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Day 226, 14 August 2021



Jeremiah 30-31



Jeremiah 30



Israel and Judah Restored



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

2 (Isa 30:8; Jer 36:32) Thus says the Lord God of Israel:

Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

3 (Jer 16:15; 29:14) For surely the days are coming, says the Lord,

when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.

The Lord says, I also will cause them to return to the land that

I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

4 These are the words that the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah.

5 (Isa 5:30; Am 5:16-18) For thus says the Lord:

I have heard a sound of trembling,

of fear, and not of peace.

6 (Jer 4:31; 6:24) Ask now, and see,

can a male labor with child?

Why do I see every man

with his hands on his loins, as a woman in labor,

and all faces turned pale?

7 (Joel 2:11; Jer 30:10 )Alas! for that day is great,

so that no one is like it;

it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble,

but he shall be saved out of it.

8 (Eze 34:27; Isa 9:4; Jer 27:2) For it shall come to pass in that day,

says the Lord of Hosts,

that I shall break his yoke from off their neck

and tear away their bonds,

and strangers shall no longer make them their slaves.

9 (Hos 3:5; Lk 1:69; Isa 55:3-5) But they shall serve the Lord their God

and David their king,

whom I will raise up for them.

10 (Isa 43:5; Jer 46:27-28) Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,

says the Lord,

nor be dismayed, O Israel;

for I will save you from afar,

and your seed from the land of their captivity.

And Jacob shall return and shall be in rest and be quiet,

and no one shall make him afraid.

11 (Jer 10:24; 4:27) For I am with you, says the Lord,

to save you.

Although I make a full end of all nations

wherever I have scattered you,

yet I will not make a full end of you.

But I will correct you in measure

and will not leave you altogether unpunished.

12 (Jer 15:18; 2Ch 36:16) For thus says the Lord:

Your bruise is incurable

and your wound is severe.

13 (Jer 8:22; 46:11) There is no one to plead your cause

that you may be bound up.

You have no healing medicines.

14 (Job 30:21; Jer 5:6) All your lovers have forgotten you;

they do not seek you;

for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy,

with the chastisement of a cruel one,

because of the multitude of your iniquities, because your sins are numerous.

15 (Jer 30:12; 30:14) Why do you cry because of your affliction?

Your sorrow is incurable.

Because of the multitude of your iniquities, because your sins are numerous,

I have done these things to you.

16 (Jer 10:25; Isa 14:2) Therefore all who devour you will be devoured;

and all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity.

And those who plunder you will become plunder,

and all who prey upon you I will give for prey.

17 (Ex 15:26; Ps 107:20) For I will restore health to you,

and I will heal you of your wounds,

says the Lord,

because they called you an outcast, saying,

"This is Zion whom no man cares for."

18 (Jer 30:3; Ps 102:13) Thus says the Lord:

I will restore the fortunes of Jacob's tents

and have mercy on his dwelling places;

and the city will be built upon her own heap,

and the palace will remain on its rightful place.

19 (Isa 35:10; 51:11) Out of them will proceed thanksgiving

and the voice of those who make merry;

and I will multiply them,

and they will not be few.

I will also glorify them,

and they will not be small.

20 Their children also will be as before,

and their congregation will be established before Me;

and I will punish all who oppress them.

21 (Nu 16:5; Ge 49:10) Their leader shall be one of them,

and their ruler shall proceed from their midst;

and I will cause him to draw near and he will approach Me;

for who is this that dares

to approach Me?

says the Lord.

22 (Jer 24:7; 31:1) You shall be My people,

and I will be your God.

23 (Jer 23:19-20; 25:32) Look, the whirlwind of the Lord

goes forth with fury,

a continuing whirlwind;

it will fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

24 (Jer 23:20; 4:28) The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return

until He has done it

and until He has performed the intentions of His heart.

In the latter days

you will understand it.



Jeremiah 31



The Exiles Return



1 (Jer 30:22; Ge 17:7-8) At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God

of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.

2 (Nu 10:33; Dt 1:33) Thus says the Lord:

The people who survived the sword

found grace in the wilderness,

when I went to give Israel rest.

3 (Hos 11:4; Mal 1:2) The Lord has appeared to him from afar, saying:

Indeed, I have loved you with an everlasting love;

therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.

4 (Jer 31:13; 33:7) Again I will build you

and you will be built, O virgin of Israel.

You will again be adorned with your tambourines

and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.

5 (Am 9:14; Dt 28:30) You will yet plant vines

on the mountains of Samaria;

the planters will plant

and will enjoy them.

6 (Jer 50:4-5) For there will be a day when the watchmen

on the hills of Ephraim will proclaim,

"Arise, and let us go up to Zion,

to the Lord our God."

7 (Ps 14:7; 28:9) For thus says the Lord:

Sing with gladness for Jacob,

and shout among the chief of the nations;

publish, praise, and say,

"O Lord, save Your people,

the remnant of Israel."

8 (Isa 42:16; Jer 23:8) See, I will bring them from the north country,

and gather them from the remote parts of the earth,

and with them the blind and the lame,

the woman with child and her who is in labor with child, together;

a great company will return here.

9 (Jer 3:4; Ex 4:22; Isa 63:13) They will come with weeping,

and with supplications I will lead them.

I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters,

in a straight way in which they shall not stumble.

For I am a Father to Israel,

and Ephraim is My firstborn.

10 (Isa 40:11; 66:19; Eze 34:12) Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,

and declare it in the coastlands far off, and say,

"He who scattered Israel will gather him

and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock."

11 (Isa 44:23; 48:20) For the Lord has redeemed Jacob

and ransomed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

12 (Isa 35:10; 58:11; 65:19 )Therefore they will come

and sing in the height of Zion,

and will be joyful over the goodness of the Lord,

for wheat and for wine and for oil

and for the young of the flock and of the herd;

and their souls will be as a watered garden.

And they will not sorrow any more at all.

13 (Ps 30:11; Isa 51:11) Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance,

both young men and old together;

for I will turn their mourning into joy,

and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

14 (Jer 31:25) I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,

and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness,

says the Lord.

15 (Jos 18:25; Ge 37:35) Thus says the Lord:

A voice is heard in Ramah,

lamentation and bitter weeping,

Rachel weeping for her children,

refusing to be comforted for her children,

because they are no more.

16 (Ru 2:12; Jer 30:3) Thus says the Lord:

Keep your voice from weeping

and your eyes from tears;

for your work shall be rewarded,

says the Lord,

and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

17 There is hope for your future,

says the Lord,

that your children will come back to their own border.

18 (Ps 80:3; Job 5:17 )I have surely heard Ephraim pleading:

"You have chastised me,

and I was chastised, as an untrained calf;

turn me back and I will be turned,

for you are the Lord my God.

19 (Jer 3:25; Eze 36:31; 21:12) Surely after I turned back,

I repented;

and after I was instructed,

I struck myself on my thigh;

I was ashamed and even humiliated

because I bore the reproach of my youth."

20 (Isa 55:7; 63:15) Is Ephraim My dear son?

Is he a pleasant child?

For since I spoke against him,

I surely do remember him still;

therefore My heart longs for him.

I will surely have mercy on him,

says the Lord.

21 (Jer 50:5; Isa 48:20) Set up road marks,

place guideposts.

Set your heart toward the highway,

even the way by which you went.

Turn back, O virgin of Israel,

turn back to these your cities.

22 (Jer 2:23; 3:6) How long will you go about,

O faithless daughter?

For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth:

A woman shall obtain a man.

23 (Zec 8:3; Isa 1:26; Jer 50:7) Thus says the Lord of Hosts,

the God of Israel: Once again they shall use this speech

in the land of Judah and in the cities when I restore their fortunes:

"May the Lord bless you, O habitation of righteousness

and mountain of holiness!"

24 (Zec 8:4-8; Eze 36:10) And Judah and all its cities will dwell there,

the farmer and those who go out with the flocks.

25 (Jer 31:14; Jn 4:14) For I satiate the weary souls and I replenish every

languishing soul.

26 Upon this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was sweet to me.

27 (Hos 2:23; Eze 36:9) Surely, the days are coming, says the Lord,

when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah

with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

28 (Jer 1:10; 44:27) It shall come to pass that as I have watched

over them to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down,

and to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them, to build,

and to plant, says the Lord.

29 (La 5:7; Eze 18:2-3) In those days they will say no more:

"The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

and the children’s teeth are set on edge."

30 (Isa 3:11; Eze 18:4) But everyone will die for his own iniquity.

Every man that eats the sour grape, his teeth will be set on edge.



A New Covenant



31 (Lk 22:20; Jer 32:40 ) Surely, the days are coming, says the Lord,

when I will make a new covenant

with the house of Israel

and with the house of Judah.

32 (Dt 1:31; 5:3) It will not be according to the covenant

that I made with their fathers

in the day that I took them by the hand

to bring them out of the land of Egypt,

because they broke My covenant,

although I was a husband to them,

says the Lord.

33 (2Co 3:3; Heb 10:16) But this shall be the covenant

that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, says the Lord:

I will put My law within them

and write it in their hearts;

and I will be their God,

and they shall be My people.

34 (Isa 54:13; Jer 33:8) They shall teach no more every man his neighbor

and every man his brother, saying, "Know the Lord,"

for they all shall know Me,

from the least of them to the greatest of them,

says the Lord,

for I will forgive their iniquity,

and I will remember their sin no more.

35 (Isa 51:15; Jer 10:16) Thus says the Lord,

who gives the sun

for a light by day

and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars

for a light by night,

who stirs up the sea

so that the waves roar,

the Lord of Hosts is His name:

36 (Isa 54:9-10; Jer 33:20-26) If those ordinances depart from before Me,

says the Lord,

then the seed of Israel also will cease

from being a nation before Me forever.

37 (Jer 33:22; 33:24-26) Thus says the Lord:

If heaven above can be measured,

and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,

I will also cast off all the seed of Israel

for all that they have done,

says the Lord.

38 (2Ki 14:13; Zec 14:10) Surely, the days are coming, says the Lord,

when the city will be built to the Lord from the Tower of Hananel

to the Corner Gate.

39 (Zec 2:1-2) The measuring line shall stretch out straight to the

hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah.

40 (2Sa 15:23; Joel 3:17) The whole valley of the dead bodies

and of the ashes, and all the fields to the Kidron Valley,

to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, will be holy to the Lord.

It will not be plucked up nor thrown down any more forever.



2) Our Daily Bread for 14 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/14/when-we-dont-understand-2

entitled When We Don't Understand



Job 2:7-10



7 (Dt 28:35; 28:27) Therefore, the Adversary went out from the presence

of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with severe sores from the sole

of his foot to the top of his head.

8 (Job 42:6; Eze 27:30) So he took a piece of broken pottery

with which to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

9 (Job 2:3; 2:5) His wife said to him, “

Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die.”

10 (Ps 39:1; Job 1:21-22) He said to her, "You talk like one of the foolish

women talks. Will we indeed accept the good from God

but not accept the adversity?"

In all this Job did not sin with his lips.



"I don't understand His plan. I turned my whole life over to Him.

And this happens!" Such was the message of a son to his mother

when his dream to succeed as a professional athlete was temporarily derailed.

Who among us hasn't had some kind of unexpected, disappointing experience

that sends our minds into overdrive with exclamations and questions?

A family member cuts off communication without explanation;

health gains are reversed; a company relocates unexpectedly;

a life-altering accident happens.



Job 1-2 records a series of tragedies and setbacks in Job's life.

Humanly speaking, if there was anyone who qualified for a life

free from trouble, it was Job.

"That man was blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil." (Job 1:1).

But life doesn't always work out the way we'd like it to-it didn't for Job,

and it doesn't for us. When his wife counseled him to "curse God and die!" (2:9),

Job's words to her were wise, instructive, and fitting for us as well when

things happen-big or small-that we'd rather not face.

" 'Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?' In all this, Job did not sin

in what he said" (v. 10).



By God's strength, may our trust in and reverence for Him remain,

even when we can't understand how He's at work during life's difficult days.



By: Arthur Jackson



Reflect & Pray



When has your faith in God been tested? What has He used during tough

circumstances to help your reverence for Him to remain intact?



Father, help me to trust You and honour You when I can't

see Your hand or understand Your plan.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 7 - The Great Exchange



2 Cor 5:21 - God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,

that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.



People were talking ; the gossip lines were busy day and night.

Andrea, a Bible study leader and pillar of the church, had been

accused of indiscretion with a married man, another member

of the congregation. The rumours were proven untrue,

but that hardly mattered anymore. The damage was done.

"It's just not far," Andrea said. " It was all so unnecessary.

And now, even though I've done nothing wrong, my relationship

with that church will never be the same again."

We all know what pain is caused by undeserved accusation,

rejection, and misunderstanding. Sometimes, when the smoke clears,

irreparable damage has been done, even when no sin has occurred.

We can understand the torment that comes when we've sinned,

but when we've done nothing wrong, the injustice seem unbearable.

Jesus knew what it was to suffer unjustly. He had never sinned at all,

yet he 'became sin' for us. He gave himself in an outrageous exchange:

he took our sin and gave us his righteousness.

Living in this exchange does not mean, of course, that we will be exempt

from pain, that we will never again suffer unjustly or be subject

to rejection. But in Christ, we are declared righteous before God,

just as Jesus himself is righteous. And as we submit

to the Holy Spirit's work in us, we become righteous ,

obeying him and growing in grace. Christ endured rejection

for us so that we might live in him.



Application



1. Have I ever suffered unjustly or been rejected by someone without cause?



2. How can this verse, coupled with my own expereience give me a greater

depth of appreciation of what Christ suffered for me?





4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland



Isaiah 1:19



19 (Dt 30:15-16) If you are willing and obedient,

you shall eat the good of the land;



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



When you are Discouraged or Depressed



Psalm 13



For the Music Director. A Psalm of David.



1 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me for good?

How long will you hide Your face from me?

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) How long will I harbor cares in my soul

and sorrow in my heart by day?

How long will my enemy loom over me?

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Take note and answer me, O Lord my God!

Brighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) lest my enemy say, 'I have him,'

lest my foes exult when I stumble.

5(Ps 42:11; 43:5) I for my part confide in Your kindness;

may my heart exult in Your salvation!

6(2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9 ) I will sing to the Lord,

because He has dealt bountifully with 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?)



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



14th Day of the Month



a) Pray for God's kingdom to come

in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,

and in our nation ( Matt 6:10)



10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.



b) Pray for those who server with

denominations and Christian organisations

in Canada - that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.







Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord to be obedient and resilient to the Lord

despite the rebellion around you and to understand His plan.



Pray to the Lord "Father, help me to trust You and honour You when I can't

see Your hand or understand Your plan."



Pray to the Lord and pray to understand what Sins put Jesus on the cross.



Pray to the Lord and to obey Him.



Pray to the Lord and thank him for

dealing with you bountifully.



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 kingdom to come

in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,

and in our nation



Pray for those who server with

denominations and Christian organisations

in Canada - that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.



Pray that churches in Kyrgyzstan will be able to help those who

have lost income.



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.