Day 171 - 20 June 2021 reflections
Day 170, 19 June 2021
Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca
We talked about AfterLife? Who will be There?
Rev 7:9
9 (Rev 5:9; Lev 23:40) Then I looked. And there was a great multitude
which no one could count, from all nations and tribes and peoples
and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed
with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
Matthew 6:9-10
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."
Racism and barriers have to be done away with
Rev 21:27
27 (Isa 52:1; Joel 3:17) No unclean thing shall ever enter it, nor shall
anyone who commits abomination or falsehood, but only those
whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
Jeremiah 11:20
20 (Ps 7:9; Jer 20:12) But, O Lord of Hosts, who judges righteously,
who tries the feelings and the heart,
Psalms 139:13-16
13 You brought my inner parts into being;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;
marvelous are Your works,
and You know me completely.
15 My frame was not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw me unformed,
yet in Your book
all my days were written,
before any of them came into being.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
4 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
5 (Isa 49:1; Ps 71:5-6) "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
and before you were born I sanctified you,
and I ordained you a prophet to the nations."
Matthew 22:30
30 (Ps 103:20; Mt 18:10) For in the resurrection they neither marry
nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven.
Ephesians 5:31-32
31"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh." Ge 2:24.
32 This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
Rev 19:7-8
7 (Mt 22:2; Eph 5:32) "Let us be glad and rejoice
and give Him glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come,
and His wife has made herself ready.
8 (Ps 45:13-14; 132:9) It was granted her to be arrayed in fine linen,
clean and white.â€
Fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
Col 3:1
1 (Ps 110:1; Mk 16:19) If you then were raised with Christ,
desire those things which are above,
where Christ sits at the right hand of God.
Hebrews 13:14
14 (Heb 12:22; Mic 2:10) For here we have no continuing city,
but we seek one to come.
1 Kings 10-11 ; 2 Chron 9
1 Kings 10
The Queen of Sheba
2Ch 9:1-12
1 (Mt 12:42; Lk 11:31; Ge 10:7) Now when the queen of Sheba
heard of Solomon's fame connected to the name of the Lord,
she came to test him with hard questions.
2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue,
with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones;
and when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.
3 Solomon answered all her questions; there was not anything
too difficult for the king which he could not answer.
4 When the queen of Sheba observed Solomon's wisdom and the house he had built
5 (1Ch 26:16) and the meat of his table and the sitting of his servants
and the attendance of his ministers and their clothing and his cupbearers
and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord,
it took her breath away.
6 She said to the king, "What I heard in my own land about your acts
and your wisdom was true!
7 I did not believe it until I came and saw it with my own eyes!
In fact, I was not even told half. Your wisdom and prosperity
are greater than the stories I heard!
8 (Pr 8:34) Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants
who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
9 (2Sa 8:15; 1Ki 5:7) Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you
and set you on the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel forever;
therefore He made you king in order to execute judgment and justice."
10 (1Ki 10:2) She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents
[About 41/2 tons, or 4 metric tons.] of gold and a great amount of spices
and precious stones. No one gave as many spices as the queen of Sheba
gave to King Solomon.
11 (1Ki 9:27-28) The ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir,
also brought from Ophir a large quantity of almug wood and precious stones.
12 The king made pillars for the house of the Lord out of the almug trees
and harps also and psalteries for singers for the king's house.
Never before had such almug wood been brought,
nor has any such been seen to this day.
13 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired,
no matter what she asked for, in addition to what Solomon gave her
from his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country,
she and her servants.
Solomon's Wealth
2 Ch 1:14-17; 9:13-28
14 (1Ki 9:28) Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon
in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents
[About 25 tons, or 23 metric tons.] of gold.
15 In addition, he collected from the merchantmen and the traffic
of the spice merchants and from all the kings of Arabia
and the governors of the country.
16 (1Ki 14:26-28; 2Ch 12:9-10) King Solomon made two hundred
large shields of beaten gold made of six hundred shekels
[About 15 pounds, or 6.9 kilograms; and in v. 29.] of gold each.
17 (1Ki 7:2) He made three hundred shields of beaten gold with three pounds
[About 3 3/4 pounds, or 1.7 kilograms,]
or if double minas,
[about 7 1/2 pounds, or 3.5 kilograms.] of gold in each shield.
And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
18 (1Ki 10:22; Ps 45:8) The king also made a great throne of ivory
and overlaid it with the best gold.
19 The throne had six steps, and the back of the throne was round,
and there were armrests on either side of the seat with two lions
standing beside the armrests.
20 Twelve lions stood on the sides of the six steps,
and there was no other like it in any kingdom.
21 (1Ki 10:17) All of King Solomon's drinking cups were made of gold,
and all the cups of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were made of pure gold.
None were made of silver, for it was not considered valuable
in the days of Solomon.
22 (1Ki 22:48; Ge 10:4) For the king had ships at sea at Tarshish
with the ships of Hiram. Every three years the ships of Tarshish
came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
23 (1Ki 3:12-13) So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in terms
of riches and wisdom.
24 (1Ki 3:9; 3:12) All the earth came to Solomon to hear his wisdom,
which God had put in his heart. 25Everyone brought an annual tribute
in the form of presents, silver and gold cups, garments, armor, spices,
horses, and mules.
26 (2Ch 9:25; 1Ki 4:26; Dt 17:16) Solomon gathered together chariots
and horsemen. He had one thousand four hundred chariots
and twelve thousand horsemen whom he stationed in the cities for chariots
and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as plentiful as stones,
and he made cedars to be as plentiful as sycamore trees in the valley.
28 (Dt 17:16; 2Ch 9:28) Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt along
with linen yarn. The king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
29 He brought chariots from Egypt at a price of six hundred shekels of silver
and a horse for a hundred and fifty.
[About 3 3/4 pounds, or 1.7 kilograms.]
And he exported them to all the kings of the Hittites
and the kings of Aram, by their means.
2 Chronicles 9
The Queen of Sheba Visits
1Ki 10:1-13
1 (Mt 12:42; Lk 11:31) The queen of Sheba heard a report of Solomon,
and she came to Jerusalem with a very impressive retinue-with camels
carrying spices, an abundance of gold, and precious stones-to test
Solomon with riddles. When she came to Solomon she shared with him
everything that was on her heart.
2 Solomon declared to her everything that she asked, and there was not
any matter concealed from Solomon that he did not declare to her.
3 When the queen of Sheba had observed the wisdom of Solomon,
the house that he had built, 4the food on his table, the seating
of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, and their clothing,
his valets, and their clothing, and his burnt offerings that he offered
at the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit left in her.
5 Then she said to the king, "True was the report that I heard
in my land concerning your words and wisdom.
6 But I did not believe their reports until I came and my eyes saw;
and indeed, half the greatness of your wisdom was not declared to me.
You have exceeded the report that I heard.
7 How happy your men must be! How happy these servants,
those who are continually before you listening to your wisdom.
8 (2Ch 2:11; Dt 7:8) May the Lord your God be blessed, who has delighted
in you, to set you as king on the throne of the Lord your God.
Your God has loved Israel to establish them continually
and has set you as king over them to perform justice and righteousness."
9 Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents
[About 41/2 tons or 4 metric tons.[ of gold and a great abundance
of spices and precious stones. And there were no spices like those
that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
10 [2Ch 8:18; 1Ki 10:11] Moreover, the servants of Hiram and Solomon
who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
11 (1Ki 10:12) And the king used the algum wood for steps for the house
of the Lord and the palace of the king, even for lyres and harps
for the singers. And there had not been anything seen
like these in the land of Judah.
12 (1Ki 10:13) And King Solomon gave everything to the queen of Sheba
in which she had pleasure, even what she asked for in addition to what
she brought to the king. Then she turned and left for her own land with
her servants.
The Splendor of Solomon
1Ki 10:14-29; 2Ch 1:14-17
13 The weight of gold that came to Solomon every year was 660 talents
[About 25 tons, or 23 metric tons.] of gold.
14 In addition to what the explorers and merchants brought in,
all the kings of Arabia and governors of the land brought in gold
and silver to Solomon.
15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold,
and six hundred gold pieces [About 15 pounds, or 6.9 kilograms.]
were used for each large shield.
16 (1Ki 7:2) And he made three hundred shields of hammered gold;
three hundred gold pieces [About 7 1/2 pounds, or 3.5 kilograms.]
were used for each shield. And the king put them in the House
of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 And the king made a great throne of ivory,
and he covered it with fine gold.
18 And there were six steps and a gold footstool attached to the throne,
and on each side at the place of the seat were armrests with two lions
standing beside the armrests.
19 So twelve lions stood there on the six steps, one on each side,
and there was nothing like this in any kingdom.
20 Even all the drinking vessels of King Solomon were gold,
and all the vessels in the House of the Forest of Lebanon were fine gold.
And silver was not thought to be valuable in the days of Solomon.
21 The ships of Solomon went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram.
Once every three years the ships of Tarshish returned carrying gold,
silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
22 (2Ch 1:12) So King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth
in wealth and wisdom.
23 (1Ki 4:34) All the kings of the earth sought out an audience
before Solomon to hear his wisdom that God gave to his mind.
24 Every year each man brought his own tribute, vessels of silver and gold,
garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules.
25 (1Ki 4:26; 10:26; 2Ch 1:14) Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses
and chariots and twelve thousand horses, and he put them in designated cities
and with him in Jerusalem.
26 (Ge 15:18; 1Ki 4:21) He ruled over all the kings from the River
[Euphrates River.] to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.
27 (2Ch 1:15-17) So the king made silver in Jerusalem as abundant as stones
and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the lowlands of the Shephelah.
28 (2Ch 1:16) The horses of Solomon were imported from Egypt
and from all other lands.
1 Kings 11
Solomon's Apostasy
1 (Dt 17:17; Ne 13:23-27) But King Solomon loved many foreign women
in addition to the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites,
Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites,
2 (Ex 34:16; 23:32-33) from the nations which the Lord warned the children
of Israel about, saying, "You shall not go in to them, nor shall they come
in to you, for they will surely turn your heart away toward their gods."
Solomon clung to these in love.
3 (2Sa 5:13-16) He had seven hundred wives who were princesses
and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
4 (1Ki 9:4; 8:61) For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away
after other gods, and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God
as the heart of David his father had been.
5 (Jdg 2:13; 1Ki 11:7) For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess
of the Sidonians, and after Molek, the abomination of the Ammonites.
6 Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not fully
follow the Lord as his father David had done.
7 (Nu 21:29; Jdg 11:24) Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh,
the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is close to Jerusalem,
and for Molek, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense
and sacrificed to their gods.
9 (1Ki 3:5; 9:2) The Lord was angry with Solomon
because he turned his heart away from the Lord God of Israel,
who had appeared to him twice,
10 and had warned him about this, that he should not follow other gods,
but he was disobedient to the Lord's command.
11 (1Ki 11:31; 12:15-16) Therefore the Lord said to Solomon,
"Since you have done this and have not kept My covenant and statutes,
which I commanded you, I will surely take the kingdom from you
and give it to your servant.
12 I will not do this in your lifetime for your father David's sake,
but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
13 (1Ki 12:20; Dt 12:11) However, I will not take the whole kingdom away,
but will preserve one tribe for your son for David My servant's sake
and for the sake of Jerusalem which I chose."
Solomon's Adversaries
14 The Lord stirred up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite.
He was a prince of Edom.
15 (2Sa 8:14; Dt 20:13) For when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander
of the army had gone to bury the slain, he had killed every male in Edom
16 (for six months Joab stayed there with his men
until he had killed every male in Edom).
17 But Hadad fled to Egypt, he and some Edomites who served his father,
Hadad still being a small child.
18 (Nu 10:12; Dt 1:1) They set out from Midian and went to Paran,
and they gathered men from Paran and then arrived in Egypt
and presented him before Pharaoh king of Egypt,
who gave him a house and provisions and land.
19 Pharaoh had great affection for Hadad, so much so that he gave
him his sister-in-law, the sister of Tahpenes the queen, as a wife.
20 Tahpenes' sister gave birth to his son, Genubath, whom Tahpenes
weaned in Pharaoh's house. Genubath lived in Pharaoh's house
among the sons of Pharaoh.
21 (1Ki 2:10) When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers
and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh,
"Allow me to depart and go to my own country."
22 Then Pharaoh said to him, "But what have you lacked with me that
you want to go to your own country?"
And he answered, "Nothing, however let me go anyway."
23 (2Sa 8:3; 1Ki 11:14) God stirred up another adversary against him,
Rezon the son of Eliada, who fled from his lord Hadadezer, king of Zobah.
24 (2Sa 10:8; 10:18) He gathered a group of men and became leader over
a band when David killed the men of Zobah, and they fled to Damascus
and lived and reigned there.
25 He was an enemy of Israel all the days of Solomon in addition
to the troubles caused by Hadad, and he hated Israel and reigned over Aram.
Jeroboam's Rebellion
26 (1Ki 12:2; 2Ch 13:6) Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah,
who was Solomon's servant and whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman,
even he lifted up his hand against the king.
27 (1Ki 9:24; 9:15) This is what led to his rebellion against the king.
Solomon built Millo and repaired the wall of the City of David his father.
28 (Pr 22:29) Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor, and when Solomon
saw that the young man was industrious, he made him ruler over all the labor
force of the house of Joseph.
29 (1Ki 12:15; 14:2) At that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him along the way, and he had dressed
himself in a new garment, and the two of them were alone in the field.
30 (1Sa 15:27-28) Ahijah took off the new garment that he wore
and tore it into twelve pieces,
31 (1Ki 11:11-12) and he said to Jeroboam: Take ten pieces,
for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
"See, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon
and will give ten tribes to you
32 (1Ki 11:13) (but he shall have one tribe for My servant David's sake
and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all
the tribes of Israel),
33 because they have forsaken Me and have worshipped
Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites,
and Molek the god of the children of Ammon and have not walked
in My ways and have not done that which is right in My eyes,
to keep My statutes and judgments, as his father David had done.
34 "However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand,
but I will make him prince all the days of his life
for David My servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept
My commandments and My statutes.
35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand
and will give ten tribes to you.
36 (1Ki 11:13; 15:4) To his son will I give one tribe,
so that My servant David will always have a light
before Me in Jerusalem, the city in which I have chosen to put My name.
37 (2Sa 3:21) I will take you, and you shall reign according to all
that your soul desires and shall be king over Israel.
38 (Jos 1:5; 2Sa 7:11) It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command
you and will walk in My ways and do what is right in My sight to keep
My statutes and My commandments, as David My servant did,
I will be with you and build you a sure house, as I built for David,
and will give Israel to you.
39 I will thus afflict the seed of David, but not forever."
40 (2Ch 12:2-9) Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam.
And Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to Shishak, king of Egypt,
and he stayed in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
The Death of Solomon
2Ch 9:29-31
41 (2Ch 9:29-31) The rest of the acts of Solomon and all that he did
and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
was forty years.
43 (1Ki 2:10; 2Ki 21:18) Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried
in the City of David his father, and his son Rehoboam reigned after him.
2 Chronicles 9
The Death of Solomon
1Ki 11:41-43
29 (1Ch 29:29; 1Ki 11:29) And the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning
to end, are they not written in the annals of Nathan the prophet,
and the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer
concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
30 (1Ki 11:42-43) So Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
31 (1Ki 2:10) And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried
him in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son then ruled
in his place.
2) Our Daily Bread for 20 June 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/06/20/time-spent-with-our-father
entitled Spending Time with God
Luke 5:12–16
The Cleansing of a Leper
Mt 8:1-4; Mk 1:40-45
12 (Mt 8:2-4; 9:28) When He was in a certain city, a man full of leprosy,
upon seeing Jesus, fell on his face and begged Him,
"Lord, if You will, You can make me clean."
13 He reached out His hand and touched him, saying, "I will. Be clean."
And immediately the leprosy left him.
14 (Lev 14:2-32; Mt 8:4) Then He commanded him to tell no one,
"But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering
for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
15 (Mt 9:26) Yet even more so His fame went everywhere.
And great crowds came together to hear
and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.
16 (Mt 14:23; Lk 6:12) But He withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.
A River Runs Through It is Norman Maclean's masterful story of two boys
growing up in western Montana with their father, a Presbyterian minister.
On Sunday mornings, Norman and his brother, Paul, went to church
where they heard their father preach. Once Sunday evening rolled around,
there was another service and their father would preach again. But between
those two services, they were free to walk the hills and streams with him
"while he unwound between services." It was an intentional withdrawing
on their father's part to "restore his soul and be filled again to overflowing
for the evening sermon."
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is seen teaching multitudes on hillsides
and cities, and healing the sick and diseased who were brought to Him.
All this interaction was in line with the Son of Man's mission
"to seek and to save the lost" (Luke 19:10). But it's also noted that He
"often withdrew to lonely places" (5:16). His time there was spent communing
with the Father, being renewed and restored to step
back once more into His mission.
In our faithful efforts to serve, it's good for us to remember
that Jesus often withdrew. If this practice was important for Jesus,
how much more so for us?
May we regularly spend time with our Father, who can fill us again
to overflowing.
By: John Blase
Reflect & Pray
What comes to mind when you think of a "lonely" place?
When and where can you withdraw to simply spend time with the Father?
Thank You for the reminder, Father, of my need for time spent with You.
I need Your grace and strength to renew my often-weary soul.
To learn more about spending time with God in prayer,
visit https://ChristianUniversity.org/SF120 .
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 1 - The Joy of Confessing Christ
Romans 10:9-10
9 (Lk 12:8; Php 2:11)that if you confess with your mouth
Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved,
10 for with the heart one believes unto righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation
Teena, a college freshman, has just committed her life to Christ,
but she was apprehensive about telling anyone - until Bill appeared
on the scene. He plunked his coffee cup down on the table and smiled.
"I heard something exciting happened to you yesterday, Teena"
"Yeah", Teena paused and looked around, as if seeking an escape route.
"I , uh, well, I did it"
"Did what?"
"Well, I, ah, gave my life to God."
"That's wonderful!" Bill exclaimed.
He was still talking with Teena and encouraging he in her decision
when Maria walked by.
"Maria!" Bill called. "Teena wants to tell you something!"
Teena gasped , open-mouthed, then stammered,
" I - I committed my life to Christ."
Maria , similarly enthuasiatic, encouraged Teena in her commitment,
and within half an hour Teena was stopping her friends to tell them,
"Guess what? I've become a Christian! I belng to Jesus now!"
Teena had already surrendered her heart to Christ.
But when she confessed her decision aloud to others,
the truth of that transformation was confirmed by her.
Many of us have been raised to believe that 'faith is a private matter',
not to be discussed in polite company. Yet Paul makes clear the connection
between heart commitment and verbal confession. Just as my love for family
and friends deepens as I tell them I love them, so a person's love
for Christ is confirmed and stabilised by speaking of that commitment to others.
Application
a) Have I been reluctant to tell others of my faith in Christ? Why?
b) What happens within me when I do tell others of my love for the Lord?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Deut 28:11
11 (Dt 28:4; 30:9) The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity,
in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock,
and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore
to your fathers to give you.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
1 John 4:16b-18
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us,
so that we may have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is,
so are we in this world.
18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love,
but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
Whoever fears is not perfect in love.
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
20th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
(
Matthew 19:14
14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16–17)
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,
and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
)
b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
(
Eph 6:12
12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly places.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to be in the Lamb's Book of Life
Pray to the Lord and to lead in every decision
that is glorious.
Pray to the Lord and seek him in a peaceful manner.
Pray to the Lord and confess that He is Lord of your Life.
Pray to the Lord to be under His Covenant
and his Blessings
Pray to the Lord and know He is Perfect Love.
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 children of Canada, that they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
Pray for the protection of Christians in Colomibia from guerilla groups
and from drug and arms traffickers.
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.
Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca
We talked about AfterLife? Who will be There?
Rev 7:9
9 (Rev 5:9; Lev 23:40) Then I looked. And there was a great multitude
which no one could count, from all nations and tribes and peoples
and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed
with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
Matthew 6:9-10
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."
Racism and barriers have to be done away with
Rev 21:27
27 (Isa 52:1; Joel 3:17) No unclean thing shall ever enter it, nor shall
anyone who commits abomination or falsehood, but only those
whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
Jeremiah 11:20
20 (Ps 7:9; Jer 20:12) But, O Lord of Hosts, who judges righteously,
who tries the feelings and the heart,
Psalms 139:13-16
13 You brought my inner parts into being;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;
marvelous are Your works,
and You know me completely.
15 My frame was not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw me unformed,
yet in Your book
all my days were written,
before any of them came into being.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
4 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
5 (Isa 49:1; Ps 71:5-6) "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
and before you were born I sanctified you,
and I ordained you a prophet to the nations."
Matthew 22:30
30 (Ps 103:20; Mt 18:10) For in the resurrection they neither marry
nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven.
Ephesians 5:31-32
31"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh." Ge 2:24.
32 This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
Rev 19:7-8
7 (Mt 22:2; Eph 5:32) "Let us be glad and rejoice
and give Him glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come,
and His wife has made herself ready.
8 (Ps 45:13-14; 132:9) It was granted her to be arrayed in fine linen,
clean and white.â€
Fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
Col 3:1
1 (Ps 110:1; Mk 16:19) If you then were raised with Christ,
desire those things which are above,
where Christ sits at the right hand of God.
Hebrews 13:14
14 (Heb 12:22; Mic 2:10) For here we have no continuing city,
but we seek one to come.
1 Kings 10-11 ; 2 Chron 9
1 Kings 10
The Queen of Sheba
2Ch 9:1-12
1 (Mt 12:42; Lk 11:31; Ge 10:7) Now when the queen of Sheba
heard of Solomon's fame connected to the name of the Lord,
she came to test him with hard questions.
2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue,
with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones;
and when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.
3 Solomon answered all her questions; there was not anything
too difficult for the king which he could not answer.
4 When the queen of Sheba observed Solomon's wisdom and the house he had built
5 (1Ch 26:16) and the meat of his table and the sitting of his servants
and the attendance of his ministers and their clothing and his cupbearers
and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord,
it took her breath away.
6 She said to the king, "What I heard in my own land about your acts
and your wisdom was true!
7 I did not believe it until I came and saw it with my own eyes!
In fact, I was not even told half. Your wisdom and prosperity
are greater than the stories I heard!
8 (Pr 8:34) Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants
who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
9 (2Sa 8:15; 1Ki 5:7) Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you
and set you on the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel forever;
therefore He made you king in order to execute judgment and justice."
10 (1Ki 10:2) She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents
[About 41/2 tons, or 4 metric tons.] of gold and a great amount of spices
and precious stones. No one gave as many spices as the queen of Sheba
gave to King Solomon.
11 (1Ki 9:27-28) The ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir,
also brought from Ophir a large quantity of almug wood and precious stones.
12 The king made pillars for the house of the Lord out of the almug trees
and harps also and psalteries for singers for the king's house.
Never before had such almug wood been brought,
nor has any such been seen to this day.
13 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired,
no matter what she asked for, in addition to what Solomon gave her
from his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country,
she and her servants.
Solomon's Wealth
2 Ch 1:14-17; 9:13-28
14 (1Ki 9:28) Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon
in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents
[About 25 tons, or 23 metric tons.] of gold.
15 In addition, he collected from the merchantmen and the traffic
of the spice merchants and from all the kings of Arabia
and the governors of the country.
16 (1Ki 14:26-28; 2Ch 12:9-10) King Solomon made two hundred
large shields of beaten gold made of six hundred shekels
[About 15 pounds, or 6.9 kilograms; and in v. 29.] of gold each.
17 (1Ki 7:2) He made three hundred shields of beaten gold with three pounds
[About 3 3/4 pounds, or 1.7 kilograms,]
or if double minas,
[about 7 1/2 pounds, or 3.5 kilograms.] of gold in each shield.
And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
18 (1Ki 10:22; Ps 45:8) The king also made a great throne of ivory
and overlaid it with the best gold.
19 The throne had six steps, and the back of the throne was round,
and there were armrests on either side of the seat with two lions
standing beside the armrests.
20 Twelve lions stood on the sides of the six steps,
and there was no other like it in any kingdom.
21 (1Ki 10:17) All of King Solomon's drinking cups were made of gold,
and all the cups of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were made of pure gold.
None were made of silver, for it was not considered valuable
in the days of Solomon.
22 (1Ki 22:48; Ge 10:4) For the king had ships at sea at Tarshish
with the ships of Hiram. Every three years the ships of Tarshish
came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
23 (1Ki 3:12-13) So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in terms
of riches and wisdom.
24 (1Ki 3:9; 3:12) All the earth came to Solomon to hear his wisdom,
which God had put in his heart. 25Everyone brought an annual tribute
in the form of presents, silver and gold cups, garments, armor, spices,
horses, and mules.
26 (2Ch 9:25; 1Ki 4:26; Dt 17:16) Solomon gathered together chariots
and horsemen. He had one thousand four hundred chariots
and twelve thousand horsemen whom he stationed in the cities for chariots
and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as plentiful as stones,
and he made cedars to be as plentiful as sycamore trees in the valley.
28 (Dt 17:16; 2Ch 9:28) Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt along
with linen yarn. The king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
29 He brought chariots from Egypt at a price of six hundred shekels of silver
and a horse for a hundred and fifty.
[About 3 3/4 pounds, or 1.7 kilograms.]
And he exported them to all the kings of the Hittites
and the kings of Aram, by their means.
2 Chronicles 9
The Queen of Sheba Visits
1Ki 10:1-13
1 (Mt 12:42; Lk 11:31) The queen of Sheba heard a report of Solomon,
and she came to Jerusalem with a very impressive retinue-with camels
carrying spices, an abundance of gold, and precious stones-to test
Solomon with riddles. When she came to Solomon she shared with him
everything that was on her heart.
2 Solomon declared to her everything that she asked, and there was not
any matter concealed from Solomon that he did not declare to her.
3 When the queen of Sheba had observed the wisdom of Solomon,
the house that he had built, 4the food on his table, the seating
of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, and their clothing,
his valets, and their clothing, and his burnt offerings that he offered
at the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit left in her.
5 Then she said to the king, "True was the report that I heard
in my land concerning your words and wisdom.
6 But I did not believe their reports until I came and my eyes saw;
and indeed, half the greatness of your wisdom was not declared to me.
You have exceeded the report that I heard.
7 How happy your men must be! How happy these servants,
those who are continually before you listening to your wisdom.
8 (2Ch 2:11; Dt 7:8) May the Lord your God be blessed, who has delighted
in you, to set you as king on the throne of the Lord your God.
Your God has loved Israel to establish them continually
and has set you as king over them to perform justice and righteousness."
9 Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents
[About 41/2 tons or 4 metric tons.[ of gold and a great abundance
of spices and precious stones. And there were no spices like those
that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
10 [2Ch 8:18; 1Ki 10:11] Moreover, the servants of Hiram and Solomon
who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
11 (1Ki 10:12) And the king used the algum wood for steps for the house
of the Lord and the palace of the king, even for lyres and harps
for the singers. And there had not been anything seen
like these in the land of Judah.
12 (1Ki 10:13) And King Solomon gave everything to the queen of Sheba
in which she had pleasure, even what she asked for in addition to what
she brought to the king. Then she turned and left for her own land with
her servants.
The Splendor of Solomon
1Ki 10:14-29; 2Ch 1:14-17
13 The weight of gold that came to Solomon every year was 660 talents
[About 25 tons, or 23 metric tons.] of gold.
14 In addition to what the explorers and merchants brought in,
all the kings of Arabia and governors of the land brought in gold
and silver to Solomon.
15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold,
and six hundred gold pieces [About 15 pounds, or 6.9 kilograms.]
were used for each large shield.
16 (1Ki 7:2) And he made three hundred shields of hammered gold;
three hundred gold pieces [About 7 1/2 pounds, or 3.5 kilograms.]
were used for each shield. And the king put them in the House
of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 And the king made a great throne of ivory,
and he covered it with fine gold.
18 And there were six steps and a gold footstool attached to the throne,
and on each side at the place of the seat were armrests with two lions
standing beside the armrests.
19 So twelve lions stood there on the six steps, one on each side,
and there was nothing like this in any kingdom.
20 Even all the drinking vessels of King Solomon were gold,
and all the vessels in the House of the Forest of Lebanon were fine gold.
And silver was not thought to be valuable in the days of Solomon.
21 The ships of Solomon went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram.
Once every three years the ships of Tarshish returned carrying gold,
silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
22 (2Ch 1:12) So King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth
in wealth and wisdom.
23 (1Ki 4:34) All the kings of the earth sought out an audience
before Solomon to hear his wisdom that God gave to his mind.
24 Every year each man brought his own tribute, vessels of silver and gold,
garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules.
25 (1Ki 4:26; 10:26; 2Ch 1:14) Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses
and chariots and twelve thousand horses, and he put them in designated cities
and with him in Jerusalem.
26 (Ge 15:18; 1Ki 4:21) He ruled over all the kings from the River
[Euphrates River.] to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.
27 (2Ch 1:15-17) So the king made silver in Jerusalem as abundant as stones
and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the lowlands of the Shephelah.
28 (2Ch 1:16) The horses of Solomon were imported from Egypt
and from all other lands.
1 Kings 11
Solomon's Apostasy
1 (Dt 17:17; Ne 13:23-27) But King Solomon loved many foreign women
in addition to the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites,
Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites,
2 (Ex 34:16; 23:32-33) from the nations which the Lord warned the children
of Israel about, saying, "You shall not go in to them, nor shall they come
in to you, for they will surely turn your heart away toward their gods."
Solomon clung to these in love.
3 (2Sa 5:13-16) He had seven hundred wives who were princesses
and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
4 (1Ki 9:4; 8:61) For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away
after other gods, and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God
as the heart of David his father had been.
5 (Jdg 2:13; 1Ki 11:7) For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess
of the Sidonians, and after Molek, the abomination of the Ammonites.
6 Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not fully
follow the Lord as his father David had done.
7 (Nu 21:29; Jdg 11:24) Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh,
the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is close to Jerusalem,
and for Molek, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense
and sacrificed to their gods.
9 (1Ki 3:5; 9:2) The Lord was angry with Solomon
because he turned his heart away from the Lord God of Israel,
who had appeared to him twice,
10 and had warned him about this, that he should not follow other gods,
but he was disobedient to the Lord's command.
11 (1Ki 11:31; 12:15-16) Therefore the Lord said to Solomon,
"Since you have done this and have not kept My covenant and statutes,
which I commanded you, I will surely take the kingdom from you
and give it to your servant.
12 I will not do this in your lifetime for your father David's sake,
but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
13 (1Ki 12:20; Dt 12:11) However, I will not take the whole kingdom away,
but will preserve one tribe for your son for David My servant's sake
and for the sake of Jerusalem which I chose."
Solomon's Adversaries
14 The Lord stirred up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite.
He was a prince of Edom.
15 (2Sa 8:14; Dt 20:13) For when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander
of the army had gone to bury the slain, he had killed every male in Edom
16 (for six months Joab stayed there with his men
until he had killed every male in Edom).
17 But Hadad fled to Egypt, he and some Edomites who served his father,
Hadad still being a small child.
18 (Nu 10:12; Dt 1:1) They set out from Midian and went to Paran,
and they gathered men from Paran and then arrived in Egypt
and presented him before Pharaoh king of Egypt,
who gave him a house and provisions and land.
19 Pharaoh had great affection for Hadad, so much so that he gave
him his sister-in-law, the sister of Tahpenes the queen, as a wife.
20 Tahpenes' sister gave birth to his son, Genubath, whom Tahpenes
weaned in Pharaoh's house. Genubath lived in Pharaoh's house
among the sons of Pharaoh.
21 (1Ki 2:10) When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers
and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh,
"Allow me to depart and go to my own country."
22 Then Pharaoh said to him, "But what have you lacked with me that
you want to go to your own country?"
And he answered, "Nothing, however let me go anyway."
23 (2Sa 8:3; 1Ki 11:14) God stirred up another adversary against him,
Rezon the son of Eliada, who fled from his lord Hadadezer, king of Zobah.
24 (2Sa 10:8; 10:18) He gathered a group of men and became leader over
a band when David killed the men of Zobah, and they fled to Damascus
and lived and reigned there.
25 He was an enemy of Israel all the days of Solomon in addition
to the troubles caused by Hadad, and he hated Israel and reigned over Aram.
Jeroboam's Rebellion
26 (1Ki 12:2; 2Ch 13:6) Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah,
who was Solomon's servant and whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman,
even he lifted up his hand against the king.
27 (1Ki 9:24; 9:15) This is what led to his rebellion against the king.
Solomon built Millo and repaired the wall of the City of David his father.
28 (Pr 22:29) Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor, and when Solomon
saw that the young man was industrious, he made him ruler over all the labor
force of the house of Joseph.
29 (1Ki 12:15; 14:2) At that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him along the way, and he had dressed
himself in a new garment, and the two of them were alone in the field.
30 (1Sa 15:27-28) Ahijah took off the new garment that he wore
and tore it into twelve pieces,
31 (1Ki 11:11-12) and he said to Jeroboam: Take ten pieces,
for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
"See, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon
and will give ten tribes to you
32 (1Ki 11:13) (but he shall have one tribe for My servant David's sake
and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all
the tribes of Israel),
33 because they have forsaken Me and have worshipped
Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites,
and Molek the god of the children of Ammon and have not walked
in My ways and have not done that which is right in My eyes,
to keep My statutes and judgments, as his father David had done.
34 "However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand,
but I will make him prince all the days of his life
for David My servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept
My commandments and My statutes.
35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand
and will give ten tribes to you.
36 (1Ki 11:13; 15:4) To his son will I give one tribe,
so that My servant David will always have a light
before Me in Jerusalem, the city in which I have chosen to put My name.
37 (2Sa 3:21) I will take you, and you shall reign according to all
that your soul desires and shall be king over Israel.
38 (Jos 1:5; 2Sa 7:11) It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command
you and will walk in My ways and do what is right in My sight to keep
My statutes and My commandments, as David My servant did,
I will be with you and build you a sure house, as I built for David,
and will give Israel to you.
39 I will thus afflict the seed of David, but not forever."
40 (2Ch 12:2-9) Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam.
And Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to Shishak, king of Egypt,
and he stayed in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
The Death of Solomon
2Ch 9:29-31
41 (2Ch 9:29-31) The rest of the acts of Solomon and all that he did
and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
was forty years.
43 (1Ki 2:10; 2Ki 21:18) Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried
in the City of David his father, and his son Rehoboam reigned after him.
2 Chronicles 9
The Death of Solomon
1Ki 11:41-43
29 (1Ch 29:29; 1Ki 11:29) And the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning
to end, are they not written in the annals of Nathan the prophet,
and the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer
concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
30 (1Ki 11:42-43) So Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
31 (1Ki 2:10) And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried
him in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son then ruled
in his place.
2) Our Daily Bread for 20 June 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/06/20/time-spent-with-our-father
entitled Spending Time with God
Luke 5:12–16
The Cleansing of a Leper
Mt 8:1-4; Mk 1:40-45
12 (Mt 8:2-4; 9:28) When He was in a certain city, a man full of leprosy,
upon seeing Jesus, fell on his face and begged Him,
"Lord, if You will, You can make me clean."
13 He reached out His hand and touched him, saying, "I will. Be clean."
And immediately the leprosy left him.
14 (Lev 14:2-32; Mt 8:4) Then He commanded him to tell no one,
"But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering
for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
15 (Mt 9:26) Yet even more so His fame went everywhere.
And great crowds came together to hear
and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.
16 (Mt 14:23; Lk 6:12) But He withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.
A River Runs Through It is Norman Maclean's masterful story of two boys
growing up in western Montana with their father, a Presbyterian minister.
On Sunday mornings, Norman and his brother, Paul, went to church
where they heard their father preach. Once Sunday evening rolled around,
there was another service and their father would preach again. But between
those two services, they were free to walk the hills and streams with him
"while he unwound between services." It was an intentional withdrawing
on their father's part to "restore his soul and be filled again to overflowing
for the evening sermon."
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is seen teaching multitudes on hillsides
and cities, and healing the sick and diseased who were brought to Him.
All this interaction was in line with the Son of Man's mission
"to seek and to save the lost" (Luke 19:10). But it's also noted that He
"often withdrew to lonely places" (5:16). His time there was spent communing
with the Father, being renewed and restored to step
back once more into His mission.
In our faithful efforts to serve, it's good for us to remember
that Jesus often withdrew. If this practice was important for Jesus,
how much more so for us?
May we regularly spend time with our Father, who can fill us again
to overflowing.
By: John Blase
Reflect & Pray
What comes to mind when you think of a "lonely" place?
When and where can you withdraw to simply spend time with the Father?
Thank You for the reminder, Father, of my need for time spent with You.
I need Your grace and strength to renew my often-weary soul.
To learn more about spending time with God in prayer,
visit https://ChristianUniversity.org/SF120 .
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 1 - The Joy of Confessing Christ
Romans 10:9-10
9 (Lk 12:8; Php 2:11)that if you confess with your mouth
Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved,
10 for with the heart one believes unto righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation
Teena, a college freshman, has just committed her life to Christ,
but she was apprehensive about telling anyone - until Bill appeared
on the scene. He plunked his coffee cup down on the table and smiled.
"I heard something exciting happened to you yesterday, Teena"
"Yeah", Teena paused and looked around, as if seeking an escape route.
"I , uh, well, I did it"
"Did what?"
"Well, I, ah, gave my life to God."
"That's wonderful!" Bill exclaimed.
He was still talking with Teena and encouraging he in her decision
when Maria walked by.
"Maria!" Bill called. "Teena wants to tell you something!"
Teena gasped , open-mouthed, then stammered,
" I - I committed my life to Christ."
Maria , similarly enthuasiatic, encouraged Teena in her commitment,
and within half an hour Teena was stopping her friends to tell them,
"Guess what? I've become a Christian! I belng to Jesus now!"
Teena had already surrendered her heart to Christ.
But when she confessed her decision aloud to others,
the truth of that transformation was confirmed by her.
Many of us have been raised to believe that 'faith is a private matter',
not to be discussed in polite company. Yet Paul makes clear the connection
between heart commitment and verbal confession. Just as my love for family
and friends deepens as I tell them I love them, so a person's love
for Christ is confirmed and stabilised by speaking of that commitment to others.
Application
a) Have I been reluctant to tell others of my faith in Christ? Why?
b) What happens within me when I do tell others of my love for the Lord?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Deut 28:11
11 (Dt 28:4; 30:9) The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity,
in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock,
and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore
to your fathers to give you.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
1 John 4:16b-18
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us,
so that we may have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is,
so are we in this world.
18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love,
but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
Whoever fears is not perfect in love.
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
20th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
(
Matthew 19:14
14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16–17)
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,
and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
)
b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
(
Eph 6:12
12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly places.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to be in the Lamb's Book of Life
Pray to the Lord and to lead in every decision
that is glorious.
Pray to the Lord and seek him in a peaceful manner.
Pray to the Lord and confess that He is Lord of your Life.
Pray to the Lord to be under His Covenant
and his Blessings
Pray to the Lord and know He is Perfect Love.
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 children of Canada, that they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
Pray for the protection of Christians in Colomibia from guerilla groups
and from drug and arms traffickers.
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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