Day 166 - 15 June 2021 reflections
Day 166, 15 June 2021
1 Kings 9, 2 Chron 8
1 Kings 9
The Lord Appears to Solomon
2Ch 7:11-22
1 (1Ki 9:19) When Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord
and the king's house and all else he desired,
2 (1Ki 3:5; 11:9; 2Ch 7:12) the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time,
as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
3 (Dt 11:12; 1Ki 8:29) The Lord said to him,
"I have heard your prayer and supplication, which you made before Me.
I have consecrated this house which you built by putting
My name there forever. And My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
4 (Ge 17:1; 1Ki 11:4) "If you will walk before Me,
as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness,
so that you are obedient to do all that I have commanded you,
and will keep My statutes and My judgments,
5 (1Ki 2:4; 6:12) then I will establish the throne of your kingdom
upon Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying,
'You shall not fail to have a man upon the throne of Israel.'
6 (2Sa 7:14-16; 1Ch 28:9) “But if you and your sons turn in any way
from following Me and do not keep My commandments
and My statutes which I have set before you, but go
and serve other gods and worship them,
7 (Dt 28:37; Ps 44:14) then I will cut Israel out of the land which I have
given them, and I will cast this house, which I have consecrated
for My name, out of My sight, and Israel shall be a proverb
and a byword among all people.
8 (Jer 22:8-9; Dt 29:24-26) And everyone who passes by this high house
will be astonished and will hiss, and they shall say,
'Why has the Lord done this to this land, and to this house?'
9 (Dt 29:25-28; Jer 2:10-13) And they will answer, 'Because they forsook
the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt,
and took hold of other gods and have worshipped and served them.
That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster upon them.' "
Solomon's Other Activities
2 Ch 8:1-18
10 (1Ki 6:37-7:1; 9:1) When twenty years had passed since Solomon
had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house
11 (2Ch 8:2) (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar
and fir trees, along with gold, as he had requested), King Solomon gave Hiram
twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
12 Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities Solomon had given him,
and he was not pleased with them.
13 (Jos 19:27) He said, "What cities are these which you have given me,
my brother?" And he called them the land of Kabul to this day.
14 (1Ki 9:11) Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents
[About 25 tons, or 23 metric tons.] of gold.
15 (Jos 17:11; 2Sa 5:9) This is the account of the forced labor
which King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the Lord
and his own house, Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
16 (1Ki 3:1) For Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had gone up against
and conquered Gezer and burned it with fire and slain the Canaanites
that lived in the city and given it as a present to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
17 (Jos 16:3; 21:22) Solomon built Gezer and Lower Beth Horon
18 (Jos 19:44) and Baalath and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
19 (1Ki 9:1) and all the storage cities that Solomon had,
cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen and all that which
Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon
and in all the land of his dominion.
20 All the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites,
Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not children of Israel,
21 (Jos 15:63; 17:12) the descendants of those who were left in the land
and whom the people of Israel were not able to utterly destroy,
were conscripted by Solomon for slave labor to this day.
22 (Lev 25:39) But Solomon did not make any children of Israel into slaves,
but instead used them as men of war, as his servants, his leaders,
his captains, rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
23 (1Ki 5:16; 2Ch 8:10) These were the chief officers over Solomon's work,
five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people who did the labor.
24 (2Sa 5:9; 1Ki 7:8) But Pharaoh's daughter moved out of the City of David
to her house which Solomon had built for her, and he then built Millo.
25 (Ex 23:14-17; Dt 16:16) Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the Lord, and he burned
incense on the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
26 (1Ki 22:48; Nu 33:35; Dt 2:8) King Solomon built a fleet of ships
in Ezion Geber, which is beside Elath on the shore of the Red Sea
in the land of Edom.
27 (1Ki 5:6; 5:9) Hiram sent shipmen who had knowledge of the sea
to serve alongside Solomon's men.
28 (1Ch 29:4; 2Ch 8:18) They went to Ophir and acquired 420 talents
[About 16 tons, or 14 metric tons. ]
of gold there and brought it to King Solomon.
2 Chronicles 8
Solomon's Other Activities
1Ki 9:10-28
1 It came that after twenty years, Solomon built the house of the Lord
and his royal house,
2 and Solomon even rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him,
and he settled the sons of Israel in them.
3 Then Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.
4 He also built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities
that he built in Hamath.
5 (1Ch 7:24; Jos 16:3) He also built the Upper and Lower Beth Horon,
fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
6 and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the cities
for his chariots, the cities for his cavalry, and whatever Solomon desired
to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
7 And all the people who remained from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Hivites, and Jebusites who were not from Israel,
8 (Jos 16:10; 1Ki 4:6) and from their descendants who remained from
these peoples in the land and whom the sons of Israel did not finish
destroying, Solomon brought them up to be forced labor, even to this day.
9 But from the sons of Israel Solomon did not make servants for his work.
These were his soldiers, officers, commanders of his chariots, and horsemen.
10 And these were the two hundred and fifty chief officers for King Solomon
who governed the people.
11 (1Ki 3:1; 7:8) And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh
from the City of David to the house that he built for her, for he said,
"My wife will not live in the house of David king of Israel,
for the places where the ark of the Lord have been are holy."
12 (2Ch 4:1) At that time Solomon offered up burnt offerings on the altar
of the Lord that he built before the vestibule,
13 (Dt 16:16; Ex 23:14-17) according to the daily duty to offer up
as the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons,
and the three annual festivals: the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
14 (1Ch 9:17; Ne 12:24) According to the ruling of David his father,
he set the divisions of the priests for their service,
and the Levites for their function to praise
and serve before the priests according to the daily duty,
and even the gatekeepers for their divisions at each gate,
for this was the commandment of David the man of God.
15 And they did not turn from the commandment of the king,
whether the priests or Levites, concerning any matter
and concerning the treasury.
16 So all the work of Solomon was established from the day of the foundation
of the house of the Lord and until its completion;
and the house of the Lord was complete.
17 (2Ki 14:22; Dt 2:8) Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber
and Elath at the shore of the sea in Edom.
18 (2Ch 9:10; 9:13) And Hiram sent him ships by the hand of his servants,
who knew the sea. And they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir,
and took from there four hundred and fifty talents
[About 17 tons, or 15 metric tons.] of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.
2) Our Daily Bread for 15 June 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/06/15/our-fathers-care
entitled Our Father's Care
Matthew 10:16–20,26–31
16 (Lk 10:3; Ge 3:1) "Look, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst
of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
17 (Mk 13:9; Mt 23:34; 5:22) But beware of men, for they will deliver
you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
18 (Mt 8:4) You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake,
for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 (Ex 4:12; Mt 6:25) But when they deliver you up, take no thought of how
or what you will speak. For it will be given you at that time
what you will speak.
20 (Ac 4:8; 6:10) For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father
who speaks through you.
26 (Mk 4:22; Lk 8:17) "Therefore do not fear them. For nothing is covered
that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
27 (Ac 5:20) What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light.
And what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.
28 (Isa 8:12-13; 51:12) Do not fear those who kill the body
but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able
to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall
to the ground without your Father.
30 (1Sa 14:45; 2Sa 14:11) But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 (Mt 6:26) Therefore do not fear. You are more valuable than many sparrows.
Thwack! I looked up and craned my ear toward the sound. Spotting a smudge
on the window pane, I peered out onto the deck and discovered
the still-beating body of a bird. My heart hurt. I longed to help the fragile
feathered being.
In Matthew 10, Jesus described His Father's care for sparrows in order
to comfort the disciples as He warned of upcoming dangers.
He offered instructions to the twelve as He "gave them authority
to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness" (v. 1).
While the power to do such deeds might have seemed grand to the disciples,
many would oppose them, including governing authorities,
their own families, and the ensnaring grip of the evil one (vv. 16-28).
Then in 10:29-31, Jesus told them not to fear whatever they faced
because they would never be out of their Father's care.
"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?" He asked.
"Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. . . .
So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."
I checked on the bird throughout the day, each time finding it
alive but unmoved. Then, late into the evening, it was gone.
I prayed it had survived. Surely, if I cared this much about the bird,
God cared even more. Imagine how much He cares for you and me!
By: Elisa Morgan
Reflect & Pray
How have you seen God care for you in the past?
How can you gain courage for all you face by understanding
that you're never outside your Father's care?
Dear Father, thank You for always watching over and caring for me.
3) Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 3 - Inseparable From God's Love
Romans 8:38-39
38 (Eph 1:21; 1Pe 3:22) For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present
nor things to come,
39 (Ro 5:8) neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Separation is a fact of human life. Relationships disintegrate,
children grow up, loved ones die, husbands and wives divorce,
friends changes and drift apart. We may resist change and separation,
but we must deal with them nevertheless.
Separation sometimes is a natural result of growth and development;
sometimes it is a violent, cataclysmic shaking of an individual's life.
2 lifelong friends go separate ways to college or into future careers;
a church splits over doctrinal differences; a wife finds out a hidden
secret in her husband's past.
But with God, there is no separation, no death, no breaking of vows,
no growing beyond the relationship. Nothing, says Paul, can separate
us from the love of God. A skeleton in my closet, once revealed, may
cost me the trust of those I thought were my friends. But God knows
all my past, all my sin; he forgives, and it cannot separate me from him.
My present personal struggles may cause trouble in my job and result in
the loss of that income, but God understands what I'm going through,
and even when I'm angry at him, he can take it without drawing away
or striking back. My present problems cannot separate me from the Lord.
And God knows, too, the plan he has established for my future. I cannot
walk away from him, grow beyond my need for him, or outrun him into
tomorrow.
She may separate me from my awareness of God's presence in my life,
but it cannot set me beyond his reach. There is no power that is greater
than God's love, and no place I can go that will separate me
from that love.
Application
a) Have I ever felt separated from the love of God? Under what circumstances?
b) How can today's verse free me from anxiety about the past,
the present or the future?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gen 26:12-14
12 (Ge 26:3; 24:1) Then Isaac sowed in that land
and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; the Lord blessed him.
13 The man became rich and continued to prosper until he became very wealthy.
14 (Ge 37:11; Ecc 4:4) For he had possessions of flocks and herds
and a great number of servants so that the Philistines envied him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Unfailing Love
Ps 36:5-9
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens,
and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Your righteousness is like the great mountains,
Your judgments like the great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) How excellent is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore mankind
seeks refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) They will drink their fill from the abundance of Your house,
and You will cause them to drink from the river of Your pleasures.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) For with You is the fountain of life;
in Your light we see light.
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
of Muslims scattered around 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 attracted 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 religion 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 overwhelm by this cultural double-whammy,
yet God has always worked miracles through the small, the few.
Agree in prayer for :
- The 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
15th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living (John 16: 8 - 11
8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness
and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 of righteousness, because I am going to My Father,
and you will see Me no more;
11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world stands condemned."
)
b) Pray for the province of Nova Scotia
I) Pray for the leaders of Nova Scotia, that God’s Spirit would influence
then to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 – 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority, that we may
lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and
to come to the knowledge of the truth.
)
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses beaming forth the illuminating truth
of God’s Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and give Him thanks for every blessing .
Pray to the Lord thank Him for always watching over and caring for us.
Pray to Jesus Christ to thank Him
the He will not separate from you.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for your success.
.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for being your refuge.
Pray for Muslims in Quebec to receive Christ as Saviour
and that Christian outreach will increase 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 Lord to convict all of His Righteous
standards of living
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 9, 2 Chron 8
1 Kings 9
The Lord Appears to Solomon
2Ch 7:11-22
1 (1Ki 9:19) When Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord
and the king's house and all else he desired,
2 (1Ki 3:5; 11:9; 2Ch 7:12) the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time,
as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
3 (Dt 11:12; 1Ki 8:29) The Lord said to him,
"I have heard your prayer and supplication, which you made before Me.
I have consecrated this house which you built by putting
My name there forever. And My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
4 (Ge 17:1; 1Ki 11:4) "If you will walk before Me,
as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness,
so that you are obedient to do all that I have commanded you,
and will keep My statutes and My judgments,
5 (1Ki 2:4; 6:12) then I will establish the throne of your kingdom
upon Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying,
'You shall not fail to have a man upon the throne of Israel.'
6 (2Sa 7:14-16; 1Ch 28:9) “But if you and your sons turn in any way
from following Me and do not keep My commandments
and My statutes which I have set before you, but go
and serve other gods and worship them,
7 (Dt 28:37; Ps 44:14) then I will cut Israel out of the land which I have
given them, and I will cast this house, which I have consecrated
for My name, out of My sight, and Israel shall be a proverb
and a byword among all people.
8 (Jer 22:8-9; Dt 29:24-26) And everyone who passes by this high house
will be astonished and will hiss, and they shall say,
'Why has the Lord done this to this land, and to this house?'
9 (Dt 29:25-28; Jer 2:10-13) And they will answer, 'Because they forsook
the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt,
and took hold of other gods and have worshipped and served them.
That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster upon them.' "
Solomon's Other Activities
2 Ch 8:1-18
10 (1Ki 6:37-7:1; 9:1) When twenty years had passed since Solomon
had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house
11 (2Ch 8:2) (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar
and fir trees, along with gold, as he had requested), King Solomon gave Hiram
twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
12 Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities Solomon had given him,
and he was not pleased with them.
13 (Jos 19:27) He said, "What cities are these which you have given me,
my brother?" And he called them the land of Kabul to this day.
14 (1Ki 9:11) Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents
[About 25 tons, or 23 metric tons.] of gold.
15 (Jos 17:11; 2Sa 5:9) This is the account of the forced labor
which King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the Lord
and his own house, Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
16 (1Ki 3:1) For Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had gone up against
and conquered Gezer and burned it with fire and slain the Canaanites
that lived in the city and given it as a present to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
17 (Jos 16:3; 21:22) Solomon built Gezer and Lower Beth Horon
18 (Jos 19:44) and Baalath and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
19 (1Ki 9:1) and all the storage cities that Solomon had,
cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen and all that which
Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon
and in all the land of his dominion.
20 All the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites,
Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not children of Israel,
21 (Jos 15:63; 17:12) the descendants of those who were left in the land
and whom the people of Israel were not able to utterly destroy,
were conscripted by Solomon for slave labor to this day.
22 (Lev 25:39) But Solomon did not make any children of Israel into slaves,
but instead used them as men of war, as his servants, his leaders,
his captains, rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
23 (1Ki 5:16; 2Ch 8:10) These were the chief officers over Solomon's work,
five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people who did the labor.
24 (2Sa 5:9; 1Ki 7:8) But Pharaoh's daughter moved out of the City of David
to her house which Solomon had built for her, and he then built Millo.
25 (Ex 23:14-17; Dt 16:16) Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the Lord, and he burned
incense on the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
26 (1Ki 22:48; Nu 33:35; Dt 2:8) King Solomon built a fleet of ships
in Ezion Geber, which is beside Elath on the shore of the Red Sea
in the land of Edom.
27 (1Ki 5:6; 5:9) Hiram sent shipmen who had knowledge of the sea
to serve alongside Solomon's men.
28 (1Ch 29:4; 2Ch 8:18) They went to Ophir and acquired 420 talents
[About 16 tons, or 14 metric tons. ]
of gold there and brought it to King Solomon.
2 Chronicles 8
Solomon's Other Activities
1Ki 9:10-28
1 It came that after twenty years, Solomon built the house of the Lord
and his royal house,
2 and Solomon even rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him,
and he settled the sons of Israel in them.
3 Then Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.
4 He also built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities
that he built in Hamath.
5 (1Ch 7:24; Jos 16:3) He also built the Upper and Lower Beth Horon,
fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
6 and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the cities
for his chariots, the cities for his cavalry, and whatever Solomon desired
to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
7 And all the people who remained from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Hivites, and Jebusites who were not from Israel,
8 (Jos 16:10; 1Ki 4:6) and from their descendants who remained from
these peoples in the land and whom the sons of Israel did not finish
destroying, Solomon brought them up to be forced labor, even to this day.
9 But from the sons of Israel Solomon did not make servants for his work.
These were his soldiers, officers, commanders of his chariots, and horsemen.
10 And these were the two hundred and fifty chief officers for King Solomon
who governed the people.
11 (1Ki 3:1; 7:8) And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh
from the City of David to the house that he built for her, for he said,
"My wife will not live in the house of David king of Israel,
for the places where the ark of the Lord have been are holy."
12 (2Ch 4:1) At that time Solomon offered up burnt offerings on the altar
of the Lord that he built before the vestibule,
13 (Dt 16:16; Ex 23:14-17) according to the daily duty to offer up
as the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons,
and the three annual festivals: the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
14 (1Ch 9:17; Ne 12:24) According to the ruling of David his father,
he set the divisions of the priests for their service,
and the Levites for their function to praise
and serve before the priests according to the daily duty,
and even the gatekeepers for their divisions at each gate,
for this was the commandment of David the man of God.
15 And they did not turn from the commandment of the king,
whether the priests or Levites, concerning any matter
and concerning the treasury.
16 So all the work of Solomon was established from the day of the foundation
of the house of the Lord and until its completion;
and the house of the Lord was complete.
17 (2Ki 14:22; Dt 2:8) Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber
and Elath at the shore of the sea in Edom.
18 (2Ch 9:10; 9:13) And Hiram sent him ships by the hand of his servants,
who knew the sea. And they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir,
and took from there four hundred and fifty talents
[About 17 tons, or 15 metric tons.] of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.
2) Our Daily Bread for 15 June 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/06/15/our-fathers-care
entitled Our Father's Care
Matthew 10:16–20,26–31
16 (Lk 10:3; Ge 3:1) "Look, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst
of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
17 (Mk 13:9; Mt 23:34; 5:22) But beware of men, for they will deliver
you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
18 (Mt 8:4) You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake,
for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 (Ex 4:12; Mt 6:25) But when they deliver you up, take no thought of how
or what you will speak. For it will be given you at that time
what you will speak.
20 (Ac 4:8; 6:10) For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father
who speaks through you.
26 (Mk 4:22; Lk 8:17) "Therefore do not fear them. For nothing is covered
that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
27 (Ac 5:20) What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light.
And what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.
28 (Isa 8:12-13; 51:12) Do not fear those who kill the body
but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able
to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall
to the ground without your Father.
30 (1Sa 14:45; 2Sa 14:11) But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 (Mt 6:26) Therefore do not fear. You are more valuable than many sparrows.
Thwack! I looked up and craned my ear toward the sound. Spotting a smudge
on the window pane, I peered out onto the deck and discovered
the still-beating body of a bird. My heart hurt. I longed to help the fragile
feathered being.
In Matthew 10, Jesus described His Father's care for sparrows in order
to comfort the disciples as He warned of upcoming dangers.
He offered instructions to the twelve as He "gave them authority
to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness" (v. 1).
While the power to do such deeds might have seemed grand to the disciples,
many would oppose them, including governing authorities,
their own families, and the ensnaring grip of the evil one (vv. 16-28).
Then in 10:29-31, Jesus told them not to fear whatever they faced
because they would never be out of their Father's care.
"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?" He asked.
"Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. . . .
So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."
I checked on the bird throughout the day, each time finding it
alive but unmoved. Then, late into the evening, it was gone.
I prayed it had survived. Surely, if I cared this much about the bird,
God cared even more. Imagine how much He cares for you and me!
By: Elisa Morgan
Reflect & Pray
How have you seen God care for you in the past?
How can you gain courage for all you face by understanding
that you're never outside your Father's care?
Dear Father, thank You for always watching over and caring for me.
3) Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 3 - Inseparable From God's Love
Romans 8:38-39
38 (Eph 1:21; 1Pe 3:22) For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present
nor things to come,
39 (Ro 5:8) neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Separation is a fact of human life. Relationships disintegrate,
children grow up, loved ones die, husbands and wives divorce,
friends changes and drift apart. We may resist change and separation,
but we must deal with them nevertheless.
Separation sometimes is a natural result of growth and development;
sometimes it is a violent, cataclysmic shaking of an individual's life.
2 lifelong friends go separate ways to college or into future careers;
a church splits over doctrinal differences; a wife finds out a hidden
secret in her husband's past.
But with God, there is no separation, no death, no breaking of vows,
no growing beyond the relationship. Nothing, says Paul, can separate
us from the love of God. A skeleton in my closet, once revealed, may
cost me the trust of those I thought were my friends. But God knows
all my past, all my sin; he forgives, and it cannot separate me from him.
My present personal struggles may cause trouble in my job and result in
the loss of that income, but God understands what I'm going through,
and even when I'm angry at him, he can take it without drawing away
or striking back. My present problems cannot separate me from the Lord.
And God knows, too, the plan he has established for my future. I cannot
walk away from him, grow beyond my need for him, or outrun him into
tomorrow.
She may separate me from my awareness of God's presence in my life,
but it cannot set me beyond his reach. There is no power that is greater
than God's love, and no place I can go that will separate me
from that love.
Application
a) Have I ever felt separated from the love of God? Under what circumstances?
b) How can today's verse free me from anxiety about the past,
the present or the future?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gen 26:12-14
12 (Ge 26:3; 24:1) Then Isaac sowed in that land
and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; the Lord blessed him.
13 The man became rich and continued to prosper until he became very wealthy.
14 (Ge 37:11; Ecc 4:4) For he had possessions of flocks and herds
and a great number of servants so that the Philistines envied him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Unfailing Love
Ps 36:5-9
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens,
and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Your righteousness is like the great mountains,
Your judgments like the great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) How excellent is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore mankind
seeks refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) They will drink their fill from the abundance of Your house,
and You will cause them to drink from the river of Your pleasures.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) For with You is the fountain of life;
in Your light we see light.
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
of Muslims scattered around 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 attracted 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 religion 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 overwhelm by this cultural double-whammy,
yet God has always worked miracles through the small, the few.
Agree in prayer for :
- The 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
15th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
standards of living (John 16: 8 - 11
8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness
and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 of righteousness, because I am going to My Father,
and you will see Me no more;
11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world stands condemned."
)
b) Pray for the province of Nova Scotia
I) Pray for the leaders of Nova Scotia, that God’s Spirit would influence
then to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 – 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority, that we may
lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and
to come to the knowledge of the truth.
)
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses beaming forth the illuminating truth
of God’s Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and give Him thanks for every blessing .
Pray to the Lord thank Him for always watching over and caring for us.
Pray to Jesus Christ to thank Him
the He will not separate from you.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for your success.
.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for being your refuge.
Pray for Muslims in Quebec to receive Christ as Saviour
and that Christian outreach will increase 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 Lord to convict all of His Righteous
standards of living
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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