Day 126, 6 May 2021 refelctions
Day 126, 6 May 2021
2 Sam 6 - 7 , 1 Chron 17
2 SAMUEL 6
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
1Ch 13:1-14; 15:25-16:3
1 Again David gathered all of the chosen men in Israel, 20000.
2 (1Sa 4:4; 7:1) David and all of the people who were with him
arose and went from Baalah of Judah to bring up the ark of God,
so named for the name of the Lord of Hosts who sits enthroned
among the cherubim that are upon it.
3 (1Sa 6:7) They loaded the ark of God on a new cart
and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill.
Uzzah and Ahio the sons of Abinadab were driving the new cart.
4 (1Ch 13:7) They brought it with the ark of God from the house
of Abinadab on the hill, and Ahio was walking in front of the ark.
5 (1Ch 13:8; Ps 150:3-5) Meanwhile, David and the entire house of Israel
were celebrating before the Lord with all sorts of instruments
made of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines,
on sistrums, and on cymbals.
6 (Nu 4:15; 1Ch 13:9) When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon,
Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God,
because the oxen had stumbled.
7 (1Sa 6:19; 1Ch 15:13) The Lord became angry against Uzzah,
and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence.
He died there beside the ark of God.
8 David became angry because of the outburst of the Lord against Uzzah;
that place is called Perez Uzzah to this day.
9 (Ps 119:120) David feared the Lord that day, and he thought,
"How can the ark of the Lord come to me?"
10 (1Ch 26:4-8) So David did not allow the ark of the Lord
to be brought to him in the City of David. Instead,
David redirected it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
11 (Ge 30:27; 39:5) The ark of the Lord remained at the house of Obed-Edom
the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-Edom
and his entire household.
12 (1Ki 8:1) When it was reported to King David,
"The Lord has blessed Obed-Edom and everything that belongs to him,
for the sake of the ark of God," David went and brought up the ark of God
from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing.
13 (1Ki 8:5; Nu 4:15) When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord
had taken six steps, David would sacrifice an ox and a fattened steer.
14 (Ex 15:20; 1Sa 2:18) David danced before the Lord with all of his might,
and he wore a linen ephod.
15 So David and the whole house of Israel escorted the ark of the Lord
with shouting and the sound of the horn.
16 (1Ch 15:29; 2Sa 3:14) When the ark of the Lord entered the City of David,
Michal the daughter of Saul looked down from the window,
and upon seeing King David leaping and dancing before the Lord,
she thought contemptuously of him in her mind.
17 (1Ch 15:1; 2Ch 1:4) They brought the ark of the Lord
and set it in its place inside the tent that David had erected for it.
Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
18 (1Ki 8:55) When David had finished offering the burnt offerings
and peace offerings, he blessed the people before the Lord of Hosts.
19 (Ne 8:10) He distributed to all of the people, the entire multitude
of Israel, both men and women, one bread cake, one date cake,
and one raisin cake to each one.
Then all of the people left, each to his house.
20 (2Sa 6:16; 6:14; Jdg 9:4) David returned to bless his household,
but Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet him. She said,
"How the king of Israel has dignified himself today, exposing himself
this day in the sight of his servant's slave girls like one of the rabble
might shamelessly expose himself."
21 (1Sa 13:14; 15:28) Then David responded to Michal, "It was
before the Lord, who chose me over your father
and over everyone in his household, to appoint me ruler
over the people of the Lord, over Israel.
I was celebrating before the Lord.
22 I will humble myself even more than this and be abased in my own eyes.
But by the maidservants, of whom you have spoken, I will be held in honor."
23 (Mt 1:25) Michal the daughter of Saul
had no children to the day of her death.
2 SAMUEL 7
God's Covenant With David
1Ch 17:1-15
1 Now when the king settled into his house
and the Lord had given him rest from all
of his enemies on all sides,
2 (2Sa 5:11; 12:1) the king said to Nathan the prophet,
"I am dwelling in a cedar house, but the ark of God is sitting in a tent."
3 (1Ki 8:17-18; 1Ch 22:7) Nathan said to the king,
"Go, do all that is in your heart because the Lord is with you."
4 That night the word of the Lord came to Nathan:
5 Go and say to My servant David: Thus says the Lord:
Do you intend to build a house for Me in which I will dwell?
6 (1Ki 8:16; Ex 40:18-19) I have not dwelt in a house since the day
I brought the sons of Israel from Egypt until this day.
I have been moving about with a tent as My dwelling.
7 (Lev 26:11-12; 2Sa 5:2) Wherever I have moved with all the sons of Israel,
have I ever spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel,
whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying,
"Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?"
8 (2Sa 6:21; 1Sa 16:11-12) Now therefore, you will say to My servant
David: Thus says the Lord of Hosts: I took you from the pasture,
from following after the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.
9 (2Sa 5:10; 1Ch 17:8) I have been with you wherever you have gone,
and I have cut off all of your enemies before you.
I will make your name great, like the great ones across the land.
10 (Ps 89:22-23; Isa 60:18) Moreover, I will appoint a place
for My people Israel. I will plant them, and they will dwell
in that very place. They will be restless no longer,
and the unjust will no longer oppress them, as in former times,
11 (1Sa 12:9-11; 2Sa 7:1) ever since the day in which I appointed judges
over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all of your enemies.
The Lord declares to you that He will instead bring about a house for you.
12 (1Ki 8:20; 2:1; Dt 31:16) When your days are complete and you lie down
with your fathers, I will raise up after you an offspring from your body,
and I will establish his rule.
13 (1Ki 8:19; 5:5) He will build a house for My name,
and I will establish his royal throne forever.
14 (Heb 1:5; 1Ch 17:13) I will be a father to him,
and he will be a son to Me. When he goes astray,
I will correct him with the rod of men and afflictions of the sons of men.
15 (1Sa 15:23; 15:28) My commitment will not abandon him, as I removed
it from Saul, whom I deposed before you.
16 (2Sa 7:13; Ps 89:36-37) Your house and dominion will endure before
Me forever, and your throne will be established by the Lord forever.
17 So Nathan spoke to David in accordance with all of these words
and the entirety of this vision.
The Prayer of David
1Ch 17:16-27
18 (Ex 3:11; 1Sa 18:18) Then King David went in and sat before the Lord.
He said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house that
You have brought me this far?
19 (1Ch 17:17; Isa 55:8-9) Yet this was comparatively insignificant
in Your sight, Lord God, for You have also spoken about Your servant's
house into the distant future. Is this Your manner with man, Lord God?
20 (1Sa 16:7; Jn 21:17) "What more can David say to You?
You know Your servant, Lord God.
21 Because of Your word, according to Your will, You have done
all of this greatness to inform Your servant.
22 (Ex 15:11; Dt 3:24) "Therefore You are great, Lord God. There is none
like You, and there is no God except You, according to everything that
we have heard with our ears.
23 (Dt 9:26; 10:21) And who is like Your people, like Israel-a single nation
in the land, whom God went to redeem as a people for Himself,
making a name for Himself by doing great and awesome things for Your land,
before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt,
a nation and its gods.
24 (Dt 26:18; Ge 17:7) You established Your people Israel as Your own people
forever, and You, Lord, became their God.
25 "Now, Lord God, confirm forever the word that You spoke regarding
Your servant and his house and do as You have spoken.
26 (1Ch 17:23-24; Ps 72:18-19) May Your name be magnified forever
by saying, 'The Lord of Hosts is God over Israel,' and may the house
of Your servant David be established before You.
27 "For You, O Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, have revealed a word
to Your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore,
Your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to You.
28 (Jn 17:17) Now, Lord God, You are God, and Your words are true.
You have spoken this good message to Your servant.
29 (Nu 6:24-26; 2Sa 22:51) Now, be resolved and bless Your servant's
dynastic house, so that it may stand before You forever.
You, Lord God, have spoken, and with Your blessing,
the house of Your servant will be blessed forever."
1 CHRONICLES 17
The Davidic Covenant
2Sa 7:1-17
1 (1Ch 15:1; 17:5) Now it happened as David dwelt in his house
that he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar
while the ark of the Lord is under curtains."
2 So Nathan said to David,
"Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you."
3 But it happened on that same night that the word of the Lord came
to Nathan, saying,
4 (1Ch 28:2-3) Go and tell David My servant: Thus says the Lord:
You will not build a house for Me to dwell in,
52 (Sa 7:6; Ex 40:2-3) for I have not dwelt in a house since the day
when I brought Israel up even until this day, but I have gone from
tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.
6 (2Sa 7:7) Wherever I have gone in all Israel, have I ever spoken
a word to the any of the judges of Israel that I commanded
to shepherd My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?
7 (2Sa 6:21) And now say this to My servant David:
Thus says the Lord of Hosts: I took you from the pasture,
from following after the flock, to be ruler over My people Israel,
8 and I have been with you wherever you went,
and I have cut off all your enemies from before you.
Also I will make your name like the names of the greatest on earth.
9 And I will appoint a place for My people Israel,
and I will plant them there where they will dwell securely
and tremble no more, so that the sons of wickedness will not oppress
them just as before
10 (2Sa 7:11) from the time when I commanded the judges
of My people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.
And I declare to you the Lord will build a house for you.
11 (Ps 132:11) Then it will be when your days are full
and you go to your fathers, I will raise up your seed after you
from your own sons. His kingdom I will establish.
12 (1Ki 5:5; Isa 9:7) He is the one who will build Me a house,
and I will establish his throne forever.
13 (Heb 1:5; 1Sa 15:28) I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me.
I will not take away My favor from him as I did from
the one who was before you.
14 I will assign him a place in My house and in My kingdom forever,
and his throne will be established for all time.
15Thus, Nathan spoke to David all these words
and according to all this vision.
The Prayer of David
2Sa 7:18-29
16 (2Sa 7:18) Then King David came and sat before the Lord, and he said,
"Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house that You have brought me
this far?
17 This was something small in Your eyes, God, but You have spoken
concerning the house of Your servant for a great while to come
and have regarded me with the status of a great man, O Lord God.
18 "What more can David speak to You for the honor of Your servant?
For You know Your servant.
19 (Isa 37:35) O Lord, for the sake of Your servant and according
to Your own heart You have done all these great things
and made known all these great things.
20 (Ex 15:11; Isa 44:6) "O Lord, there is none like You, and there is no god
besides You as we have heard with our ears.
21 Who is like Your people Israel, a nation on earth whom God has redeemed
for Himself as a people to make for Yourself a great name by great and awesome
deeds in driving out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed
from Egypt?
22 (Ex 19:5-6) For You made Your people Israel for Yourself for a people
forever, and You, O Lord, have become their God.
23 "And now, Lord, the word which You have spoken concerning
Your servant and concerning his house, let it endure forever and do
just as You have spoken.
24 Let Your name endure and be magnified forever, saying,
"'The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God to Israel.'
And let the house of David Your servant be established before You.
25 "For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will
build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found courage
to pray before You.
26 And now, O Lord, You are God, and You have promised this good
word to Your servant.
27 Now, You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant
that it may be forever before You. For You, O Lord, have blessed it,
and it shall be blessed forever."
2) Our Daily Bread for 6 May 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/05/06/heavy-but-hopeful
entitled Heavy but Hopeful
Psalm 88:1–13
PSALMS 88
For the Music Director. A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
To the melody of "Suffering of Affliction."
A Contemplative Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
1 O Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry out day and night before You.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Let my prayer come before You;
incline Your ear to my cry.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) I am counted with those who go down to the grave;
I am a man who has no strength,
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) like one who is set free among the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
like those whom You remember no more,
for they are cut off from Your hand.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) You have laid me in the depths of the pit,
in dark and deep regions.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) You have caused my companions to be far from me;
You have made me an abomination to them;
I am shut up, and I cannot escape;
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) my eye is dim from my affliction.
Lord, I call daily upon You,
and I have stretched out my hands to You.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Will You show wonders to the dead?
Shall the dead rise up to praise You? Selah
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave,
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Shall Your wonders be known in the darkness
or Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But unto You have I cried, O Lord,
and in the morning my prayer comes before You.
In a Peanuts comic strip, the very enterprising character Lucy advertised
"psychiatric help" for five cents. Charlie Brown found his way to her office
and acknowledged his "deep feelings of depression." When he asked
her what he could do about his condition, Lucy's quick reply was,
"Snap out of it! Five cents, please."
While such lighthearted entertainment brings a momentary smile,
the sadness and gloom that can grip us when real life happens
is not that easily dismissed. Feelings of hopelessness and despair
are real, and sometimes professional attention is needed.
Lucy’s advice wasn't helpful in addressing real anguish.
However, the writer of Psalm 88 does offer something instructive and hopeful.
A truckload of trouble had arrived at his doorstep. And so, with raw honesty,
he poured out his heart to God. "I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life
draws near to death" (v. 3). "You have put me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths" (v. 6). "Darkness is my closest friend" (v. 18).
We hear, feel, and perhaps identify with the psalmist's pain.
Yet, that's not all. His lament is laced with hope.
"Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry" (vv. 1-2; s
ee vv. 9, 13). Heavy things do come and practical steps such as counsel
and medical care may be needed. But never abandon hope in God.
By: Arthur Jackson
Reflect & Pray
When have you turned to God in the midst of your despair?
What's keeping you from crying out to Him now?
Father, help me to see Your open, welcome arms regardless of my situation.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 5 Called by Name
Isaiah 43:1
1 But now, thus says the Lord
who created you, O Jacob,
and He who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
Eric, age 4, somehow lost his mother in a large and busy department store.
Found sobbing under a coat rack, the boy tried to tell the security guard
where he was when he got separated from his mother. Finally the guard said,
"what's your name, Son? Who do you belong to?"
The child brightened a bit, gave the guard his name, and within minutes
the frantic mother was reunited with her lost son.
One of the first questions we are asked, both as children and adults, is
"What is your name?" - that is, "Who are you? Who do you belong to?"
Children bear the name of their parents, and most women,
except for professional reasons,
take the name of their husbands when they marry.
Our names are our primary method of identification;
they connect us with our heritage and those we love.
In Isaiah 43:1, God declares that we belong to him.
The Lord who created us and formed us says,
"I have redemmed you; I have called you by name; you are mine." God's
right of ownership in our lives extends beyond the bond of family and friends,
of parent, child, or spouse. We belong first to him;
we are called by him into oneness with him.
The Scripture is filled with images of the Lord's care for us;
when we are lost, he does
not wait for us to find him,
but takes the initiative, like a loving parent
to seek us out. That declaration of belonging can give us a strong sense of security
in our lives. God loves us;
he will never let us go.
Application
a) What experiences have I had of being lost of abandoned?
b) How can today's verse help me find security in belonging to God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 12:21
21 "So is he who stores up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Impatient
James 5:7-11
Patience and Prayer
7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.
Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth
and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts,
for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.
9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned.
Look, the Judge is standing at the door.
10 My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord,
as an example of suffering and patience.
11 Indeed we count them happy who endure.
You have heard of the patience of Job
and have seen the purpose of the Lord,
that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.
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?)
Ontario
Quick facts on Muslims in Ontario
Ontation 2015 population 13 687 7000
est Muslim Population 1 001 542
CNMM Networks: Ottawa, Durham, York, Toronto, Mississauga, Halton, Hamilton,
Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor
Ontario has 55% of all of Canada's entire Muslim population. This means that
the whole of the Muslim world is represented somewhere in this province. Most
Musslims are understandably located along the southern border stretching
from Windsor eastward all the way up to Ottawa. Yet Muslims are constantly
resettling in more and more suburban and even small towns of Ontari. Mosques
are springing up, and where there are enough gathered, Islamic schools
are starting.
And they're not comlacent, either. Many Islamic leaders are energetic in their
advancement of Islam in Canadian society. Recently in the Niagara Region,
the local mosqoe distributed via Canada Post as many as 50000 full-colour
brochures on Islam. An that mosque's Facebook page proudly show pictures of
"reverts", or white Canadians who havve converted to Islam as a result of
receiving the flier and engaging with the mosque community. Antoerh town
reports Muslims going door-to-door evangelism.
Agree in prayer for:
- net network leaders - the need is great
- the development of network leadership teams
- good connectiosn with local pastors, congregations and individuals
whom God is calling into this ministry.
- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising
believers
- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas
- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love
towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 13 April to 12 May 2021
From https://www.30daysprayer.com/
https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/to-be-turkish-is-to-be-muslim/
"TO BE TURKISH IS TO BE MUSLIM"
OSMAN’S JOURNEY FROM ISTANBUL TO NEW YORK CITY, AND TO JESUS
Osman has kind eyes, a servant's heart, and calloused hands.
He works for a construction company in the New York City area,
which is home to the largest concentration of Turks in America.
Osman was raised as a secular Muslim in Istanbul, Turkey,
and like most Turks, he believed that "to be Turkish is to be Muslim."
When he was 11 years old, Osman began questioning his beliefs.
Reading the Qur'an left him feeling empty and uncomfortable.
The Allah he read about now seemed distant.
After reading the Incil (New Testament), Osman's belief in
and love for Jesus grew, but the teenage believer struggled
to find fellowship in Istanbul. Turkey has ancient Christian roots,
but today the country is 99 percent Muslim and increasingly intolerant
of Christians like Osman, who moved to New York City in 2003.
Osman met a man at a gas station who told him about a Turkish
fellowship in New Jersey. His prayers were answered.
Here, finally, was the loving Christian community
he sought since meeting Jesus as a young man.
Years after being baptized and joining the church, Osman now serves
as the congregation's pastor. This passionate follower of Jesus is a bold
witness to unbelievers during a time when more Turks are questioning
their nation's political version of Islam and fleeing to places
like New York and New Jersey.
God is preparing a generation of Turks to hear and respond to the Gospel!
Pray that more Turks in the NYC area find Jesus
and share His light with other Turks.
Pray that God's living and active Word pierces the hearts of Turks
who read it (Hebrews 4:12).
12 (Eph 6:17; Isa 49:2; Jer 23:29) For the word of God is alive, and active,
and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division
of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and able to judge the
thoughts and intents of the heart.
Pray that Turkish believers in the New York/New Jersey region
seek the One who gives them strength through all circumstances.
Ask God to raise up laborers to assist in planting more indigenous
churches among Turks who live in diaspora settings.
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
6th Day of the Month
a) Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community
( Deut 4:6-7
6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7) Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom
and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear
all these statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise a
nd understanding people."
7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great, who has a god so near
to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?
Matt 5:13-16
13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt
loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty? It is from then on good
for nothing but to be thrown out and to be trampled underfoot by men.
14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18) "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on
a hill cannot be hidden.
15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16) 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.
16 (1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8) Let your light so shine
before men that they may see your good works
and glorify your Father who is in heaven."
Acts 1:8
8 (Mt 28:19; Mk 16:15) "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
comes upon you. And you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
b) Pray for the province of British Columbia
I) Pray for the leaders of British Columbia, that God's Spirit
would influence them to act justly, serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and to come to the
knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to make yourself a Temple of the Lord.
Pray to the Lord help you to see His open,
welcome arms regardless of your situation..
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for you belong to Him .
Pray to the Lord to store treasure in Heaven .
Pray to the Lord to patient despite the circumstances .
Pray for Muslims in Ontario to receive Christ as Saviour
and that chirstian outreach will be strong.
Pray that more Turks in the NYC area find Jesus
and share His light with other Turks.
Pray that God's living and active Word pierces the hearts of Turks
who read it (Hebrews 4:12).
Pray that Turkish believers in the New York/New Jersey region
seek the One who gives them strength through all circumstances.
Ask God to raise up laborers to assist in planting more indigenous
churches among Turks who live in diaspora settings.
Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
2 Sam 6 - 7 , 1 Chron 17
2 SAMUEL 6
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
1Ch 13:1-14; 15:25-16:3
1 Again David gathered all of the chosen men in Israel, 20000.
2 (1Sa 4:4; 7:1) David and all of the people who were with him
arose and went from Baalah of Judah to bring up the ark of God,
so named for the name of the Lord of Hosts who sits enthroned
among the cherubim that are upon it.
3 (1Sa 6:7) They loaded the ark of God on a new cart
and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill.
Uzzah and Ahio the sons of Abinadab were driving the new cart.
4 (1Ch 13:7) They brought it with the ark of God from the house
of Abinadab on the hill, and Ahio was walking in front of the ark.
5 (1Ch 13:8; Ps 150:3-5) Meanwhile, David and the entire house of Israel
were celebrating before the Lord with all sorts of instruments
made of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines,
on sistrums, and on cymbals.
6 (Nu 4:15; 1Ch 13:9) When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon,
Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God,
because the oxen had stumbled.
7 (1Sa 6:19; 1Ch 15:13) The Lord became angry against Uzzah,
and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence.
He died there beside the ark of God.
8 David became angry because of the outburst of the Lord against Uzzah;
that place is called Perez Uzzah to this day.
9 (Ps 119:120) David feared the Lord that day, and he thought,
"How can the ark of the Lord come to me?"
10 (1Ch 26:4-8) So David did not allow the ark of the Lord
to be brought to him in the City of David. Instead,
David redirected it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
11 (Ge 30:27; 39:5) The ark of the Lord remained at the house of Obed-Edom
the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-Edom
and his entire household.
12 (1Ki 8:1) When it was reported to King David,
"The Lord has blessed Obed-Edom and everything that belongs to him,
for the sake of the ark of God," David went and brought up the ark of God
from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing.
13 (1Ki 8:5; Nu 4:15) When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord
had taken six steps, David would sacrifice an ox and a fattened steer.
14 (Ex 15:20; 1Sa 2:18) David danced before the Lord with all of his might,
and he wore a linen ephod.
15 So David and the whole house of Israel escorted the ark of the Lord
with shouting and the sound of the horn.
16 (1Ch 15:29; 2Sa 3:14) When the ark of the Lord entered the City of David,
Michal the daughter of Saul looked down from the window,
and upon seeing King David leaping and dancing before the Lord,
she thought contemptuously of him in her mind.
17 (1Ch 15:1; 2Ch 1:4) They brought the ark of the Lord
and set it in its place inside the tent that David had erected for it.
Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
18 (1Ki 8:55) When David had finished offering the burnt offerings
and peace offerings, he blessed the people before the Lord of Hosts.
19 (Ne 8:10) He distributed to all of the people, the entire multitude
of Israel, both men and women, one bread cake, one date cake,
and one raisin cake to each one.
Then all of the people left, each to his house.
20 (2Sa 6:16; 6:14; Jdg 9:4) David returned to bless his household,
but Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet him. She said,
"How the king of Israel has dignified himself today, exposing himself
this day in the sight of his servant's slave girls like one of the rabble
might shamelessly expose himself."
21 (1Sa 13:14; 15:28) Then David responded to Michal, "It was
before the Lord, who chose me over your father
and over everyone in his household, to appoint me ruler
over the people of the Lord, over Israel.
I was celebrating before the Lord.
22 I will humble myself even more than this and be abased in my own eyes.
But by the maidservants, of whom you have spoken, I will be held in honor."
23 (Mt 1:25) Michal the daughter of Saul
had no children to the day of her death.
2 SAMUEL 7
God's Covenant With David
1Ch 17:1-15
1 Now when the king settled into his house
and the Lord had given him rest from all
of his enemies on all sides,
2 (2Sa 5:11; 12:1) the king said to Nathan the prophet,
"I am dwelling in a cedar house, but the ark of God is sitting in a tent."
3 (1Ki 8:17-18; 1Ch 22:7) Nathan said to the king,
"Go, do all that is in your heart because the Lord is with you."
4 That night the word of the Lord came to Nathan:
5 Go and say to My servant David: Thus says the Lord:
Do you intend to build a house for Me in which I will dwell?
6 (1Ki 8:16; Ex 40:18-19) I have not dwelt in a house since the day
I brought the sons of Israel from Egypt until this day.
I have been moving about with a tent as My dwelling.
7 (Lev 26:11-12; 2Sa 5:2) Wherever I have moved with all the sons of Israel,
have I ever spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel,
whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying,
"Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?"
8 (2Sa 6:21; 1Sa 16:11-12) Now therefore, you will say to My servant
David: Thus says the Lord of Hosts: I took you from the pasture,
from following after the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.
9 (2Sa 5:10; 1Ch 17:8) I have been with you wherever you have gone,
and I have cut off all of your enemies before you.
I will make your name great, like the great ones across the land.
10 (Ps 89:22-23; Isa 60:18) Moreover, I will appoint a place
for My people Israel. I will plant them, and they will dwell
in that very place. They will be restless no longer,
and the unjust will no longer oppress them, as in former times,
11 (1Sa 12:9-11; 2Sa 7:1) ever since the day in which I appointed judges
over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all of your enemies.
The Lord declares to you that He will instead bring about a house for you.
12 (1Ki 8:20; 2:1; Dt 31:16) When your days are complete and you lie down
with your fathers, I will raise up after you an offspring from your body,
and I will establish his rule.
13 (1Ki 8:19; 5:5) He will build a house for My name,
and I will establish his royal throne forever.
14 (Heb 1:5; 1Ch 17:13) I will be a father to him,
and he will be a son to Me. When he goes astray,
I will correct him with the rod of men and afflictions of the sons of men.
15 (1Sa 15:23; 15:28) My commitment will not abandon him, as I removed
it from Saul, whom I deposed before you.
16 (2Sa 7:13; Ps 89:36-37) Your house and dominion will endure before
Me forever, and your throne will be established by the Lord forever.
17 So Nathan spoke to David in accordance with all of these words
and the entirety of this vision.
The Prayer of David
1Ch 17:16-27
18 (Ex 3:11; 1Sa 18:18) Then King David went in and sat before the Lord.
He said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house that
You have brought me this far?
19 (1Ch 17:17; Isa 55:8-9) Yet this was comparatively insignificant
in Your sight, Lord God, for You have also spoken about Your servant's
house into the distant future. Is this Your manner with man, Lord God?
20 (1Sa 16:7; Jn 21:17) "What more can David say to You?
You know Your servant, Lord God.
21 Because of Your word, according to Your will, You have done
all of this greatness to inform Your servant.
22 (Ex 15:11; Dt 3:24) "Therefore You are great, Lord God. There is none
like You, and there is no God except You, according to everything that
we have heard with our ears.
23 (Dt 9:26; 10:21) And who is like Your people, like Israel-a single nation
in the land, whom God went to redeem as a people for Himself,
making a name for Himself by doing great and awesome things for Your land,
before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt,
a nation and its gods.
24 (Dt 26:18; Ge 17:7) You established Your people Israel as Your own people
forever, and You, Lord, became their God.
25 "Now, Lord God, confirm forever the word that You spoke regarding
Your servant and his house and do as You have spoken.
26 (1Ch 17:23-24; Ps 72:18-19) May Your name be magnified forever
by saying, 'The Lord of Hosts is God over Israel,' and may the house
of Your servant David be established before You.
27 "For You, O Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, have revealed a word
to Your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore,
Your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to You.
28 (Jn 17:17) Now, Lord God, You are God, and Your words are true.
You have spoken this good message to Your servant.
29 (Nu 6:24-26; 2Sa 22:51) Now, be resolved and bless Your servant's
dynastic house, so that it may stand before You forever.
You, Lord God, have spoken, and with Your blessing,
the house of Your servant will be blessed forever."
1 CHRONICLES 17
The Davidic Covenant
2Sa 7:1-17
1 (1Ch 15:1; 17:5) Now it happened as David dwelt in his house
that he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar
while the ark of the Lord is under curtains."
2 So Nathan said to David,
"Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you."
3 But it happened on that same night that the word of the Lord came
to Nathan, saying,
4 (1Ch 28:2-3) Go and tell David My servant: Thus says the Lord:
You will not build a house for Me to dwell in,
52 (Sa 7:6; Ex 40:2-3) for I have not dwelt in a house since the day
when I brought Israel up even until this day, but I have gone from
tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.
6 (2Sa 7:7) Wherever I have gone in all Israel, have I ever spoken
a word to the any of the judges of Israel that I commanded
to shepherd My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?
7 (2Sa 6:21) And now say this to My servant David:
Thus says the Lord of Hosts: I took you from the pasture,
from following after the flock, to be ruler over My people Israel,
8 and I have been with you wherever you went,
and I have cut off all your enemies from before you.
Also I will make your name like the names of the greatest on earth.
9 And I will appoint a place for My people Israel,
and I will plant them there where they will dwell securely
and tremble no more, so that the sons of wickedness will not oppress
them just as before
10 (2Sa 7:11) from the time when I commanded the judges
of My people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.
And I declare to you the Lord will build a house for you.
11 (Ps 132:11) Then it will be when your days are full
and you go to your fathers, I will raise up your seed after you
from your own sons. His kingdom I will establish.
12 (1Ki 5:5; Isa 9:7) He is the one who will build Me a house,
and I will establish his throne forever.
13 (Heb 1:5; 1Sa 15:28) I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me.
I will not take away My favor from him as I did from
the one who was before you.
14 I will assign him a place in My house and in My kingdom forever,
and his throne will be established for all time.
15Thus, Nathan spoke to David all these words
and according to all this vision.
The Prayer of David
2Sa 7:18-29
16 (2Sa 7:18) Then King David came and sat before the Lord, and he said,
"Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house that You have brought me
this far?
17 This was something small in Your eyes, God, but You have spoken
concerning the house of Your servant for a great while to come
and have regarded me with the status of a great man, O Lord God.
18 "What more can David speak to You for the honor of Your servant?
For You know Your servant.
19 (Isa 37:35) O Lord, for the sake of Your servant and according
to Your own heart You have done all these great things
and made known all these great things.
20 (Ex 15:11; Isa 44:6) "O Lord, there is none like You, and there is no god
besides You as we have heard with our ears.
21 Who is like Your people Israel, a nation on earth whom God has redeemed
for Himself as a people to make for Yourself a great name by great and awesome
deeds in driving out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed
from Egypt?
22 (Ex 19:5-6) For You made Your people Israel for Yourself for a people
forever, and You, O Lord, have become their God.
23 "And now, Lord, the word which You have spoken concerning
Your servant and concerning his house, let it endure forever and do
just as You have spoken.
24 Let Your name endure and be magnified forever, saying,
"'The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God to Israel.'
And let the house of David Your servant be established before You.
25 "For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will
build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found courage
to pray before You.
26 And now, O Lord, You are God, and You have promised this good
word to Your servant.
27 Now, You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant
that it may be forever before You. For You, O Lord, have blessed it,
and it shall be blessed forever."
2) Our Daily Bread for 6 May 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/05/06/heavy-but-hopeful
entitled Heavy but Hopeful
Psalm 88:1–13
PSALMS 88
For the Music Director. A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
To the melody of "Suffering of Affliction."
A Contemplative Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
1 O Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry out day and night before You.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Let my prayer come before You;
incline Your ear to my cry.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) I am counted with those who go down to the grave;
I am a man who has no strength,
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) like one who is set free among the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
like those whom You remember no more,
for they are cut off from Your hand.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) You have laid me in the depths of the pit,
in dark and deep regions.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) You have caused my companions to be far from me;
You have made me an abomination to them;
I am shut up, and I cannot escape;
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) my eye is dim from my affliction.
Lord, I call daily upon You,
and I have stretched out my hands to You.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Will You show wonders to the dead?
Shall the dead rise up to praise You? Selah
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave,
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Shall Your wonders be known in the darkness
or Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But unto You have I cried, O Lord,
and in the morning my prayer comes before You.
In a Peanuts comic strip, the very enterprising character Lucy advertised
"psychiatric help" for five cents. Charlie Brown found his way to her office
and acknowledged his "deep feelings of depression." When he asked
her what he could do about his condition, Lucy's quick reply was,
"Snap out of it! Five cents, please."
While such lighthearted entertainment brings a momentary smile,
the sadness and gloom that can grip us when real life happens
is not that easily dismissed. Feelings of hopelessness and despair
are real, and sometimes professional attention is needed.
Lucy’s advice wasn't helpful in addressing real anguish.
However, the writer of Psalm 88 does offer something instructive and hopeful.
A truckload of trouble had arrived at his doorstep. And so, with raw honesty,
he poured out his heart to God. "I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life
draws near to death" (v. 3). "You have put me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths" (v. 6). "Darkness is my closest friend" (v. 18).
We hear, feel, and perhaps identify with the psalmist's pain.
Yet, that's not all. His lament is laced with hope.
"Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry" (vv. 1-2; s
ee vv. 9, 13). Heavy things do come and practical steps such as counsel
and medical care may be needed. But never abandon hope in God.
By: Arthur Jackson
Reflect & Pray
When have you turned to God in the midst of your despair?
What's keeping you from crying out to Him now?
Father, help me to see Your open, welcome arms regardless of my situation.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 5 Called by Name
Isaiah 43:1
1 But now, thus says the Lord
who created you, O Jacob,
and He who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
Eric, age 4, somehow lost his mother in a large and busy department store.
Found sobbing under a coat rack, the boy tried to tell the security guard
where he was when he got separated from his mother. Finally the guard said,
"what's your name, Son? Who do you belong to?"
The child brightened a bit, gave the guard his name, and within minutes
the frantic mother was reunited with her lost son.
One of the first questions we are asked, both as children and adults, is
"What is your name?" - that is, "Who are you? Who do you belong to?"
Children bear the name of their parents, and most women,
except for professional reasons,
take the name of their husbands when they marry.
Our names are our primary method of identification;
they connect us with our heritage and those we love.
In Isaiah 43:1, God declares that we belong to him.
The Lord who created us and formed us says,
"I have redemmed you; I have called you by name; you are mine." God's
right of ownership in our lives extends beyond the bond of family and friends,
of parent, child, or spouse. We belong first to him;
we are called by him into oneness with him.
The Scripture is filled with images of the Lord's care for us;
when we are lost, he does
not wait for us to find him,
but takes the initiative, like a loving parent
to seek us out. That declaration of belonging can give us a strong sense of security
in our lives. God loves us;
he will never let us go.
Application
a) What experiences have I had of being lost of abandoned?
b) How can today's verse help me find security in belonging to God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 12:21
21 "So is he who stores up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Impatient
James 5:7-11
Patience and Prayer
7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.
Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth
and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts,
for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.
9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned.
Look, the Judge is standing at the door.
10 My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord,
as an example of suffering and patience.
11 Indeed we count them happy who endure.
You have heard of the patience of Job
and have seen the purpose of the Lord,
that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.
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?)
Ontario
Quick facts on Muslims in Ontario
Ontation 2015 population 13 687 7000
est Muslim Population 1 001 542
CNMM Networks: Ottawa, Durham, York, Toronto, Mississauga, Halton, Hamilton,
Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor
Ontario has 55% of all of Canada's entire Muslim population. This means that
the whole of the Muslim world is represented somewhere in this province. Most
Musslims are understandably located along the southern border stretching
from Windsor eastward all the way up to Ottawa. Yet Muslims are constantly
resettling in more and more suburban and even small towns of Ontari. Mosques
are springing up, and where there are enough gathered, Islamic schools
are starting.
And they're not comlacent, either. Many Islamic leaders are energetic in their
advancement of Islam in Canadian society. Recently in the Niagara Region,
the local mosqoe distributed via Canada Post as many as 50000 full-colour
brochures on Islam. An that mosque's Facebook page proudly show pictures of
"reverts", or white Canadians who havve converted to Islam as a result of
receiving the flier and engaging with the mosque community. Antoerh town
reports Muslims going door-to-door evangelism.
Agree in prayer for:
- net network leaders - the need is great
- the development of network leadership teams
- good connectiosn with local pastors, congregations and individuals
whom God is calling into this ministry.
- wisdom facilitating outreach and training activities for mobilising
believers
- new full and part-time workers among Muslims throughout all these areas
- for pastors and churches to respond not in fear, but full of faith and love
towards Muslims, sharing Jesus with them.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 13 April to 12 May 2021
From https://www.30daysprayer.com/
https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/to-be-turkish-is-to-be-muslim/
"TO BE TURKISH IS TO BE MUSLIM"
OSMAN’S JOURNEY FROM ISTANBUL TO NEW YORK CITY, AND TO JESUS
Osman has kind eyes, a servant's heart, and calloused hands.
He works for a construction company in the New York City area,
which is home to the largest concentration of Turks in America.
Osman was raised as a secular Muslim in Istanbul, Turkey,
and like most Turks, he believed that "to be Turkish is to be Muslim."
When he was 11 years old, Osman began questioning his beliefs.
Reading the Qur'an left him feeling empty and uncomfortable.
The Allah he read about now seemed distant.
After reading the Incil (New Testament), Osman's belief in
and love for Jesus grew, but the teenage believer struggled
to find fellowship in Istanbul. Turkey has ancient Christian roots,
but today the country is 99 percent Muslim and increasingly intolerant
of Christians like Osman, who moved to New York City in 2003.
Osman met a man at a gas station who told him about a Turkish
fellowship in New Jersey. His prayers were answered.
Here, finally, was the loving Christian community
he sought since meeting Jesus as a young man.
Years after being baptized and joining the church, Osman now serves
as the congregation's pastor. This passionate follower of Jesus is a bold
witness to unbelievers during a time when more Turks are questioning
their nation's political version of Islam and fleeing to places
like New York and New Jersey.
God is preparing a generation of Turks to hear and respond to the Gospel!
Pray that more Turks in the NYC area find Jesus
and share His light with other Turks.
Pray that God's living and active Word pierces the hearts of Turks
who read it (Hebrews 4:12).
12 (Eph 6:17; Isa 49:2; Jer 23:29) For the word of God is alive, and active,
and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division
of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and able to judge the
thoughts and intents of the heart.
Pray that Turkish believers in the New York/New Jersey region
seek the One who gives them strength through all circumstances.
Ask God to raise up laborers to assist in planting more indigenous
churches among Turks who live in diaspora settings.
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
6th Day of the Month
a) Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community
( Deut 4:6-7
6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7) Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom
and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear
all these statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise a
nd understanding people."
7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great, who has a god so near
to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?
Matt 5:13-16
13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt
loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty? It is from then on good
for nothing but to be thrown out and to be trampled underfoot by men.
14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18) "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on
a hill cannot be hidden.
15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16) 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.
16 (1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8) Let your light so shine
before men that they may see your good works
and glorify your Father who is in heaven."
Acts 1:8
8 (Mt 28:19; Mk 16:15) "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
comes upon you. And you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
b) Pray for the province of British Columbia
I) Pray for the leaders of British Columbia, that God's Spirit
would influence them to act justly, serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and to come to the
knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to make yourself a Temple of the Lord.
Pray to the Lord help you to see His open,
welcome arms regardless of your situation..
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for you belong to Him .
Pray to the Lord to store treasure in Heaven .
Pray to the Lord to patient despite the circumstances .
Pray for Muslims in Ontario to receive Christ as Saviour
and that chirstian outreach will be strong.
Pray that more Turks in the NYC area find Jesus
and share His light with other Turks.
Pray that God's living and active Word pierces the hearts of Turks
who read it (Hebrews 4:12).
Pray that Turkish believers in the New York/New Jersey region
seek the One who gives them strength through all circumstances.
Ask God to raise up laborers to assist in planting more indigenous
churches among Turks who live in diaspora settings.
Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
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