Day 239 of My Second Bible Study Journey - 27 August reflections
Day 239, 27 August 2022
1)Jeremiah 42-44, Ezekiel 33:21-33
Jeremiah 42
Jeremiah Warns Against Going to Egypt
1 (Jer 6:13; 40:13) Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son
of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from
the least even to the greatest came near,
2 (Lev 26:22; Jer 36:7) and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our
supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to the Lord your God,
even for all this remnant. For we are left but a few out of many, as your
eyes now see us.
3 (Ps 86:11; Pr 3:6) Pray that the Lord your God may show us the way
in which we should walk and the thing that we should do."
4 (Ex 8:29; 1Sa 3:17-18) Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them,
"I have heard you. I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words.
And it shall come to pass, that whatever the Lord will answer you,
I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you."
5 (Ge 31:50; Jdg 11:10) Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the Lord be a true
and faithful witness against us, if we do not act according to all things
for which the Lord your God shall send you to us.
6 (Jer 7:23; Dt 5:29) Whether it is good or whether it is bad, we will
obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send you so that it may
be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God."
7 (Ps 27:14) At the end of ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.
8 (Jer 42:1) Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains
of the forces that were with him and all the people from the least even
to the greatest,
9 (2Ki 19:4; 19:6) and said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
to whom you sent me to present your supplication before Him:
10 (Jer 24:6; 31:28) If you will still abide in this land, then I will build
you up and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pluck you up;
for I will relent of the disaster that I have brought on you.
11 (Ro 8:31; Isa 43:5) Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon of whom
you are now afraid. Do not be afraid of him, says the Lord. For I am with
you to save you and to deliver you from his hand.
12 (Ne 1:11; Ps 106:45-46) I will show mercies to you so that he may have
mercy on you and cause you to return to your own land.
13 (Jer 44:16; Ex 5:2) "But if you say, 'We will not dwell in this land,'
so as not to obey the voice of the Lord your God,
14 (Jer 4:19; 41:17) saying, 'No, but we will go into the land of Egypt
where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet,
nor have hunger for bread, and there we will dwell,'
15 (Dt 17:16; Jer 44:12-14) now therefore hear the word of the Lord,
O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
If you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to dwell there,
16 (Jer 44:27; Eze 11:8) then it shall come to pass that the sword
which you feared shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt
and the famine of which you were afraid shall follow close after you
there in Egypt. And there you shall die.
17 (Jer 42:22; 24:10) So it shall be with all the men who set their faces
to go into Egypt to sojourn there. They shall die by the sword, by famine,
and by pestilence. And none of them shall remain or escape from the disaster
that I will bring upon them.
18 (Jer 7:20; 18:16) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
As My anger and My fury have been poured out upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out upon you when you go to Egypt.
And you will be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse,
and a reproach. And you shall see this place no more.
19 (Dt 17:16; Ne 9:26) "The Lord has said concerning you, O remnant of Judah,
Do not go into Egypt! Know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
20 For you have only deceived yourselves when you sent me to
the Lord your God, saying, 'Pray for us to the Lord our God. And according
to all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.'
21 (Eze 2:7; Zec 7:11-12) Now I have this day declared it to you.
But you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God,
or anything for which He has sent me to you.
22 (Jer 42:17; Eze 6:11) Now therefore certainly know that you will die
by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, in the place wherever you desire
to go and to sojourn."
Jeremiah 42
[1] Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and
Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto
the greatest, came near,
[2] And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God,
even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes
do behold us:)
[3] That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the
thing that we may do.
[4] Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I
will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come
to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it
unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
[5] Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness
between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD
thy God shall send thee to us.
[6] Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the
LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we
obey the voice of the LORD our God.
[7] And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto
Jeremiah.
[8] Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the
greatest,
[9] And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye
sent me to present your supplication before him;
[10] If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not
pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me
of the evil that I have done unto you.
[11] Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not
afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver
you from his hand.
[12] And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and
cause you to return to your own land.
[13] But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice
of the LORD your God,
[14] Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see
no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and
there will we dwell:
[15] And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to
enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
[16] Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall
overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were
afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
[17] So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt
to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I
will bring upon them.
[18] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and
my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall
my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye
shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach;
and ye shall see this place no more.
[19] The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not
into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
[20] For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your
God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that
the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
[21] And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the
voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto
you.
[22] Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to
sojourn.
Jeremiah 43
Jeremiah Taken to Egypt
1 (Jer 26:8; 42:22) When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people
all these words of the Lord their God, with which the Lord their God had
sent him to them,
2 (2Ch 36:13; Isa 7:9) Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan
the son of Kareah, and all the proud men said to Jeremiah, "You speak falsely.
The Lord our God has not sent you to say, 'Do not go into Egypt to sojourn
there.'
3 (Jer 36:4; 36:10) But Baruch the son of Neriah sets you against us
to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death
and carry us away captives into Babylon."
4 (Jer 42:5-6; 2Ch 25:16) So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains
of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord to dwell
in the land of Judah.
5 (Jer 40:11-12) But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains
of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned
from all nations wherever they had been driven to dwell in the land of Judah,
6 (Jer 39:10; 40:7) even men, and women, and children,
and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain
of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,
and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
7 (Jer 2:16; 44:1) So they came into the land of Egypt
because they did not obey the voice of the Lord.
Thus they entered as far as Tahpanhes.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying:
9 Take some large stones in your hand and hide them in the clay
in the brick kiln which is at the entrance of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes,
in the sight of the men of Judah,
10 (Ps 18:11; 27:5) and say to them, Thus says the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel: I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,
My servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid;
and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
11 (Jer 15:2; 44:13) When he comes, he shall ravage the land of Egypt
and deliver whoever is meant for death to death, and whoever is meant
for captivity to captivity, and whoever is meant for the sword to the sword.
12 (Jer 46:25; Eze 30:13) I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods
of Egypt and he shall burn them and carry them away captives. And he shall
array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment,
and he shall depart from there in peace.
13 He shall also break the images of Heliopolis that is in the land of Egypt,
and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.
Jeremiah 43
[1] And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto
all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their
God had sent him to them, even all these words,
[2] Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD
our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
[3] But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver
us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and
carry us away captives into Babylon.
[4] So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and
all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of
Judah.
[5] But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took
all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they
had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
[6] Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every
person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the
son of Neriah.
[7] So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of
the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
[8] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
[9] Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the
brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the
sight of the men of Judah;
[10] And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant,
and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall
spread his royal pavilion over them.
[11] And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such
as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and
such as are for the sword to the sword.
[12] And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he
shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself
with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall
go forth from thence in peace.
[13] He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of
Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
Jeremiah 44
Idolatry Leads to Judgment
1 (Jer 46:14; Ex 14:2; Isa 11:11) The word that came to Jeremiah concerning
all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol,
and Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in the country of Pathros,
[Or the stronghold.] saying,
2 (Isa 6:11; Jer 9:11) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
You have seen all the calamity that I have brought upon Jerusalem
and upon all the cities of Judah. Look at them; today they are a desolation,
and no man dwells in them,
3 (Dt 13:6; 29:26) because of their wickedness, which they have committed
to provoke Me to anger, in that they went to burn incense
and to serve other gods, whom they did not know;
they nor you nor your fathers.
4 (Jer 7:13; 7:25) However, I sent to you all My servants the prophets,
rising early and sending them, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing
that I hate."
5 But they did not listen nor incline their ear to turn from their wickedness,
not to burn incense to other gods.
6 (Isa 51:17; 51:20) Therefore My fury and My anger was poured out
and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem;
and they are ruined and desolate, as it is this day.
7 (Nu 16:38; Jer 51:22) Now thus says the Lord God of Hosts,
the God of Israel: Why are you committing this great evil against your souls,
to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, out of Judah,
leaving you no one to remain,
8 (Jer 42:18; 25:6-7) provoking Me to wrath with the works of your hands,
burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone
to dwell, so that you might cut yourselves off
and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
9 (Jer 7:17-18) Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers,
and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives,
and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives,
which they have committed in the land of Judah
and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 (Pr 28:14; Jer 8:12) They are not humbled even to this day,
nor have they feared, nor have they walked in My law
and My statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.
11 (Jer 21:10; Am 9:4) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel: I will set My face against you for disaster,
and to cut off all Judah.
12 (Jer 42:15-18; Isa 65:15) I will take the remnant of Judah who have set
their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there,
and they all will be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt.
They will even be consumed by the sword and by the famine.
They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword
and by the famine; and they will be an execration, and an astonishment,
and a curse, and a reproach.
13 (Jer 11:22; 43:11) For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt,
as I have punished Jerusalem; by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
14 (Jer 22:26-27; Ro 9:27) So none of the remnant of Judah who have gone
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there will escape or remain,
with the result that they return into the land of Judah
to which they have a desire to return to dwell there.
For no one shall return except those who escape.
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."
24 (Jer 43:7; 42:15) Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people
and to all the women, "Hear the word of the Lord,
all Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
25 (Mt 14:9) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths
and fulfilled with your hand, saying, 'We will surely perform our vows
that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven
and to pour out drink offerings to her.'
"Proceed to accomplish your vows and surely perform your vows!
26 (Ge 22:16; Ps 50:16) Yet hear the word of the Lord, all Judah
who dwells in the land of Egypt: I have sworn by My great name,
says the Lord, that My name shall no more be named in the mouth
of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying,
'As the Lord God lives.'
27 (Jer 31:28; 2Ki 21:14) I will watch over them for disaster
and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt
shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine until there is an end
of them.
28 (Jer 44:14; Isa 10:19) Yet a small number who escape the sword shall
return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant
of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there will know
whose words will stand, Mine or theirs.
29 (Pr 19:21; Isa 40:8) "This will be a sign to you, says the Lord,
that I will punish you in this place so that you may know
that My words shall surely stand against you for disaster.
30 (2Ki 25:4-7; Jer 34:21) Thus says the Lord: I will give Pharaoh
Hophra the king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies
and into the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave Zedekiah
king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
who was his enemy, and sought his life."
Jeremiah 44
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in
the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and
in the country of Pathros, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the
evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah;
and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
[3] Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to
anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they
knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
[4] Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and
sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
[5] But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their
wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
[6] Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in
the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and
desolate, as at this day.
[7] Therefore now this saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel;
Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you
man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to
remain;
[8] In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning
incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell,
that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a
reproach among all the nations of the earth?
[9] Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of
the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own
wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in
the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
[10] They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor
walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your
fathers.
[11] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
[12] And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and
fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by
the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the
sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an
astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
[13] For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have
punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
[14] So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of
Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into
the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there:
for none shall return but such as shall escape.
[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?
[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.
[24] Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear
the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
[25] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your
wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand,
saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will
surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
[26] Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the
land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that
my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the
land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
[27] Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the
men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword
and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
[28] Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land
of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand,
mine, or theirs.
[29] And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish
you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against
you for evil:
[30] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt
into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life;
as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
Ezekiel 33:21-33
The Fall of Jerusalem
21 (2Ki 25:10; Eze 1:2) In the twelfth year of our captivity,
in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped
out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, "The city is taken."
22 (Eze 1:3; 3:26-27) Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening,
before those who escaped came. And He opened my mouth at the time
they came to me in the morning. Therefore my mouth was opened
and I was speechless no more.
23 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
24 (Isa 51:2; Eze 33:27) Son of man, those who inhabit these wastes
in the land of Israel are saying, "Abraham was one, yet he inherited the land.
But to us who are many, the land has been given for an inheritance."
25 (Ge 9:4; Dt 12:16) Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God:
You eat meat with the blood in it and lift up your eyes toward
your idols as you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
26 (Ge 27:40; Mic 2:1-2) You rely upon your sword, you work abominations,
and every one of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Should you then possess
the land?
27 (1Sa 13:6; Jer 42:22) Thus you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God:
As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword,
and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured,
and those who are in the forts and in the caves shall die of pestilence.
28 (Eze 7:24; Jer 44:2) For I will make the land a desolation and a waste,
and the pomp of her strength shall cease. And the mountains of Israel
shall be desolate so that none shall pass through.
29 (Eze 6:7) Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I make the land
a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have
committed.
30 (Isa 29:13; 58:2) As for you, son of man, the sons of your people
are talking about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses;
and they speak to one another, each saying to his brother,
"Come now, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord."
31 (Ps 78:36-37; Isa 29:13) They come to you as people come, and they sit
before you as My people, and they hear your words; but they will not do them.
For they do the lustful desires in their mouth, and their heart goes after
their covetousness.
32 (Mk 6:20) You are to them as a sensual song of one who has a pleasant
voice and can play well on an instrument. For they hear your words,
but they do not do them.
33 (Jer 28:9; Eze 2:5) When this comes to pass, and it is coming to pass,
then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.
[21] And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth
month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of
Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
[22] Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was
escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning;
and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
[23] Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[24] Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel
speak,
saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the
land is given us for inheritance.
[25] Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the
blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and
shall ye
possess the land?
[26] Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one
his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
[27] Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely
they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the
open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in
the
forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
[28] For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength
shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall
pass through.
[29] Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land
most
desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
[30] Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking
against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to
another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what
is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
[31] And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee
as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with
their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their
covetousness.
[32] And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a
pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy
words,
but they do them not.
[33] And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know
that a prophet hath been among them.
2) Our Daily Bread for 27 August 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/27/plans-and-providence
Entitled "Plans and Providence!"
James 4:13-17
Warning Against Boasting
13 (Pr 27:1; Jas 5:1) Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow
we will go into this city, spend a year there, buy and sell,
and make a profit,"
14 (Ps 102:3; 39:5) whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow.
What is your life? It is just a vapor that appears for a little while
and then vanishes away.
15 (Ac 18:21) Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills,
we shall live and do this or that."
16 (1Co 5:6) But now you are rejoicing in your boastings.
All such rejoicing is evil.
17 (Jn 9:41; Lk 12:47-48) Therefore, to him who knows to do good
and does not do it, it is sin.
[13] Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a
city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
[14] Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life?
It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth
away.
[15] For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this,
or that.
[16] But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
[17] Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it
is sin.
In 2000, an upstart company operating on a movie-rental-by-mail system offered
to sell their company for $50 million to Blockbuster, the home movies and
video game rentals king at that time. Netflix had roughly 300 000
subscribers, while Blockbuster had millions and millions of them. Blockbuster
passed on the opportunity to purchase their little competitor. The result?
Today Netflix has more than 180 million subscribers and is worth nearly
$200 billion. As for Blockbuster, well . . . it went bust.
None of us can predict the future.
We're tempted to believe that we're in control of our lives and that our plans
for the future will succeed. But James says, "It is even a vapour,
that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” (4:14). Life is
brief, quick, and more fragile than we often realise. Planning is necessary,
but the sin of presumption is in the assumption that we're in control. That's
why James warns us not to "boast in [our] arrogant schemes," for
"all such boasting is evil" (v. 16).
The way to avoid this sinful practice is through grateful participation with
God. Gratitude reminds us that He's the source of every
"good and perfect gift" (1:17). Then when we come to God, we ask Him not to
simply bless our present and future plans but to help us join Him in what
He's doing. This is what it means to pray, "If it is the Lord's will" (4:15).
By: Glenn Packiam
Reflect & Pray
How are you tempted to be in control of your life?
What will it mean for you to surrender to God and participate with Him?
Dear Jesus, I relinquish my plans to You. Help me to put my trust
in You, because You never fail.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 7 - The Cost of Widsom
Proverbs 4:4,7
Proverbs 4
4 (Pr 7:2; Eph 6:4) He also taught me and said to me,
"Let your heart retain my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
7 (Mt 13:44-46) Wisdom is principal; therefore get wisdom.
And with all your getting, get understanding. "
4 He taught me also, and said unto me,
Let thine heart retain my words:
Keep my commandments, and live.
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
And with all thy getting get understanding.
Establishing priorities is a popular topic of conversation in our
generation. We carry appointment calendars and attend goal-setting
strategy seminars. We let machines answer our telephones so that
we won't miss any important messages, or so that we can screen calls
before we answer them. We order our lives so that we can "get ahead".
"Getting ahead" in God's kingdom, however, involves other priorities
than the ones we may set for ourselves. "Wisdom is supreme," the
principal thing, says Proverbs 4:7, "Get wisdom. Though it cost
all you have, get understanding."
Wisdom is defined as "an understanding of what is true, right, or lasting."
Biblical wisdom is not merely the accumulation of facts about God and his
teaching, but the application of those truths of life, taking on
the character of God as we mature in the image of Christ.
Such wisdom may, indeed, come at great cost. Jesus calls us to "lay
down our lives" to follow him - perhaps not literally to die, but to die
to self-centered priorities, to allow the Holy Spirit to establish
his value system in us.
"Keep my commandments and you will live," Proverbs 4:4 says. Real life -
rich, fulfilling, significant, abundant life - comes only through union
with God. The success offered by the world, the acclaim of others, material
prosperity and convenience cannot satisfy us once we have tasted
the joy of life with God in Christ.
Application
a) What does "getting wisdom" means to me?
b) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus
my attention on the priorities and values of the Lord?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Deut 8:18
18 But you must remember the Lord your God,
for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth,
so that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers,
as it is today.
18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth
thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant
which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
PSALMS 25:15-21
15 My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
for He will lead my feet from the net.
16 Turn to me, and be gracious to me,
for I am isolated and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
bring me out of my distresses.
18 Look on my pain and misery,
and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider my enemies, for they are many,
and they hate me with violent hatred.
20 Watch over my life, and deliver me!
Let me not suffer shame,
for I seek refuge in You.
21 Truth and integrity will preserve me
while I wait for You.
Ain
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD;
For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Pe
16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;
For I am desolate and afflicted.
Zade
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged:
O bring thou me out of my distresses.
( Qoph)
18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain;
And forgive all my sins.
Resh
19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many;
And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Shin
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me:
Let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Taw
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;
For I wait on thee.
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
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 pray a prayer for your nation not to fall into a sin trap.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, I relinquish my plans to You. Help me to put
my trust in You, because You never fail. "
Pray to the Lord and pray to get Wisdom from the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know His rewards for keeping His covenant.
Pray to the Lord and pray for integrity and uprightness preserve you.
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 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 South Korean missionaries who are imprisoned in North Korea
for their ministry work.
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 42-44, Ezekiel 33:21-33
Jeremiah 42
Jeremiah Warns Against Going to Egypt
1 (Jer 6:13; 40:13) Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son
of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from
the least even to the greatest came near,
2 (Lev 26:22; Jer 36:7) and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our
supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to the Lord your God,
even for all this remnant. For we are left but a few out of many, as your
eyes now see us.
3 (Ps 86:11; Pr 3:6) Pray that the Lord your God may show us the way
in which we should walk and the thing that we should do."
4 (Ex 8:29; 1Sa 3:17-18) Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them,
"I have heard you. I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words.
And it shall come to pass, that whatever the Lord will answer you,
I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you."
5 (Ge 31:50; Jdg 11:10) Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the Lord be a true
and faithful witness against us, if we do not act according to all things
for which the Lord your God shall send you to us.
6 (Jer 7:23; Dt 5:29) Whether it is good or whether it is bad, we will
obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send you so that it may
be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God."
7 (Ps 27:14) At the end of ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.
8 (Jer 42:1) Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains
of the forces that were with him and all the people from the least even
to the greatest,
9 (2Ki 19:4; 19:6) and said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
to whom you sent me to present your supplication before Him:
10 (Jer 24:6; 31:28) If you will still abide in this land, then I will build
you up and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pluck you up;
for I will relent of the disaster that I have brought on you.
11 (Ro 8:31; Isa 43:5) Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon of whom
you are now afraid. Do not be afraid of him, says the Lord. For I am with
you to save you and to deliver you from his hand.
12 (Ne 1:11; Ps 106:45-46) I will show mercies to you so that he may have
mercy on you and cause you to return to your own land.
13 (Jer 44:16; Ex 5:2) "But if you say, 'We will not dwell in this land,'
so as not to obey the voice of the Lord your God,
14 (Jer 4:19; 41:17) saying, 'No, but we will go into the land of Egypt
where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet,
nor have hunger for bread, and there we will dwell,'
15 (Dt 17:16; Jer 44:12-14) now therefore hear the word of the Lord,
O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
If you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to dwell there,
16 (Jer 44:27; Eze 11:8) then it shall come to pass that the sword
which you feared shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt
and the famine of which you were afraid shall follow close after you
there in Egypt. And there you shall die.
17 (Jer 42:22; 24:10) So it shall be with all the men who set their faces
to go into Egypt to sojourn there. They shall die by the sword, by famine,
and by pestilence. And none of them shall remain or escape from the disaster
that I will bring upon them.
18 (Jer 7:20; 18:16) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
As My anger and My fury have been poured out upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out upon you when you go to Egypt.
And you will be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse,
and a reproach. And you shall see this place no more.
19 (Dt 17:16; Ne 9:26) "The Lord has said concerning you, O remnant of Judah,
Do not go into Egypt! Know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
20 For you have only deceived yourselves when you sent me to
the Lord your God, saying, 'Pray for us to the Lord our God. And according
to all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.'
21 (Eze 2:7; Zec 7:11-12) Now I have this day declared it to you.
But you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God,
or anything for which He has sent me to you.
22 (Jer 42:17; Eze 6:11) Now therefore certainly know that you will die
by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, in the place wherever you desire
to go and to sojourn."
Jeremiah 42
[1] Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and
Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto
the greatest, came near,
[2] And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God,
even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes
do behold us:)
[3] That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the
thing that we may do.
[4] Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I
will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come
to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it
unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
[5] Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness
between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD
thy God shall send thee to us.
[6] Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the
LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we
obey the voice of the LORD our God.
[7] And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto
Jeremiah.
[8] Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the
greatest,
[9] And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye
sent me to present your supplication before him;
[10] If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not
pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me
of the evil that I have done unto you.
[11] Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not
afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver
you from his hand.
[12] And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and
cause you to return to your own land.
[13] But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice
of the LORD your God,
[14] Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see
no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and
there will we dwell:
[15] And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to
enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
[16] Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall
overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were
afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
[17] So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt
to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I
will bring upon them.
[18] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and
my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall
my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye
shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach;
and ye shall see this place no more.
[19] The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not
into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
[20] For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your
God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that
the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
[21] And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the
voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto
you.
[22] Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to
sojourn.
Jeremiah 43
Jeremiah Taken to Egypt
1 (Jer 26:8; 42:22) When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people
all these words of the Lord their God, with which the Lord their God had
sent him to them,
2 (2Ch 36:13; Isa 7:9) Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan
the son of Kareah, and all the proud men said to Jeremiah, "You speak falsely.
The Lord our God has not sent you to say, 'Do not go into Egypt to sojourn
there.'
3 (Jer 36:4; 36:10) But Baruch the son of Neriah sets you against us
to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death
and carry us away captives into Babylon."
4 (Jer 42:5-6; 2Ch 25:16) So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains
of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord to dwell
in the land of Judah.
5 (Jer 40:11-12) But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains
of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned
from all nations wherever they had been driven to dwell in the land of Judah,
6 (Jer 39:10; 40:7) even men, and women, and children,
and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain
of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,
and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
7 (Jer 2:16; 44:1) So they came into the land of Egypt
because they did not obey the voice of the Lord.
Thus they entered as far as Tahpanhes.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying:
9 Take some large stones in your hand and hide them in the clay
in the brick kiln which is at the entrance of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes,
in the sight of the men of Judah,
10 (Ps 18:11; 27:5) and say to them, Thus says the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel: I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,
My servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid;
and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
11 (Jer 15:2; 44:13) When he comes, he shall ravage the land of Egypt
and deliver whoever is meant for death to death, and whoever is meant
for captivity to captivity, and whoever is meant for the sword to the sword.
12 (Jer 46:25; Eze 30:13) I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods
of Egypt and he shall burn them and carry them away captives. And he shall
array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment,
and he shall depart from there in peace.
13 He shall also break the images of Heliopolis that is in the land of Egypt,
and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.
Jeremiah 43
[1] And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto
all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their
God had sent him to them, even all these words,
[2] Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD
our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
[3] But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver
us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and
carry us away captives into Babylon.
[4] So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and
all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of
Judah.
[5] But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took
all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they
had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
[6] Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every
person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the
son of Neriah.
[7] So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of
the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
[8] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
[9] Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the
brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the
sight of the men of Judah;
[10] And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant,
and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall
spread his royal pavilion over them.
[11] And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such
as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and
such as are for the sword to the sword.
[12] And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he
shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself
with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall
go forth from thence in peace.
[13] He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of
Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
Jeremiah 44
Idolatry Leads to Judgment
1 (Jer 46:14; Ex 14:2; Isa 11:11) The word that came to Jeremiah concerning
all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol,
and Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in the country of Pathros,
[Or the stronghold.] saying,
2 (Isa 6:11; Jer 9:11) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
You have seen all the calamity that I have brought upon Jerusalem
and upon all the cities of Judah. Look at them; today they are a desolation,
and no man dwells in them,
3 (Dt 13:6; 29:26) because of their wickedness, which they have committed
to provoke Me to anger, in that they went to burn incense
and to serve other gods, whom they did not know;
they nor you nor your fathers.
4 (Jer 7:13; 7:25) However, I sent to you all My servants the prophets,
rising early and sending them, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing
that I hate."
5 But they did not listen nor incline their ear to turn from their wickedness,
not to burn incense to other gods.
6 (Isa 51:17; 51:20) Therefore My fury and My anger was poured out
and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem;
and they are ruined and desolate, as it is this day.
7 (Nu 16:38; Jer 51:22) Now thus says the Lord God of Hosts,
the God of Israel: Why are you committing this great evil against your souls,
to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, out of Judah,
leaving you no one to remain,
8 (Jer 42:18; 25:6-7) provoking Me to wrath with the works of your hands,
burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone
to dwell, so that you might cut yourselves off
and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
9 (Jer 7:17-18) Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers,
and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives,
and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives,
which they have committed in the land of Judah
and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 (Pr 28:14; Jer 8:12) They are not humbled even to this day,
nor have they feared, nor have they walked in My law
and My statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.
11 (Jer 21:10; Am 9:4) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel: I will set My face against you for disaster,
and to cut off all Judah.
12 (Jer 42:15-18; Isa 65:15) I will take the remnant of Judah who have set
their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there,
and they all will be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt.
They will even be consumed by the sword and by the famine.
They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword
and by the famine; and they will be an execration, and an astonishment,
and a curse, and a reproach.
13 (Jer 11:22; 43:11) For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt,
as I have punished Jerusalem; by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
14 (Jer 22:26-27; Ro 9:27) So none of the remnant of Judah who have gone
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there will escape or remain,
with the result that they return into the land of Judah
to which they have a desire to return to dwell there.
For no one shall return except those who escape.
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."
24 (Jer 43:7; 42:15) Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people
and to all the women, "Hear the word of the Lord,
all Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
25 (Mt 14:9) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths
and fulfilled with your hand, saying, 'We will surely perform our vows
that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven
and to pour out drink offerings to her.'
"Proceed to accomplish your vows and surely perform your vows!
26 (Ge 22:16; Ps 50:16) Yet hear the word of the Lord, all Judah
who dwells in the land of Egypt: I have sworn by My great name,
says the Lord, that My name shall no more be named in the mouth
of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying,
'As the Lord God lives.'
27 (Jer 31:28; 2Ki 21:14) I will watch over them for disaster
and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt
shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine until there is an end
of them.
28 (Jer 44:14; Isa 10:19) Yet a small number who escape the sword shall
return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant
of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there will know
whose words will stand, Mine or theirs.
29 (Pr 19:21; Isa 40:8) "This will be a sign to you, says the Lord,
that I will punish you in this place so that you may know
that My words shall surely stand against you for disaster.
30 (2Ki 25:4-7; Jer 34:21) Thus says the Lord: I will give Pharaoh
Hophra the king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies
and into the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave Zedekiah
king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
who was his enemy, and sought his life."
Jeremiah 44
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in
the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and
in the country of Pathros, saying,
[2] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the
evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah;
and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
[3] Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to
anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they
knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
[4] Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and
sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
[5] But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their
wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
[6] Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in
the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and
desolate, as at this day.
[7] Therefore now this saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel;
Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you
man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to
remain;
[8] In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning
incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell,
that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a
reproach among all the nations of the earth?
[9] Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of
the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own
wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in
the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
[10] They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor
walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your
fathers.
[11] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
[12] And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and
fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by
the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the
sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an
astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
[13] For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have
punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
[14] So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of
Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into
the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there:
for none shall return but such as shall escape.
[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?
[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.
[24] Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear
the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
[25] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your
wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand,
saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will
surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
[26] Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the
land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that
my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the
land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
[27] Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the
men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword
and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
[28] Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land
of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand,
mine, or theirs.
[29] And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish
you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against
you for evil:
[30] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt
into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life;
as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
Ezekiel 33:21-33
The Fall of Jerusalem
21 (2Ki 25:10; Eze 1:2) In the twelfth year of our captivity,
in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped
out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, "The city is taken."
22 (Eze 1:3; 3:26-27) Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening,
before those who escaped came. And He opened my mouth at the time
they came to me in the morning. Therefore my mouth was opened
and I was speechless no more.
23 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
24 (Isa 51:2; Eze 33:27) Son of man, those who inhabit these wastes
in the land of Israel are saying, "Abraham was one, yet he inherited the land.
But to us who are many, the land has been given for an inheritance."
25 (Ge 9:4; Dt 12:16) Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God:
You eat meat with the blood in it and lift up your eyes toward
your idols as you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
26 (Ge 27:40; Mic 2:1-2) You rely upon your sword, you work abominations,
and every one of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Should you then possess
the land?
27 (1Sa 13:6; Jer 42:22) Thus you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God:
As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword,
and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured,
and those who are in the forts and in the caves shall die of pestilence.
28 (Eze 7:24; Jer 44:2) For I will make the land a desolation and a waste,
and the pomp of her strength shall cease. And the mountains of Israel
shall be desolate so that none shall pass through.
29 (Eze 6:7) Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I make the land
a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have
committed.
30 (Isa 29:13; 58:2) As for you, son of man, the sons of your people
are talking about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses;
and they speak to one another, each saying to his brother,
"Come now, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord."
31 (Ps 78:36-37; Isa 29:13) They come to you as people come, and they sit
before you as My people, and they hear your words; but they will not do them.
For they do the lustful desires in their mouth, and their heart goes after
their covetousness.
32 (Mk 6:20) You are to them as a sensual song of one who has a pleasant
voice and can play well on an instrument. For they hear your words,
but they do not do them.
33 (Jer 28:9; Eze 2:5) When this comes to pass, and it is coming to pass,
then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.
[21] And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth
month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of
Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
[22] Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was
escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning;
and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
[23] Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[24] Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel
speak,
saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the
land is given us for inheritance.
[25] Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the
blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and
shall ye
possess the land?
[26] Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one
his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
[27] Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely
they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the
open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in
the
forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
[28] For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength
shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall
pass through.
[29] Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land
most
desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
[30] Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking
against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to
another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what
is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
[31] And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee
as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with
their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their
covetousness.
[32] And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a
pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy
words,
but they do them not.
[33] And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know
that a prophet hath been among them.
2) Our Daily Bread for 27 August 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/27/plans-and-providence
Entitled "Plans and Providence!"
James 4:13-17
Warning Against Boasting
13 (Pr 27:1; Jas 5:1) Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow
we will go into this city, spend a year there, buy and sell,
and make a profit,"
14 (Ps 102:3; 39:5) whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow.
What is your life? It is just a vapor that appears for a little while
and then vanishes away.
15 (Ac 18:21) Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills,
we shall live and do this or that."
16 (1Co 5:6) But now you are rejoicing in your boastings.
All such rejoicing is evil.
17 (Jn 9:41; Lk 12:47-48) Therefore, to him who knows to do good
and does not do it, it is sin.
[13] Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a
city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
[14] Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life?
It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth
away.
[15] For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this,
or that.
[16] But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
[17] Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it
is sin.
In 2000, an upstart company operating on a movie-rental-by-mail system offered
to sell their company for $50 million to Blockbuster, the home movies and
video game rentals king at that time. Netflix had roughly 300 000
subscribers, while Blockbuster had millions and millions of them. Blockbuster
passed on the opportunity to purchase their little competitor. The result?
Today Netflix has more than 180 million subscribers and is worth nearly
$200 billion. As for Blockbuster, well . . . it went bust.
None of us can predict the future.
We're tempted to believe that we're in control of our lives and that our plans
for the future will succeed. But James says, "It is even a vapour,
that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” (4:14). Life is
brief, quick, and more fragile than we often realise. Planning is necessary,
but the sin of presumption is in the assumption that we're in control. That's
why James warns us not to "boast in [our] arrogant schemes," for
"all such boasting is evil" (v. 16).
The way to avoid this sinful practice is through grateful participation with
God. Gratitude reminds us that He's the source of every
"good and perfect gift" (1:17). Then when we come to God, we ask Him not to
simply bless our present and future plans but to help us join Him in what
He's doing. This is what it means to pray, "If it is the Lord's will" (4:15).
By: Glenn Packiam
Reflect & Pray
How are you tempted to be in control of your life?
What will it mean for you to surrender to God and participate with Him?
Dear Jesus, I relinquish my plans to You. Help me to put my trust
in You, because You never fail.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 7 - The Cost of Widsom
Proverbs 4:4,7
Proverbs 4
4 (Pr 7:2; Eph 6:4) He also taught me and said to me,
"Let your heart retain my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
7 (Mt 13:44-46) Wisdom is principal; therefore get wisdom.
And with all your getting, get understanding. "
4 He taught me also, and said unto me,
Let thine heart retain my words:
Keep my commandments, and live.
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
And with all thy getting get understanding.
Establishing priorities is a popular topic of conversation in our
generation. We carry appointment calendars and attend goal-setting
strategy seminars. We let machines answer our telephones so that
we won't miss any important messages, or so that we can screen calls
before we answer them. We order our lives so that we can "get ahead".
"Getting ahead" in God's kingdom, however, involves other priorities
than the ones we may set for ourselves. "Wisdom is supreme," the
principal thing, says Proverbs 4:7, "Get wisdom. Though it cost
all you have, get understanding."
Wisdom is defined as "an understanding of what is true, right, or lasting."
Biblical wisdom is not merely the accumulation of facts about God and his
teaching, but the application of those truths of life, taking on
the character of God as we mature in the image of Christ.
Such wisdom may, indeed, come at great cost. Jesus calls us to "lay
down our lives" to follow him - perhaps not literally to die, but to die
to self-centered priorities, to allow the Holy Spirit to establish
his value system in us.
"Keep my commandments and you will live," Proverbs 4:4 says. Real life -
rich, fulfilling, significant, abundant life - comes only through union
with God. The success offered by the world, the acclaim of others, material
prosperity and convenience cannot satisfy us once we have tasted
the joy of life with God in Christ.
Application
a) What does "getting wisdom" means to me?
b) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus
my attention on the priorities and values of the Lord?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Deut 8:18
18 But you must remember the Lord your God,
for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth,
so that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers,
as it is today.
18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth
thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant
which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
PSALMS 25:15-21
15 My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
for He will lead my feet from the net.
16 Turn to me, and be gracious to me,
for I am isolated and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
bring me out of my distresses.
18 Look on my pain and misery,
and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider my enemies, for they are many,
and they hate me with violent hatred.
20 Watch over my life, and deliver me!
Let me not suffer shame,
for I seek refuge in You.
21 Truth and integrity will preserve me
while I wait for You.
Ain
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD;
For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Pe
16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;
For I am desolate and afflicted.
Zade
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged:
O bring thou me out of my distresses.
( Qoph)
18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain;
And forgive all my sins.
Resh
19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many;
And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Shin
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me:
Let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Taw
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;
For I wait on thee.
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
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 pray a prayer for your nation not to fall into a sin trap.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, I relinquish my plans to You. Help me to put
my trust in You, because You never fail. "
Pray to the Lord and pray to get Wisdom from the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know His rewards for keeping His covenant.
Pray to the Lord and pray for integrity and uprightness preserve you.
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 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 South Korean missionaries who are imprisoned in North Korea
for their ministry work.
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.