Day 16 of the 3rd Bible Study Journey - 16 January 2023 reflections
Day 16 , 16 Jan 2023
1)
Genesis 12-15
The Call of Abram
1 Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country,
your family, and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
2 I will make of you a great nation;
I will bless you
and make your name great,
so that you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless them who bless you
and curse him who curses you,
and in you all families of the earth
will be blessed."
4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken to him,
and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old
when he departed from Harran.
5 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions
that they had accumulated, and the people that they had acquired in Harran,
and they set out for the land of Canaan. They came to the land of Canaan.
6 Then Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem,
to the oak of Moreh.
The Canaanites were in the land at that time.
7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said,a
"To your descendants I will give this land."
So he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
8 From there he continued on to a mountain to the east of Bethel
and pitched his tent,
having Bethel on the west and Ai on the easta
. There he built an altar to the Lord
and called on the name of the Lord.
9 Then Abram continued his journey toward the Negev.
Abram in Egypt
(Ge 20:1 - 18; 26:1 - 11)
10 Now there was a famine in the land,
so Abram went down to Egypt to live there,
for the famine was severe in the land.
11 When he was getting near to Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife,
"I know you are a beautiful woman. 12 Therefore, when the Egyptians see you,
they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will then kill me,
but they will let you live.
13 Say you are my sister so that I may be treated well for your sake.
Then my life will be spared because of you."
14 So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.
15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her and commended her to Pharaoh,
and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 He treated Abram well for her sake and he had sheep and livestock,
male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
17 But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
because of Abram's wife, Sarai.
18 So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, "What have you done to me?
Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
19 Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?
I might have taken her as my wife.
Now here is your wife; take her and leave."
20 Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him,
and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.
Genesis 12
[1] Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from
thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
[2] And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
[3] And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:
and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
[4] So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with
him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
[5] And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their
substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in
Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land
of Canaan they came.
[6] And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the
plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
[7] And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give
this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto
him.
[8] And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and
pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there
he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
[9] And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
[10] And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to
sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
[11] And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he
said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to
look upon:
[12] Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee,
that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will
save thee alive.
[13] Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for
thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
[14] And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the
Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
[15] The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh:
and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
[16] And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen,
and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
[17] And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because
of Sarai Abram's wife.
[18] And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done
unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
[19] Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to
wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
[20] And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away,
and his wife, and all that he had.
GENESIS 13
Abram and Lot
1 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev,
he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him.
2 Abram was very wealthy in livestock, in silver and in gold.
3 He continued on his journey from the Negev and came to Bethel,
to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4 to the place where he first made an altar.
There Abram called on the name of the Lord.
5 Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
6 But the land was not able to support them both dwelling together
because their possessions were so great.
7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of
Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock.
The Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled in the land at that time.
8 So Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no strife, I ask you,
between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen,
for we are close relatives.
9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me.
If you will go to the left, then I will go to the right,
or if you take the right, then I will go to the left."
10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and looked at all the valley of the Jordan,
that it was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord,
like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.
This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
11 Then Lot chose for himself the entire valley of the Jordan
and journeyed east, and the two of them separated from each other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan,
and Lot dwelled in the cities of the valley
and pitched his tent as far as Sodom.
13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the Lord.
14 After Lot had departed from him, the Lord said to Abram,
"Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are,
northward and southward and eastward and westward.
15 All the land that you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever.
16 I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth,
so that if a man could number the dust of the earth,
then your descendants could also be numbered.
17 Arise, and walk throughout the land across
its length and its width, for I will give it to you."
18 So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre,
which are in Hebron, and built an altar to the Lord there.
Genesis 13
[1] And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had,
and Lot with him, into the south.
[2] And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
[3] And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the
place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
[4] Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and
there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
[5] And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
[6] And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together:
for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
[7] And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the
herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in
the land.
[8] And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me
and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
[9] Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from
me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou
depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
[10] And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it
was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,
even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto
Zoar.
[11] Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and
they separated themselves the one from the other.
[12] Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of
the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
[13] But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
[14] And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward,
and southward, and eastward, and westward:
[15] For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy
seed for ever.
[16] And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can
number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
[17] Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of
it; for I will give it unto thee.
[18] Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre,
which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
GENESIS 14
Abram Rescues Lot
1 In the days that Amraphel was king of Shinar,
Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam,
and Tidal king of Goyim,
2 they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah,
Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim,
and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
3 All these were joined together in
the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea).
4 For twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer,
but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings
who were with him came and defeated the Rephaites
in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham,
and the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 and the Horites in their hill country of Seir,
as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
7 Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat
(that is, Kadesh) and conquered all the country
of the Amalekites and also the Amorites
who lived in Hazezon Tamar.
8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah,
the king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out,
and they joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim
9 against Kedorlaomer, the king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim,
Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar - four
kings against five.
10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits,
and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled,
some fell in them, and the rest fled to the hill country.
11 Then they took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah,
and all their provisions, and departed.
12 They also took Lot, Abram's brother's son,
who lived in Sodom, and his possessions,
and went their way.
13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew,
who was living near the oaks of Mamre the Amorite,
brother of Eshkol and Aner,
and these were allies with Abram.
14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive,
he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants
born in his own house, and pursued them as far as Dan.
15 During the night he divided his men to attack them
and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah,
which is north of Damascus.
16 He brought back all the possessions,
along with his relative Lot and his possessions,
and also the women and the people.
Melchizedek Blesses Abram
17 After his return from the defeat of Kedorlaomer
and the kings who had joined with him,
the king of Sodom went out to meet him
in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine.
He was the priest of God Most High.
19 And he blessed him and said,
"Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth;
20 and blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered your enemies into your hand."
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
21 The king of Sodom said to Abram,
"Give me the people and take the goods for yourself."
22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom,
"I have lifted up my hand to the Lord, God Most High,
the Possessor of heaven and earth,
23 that I will take nothing that is yours, not a thread or a sandal strap;
lest you say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
24 I will accept only that which my men have eaten
and the portion that belongs to the men who went
with me, Aner, Eshkol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion."
Genesis 14
[1] And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king
of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
[2] That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of
Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king
of Bela, which is Zoar.
[3] All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt
sea.
[4] Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they
rebelled.
[5] And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were
with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in
Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
[6] And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the
wilderness.
[7] And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote
all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in
Hazezon-tamar.
[8] And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the
king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is
Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
[9] With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and
Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
[10] And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom
and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the
mountain.
[11] And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
[12] And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his
goods, and departed.
[13] And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he
dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of
Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
[14] And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his
trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and
pursued them unto Dan.
[15] And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and
smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of
Damascus.
[16] And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother
Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
[17] And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the
valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
[18] And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was
the priest of the most high God.
[19] And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God,
possessor of heaven and earth:
[20] And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies
into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
[21] And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take
the goods to thyself.
[22] And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the
LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
[23] That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I
will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made
Abram rich:
[24] Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the
men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their
portion.
GENESIS 15
The Abrahamic Covenant
1 After this the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying,
"Do not fear, Abram.
I am your shield,
your exceedingly great reward."
2 But Abram said, "Lord God, what will You give me,
seeing I am childless and
the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
3 Abram said, "Since You have not given me any children,
my heir is a servant born in my house."
4 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
"This man will not be your heir,
but a son that is from your own body will be your heir."
5 He brought him outside and said,
"Look up toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them."
And He said to him, "So will your descendants be."
6 Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
7 He also said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of
Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess it."
8 But Abram said, "Lord God, how may I know that I will possess it?"
9 So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer,
a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram,
a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
10 Then Abram brought all of these to Him and cut them
in two and laid each piece opposite the other,
but he did not cut the birds in half.
11 When the birds of prey came down on the carcasses,
Abram drove them away.
12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram,
and terror and a great darkness fell on him.
13 Then He said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants
will live as strangers in a land that is not theirs,
and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
14 But I will judge the nation that they serve,
and afterward they will come out with great possessions.
15 As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace
and you will be buried at a good old age.
16 In the fourth generation, your descendants will return here,
for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."
17 When the sun went down and it was dark,
a smoking fire pot with a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
18 On that same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
"To your descendants I have given this land,
from the river of Egypt to the great Euphrates River -
19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaites,
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites,
the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
Genesis 15
[1] After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
[2] And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless,
and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
[3] And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born
in my house is mine heir.
[4] And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not
be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be
thine heir.
[5] And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and
tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So
shall thy seed be.
[6] And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
[7] And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the
Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
[8] And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
[9] And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she
goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and
a young pigeon.
[10] And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid
each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
[11] And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
[12] And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo,
an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
[13] And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a
stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall
afflict them four hundred years;
[14] And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance.
[15] And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a
good old age.
[16] But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
[17] And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,
behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those
pieces.
[18] In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy
seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river,
the river Euphrates:
[19] The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
[20] And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
[21] And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
Believe the Lord will bless you and seek his will for success.
Never doubt The Lord!
2) Our Daily Bread for 16 January 2022 entitled
entitled Be Filled
Isaiah 58:6-12
6 (Ne 5:10-12) Is not this the fast that I have chosen:
to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the heavy burdens,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and break every yoke?
7 (Eze 18:7; Isa 58:10; Eze 18:16) Is it not to divide your bread
with the hungry
and bring the poor who are outcasts into your house?
When you see the naked, to cover him
and not hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 (Ex 14:19; Job 11:17) Then your light shall break forth as the morning,
and your healing shall spring forth quickly,
and your righteousness shall go before you;
the glory of the Lord shall be your reward.
9 (Pr 6:13; Ps 12:2) Then you shall call, and the Lord shall answer;
you shall cry, and He shall say, Here I am.
If you take away the yoke from your midst,
the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 (Job 11:17; Isa 58:7-8) and if you give yourself to the hungry
and satisfy the afflicted soul,
then your light shall rise in obscurity,
and your darkness shall become as the noonday.
11 (SS 4:15; Jer 31:12) And the Lord shall guide you continually,
and satisfy your soul in drought,
and strengthen your bones;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
12 (Isa 61:4; Am 9:11) Those from among you shall rebuild
the old waste places;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
and you shall be called, the Repairer of the Breach,
the Restorer of Paths in which to Dwell.
[6] Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of
wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and
that ye break every yoke?
[7] Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor
that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover
him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
[8] Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall
spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory
of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
[9] Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he
shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,
the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
[10] And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted
soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the
noonday:
[11] And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
[12] And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou
shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be
called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
The horrific assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. happened at the
height of the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. But just four days
later, his widow Coretta Scott King courageously took her husband's place in
leading a peaceful protest march. Coretta had a deep passion for justice
and was a fierce champion of many causes.
Jesus said, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled" (Matthew 5:6). We know that someday God will come to
deliver justice and right every wrong, but until that time, we have
the opportunity to participate in making God's justice a reality on earth,
just like Coretta did. Isaiah 58 paints a vivid picture of what God calls His
people to do: loose the chains of injustice . . . set the oppressed free . . .
share your food with the hungry . . . provide the poor wanderer with shelter
. . clothe [the naked], . . . and [do not] turn away [from those who need
help]” (vv. 6-7). Seeking justice for the oppressed and the marginalized
is one way our lives point back to God. Isaiah writes that His people
seeking justice is like the light of dawn and results in healing
for them as well as for others (v.
.
Today, may God help us cultivate a hunger for His righteousness here on
earth. As we seek justice His way and in His power, the Bible says we'll
be satisfied.
By: Karen Pimpo
Reflect & Pray
What's one injustice that draws your attention?
How could you take a step toward doing what’s just and right today?
Give me a hunger for justice, God. Help me be a part
of Your work in doing what's right.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 2 - The key to the Prison Cell
Matt 6:14-15
14 For if you forgive men for their sins, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men for their sins,
neither will your Father forgive your sins.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you: 15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Ann had been badly wounded in a relationship that had ended in anger
and accusation. For more than a year, Ann nursed her bitterness, rallying
support for her attitudes from friends and colleagues. Any time she saw
her former friend, Ann put up an icy wall of hostility. She thought she was
"getting over" the hurt, but the very mention of her friend's name brought
back a flood of negative feelings. Ann was trapped, locked in a prison of
unforgiveness , a jail built block by block by her own unwillingness to
forgive. Ann didn't "get over it"; instead, her wounds festered
and her bitterness grew worse.
Then one day - she never knew how - Ann let go of her bitterness. The barriers
of hostility and anger melted away, and when she saw her friend again, she was
able to forgive. And Ann was finally able to turn to the Lord for her own
healing and forgiveness.
"If you do not forgive," Jesus says - and the statement falls hard on
unforgiving hearts, "Neither will you be forgiven." In one sense, God's
forgiveness is unconditional - we do not have to earn or deserve it, and it is
always available to us. But we cannot experience the forgiveness God has
extended to us when we harbour unforgiveness towards others and build walls
of bitterness in our hearts.
When we refuse forgiveness toward those who have hurt or betrayed us, we do
not keep them in bondage, but ourselves. We lock ourselves away for an
awareness of God's loving presence; we imprison ourselves in a cell of
revenge. But when we reach out to forgive, we turn in the lock;
the door is open for our own sins to be forgiven and our own hearts
cleansed and purified.
Application
a) Why is forgiving others a condition for experiencing forgiveness
in my own life?
b) How can these verses have a practical effect upon my willingness
to forgive others?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Deut 28:11
11 (Dt 28:4; 30:9) The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity,
in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock,
and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore
to your fathers to give you.
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body,
and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land
which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
1 John 4:16b-18
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us,
so that we may have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is,
so are we in this world.
18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love,
but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
Whoever fears is not perfect in love.
God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness
in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:
because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493
British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.
Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver
and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations
in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are
between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all
other nationalities.
Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant
and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,
Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this
region is about 200000.
Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,
more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small
numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.
We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.
A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,
for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that
- the church will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
- the church will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
16th Day of the Month
a) Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false
idea that all moral choices are equal and
without consequences
( John 16:7-8
7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away.
For if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you.
But if I go, I will send Him to you.
8 When He comes, He will convict the world of sin
and of righteousness and of judgment"
)
b) Pray that people's hearts would be opened to see the folly
of denying God's supremacy
(
John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him,
"I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Rom 3:19-20
19 Now we know that whatever the law says,
it says to those who are under the law,
so that every mouth may be silenced,
and all the world may become accountable to God.
20 Therefore by the works of the law
no flesh will be justified in His sight,
for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
2 COr 5:10
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
that each one may receive his recompense in the body,
according to what he has done,
whether it was good or bad.
2 Cor 10:5
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,
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to seek Him with all your heart and all your mind.
Pray to the Lord and Believe the Lord will bless you
and seek his will for success. Never doubt The Lord!
Pray to the Lord: "Give me a hunger for justice, God. Help me be a part
of Your work in doing what's right."
Pray to the Lord and pray be a good forgiver.
Pray to the Lord and pray for overflowing abundance.
Pray to the Lord and Thank Him for casting out fears.
Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.
Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false
idea that all moral choices are equal and
without consequences
Pray that people's hearts would be opened to see the folly
of denying God's supremacy
Pray that militant Islamic groups in Israel will be thwarted in their efforts
to prevent Christian activities.
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)
Genesis 12-15
The Call of Abram
1 Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country,
your family, and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
2 I will make of you a great nation;
I will bless you
and make your name great,
so that you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless them who bless you
and curse him who curses you,
and in you all families of the earth
will be blessed."
4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken to him,
and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old
when he departed from Harran.
5 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions
that they had accumulated, and the people that they had acquired in Harran,
and they set out for the land of Canaan. They came to the land of Canaan.
6 Then Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem,
to the oak of Moreh.
The Canaanites were in the land at that time.
7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said,a
"To your descendants I will give this land."
So he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
8 From there he continued on to a mountain to the east of Bethel
and pitched his tent,
having Bethel on the west and Ai on the easta
. There he built an altar to the Lord
and called on the name of the Lord.
9 Then Abram continued his journey toward the Negev.
Abram in Egypt
(Ge 20:1 - 18; 26:1 - 11)
10 Now there was a famine in the land,
so Abram went down to Egypt to live there,
for the famine was severe in the land.
11 When he was getting near to Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife,
"I know you are a beautiful woman. 12 Therefore, when the Egyptians see you,
they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will then kill me,
but they will let you live.
13 Say you are my sister so that I may be treated well for your sake.
Then my life will be spared because of you."
14 So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.
15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her and commended her to Pharaoh,
and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 He treated Abram well for her sake and he had sheep and livestock,
male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
17 But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
because of Abram's wife, Sarai.
18 So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, "What have you done to me?
Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
19 Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?
I might have taken her as my wife.
Now here is your wife; take her and leave."
20 Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him,
and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.
Genesis 12
[1] Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from
thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
[2] And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
[3] And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:
and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
[4] So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with
him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
[5] And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their
substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in
Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land
of Canaan they came.
[6] And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the
plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
[7] And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give
this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto
him.
[8] And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and
pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there
he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
[9] And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
[10] And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to
sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
[11] And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he
said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to
look upon:
[12] Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee,
that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will
save thee alive.
[13] Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for
thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
[14] And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the
Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
[15] The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh:
and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
[16] And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen,
and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
[17] And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because
of Sarai Abram's wife.
[18] And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done
unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
[19] Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to
wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
[20] And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away,
and his wife, and all that he had.
GENESIS 13
Abram and Lot
1 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev,
he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him.
2 Abram was very wealthy in livestock, in silver and in gold.
3 He continued on his journey from the Negev and came to Bethel,
to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4 to the place where he first made an altar.
There Abram called on the name of the Lord.
5 Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
6 But the land was not able to support them both dwelling together
because their possessions were so great.
7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of
Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock.
The Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled in the land at that time.
8 So Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no strife, I ask you,
between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen,
for we are close relatives.
9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me.
If you will go to the left, then I will go to the right,
or if you take the right, then I will go to the left."
10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and looked at all the valley of the Jordan,
that it was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord,
like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.
This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
11 Then Lot chose for himself the entire valley of the Jordan
and journeyed east, and the two of them separated from each other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan,
and Lot dwelled in the cities of the valley
and pitched his tent as far as Sodom.
13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the Lord.
14 After Lot had departed from him, the Lord said to Abram,
"Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are,
northward and southward and eastward and westward.
15 All the land that you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever.
16 I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth,
so that if a man could number the dust of the earth,
then your descendants could also be numbered.
17 Arise, and walk throughout the land across
its length and its width, for I will give it to you."
18 So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre,
which are in Hebron, and built an altar to the Lord there.
Genesis 13
[1] And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had,
and Lot with him, into the south.
[2] And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
[3] And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the
place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
[4] Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and
there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
[5] And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
[6] And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together:
for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
[7] And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the
herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in
the land.
[8] And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me
and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
[9] Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from
me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou
depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
[10] And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it
was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,
even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto
Zoar.
[11] Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and
they separated themselves the one from the other.
[12] Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of
the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
[13] But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
[14] And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward,
and southward, and eastward, and westward:
[15] For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy
seed for ever.
[16] And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can
number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
[17] Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of
it; for I will give it unto thee.
[18] Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre,
which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
GENESIS 14
Abram Rescues Lot
1 In the days that Amraphel was king of Shinar,
Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam,
and Tidal king of Goyim,
2 they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah,
Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim,
and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
3 All these were joined together in
the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea).
4 For twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer,
but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings
who were with him came and defeated the Rephaites
in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham,
and the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 and the Horites in their hill country of Seir,
as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
7 Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat
(that is, Kadesh) and conquered all the country
of the Amalekites and also the Amorites
who lived in Hazezon Tamar.
8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah,
the king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out,
and they joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim
9 against Kedorlaomer, the king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim,
Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar - four
kings against five.
10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits,
and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled,
some fell in them, and the rest fled to the hill country.
11 Then they took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah,
and all their provisions, and departed.
12 They also took Lot, Abram's brother's son,
who lived in Sodom, and his possessions,
and went their way.
13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew,
who was living near the oaks of Mamre the Amorite,
brother of Eshkol and Aner,
and these were allies with Abram.
14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive,
he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants
born in his own house, and pursued them as far as Dan.
15 During the night he divided his men to attack them
and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah,
which is north of Damascus.
16 He brought back all the possessions,
along with his relative Lot and his possessions,
and also the women and the people.
Melchizedek Blesses Abram
17 After his return from the defeat of Kedorlaomer
and the kings who had joined with him,
the king of Sodom went out to meet him
in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine.
He was the priest of God Most High.
19 And he blessed him and said,
"Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth;
20 and blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered your enemies into your hand."
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
21 The king of Sodom said to Abram,
"Give me the people and take the goods for yourself."
22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom,
"I have lifted up my hand to the Lord, God Most High,
the Possessor of heaven and earth,
23 that I will take nothing that is yours, not a thread or a sandal strap;
lest you say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
24 I will accept only that which my men have eaten
and the portion that belongs to the men who went
with me, Aner, Eshkol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion."
Genesis 14
[1] And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king
of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
[2] That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of
Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king
of Bela, which is Zoar.
[3] All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt
sea.
[4] Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they
rebelled.
[5] And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were
with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in
Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
[6] And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the
wilderness.
[7] And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote
all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in
Hazezon-tamar.
[8] And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the
king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is
Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
[9] With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and
Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
[10] And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom
and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the
mountain.
[11] And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
[12] And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his
goods, and departed.
[13] And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he
dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of
Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
[14] And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his
trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and
pursued them unto Dan.
[15] And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and
smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of
Damascus.
[16] And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother
Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
[17] And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the
valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
[18] And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was
the priest of the most high God.
[19] And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God,
possessor of heaven and earth:
[20] And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies
into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
[21] And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take
the goods to thyself.
[22] And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the
LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
[23] That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I
will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made
Abram rich:
[24] Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the
men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their
portion.
GENESIS 15
The Abrahamic Covenant
1 After this the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying,
"Do not fear, Abram.
I am your shield,
your exceedingly great reward."
2 But Abram said, "Lord God, what will You give me,
seeing I am childless and
the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
3 Abram said, "Since You have not given me any children,
my heir is a servant born in my house."
4 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
"This man will not be your heir,
but a son that is from your own body will be your heir."
5 He brought him outside and said,
"Look up toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them."
And He said to him, "So will your descendants be."
6 Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
7 He also said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of
Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess it."
8 But Abram said, "Lord God, how may I know that I will possess it?"
9 So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer,
a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram,
a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
10 Then Abram brought all of these to Him and cut them
in two and laid each piece opposite the other,
but he did not cut the birds in half.
11 When the birds of prey came down on the carcasses,
Abram drove them away.
12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram,
and terror and a great darkness fell on him.
13 Then He said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants
will live as strangers in a land that is not theirs,
and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
14 But I will judge the nation that they serve,
and afterward they will come out with great possessions.
15 As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace
and you will be buried at a good old age.
16 In the fourth generation, your descendants will return here,
for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."
17 When the sun went down and it was dark,
a smoking fire pot with a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
18 On that same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
"To your descendants I have given this land,
from the river of Egypt to the great Euphrates River -
19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaites,
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites,
the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
Genesis 15
[1] After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
[2] And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless,
and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
[3] And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born
in my house is mine heir.
[4] And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not
be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be
thine heir.
[5] And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and
tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So
shall thy seed be.
[6] And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
[7] And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the
Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
[8] And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
[9] And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she
goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and
a young pigeon.
[10] And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid
each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
[11] And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
[12] And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo,
an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
[13] And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a
stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall
afflict them four hundred years;
[14] And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance.
[15] And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a
good old age.
[16] But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
[17] And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,
behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those
pieces.
[18] In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy
seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river,
the river Euphrates:
[19] The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
[20] And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
[21] And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
Believe the Lord will bless you and seek his will for success.
Never doubt The Lord!
2) Our Daily Bread for 16 January 2022 entitled
entitled Be Filled
Isaiah 58:6-12
6 (Ne 5:10-12) Is not this the fast that I have chosen:
to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the heavy burdens,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and break every yoke?
7 (Eze 18:7; Isa 58:10; Eze 18:16) Is it not to divide your bread
with the hungry
and bring the poor who are outcasts into your house?
When you see the naked, to cover him
and not hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 (Ex 14:19; Job 11:17) Then your light shall break forth as the morning,
and your healing shall spring forth quickly,
and your righteousness shall go before you;
the glory of the Lord shall be your reward.
9 (Pr 6:13; Ps 12:2) Then you shall call, and the Lord shall answer;
you shall cry, and He shall say, Here I am.
If you take away the yoke from your midst,
the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 (Job 11:17; Isa 58:7-8) and if you give yourself to the hungry
and satisfy the afflicted soul,
then your light shall rise in obscurity,
and your darkness shall become as the noonday.
11 (SS 4:15; Jer 31:12) And the Lord shall guide you continually,
and satisfy your soul in drought,
and strengthen your bones;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
12 (Isa 61:4; Am 9:11) Those from among you shall rebuild
the old waste places;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
and you shall be called, the Repairer of the Breach,
the Restorer of Paths in which to Dwell.
[6] Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of
wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and
that ye break every yoke?
[7] Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor
that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover
him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
[8] Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall
spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory
of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
[9] Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he
shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,
the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
[10] And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted
soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the
noonday:
[11] And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
[12] And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou
shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be
called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
The horrific assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. happened at the
height of the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. But just four days
later, his widow Coretta Scott King courageously took her husband's place in
leading a peaceful protest march. Coretta had a deep passion for justice
and was a fierce champion of many causes.
Jesus said, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled" (Matthew 5:6). We know that someday God will come to
deliver justice and right every wrong, but until that time, we have
the opportunity to participate in making God's justice a reality on earth,
just like Coretta did. Isaiah 58 paints a vivid picture of what God calls His
people to do: loose the chains of injustice . . . set the oppressed free . . .
share your food with the hungry . . . provide the poor wanderer with shelter
. . clothe [the naked], . . . and [do not] turn away [from those who need
help]” (vv. 6-7). Seeking justice for the oppressed and the marginalized
is one way our lives point back to God. Isaiah writes that His people
seeking justice is like the light of dawn and results in healing
for them as well as for others (v.
.Today, may God help us cultivate a hunger for His righteousness here on
earth. As we seek justice His way and in His power, the Bible says we'll
be satisfied.
By: Karen Pimpo
Reflect & Pray
What's one injustice that draws your attention?
How could you take a step toward doing what’s just and right today?
Give me a hunger for justice, God. Help me be a part
of Your work in doing what's right.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 2 - The key to the Prison Cell
Matt 6:14-15
14 For if you forgive men for their sins, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men for their sins,
neither will your Father forgive your sins.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you: 15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Ann had been badly wounded in a relationship that had ended in anger
and accusation. For more than a year, Ann nursed her bitterness, rallying
support for her attitudes from friends and colleagues. Any time she saw
her former friend, Ann put up an icy wall of hostility. She thought she was
"getting over" the hurt, but the very mention of her friend's name brought
back a flood of negative feelings. Ann was trapped, locked in a prison of
unforgiveness , a jail built block by block by her own unwillingness to
forgive. Ann didn't "get over it"; instead, her wounds festered
and her bitterness grew worse.
Then one day - she never knew how - Ann let go of her bitterness. The barriers
of hostility and anger melted away, and when she saw her friend again, she was
able to forgive. And Ann was finally able to turn to the Lord for her own
healing and forgiveness.
"If you do not forgive," Jesus says - and the statement falls hard on
unforgiving hearts, "Neither will you be forgiven." In one sense, God's
forgiveness is unconditional - we do not have to earn or deserve it, and it is
always available to us. But we cannot experience the forgiveness God has
extended to us when we harbour unforgiveness towards others and build walls
of bitterness in our hearts.
When we refuse forgiveness toward those who have hurt or betrayed us, we do
not keep them in bondage, but ourselves. We lock ourselves away for an
awareness of God's loving presence; we imprison ourselves in a cell of
revenge. But when we reach out to forgive, we turn in the lock;
the door is open for our own sins to be forgiven and our own hearts
cleansed and purified.
Application
a) Why is forgiving others a condition for experiencing forgiveness
in my own life?
b) How can these verses have a practical effect upon my willingness
to forgive others?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Deut 28:11
11 (Dt 28:4; 30:9) The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity,
in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock,
and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore
to your fathers to give you.
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body,
and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land
which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
1 John 4:16b-18
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us,
so that we may have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is,
so are we in this world.
18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love,
but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
Whoever fears is not perfect in love.
God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness
in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:
because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493
British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.
Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver
and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations
in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are
between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all
other nationalities.
Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant
and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,
Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this
region is about 200000.
Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,
more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small
numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.
We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.
A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,
for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that
- the church will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
- the church will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
16th Day of the Month
a) Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false
idea that all moral choices are equal and
without consequences
( John 16:7-8
7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away.
For if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you.
But if I go, I will send Him to you.
8 When He comes, He will convict the world of sin
and of righteousness and of judgment"
)
b) Pray that people's hearts would be opened to see the folly
of denying God's supremacy
(
John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him,
"I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Rom 3:19-20
19 Now we know that whatever the law says,
it says to those who are under the law,
so that every mouth may be silenced,
and all the world may become accountable to God.
20 Therefore by the works of the law
no flesh will be justified in His sight,
for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
2 COr 5:10
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
that each one may receive his recompense in the body,
according to what he has done,
whether it was good or bad.
2 Cor 10:5
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,
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to seek Him with all your heart and all your mind.
Pray to the Lord and Believe the Lord will bless you
and seek his will for success. Never doubt The Lord!
Pray to the Lord: "Give me a hunger for justice, God. Help me be a part
of Your work in doing what's right."
Pray to the Lord and pray be a good forgiver.
Pray to the Lord and pray for overflowing abundance.
Pray to the Lord and Thank Him for casting out fears.
Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.
Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false
idea that all moral choices are equal and
without consequences
Pray that people's hearts would be opened to see the folly
of denying God's supremacy
Pray that militant Islamic groups in Israel will be thwarted in their efforts
to prevent Christian activities.
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.