Day 219 of My 3rd Bible Study Journey - 7 August 2023 reflections
Day 219, 7 August 2023
1) Jeremiah 7,8,9
Jeremiah 7
False Trust in the Temple
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 (Jer 26:2) Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord
and proclaim there this word:
Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah,
who enter at these gates to worship the Lord.
3 (Jer 18:11; 26:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
4 (Mic 3:11) Do not trust in lying words, saying,
"The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord."
5 (Isa 1:19; Jer 4:1-2) For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds,
if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor,
6 (Dt 8:19; Jer 2:34) if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless,
and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place,
or walk after other gods to your harm,
7 (Dt 4:40; Jer 3:18) then I will cause you to dwell in this place,
in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever.
8 (Jer 7:4) Indeed, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.
9 (Ex 20:3; Jer 7:6) Shall you steal, murder, and commit adultery,
and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal,
and walk after other gods whom you do not know,
10 (Jer 32:34; Eze 23:39) and come and stand before Me in this house,
which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered," so that you may
do all these abominations?
11 (Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13) Has this house, which is called by My name,
become a den of robbers in your eyes?
Certainly, even I have seen it, says the Lord.
12 (1Sa 4:10-11; Jos 18:1) But go now to My place which was in Shiloh,
where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness
of My people Israel.
13 (Isa 65:12; Pr 1:24) And now, because you have done all these works,
says the Lord, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking,
but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,
14 (Jer 7:4; 7:10) therefore I will do to this house, which is called by
My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you
and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
15 (2Ki 17:23; Jer 15:1) I will cast you out of My sight as I have cast out
all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
16 (Ex 32:10; Jer 11:14) As for you, do not pray for this people,
nor lift up a cry nor prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me,
for I will not hear you.
17 Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah
and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 (Jer 19:13; 1Ki 14:9) The children gather wood, and the fathers
kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods,
that they may provoke Me to anger.
19 (1Co 10:22) Do they provoke Me to anger? says the Lord. Do they not
provoke themselves to the shame of their own faces?
20 (Jer 42:18; La 2:3-5) Therefore thus says the Lord God: My anger
and My fury will be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast,
and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground;
and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
21 (Jer 6:20; Hos 8:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.
22 (Hos 6:6; 1Sa 15:22) For I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them
in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning
burnt offerings or sacrifices.
23 (Ex 15:26; Dt 5:33) But this thing I commanded them, saying,
"Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people.
And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you,
that it may be well with you."
24 (Ps 81:11-12; Jer 7:26) But they did not listen, nor incline their ear,
but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart,
and went backward and not forward.
25 (2Ch 36:15; Jer 25:4) Since the day that your fathers came
out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have even sent to you all
My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
26 (Jer 16:12; 2Ch 30:8) Yet they did not listen to Me, nor incline their ear,
but hardened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
27 (Isa 50:2; 65:12) Therefore you will speak all these words to them.
But they will not listen to you. You will also call to them,
but they will not answer you.
28 (Isa 59:14-15) You shall say to them: This is a nation that does not obey
the voice of the Lord their God, nor receive correction. Truth has perished,
and has been cut off from their mouth.
29 (Job 1:20; Jer 6:30) Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away,
and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord has rejected
and forsaken the generation of His wrath.
30 (Jer 32:34; Eze 7:20) For the sons of Judah have done evil in My sight,
says the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house which i
s called by My name, to pollute it.
31 (Dt 17:3; Lev 18:21) They have built the high places of Topheth,
which is in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, to burn their sons a
nd their daughters in the fire, which I did not command them,
nor did it come into My heart.
32 (Jer 19:6; 19:11) Therefore, truly the days are coming, says the Lord,
that it will no more be called Topheth, nor the Valley of Ben Hinnom,
but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth
because there is no other place.
33 (Dt 28:26; Jer 12:9) The corpses of this people shall be food
for the fowl of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth;
and no one will frighten them away.
34 (Eze 26:13; Rev 18:23) Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah
and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of laughter
and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom
and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become desolate.
Jeremiah 7
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2] Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and
say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these
gates to worship the LORD.
[3] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and
your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
[4] Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple
of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
[5] For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly
execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
[6] If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed
not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
[7] Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to
your fathers, for ever and ever.
[8] Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
[9] Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn
incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
[10] And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name,
and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
[11] Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in
your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
[12] But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my
name at
the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
[13] And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I
spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called
you, but ye answered not;
[14] Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name,
wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your
fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
[15] And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your
brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
[16] Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer
for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
[17] Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets
of Jerusalem?
[18] The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the
women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour
out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
[19] Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke
themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
[20] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall
be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees
of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall
not be quenched.
[21] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt
offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
[22] For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I
brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or
sacrifices:
[23] But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be
your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have
commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
[24] But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the
counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and
not forward.
[25] Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt
unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily
rising up early and sending them:
[26] Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened
their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
[27] Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not
hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer
thee.
[28] But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the
voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished,
and is cut off from their mouth.
[29] Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a
lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the
generation of his wrath.
[30] For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD:
they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my
name, to pollute it.
[31] And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley
of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire;
which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
[32] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more
be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of
slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
[33] And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the
heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
[34] Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the
streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the
voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be
desolate.
Jeremiah 8
1 (Eze 6:5) At that time, says the Lord, they will bring out the bones
of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his officials, and the bones
of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of their graves.
2 (2Ki 23:5; Jer 9:22) And they will spread them before the sun
and the moon and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved
and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked
and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped.
They will not be gathered, nor be buried.
They will be as dung upon the face of the earth.
3 (Rev 9:6; Job 7:15-16) Death will be chosen rather than life
by all the rest of those who remain of this evil family,
which remains in all the places wherever I have driven them,
says the Lord of Hosts.
Jeremiah 8
[1] At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests,
and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, out of their graves:
[2] And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the
host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after
whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have
worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for
dung upon the face of the earth.
[3] And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them
that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I
have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
Sin and Judgment
4 (Pr 24:16; Am 5:2) Moreover you shall say to them,
Thus says the Lord: Do men fall and not arise?
Do they turn away and not repent?
5 (Jer 9:6; 5:3) Why then is this people of Jerusalem
turned away by a perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
6 (Ps 14:2; Job 39:19-25) I listened and heard,
but they did not speak what is right.
No man repented of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?"
Everyone turned to his course, as the horse rushes into the battle.
7 (Isa 1:3; SS 2:12; Jer 5:4-5) Indeed, the stork in the sky
knows her appointed times.
And the turtledove and the crane and the swallow
observe the time of their coming.
But My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
8 (Job 5:12-13; Ro 1:22) How do you say, "We are wise,
and the law of the Lord is with us"?
Certainly the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
9 (Jer 6:15; Isa 19:11) The wise men are ashamed;
they are dismayed and caught.
Indeed, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
and what kind of wisdom do they have?
10 (Jer 6:12-13) Therefore I will give their wives to others,
and their fields to those who shall inherit them.
For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness;
from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
11 (Jer 6:14; La 2:14) For they have healed the brokenness
of the daughter of My people superficially,
saying, "Peace, peace," when there is no peace.
12 (Jer 3:3; Ps 52:7) Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
They were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush.
Therefore they will fall among those who fall;
in the time of their punishment they will be cast down, says the Lord.
13 (Joel 1:7; Mt 21:19) I will surely consume them, says the Lord.
There will be no grapes on the vine
nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade;
and the things that I have given them will pass away from them.
14 (Jer 23:15; 9:15; 35:11) Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves,
and let us enter the fortified cities and let us perish there.
For the Lord our God has doomed us and given us water of gall to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord.
15 (Jer 14:19) We looked for peace, but no good came;
and for a time of health, but there was trouble!
16 (Jdg 5:22; 18:29) The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan;
the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones.
For they have come and have devoured the land and all that is in it,
the city, and those who dwell in it.
17 (Dt 32:24; Ps 58:4-5) See, I will send serpents against you,
adders, which will not be charmed, and they will bite you,
declares the Lord. Jeremiah Mourns for His People
18 (Isa 22:4; La 1:16-17) My sorrow is beyond healing;
my heart is faint within me.
19 (Isa 39:3; 13:5) Listen! The cry of the daughter of my people
from a far country:
"Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her king in her?"
"Why have they provoked Me to anger with their graven images,
with foreign vanities?"
20 "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
21 (Jer 14:17; Joel 2:6) For the brokenness of the daughter of my people
am I broken; I mourn; dismay has taken hold of me.
22 (Ge 37:25; Jer 46:11) Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
[4] Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall,
and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
[5] Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual
backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
[6] I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of
his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as
the horse rusheth into the battle.
[7] Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle
and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my
people know not the judgment of the LORD.
[8] How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo,
certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
[9] The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have
rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
[10] Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them
that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest
is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one
dealeth falsely.
[11] For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly,
saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
[12] Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were
not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall
among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast
down, saith the LORD.
[13] I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on
the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things
that I have given them shall pass away from them.
[14] Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the
defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put
us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned
against the LORD.
[15] We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and
behold trouble!
[16] The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled
at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have
devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell
therein.
[17] For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will
not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
[18] When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
[19] Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of
them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king
in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and
with strange vanities?
[20] The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
[21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black;
astonishment hath taken hold on me.
[22] Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is
not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jeremiah 9
Failures of Judah
1 (Jer 13:17; Isa 22:4) Oh, that my head were waters
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 (Jer 5:7-8; 23:10) Oh, that I had in the wilderness
a lodging place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people
and go from them! For they all are adulterers,
an assembly of treacherous men.
3 (Jdg 2:10; Jer 4:22) They bend their tongues like their bow;
lies and not truth prevail upon the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says the Lord.
4 (Jer 6:28; 12:6) Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
and do not trust in any brother; for every brother supplants,
and every neighbor walks about with slanders.
5 (Mic 6:12) Everyone deceives his neighbour and does not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves in committing iniquity.
6 (Job 21:14-15; Pr 1:24 )Your habitation is in the midst of deceit;
through deceit they refuse to know Me, says the Lord.
7 (Isa 1:25; Jer 6:27) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Now, I will refine them and assay them; for what else shall I do
for the daughter of My people?
8 (Ps 28:3; Jer 9:3 ) Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit.
One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
but in his heart he lies in wait.
9 (Jer 5:9; 5:29) Shall I not punish them for these things?
says the Lord. Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 (Jer 12:4; Hos 4:3; Jer 7:29) For the mountains I will take up
a weeping and wailing,
and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation,
because they are burned up so that no one can pass through them;
nor can men hear the lowing of the cattle.
Both the fowl of the heavens and the beast have fled; they are gone.
11 (Isa 25:2; 34:13) I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins and a den of
jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate,
without an inhabitant.
12 (Ps 107:43; Hos 14:9) Who is the wise man who may understand this?
And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may
declare it? Why is the land ruined and burned up like a wilderness,
so that no one passes through?
13 (2Ch 7:19; Jer 22:9) And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken
My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice,
nor walked in it,
14 (Jer 7:24; 3:17) but have walked after the imagination of their own heart
and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.
15 (Jer 8:14; Ps 80:5) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel: I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood
and give them water of gall to drink.
16 (Lev 26:33; Dt 28:64) I will scatter them also among the nations,
whom neither they nor their fathers have known.
And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.
17 (2Ch 35:25; Ecc 12:5) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come;
and send for wailing women, that they may come.
18 (Jer 14:17; 9:1) And let them make haste and take up a wailing for us,
that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 (Jer 4:13; Dt 28:29) For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion,
"How devastated we are! We are greatly humiliated,
because we have forsaken the land,
because our dwellings have cast us out."
20 (Isa 32:9-13) Yet hear the word of the Lord, O you women,
and let your ear receive the word of His mouth;
and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor a lamentation.
21 (2Ch 36:17; Jer 6:11) "For death has come up into our windows;
and has entered our palaces, to cut off the children from the streets,
and the young men from the squares."
22 (Jer 8:2; Ps 83:10) Speak, Thus says the Lord:
"The carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the open field,
and as the sheaf after the harvester, and no one shall gather them."
23 (Ecc 9:11; 1Ki 20:10-11) Thus says the Lord:
Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
and let not the mighty man glory in his might,
let not the rich man glory in his riches;
24 (Mic 7:18; 1Co 1:31) but let him who glories glory in this,
that he understands and knows Me,
that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness,
justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight,
says the Lord.
25 (Ro 2:8-9) The days are surely coming, says the Lord,
that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised-
26 (Lev 26:41; Jer 4:4) Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon,
Moab, and all who dwell in the wilderness who clip the hair on their temples;
for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel
are uncircumcised of heart.
Jeremiah 9
[1] Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I
might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
[2] Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I
might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an
assembly of treacherous men.
[3] And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not
valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they know not me, saith the LORD.
[4] Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any
brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will
walk with slanders.
[5] And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the
truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to
commit iniquity.
[6] Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse
to know me, saith the LORD.
[7] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and
try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
[8] Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh
peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
[9] Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[10] For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the
habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so
that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the
cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
[11] And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make
the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
[12] Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom
the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land
perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
[13] And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set
before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
[14] But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after
Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
[15] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall
to drink.
[16] I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their
fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed
them.
[17] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning
women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
[18] And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes
may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
[19] For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are
greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings
have cast us out.
[20] Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the
word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her
neighbour lamentation.
[21] For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces,
to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
[22] Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung
upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall
gather them.
[23] Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither
let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his
riches:
[24] But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and
knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
[25] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them
which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
[26] Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and
all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all
these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are
uncircumcised in the heart.
2) Our Daily Bread for 7 August 2023
A Thousand Dots of Light
Ephesians 5:8-20
8 (Lk 16:8; Jn 12:36) For you were formerly darkness,
but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light-
9 (Ro 15:14) for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness
and righteousness and truth-
10 (1Th 5:21) proving what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 (Ro 13:12; 1Ti 5:20) And do not have fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness; instead, expose them.
12 (Eph 5:3) For it is shameful even to speak of those things
which are done by them in secret.
13 (Jn 3:20-21) But all things are exposed when they are revealed
by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.
14 (Isa 60:1; 26:19) Therefore He says:
"Awake, you who sleep,
arise from the dead,
and Christ will give you light."
Walk as Children of Light
15 (Col 4:5) See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise men,
16 (Eph 6:13; Col 4:5) making the most of the time because the days are evil.
17 (Ro 12:2; Col 1:9) Therefore do not be unwise, but understand
what the will of the Lord is.
18 (Pr 20:1; 1Co 5:11; Lk 1:15) Do not be drunk with wine, for that is
reckless living. But be filled with the Spirit.
19 (Col 3:16; Ac 16:25; 1Co 14:26) Speak to one another in psalms, hymns,
and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.
20 (Col 3:17; Ps 34:1; Eph 5:4) Give thanks always for all things to God
the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
[8] For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk
as children of light:
[9] (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and
truth;)
[10] Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
[11] And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them.
[12] For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them
in secret.
[13] But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for
whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
[14] Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead,
and Christ shall give thee light.
[15] See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
[16] Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
[17] Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord
is.
[18] And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the
Spirit;
[19] Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
[20] Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ;
The Dismals Canyon in northwestern Alabama attracts a number of tourists each
year, many in May and June when the gnat larvae hatch and become glowworms.
At night, these glowworms cast a brilliant blue luminescence, and thousands
of them together create a breathtaking light.
In a way, the apostle Paul writes about believers in Christ as glowworms. He
explains that "you were once darkness, but now you are light in the
Lord" (Ephesians 5:8). But sometimes we wonder how "this little light of mine"
can make a difference. Paul suggests it isn't just a solo act. He calls us
"children of light" (v.
and explains that we "share in the inheritance of
his holy people in the kingdom of light" (Colossians 1:12). Being light in
the world is a collective effort, the work of the body of Christ, the work of
the church. Paul reinforces this with the picture of us "glowworms"
worshiping together, "speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs
from the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:19).
When we get discouraged, thinking our life testimony is just one little dot
in a midnight culture of pitch black, we might take assurance from the Bible.
We're not alone. Together, as God guides us, we make a difference and glow a
brilliant light. It seems that a whole congregation of glowworms might
attract a whole lot of interest.
By: Kenneth Petersen
Reflect & Pray
How does it encourage you to know you're not alone in Christ?
How can you shine brightly with other believers today?
Dear God, please help me shine Your light with other believers in Jesus.
Learn more about how to be the person God has called you to be.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 2 - The Right of Family
John 1:11-12
11 (Jn 3:32) He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.
12 (Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23) Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power
to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
"Dad, can I ask you something?" Jimmy leaned across the back of his
father's chair. His father lowered the newspaper and reached around,
settling Jimmy on his lap.
"Sure. Son," he answered. "You can ask me anything you want. The answer
might not be Yes, but you always have the right to ask."
For many who have grown up in homes where the father was absent, or when
present, abusive or silent, the scenario of Jimmy and his father may
seem unrealistic. Often we aren't given the right by our parents to ask
what we want, to communicate openly, to express our needs and desires.
But god clearly indicates that no matter what our human families have been
like, in his family there are no barriers to belonging,
to open communications. When we commit our lives to Christ and submit to his
lordship, we have the right to become the sons and daughters of God.
In Christ, we have the right to approach him, to pray, to seek wisdom,
to ask advice, to make requests, to verbalise our needs and desires. We don't
have to be afraid of sounding stupid or being rejected, because in Christ
we belong to him, and he loves us.
The KJV uses the word "power" in verse 12 - "to them gave he power to become
the sons of God." Power implies ability, that we are equipped by the Spirit
to be children of the King. We have the right and we have the power to become
who God has called us to be - his children.
Application
a) Under what circumstances in my life have I felt that I didn't
have the right to express my wishes or feelings?
b) How do today's verses give me confidence in approaching God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 22:7
7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
7 The rich ruleth over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Saddened by Loss
John 14:1 - 7
1 "Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in Me.
2 In My Father's house are many dwelling places.
If it were not so, I would have told you.
I am going to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and receive you to Myself,
that where I am, you may be also.
4 You know where I am going, and you know the way."
5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know
where You are going. How can we know the way?"
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
7 If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.
From now on you do know Him and have seen Him."
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so,
I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,
and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest;
and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also:
and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
7th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted in our society
and be their help
(
Ps 34:18 - The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,
and saves the contrite of spirit.
18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;
And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Ps 145: 14 - 16
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Samek
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
Ain
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;
And thou givest them their meat in due season.
Pe
16 Thou openest thine hand,
And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
)
b) Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.
(
Romans 12:4-8
4 (1Co 12:12-14)For just as we have many parts in one body,
and not all parts have the same function,
5(1Co 10:17; 12:20)so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and all are parts of one another.
6(Ac 13:1; 1Co 13:2)We have diverse gifts according to the grace that
is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;
7 (Ac 13:1; Eph 4:11)if service, in serving; he who teaches, in teaching;
8 (2Co 9:7; 1Co 12:28) he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with
generosity; he who rules, with diligence;
he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
4 For as we have many members in one body,
and all members have not the same office:
5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that
is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according
to the proportion of faith;
7 or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth,
on teaching;
8 or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let
him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence;
he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Col 3:17
17(1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20)And whatever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to intervene for your nation and world.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please help me shine Your light with other
believers in Jesus."
Pray to the Lord and pray to know the power we have in Him.
Pray to the Lord and pray not to be a borrower nor a lender.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know He has a place for you in Heaven.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted in our society
and be their help
Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.
Pray for the successful distribution of Bibles in every part of China.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
1) Jeremiah 7,8,9
Jeremiah 7
False Trust in the Temple
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 (Jer 26:2) Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord
and proclaim there this word:
Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah,
who enter at these gates to worship the Lord.
3 (Jer 18:11; 26:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
4 (Mic 3:11) Do not trust in lying words, saying,
"The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord."
5 (Isa 1:19; Jer 4:1-2) For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds,
if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor,
6 (Dt 8:19; Jer 2:34) if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless,
and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place,
or walk after other gods to your harm,
7 (Dt 4:40; Jer 3:18) then I will cause you to dwell in this place,
in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever.
8 (Jer 7:4) Indeed, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.
9 (Ex 20:3; Jer 7:6) Shall you steal, murder, and commit adultery,
and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal,
and walk after other gods whom you do not know,
10 (Jer 32:34; Eze 23:39) and come and stand before Me in this house,
which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered," so that you may
do all these abominations?
11 (Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13) Has this house, which is called by My name,
become a den of robbers in your eyes?
Certainly, even I have seen it, says the Lord.
12 (1Sa 4:10-11; Jos 18:1) But go now to My place which was in Shiloh,
where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness
of My people Israel.
13 (Isa 65:12; Pr 1:24) And now, because you have done all these works,
says the Lord, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking,
but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,
14 (Jer 7:4; 7:10) therefore I will do to this house, which is called by
My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you
and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
15 (2Ki 17:23; Jer 15:1) I will cast you out of My sight as I have cast out
all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
16 (Ex 32:10; Jer 11:14) As for you, do not pray for this people,
nor lift up a cry nor prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me,
for I will not hear you.
17 Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah
and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 (Jer 19:13; 1Ki 14:9) The children gather wood, and the fathers
kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods,
that they may provoke Me to anger.
19 (1Co 10:22) Do they provoke Me to anger? says the Lord. Do they not
provoke themselves to the shame of their own faces?
20 (Jer 42:18; La 2:3-5) Therefore thus says the Lord God: My anger
and My fury will be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast,
and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground;
and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
21 (Jer 6:20; Hos 8:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.
22 (Hos 6:6; 1Sa 15:22) For I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them
in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning
burnt offerings or sacrifices.
23 (Ex 15:26; Dt 5:33) But this thing I commanded them, saying,
"Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people.
And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you,
that it may be well with you."
24 (Ps 81:11-12; Jer 7:26) But they did not listen, nor incline their ear,
but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart,
and went backward and not forward.
25 (2Ch 36:15; Jer 25:4) Since the day that your fathers came
out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have even sent to you all
My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
26 (Jer 16:12; 2Ch 30:8) Yet they did not listen to Me, nor incline their ear,
but hardened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
27 (Isa 50:2; 65:12) Therefore you will speak all these words to them.
But they will not listen to you. You will also call to them,
but they will not answer you.
28 (Isa 59:14-15) You shall say to them: This is a nation that does not obey
the voice of the Lord their God, nor receive correction. Truth has perished,
and has been cut off from their mouth.
29 (Job 1:20; Jer 6:30) Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away,
and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord has rejected
and forsaken the generation of His wrath.
30 (Jer 32:34; Eze 7:20) For the sons of Judah have done evil in My sight,
says the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house which i
s called by My name, to pollute it.
31 (Dt 17:3; Lev 18:21) They have built the high places of Topheth,
which is in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, to burn their sons a
nd their daughters in the fire, which I did not command them,
nor did it come into My heart.
32 (Jer 19:6; 19:11) Therefore, truly the days are coming, says the Lord,
that it will no more be called Topheth, nor the Valley of Ben Hinnom,
but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth
because there is no other place.
33 (Dt 28:26; Jer 12:9) The corpses of this people shall be food
for the fowl of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth;
and no one will frighten them away.
34 (Eze 26:13; Rev 18:23) Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah
and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of laughter
and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom
and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become desolate.
Jeremiah 7
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2] Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and
say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these
gates to worship the LORD.
[3] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and
your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
[4] Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple
of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
[5] For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly
execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
[6] If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed
not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
[7] Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to
your fathers, for ever and ever.
[8] Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
[9] Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn
incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
[10] And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name,
and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
[11] Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in
your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
[12] But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my
name at
the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
[13] And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I
spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called
you, but ye answered not;
[14] Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name,
wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your
fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
[15] And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your
brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
[16] Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer
for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
[17] Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets
of Jerusalem?
[18] The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the
women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour
out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
[19] Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke
themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
[20] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall
be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees
of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall
not be quenched.
[21] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt
offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
[22] For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I
brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or
sacrifices:
[23] But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be
your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have
commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
[24] But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the
counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and
not forward.
[25] Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt
unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily
rising up early and sending them:
[26] Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened
their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
[27] Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not
hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer
thee.
[28] But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the
voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished,
and is cut off from their mouth.
[29] Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a
lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the
generation of his wrath.
[30] For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD:
they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my
name, to pollute it.
[31] And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley
of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire;
which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
[32] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more
be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of
slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
[33] And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the
heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
[34] Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the
streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the
voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be
desolate.
Jeremiah 8
1 (Eze 6:5) At that time, says the Lord, they will bring out the bones
of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his officials, and the bones
of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of their graves.
2 (2Ki 23:5; Jer 9:22) And they will spread them before the sun
and the moon and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved
and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked
and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped.
They will not be gathered, nor be buried.
They will be as dung upon the face of the earth.
3 (Rev 9:6; Job 7:15-16) Death will be chosen rather than life
by all the rest of those who remain of this evil family,
which remains in all the places wherever I have driven them,
says the Lord of Hosts.
Jeremiah 8
[1] At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests,
and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, out of their graves:
[2] And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the
host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after
whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have
worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for
dung upon the face of the earth.
[3] And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them
that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I
have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
Sin and Judgment
4 (Pr 24:16; Am 5:2) Moreover you shall say to them,
Thus says the Lord: Do men fall and not arise?
Do they turn away and not repent?
5 (Jer 9:6; 5:3) Why then is this people of Jerusalem
turned away by a perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
6 (Ps 14:2; Job 39:19-25) I listened and heard,
but they did not speak what is right.
No man repented of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?"
Everyone turned to his course, as the horse rushes into the battle.
7 (Isa 1:3; SS 2:12; Jer 5:4-5) Indeed, the stork in the sky
knows her appointed times.
And the turtledove and the crane and the swallow
observe the time of their coming.
But My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
8 (Job 5:12-13; Ro 1:22) How do you say, "We are wise,
and the law of the Lord is with us"?
Certainly the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
9 (Jer 6:15; Isa 19:11) The wise men are ashamed;
they are dismayed and caught.
Indeed, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
and what kind of wisdom do they have?
10 (Jer 6:12-13) Therefore I will give their wives to others,
and their fields to those who shall inherit them.
For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness;
from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
11 (Jer 6:14; La 2:14) For they have healed the brokenness
of the daughter of My people superficially,
saying, "Peace, peace," when there is no peace.
12 (Jer 3:3; Ps 52:7) Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
They were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush.
Therefore they will fall among those who fall;
in the time of their punishment they will be cast down, says the Lord.
13 (Joel 1:7; Mt 21:19) I will surely consume them, says the Lord.
There will be no grapes on the vine
nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade;
and the things that I have given them will pass away from them.
14 (Jer 23:15; 9:15; 35:11) Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves,
and let us enter the fortified cities and let us perish there.
For the Lord our God has doomed us and given us water of gall to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord.
15 (Jer 14:19) We looked for peace, but no good came;
and for a time of health, but there was trouble!
16 (Jdg 5:22; 18:29) The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan;
the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones.
For they have come and have devoured the land and all that is in it,
the city, and those who dwell in it.
17 (Dt 32:24; Ps 58:4-5) See, I will send serpents against you,
adders, which will not be charmed, and they will bite you,
declares the Lord. Jeremiah Mourns for His People
18 (Isa 22:4; La 1:16-17) My sorrow is beyond healing;
my heart is faint within me.
19 (Isa 39:3; 13:5) Listen! The cry of the daughter of my people
from a far country:
"Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her king in her?"
"Why have they provoked Me to anger with their graven images,
with foreign vanities?"
20 "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
21 (Jer 14:17; Joel 2:6) For the brokenness of the daughter of my people
am I broken; I mourn; dismay has taken hold of me.
22 (Ge 37:25; Jer 46:11) Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
[4] Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall,
and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
[5] Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual
backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
[6] I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of
his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as
the horse rusheth into the battle.
[7] Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle
and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my
people know not the judgment of the LORD.
[8] How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo,
certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
[9] The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have
rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
[10] Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them
that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest
is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one
dealeth falsely.
[11] For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly,
saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
[12] Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were
not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall
among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast
down, saith the LORD.
[13] I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on
the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things
that I have given them shall pass away from them.
[14] Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the
defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put
us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned
against the LORD.
[15] We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and
behold trouble!
[16] The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled
at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have
devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell
therein.
[17] For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will
not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
[18] When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
[19] Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of
them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king
in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and
with strange vanities?
[20] The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
[21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black;
astonishment hath taken hold on me.
[22] Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is
not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jeremiah 9
Failures of Judah
1 (Jer 13:17; Isa 22:4) Oh, that my head were waters
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 (Jer 5:7-8; 23:10) Oh, that I had in the wilderness
a lodging place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people
and go from them! For they all are adulterers,
an assembly of treacherous men.
3 (Jdg 2:10; Jer 4:22) They bend their tongues like their bow;
lies and not truth prevail upon the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says the Lord.
4 (Jer 6:28; 12:6) Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
and do not trust in any brother; for every brother supplants,
and every neighbor walks about with slanders.
5 (Mic 6:12) Everyone deceives his neighbour and does not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves in committing iniquity.
6 (Job 21:14-15; Pr 1:24 )Your habitation is in the midst of deceit;
through deceit they refuse to know Me, says the Lord.
7 (Isa 1:25; Jer 6:27) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Now, I will refine them and assay them; for what else shall I do
for the daughter of My people?
8 (Ps 28:3; Jer 9:3 ) Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit.
One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
but in his heart he lies in wait.
9 (Jer 5:9; 5:29) Shall I not punish them for these things?
says the Lord. Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 (Jer 12:4; Hos 4:3; Jer 7:29) For the mountains I will take up
a weeping and wailing,
and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation,
because they are burned up so that no one can pass through them;
nor can men hear the lowing of the cattle.
Both the fowl of the heavens and the beast have fled; they are gone.
11 (Isa 25:2; 34:13) I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins and a den of
jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate,
without an inhabitant.
12 (Ps 107:43; Hos 14:9) Who is the wise man who may understand this?
And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may
declare it? Why is the land ruined and burned up like a wilderness,
so that no one passes through?
13 (2Ch 7:19; Jer 22:9) And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken
My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice,
nor walked in it,
14 (Jer 7:24; 3:17) but have walked after the imagination of their own heart
and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.
15 (Jer 8:14; Ps 80:5) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel: I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood
and give them water of gall to drink.
16 (Lev 26:33; Dt 28:64) I will scatter them also among the nations,
whom neither they nor their fathers have known.
And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.
17 (2Ch 35:25; Ecc 12:5) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come;
and send for wailing women, that they may come.
18 (Jer 14:17; 9:1) And let them make haste and take up a wailing for us,
that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 (Jer 4:13; Dt 28:29) For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion,
"How devastated we are! We are greatly humiliated,
because we have forsaken the land,
because our dwellings have cast us out."
20 (Isa 32:9-13) Yet hear the word of the Lord, O you women,
and let your ear receive the word of His mouth;
and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor a lamentation.
21 (2Ch 36:17; Jer 6:11) "For death has come up into our windows;
and has entered our palaces, to cut off the children from the streets,
and the young men from the squares."
22 (Jer 8:2; Ps 83:10) Speak, Thus says the Lord:
"The carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the open field,
and as the sheaf after the harvester, and no one shall gather them."
23 (Ecc 9:11; 1Ki 20:10-11) Thus says the Lord:
Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
and let not the mighty man glory in his might,
let not the rich man glory in his riches;
24 (Mic 7:18; 1Co 1:31) but let him who glories glory in this,
that he understands and knows Me,
that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness,
justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight,
says the Lord.
25 (Ro 2:8-9) The days are surely coming, says the Lord,
that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised-
26 (Lev 26:41; Jer 4:4) Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon,
Moab, and all who dwell in the wilderness who clip the hair on their temples;
for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel
are uncircumcised of heart.
Jeremiah 9
[1] Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I
might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
[2] Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I
might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an
assembly of treacherous men.
[3] And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not
valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they know not me, saith the LORD.
[4] Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any
brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will
walk with slanders.
[5] And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the
truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to
commit iniquity.
[6] Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse
to know me, saith the LORD.
[7] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and
try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
[8] Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh
peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
[9] Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[10] For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the
habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so
that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the
cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
[11] And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make
the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
[12] Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom
the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land
perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
[13] And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set
before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
[14] But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after
Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
[15] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall
to drink.
[16] I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their
fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed
them.
[17] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning
women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
[18] And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes
may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
[19] For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are
greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings
have cast us out.
[20] Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the
word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her
neighbour lamentation.
[21] For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces,
to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
[22] Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung
upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall
gather them.
[23] Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither
let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his
riches:
[24] But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and
knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
[25] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them
which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
[26] Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and
all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all
these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are
uncircumcised in the heart.
2) Our Daily Bread for 7 August 2023
A Thousand Dots of Light
Ephesians 5:8-20
8 (Lk 16:8; Jn 12:36) For you were formerly darkness,
but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light-
9 (Ro 15:14) for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness
and righteousness and truth-
10 (1Th 5:21) proving what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 (Ro 13:12; 1Ti 5:20) And do not have fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness; instead, expose them.
12 (Eph 5:3) For it is shameful even to speak of those things
which are done by them in secret.
13 (Jn 3:20-21) But all things are exposed when they are revealed
by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.
14 (Isa 60:1; 26:19) Therefore He says:
"Awake, you who sleep,
arise from the dead,
and Christ will give you light."
Walk as Children of Light
15 (Col 4:5) See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise men,
16 (Eph 6:13; Col 4:5) making the most of the time because the days are evil.
17 (Ro 12:2; Col 1:9) Therefore do not be unwise, but understand
what the will of the Lord is.
18 (Pr 20:1; 1Co 5:11; Lk 1:15) Do not be drunk with wine, for that is
reckless living. But be filled with the Spirit.
19 (Col 3:16; Ac 16:25; 1Co 14:26) Speak to one another in psalms, hymns,
and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.
20 (Col 3:17; Ps 34:1; Eph 5:4) Give thanks always for all things to God
the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
[8] For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk
as children of light:
[9] (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and
truth;)
[10] Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
[11] And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them.
[12] For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them
in secret.
[13] But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for
whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
[14] Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead,
and Christ shall give thee light.
[15] See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
[16] Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
[17] Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord
is.
[18] And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the
Spirit;
[19] Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
[20] Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ;
The Dismals Canyon in northwestern Alabama attracts a number of tourists each
year, many in May and June when the gnat larvae hatch and become glowworms.
At night, these glowworms cast a brilliant blue luminescence, and thousands
of them together create a breathtaking light.
In a way, the apostle Paul writes about believers in Christ as glowworms. He
explains that "you were once darkness, but now you are light in the
Lord" (Ephesians 5:8). But sometimes we wonder how "this little light of mine"
can make a difference. Paul suggests it isn't just a solo act. He calls us
"children of light" (v.
and explains that we "share in the inheritance ofhis holy people in the kingdom of light" (Colossians 1:12). Being light in
the world is a collective effort, the work of the body of Christ, the work of
the church. Paul reinforces this with the picture of us "glowworms"
worshiping together, "speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs
from the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:19).
When we get discouraged, thinking our life testimony is just one little dot
in a midnight culture of pitch black, we might take assurance from the Bible.
We're not alone. Together, as God guides us, we make a difference and glow a
brilliant light. It seems that a whole congregation of glowworms might
attract a whole lot of interest.
By: Kenneth Petersen
Reflect & Pray
How does it encourage you to know you're not alone in Christ?
How can you shine brightly with other believers today?
Dear God, please help me shine Your light with other believers in Jesus.
Learn more about how to be the person God has called you to be.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 2 - The Right of Family
John 1:11-12
11 (Jn 3:32) He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.
12 (Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23) Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power
to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
"Dad, can I ask you something?" Jimmy leaned across the back of his
father's chair. His father lowered the newspaper and reached around,
settling Jimmy on his lap.
"Sure. Son," he answered. "You can ask me anything you want. The answer
might not be Yes, but you always have the right to ask."
For many who have grown up in homes where the father was absent, or when
present, abusive or silent, the scenario of Jimmy and his father may
seem unrealistic. Often we aren't given the right by our parents to ask
what we want, to communicate openly, to express our needs and desires.
But god clearly indicates that no matter what our human families have been
like, in his family there are no barriers to belonging,
to open communications. When we commit our lives to Christ and submit to his
lordship, we have the right to become the sons and daughters of God.
In Christ, we have the right to approach him, to pray, to seek wisdom,
to ask advice, to make requests, to verbalise our needs and desires. We don't
have to be afraid of sounding stupid or being rejected, because in Christ
we belong to him, and he loves us.
The KJV uses the word "power" in verse 12 - "to them gave he power to become
the sons of God." Power implies ability, that we are equipped by the Spirit
to be children of the King. We have the right and we have the power to become
who God has called us to be - his children.
Application
a) Under what circumstances in my life have I felt that I didn't
have the right to express my wishes or feelings?
b) How do today's verses give me confidence in approaching God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 22:7
7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
7 The rich ruleth over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Saddened by Loss
John 14:1 - 7
1 "Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in Me.
2 In My Father's house are many dwelling places.
If it were not so, I would have told you.
I am going to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and receive you to Myself,
that where I am, you may be also.
4 You know where I am going, and you know the way."
5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know
where You are going. How can we know the way?"
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
7 If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.
From now on you do know Him and have seen Him."
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so,
I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,
and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest;
and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also:
and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
7th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted in our society
and be their help
(
Ps 34:18 - The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,
and saves the contrite of spirit.
18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;
And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Ps 145: 14 - 16
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Samek
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
Ain
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;
And thou givest them their meat in due season.
Pe
16 Thou openest thine hand,
And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
)
b) Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.
(
Romans 12:4-8
4 (1Co 12:12-14)For just as we have many parts in one body,
and not all parts have the same function,
5(1Co 10:17; 12:20)so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and all are parts of one another.
6(Ac 13:1; 1Co 13:2)We have diverse gifts according to the grace that
is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;
7 (Ac 13:1; Eph 4:11)if service, in serving; he who teaches, in teaching;
8 (2Co 9:7; 1Co 12:28) he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with
generosity; he who rules, with diligence;
he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
4 For as we have many members in one body,
and all members have not the same office:
5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that
is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according
to the proportion of faith;
7 or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth,
on teaching;
8 or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let
him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence;
he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Col 3:17
17(1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20)And whatever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to intervene for your nation and world.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please help me shine Your light with other
believers in Jesus."
Pray to the Lord and pray to know the power we have in Him.
Pray to the Lord and pray not to be a borrower nor a lender.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know He has a place for you in Heaven.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted in our society
and be their help
Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.
Pray for the successful distribution of Bibles in every part of China.
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.