Dave Yadallee's personal blog

Day 223, 11 August 2021



Jeremiah 18-22



Jeremiah 18



The Potter and the Clay



1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:

2 (Jer 19:1-2) "Arise and go down to the potter's house,

and there I will cause you to hear My words."

3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was making

something on the wheel.

4 Yet the vessel that he made of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter;

so he made it again into another vessel,

as seemed good to the potter to make it.

5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

6 (Isa 64:8; 45:9) O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?

says the Lord. As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand,

O house of Israel.

7 (Jer 1:10) At one moment I may speak concerning a nation

and concerning a kingdom to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it.

8 (Jer 26:13; Eze 18:21) If that nation against which I have spoken turns

from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to do to it.

9 (Jer 1:10; 31:28) Or at another moment I may speak concerning a nation

and concerning a kingdom to build and to plant it.

10 (1Sa 2:30; Eze 33:18) If it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice,

then I will relent of the good with which I said I would bless it.

11 (2Ki 17:13; Isa 1:16-19) Now therefore speak to the men of Judah

and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus says the Lord:

Look, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you.

Repent now, everyone from his evil way, and make your ways

and your deeds good.

12 (Jer 2:25; Isa 57:10) But they say, "There is no hope! But we will walk

after our own devices, and each of us will do according

to the stubbornness of his evil heart."

13 (Jer 5:30; Isa 66:8) Therefore thus says the Lord:

Ask now among the nations,

who has heard such things?

The virgin of Israel

has done a very horrible thing.

14 Shall a man leave the snow of Lebanon,

which comes from the rock of the field?

Shall the cold flowing water that comes from another place

be forsaken?

15 (Isa 57:14; Jer 6:16) Because My people have forgotten Me,

they have burned incense to vain gods

and they have stumbled in their ways

from the ancient paths,

to walk in bypaths,

not on a highway,

16 (Ps 22:7; Jer 25:9 ) to make their land desolate,

and a perpetual hissing;

everyone who passes by shall be astonished

and shake his head.

17 (Jer 2:27; 13:24) I will scatter them before the enemy

as with an east wind;

I will show them the back and not the face

in the day of their calamity.



Jeremiah Persecuted



18 (Jer 11:19; Ps 52:2) Then they said, "Come and let us devise plans

against Jeremiah. For the law will not be lost from the priest, nor counsel

from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him

with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words."

19 Give heed to me, O Lord,

and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

20 (Ps 35:7; 57:6 ) Shall evil be recompensed for good?

For they have dug a pit for my soul.

Remember that I stood before You

to speak good for them,

and to turn away Your wrath from them.

21 (Ps 109:9-20; Jer 9:21) Therefore, deliver up their children

to the famine

and pour out their blood by the power of the sword;

and let their wives be bereaved of their children and become widows

and let their men be put to death;

let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

22 (Ps 140:5; Jer 6:26) Let a cry be heard from their houses,

when You bring a troop suddenly upon them;

for they have dug a pit to take me

and hidden snares for my feet.

23 (Isa 2:9) Yet, Lord, You know

all their counsel against me to slay me.

Do not forgive their iniquity

nor blot out their sin from Your sight;

but let them be overthrown before You;

deal thus with them in the time of Your anger.



Jeremiah 19



The Broken Jar



1 (Nu 11:16) Thus says the Lord: Go and buy a potter's earthen bottle,

and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders

of the priests.

2 (Jos 15:8; 2Ki 23:10) Then go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom,

which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words

that I will tell you,

3 (1Sa 3:11; Jer 17:20) and say: Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah

and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

I will bring such disaster upon this place, at which whoever hears of it,

his ears shall tingle.

4 (Jer 2:34; 2Ki 21:16; Dt 28:20) Because they have forsaken Me

and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods

whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known,

and have filled this place with the blood of the innocent,

5 (Jer 32:35; Lev 18:21; Ps 106:37-38) and have built the high places

of Baal to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal,

which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into My mind-

6 (Jos 15:8; Isa 30:33) therefore, surely the days are coming,

says the Lord, when this place shall no more be called Topheth

or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

7 (Lev 26:17; Jer 16:4) I will make void the counsel of Judah

and Jerusalem in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword

before their enemies, and by the hands of those who seek their lives.

And their corpses I will give to be food for the fowl of the heaven

and for the beasts of the earth.

8 (Jer 18:16; 1Ki 9:8) I will make this city desolate and a hissing.

Everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss because

of all the wounds.

9 (Lev 26:29; Isa 9:20) I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons

and the flesh of their daughters, and everyone will eat the flesh

of his friend in the siege and distress, with which their enemies

and those who seek their lives will distress them.

10 (Jer 19:1; 51:63-64) Then you will break the bottle in the sight of the men

that go with you,

11 (Ps 2:9; Isa 30:14) and say to them: Thus says the Lord of Hosts:

Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's

vessel that cannot be made whole again; and they will bury them in Topheth

until there is no other place to bury.

12 Thus I will do to this place and to the inhabitants, says the Lord,

and even make this city as Topheth.

13 (2Ki 23:12; Jer 7:18) And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses

of the kings of Judah will be defiled as the place of Topheth,

because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned

incense to all the host of heaven and have poured out drink offerings

to other gods.

14 (2Ch 20:5; Jer 26:2) Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord

had sent him to prophesy. And he stood in the court of the house of the Lord

and said to all the people:

15 (Jer 7:26; 17:23) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

I am about to bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the disaster

that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their necks

so that they might not heed My words.



Jeremiah 20



Pashhur Strikes Jeremiah



1 (1Ch 24:14; 2Ki 25:18) Now Pashhur the son of Immer the priest,

who was also chief officer in the house of the Lord,

heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.

2 (Jer 37:13; 1:19) Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet

and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Gate of Benjamin,

which was by the house of the Lord.

3 (Jer 20:10; Isa 8:3) On the next day Pashhur brought Jeremiah

out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has not called

your name Pashhur, but "Magor-missabib."[Possibly Chief of Staff.[

4J (er 29:21; Job 18:11-21) For thus says the Lord: I will make you

a terror to yourself and to all your friends. And they will fall by the sword

of their enemies while your eyes will see it. Thus I will give all Judah

into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them captive

into Babylon and will slay them with the sword.

5 (2Ki 20:17-18; 24:12-16) Moreover I will deliver all the wealth

of this city, and all its produce, and all the precious things;

and all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand

of their enemies who will destroy them, and take them,

and carry them to Babylon.

6 (Jer 14:14-15; La 2:14) You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house

will go into captivity; and you will come to Babylon,

and there you will die and will be buried there,

you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.



Jeremiah Dejected



7 (La 3:14; Eze 3:14) O Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived;

You are stronger than I and have prevailed.

I am held in derision daily;

everyone mocks me.

8 (Jer 6:10; 2Ch 36:16) For each time I speak, I cry out;

I cry out, "Violence and devastation,"

because to me the word of the Lord has resulted

in reproach and derision daily.

9 (Job 32:18-20; Ps 39:3) But if I say, "I will not make mention of Him

nor speak any more in His name,"

then His word was in my heart

as a burning fire shut up in my bones;

and I was weary of forbearing it,

and I could not endure it.

10 (Ps 31:13; 41:9) For I heard the defaming of many,

"Terror on every side!

Denounce him. Yes, denounce him!"

All my familiar friends

who watch for my fall, say,

"Perhaps he will be enticed

so that we can prevail against him,

and we will take our revenge on him."

11 (Jer 15:20; 23:40; 1:8) But the Lord is with me as a dread mighty One.

Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail.

They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper.

Their everlasting shame will never be forgotten.

12 (Jer 11:20; Ps 54:7; 59:10) But, O Lord of Hosts, who tests the righteous

and sees the mind and the heart,

let me see Your vengeance on them,

for to You I have presented my cause.

13 (Ps 34:6; 69:33) Sing to the Lord,

praise the Lord.

For He has delivered the soul of the poor

from the hand of evildoers.

14 (Jer 15:10) Cursed be the day in which I was born.

Let not the day be blessed in which my mother bore me.

15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father,

saying, "A baby boy has been born to you!"

and made him very glad.

16 (Jer 18:22; 48:3-4) Let that man be as the cities

which the Lord overthrew and did not relent,

and let him hear the cry in the morning

and the shout of alarm at noon,

17 (Job 3:10-11; 10:18-19) because he did not kill me from the womb,

so that my mother might have been my grave,

and her womb be always pregnant.

18 (Job 3:20; La 3:1) Why did I come forth from the womb

to see trouble and sorrow,

so that my days are spent in shame?



Jeremiah 21

Zedekiah's Request Denied

1 (Jer 29:25; 37:3) The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord

when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malkijah,

and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

2 (Jer 37:3; 37:7) "Please inquire of the Lord for us.

For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us.

Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to all His wondrous works,

so that the enemy withdraws from us."

3 Then Jeremiah said to them: Thus you shall say to Zedekiah:

4 (Jer 32:5; Isa 13:4) Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Behold, I will turn

back the weapons of war that are in your hands with which you fight

against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who besiege

you outside the walls; and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

5 (Ex 6:6; Isa 5:25) I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched

hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

6 (Jer 32:24) I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast;

they will die of a great pestilence.

7 (Jer 37:17; Eze 7:9) Afterwards, says the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah

king of Judah and his servants and the people and such as are left

in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine

into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and

into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those

who seek their life. And he will strike them with the edge of the sword.

He will not spare them or have pity or mercy.

8 (Dt 30:15; 30:19) To this people you shall say: Thus says the Lord:

See, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

9 (Jer 38:2; 39:18; 45:5) He who abides in this city will die by the sword

and by the famine and by the pestilence. But he who goes out and falls

away to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will have

his own life as booty.

10 (Jer 44:11; 52:13) For I have set My face against this city for disaster

and not for good, says the Lord. It will be given into the hand of

the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.



Message to the House of David



11 (Jer 13:18; 17:20) Concerning the house of the king of Judah, say,

Hear the word of the Lord,

12 (Isa 1:17; Ps 101:8) O house of David; thus says the Lord:

Execute justice each morning,

and deliver him who has been robbed

from the hand of the oppressor,

lest My fury go out like fire

and burn so that no one can quench it,

because of the evil of your deeds.

13 (Ps 125:2; Ob 1:3-4) See, I am against you,

O inhabitant of the valley,

O rocky plain,

says the Lord,

you men who say,

"Who shall come down against us?

Or who shall enter our dwellings?"

14 (2Ch 36:19; Isa 3:10-11) But I will punish you

according to the fruit of your deeds,

says the Lord,

and I will kindle a fire in the forest,

and it will devour all things around it.



Jeremiah 22



Impending Judgment



1 Thus says the Lord: Go down to the house of the king of Judah,

and speak this word there,

2 (Lk 1:32; Isa 9:7a) nd say: Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah

who sits on the throne of David, you and your servants

and your people who enter by these gates.

3 (Jer 21:12; 22:17) Thus says the Lord: Execute justice and righteousness,

and deliver the robbed out of the hand of the oppressor.

And do no wrong or violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow,

neither shed innocent blood in this place.

4 (Jer 17:25) For if you indeed do these things, then kings sitting

on the throne of David will enter by the gates of this house,

riding in chariots and on horses, he and his servants and his people.

5 (Heb 6:13; Ge 22:16) But if you will not obey these words,

I swear by Myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a desolation.

6 (Ge 37:25; Ps 107:34) For thus says the Lord to the king's house of Judah:

You are Gilead to Me,

and the peak of Lebanon;

yet surely I will make you a wilderness

and cities which are not inhabited.

7 (Isa 37:24; 10:33-34) I will prepare destroyers against you,

everyone with his weapons;

and they shall cut down your choice cedars

and cast them into the fire.

8 (1Ki 9:8-9; 2Ch 7:20-22) Many nations will pass by this city,

and every man will say to his neighbor,

"Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?"

9 (2Ki 22:17; 2Ch 34:25) Then they will answer,

"Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God,

and worshipped other gods, and served them."

10 (Ecc 4:2; Isa 57:1) Do not weep for the dead nor bemoan him,

but weep constantly for him who goes away;

for he will return no more

nor see his native country.

11 (1Ch 3:15; 2Ch 36:1-4) For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum

the son of Josiah king of Judah, who became king instead of Josiah his father,

who went from this place: He will not return any more,

12 (2Ki 23:34; Jer 22:18) but will die in the place

where they have led him captive

and will see this land no more.

13 (Lev 19:13; Mic 3:10) Woe to him who builds his house with unrighteousness

and his chambers with injustice,

who uses his neighbor's services without wages,

and gives him nothing for his work,

14 (2Sa 7:2; Isa 5:8-9) who says, "I will build myself a roomy house

and large chambers,"

and cuts out its windows,

paneling it with cedar

and painting it with vermilion.

15 (2Ki 23:25; Isa 3:10; Jer 21:12) Do you reign

because you compete in cedar?

Did not your father eat and drink

and do justice and righteousness,

and then it was well with him?

16 (Ps 72:1-4; 72:12-13) He judged the cause of the poor and needy;

then it was well with him.

Is not this what it means to know Me?

says the Lord.

17 (2Ki 24:4; Jer 22:3) But your eyes and your heart

are intent only on your covetousness

and on shedding innocent blood

and on oppression and violence.

18 (1Ki 13:30; Jer 16:4) Therefore thus says the Lord concerning

Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

They will not lament for him, saying,

"Ah, my brother!" or, "Ah, sister!"

They will not lament for him, saying,

"Ah, lord!" or, "Ah, his glory!"

19 (Jer 36:30; 1Ki 21:23-24) He will be buried with the burial of a donkey,

drawn and cast out

beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

20 (Nu 27:12) Go up to Lebanon and cry out,

and lift up your voice in Bashan,

and cry out from Abarim,

for all your lovers are destroyed.

21 (Jer 3:25; 32:30) I spoke to you in your prosperity,

but you said, "I will not listen!"

This has been your manner from your youth,

that you have not obeyed My voice.

22 (Jer 20:11) The wind will sweep away all your shepherds,

and your lovers shall go into captivity;

surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated

for all your wickedness.

23 (Jer 6:24; 22:6) O inhabitant of Lebanon,

who makes your nest in the cedars,

how you will groan when pangs come upon you,

the pain as of a woman in labor!

24 (SS 8:6; Jer 37:1) As I live, says the Lord, though Koniah

the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on My right hand,

yet would I pluck you from there.

25 (2Ki 24:15-16; Jer 21:7) And I will give you into the hand of those

who seek your life and into the hand of those whose face you fear,

even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Bab­ylon

and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

26 (2Ki 24:15; 24:8) I will cast you and your mother that bore you out

into another country where you were not born, and there you shall die.

27 But to the land where they desire to return, they will not return there.

28 (Ps 31:12; Jer 48:38) Is this man Koniah a despised broken jar?

Is he a vessel in which is no desire?

Why are he and his seed cast out

and thrown into a land which they had not known?

29 (Jer 6:19; Mic 1:2) O land, land, land,

hear the word of the Lord!

30 (Ps 94:20; Jer 36:30) Thus says the Lord:

Write down this man childless,

a man who will not prosper in his days;

for no man of his seed shall prosper,

sitting on the throne of David

and ruling any more in Judah.



2) Our Daily Bread for 11 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/11/accessible-to-all

entitled Accessible to All



Matthew 7:13–14



The Narrow Gate

Lk 13:24

13 "Enter at the narrow gate, for wide is the gate

and broad is the way that leads to destruction,

and there are many who are going through it,

14 because small is the gate and narrow is the way

which leads to life, and there are few who find it."



From a manmade bridge on the small Bahamian island of Eleuthera,

visitors can admire the stark contrast between the roiling dark

blue waters of the Atlantic and the calm turquoise waters

of the Caribbean Sea. Over time, storms washed away the original strip

of land once marked by a natural stone arch. The glass window bridge

that now serves as a tourist attraction on Eleuthera

is known as "the narrowest place on earth."



The Bible describes the road that leads to eternal life as narrow

"and only a few find it" (Matthew 7:14). The gate is considered

small because God the Son is the only bridge that can reconcile

fallen man and God the Father through

the power of the Holy Spirit (vv. 13-14; see John 10:7-9; 16:13).

7 (Jn 3:19; 15:18-19) "The world cannot hate you.

But it hates Me, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.

8 (Jn 7:6) You go up to this feast. I am not going up to this feast yet,

because My time has not yet fully come.”"

9 Having said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.



13 (Jn 14:17; 14:26; 15:26) "But when the Spirit of truth comes,

He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own authority.

But He will speak whatever He hears,

and He will tell you things that are to come. "



However, Scripture also says that believers from every people, nation,

and societal rank can enter heaven and will bow before the King of Kings

and worship together around His throne (Revelation 5:9). This phenomenal

image of contrast and unity includes all of God's beautifully diverse people.



9 (Rev 14:6; Ps 33:3; 40:3) And they sang a new song, saying:

"You are worthy to take the scroll,

and to open its seals;

for You were slain,

and have redeemed us to God by Your blood

out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,"



Though we're separated from God by our sin, every person God created

is invited to enter eternity in heaven by walking this narrow path

of reconciliation through a personal relationship with Christ.

His sacrifice on the cross, resurrection from the tomb, and ascension

to heaven is the good news, accessible to all and worth sharing today

and every day.



By: Xochitl Dixon



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Reflect & Pray



How did you respond after hearing the good news?

How can you be more intentional about sharing it with others?



God the Father, please empower me through Your Holy Spirit

so I can show others the accessible path that leads

to Your approachable Son, Jesus.



3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forver - Day 4 - Daddy!



Romans 8:15



'For you have not received the spirit of slavery again to fear. But you have

received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father." '



"I've always been a Daddy's girl," Sandi said proudly, and her relationship

with her father proved it. She was never spoiled, but even as a grown woman,

Sandi maintained a closeness with her father, sharing intimately with him the

important issues of her life. And just her use of the name "Daddy" indicated

that he was, indded a warm, approachable, attectionate man.

Many people are not so fortunate. Some fathers are stern and harsh;

others absent or uncaring, some even abusive. Few have the king of father

who presents a picture of the loving fatherhood of God.

But whatever our concept of fatherhood, God makes clear that he is everything

we always wanted our fathers to be - loving, forgiving, approachable,

totally accepting of us as we are, encouraging us to become all he has

created us to be.

In Romans 8, Paul calls God our "Abba Father". The Aramaic word for Father,

Abba, is an intimate term that might well be translated, Daddy.

God is our "Daddy," our "Abba" - not a distant, stern patriarch ready

to strike us down at the first sign of transgression, but a gentle,

loving Father who longs for us to climb into his lapand let him comfort us.

When we commit ourselves to Christ, Paul indicates, we do not receive a

"spirit of bondage to fear" but a "spirit of adoption." We are not called

to respond to God out of fear, but out of love and reverence.

We can relax and enjoy his presence, for we are his children,

and he is our loving Daddy.



Application



a) What concept of fatherhood do I have from my own experience with my father?

How does that correspond to Paul's description of God as "Daddy"?



b) How can this verse help change my perception of what it means to have

God as my Father?





4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Exodus 3:7-8



7 (Ps 106:44; Ex 2:23-25)The Lord said,

"I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt

and have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters,

for I know their sorrows.

8 (Ge 50:24; 15:18-21; Ex 13:5) Therefore, I have come down

to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,

and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land,

to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of

the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites,

the Hivites, and the Jebusites."



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



When you are lonely



PSALMS 23



A Psalm of David.



1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) He makes me lie down in green pastures;

He leads me beside still waters.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He restores my soul;

He leads me in paths of righteousness

for His name's sake.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Even though I walk

through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil;

for You are with me;

Your rod and Your staff,

they comfort me.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup runs over.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord

forever.





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?)



New Brunswick



Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543



Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the buliding that was formerly a Baptist

chruch was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim studentt association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student assoication serving the

campusus of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's MUslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic asociations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in JEsus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



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



11th Day of the Month



a) Pray for God's name to be glorified in you life, home, neighbourhood,

city or community, and in Canada.



(



Ps 86:12



12 I will give You thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart,

and I will glorify Your name forever.



John 12:28



28 "Father, glorify Your name."

Then a voice came from heaven, saying,

"I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."

)



b) Pray for the province of New Brunswick



I) Pray for the leaders of New Brunswick,

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 to be obedient despite the rebellion around you.



Pray to the Lord "God the Father, please empower me through Your Holy Spirit

so I can show others the accessible path that leads

to Your approachable Son, Jesus.



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for beingthe Loving Father He is.



Pray to the Lord and give Him your burdens.



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for He will guide you through dangers.



Pray for Muslims in New Brunswick 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 for God's name to be glorified in you life, home, neighbourhood,

city or community, and in Canada.



Pray for the encouragement and courage of local believers

in the United Arab Emirates who worship in secret.



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.