Day 20 - 20 Jan 2021
Day 19 , 19 Jan 2021
Gen 25-26 1 Chr 1:28-34
GENESIS 25
The Death of Abraham 1 Ch 1:32–33
1 Then Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
2 (1Ch 1:32–33) And she bore to him Zimran, Jokshan,
Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan.
The descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites,
the Letushites, and the Leummites.
4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah.
All these were the children of Keturah.
5 (Ge 24:36) Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.
6 (Ge 21:14; Jdg 6:3) But to the sons of his concubines Abraham
gave gifts, and while he was still living,
he sent them away from his son Isaac eastward to the east country.
7 (Ge 12:4) These are the years of Abraham's life that he lived:
one hundred and seventy-five years.
8 (Ge 49:33; 15:15; 25:17) Then Abraham breathed his last
and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years;
and he was gathered to his people.
9 (Ge 35:29; 50:13) His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him
in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron
the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
10 (Ge 23:16; 49:31) the field that Abraham purchased
from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
11 (Ge 16:14; 24:62)After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac.
Isaac lived at Beer Lahai Roi.
Sons of Ishmael
1Ch 1:29–31
12 These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son,
whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
13 (1Ch 1:29–31; Isa 60:7) These are the names of the sons of Ishmael,
by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael,
Nebaioth, and then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 (1Ch 5:19) Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16 (Ge 17:20) These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names,
by their towns and their settlements, twelve princes according to their peoples.
17 These were the years of the life of Ishmael:
one hundred and thirty-seven years.
He breathed his last and died; and he was gathered to his people.
18 (Ge 16:12; 20:1) They lived from Havilah as far as Shur,
which is east of Egypt, as you go toward Assyria.
He died in the presence of all his relatives.
The Births of Jacob and Esau
19 (Mt 1:2) These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son.
Abraham was the father of Isaac.
20 (Ge 24:29; 22:23; 24:67) Isaac was forty years old
when he took Rebekah as his wife,
the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram,
the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21(1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 33:13) Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife,
because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah
his wife conceived.
22 (1Sa 9:9; 10:22) But the children struggled together within her,
and she said, "If all is well, why am I like this?"
So she went to inquire of the Lord.
23 (Ge 27:29; 27:40) Then the Lord said to her,
"Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples will be separated from your body;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger."
24 Now when the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb.
25 (Ge 27:11; 27:16) The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment,
and they called his name Esau.
26 (Ge 27:36; Hos 12:3) After that his brother came out,
and his hand took hold of Esau's heel, so he was named Jacob.
Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
27 (Heb 11:9) So the boys grew. Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field,
while Jacob was a calm man, living in tents.
28 (Ge 27:19; 27:4) Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his game,
but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Esau Sells His Birthright
29 Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field
and he was famished. 30 So Esau said to Jacob,
"Please feed me some of that red stew, for I am famished."
Therefore his name was called Edom.
31 Then Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright."
32 Esau said, "Look, I am about to die; of what use is the birthright to me?"
33 (Heb 12:16; Ge 27:36) Then Jacob said, "Swear to me this day."
So he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew.
Then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way.
Thus Esau despised his birthright.
1 Chr 1:28-33
The Generations of Abraham
28The sons of Abraham were
Isaac and Ishmael.
Descendants of Hagar
Ge 25:12–16
29 These are their generations:
The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth,
then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma,
Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
These were the sons of Ishmael.
Descendants of Keturah
Ge 25:1–4
32 (Ge 25:1–4) The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine:
She bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
The sons of Jokshan were
Sheba and Dedan.
33 The sons of Midian were
Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah.
All these were the sons of Keturah.
34 (Ge 32:28; 21:2–3) Abraham also became the father of Isaac.
The sons of Isaac were
Esau and Israel.
GENESIS 26
Isaac and Abimelek
Ge 12:10–20; 20:1–18
1 (Ge 12:10) There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine
that was during the days of Abraham.
Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.
2 (Ge 12:1; 12:7) The Lord appeared to him and said,
"Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land of which I will tell you.
3 (Ge 13:15; 28:15) Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will
bless you; for I will give to you and all your descendants all these lands,
and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
4 (Ge 15:5; 22:17–18) I will make your descendants multiply
as the stars of the heavens and will give your descendants
all these lands. By your descendants all the nations of the earth
will be blessed,Or will bless themselves.
5 (Ge 22:16; 22:18) because Abraham obeyed Me
and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."
6 So Isaac lived in Gerar.
7 (Ge 12:13; 20:2) The men of the place asked him about his wife.
And he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say,
"She is my wife," thinking, "The men of the place might
kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful in appearance."
8 When he had been there a long time,
AbimÂelek the king of the Philistines looked out of a window
and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife.
9 Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, "She is surely your wife,
so how is it you said, 'She is my sister'?"
Then Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'I might die on account of her.'"
10 Abimelek said, "What is this you have done to us?
One of the people might have easily lain with your wife,
and you might have brought guilt upon us!"
11 (Ps 105:15) Abimelek charged all his people, saying,
"He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."
12 (Ge 26:3; 24:1) Then Isaac sowed in that land
and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; the Lord blessed him.
13 The man became rich and continued to prosper until he became very wealthy.
14 (Ge 37:11; Ecc 4:4) For he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great
number of servants so that the Philistines envied him.
15 (Ge 21:30) For the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which
his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father by
filling them with dirt.
16 (Ex 1:9) Abimelek said to Isaac,
"Go away from us, for you are much more powerful than we are."
17 So Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent
n the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
18 (Ge 21:31) Isaac dug again the wells of water,
which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father,
for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham.
He called their names after the names his father had called them.
19 But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley
and found a well of running water there,
20 (Ge 21:25) the herdsmen of Gerar contended with Isaac's herdsmen,
saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek,
because they contended with him.
21 They dug another well and quarreled over that also.
So he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 (Ge 17:6; Ex 1:7) Then he moved away from there and dug another well,
and they did not quarrel over it. So he called the name of it Rehoboth,
for he said, "For now the Lord has made room for us,
and we will be fruitful in the land."
23 He went up from there to Beersheba.
24 (Ge 15:1; 17:7) The Lord appeared to him that same night and said,
"I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, for I am with you.
I will bless you and multiply your descendants
for the sake of My servant Abraham."
25 (Ge 13:18; Ps 116:17) He built an altar there, called
on the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there.
And there Isaac's servants dug a well.
26 Then Abimelek went to him from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath,
one of his friends, and Phicol the commander of his army.
27 (Ge 26:16; Jdg 11:7) Isaac said to them,
"Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?"
28 (Ge 21:22–23) And they said, "We saw plainly that the Lord was with you.
So we said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us,
and let us make a covenant with you,
29 (Ge 24:31; Ps 115:15) so that you will do us no harm, just as we have not
touched you, and have done you nothing but good and have sent you away
in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.' "
30 (Ge 19:3) Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
31 They rose up early in the morning and swore an oath with one
another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well
that they had dug and said to him, "We have found water."
33 (Ge 21:31) And he called it Shibah. Therefore, the name of the city is
Beersheba to this day.
34 (Ge 36:2) Esau was forty years old when he took as wives
Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
35 and they brought grief to Isaac and to Rebekah.
(Isaac should be honest . And with Esau's choices of wives
you wonder why Abraham sent his servant to his homeland)
2) Our Daily Bread for 20 Jan 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/01/20/gods-footprints entitled God's Footprints
Ps 104:24-35
24 O Lord, how manifold are Your works!
With wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures—
25 so is this great and wide sea,
which is full of innumerable creatures,
living animals both small and great.
26 There go the ships,
and there is Leviathan, which You have made to play in it.
27 These all wait upon You,
that You may give them their food in due season.
28 When You give it to them,
they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
they are filled with good food.
29 When You hide Your face,
they are troubled;
You take away their breath,
and they die and return to their dust.
30 When You send forth Your Spirit,
they are created,
and You renew the surface of the ground.
31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in His works.
32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles;
He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 May my meditation be sweet to Him,
for I will be glad in the Lord.
35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord!
"I know where God lives," our four-year-old grandson told my wife, Cari.
"Where is that?" she asked, her curiosity piqued.
"He lives in the woods beside your house," he answered.
When Cari told me about their conversation, she wondered what prompted
his thinking. "I know," I responded. "When we went for a walk in the woods
during his last visit, I told him that even though we can't see God,
we can see the things He’s done." "Do you see the footprints I’m making?"
I had asked my grandson as we stepped through a sandy place by a river.
"The animals and the trees and the river are like God's footprints.
We know that He’s been here because we can see the things He’s made."
The writer of Psalm 104 also pointed to the evidence for God in creation,
exclaiming "How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them
all; the earth is full of your creatures" (v. 24). The Hebrew word for wisdom
found here is often used in the Bible to describe skillful craftsmanship.
God's handiwork in nature proclaims His presence
and makes us want to praise Him.
Psalm 104 begins and ends with the words: "Praise the Lord" (vv. 1, 35).
From a baby's hand to an eagle's eye, our Creator's artistry all around
us speaks of His consummate skill. May we take it all in with wonder
today—and praise Him for it!
By: James Banks
Reflect & Pray
Where do you see God’s handiwork in creation?
How might you point someone to it—and to Him—today?
I praise You for all You’ve made, God!
Help me to live in wonder at Your wisdom and goodness today.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 4 "Formula" for Forgiveness
Luke 17:3 - 4
3 (Lev 19:17; Mt 18:21)"Take heed to yourselves."
"If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive
him. 4 (Mt 18:21–22) If he sins against you seven times in a day,
and seven times in a day turns to you, saying,
'I repent,' you must forgive him."
The context of these verses give us an interesting perspective of Jesus'
disciples. In a corollary passage in Matthew 18, the disciples (through
Peter, the designated mouthpiece) ask Jesus,
21 (Mt 18:15; Lk 17:3–4) Then Peter came to Him and said,
"Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother who sins against me?
Up to seven times?" (Matthew 18:21)
The disciples wanted a "formula" for forgiveness: they wanted to be able to
develop a checklist. Once, twice, maybe three times a brother could be
forgiven, but after that, you could write him off. After all, if
he keeps on offending over and over again, he doesn't deserve to be forgiven!
But Jesus says, " Rebuke him - let him know his fault; if he repents,
forgive him - even seven times in the same day!"
And the disciplines' response is predictable: "Lord, increase our faith!" They
were more comfortable with their own formula for forgiveness than with the
outrageous demands of the love that Christ imposed upon them.
We are so like the disciples. We want to draw a line and say. "This far
- no more. I'll forgive you once, but don't do it again. Now that you're
forgiven, you'd better shape up!". Yet God's love doesn't recognise "again".
He forgives, and no matter how often we come to him inrepentance
for repeated offenses, his arms of forgiveness are open to us.
That is the way God wants us to forgive. He wants us to lay aside our
checklists, put away our suspicaions, abandon our scoreboards, and forgive.
Seven times, or seventy times seven, as often as we have sinned against God
and been forgiven, we are to forgive.
Application
a) Have I ever kept a "scorecard" of performance on someone I
have forgiven ? Why?
b) Why do I need "increased faith" to be able to forgive as
Jesus calls me to?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Hebr 11:6
6 (1Ch 28:9; Jer 29:13–14) And without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Burdened by Doubt
Matt 7:7-11
Ask, Seek, Knock
Lk 11:9–13
7(Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24)"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
9 "What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread,
will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?
11 (Ge 6:5; 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give
good things to those who ask Him!
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493
British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.
Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver
and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations
in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are
between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all
other nationalities.
Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant
and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,
Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this
region is about 200000.
Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,
more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small
numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.
We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.
A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,
for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that
- the church will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
- the church will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
20th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the children of Canada, thar they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
(
Matthew 19:14
14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16–17)
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,
and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
)
b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
(
Eph 6:12
12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly places.
)
8 ) This month Calvarycommunity.ca is doing 21 days of Fasting
and prayer available at https://calvarycommunity.ca/prayandfast/
https://calvarycommunity.ca/prayandfast/Day17
Day 17: Perfect Model of Love
Verse of the Day: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 (Col 3:12; Pr 10:12) Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not;
love flaunts not itself and is not puffed up,
5 (1Co 10:24; Php 2:21) does not behave itself improperly,
seeks not its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;
6 (2Jn 1:4; Ro 1:32)rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 (1Co 13:4) bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
and endures all things.
Although 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 is often read at weddings to show as an
example as to how to love one another as this is the perfect description
of love. Yet no one can love you perfectly this way.
This description of love is how God loves us. God is the only one who
can love you perfectly. But when you have a relationship with God,
it helps you to love others the way God loves you.
Reflection:
Can you imagine being loved like this?
Prayer:
Dear God, thank you that You love me perfectly.
Thank You that You choose me. Father, I pray that even when I don't
feel love, I know that Your love for me never fails,
never abandons me, and never quits.
I pray God that Your presence would surround me today.
I ask God that I will hear Your voice guiding me and directing me when
I am feeling uncertain and unsure. Pour Your spirit over me, restore me,
and refresh me. I ask for more of Christ in me, let it replace any
fear, hurt, and shame that try to live in me.
Strengthen me in Your love when I am weak and that Your love will carry me
through troubled times, fill me with hope and courage. I pray that because
You loved me first, I can love others better as You have loved me. Let Your
praise always be on my lips, in Jesus name, I pray, Amen.
Scripture reflection:
John 3:16,
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9–10; Jn 1:18) "For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. "
1 John 4: 7-12,
7 (1Jn 2:29) Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God,
and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
8 (2Co 13:11; 1Jn 4:16_Anyone who does not love does not know God,
for God is love. 9 (Jn 3:16; 1Jn 4:10; 5:11) In this way the love of God
was revealed to us, that God sent His only begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through Him. 10 (1 Jn 2:2; 1Pe 3:18; 1Jn 3:1) In this
is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be
the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we must
also love one another. 12 (Jn 1:18; 1Ti 6:16; 1Jn 2:5) No one has seen God
at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:19,
19 (1Jn 4:10; Lk 7:47) We love Him because He first loved us.
Romans 5:5,
5 (Gal 4:6; Php 1:20) And hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit
who has been given to us.
Romans 5:8,
8 (Jn 15:13; 1Pe 3:18) But God demonstrates His own love toward us,
in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Ephesians 2:4,
4 (Ro 2:4; Eph 1:7) But God, being rich in mercy,
because of His great love with which He loved us.
2 Thessalonians 3:5
5 )1Ch 29:18)
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God
and to the steadfastness of Christ.
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will in every thing you do.
Pray for to see the lLord in Creation.
Pray to show forgiveness in your life and those around you.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life
Gen 25-26 1 Chr 1:28-34
GENESIS 25
The Death of Abraham 1 Ch 1:32–33
1 Then Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
2 (1Ch 1:32–33) And she bore to him Zimran, Jokshan,
Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan.
The descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites,
the Letushites, and the Leummites.
4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah.
All these were the children of Keturah.
5 (Ge 24:36) Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.
6 (Ge 21:14; Jdg 6:3) But to the sons of his concubines Abraham
gave gifts, and while he was still living,
he sent them away from his son Isaac eastward to the east country.
7 (Ge 12:4) These are the years of Abraham's life that he lived:
one hundred and seventy-five years.
8 (Ge 49:33; 15:15; 25:17) Then Abraham breathed his last
and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years;
and he was gathered to his people.
9 (Ge 35:29; 50:13) His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him
in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron
the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
10 (Ge 23:16; 49:31) the field that Abraham purchased
from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
11 (Ge 16:14; 24:62)After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac.
Isaac lived at Beer Lahai Roi.
Sons of Ishmael
1Ch 1:29–31
12 These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son,
whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
13 (1Ch 1:29–31; Isa 60:7) These are the names of the sons of Ishmael,
by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael,
Nebaioth, and then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 (1Ch 5:19) Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16 (Ge 17:20) These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names,
by their towns and their settlements, twelve princes according to their peoples.
17 These were the years of the life of Ishmael:
one hundred and thirty-seven years.
He breathed his last and died; and he was gathered to his people.
18 (Ge 16:12; 20:1) They lived from Havilah as far as Shur,
which is east of Egypt, as you go toward Assyria.
He died in the presence of all his relatives.
The Births of Jacob and Esau
19 (Mt 1:2) These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son.
Abraham was the father of Isaac.
20 (Ge 24:29; 22:23; 24:67) Isaac was forty years old
when he took Rebekah as his wife,
the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram,
the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21(1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 33:13) Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife,
because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah
his wife conceived.
22 (1Sa 9:9; 10:22) But the children struggled together within her,
and she said, "If all is well, why am I like this?"
So she went to inquire of the Lord.
23 (Ge 27:29; 27:40) Then the Lord said to her,
"Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples will be separated from your body;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger."
24 Now when the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb.
25 (Ge 27:11; 27:16) The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment,
and they called his name Esau.
26 (Ge 27:36; Hos 12:3) After that his brother came out,
and his hand took hold of Esau's heel, so he was named Jacob.
Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
27 (Heb 11:9) So the boys grew. Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field,
while Jacob was a calm man, living in tents.
28 (Ge 27:19; 27:4) Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his game,
but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Esau Sells His Birthright
29 Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field
and he was famished. 30 So Esau said to Jacob,
"Please feed me some of that red stew, for I am famished."
Therefore his name was called Edom.
31 Then Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright."
32 Esau said, "Look, I am about to die; of what use is the birthright to me?"
33 (Heb 12:16; Ge 27:36) Then Jacob said, "Swear to me this day."
So he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew.
Then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way.
Thus Esau despised his birthright.
1 Chr 1:28-33
The Generations of Abraham
28The sons of Abraham were
Isaac and Ishmael.
Descendants of Hagar
Ge 25:12–16
29 These are their generations:
The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth,
then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma,
Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
These were the sons of Ishmael.
Descendants of Keturah
Ge 25:1–4
32 (Ge 25:1–4) The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine:
She bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
The sons of Jokshan were
Sheba and Dedan.
33 The sons of Midian were
Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah.
All these were the sons of Keturah.
34 (Ge 32:28; 21:2–3) Abraham also became the father of Isaac.
The sons of Isaac were
Esau and Israel.
GENESIS 26
Isaac and Abimelek
Ge 12:10–20; 20:1–18
1 (Ge 12:10) There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine
that was during the days of Abraham.
Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.
2 (Ge 12:1; 12:7) The Lord appeared to him and said,
"Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land of which I will tell you.
3 (Ge 13:15; 28:15) Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will
bless you; for I will give to you and all your descendants all these lands,
and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
4 (Ge 15:5; 22:17–18) I will make your descendants multiply
as the stars of the heavens and will give your descendants
all these lands. By your descendants all the nations of the earth
will be blessed,Or will bless themselves.
5 (Ge 22:16; 22:18) because Abraham obeyed Me
and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."
6 So Isaac lived in Gerar.
7 (Ge 12:13; 20:2) The men of the place asked him about his wife.
And he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say,
"She is my wife," thinking, "The men of the place might
kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful in appearance."
8 When he had been there a long time,
AbimÂelek the king of the Philistines looked out of a window
and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife.
9 Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, "She is surely your wife,
so how is it you said, 'She is my sister'?"
Then Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'I might die on account of her.'"
10 Abimelek said, "What is this you have done to us?
One of the people might have easily lain with your wife,
and you might have brought guilt upon us!"
11 (Ps 105:15) Abimelek charged all his people, saying,
"He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."
12 (Ge 26:3; 24:1) Then Isaac sowed in that land
and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; the Lord blessed him.
13 The man became rich and continued to prosper until he became very wealthy.
14 (Ge 37:11; Ecc 4:4) For he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great
number of servants so that the Philistines envied him.
15 (Ge 21:30) For the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which
his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father by
filling them with dirt.
16 (Ex 1:9) Abimelek said to Isaac,
"Go away from us, for you are much more powerful than we are."
17 So Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent
n the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
18 (Ge 21:31) Isaac dug again the wells of water,
which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father,
for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham.
He called their names after the names his father had called them.
19 But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley
and found a well of running water there,
20 (Ge 21:25) the herdsmen of Gerar contended with Isaac's herdsmen,
saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek,
because they contended with him.
21 They dug another well and quarreled over that also.
So he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 (Ge 17:6; Ex 1:7) Then he moved away from there and dug another well,
and they did not quarrel over it. So he called the name of it Rehoboth,
for he said, "For now the Lord has made room for us,
and we will be fruitful in the land."
23 He went up from there to Beersheba.
24 (Ge 15:1; 17:7) The Lord appeared to him that same night and said,
"I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, for I am with you.
I will bless you and multiply your descendants
for the sake of My servant Abraham."
25 (Ge 13:18; Ps 116:17) He built an altar there, called
on the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there.
And there Isaac's servants dug a well.
26 Then Abimelek went to him from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath,
one of his friends, and Phicol the commander of his army.
27 (Ge 26:16; Jdg 11:7) Isaac said to them,
"Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?"
28 (Ge 21:22–23) And they said, "We saw plainly that the Lord was with you.
So we said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us,
and let us make a covenant with you,
29 (Ge 24:31; Ps 115:15) so that you will do us no harm, just as we have not
touched you, and have done you nothing but good and have sent you away
in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.' "
30 (Ge 19:3) Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
31 They rose up early in the morning and swore an oath with one
another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well
that they had dug and said to him, "We have found water."
33 (Ge 21:31) And he called it Shibah. Therefore, the name of the city is
Beersheba to this day.
34 (Ge 36:2) Esau was forty years old when he took as wives
Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
35 and they brought grief to Isaac and to Rebekah.
(Isaac should be honest . And with Esau's choices of wives
you wonder why Abraham sent his servant to his homeland)
2) Our Daily Bread for 20 Jan 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/01/20/gods-footprints entitled God's Footprints
Ps 104:24-35
24 O Lord, how manifold are Your works!
With wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures—
25 so is this great and wide sea,
which is full of innumerable creatures,
living animals both small and great.
26 There go the ships,
and there is Leviathan, which You have made to play in it.
27 These all wait upon You,
that You may give them their food in due season.
28 When You give it to them,
they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
they are filled with good food.
29 When You hide Your face,
they are troubled;
You take away their breath,
and they die and return to their dust.
30 When You send forth Your Spirit,
they are created,
and You renew the surface of the ground.
31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in His works.
32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles;
He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 May my meditation be sweet to Him,
for I will be glad in the Lord.
35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord!
"I know where God lives," our four-year-old grandson told my wife, Cari.
"Where is that?" she asked, her curiosity piqued.
"He lives in the woods beside your house," he answered.
When Cari told me about their conversation, she wondered what prompted
his thinking. "I know," I responded. "When we went for a walk in the woods
during his last visit, I told him that even though we can't see God,
we can see the things He’s done." "Do you see the footprints I’m making?"
I had asked my grandson as we stepped through a sandy place by a river.
"The animals and the trees and the river are like God's footprints.
We know that He’s been here because we can see the things He’s made."
The writer of Psalm 104 also pointed to the evidence for God in creation,
exclaiming "How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them
all; the earth is full of your creatures" (v. 24). The Hebrew word for wisdom
found here is often used in the Bible to describe skillful craftsmanship.
God's handiwork in nature proclaims His presence
and makes us want to praise Him.
Psalm 104 begins and ends with the words: "Praise the Lord" (vv. 1, 35).
From a baby's hand to an eagle's eye, our Creator's artistry all around
us speaks of His consummate skill. May we take it all in with wonder
today—and praise Him for it!
By: James Banks
Reflect & Pray
Where do you see God’s handiwork in creation?
How might you point someone to it—and to Him—today?
I praise You for all You’ve made, God!
Help me to live in wonder at Your wisdom and goodness today.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 4 "Formula" for Forgiveness
Luke 17:3 - 4
3 (Lev 19:17; Mt 18:21)"Take heed to yourselves."
"If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive
him. 4 (Mt 18:21–22) If he sins against you seven times in a day,
and seven times in a day turns to you, saying,
'I repent,' you must forgive him."
The context of these verses give us an interesting perspective of Jesus'
disciples. In a corollary passage in Matthew 18, the disciples (through
Peter, the designated mouthpiece) ask Jesus,
21 (Mt 18:15; Lk 17:3–4) Then Peter came to Him and said,
"Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother who sins against me?
Up to seven times?" (Matthew 18:21)
The disciples wanted a "formula" for forgiveness: they wanted to be able to
develop a checklist. Once, twice, maybe three times a brother could be
forgiven, but after that, you could write him off. After all, if
he keeps on offending over and over again, he doesn't deserve to be forgiven!
But Jesus says, " Rebuke him - let him know his fault; if he repents,
forgive him - even seven times in the same day!"
And the disciplines' response is predictable: "Lord, increase our faith!" They
were more comfortable with their own formula for forgiveness than with the
outrageous demands of the love that Christ imposed upon them.
We are so like the disciples. We want to draw a line and say. "This far
- no more. I'll forgive you once, but don't do it again. Now that you're
forgiven, you'd better shape up!". Yet God's love doesn't recognise "again".
He forgives, and no matter how often we come to him inrepentance
for repeated offenses, his arms of forgiveness are open to us.
That is the way God wants us to forgive. He wants us to lay aside our
checklists, put away our suspicaions, abandon our scoreboards, and forgive.
Seven times, or seventy times seven, as often as we have sinned against God
and been forgiven, we are to forgive.
Application
a) Have I ever kept a "scorecard" of performance on someone I
have forgiven ? Why?
b) Why do I need "increased faith" to be able to forgive as
Jesus calls me to?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Hebr 11:6
6 (1Ch 28:9; Jer 29:13–14) And without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Burdened by Doubt
Matt 7:7-11
Ask, Seek, Knock
Lk 11:9–13
7(Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24)"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
9 "What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread,
will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?
11 (Ge 6:5; 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give
good things to those who ask Him!
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493
British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.
Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver
and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations
in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are
between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all
other nationalities.
Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant
and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,
Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this
region is about 200000.
Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,
more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small
numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.
We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.
A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,
for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that
- the church will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
- the church will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
20th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the children of Canada, thar they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
(
Matthew 19:14
14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16–17)
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,
and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
)
b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
(
Eph 6:12
12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly places.
)
8 ) This month Calvarycommunity.ca is doing 21 days of Fasting
and prayer available at https://calvarycommunity.ca/prayandfast/
https://calvarycommunity.ca/prayandfast/Day17
Day 17: Perfect Model of Love
Verse of the Day: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 (Col 3:12; Pr 10:12) Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not;
love flaunts not itself and is not puffed up,
5 (1Co 10:24; Php 2:21) does not behave itself improperly,
seeks not its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;
6 (2Jn 1:4; Ro 1:32)rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 (1Co 13:4) bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
and endures all things.
Although 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 is often read at weddings to show as an
example as to how to love one another as this is the perfect description
of love. Yet no one can love you perfectly this way.
This description of love is how God loves us. God is the only one who
can love you perfectly. But when you have a relationship with God,
it helps you to love others the way God loves you.
Reflection:
Can you imagine being loved like this?
Prayer:
Dear God, thank you that You love me perfectly.
Thank You that You choose me. Father, I pray that even when I don't
feel love, I know that Your love for me never fails,
never abandons me, and never quits.
I pray God that Your presence would surround me today.
I ask God that I will hear Your voice guiding me and directing me when
I am feeling uncertain and unsure. Pour Your spirit over me, restore me,
and refresh me. I ask for more of Christ in me, let it replace any
fear, hurt, and shame that try to live in me.
Strengthen me in Your love when I am weak and that Your love will carry me
through troubled times, fill me with hope and courage. I pray that because
You loved me first, I can love others better as You have loved me. Let Your
praise always be on my lips, in Jesus name, I pray, Amen.
Scripture reflection:
John 3:16,
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9–10; Jn 1:18) "For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. "
1 John 4: 7-12,
7 (1Jn 2:29) Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God,
and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
8 (2Co 13:11; 1Jn 4:16_Anyone who does not love does not know God,
for God is love. 9 (Jn 3:16; 1Jn 4:10; 5:11) In this way the love of God
was revealed to us, that God sent His only begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through Him. 10 (1 Jn 2:2; 1Pe 3:18; 1Jn 3:1) In this
is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be
the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we must
also love one another. 12 (Jn 1:18; 1Ti 6:16; 1Jn 2:5) No one has seen God
at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:19,
19 (1Jn 4:10; Lk 7:47) We love Him because He first loved us.
Romans 5:5,
5 (Gal 4:6; Php 1:20) And hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit
who has been given to us.
Romans 5:8,
8 (Jn 15:13; 1Pe 3:18) But God demonstrates His own love toward us,
in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Ephesians 2:4,
4 (Ro 2:4; Eph 1:7) But God, being rich in mercy,
because of His great love with which He loved us.
2 Thessalonians 3:5
5 )1Ch 29:18)
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God
and to the steadfastness of Christ.
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will in every thing you do.
Pray for to see the lLord in Creation.
Pray to show forgiveness in your life and those around you.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life
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