Day 161 - 10 June 2021 reflections
Day 161, 10 June 2021
1 Kings 5 - 6 ; 2 Chron 2 -3
1 Kings 5
Plans to Build the Temple
2Ch 2:1-18
1 (2Sa 5:11; 1Ch 14:1) Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon,
for he had heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father,
and Hiram had always loved David.
2 (2Ch 2:3)And Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,
3 (1Ch 28:3; 22:8) "You know how David my father was unable to build a house
for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars all around him,
until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.
4 (1Ki 4:24; 1Ch 22:9) But now the Lord my God has given me peace
on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor misfortune.
5 (1Ch 17:12; 22:10) So know that I plan to build a house to honor the name
of the Lord my God, just as the Lord spoke to my father David, saying,
'Your son, whom I will set on your throne after you,
shall build a house to honor My name.'
6 (2Ch 2:8) "Now therefore command that cedar trees from Lebanon be
cut down for me, and my servants shall be with your servants,
and I will pay your servants whatever you command, for you know
that there are none among my people who can cut timber like the Sidonians."
7 When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said,
"Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given David
a wise son over this great people."
8 Hiram sent to Solomon, saying,
"I have considered the things which you contacted me about,
and I will do all you asked concerning timber of cedar and fir.
9 (Ezr 3:7; Eze 27:17) My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon
to the sea, and I will send them by sea in floats to the place that you shall
name and will cause them to be discharged into your care there,
and in return you will meet my wishes by giving food for my household."
10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees as he desired.
11 (2Ch 2:10) Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors
[Likely about 3,600 tons, or 3,250 metric tons.] of wheat for his household
and twenty baths
[About 120,000 gallons, or 440,000 liters.] of pure oil. This is what Solomon
gave to Hiram each year.
12 (1Ki 3:12; Am 1:9) The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised,
and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon as they made a treaty together.
13 (1Ki 9:15; 4:6) King Solomon drafted men from all Israel,
totaling 30000 men.
14 He sent them to Lebanon in turns, ten thousand a month,
with each spending a month in Lebanon and two months at home.
Adoniram administered the labor force.
15 (1Ki 9:20–22; 2Ch 2:17-18) Solomon had seventy thousand porters
and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains,
16 (1Ki 9:23; 2Ch 2:2) not counting the chief of Solomon's officers
who were over the work, three thousand three hundred,
who ruled over the people who did the work.
17 (1Ki 6:7; 1Ch 22:2) At the king's command, they quarried out great,
costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
18 (Jos 13:5; Eze 27:9) Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders, along
with the stonemasons, cut them and prepared timber and stones
to build the house.
2 Chronicles 2
Plans for Building the Temple
1 Ki 5:1-16
1 (1Ki 5:5; Dt 12:5) Now Solomon wanted to build a temple for the name
of the Lord and a royal house for his kingship.
2 (2Ch 2:18; 1Ki 5:15-16) And Solomon designated seventy thousand men
to carry materials, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the hills,
and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee these men.
3 (1Ch 14:1; 2Sa 5:11) And Solomon sent word to Hiram [Huram in the Heb.
text. king of Tyre] saying,
"As you did for David my father and sent him cedar trees in order to build
for himself a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.
4 (Ex 30:7; 25:30) I am going to build a temple for the name of the Lord
my God, sanctified for Him, for making sacrifices before Him,
and for incense of fragrant spices, and for the continual showbread,
for burnt offerings on both morning and evening, and for Sabbaths,
New Moons, and appointed feasts of the Lord our God,
as an ordinance forever for Israel.
5 (1Ch 16:25; Ex 15:11) "And the house that I am building will be great
because our God is greater than all other gods.
6 (1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 6:18) But who is able to build a house for Him,
since the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him?
Who am I that I build a house for Him, except to make offerings before Him?
7 (Ex 31:3-5; 1Ch 22:15-16) "Now may you send to me a wise man who works
with gold, silver, bronze, iron, and in purple, crimson, and violet threads
and knows how to engrave, who will be with the skilled workers
and me in Judah and Jerusalem, which David my father established.
8 (1Ki 5:6) "And may you send me trees of cedar, cypress, and algum
from Lebanon because I realize that your slaves know how to cut timber
in Lebanon; and my servants will be alongside your servants,
9 to prepare an abundance of timber for me, because the temple that I will
build will be great and marvelous.
10 (1Ki 5:11) I will provide for the woodsmen, your servants who cut timber,
twenty thousand dry kors [Likely about 3,600 tons, or 3,200 metric tons]
of wheat. of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors
[Likely about 3,000 tons, or 2,700 metric tons] of barley. of barley,
twenty thousand liquid baths
[About 120,000 gallons, or 440,000 liters.] of wine, and twenty thousand
liquid baths of oil."
11 (1Ki 10:9; 2Ch 9:8) Then Hiram king of Tyre responded
in a letter that he sent to Solomon,
"Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them."
12 (Ps 33:6) And Hiram said,
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who made heaven and earth
and has given King David a wise son, having insight and understanding,
who is building a temple for the Lord and a royal house for his kingship.
13 "And now I have sent a skilled man, endowed with understanding, Huram-Abi,
14 (2Ch 2:7) the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan
and the son of a man of Tyre, who knows gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone,
wood, and purple, violet, blue, and crimson threads, and who knows how
to make all types of engravings and to devise every type of design
that is given to him, with your skilled men and the skilled men of my lord
David your father.
15 (2Ch 2:10)"Now the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine that my lord
has declared, may he send these items to his slaves.
16 (Jos 19:46; 1Ki 5:8-9) And let us cut the timber from Lebanon,
whatever you need, and we will bring it to you on rafts on the sea to Joppa,
and you will bring it up to Jerusalem."
17 (1Ch 22:2) Then Solomon numbered all the male foreigners who were
in the land of Israel, after the census that David his father had taken.
And there were found one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
18 (2Ch 2:2) And he made seventy thousand of them to carry materials,
eighty thousand to cut stone in the hills, and three thousand six hundred
supervisors to make the people work.
1 Kings 6
Solomon Builds the Temple
(2Ch 3:1-14)
1 (2Ch 3:1–2; Ac 7:47) In the four hundred and eightieth year
after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt,
in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv
(which is the second month), he began to build the house of the Lord.
2 (Eze 40:1-41; 41:1-15) The house which King Solomon built for the Lord
had a length of sixty cubits, a width of twenty cubits,
and a height of thirty cubits. [About 90 feet long, 30 feet wide,
and 45 feet high, or 27 meters long, 9 meters wide, and 14 meters high.]
3 The porch in front of the temple was twenty cubits
[About 30 feet, or 9 meters; and in vv. 16 and 20. in length,]
the same as the width of the house, and ten cubits
[About 15 feet, or 4.5 meters; and in vv. 23-26. deep in front of the house.
4 (Eze 40:16; 41:16) He made beveled windows for the house.
5 (1Ki 6:16; 6:19-21) He also built a structure against the wall of the house,
running around the walls of the house, both of the temple
and of the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around.
6 The lowest story was five cubits
[About 7 1/2 feet, or 2.3 meters; and in vv. 10 and 24.]
broad, the middle one was six cubits [About 9 feet, or 2.7 meters. ]
broad, and the third was seven cubits [About 11 feet, or 3.2 meters.]
broad. For around the outside of the house, he made offsets on the wall
so that the supporting beams should not be inserted
into the walls of the house.
7 (Dt 27:5-6) The house was built of stone prepared at the quarry,
so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard
in the house while it was being built.
8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house,
and it had winding stairs into the middle chamber
and out of the middle into the third.
9 (1Ki 6:14; 6:38) So he built the house and finished it and covered it
with beams and boards of cedar.
10 Then he built chambers against the whole house, five cubits high,
and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11 Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,
12 (1Ch 22:10) "Concerning this house which you are building,
if you will walk in My statutes and execute My judgments and keep all
My commandments and walk in them, then I will carry out My word
with you, which I spoke to David your father,
13 ( Ex 25:8; Dt 31:6) and I will dwell among the people of Israel
and will not forsake My people Israel."
14 (1Ki 6:9; 6:38) So Solomon built the house and finished it.
15 (1Ki 7:7) He built the interior walls of the house with boards of cedar.
From the floor of the house to the ceiling, he covered them on the inside
with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
16 (1Ki 8:6; 2Ch 3:8) He lined twenty cubits on the sides of the house,
both the floor and the walls, with boards of cedar, and he even lined
them within, even the inner sanctuary and the Most Holy Place.
17The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary,
was forty cubits [About 60 feet, or 18 meters. long. ]
18 (1Ki 7:24) The cedar of the house within had carvings of gourds
and open flowers. All was cedar. There was no stone seen.
19 He prepared the inner sanctuary in the inner part of the house
in order to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide,
and twenty cubits high. He overlaid it with pure gold.
He also overlaid the altar of cedar.
21 So Solomon overlaid the interior of the house with pure gold,
and he made a partition with gold chains in front of the inner sanctuary,
and he overlaid it with gold.
22 (Ex 30:1; 30:3) He overlaid the whole house with gold as well as
the whole altar that was by the inner sanctuary.
23 (Ex 37:7-9) Within the inner sanctuary, he made two cherubim
from olive wood, each ten cubits high.
24 One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing
was also five cubits. From the furthest part of the one wing
to the furthest part of the other was ten cubits.
25 The other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim were
the same shape and size.
26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits,
and so was that of the other cherub.
27 (Ex 25:20; 37:9) He set the cherubim within the inner sanctuary,
and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing
of the one touched the one wall and the wing of the other cherub
touched the other wall, and their wings touched
one another in the middle of the house.
28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29 (1Ki 6:32) He carved all the walls of the house with carved figures
of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers both inside and out.
30 He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, both inside and out.
31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood;
the lintel and doorposts were 5-sided.
32 The two doors were also made of olive wood. He carved on them cherubim,
palm trees, and open flowers, overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon
the cherubim and upon the palm trees.
33 So also he made for the entrance to the nave four-sided posts of olive wood.
34 (Eze 41:23-25) The two doors were made from fir tree,
with two leaves of each door folding.
35 He carved on them cherubim and palm trees and open flowers and covered them
with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36 (1Ki 7:12) He built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone
and a row of cedar beams.
37 (1Ki 6:1) In the fourth year, in the month Ziv,
the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid,
38 and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul (which is the eighth month),
the house was completely finished. All the details and plans were met.
So he took seven years to build it.
2 Chronicles 3
Solomon Builds the Temple
1Ki 6:1-29
1 (1Ch 21:18; Ge 22:2) So Solomon began to build the house of the Lord
in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where He appeared to David his father,
at the place that David established
on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 He began to build in the second month Ziv or Iyyar in the Hebrew calendar.
on the second day during the fourth year of his reign.
(April or May in 966 BC.)
3 (1Ki 6:2-3) These are the foundation measurements that Solomon
used for building the house of God. The cubit [The Egyptian cubit
had a royal measure of 20.6 inches (52.3cm)
and a commercial measure of 17.6 inches (44.7 cm). ] The cubit standards
in Egypt and Mesopotamia were slightly different. length in the former
standard measure was sixty cubits and the width twenty cubits.
[About 90 feet long and 30 feet wide, or 27 meters long and 9 meters wide].
4 The porch vestibule that was in front of the nave hall had its length,
like the width of the house, as twenty cubits,
[About 30 feet, or 9 meters; and in vv. 8, 11, and 13.]
and its height was one hundred and twenty cubits;
[About 180 feet, or 54 meters. ]
and he overlaid the inside with pure gold.
5 And he paneled the great house with cypress trees and then covered it
with fine gold. Then he decorated it with palm trees and chain work.
6 And he overlaid the house with precious stones for decoration,
and the gold was from Parvaim.
7 (1Ki 6:20-22) And he covered the house—its beams, thresholds,
walls, and doors-with gold, and he engraved cherubim on the walls.
8 (Ex 26:33) Then he made the dwelling of the Most Holy Place.
Its length was as the width of twenty cubits, and its width
also twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, six hundred talents
[About 23 tons, or 21 metric tons. ] worth.
9 And the weight in gold for the nails was fifty shekels.
[About 1 1/4 pounds, or 575 grams.] And he covered the upper chamber in gold.
10 (1Ki 6:23-28) Then in the dwelling of the Most Holy Place, he made
two cherubim that were cast metal and overlaid them with gold.
11 And the wings of the cherubim were the length of twenty cubits.
The wing of one cherub was five cubits, reaching the wall of the house,
and the wing of the other was five cubits,
[About 7 1/2 feet, or 2.3 meters; and in v. 15. ]reaching to the wing
of the other cherub.
12 And the wing of this cherub was five cubits, reaching to the other wall
of the house, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing
of the first cherub.
13 So the wings of these cherubim spread out were twenty cubits;
they were upright on their feet facing inward toward the house.
14 (Heb 9:3) Then he made the curtain of violet, purple, crimson,
and blue thread, and he wove cherubim into it.
15And he made two pillars in front of the house35 cubits
[About 53 feet, or 16 meters. high, ] with a five cubit capital on the top
of the pillar.
16 (1 Ki 7:20) Then he made ornamental chain work,
like in the Most Holy Place, and set it on the top of the pillars.
Then he designed a hundred pomegranates and set them on the chain work.
17 (1Ki 7:21) He then raised the pillars in front of the temple, with one
on the right to the south and the other on the left to the north,
and the pillar to the south he called Jakin,
and the pillar to the north he called Boaz.
2) Our Daily Bread for 10 June 2021
https://odb.org/US/2021/06/10/who-are-you-5
entitled Who Are You?
Ezekiel 32:2-10
2 (Eze 29:3; 27:2) Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh
king of Egypt and say to him:
You likened yourself to a young lion of the nations,
but you are as the monster in the seas;
and you burst forth in your rivers,
and muddied the waters with your feet,
and made foul their rivers.
3 (Eze 12:13) Thus says the Lord God:
I will therefore spread out My net over you
with a company of many peoples,
and they shall bring you up in My net.
4 (Isa 18:6; Eze 29:5) Then I will leave you upon the land;
I will cast you out on the open field,
and I will cause all the fowl of the heavens to remain upon you.
And I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with you.
5 (Eze 31:12) I will lay your flesh upon the mountains,
and fill the valleys with your refuse.
6 (Isa 34:3; Ex 7:17) I will also water the land with your blood,
as far as the mountains;
and the rivers shall be full of you.
7 (Isa 13:10; Joel 2:31) When I put you out, I will cover the heavens
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.
8 (Ge 1:14 )All the bright lights in the heavens
I will make dark over you,
and set darkness upon your land,
says the Lord God.
9 (Rev 18:10-15) I will also vex the hearts of many peoples
when I bring your destruction among the nations,
into the countries which you have not known.
10 (Eze 26:16; 27:35I) ndeed, I will make many peoples amazed at you,
and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you when I brandish
My sword before them. And they shall tremble at every moment,
every man for his own life, on the day of your fall.
The leader of our video conference said, "Good morning!"
I said "Hello" back, but I wasn't looking at him. I was distracted
by my own image on the screen. Do I look like this?
I looked at the smiling faces of the others on the call.
That looks like them. So yes, this must be me.
I should lose some weight. And get a haircut.
In his mind, Pharaoh was pretty great. He was “ a young lion of the nations,
but you are as the monster in the seas;†(Ezekiel 32:2).
But then he caught a glimpse of himself from God's perspective.
God said he was in trouble and that He would expose his carcass to wild a
nimals, causing "many peoples amazed at you,
and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you when I brandish †(v. 10).
Pharaoh was much less impressive than he thought.
We may think we're "spiritually handsome"-until we see our sin as God
sees it. Compared to His holy standard, even
"our righteous acts are like filthy rags"†(Isaiah 64:6).
But God also sees something else, something even more true:
He sees Jesus, and He sees us in Jesus.
Feeling discouraged about how you are?
Remember this is not who you are.
If you have put your trust in Jesus, then you're in Jesus,
and His holiness drapes over you.
You're more beautiful than you imagine.
By: Mike Wittmer
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Reflect & Pray
What image do you have of yourself?
How does that compare to the image God has of you?
Jesus, I cling to You. Your love and goodness beautifies me.
Read The Forgiveness of God at https://www.DiscoverySeries.org/Q0602 .
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 5 - Starting Over
2 Cor 5:17
17 (Jn 3:3; Ro 16:7) Therefore, if any man is in Christ,
he is a new creature. Old things have passed away.
Look, all things have become new.
"The trouble with turning over a new leaf," Gordon sighed,
"is that once you've done it twice, you're right back where
you started." Gordon, in his mid-fifties, had his job
"canceled" by a company wanting to cut back on retirement payments.
Out of work, with few prospects, he said wistfully,
"I wish I had the chance to start over again."
Many of us would echo Gordon's sentiments. Whether we have lost a job,
gone through a divorce, moved to another part of the country, or
experienced some lesser crisis, we often long for the chance to
begin again, fresh, without the shadow of past mistakes following us.
God's word offers just such an opportunity. Anyone who is in Christ,
Paul says in 2 Cor 5:17, is a "new creation". For the Christian, the past
is truly past - "all things are become new". In the forgiveness
and restoration of God's grace we can leave the past behind,
with all its mistakes, and enter into new life.
And the promise is not just for the newly saved. Those of us who
have been Christians for years need to hear the truth of 2 Cor 5:17 again,
for we accumulated some "new mistakes" since we came to Christ. Anyone who
is in Christ is a new creation; the freedom of forgiveness, of
"starting over" is available to all who call upon the name of the Lord.
We cannot every really "start over" simply by establishing New Year's
resolutions or turning over a new leaf. Only God gives us that opportunity;
his grace allows us to clear away the rubble of the past and begin again.
Everything becomes new in God's loving forgiveness.
Application
a) What "resolutions" have I made in an attempt to "start over"
in some area of struggle or failure in my life? Did my resolutions work?
b) What does 2 Cor 5:17 mean for me at this point in my Crhsitian Life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Joshua 1:5
5 (Dt 7:24; 31:6–8) No man will be able to stand against
you all the days of your life.
As I was with Moses, I will be with you.
I will not abandon you. I will not leave you.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Help in Times of Temptation
1 Cor 10:1-13
1 Corinthians 10
Warning Against Idolatry
1 (Ex 14:29; Ps 66:6) I would not want you to be unaware that
all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 (Ex 16:35; Dt 8:3) all ate the same spiritual food;
4 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) and all drank the same spiritual drink,
for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,
and that Rock was Christ.
5 (Heb 3:17; Jude 1:5) But with many of them God was not well pleased,
and they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 (Nu 11:4; 1Co 10:11) Now these things were our examples to the intent
that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.
7 (Ex 32:19; 32:4) Neither be idolaters as were some of them.
As it is written,
“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to revel.†(Ex 32:6. )
8 (Nu 25:1–9; 1Co 6:18) Neither let us commit sexual immorality as some
of them committed, when 23000 fell in one day.
9 (Nu 21:5–6; Ex 17:2) Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them
also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.
10 (Ex 12:23; Nu 16:41) Neither murmur, as some of them also murmured
and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 (Ro 13:11) Now all these things happened to them for examples.
They are written as an admonition to us,
upon whom the end of the ages has come.
12 (Ro 11:20) Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed,
lest he fall.
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.
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
10th Day of the Month
a) Pray for Canadians from Coast to Coast to Coast, that the reality of
Jesus's sacrifice and love will touch them personally.
(
John 3:16
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9-10; Jn 1:18)
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
)
b) Pray for students, that the Lord will grant them protection of body,
soul, mind and spirit and fill them with godly desires and true hope.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to do something in humillty to show His great splendour.
Pray to Lord "Jesus, I cling to You. Your love and goodness beautifies me.."
Pray to Jesus Christ to thank Him that you are saved by His Grace.
Pray to the Lord thank Him that" I will be with you.
I will not abandon you. I will not leave you."
.
Pray to the Lord that He will lead you out of temptation.
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 for the citizens of your country , that the reality of
Jesus's sacrifice and love will touch them personally.
Pray for students, that the Lord will grant them protection of body,
soul, mind and spirit and fill them with godly desires and true hope.
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.
1 Kings 5 - 6 ; 2 Chron 2 -3
1 Kings 5
Plans to Build the Temple
2Ch 2:1-18
1 (2Sa 5:11; 1Ch 14:1) Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon,
for he had heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father,
and Hiram had always loved David.
2 (2Ch 2:3)And Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,
3 (1Ch 28:3; 22:8) "You know how David my father was unable to build a house
for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars all around him,
until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.
4 (1Ki 4:24; 1Ch 22:9) But now the Lord my God has given me peace
on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor misfortune.
5 (1Ch 17:12; 22:10) So know that I plan to build a house to honor the name
of the Lord my God, just as the Lord spoke to my father David, saying,
'Your son, whom I will set on your throne after you,
shall build a house to honor My name.'
6 (2Ch 2:8) "Now therefore command that cedar trees from Lebanon be
cut down for me, and my servants shall be with your servants,
and I will pay your servants whatever you command, for you know
that there are none among my people who can cut timber like the Sidonians."
7 When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said,
"Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given David
a wise son over this great people."
8 Hiram sent to Solomon, saying,
"I have considered the things which you contacted me about,
and I will do all you asked concerning timber of cedar and fir.
9 (Ezr 3:7; Eze 27:17) My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon
to the sea, and I will send them by sea in floats to the place that you shall
name and will cause them to be discharged into your care there,
and in return you will meet my wishes by giving food for my household."
10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees as he desired.
11 (2Ch 2:10) Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors
[Likely about 3,600 tons, or 3,250 metric tons.] of wheat for his household
and twenty baths
[About 120,000 gallons, or 440,000 liters.] of pure oil. This is what Solomon
gave to Hiram each year.
12 (1Ki 3:12; Am 1:9) The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised,
and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon as they made a treaty together.
13 (1Ki 9:15; 4:6) King Solomon drafted men from all Israel,
totaling 30000 men.
14 He sent them to Lebanon in turns, ten thousand a month,
with each spending a month in Lebanon and two months at home.
Adoniram administered the labor force.
15 (1Ki 9:20–22; 2Ch 2:17-18) Solomon had seventy thousand porters
and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains,
16 (1Ki 9:23; 2Ch 2:2) not counting the chief of Solomon's officers
who were over the work, three thousand three hundred,
who ruled over the people who did the work.
17 (1Ki 6:7; 1Ch 22:2) At the king's command, they quarried out great,
costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
18 (Jos 13:5; Eze 27:9) Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders, along
with the stonemasons, cut them and prepared timber and stones
to build the house.
2 Chronicles 2
Plans for Building the Temple
1 Ki 5:1-16
1 (1Ki 5:5; Dt 12:5) Now Solomon wanted to build a temple for the name
of the Lord and a royal house for his kingship.
2 (2Ch 2:18; 1Ki 5:15-16) And Solomon designated seventy thousand men
to carry materials, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the hills,
and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee these men.
3 (1Ch 14:1; 2Sa 5:11) And Solomon sent word to Hiram [Huram in the Heb.
text. king of Tyre] saying,
"As you did for David my father and sent him cedar trees in order to build
for himself a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.
4 (Ex 30:7; 25:30) I am going to build a temple for the name of the Lord
my God, sanctified for Him, for making sacrifices before Him,
and for incense of fragrant spices, and for the continual showbread,
for burnt offerings on both morning and evening, and for Sabbaths,
New Moons, and appointed feasts of the Lord our God,
as an ordinance forever for Israel.
5 (1Ch 16:25; Ex 15:11) "And the house that I am building will be great
because our God is greater than all other gods.
6 (1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 6:18) But who is able to build a house for Him,
since the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him?
Who am I that I build a house for Him, except to make offerings before Him?
7 (Ex 31:3-5; 1Ch 22:15-16) "Now may you send to me a wise man who works
with gold, silver, bronze, iron, and in purple, crimson, and violet threads
and knows how to engrave, who will be with the skilled workers
and me in Judah and Jerusalem, which David my father established.
8 (1Ki 5:6) "And may you send me trees of cedar, cypress, and algum
from Lebanon because I realize that your slaves know how to cut timber
in Lebanon; and my servants will be alongside your servants,
9 to prepare an abundance of timber for me, because the temple that I will
build will be great and marvelous.
10 (1Ki 5:11) I will provide for the woodsmen, your servants who cut timber,
twenty thousand dry kors [Likely about 3,600 tons, or 3,200 metric tons]
of wheat. of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors
[Likely about 3,000 tons, or 2,700 metric tons] of barley. of barley,
twenty thousand liquid baths
[About 120,000 gallons, or 440,000 liters.] of wine, and twenty thousand
liquid baths of oil."
11 (1Ki 10:9; 2Ch 9:8) Then Hiram king of Tyre responded
in a letter that he sent to Solomon,
"Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them."
12 (Ps 33:6) And Hiram said,
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who made heaven and earth
and has given King David a wise son, having insight and understanding,
who is building a temple for the Lord and a royal house for his kingship.
13 "And now I have sent a skilled man, endowed with understanding, Huram-Abi,
14 (2Ch 2:7) the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan
and the son of a man of Tyre, who knows gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone,
wood, and purple, violet, blue, and crimson threads, and who knows how
to make all types of engravings and to devise every type of design
that is given to him, with your skilled men and the skilled men of my lord
David your father.
15 (2Ch 2:10)"Now the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine that my lord
has declared, may he send these items to his slaves.
16 (Jos 19:46; 1Ki 5:8-9) And let us cut the timber from Lebanon,
whatever you need, and we will bring it to you on rafts on the sea to Joppa,
and you will bring it up to Jerusalem."
17 (1Ch 22:2) Then Solomon numbered all the male foreigners who were
in the land of Israel, after the census that David his father had taken.
And there were found one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
18 (2Ch 2:2) And he made seventy thousand of them to carry materials,
eighty thousand to cut stone in the hills, and three thousand six hundred
supervisors to make the people work.
1 Kings 6
Solomon Builds the Temple
(2Ch 3:1-14)
1 (2Ch 3:1–2; Ac 7:47) In the four hundred and eightieth year
after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt,
in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv
(which is the second month), he began to build the house of the Lord.
2 (Eze 40:1-41; 41:1-15) The house which King Solomon built for the Lord
had a length of sixty cubits, a width of twenty cubits,
and a height of thirty cubits. [About 90 feet long, 30 feet wide,
and 45 feet high, or 27 meters long, 9 meters wide, and 14 meters high.]
3 The porch in front of the temple was twenty cubits
[About 30 feet, or 9 meters; and in vv. 16 and 20. in length,]
the same as the width of the house, and ten cubits
[About 15 feet, or 4.5 meters; and in vv. 23-26. deep in front of the house.
4 (Eze 40:16; 41:16) He made beveled windows for the house.
5 (1Ki 6:16; 6:19-21) He also built a structure against the wall of the house,
running around the walls of the house, both of the temple
and of the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around.
6 The lowest story was five cubits
[About 7 1/2 feet, or 2.3 meters; and in vv. 10 and 24.]
broad, the middle one was six cubits [About 9 feet, or 2.7 meters. ]
broad, and the third was seven cubits [About 11 feet, or 3.2 meters.]
broad. For around the outside of the house, he made offsets on the wall
so that the supporting beams should not be inserted
into the walls of the house.
7 (Dt 27:5-6) The house was built of stone prepared at the quarry,
so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard
in the house while it was being built.
8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house,
and it had winding stairs into the middle chamber
and out of the middle into the third.
9 (1Ki 6:14; 6:38) So he built the house and finished it and covered it
with beams and boards of cedar.
10 Then he built chambers against the whole house, five cubits high,
and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11 Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,
12 (1Ch 22:10) "Concerning this house which you are building,
if you will walk in My statutes and execute My judgments and keep all
My commandments and walk in them, then I will carry out My word
with you, which I spoke to David your father,
13 ( Ex 25:8; Dt 31:6) and I will dwell among the people of Israel
and will not forsake My people Israel."
14 (1Ki 6:9; 6:38) So Solomon built the house and finished it.
15 (1Ki 7:7) He built the interior walls of the house with boards of cedar.
From the floor of the house to the ceiling, he covered them on the inside
with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
16 (1Ki 8:6; 2Ch 3:8) He lined twenty cubits on the sides of the house,
both the floor and the walls, with boards of cedar, and he even lined
them within, even the inner sanctuary and the Most Holy Place.
17The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary,
was forty cubits [About 60 feet, or 18 meters. long. ]
18 (1Ki 7:24) The cedar of the house within had carvings of gourds
and open flowers. All was cedar. There was no stone seen.
19 He prepared the inner sanctuary in the inner part of the house
in order to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide,
and twenty cubits high. He overlaid it with pure gold.
He also overlaid the altar of cedar.
21 So Solomon overlaid the interior of the house with pure gold,
and he made a partition with gold chains in front of the inner sanctuary,
and he overlaid it with gold.
22 (Ex 30:1; 30:3) He overlaid the whole house with gold as well as
the whole altar that was by the inner sanctuary.
23 (Ex 37:7-9) Within the inner sanctuary, he made two cherubim
from olive wood, each ten cubits high.
24 One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing
was also five cubits. From the furthest part of the one wing
to the furthest part of the other was ten cubits.
25 The other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim were
the same shape and size.
26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits,
and so was that of the other cherub.
27 (Ex 25:20; 37:9) He set the cherubim within the inner sanctuary,
and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing
of the one touched the one wall and the wing of the other cherub
touched the other wall, and their wings touched
one another in the middle of the house.
28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29 (1Ki 6:32) He carved all the walls of the house with carved figures
of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers both inside and out.
30 He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, both inside and out.
31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood;
the lintel and doorposts were 5-sided.
32 The two doors were also made of olive wood. He carved on them cherubim,
palm trees, and open flowers, overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon
the cherubim and upon the palm trees.
33 So also he made for the entrance to the nave four-sided posts of olive wood.
34 (Eze 41:23-25) The two doors were made from fir tree,
with two leaves of each door folding.
35 He carved on them cherubim and palm trees and open flowers and covered them
with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36 (1Ki 7:12) He built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone
and a row of cedar beams.
37 (1Ki 6:1) In the fourth year, in the month Ziv,
the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid,
38 and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul (which is the eighth month),
the house was completely finished. All the details and plans were met.
So he took seven years to build it.
2 Chronicles 3
Solomon Builds the Temple
1Ki 6:1-29
1 (1Ch 21:18; Ge 22:2) So Solomon began to build the house of the Lord
in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where He appeared to David his father,
at the place that David established
on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 He began to build in the second month Ziv or Iyyar in the Hebrew calendar.
on the second day during the fourth year of his reign.
(April or May in 966 BC.)
3 (1Ki 6:2-3) These are the foundation measurements that Solomon
used for building the house of God. The cubit [The Egyptian cubit
had a royal measure of 20.6 inches (52.3cm)
and a commercial measure of 17.6 inches (44.7 cm). ] The cubit standards
in Egypt and Mesopotamia were slightly different. length in the former
standard measure was sixty cubits and the width twenty cubits.
[About 90 feet long and 30 feet wide, or 27 meters long and 9 meters wide].
4 The porch vestibule that was in front of the nave hall had its length,
like the width of the house, as twenty cubits,
[About 30 feet, or 9 meters; and in vv. 8, 11, and 13.]
and its height was one hundred and twenty cubits;
[About 180 feet, or 54 meters. ]
and he overlaid the inside with pure gold.
5 And he paneled the great house with cypress trees and then covered it
with fine gold. Then he decorated it with palm trees and chain work.
6 And he overlaid the house with precious stones for decoration,
and the gold was from Parvaim.
7 (1Ki 6:20-22) And he covered the house—its beams, thresholds,
walls, and doors-with gold, and he engraved cherubim on the walls.
8 (Ex 26:33) Then he made the dwelling of the Most Holy Place.
Its length was as the width of twenty cubits, and its width
also twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, six hundred talents
[About 23 tons, or 21 metric tons. ] worth.
9 And the weight in gold for the nails was fifty shekels.
[About 1 1/4 pounds, or 575 grams.] And he covered the upper chamber in gold.
10 (1Ki 6:23-28) Then in the dwelling of the Most Holy Place, he made
two cherubim that were cast metal and overlaid them with gold.
11 And the wings of the cherubim were the length of twenty cubits.
The wing of one cherub was five cubits, reaching the wall of the house,
and the wing of the other was five cubits,
[About 7 1/2 feet, or 2.3 meters; and in v. 15. ]reaching to the wing
of the other cherub.
12 And the wing of this cherub was five cubits, reaching to the other wall
of the house, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing
of the first cherub.
13 So the wings of these cherubim spread out were twenty cubits;
they were upright on their feet facing inward toward the house.
14 (Heb 9:3) Then he made the curtain of violet, purple, crimson,
and blue thread, and he wove cherubim into it.
15And he made two pillars in front of the house35 cubits
[About 53 feet, or 16 meters. high, ] with a five cubit capital on the top
of the pillar.
16 (1 Ki 7:20) Then he made ornamental chain work,
like in the Most Holy Place, and set it on the top of the pillars.
Then he designed a hundred pomegranates and set them on the chain work.
17 (1Ki 7:21) He then raised the pillars in front of the temple, with one
on the right to the south and the other on the left to the north,
and the pillar to the south he called Jakin,
and the pillar to the north he called Boaz.
2) Our Daily Bread for 10 June 2021
https://odb.org/US/2021/06/10/who-are-you-5
entitled Who Are You?
Ezekiel 32:2-10
2 (Eze 29:3; 27:2) Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh
king of Egypt and say to him:
You likened yourself to a young lion of the nations,
but you are as the monster in the seas;
and you burst forth in your rivers,
and muddied the waters with your feet,
and made foul their rivers.
3 (Eze 12:13) Thus says the Lord God:
I will therefore spread out My net over you
with a company of many peoples,
and they shall bring you up in My net.
4 (Isa 18:6; Eze 29:5) Then I will leave you upon the land;
I will cast you out on the open field,
and I will cause all the fowl of the heavens to remain upon you.
And I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with you.
5 (Eze 31:12) I will lay your flesh upon the mountains,
and fill the valleys with your refuse.
6 (Isa 34:3; Ex 7:17) I will also water the land with your blood,
as far as the mountains;
and the rivers shall be full of you.
7 (Isa 13:10; Joel 2:31) When I put you out, I will cover the heavens
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.
8 (Ge 1:14 )All the bright lights in the heavens
I will make dark over you,
and set darkness upon your land,
says the Lord God.
9 (Rev 18:10-15) I will also vex the hearts of many peoples
when I bring your destruction among the nations,
into the countries which you have not known.
10 (Eze 26:16; 27:35I) ndeed, I will make many peoples amazed at you,
and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you when I brandish
My sword before them. And they shall tremble at every moment,
every man for his own life, on the day of your fall.
The leader of our video conference said, "Good morning!"
I said "Hello" back, but I wasn't looking at him. I was distracted
by my own image on the screen. Do I look like this?
I looked at the smiling faces of the others on the call.
That looks like them. So yes, this must be me.
I should lose some weight. And get a haircut.
In his mind, Pharaoh was pretty great. He was “ a young lion of the nations,
but you are as the monster in the seas;†(Ezekiel 32:2).
But then he caught a glimpse of himself from God's perspective.
God said he was in trouble and that He would expose his carcass to wild a
nimals, causing "many peoples amazed at you,
and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you when I brandish †(v. 10).
Pharaoh was much less impressive than he thought.
We may think we're "spiritually handsome"-until we see our sin as God
sees it. Compared to His holy standard, even
"our righteous acts are like filthy rags"†(Isaiah 64:6).
But God also sees something else, something even more true:
He sees Jesus, and He sees us in Jesus.
Feeling discouraged about how you are?
Remember this is not who you are.
If you have put your trust in Jesus, then you're in Jesus,
and His holiness drapes over you.
You're more beautiful than you imagine.
By: Mike Wittmer
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Reflect & Pray
What image do you have of yourself?
How does that compare to the image God has of you?
Jesus, I cling to You. Your love and goodness beautifies me.
Read The Forgiveness of God at https://www.DiscoverySeries.org/Q0602 .
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 5 - Starting Over
2 Cor 5:17
17 (Jn 3:3; Ro 16:7) Therefore, if any man is in Christ,
he is a new creature. Old things have passed away.
Look, all things have become new.
"The trouble with turning over a new leaf," Gordon sighed,
"is that once you've done it twice, you're right back where
you started." Gordon, in his mid-fifties, had his job
"canceled" by a company wanting to cut back on retirement payments.
Out of work, with few prospects, he said wistfully,
"I wish I had the chance to start over again."
Many of us would echo Gordon's sentiments. Whether we have lost a job,
gone through a divorce, moved to another part of the country, or
experienced some lesser crisis, we often long for the chance to
begin again, fresh, without the shadow of past mistakes following us.
God's word offers just such an opportunity. Anyone who is in Christ,
Paul says in 2 Cor 5:17, is a "new creation". For the Christian, the past
is truly past - "all things are become new". In the forgiveness
and restoration of God's grace we can leave the past behind,
with all its mistakes, and enter into new life.
And the promise is not just for the newly saved. Those of us who
have been Christians for years need to hear the truth of 2 Cor 5:17 again,
for we accumulated some "new mistakes" since we came to Christ. Anyone who
is in Christ is a new creation; the freedom of forgiveness, of
"starting over" is available to all who call upon the name of the Lord.
We cannot every really "start over" simply by establishing New Year's
resolutions or turning over a new leaf. Only God gives us that opportunity;
his grace allows us to clear away the rubble of the past and begin again.
Everything becomes new in God's loving forgiveness.
Application
a) What "resolutions" have I made in an attempt to "start over"
in some area of struggle or failure in my life? Did my resolutions work?
b) What does 2 Cor 5:17 mean for me at this point in my Crhsitian Life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Joshua 1:5
5 (Dt 7:24; 31:6–8) No man will be able to stand against
you all the days of your life.
As I was with Moses, I will be with you.
I will not abandon you. I will not leave you.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Help in Times of Temptation
1 Cor 10:1-13
1 Corinthians 10
Warning Against Idolatry
1 (Ex 14:29; Ps 66:6) I would not want you to be unaware that
all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 (Ex 16:35; Dt 8:3) all ate the same spiritual food;
4 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) and all drank the same spiritual drink,
for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,
and that Rock was Christ.
5 (Heb 3:17; Jude 1:5) But with many of them God was not well pleased,
and they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 (Nu 11:4; 1Co 10:11) Now these things were our examples to the intent
that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.
7 (Ex 32:19; 32:4) Neither be idolaters as were some of them.
As it is written,
“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to revel.†(Ex 32:6. )
8 (Nu 25:1–9; 1Co 6:18) Neither let us commit sexual immorality as some
of them committed, when 23000 fell in one day.
9 (Nu 21:5–6; Ex 17:2) Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them
also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.
10 (Ex 12:23; Nu 16:41) Neither murmur, as some of them also murmured
and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 (Ro 13:11) Now all these things happened to them for examples.
They are written as an admonition to us,
upon whom the end of the ages has come.
12 (Ro 11:20) Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed,
lest he fall.
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.
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
10th Day of the Month
a) Pray for Canadians from Coast to Coast to Coast, that the reality of
Jesus's sacrifice and love will touch them personally.
(
John 3:16
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9-10; Jn 1:18)
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
)
b) Pray for students, that the Lord will grant them protection of body,
soul, mind and spirit and fill them with godly desires and true hope.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to do something in humillty to show His great splendour.
Pray to Lord "Jesus, I cling to You. Your love and goodness beautifies me.."
Pray to Jesus Christ to thank Him that you are saved by His Grace.
Pray to the Lord thank Him that" I will be with you.
I will not abandon you. I will not leave you."
.
Pray to the Lord that He will lead you out of temptation.
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 for the citizens of your country , that the reality of
Jesus's sacrifice and love will touch them personally.
Pray for students, that the Lord will grant them protection of body,
soul, mind and spirit and fill them with godly desires and true hope.
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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