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Day 231, 19 August 2021



Habukkak



Habakkuk 1

1 (Na 1:1) The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.



Habakkuk's Complaint



2 (Ps 13:1-2; 22:1-2) O Lord, how long shall I cry,

and You will not hear?

Or cry to You, "Violence!"

and You will not save?

3 (Ps 55:9-11; Jer 9:2-6) Why do You make me see wickedness,

and cause me to see trouble?

Plundering and violence are before me;

strife and contention arise.

4 (Ps 119:126; Eze 9:9) Therefore the law is powerless,

and justice never goes forth.

For the wicked surround the righteous;

therefore injustice proceeds.



The Lord's Answer



5 (Isa 29:14; Eze 12:22-28) Look among the nations,

and watch - wonder and be amazed!

For I am doing a work in your days

that you would not believe,

though it were told you.

6 (2Ki 24:2; Jer 5:15) For I am raising up the Chaldeans,

that bitter and hasty nation

which marches through the breadth of the earth,

to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

7 (Jer 39:5-9) They are terrible and dreadful;

their justice and their dignity

proceed from themselves.

8 (Jer 4:13; Zep 3:3) Their horses are swifter than leopards,

more fierce than evening wolves.

Their horsemen charge on;

their horsemen come from afar;

they fly like the eagle that hastens to eat.

9 They all come for violence;

their forces advance like the east wind.

They gather captives like sand.

10 (2Ch 36:6; 36:10) They scoff at kings,

and they scorn rulers.

They deride every stronghold,

for they build up siege ramps to capture it.

11 Then their mind changes,

and they transgress and commit offense;

their own power is their god.



Habakkuk's Second Complaint



12 (Dt 32:4; 33:27) Are You not from everlasting,

O Lord my God, my Holy One? We will not die.

O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment;

and You, O Rock, have established them for correction.

13 (Ps 34:15-16; 35:22) Your eyes are too pure to look on evil,

and You cannot look on wickedness.

Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,

and hold Your tongue when the wicked

devours the man who is more righteous than he?

14 You make men like fish of the sea,

like crawling things that have no ruler.

15 (Jer 16:16; Am 4:2) They bring all of them up with a hook,

they catch them in their net;

they gather them in their dragnet.

Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

16 (Hab 1:11) Therefore they sacrifice to their net

and burn incense to their dragnet;

for by them their portion is extravagant,

and their food plentiful.

17 Shall they continue to empty their net,

and continually kill the nations while not sparing anyone?



Habakkuk 2

1 (Ps 85:8; Isa 21:8) I will stand at my watch

and station myself on the watchtower;

and I will keep watch to see what He will say to me,

and what I will answer when I am reproved.

The Just Shall Live by Faith

2 (Dt 27:8; Isa 8:1) And the Lord answered me:

Write the vision,

and make it plain on tablets,

that he who reads it may run.

3 (Da 10:14; Ps 27:14) For the vision is yet for an appointed time;

but it speaks of the end,

and does not lie.

If it delays, wait for it;

it will surely come, it will not delay.

4 (Ro 1:17; Heb 10:38; Jn 3:36) Look, his soul is lifted up;

it is not upright in him;

but the just shall live by his faith.

5 (Pr 27:20; 20:1) Indeed, wine betrays the proud man,

who does not stay at home.

He enlarges his appetite as Sheol,

and like death he is never satisfied.

He gathers to himself all nations

and collects for himself all peoples.



Woe to the Wicked



6 (Nu 23:7; Job 20:15-29) Shall not all these take up a taunt

against him, with satire and riddles, and say,

"Woe to him who increases what is not his—how long?

And to him who loads himself with heavy debts!"

7 (Pr 29:1) Shall not your debtors rise up suddenly,

and those awake who oppress you?

Then you will be their plunder.

8 (Isa 33:1; Hab 2:17) Because you have plundered many nations,

all the remnant of the people will plunder you,

because of the bloodshed of men and violence of the land,

of the cities and all who live in them.

9 (Jer 49:16) "Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,

to set his nest on high,

to be delivered from the power of calamity!"

10 (2Ki 9:26; Na 1:14) You have given shameful counsel to your house

by cutting off many peoples,

and forfeiting your life.

11 (Lk 19:40; Jos 24:27) For the stone will cry out from the wall,

and the beam of the woodwork will answer it.

12 (Mic 3:10; Na 3:1) "Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed

and establishes a city on iniquity!"

13 (Isa 50:11; Jer 51:58) Is it not from the Lord of Hosts

that the people labor to feed fire,

and the nations weary themselves for nothing?

14 (Isa 11:9; Ps 22:27) For the earth will be filled with the knowledge

of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the seas.

15 (Ge 9:22; Jer 51:7) "Woe to him who makes his neighbor drink,

pouring out your poison until they are drunk,

that you may look on their nakedness!"

16 (Isa 47:3) You will be filled with shame instead of glory.

You yourself-drink and show your uncircumcision!

The cup of the Lord's right hand will be turned against you,

and utter shame will come on your glory!

17 (Hab 2:8; Ps 55:23; Zec 11:1) The violence done to Lebanon will cover you,

as will the plunder of beasts that terrified them,

because of the bloodshed of men and violence of the land,

of the cities and all who live in them.

18 (Jer 10:8; Zec 10:2) What profit is a carved image

when its maker has carved it,

a cast image, and a teacher of lies,

that its maker trusts in what he has shaped

when he makes mute idols?

19 (Ps 135:17; Jer 10:4) Woe to him who says to the wood, "Awake!"

To the silent stone, "Arise!" Can it teach?

It is overlaid with gold and silver,

and there is no breath at all in it.

20 (Ps 11:4; Zep 1:7) But the Lord is in His holy temple.

Let all the earth keep silence before Him.



Habakkuk 3



The Prayer of Habakkuk



1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth.

2 (Ps 85:6; 119:120) O Lord, I have heard the report of You,

and was afraid;

O Lord, revive Your work

in the midst of the years!

In the midst of these years

make them known;

in wrath remember mercy.

3 (Dt 33:2; Ge 21:21) God came from Teman,

and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah

His glory covered the heavens,

and the earth was full of His praise.

4 (Job 26:14) His brightness was like the light;

rays flashed from His hand,

and there His power was hidden.

5 (Ex 12:29-30; Nu 16:46-49) Pestilence went out before Him,

and plague followed His feet.

6 (Ge 49:26; Dt 33:15) He stood and measured the earth;

He looked and shook the nations.

The eternal mountains were scattered,

the perpetual hills bowed.

His ways are everlasting.

7 (Ex 15:14-16) I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;

the curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

8 (Ps 68:17; 18:10) Were you displeased with the rivers, O Lord?

Was Your anger against the rivers,

and was Your wrath against the sea

when You rode on Your horses,

on Your chariots of salvation?

9 (Ps 7:12-13; 78:15-16) You made bare Your bow;

oaths were the arrows at Your command. Selah

You divided the earth with the rivers.

10 (Ps 93:3; 98:7-8) The mountains saw You and trembled;

the overflowing water passed by.

The deep lifted its voice,

and lifted its hands on high.

11 The sun and moon stood still in their places;

at the light of Your arrows they went,

at the flash of Your glittering spear.

12 (Jer 51:33; Mic 4:12-13) You marched throughout the earth in indignation;

You threshed the nations in anger.

13 (Ps 110:6; 105:15) You went forth to deliver Your people,

to deliver Your anointed one.

You wounded the head of the house of the wicked,

laying him bare from head to foot. Selah

14 (Ps 10:8; Da 11:40) You pierced with his own arrows

the leaders of his villages.

They came like a whirlwind to scatter me;

their rejoicing was like devouring the poor in secret.

15 (Ps 77:19; Hab 3:8) You trampled the sea with Your horses,

through the wakes of great waters.

16 (Hab 3:2; Jer 23:9) I heard, and my body trembled;

my lips quivered at the sound;

rottenness entered my bones;

my legs tremble beneath me.

Yet I will wait quietly for the day

when calamity comes on the people invading us.



A Hymn of Faith



17 Though the fig tree does not blossom,

nor fruit be on the vines;

though the yield of the olive fails,

and the fields produce no food;

though the flocks are cut off from the fold,

and there be no herd in the stalls—

18 (Php 4:4; Job 13:15) yet I will rejoice in the Lord;

I will exult in the God of my salvation.

19 (Dt 33:29; 32:13) The Lord God is my strength;

He will make my feet like hinds' feet,

and He will make me walk on my high places.

To the Music Director: with my stringed instruments.



2) Our Daily Bread for 19 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/19/remember-and-celebrate

entitled Remember and Celebrate



Luke 22:14–23



The Lord's Supper



Mt 26:26-30; Mk 14:22-26; 1Co 11:23-25



14 (Mt 26:20; Mk 14:17) When the hour had come, He and the twelve apostles

with Him sat down.

15 And He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with

you before I suffer.

16 (Lk 14:15; Rev 19:9) For I tell you, I will never eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."

17 And He took the cup and gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it

among yourselves.

18 (Mt 26:29; Mk 14:25) For I tell you, I will not drink of the fruit of

the vine until the kingdom of God comes."

19 (1Co 10:16; Mt 26:26-28) Then He took the bread, and when He had given

thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body

which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of Me."

20 (Ex 24:8; Zec 9:11) In like manner, He took the cup after supper, saying,

"This cup is the new covenant in My blood which is shed for you.

21 (Ps 41:9; Jn 13:26) But see the hand of him who betrays Me is with Me

at the table.

22 (Ac 2:23) Indeed, the Son of Man goes as it has been determined.

But woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!"

23 They began to inquire among themselves which

of them it was who would do this.



On December 6, 1907, explosions rocked a small community in the US state

of West Virginia, producing one of the worst disasters in the history

of the coal-mining industry. Some 360 miners were killed, and it's been

estimated that this horrific tragedy left behind about 250 widows

and 1000 children without fathers. Historians maintain that the memorial

service became the seedbed from which the celebration of Father's Day

in the US would eventually grow. Out of great loss came remembrance

and - eventually - celebration.



The greatest tragedy in human history occurred when human beings

crucified their Creator. Yet, that dark moment also produced both

remembrance and celebration. The night before He would go to the cross,

Jesus took the elements of Israel's Passover and created His own memorial

celebration. Luke's record describes the scene this way:

"Then He took the bread, and when He had given

thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, 'This is My body

which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.' " (Luke 22:19).



Still today, whenever we take communion, we honor His great,

unflinching love for us-remembering the cost of our rescue

and celebrating the gift of life His sacrifice produced.

As Charles Wesley said in his great hymn,

"Amazing love! How can it be that Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?"



By: Bill Crowder



Reflect & Pray



How often do you find yourself just going through the motions

when taking communion? What are some ways to keep your focus on the cross?



Father, when I come to the memorial table,

help me to remember why my forgiveness was so costly,

and help me to celebrate Your great, awesome love.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 5 - 1 John 1:9



9 (Ps 32:5; Pr 28:13) If we confess our sins, He is faithful

and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.





"If God already knows everything about me, everything I've done,

then why do I need to confess it?" Grant struggled with a common

dilemma for many Christians. Indeed, God, knew all his sin - much

better than Grant did himself. But Grant needed to confess,

not for God's benefit, but for his own. Grant needed to agree with God

that his sin was wrong, and put himself in a position to receive God's

grace in forgiveness.

1 John 1:9 make the process quit clear. We confess,

and God forgives and cleanses. Many of us, however, want to take on

God's part as well. We confess, agreeing with God that our sin is wrong.

But then we proceed to try to 'clean up our act,'bargaining with God,

promising that if he will forgive us just this once,

we won't ever to it again.

The problem is, we can never keep such a promise.

We probably will do it again, and then we are back where we started,

begging for forgiveness, and trying once more to cleanse

ourselves for our unrighteousness.

God offers freedom from such futile performance. He says, "Just confess.

Agree that you sinned. Submit yourself to me. Then I'll take over from there."

God's grace does not give us freedom to keep on sinning, of course - we need

to cooperate with the work of his Spirit in our lives and do all we can

to avoid sin. But we do not have to beg God for forgiveness - forgiveness

is offered to us freely.

We do not have to clean up out act before God will accept us; God can make

the necessary changes in our lives. When we confess, submit ourselves to God,

and allow him to work within us, he is able both to forgive us and to cleanse

us from unrighteousness.



Application



a) In what ways have I bartered with God and tried to "Clean up my act"

in order to deserve his forgiveness?



b) What is my part in confession? What is God's response?

Why it is important for me to recognize God's part in my

confession and forgiveness?



c) What spiritual truths can I see now that I could not see

when I lived in darkness?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Proverbs 10:22



22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich ,and He adds no sorrow with it.



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



When you are Saddened by Loss



1 Cor 15:35-38,51-57



35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up?

With what body do they come?"

36 You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

37 When you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare kernel,

perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.

38 Then God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.



51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall

all be changed.

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet,

for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible,

and we shall be changed.

53 For tis corruptible will put on incorruption,

and this mortal will put on immortality.

54 When this corruptible will have put on incorruption,

and this mortal will have put on immortality,

then the saying that is written shall come to pass:

"Death is swallowed up in victory."

55 "O death, where is your sting?

O grave, where is your victory?"

56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through

our Lord Jesus Christ!



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



19th Day of the Month



a) Pray that the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders

as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society



(



1 Tim 2:1-2



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,



)



b) Pray for the province of Prince Edward Island



I) Pray for the leaders of Prince Edward Island,

that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4



1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.



)



II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



Conclusion:





Pray to the Lord and seek His solutions.



Pray to the Lord "Father, when I come to the memorial table,

help me to remember why my forgiveness was so costly,

and help me to celebrate Your great, awesome love."



Pray to the Lord and confess your sins.



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His Blessings.



Pray to the Lord and that He will change you to incorruptable

when the Tim is correct.



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 that the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders

as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society

and for the election in Canada.



Pray for those who practice a mix of Buddhism and animism in Laos.



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.