Day 204 of My 3rd Bible Study Journey - 23 July 2023 reflections
Day 204, 23 July 2023
Today at
Calvary Communiy Church Pastor Nathan Zeiber
spoke on The Role of Commitment
Nehemiah 9:38
Signatories to the Agreement
38 (Ne 10:1; 10:29) So on the basis of all this, we are executing
a written agreement that is being sealed by our princes, Levites,
and priests.
[38] And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our
princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
Nehemiah 10:1-8
Signatories of the Covenant
1 (Ne 9:38; 1:1) Now the names of those on the sealed agreement were:
Nehemiah, the magistrate, the son of Hakaliah,
and Zedekiah.
2 Next were Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah,
4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluk,
5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.
These were the priests.
[1] Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of
Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
[2] Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
[3] Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
[4] Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
[5] Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
[6] Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
[7] Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
[8] Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
28 (Ne 9:2) The remainder of the people, the priests, the Levites,
the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who
on the basis of the Law of God separated themselves from the people
of the lands-their wives, their sons, and their daughters, that is,
every one capable of knowledge and understanding-
29 (Ps 119:106; 2Ki 23:3) have decisively joined in with their countrymen
and their nobles, and obligated themselves-by both a curse and an oath-to
walk in the Law of God, which was given by Moses the servant of God,
and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord who is our Lord,
along with His judgments and His statutes
30 (Ex 34:16; Dt 7:3) so that we will not give our daughters
to the people of the land nor take their daughters for our sons.
[28] And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the
singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the
people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their
daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
[29] They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse,
and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant
of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and
his judgments and his statutes;
[30] And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land,
nor take their daughters for our sons:
Some romance, Business was based on integrity.
And work for the Lord was also included
1) Isaiah 35,
2 Chronicles 32:1-8
2 Kings 18:13-18
Isaiah 36:1-3
2 Kings 18:19-37
Isaiah 36:4-22
Isaiah 35
The Future Glory of Zion
1 (Isa 51:3; 55:12-13) The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad,
and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;
2 (Isa 60:13; 25:9) it shall blossom abundantly
and rejoice even with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
the excellency of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the glory of the Lord
and the excellency of our God.
3 (Heb 12:12; Job 4:3-4) Strengthen the weak hands,
and support the feeble knees.
4 Isa 34:8; 28:16 Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
"Be strong, fear not.
Your God will come
with vengeance,
even God with a recompense;
He will come and save you."
5 (Isa 29:18; 32:3-4) Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 (Lk 11:14; Jn 5:8-9) Then the lame man shall leap as a deer,
and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
For in the wilderness waters shall break out
and streams in the desert.
7 (Isa 13:22; 34:13) The parched ground shall become a pool,
and the thirsty land springs of water;
in the habitation of jackals where each lay,
there shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
8 (Isa 52:1; 11:16) A highway shall be there, a roadway,
and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean shall not pass on it,
but it shall be for the wayfaring men,
and fools shall not wander on it.
9 (Isa 62:12) No lion shall be there,
nor any ravenous beast shall go up on it;
these shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there,
10 (Rev 21:4; Isa 25:8) and the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 35
[1] The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the
desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
[2] It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the
glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and
Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
[3] Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
[4] Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold,
your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come
and save you.
[5] Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf
shall be unstopped.
[6] Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb
sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the
desert.
[7] And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs
of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with
reeds and rushes.
[8] And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way
of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those:
the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
[9] No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it
shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
[10] And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
2 Chronicles 32:1-8
2 Chronicles 32
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
2Ki 18:17-35; 19:35-37; Isa 36:2-20; 37:36-38
1 After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib
king of Assyria came to Judah and encamped against the fortified cities
thinking that he would break through them for himself.
2 When Hezekiah observed that Sennacherib had come
and that he turned to war against Jerusalem,
3 he consulted with his officials and military men to stop up the waters
of the springs that were outside the city, and they helped in this.
4 So, many people assembled and worked to stop up all the springs
and the stream flowing through the area. They reasoned,
"Why should the king of Assyria come and find a great amount of water?"
5 He then worked hard to build up all the walls that were broken down
and to raise up towers. Then he built another wall outside that one
and strengthened the Millo in the City of David.
And he made weapons and shields in abundance.
6 And he designated commanders for fighting over the people,
and he gathered them to himself at the open square of the gate of the city
and spoke encouragingly to them saying,
7 "Be strong and brave. Do not fear or have terror before the king of Assyria
or before all this army that is with him because there are more who are with
us than with him.
8 With this king is a strong arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God who
will help us and fight our battles." So the people leaned on the words
of Hezekiah king of Judah.
[1] After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of
Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced
cities, and thought to win them for himself.
[2] And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was
purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
[3] He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters
of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
[4] So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the
fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why
should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
[5] Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken,
and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo
in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
[6] And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together
to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them,
saying,
[7] Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of
Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with
us than with him:
[8] With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us,
and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of
Hezekiah king of Judah.
2 Kings 18:13-18
Sennacherib Invades Judah
Isa 36:1-22; 2Ch 32:9-19
13 (Isa 36:1-22) In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah,
Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah
and captured them.
14 (2Ki 18:7) Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria
at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; turn away from me. I will bear
whatever you put on me." So the king of Assyria required
of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents
[About 11 tons, or 10 metric tons.] of silver and thirty talents
[About 1 ton, or 1 metric ton.] of gold.
15 (2Ki 16:8; 12:18) So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found
in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house.
16 At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple
of the Lord and from the doorposts that Hezekiah king of Judah
had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17 (2Ki 20:20; Isa 7:3) Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan,
[Possibly Commander in Chief.] the Rabsaris,[Possibly Chief of Staff.]
and the Rabshakeh [Possibly Commanding General.] from Lachish
to King Hezekiah with a great army against Jerusalem.
So they went up and came to Jerusalem.
When they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool,
which is on the highway of the Fuller's Field.
18 (2Ki 19:2) Then they called to the king, and Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph,
the recorder, came out to them.
[13] Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the
city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
[14] And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and
read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it
before the LORD.
[15] And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel,
which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of
all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
[16] LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see:
and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the
living God.
[17] Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and
their lands,
[18] And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the
work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
Isaiah 36:1-3
Isaiah 36
Sennacherib Invades Judah
2Ki 18:13-37; 2Ch 32:9-19
1 (2Ch 32:1; 2Ki 18:13) Now it came to pass in the 14th year of King Hezekiah
that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities
of Judah and took them.
2 (Isa 7:3; 2Ki 18:17-37) The king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh
[Possibly Commanding General.] from Lachish to Jerusalem
to King Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit
of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
3 Then Eliakim came to him, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household,
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.
Isaiah 36
[1] Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that
Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of
Judah, and took them.
[2] And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto
king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper
pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
[3] Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the
house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
2 Kings 18:19-37
19 (Isa 36:4) Then the Rabshakeh said to them, "Speak to Hezekiah:
"Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria:
What is the basis of your confidence?
20 You speak empty words concerning counsel and strength for the war.
Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
21 (Isa 30:7; Eze 29:6-7) Now, look! You trust in the staff of this bruised
reed, on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will enter his hand
and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
22 (2Ch 31:1) But if you say to me, 'We trust in the Lord our God,'
is it not He, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed,
saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship
before this altar in Jerusalem'?
23 "Now, make a wager with my lord king of Assyria. I will give you
two thousand horses if you are able to set riders on them.
24 (Isa 10:8) How can you turn away one official of the least
of my master's servants and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
25 (2Ki 19:6) Have I come up apart from the will of the Lord
against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me,
Go up against this land and destroy it."
26 (Ezr 4:7; Da 2:4) Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah
said to the Rabshakeh, "Speak to your servants in Aramaic,
for we understand it. Do not speak with us in the language of Judah
in earshot of the people who are on the wall."
27 But the Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me to speak
these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall,
who are about to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?"
28 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called with a loud voice in the language
of Judah, "Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
29 (2Ch 32:15) Thus says the king: 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you,
for he is not able to deliver you from my hand.
30 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying,
The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given
into the hand of the king of Assyria.'
31 (1Ki 4:25; 4:20) "Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king
of Assyria: 'Submit to me; come out to me, so that every man may eat
from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,
32 (Dt 8:7-9; Ex 3:8) until I come and take you to a land like your own land,
a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil
and honey, that you may live and not die.'
"Do not listen to Hezekiah when he leads you astray saying,
The Lord will deliver us.
33 (Isa 10:10-11) Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered
its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 (Isa 10:9) Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?
Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?
Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
35 (Da 3:15) Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their land
out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?"
36 But the people were silent and answered him not a word,
for the king's command was, "Do not answer him."
37 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe,
and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes
torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
[19] Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his
hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD
God, even thou only.
[20] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib
king of Assyria I have heard.
[21] This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin
the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the
daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
[22] Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou
exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy
One of Israel.
[23] By the messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With
the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to
the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and
the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his
borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
[24] I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet
have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
[25] Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times
that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thoum shouldest be
to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
[26] Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and
confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as
the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
[27] But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy
rage against me.
[28] Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears,
therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I
will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
[29] And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things
as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the
same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat
the fruits thereof.
[30] And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again
take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
[31] For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out
of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
[32] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with
shield, nor cast a bank against it.
[33] By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not
come into this city, saith the LORD.
[34] For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my
servant David's sake.
[35] And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out,
and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five
thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all
dead corpses.
[36] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and
dwelt at Nineveh.
[37] And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his
god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and
they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in
his stead.
Isaiah 36:4-22
4 The Rabshakeh said to them:
"Say now to Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria:
What confidence is this that you have?
5 (2Ki 18:7) I say, Your counsel and strength for war are only empty words.
Now on whom do you rely that you rebel against me?
6 (Eze 29:6-7) You rely on the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt,
on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it.
So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
7 (2Ki 18:4-5) But if you say to me, 'We trust in the Lord our God,'
is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away,
and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before this altar'?
8 "Now therefore, come make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria,
and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part
to set riders on them.
9 (Isa 10:8) How then will you turn away one captain of the least
of my master's servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
10 (1Ki 13:18) Have I now come up without the approval of the Lord
against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me,
Go up against this land, and destroy it."
11 (Ezr 4:7; Da 2:4) Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the Rabshakeh,
"Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it.
And do not speak to us in Hebrew
in the ears of the people who are on the wall."
12 But the Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me only to your master
and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit
on the wall, that they may eat their own dung and drink their own urine
with you?"
13 (2Ch 32:18) Then the Rabshakeh stood and cried out with a loud voice
in Hebrew, and said, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
14 Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you,
for he shall not be able to deliver you;
15 nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying,
The Lord will surely deliver us.
This city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.'
16 (1Ki 4:25; Zec 3:10) "Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says
the king of Assyria: 'Make your peace with me and come out to me,
and eat every one of his vine and every one of his fig tree,
and drink every one the waters of his own cistern,
17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land,
a land of corn and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
18 (Isa 36:15) " 'Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The Lord will
deliver us. Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land out
of the hand of the king of Assyria?
19 (Jer 49:23; Isa 10:9-11) Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?
Where are the gods of Sepharvaim?
And when have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20 (2Ch 32:19) Who are they among all the gods of these lands that have
delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem
out of my hand?' "
21 (Pr 26:4) But they held their peace, and answered him not a word,
for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."
22 (Isa 36:3; 33:7) Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph,
the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn
and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
[4] And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the
great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou
trustest?
[5] I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and
strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against
me?
[6] Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if
a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of
Egypt to all that trust in him.
[7] But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose
high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and
to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
[8] Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of
Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy
part to set riders upon them.
[9] How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my
master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
[10] And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it?
the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
[11] Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray
thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and
speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on
the wall.
[12] But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to
speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall,
that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
[13] Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'
language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of
Assyria.
[14] Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be
able to deliver you.
[15] Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will
surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the
king of Assyria.
[16] Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an
agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of
his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters
of his own cistern;
[17] Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of
corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
[18] Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of
the king of Assyria?
[19] Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of
Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
[20] Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered
their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my
hand?
[21] But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's
commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
[22] Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah
with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
2) Our Daily Bread for 23 July 2022 Remember in Prayer
Philemon 1:1-4
Salutation
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
1 To Philemon, our beloved fellow laborer,
2 and to beloved Apphia, and to Archippus our fellow soldier,
and to the church in your house:
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[1] Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon
our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
[2] And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the
church in thy house:
[3] Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philemon's Love and Faith
4 I thank my God, always mentioning you in my prayers,
[4] I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
Malcolm Cloutt was named a 2021 Maundy Money honoree by Queen Elizabeth II, an
annual service award given to British men and women. Cloutt, who was one
hundred years old at the time of the recognition, was honored for having given
out one thousand Bibles during his lifetime. Cloutt has kept a record of
everyone who's received a Bible and has prayed for them regularly.
Cloutt’s faithfulness in prayer is a powerful example of the kind of love we
find throughout Paul's writings in the New Testament. Paul often assured the
recipients of his letters that he was regularly praying for them. To his
friend Philemon, he wrote, "I always thank my God as I remember you in my
prayers" (Philemon 1:4). In his letter to Timothy, Paul wrote, "Night and day
I constantly remember you in my prayers" (2 Timothy 1:3). To the church in
Rome, Paul emphasised that he remembered them in prayer "constantly" and
"at all times" (Romans 1:9-10).
While we might not have a thousand people to pray for like Malcolm,
intentional prayer for those we know is powerful because God responds to our
prayers. When prompted and empowered by His Spirit to pray for a specific
individual, I've found a simple prayer calendar can be a useful tool. Dividing
names into a daily or weekly calendar helps me be faithful to pray. What a
beautiful demonstration of love when we remember others in prayer.
By: Lisa M. Samra
Reflect & Pray
What has helped you be faithful in prayer?
How have you been blessed by someone’s prayers for you?
Father, help me to be faithful in prayer, knowing You always hear me.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 1 - God's Perspective
Philip 4:13
13 (2Co 12:9-10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because
of Christ who strengthens me.
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Many of us live out self-fulfilling prophecies. We believe
what we tell ourselves - or what we have been told by others:
"You're stupid", "You're ugly", "You'll never amount to anything,"
"You can't do anything right."
We programme ourselves for spiritual failure as well.
"I just can't memorise Scripture," we say. "It comes and goes,
and I can't seem to get it to stay." Yet daily we memorise
volumes of information that is less significant than the
Scriptures - telephone numbers, identification codes,
songs lyrics, advertising jingles.
The answer to the dilemma of negativism is not positive
thinking, but right thinking - biblical thinking, according
to what the Bible reveals of God's perspective. God says,
"You are worthwhile. You are valued. You are loved. I created you
just as you are, and whatever I call you to do,
I will give you the strength to do it.
The context of Phillipians 4:13 shows that Paul had learned
this important secret of spiritual strength. Paul had known
poverty and plenty, trouble and victory. But he also knew
he did not have to let circumstances determine his response to God's will.
We need not be controlled by the negative messages life throws in our paths
- even those self-defeating pronouncements we make to ourselves.
Rather, we can respond according to God's perspective, with the
conviction that God has given us strength we need to meet the
challenges we face.
Application
a) What challenges do I face that make me realise my own insufficiencies?
IS memorising Scripture one of those challenges for me?
b) How does today's memory verse help me face those challenges?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Joshua 1:5
5 (Dt 7:24; 31:6-8) No man will be able to stand against
you all the days of your life.
As I was with Moses, I will be with you.
I will not abandon you. I will not leave you.
5 There shall not any man be able to stand before
thee all the days of thy life:
as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee:
I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Help in Times of Temptation
1 Cor 10:1-13
1 Corinthians 10
Warning Against Idolatry
1 (Ex 14:29; Ps 66:6) I would not want you to be unaware that
all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 (Ex 16:35; Dt 8:3) all ate the same spiritual food;
4 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) and all drank the same spiritual drink,
for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,
and that Rock was Christ.
5 (Heb 3:17; Jude 1:5) But with many of them God was not well pleased,
and they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 (Nu 11:4; 1Co 10:11) Now these things were our examples to the intent
that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.
7 (Ex 32:19; 32:4) Neither be idolaters as were some of them.
As it is written,
"The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to revel." (Ex 32:6. )
8 (Nu 25:1-9; 1Co 6:18) Neither let us commit sexual immorality as some
of them committed, when 23000 fell in one day.
9 (Nu 21:5-6; Ex 17:2) Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them
also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.
10 (Ex 12:23; Nu 16:41) Neither murmur, as some of them also murmured
and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 (Ro 13:11) Now all these things happened to them for examples.
They are written as an admonition to us,
upon whom the end of the ages has come.
12 (Ro 11:20) Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed,
lest he fall.
13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken you except what is common
to man. God is faithful, and He will not permit you to be tempted above
what you can endure, but will with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all
our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 and did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased:
for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust
after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written,
The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed,
and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured,
and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples:
and they are written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:
but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)
Where do Muslims live?
Canada is a land of immigrants. And Muslims are coming in increasing numbers
to our shores. Where do they live? How can we pray for these areas? Use this as
your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.
Data for those population figures is extrapolated for the 2011 National
Household Survey and population growth projections by Pew Forum. These have
also been adjusted by +40% as reliable sources state that on 60% of Muslims
self-identify on government surveys and forms. These estimates are still on
the conservative end of the spectrum. Percentages represent that of the total
Canadian population, not provincial
BC - 136493 - 7.5%
AB - 195240 - 11%
SK - 17279 - 1%
MB - 21349 - 1.2%
ON - 1001542 - 55%
QC - 418946 - 23%
NB - 4543 - 0.003%
NS - 14629 - 0.1%
PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%
NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%
Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%
NWT - 473 - 0.0003%
NU - 86 - 0.00005%
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!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 23 of the Month
a) Pray for the genuine conversion and successful rehabilitation of those
who have committed crimes.
b) Pray for spiritual and functional unity in the Body of Christ
across Canada.
(
John 13:34-35
34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another,
even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples,
if you have love for one another."
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another;
as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,
if ye have love one to another.
Rom 12:10
10 Be devoted to one another with brotherly love; prefer one another in honour
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love;
in honour preferring one another;
Heb 10:24
24 And let us consider how to spur one another to love and to good works.
24 and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
1 Peter 3:8
8 Finally, be all of one mind, be loving toward one another, be gracious,
and be kind.
8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 John 3:23
23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name
of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another as He commanded us.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name
of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray the your life will reflect the Lord's work.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know Him as all powerful.
Pray to the Lord: "Father, help me to be faithful in prayer,
knowing You always hear me."
Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord who gives you strength.
Pray to the Lord and pray no to lust after evil things.
Pray to the Lord and praise Him for being your shield.
Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.
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 for the genuine conversion and successful rehabilitation of those
who have committed crimes.
Pray for spiritual and functional unity in the Body of Christ
across Canada.
Pray that in Columbia closed by paramilitary groups will find safe
and effective ways to gather for worship.
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.
Today at
Calvary Communiy Church Pastor Nathan Zeiber
spoke on The Role of Commitment
Nehemiah 9:38
Signatories to the Agreement
38 (Ne 10:1; 10:29) So on the basis of all this, we are executing
a written agreement that is being sealed by our princes, Levites,
and priests.
[38] And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our
princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
Nehemiah 10:1-8
Signatories of the Covenant
1 (Ne 9:38; 1:1) Now the names of those on the sealed agreement were:
Nehemiah, the magistrate, the son of Hakaliah,
and Zedekiah.
2 Next were Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah,
4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluk,
5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.
These were the priests.
[1] Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of
Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
[2] Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
[3] Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
[4] Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
[5] Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
[6] Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
[7] Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
[8] Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
28 (Ne 9:2) The remainder of the people, the priests, the Levites,
the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who
on the basis of the Law of God separated themselves from the people
of the lands-their wives, their sons, and their daughters, that is,
every one capable of knowledge and understanding-
29 (Ps 119:106; 2Ki 23:3) have decisively joined in with their countrymen
and their nobles, and obligated themselves-by both a curse and an oath-to
walk in the Law of God, which was given by Moses the servant of God,
and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord who is our Lord,
along with His judgments and His statutes
30 (Ex 34:16; Dt 7:3) so that we will not give our daughters
to the people of the land nor take their daughters for our sons.
[28] And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the
singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the
people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their
daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
[29] They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse,
and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant
of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and
his judgments and his statutes;
[30] And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land,
nor take their daughters for our sons:
Some romance, Business was based on integrity.
And work for the Lord was also included
1) Isaiah 35,
2 Chronicles 32:1-8
2 Kings 18:13-18
Isaiah 36:1-3
2 Kings 18:19-37
Isaiah 36:4-22
Isaiah 35
The Future Glory of Zion
1 (Isa 51:3; 55:12-13) The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad,
and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;
2 (Isa 60:13; 25:9) it shall blossom abundantly
and rejoice even with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
the excellency of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the glory of the Lord
and the excellency of our God.
3 (Heb 12:12; Job 4:3-4) Strengthen the weak hands,
and support the feeble knees.
4 Isa 34:8; 28:16 Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
"Be strong, fear not.
Your God will come
with vengeance,
even God with a recompense;
He will come and save you."
5 (Isa 29:18; 32:3-4) Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 (Lk 11:14; Jn 5:8-9) Then the lame man shall leap as a deer,
and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
For in the wilderness waters shall break out
and streams in the desert.
7 (Isa 13:22; 34:13) The parched ground shall become a pool,
and the thirsty land springs of water;
in the habitation of jackals where each lay,
there shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
8 (Isa 52:1; 11:16) A highway shall be there, a roadway,
and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean shall not pass on it,
but it shall be for the wayfaring men,
and fools shall not wander on it.
9 (Isa 62:12) No lion shall be there,
nor any ravenous beast shall go up on it;
these shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there,
10 (Rev 21:4; Isa 25:8) and the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 35
[1] The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the
desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
[2] It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the
glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and
Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
[3] Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
[4] Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold,
your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come
and save you.
[5] Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf
shall be unstopped.
[6] Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb
sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the
desert.
[7] And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs
of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with
reeds and rushes.
[8] And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way
of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those:
the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
[9] No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it
shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
[10] And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
2 Chronicles 32:1-8
2 Chronicles 32
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
2Ki 18:17-35; 19:35-37; Isa 36:2-20; 37:36-38
1 After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib
king of Assyria came to Judah and encamped against the fortified cities
thinking that he would break through them for himself.
2 When Hezekiah observed that Sennacherib had come
and that he turned to war against Jerusalem,
3 he consulted with his officials and military men to stop up the waters
of the springs that were outside the city, and they helped in this.
4 So, many people assembled and worked to stop up all the springs
and the stream flowing through the area. They reasoned,
"Why should the king of Assyria come and find a great amount of water?"
5 He then worked hard to build up all the walls that were broken down
and to raise up towers. Then he built another wall outside that one
and strengthened the Millo in the City of David.
And he made weapons and shields in abundance.
6 And he designated commanders for fighting over the people,
and he gathered them to himself at the open square of the gate of the city
and spoke encouragingly to them saying,
7 "Be strong and brave. Do not fear or have terror before the king of Assyria
or before all this army that is with him because there are more who are with
us than with him.
8 With this king is a strong arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God who
will help us and fight our battles." So the people leaned on the words
of Hezekiah king of Judah.
[1] After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of
Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced
cities, and thought to win them for himself.
[2] And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was
purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
[3] He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters
of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
[4] So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the
fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why
should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
[5] Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken,
and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo
in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
[6] And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together
to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them,
saying,
[7] Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of
Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with
us than with him:
[8] With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us,
and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of
Hezekiah king of Judah.
2 Kings 18:13-18
Sennacherib Invades Judah
Isa 36:1-22; 2Ch 32:9-19
13 (Isa 36:1-22) In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah,
Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah
and captured them.
14 (2Ki 18:7) Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria
at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; turn away from me. I will bear
whatever you put on me." So the king of Assyria required
of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents
[About 11 tons, or 10 metric tons.] of silver and thirty talents
[About 1 ton, or 1 metric ton.] of gold.
15 (2Ki 16:8; 12:18) So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found
in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house.
16 At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple
of the Lord and from the doorposts that Hezekiah king of Judah
had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17 (2Ki 20:20; Isa 7:3) Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan,
[Possibly Commander in Chief.] the Rabsaris,[Possibly Chief of Staff.]
and the Rabshakeh [Possibly Commanding General.] from Lachish
to King Hezekiah with a great army against Jerusalem.
So they went up and came to Jerusalem.
When they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool,
which is on the highway of the Fuller's Field.
18 (2Ki 19:2) Then they called to the king, and Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph,
the recorder, came out to them.
[13] Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the
city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
[14] And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and
read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it
before the LORD.
[15] And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel,
which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of
all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
[16] LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see:
and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the
living God.
[17] Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and
their lands,
[18] And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the
work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
Isaiah 36:1-3
Isaiah 36
Sennacherib Invades Judah
2Ki 18:13-37; 2Ch 32:9-19
1 (2Ch 32:1; 2Ki 18:13) Now it came to pass in the 14th year of King Hezekiah
that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities
of Judah and took them.
2 (Isa 7:3; 2Ki 18:17-37) The king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh
[Possibly Commanding General.] from Lachish to Jerusalem
to King Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit
of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
3 Then Eliakim came to him, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household,
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.
Isaiah 36
[1] Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that
Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of
Judah, and took them.
[2] And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto
king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper
pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
[3] Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the
house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
2 Kings 18:19-37
19 (Isa 36:4) Then the Rabshakeh said to them, "Speak to Hezekiah:
"Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria:
What is the basis of your confidence?
20 You speak empty words concerning counsel and strength for the war.
Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
21 (Isa 30:7; Eze 29:6-7) Now, look! You trust in the staff of this bruised
reed, on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will enter his hand
and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
22 (2Ch 31:1) But if you say to me, 'We trust in the Lord our God,'
is it not He, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed,
saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship
before this altar in Jerusalem'?
23 "Now, make a wager with my lord king of Assyria. I will give you
two thousand horses if you are able to set riders on them.
24 (Isa 10:8) How can you turn away one official of the least
of my master's servants and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
25 (2Ki 19:6) Have I come up apart from the will of the Lord
against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me,
Go up against this land and destroy it."
26 (Ezr 4:7; Da 2:4) Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah
said to the Rabshakeh, "Speak to your servants in Aramaic,
for we understand it. Do not speak with us in the language of Judah
in earshot of the people who are on the wall."
27 But the Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me to speak
these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall,
who are about to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?"
28 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called with a loud voice in the language
of Judah, "Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
29 (2Ch 32:15) Thus says the king: 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you,
for he is not able to deliver you from my hand.
30 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying,
The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given
into the hand of the king of Assyria.'
31 (1Ki 4:25; 4:20) "Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king
of Assyria: 'Submit to me; come out to me, so that every man may eat
from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,
32 (Dt 8:7-9; Ex 3:8) until I come and take you to a land like your own land,
a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil
and honey, that you may live and not die.'
"Do not listen to Hezekiah when he leads you astray saying,
The Lord will deliver us.
33 (Isa 10:10-11) Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered
its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 (Isa 10:9) Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?
Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?
Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
35 (Da 3:15) Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their land
out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?"
36 But the people were silent and answered him not a word,
for the king's command was, "Do not answer him."
37 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe,
and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes
torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
[19] Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his
hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD
God, even thou only.
[20] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib
king of Assyria I have heard.
[21] This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin
the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the
daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
[22] Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou
exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy
One of Israel.
[23] By the messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With
the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to
the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and
the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his
borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
[24] I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet
have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
[25] Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times
that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thoum shouldest be
to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
[26] Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and
confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as
the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
[27] But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy
rage against me.
[28] Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears,
therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I
will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
[29] And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things
as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the
same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat
the fruits thereof.
[30] And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again
take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
[31] For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out
of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
[32] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with
shield, nor cast a bank against it.
[33] By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not
come into this city, saith the LORD.
[34] For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my
servant David's sake.
[35] And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out,
and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five
thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all
dead corpses.
[36] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and
dwelt at Nineveh.
[37] And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his
god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and
they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in
his stead.
Isaiah 36:4-22
4 The Rabshakeh said to them:
"Say now to Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria:
What confidence is this that you have?
5 (2Ki 18:7) I say, Your counsel and strength for war are only empty words.
Now on whom do you rely that you rebel against me?
6 (Eze 29:6-7) You rely on the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt,
on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it.
So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
7 (2Ki 18:4-5) But if you say to me, 'We trust in the Lord our God,'
is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away,
and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before this altar'?
8 "Now therefore, come make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria,
and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part
to set riders on them.
9 (Isa 10:8) How then will you turn away one captain of the least
of my master's servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
10 (1Ki 13:18) Have I now come up without the approval of the Lord
against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me,
Go up against this land, and destroy it."
11 (Ezr 4:7; Da 2:4) Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the Rabshakeh,
"Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it.
And do not speak to us in Hebrew
in the ears of the people who are on the wall."
12 But the Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me only to your master
and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit
on the wall, that they may eat their own dung and drink their own urine
with you?"
13 (2Ch 32:18) Then the Rabshakeh stood and cried out with a loud voice
in Hebrew, and said, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
14 Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you,
for he shall not be able to deliver you;
15 nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying,
The Lord will surely deliver us.
This city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.'
16 (1Ki 4:25; Zec 3:10) "Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says
the king of Assyria: 'Make your peace with me and come out to me,
and eat every one of his vine and every one of his fig tree,
and drink every one the waters of his own cistern,
17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land,
a land of corn and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
18 (Isa 36:15) " 'Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The Lord will
deliver us. Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land out
of the hand of the king of Assyria?
19 (Jer 49:23; Isa 10:9-11) Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?
Where are the gods of Sepharvaim?
And when have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20 (2Ch 32:19) Who are they among all the gods of these lands that have
delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem
out of my hand?' "
21 (Pr 26:4) But they held their peace, and answered him not a word,
for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."
22 (Isa 36:3; 33:7) Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph,
the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn
and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
[4] And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the
great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou
trustest?
[5] I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and
strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against
me?
[6] Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if
a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of
Egypt to all that trust in him.
[7] But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose
high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and
to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
[8] Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of
Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy
part to set riders upon them.
[9] How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my
master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
[10] And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it?
the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
[11] Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray
thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and
speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on
the wall.
[12] But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to
speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall,
that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
[13] Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'
language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of
Assyria.
[14] Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be
able to deliver you.
[15] Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will
surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the
king of Assyria.
[16] Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an
agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of
his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters
of his own cistern;
[17] Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of
corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
[18] Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of
the king of Assyria?
[19] Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of
Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
[20] Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered
their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my
hand?
[21] But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's
commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
[22] Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah
with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
2) Our Daily Bread for 23 July 2022 Remember in Prayer
Philemon 1:1-4
Salutation
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
1 To Philemon, our beloved fellow laborer,
2 and to beloved Apphia, and to Archippus our fellow soldier,
and to the church in your house:
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[1] Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon
our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
[2] And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the
church in thy house:
[3] Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philemon's Love and Faith
4 I thank my God, always mentioning you in my prayers,
[4] I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
Malcolm Cloutt was named a 2021 Maundy Money honoree by Queen Elizabeth II, an
annual service award given to British men and women. Cloutt, who was one
hundred years old at the time of the recognition, was honored for having given
out one thousand Bibles during his lifetime. Cloutt has kept a record of
everyone who's received a Bible and has prayed for them regularly.
Cloutt’s faithfulness in prayer is a powerful example of the kind of love we
find throughout Paul's writings in the New Testament. Paul often assured the
recipients of his letters that he was regularly praying for them. To his
friend Philemon, he wrote, "I always thank my God as I remember you in my
prayers" (Philemon 1:4). In his letter to Timothy, Paul wrote, "Night and day
I constantly remember you in my prayers" (2 Timothy 1:3). To the church in
Rome, Paul emphasised that he remembered them in prayer "constantly" and
"at all times" (Romans 1:9-10).
While we might not have a thousand people to pray for like Malcolm,
intentional prayer for those we know is powerful because God responds to our
prayers. When prompted and empowered by His Spirit to pray for a specific
individual, I've found a simple prayer calendar can be a useful tool. Dividing
names into a daily or weekly calendar helps me be faithful to pray. What a
beautiful demonstration of love when we remember others in prayer.
By: Lisa M. Samra
Reflect & Pray
What has helped you be faithful in prayer?
How have you been blessed by someone’s prayers for you?
Father, help me to be faithful in prayer, knowing You always hear me.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 1 - God's Perspective
Philip 4:13
13 (2Co 12:9-10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because
of Christ who strengthens me.
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Many of us live out self-fulfilling prophecies. We believe
what we tell ourselves - or what we have been told by others:
"You're stupid", "You're ugly", "You'll never amount to anything,"
"You can't do anything right."
We programme ourselves for spiritual failure as well.
"I just can't memorise Scripture," we say. "It comes and goes,
and I can't seem to get it to stay." Yet daily we memorise
volumes of information that is less significant than the
Scriptures - telephone numbers, identification codes,
songs lyrics, advertising jingles.
The answer to the dilemma of negativism is not positive
thinking, but right thinking - biblical thinking, according
to what the Bible reveals of God's perspective. God says,
"You are worthwhile. You are valued. You are loved. I created you
just as you are, and whatever I call you to do,
I will give you the strength to do it.
The context of Phillipians 4:13 shows that Paul had learned
this important secret of spiritual strength. Paul had known
poverty and plenty, trouble and victory. But he also knew
he did not have to let circumstances determine his response to God's will.
We need not be controlled by the negative messages life throws in our paths
- even those self-defeating pronouncements we make to ourselves.
Rather, we can respond according to God's perspective, with the
conviction that God has given us strength we need to meet the
challenges we face.
Application
a) What challenges do I face that make me realise my own insufficiencies?
IS memorising Scripture one of those challenges for me?
b) How does today's memory verse help me face those challenges?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Joshua 1:5
5 (Dt 7:24; 31:6-8) No man will be able to stand against
you all the days of your life.
As I was with Moses, I will be with you.
I will not abandon you. I will not leave you.
5 There shall not any man be able to stand before
thee all the days of thy life:
as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee:
I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Help in Times of Temptation
1 Cor 10:1-13
1 Corinthians 10
Warning Against Idolatry
1 (Ex 14:29; Ps 66:6) I would not want you to be unaware that
all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 (Ex 16:35; Dt 8:3) all ate the same spiritual food;
4 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) and all drank the same spiritual drink,
for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,
and that Rock was Christ.
5 (Heb 3:17; Jude 1:5) But with many of them God was not well pleased,
and they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 (Nu 11:4; 1Co 10:11) Now these things were our examples to the intent
that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.
7 (Ex 32:19; 32:4) Neither be idolaters as were some of them.
As it is written,
"The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to revel." (Ex 32:6. )
8 (Nu 25:1-9; 1Co 6:18) Neither let us commit sexual immorality as some
of them committed, when 23000 fell in one day.
9 (Nu 21:5-6; Ex 17:2) Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them
also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.
10 (Ex 12:23; Nu 16:41) Neither murmur, as some of them also murmured
and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 (Ro 13:11) Now all these things happened to them for examples.
They are written as an admonition to us,
upon whom the end of the ages has come.
12 (Ro 11:20) Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed,
lest he fall.
13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken you except what is common
to man. God is faithful, and He will not permit you to be tempted above
what you can endure, but will with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all
our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 and did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased:
for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust
after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written,
The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed,
and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured,
and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples:
and they are written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:
but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)
Where do Muslims live?
Canada is a land of immigrants. And Muslims are coming in increasing numbers
to our shores. Where do they live? How can we pray for these areas? Use this as
your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.
Data for those population figures is extrapolated for the 2011 National
Household Survey and population growth projections by Pew Forum. These have
also been adjusted by +40% as reliable sources state that on 60% of Muslims
self-identify on government surveys and forms. These estimates are still on
the conservative end of the spectrum. Percentages represent that of the total
Canadian population, not provincial
BC - 136493 - 7.5%
AB - 195240 - 11%
SK - 17279 - 1%
MB - 21349 - 1.2%
ON - 1001542 - 55%
QC - 418946 - 23%
NB - 4543 - 0.003%
NS - 14629 - 0.1%
PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%
NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%
Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%
NWT - 473 - 0.0003%
NU - 86 - 0.00005%
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!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 23 of the Month
a) Pray for the genuine conversion and successful rehabilitation of those
who have committed crimes.
b) Pray for spiritual and functional unity in the Body of Christ
across Canada.
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John 13:34-35
34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another,
even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples,
if you have love for one another."
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another;
as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,
if ye have love one to another.
Rom 12:10
10 Be devoted to one another with brotherly love; prefer one another in honour
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love;
in honour preferring one another;
Heb 10:24
24 And let us consider how to spur one another to love and to good works.
24 and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
1 Peter 3:8
8 Finally, be all of one mind, be loving toward one another, be gracious,
and be kind.
8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 John 3:23
23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name
of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another as He commanded us.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name
of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
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Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray the your life will reflect the Lord's work.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know Him as all powerful.
Pray to the Lord: "Father, help me to be faithful in prayer,
knowing You always hear me."
Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord who gives you strength.
Pray to the Lord and pray no to lust after evil things.
Pray to the Lord and praise Him for being your shield.
Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.
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 for the genuine conversion and successful rehabilitation of those
who have committed crimes.
Pray for spiritual and functional unity in the Body of Christ
across Canada.
Pray that in Columbia closed by paramilitary groups will find safe
and effective ways to gather for worship.
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.