Day 38 - 7 Feb 2021
Day 38, 7 Feb 2021
Today At Church, we addressed Joseph as a servant in the House of Potiphar.
Change in attitude and humility.
Exodus 25 - 27
EXODUS 25
Offerings for the Tabernacle
Ex 35:4–9
1The Lord said to Moses:
2 (Ezr 2:68; 2Co 9:7) Tell the children of Israel to bring Me an offering.
From every man who gives willingly with his heart you shall receive
My offering.
3 This is the offering which you shall take from them:
gold, silver, and bronze,
4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
5 rams' skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood,
6 (Ex 27:20) oil for the light, spices for anointing oil
and for fragrant incense,
7 (Ex 28:4) onyx stones, and stones to be set
in the ephod and in the breastplate.
8 (Ex 29:45; 1Ki 6:13)Let them make Me
a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
9 (Ex 25:40; Heb 8:5) According to all that I show you
-the pattern of the tabernacle
and the pattern of all its furniture
-you shall make it just so.
The Ark of the Covenant
Ex 37:1–9 (God's microphone)
10 (Heb 9:4; Ex 37:1–3) They shall make an ark of acacia wood
two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide,
and one and a half cubits high(.About 3 feet long,
11/2 feet wide, and 21/4 feet high,
or 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide, and 68 centimeters high. )
11 (Ex 25:24; 30:3) You shall overlay it with pure gold,
inside and out shall you overlay it,
and you shall make a gold border around it.
12 You shall cast four gold rings for it and put them
on the four feet with two rings on the one side of it
and two rings on the other side of it.
13 You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14 You shall put the poles into the rings on
the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.
15 (1Ki 8:8) The poles must remain in the rings of the ark.
They must not be removed from it.
16 (Dt 31:26; 1Ki 8:9) You shall put into the ark the testimony
which I shall give you.
17 (Ex 37:6; Ro 3:25) You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold,
two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
18 You shall make two cherubim of gold,
make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Make one cherub on the one end and the other cherub on the other end.
From the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim on its two ends.
20 (1Ki 8:7; 1Ch 28:18) The cherubim shall stretch forth their wings upward,
covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another.
The faces of the cherubim are to face toward the mercy seat.
21 (Ex 26:34) You shall put the mercy seat above upon the ark,
and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
22 (Ex 29:42–43; Nu 7:89) I will meet with you there,
and I will meet with you from above the mercy seat,
from between the two cherubim which are
upon the ark of the testimony.
I will speak with you all that I will command you
for the children of Israel.
The Table for the Showbread
Ex 37:10–16
23 (Ex 37:10–16; Heb 9:2) You shall also make a table of acacia wood,
two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a half cubit high.
(About 6 1/4 pounds, or 2.9 kilograms. )
24 (Ex 25:11) You shall overlay it with pure gold
and make a gold border around it.
25 You shall make a border around it of a handbreadth,
and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.
26 You shall make four gold rings for it
and put the rings on the four corners that are on its four feet.
27 The rings shall be close to the frame to provide places
for the poles to carry the table.
28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood
and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
29 (Nu 4:7; Ex 37:16) You shall make the dishes, its spoons, its pitchers,
and its bowls with which to pour drink offerings.
You shall make them of pure gold.
30 (Ex 39:36) You shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.
The Gold Lampstand
Ex 37:17–24
31 (1Ki 7:49; Zec 4:2) You shall make a lampstand of pure gold.
The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of
hammered metal. Its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece.
32 Six branches shall go out from its sides,
three branches of the lampstand from its one side
and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.
33T hree cups shall be made shaped like almond flowers with buds
and blossoms on one branch, and three cups made like almond flowers
in the other branch, with buds and blossoms,
and the same for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.
34 On the lampstand shall be four cups shaped like almond flowers,
with their buds and their blossoms.
35 There shall be a bud under two branches of the same,
and a budunder two branches of the same,
and a bud under the next two branches of the same,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the lampstand.
36 Their buds and their branches shall be of the same piece,
all of it shall be one hammered work of pure gold.
37 (Nu 8:2; Ex 27:21; Lev 24:2–4) You shall make its seven lamps,
and they shall light its lamps so t
hat they may give light to the area in front of it.
38 Its snuffers and their snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
39 It shall be made from a talent (About 75 pounds, or 34 kilograms.)
of pure gold along with all these utensils.
40 (Ex 26:30; Nu 8:4) See that you make them according
to their pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.
EXODUS 26
The Tabernacle
Ex 36:8–38
1 (Ex 26:36; 36:8–19) Moreover you shall make the tabernacle
with ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, and purple,
and scarlet. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skilled workman.
2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,
and the width of each curtain four cubits.
(About 42 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide. )
All of the curtains shall have the same measurements.
3 Five curtains shall be joined together, one to another.
And the other five curtains are to be joined, one to another.
4 You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the end curtain in one set,
and likewise you shall make loops in the outermost
edge of the end curtain in the second set.
5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain,
and you shall make fifty loops in the edge
of the curtain that is in the second set.
The loops are to be opposite to one another.
6 You shall make fifty clasps of gold and join
the curtains together with the clasps
so that the tabernacle shall be one unit.
7 You shall make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle.
You shall make eleven curtains.
8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits,
and the width of each curtain four cubits,
(About 45 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide.)
and the eleven curtains shall all have the same measure.
9 You shall join five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
You shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tabernacle.
10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in one set
and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that joins the second set.
11 You shall make fifty bronze clasps, and put the clasps into the loops,
and join the tent together so that it may be one unit.
12 The part that remains of the curtains of the tent,
the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
13 A cubit (About 1/5 ounce, or 5.8 grams; and in v. 15.)
on the one side and a cubit on the other side of that which remains
in the length of the curtains of the tent shall hang over the sides
of the tabernacle on this side and on that side to cover it.
14 (Ex 36:19; 25:5) You shall make a covering for the tent out of
rams' skins dyed red and a covering above of porpoise skins.
15 (Ex 36:20–33) You shall make boards for the tabernacle
of acacia wood, standing upright.
16 Ten cubits (About 15 feet long and 21/4 feet wide,
or 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide.)
shall be the length of each board,
and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each board.
17 There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another.
You shall make all the boards of the tabernacle in this way.
18 You shall make the boards for the tabernacle,
twenty boards for the south side.
19 (Ex 38:27) You shall make forty sockets of silver
under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board
for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
20 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side,
there shall be twenty boards,
21 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board.
22 For the back of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.
23 You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the back.
24 They shall be doubled together beneath
and finished together at the top of it into one ring.
So it shall be for both of them.
They shall form the two corners.
25 There shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets,
two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.
26 You shall make bars of acacia wood,
five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
27 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle
for the back to the west.
28 The middle bar in the center of the boards shall reach from end to end.
29 You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold
to provide places for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
30 (Ex 25:40; 25:9) You shall set up the tabernacle according to the plan
which you have been shown on the mountain.
31 (Ex 36:35; 2Ch 3:14) You shall make a veil of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim,
the skillful work of a workman.
32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold.
Their hooks also shall be of gold on four sockets of silver.
33 (Ex 40:21; 25:16) You shall hang up the veil under the clasps,
so that you may bring in the ark of the testimony within the veil;
and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between
the holy place and the Most Holy.
34 (Ex 25:21; 40:20) You shall put the mercy seat
on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy.
35 (Ex 40:22; 40:24) You shall set the table outside the veil,
and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle
toward the south, and you shall put the table on the north side.
36 (Ex 36:37) You shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of an embroiderer.
37 (Ex 36:38) You shall make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen
and overlay them with gold, with their hooks also made of gold,
and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.
EXODUS 27
The Altar of Burnt Offering
Ex 38:1–7
1 (Ex 38:1–7) You shall make an altar of acacia wood,
five cubits long and five cubits wide.
(About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters long and wide.)
The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
(About 4 1/2 feet, or 1.4 meters. )
2 (Ps 118:27; Ex 29:12) You shall make its horns on its four corners.
Its horns shall be part of it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
3 (1Ki 7:45) You shall make its pots for its ashes, and its shovels,
and its basins, and its meat hooks, and its fire pans.
You shall make all of its vessels out of bronze.
4 You shall make a grating for it, a network of bronze,
and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
5 You shall put it under the ledge of the altar beneath,
so that the net will reach halfway up the altar.
6 You shall make poles for the altar,
poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
7 The poles shall be put into the rings,
so that the poles shall be on the two sides
of the altar when carrying it.
8 (Ex 25:40; 25:9) You shall make it hollow with boards.
Just as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
The Court of the Tabernacle
Ex 38:9–20
9 (Ex 38:9–20) You shall make the court of the tabernacle.
On the south side there shall be curtains for the court of
fine twined linen one hundred cubits long
(About 150 feet, or 45 meters; and in v. 11.) for one side;
10 and it shall have twenty pillars with twenty bronze sockets.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
11 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be curtains
one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars
and their twenty sockets of bronze.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
12 For the width of the court on the west side shall be
curtains of fifty cubits (About 75 feet, or 23 meters; and in v. 13. )
with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.
13 The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits.
14 The curtains on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits
(About 23 feet, or 6.8 meters; and in v. 15. )
with their three pillars and their three sockets.
15 On the other side shall be curtains fifteen cubits
with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16 (Ex 26:36) For the gate of the court there shall be
a curtain of twenty cubits,
(About 30 feet, or 9 meters. )
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of an embroiderer,
with their four pillars and their four sockets.
17 All the pillars around about the court shall be furnished
with silver bands. Their hooks shall be of silver,
and their sockets of bronze.
18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits,
and the width fifty (About 150 feet long and 75 feet wide,
or 45 meters long and 23 meters wide.)
throughout, and the height five cubits
(About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters. )
of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze.
19 All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service,
and all its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs
of the court shall be of bronze.
The Oil for the Lamp
Lev 24:1–3
20 You shall command the children of Israel that they bring
you pure oil of olive pressed for the light,
to cause the lamp to burn continually.
21 (Nu 18:23; 19:21) In the tent of meeting,
outside the veil which is before the testimony,
Aaron and his sons shall arrange it from evening
to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual
statute for the children of Israel for generations to come.
2) Our Daily Bread for 2 Feb 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/02/07/recovering-whats-lost
entitled Recovering What’s Lost
1 Sam 30:1-6,18-19
David Defeats the Amalekites
1 (1Sa 15:7; 29:11) Now when David and his men came
to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had raided
the south as far as Ziklag.
They had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire.
2 (1Sa 27:11) They had taken as captives
all the women who were there.
They did not kill anyone,
but carried them off and went on their way.
3 David and his men came to the city,
and they found it burned with fire,
and their wives, their sons,
and their daughters taken captive.
4 (Nu 14:1) So David and the people
that were with him lifted up their voice
and wept until they had no strength in them to weep.
5 (1Sa 25:42–43; 2Sa 2:2) Now David's two wives
were taken captive, AhinÂoam the Jezreelitess
and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 (Ex 17:4; Nu 14:10) David was greatly distressed,
for the people talked of stoning him,
because all the people were bitter in spirit,
each over his sons and daughters.
But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
...
18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken,
and David rescued his two wives.
19 (1Sa 30:8) Now there was nothing missing,
from the smallest thing to the greatest,
neither sons, nor daughters, or plunder,
or anything which they had taken.
David brought back all of it.
At the phone store, the young pastor steeled himself for bad news.
His smartphone, accidentally dropped during our Bible class,
was a total loss, right? Actually, no. The store clerk recovered
all of the pastor's data, including his Bible videos and photos.
She also recovered "every photo I'd ever deleted," he said.
The store also "replaced my broken phone with a brand-new phone."
As he said, "I recovered all I had lost and more."
David once led his own recovery mission
after an attack by the vicious Amalekites.
Spurned by Philistine rulers, David and his army
discovered the Amalekites had raided and burned down
their town of Ziklag - taking captive "the women and everyone else in it,"
including all their wives and children (1 Samuel 30:2-3).
"So David and his men wept aloud until they had
no strength left to weep" (v. 4). The soldiers were so bitter
with their leader David that they talked of "stoning him" (v. 6).
“But David found strength in the Lord his God" (v. 6).
As God promised, David pursued the Amalekites and
"recovered everything the Amalekites had taken . . . .
Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl,
plunder or anything else they had taken.
David brought everything back" (vv. 18–19).
As we face spiritual attacks that "rob" us even of hope,
may we find renewed strength in God. He will be with
us in every challenge of life.
By: Patricia Raybon
Reflect & Pray
What spiritual attacks or life loss are you experiencing?
Turning from your despair to God, how will you find renewed strength in Him?
God, help me to find hope in You even as I face life's challenges.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 1 - God's Perspective
Philip 4:13
13 (2Co 12:9–10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because
of Christ who strengthens me.
Many of us live out self-fulfilling prophecies. We believe
what we tell ourselves - or what we have been told by others:
"You're stupid", "You're ugly", "You'll never amount to anything,"
"You can't do anything right."
We programme ourselvesfor spiritual failure as well.
"I just can't memorise Scripture," we say. "It comes and goes,
and I can't seem to get it to stay." Yet daily we memorise
volumes of information that is less significant than the
Sciptures - telephone numbers, identification codes,
songs lyrics, advertising jingles.
The answer to the dilemma of negativism is not positive
thinking, but right thinking - biblical thinking, according
to what the Bible reveals of God's perspective. God says,
"You are worthwhile. You are valued. You are loved. I created you
just as you are, and whatever I call you to do,
I will give you the strength to do it.:
The context of Phillipians 4:13 shows that Paul had learned
this important secret of spiritual strength. Paul had known
poverty and plenty, trouble and victory. But he also knew
he did not have to let circumstances dtermine his response to God's will.
We need not be controlled by the negative messages life throws in our paths
- even those self-defeating pronouncements we make to ourselves.
Rather, we can respond according to God's perspective, with the
conviction that God has given us strength we need to meet the
challenges we face.
Application
a) What challenges do I face that make me realise my own insufficiencies?
IS memorising Scripture one of those challenges for me?
b) How does today's memory verse help me face those challenges?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Mark 4:23-29
23 (Mk 4:9; Mt 11:15) "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
24 (Mt 7:2) He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.
The measure you give will be measured for you,
and to you who hear will more be given.
25 (Mt 13:12; Lk 8:18) For to him who has will more be given.
And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has."
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 (Mt 13:24) He said, "The kingdom of God is like a man
who scatters seed on the ground.
27 (Ecc 11:5) He sleeps and rises night and day,
and the seed sprouts and grows; he does not know how.
28 For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade,
then the head, then the full seed in the head.
29 (Joel 3:13) But when the grain is ripe,
immediately he applies the sickle because the harvest has come."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Gift of Salvation
Ps 51:1-13
PSALMS 51
For the Music Director. A Psalm of David,
when Nathan the Prophet came to him,
after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to Your lovingkindness;
according to the abundance of Your compassion,
blot out my transgressions.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2 ) Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) For I acknowledge my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Against You, You only, have I sinned,
and done this evil in Your sight,
so that You are justified when You speak,
and You are blameless when You judge.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin my mother conceived me.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9) You desire truth in the inward parts,
and in the hidden part You make me to know wisdom.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 ) Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Make me to hear joy and gladness,
that the bones that You have broken may rejoice.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Hide Your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not cast me away from Your presence,
and do not take Your Holy Spirit fromme.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
and uphold me with Your willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
and sinners will return to You.
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?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
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
7th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted
in our society and be their help
(
Ps 34:18 - The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,
and saves the contrite of spirit.
Ps 145: 14 - 16
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
)
b) Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service. (
Romans 12:4-8
4 (1Co 12:12 -14)For just as we have many parts in one body,
and not all parts have the same function,
5(1Co 10:17; 12:20)so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and all are parts of one another.
6(Ac 13:1; 1Co 13:2)We have diverse gifts according to the grace
that is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;
7 (Ac 13:1; Eph 4:11)if service, in serving; he who teaches, in teaching;
8 (2Co 9:7; 1Co 12:28) he who exhorts, in exhortation;
he who gives, with generosity; he who rules, with diligence;
he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
Col 3:17
17(1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20)And whatever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will to be a good worker
Pray to seek the Lord's so that the Glory of God show.
Pray to seek the Lord's during attacks on your life
Pray to seek the Lord to strengthen you spiritually.
Pray to seek the Lord to be a source of spiritual growth.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for the brokenhearted to fell God's love.
Pray the volunteers in your Church for effective service.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Today At Church, we addressed Joseph as a servant in the House of Potiphar.
Change in attitude and humility.
Exodus 25 - 27
EXODUS 25
Offerings for the Tabernacle
Ex 35:4–9
1The Lord said to Moses:
2 (Ezr 2:68; 2Co 9:7) Tell the children of Israel to bring Me an offering.
From every man who gives willingly with his heart you shall receive
My offering.
3 This is the offering which you shall take from them:
gold, silver, and bronze,
4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
5 rams' skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood,
6 (Ex 27:20) oil for the light, spices for anointing oil
and for fragrant incense,
7 (Ex 28:4) onyx stones, and stones to be set
in the ephod and in the breastplate.
8 (Ex 29:45; 1Ki 6:13)Let them make Me
a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
9 (Ex 25:40; Heb 8:5) According to all that I show you
-the pattern of the tabernacle
and the pattern of all its furniture
-you shall make it just so.
The Ark of the Covenant
Ex 37:1–9 (God's microphone)
10 (Heb 9:4; Ex 37:1–3) They shall make an ark of acacia wood
two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide,
and one and a half cubits high(.About 3 feet long,
11/2 feet wide, and 21/4 feet high,
or 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide, and 68 centimeters high. )
11 (Ex 25:24; 30:3) You shall overlay it with pure gold,
inside and out shall you overlay it,
and you shall make a gold border around it.
12 You shall cast four gold rings for it and put them
on the four feet with two rings on the one side of it
and two rings on the other side of it.
13 You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14 You shall put the poles into the rings on
the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.
15 (1Ki 8:8) The poles must remain in the rings of the ark.
They must not be removed from it.
16 (Dt 31:26; 1Ki 8:9) You shall put into the ark the testimony
which I shall give you.
17 (Ex 37:6; Ro 3:25) You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold,
two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
18 You shall make two cherubim of gold,
make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Make one cherub on the one end and the other cherub on the other end.
From the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim on its two ends.
20 (1Ki 8:7; 1Ch 28:18) The cherubim shall stretch forth their wings upward,
covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another.
The faces of the cherubim are to face toward the mercy seat.
21 (Ex 26:34) You shall put the mercy seat above upon the ark,
and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
22 (Ex 29:42–43; Nu 7:89) I will meet with you there,
and I will meet with you from above the mercy seat,
from between the two cherubim which are
upon the ark of the testimony.
I will speak with you all that I will command you
for the children of Israel.
The Table for the Showbread
Ex 37:10–16
23 (Ex 37:10–16; Heb 9:2) You shall also make a table of acacia wood,
two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a half cubit high.
(About 6 1/4 pounds, or 2.9 kilograms. )
24 (Ex 25:11) You shall overlay it with pure gold
and make a gold border around it.
25 You shall make a border around it of a handbreadth,
and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.
26 You shall make four gold rings for it
and put the rings on the four corners that are on its four feet.
27 The rings shall be close to the frame to provide places
for the poles to carry the table.
28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood
and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
29 (Nu 4:7; Ex 37:16) You shall make the dishes, its spoons, its pitchers,
and its bowls with which to pour drink offerings.
You shall make them of pure gold.
30 (Ex 39:36) You shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.
The Gold Lampstand
Ex 37:17–24
31 (1Ki 7:49; Zec 4:2) You shall make a lampstand of pure gold.
The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of
hammered metal. Its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece.
32 Six branches shall go out from its sides,
three branches of the lampstand from its one side
and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.
33T hree cups shall be made shaped like almond flowers with buds
and blossoms on one branch, and three cups made like almond flowers
in the other branch, with buds and blossoms,
and the same for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.
34 On the lampstand shall be four cups shaped like almond flowers,
with their buds and their blossoms.
35 There shall be a bud under two branches of the same,
and a budunder two branches of the same,
and a bud under the next two branches of the same,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the lampstand.
36 Their buds and their branches shall be of the same piece,
all of it shall be one hammered work of pure gold.
37 (Nu 8:2; Ex 27:21; Lev 24:2–4) You shall make its seven lamps,
and they shall light its lamps so t
hat they may give light to the area in front of it.
38 Its snuffers and their snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
39 It shall be made from a talent (About 75 pounds, or 34 kilograms.)
of pure gold along with all these utensils.
40 (Ex 26:30; Nu 8:4) See that you make them according
to their pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.
EXODUS 26
The Tabernacle
Ex 36:8–38
1 (Ex 26:36; 36:8–19) Moreover you shall make the tabernacle
with ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, and purple,
and scarlet. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skilled workman.
2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,
and the width of each curtain four cubits.
(About 42 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide. )
All of the curtains shall have the same measurements.
3 Five curtains shall be joined together, one to another.
And the other five curtains are to be joined, one to another.
4 You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the end curtain in one set,
and likewise you shall make loops in the outermost
edge of the end curtain in the second set.
5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain,
and you shall make fifty loops in the edge
of the curtain that is in the second set.
The loops are to be opposite to one another.
6 You shall make fifty clasps of gold and join
the curtains together with the clasps
so that the tabernacle shall be one unit.
7 You shall make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle.
You shall make eleven curtains.
8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits,
and the width of each curtain four cubits,
(About 45 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide.)
and the eleven curtains shall all have the same measure.
9 You shall join five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
You shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tabernacle.
10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in one set
and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that joins the second set.
11 You shall make fifty bronze clasps, and put the clasps into the loops,
and join the tent together so that it may be one unit.
12 The part that remains of the curtains of the tent,
the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
13 A cubit (About 1/5 ounce, or 5.8 grams; and in v. 15.)
on the one side and a cubit on the other side of that which remains
in the length of the curtains of the tent shall hang over the sides
of the tabernacle on this side and on that side to cover it.
14 (Ex 36:19; 25:5) You shall make a covering for the tent out of
rams' skins dyed red and a covering above of porpoise skins.
15 (Ex 36:20–33) You shall make boards for the tabernacle
of acacia wood, standing upright.
16 Ten cubits (About 15 feet long and 21/4 feet wide,
or 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide.)
shall be the length of each board,
and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each board.
17 There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another.
You shall make all the boards of the tabernacle in this way.
18 You shall make the boards for the tabernacle,
twenty boards for the south side.
19 (Ex 38:27) You shall make forty sockets of silver
under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board
for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
20 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side,
there shall be twenty boards,
21 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board.
22 For the back of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.
23 You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the back.
24 They shall be doubled together beneath
and finished together at the top of it into one ring.
So it shall be for both of them.
They shall form the two corners.
25 There shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets,
two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.
26 You shall make bars of acacia wood,
five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
27 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle
for the back to the west.
28 The middle bar in the center of the boards shall reach from end to end.
29 You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold
to provide places for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
30 (Ex 25:40; 25:9) You shall set up the tabernacle according to the plan
which you have been shown on the mountain.
31 (Ex 36:35; 2Ch 3:14) You shall make a veil of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim,
the skillful work of a workman.
32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold.
Their hooks also shall be of gold on four sockets of silver.
33 (Ex 40:21; 25:16) You shall hang up the veil under the clasps,
so that you may bring in the ark of the testimony within the veil;
and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between
the holy place and the Most Holy.
34 (Ex 25:21; 40:20) You shall put the mercy seat
on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy.
35 (Ex 40:22; 40:24) You shall set the table outside the veil,
and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle
toward the south, and you shall put the table on the north side.
36 (Ex 36:37) You shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of an embroiderer.
37 (Ex 36:38) You shall make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen
and overlay them with gold, with their hooks also made of gold,
and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.
EXODUS 27
The Altar of Burnt Offering
Ex 38:1–7
1 (Ex 38:1–7) You shall make an altar of acacia wood,
five cubits long and five cubits wide.
(About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters long and wide.)
The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
(About 4 1/2 feet, or 1.4 meters. )
2 (Ps 118:27; Ex 29:12) You shall make its horns on its four corners.
Its horns shall be part of it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
3 (1Ki 7:45) You shall make its pots for its ashes, and its shovels,
and its basins, and its meat hooks, and its fire pans.
You shall make all of its vessels out of bronze.
4 You shall make a grating for it, a network of bronze,
and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
5 You shall put it under the ledge of the altar beneath,
so that the net will reach halfway up the altar.
6 You shall make poles for the altar,
poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
7 The poles shall be put into the rings,
so that the poles shall be on the two sides
of the altar when carrying it.
8 (Ex 25:40; 25:9) You shall make it hollow with boards.
Just as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
The Court of the Tabernacle
Ex 38:9–20
9 (Ex 38:9–20) You shall make the court of the tabernacle.
On the south side there shall be curtains for the court of
fine twined linen one hundred cubits long
(About 150 feet, or 45 meters; and in v. 11.) for one side;
10 and it shall have twenty pillars with twenty bronze sockets.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
11 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be curtains
one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars
and their twenty sockets of bronze.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
12 For the width of the court on the west side shall be
curtains of fifty cubits (About 75 feet, or 23 meters; and in v. 13. )
with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.
13 The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits.
14 The curtains on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits
(About 23 feet, or 6.8 meters; and in v. 15. )
with their three pillars and their three sockets.
15 On the other side shall be curtains fifteen cubits
with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16 (Ex 26:36) For the gate of the court there shall be
a curtain of twenty cubits,
(About 30 feet, or 9 meters. )
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of an embroiderer,
with their four pillars and their four sockets.
17 All the pillars around about the court shall be furnished
with silver bands. Their hooks shall be of silver,
and their sockets of bronze.
18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits,
and the width fifty (About 150 feet long and 75 feet wide,
or 45 meters long and 23 meters wide.)
throughout, and the height five cubits
(About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters. )
of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze.
19 All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service,
and all its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs
of the court shall be of bronze.
The Oil for the Lamp
Lev 24:1–3
20 You shall command the children of Israel that they bring
you pure oil of olive pressed for the light,
to cause the lamp to burn continually.
21 (Nu 18:23; 19:21) In the tent of meeting,
outside the veil which is before the testimony,
Aaron and his sons shall arrange it from evening
to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual
statute for the children of Israel for generations to come.
2) Our Daily Bread for 2 Feb 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/02/07/recovering-whats-lost
entitled Recovering What’s Lost
1 Sam 30:1-6,18-19
David Defeats the Amalekites
1 (1Sa 15:7; 29:11) Now when David and his men came
to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had raided
the south as far as Ziklag.
They had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire.
2 (1Sa 27:11) They had taken as captives
all the women who were there.
They did not kill anyone,
but carried them off and went on their way.
3 David and his men came to the city,
and they found it burned with fire,
and their wives, their sons,
and their daughters taken captive.
4 (Nu 14:1) So David and the people
that were with him lifted up their voice
and wept until they had no strength in them to weep.
5 (1Sa 25:42–43; 2Sa 2:2) Now David's two wives
were taken captive, AhinÂoam the Jezreelitess
and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 (Ex 17:4; Nu 14:10) David was greatly distressed,
for the people talked of stoning him,
because all the people were bitter in spirit,
each over his sons and daughters.
But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
...
18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken,
and David rescued his two wives.
19 (1Sa 30:8) Now there was nothing missing,
from the smallest thing to the greatest,
neither sons, nor daughters, or plunder,
or anything which they had taken.
David brought back all of it.
At the phone store, the young pastor steeled himself for bad news.
His smartphone, accidentally dropped during our Bible class,
was a total loss, right? Actually, no. The store clerk recovered
all of the pastor's data, including his Bible videos and photos.
She also recovered "every photo I'd ever deleted," he said.
The store also "replaced my broken phone with a brand-new phone."
As he said, "I recovered all I had lost and more."
David once led his own recovery mission
after an attack by the vicious Amalekites.
Spurned by Philistine rulers, David and his army
discovered the Amalekites had raided and burned down
their town of Ziklag - taking captive "the women and everyone else in it,"
including all their wives and children (1 Samuel 30:2-3).
"So David and his men wept aloud until they had
no strength left to weep" (v. 4). The soldiers were so bitter
with their leader David that they talked of "stoning him" (v. 6).
“But David found strength in the Lord his God" (v. 6).
As God promised, David pursued the Amalekites and
"recovered everything the Amalekites had taken . . . .
Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl,
plunder or anything else they had taken.
David brought everything back" (vv. 18–19).
As we face spiritual attacks that "rob" us even of hope,
may we find renewed strength in God. He will be with
us in every challenge of life.
By: Patricia Raybon
Reflect & Pray
What spiritual attacks or life loss are you experiencing?
Turning from your despair to God, how will you find renewed strength in Him?
God, help me to find hope in You even as I face life's challenges.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 1 - God's Perspective
Philip 4:13
13 (2Co 12:9–10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because
of Christ who strengthens me.
Many of us live out self-fulfilling prophecies. We believe
what we tell ourselves - or what we have been told by others:
"You're stupid", "You're ugly", "You'll never amount to anything,"
"You can't do anything right."
We programme ourselvesfor spiritual failure as well.
"I just can't memorise Scripture," we say. "It comes and goes,
and I can't seem to get it to stay." Yet daily we memorise
volumes of information that is less significant than the
Sciptures - telephone numbers, identification codes,
songs lyrics, advertising jingles.
The answer to the dilemma of negativism is not positive
thinking, but right thinking - biblical thinking, according
to what the Bible reveals of God's perspective. God says,
"You are worthwhile. You are valued. You are loved. I created you
just as you are, and whatever I call you to do,
I will give you the strength to do it.:
The context of Phillipians 4:13 shows that Paul had learned
this important secret of spiritual strength. Paul had known
poverty and plenty, trouble and victory. But he also knew
he did not have to let circumstances dtermine his response to God's will.
We need not be controlled by the negative messages life throws in our paths
- even those self-defeating pronouncements we make to ourselves.
Rather, we can respond according to God's perspective, with the
conviction that God has given us strength we need to meet the
challenges we face.
Application
a) What challenges do I face that make me realise my own insufficiencies?
IS memorising Scripture one of those challenges for me?
b) How does today's memory verse help me face those challenges?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Mark 4:23-29
23 (Mk 4:9; Mt 11:15) "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
24 (Mt 7:2) He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.
The measure you give will be measured for you,
and to you who hear will more be given.
25 (Mt 13:12; Lk 8:18) For to him who has will more be given.
And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has."
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 (Mt 13:24) He said, "The kingdom of God is like a man
who scatters seed on the ground.
27 (Ecc 11:5) He sleeps and rises night and day,
and the seed sprouts and grows; he does not know how.
28 For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade,
then the head, then the full seed in the head.
29 (Joel 3:13) But when the grain is ripe,
immediately he applies the sickle because the harvest has come."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Gift of Salvation
Ps 51:1-13
PSALMS 51
For the Music Director. A Psalm of David,
when Nathan the Prophet came to him,
after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to Your lovingkindness;
according to the abundance of Your compassion,
blot out my transgressions.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2 ) Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) For I acknowledge my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Against You, You only, have I sinned,
and done this evil in Your sight,
so that You are justified when You speak,
and You are blameless when You judge.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin my mother conceived me.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9) You desire truth in the inward parts,
and in the hidden part You make me to know wisdom.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 ) Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Make me to hear joy and gladness,
that the bones that You have broken may rejoice.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Hide Your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not cast me away from Your presence,
and do not take Your Holy Spirit fromme.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
and uphold me with Your willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
and sinners will return to You.
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?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta maoy have a total as hihg as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the legrest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in JEsus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
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
7th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted
in our society and be their help
(
Ps 34:18 - The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,
and saves the contrite of spirit.
Ps 145: 14 - 16
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
)
b) Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service. (
Romans 12:4-8
4 (1Co 12:12 -14)For just as we have many parts in one body,
and not all parts have the same function,
5(1Co 10:17; 12:20)so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and all are parts of one another.
6(Ac 13:1; 1Co 13:2)We have diverse gifts according to the grace
that is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;
7 (Ac 13:1; Eph 4:11)if service, in serving; he who teaches, in teaching;
8 (2Co 9:7; 1Co 12:28) he who exhorts, in exhortation;
he who gives, with generosity; he who rules, with diligence;
he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
Col 3:17
17(1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20)And whatever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
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Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will to be a good worker
Pray to seek the Lord's so that the Glory of God show.
Pray to seek the Lord's during attacks on your life
Pray to seek the Lord to strengthen you spiritually.
Pray to seek the Lord to be a source of spiritual growth.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for the brokenhearted to fell God's love.
Pray the volunteers in your Church for effective service.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
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