Dave Yadallee's personal blog

Day 234, 22 August 2021



Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ we looked at Psalm 121



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.





Jeremiah 49-50



Jeremiah 49



Judgment on Ammon



1 (Dt 23:3; 2Ch 20:1) Concerning the Ammonites:

Thus says the Lord:

Does Israel have no sons?

Or has he no heirs?

Why then does their king inherit Gad

and his people dwell in his cities?

2 (Jer 4:19; Dt 3:11) Therefore, surely the days are coming,

says the Lord,

when I will cause an alarm of war

to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites;

and it will be a desolate heap,

and her towns will be burned with fire.

Then Israel will be heir

to those who were his heirs,

says the Lord.

3 (Jer 48:7; Isa 15:2) Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai has been devastated!

Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,

gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,

and run to and fro inside the walls;

for their king shall go into captivity,

and his priests and his officials together.

4 (Jer 9:23; 21:13) Why do you glory in the valleys,

your flowing valley,

O backsliding daughter

who trusts in her treasures, saying,

"Who shall come against me?"

5 (Jer 46:5; 49:29) I will bring a fear upon you,

says the Lord God of Hosts,

from all those who are around you;

and each of you will be driven out headlong,

and no one will gather together the fugitives.

6 (Jer 48:47; 49:39) Yet afterward I will restore the fortunes

of the sons of Ammon,

says the Lord.



Judgment on Edom

Ob 1-6

7 (Ge 25:30; 36:11) Concerning Edom.

Thus says the Lord of Hosts:

Is there no more wisdom in Teman?

Has counsel perished from the prudent?

Has their wisdom vanished?

8 (Jer 25:23; 46:21) Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths,

O inhabitants of Dedan.

For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,

the time that I punish him.

9 (Ob 1:5-6) If grape gatherers came to you,

would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

If thieves came by night,

they would destroy until they had enough.

10 (Isa 17:14; Mal 1:3-4) But I have made Esau bare,

I have uncovered his secret places

so that he will not be able to hide himself.

His seed is devastated, and his brothers, and his neighbors,

and he is no more.

11 (Ps 68:5; Hos 14:3) Leave your fatherless children behind.

I will preserve them alive;

and let your widows trust in Me.

12 (Jer 25:28-29; Ob 1:16) For thus says the Lord: They whose judgment

was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk. And are you the one

who shall go unpunished altogether? You will not go unpunished,

but you will surely drink of it.

13 (Ge 22:16; 36:33) For I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah

will become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. And

all the cities will become perpetual wastes.

14 (Isa 30:4) I have heard a message from the Lord,

and an ambassador has been sent to the nations:

"Gather together, and come against her,

and rise up to the battle!"

15 For I will make you small among the nations,

and despised among men.

16 (Job 39:27; Am 9:2) As for the terror of you,

the pride of your heart has deceived you,

O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,

who hold the height of the hill.

Though you make your nest as high as the eagle,

I will bring you down from there,

says the Lord.

17 (Jer 50:13; Eze 35:7) Also Edom will become a desolation;

everyone who goes by it will be astonished,

and will hiss at all its wounds.

18 (Dt 29:23; Jer 49:33) As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah

and the neighboring cities,

says the Lord,

no man will abide there,

nor will a son of man dwell in it.

19 (Jer 12:5; Ex 15:11) He will come up like a lion from the thickets

of the Jordan against the perpetually watered meadow;

but I will suddenly make him run away from her.

And I will appoint over her whomever I choose.

For who is like Me? And who will summon Me into court?

Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me?

20 (Jer 50:45; Mal 1:3-4; Jer 49:7) Therefore hear the counsel

of the Lord that He has planned against Edom,

and His purposes that He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:

Surely the least of the flock will drag them out;

surely He will make their habitations desolate because of them.

21 (Jer 50:46) The earth has shaken at the noise of their fall;

there is an outcry. Its noise has been heard at the Red Sea.

22 (Jer 48:40-41; Isa 13:8) He will mount up and fly as the eagle

and spread his wings against Bozrah;

and in that day the hearts of the mighty men of Edom

will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.



Judgment on Damascus



23 (2Ki 18:34; Isa 10:9) Concerning Damascus:

Hamath and Arpad have been humiliated,

for they have heard bad news.

They are faint-hearted;

there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quieted.

24 Damascus has become helpless;

she has turned away to flee,

and panic has seized her.

Anguish and sorrows have seized her

as a woman in labor.

25 (Jer 33:9; 51:41) How the city of praise has not been deserted,

the city of My joy!

26 (Jer 50:30; 11:22) Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,

and all the men of war will be cut off in that day,

says the Lord of Hosts.

27 (1Ki 15:18-20; Am 1:3-5) I will kindle a fire to the wall of Damascus,

and it will consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.



Judgment on Kedar and Hazor



28 (Ge 25:13; Jdg 6:3) Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor,

which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated:

Thus says the Lord:

Arise, go up to Kedar,

and destroy the men of the East.

29 (Jer 6:25; 46:5) Their tents and their flocks they will take away.

They will carry away their curtains for themselves,

and all their vessels, and their camels;

and they will call out to one another,

"Terror is on every side!"

30 (Jer 25:9; 27:6) Flee, go far away,

dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor,

says the Lord.

For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you,

and has conceived a purpose against you.

31 (Eze 38:11; Nu 23:9) Arise, go up to the nation at ease,

that dwells securely,

says the Lord.

It has neither gates nor bars;

they dwell alone.

32 (Jer 9:26; 25:23) Their camels will become plunder,

and the multitude of their cattle booty.

And I will scatter into all winds those who cut the corners of their hair,

and I will bring their calamity from all sides,

says the Lord.

33 (Jer 9:11; 10:22) Hazor will become a dwelling for jackals

and a desolation forever.

No man will abide there,

nor any son of man dwell in it.



Judgment on Elam



34 (Ge 10:22; 14:1) The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah

the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah

king of Judah, saying:

35 (Isa 22:6; Ps 46:9) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:

I will break the bow of Elam,

the chief of their might.

36Jer 49:32; Eze 5:10 Upon Elam I will bring the four winds

from the four quarters of heaven,

and will scatter them toward all those winds.

And there will be no nation

where the outcasts of Elam will not go.

37 (Jer 9:16; 48:2) For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,

and before those who seek their life.

And I will bring disaster upon them,

even My fierce anger,

says the Lord;

and I will send the sword after them

until I have consumed them.

38 And I will set My throne in Elam

and will destroy from there the king and the officials,

says the Lord.

39 (Jer 48:47) But it will come to pass in the latter days

that I will restore the fortunes of Elam,

says the Lord.



Jeremiah 50



Judgment on Babylon



Jer 10:12-16



1 (Isa 13:1-3; 14:4) The word that the Lord spoke against Babylon

and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet:

2 (Isa 46:1; 21:9; Jer 51:44) Declare among the nations and publish,

and set up a standard;

do not conceal it, but say,

Babylon has been captured.

Bel has been humiliated.

Marduk has been broken in pieces;

her idols have been humiliated;

her images have been broken in pieces.

3 (Zep 1:3; Jer 50:9) For out of the north there comes up a nation

against her,

which will make her land desolate,

and no one will dwell in it.

They will wander away;

they will depart,

both man and beast.

4 (Hos 3:5; 1:11) In those days and at that time,

says the Lord,

the sons of Israel will come,

they and the children of Judah together.

They will go along weeping as they go,

and seek the Lord their God.

5 (Jer 32:40; Isa 55:3; Heb 8:6-10) They will ask for the way to Zion

with their faces in its direction.

They will come that they may join themselves to the Lord

in a perpetual covenant

that will not be forgotten.

6 (Isa 53:6; Mt 9:36) My people have been lost sheep.

Their shepherds have caused them to go astray;

they have turned them away on the mountains.

They have gone from mountain to hill

and have forgotten their resting place.

7 (Jer 14:8; 2:3) All who found them have devoured them,

and their adversaries said, "We are not guilty,

because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice,

even the Lord, the hope of their fathers."

8 (Isa 48:20; Jer 51:6) Wander away out of the midst of Babylon,

and go out of the land of the Chaldeans,

and be as the male goats before the flocks.

9 For I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon

an assembly of great nations from the north country.

And they shall set themselves in array against her;

from there she shall be taken captive.

Their arrows will be like those of a skilled warrior;

no one shall return empty-handed.

10 (Jer 25:12) Chaldea will become plunder;

all who destroy her will be satisfied,

says the Lord.

11 (Isa 47:6) Because you were glad, because you rejoiced,

O you destroyers of My heritage,

because you have grown fat as the heifer at the grass,

and bellow as bulls,

12 (Jer 51:43) your mother will be sorely humiliated;

she who bore you will be ashamed.

She will be the least of the nations,

a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

13 (Jer 18:16; 49:17) Because of the wrath of the Lord

she will not be inhabited,

but shall be wholly desolate.

Everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished

and hiss at all her wounds.

14 (Jer 50:29; 50:7; 50:9) Put yourselves in battle array

against Babylon all around,

all you who bend the bow;

shoot at her, spare no arrows,

for she has sinned against the Lord.

15 (Jer 51:58; 46:10) Shout against her all around;

she has given herself up, her foundations have fallen,

her walls have been thrown down.

For this is the vengeance of the Lord.

Take vengeance on her;

as she has done, do to her.

16 (Isa 13:14; Jer 46:16) Cut off the sower from Babylon,

and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest.

For fear of the oppressing sword

everyone will turn to his people,

and everyone will flee to his own land.

17 (Jer 2:15; 2Ki 18:9-13) Israel is a scattered flock.

The lions have driven him away.

First the king of Assyria

devoured him;

and this last one who has broken his bones

is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

18 (Isa 10:12) Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

I will punish the king of Babylon and his land,

as I have punished the king of Assyria.

19 (Jer 31:6; Eze 34:13-14) I will bring Israel again to his habitation,

and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan,

and his soul will be satisfied

upon Mount Ephraim and Gilead.

20 (Mic 7:19; Jer 31:34; Isa 1:9) In those days and at that time,

says the Lord,

the iniquity of Israel will be sought for,

and there shall be none.

And the sins of Judah,

but they shall not be found;

for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

21 (Eze 23:23) Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it,

and against the inhabitants of Pekod.

Slay and utterly destroy them,

says the Lord,

and do according to all that I have commanded you.

22 (Jer 4:19-21; 51:54-56) A noise of battle is in the land,

and great destruction.

23 (Jer 51:20-24) How the hammer of the whole earth

has been cut asunder and broken!

How Babylon has become a desolation

among the nations!

24 (Job 9:4; Da 5:30-31) I have laid a snare for you,

and you were also caught, O Babylon,

and you were not aware.

You have been found, and also caught,

because you have striven against the Lord.

25 (Jer 51:25; 51:55) The Lord has opened His armory

and has brought out the weapons of His indignation,

for this is the work of the Lord God of Hosts

in the land of the Chaldeans.

26 (Isa 14:23; 45:3) Come against her from the utmost border,

open her storehouses;

cast her up as heaps and destroy her utterly;

let nothing of her be left.

27 (Isa 34:7; Jer 46:21) Slay all her bulls,

let them go down to the slaughter.

Woe to them! For their day has come,

the time of their punishment.

28 (Isa 48:20; Jer 50:15) There is the sound of those who flee

and escape out of the land of Babylon,

to declare in Zion

the vengeance of the Lord our God,

the vengeance of His temple.

29 (Isa 47:10; Jer 51:56) Call together the archers against Babylon.

All you who bend the bow,

encamp against it all around;

let no one escape.

Recompense her according to her work;

according to all that she has done, do to her,

for she has been proud against the Lord,

against the Holy One of Israel.

30 (Jer 49:26; 9:21) Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets,

and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,

says the Lord.

31 (Jer 21:13; 50:29) I am against you, O most proud,

says the Lord God of Hosts,

for your day has come,

the time when I will punish you.

32 (Jer 21:14; 49:27) The most proud will stumble and fall,

and no one will raise him up;

and I will kindle a fire in his cities,

and it will devour all all around him.

33 (Isa 14:17; 58:6) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:

The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah

were oppressed together;

and all who took them captives held them fast;

they refused to let them go.

34 (Jer 51:36; Isa 43:14) Their Redeemer is strong;

the Lord of Hosts is His name.

He will thoroughly plead their case,

that He may give rest to the land,

but disquiet to the inhabitants of Babylon.

35 (Jer 47:6; 51:57) A sword is against the Chaldeans,

says the Lord,

and against the inhabitants of Babylon,

and against her officials, and against her wise men.

36 (Jer 49:22; Isa 44:25) A sword is against the oracle priests,

and they will become fools.

A sword is against her mighty men,

and they shall be dismayed.

37 (Jer 51:30; 25:20) A sword is against their horses,

and against their chariots,

and against all the foreigners who are in her midst;

and they will become as women.

A sword is against her treasures,

and they will be robbed.

38 (Isa 44:27; Jer 50:2) A drought is against her waters,

and they will be dried up.

For it is the land of graven images,

and they are mad over their idols.

39 (Isa 13:20-22; Rev 18:2) Therefore the wild beasts of the desert

with the wild beasts of the islands will dwell there,

and the ostriches will dwell in it.

It will be inhabited no more forever,

nor will it be lived in from generation to generation.

40 (Ge 19:24-25; Jer 49:18) As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah

and the neighboring cities,

says the Lord,

so no man will abide there,

nor will any son of man dwell in it.

41 (Jer 51:27-28; Isa 13:2-5) Look! A people shall come from the north

and a great nation, and many kings

will be raised up from the remote parts of the earth.

42 (Isa 5:30; 13:17-18) They will hold the bow and the lance;

they are cruel and will not show mercy.

Their voice shall roar like the sea;

and they shall ride on horses,

everyone put in array, like a man to the battle,

against you, O daughter of Babylon.

43 (Jer 49:24; 51:31) The king of Babylon has heard the report of them,

and his hands waxed feeble.

Anguish took hold of him,

and pangs as of a woman in labor.

44 (Jer 49:19-21) He will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan

to the perpetually watered meadow.

But I will make them suddenly run away from it,

and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it.

For who is like Me? And who will summon Me into court?

And who is the shepherd that can stand before Me?

45 (Jer 49:20; 51:10-11) Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord

that He has planned against Babylon,

and His purposes that He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:

Surely the least of the flock will drag them out.

Surely He will make their habitation desolate because of them.

46 (Jer 49:21; Eze 26:18) At the shout,

"Babylon has been seized!" the earth is shaken,

and the outcry is heard among the nations.





2) Our Daily Bread for 22 August 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/08/22/righteousness-over-revenge

entitled Carried Through the Storm



Not Seeking Revenge



1 Samuel 24:1-4,14-18



1 SAMUEL 24



David Spares Saul's Life



1 (1Sa 23:28–29; 23:19) When Saul had returned from following the Philistines,

it was reported to him, saying, "David is in the Wilderness of En Gedi."

2 (1Sa 26:2) Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel

and went to seek David and his men in front of the rocks of the wild goats.

3 (Jdg 3:24; Ps 57:1-11) He came to the sheep pens by the way and a cave

was there. And Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men

were sitting in the rear of the cave.

4 The men of David said to him, "This is the day of which the Lord

said to you, 'I am giving your enemy into your hand.

You may do with him as seems good in your eyes.'"

Then David arose and secretly cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

14 (1Sa 26:20; 17:43) "After whom has the king of Israel come out?

After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog? A single flea?

15 (1Sa 24:12; Ps 35:1) May the Lord be judge, and decide between me and you.

And may He see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand."

16 (1Sa 26:17) When David finished speaking these words to Saul,

Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And Saul lifted up his voice

and wept.

17 (1Sa 26:21; Mt 5:44) And he said to David, "You are more righteous than I.

For you have rewarded me with good, while I have rewarded you with evil.

18 (1Sa 26:23) And you have shown today that you have dealt well with me,

when the Lord delivered me into your hand and you did not kill me.





The farmer climbed into his truck and began his morning inspection

of the crops. On reaching the farthest edge of the property, his blood began

to boil. Someone had used the farmss seclusion to illegally dump their trash

-again.



As he filled the truck with the bags of food scraps, the farmer found

an envelope. On it was printed the offender's address. Here was

an opportunity too good to ignore. That night he drove to the offender's

house and filled his garden with not just the dumped trash but his own!



Revenge is sweet, some say, but is it right? In 1 Samuel 24,

David and his men were hiding in a cave to escape a murderous King Saul.

When Saul wandered into the same cave to relieve himself, David's men

saw a too-good-to-ignore opportunity for David to get revenge (vv. 3-4).

But David went against this desire to get even.

"The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master,"

he said (v. 6). When Saul discovered that David chose to spare his life,

he was incredulous. "You are more righteous than I," he exclaimed (vv. 17–18).



As we or our loved ones face injustice, opportunities to take revenge

on offenders may well come. Will we give in to these desires,

as the farmer did, or go against them, like David? Will we choose

righteousness over revenge?



By: Sheridan Voysey



Reflect & Pray



When have you most felt like getting even with someone?

How can David’s response guide you as you seek justice

for yourself and others?



Jesus, lover of our enemies, may I seek justice Your way.



Visit https://odbu.org/SF107 to learn more

about finding personal peace in forgiveness.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 1 Call to the Lord - 2 Samuel 22:3-4



3 (Ge 15:1; Ps 9:9) the God of my strength, in whom I will trust;

my shield and the horn of my salvation,

my fortress and my sanctuary;

my Savior, You save me from violence.

4 (Ps 48:1; 96:4) I call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy,

and I am saved from my enemies.





In the old Days of Television Western, we could always tell who the enemy was.

The bad guys wore black hats; the evil villain had a scar across

his cheek or a patch over one eye. But real life is

not quite so simple . Emenies come in many forms, and often are not easy to

recognise. Sin is an enemy; even those we love can seek

to undermine our faith;

modern meterialism and distorted values lead us away from biblical principles.

These enemies may not seek our death in a physical sense,

but their influence results in spritual death or, at the very least,

immaturity.

Yet God promises to rescue us from our enemies. David describes the Lord as a

"rock", a "shield", a "stronghold", and a "refuge". God provides a stable

foundation for our faith; he products us from the attacks of the enemy;

he offers a place of rest in battle.

Our battles are usually not physical ones, but rather spiritual

and emotional wars.

We struggle with difficult relationships, the burdens of the past,

the subtle accusations of the devil.

But these enemies can be overcome. David says,

"I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise" .

When we turn to the Lord, trust his Word, acknowledge his

worthiness, we put our own problems and difficulties in perspective.

We see that God is able to rescue us, and has promised to do so.

And as we respond to his grace by focusing

on him, we abandon trust in ourselves and allow him to do what he promised.



Application



a) What kinds of enemies do I face?



b) How have I tried to deal with those enemies by myself?



c) How can today's verses help me turn to the sources of my rescue?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Luke 12:15



15 Then He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness.

For a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”



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



When you are Impatient



Ps 37:3-9



3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;

dwell in the land, and practice faithfulness.

4 Delight yourself in the Lord,

and He will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord;

trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.

6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,

and your judgment as the noonday.

7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him;

do not fret because of those who prosper in their way,

because of those who make wicked schemes.

8 Let go of anger, and forsake wrath;

do not fret—it surely leads to evil deeds.

9 For evildoers will be cut off,

but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the earth.



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



22nd Day of the Month



a) Pray for the Province of Quebec





I) Pray for the leaders of Quebec,

that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

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



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

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

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

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

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

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

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

and to come to the knowledge of the truth. )



II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



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

every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge

of God.



(



2 Cor 10: 3 - 5



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

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

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

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

thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and know that He is your help.



Pray to the Lord and seek His Will and Timing.



Pray to the Lord "Jesus, lover of our enemies,

may I seek justice Your way."



Pray to the Lord and thank Him for being

a fortress against your spiritual enemies.



Pray to the Lord and pray against materialism.



Pray to the Lord and put your hope in the Lord.



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 influence of the Holy Spirit would dissolve

every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge

of God.



Pray that those imprisoned for their faith in Mauritania

will be bold witnesses for the Gospel.



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.