Day 224 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 12 August 2022 reflections
Day 224, 12 August 2022
1) Jeremiah 51:15-58
2 Chronicles 36:10
2 Kings 24:10-17
1 Chronicles 3:10-16
2 Chronicles 36:11-14
Jeremiah 52:1-3
2 Kings 24:18-20
Jeremiah 37:1-10
Jeremiah 51:15-58
15 (Job 9:8; Jer 10:12-16) He has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom,
and has stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
16 (Ps 135:7; 18:13; Jnh 1:4) When He utters His voice,
there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,
and He causes the clouds to ascend from the remote parts of the earth;
He makes lightning with rain,
and brings out the wind from His storehouses.
17 (Jer 10:14; Hab 2:18-19) Every man is ignorant by His knowledge;
every founder is humiliated by the graven image,
for his molded image is falsehood,
and there is no breath in them.
18 They are vanity, the work of errors;
in the time of their punishment they will perish.
19 (Jer 10:16; Ps 73:26) The portion of Jacob is not like them,
for He is the former of all things,
and Israel is the rod of His inheritance.
The Lord of Hosts is His name.
20 (Isa 10:5; 41:15-16) He says: You are My battle-ax
and weapon of war:
for with you I will break in pieces the nations,
and with you I will destroy kingdoms;
21 (Ex 15:1) and with you I will break in pieces the horse and his rider;
and with you I will break in pieces the chariot and his rider.
22 (2Ch 36:17; Isa 13:18) With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;
and with you I will break in pieces old and young;
and with you I will break in pieces the young man and the young woman.
23 I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock;
and with you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
and with you I will break in pieces captains and rulers.
24 (Jer 50:15) I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea
all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the Lord.
25 (Rev 8:8; Zec 4:7; Isa 13:2) I am against you, O destroying mountain,
says the Lord,
who destroys all the earth.
And I will stretch out My hand against you,
and roll you down from the rocks,
and will make you a burned mountain.
26 (Isa 13:19-22; Jer 50:12-13) They will not take of you
a stone for a corner,
or a stone for foundations,
but you will be desolate forever,
says the Lord.
27 (Ge 8:4; 10:3) Set up a standard in the land,
blow the trumpet among the nations,
prepare the nations against her,
call together against her the kingdoms
of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;
appoint a captain against her.
Cause the horses to come up as the rough locusts.
28 (Jer 51:11) Prepare against her the nations,
the kings of the Medes,
the captains, and all the rulers,
and every land of their dominion.
29 (Jer 8:16; 51:43) So the land trembles and sorrows,
for the purposes of the Lord will be performed against Babylon,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation
without an inhabitant.
30 (Na 3:13; La 2:9; Isa 13:7-8) The mighty men of Babylon
have ceased fighting;
they have remained in their strongholds.
Their might has failed;
they became as women.
They have burned her dwelling places;
the bars of her gates are broken.
31 (2Sa 18:19-31; 2Ch 30:6) One courier will run to meet another,
and one messenger to meet another,
to show the king of Babylon
that his city has been captured from end to end,
32 and the passages have been seized,
and they have burned the reeds with fire,
and the men of war are terrified.
33 (Isa 21:10; Hos 6:11) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor,
it is time to thresh her;
yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come.
34 (Jer 50:17; 51:44) "Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
has devoured me and crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel.
He has swallowed me up like a dragon;
he has filled his belly with my delicacies,
he has cast me out.
35 May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,"
the inhabitant of Zion will say;
and, "May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,"
Jerusalem will say.
36 (Jer 50:38; Ps 140:12) Therefore thus says the Lord:
I will plead your cause,
and take vengeance for you.
And I will dry up her sea,
and make her springs dry.
37 (Rev 18:2; Jer 18:16) Babylon will become heaps,
a dwelling place for jackals,
an astonishment, and a hissing,
without an inhabitant.
38 (Jer 2:15) They will roar together like young lions;
they will growl as lions' whelps.
39 (Jer 51:57; 25:27) When they become heated up,
I will make their feasts,
and I will make them drunk,
that they may rejoice,
and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake,
says the Lord.
40 (Jer 50:27) I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams with male goats.
41 (Jer 25:26; Isa 13:19) How Sheshak has been captured!
And how the praise of the whole earth has been seized!
How Babylon has become an astonishment
among the nations!
42 (Isa 8:7-8; Da 9:26) The sea has come up over Babylon;
she has been covered with the multitude of the waves.
43 (Isa 13:20; Jer 2:6) Her cities have become a desolation,
a dry land and a wilderness,
a land in which no man dwells,
through which no son of man passes.
44 (Jer 51:34; 51:58) I will punish Bel in Babylon,
and I will bring forth from his mouth what he has swallowed up;
and the nations will not flow together any more to him.
Indeed, the wall of Babylon will fall.
45 (Jer 51:6; Isa 48:20) My people, go out of her midst,
and deliver every man his soul
from the fierce anger of the Lord,
46 (2Ki 19:7; Isa 13:3-5) lest your heart grows faint, and you are afraid
for the report that will be heard in the land-
for the report will come one year, and after that in another year will come
another report,
and violence will be in the land,
ruler against ruler-
47 (Jer 50:2; Isa 46:1-2) therefore the days are coming
when I will punish the graven images of Babylon;
and her whole land will be humiliated,
and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 (Isa 44:23; Rev 18:20) Then the heaven and the earth,
and all that is in it,
shall sing for joy over Babylon;
for the destroyers will come to her
from the north,
says the Lord.
49 (Jer 50:29; 51:24) As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,
so at Babylon the slain of all the earth will fall.
50 (Jer 44:28; Dt 4:29-31) You who have escaped the sword,
go away, do not stand still.
Remember the Lord afar off,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51 (La 1:10; Ps 44:13-16) We are humiliated
because we have heard reproach.
Shame has covered our faces,
for strangers have come into
the holy places of the house of the Lord.
52 (Jer 51:47; 50:38) Therefore, surely the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will punish her graven images,
and the mortally wounded shall groan
through all her land.
53 (Jer 49:16; Ge 11:4) Though Babylon should mount up to heaven,
and though she should fortify the height of her strength,
yet from Me will destroyers come to her,
says the Lord.
54 (Jer 50:22; 48:3-5) A sound of an outcry comes from Babylon,
and great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans,
55 because the Lord has devastated Babylon,
and destroyed the great voice out of her.
When her waves roar like great waters,
a noise of their voice is uttered.
56 (Ps 46:9; 94:1-2) Because the destroyer is coming against her,
even upon Babylon, and her mighty men will be captured,
every one of their bows are broken.
For the Lord is a God of recompense;
He will completely repay.
57 (Jer 46:18; 25:27) I will make her officials drunk, and her wise men,
her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men;
and they will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake,
says the King whose name is the Lord of Hosts.
58 (Jer 51:64; Hab 2:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
The broad wall of Babylon will be utterly broken,
and her high gates will be burned with fire;
and the peoples will labor in vain,
and the nations become exhausted only for fire.
[15] He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by
his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
[16] When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the
heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he
maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his
treasures.
[17] Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by
the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath
in them.
[18] They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation
they shall perish.
[19] The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all
things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his
name.
[20] Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break
in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
[21] And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with
thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
[22] With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will
I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the
young man and the maid;
[23] I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and
with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and
with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
[24] And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea
all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
[25] Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which
destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and
roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
[26] And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for
foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
[27] Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations,
prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of
Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the
horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
[28] Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the
captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his
dominion.
[29] And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD
shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation
without an inhabitant.
[30] The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in
their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have
burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
[31] One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another,
to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
[32] And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with
fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
[33] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of
Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little
while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
[34] Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed
me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon,
he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
[35] The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the
inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall
Jerusalem say.
[36] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take
vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
[37] And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an
astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
[38] They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lion's whelps.
[39] In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken,
that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the
LORD.
[40] I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he
goats.
[41] How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth
surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
[42] The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of
the waves thereof.
[43] Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land
wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
[44] And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his
mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow
together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
[45] My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his
soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
[46] And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be
heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in
another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against
ruler.
[47] Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the
graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all
her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
[48] Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for
Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the
LORD.
[49] As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall
fall the slain of all the earth.
[50] Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the
LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
[51] We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered
our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house.
[52] Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do
judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall
groan.
[53] Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify
the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith
the LORD.
[54] A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the
land of the Chaldeans:
[55] Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the
great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their
voice is uttered:
[56] Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty
men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of
recompences shall surely requite.
[57] And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and
her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and
not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
[58] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be
utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the
people
shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
2 Chronicles 36:10
Jehoiachin, King of Judah
2Ki 24:8-17
10 (Jer 37:1; 2Ch 36:7) In the spring of that year King Nebuchadnezzar sent
for him and brought him to Babylon with the precious items
from the house of the Lord. Then Zedekiah his brother was king over Judah
and Jerusalem.
[10] And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought
him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made
Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Kings 24:10-17
Jehoiachin, King of Judah
10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against
Jerusalem, and the city was under siege.
11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to the city while his servants were
besieging it,
12 (Jer 24:1; 52:28) and Jehoiachin king of Judah went out
to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his princes,
and his eunuchs. The king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
The Captivity of Jerusalem
13 (2Ki 20:17; Isa 39:6) He brought out from there all the treasures
of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house, and cut
in pieces all the implements of gold in the temple of the Lord,
which Solomon king of Israel had made, just as the Lord had spoken.
14 (2Ki 25:12; Jer 52:28) He exiled all Jerusalem, all the princes,
and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen
and smiths. No one remained, except the poorest people of the land.
15 (2Ch 36:10; Est 2:6) He exiled Jehoiachin in Babylon. The king's mother,
the king's wives, his eunuchs, and the elite of the land he took into exile
from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16 (Jer 52:28) All the fighting men, 7000, the craftsmen and smiths, 1000,
all those strong and fit for war the king of Babylon brought them into exile
in Babylon.
17 (Jer 37:1; 2Ki 23:34) The king of Babylon made Mattaniah,
the uncle of Jehoiachin, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
[10] At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up
against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
[11] And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his
servants did besiege it.
[12] And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he,
and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the
king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
[13] And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD,
and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of
gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the
LORD had said.
[14] And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the
mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and
smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
[15] And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and
the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those
carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
[16] And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths
a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of
Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
[17] And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in
his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
1 Chronicles 3:10-16
The Kings of Judah
10 (1Ki 11:43; 14:31-15:1) Solomon's son was Rehoboam;
Abijah was his son,
Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
11( 2Ki 8:24; 11:21) Joram [Jehoram in 2Ki 1:17; 8:16]. his son,
Ahaziah his son,
Joash his son,
12 (2Ki 14:1; 14:21) Amaziah his son,
Azariah his son,
Jotham his son,
13 (2Ki 16:1; 18:1) Ahaz his son,
Hezekiah his son,
Manasseh his son,
14 (2Ki 23:30; 21:19)Amon his son,
and Josiah his son.
15 The sons of Josiah were
the firstborn Johanan,
the second Jehoiakim,
the third Zedekiah,
and the fourth Shallum.
16 (2Ki 24:6; Mt 1:11) The sons of Jehoiakim were
Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.
[10] And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat
his son,
[11] Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
[12] Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
[13] Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
[14] Amon his son, Josiah his son.
[15] And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second
Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
[16] And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
2 Chronicles 36:11-14
Zedekiah, King of Judah
2Ki 24:18-20; Jer 52:1-3
11 (2Ki 24:18-20) Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to reign,
and he was king in Jerusalem for eleven years.
12 (2Ch 33:23; Jer 37:2-21) He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord
his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke
from the Lord.
13 (2Ch 30:8) He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him
swear by an oath by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart
against turning to the Lord God of Israel.
14 Even the officials over the priests and the people increased in their
unfaithfulness in all the detestable practices of the nations,
and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
[11] Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
[12] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and
humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of
the LORD.
[13] And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him
swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning
unto the LORD God of Israel.
[14] Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed
very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house
of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 52:1-3
Jeremiah 52
The Fall of Jerusalem Reviewed
2Ki 24:18-20; 25:1-21; 2Ch 36:11-20; Jer 39:1-10
1 (2Ki 24:18; Jos 10:29) Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 (1Ki 14:22) He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all
that Jehoiakim had done.
3 (2Ch 36:13; Isa 3:4-5) Through the anger of the Lord this came to pass in
Jerusalem and Judah until He had cast them out from His presence.
Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 52
[1] Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[2] And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all
that Jehoiakim had done.
[3] For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and
Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled
against the king of Babylon.
2 Kings 24:18-20
Zedekiah, King of Judah
2Ch 36:11-16; Jer 52:1-3
18 (2Ki 23:31; Jer 52:1-11) Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king.
He reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19 (2Ki 23:37) He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that
Jehoiakim had done.
20 (2Ch 36:13) Because of the anger of the Lord this happened
in Jerusalem and Judah until He threw them out from His presence.
But Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
[18] Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[19] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that Jehoiakim had done.
[20] For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and
Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled
against the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 37:1-10
Jeremiah 37
Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah
1 (2Ki 24:17; Jer 22:24) And King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned
instead of Koniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
made king in the land of Judah.
2 (Ki 24:19-20; 2Ch 36:12-16) But neither he nor his servants nor the people
of the land listened to the words of the Lord, which He spoke through
the prophet Jeremiah.
3 (Jer 21:1-2; 1Ki 13:6; Jer 29:25) But Zedekiah the king sent Jehukal
the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah,
the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
"Please pray to the Lord our God for us."
4 (Jer 37:15; 32:2-3) Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going
out among the people, for they had not yet put him into prison.
5 (Eze 17:15; 2Ki 24:7) At that time Pharaoh's army had come out of Egypt,
and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report
of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
6 Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying:
7 (La 4:17; 2Ki 22:18) Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Thus you shall
say to the king of Judah who sent you to Me to inquire of Me:
Pharaoh's army which has come out to help you shall return to Egypt,
to its own land.
8 (Jer 38:23; 39:2-8) The Chaldeans will come again and fight against
this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
9 (Ob 1:3; Mt 24:4-5) Thus says the Lord: Do not deceive yourselves,
saying, "The Chaldeans will surely depart from us," for they will not depart.
10 (Lev 26:36-38; Isa 30:17) For though you had struck the whole army
of the Chaldeans who fight against you and there remained
but wounded men among them, yet every man would rise up in his tent
and burn this city with fire.
[1] And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of
Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of
Judah.
[2] But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did
hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
[3] And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah
the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now
unto the LORD our God for us.
[4] Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not
put him into prison.
[5] Then Pharoah's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans
that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from
Jerusalem.
[6] Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
[7] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of
Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which
is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
[8] And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and
take it, and burn it with fire.
[9] Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall
surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
[10] For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight
against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they
rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 August 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/12/drawn-by-disaster
Entitled "Drawn by Disaster"
Joel 1:1-7,19-20
Joel 1
1 (Jer 1:2; Ac 2:16) The word of the Lord, which came to Joel, son of Pethuel.
A Land Laid Waste
2 (Hos 5:1; Joel 2:2) Hear this, elders,
and give ear, all inhabitants of the land!
Has anything like this happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell it to your children,
and let your children tell their children,
and let their children tell another generation.
4 (Joel 2:25; Am 4:9; Ex 10:4) What the fledging locust left,
the adult locust has eaten;
what the adult locust left,
the larval locust has eaten;
what the larval locust left,
the hopper locust has eaten.
5 Awaken, drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all wine-drinkers,
because the sweet wine
has been cut off from your lips.
6 (Joel 2:25) For a nation powerful and innumerable
has invaded my land;
its teeth are like the teeth of a lion,
like the fangs of a lioness.
7 (Isa 5:6; Joel 1:12) It has despoiled my vine,
and splintered my fig tree;
it has stripped off its bark
and cast it away,
leaving its branches white.
19 (Ps 50:15; Jer 9:10) To You, O Lord, I call,
because fire has devoured the wild pastures,
and flame has burned all the trees of the field.
20 (Ps 104:21; 1Ki 17:7) Even the beasts of the field long for You,
because the streams of water have dried up,
and fire has devoured the wild pastures.
[1] The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
[2] Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.
Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
[3] Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children,
and their children another generation.
[4] That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that
which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the
cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
[5] Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,
because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
[6] For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose
teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
[7] He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it
clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
[19] O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of
the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
[20] The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters
are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
In 1717, a devastating storm raged for days, leading to widespread flooding
in northern Europe. Thousands of people lost their lives in the Netherlands,
Germany, and Denmark. History reveals an interesting and customary-for that
time-response by at least one local government. The provincial authorities
of the Dutch city of Groningen called for a "prayer day" in response to
the disaster. A historian reports that the citizens gathered in churches
and "listened to sermons, sang psalms, and prayed for hours."
The prophet Joel describes an overwhelming disaster faced by the people of
Judah that also led to prayer. A massive swarm of locusts had covered the
land and "laid waste [its] vines and ruined [its] fig trees" (Joel 1:7). As
he and his people reeled from the devastation, Joel prayed, "Lord, help
us!" (1:19 nlt). Directly and indirectly, both the people of northern Europe
and Judah experienced disasters that originated with the effects of sin
and this fallen world (Genesis 3:17-19; Romans 8:20-22). But they also found
that these times led them to call out to God and seek Him in prayer
(Joel 1:19). And God said, "Even now . . . return to me with all your heart" (2:12).
When we face difficulties and disaster, may we turn to God-perhaps in anguish,
perhaps in repentance. "Compassionate" and "abounding in love" (v. 13),
He draws us to Himself-providing the comfort and help we need.
By: Tom Felten
Reflect & Pray
Why do people often turn to God when they face disaster?
How can He use difficult times to draw us to Himself?
Heavenly Father, in the face of difficulty,
help me to call out to You and find the hope You alone can provide.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 6 Humility and Exaltation
1 Peter 5:6-7
6 (Jas 4:10; Mt 23:12) Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God,
that He may exalt you in due time.
7 (Ps 55:22; 37:5) Cast all your care upon Him, because He cares for you.
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,
that he may exalt you in due time:
7 casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
"I was so humble I was given an award for humility," the pastor quipped.
"They gave me a humility plaque - but they had to take it back when I hung it
on my office wall."
Humility is rare among 20th Century Christians. Our pride takes two
seemingly contradictory forms: Self-exaltation and self-denial. But both
focus on self, not on God.
Francois Fenelon, 17th century French archbishop, From his
"Letters of Spiritual Counsel" wrote:
"He who so completely forget himself that he never thinks of self ... is
truly humble. If we had the light to discern it, we should see clearly that
when we think we are humbling ourselves we are exalting ourselves;
when we think we are annihilating ourselves we are seeking out own life."
True humility, as Fenelon implies, means recognising who we are in the light
of who God is. Excess of self-importance and low self-esteem are both
self-centered perspectives; true humility is God-centered.
When we humble ourselves, we become intensely aware of God and less
aware of ourselves. We can focus on his face and get our eyes off our own
image. We can stop worrying about how others perceive us. Such humbling
is difficult - as one 70-year-old saint joked, "It ain't the heat that gets
you, it's the humility." But when we submit to him and fell the weight of the
"Mighty hand of God" upon us, we can forget ourselves, abandon
ourselves to his presence, and cast our cares upon him.
Application
a) What form does my pride usually take - self-exaltation or self-degradation?
b) Why must I humble myself in order for the Lord to lift me up?
c) How can today's verse encourage me when times are tough?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gen 13:2,5-6,14-17
2 (Ge 24:35; Ps 112:1-3) Abram was very wealthy in livestock,
in silver and in gold.
5 Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
6 (Ge 36:6-7) But the land was not able to support them
both dwelling together because their possessions were so great.
14 (Ge 28:14; Dt 3:27) After Lot had departed from him,
the Lord said to Abram,
"Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are,
northward and southward and eastward and westward.
15 (Ge 12:7; 2Ch 20:7) All the land that you see I will give to you
and to your descendants forever.
16 (Ge 28:14; Nu 23:10) I will make your descendants like the dust
of the earth, so that if a man could number the dust of the earth,
then your descendants could also be numbered.
17 Arise, and walk throughout the land across its length
and its width, for I will give it to you."
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together:
for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward,
and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15 for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it,
and to thy seed for ever.
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man
can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it;
for I will give it unto thee.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Generous Provision
Ps 145:13b-21
13 Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways
and loving in all His works.
18 The Lord is near to all those who call upon Him,
to all who call upon Him in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and will save them.
20 The Lord preserves all those who love Him,
but all the wicked He will destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,
and let all people bless His holy name
forever and ever.
13 And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;
And thou givest them their meat in due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand,
And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways,
And holy in all his works.
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
To all that call upon him in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him:
He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him:
But all the wicked will he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD:
And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
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, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:
But a just weight is his delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray a prayer of Intercession for your nation.
Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, in the face of difficulty,
help me to call out to You and find the hope You alone can provide."
Pray to the Lord and pray to humble yourself before the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and humble yourself because of all the
blessings he has given you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know His blessings in all generations.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Pray for physical, emotional and spiritual needs of recently released
prisoners of faith in Eritrea .
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
1) Jeremiah 51:15-58
2 Chronicles 36:10
2 Kings 24:10-17
1 Chronicles 3:10-16
2 Chronicles 36:11-14
Jeremiah 52:1-3
2 Kings 24:18-20
Jeremiah 37:1-10
Jeremiah 51:15-58
15 (Job 9:8; Jer 10:12-16) He has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom,
and has stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
16 (Ps 135:7; 18:13; Jnh 1:4) When He utters His voice,
there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,
and He causes the clouds to ascend from the remote parts of the earth;
He makes lightning with rain,
and brings out the wind from His storehouses.
17 (Jer 10:14; Hab 2:18-19) Every man is ignorant by His knowledge;
every founder is humiliated by the graven image,
for his molded image is falsehood,
and there is no breath in them.
18 They are vanity, the work of errors;
in the time of their punishment they will perish.
19 (Jer 10:16; Ps 73:26) The portion of Jacob is not like them,
for He is the former of all things,
and Israel is the rod of His inheritance.
The Lord of Hosts is His name.
20 (Isa 10:5; 41:15-16) He says: You are My battle-ax
and weapon of war:
for with you I will break in pieces the nations,
and with you I will destroy kingdoms;
21 (Ex 15:1) and with you I will break in pieces the horse and his rider;
and with you I will break in pieces the chariot and his rider.
22 (2Ch 36:17; Isa 13:18) With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;
and with you I will break in pieces old and young;
and with you I will break in pieces the young man and the young woman.
23 I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock;
and with you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
and with you I will break in pieces captains and rulers.
24 (Jer 50:15) I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea
all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the Lord.
25 (Rev 8:8; Zec 4:7; Isa 13:2) I am against you, O destroying mountain,
says the Lord,
who destroys all the earth.
And I will stretch out My hand against you,
and roll you down from the rocks,
and will make you a burned mountain.
26 (Isa 13:19-22; Jer 50:12-13) They will not take of you
a stone for a corner,
or a stone for foundations,
but you will be desolate forever,
says the Lord.
27 (Ge 8:4; 10:3) Set up a standard in the land,
blow the trumpet among the nations,
prepare the nations against her,
call together against her the kingdoms
of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;
appoint a captain against her.
Cause the horses to come up as the rough locusts.
28 (Jer 51:11) Prepare against her the nations,
the kings of the Medes,
the captains, and all the rulers,
and every land of their dominion.
29 (Jer 8:16; 51:43) So the land trembles and sorrows,
for the purposes of the Lord will be performed against Babylon,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation
without an inhabitant.
30 (Na 3:13; La 2:9; Isa 13:7-8) The mighty men of Babylon
have ceased fighting;
they have remained in their strongholds.
Their might has failed;
they became as women.
They have burned her dwelling places;
the bars of her gates are broken.
31 (2Sa 18:19-31; 2Ch 30:6) One courier will run to meet another,
and one messenger to meet another,
to show the king of Babylon
that his city has been captured from end to end,
32 and the passages have been seized,
and they have burned the reeds with fire,
and the men of war are terrified.
33 (Isa 21:10; Hos 6:11) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor,
it is time to thresh her;
yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come.
34 (Jer 50:17; 51:44) "Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
has devoured me and crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel.
He has swallowed me up like a dragon;
he has filled his belly with my delicacies,
he has cast me out.
35 May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,"
the inhabitant of Zion will say;
and, "May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,"
Jerusalem will say.
36 (Jer 50:38; Ps 140:12) Therefore thus says the Lord:
I will plead your cause,
and take vengeance for you.
And I will dry up her sea,
and make her springs dry.
37 (Rev 18:2; Jer 18:16) Babylon will become heaps,
a dwelling place for jackals,
an astonishment, and a hissing,
without an inhabitant.
38 (Jer 2:15) They will roar together like young lions;
they will growl as lions' whelps.
39 (Jer 51:57; 25:27) When they become heated up,
I will make their feasts,
and I will make them drunk,
that they may rejoice,
and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake,
says the Lord.
40 (Jer 50:27) I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams with male goats.
41 (Jer 25:26; Isa 13:19) How Sheshak has been captured!
And how the praise of the whole earth has been seized!
How Babylon has become an astonishment
among the nations!
42 (Isa 8:7-8; Da 9:26) The sea has come up over Babylon;
she has been covered with the multitude of the waves.
43 (Isa 13:20; Jer 2:6) Her cities have become a desolation,
a dry land and a wilderness,
a land in which no man dwells,
through which no son of man passes.
44 (Jer 51:34; 51:58) I will punish Bel in Babylon,
and I will bring forth from his mouth what he has swallowed up;
and the nations will not flow together any more to him.
Indeed, the wall of Babylon will fall.
45 (Jer 51:6; Isa 48:20) My people, go out of her midst,
and deliver every man his soul
from the fierce anger of the Lord,
46 (2Ki 19:7; Isa 13:3-5) lest your heart grows faint, and you are afraid
for the report that will be heard in the land-
for the report will come one year, and after that in another year will come
another report,
and violence will be in the land,
ruler against ruler-
47 (Jer 50:2; Isa 46:1-2) therefore the days are coming
when I will punish the graven images of Babylon;
and her whole land will be humiliated,
and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 (Isa 44:23; Rev 18:20) Then the heaven and the earth,
and all that is in it,
shall sing for joy over Babylon;
for the destroyers will come to her
from the north,
says the Lord.
49 (Jer 50:29; 51:24) As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,
so at Babylon the slain of all the earth will fall.
50 (Jer 44:28; Dt 4:29-31) You who have escaped the sword,
go away, do not stand still.
Remember the Lord afar off,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51 (La 1:10; Ps 44:13-16) We are humiliated
because we have heard reproach.
Shame has covered our faces,
for strangers have come into
the holy places of the house of the Lord.
52 (Jer 51:47; 50:38) Therefore, surely the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will punish her graven images,
and the mortally wounded shall groan
through all her land.
53 (Jer 49:16; Ge 11:4) Though Babylon should mount up to heaven,
and though she should fortify the height of her strength,
yet from Me will destroyers come to her,
says the Lord.
54 (Jer 50:22; 48:3-5) A sound of an outcry comes from Babylon,
and great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans,
55 because the Lord has devastated Babylon,
and destroyed the great voice out of her.
When her waves roar like great waters,
a noise of their voice is uttered.
56 (Ps 46:9; 94:1-2) Because the destroyer is coming against her,
even upon Babylon, and her mighty men will be captured,
every one of their bows are broken.
For the Lord is a God of recompense;
He will completely repay.
57 (Jer 46:18; 25:27) I will make her officials drunk, and her wise men,
her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men;
and they will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake,
says the King whose name is the Lord of Hosts.
58 (Jer 51:64; Hab 2:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
The broad wall of Babylon will be utterly broken,
and her high gates will be burned with fire;
and the peoples will labor in vain,
and the nations become exhausted only for fire.
[15] He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by
his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
[16] When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the
heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he
maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his
treasures.
[17] Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by
the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath
in them.
[18] They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation
they shall perish.
[19] The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all
things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his
name.
[20] Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break
in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
[21] And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with
thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
[22] With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will
I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the
young man and the maid;
[23] I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and
with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and
with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
[24] And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea
all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
[25] Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which
destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and
roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
[26] And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for
foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
[27] Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations,
prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of
Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the
horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
[28] Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the
captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his
dominion.
[29] And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD
shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation
without an inhabitant.
[30] The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in
their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have
burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
[31] One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another,
to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
[32] And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with
fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
[33] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of
Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little
while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
[34] Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed
me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon,
he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
[35] The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the
inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall
Jerusalem say.
[36] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take
vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
[37] And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an
astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
[38] They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lion's whelps.
[39] In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken,
that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the
LORD.
[40] I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he
goats.
[41] How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth
surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
[42] The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of
the waves thereof.
[43] Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land
wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
[44] And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his
mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow
together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
[45] My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his
soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
[46] And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be
heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in
another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against
ruler.
[47] Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the
graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all
her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
[48] Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for
Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the
LORD.
[49] As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall
fall the slain of all the earth.
[50] Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the
LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
[51] We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered
our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house.
[52] Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do
judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall
groan.
[53] Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify
the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith
the LORD.
[54] A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the
land of the Chaldeans:
[55] Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the
great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their
voice is uttered:
[56] Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty
men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of
recompences shall surely requite.
[57] And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and
her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and
not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
[58] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be
utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the
people
shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
2 Chronicles 36:10
Jehoiachin, King of Judah
2Ki 24:8-17
10 (Jer 37:1; 2Ch 36:7) In the spring of that year King Nebuchadnezzar sent
for him and brought him to Babylon with the precious items
from the house of the Lord. Then Zedekiah his brother was king over Judah
and Jerusalem.
[10] And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought
him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made
Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Kings 24:10-17
Jehoiachin, King of Judah
10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against
Jerusalem, and the city was under siege.
11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to the city while his servants were
besieging it,
12 (Jer 24:1; 52:28) and Jehoiachin king of Judah went out
to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his princes,
and his eunuchs. The king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
The Captivity of Jerusalem
13 (2Ki 20:17; Isa 39:6) He brought out from there all the treasures
of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house, and cut
in pieces all the implements of gold in the temple of the Lord,
which Solomon king of Israel had made, just as the Lord had spoken.
14 (2Ki 25:12; Jer 52:28) He exiled all Jerusalem, all the princes,
and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen
and smiths. No one remained, except the poorest people of the land.
15 (2Ch 36:10; Est 2:6) He exiled Jehoiachin in Babylon. The king's mother,
the king's wives, his eunuchs, and the elite of the land he took into exile
from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16 (Jer 52:28) All the fighting men, 7000, the craftsmen and smiths, 1000,
all those strong and fit for war the king of Babylon brought them into exile
in Babylon.
17 (Jer 37:1; 2Ki 23:34) The king of Babylon made Mattaniah,
the uncle of Jehoiachin, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
[10] At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up
against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
[11] And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his
servants did besiege it.
[12] And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he,
and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the
king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
[13] And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD,
and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of
gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the
LORD had said.
[14] And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the
mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and
smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
[15] And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and
the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those
carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
[16] And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths
a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of
Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
[17] And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in
his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
1 Chronicles 3:10-16
The Kings of Judah
10 (1Ki 11:43; 14:31-15:1) Solomon's son was Rehoboam;
Abijah was his son,
Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
11( 2Ki 8:24; 11:21) Joram [Jehoram in 2Ki 1:17; 8:16]. his son,
Ahaziah his son,
Joash his son,
12 (2Ki 14:1; 14:21) Amaziah his son,
Azariah his son,
Jotham his son,
13 (2Ki 16:1; 18:1) Ahaz his son,
Hezekiah his son,
Manasseh his son,
14 (2Ki 23:30; 21:19)Amon his son,
and Josiah his son.
15 The sons of Josiah were
the firstborn Johanan,
the second Jehoiakim,
the third Zedekiah,
and the fourth Shallum.
16 (2Ki 24:6; Mt 1:11) The sons of Jehoiakim were
Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.
[10] And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat
his son,
[11] Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
[12] Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
[13] Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
[14] Amon his son, Josiah his son.
[15] And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second
Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
[16] And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
2 Chronicles 36:11-14
Zedekiah, King of Judah
2Ki 24:18-20; Jer 52:1-3
11 (2Ki 24:18-20) Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to reign,
and he was king in Jerusalem for eleven years.
12 (2Ch 33:23; Jer 37:2-21) He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord
his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke
from the Lord.
13 (2Ch 30:8) He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him
swear by an oath by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart
against turning to the Lord God of Israel.
14 Even the officials over the priests and the people increased in their
unfaithfulness in all the detestable practices of the nations,
and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
[11] Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
[12] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and
humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of
the LORD.
[13] And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him
swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning
unto the LORD God of Israel.
[14] Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed
very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house
of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 52:1-3
Jeremiah 52
The Fall of Jerusalem Reviewed
2Ki 24:18-20; 25:1-21; 2Ch 36:11-20; Jer 39:1-10
1 (2Ki 24:18; Jos 10:29) Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 (1Ki 14:22) He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all
that Jehoiakim had done.
3 (2Ch 36:13; Isa 3:4-5) Through the anger of the Lord this came to pass in
Jerusalem and Judah until He had cast them out from His presence.
Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 52
[1] Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[2] And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all
that Jehoiakim had done.
[3] For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and
Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled
against the king of Babylon.
2 Kings 24:18-20
Zedekiah, King of Judah
2Ch 36:11-16; Jer 52:1-3
18 (2Ki 23:31; Jer 52:1-11) Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king.
He reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19 (2Ki 23:37) He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that
Jehoiakim had done.
20 (2Ch 36:13) Because of the anger of the Lord this happened
in Jerusalem and Judah until He threw them out from His presence.
But Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
[18] Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[19] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that Jehoiakim had done.
[20] For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and
Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled
against the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 37:1-10
Jeremiah 37
Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah
1 (2Ki 24:17; Jer 22:24) And King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned
instead of Koniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
made king in the land of Judah.
2 (Ki 24:19-20; 2Ch 36:12-16) But neither he nor his servants nor the people
of the land listened to the words of the Lord, which He spoke through
the prophet Jeremiah.
3 (Jer 21:1-2; 1Ki 13:6; Jer 29:25) But Zedekiah the king sent Jehukal
the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah,
the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
"Please pray to the Lord our God for us."
4 (Jer 37:15; 32:2-3) Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going
out among the people, for they had not yet put him into prison.
5 (Eze 17:15; 2Ki 24:7) At that time Pharaoh's army had come out of Egypt,
and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report
of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
6 Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying:
7 (La 4:17; 2Ki 22:18) Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Thus you shall
say to the king of Judah who sent you to Me to inquire of Me:
Pharaoh's army which has come out to help you shall return to Egypt,
to its own land.
8 (Jer 38:23; 39:2-8) The Chaldeans will come again and fight against
this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
9 (Ob 1:3; Mt 24:4-5) Thus says the Lord: Do not deceive yourselves,
saying, "The Chaldeans will surely depart from us," for they will not depart.
10 (Lev 26:36-38; Isa 30:17) For though you had struck the whole army
of the Chaldeans who fight against you and there remained
but wounded men among them, yet every man would rise up in his tent
and burn this city with fire.
[1] And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of
Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of
Judah.
[2] But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did
hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
[3] And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah
the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now
unto the LORD our God for us.
[4] Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not
put him into prison.
[5] Then Pharoah's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans
that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from
Jerusalem.
[6] Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
[7] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of
Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which
is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
[8] And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and
take it, and burn it with fire.
[9] Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall
surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
[10] For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight
against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they
rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 August 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/12/drawn-by-disaster
Entitled "Drawn by Disaster"
Joel 1:1-7,19-20
Joel 1
1 (Jer 1:2; Ac 2:16) The word of the Lord, which came to Joel, son of Pethuel.
A Land Laid Waste
2 (Hos 5:1; Joel 2:2) Hear this, elders,
and give ear, all inhabitants of the land!
Has anything like this happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell it to your children,
and let your children tell their children,
and let their children tell another generation.
4 (Joel 2:25; Am 4:9; Ex 10:4) What the fledging locust left,
the adult locust has eaten;
what the adult locust left,
the larval locust has eaten;
what the larval locust left,
the hopper locust has eaten.
5 Awaken, drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all wine-drinkers,
because the sweet wine
has been cut off from your lips.
6 (Joel 2:25) For a nation powerful and innumerable
has invaded my land;
its teeth are like the teeth of a lion,
like the fangs of a lioness.
7 (Isa 5:6; Joel 1:12) It has despoiled my vine,
and splintered my fig tree;
it has stripped off its bark
and cast it away,
leaving its branches white.
19 (Ps 50:15; Jer 9:10) To You, O Lord, I call,
because fire has devoured the wild pastures,
and flame has burned all the trees of the field.
20 (Ps 104:21; 1Ki 17:7) Even the beasts of the field long for You,
because the streams of water have dried up,
and fire has devoured the wild pastures.
[1] The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
[2] Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.
Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
[3] Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children,
and their children another generation.
[4] That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that
which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the
cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
[5] Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,
because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
[6] For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose
teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
[7] He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it
clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
[19] O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of
the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
[20] The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters
are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
In 1717, a devastating storm raged for days, leading to widespread flooding
in northern Europe. Thousands of people lost their lives in the Netherlands,
Germany, and Denmark. History reveals an interesting and customary-for that
time-response by at least one local government. The provincial authorities
of the Dutch city of Groningen called for a "prayer day" in response to
the disaster. A historian reports that the citizens gathered in churches
and "listened to sermons, sang psalms, and prayed for hours."
The prophet Joel describes an overwhelming disaster faced by the people of
Judah that also led to prayer. A massive swarm of locusts had covered the
land and "laid waste [its] vines and ruined [its] fig trees" (Joel 1:7). As
he and his people reeled from the devastation, Joel prayed, "Lord, help
us!" (1:19 nlt). Directly and indirectly, both the people of northern Europe
and Judah experienced disasters that originated with the effects of sin
and this fallen world (Genesis 3:17-19; Romans 8:20-22). But they also found
that these times led them to call out to God and seek Him in prayer
(Joel 1:19). And God said, "Even now . . . return to me with all your heart" (2:12).
When we face difficulties and disaster, may we turn to God-perhaps in anguish,
perhaps in repentance. "Compassionate" and "abounding in love" (v. 13),
He draws us to Himself-providing the comfort and help we need.
By: Tom Felten
Reflect & Pray
Why do people often turn to God when they face disaster?
How can He use difficult times to draw us to Himself?
Heavenly Father, in the face of difficulty,
help me to call out to You and find the hope You alone can provide.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 6 Humility and Exaltation
1 Peter 5:6-7
6 (Jas 4:10; Mt 23:12) Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God,
that He may exalt you in due time.
7 (Ps 55:22; 37:5) Cast all your care upon Him, because He cares for you.
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,
that he may exalt you in due time:
7 casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
"I was so humble I was given an award for humility," the pastor quipped.
"They gave me a humility plaque - but they had to take it back when I hung it
on my office wall."
Humility is rare among 20th Century Christians. Our pride takes two
seemingly contradictory forms: Self-exaltation and self-denial. But both
focus on self, not on God.
Francois Fenelon, 17th century French archbishop, From his
"Letters of Spiritual Counsel" wrote:
"He who so completely forget himself that he never thinks of self ... is
truly humble. If we had the light to discern it, we should see clearly that
when we think we are humbling ourselves we are exalting ourselves;
when we think we are annihilating ourselves we are seeking out own life."
True humility, as Fenelon implies, means recognising who we are in the light
of who God is. Excess of self-importance and low self-esteem are both
self-centered perspectives; true humility is God-centered.
When we humble ourselves, we become intensely aware of God and less
aware of ourselves. We can focus on his face and get our eyes off our own
image. We can stop worrying about how others perceive us. Such humbling
is difficult - as one 70-year-old saint joked, "It ain't the heat that gets
you, it's the humility." But when we submit to him and fell the weight of the
"Mighty hand of God" upon us, we can forget ourselves, abandon
ourselves to his presence, and cast our cares upon him.
Application
a) What form does my pride usually take - self-exaltation or self-degradation?
b) Why must I humble myself in order for the Lord to lift me up?
c) How can today's verse encourage me when times are tough?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gen 13:2,5-6,14-17
2 (Ge 24:35; Ps 112:1-3) Abram was very wealthy in livestock,
in silver and in gold.
5 Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
6 (Ge 36:6-7) But the land was not able to support them
both dwelling together because their possessions were so great.
14 (Ge 28:14; Dt 3:27) After Lot had departed from him,
the Lord said to Abram,
"Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are,
northward and southward and eastward and westward.
15 (Ge 12:7; 2Ch 20:7) All the land that you see I will give to you
and to your descendants forever.
16 (Ge 28:14; Nu 23:10) I will make your descendants like the dust
of the earth, so that if a man could number the dust of the earth,
then your descendants could also be numbered.
17 Arise, and walk throughout the land across its length
and its width, for I will give it to you."
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together:
for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward,
and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15 for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it,
and to thy seed for ever.
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man
can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it;
for I will give it unto thee.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Generous Provision
Ps 145:13b-21
13 Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways
and loving in all His works.
18 The Lord is near to all those who call upon Him,
to all who call upon Him in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and will save them.
20 The Lord preserves all those who love Him,
but all the wicked He will destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,
and let all people bless His holy name
forever and ever.
13 And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;
And thou givest them their meat in due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand,
And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways,
And holy in all his works.
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
To all that call upon him in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him:
He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him:
But all the wicked will he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD:
And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
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, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:
But a just weight is his delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray a prayer of Intercession for your nation.
Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, in the face of difficulty,
help me to call out to You and find the hope You alone can provide."
Pray to the Lord and pray to humble yourself before the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and humble yourself because of all the
blessings he has given you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know His blessings in all generations.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Pray for physical, emotional and spiritual needs of recently released
prisoners of faith in Eritrea .
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.