Dave Yadallee's personal blog

Day 153, 2 June 2021



Proverbs 1- 3



Proverbs 1



The Purpose and Theme



1 (Pr 10:1; 25:1) The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

2 To know wisdom and instruction,

to perceive the words of understanding,

3 to receive the instruction of wisdom,

justice, judgment, and equity;

4 (Pr 8:5) to give subtlety to the simple,

to the young man knowledge and discretion—

5 (Pr 9:9) a wise man will hear and will increase learning,

and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,

6 (Ps 78:2; 49:4) to understand a proverb and the interpretation,

the words of the wise and their riddles.

7 (Pr 9:10; Job 28:28; Ecc 12:13 ) The fear of the Lord

is the beginning of knowledge,

but fools despise wisdom and instruction.



The Prologue: Embrace Wisdom



8 (Pr 6:20) My son, hear the instruction of your father,

and do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

9 (Pr 4:9; Ge 41:42) for they will be a garland of grace on your head,

and chains about your neck.

10 (Eph 5:11; Ps 50:18) My son, if sinners entice you,

do not consent.

11 (Pr 1:18; 12:6) If they say, "Come with us,

let us lie in wait for blood;

let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

12 (Ps 28:1; 124:3) let us swallow them up alive as the grave,

and whole, as those who go down into the pit;

13 we will find all kinds of precious possessions;

we will fill our houses with spoil;

14 cast in your lot among us,

let us all have one purse"—

15 (Ps 1:1; 119:101 ) my son, do not walk in the way with them,

keep your foot from their path;

16 (Pr 6:18; Isa 59:7) for their feet run to evil

and make haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain the net is spread

in the sight of any bird.

18 They lie in wait for their own blood;

they lurk secretly for their own lives.

19 (Pr 15:27) So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain,

which takes away the life of its owners.



The Call of Wisdom



20 (Pr 9:3; Jn 7:37) Wisdom cries out in the street;

she utters her voice in the markets.

21 She cries at the corner of the streets, in the openings of the gates;

she speaks her words in the city, saying:

22 (Ps 1:1; Pr 1:29) "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?

For the scorners delight in their scorning,

and fools hate knowledge.

23 (Joel 2:28; Isa 32:15) Turn at my reproof;

surely I will pour out my spirit on you;

I will make my words known to you.

24 (Isa 65:12; 66:4) Because I have called and you refused,

I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded,

25 (Ps 107:11; Pr 1:30) because you neglected all my counsel,

and would have none of my reproof,

26 (Ps 2:4; Pr 10:24) I also will laugh at your calamity;

I will mock when your fear comes,

27 when your fear comes as desolation

and your destruction comes as a whirlwind,

when distress and anguish come upon you.

28 (Job 27:9; Isa 1:15) "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;

they will seek me early, but they will not find me.

29 (Pr 1:22) Because they hated knowledge

and did not choose the fear of the Lord,

30 (Pr 1:25; Ps 81:11) they would have none of my counsel

and despised all my reproof.

31 (Job 4:8; Pr 14:14) Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way,

and be filled with their own devices.

32 (Jer 2:19) For the turning away of the simple will slay them,

and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

33 (Ps 25:12–13) But whoever listens to me will dwell safely,

and will be secure from fear of evil."



Proverbs 2



The Value of Wisdom



1 (Pr 3:1; 4:1) My son, if you will receive my words,

and hide my commandments within you,

2 so that you incline your ear to wisdom,

and apply your heart to understanding;

3 yes, if you cry out for knowledge,

and lift up your voice for understanding,

4 (Mt 13:44; Job 3:21) if you seek her as silver,

and search for her as for hidden treasures,

5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord,

and find the knowledge of God.

6 (1Ki 3:12; Job 32:8) For the Lord gives wisdom;

out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7 (Ps 84:11; Pr 30:5) He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous;

He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.

8 (1Sa 2:9; Ps 66:9) He keeps the paths of justice,

and preserves the way of His saints.

9 Then you will understand righteousness and judgment

and equity, and every good path.

10 When wisdom enters your heart,

and knowledge is pleasant to your soul,

11 (Pr 4:6) discretion will preserve you;

understanding will keep you,

12 to deliver you from the way of the evil man,

from the man who speaks perverse things,

13 (Pr 4:19; Jn 3:19-20) from those who leave the paths of uprightness

to walk in the ways of darkness;

14 (Pr 10:23; Jer 11:15) who rejoice to do evil,

and delight in the perversity of the wicked;

15 (Ps 125:5; Pr 21:8) whose ways are crooked,

and who are devious in their paths;

16 (Pr 6:24; 23:27; 7:5-23) to deliver you from the immoral woman,

even from the seductress who flatters with her words,

17 (Jer 3:4) who forsakes the guide of her youth,

and forgets the covenant of her God.

18 For her house leads down to death,

and her paths to the departed spirits;

19 (Ecc 7:26) none who go to her return again,

nor do they take hold of the paths of life.

20 (Heb 6:12) So you may walk in the way of good men

and keep the paths of the righteous.

21 (Ps 37:29; 37:9) For the upright will dwell in the land,

and the innocent will remain in it;

22 (Ps 52:5) but the wicked will be cut off from the earth,

and the transgressors will be rooted out of it.



Proverbs 3



The Rewards of Wisdom



1 (Pr 4:5; Dt 8:1) My son, do not forget my teaching,

but let your heart keep my commandments;

2 (Pr 4:10; Ps 91:16) for length of days and long life

and peace will they add to you.

3 (Pr 7:3; 6:21; 2Co 3:3) Do not let mercy and truth forsake you;

bind them around your neck,

write them on the tablet of your heart,

4 (Ps 111:10; 1Sa 2:26; Lk 2:52) so you will find favor and good understanding

in the sight of God and man.

5 (Ps 37:3; 37:5) Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

and lean not on your own understanding;

6 (1Ch 28:9; Pr 16:3; Jer 10:23) in all your ways acknowledge Him,

and He will direct your paths.

7 (Job 1:1; Ro 12:16) Do not be wise in your own eyes;

fear the Lord and depart from evil.

8 (Job 21:24; Pr 4:22) It will be health to your body,

and strength to your bones.

9 (Ex 23:19; 22:29) Honor the Lord with your substance,

and with the first fruits of all your increase;

10 (Dt 28:8) so your barns will be filled with plenty,

and your presses will burst out with new wine.

11 (Job 5:17) My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,

nor be weary of His correction;

12 (Dt 8:5) for whom the Lord loves He corrects,

even as a father the son in whom he delights.

13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom,

and the man who gets understanding;

14 (Pr 8:19; 16:16) for her benefit is more profitable than silver,

and her gain than fine gold.

15 (Pr 8:11; Job 28:18) She is more precious than rubies,

and all the things you may desire are not to be compared with her.

16 (Pr 3:2) Length of days is in her right hand,

and in her left hand riches and honor.

17 (Ps 119:165; Mt 11:28-30) Her ways are ways of pleasantness,

and all her paths are peace.

18 (Ge 2:9; Pr 11:30) She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,

and happy is everyone who retains her.

19 (Ps 104:24; 136:5) The Lord by wisdom has founded the earth;

by understanding He has established the heavens;

20 (Ge 7:11; Dt 33:28) by His knowledge the depths are broken up,

and the clouds drop down the dew.

21 (Pr 4:21) My son, let them not depart from your eyes-

keep sound wisdom and discretion;

22 (Pr 1:9; 4:22) so they will be life to your soul

and grace to your neck.

23 (Pr 4:12; 10:9) Then you will walk safely in your way,

and your foot will not stumble.

24 (Ps 3:5; Pr 6:22) When you lie down, you will not be afraid;

yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.

25 (Ps 91:5; 1Pe 3:14) Do not be afraid of sudden terror,

nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes;

26 (1Sa 2:9)for the Lord will be your confidence,

and will keep your foot from being caught.

27 (Gal 6:10; Ro 13:7 ) Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,

when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

28 (Lev 19:13) Do not say to your neighbor,

"Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give it,"

when you have it with you.

29 (Pr 6:14) Do not devise evil against your neighbor,

seeing he dwells securely by you.

30 Do not strive with a man without cause,

if he has done you no harm.

31 (Ps 37:1; Pr 24:1) Do not envy the oppressor,

and choose none of his ways;

32 (Ps 25:14; Pr 11:20) for the perverse is an abomination to the Lord,

but His secret counsel is with the righteous.

33 (Mal 2:2; Ps 1:3) The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,

but He blesses the habitation of the just.

34 (Jas 4:6; 1Pe 5:5; Ps 138:6) Surely He scorns the scornful,

but He gives favor to the humble.

35 The wise will inherit glory,

but shame will be the legacy of fools.



2) Our Daily Bread for 2 June 2021

https://odb.org/US/2021/06/02/a-remarkable-life-2

entitled A Remarkable Life



1 Peter 2:9-12

9 (Dt 7:6; 10:15) But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,

a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may declare

the goodness of Him who has called you out of darkness into

His marvelous light.

10 (Hos 1:9-10; 2:23) In times past, you were not a people, but now you are

the people of God. You had not received mercy,

but now you have received mercy.



Live as Servants of God



11 (Jas 4:1; Lev 25:23) Dearly beloved, I implore you as aliens and refugees,

abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.

12 (Mt 5:16; 1Pe 3:16) Live your lives honorably among the Gentiles,

so that though they speak against you as evildoers, they shall see your good

works and thereby glorify God in the day of visitation.



I came to learn about Catherine Hamlin, a remarkable Australian surgeon,

through reading her obituary. In Ethiopia, Catherine and her husband

established the world's only hospital dedicated to curing women

from the devastating physical and emotional trauma of obstetric fistulas,

a common injury in the developing world that can occur during childbirth.

Catherine is credited with overseeing the treatment of more than 60 000 women.



Still operating at the hospital when she was 92 years old, and still beginning

each day with a cup of tea and Bible study, Hamlin told curious questioners

that she was an ordinary believer in Jesus who was simply doing the job God

had given her to do.



I was grateful to learn about her remarkable life because she powerfully

exemplified for me Scripture's encouragement to believers to live our lives

in such a way that even people who actively reject God

"may see your good deeds and glorify God" (1 Peter 2:12).



The power of God’s Spirit that called us out of spiritual darkness

into a relationship with Him (v. 9) can also transform

our work or areas of service into testimonies of our faith.

In whatever passion or skill God has gifted us, we can embrace added

meaning and purpose in doing all of it in a manner that has the power

to point people to Him.



By: Lisa M. Samra



Reflect & Pray



What has God called you to do? How might you do it today in Jesus' name?



Jesus, may Your love and grace be evident in my words and deeds today.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 4 - Arming for Battle



Joshua 1:8



8 (Ps 19:14; 119:15) This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth.

Meditate on it day and night so that you may act carefully according

to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way successful,

and you will be wise.



When God spoke these words to Joshua, the young leader's prospects for

"prosperity" and "success" were far from promising. Upon Moses' death,

Joshua was appointed to lead Israel into the Promised Land, to claim

the territory and establish a nation unde God's rule.

Joshua was afraid, and for good reason. The people were rebellious

and intractable. And "claiming the land" meant battling many strong enemies.

Yet God told Joshua that his strengh would come not in prepaing for battle,

but in preparing for battle, but in preparing himself by meditating

on and applying God's word to his life.

We, too, face difficult battles as we seek to enter the "Promised Land"

of God's peace and presence. But his promise is the same as it was to Joshua:

through obedience to the Word, we can find prosperity and success.

God's promise does not necessarily mean financial prosperity

or material success. These victories may come as well, but God's primary

purpose for his people is spiritual success - the victory and joy of living

in fellowship with him. We can be enriched in the knowledge of God and

find power to overcome the enemies of sin and self. The way may not be easy

- after all, there is no victory without conflict - but God promises

that we will succeed as we look to him.



Application



a) What image do I have a personal "Promised Land" that I long

to enter and claim as my own?



b) What enemies will I need to battle in order to enter that land?



c) How can meditation on the Word of God and obedience to him bring me

prosperity and success?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Deut 30:19-20



19 (Dt 4:26; 30:1) I call heaven and earth to witnesses against you this day,

that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse.

Therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

20 (Dt 10:20; Ps 27:1) that you may love the Lord your God,

that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him,

for He is your life and the length of your days;

and that you may dwell in the land that the Lord

swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.



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



God's Freeing Forgiveness



Ps 103:1-14



PSALMS 103



A Psalm of David.



1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and all that is within me, bless His holy name.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and forget not all His benefits,

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) who forgives all your iniquities,

who heals all your diseases,

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) who redeems your life from the pit,

who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) who satisfies your mouth with good things,

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9) The Lord does righteousness

and justice for all who are oppressed.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) He made known His ways to Moses,

His acts to the people of Israel.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) The Lord is merciful and gracious,

slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) He will not always accuse,

neither will He keep his anger forever.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) He does not treat us according to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) For as the heavens are high above the earth,

so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

12 as far as the east is from the west,

so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

13 Like a father shows compassion to his children,

so the Lord gives compassion to those who fear Him.

14 For He knows how we are formed;

He remembers that we are dust.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's Prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



Quebec



Quick facts on Muslims in Quebec



Quebec 2015 population 8214 000



est Muslim Population 418946



CNMM Networks: Montreal



There is a growing Muslim population in Quebec City and a smattering

os Muslims scattered aound the rest of the province, yet the vast majority

of Muslims live in the greater Montreal area. n fact, 23% of Canada's Muslim

population live in Quebec. Why is that? It is largely because Francophone

African Muslims are atrracted to La Belle Provence.

And here's an interesting, perhaps even shocking fact: There are more

Muslims in Montreal than there are evangelical Christians.

This is one demographic factor creates a challenging environment for churches

and believers here: The size of the available 'workforce' is small

by comparison to begin with. Believers are already is a host culture that

is often either indifferent to releigion or resistant to it. And now

this 'new' religious community of Muslims - many of whom do not visibly

or socially conform to Quebec society - are a growing population. It might br

easy for Christians to feel overwhlem by this cultural double-whammy,

yet God has alsways worked miracles through the small, the few.

Agree in prayer for :



- Te people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel

- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding

-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting

together for worship!

- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for

reaching Muslims in Quebec.



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



2nd Day of the Month



a) Pray for the Church to make the Gospel accessible to all Canadians



( Rom 10:14-15 -

14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?

And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?

And how shall they hear without a preacher?

15 I And how shall they preach unless they are sent?

As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those

who preach the gospel of peace, who bring good news of good things!"



)



b) Pray that Christian Leaders would seek God's

heart for vision,wisdom and direction.

(Jer 33:3 - Call to Me, and I will answer you,

and show you great and mighty things which you do not know. )



Conclusion:



Pray to Lord to seek true wisdom like Solomon.



Pray to the Lord that may His love and grace be evident in my words

and deeds today.



Pray to the Lord to meditation on the Word of God and obedience

to Him bring us prosperity and success.



Pray to the Lord to choose life and righteousness.

.

Pray to the Lord for His loving refuge

.

Pray for Muslims in Quebec to receive Christ as Saviour

and that Christian outreach will increae in Quebec.



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 that Christian Leaders would seek God's

heart for vision,wisdom and direction.



Pray for the Church to make the Gospel accessible to all on Earth



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.