Day 140 - 20 May 2021 reflections
Day 140, 20 May 2021
2 Samuel 22-23, Psalms 57
2 Samuel 22
David's Song of Deliverance
Ps 18:1-50
1 (Ex 15:1; Jdg 5:1) Now on the day the Lord delivered him from the hand
of all of his enemies and from the hand of Saul,
David spoke to the Lord the words of this song.
2 (Ps 31:3; 71:3)He said:
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 (Ge 15:1; Ps 9:9) the God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
my shield and the horn of my salvation,
my fortress and my sanctuary;
my Savior, You save me from violence.
4 (Ps 48:1; 96:4) I call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy,
and I am saved from my enemies.
5 (Ps 69:14-15; Jnh 2:3) When the waves of death encompassedme,
the currents of destruction made me afraid.
6 (Ps 116:3) The ropes of Sheol were wrapped around me;
the snares of death were opposite me.
7 (Ps 116:4; 120:1) In my distress I called on the Lord,
and cried out to my God;
from His temple He heard my voice.
My cry reached His ears.
8 (Jdg 5:4; Job 26:11) Then the earth quaked and trembled;
the foundations of the heavens rumbled and shook,
because He was angry.
9 (Heb 12:29) Smoke rose from His nostrils,
devouring fire from His mouth;
coals blazed forth from Him.
10 (1Ki 8:12; Ps 97:2 )He bowed the heaven as He came down,
with thick darkness under His feet.
11 (Ps 104:3 ) He rode upon a cherub as He flew,
and appeared upon the wings of the wind.
12 (2Sa 22:10) He made darkness canopies around Him,
dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
13 (2Sa 22:9) From the brightness before Him
embers of fire are kindled.
14 (1Sa 2:10; Job 37:2-5) The Lord thundered from heaven,
and the Most High uttered His voice.
15 (Dt 32:23; Jos 10:10) He sent out arrows and dispersed them;
with lightning He sent them into confusion.
16 (Na 1:4) The channels of the sea appeared,
the foundations of the world were exposed
with the rebuke of the Lord,
from the blast of breath from His nostrils.
17 (Ps 144:7) He reached from on high and took me;
He drew me out of mighty waters.
18 He rescued me from my strong enemy,
from those who hate me;
for they were stronger than I.
19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support.
20 (2Sa 15:26; Ps 31:8) He brought me to the open expanse;
He rescued me, for He delighted inme.
21 (1Sa 26:23; Ps 24:4) The Lord did for me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands He recompensed me.
22 (Ge 18:19; Pr 8:32) For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
and I have not become guilty against my God.
23 (Ps 119:30; 119:102) For all His judgments are before me,
and I have not abandoned His statutes.
24 (Ge 6:9; 17:1) I am blameless toward Him,
and I have kept myself from guilt.
25 (2Sa 22:21) The Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness in His sight.
26 (Mt 5:7) With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful;
with the blameless You prove Yourself blameless;
27 Mt 5:8 with the pure You show Yourself pure;
but with the perverse You show Yourself shrewd.
28 (Ps 72:12-13; Isa 5:15) You deliver a humble people;
but Your eyes are upon the exalted to bring them down.
29 (Ps 27:1; Job 29:3) For You are my lamp, O Lord;
the Lord illuminates my darkness.
30 For by You I can run over a channel;
by my God I can leap over a wall.
31 (Dt 32:4; Pr 30:5) As for God, His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield
for all who take refuge in Him.
32 (1Sa 2:2) For who is God except the Lord?
And who is a rock except our God?
33 God is my strong fortress,
and He sets the blameless on His way.
34 (Dt 32:13; 2Sa 2:18) He makes my feet like hinds' feet;
He sets me on my high places.
35 (Ps 144:1 ) He trains my hand for battle,
so that my arm may bend a bow of bronze.
36 (Eph 6:16) You have given me a shield of Your salvation,
and Your humility has made me great.
37 (Pr 4:12 ) You widen my stride under me,
and my feet do stagger.
38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them;
I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 (Mal 4:3) I consumed them and shattered them so that they did not rise;
they fell under my feet.
40 (Ps 44:5) You girded me with strength for the battle;
You subjugated under me those who rose up against me.
41 (Ex 23:27; Jos 10:24) You caused my enemies to retreat from me;
I destroyed those who hated me.
42 (Isa 1:15; 1Sa 28:6) They looked, but there was no one to save them,
to the Lord, but He did not respond.
43 (Mic 7:10; Isa 10:6; 2Ki 13:7) I crushed them like the dust of the land,
like the mud of the streets, I ground them and stamped them down.
44 (2Sa 8:1-14; Isa 55:5) You have also delivered me f
rom the strivings of my people;
You have kept me as the head of the nations.
A people whom I have not known will serve me.
45 (Ps 66:3; 81:15) Foreigners submit to me, cringing;
as soon as they hear, they obey me.
46 (Mic 7:17) Foreigners lose heart;
they gird themselves as they leave their fortresses.
47 (Ps 89:26) The Lord lives; blessed be my rock.
May the God of the rock of my salvation be exalted,
48 (Ps 144:2; 94:1) the God who gave me retribution
and brought down peoples under me,
49 (Ps 140:1) who brought me out from my enemies.
You exalted me above those who rose up against me;
You delivered me from violent ones.
50 (Ro 15:9) Therefore, I praise You, O Lord, among the nations;
I sing praises to Your name.
51 (Ps 144:10; 2Sa 7:12-13) He is a tower of salvation for His king,
and He acts faithfully toward His anointed,
toward David and his descendants forever.
2 Samuel 23
David's Last Words
1 (2Sa 7:8-9; 1Sa 16:12-13) Now these are the last words of David:
The oracle of David the son of Jesse,
the oracle of the man who was raised on high,
the anointed of the God of Jacob,
and the favorite psalmist of Israel:
2 (2Pe 1:21; Mt 22:43) The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
and His word was on my tongue.
3 (2Sa 22:32; Ex 18:21) The God of Israel said,
the Rock of Israel spoke to me:
He who rules over man justly,
who rules in the fear of God,
4 (Jdg 5:31; Ps 72:6) is like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
a morning with no clouds,
gleaming after the rain
like grass from the land.
5 (Isa 55:3; 9:6-7) Is not my house like this with God?
For He made an everlasting covenant with me,
ordered in all things and secure.
For this is all my salvation and all my desire;
will He not make it flourish?
6 But the worthless individual is like a thorn tossed away, all of them,
for they cannot be taken with the hand.
7 (Heb 6:8 ) But the man who touches them
must have an iron implement and the shaft of a spear,
and they must be burned with fire on the spot.
David's Mighty Warriors
1Ch 11:10-41
8 (1Ch 27:2)These are the names of the warriors whom David had:
Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the three.
Or captains, or thirty. [Cf. 1Ch 11:11. ]
He was also known as Adino the Eznite,
on account of eight hundred slain on one occasion.
9 (1Ch 27:4) After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of Ahohi.
He was among the three warriors with David when they defied the Philistines
who were gathered together there to fight when the men of Israel withdrew.
10 (1Sa 11:13; 19:5) He arose and attacked the Philistines until his hand
grew weary and stuck to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory
that day, and the people returned only to plunder.
11 After him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines
had gathered into a troop, where the plot of the field was full of lentils,
and the people fled before the Philistines.
12 (2Sa 23:10) He took his stand in the midst of the plot of land,
defended it, and defeated the Philistines.
The Lord brought about a great victory.
13 (1Sa 22:1; 2Sa 5:18) Then three [Text reads thirty], but three has been
translated here on the basis of other textual witnesses and Masoretic
marginal notation. (Cf. 22:16). of the thirty chief men went down
and came to David at the cave of Adullam during the harvest.
Now the Philistine army was in the Valley of Rephaim.
14 (1Sa 22:4-5)At that time, David was in the stronghold
while the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.
15 (Jn 4:14) David said longingly, "O that someone would give me
a drink of water from the well in Bethlehem by the gate!"
16 The three warriors breached the Philistine camp and drew up water from
the well in Bethlehem by the gate, and they brought it to David. However,
he was not willing to drink it,
so he poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord.
17 (Lev 17:10) He said, "Far be it from me, O Lord, to drink this,
the blood of the men who risked their lives."
So he was not willing to drink it.
These things the three warriors did.
18 (2Sa 10:10; 10:14) Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah,
was chief of the thirty. [Or another three, Cf. 11:20.] He wielded his spear
against three hundred men and killed them, and won a name beside the three.
19 Was he more honored than the three? He became their commander,
but he did not attain to the three.
20 (Jos 15:21; 2Sa 8:18) And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man
of Kabzeel, who had done great acts. He struck down two sons
of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle
of a pit on a snowy day.
21 He struck down an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now the Egyptian
had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff,
seized the spear from the Egyptian, and killed him with his own spear.
22 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did and won for himself
a name alongside the three.
23 He was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the three.
So David set him over his bodyguard.
24 (2Sa 2:18; 1Ch 27:7) Among the thirty were
Asahel the brother of Joab,
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
25 Shammah the Harodite,
Elika the Harodite,
26 (2Sa 14:2) Helez the Paltite,
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27 (Jos 21:18) Abiezer the Anathothite,
Mebunnai the Hushathite,
28 (2Ki 25:23; 1Ch 27:13) Zalmon the Ahohite,
Maharai the Netophathite,
29 Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
Ithai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of Benjamin,
30 (Jdg 12:15; Jos 24:30) Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,
31 (2Sa 3:16) Abi-Albon the Arbathite,
Azmaveth the Barhumite,
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
of the sons of Jashen,
Jonathan,
33 Shammah the Hararite,
Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
34 (2Sa 11:3; 15:12) Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maakathite,
Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35 (1Ch 11:37) Hezro the Carmelite,
Paarai the Arbite,
36 Igal the son of Nathan from Zobah,
the son of Hagri,
37 Zelek the Ammonite,
Naharai the Beerothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
38 (1Ch 2:53; 2Sa 20:26) Ira the Ithrite,
Gareb the Ithrite,
39 (2Sa 11:3) and Uriah the Hittite.
There were thirty-seven in all.
Psalms 57
Ps 108:1-5
For the Music Director. To the melody of "Do Not Destroy."
A Miktam of David when he fled from Saul in the cave.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious tome!
For my soul seeks refuge in You;
in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,
until the ruinous storm passes by.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I will cry to God Most High,
to God who vindicates me.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5 ) He will send from heaven and save me
from the taunt of the one who crushes me. Selah
God will send forth His mercy and His truth.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) My soul is among lions,
and I lie among the sons of men who blaze like fire,
whose teeth are spears and arrows,
and their tongue a sharp sword.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
may Your glory be above all the earth.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) They have prepared a net for my steps;
my soul is bowed down;
they have dug a pit before me,
but they have fallen into it. Selah
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) My heart is fixed, O God,
my heart is fixed;
I will sing and give praise.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Awake, my glory!
Awake, psaltery and harp!
I will awake the dawn.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) I will thank You, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing to You among the nations.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) For Your mercy is great up to the heavens,
and Your truth extends to the clouds.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5 ) Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
may Your glory be above all the earth.
2) Our Daily Bread for 20 May 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/05/20/walk-dont-run
entitled Walk, Don’t Run
Micah 6:6-8
The Requirement of the Lord
6 "With what should I come before the Lord,
and bow down before God on high?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 (2Ki 16:3; Ps 50:9) Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?â€
8 (Isa 57:15; Hos 6:6) He has told you, O man, what is good-
and what does the Lord require of you,
but to do justice and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?"
I'd see her welcoming the dawn each day. She was our local power walker.
As I drove my kids to school, she'd be there on the road's shoulder.
Equipped with an oversized pair of headphones and knee-high, colorful socks,
she walked with an alternating movement of arms and feet,
always with one foot in contact with the ground. The sport is different
from running or jogging. Power walking involves an intentional restraint,
a reining in of the body's natural inclination to run. Although it doesn't
look like it, there's just as much energy, focus, and power involved
as in running or jogging. But it's under control.
Power under control-that's the key. Biblical humility, like power walking,
is often viewed as weakness. The truth is, it's not. Humility isn't
diminishing our strengths or abilities, but rather allowing them to be reined
in much like the arms and legs and feet guided by the mind
of an early morning power walker.
Micah's words "walk humbly" are a call for us to rein in our inclination
to go ahead of God. He says "to act justly and to love mercy" (6:8),
and that can bring with it a desire to do something and do it fast.
That's fair since the daily injustices in our world are so overwhelming.
But we are to be controlled and directed by' God. Our goal is to see His will
and purposes accomplished in the dawning of His kingdom here on earth.
By: John Blase
Reflect & Pray
In what circumstance have you "run ahead" of God?
Do you usually view humility as a strength or a weakness? Why?
To walk humbly with You, O God, is not always easy. Train me,
so that my steps are in tune with You and Your will.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 5 The Way Out
1 Cor 10:13
13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken
you except what is common to man. God is faithful,
and He will not permit you to be tempted above
what you can endure, but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Becky had experienced some hard knocks in the past few weeks; the stress
was beginning to show, and she wasn't sure she sould handle anything else.
"Why me?" Becky wept, covering her face. "I just can't stnad it any more!
I can't pay my bills; I just lost my job, and now my car broke down
on the highway. How much more of this can I take?"
Some people seem to have more than their share of trouble and temptation.
Within six months, one family faced finanical trouble, cancer, quadruple
bypass surgery, and leukemia; their trials brought them face to face with
anger, bitterness, and despair as well. Other peopel seem to go through
life with relatively minor stresses and few real temptations to sin.
But whether our problems are great or small, they are part of the cpmmon
thread that ties humanity together. All of us face temptation; it is ,
Paul says, "Common to man." But Paul assures us that
"God ... will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear."
Often what we can bear is more that what we think we can bear. God will use
the troubled times in our lives for our maturity in him, but he promises
as well that he will not let temptation break us. He will provide "a way out,"
"a way of escape".
Sometimes the "way out" is true escape, being removed from what caused the
trouble. At other times, rathewr than being removed from it, we must
withstand the stress, face the temptatino, enure the pain. Whether we escape
or endure, God is faithful to provide what we need; we can trust him
not to give os more than we can bear.
Application
a) Have I ever faced more stress or temptation than I thought I could bear?
b) Under what circumstances has God provided an "escape" for me?
When have I had to walk "through" my difficulties?
c) How can today's verse encourage me when times are tough?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Mattehw 6:25-33
Care and Anxiety
Lk 12:22–34
25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you, take no thought about
your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body,
what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body than clothing?
26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow,
nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much better than they? 27 Who among you by taking thought
can add a cubit(A cubit is about half a meter.) to his stature?
28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) "Why take thought about clothing? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow: They neither work, nor do they spin.
29 (1Ki 10:4–7; 2Ch 9:4–6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory
was not dressed like one of these. 30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so
clothes the grass of the field, which today is here and tomorrow is thrown
into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 (1Pe 5:7) Therefore, take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?'
or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
32 (Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30)(For the Gentiles seek after all these things.)
For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.
33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11–13)
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be given to you.
34 (Mt 6:25) Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself.
Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Inexhaustible Strength
Philippians 4:10-13
10 (2Co 11:9) I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last you have revived
your concern for me. Regarding this, you did care, but you lacked opportunity.
11 (Php 3:8; 1Ti 6:6–9) I do not speak because I have need, for I have learned
in whatever state I am to be content.
12 (2Co 11:27; 11:9) I know both how to face humble circumstances and how
to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things I have learned the secret,
both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 (2Co 12:9–10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because of Christ
who strengthens me.
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 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter’s Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
20th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the children of Canada, thar they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
( Matthew 19:14
14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16–17)
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,
and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
)
b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
(
Eph 6:12
12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly places.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to look at all the blessings He has given you.
Pray to the Lord To walk humbly with Him, O God, is not always easy. Train us,
so that our steps are in tune with Him and His will.
Pray to the Lord to face your temptation with his strength
.
Pray to the Lord to seek Him first and His righteousness.
Pray to the Lord to strengthen you rightfully.
.
Pray for Muslims in Ontario to receive Christ as Saviour
and that Christian outreach will be strong.
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.
Pray the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders
as they make vital decisions that shape Society
Pray for the development of Godly, educated Christian leaders in Laos.
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 Samuel 22-23, Psalms 57
2 Samuel 22
David's Song of Deliverance
Ps 18:1-50
1 (Ex 15:1; Jdg 5:1) Now on the day the Lord delivered him from the hand
of all of his enemies and from the hand of Saul,
David spoke to the Lord the words of this song.
2 (Ps 31:3; 71:3)He said:
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 (Ge 15:1; Ps 9:9) the God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
my shield and the horn of my salvation,
my fortress and my sanctuary;
my Savior, You save me from violence.
4 (Ps 48:1; 96:4) I call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy,
and I am saved from my enemies.
5 (Ps 69:14-15; Jnh 2:3) When the waves of death encompassedme,
the currents of destruction made me afraid.
6 (Ps 116:3) The ropes of Sheol were wrapped around me;
the snares of death were opposite me.
7 (Ps 116:4; 120:1) In my distress I called on the Lord,
and cried out to my God;
from His temple He heard my voice.
My cry reached His ears.
8 (Jdg 5:4; Job 26:11) Then the earth quaked and trembled;
the foundations of the heavens rumbled and shook,
because He was angry.
9 (Heb 12:29) Smoke rose from His nostrils,
devouring fire from His mouth;
coals blazed forth from Him.
10 (1Ki 8:12; Ps 97:2 )He bowed the heaven as He came down,
with thick darkness under His feet.
11 (Ps 104:3 ) He rode upon a cherub as He flew,
and appeared upon the wings of the wind.
12 (2Sa 22:10) He made darkness canopies around Him,
dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
13 (2Sa 22:9) From the brightness before Him
embers of fire are kindled.
14 (1Sa 2:10; Job 37:2-5) The Lord thundered from heaven,
and the Most High uttered His voice.
15 (Dt 32:23; Jos 10:10) He sent out arrows and dispersed them;
with lightning He sent them into confusion.
16 (Na 1:4) The channels of the sea appeared,
the foundations of the world were exposed
with the rebuke of the Lord,
from the blast of breath from His nostrils.
17 (Ps 144:7) He reached from on high and took me;
He drew me out of mighty waters.
18 He rescued me from my strong enemy,
from those who hate me;
for they were stronger than I.
19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support.
20 (2Sa 15:26; Ps 31:8) He brought me to the open expanse;
He rescued me, for He delighted inme.
21 (1Sa 26:23; Ps 24:4) The Lord did for me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands He recompensed me.
22 (Ge 18:19; Pr 8:32) For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
and I have not become guilty against my God.
23 (Ps 119:30; 119:102) For all His judgments are before me,
and I have not abandoned His statutes.
24 (Ge 6:9; 17:1) I am blameless toward Him,
and I have kept myself from guilt.
25 (2Sa 22:21) The Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness in His sight.
26 (Mt 5:7) With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful;
with the blameless You prove Yourself blameless;
27 Mt 5:8 with the pure You show Yourself pure;
but with the perverse You show Yourself shrewd.
28 (Ps 72:12-13; Isa 5:15) You deliver a humble people;
but Your eyes are upon the exalted to bring them down.
29 (Ps 27:1; Job 29:3) For You are my lamp, O Lord;
the Lord illuminates my darkness.
30 For by You I can run over a channel;
by my God I can leap over a wall.
31 (Dt 32:4; Pr 30:5) As for God, His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield
for all who take refuge in Him.
32 (1Sa 2:2) For who is God except the Lord?
And who is a rock except our God?
33 God is my strong fortress,
and He sets the blameless on His way.
34 (Dt 32:13; 2Sa 2:18) He makes my feet like hinds' feet;
He sets me on my high places.
35 (Ps 144:1 ) He trains my hand for battle,
so that my arm may bend a bow of bronze.
36 (Eph 6:16) You have given me a shield of Your salvation,
and Your humility has made me great.
37 (Pr 4:12 ) You widen my stride under me,
and my feet do stagger.
38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them;
I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 (Mal 4:3) I consumed them and shattered them so that they did not rise;
they fell under my feet.
40 (Ps 44:5) You girded me with strength for the battle;
You subjugated under me those who rose up against me.
41 (Ex 23:27; Jos 10:24) You caused my enemies to retreat from me;
I destroyed those who hated me.
42 (Isa 1:15; 1Sa 28:6) They looked, but there was no one to save them,
to the Lord, but He did not respond.
43 (Mic 7:10; Isa 10:6; 2Ki 13:7) I crushed them like the dust of the land,
like the mud of the streets, I ground them and stamped them down.
44 (2Sa 8:1-14; Isa 55:5) You have also delivered me f
rom the strivings of my people;
You have kept me as the head of the nations.
A people whom I have not known will serve me.
45 (Ps 66:3; 81:15) Foreigners submit to me, cringing;
as soon as they hear, they obey me.
46 (Mic 7:17) Foreigners lose heart;
they gird themselves as they leave their fortresses.
47 (Ps 89:26) The Lord lives; blessed be my rock.
May the God of the rock of my salvation be exalted,
48 (Ps 144:2; 94:1) the God who gave me retribution
and brought down peoples under me,
49 (Ps 140:1) who brought me out from my enemies.
You exalted me above those who rose up against me;
You delivered me from violent ones.
50 (Ro 15:9) Therefore, I praise You, O Lord, among the nations;
I sing praises to Your name.
51 (Ps 144:10; 2Sa 7:12-13) He is a tower of salvation for His king,
and He acts faithfully toward His anointed,
toward David and his descendants forever.
2 Samuel 23
David's Last Words
1 (2Sa 7:8-9; 1Sa 16:12-13) Now these are the last words of David:
The oracle of David the son of Jesse,
the oracle of the man who was raised on high,
the anointed of the God of Jacob,
and the favorite psalmist of Israel:
2 (2Pe 1:21; Mt 22:43) The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
and His word was on my tongue.
3 (2Sa 22:32; Ex 18:21) The God of Israel said,
the Rock of Israel spoke to me:
He who rules over man justly,
who rules in the fear of God,
4 (Jdg 5:31; Ps 72:6) is like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
a morning with no clouds,
gleaming after the rain
like grass from the land.
5 (Isa 55:3; 9:6-7) Is not my house like this with God?
For He made an everlasting covenant with me,
ordered in all things and secure.
For this is all my salvation and all my desire;
will He not make it flourish?
6 But the worthless individual is like a thorn tossed away, all of them,
for they cannot be taken with the hand.
7 (Heb 6:8 ) But the man who touches them
must have an iron implement and the shaft of a spear,
and they must be burned with fire on the spot.
David's Mighty Warriors
1Ch 11:10-41
8 (1Ch 27:2)These are the names of the warriors whom David had:
Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the three.
Or captains, or thirty. [Cf. 1Ch 11:11. ]
He was also known as Adino the Eznite,
on account of eight hundred slain on one occasion.
9 (1Ch 27:4) After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of Ahohi.
He was among the three warriors with David when they defied the Philistines
who were gathered together there to fight when the men of Israel withdrew.
10 (1Sa 11:13; 19:5) He arose and attacked the Philistines until his hand
grew weary and stuck to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory
that day, and the people returned only to plunder.
11 After him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines
had gathered into a troop, where the plot of the field was full of lentils,
and the people fled before the Philistines.
12 (2Sa 23:10) He took his stand in the midst of the plot of land,
defended it, and defeated the Philistines.
The Lord brought about a great victory.
13 (1Sa 22:1; 2Sa 5:18) Then three [Text reads thirty], but three has been
translated here on the basis of other textual witnesses and Masoretic
marginal notation. (Cf. 22:16). of the thirty chief men went down
and came to David at the cave of Adullam during the harvest.
Now the Philistine army was in the Valley of Rephaim.
14 (1Sa 22:4-5)At that time, David was in the stronghold
while the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.
15 (Jn 4:14) David said longingly, "O that someone would give me
a drink of water from the well in Bethlehem by the gate!"
16 The three warriors breached the Philistine camp and drew up water from
the well in Bethlehem by the gate, and they brought it to David. However,
he was not willing to drink it,
so he poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord.
17 (Lev 17:10) He said, "Far be it from me, O Lord, to drink this,
the blood of the men who risked their lives."
So he was not willing to drink it.
These things the three warriors did.
18 (2Sa 10:10; 10:14) Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah,
was chief of the thirty. [Or another three, Cf. 11:20.] He wielded his spear
against three hundred men and killed them, and won a name beside the three.
19 Was he more honored than the three? He became their commander,
but he did not attain to the three.
20 (Jos 15:21; 2Sa 8:18) And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man
of Kabzeel, who had done great acts. He struck down two sons
of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle
of a pit on a snowy day.
21 He struck down an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now the Egyptian
had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff,
seized the spear from the Egyptian, and killed him with his own spear.
22 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did and won for himself
a name alongside the three.
23 He was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the three.
So David set him over his bodyguard.
24 (2Sa 2:18; 1Ch 27:7) Among the thirty were
Asahel the brother of Joab,
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
25 Shammah the Harodite,
Elika the Harodite,
26 (2Sa 14:2) Helez the Paltite,
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27 (Jos 21:18) Abiezer the Anathothite,
Mebunnai the Hushathite,
28 (2Ki 25:23; 1Ch 27:13) Zalmon the Ahohite,
Maharai the Netophathite,
29 Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
Ithai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of Benjamin,
30 (Jdg 12:15; Jos 24:30) Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,
31 (2Sa 3:16) Abi-Albon the Arbathite,
Azmaveth the Barhumite,
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
of the sons of Jashen,
Jonathan,
33 Shammah the Hararite,
Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
34 (2Sa 11:3; 15:12) Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maakathite,
Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35 (1Ch 11:37) Hezro the Carmelite,
Paarai the Arbite,
36 Igal the son of Nathan from Zobah,
the son of Hagri,
37 Zelek the Ammonite,
Naharai the Beerothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
38 (1Ch 2:53; 2Sa 20:26) Ira the Ithrite,
Gareb the Ithrite,
39 (2Sa 11:3) and Uriah the Hittite.
There were thirty-seven in all.
Psalms 57
Ps 108:1-5
For the Music Director. To the melody of "Do Not Destroy."
A Miktam of David when he fled from Saul in the cave.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious tome!
For my soul seeks refuge in You;
in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,
until the ruinous storm passes by.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I will cry to God Most High,
to God who vindicates me.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5 ) He will send from heaven and save me
from the taunt of the one who crushes me. Selah
God will send forth His mercy and His truth.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) My soul is among lions,
and I lie among the sons of men who blaze like fire,
whose teeth are spears and arrows,
and their tongue a sharp sword.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
may Your glory be above all the earth.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) They have prepared a net for my steps;
my soul is bowed down;
they have dug a pit before me,
but they have fallen into it. Selah
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) My heart is fixed, O God,
my heart is fixed;
I will sing and give praise.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Awake, my glory!
Awake, psaltery and harp!
I will awake the dawn.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) I will thank You, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing to You among the nations.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) For Your mercy is great up to the heavens,
and Your truth extends to the clouds.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5 ) Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
may Your glory be above all the earth.
2) Our Daily Bread for 20 May 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/05/20/walk-dont-run
entitled Walk, Don’t Run
Micah 6:6-8
The Requirement of the Lord
6 "With what should I come before the Lord,
and bow down before God on high?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 (2Ki 16:3; Ps 50:9) Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?â€
8 (Isa 57:15; Hos 6:6) He has told you, O man, what is good-
and what does the Lord require of you,
but to do justice and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?"
I'd see her welcoming the dawn each day. She was our local power walker.
As I drove my kids to school, she'd be there on the road's shoulder.
Equipped with an oversized pair of headphones and knee-high, colorful socks,
she walked with an alternating movement of arms and feet,
always with one foot in contact with the ground. The sport is different
from running or jogging. Power walking involves an intentional restraint,
a reining in of the body's natural inclination to run. Although it doesn't
look like it, there's just as much energy, focus, and power involved
as in running or jogging. But it's under control.
Power under control-that's the key. Biblical humility, like power walking,
is often viewed as weakness. The truth is, it's not. Humility isn't
diminishing our strengths or abilities, but rather allowing them to be reined
in much like the arms and legs and feet guided by the mind
of an early morning power walker.
Micah's words "walk humbly" are a call for us to rein in our inclination
to go ahead of God. He says "to act justly and to love mercy" (6:8),
and that can bring with it a desire to do something and do it fast.
That's fair since the daily injustices in our world are so overwhelming.
But we are to be controlled and directed by' God. Our goal is to see His will
and purposes accomplished in the dawning of His kingdom here on earth.
By: John Blase
Reflect & Pray
In what circumstance have you "run ahead" of God?
Do you usually view humility as a strength or a weakness? Why?
To walk humbly with You, O God, is not always easy. Train me,
so that my steps are in tune with You and Your will.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 5 The Way Out
1 Cor 10:13
13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken
you except what is common to man. God is faithful,
and He will not permit you to be tempted above
what you can endure, but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Becky had experienced some hard knocks in the past few weeks; the stress
was beginning to show, and she wasn't sure she sould handle anything else.
"Why me?" Becky wept, covering her face. "I just can't stnad it any more!
I can't pay my bills; I just lost my job, and now my car broke down
on the highway. How much more of this can I take?"
Some people seem to have more than their share of trouble and temptation.
Within six months, one family faced finanical trouble, cancer, quadruple
bypass surgery, and leukemia; their trials brought them face to face with
anger, bitterness, and despair as well. Other peopel seem to go through
life with relatively minor stresses and few real temptations to sin.
But whether our problems are great or small, they are part of the cpmmon
thread that ties humanity together. All of us face temptation; it is ,
Paul says, "Common to man." But Paul assures us that
"God ... will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear."
Often what we can bear is more that what we think we can bear. God will use
the troubled times in our lives for our maturity in him, but he promises
as well that he will not let temptation break us. He will provide "a way out,"
"a way of escape".
Sometimes the "way out" is true escape, being removed from what caused the
trouble. At other times, rathewr than being removed from it, we must
withstand the stress, face the temptatino, enure the pain. Whether we escape
or endure, God is faithful to provide what we need; we can trust him
not to give os more than we can bear.
Application
a) Have I ever faced more stress or temptation than I thought I could bear?
b) Under what circumstances has God provided an "escape" for me?
When have I had to walk "through" my difficulties?
c) How can today's verse encourage me when times are tough?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Mattehw 6:25-33
Care and Anxiety
Lk 12:22–34
25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you, take no thought about
your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body,
what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body than clothing?
26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow,
nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much better than they? 27 Who among you by taking thought
can add a cubit(A cubit is about half a meter.) to his stature?
28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) "Why take thought about clothing? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow: They neither work, nor do they spin.
29 (1Ki 10:4–7; 2Ch 9:4–6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory
was not dressed like one of these. 30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so
clothes the grass of the field, which today is here and tomorrow is thrown
into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 (1Pe 5:7) Therefore, take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?'
or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
32 (Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30)(For the Gentiles seek after all these things.)
For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.
33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11–13)
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be given to you.
34 (Mt 6:25) Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself.
Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Inexhaustible Strength
Philippians 4:10-13
10 (2Co 11:9) I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last you have revived
your concern for me. Regarding this, you did care, but you lacked opportunity.
11 (Php 3:8; 1Ti 6:6–9) I do not speak because I have need, for I have learned
in whatever state I am to be content.
12 (2Co 11:27; 11:9) I know both how to face humble circumstances and how
to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things I have learned the secret,
both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 (2Co 12:9–10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because of Christ
who strengthens me.
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 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter’s Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
20th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the children of Canada, thar they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
( Matthew 19:14
14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16–17)
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,
and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
)
b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
(
Eph 6:12
12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly places.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to look at all the blessings He has given you.
Pray to the Lord To walk humbly with Him, O God, is not always easy. Train us,
so that our steps are in tune with Him and His will.
Pray to the Lord to face your temptation with his strength
.
Pray to the Lord to seek Him first and His righteousness.
Pray to the Lord to strengthen you rightfully.
.
Pray for Muslims in Ontario to receive Christ as Saviour
and that Christian outreach will be strong.
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.
Pray the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders
as they make vital decisions that shape Society
Pray for the development of Godly, educated Christian leaders in Laos.
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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