tree, his head was caught in the tree. He was left in midair

while the mule that was under him kept going.

10 One man saw him and reported it to Joab, saying,

"I saw Absalom hanging in a tree."

11 Joab said to the man who was reporting to him, "What? You saw him?

Why did you not strike him on the spot, sending him to the ground?

I would have given you ten shekels [About 4 ounces, or 115 grams.]

of silver and a belt."

12 The man said to Joab, "Not even if I had felt the weight

of a thousand shekels [About 25 pounds, or 12 kilograms.] of silver in

my hand would I have laid a hand on the king's son. In our hearing

the king commanded you, Abishai, and Ittai saying:

Beware lest anyone touch the young man Absalom!

13 (2Sa 14:19-20) Otherwise, I would have worked falsehood

against my own life. For nothing is hidden from the king,

and you yourself would have set yourself against me."

14 Then Joab said, "I will not waste any more time with you."

He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom

while he was still alive in the midst of the tree.

15 Then ten young men, armor bearers for Joab, gathered around

and struck down Absalom, killing him.

16 (2Sa 2:28; 20:22) When Joab blew the horn, the people returned

from pursuing Israel, for Joab held back the people.

17 (Jos 7:26; 8:29) Then they took Absalom, disposed of him in a large pit

in the forest, and piled over him a very large heap of stones.

Then all Israel fled, everyone to his home.

18 (1Sa 15:12; Ge 14:17; 2Sa 14:27) Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken

and set up for himself a memorial stone in the Valley of the King,

for he said, "I have no son by whom my name may be remembered."

So he named the memorial stone after himself; and to this day,

it is called the monument of Absalom.



David Mourns



19 (2Sa 15:36; 18:31) Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said,

"Allow me to run and bring the news to the king that the Lord

has delivered him from the hand of his enemies."

20 But Joab said to him, "You will not be a man who bears news today;

you may bear news another day. Today you will not bear news

because the king's son is dead."

21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, report to the king what you have seen."

The Cushite bowed to Joab, then ran off.

22 Ahimaaz again said to Joab, "Whatever may happen,

let me run also, after the Cushite."

Then Joab said, "Why is it that you want to run, my son?

There is no messenger's reward for you to obtain."

23 "Whatever happens, I want to run."

So he said to him, "Run." So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain

and passed the Cushite.

24 (2Sa 19:8) Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman

went up to the roof of the gate, to the city wall. He lifted his eyes and

saw a man running by himself.

25 The watchman called and told the king.

The king said, "If he is alone, there is news in his mouth."

And he came ever closer.

26 Then the watchman saw another man running.

The watchman called to the gatekeeper and said,

"Look there is another man running alone."

The king said, "He also is bringing news."

27 (2Ki 9:20; 1Ki 1:42) The watchman said,

"I think that the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz."

The king said, "He is a good man and comes with good news."

28 (Ge 14:20; 2Sa 14:4) Then Ahimaaz called to the king and said,

"All is well." He bowed down to the ground before the king and said,

"Blessed be the Lord your God who has handed over the men who raised

their hand against my lord the king."

29 (2Sa 18:22) The king said, "Is it well for the young man Absalom?"

Ahimaaz said, "I saw a great commotion when Joab sent the servant of the king,

your servant, but I do not know what it was."

30 The king said, "Step aside and stand here." So he stepped aside

and stood in position.

31 (2Sa 18:19) Then the Cushite came and said, "Good news for my lord

the king, for today the Lord has delivered you from those who rose up

against you."

32 (Jdg 5:31; 1Sa 25:26) The king said to the Cushite,

"Is it well for the young man Absalom?"

The Cushite said, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all

who would rise up against you to do harm become as the young man is."

33 (2Sa 19:4) The king was deeply moved and went up to the upper chamber

of the gate and wept. As he went he said, "O my son Absalom, my son,

my son Absalom! If only I could have given my death in your stead,

Absalom, my son, my son!"



2 Samuel 18

[1] And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of

thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

[2] And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab,

and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's

brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king

said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

[3] But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away,

they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us:

but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that

thou succour us out of the city.

[4] And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the

king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by

thousands.

[5] And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently

for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard

when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

[6] So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was

in the wood of Ephraim;

[7] Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and

there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

[8] For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and

the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

[9] And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and

the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught

hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and

the mule that was under him went away.

[10] And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw

Absalom hanged in an oak.

[11] And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him,

and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given

thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

[12] And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels

of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the

king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai,

saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

[13] Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for

there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set

thyself against me.

[14] Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts

in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet

alive in the midst of the oak.

[15] And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote

Absalom, and slew him.

[16] And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after

Israel: for Joab held back the people.

[17] And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and

laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to

his tent.

[18] Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a

pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my

name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is

called unto this day, Absalom's place.

[19] Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king

tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.

[20] And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou

shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings,

because the king's son is dead.

[21] Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And

Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

[22] Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever,

let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt

thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?

[23] But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then

Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

[24] And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the

roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and

behold a man running alone.

[25] And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be

alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.

[26] And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto

the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said,

He also bringeth tidings.

[27] And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like

the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good

man, and cometh with good tidings.

[28] And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell

down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the

LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand

against my lord the king.

[29] And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered,

When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult,

but I knew not what it was.

[30] And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned

aside, and stood still.

[31] And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for

the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

[32] And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi

answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to

do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

[33] And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate,

and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son

Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!



2 Samuel 19

1 (2Sa 18:5; 18:14) It was reported to Joab that the king was weeping

and mourning over Absalom.

2 The victory that day was turned into mourning for all of the people,

for the people heard that day, "The king is grieving for his son."

3 So the people entered the city by stealth that day, as a people

who have been disgraced steal away when they flee from battle.

4 (2Sa 15:30; 18:33) The king covered his face and called with

a loud voice, "My son Absalom, my son, my son!"

5 Then Joab came to the king in his house and said,

"Today you have shamed the faces of all of your servants

who saved your life today, as well as the lives of your sons and daughters,

the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,

6 by loving those who hated you and hating those who love you.

You have shown today that commanders and servants are nothing to you.

I know that if Absalom were alive instead today and all of us were dead,

then this would be right in your eyes.

7 (Pr 14:28; Ge 34:3) Now go out and speak reassuringly to your servants,

for I swear by the Lord that if you do not go out, no man will stay with you

this night, and this will be worse for you than any calamity that has come

against you from your youth until now."

8 (2Sa 18:24; 18:4) So the king arose and took his seat in the gate,

and the people were all told, "The king is sitting in the gate."

So all the people came before the king, but the children of Israel

had fled, each to his tent.



David Returns to Jerusalem



9 (2Sa 15:14; 8:1-14) Now all of the people began to quarrel throughout

all of the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand

of our enemies, and he saved us from the hand of the Philistines,

but now he has fled from the land on account of Absalom.

10 But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle.

Now why are you idle to bring back the king?"

11 (2Sa 15:29) Then David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar the priests,

saying, "Speak to the elders of Israel, saying, 'Why are you last to bring

the king back to his house when the word of all Israel has come to the king,

to his house?

12 (2Sa 5:1) You are my brother. You are my bone and my flesh.

Why are you last to bring back the king?'

13 (2Sa 17:25; Ru 1:17) Say to Amasa, 'Are you not my bone and my flesh?

May God do to me, and more so, if you are not commander of the army

before me from now on in the place of Joab.' "

14 (Jdg 20:1) He swayed the heart of every man of Judah as though they were

one man, and they sent a message to the king:

"Return, you and all of your servants."

15 (Jos 5:9; 1Sa 11:14-15) So the king returned and came as far as the Jordan,

and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and bring the king

across the Jordan.

16 (1Ki 2:8; 2Sa 16:5-13) Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite who was

from Bahurim, hastened to go down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

17 (2Sa 9:2; 16:1-4) With him were a thousand men from Benjamin. And Ziba,

the servant of the house of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants,

rushed down to the Jordan before the king.

18 They crossed the ford to bring the household of the king across

and to do what was pleasing in his eyes.

Shimei the son of Gera fell before the king as he was crossing the Jordan,

19 (1Sa 22:15) and he said to the king, "Do not regard me as guilty, my lord,

or remember how your servant went astray the day when my lord the king

went out from Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

20 (2Sa 16:5) For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore, I have

come this day, first from all of the house of Joseph, to go down to meet

my lord the king."

21 (Ex 22:28; 1Sa 26:9) Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered,

"Shall not Shimei be put to death for this,

because he cursed the anointed of the Lord?"

22 (1Sa 11:13; 2Sa 16:10) David said, "What do you sons of Zeruiah

have against me that you should become an adversary to me today?

Should any man in Israel be put to death today?

For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?"

23 (1Ki 2:8-9; 2:37) The king said to Shimei, "You will not die."

The king gave him his oath.

24 Then Mephibosheth the son of Saul went down to meet the king.

He had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed

his clothes from the day the king left until the day he came back in peace.

25 (2Sa 16:17) When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king

said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?"

26 He said, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said,

'I will saddle the mule for myself in order to ride on

it and go with the king,' because your servant is lame.

27 (2Sa 14:17; 14:20) But he has slandered your servant to my lord the king.

Still my lord the king is as the angel of God, so do what seems best to you.

28 (2Sa 9:13; 9:10) For all my father's house were but dead men

before my lord the king. Yet you set your servant among those who eat

at your table. What right do I have to cry out any more to the king?"

29 The king said to him, "Why do you still speak of your affairs?

I say that you and Ziba shall divide the field."

30 Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him even take everything,

since my lord the king has come safely to his house."



2 Samuel 19

[1] And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

[2] And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people:

for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

[3] And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people

being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

[4] But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O

my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

[5] And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed

this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life,

and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives,

and the lives of thy concubines;

[6] In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast

declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for

this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this

day, then it had pleased thee well.

[7] Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants:

for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with

thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that

befell thee from thy youth until now.

[8] Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the

people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people

came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

[9] And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel,

saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered

us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land

for Absalom.

[10] And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore

why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

[11] And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak

unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back

to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to

his house.

[12] Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye

the last to bring back the king?

[13] And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do

so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me

continually in the room of Joab.

[14] And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of

one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy

servants.

[15] So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to

go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

[16] And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted

and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

[17] And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the

servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants

with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

[18] And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household,

and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before

the king, as he was come over Jordan;

[19] And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me,

neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that

my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his

heart.

[20] For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am

come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my

lord the king.

[21] But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be

put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?

[22] And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye

should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death

this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

[23] Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king

sware unto him.

[24] And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had

neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes,

from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

[25] And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king,

that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me,

Mephibosheth?

[26] And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy

servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to

the king; because thy servant is lame.

[27] And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord

the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

[28] For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king:

yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table.

What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

[29] And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters?

I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

[30] And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch

as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.



2) Our Daily Bread for 27 April 2022

https://odb.org/CA/2022/04/27/sing-again-2

entitled Sign Again



Zephaniah 3:14-20



Israel's Song of Joy



14 (Isa 12:6; 54:1) Sing, O daughter of Zion!

Shout, O Israel!

Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,

O daughter of Jerusalem!

15 (Isa 51:22; Zep 3:5) The Lord has taken away your judgments,

He has cast out your enemies.

The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;

you will see evil no more.

16 (Heb 12:12; Isa 35:3-4) On that day it will be said to Jerusalem:

Fear not, O Zion;

let not your hands be slack.

17 (Jer 32:41; Zep 3:15) The Lord your God is in your midst,

a Mighty One, who will save.

He will rejoice over you with gladness,

He will renew you with His love,

He will rejoice over you with singing.

18 (Ps 42:2-4; La 1:4) I will gather those who grieve

for the appointed festival,

which is a reproach and burden on you.

19 (Isa 60:14; Eze 34:16) At that time I will deal

with all who oppress you;

I will save the lame

and gather the outcast;

I will give them praise and fame

in every land where they have been put to shame.

20 (Jer 29:14; Joel 3:1) At that time I will bring you in,

at the time when I gather you;

for I will make you renowned and praised

among all peoples of the earth,

when I restore your fortunes

before your eyes,

says the Lord.



14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all

the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy:

the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee:

thou shalt not see evil any more.

16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not:

and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will

rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee

with singing.

18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly,

who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee:

and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out;

and I will get them praise and fame in every land

where they have been put to shame.

20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you:

for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth,

when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.



Australia's regent honeyeater bird is in trouble-it's losing its song.

Though once an abundant species, just three hundred birds now remain;

and with so few others to learn from, the males are forgetting

their unique song and failing to attract mates.



Thankfully, conservationists plan to rescue the honeyeaters by singing to

them. Or, more precisely, play them recordings of other honeyeaters singing

so they can relearn their heart song. As the males pick up the tune

and attract females again, it's hoped the species will flourish once more.



The prophet Zephaniah addressed a people in trouble. With so much corruption

among them, he announced that God's judgment was coming (Zephaniah 3:1-8).

When this later came to pass through capture and exile, the people too lost

their song (Psalm 137:4). But Zephaniah foresaw a time beyond judgment

when God would come to this decimated people, forgive their sins, and sing

to them: "He will take great delight in you, in his love he will no longer

rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17).

As a result, the heart song of the people would be restored (v. 14).



Whether through our own disobedience or the trials of life, we too can lose

our heart song of joy. But a Voice is singing over us songs of forgiveness

and love. Let's listen to His melody and sing along.



By: Sheridan Voysey



Reflect & Pray



When do you find it hardest to retain your joy in God? What song, poem,

or prayer can you give to God in response to His rejoicing over You?



Loving God, it's amazing to imagine that

You would sing songs of joy over me. I praise You and sing my own

song of praise to You.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 4 - Send for Help !



James 1:5



5 (Pr 2:3-6; Jn 15:7) If any of you lacks wisdom,

let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally

and without criticism, and it will be given to him.



5 If any of you lack wisdom,

let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,

and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.



A new employee in an electronics plant had the responsibility

for overseeing one machine. The machine worked fine when the young man

came on duty, but soon it began to run a bit rough. The employee

tinkered with the machine, trying to "fix" it, until finally if stopped

working altogether

In fear and trembling the worker sent for the foreman, and stammered,

"I - I, well, sir, I did my best to fix it."

"Son", the foreman thundered, "you need to know only one thing. Around

here, doing you best means sending for me!"

Wisdom, James 1:5 says, has its source in God alone. And if we are

to attain wisdom, we need to learn doing our best means sending for God.

Often we spend time tinkering with our lives or the the lives of others.

We don't think to as God for his wisdom in the decisions we must take;

instead, we use our human reasoning and take our best guess.

But the path to wisdom does not lie in guesswork. The scriptures

give us clear indication of God's direction for his people, and through Bible

study, application, prayer, and meditation,

we can understand what God wants to reveal to us.

"If any of you lacks wisdom," James says, "he should ask God, who gives

generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him."

The first step to attaining wisdom is recognising that we are not wise.

The second step is to ask. And God, who is faithful to his Word

and His people, will respond.



Application



a) Under what circumstances have I tinkered with my life,

making it worse rather then fixing it?



b) What practical steps can I take to ask God for wisdom?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Haggai 2:7-9



7 (1Ki 8:11; Isa 60:7) And I will shake all the nations,

and they will come with the wealth of all nations,

and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of Hosts.

8 (Isa 60:17) The silver is mine, and the gold is Mine,

says the Lord of Hosts.

9 (Isa 9:6-7) The glory of this latter house will be greater

than the former, says the Lord of Hosts. And in this place

I will give peace, says the Lord of Hosts.



7 and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations

shall come: and I will fill this house with glory,

saith the LORD of hosts.

8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,

saith the LORD of hosts.

9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater

than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place

will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



God's Help in Times of Temptation



James 1:12-18



Trial and Temptation



12 (Jas 2:5; 1Co 9:25; 2Ti 4:8) Blessed is the man who endures temptation,

for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life,

which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God,"

for God cannot be tempted with evil; neither does He tempt anyone.

14 But each man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.

15 (Job 15:35; Ps 7:14) Then, when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin;

and when sin is finished, it brings forth death.

16 (Jas 1:19; 2:5) Do not err, my beloved brothers.

17 (Mal 3:6; Nu 23:19; Jn 3:27) Every good gift and every perfect gift

is from above and comes down from the Father of lights,

with whom is no change or shadow of turning.

18 (1Pe 1:23; Jn 1:13; Rev 14:4) Of His own will He brought us forth with

the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of His creatures.



12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried,

he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised

to them that love him.

13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God:

for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

14 but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust,

and enticed.

15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin:

and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,

and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,

neither shadow of turning.

18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth,

that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.



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 2022 edition?)



Manitoba



Quick facts on Muslims in Manitoba



Manitoba 2015 population 1 282 000



est Muslim Population 21 349



CNMM Networks: Winnipeg



The Muslim population of Manitoba, understandably centred in Winnipeg, is very

diverse and represents some 48 different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Conservative estimates put their number at 21000 , with some suggesting

it might be twice that size.

Some outreach among Muslims has started, yet in comparison to the size

of this community, there is the need and opportunity for far more engagement.

Continued influx of new immigrants and refugees continues to see the growth

of this Muslim centre in Manitoba.

We rejoice in the Arabic fellowship meeting there and the energetic workers

among Muslims in Winnipeg.



Let us intercede in unity for:



- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population

- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim

communities around them, as well as training new workers

- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim

background believers and for effectiveness in outreach

- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground

in the face of opposition to her new faith.

- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged

with great support



Adding further



https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/a-bridge-to-reconciliation/



A Bridge to Reconciliation



Uyghurs who have been able to flee China and escape efforts to round up and

"re-educate" them have ended up in North American cities including

Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.



Having faced the largest arbitrary detention of religious and ethnic

minorities since World War II, they are understandably cautious

about discussing religion.



Who will reach out to the world's migrant Uyghurs? For people of Han Chinese

descent, that could be difficult. There''s a long history of animosity between

Uyghur and Han people, making it hard for some Han missionaries

to reach out in love.



"I feared how my Uyghur friends would treat me," said one Han missionary.

"Jesus began preparing me for that moment ever since He called me to love

Uyghurs and show them how there are Han people who are different and willing

to be their friends because of the redeeming power of the Gospel and sacrifice

of Christ. By God's grace, I didn’'t cancel our meeting but prayed '

for strength to know how to handle the situation.”



She visited her Uyghur friend Sabriye, hugged her, and begged her forgiveness.



"Please forgive my people," she said. "I am sorry for what has happened.”



Sabriye was touched by seeing a Han follower of Jesus cross

the desert of division between their people groups. Through

humble confession, this friendship has deepened,

testifying to the power of forgiveness.



Christians in North America who aren't burdened by these past

associations have an opportunity to stand in the gap and take

up the call to love our Uyghur neighbors (Micah 6:8).



8 (Isa 57:15; Hos 6:6) He has told you, O man, what is good-

and what does the Lord require of you,

but to do justice and to love kindness,

and to walk humbly with your God?



8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD

require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy,

and to walk humbly with thy God?



Pray that more believers will reach out to Uyghurs

with the ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-19).



18 (Ro 5:10-11; 1Jn 2:2) All this is from God, who has reconciled us

to Himself through Jesus Christ and has given to us

the ministry of reconciliation,

19 (Isa 43:25; Mt 1:23) that is, that God was in Christ reconciling

the world to Himself, not counting their sins against them,

and has entrusted to us the message of reconciliation.



[18] And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself

by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

[19] to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,

not imputing their trespasses unto them;

and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.



Pray for Uyghurs like Sabriye to follow Christ.



Pray for an end to the genocide unfolding in the Uyghur homeland.

Pray for every re-education camp to be closed

and for an end to the purposeful cultural annihilation.



Pray for the Han Chinese churches across North America

to serve as agents of reconciliation, healing, and redemption.



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



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



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,



4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5casting 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;



)



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 thank Him for protecting you from your enemies.



Pray to the Lord: "Loving God, it's amazing to imagine that

You would sing songs of joy over me. I praise You and sing my own

song of praise to You."



Pray to the Lord and seek Him for wisdom.



Pray to the Lord and pthank Him for all wealth is His.



Pray to the Lord and pray to Him when you fell temtation.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population

- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim

communities around them, as well as training new workers

- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim

background believers and for effectiveness in outreach

- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground

in the face of opposition to her new faith.

- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged

with great support



Pray that Muslims' hearts will be hungry for God

during the fast of Ramadan.



Pray that more believers will reach out to Uyghurs

with the ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-19).



Pray for Uyghurs like Sabriye to follow Christ.



Pray for an end to the genocide unfolding in the Uyghur homeland.

Pray for every re-education camp to be closed

and for an end to the purposeful cultural annihilation.



Pray for the Han Chinese churches across North America

to serve as agents of reconciliation, healing, and redemption.



Pray continually for Sikhs to find Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.



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 new believers in Vietnam experiencing persecution

through loss of homes, land and livelihoods.

Day 116, 26 Apr 2022



1) 2 Samuel 15

2 Samuel 16

2 Samuel 17:1-14



2 SAMUEL 15



Absalom's Conspiracy



1 (1Ki 1:5; 1Sa 8:11) After this Absalom acquired for himself a chariot,

horses, and fifty men to run before him.

2 Absalom would go early and stand beside the way into the gate.

When any man who had a dispute concerning which he had come

to the king for a judgment approached, Absalom would call to him

and say, "Which city are you from?" And he would say, "Your servant

is from one of the tribes of Israel."

3 Then Absalom would say to him, "Look, your claim is good and right,

but there is no one to hear you on behalf of the king."

4 (Jdg 9:29) Absalom would continue, "If I were appointed a judge in the land,

then every man who had a claim could come and I would give him justice."

5 (2Sa 14:33) When a man would approach to bow before him, he would reach

out, embrace him, and kiss him.

6 (Ro 16:18) Absalom acted this way toward every Israelite who came

to the king for a judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

7 After forty years, Absalom said to the king, "Please allow me to go fulfill

my vow that I made to the Lord in Hebron.

8 (Ge 28:20-21; 2Sa 13:37-38) For your servant made a vow when I was dwelling

in Geshur in Aram, saying: If indeed the Lord will bring me back to Jerusalem,

then I will serve the Lord."

9 The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose and went to Hebron.

10 But Absalom sent scouts throughout all of the tribes of Israel, saying,

"When you hear the sound of the horn, say: Absalom has become king in Hebron."

11 (1Sa 9:13; 22:15) Now two hundred men went with Absalom from Jerusalem,

invited and unsuspecting; they did not know anything.

12 (Jos 15:51; 2Sa 15:31) Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite,

the advisor of David, from his city Giloh, while he was offering

the sacrifices. Now the conspiracy was strong, for the number of people

with Absalom was continually growing.



David Flees Jerusalem



13 (Jdg 9:3; 2Sa 15:6) A messenger came to David and said,

"The hearts of the men of Israel are following Absalom."

14 (2Sa 19:9) David said to all of his servants who were with him

in Jerusalem, "Get up. We must flee or there will be no escape from

Absalom for us. Hurry up and leave, or he will soon reach us

and bring disaster upon us, striking the city with the edge of the sword."

15 The king's servants said to the king,

"Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants."

16 (2Sa 16:21-22; 20:3) So the king left with his entire house after him,

but he left behind ten women, concubines, to watch over the house.

17 So the king left with all of the people after him, and they came to a stop

at the furthest house.

18 (2Sa 8:18; 1Sa 30:14) Now all his servants passed on beside him,

all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men

who had followed him from Gath, passed on before the king.

19 (2Sa 18:2) The king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why are you also going

with us? Go back and dwell with the king, for you are a foreigner and,

moreover, exiled from your own place.

20 (1Sa 23:13; 2Sa 2:60 You came only yesterday. Shall I cause you to go

roaming around with us today? I am going where I go.

Go back, and take back your brothers with you. Mercy and truth be with you."

21 (Ru 1:16-17; Pr 17:17) Ittai answered the king and said,

"As the Lord lives and as lives my lord the king, only in the place

where my lord the king is, whether for death or for life,

there alone will your servant be."

22 So David said to Ittai, "Go on, pass by." So Ittai the Gittite passed by,

along with all of his men and all of the children

and elderly who were with him.

23 (2Sa 16:2; 1Ki 2:37) The whole land wept with a loud voice as

all the people passed by. Now the king was crossing over the brook Kidron,

and all of the people were crossing over on the road to the wilderness.

24 (Nu 4:15; 2Sa 8:17) And also Zadok and all of the Levites with him

were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set down the ark of God,

and Abiathar came up until all of the people had finished

passing from the city.

25 (Ex 15:13; Jer 25:30) The king said to Zadok, "Take the ark of God back

to the city. If I have found favor in the eyes of the Lord, He will bring me

back and allow me to see both it and its resting place.

26 (1Sa 3:18; 2Sa 22:20) But if He should say now, 'I take no delight in you,'

here I am. May He do to me what seems good to Him."

27 (1Sa 9:9; 2Sa 17:17) The king also said to Zadok the priest,

"Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace with your two sons,

your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

28 (2Sa 17:16; 15:23) I will wait at the fords of the wilderness

until word from you comes to inform me."

29 So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem,

and they remained there.

30 (Est 6:12; 2Sa 19:4) David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives,

weeping as he went. His head was covered and he went barefoot.

Then all of the people who were with him each covered his head

and went up, weeping as they went.

31 (2Sa 16:23; 17:14) Now it was reported to David that Ahithophel

was conspiring with Absalom, and David said,

"O Lord, make the advice of Ahithophel folly."

32 (Jos 16:2; 2Sa 1:2) When David came to the summit where he would

worship God, Hushai the Arkite approached him with his coat torn

and dirt on his head.

33 (2Sa 19:35) David said to him, "If you pass on with me, you will be

a burden to me.

34 But if you return to the city, you may say to Absalom,

'I am your servant, O king, as I was a servant of your father.

As I was then, so now I am your servant,' so as to counter the advice

of Ahithophel.

35 (2Sa 17:15-16) Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be with you there?

You shall report everything that you hear from the king's house to Zadok

and Abiathar the priests.

36 (2Sa 17:17; 15:27) Their two sons Ahimaaz the son of Zadok and Jonathan

the son of Abiathar will be there with them. You shall send word of everything

that you hear to me by their hand."

37 (2Sa 16:15-16; 1Ch 27:33) So Hushai, the friend of David,

came to the city as Absalom entered Jerusalem.



2 Samuel 15

[1] And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and

horses, and fifty men to run before him.

[2] And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it

was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for

judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And

he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

[3] And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but

there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

[4] Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every

man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him

justice!

[5] And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance,

he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

[6] And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for

judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

[7] And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king,

I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in

Hebron.

[8] For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If

the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the

LORD.

[9] And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to

Hebron.

[10] But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As

soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom

reigneth in Hebron.

[11] And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were

called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.

[12] And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counseller, from

his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy

was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

[13] And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of

Israel are after Absalom.

[14] And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem,

Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make

speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and

smite the city with the edge of the sword.

[15] And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are

ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.

[16] And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king

left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

[17] And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a

place that was far off.

[18] And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and

all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after

him from Gath, passed on before the king.

[19] Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with

us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger,

and also an exile.

[20] Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up

and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy

brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.

[21] And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my

lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be,

whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.

[22] And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed

over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.

[23] And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed

over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people

passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

[24] And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark

of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went

up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

[25] And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city:

if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and

shew me both it, and his habitation:

[26] But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let

him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

[27] The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return

into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and

Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

[28] See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word

from you to certify me.

[29] Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem:

and they tarried there.

[30] And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went

up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that

was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they

went up.

[31] And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with

Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel

into foolishness.

[32] And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount,

where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with

his coat rent, and earth upon his head:

[33] Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a

burden unto me:

[34] But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy

servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now

also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of

Ahithophel.

[35] And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests?

therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the

king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

[36] Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son,

and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing

that ye can hear.

[37] So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into

Jerusalem.



2 Samuel 16

David and Ziba

1 (1Sa 25:18; 2Sa 15:32) When David had passed a little beyond the summit,

Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of saddled donkeys

carrying two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins,

one hundred summer fruits, and one skin of wine.

2 (2Sa 17:29; Jdg 10:4) The king said to Ziba, "Why do you have these things?"

Ziba replied, "The donkeys are for the household of the king to ride.

The bread and the summer fruit are for the servants to eat.

The wine is for those who become weary in the wilderness to drink."

3 (2Sa 9:9-10) The king said, "And where is your master's son?"

Ziba said to the king, "He is staying in Jerusalem, for he said,

'Today they will return to me the house of Israel and my father's kingdom.'"

4 Then David said to Ziba, "Everything that belonged to Mephibosheth

is now yours."

Ziba replied, "I bow before you. May I find favor in your sight,

my lord the king."



Shimei Curses David



5 (2Sa 3:16; Ex 22:28) When King David came to Bahurim, a man of the family

of the house of Saul came out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, a

nd he came out continuously cursing.

6 He threw stones at David and all of the servants of King David, as well as

all of the people and all of the warriors who were at his right and left.

7 (2Sa 12:9) Shimei said when he cursed: "Come out! Come out!

You bloodthirsty man, you scoundrel!

8 (2Sa 1:16; Jdg 9:24) The Lord has returned upon you all the blood

of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned. And the Lord

has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom.

You are taken in your own evil, because you are a man of blood."

9 (Ex 22:28; 2Sa 9:8) Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king,

"How can this dead dog curse my lord the king!

Let me go over and remove his head."

10 (2Sa 19:22; Ro 9:20) The king responded, "What do you have against me,

sons of Zeruiah? Suppose that he curses because the Lord has said to him,

'Curse David.' Who shall then say, 'Why do you do so?' "

11 David then said to Abishai and to all of his servants, "My son who came

from my own body seeks my life, and now also this Benjamite. Leave him alone

and let him curse if the Lord has so instructed him.

12 (Dt 23:5; Ro 8:28) Perhaps today the Lord will look upon my guilt

and return kindness instead of his cursing."

13 So David and his men continued on the road, and Shimei went along

on the hillside beside them, cursing, throwing stones, and flinging dust

at them as he went.

14 The king and all of the people who were with him arrived at their

destination exhausted, but he refreshed himself there.



The Advice of Ahithophel and Hushai



15(2Sa 15:37) Now Absalom and all of the Israelite people entered Jerusalem,

and Ahithophel was with him.

16 (Sa 10:24; 2Ki 11:12) When Hushai the Arkite, the friend of David,

came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king!

Long live the king!"

17 (2Sa 19:25) Then Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this the extent of your

commitment to your friend? Why have you not gone with your friend?"

18 Hushai said to Absalom, "No! For whom the Lord, this people, and all men

of Israel have chosen, his I will be and with him I will remain.

19 (2Sa 15:34) Furthermore, whom shall I serve? Should it not be his son?

As I served your father, so shall I be with you."

20 Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What shall we do?"

21 (2Sa 15:16; 20:3) Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Lie with your father's

concubines, whom he left to watch over the palace. When all Israel hears

that you have made yourself abhorred by your father, then the hands

of all who are with you will be strong."

22 (2Sa 12:11-12; 15:16) So they set up a tent for Absalom on the roof,

and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all of Israel.

23 (2Sa 15:12; 17:14) In those days, the advice that Ahithophel gave was as

when one inquired a word from God. Such was all of the advice of Ahithophel,

whether that which he gave to David or to Absalom.



2 Samuel 16

[1] And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the

servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon

them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an

hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

[2] And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said,

The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer

fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the

wilderness may drink.

[3] And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the

king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house

of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

[4] Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto

Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in

thy sight, my lord, O king.

[5] And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of

the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he

came forth, and cursed still as he came.

[6] And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and

all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his

left.

[7] And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody

man, and thou man of Belial:

[8] The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in

whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into

the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief,

because thou art a bloody man.

[9] Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead

dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his

head.

[10] And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so

let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall

then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

[11] And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son,

which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this

Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden

him.

[12] It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD

will requite me good for his cursing this day.

[13] And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the

hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at

him, and cast dust.

[14] And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and

refreshed themselves there.

[15] And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem,

and Ahithophel with him.

[16] And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come

unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the

king.

[17] And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why

wentest thou not with thy friend?

[18] And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people,

and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

[19] And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of

his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy

presence.

[20] Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall

do.

[21] And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines,

which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou

art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee

be strong.

[22] So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom

went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

[23] And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was

as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of

Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.



2 Samuel 17

1 Ahithophel also said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men

so that I may arise and pursue David tonight.

2 (2Sa 16:14; 1Ki 22:31) I will overtake him while he is weary

and weak and strike him with terror; all of the people who are with him

will flee. Then I will strike only the king, 3and I will return all

of the people to you. When all return except the man whom you are seeking,

all of the people will be at peace."

4 The advice pleased Absalom and all of the elders of Israel.

5 So Absalom said, "Summon Hushai the Arkite so that we may hear

what he has to say as well."

6 When Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "This is what Ahithophel

had advised. Should we do this thing? If not, you should tell us."

7 Hushai said to Absalom, "At this time, the advice

that Ahithophel has given is not good."

8 (Hos 13:8; 1Sa 16:18) Moreover, Hushai said, "You know that your father

and his men are warriors, and they have been provoked like a bear robbed

of her cubs. Your father is a veteran of warfare. He will not spend the night

with the people.

9 Even now, he has hidden himself in a ravine or some other place,

and when one of them falls in the first attack, whoever hears will say,

'It was a defeat for the people who follow Absalom.-

10 (Jos 2:9-11) Then even the valiant one, whose heart is like that of a lion,

will completely despair, for all of Israel knows

that your father is a warrior, and those who are with him are brave.

11 (Ge 22:17; Jos 11:4) "Therefore my advice is for all of Israel,

from Dan to Beersheba, to be completely gathered to you like

the multitude of the sand along the shoreline and for you to go to battle

in person.

12 We will come upon him in one of the places where he may be found,

and we will fall upon him like the dew upon the ground. Neither he nor

any of the men who are with him will remain, not a single one.

13 If he withdraws into a city, then all of Israel will bring ropes

to that city. We will raze it until it is a valley, until there cannot

be found there even a pebble."

14 (2Sa 15:34; 15:31) Then Absalom and all of the men of Israel said,

"The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than the advice of Ahithophel."

For the Lord had decided to undermine the prudent advice of Ahithophel,

so that the Lord might bring calamity to Absalom.



2 Samuel 17

[1] Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve

thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

[2] And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will

make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will

smite the king only:

[3] And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou

seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

[4] And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

[5] Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear

likewise what he saith.

[6] And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying,

Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if

not; speak thou.

[7] And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is

not good at this time.

[8] For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be

mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her

whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with

the people.

[9] Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will

come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever

heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow

Absalom.

[10] And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion,

shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man,

and they which be with him are valiant men.

[11] Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee,

from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude;

and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

[12] So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we

will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all

the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

[13] Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring

ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not

one small stone found there.

[14] And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the

Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed

to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might

bring evil upon Absalom.



2) Our Daily Bread for 26 April 2022

https://odb.org/CA/2022/04/26/age-is-just-a-number

entitled Age Is Just a Number



1 Timothy 4:6-13



A Good Minister of Christ Jesus



6 (1Ti 1:10) If you remind the brothers of these things, you will be a good

minister of Jesus Christ, nourished by the words of faith and of good

doctrine, which you have followed closely.

7 (1Ti 1:4; 2Ti 2:16; Heb 5:14) But refuse profane and foolish myths.

Instead, exercise in the ways of godliness.

8 (Mt 6:33; 1Ti 6:6) For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness

is profitable in all things, holding promise for the present life

and also for the life to come.

9 (1Ti 1:15) This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance.

10 (1Ti 2:4; 3:15) For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach,

because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men,

especially of those who believe.

11 (1Ti 6:2; 5:7) Command and teach these things.

12 (2Ti 2:22; Titus 2:7) Let no one despise your youth, but be an example

to the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith,

and in purity.

13 Until I come, give attention to reading, exhortation, and doctrine.



[6] If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a

good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of

good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

[7] But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather

unto godliness.

[8] For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto

all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to

come.

[9] This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

[10] For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in

the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that

believe.

[11] These things command and teach.

[12] Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers,

in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

[13] Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.



Youthfulness shouldn't stop anyone from achievement. It certainly didn't stop

eleven-year-old Mikaila. Instead of putting up a lemonade stand, Mikaila

opened a lemonade business. Me & the Bees Lemonade started with

her grandmother's recipe and eventually earned a $60 000 investment

from investors on the television show Shark Tank. She also signed a contract

with a major grocer to sell her lemonade at fifty-five of the chain's stores.



Mikaila's drive and dreams point us back to Paul's words to Timothy:

“Let no one despise your youth” (1 Timothy 4:12).



Timothy, though not a child like Mikaila, was likely considerably younger

than most in his congregation. After interning with the apostle Paul,

some thought that Timothy wasn't mature enough to lead them. Instead

of telling him to prove himself by showing his credentials, Paul

encouraged Timothy to demonstrate spiritual maturity by the way

he used his words, lived his life, loved his parishioners, exercised

his faith, and remained sexually pure (v. 12). No one could discredit

him as a teacher and pastor if he backed it up with a godly example.



Regardless of our age, we can impact the world. We do it by setting a

Christ-centered example for others as God provides what we need.

May He shape our lives with the gospel, so whether we're seventeen or seventy,

we'll be worthy to share it with others.



By: Marvin Williams



Reflect & Pray



How has God been helping you grow in spiritual maturity

and effectiveness for Him? Why is age not the most important factor?



Father, help me to model what it means to be devoted

to Jesus in the way I speak, exercise my faith, and love others.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 3 - The Promise of Completion



Philippians 1:6



6 (1Co 1:8; Jn 6:29) I am confident of this very thing,

that He who began a good work in you will perfect it

until the day of Jesus Christ.



6 being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun

a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:



"Elizabeth is a good student", the note on the side of the report card read,

"but she doesn't finish what she starts. She has a lot of good ideas, but

rarely brings then to completion."

Many of us are like Elizabeth. We start into a new venture with high hopes

and great motivation. Bit somewhere along the way, we become discouraged.

Someone tells us that our ideas are stupid, or that we are not capable of

doing what we dream. We get a particularly difficult hurdle and give up.

Sometimes we fell the Christian like is like that, too. We start well, and

believe that in Christ we can accomplish anything. But then our prayers

become rote, our Bible reading ritual. We can't seem to regain that sense

of God's presence; we have, we conclude, "Lost our first love." (Rev 2)

But God has a different perspective. He began the work of salvation in us;

he leads and guides us in his will, and he will complete what he has begun.

Often we fail to see God's grace in the ongoing process of walking with him

because his agenda is different from ours. We know what we want to see

happen in our lives; God knows what needs to happen.

"When I fist came into a relationship with Christ," one woman explained,

"I knew I had a lot of changing to do. But, strangely enough, the things God

changed weren't on my list at all!"

When God begins his work in our lives, he has a plan for our maturity.

He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. And what God

has begun, he will finish.



Application



a) Have I ever tried to "decide" for God what problems in my life

needed dealing with?



b) Has God ever pointed out issues that were a surprise to me?



c) How can today's verse help me relax in God's will and

have confidence in the direction of my life?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Luke 7:23



23 (Isa 8:14-15) "And Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me."



23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



God's Guiding Presence



Matthew 28:16-20



The Commissioning of the Disciples



Mk 16:14-18; Lk 24:36-49; Jn 20:19-23; Ac 1:6-8



16 (Mt 28:7; 26:32)Then the eleven disciples went away to Galilee,

to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

17 (Mt 28:9) When they saw Him, they worshipped Him. But some doubted.

18 (Mt 11:27; Ro 14:9) Then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,

"All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

19 (Mk 16:15-16; Ac 1:8) Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit,

20 (Mt 18:20; Ac 2:42) teaching them to observe all things

I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always,

even to the end of the age." Amen.



16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee,

into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,

All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name

of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:

and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.



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 2022 edition?)



Manitoba



Quick facts on Muslims in Manitoba



Manitoba 2015 population 1 282 000



est Muslim Population 21 349



CNMM Networks: Winnipeg



The Muslim population of Manitoba, understandably centred in Winnipeg, is very

diverse and represents some 48 different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Conservative estimates put their number at 21000 , with some suggesting

it might be twice that size.

Some outreach among Muslims has started, yet in comparison to the size

of this community, there is the need and opportunity for far more engagement.

Continued influx of new immigrants and refugees continues to see the growth

of this Muslim centre in Manitoba.

We rejoice in the Arabic fellowship meeting there and the energetic workers

among Muslims in Winnipeg.



Let us intercede in unity for:



- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population

- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim

communities around them, as well as training new workers

- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim

background believers and for effectiveness in outreach

- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground

in the face of opposition to her new faith.

- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged

with great support



Adding further



https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/persecution-leaves-uyghurs-desperate-for-hope/



Persecution Leaves Uyghurs Desperate for Hope



Mihrigül, a young Uyghur woman and follower of Jesus living in China,

received an unexpected call to report to the local police station.

Her roommate and close friend, a Han Chinese missionary,

accompanied her to the station.



But Mihrigül never came home. Instead, she was sent away against her

will like many thousands of other Uyghurs. China's government says they

are going to "vocational training centers," but these centers are actually

vast political indoctrination camps where Muslims are "de-radicalised"

while laboring for long hours on goods sold for export to North America

and elsewhere.



Traumatised by the ordeal, the Han missionary abandoned her mission

and left the field.



China's western region of Xinjiang is home to 13 million Uyghurs,

most of whom identify as Muslims. Mihrigül is a Christian, but China's mass

campaign of imprisonment doesn't register such details. Its sole object is

to weaken the hold of traditional culture and turn people's loyalty from God

to the state.



More than one million people have been imprisoned, representing the largest

arbitrary detention of religious and ethnic minorities

since the Jewish Holocaust during World War II.



Uyghurs and other Muslim Turkic minorities in the region are reeling,

while much of the outside world remains ignorant of their suffering.



Some are coping with the cultural upheaval and the constant fear

of falling afoul of the authorities and enduring forced separation

from family by secularizing. Most suffer in silence,

ignorant of the Deliverer, the source of comfort, hope, and peace.



Pray that the governments of the world will hold the Chinese accountable

for their imprisonment of innocent Uyghurs.



Ask God to bring good from the Uyghurs’ affliction (Gen. 50:20).



20 (Ro 8:28) But as for you, you intended to harm me,

but God intended it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day,

to save many lives.



[20] But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good,

to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.



Pray for Han Chinese believers to seek opportunities to reach Uyghurs

who have “graduated” from the prison programs and now labour in Chinese factories.



Ask God to cause the Uyghur church to flourish (Psalm 50:15).



15 and call on Me in the day of trouble;

I will deliver you, and you will glorify Me."



[15] And call upon me in the day of trouble:

I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.





And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



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



Day 26 of the Month



a) Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary

work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ (Matt 5:16



16 Let your light so shine before men that they may

see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.



16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your

good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.



)



b) Pray for the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut



I) Pray for the leaders of Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut,

that God's Spirit would influence then 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



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Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and ask Him to help you honour your family.



Pray to the Lord: "Father, help me to model what it means to be devoted

to Jesus in the way I speak, exercise my faith, and love others."



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for He will complete his good work in you.



Pray to the Lord and pray not to be an offence.



Pray to the Lord and pray to Make more disciples for Jesus.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population

- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim

communities around them, as well as training new workers

- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim

background believers and for effectiveness in outreach

- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground

in the face of opposition to her new faith.

- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged

with great support



Pray that Muslims' hearts will be hungry for God

during the fast of Ramadan.



Pray that the governments of the world will hold the Chinese accountable

for their imprisonment of innocent Uyghurs.



Ask God to bring good from the Uyghurs’ affliction (Gen. 50:20).



Pray for Han Chinese believers to seek opportunities to reach Uyghurs

who have “graduated” from the prison programs and now labour in Chinese factories.



Ask God to cause the Uyghur church to flourish (Psalm 50:15).



Pray continually for Sikhs to find Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.



Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary

work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ



Pray for Pastor Victor in Afrin, Syria who is faithfully sharing the

message of Christ amid great turmoil.