Dave Yadallee's personal blog

Day 31, 31 Jan 2021



Today's Sermon comes from Calvary Community Church



Genesis 37:12 - 24



This is when Joseph was thrown into the pit by his brothers.



Have you been thrown, slipped or dived into a pit?



Seek the Lord for the way out



Exodus 4 - 6



EXODUS 4

Moses' Miraculous Signs

1 And Moses answered and said, "But they will not believe me,

nor listen to my voice. For they will say,

'The Lord has not appeared to you.' "

2 The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he said, "A rod."

3 He said, "Throw it on the ground." And he threw it on the ground,

and it became a serpent. Then Moses fled from it.

4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Put forth your hand and take it by the tail."

And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand.

5 "This is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers,

the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,

has appeared to you."

6 The Lord said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand into your bosom."

He put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out,

his hand was as leprous as snow.

7 He said, "Put your hand into your bosom again." So he put his hand

into his bosom again and brought it out of his bosom, and it was restored

like his other flesh.

8 "If they will not believe you, nor listen to the voice of the first sign,

then they may believe the voice of the latter sign.

9 But if they will not believe also these two signs or listen to your voice,

then you shall take water from the river and pour it on the dry land,

and the water which you take out of the river will

become blood on the dry land."

10 Then Moses said to the Lord, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent,

neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant.

But I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."

11 The Lord said to him, "Who has made man’s mouth?

Or who made the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind?

Have not I, the Lord?

12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you

what you must say."

13 He said, "O my Lord, send, I pray, by the hand of whomever else

You will send."

14 The anger of the Lord was inflamed against Moses, and He said,

"Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well.

And also, he comes out to meet you, and when he sees you,

he will be glad in his heart.

15 You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth,

and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth,

and will teach you what you must do.

16 What’s more, he will be your spokesman to the people,

and he will be as a mouth for you, and you will be as God to him.

17 You must take this rod in your hand, with which you will perform the signs."

Moses Returns to Egypt

18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him,

"Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt,

and see whether they be yet alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."

19 The Lord said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return to Egypt, for all the men

are dead who sought your life." 20 Moses took his wife and his sons

and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt.

And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

21 The Lord said to Moses, "When you go to return into Egypt,

see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh,

which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart,

so that he shall not let the people go.

22 You shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord: Israel is My son,

even My firstborn. 23 So I say to you, "Let My son go, that he may serve Me.

And if you refuse to let him go, I will slay your son, even your firstborn." ' "

24 At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met him and sought to kill him.

25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son,

and threw it at his feet, and said, "Surely a bloody husband are you to me."

26 So He let him go. Then she said, "A bloody husband you are,

because of the circumcision."

27 Now the Lord said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses."

So he went, and met him at the mount of God, and kissed him.

28 Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him,

and all the signs which He had commanded him.

29 Moses and Aaron went and gathered together

all the elders of the children of Israel.

30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken

to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people.

31 And the people believed. And when they heard that the Lord

had visited the children of Israel

and that He had looked on their affliction, they bowed down and worshipped.



EXODUS 5



Bricks Without Straw



1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in and said to Pharaoh,

"Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Let My people go, that they

may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.' "

2 And Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice

to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go."

3 They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us.

Let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the wilderness,

and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us

with pestilence or with the sword."

4 But the king of Egypt said to them,

"Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work?

Get back to your labor."

5 Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land now are numerous,

and you make them rest from their labor."

6 Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people

and their officers, saying,

7 "You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as before.

Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

8 However, the quota of the bricks, which they were making previously,

you shall lay upon them. You shall not diminish any of it. For they are idle.

Therefore they cry out, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'

9 Let there be more work laid upon the men so that they may

labor therein, and let them not regard deceptive words."

10 The taskmasters of the people and their officers went out,

and they spoke to the people, saying, "Thus says Pharaoh,

' I will not give you straw. 11 Go, get straw where you can find it,

yet nothing of your work shall be diminished.'"

12 So the people scattered abroad throughout

all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

13 The taskmasters pushed them, saying, "Fulfill your works,

your daily tasks, just as when there was straw."

14 The officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's

taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked,

and demanded, "Why have you not fulfilled your task in making

brick both yesterday and today, as previously?"

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh,

saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?

16 There is no straw being given to your servants, and they say to us,

'Make brick.' And indeed, your servants are beaten,

but the fault is in your own people."

17 But he said, "You are slackers! Slackers! Therefore you say,

'Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.'

18 Go therefore now and work, for there shall no straw be given you,

yet shall you deliver the quota of bricks."

19T he officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble,

after it was said, "You shall not diminish anything

from your bricks of your daily task.'

20 Then they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way,

as they came forth from Pharaoh.

21 And they said to them, "May the Lord look on you and judge,

because you have made our scent stink in the estimation of Pharaoh

and in the estimation of his servants,

to put a sword in their hand to slay us."



God Promises Deliverance



22 Moses returned to the Lord, and said, "Lord, why have

You caused trouble for this people? Why is it that You have sent me?

23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name,

he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at

all."



EXODUS 6

1 (Ex 12:33; 12:39) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you shall see what

I will do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand shall he let them go,

and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land."

2 (Isa 42:8; Mal 3:6) Then God spoke to Moses, and said to him,

"I am the Lord, 3 (Ps 83:18; Ge 17:1; Ps 68:4) and I appeared to Abraham,

to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by My name,

The Lord, I was not known to them. 4 (Ge 15:18; 28:4) I have also established

My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,

the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they sojourned. 5 (Ex 2:24)

I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel,

whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.

6 (Dt 26:8; 7:8; 1Ch 17:21) "Therefore say to the children of Israel:

'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from

under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage,

and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm and with great judgments.

7 (Dt 4:20; 7:6 ) And I will take you to Me for a people,

and I will be to you a God. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God,

who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

8 (Ge 15:18; 26:3) I will bring you into the land, which I swore

to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you

for a heritage. I am the Lord.' "

9 (Ex 5:21) Moses spoke so to the children of Israel,

but they did not listen to Moses on account of

their anguish of spirit and for cruel ­bondage.

10 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

11 "Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel

go out of his land."

12 (Ex 4:10; 6:30) Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, "The children

of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me,

as I am of uncircumcised lips?"

13 And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command

for the children of Israel, and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring

the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.



The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron



14 (Ge 46:9; 1Ch 5:3 ) These are the heads of their fathers' houses:

The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel:

Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi. These are the families of Reuben.

15 (Ge 46:10; 1Ch 4:24) The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad,

Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

These are the families of Simeon.

16 (Ge 46:11; Nu 3:17) These are the names of the sons of Levi

according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari,

and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven years.

17 (1Ch 6:17; Nu 3:18) The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimei,

according to their families.

18 (1Ch 6:2; 6:18) The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel,

and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three years.

19 (Nu 3:20; 1Ch 6:19) The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.

These are the families of Levi according to their generations.

20 (Ex 2:1–2; Nu 26:59) Now Amram married Jochebed his father’s sister,

and she bore him Aaron and Moses.

And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven years.

21 (Nu 16:1; 1Ch 6:37–38) The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri.

22 (Lev 10:4; Nu 3:30) The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

23 (Ru 4:19–20; Nu 1:7) Aaron took to himself Elisheba,

daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, to wife;

and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

24 (1Ch 6:22–23) The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph.

These are the families of the Ko­rah­ites.

25 (Jos 24:33; Nu 25:7–13) Eleazar, Aaron's son,

married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.

These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

26 (Ex 7:4; 12:17) It was that Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said,

"Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt

according to their armies."

27 They are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt

to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. It was that Moses and Aaron.



Aaron to Speak for Moses



28 On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

29 (Ex 6:11; 7:2) the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "I am the Lord.

Speak to Pharaoh the king of Egypt all that I say to you."

30 (Ex 6:12; 4:10) However, Moses said before the Lord,

"Listen! I am unskilled in speech, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?"





2) Our Daily Bread for 31 Jan 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/01/31/a-future-with-forgiveness

entitled A future with Forgiveness



Romans 12:9–21



9 (Ge 18:10; 18:14) For this is the word of promise,

"At this time I will come,

and Sarah shall have a son."(Ex 20:13-15, 17; Dt 5:17-19, 21.)

10 (Ro 5:3) Not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one man,

our father Isaac. 11 (Ro 4:17) For before the children had been born,

having done neither evil nor good, so that the purpose of God

according to election might stand, not of works, but through Him who calls,

12 it was said to her,

“The elder shall serve the younger.”(Ge 25:23. 13Mal 1:2–3)

As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”(Mal 1:2).

14 (2Ch 19:7; Dt 32:4) What shall we say then?

Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid!

15 (Ex 33:19) For He says to Moses,

"I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,

and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."(Ex 33:19).

16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs,

but of God who shows mercy. 17 (Ex 9:16) For the Scripture says to Pharaoh,

"For this very purpose I have raised you up,

that I may show My power in you,

and that My name may be proclaimed

in all the earth."(Ex 9:16. 18Ex 4:21; Dt 2:30)

Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and He hardens whom He wills.



Wrath and Mercy of God



19 (2Ch 20:6; Da 4:35) You will then say to me, "Why does He yet find fault?

For who can resist His will?"

20 (Isa 29:16; Job 33:13) Rather, O man, who are you to answer back to God?

Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it,

"Why have you made me like this?"

21 (Isa 64:8) Does the potter not have power over the clay

to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?



In 1994, when South Africa made the transition from government

by apartheid (imposed racial segregation) to a democracy, it faced

the difficult question of how to address the crimes committed

under apartheid. The country’s leaders couldn’t ignore the past,

but merely imposing harsh punishments on the guilty risked

deepening the country's wounds. As Desmond Tutu,

the first black Anglican Archbishop of South Africa,

explained in his book No Future Without Forgiveness,

"We could very well have had justice, retributive justice,

and had a South Africa lying in ashes."



Through establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Committee,

the new democracy chose the difficult path of pursuing truth, justice,

and mercy. Those guilty of crimes were offered a path to restoration -

if they were willing to confess their crimes and seek to make restitution.

Only by courageously facing the truth could

the country begin to find healing.



In a way, South Africa's dilemma mirrors

the struggle we all face. We're called to pursue

both justice and mercy (Micah 6:8), but mercy

is often misunderstood to be a lack of accountability,

while pursuing justice can become distorted into pursuing revenge.



Our only path forward is a love that not only

"hates what is evil" (Romans 12:9)

but also longs for the transformation and good of our "neighbour" (13:10).

Through the power of Christ's Spirit,

we can learn what it means to have

a future of overcoming evil with good (12:21).



By: Monica La Rose





Reflect & Pray



When have you witnessed times when the goal of mercy

and grace seemed distorted to enable injustice?

When have you seen both justice and mercy working in harmony?



Loving God, when the pain and injustice around me breaks my heart,

help me to still believe in Your love and power to transform and heal.

Help me to point with my life to Your justice, mercy, and love.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 1 A circle of Light



John 8:12



12 (Jn 12:35; Job 33:28; Isa 49:6)Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying,

"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me

shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life."



When Juday Gardland stepped onstage, she filled the spotlight. Nothing was

illuminated but her face, and as she sang, her listeners had a sense of being

transported beyond themselves into the meaning of her song. The focus of

reality, at that moment, was "Judy", and everything else faded into the dim

recesses of the shadowed room. The spotlight brought her into sharp focus

as the center of attention, and all around her was darkness.

When the scriptures speaks of Jesus as "the light," the image is not

of thousands of blazing bulbes lighting up a football field for a night game.

Rather, he is like a hand-help lamp that throws a circle of light in the

immediate vicinity. such a lamp lights the path that a traveler will walk,

but lights it only one step at a time.

Jesus is the center of that circle of light. As we follow him, we share the

light, but he is always at center. Jesus Christ is the focal point,

and everything else fades into dim gray by comparison.

If we are to keep our lives illuminated, to have his light falling upon the

road we wlak, we must stay close to him. Jesus does not hand the lamp

to us and suggest that we go the way he wants; he , the Light, leads,

and if we want to stay in the light, we follow.





Application



a) Have I ever tried to go my own way, apart frm the Light?

What was the result?



b) How can this verse help me remember the importance of staying close

to Jesus?







4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



1 Cor 13:3



3 If I give all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.





5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:





God's Inexhaustible Strength



Ps 18:30-34



30 As for God, His way has integrity;

the word of the Lord is proven;

He is a shield

to all those who take refuge in Him.

31 For who is God except the Lord?

Or who is a rock besides our God?

32 It is God who clothes me with strength,

and gives my way integrity.

33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,

and causes me to stand on my high places.

34 He trains my hands for war,

so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.



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.





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







Conclusion:



Pray to seek the Lord's will when you are in a pit.



Pray to the Lord that you will speak out again injustice.



Pray for forgiveness in your life



Pray to in the Light of Jesus



Pray to the Lord for prosperity in your.



Pray for the strengh of the Lord to fill you.



Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.



Pray to accept Jesus in your life.