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Day 160, 9 June 2021



Proverbs 22-24



Proverbs 22

1 (Ecc 7:1) A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,

and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

2 (Job 31:15; Pr 14:31) The rich and poor have this in common,

the Lord is the maker of them all.

3 (Pr 14:16; 27:12) A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself,

but the simple pass on and are punished.

4 (Pr 21:21) By humility and the fear of the Lord

are riches, and honor, and life.

5 (Pr 15:19; 1Jn 5:18) Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;

he who guards his soul will be far from them.

6 (Eph 6:4; 2Ti 3:15) Train up a child in the way he should go,

and when he is old he will not depart from it.

7 (Jas 2:6; Pr 18:23 ) The rich rules over the poor,

and the borrower is servant to the lender.

8 (Job 4:8; Ps 125:3 ) He who sows iniquity will reap vanity,

and the rod of his anger will fail.

9 (Pr 19:17; Heb 13:16 ) He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed,

for he gives of his bread to the poor.

10 (Ge 21:9-10) Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out;

yes, strife and reproach will cease.

11 (Pr 16:13; Mt 5:8) He who loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips

the king will be his friend.

12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,

and He overthrows the words of the transgressor.

13 The slothful man says, "There is a lion without!

I will be slain in the streets!"

14 (Pr 23:27; Ecc 7:26) The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;

he who is detested by the Lord will fall therein.

15 (Pr 13:24; 19:18; 23:13-14) Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child,

but the rod of correction will drive it far from him.

16 (Jas 2:13) He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,

and he who gives to the rich, will surely come to want.



Thirty Sayings of the Wise



Saying One



17 (Pr 23:12 ) Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,

and apply your heart to my knowledge;

18 (Pr 2:10) for it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;

they will readily be fitted in your lips.

19 (Pr 3:5 ) That your trust may be in the Lord,

I have made known to you this day, even to you.

20 (Pr 8:6 ) Have I not written to you excellent things

in counsels and knowledge,

21 (Lk 1:3-4; 1Pe 3:15 ) that I might make you know the certainty

of the words of truth,

that you might answer the words of truth

to those who send to you?



Saying Two



22 (Ex 23:6; Zec 7:10) Do not rob the poor because he is poor,

neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

23 (1Sa 25:39; Ps 12:5) for the Lord will plead their cause,

and spoil the soul of those who spoiled them.



Saying Three



24 (Pr 29:22) Make no friendship with an angry man,

and with a furious man you will not go,

25 (1Co 15:33) lest you learn his ways

and get a snare to your soul.



Saying Four



26 (Pr 11:15; 17:18) Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge,

or of those who use securities for debts;

27 (Pr 20:16 ) if you have nothing to pay,

why should he take away your bed from under you?



Saying Five



28 (Dt 19:14; Pr 23:10) Do not remove the ancient landmark

which your fathers have set.



Saying Six



29 (Ge 41:46; Pr 10:4) Do you see a man diligent in his business?

He will stand before kings;

he will not stand before obscure men.



Proverbs 23



Saying Seven



1 When you sit to eat with a ruler,

consider diligently what is before you;

2 and put a knife to your throat,

if you are a man given to appetite.

3 (Pr 23:6; Ps 141:4) Be not desirous of his delicacies,

for they are deceptive food.



Saying Eight



4 (Pr 28:20; 3:5) Do not labor to be rich;

cease from your own wisdom.

5 (Pr 27:24; 1Ti 6:17) Will you set your eyes on that which is not?

For riches certainly make themselves wings;

they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.



Saying Nine



6 (Ps 141:4; Dt 15:9) Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye,

neither desire his delicacies;

7 (Ps 12:2; Jdg 16:15) for as he thinks in his heart,

so is he.

"Eat and drink!" he says to you,

but his heart is not with you.

8 The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up,

and lose your sweet words.



Saying Ten



9 (Mt 7:6) Do not speak in the ears of a fool,

for he will despise the wisdom of your words.



Saying Eleven



10 (Pr 22:28; Dt 19:14) Do not remove the old landmark,

nor enter the fields of the fatherless;

11 (Pr 22:23; Job 19:25) for their Redeemer is mighty;

He will plead their cause with you.



Saying Twelve



12 Apply your heart to instruction,

and your ears to the words of knowledge.



Saying Thirteen



13 (Pr 13:24; 19:18) Do not withhold correction from a child,

for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

14 (1Co 5:5) You shall beat him with the rod,

and deliver his soul from death.



Saying Fourteen



15 (Pr 29:3; 23:24-25) My son, if your heart is wise,

my heart will rejoice-even mine.

16 (Pr 8:6 )Yes, my inmost being will rejoice

when your lips speak right things.



Saying Fifteen



17 (Pr 28:14; 24:1) Do not let your heart envy sinners,

but continue in the fear of the Lord all day long;

18 (Ps 9:18; Pr 24:14) for surely there is an end,

and your expectation will not be cut off.



Saying Sixteen



19 Hear, my son, and be wise;

and guide your heart in the way.

20 (Isa 5:22; Ro 13:13) Do not be among winebibbers,

among riotous eaters of meat;

21 (Pr 21:17; Dt 21:20) for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,

and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.



Saying Seventeen



22 (Pr 1:8; 30:17) Listen to your father who gave you life,

and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23 (Mt 13:44) Buy the truth, and do not sell it,

also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

24 (Pr 10:1; 15:20) The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,

and he who fathers a wise child will have joy of him.

25 (Pr 17:25) Your father and your mother will be glad,

and she who bore you will rejoice.



Saying Eighteen



26 My son, give me your heart,

and let your eyes observe my ways.

27 (Pr 22:14) For a prostitute is a deep ditch,

and a seductress is a narrow pit.

28 (Pr 7:12; Ecc 7:26) She also lies in wait as for a prey,

and increases the transgressors among men.



Saying Nineteen



29 (Ge 49:12; Pr 23:21) Who has woe? Who has sorrow?

Who has contentions? Who has babbling?

Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

30 (Ps 75:8; Isa 5:11) Those who tarry long at the wine,

those who go to seek mixed wine.

31 Do not look on the wine when it is red,

when it sparkles in the cup,

when it swirls around smoothly;

32 at the last it bites like a serpent,

and stings like a viper.

33 Your eyes will see strange things,

and your heart will utter perverse things.

34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea,

or as he who lies upon the top of a mast.

35 (Isa 56:12; Jer 5:3) "They have stricken me," you will say,

"and I was not sick;

they have beaten me, and I did not feel it.

When will I awake?

I will seek it yet again."



Proverbs 24



Saying Twenty



1 (Ps 37:1; Pr 3:31) Do not be envious against evil men,

nor desire to be with them;

2 (Ps 10:7; Job 15:35) for their heart studies destruction,

and their lips talk of mischief.



Saying Twenty-One



3 (Pr 14:1; 9:1) Through wisdom is a house built,

and by understanding it is established;

4 and by knowledge the rooms will be filled

with all precious and pleasant riches.



Saying Twenty-Two



5 (Pr 21:22) A wise man is strong;

yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.

6 (Pr 11:14; 20:18) For by wise counsel you will wage your war,

and in multitude of counselors there is safety.



Saying Twenty-Three



7 (Pr 14:6; Ps 10:5) Wisdom is too high for a fool;

he does not open his mouth in the gate.



Saying Twenty-Four



8 (Ro 1:30; Pr 6:14) He who devises to do evil

will be called a schemer of plots.

9 (Mt 15:19; Ac 8:22) The thought of foolishness is sin,

and the scorner is an abomination to men.



Saying Twenty-Five



10 (Job 4:5) If you faint in the day of adversity,

your strength is small.

11 (Ps 82:4; Isa 58:6-7) If you refrain to deliver those

who are drawn unto death,

and those who are ready to be slain;

12 (Job 34:11; 1Sa 16:7) if you say, "Surely we did not know this,"

does not He who ponders the heart consider it?

And He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?

And will He not render to every man according to his works?



Saying Twenty-Six



13 (SS 5:1; Pr 25:16) My son, eat honey because it is good,

and the honeycomb that is sweet to your taste;

14 (Pr 23:18; Ps 119:103) so shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul;

when you have found it, then there will be a reward,

and your expectation will not be cut off.



Saying Twenty-Seven



15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;

do not spoil his resting place;

16 (Job 5:19; Ps 37:24) for a just man falls seven times and rises up again,

but the wicked will fall into mischief.



Saying Twenty-Eight



17 (Job 31:29; Ps 35:15) Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,

and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

18 lest the Lord see it, and it displease Him,

and He turn away His wrath from him.



Saying Twenty-Nine



19 (Ps 37:1; Pr 24:1) Do not fret because of evil men,

nor be envious of the wicked;

20 (Pr 13:9; Job 18:5-6) for there will be no reward to the evil man;

the candle of the wicked will be put out.



Saying Thirty



21 (Ro 13:1-7) My son, fear the Lord and the king;

and do not meddle with those who are given to change;

22 for their calamity will rise suddenly,

and who knows the ruin of them both?



More Sayings of the Wise



23 (Pr 18:5; 28:21) These things also belong to the wise:

It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

24 (Pr 17:15; 11:26) He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous,"

him the people will curse; nations will abhor him.

25 (Pr 28:23) But to those who rebuke him will be delight,

and a good blessing will come upon them.

26 Every man will kiss his lips

that gives a right answer.

27 Prepare your work outside,

and make it fit for yourself in the field;

and afterwards build your house.

28 (Eph 4:25; Pr 25:18) Do not be a witness

against your neighbor without cause,

and do not deceive with your lips.

29 (Pr 20:22) Do not say, "I will do so to him as he has done to me;

I will render to the man according to his work."

30 I went by the field of the slothful,

and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

31 and it was all grown over with thorns,

and nettles covered its surface,

and the stone wall was broken down.

32 Then I saw, and considered it;

I looked on it and received instruction:

33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the hands to sleep,

34 (Pr 10:4) so your poverty will come like a stalker,

and your need as an armed man.



2) Our Daily Bread for 9 June 2021

https://odb.org/US/2021/06/09/spiritual-adulting

entitled Moving Toward Maturity



Eph 4:11-16



11 (Ac 21:8; 13:1) He gave some to be apostles, prophets,

evangelists, pastors, and teachers,

12 (1Co 12:27; Eph 1:23) for the equipping of the saints,

for the work of service, and for the building up of the body of Christ,

13 (Eph 4:5; 1:23) until we all come into the unity of the faith and

of the knowledge of the Son of God, into a complete man,

to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

14 (Jas 1:6; 1Co 14:20) so we may no longer be children, tossed here

and there by waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine

by the trickery of men, by craftiness with deceitful scheming.

15 (Eph 1:22; 2:21) But, speaking the truth in love, we may grow

up in all things into Him, who is the head, Christ Himself,

16 (Col 2:19; Eph 1:4) from whom the whole body is joined together

and connected by every joint and ligament, as every part effectively

does its work and grows, building itself up in love.



A recent survey asked respondents to identify the age at which they believed

they became adults. Those who considered themselves adults pointed to specific

behaviours as evidence of their status. Having a budget and buying a house

topped the list as being marks of "adulting." Other adult activities ranged

from cooking dinner every weeknight and scheduling one's own medical

appointments, to the more humorous ability to choose to eat snacks for dinner

or being excited to stay at home on a Saturday evening instead of going out.



The Bible says we should press on toward spiritual maturity as well.

Paul wrote to the church at Ephesus, urging the people to "become mature,

attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ" (Ephesians 4:13).

While we're "young" in our faith, we're vulnerable

to "every wind of teaching" (v. 14), which often results in division among

us. Instead, as we mature in our understanding of the truth, we function

as a unified body under "him who is the head, that is, Christ" (v. 15).



God gave us His Spirit to help us grow into a full understanding of who

He is (John 14:26), and He equips pastors and teachers to instruct

and lead us toward maturity in our faith (Ephesians 4:11–12).

Just as certain characteristics are evidence of physical maturity,

our unity as His body is evidence of our spiritual growth.



By: Kirsten Holmberg



Reflect & Pray



In what ways are you still vulnerable to "every wind of teaching"?

How can you continue to grow spiritually?



Loving God, You're the author of my growth and maturity.

Please help me to see where my understanding of You

is still immature and teach me more of Your wisdom.



To learn more about growing toward spiritual maturity,

visit https://ChristianUniversity.org/SF212 .



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 4 - Entire Forgiveness



Acts 13:38



38 (Lk 24:47; Ac 2:38) "Therefore, brothers, let it be known

to you that through this Man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,"



At age 17 Mary, a cross-country runner, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

She went on to college, faced with the prospect of gradual physical decline

and, ultimately, life in a wheelchair. "The worst part," Mary admitted "is

not the pain or the inability to do what I once did. The worst part is

the hopelessness, the emotional struggle. There is no cure, no real

treatment - only insurance."

In our fallen world, there are many incurable circumstances we have to endure.

But the guilt of our sin is not one of them. Yet despite the declaration

of the Scripture that Jesus' sacrificial death paid the price for our sins,

many of us carry a load of guilt - as if we ourselves had tp pay the price.

Paul, a man who know the grace of God and the depth of his own sin,

emphasises the source and the completeness of our forgiveness.

Through Jesus - not through my good behaviour, not through my determination to

change, not through my reputation, my family's faith, or my religious duties.

Forgiveness of sins come through Christ alone, a gift we do not deserve,

a gift which places all of us on equal ground at the foot of the cross.

To acknowledge our sin without knowing the source of forgiveness only

results in hopelessness and despair - we see ourselves, yet we are powerless

to change the sin we see. But when we realise that Christ has provided

complete forgiveness of sin, we can face our sin honestly, knowing

the freedom of confession and the restoration of forgiveness.



Application



a) In what ways have I changed myself, to "torn over a new leaf",

to "make myself worthy" of God's love?



b) How can Acts 13:18 help me remember the source of forgiveness?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Mark 4:20-25



20 (Mk 4:8; Jn 15:4–5) "Still others are seed sown on good ground,

those who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit:

thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much."



A Light Under a Basket



Lk 8:16–18



21 (Mt 5:15; Lk 8:16) He said to them, "Is a candle brought to be put

under a basket or under a bed and not to be set on a candlestick?

22 (Lk 8:17) For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed;

neither is anything kept secret except to be proclaimed.

23 (Mk 4:9; Mt 11:15)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

24 (Mt 7:2) He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.

The measure you give will be measured for you,

and to you who hear will more be given.

25 (Mt 13:12; Lk 8:18) For to him who has will more be given.

And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has."



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



God's Help in Times of Temptation



Hebrews 4:14-16



Jesus the Great High Priest



14 (Heb 6:20; 1:2–3) Since then we have a great High Priest

Who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,

let us hold firmly to our confession.

15 (2Co 5:21; Jn 8:46) For we do not have a High Priest

who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses,

but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.

16 (Eph 3:12; Php 4:6–7) Let us then come with confidence

to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy

and find grace to help in time of need.



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



9th Day of the Month



a) Pray a prayer of thanksgiving throughout the day for God's unfailing

love, Mercy, compassion, faithfulness and provision.



(



Ps 100



A Psalm of thanksgiving.



1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth!

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Serve the Lord with gladness;

come before His presence with singing.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Know that the Lord, He is God;

it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;

we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,

and into His courts with praise;

be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) For the Lord is good; His mercy endures forever,

and His faithfulness to all generations.



)



b) Pray that the Lord will lead the Church in finding ways to wiesly

and effectively respond to pressing social issues

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1 Chr 12:32



32 (Est 1:13) From the sons of Issachar,

those having understanding of times

and what Israel should do: two hundred of their captains

with all their brothers at their command.



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord to know his Wise Sayings.



Pray to Lord "Loving God, You're the author of my growth and maturity.

Please help me to see where my understanding of You

is still immature and teach me more of Your wisdom."



Pray to Jesus Christ to help me remember that

Jesus Chirst source of forgiveness.



Pray to the Lord to be a shining Light in your witness .

.

Pray to the Lord with confidence

to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy

and find grace to help in time of need

.

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 a prayer of thanksgiving throughout the day for God's unfailing

love, Mercy, compassion, faithfulness and provision.



Pray that the Lord will lead the Church in finding ways to wiesly

and effectively respond to pressing social issues



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.