Dave Yadallee's personal blog

Day 203, 22 July 2021



Isaiah 31-34



Isaiah 31



Woe to Those Who Trust Egypt



1 (Ps 20:7; Dt 17:16) Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,

and rely on horses,

and trust in chariots because they are many,

and in horsemen because they are very strong,

but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel

nor seek the Lord!

2 (Nu 23:19; Isa 45:7) Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster

and will not call back His words,

but will arise against the house of the evildoers

and against the help of those who work iniquity.

3 (Isa 9:17; Eze 28:9) Now the Egyptians are men and not God;

and their horses flesh and not spirit.

When the Lord shall stretch out His hand,

both he who helps shall fall

and he who is helped shall fall down,

and they all shall fail together.

4 (Am 3:8; Isa 42:13; Hos 11:10) For thus the Lord has spoken to me:

Like the lion, and the young lion,

roars over his prey,

against which a multitude of shepherds

is called out against him,

he will not be afraid of their voice,

nor disturbed at their noise,

so shall the Lord of Hosts come down

to fight for Mount Zion, and for its hill.

5 (Ps 91:4; Dt 32:11) Like flying birds,

so the Lord of Hosts will defend Jerusalem.

He will defend and deliver it;

He will pass over and preserve it.

6 (Isa 55:7; Jer 3:10) Turn to Him whom you have deeply betrayed,

O sons of Israel.

7 (Isa 2:20; 30:22) For in that day every man shall cast away

his idols of silver and his idols of gold which your own hands

have made for you as a sin.

8 (Isa 14:25; Ge 49:15) "Then the Assyrian shall fall by the sword

that is not of man,

and the sword not of man shall devour him.

So he shall not escape the sword,

and his young men shall become forced laborers.

9 (Dt 32:31; Isa 18:3) He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear,

and his princes shall be afraid of the banner,"

says the Lord,

whose fire is in Zion,

and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.



Isaiah 32



The Kingdom of Righteousness



1 (Isa 9:6-7; Jer 33:15) See, a king shall reign in righteousness,

and princes shall rule justly.

2 (Isa 25:4; 7:14) A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind,

and a shelter from the tempest,

as rivers of water in a dry place,

as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

3 (Isa 29:18) The eyes of those who see shall not be blinded,

and the ears of those who hear shall listen.

4 (Isa 29:24) The heart also of the hasty shall understand knowledge,

and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

5 (Isa 5:20) The vile person shall no more be called noble,

nor the rogue be spoken of as generous;

6 (1Sa 24:13; Isa 3:15) for the vile person will speak nonsense,

and his heart will work iniquity:

to practice hypocrisy

and to utter error against the Lord,

to keep the hungry unsatisfied

and to withhold drink from the thirsty.

7 (Jer 5:26-28; Isa 5:23) The instruments also of the rogue are evil;

he devises wicked schemes

to destroy the poor with lying words,

even when the needy speaks right.

8 But the noble devises noble things,

and by noble things he stands.



The Women of Jerusalem



9 (Isa 28:23; 3:16) Rise up, you women who are at ease,

hear my voice;

you careless daughters,

give ear to my speech.

10 (Isa 7:23) Within a year and a few days

you shall be troubled, you careless daughters;

for the vintage is ended

and the fruit gathering shall not come.

11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;

be troubled, you careless daughters;

strip, undress,

and put sackcloth on your waist.

12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,

for the fruitful vine,

13 (Isa 22:2; 7:23) for the land of my people

in which thorns and briers shall come up,

yes, for all the joyful houses

and for the jubilant city;

14 (Isa 24:10; 24:12) because the palaces have been forsaken,

the populated city is forsaken.

The forts and towers shall be caves forever,

a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,

15 (Isa 29:17; 35:1-2) until the Spirit is poured on us from on high,

and the wilderness is a fruitful field,

and the fruitful field is counted as a forest.



The Peace of God's Reign



16 Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness,

and righteousness will abide in the fruitful field.

17 (Ps 119:165; Ro 14:17) The work of righteousness shall be peace,

and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.

18 (Hos 2:18-23; Zec 2:5) My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation

and in secure dwellings

and in quiet resting places;

19 (Isa 28:17; 26:5) and it shall hail when the forest comes down,

and the city shall be utterly laid low.

20 (Ecc 11:1; Isa 30:23-24) How blessed are you

who sow beside all waters,

who send out freely the ox and the donkey.



Isaiah 33



A Prophecy of Deliverance



1 (Isa 21:2; Mt 7:2) Woe to you, O destroyer,

though you were not destroyed,

and he who is treacherous,

though others did not deal treacherously with you!

When you cease destroying,

you shall be destroyed;

and when you finish dealing treacherously,

others shall deal treacherously with you.

2 (Isa 25:9; 26:8) O Lord, be gracious to us;

we have waited for You.

Be our strength every morning,

our salvation also in the time of trouble.

3 At the noise of the tumult, the people flee;

at the lifting up of Yourself, the nations scatter;

4 your spoil is gathered like the caterpillar gathers;

as locusts rush about, men rush about on it.

5 (Isa 2:17) The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;

He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

6 (Mt 6:33; Ps 112:1-3) He shall be the stability of your times,

a wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;

the fear of the Lord is His treasure.

7 (2Ki 18:18; Isa 36:22) Listen! Their valiant ones cry in the streets;

the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

8 (Jdg 5:6) The highways lie waste,

the wayfaring man ceases.

He has broken the covenant,

he has despised the cities,

he has no regard for man.

9 (Isa 35:2; 65:10) The earth mourns and languishes;

Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down.

Sharon is like a wilderness,

and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

Impending Judgment on Israel

10 (Ps 12:5) "Now I will rise," says the Lord,

"now I will be exalted,

now I will be lifted up.

11 (Ps 7:14; Isa 59:4) You have conceived chaff,

you shall bring forth stubble;

My breath, as fire, shall devour you.

12 (2Sa 23:6-7; Isa 27:4) The people shall be burned to lime,

as thorns cut up are burned in the fire."

13 (Ps 48:10; Isa 49:1) Hear what I have done, you who are far away;

and you who are near, acknowledge My might.

14 (Heb 12:29; Isa 66:24) The sinners in Zion are afraid;

fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:

"Who among us can live with the continual fire?

Who among us can live with everlasting burning?"

15 (Ps 119:37) He who walks righteously

and speaks uprightly,

he who rejects unjust gain

and shakes his hands from holding bribes,

who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,

and shuts his eyes from seeing evil:

16 He shall dwell on high;

his place of defense shall be the impregnable rock;

his bread shall be given him,

his waters shall be sure.



The Land of the Majestic King



17 (Isa 6:5) Your eyes shall see the King in His beauty;

they shall see the land that is very far away.

18 (2Ki 18:14; 1Co 1:20) Your heart shall meditate on terror:

"Where is he who counts?

Where is he who weighs?

Where is he who counts the towers?"

19 (Isa 28:11; Dt 28:49-50) You shall not see a fierce people any more,

a people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends,

of a stammering tongue which no one understands.

20 (Ps 46:5; Isa 32:18) Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;

your eyes shall see Jerusalem,

a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down;

not one of its stakes shall ever be removed,

nor shall any of its cords be broken.

21 (Ps 46:4-5) But there the glorious Lord will be to us

a place of broad rivers and streams

on which no boat with oars shall go

and on which no gallant ship shall pass,

22 (Jas 4:12; Ps 89:18) for the Lord is our judge,

the Lord is our lawgiver,

the Lord is our king;

He will save us.

23 (2Ki 7:8; Ps 68:12) Your tackle hangs loose;

it cannot hold the base of its mast securely,

nor spread out the sail.

Then the prey of an abundant spoil shall be divided;

the lame shall take the prey.

24 (Jer 50:20; 1Jn 1:7-9) The inhabitant shall not say, "I am sick";

the people who dwell there shall be forgiven their iniquity.



Isaiah 34



Judgment on the Nations



1 (Dt 32:1; Isa 41:1) Come near, O nations, to hear;

and listen, O peoples!

Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,

the world, and all that comes from it.

2 For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations

and His fury upon all their armies;

He has utterly destroyed them,

He has delivered them to the slaughter.

3 (Joel 2:20; Isa 34:7) Their slain also shall be cast out,

and their corpses shall emit their stench,

and the mountains shall be drenched with their blood.

4 (Mt 24:29; Eze 32:7-8) All the host of heaven shall be dissolved,

and the heavens shall be rolled together as a book;

and all their host shall fall down

as the leaf falls from the vine,

and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

5 (Mal 1:4; Isa 63:1 ) For My sword is filled in heaven;

see, it shall come down for judgment on Edom,

and on the people whom I have devoted to destruction.

6 (Isa 63:1; Jer 49:13) The sword of the Lord is filled with blood,

it is made full with fatness,

and with the blood of lambs and goats,

with the fat of the kidneys of rams.

For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,

and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

7 (Nu 23:22; Ps 68:30) The wild oxen shall also fall with them,

and the young bulls with the mighty bulls;

so their land shall be soaked with blood,

and their dust become greasy with fat.

8 (Isa 63:4; 61:2) For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord,

and the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

9 (Dt 29:23; Ps 11:6 ) Its streams shall be turned into pitch,

and its dust into brimstone,

and its land shall become burning pitch.

10 (Rev 19:3; Isa 13:20) It shall not be quenched night or day;

its smoke shall go up forever.

From generation to generation it shall lie waste;

no one shall pass through it forever and ever.

11 (2Ki 21:13; La 2:8) But the cormorant and the hedgehog shall possess it,

the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it.

And He shall stretch out on it

the line of desolation,

and the plumb line of emptiness.

12 They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but no one shall be there,

and all her princes shall be nothing.

13 (Jer 9:11; 10:22) Thorns shall come up in her palaces,

nettles and brambles in the fortresses;

and it shall be a habitation of jackals

and a home for owls.

14 (Isa 13:21-22) The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet

with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to its kind;

the screech owl also shall rest there

and find for herself a place of rest.

15 (Dt 14:13) There shall the tree snake make its nest and lay eggs,

and it shall hatch and gather them under its protection;

yes, there shall the vultures also be gathered,

every one with its kind.

16 (Isa 30:8) Seek from the book of the Lord, and read.

Not one of these shall be missing,

not one shall lack its mate.

For His mouth has commanded,

and His Spirit has gathered them.

17 (Isa 34:10; Ps 78:55) He has cast the lot for them,

and His hand has divided it to them by line.

They shall possess it forever,

from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.



2) Our Daily Bread for 22 July 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/07/22/seeking-gods-help

entitled Seeking God's Help



2 Chron 20:5-12,15



5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the midst of the assembly of Judah

and Jerusalem in the house of the Lord before the new courtyard,

6 (1Ch 29:11-12; Dt 4:39; Da 4:17) and he said:

"O Lord God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens?

And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations?

In Your hand are strength and might, and there is no one who can oppose You.

7 (Isa 41:8; Jas 2:23) Did You not, our God, drive out those who lived

in this land before Your people Israel, and You gave it perpetually

to the descendants of Abraham, who was in covenant love with You.

8And they have dwelled in it and have built in it for You

a sanctuary for Your name saying,

9 (2Ch 6:20; 6:28-30) 'If disaster comes upon us, the sword, or judgment,

or pestilence, or famine, then we will stand before this temple

and before You because Your name is in this temple.

And we will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver.'

10 (Nu 20:17-21; Dt 2:4-5) "Now here are the sons of Ammon

and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade

when they came out of the land of Egypt, when they turned away

from them and did not destroy them.

11 (Ps 83:3-12) See how they are rewarding us by coming to drive us

out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit.

12 (Ps 25:15; Jdg 11:27) O our God, will You not render judgment on them?

For we have not strength enough to stand before this great army that is

coming against us. And we do not know what we should do, but our eyes are

on You."

15 (1Sa 17:47; 2Ch 32:7-8) And he said, "Pay attention all Judah,

and those dwelling in Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat:

Thus says the Lord to you,

'Do not fear, nor be dismayed because of this great army,

for the battle is not yours, but God's. '"



For five years in the late 1800s, grasshoppers descended on Minnesota,

destroying the crops. Farmers tried trapping the grasshoppers in tar

and burning their fields to kill the eggs. Feeling desperate,

and on the brink of starvation, many people sought a statewide

day of prayer, yearning to seek God's help together.

The governor relented, setting aside April 26 to pray.



In the days after the collective prayer, the weather warmed

and the eggs started to come to life. But then four days

later a drop in temperature surprised and delighted many,

for the freezing temperatures killed the larvae.

Minnesotans once again would harvest their crops of corn, wheat, and oats.



Prayer was also behind the saving of God's people during the reign

of King Jehoshaphat. When the king learned that a vast army was coming

against him, he called God’s people to pray and fast.

The people reminded God how He'd saved them in times past.

And Jehoshaphat said that if calamity came upon them,

"whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine,"

they would cry out to God knowing that He would hear

and save them (2 Chronicles 20:9).



God rescued His people from the invading armies,

and He hears us when we cry out to Him in distress.

Whatever your concern-whether a relationship issue

or something threatening from the natural world-lift it to God in prayer.

Nothing is too hard for Him.



By: Amy Boucher Pye



Reflect & Pray



How has God answered your prayers? What situations in your life

or in the world could you commit to Him today?



Creator God, You made the world and all that's in it.

Please restore order and save Your people, whom You love.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 5 - Waiting for the Wind



Is 40:31



31 (2Co 4:16; Ps 103:5; Ex 19:4)

but those who wait upon the Lord

shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as eagles,

they shall run and not be weary,

and they shall walk and not faint.



High above civilisation, alone on his craggy peak, the eagle waits.

He watches, senses, and then, with effortless grace, he spreads

his wings and soars. He does not flap frantically to gain altitude,

he merely turns his wings into the wind and rises.

Is 40:31 promises that we, too, can be like the eagle,

mounting up on wings, soaring effortlessly,

without weariness. But this is not often our experience.

We usually flap around like invalid pigeons, scratching

for mere existence, flying only when our place in the park is disturbed.

We need to learn to wait on the Lord. Like the wind that raises the eagle

to the heights, the wind of the Spirit will lift us up as well - beyond

the weariness of daily life, beyond the struggle for existence, beyond

the plodding pace of normal interaction.

But the eagle does not rise without plunging for the cliff into the wind.

His ability to stay aloft is based on his understand of wind currents;

when the wind is against him,he rises. He waits on the cliff

until the right moment, then allows the contrary breezes to lift him up.

Most of us are grounded by the winds that are against us. We give up

and never take the first flight. We fear the plunge from the cliff into the

buoyant breath of God, and so we stand fixed, afraid to launch out.

But when we do take the risk, when we wait upon the Lord, and then

give ourselves in obedience to a free-fall from the cliffs of his will,

we discover that there is rest in soaring with him. We do not have to

struggle; we have only to fly, and in flying, to find new strength.



Application



a) Why is "waiting upon the Lord" essential

to "Mounting up with wings as the eagle"?



b) How can this verse help me be more willing to take risks in God's will?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



2 Chr 26:5



5 (2 Ch 24:2; Da 1:17) And he sought after God in the days of Zechariah,

the one who instructed him in the fear of the Lord. And in the days

that he sought after the Lord, God caused him to succeed.



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



God's Gift of Salvation



Ps 40:1-3,9-11



PSALMS 40



1 I waited patiently for the Lord,

and He turned to me, and heard my cry.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,

out of the miry clay,

and set my feet on a rock,

and established my steps.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He has put a new song in my mouth,

even praise to our God;

many will see it, and fear,

and will trust in the Lord.



...



9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) I have proclaimed righteousness

in the great congregation;

I have not held back my lips,

O Lord, You know.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) I have not hidden Your righteousness

within my heart;

I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;

I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth

from the great congregation.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not withhold Your compassion from me, O Lord;

may Your lovingkindness and Your truth always guard me.



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?)



Where do Muslims live?



Canada is a land of immigrants. And Muslims are coming in increasing numbers

to our shores. Where do they live? How can we prayfor these areas? Use this as

your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.



Data for those population figures is extrapoled for the 2011 National

Household Survay and population growth projections by Pew Forum. These have

also been adjusted by +40% as reliable sources state that on 60% of Muslims

self-identify on government surveys and forms. These estimates are still on

the conservative end of the spectrum. Percentages represent that of the total

Canadian population, not provincial



BC - 136493 - 7.5%

AB - 195240 - 11%

SK - 17279 - 1%

MB - 21349 - 1.2%

ON - 1001542 - 55%

QC - 418946 - 23%

NB - 4543 - 0.003%

NS - 14629 - 0.1%

PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%

NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%

Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%

NWT - 473 - 0.0003%

NU - 86 - 0.00005%



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



22 Day of the Month



a) Pray for the Province of Quebec



I) Pray for the leaders of Quebec,

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



b) Pray that the influence of the Holy Spirit would dissolve

every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge

of God.



(



2 Cor 10: 3 - 5



3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God

to the pulling down of strongholds, 5 casting down imaginations and every

high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every

thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and sek Him for solutions.



Pray to the Lord "Creator God, You made the world and all that's in it.

Please restore order and save Your people, whom You love."



Pray to the Lord and wait upon Him.



Pray to the Lord and seek Him first.



Pray to the Lord and declare Him as Lord and Saviour.



Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.



Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have God's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.



Pray that the influence of the Holy Spirit would dissolve

every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge

of God.



Pray for pastors in Cuba pressured to provide the government

with infornation about church leaders.



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.