Day 238 of My 3rd Bible Study Journey - 26 August 2023 reflections
Day 238, 26 August 2023
1) Ezekiel 5,6,7,8
Ezekiel 5
A Sword Against Jerusalem
1 (Lev 21:5; Isa 7:20) As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword.
Take and cause it to pass upon your head and upon your beard
as a barber's razor. Then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.
2 (Eze 5:12; Lev 26:33; Jer 9:16) You shall burn with fire a third part
in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are fulfilled.
Then you shall take a third part and strike it with the sword
all around the city. And a third part you shall scatter in the wind.
And I will draw out a sword after them.
3 (Jer 39:10; 40:6) You shall also take a few in number from them
and bind them in the edges of your robes.
4 Then take some of them again and cast them into the midst of the fire
and burn them in the fire. For a fire shall come out
into all the house of Israel.
5 (Eze 4:1; Dt 4:6) Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem.
I have set it in the midst of the nations,
with countries that are all around her.
6 (Jer 11:10; Zec 7:11) But she has rebelled against My judgments
more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes
more than the countries that are all around her.
For they have refused My judgments and My statutes,
and have not walked in them.
7 (2Ch 33:9; Jer 2:10-11) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have
more turmoil than the nations that are round about you and have not walked
in My statutes, or have kept My judgments, and have not even acted according
to the judgments of the nations that are all around you,
8 (Eze 15:7; Jer 21:5) therefore thus says the Lord God: Pay attention.
I, even I, am against you and will execute judgments in your midst
in the sight of the nations.
9 (Da 9:12; Mt 24:21) I will do in you what I have not done,
and the like of which I will not do anymore, because of all your abominations.
10 (Dt 28:64; Eze 12:14) Therefore the fathers shall eat their sons
in your midst, and the sons shall eat their fathers. For I will execute
judgments on you, and the whole remnant of you I will scatter into
all the winds.
11 (Eze 7:20; 2Ch 36:14) Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, surely,
because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things
and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you,
and My eye shall have no pity, nor will I spare.
12 (Eze 5:2; Jer 15:2; 21:9) A third part of you shall die by pestilence
or by famine; they shall be consumed in your midst.
And a third part shall fall by the sword all around you.
And I will scatter a third part into all the winds,
and I will draw out a sword after them.
13 (Isa 1:24; Eze 36:5-6) Thus My anger shall be accomplished,
and I will cause My fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted.
Then they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in My zeal
when I have accomplished My fury in them.
14 (Ne 2:17; Ps 74:3-10) Moreover I will make you a desolation
and a reproach among the nations that are all around you,
in the sight of all who pass by.
15 (Eze 25:17; Jer 22:8-9) So it shall be a reproach and a taunt,
a warning and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you,
when I execute judgments in you in anger and in fury and in furious
rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.
16 (Dt 32:23-24; Eze 4:16) When I send upon them the deadly arrows
of famine which shall be for their destruction
and which I will send to destroy you, then I will also increase
the famine upon you and break your staff of bread.
17 (Eze 38:22; Lev 26:22)So I will send upon you famine and wild beasts,
and they shall bereave you of children. And pestilence and bloodshed
shall pass through you. And I will bring the sword upon you.
I the Lord have spoken it.
Ezekiel 5
[1] And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's
rasor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take
thee balances to weight, and divide the hair.
[2] Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when
the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and
smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the
wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
[3] Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
[4] Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and
burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the
house of Israel.
[5] Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst
of the nations and countries that are round about her.
[6] And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations,
and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they
have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
[7] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the
nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes,
neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments
of the nations that are round about you;
[8] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee,
and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
[9] And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will
not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
[10] Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the
sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the
whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
[11] Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast
defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine
abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye
spare, neither will I have any pity.
[12] A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine
shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by
the sword round about thee and I will scatter a third part into all the
winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
[13] Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest
upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have
spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
[14] Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that
are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
[15] So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an
astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall
execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I
the LORD have spoken it.
[16] When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be
for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will
increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
[17] So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave
thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the
sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel 6
Judgment on Idolatrous Israel
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Eze 13:17; 19:9) Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel,
and prophesy against them,
3 (Lev 26:30) and say, Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God.
Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers,
and to the valleys: Pay attention. I, even I, will bring a sword upon you,
and I will destroy your high places.
4 (2Ch 14:5; Lev 26:30) Your altars shall be desolate, and your images
shall be broken. And I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
5 I will lay the dead corpses of the sons of Israel before their idols.
And I will scatter your bones all around your altars.
6 (Isa 6:11; Eze 5:14) In all your dwelling places, the cities shall be laid
waste and the high places shall be desolate so that your altars may be laid
waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease,
and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
7 The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
8 (Eze 14:22; Isa 6:1) 3Yet I will leave a remnant, for you will have some
who escape the sword among the nations when you are scattered
among the countries.
9 (Eze 20:43; Ps 78:40) Those of you who escape shall remember Me among
the nations wherever they shall be carried captive, because I am broken
by their whorish heart which has departed from Me, and with their eyes
which play the harlot after their idols. And they shall loathe themselves
for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
10 They shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain
that I would bring this calamity upon them.
11 (Eze 5:12; 9:4) Thus says the Lord God: Clap your hand, and stamp
with your foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house
of Israel! For they shall fall by sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
12 (Eze 5:13; La 4:11) He who is far off shall die of pestilence,
and he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains
and is besieged shall die by famine. Thus I will accomplish My fury upon them.
13 (Eze 20:28; Hos 4:13; 1Ki 14:23) Then you shall know that I am the Lord,
when their slain men shall be among their idols all around their altars,
on every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains,
and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place
where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.
14 (Isa 5:25; 9:12) So, in all their habitations I will stretch
out My hand upon them and make the land desolate, indeed,
more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah.
And they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 6
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy
against them,
[3] And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus
saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to
the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will
destroy your high places.
[4] And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and
I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
[5] And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their
idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
[6] In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high
places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made
desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut
down, and your works may be abolished.
[7] And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I
am the LORD.
[8] Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the
sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
[9] And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither
they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish
heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring
after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they
have committed in all their abominations.
[10] And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in
vain that I would do this evil unto them.
[11] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy
foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel!
for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
[12] He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near
shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by
the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
[13] Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be
among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the
tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick
oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
[14] So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate,
yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their
habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 7
The Day of the Lord's Wrath
1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Am 8:2; 8:10) And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land
of Israel:
An end, the end is coming upon the four corners of the land.
3 (Eze 18:30) Now the end has come upon you,
and I will send My anger upon you,
and will judge you according to your ways,
and will recompense upon you all your abominations.
4 (Eze 5:11; 6:7) My eye shall not spare you,
nor will I have pity;
but I will recompense your ways upon you,
and your abominations shall be in your midst.
And you shall know that I am the Lord!
5 (2Ki 21:12-13; Eze 5:9) Thus says the Lord God:
A disaster, a singular disaster;
it is coming!
6 (Zec 13:7) An end is coming,
the end has come;
it watches for you;
it has come!
7 (Isa 22:5; Eze 7:12) Your doom has come to you,
O inhabitant in the land;
the time has come, the day of trouble is near,
and not the joyful shouting on the mountains.
8 (Eze 9:8; 14:19) Now I will shortly pour out My fury upon you,
and accomplish My anger upon you;
and I will judge you according to your ways,
and will recompense you for all your abominations.
9 My eye shall not spare,
nor will I have pity;
I will recompense you according to your ways,
and your abominations that are in your midst.
And you shall know that I am the Lord who strikes.
10 Isa 10:5 The day is coming!
Your doom has gone out;
the rod has blossomed,
pride has budded.
11 (Zep 1:18; Isa 59:6-8) Violence has risen up
into a rod of wickedness;
none of them shall remain,
none of their people,
none of their wealth,
nor anything eminent among them.
12 (Isa 5:13-14; Eze 6:11-12) The time has come,
the day has drawn near.
Do not let the buyer rejoice,
or the seller mourn,
for wrath is against all their multitude.
13 (Lev 25:24-28; 25:31) For the seller shall not return
to that which is sold,
although they both live;
for the vision concerning the whole multitude
shall not return;
nor shall any strengthen his life
by his iniquity.
14 (Jer 4:5) They have blown the trumpet
even to make all ready,
but none goes to the battle;
for My wrath is against all the multitude.
15 (Jer 14:18; La 1:20) The sword is outside,
and the pestilence and the famine within.
He who is in the field
shall die by the sword;
and he who is in the city,
famine and pestilence shall devour him.
16 (Ezr 9:15; Isa 38:14) Even when their survivors escape,
they shall be on the mountains
like doves of the valleys,
all of them mourning,
every one over his iniquity.
17 (Eze 21:7; Jer 6:24) All hands shall be feeble,
and all knees shall be weak as water.
18 (Isa 15:2-3; Am 8:10) They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth,
and horror shall cover them;
and shame shall be upon all faces,
and baldness upon all their heads.
19 (Pr 11:4; Zep 1:18) They shall cast their silver in the streets,
and their gold shall become abhorrent;
their silver and their gold
shall not be able to deliver them
in the day of the wrath of the Lord;
they shall not satisfy their souls,
or fill their stomachs,
for their iniquity has become a stumbling block.
20 (Eze 24:21; Jer 7:30) They transformed the beauty of His ornaments
into pride,
and made the images of their abominations
and of their detestable things with it;
therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them.
21 (2Ki 24:13; Ps 74:2-8) I will give it into the hands of the strangers
as plunder and to the wicked of the earth for destruction,
and they shall pollute it.
22 (Jer 18:17) My face also I will turn from them,
and they shall pollute My secret place;
for the robbers shall enter
and defile it.
23 (Jer 27:2; Eze 9:9) Make a chain,
for the land is full of bloody crimes,
and the city is full of violence.
24 (Eze 28:7; 21:31) Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations,
and they shall possess their houses;
I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease,
and their holy places shall be defiled.
25 When destruction comes,
then they shall seek peace, but there shall be none.
26 (Jer 4:20; Ps 74:9) Mischief shall come upon mischief,
and rumor shall be upon rumor.
Then they shall seek a vision of the prophet;
but the law shall perish from the priest,
and counsel from the elders.
27 The king shall mourn,
and the prince shall be clothed with desolation,
and the hands of the people of the land shall tremble.
I will do to them according to their way,
and according to what they deserve I will judge them.
And they shall know that I am the Lord!
Ezekiel 7
[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel;
An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
[3] Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and
will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all
thine abominations.
[4] And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will
recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst
of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[5] Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
[6] An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
[7] The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the
time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the
mountains.
[8] Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger
upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense
thee for all thine abominations.
[9] And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will
recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in
the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
[10] Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod
hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
[11] Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall
remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall
there be wailing for them.
[12] The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor
the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
[13] For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they
were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof,
which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity
of his life.
[14] They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to
the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
[15] The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that
is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine
and pestilence shall devour him.
[16] But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the
mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his
iniquity.
[17] All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
[18] They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover
them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
[19] They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be
removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in
the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls,
neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
[20] As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made
the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein:
therefore have I set it far from them.
[21] And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to
the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
[22] My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret
place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
[23] Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is
full of violence.
[24] Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess
their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their
holy places shall be defiled.
[25] Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
[26] Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour;
then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from
the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
[27] The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation,
and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto
them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and
they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 8
Abominations in the Temple
1 (Eze 20:1; 1:2-3; 14:1) In the sixth year, in the sixth month,
on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house
and the elders of Judah sat before me,
the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.
2 (Eze 1:4; 1:26-27) Then I looked, and there was a likeness
as the appearance of a man. From His loins and downward was
the appearance of fire. And from His loins and upward was
the appearance of brightness, as the appearance of glowing metal.
3 (Dt 32:16; Eze 11:1) He stretched out the form of a hand
and took me by a lock of my head. And the Spirit lifted me up
between the earth and the heavens, and brought me in the visions of God
to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court,
where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy.
4 (Eze 3:22-23) The glory of the God of Israel was there,
according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
5 (Eze 8:3; Jer 3:2) Then He said to me, "Son of man, lift up your eyes
now toward the north." So I lifted up my eyes toward the north,
and northward at the gate of the altar was this image of jealousy
in the entrance.
6 (Eze 5:11; 8:9) He said furthermore to me, "Son of man, do you see
what they do, even the great abominations that the house of Israel
commits here, so that I should go far off from My sanctuary?
But yet you shall see still greater abominations."
7 Then He brought me to the door of the court.
And when I looked, there was a hole in the wall.
8 (Isa 29:15) So He said to me, "Son of man, now dig in the wall."
And when I had dug in the wall, there was a door.
9 He said to me, "Enter and notice the wicked abominations that they do here."
10 (Ex 20:4; Ro 1:23) So I went in and saw every form of creeping things,
and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel,
portrayed upon the wall all around.
11 (Nu 11:16; 16:17) There stood before them seventy men of the elders
of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan,
with every man his censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.
12 (Isa 29:15; Eze 9:9) Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen
what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark,
every man in the chambers of his images? For they say,
'The Lord does not see us. The Lord has forsaken the land.'"
13 (Eze 8:6) He also said to me, "Yet again you shall see greater
abominations that they do."
14 (Eze 44:4; 46:9) Then He brought me to the door of the gate of the house
of the Lord which was toward the north.
And women sat there weeping for Tammuz.
15 Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Yet again you shall
see greater abominations than these."
16 (Jer 2:27; Dt 4:19) He brought me into the inner court of the house
of the Lord, and at the door of the temple of the Lord,
between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with
their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east.
And they worshipped the sun toward the east.
17 (Eze 7:23; 9:9) Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man?
Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations
which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence
and have continually provoked Me to anger. And they put the branch
to their nose.
18 (Isa 1:15; Mic 3:4) Therefore I will indeed deal in fury.
My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in My ears
with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them."
Ezekiel 8
[1] And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth
day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before
me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
[2] Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the
appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward,
as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
[3] And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine
head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and
brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate
that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy,
which provoketh to jealousy.
[4] And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the
vision that I saw in the plain.
[5] Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward
the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold
northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
[6] He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even
the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I
should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt
see greater abominations.
[7] And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a
hole in the wall.
[8] Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had
digged in the wall, behold a door.
[9] And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they
do here.
[10] So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and
abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon
the wall round about.
[11] And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of
Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with
every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
[12] Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of
the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his
imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the
earth.
[13] He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater
abominations that they do.
[14] Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which
was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
[15] Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet
again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
[16] And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and,
behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the
altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of
the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun
toward the east.
[17] Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light
thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they
commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned
to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
[18] Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither
will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet
will I not hear them.
2) Our Daily Bread for 26 August 2023 titled Humbled but Hopeful
Psalm 22:14-24
14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
it is melted inside my body.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
and You have set me toward the dust of death.
16 For dogs have encompassed me;
the assembly of the wicked has enclosed me;
like a lion they pin my hands and my feet;
17 I can count all my bones;
they look and stare on me.
18 They part my garments among them
and cast lots for my clothes.
19 But do not be far from me, O Lord;
O my Help, hasten to my aid.
20 Rescue my soul from the sword,
my only life from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth,
and from the horns of the wild ox, answer me!
22 I will declare Your name to my community;
in the midst of the congregation I will praise You.
23 You who fear the Lord, praise Him;
all you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
and stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.
24 For He has not despised nor abhorred
the affliction of the afflicted;
nor has He hid His face from him;
but when he cried to Him, He heard.
[14] I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart
is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
[15] My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my
jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
[16] For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed
me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
[17] I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
[18] They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
[19] But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help
me.
[20] Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
[21] Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of
the unicorns.
[22] I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee.
[23] Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify
him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
[24] For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
At the pastor's invitation at the end of the church service, Latriece made her
way to the front. When she was invited to greet the congregation, no one was
prepared for the weighty and wonderful words she spoke. She had relocated from
Kentucky where in December 2021 devastating tornadoes had taken the lives of
seven of her family members. "I can still smile because God's with me," she
said. Though bruised by trial, her testimony was a powerful encouragement for
those facing challenges of their own.
David's words in Psalm 22 (which point to the sufferings of Jesus) are those
of a battered man who felt forsaken by God (v. 1), despised and mocked by
others (vv. 6-8), and surrounded by predators (vv. 12-13). He felt weak and
drained (vv. 14-18)-but he wasn't hopeless. "But you, Lord, do not be far from
me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me" (v. 19). Your present
challenge-though likely not of the same variety as David's or Latriece's-is
just as real. And the words of verse 24 are just as meaningful: "He has not
despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; . . . but has listened
to his cry for help." And when we experience God's help, let's declare His
goodness so others can hear of it (v. 22).
By: Arthur Jackson
Reflect & Pray
What are the benefits of sharing stories of God's kindness with others?
Why is it vital to fellowship with other brothers and sisters in Christ?
Heavenly Father, I bring my feelings
of helplessness to You. Breathe fresh hope into my heart
and help me praise Your name.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 7 Break up Your Fallow Ground
Hosea 10:12
12 Sow to yourselves righteousness, reap mercy,
break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord,
until He comes and rains righteousness upon you.
12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy;
break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD,
till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
When a farmer prepares to plant his crop, a great deal of preparation
is necessary before the seen can be sown. He has to plow up the ground,
turning under the stubble from the previous harvest, harrow the field to
break up the clods, and fertilise- readying the soil for optimum growth.
A fallow field, one that was not planted the previous season, must be
broken and worked so that the seed can find root in the ground.
The Bible likens spiritual growth to raising crops. God is the one
who brings rain and gives growth, but the success or failure
of the seed - both in initial salvation and in ongoing maturity -
is often linked to how well the soil has been prepared.
That preparation isn't always a pleasant or rewarding process.
We may resist the plowing or harrowing that comes through
the Holy Spirit's conviction of sin. We may need to dig up boulders
of bitterness and thistles of anger; we may have to plow under the
stubble of the last crop of lessons, working that mulch deep into our lives.
But the final outcome is worth the effort - even the pain - that
preparation brings. Broken up, harrowed, readied for the seed of God's Word,
we are rich and fertile ground, and the seed of righteousness produces
an abundant crop in us.
Application
a) In what ways have I been "broken up" and "harrowed" by the Holy
Spirit to prepare me for God's work in me?
b) How can I apply these verses to myself? How can I
"sow in righteousness," "reap in mercy," "break up my fallow ground"?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 16:10-12
10 (Mt 25:21; Lk 19:17) "He who is faithful in what is least is faithful
also in much. And he who is dishonest in the least is dishonest also
in much.
11 So if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth,
who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's,
who will give you that which is your own?"
10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:
and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,
who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's,
who shall give you that which is your own?
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Reconciling Peace
Col 3:12-17
12 (Eph 4:2; Lk 1:78) So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.
13 (Eph 4:32; Mk 11:25; Eph 4:2) Bear with one another
and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone,
even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.
14 (Eph 4:3; 1Co 13:1-13) And above all these things, embrace love,
which is the bond of perfection.
15 (Jn 14:27; Eph 5:20) Let the peace of God,
to which also you are called in one body,
rule in your hearts. And be thankful.
16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17 ) Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
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.
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,
kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have
a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14 And above all these things put on charity,
which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye
are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
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.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 26 of the Month
a) Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ (Matt 5:16
16 Let your light so shine before men that they may
see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
)
b) Pray for the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut
I) Pray for the leaders of Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut,
that God's Spirit would influence then to act justly,
serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority;
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge
of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use
the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray that idols will break apart in your nation.
Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, I bring my feelings
of helplessness to You. Breathe fresh hope into my heart
and help me praise Your name."
Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord to break up Fallow Ground in you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be good stewarts of what the Lord has given you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to do all within him.
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 Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ.
Pray that residents of Jerusalem and other areas of Israel will seek
"The Prince of Peace" .
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) Ezekiel 5,6,7,8
Ezekiel 5
A Sword Against Jerusalem
1 (Lev 21:5; Isa 7:20) As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword.
Take and cause it to pass upon your head and upon your beard
as a barber's razor. Then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.
2 (Eze 5:12; Lev 26:33; Jer 9:16) You shall burn with fire a third part
in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are fulfilled.
Then you shall take a third part and strike it with the sword
all around the city. And a third part you shall scatter in the wind.
And I will draw out a sword after them.
3 (Jer 39:10; 40:6) You shall also take a few in number from them
and bind them in the edges of your robes.
4 Then take some of them again and cast them into the midst of the fire
and burn them in the fire. For a fire shall come out
into all the house of Israel.
5 (Eze 4:1; Dt 4:6) Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem.
I have set it in the midst of the nations,
with countries that are all around her.
6 (Jer 11:10; Zec 7:11) But she has rebelled against My judgments
more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes
more than the countries that are all around her.
For they have refused My judgments and My statutes,
and have not walked in them.
7 (2Ch 33:9; Jer 2:10-11) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have
more turmoil than the nations that are round about you and have not walked
in My statutes, or have kept My judgments, and have not even acted according
to the judgments of the nations that are all around you,
8 (Eze 15:7; Jer 21:5) therefore thus says the Lord God: Pay attention.
I, even I, am against you and will execute judgments in your midst
in the sight of the nations.
9 (Da 9:12; Mt 24:21) I will do in you what I have not done,
and the like of which I will not do anymore, because of all your abominations.
10 (Dt 28:64; Eze 12:14) Therefore the fathers shall eat their sons
in your midst, and the sons shall eat their fathers. For I will execute
judgments on you, and the whole remnant of you I will scatter into
all the winds.
11 (Eze 7:20; 2Ch 36:14) Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, surely,
because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things
and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you,
and My eye shall have no pity, nor will I spare.
12 (Eze 5:2; Jer 15:2; 21:9) A third part of you shall die by pestilence
or by famine; they shall be consumed in your midst.
And a third part shall fall by the sword all around you.
And I will scatter a third part into all the winds,
and I will draw out a sword after them.
13 (Isa 1:24; Eze 36:5-6) Thus My anger shall be accomplished,
and I will cause My fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted.
Then they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in My zeal
when I have accomplished My fury in them.
14 (Ne 2:17; Ps 74:3-10) Moreover I will make you a desolation
and a reproach among the nations that are all around you,
in the sight of all who pass by.
15 (Eze 25:17; Jer 22:8-9) So it shall be a reproach and a taunt,
a warning and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you,
when I execute judgments in you in anger and in fury and in furious
rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.
16 (Dt 32:23-24; Eze 4:16) When I send upon them the deadly arrows
of famine which shall be for their destruction
and which I will send to destroy you, then I will also increase
the famine upon you and break your staff of bread.
17 (Eze 38:22; Lev 26:22)So I will send upon you famine and wild beasts,
and they shall bereave you of children. And pestilence and bloodshed
shall pass through you. And I will bring the sword upon you.
I the Lord have spoken it.
Ezekiel 5
[1] And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's
rasor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take
thee balances to weight, and divide the hair.
[2] Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when
the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and
smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the
wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
[3] Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
[4] Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and
burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the
house of Israel.
[5] Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst
of the nations and countries that are round about her.
[6] And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations,
and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they
have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
[7] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the
nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes,
neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments
of the nations that are round about you;
[8] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee,
and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
[9] And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will
not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
[10] Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the
sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the
whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
[11] Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast
defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine
abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye
spare, neither will I have any pity.
[12] A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine
shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by
the sword round about thee and I will scatter a third part into all the
winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
[13] Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest
upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have
spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
[14] Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that
are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
[15] So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an
astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall
execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I
the LORD have spoken it.
[16] When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be
for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will
increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
[17] So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave
thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the
sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel 6
Judgment on Idolatrous Israel
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Eze 13:17; 19:9) Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel,
and prophesy against them,
3 (Lev 26:30) and say, Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God.
Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers,
and to the valleys: Pay attention. I, even I, will bring a sword upon you,
and I will destroy your high places.
4 (2Ch 14:5; Lev 26:30) Your altars shall be desolate, and your images
shall be broken. And I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
5 I will lay the dead corpses of the sons of Israel before their idols.
And I will scatter your bones all around your altars.
6 (Isa 6:11; Eze 5:14) In all your dwelling places, the cities shall be laid
waste and the high places shall be desolate so that your altars may be laid
waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease,
and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
7 The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
8 (Eze 14:22; Isa 6:1) 3Yet I will leave a remnant, for you will have some
who escape the sword among the nations when you are scattered
among the countries.
9 (Eze 20:43; Ps 78:40) Those of you who escape shall remember Me among
the nations wherever they shall be carried captive, because I am broken
by their whorish heart which has departed from Me, and with their eyes
which play the harlot after their idols. And they shall loathe themselves
for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
10 They shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain
that I would bring this calamity upon them.
11 (Eze 5:12; 9:4) Thus says the Lord God: Clap your hand, and stamp
with your foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house
of Israel! For they shall fall by sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
12 (Eze 5:13; La 4:11) He who is far off shall die of pestilence,
and he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains
and is besieged shall die by famine. Thus I will accomplish My fury upon them.
13 (Eze 20:28; Hos 4:13; 1Ki 14:23) Then you shall know that I am the Lord,
when their slain men shall be among their idols all around their altars,
on every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains,
and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place
where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.
14 (Isa 5:25; 9:12) So, in all their habitations I will stretch
out My hand upon them and make the land desolate, indeed,
more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah.
And they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 6
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy
against them,
[3] And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus
saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to
the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will
destroy your high places.
[4] And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and
I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
[5] And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their
idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
[6] In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high
places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made
desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut
down, and your works may be abolished.
[7] And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I
am the LORD.
[8] Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the
sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
[9] And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither
they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish
heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring
after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they
have committed in all their abominations.
[10] And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in
vain that I would do this evil unto them.
[11] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy
foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel!
for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
[12] He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near
shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by
the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
[13] Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be
among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the
tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick
oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
[14] So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate,
yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their
habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 7
The Day of the Lord's Wrath
1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Am 8:2; 8:10) And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land
of Israel:
An end, the end is coming upon the four corners of the land.
3 (Eze 18:30) Now the end has come upon you,
and I will send My anger upon you,
and will judge you according to your ways,
and will recompense upon you all your abominations.
4 (Eze 5:11; 6:7) My eye shall not spare you,
nor will I have pity;
but I will recompense your ways upon you,
and your abominations shall be in your midst.
And you shall know that I am the Lord!
5 (2Ki 21:12-13; Eze 5:9) Thus says the Lord God:
A disaster, a singular disaster;
it is coming!
6 (Zec 13:7) An end is coming,
the end has come;
it watches for you;
it has come!
7 (Isa 22:5; Eze 7:12) Your doom has come to you,
O inhabitant in the land;
the time has come, the day of trouble is near,
and not the joyful shouting on the mountains.
8 (Eze 9:8; 14:19) Now I will shortly pour out My fury upon you,
and accomplish My anger upon you;
and I will judge you according to your ways,
and will recompense you for all your abominations.
9 My eye shall not spare,
nor will I have pity;
I will recompense you according to your ways,
and your abominations that are in your midst.
And you shall know that I am the Lord who strikes.
10 Isa 10:5 The day is coming!
Your doom has gone out;
the rod has blossomed,
pride has budded.
11 (Zep 1:18; Isa 59:6-8) Violence has risen up
into a rod of wickedness;
none of them shall remain,
none of their people,
none of their wealth,
nor anything eminent among them.
12 (Isa 5:13-14; Eze 6:11-12) The time has come,
the day has drawn near.
Do not let the buyer rejoice,
or the seller mourn,
for wrath is against all their multitude.
13 (Lev 25:24-28; 25:31) For the seller shall not return
to that which is sold,
although they both live;
for the vision concerning the whole multitude
shall not return;
nor shall any strengthen his life
by his iniquity.
14 (Jer 4:5) They have blown the trumpet
even to make all ready,
but none goes to the battle;
for My wrath is against all the multitude.
15 (Jer 14:18; La 1:20) The sword is outside,
and the pestilence and the famine within.
He who is in the field
shall die by the sword;
and he who is in the city,
famine and pestilence shall devour him.
16 (Ezr 9:15; Isa 38:14) Even when their survivors escape,
they shall be on the mountains
like doves of the valleys,
all of them mourning,
every one over his iniquity.
17 (Eze 21:7; Jer 6:24) All hands shall be feeble,
and all knees shall be weak as water.
18 (Isa 15:2-3; Am 8:10) They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth,
and horror shall cover them;
and shame shall be upon all faces,
and baldness upon all their heads.
19 (Pr 11:4; Zep 1:18) They shall cast their silver in the streets,
and their gold shall become abhorrent;
their silver and their gold
shall not be able to deliver them
in the day of the wrath of the Lord;
they shall not satisfy their souls,
or fill their stomachs,
for their iniquity has become a stumbling block.
20 (Eze 24:21; Jer 7:30) They transformed the beauty of His ornaments
into pride,
and made the images of their abominations
and of their detestable things with it;
therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them.
21 (2Ki 24:13; Ps 74:2-8) I will give it into the hands of the strangers
as plunder and to the wicked of the earth for destruction,
and they shall pollute it.
22 (Jer 18:17) My face also I will turn from them,
and they shall pollute My secret place;
for the robbers shall enter
and defile it.
23 (Jer 27:2; Eze 9:9) Make a chain,
for the land is full of bloody crimes,
and the city is full of violence.
24 (Eze 28:7; 21:31) Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations,
and they shall possess their houses;
I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease,
and their holy places shall be defiled.
25 When destruction comes,
then they shall seek peace, but there shall be none.
26 (Jer 4:20; Ps 74:9) Mischief shall come upon mischief,
and rumor shall be upon rumor.
Then they shall seek a vision of the prophet;
but the law shall perish from the priest,
and counsel from the elders.
27 The king shall mourn,
and the prince shall be clothed with desolation,
and the hands of the people of the land shall tremble.
I will do to them according to their way,
and according to what they deserve I will judge them.
And they shall know that I am the Lord!
Ezekiel 7
[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel;
An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
[3] Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and
will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all
thine abominations.
[4] And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will
recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst
of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[5] Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
[6] An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
[7] The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the
time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the
mountains.
[8] Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger
upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense
thee for all thine abominations.
[9] And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will
recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in
the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
[10] Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod
hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
[11] Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall
remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall
there be wailing for them.
[12] The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor
the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
[13] For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they
were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof,
which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity
of his life.
[14] They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to
the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
[15] The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that
is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine
and pestilence shall devour him.
[16] But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the
mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his
iniquity.
[17] All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
[18] They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover
them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
[19] They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be
removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in
the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls,
neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
[20] As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made
the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein:
therefore have I set it far from them.
[21] And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to
the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
[22] My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret
place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
[23] Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is
full of violence.
[24] Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess
their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their
holy places shall be defiled.
[25] Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
[26] Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour;
then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from
the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
[27] The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation,
and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto
them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and
they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 8
Abominations in the Temple
1 (Eze 20:1; 1:2-3; 14:1) In the sixth year, in the sixth month,
on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house
and the elders of Judah sat before me,
the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.
2 (Eze 1:4; 1:26-27) Then I looked, and there was a likeness
as the appearance of a man. From His loins and downward was
the appearance of fire. And from His loins and upward was
the appearance of brightness, as the appearance of glowing metal.
3 (Dt 32:16; Eze 11:1) He stretched out the form of a hand
and took me by a lock of my head. And the Spirit lifted me up
between the earth and the heavens, and brought me in the visions of God
to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court,
where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy.
4 (Eze 3:22-23) The glory of the God of Israel was there,
according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
5 (Eze 8:3; Jer 3:2) Then He said to me, "Son of man, lift up your eyes
now toward the north." So I lifted up my eyes toward the north,
and northward at the gate of the altar was this image of jealousy
in the entrance.
6 (Eze 5:11; 8:9) He said furthermore to me, "Son of man, do you see
what they do, even the great abominations that the house of Israel
commits here, so that I should go far off from My sanctuary?
But yet you shall see still greater abominations."
7 Then He brought me to the door of the court.
And when I looked, there was a hole in the wall.
8 (Isa 29:15) So He said to me, "Son of man, now dig in the wall."
And when I had dug in the wall, there was a door.
9 He said to me, "Enter and notice the wicked abominations that they do here."
10 (Ex 20:4; Ro 1:23) So I went in and saw every form of creeping things,
and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel,
portrayed upon the wall all around.
11 (Nu 11:16; 16:17) There stood before them seventy men of the elders
of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan,
with every man his censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.
12 (Isa 29:15; Eze 9:9) Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen
what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark,
every man in the chambers of his images? For they say,
'The Lord does not see us. The Lord has forsaken the land.'"
13 (Eze 8:6) He also said to me, "Yet again you shall see greater
abominations that they do."
14 (Eze 44:4; 46:9) Then He brought me to the door of the gate of the house
of the Lord which was toward the north.
And women sat there weeping for Tammuz.
15 Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Yet again you shall
see greater abominations than these."
16 (Jer 2:27; Dt 4:19) He brought me into the inner court of the house
of the Lord, and at the door of the temple of the Lord,
between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with
their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east.
And they worshipped the sun toward the east.
17 (Eze 7:23; 9:9) Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man?
Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations
which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence
and have continually provoked Me to anger. And they put the branch
to their nose.
18 (Isa 1:15; Mic 3:4) Therefore I will indeed deal in fury.
My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in My ears
with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them."
Ezekiel 8
[1] And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth
day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before
me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
[2] Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the
appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward,
as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
[3] And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine
head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and
brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate
that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy,
which provoketh to jealousy.
[4] And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the
vision that I saw in the plain.
[5] Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward
the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold
northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
[6] He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even
the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I
should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt
see greater abominations.
[7] And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a
hole in the wall.
[8] Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had
digged in the wall, behold a door.
[9] And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they
do here.
[10] So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and
abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon
the wall round about.
[11] And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of
Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with
every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
[12] Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of
the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his
imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the
earth.
[13] He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater
abominations that they do.
[14] Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which
was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
[15] Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet
again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
[16] And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and,
behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the
altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of
the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun
toward the east.
[17] Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light
thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they
commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned
to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
[18] Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither
will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet
will I not hear them.
2) Our Daily Bread for 26 August 2023 titled Humbled but Hopeful
Psalm 22:14-24
14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
it is melted inside my body.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
and You have set me toward the dust of death.
16 For dogs have encompassed me;
the assembly of the wicked has enclosed me;
like a lion they pin my hands and my feet;
17 I can count all my bones;
they look and stare on me.
18 They part my garments among them
and cast lots for my clothes.
19 But do not be far from me, O Lord;
O my Help, hasten to my aid.
20 Rescue my soul from the sword,
my only life from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth,
and from the horns of the wild ox, answer me!
22 I will declare Your name to my community;
in the midst of the congregation I will praise You.
23 You who fear the Lord, praise Him;
all you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
and stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.
24 For He has not despised nor abhorred
the affliction of the afflicted;
nor has He hid His face from him;
but when he cried to Him, He heard.
[14] I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart
is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
[15] My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my
jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
[16] For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed
me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
[17] I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
[18] They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
[19] But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help
me.
[20] Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
[21] Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of
the unicorns.
[22] I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee.
[23] Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify
him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
[24] For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
At the pastor's invitation at the end of the church service, Latriece made her
way to the front. When she was invited to greet the congregation, no one was
prepared for the weighty and wonderful words she spoke. She had relocated from
Kentucky where in December 2021 devastating tornadoes had taken the lives of
seven of her family members. "I can still smile because God's with me," she
said. Though bruised by trial, her testimony was a powerful encouragement for
those facing challenges of their own.
David's words in Psalm 22 (which point to the sufferings of Jesus) are those
of a battered man who felt forsaken by God (v. 1), despised and mocked by
others (vv. 6-8), and surrounded by predators (vv. 12-13). He felt weak and
drained (vv. 14-18)-but he wasn't hopeless. "But you, Lord, do not be far from
me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me" (v. 19). Your present
challenge-though likely not of the same variety as David's or Latriece's-is
just as real. And the words of verse 24 are just as meaningful: "He has not
despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; . . . but has listened
to his cry for help." And when we experience God's help, let's declare His
goodness so others can hear of it (v. 22).
By: Arthur Jackson
Reflect & Pray
What are the benefits of sharing stories of God's kindness with others?
Why is it vital to fellowship with other brothers and sisters in Christ?
Heavenly Father, I bring my feelings
of helplessness to You. Breathe fresh hope into my heart
and help me praise Your name.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 7 Break up Your Fallow Ground
Hosea 10:12
12 Sow to yourselves righteousness, reap mercy,
break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord,
until He comes and rains righteousness upon you.
12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy;
break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD,
till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
When a farmer prepares to plant his crop, a great deal of preparation
is necessary before the seen can be sown. He has to plow up the ground,
turning under the stubble from the previous harvest, harrow the field to
break up the clods, and fertilise- readying the soil for optimum growth.
A fallow field, one that was not planted the previous season, must be
broken and worked so that the seed can find root in the ground.
The Bible likens spiritual growth to raising crops. God is the one
who brings rain and gives growth, but the success or failure
of the seed - both in initial salvation and in ongoing maturity -
is often linked to how well the soil has been prepared.
That preparation isn't always a pleasant or rewarding process.
We may resist the plowing or harrowing that comes through
the Holy Spirit's conviction of sin. We may need to dig up boulders
of bitterness and thistles of anger; we may have to plow under the
stubble of the last crop of lessons, working that mulch deep into our lives.
But the final outcome is worth the effort - even the pain - that
preparation brings. Broken up, harrowed, readied for the seed of God's Word,
we are rich and fertile ground, and the seed of righteousness produces
an abundant crop in us.
Application
a) In what ways have I been "broken up" and "harrowed" by the Holy
Spirit to prepare me for God's work in me?
b) How can I apply these verses to myself? How can I
"sow in righteousness," "reap in mercy," "break up my fallow ground"?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 16:10-12
10 (Mt 25:21; Lk 19:17) "He who is faithful in what is least is faithful
also in much. And he who is dishonest in the least is dishonest also
in much.
11 So if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth,
who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's,
who will give you that which is your own?"
10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:
and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,
who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's,
who shall give you that which is your own?
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Reconciling Peace
Col 3:12-17
12 (Eph 4:2; Lk 1:78) So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.
13 (Eph 4:32; Mk 11:25; Eph 4:2) Bear with one another
and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone,
even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.
14 (Eph 4:3; 1Co 13:1-13) And above all these things, embrace love,
which is the bond of perfection.
15 (Jn 14:27; Eph 5:20) Let the peace of God,
to which also you are called in one body,
rule in your hearts. And be thankful.
16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17 ) Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
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.
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,
kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have
a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14 And above all these things put on charity,
which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye
are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
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.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 26 of the Month
a) Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ (Matt 5:16
16 Let your light so shine before men that they may
see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
)
b) Pray for the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut
I) Pray for the leaders of Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut,
that God's Spirit would influence then to act justly,
serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority;
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge
of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use
the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray that idols will break apart in your nation.
Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, I bring my feelings
of helplessness to You. Breathe fresh hope into my heart
and help me praise Your name."
Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord to break up Fallow Ground in you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be good stewarts of what the Lord has given you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to do all within him.
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 Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ.
Pray that residents of Jerusalem and other areas of Israel will seek
"The Prince of Peace" .
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.