Day 292 of My 3rd Bible Study Journey - 19 October 2023 reflections
Day 292, 19 October 2022
1) John 8:21-59
Luke 10
Luke 11:1-13
John 8:21-59
Where I Am Going You Cannot Come
21 (Jn 7:34; 8:24; 13:33) Again, Jesus said to them, "I am going away,
and you will seek Me, and you will die in your sins.
Where I am going, you cannot come."
22 (Jn 8:48; 8:52) So the Jews said, "Will He kill Himself? For He said,
'Where I am going, you cannot come.' "
23 (Jn 3:31; 17:14) He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above.
You are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 (Jn 8:21) Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins.
For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."
25 (Jn 1:19) They said to Him, "Who are You?"
Jesus said to them, "Just who I have been telling you from the beginning.
26 (Jn 7:28; 15:15) I have many things to say and to judge concerning you,
but He who sent Me is true. So I tell the world what I heard from Him."
27 They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.
28 (Jn 3:14; 5:19) So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man,
then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing of Myself.
But I speak these things as My Father taught Me.
29 (Jn 4:34; 8:16) He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me
alone, for I always do those things that please Him."
30 (Jn 7:31) As He spoke these words, many believed in Him.
[21] Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and
shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
[22] Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I
go, ye cannot come.
[23] And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of
this world; I am not of this world.
[24] I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye
believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
[25] Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even
the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
[26] I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is
true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
[27] They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
[28] Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then
shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my
Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
[29] And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for
I do always those things that please him.
[30] As he spake these words, many believed on him.
The Truth Will Set You Free
31 (2Jn 1:9) Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him,
"If you remain in My word, then you are truly My disciples.
32 (Ro 8:2; Jas 2:12) You shall know the truth,
and the truth shall set you free."
33 (Mt 3:9; Jn 8:39) They answered Him, "We are Abraham's seed
and have never been in bondage to anyone. Why do You say,
'You shall be set free'? "
34 (Ro 6:16; 2Pe 2:19) Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly I say to you,
whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.
35 (Ge 21:10) Now a slave does not remain in the house forever,
but a son remains forever.
36 Therefore if the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed.
37 (Jn 7:1I) know that you are Abraham's seed. But you seek to kill Me,
because My word has no place in you.
38 (Jn 5:19; 8:41) I am telling what I have seen with My Father,
and you are doing what you have seen with your father."
[31] Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in
my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
[32] And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
[33] They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to
any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
[34] Jesus answered them, Verily verily, I say unto you, Whosoever
committeth sin is the servant of sin.
[35] And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth
ever.
[36] If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
[37] I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my
word hath no place in you.
[38] I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye
have seen with your father.
Your Father the Devil
39 (Gal 3:7; Jn 8:37) They answered Him, "Abraham is our father."
Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do
the works of Abraham.
40 (Jn 8:26) But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you
the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
41 (Isa 63:16; 64:8; Jn 8:38) You are doing the works of your father."
Then they said to Him, "We were not born of sexual immorality.
We have one Father: God."
42 (Jn 17:8; 17:25; 3:17) Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father,
you would love Me, for I came from God and proceeded into the world.
I did not come of My own authority, but He sent Me.
43 (Jer 6:10; Jn 7:17) Why do you not understand My speaking?
Because you cannot bear to hear My word.
44 (Jn 8:38; 8:41) You are of your father the devil, and you want to do
the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning,
and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he lies, he speaks from his own nature,
for he is a liar and the father of lies.
45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.
46 (Heb 4:15) Which of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak the truth,
why do you not believe Me?
47 He who is of God hears God's words. Therefore, you do not hear them,
because you are not of God."
[39] They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith
unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
[40] But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I
have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
[41] Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born
of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
[42] Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I
proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
[43] Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my
word.
[44] Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will
do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
[45] And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
[46] Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye
not believe me?
[47] He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not,
because ye are not of God.
The Preexistence of Jesus
48 (Jn 7:20; 4:9) The Jews answered Him,
"Do we not rightly say that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?"
49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon. But I honor My Father,
and you dishonor Me.
50 (Jn 5:41; 8:54) I do not seek glory for Myself. There is One who seeks
it and judges.
51 (Lk 2:26; Jn 5:24) Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone keeps My word,
he shall never see death."
52 (Heb 2:9) Then the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You have a demon.
Abraham and the prophets died, and You say,
'If a man keeps My word, he shall never taste death.'
53 (Jn 4:12) "Are You greater than our father Abraham, who died?
The prophets are dead! Who do You make Yourself out to be?"
54 (Jn 8:50; 17:1) Jesus answered, "If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing.
It is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say that He is your God.
55 (Jn 8:19; 7:28-29) Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him.
If I say, 'I do not know Him,' I shall be a liar like you.
But I know Him and keep His word.
56 (Heb 11:13; Mt 13:17) Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day.
He saw it and was glad."
57 Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old.
Have You seen Abraham?"
58 (Ex 3:14; Jn 17:5; 17:24) Jesus said to them,
"Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM."
59 (Jn 11:8; Lev 24:16) Then they took up stones to throw at Him.
But Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.
Going through their midst, He passed by.
[48] Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou
art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
[49] Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do
dishonour me.
[50] And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
[51] Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never
see death.
[52] Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil.
Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying,
he shall never taste of death.
[53] Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the
prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
[54] Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my
Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
[55] Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know
him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his
saying.
[56] Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was
glad.
[57] Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast
thou seen Abraham?
[58] Jesus said unto them, Verily,verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham
was, I am.
[59] Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and
went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Luke 10
Luke 10
The Mission of the Seventy
1 (Lk 9:52; Nu 11:16) After this the Lord appointed seventy others,
and sent them two by two ahead of Him into every city
and place where He Himself was about to come.
2 (2Th 3:1) He said to them, "The harvest truly is plentiful,
but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers into His harvest.
3 (Mt 10:16) Go your ways. Listen, I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.
4 (2Ki 4:29; Lk 22:35) Carry no purse, no bag, no shoes,
and greet no one on the road.
5 (1Sa 25:6) "When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'
6 (Ps 35:13) If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him;
but if not, it will return upon you.
7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they give,
for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not go from house to house.
8 (1Co 10:27) "When you enter a city and they receive you,
eat what is set before you.
9 (Mt 3:2; Lk 10:11) Heal the sick who are there and say to them,
'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'
10 But when you enter a city and they do not receive you,
go your way out into their streets and say,
11 (Lk 10:9) 'Even the dust of your city which clings to us,
we wipe off against you. Yet be sure of this, that the kingdom
of God has come near to you.'
12 (Mt 10:15; 11:24) But I say to you, it will be more tolerable
on that Day for Sodom than for that city.
[1] After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them
two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself
would come.
[2] Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the
labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would
send forth labourers into his harvest.
[3] Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
[4] Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
[5] And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
[6] And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not,
it shall turn to you again.
[7] And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they
give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
[8] And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things
as are set before you:
[9] And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of
God is come nigh unto you.
[10] But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your
ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
[11] Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off
against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is
come nigh unto you.
[12] But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for
Sodom, than for that city.
Unrepentant Cities
Mt 11:20-24
13 (Isa 23:1-18; Eze 26:1-28:26; Joel 3:4-8) "Woe to you, Chorazin!
Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre
and Sidon which have been done for you, they would have repented long ago,
sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 (Lk 12:47-48) But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
at the judgment than for you.
15 (Isa 14:13-15; Mt 4:13) And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven?
You will be thrust down to hell.
16 (1Th 4:8; Mt 10:40; Jn 12:48) "He who listens to you listens to Me,
he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."
[13] Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty
works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had
a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
[14] But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than
for you.
[15] And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down
to hell.
[16] He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me;
and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
The Return of the Seventy
17 (Mk 16:17; Lk 10:1) The seventy returned with joy, saying,
"Lord, even the demons are subject to us through Your name."
18 (Rev 9:1; Isa 14:12) He said to them,
"I saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 (Mk 16:18; Ps 91:13) Look, I give you authority to trample on serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. And nothing shall
by any means hurt you.
20 (Ex 32:32; Ps 69:28) Nevertheless do not rejoice that the spirits
are subject to you, but rather rejoice
that your names are written in heaven."
[17] And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils
are subject unto us through thy name.
[18] And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
[19] Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
[20] Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto
you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
The Rejoicing of Jesus
Mt 11:25-27; 13:16-17
21 (Ps 8:2; Isa 53:11) At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit
and said, "I thank You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent
and revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for it was Your good pleasure.
22 (Jn 1:18; Mt 28:18) "All things have been handed over to Me by My Father.
And no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is b
ut the Son and he to whom the Son desires to reveal Him."
23 (Mt 13:16-17) Then He turned to His disciples and said privately,
"Blessed are the eyes which see what you see.
24 (Jn 8:56; Heb 11:13) For I tell you, many prophets and kings have desired
to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear,
and have not heard it."
[21] In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the
wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so
it seemed good in thy sight.
[22] All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the
Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom
the Son will reveal him.
[23] And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are
the eyes which see the things that ye see:
[24] For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those
things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which
ye hear, and have not heard them.
The Good Samaritan
25 (Lk 18:18; 7:30) Now, a lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying,
“Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?"
27 (Lev 19:18; Dt 6:5; Mt 19:19) He answered, " 'You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind' (Dt 6:5.)
and 'your neighbor as yourself.'(Lev 19:18)."
28 (Lev 18:5; Eze 20:11) He said to him, "You have answered correctly.
Do this, and you will live."
29 (Lk 16:15) But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus,
"And who is my neighbour?"
30 Jesus answered, "A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho
and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing
and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead.
31 By chance a priest came down that way. And when he saw him,
he passed by on the other side.
32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to that place, looked at him
and passed by on the other side.
33 (Mt 10:5) But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was.
And when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine.
Then he set him on his own donkey and brought him to an inn,
and took care of him.
35 The next day when he departed, he took out two denarii
(Gk. denarius, a coin worth about a day's wage.)
and gave them to the innkeeper and said to him, 'Take care of him.
I will repay you whatever else you spend when I return.'
36 " ow which of these three do you think was a neighbor to him
who fell among the thieves?"
37 (2Co 8:9; 1Pe 2:21) He said, "The one who showed mercy on him."
Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
[25] And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying,
Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
[26] He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
[27] And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy
mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
[28] And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt
live.
[29] But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my
neighbour?
[30] And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and
wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
[31] And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he
saw him, he passed by on the other side.
[32] And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on
him, and passed by on the other side.
[33] But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when
he saw him, he had compassion on him,
[34] And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and
set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
[35] And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave
them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou
spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
[36] Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that
fell among the thieves?
[37] And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go,
and do thou likewise.
Visiting Martha and Mary
38 As they went, He entered a village. And a woman named Martha
welcomed Him into her house.
39 (Lk 8:35; Ac 22:3) She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus'
feet and listened to His teaching.
40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came to Him and said,
"Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone?
Then tell her to help me."
41 (Mt 6:25-34) Jesus answered her,
"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.
42 (Ps 27:4) But one thing is needed. And Mary has chosen the good part,
which shall not be taken from her."
[38] Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain
village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
[39] And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and
heard his word.
[40] But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said,
Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her
therefore that she help me.
[41] And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful
and troubled about many things:
[42] But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which
shall not be taken away from her.
Luke 11:1-13
Teaching About Prayer
Mt 6:9-15; 7:7-11
1 (Lk 9:18) He was praying in a certain place, and when He ceased,
one of His disciples said to Him,
"Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples."
2 (Ecc 5:2) He said to them, "When you pray, say:
Our Father, who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
3 (Pr 30:8; Mt 6:34) Give us each day our daily bread.
4 (Mt 26:41; 18:35) And forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil."
5 Then He said to them, "Which of you has a friend and shall go to him
at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 for a friend of mine on his journey has come to me,
and I have nothing to set before him';
7 and he will answer from within, 'Do not trouble me; the door is now shut,
and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give you anything'?
8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give him anything because
he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise
and give him as much as he needs.
9 (Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24) "And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you;
seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him
who knocks it will be opened.
11 "If a son asks for bread from any of you who is a father,
will you give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will you give him
a serpent instead of a fish?
12 Or if he asks for an egg, will you offer him a scorpion?
13 (Mt 7:11; Ge 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
[1] And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he
ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John
also taught his disciples.
[2] And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in
heaven, so in earth.
[3] Give us day by day our daily bread.
[4] And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted
to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
[5] And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go
unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
[6] For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to
set before him?
[7] And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now
shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
[8] I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his
friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as
he needeth.
[9] And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
[10] For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and
to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
[11] If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give
him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
[12] Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
[13] If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children:
how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask him?
2) Our Daily Bread for 19 October 2023 Titled
First on the List
Matthew 6:25-34
Care and Anxiety
Lk 12:22-34
25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you, take no thought
about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink,
nor about your body, what you will put on.
Is not life more than food and the body than clothing?
26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow,
nor do they reap, nor gather into barns.
Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?
27 Who among you by taking thought can add a cubit
[A cubit is about half a meter.] to his stature?
28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) "Why take thought about clothing? Consider the lilies
of the field, how they grow: They neither work, nor do they spin.
29 (1Ki 10:4-7; 2Ch 9:4-6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon
in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field,
which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,
will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 (1Pe 5:7) Therefore, take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?'
or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
32 (Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30) (For the Gentiles seek after all these things.)
For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.
33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11-13) But seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.
34 (Mt 6:25) Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will take thought about the things of itself.
Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.
[25] Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is
not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
[26] Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not
much better than they?
[27] Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
[28] And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
[29] And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
[30] Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,
and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye
of little faith?
[31] Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
[32] (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
[33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
[34] Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof.
The morning commenced like a track meet. I practically jumped out of bed,
launching into the teeth of the day's deadlines. Get the kids to school.
Check. Get to work. Check. I blasted full throttle into writing my "To Do"
list, in which personal and professional tasks tumbled together in an
avalanche-like litany:
" . . . 13. Edit article. 14. Clean office. 15. Strategic team planning.
16. Write tech blog. 17. Clean basement. 18. Pray."
By the time I got to number eighteen, I’d remembered that I needed God's
help. But I'd gotten that far before it even occurred to me that I was
going at it alone, trying to manufacture my own momentum.
Jesus knew. He knew our days would crash one into another, a sea of ceaseless
urgency. So He instructs, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
(Matthew 6:33).
It's natural to hear Jesus' words as a command. And they are. But there's
more here-an invitation. In Matthew 6, Jesus invites us to exchange the
world's frantic anxiety (vv. 25–32) for a life of trust, day by day. God,
by His grace, helps us all of our days-even when we get to number eighteen
on our list before we remember to see life from His perspective.
By: Adam Holz
Reflect & Pray
How can we turn to God first each day? On stressful days, what helps you
trust Jesus with things demanding your immediate attention?
Father, thank You for your invitation to relinquish
my anxiety and to embrace the life of abundant provision
You offer me each day.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 5 Called by Name
Isaiah 43:1
1 But now, thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob,
and He who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name; you are Mine.
1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob,
and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not:
for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Eric, age 4, somehow lost his mother in a large and busy department store.
Found sobbing under a coat rack, the boy tried to tell the security guard
where he was when he got separated from his mother. Finally the guard said,
"what's your name, Son? Who do you belong to?"
The child brightened a bit, gave the guard his name, and within minutes
the frantic mother was reunited with her lost son.
One of the first questions we are asked, both as children and adults, is
"What is your name?" - that is, "Who are you? Who do you belong to?"
Children bear the name of their parents, and most women,
except for professional reasons,
take the name of their husbands when they marry.
Our names are our primary method of identification;
they connect us with our heritage and those we love.
In Isaiah 43:1, God declares that we belong to him.
The Lord who created us and formed us says,
"I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine." God's
right of ownership in our lives extends beyond the bond of family and friends,
of parent, child, or spouse. We belong first to him;
we are called by him into oneness with him.
The Scripture is filled with images of the Lord's care for us;
when we are lost, he does
not wait for us to find him,
but takes the initiative, like a loving parent
to seek us out. That declaration of belonging can give us
a strong sense of security in our lives. God loves us;
he will never let us go.
Application
a) What experiences have I had of being lost of abandoned?
b) How can today's verse help me find security in belonging to God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
2 Cor 8:9
9 (Mt 20:28; 2Co 6:10; 13:14) For you know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though He was rich,
yet for your sakes He became poor,
that through His poverty you might be rich.
9 For ye know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that, though he was rich,
yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Freeing Forgiveness
Eph 1:3-8a
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 (2Co 1:3; Eph 6:12; 2:6) Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 (Eph 5:27; Col 1:22) just as He chose us in Him
before the foundation of the world, to be holy
and blameless before Him in love;
5 (Ro 8:29-30; Eph 1:11) He predestined us to adoption as sons
to Himself through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure
of His will,
6 (Mt 3:17; Eph 1:12) to the praise of the glory of His grace
which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.
7 (Ro 3:24; Ac 2:38; 20:28) In Him we have redemption through His blood
and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,
8 which He lavished
3 Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 according as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy
and without blame before him in love:
5 having predestinated us unto the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure
of his will,
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 wherein he hath abounded
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?)
Prince Edward Island
Total population 146300
Muslim population (est.) 1127
Charlottetown does not currently (fall 2014) have a local CNMM network.
Pray with us for God's people to come together in reaching Muslims
cooperatively across denominational and organisational lines.
More than 200 attended the Eid festival at the end of Ramadan, the Islamic
month of fasting during daylight hours and the reading of the Qur'an, at
the Dar as-Salam mosque in 2014. This second mosque established
in Charlottetown, the other being the Muslims Association of PEI.
As of mid-2014,there are between 250 to 300 families, mostly in Charlottetown.
The Muslims of Charlottetown see their community as symbolically important
for this nation since this is known as the "birthplace of Canada". Yet we were
established as the "Dominion of Canada" with an appeal not only to
monarchial authority, but even more to God's higher Biblical authority as
shown in Psalm 72:8, "May he have dominion from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth."
Let us intercede together for:
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
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!
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
19th Day of the Month
a) Pray the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders
as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society
(
1 Tim 2:1-2
)
b) Pray for the province of Prince Edward Island
I) Pray for the leaders of Prince Edward Island,
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 to know who your spiritual father is and to be
a Good Samaritan.
Pray to the Lord: "Father, thank You for your invitation to relinquish
my anxiety and to embrace the life of abundant provision
You offer me each day. "
Pray to the Lord and pray to remember His calling.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Blessings and Sacrifices.
Pray to the Lord and pray to understand the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be slow to anger.
Pray for Prince Edward Island and her Muslim populations
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
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 the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders
as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society.
Pray that every Cuban believer in need of God's Word will have an opportunity
to receive their own Bible.
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) John 8:21-59
Luke 10
Luke 11:1-13
John 8:21-59
Where I Am Going You Cannot Come
21 (Jn 7:34; 8:24; 13:33) Again, Jesus said to them, "I am going away,
and you will seek Me, and you will die in your sins.
Where I am going, you cannot come."
22 (Jn 8:48; 8:52) So the Jews said, "Will He kill Himself? For He said,
'Where I am going, you cannot come.' "
23 (Jn 3:31; 17:14) He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above.
You are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 (Jn 8:21) Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins.
For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."
25 (Jn 1:19) They said to Him, "Who are You?"
Jesus said to them, "Just who I have been telling you from the beginning.
26 (Jn 7:28; 15:15) I have many things to say and to judge concerning you,
but He who sent Me is true. So I tell the world what I heard from Him."
27 They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.
28 (Jn 3:14; 5:19) So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man,
then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing of Myself.
But I speak these things as My Father taught Me.
29 (Jn 4:34; 8:16) He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me
alone, for I always do those things that please Him."
30 (Jn 7:31) As He spoke these words, many believed in Him.
[21] Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and
shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
[22] Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I
go, ye cannot come.
[23] And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of
this world; I am not of this world.
[24] I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye
believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
[25] Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even
the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
[26] I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is
true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
[27] They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
[28] Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then
shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my
Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
[29] And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for
I do always those things that please him.
[30] As he spake these words, many believed on him.
The Truth Will Set You Free
31 (2Jn 1:9) Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him,
"If you remain in My word, then you are truly My disciples.
32 (Ro 8:2; Jas 2:12) You shall know the truth,
and the truth shall set you free."
33 (Mt 3:9; Jn 8:39) They answered Him, "We are Abraham's seed
and have never been in bondage to anyone. Why do You say,
'You shall be set free'? "
34 (Ro 6:16; 2Pe 2:19) Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly I say to you,
whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.
35 (Ge 21:10) Now a slave does not remain in the house forever,
but a son remains forever.
36 Therefore if the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed.
37 (Jn 7:1I) know that you are Abraham's seed. But you seek to kill Me,
because My word has no place in you.
38 (Jn 5:19; 8:41) I am telling what I have seen with My Father,
and you are doing what you have seen with your father."
[31] Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in
my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
[32] And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
[33] They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to
any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
[34] Jesus answered them, Verily verily, I say unto you, Whosoever
committeth sin is the servant of sin.
[35] And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth
ever.
[36] If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
[37] I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my
word hath no place in you.
[38] I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye
have seen with your father.
Your Father the Devil
39 (Gal 3:7; Jn 8:37) They answered Him, "Abraham is our father."
Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do
the works of Abraham.
40 (Jn 8:26) But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you
the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
41 (Isa 63:16; 64:8; Jn 8:38) You are doing the works of your father."
Then they said to Him, "We were not born of sexual immorality.
We have one Father: God."
42 (Jn 17:8; 17:25; 3:17) Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father,
you would love Me, for I came from God and proceeded into the world.
I did not come of My own authority, but He sent Me.
43 (Jer 6:10; Jn 7:17) Why do you not understand My speaking?
Because you cannot bear to hear My word.
44 (Jn 8:38; 8:41) You are of your father the devil, and you want to do
the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning,
and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he lies, he speaks from his own nature,
for he is a liar and the father of lies.
45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.
46 (Heb 4:15) Which of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak the truth,
why do you not believe Me?
47 He who is of God hears God's words. Therefore, you do not hear them,
because you are not of God."
[39] They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith
unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
[40] But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I
have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
[41] Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born
of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
[42] Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I
proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
[43] Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my
word.
[44] Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will
do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
[45] And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
[46] Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye
not believe me?
[47] He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not,
because ye are not of God.
The Preexistence of Jesus
48 (Jn 7:20; 4:9) The Jews answered Him,
"Do we not rightly say that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?"
49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon. But I honor My Father,
and you dishonor Me.
50 (Jn 5:41; 8:54) I do not seek glory for Myself. There is One who seeks
it and judges.
51 (Lk 2:26; Jn 5:24) Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone keeps My word,
he shall never see death."
52 (Heb 2:9) Then the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You have a demon.
Abraham and the prophets died, and You say,
'If a man keeps My word, he shall never taste death.'
53 (Jn 4:12) "Are You greater than our father Abraham, who died?
The prophets are dead! Who do You make Yourself out to be?"
54 (Jn 8:50; 17:1) Jesus answered, "If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing.
It is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say that He is your God.
55 (Jn 8:19; 7:28-29) Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him.
If I say, 'I do not know Him,' I shall be a liar like you.
But I know Him and keep His word.
56 (Heb 11:13; Mt 13:17) Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day.
He saw it and was glad."
57 Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old.
Have You seen Abraham?"
58 (Ex 3:14; Jn 17:5; 17:24) Jesus said to them,
"Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM."
59 (Jn 11:8; Lev 24:16) Then they took up stones to throw at Him.
But Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.
Going through their midst, He passed by.
[48] Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou
art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
[49] Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do
dishonour me.
[50] And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
[51] Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never
see death.
[52] Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil.
Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying,
he shall never taste of death.
[53] Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the
prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
[54] Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my
Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
[55] Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know
him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his
saying.
[56] Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was
glad.
[57] Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast
thou seen Abraham?
[58] Jesus said unto them, Verily,verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham
was, I am.
[59] Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and
went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Luke 10
Luke 10
The Mission of the Seventy
1 (Lk 9:52; Nu 11:16) After this the Lord appointed seventy others,
and sent them two by two ahead of Him into every city
and place where He Himself was about to come.
2 (2Th 3:1) He said to them, "The harvest truly is plentiful,
but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers into His harvest.
3 (Mt 10:16) Go your ways. Listen, I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.
4 (2Ki 4:29; Lk 22:35) Carry no purse, no bag, no shoes,
and greet no one on the road.
5 (1Sa 25:6) "When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'
6 (Ps 35:13) If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him;
but if not, it will return upon you.
7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they give,
for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not go from house to house.
8 (1Co 10:27) "When you enter a city and they receive you,
eat what is set before you.
9 (Mt 3:2; Lk 10:11) Heal the sick who are there and say to them,
'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'
10 But when you enter a city and they do not receive you,
go your way out into their streets and say,
11 (Lk 10:9) 'Even the dust of your city which clings to us,
we wipe off against you. Yet be sure of this, that the kingdom
of God has come near to you.'
12 (Mt 10:15; 11:24) But I say to you, it will be more tolerable
on that Day for Sodom than for that city.
[1] After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them
two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself
would come.
[2] Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the
labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would
send forth labourers into his harvest.
[3] Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
[4] Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
[5] And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
[6] And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not,
it shall turn to you again.
[7] And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they
give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
[8] And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things
as are set before you:
[9] And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of
God is come nigh unto you.
[10] But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your
ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
[11] Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off
against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is
come nigh unto you.
[12] But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for
Sodom, than for that city.
Unrepentant Cities
Mt 11:20-24
13 (Isa 23:1-18; Eze 26:1-28:26; Joel 3:4-8) "Woe to you, Chorazin!
Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre
and Sidon which have been done for you, they would have repented long ago,
sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 (Lk 12:47-48) But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
at the judgment than for you.
15 (Isa 14:13-15; Mt 4:13) And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven?
You will be thrust down to hell.
16 (1Th 4:8; Mt 10:40; Jn 12:48) "He who listens to you listens to Me,
he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."
[13] Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty
works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had
a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
[14] But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than
for you.
[15] And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down
to hell.
[16] He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me;
and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
The Return of the Seventy
17 (Mk 16:17; Lk 10:1) The seventy returned with joy, saying,
"Lord, even the demons are subject to us through Your name."
18 (Rev 9:1; Isa 14:12) He said to them,
"I saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 (Mk 16:18; Ps 91:13) Look, I give you authority to trample on serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. And nothing shall
by any means hurt you.
20 (Ex 32:32; Ps 69:28) Nevertheless do not rejoice that the spirits
are subject to you, but rather rejoice
that your names are written in heaven."
[17] And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils
are subject unto us through thy name.
[18] And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
[19] Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
[20] Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto
you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
The Rejoicing of Jesus
Mt 11:25-27; 13:16-17
21 (Ps 8:2; Isa 53:11) At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit
and said, "I thank You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent
and revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for it was Your good pleasure.
22 (Jn 1:18; Mt 28:18) "All things have been handed over to Me by My Father.
And no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is b
ut the Son and he to whom the Son desires to reveal Him."
23 (Mt 13:16-17) Then He turned to His disciples and said privately,
"Blessed are the eyes which see what you see.
24 (Jn 8:56; Heb 11:13) For I tell you, many prophets and kings have desired
to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear,
and have not heard it."
[21] In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the
wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so
it seemed good in thy sight.
[22] All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the
Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom
the Son will reveal him.
[23] And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are
the eyes which see the things that ye see:
[24] For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those
things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which
ye hear, and have not heard them.
The Good Samaritan
25 (Lk 18:18; 7:30) Now, a lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying,
“Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?"
27 (Lev 19:18; Dt 6:5; Mt 19:19) He answered, " 'You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind' (Dt 6:5.)
and 'your neighbor as yourself.'(Lev 19:18)."
28 (Lev 18:5; Eze 20:11) He said to him, "You have answered correctly.
Do this, and you will live."
29 (Lk 16:15) But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus,
"And who is my neighbour?"
30 Jesus answered, "A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho
and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing
and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead.
31 By chance a priest came down that way. And when he saw him,
he passed by on the other side.
32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to that place, looked at him
and passed by on the other side.
33 (Mt 10:5) But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was.
And when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine.
Then he set him on his own donkey and brought him to an inn,
and took care of him.
35 The next day when he departed, he took out two denarii
(Gk. denarius, a coin worth about a day's wage.)
and gave them to the innkeeper and said to him, 'Take care of him.
I will repay you whatever else you spend when I return.'
36 " ow which of these three do you think was a neighbor to him
who fell among the thieves?"
37 (2Co 8:9; 1Pe 2:21) He said, "The one who showed mercy on him."
Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
[25] And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying,
Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
[26] He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
[27] And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy
mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
[28] And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt
live.
[29] But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my
neighbour?
[30] And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and
wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
[31] And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he
saw him, he passed by on the other side.
[32] And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on
him, and passed by on the other side.
[33] But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when
he saw him, he had compassion on him,
[34] And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and
set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
[35] And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave
them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou
spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
[36] Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that
fell among the thieves?
[37] And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go,
and do thou likewise.
Visiting Martha and Mary
38 As they went, He entered a village. And a woman named Martha
welcomed Him into her house.
39 (Lk 8:35; Ac 22:3) She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus'
feet and listened to His teaching.
40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came to Him and said,
"Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone?
Then tell her to help me."
41 (Mt 6:25-34) Jesus answered her,
"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.
42 (Ps 27:4) But one thing is needed. And Mary has chosen the good part,
which shall not be taken from her."
[38] Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain
village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
[39] And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and
heard his word.
[40] But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said,
Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her
therefore that she help me.
[41] And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful
and troubled about many things:
[42] But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which
shall not be taken away from her.
Luke 11:1-13
Teaching About Prayer
Mt 6:9-15; 7:7-11
1 (Lk 9:18) He was praying in a certain place, and when He ceased,
one of His disciples said to Him,
"Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples."
2 (Ecc 5:2) He said to them, "When you pray, say:
Our Father, who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
3 (Pr 30:8; Mt 6:34) Give us each day our daily bread.
4 (Mt 26:41; 18:35) And forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil."
5 Then He said to them, "Which of you has a friend and shall go to him
at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 for a friend of mine on his journey has come to me,
and I have nothing to set before him';
7 and he will answer from within, 'Do not trouble me; the door is now shut,
and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give you anything'?
8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give him anything because
he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise
and give him as much as he needs.
9 (Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24) "And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you;
seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him
who knocks it will be opened.
11 "If a son asks for bread from any of you who is a father,
will you give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will you give him
a serpent instead of a fish?
12 Or if he asks for an egg, will you offer him a scorpion?
13 (Mt 7:11; Ge 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
[1] And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he
ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John
also taught his disciples.
[2] And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in
heaven, so in earth.
[3] Give us day by day our daily bread.
[4] And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted
to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
[5] And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go
unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
[6] For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to
set before him?
[7] And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now
shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
[8] I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his
friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as
he needeth.
[9] And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
[10] For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and
to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
[11] If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give
him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
[12] Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
[13] If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children:
how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask him?
2) Our Daily Bread for 19 October 2023 Titled
First on the List
Matthew 6:25-34
Care and Anxiety
Lk 12:22-34
25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you, take no thought
about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink,
nor about your body, what you will put on.
Is not life more than food and the body than clothing?
26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow,
nor do they reap, nor gather into barns.
Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?
27 Who among you by taking thought can add a cubit
[A cubit is about half a meter.] to his stature?
28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) "Why take thought about clothing? Consider the lilies
of the field, how they grow: They neither work, nor do they spin.
29 (1Ki 10:4-7; 2Ch 9:4-6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon
in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field,
which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,
will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 (1Pe 5:7) Therefore, take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?'
or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
32 (Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30) (For the Gentiles seek after all these things.)
For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.
33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11-13) But seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.
34 (Mt 6:25) Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will take thought about the things of itself.
Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.
[25] Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is
not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
[26] Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not
much better than they?
[27] Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
[28] And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
[29] And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
[30] Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,
and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye
of little faith?
[31] Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
[32] (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
[33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
[34] Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof.
The morning commenced like a track meet. I practically jumped out of bed,
launching into the teeth of the day's deadlines. Get the kids to school.
Check. Get to work. Check. I blasted full throttle into writing my "To Do"
list, in which personal and professional tasks tumbled together in an
avalanche-like litany:
" . . . 13. Edit article. 14. Clean office. 15. Strategic team planning.
16. Write tech blog. 17. Clean basement. 18. Pray."
By the time I got to number eighteen, I’d remembered that I needed God's
help. But I'd gotten that far before it even occurred to me that I was
going at it alone, trying to manufacture my own momentum.
Jesus knew. He knew our days would crash one into another, a sea of ceaseless
urgency. So He instructs, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
(Matthew 6:33).
It's natural to hear Jesus' words as a command. And they are. But there's
more here-an invitation. In Matthew 6, Jesus invites us to exchange the
world's frantic anxiety (vv. 25–32) for a life of trust, day by day. God,
by His grace, helps us all of our days-even when we get to number eighteen
on our list before we remember to see life from His perspective.
By: Adam Holz
Reflect & Pray
How can we turn to God first each day? On stressful days, what helps you
trust Jesus with things demanding your immediate attention?
Father, thank You for your invitation to relinquish
my anxiety and to embrace the life of abundant provision
You offer me each day.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 5 Called by Name
Isaiah 43:1
1 But now, thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob,
and He who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name; you are Mine.
1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob,
and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not:
for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Eric, age 4, somehow lost his mother in a large and busy department store.
Found sobbing under a coat rack, the boy tried to tell the security guard
where he was when he got separated from his mother. Finally the guard said,
"what's your name, Son? Who do you belong to?"
The child brightened a bit, gave the guard his name, and within minutes
the frantic mother was reunited with her lost son.
One of the first questions we are asked, both as children and adults, is
"What is your name?" - that is, "Who are you? Who do you belong to?"
Children bear the name of their parents, and most women,
except for professional reasons,
take the name of their husbands when they marry.
Our names are our primary method of identification;
they connect us with our heritage and those we love.
In Isaiah 43:1, God declares that we belong to him.
The Lord who created us and formed us says,
"I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine." God's
right of ownership in our lives extends beyond the bond of family and friends,
of parent, child, or spouse. We belong first to him;
we are called by him into oneness with him.
The Scripture is filled with images of the Lord's care for us;
when we are lost, he does
not wait for us to find him,
but takes the initiative, like a loving parent
to seek us out. That declaration of belonging can give us
a strong sense of security in our lives. God loves us;
he will never let us go.
Application
a) What experiences have I had of being lost of abandoned?
b) How can today's verse help me find security in belonging to God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
2 Cor 8:9
9 (Mt 20:28; 2Co 6:10; 13:14) For you know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though He was rich,
yet for your sakes He became poor,
that through His poverty you might be rich.
9 For ye know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that, though he was rich,
yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Freeing Forgiveness
Eph 1:3-8a
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 (2Co 1:3; Eph 6:12; 2:6) Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 (Eph 5:27; Col 1:22) just as He chose us in Him
before the foundation of the world, to be holy
and blameless before Him in love;
5 (Ro 8:29-30; Eph 1:11) He predestined us to adoption as sons
to Himself through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure
of His will,
6 (Mt 3:17; Eph 1:12) to the praise of the glory of His grace
which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.
7 (Ro 3:24; Ac 2:38; 20:28) In Him we have redemption through His blood
and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,
8 which He lavished
3 Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 according as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy
and without blame before him in love:
5 having predestinated us unto the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure
of his will,
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 wherein he hath abounded
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?)
Prince Edward Island
Total population 146300
Muslim population (est.) 1127
Charlottetown does not currently (fall 2014) have a local CNMM network.
Pray with us for God's people to come together in reaching Muslims
cooperatively across denominational and organisational lines.
More than 200 attended the Eid festival at the end of Ramadan, the Islamic
month of fasting during daylight hours and the reading of the Qur'an, at
the Dar as-Salam mosque in 2014. This second mosque established
in Charlottetown, the other being the Muslims Association of PEI.
As of mid-2014,there are between 250 to 300 families, mostly in Charlottetown.
The Muslims of Charlottetown see their community as symbolically important
for this nation since this is known as the "birthplace of Canada". Yet we were
established as the "Dominion of Canada" with an appeal not only to
monarchial authority, but even more to God's higher Biblical authority as
shown in Psalm 72:8, "May he have dominion from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth."
Let us intercede together for:
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
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!
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
19th Day of the Month
a) Pray the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders
as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society
(
1 Tim 2:1-2
)
b) Pray for the province of Prince Edward Island
I) Pray for the leaders of Prince Edward Island,
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.
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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
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Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to know who your spiritual father is and to be
a Good Samaritan.
Pray to the Lord: "Father, thank You for your invitation to relinquish
my anxiety and to embrace the life of abundant provision
You offer me each day. "
Pray to the Lord and pray to remember His calling.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Blessings and Sacrifices.
Pray to the Lord and pray to understand the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be slow to anger.
Pray for Prince Edward Island and her Muslim populations
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
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 the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders
as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society.
Pray that every Cuban believer in need of God's Word will have an opportunity
to receive their own Bible.
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.