Dave Yadallee's personal blog

Day 232, 20 August 2021



Jeremiah 41-45



Jeremiah 41

1 (Jer 40:8; Ps 41:9) In the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,

the son of Elishama of the royal seed, and the officials of the king,

even ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah.

While they were eating bread together in Mizpah,

2 (2Ki 25:25; Jer 40:5) Ishmael the son of Nethaniah

and the ten men that were with him arose and struck Gedaliah

the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan with the sword and slew him,

whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

3I shmael also slew all the Jews who were with him,

even with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there,

and the men of war.

4 On the day after he had slain Gedaliah, when no one knew it,

5 (Dt 14:1; Jos 18:1) eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh,

and from Samaria, having their beards shaven, and their clothes torn,

and their bodies gashed, with offerings and incense in their hands

to bring them to the house of the Lord.

6 (2Sa 3:16; Jer 50:4) Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out

from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went. As he met them,

he said to them, "Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!"

7 (Ps 55:23; Isa 59:7) Yet it was so when they came into the midst

of the city that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, he and the men who were

with him, slew them and cast them into the midst of the cistern.

8 But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, "Do not slay us,

for we have stores in the field, of wheat and barley, and of oil and honey."

So he refrained and did not slay them among their brothers.

9 (Jdg 6:2; 1Sa 13:6) Now the cistern in which Ishmael had cast

all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah,

was what Asa the king had made because of Baasha the king of Israel.

And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were slain.

10 (Jer 40:14; 40:7) Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest

of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters,

and all the people who remained in Mizpah whom Nebuzaradan

the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive,

and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

11 (Jer 40:7-8; 40:13-16) But when Johanan the son of Kareah

and all the captains of the forces that were with him heard of all

the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

12 (2Sa 2:13; Ge 14:14-16) then they took all the men

and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him

by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

13 And when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan

the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him,

they were glad.

14 So all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah

turned about and returned, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.

15 (Job 21:30; Pr 28:17) But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped

from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.

16 (Jer 42:8; 43:4-7) Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains

of the forces that were with him took all the remnant of the people

whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah,

after he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war,

and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back

from Gibeon.

17 (2Sa 19:37-38; Jer 42:14) And they departed and lived in the habitation

of Geruth Kimham, which is by Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt,

18 (Jer 40:5; 42:16) because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them,

because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,

whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.



Jeremiah 42



Jeremiah Warns Against Going to Egypt



1 (Jer 6:13; 40:13) Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son

of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from

the least even to the greatest came near,

2 (Lev 26:22; Jer 36:7) and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our

supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to the Lord your God,

even for all this remnant. For we are left but a few out of many, as your

eyes now see us.

3 (Ps 86:11; Pr 3:6) Pray that the Lord your God may show us the way

in which we should walk and the thing that we should do."

4 (Ex 8:29; 1Sa 3:17-18) Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them,

"I have heard you. I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words.

And it shall come to pass, that whatever the Lord will answer you,

I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you."

5 (Ge 31:50; Jdg 11:10) Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the Lord be a true

and faithful witness against us, if we do not act according to all things

for which the Lord your God shall send you to us.

6 (Jer 7:23; Dt 5:29) Whether it is good or whether it is bad, we will

obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send you so that it may

be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God."

7 (Ps 27:14) At the end of ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

8 (Jer 42:1) Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains

of the forces that were with him and all the people from the least even

to the greatest,

9 (2Ki 19:4; 19:6) and said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,

to whom you sent me to present your supplication before Him:

10 (Jer 24:6; 31:28) If you will still abide in this land, then I will build

you up and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pluck you up;

for I will relent of the disaster that I have brought on you.

11 (Ro 8:31; Isa 43:5) Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon of whom

you are now afraid. Do not be afraid of him, says the Lord. For I am with

you to save you and to deliver you from his hand.

12 (Ne 1:11; Ps 106:45-46) I will show mercies to you so that he may have

mercy on you and cause you to return to your own land.

13 (Jer 44:16; Ex 5:2) "But if you say, 'We will not dwell in this land,'

so as not to obey the voice of the Lord your God,

14 (Jer 4:19; 41:17) saying, 'No, but we will go into the land of Egypt

where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet,

nor have hunger for bread, and there we will dwell,'

15 (Dt 17:16; Jer 44:12-14) now therefore hear the word of the Lord,

O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

If you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to dwell there,

16 (Jer 44:27; Eze 11:8) then it shall come to pass that the sword

which you feared shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt

and the famine of which you were afraid shall follow close after you

there in Egypt. And there you shall die.

17 (Jer 42:22; 24:10) So it shall be with all the men who set their faces

to go into Egypt to sojourn there. They shall die by the sword, by famine,

and by pestilence. And none of them shall remain or escape from the disaster

that I will bring upon them.

18 (Jer 7:20; 18:16) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

As My anger and My fury have been poured out upon the inhabitants

of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out upon you when you go to Egypt.

And you will be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse,

and a reproach. And you shall see this place no more.

19 (Dt 17:16; Ne 9:26) "The Lord has said concerning you, O remnant of Judah,

Do not go into Egypt! Know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

20 For you have only deceived yourselves when you sent me to

the Lord your God, saying, 'Pray for us to the Lord our God. And according

to all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.'

21 (Eze 2:7; Zec 7:11-12) Now I have this day declared it to you.

But you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God,

or anything for which He has sent me to you.

22 (Jer 42:17; Eze 6:11) Now therefore certainly know that you will die

by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, in the place wherever you desire

to go and to sojourn."



Jeremiah 43



Jeremiah Taken to Egypt



1 (Jer 26:8; 42:22) When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people

all these words of the Lord their God, with which the Lord their God had

sent him to them,

2 (2Ch 36:13; Isa 7:9) Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan

the son of Kareah, and all the proud men said to Jeremiah, "You speak falsely.

The Lord our God has not sent you to say, 'Do not go into Egypt to sojourn

there.'

3 (Jer 36:4; 36:10) But Baruch the son of Neriah sets you against us

to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death

and carry us away captives into Babylon."

4 (Jer 42:5-6; 2Ch 25:16) So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains

of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord to dwell

in the land of Judah.

5 (Jer 40:11-12) But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains

of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned

from all nations wherever they had been driven to dwell in the land of Judah,

6 (Jer 39:10; 40:7) even men, and women, and children,

and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain

of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,

and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

7 (Jer 2:16; 44:1) So they came into the land of Egypt

because they did not obey the voice of the Lord.

Thus they entered as far as Tahpanhes.

8 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying:

9 Take some large stones in your hand and hide them in the clay

in the brick kiln which is at the entrance of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes,

in the sight of the men of Judah,

10 (Ps 18:11; 27:5) and say to them, Thus says the Lord of Hosts,

the God of Israel: I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,

My servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid;

and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

11 (Jer 15:2; 44:13) When he comes, he shall ravage the land of Egypt

and deliver whoever is meant for death to death, and whoever is meant

for captivity to captivity, and whoever is meant for the sword to the sword.

12 (Jer 46:25; Eze 30:13) I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods

of Egypt and he shall burn them and carry them away captives. And he shall

array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment,

and he shall depart from there in peace.

13 He shall also break the images of Heliopolis that is in the land of Egypt,

and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.



Jeremiah 44



Idolatry Leads to Judgment



1 (Jer 46:14; Ex 14:2; Isa 11:11) The word that came to Jeremiah concerning

all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol, and Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in the country of Pathros,[Or the stronghold.] saying,

2 (Isa 6:11; Jer 9:11) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

You have seen all the calamity that I have brought upon Jerusalem

and upon all the cities of Judah. Look at them; today they are a desolation,

and no man dwells in them,

3 (Dt 13:6; 29:26) because of their wickedness, which they have committed

to provoke Me to anger, in that they went to burn incense

and to serve other gods, whom they did not know;

they nor you nor your fathers.

4 (Jer 7:13; 7:25) However, I sent to you all My servants the prophets,

rising early and sending them, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing

that I hate."

5 But they did not listen nor incline their ear to turn from their wickedness,

not to burn incense to other gods.

6 (Isa 51:17; 51:20) Therefore My fury and My anger was poured out

and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem;

and they are ruined and desolate, as it is this day.

7 (Nu 16:38; Jer 51:22) Now thus says the Lord God of Hosts,

the God of Israel: Why are you committing this great evil against your souls,

to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, out of Judah,

leaving you no one to remain,

8 (Jer 42:18; 25:6-7) provoking Me to wrath with the works of your hands,

burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone

to dwell, so that you might cut yourselves off

and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

9 (Jer 7:17-18) Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers,

and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives,

and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives,

which they have committed in the land of Judah

and in the streets of Jerusalem?

10 (Pr 28:14; Jer 8:12) They are not humbled even to this day,

nor have they feared, nor have they walked in My law

and My statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.

11 (Jer 21:10; Am 9:4) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts,

the God of Israel: I will set My face against you for disaster,

and to cut off all Judah.

12 (Jer 42:15-18; Isa 65:15) I will take the remnant of Judah who have set

their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there,

and they all will be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt.

They will even be consumed by the sword and by the famine.

They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword

and by the famine; and they will be an execration, and an astonishment,

and a curse, and a reproach.

13 (Jer 11:22; 43:11) For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt,

as I have punished Jerusalem; by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.

14 (Jer 22:26-27; Ro 9:27) So none of the remnant of Judah who have gone

into the land of Egypt to sojourn there will escape or remain,

with the result that they return into the land of Judah

to which they have a desire to return to dwell there.

For no one shall return except those who escape.

15 (Pr 11:21; Isa 1:5) Then all the men who knew that their wives

had burned incense to other gods and all the women that stood by,

a great multitude, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt,

in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying:

16 "As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord,

we will not listen to you.

17 (Ne 9:34; Jer 7:18) But we will certainly do whatever we have vowed,

to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings

to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings,

and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.

For then we had plenty of food, and were well off, and saw no disaster.

18 (Mal 3:13-15; Nu 11:5-6) But since we left off burning incense

to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her,

we have been in want of all things and have been consumed by the sword

and by the famine."

19 (Jer 7:18; 44:15) The women also said, "When we burned incense

to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to her,

did we make her cakes to worship her and pour out drink offerings

to her without our husbands?"



Calamity for the Jews



20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women,

and to all the people who had given him such an answer:

21 (Ps 79:8; Isa 64:9) "The incense offerings that you burned

in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you,

and your fathers, your kings, and your officials,

and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them

and did they not come into His mind?

22 (Jer 25:18; Isa 7:13) So the Lord could no longer bear it

because of the evil of your deeds and because of the abominations

which you have committed. Therefore your land is a desolation,

and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

23 (1Ki 9:9; Da 9:11-12) Because you have burned incense

and because you have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed

the voice of the Lord, nor walked in His law, nor in His statutes,

nor in His testimonies, therefore this calamity has happened to you,

as it is this day."

24 (Jer 43:7; 42:15) Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people

and to all the women, "Hear the word of the Lord,

all Judah who are in the land of Egypt.

25 (Mt 14:9) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths

and fulfilled with your hand, saying, 'We will surely perform our vows

that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven

and to pour out drink offerings to her.'

"Proceed to accomplish your vows and surely perform your vows!

26 (Ge 22:16; Ps 50:16) Yet hear the word of the Lord, all Judah

who dwells in the land of Egypt: I have sworn by My great name,

says the Lord, that My name shall no more be named in the mouth

of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying,

'As the Lord God lives.'

27 (Jer 31:28; 2Ki 21:14) I will watch over them for disaster

and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt

shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine until there is an end

of them.

28 (Jer 44:14; Isa 10:19) Yet a small number who escape the sword shall

return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant

of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there will know

whose words will stand, Mine or theirs.

29 (Pr 19:21; Isa 40:8) "This will be a sign to you, says the Lord,

that I will punish you in this place so that you may know

that My words shall surely stand against you for disaster.

30 (2Ki 25:4-7; Jer 34:21) Thus says the Lord: I will give Pharaoh

Hophra the king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies

and into the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave Zedekiah

king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,

who was his enemy, and sought his life."



Jeremiah 45



A Message to Baruch



1 (Jer 36:1; 32:12; 36:4) The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke

to Baruch the son of Neriah when he had written these words in a book

at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim

the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:

2 Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:

3 (2Co 4:1; 4:16) You said, "Alas, woe is me! For the Lord has added

grief to my sorrow. I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest."

4 (Jer 18:7-10; 31:28) Thus you shall say to him, "Thus says the Lord:

That which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted

I will pluck up, even this whole land.

5 (Jer 21:9; 39:18) But are you seeking great things for yourself?

Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster upon all flesh, says the Lord,

but I will give your life to you as booty in all the places where you go."



2) Our Daily Bread for 20 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/20/peace-in-the-chaos

entitled Peace in the Chaos



Psalms 121

A Song of Ascents.

1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills,

from where does my help come?

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) My help comes from the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He will not let your foot slip;

He who keeps you will not slumber.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Behold, He who guards Israel

shall neither slumber nor sleep.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) The Lord is your guardian;

the Lord is your shade at your right hand.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9) The sun shall not harm you during the day,

nor the moon during the night.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) The Lord shall protect you from all evil;

He shall preserve your soul.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) The Lord shall preserve your going out

and your coming in from now and for evermore.



Something that sounded like firecrackers roused Joanne from sleep.

Glass shattered. Wishing she didn't live alone, she got up to see

what was going on. The dark streets were empty and the house seemed

to be okay-then she saw the broken mirror.



Investigators found a bullet only a half-inch from the gas line.

If it had struck the line, she probably wouldn't have made it out alive.

Later they discovered it was a stray bullet from nearby apartments,

but Joanne was afraid to be at home. She prayed for peace, and once the glass

was cleaned up, her heart calmed.



Psalm 121 is a reminder for us to look to God in times of trouble.

Here, we see that we can have peace and calm because our

"help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth" (v. 2).

The God who created the universe helps and watches over us (v. 3)

-even while we sleep—but He Himself never sleeps (v. 4).

He watches over us day and night (v. 6), "both now and forevermore" (v. .



No matter what kind of situations we find ourselves in, God sees.

And He's waiting for us to turn to Him. When we do, our circumstances

may not always change, but He's promised His peace in the midst of it all.



By: Julie Schwab



Reflect & Pray



When have you experienced God's peace in a troubling situation?

How have you seen Him help others?



Loving God, thank You for Your peace.

Please continue to calm my heart in the areas

of my life that feel chaotic.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 4 -The Blessings of Grace Day 6 - A Reasonable Alternative



Isaiah 1:18



18 (Ps 51:7; Rev 7:14) "Come now, and let us reason together, "

says the Lord.

Though your sins be as scarlet,

they shall be as white as snow;

though they be red like crimson,

they shall be as wool.



"Is Christianity Reasonable?" Linda Wanted to Know. "I've heard all my life

that faith is a crutch, an invention of weak minds to assure them

of some order in the world."

Linda was not alone in her objection; thinking people for generations

have been asking themselves the same question.

God is not intimidated by our questions; in fact, he confronts the issue

head-on in the Scriptures. "Let us reason together," the Lord invites.

Even according to the most basic of human reasoning,

faith is a reasonable alternative , a rational choice for a thinking person.

God indicates in his Word that confession and forgiveness are "reasonable".

"Think!" God says. "You sin, and you know it,. You are not even able to be

true to your own principles. You cannot deal with your sin by will power

or effort. Bit I can deal with it! I can forgive it - and I will"

We cannot come to faith in God through Christ by intellect alone, of course.

Our spirits much reach out in faith, beyond what we can see. But intellect

supports faith; trusting in Christ is an eminently rational decision.

In Deut 30:1-20 , God set before the people a choice: Life or Death, blessing

or cursing. "Choose Life!" he tells them. We have the same choice.

The ultimate decision is thus simplified, the 'rational' alternative becomes

clear. We can choose death, by attempting to control our own destinies ,

or life, by giving ourselves fully into the hand of the Master.



Application



a) Why is the choice to acknowledge my sin and receive forgiveness a

'Rational choice'?



b) What are the alternatives to such a decision?



c) What other aspects of God's word

and work in my life seem 'reasonable' to me?





4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Proverbs 22:7



7 The rich rules over the poor,

and the borrower is servant to the lender.



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



When you are Saddened by Loss



John 14:1 - 7



1 "Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in Me.

2 In My Father's house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you.

I am going to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself,

that where I am, you may be also.

4 You know where I am going, and you know the way."

5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know

where You are going. How can we know the way?"

6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth,

and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

7 If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.

From now on you do know Him and have seen Him."



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



20th Day of the Month



a) Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know

Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.



(



Matthew 19:14



14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16–17)



But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,

and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."



)



b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not

against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.



(



Eph 6:12



12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,

but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers

of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces

of evil in the heavenly places.



)





Conclusion:





Pray to the Lord may show us the way

in which we should walk and the thing that we should do.



Pray to the Lord "Loving God, thank You for Your peace.

Please continue to calm my heart in the areas

of my life that feel chaotic."



Pray to the Lord and thank Him that He forgives your sins.



Pray to the Lord and seek his wisdom on finances.



Pray to the Lord and that Him for preparing a place for you in Heaven.



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 the children of your country, that they would come to know

Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.



Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not

against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.



Ask The Lord to grant wisdom and strength to Kenyan governmental

leaders who are standing against Islamic extremism.



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.