Day 257 - 14 September 2021 reflections
Day 257, 14 September 2021
Daniel 7 - 9
Daniel 7
Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts
1 (Da 4:5; 5:1) In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon,
Daniel had a dream and visions of his mind while on his bed.
Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
2 (Rev 7:1) Daniel spoke and said: I saw in my vision by night
the four winds of the heaven striving upon the Mediterranean Sea.
3 (Rev 13:1; Da 7:17) Four great beasts came up from the sea,
diverse from one another.
4 (Jer 4:7; Eze 17:3) The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings.
I watched until its wings were plucked and it was lifted up from the earth
and made to stand on the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
5 (Da 2:39) Another beast appeared, a second, like a bear, and it raised
itself up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth.
And they said to it, "Arise, devour much flesh."
6 (Rev 13:2) After this I looked and there was another, like a leopard,
which had on its back four wings of a fowl. The beast also had four heads.
And dominion was given to it.
7 (Rev 12:3; 13:1) After this I saw in the visions at night a fourth beast,
dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong. And it had great iron teeth.
It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet.
And it was different from all the beasts that were before it,
and it had ten horns.
8 (Rev 13:5-6; Ps 12:3) I considered the horns, when there came up among
them another little horn before whom three of the first horns were plucked
up by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of man,
and a mouth speaking great things.
The Ancient of Days Reigns
9 (Rev 1:14; Ps 90:2) I watched until
the thrones were cast down
and the Ancient of Days was seated,
whose garment was white as snow,
and the hair of His head like the pure wool.
His throne was like the fiery flame,
and its wheels as burning fire.
10 (Rev 5:11; Dt 33:2) A fiery stream issued
and came out from before Him.
A thousand thousands ministered to Him;
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.
The judgment was set,
and the books were opened.
11 (Rev 19:20; 20:10) Then I watched because of the sound of the boastful
words which the horn was speaking. I watched even until the beast was slain,
and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame.
12 As for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away;
yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
13 (Mt 26:64; Rev 1:7) I saw in the night visions, and there was one like
a Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He came to the Ancient of Days
and was presented before Him.
14 (Da 7:27; Rev 11:15) There was given to Him dominion, and glory,
and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away,
and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
The Interpretation of the Dream
15 (Da 7:28) I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body,
and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 (Rev 5:5; 7:13-14) I approached one of those who were standing by
and asked him the truth of all this.
So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things.
17 "These great beasts, which are four, are four kings which shall arise
out of the earth.
18 (Rev 20:4; Isa 60:12-14) But the saints of the Most High shall take
the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever."
19 (Da 7:7) Then I desired to know the truth of the fourth beast,
which was different from all the others, exceeding dreadful,
whose teeth were of iron and its nails of bronze, and which devoured,
broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet;
20 (Da 7:8) and of the ten horns that were in its head, and of the other
which came up, and before whom three fell, even of that horn that had eyes
and a mouth that spoke boastful words, whose look was more stout
than its fellows.
21 (Da 8:24; 12:7) I beheld, and the same horn was warring with the saints
and prevailing against them
22 (Da 7:18; 1Co 6:2-3) until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment
was passed in favor of the saints of the Most High,
and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 (Da 2:40) Thus he said: "The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom
upon earth, which shall be different from all kingdoms, and shall devour
the whole earth and shall tread it down and break it in pieces.
24 (Da 7:20; Rev 13:1) The ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings
that shall arise; and another shall rise after them, and he shall be
different from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 (Da 12:7; 2:21; Rev 12:14) He shall speak words against the Most High
and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and plan to change times
and law. And they shall be given into his hand until a time
and times and half a time. Or for a year, two years, and half a year.
26 "But the court shall sit for judgment, and they shall take away
his dominion, to consume and to destroy it forever.
27 (Da 2:44; Ps 22:27; 72:11) Then the kingdom and dominion,
and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven,
shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High,
whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey Him."
28 (Lk 2:19; 2:51) At this point the matter ended. As for me, Daniel,
my thoughts troubled me much, and my countenance changed in me;
but I kept the matter in my heart.
[The 4th beast propechy has yet to be fulfilled]
Daniel 8
Daniel's Vision of a Ram and a Goat
1 (Da 7:1) In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision
appeared to me, even to me Daniel, after that which appeared to me
at the first.
2 (Ge 10:22; Ne 1:1) I saw in the vision, and while I was looking,
I was at Susa in the palace which is in the province of Elam.
And I saw in the vision that I was by the canal of Ulai.
3 (Da 8:20; 10:5) Then I lifted up my eyes and looked,
and there stood before the river a ram which had two horns,
and the two horns were high. But one was higher than the other,
and the higher one came up last.
4 (Da 11:16; 8:7) I saw the ram pushing westward and northward and southward,
so that no animal might stand before him; nor was there any that could
deliver out of his hand, but he did according to his will and became great.
5 (Da 8:21; 8:8; 11:3) As I was considering this, suddenly a male goat came
from the west across the face of the whole earth and did not touch the ground.
And the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
6 He came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing
before the river, and ran to him in the fury of his power.
7 (Da 7:7; 11:11) I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved
with rage against him, and struck the ram and broke his two horns.
And there was no power in the ram to stand before him,
but he cast him down to the ground and stamped on him.
And there was none who could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8 (Da 7:2; 2Ch 26:16) Therefore the male goat grew very great.
And when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and four conspicuous horns
came up in its place toward the four winds of heaven.
The Little Horn
9 (Da 11:16; Ps 48:2) Out of one of them came a little horn, which grew
exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east,
and toward the Pleasant Land.
10 (Isa 14:13; Rev 12:4) It grew great, even to the host of heaven.
And it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground
and stamped upon them.
11 (Da 11:31; 12:11) Indeed, he magnified himself even to the Prince
of the host, and from Him the daily sacrifice was taken away,
and the place of His sanctuary was cast down.
12 (Isa 59:14; Da 11:28) Because of rebellion, an army was given
to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifice; and it cast truth to the ground.
It practiced this and prospered.
13 (Da 4:13; Lk 21:24) Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint
said to that certain saint which spoke, "How long shall be the vision
concerning the daily sacrifice and the transgression of desolation,
the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?"
14 (Da 8:26; 12:11) And he said to me, "For 2300 evenings and mornings.
Then the sanctuary shall be cleansed properly."
Gabriel Interprets the Vision
15 (Da 10:16; 10:18) When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought
for the meaning. Then there before me stood one who had the appearance
of a man.
16 (Lk 1:19; 1:26) I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai,
which called, and said, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."
17 (Da 8:19; Rev 1:17) So he came near where I stood. And when he came,
I was afraid and fell upon my face; but he said to me,
"Understand, son of man, that the vision deals with the time of the end."
18 (Da 10:18; Eze 2:2) Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep
with my face toward the ground. But he touched me and set me upright.
19 (Da 8:15-17; Hab 2:3) He said, "Listen, I will make you know what shall be
in the final period of the indignation, for the end shall be
at the appointed time.
20 (Da 8:3) The ram which you saw having two horns
represents the kings of Media and Persia.
21 (Da 10:20; 11:3) The rough goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn
that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Now the broken horn and the four horns that stood up in its place
are four kingdoms that shall stand up out of his nation,
but not with his power.
23 "In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached
their limit, a king will arise, having a fierce countenance,
skilled in intrigue.
24 (Da 8:12; 7:25; Rev 17:17) His power shall be mighty,
but not by his own power. And he shall destroy wonderfully
and shall prosper and practice his will
and shall destroy the mighty men and the holy people.
25 (Da 8:11; Job 34:20) By his cunning, he shall cause deceit to succeed
under his hand, and he shall magnify himself in his heart. He shall destroy
many in a time of peace. He shall also rise up against the Prince of princes;
but he shall be broken, not by human hands.
26 (Da 10:1; 10:14; 12:4) "And the vision of the evenings and the mornings,
which was told, is true. Therefore shut up the vision,
for it deals with many days in the future."
27 (Da 7:28; Hab 3:16) Then I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for some days.
Afterward I rose up again and did the king's business.
So I was astonished at the vision, but there was none to explain it.
Daniel 9
The Prayer of Daniel
1 (Da 11:1) In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus of the lineage
of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
2 (2Ch 36:21; Jer 29:10) in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed
in the books the number of the years which were specified by the word
of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the accomplishment of the desolations
of Jerusalem, that is, seventy years.
3 I set my face toward the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplications
with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
4 (Dt 7:9; Ne 9:32) And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made my confession,
and said,
"Alas, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping His covenant
and mercy to those who love Him, and to those who keep His commandments.
5 (Ps 106:6; Isa 64:5-7) We have sinned and have committed iniquity
and have done wickedly and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts
and from Your judgments.
6 (2Ch 36:15-16; Ezr 9:7) We have not listened to Your servants the prophets,
who spoke in Your name to our kings, our officials, and our fathers,
and to all the people of the land.
7 (Dt 4:27; Ps 44:15) "O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame
of face, as it is this day, to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem and to all Israel, who are near and who are far off,
through all the countries wherever You have driven them,
because of their trespass that they have trespassed against You.
8 O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, to our officials,
and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
9 (Ps 130:4; Jer 14:7) To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness,
though we have rebelled against Him.
10 (2Ki 18:12; Da 9:6) We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God,
to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets.
11 (Isa 1:4-6; Jer 8:5-10) Indeed, all Israel has transgressed Your law,
even by departing that they might not obey Your voice.
"Therefore the curse has been poured upon us, and the oath that is written
in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
12 (Eze 5:9; Isa 44:26) He has confirmed His words, which He had spoken
against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us great
calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done such
as has been done to Jerusalem.
13 (Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30) As it is written in the Law of Moses, great calamity
has come on us. Yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord our God so that
we might turn from our iniquities and give attention to Your truth.
14 (Ne 9:33; Jer 44:27) Therefore, the Lord has kept the disaster in store
and brought it upon us. For the Lord our God is righteous in all His works
which He does, but we have not obeyed His voice.
15 (Ne 9:10; Ex 6:1) "Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people
out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name,
even to this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 (Zec 8:3; Ps 31:1O) Lord, according to all Your righteousness,
I beseech You, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city
Jerusalem, Your holy mountain, because for our sins and for the iniquities
of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all who
are around us.
17 (Ps 80:19; La 5:18) "Now therefore, O God, hear the prayer of Your servant
and his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine
upon Your sanctuary, which is desolate.
18 (Isa 37:17; Jer 25:29) O my God, incline Your ear and hear. Open Your eyes
and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name,
for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness,
but for Your great mercies.
19 (Jer 14:9; Da 9:18) O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act!
Do not defer, for Your own sake, O my God. For Your city and Your people
are called by Your name."
The Seventy Weeks
20 (Ps 145:18; Isa 58:9) While I was speaking and praying and confessing
my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication
before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God,
21 (Da 8:16; Lk 1:19) indeed, while I was speaking in prayer,
the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time
of the evening oblation.
22 (Da 8:16; 10:21) He informed me and talked with me, and said,
"Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding.
23 (Da 10:11-12; 10:19) At the beginning of your supplications the command
went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved.
Therefore understand the matter and consider the vision:
24 (Eze 4:6; Nu 14:34) "Seventy weeks have been determined for your people
and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end
of sins, and to make atonement for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint
the Most Holy Place.
25 (Ezr 4:24; Isa 9:6) “Know therefore and understand that from the going
forth of the command to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem
until the Prince Messiah shall be seven weeks, and 62 weeks.
It shall be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of trouble.
26 (Isa 53:8; Na 1:8; Mt 24:2) After the 62 weeks Messiah shall be cut off
and shall have nothing. And the troops of the prince who shall come shall
destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall come with a flood.
And until the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 (Mt 24:15; Mk 13:14) And he shall make a firm covenant with many
for one week. But in the middle of the week he shall cause the sacrifice
and the offering to cease. And on the wing of abominations shall come one
who makes desolate, until the decreed destruction is poured out
on the desolator."
2) Our Daily Bread for 14 September 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/09/14/outside-the-camp
Entitled Outside the Camp
Hebrews 13:11–16
11 (Ex 29:14; Lev 16:27) For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood
is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest on account of sin,
are burned outside the camp.
12 (Ac 7:58; Eph 5:26) Therefore Jesus also, so that He might sanctify
the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
13 (Heb 11:26) Therefore let us go forth to Him outside the camp,
bearing the reproach that He bore.
14 (Heb 12:22; Mic 2:10) For here we have no continuing city,
but we seek one to come.
15 (Hos 14:2; Lev 7:12) Through Him, then, let us continually offer
to God the sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of our lips,
giving thanks to His name.
16 (Ro 12:13; Php 4:18) But do not forget to do good and to share.
For with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Friday was market day in the rural town in Ghana where I grew up.
After all these years, I still recall one particular vendor.
Her fingers and toes eroded by Hansen's disease (leprosy),
she would crouch on her mat and scoop her produce with a hollowed-out gourd.
Some avoided her. My mother made it a point to buy from her regularly.
I saw her only on market days. Then she would disappear outside the town.
In the time of the ancient Israelites, diseases like leprosy meant living
"outside the camp." It was a forlorn existence. Israelite law said
of such people, "They must live alone" (Leviticus 13:46).
Outside the camp was also where the carcasses of the sacrificial bulls
were burned (4:12). Outside the camp was not where you wanted to be.
This harsh reality breathes life into the statement about Jesus
in Hebrews 13: "Let us, then, go to him outside the camp,
bearing the disgrace he bore" (v. 13). Jesus was crucified outside
the gates of Jerusalem, a significant point when we study
the Hebrew sacrificial system.
We want to be popular, to be honored, to live comfortable lives.
But God calls us to go "outside the camp"-where the disgrace is.
That's where we'll find the vendor with Hansen's disease.
That's where we'll find people the world has rejected.
That's where we'll find Jesus.
By: Tim Gustafson
Reflect & Pray
How do you initially react to outsiders and misfits?
In what practical way might you go to Jesus "outside the camp"?
Thank You, Jesus, that You don't show any favoritism.
Thank You for going outside the camp for me.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 3 - The Promise of Completion
Philippians 1:6
6 (1Co 1:8; Jn 6:29) I am confident of this very thing,
that He who began a good work in you will perfect it
until the day of Jesus Christ.
"Elizabeth is a good student", the note on the side of the report card read,
"but she doesn't finish what she starts. She has a lot of good ideas, but
rarely brings then to completion."
Many of us are like Elizabeth. We start into a new venture with high hopes
and great motivation. Bit somewhere along the way, we become discouraged.
Someone tells us that our ideas are stpuide, or that we are not capable of
doing what we dream. We get a particulatly difficule hurdle and give up.
Sometimes we fell the Christian like is like that, too. We start well, and
believe that in Christ we can accomplish anything. But then our prayers
become rote, our Bible reading ritual. We can't seem to regain that sense
of God's presence; we have, we conclude, "Lost our first love."
But God has a different perspective. He began the work of salvation in us;
he leads and guides us in his will, and he will complete what he has begun.
Often we fail to see God's grace in hte ongoing proces of walking with him
because his agenda is different from ours. We know what we want to see
happen in our lives; God knows what needs to happen.
"When I fist came into a relationship with Christ," one woman explained,
"I knew I had a lot of changing to do. But, strangely enough, the things God
changed weren't on my list at all!"
When God begins his work in oue lives, he has a plan for our maturity.
He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. And what God
has begun, he will finish.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "decide" for God what problems in my life
needed dealing with?
b) Has God ever pointed out issues that were a surprise to me?
c) How can today's verse help me relax in God's will and
have confidence in the direction of my life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
2 Chr 26:5
5 (2 Ch 24:2; Da 1:17) And he sought after God in the days of Zechariah,
the one who instructed him in the fear of the Lord. And in the days
that he sought after the Lord, God caused him to succeed.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Gift of Salvation
Ps 40:1-3,9-11
PSALMS 40
1 I waited patiently for the Lord,
and He turned to me, and heard my cry.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
out of the miry clay,
and set my feet on a rock,
and established my steps.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He has put a new song in my mouth,
even praise to our God;
many will see it, and fear,
and will trust in the Lord.
...
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) I have proclaimed righteousness
in the great congregation;
I have not held back my lips,
O Lord, You know.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) I have not hidden Your righteousness
within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
from the great congregation.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not withhold Your compassion from me, O Lord;
may Your lovingkindness and Your truth always guard 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?)
Nova Scotia
Total population 942700
Muslim population (est.) 14629
With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is
a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,
a harvest field in itself.
Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations
- in and around Halifax and other cities
- on university campuses
- for new workers among Muslims
- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach
to Muslims in their areas.
- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend
to share Jesus with and disciple them
- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their
new faith in Jesus with other Muslims
Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia
with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas
(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques
in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truto.
Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of
newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration
has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic
is the second most spoken language in Halifax.
while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000
in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population
somewhere between 25000 to 30000.
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 serve with
denominations and Christian organisations
in Canada - that God will bless their ministry
and anoint them for effective service.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him to understand any vision He gives you.
Pray to the Lord "Thank You, Jesus, that You don't show any favoritism.
Thank You for going outside the camp for me."
Pray to the Lord and pray let Him complete
what He wants in you .
Pray to the Lord and seek after Him.
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him to get you out of the pitfalls of life.
Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations
- in and around Halifax and other cities
- on university campuses
- for new workers among Muslims
- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach
to Muslims in their areas.
- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend
to share Jesus with and disciple them
- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their
new faith in Jesus with other Muslims
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 serve with
denominations and Christian organisations
in Canada - that God will bless their ministry
and anoint them for effective service.
Pray for those in the Miango region on Nigeria who have suffered
repeated attacks by Muslim mercenaries.
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.
Daniel 7 - 9
Daniel 7
Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts
1 (Da 4:5; 5:1) In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon,
Daniel had a dream and visions of his mind while on his bed.
Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
2 (Rev 7:1) Daniel spoke and said: I saw in my vision by night
the four winds of the heaven striving upon the Mediterranean Sea.
3 (Rev 13:1; Da 7:17) Four great beasts came up from the sea,
diverse from one another.
4 (Jer 4:7; Eze 17:3) The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings.
I watched until its wings were plucked and it was lifted up from the earth
and made to stand on the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
5 (Da 2:39) Another beast appeared, a second, like a bear, and it raised
itself up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth.
And they said to it, "Arise, devour much flesh."
6 (Rev 13:2) After this I looked and there was another, like a leopard,
which had on its back four wings of a fowl. The beast also had four heads.
And dominion was given to it.
7 (Rev 12:3; 13:1) After this I saw in the visions at night a fourth beast,
dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong. And it had great iron teeth.
It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet.
And it was different from all the beasts that were before it,
and it had ten horns.
8 (Rev 13:5-6; Ps 12:3) I considered the horns, when there came up among
them another little horn before whom three of the first horns were plucked
up by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of man,
and a mouth speaking great things.
The Ancient of Days Reigns
9 (Rev 1:14; Ps 90:2) I watched until
the thrones were cast down
and the Ancient of Days was seated,
whose garment was white as snow,
and the hair of His head like the pure wool.
His throne was like the fiery flame,
and its wheels as burning fire.
10 (Rev 5:11; Dt 33:2) A fiery stream issued
and came out from before Him.
A thousand thousands ministered to Him;
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.
The judgment was set,
and the books were opened.
11 (Rev 19:20; 20:10) Then I watched because of the sound of the boastful
words which the horn was speaking. I watched even until the beast was slain,
and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame.
12 As for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away;
yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
13 (Mt 26:64; Rev 1:7) I saw in the night visions, and there was one like
a Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He came to the Ancient of Days
and was presented before Him.
14 (Da 7:27; Rev 11:15) There was given to Him dominion, and glory,
and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away,
and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
The Interpretation of the Dream
15 (Da 7:28) I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body,
and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 (Rev 5:5; 7:13-14) I approached one of those who were standing by
and asked him the truth of all this.
So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things.
17 "These great beasts, which are four, are four kings which shall arise
out of the earth.
18 (Rev 20:4; Isa 60:12-14) But the saints of the Most High shall take
the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever."
19 (Da 7:7) Then I desired to know the truth of the fourth beast,
which was different from all the others, exceeding dreadful,
whose teeth were of iron and its nails of bronze, and which devoured,
broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet;
20 (Da 7:8) and of the ten horns that were in its head, and of the other
which came up, and before whom three fell, even of that horn that had eyes
and a mouth that spoke boastful words, whose look was more stout
than its fellows.
21 (Da 8:24; 12:7) I beheld, and the same horn was warring with the saints
and prevailing against them
22 (Da 7:18; 1Co 6:2-3) until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment
was passed in favor of the saints of the Most High,
and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 (Da 2:40) Thus he said: "The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom
upon earth, which shall be different from all kingdoms, and shall devour
the whole earth and shall tread it down and break it in pieces.
24 (Da 7:20; Rev 13:1) The ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings
that shall arise; and another shall rise after them, and he shall be
different from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 (Da 12:7; 2:21; Rev 12:14) He shall speak words against the Most High
and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and plan to change times
and law. And they shall be given into his hand until a time
and times and half a time. Or for a year, two years, and half a year.
26 "But the court shall sit for judgment, and they shall take away
his dominion, to consume and to destroy it forever.
27 (Da 2:44; Ps 22:27; 72:11) Then the kingdom and dominion,
and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven,
shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High,
whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey Him."
28 (Lk 2:19; 2:51) At this point the matter ended. As for me, Daniel,
my thoughts troubled me much, and my countenance changed in me;
but I kept the matter in my heart.
[The 4th beast propechy has yet to be fulfilled]
Daniel 8
Daniel's Vision of a Ram and a Goat
1 (Da 7:1) In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision
appeared to me, even to me Daniel, after that which appeared to me
at the first.
2 (Ge 10:22; Ne 1:1) I saw in the vision, and while I was looking,
I was at Susa in the palace which is in the province of Elam.
And I saw in the vision that I was by the canal of Ulai.
3 (Da 8:20; 10:5) Then I lifted up my eyes and looked,
and there stood before the river a ram which had two horns,
and the two horns were high. But one was higher than the other,
and the higher one came up last.
4 (Da 11:16; 8:7) I saw the ram pushing westward and northward and southward,
so that no animal might stand before him; nor was there any that could
deliver out of his hand, but he did according to his will and became great.
5 (Da 8:21; 8:8; 11:3) As I was considering this, suddenly a male goat came
from the west across the face of the whole earth and did not touch the ground.
And the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
6 He came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing
before the river, and ran to him in the fury of his power.
7 (Da 7:7; 11:11) I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved
with rage against him, and struck the ram and broke his two horns.
And there was no power in the ram to stand before him,
but he cast him down to the ground and stamped on him.
And there was none who could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8 (Da 7:2; 2Ch 26:16) Therefore the male goat grew very great.
And when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and four conspicuous horns
came up in its place toward the four winds of heaven.
The Little Horn
9 (Da 11:16; Ps 48:2) Out of one of them came a little horn, which grew
exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east,
and toward the Pleasant Land.
10 (Isa 14:13; Rev 12:4) It grew great, even to the host of heaven.
And it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground
and stamped upon them.
11 (Da 11:31; 12:11) Indeed, he magnified himself even to the Prince
of the host, and from Him the daily sacrifice was taken away,
and the place of His sanctuary was cast down.
12 (Isa 59:14; Da 11:28) Because of rebellion, an army was given
to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifice; and it cast truth to the ground.
It practiced this and prospered.
13 (Da 4:13; Lk 21:24) Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint
said to that certain saint which spoke, "How long shall be the vision
concerning the daily sacrifice and the transgression of desolation,
the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?"
14 (Da 8:26; 12:11) And he said to me, "For 2300 evenings and mornings.
Then the sanctuary shall be cleansed properly."
Gabriel Interprets the Vision
15 (Da 10:16; 10:18) When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought
for the meaning. Then there before me stood one who had the appearance
of a man.
16 (Lk 1:19; 1:26) I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai,
which called, and said, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."
17 (Da 8:19; Rev 1:17) So he came near where I stood. And when he came,
I was afraid and fell upon my face; but he said to me,
"Understand, son of man, that the vision deals with the time of the end."
18 (Da 10:18; Eze 2:2) Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep
with my face toward the ground. But he touched me and set me upright.
19 (Da 8:15-17; Hab 2:3) He said, "Listen, I will make you know what shall be
in the final period of the indignation, for the end shall be
at the appointed time.
20 (Da 8:3) The ram which you saw having two horns
represents the kings of Media and Persia.
21 (Da 10:20; 11:3) The rough goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn
that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Now the broken horn and the four horns that stood up in its place
are four kingdoms that shall stand up out of his nation,
but not with his power.
23 "In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached
their limit, a king will arise, having a fierce countenance,
skilled in intrigue.
24 (Da 8:12; 7:25; Rev 17:17) His power shall be mighty,
but not by his own power. And he shall destroy wonderfully
and shall prosper and practice his will
and shall destroy the mighty men and the holy people.
25 (Da 8:11; Job 34:20) By his cunning, he shall cause deceit to succeed
under his hand, and he shall magnify himself in his heart. He shall destroy
many in a time of peace. He shall also rise up against the Prince of princes;
but he shall be broken, not by human hands.
26 (Da 10:1; 10:14; 12:4) "And the vision of the evenings and the mornings,
which was told, is true. Therefore shut up the vision,
for it deals with many days in the future."
27 (Da 7:28; Hab 3:16) Then I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for some days.
Afterward I rose up again and did the king's business.
So I was astonished at the vision, but there was none to explain it.
Daniel 9
The Prayer of Daniel
1 (Da 11:1) In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus of the lineage
of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
2 (2Ch 36:21; Jer 29:10) in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed
in the books the number of the years which were specified by the word
of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the accomplishment of the desolations
of Jerusalem, that is, seventy years.
3 I set my face toward the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplications
with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
4 (Dt 7:9; Ne 9:32) And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made my confession,
and said,
"Alas, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping His covenant
and mercy to those who love Him, and to those who keep His commandments.
5 (Ps 106:6; Isa 64:5-7) We have sinned and have committed iniquity
and have done wickedly and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts
and from Your judgments.
6 (2Ch 36:15-16; Ezr 9:7) We have not listened to Your servants the prophets,
who spoke in Your name to our kings, our officials, and our fathers,
and to all the people of the land.
7 (Dt 4:27; Ps 44:15) "O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame
of face, as it is this day, to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem and to all Israel, who are near and who are far off,
through all the countries wherever You have driven them,
because of their trespass that they have trespassed against You.
8 O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, to our officials,
and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
9 (Ps 130:4; Jer 14:7) To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness,
though we have rebelled against Him.
10 (2Ki 18:12; Da 9:6) We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God,
to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets.
11 (Isa 1:4-6; Jer 8:5-10) Indeed, all Israel has transgressed Your law,
even by departing that they might not obey Your voice.
"Therefore the curse has been poured upon us, and the oath that is written
in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
12 (Eze 5:9; Isa 44:26) He has confirmed His words, which He had spoken
against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us great
calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done such
as has been done to Jerusalem.
13 (Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30) As it is written in the Law of Moses, great calamity
has come on us. Yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord our God so that
we might turn from our iniquities and give attention to Your truth.
14 (Ne 9:33; Jer 44:27) Therefore, the Lord has kept the disaster in store
and brought it upon us. For the Lord our God is righteous in all His works
which He does, but we have not obeyed His voice.
15 (Ne 9:10; Ex 6:1) "Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people
out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name,
even to this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 (Zec 8:3; Ps 31:1O) Lord, according to all Your righteousness,
I beseech You, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city
Jerusalem, Your holy mountain, because for our sins and for the iniquities
of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all who
are around us.
17 (Ps 80:19; La 5:18) "Now therefore, O God, hear the prayer of Your servant
and his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine
upon Your sanctuary, which is desolate.
18 (Isa 37:17; Jer 25:29) O my God, incline Your ear and hear. Open Your eyes
and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name,
for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness,
but for Your great mercies.
19 (Jer 14:9; Da 9:18) O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act!
Do not defer, for Your own sake, O my God. For Your city and Your people
are called by Your name."
The Seventy Weeks
20 (Ps 145:18; Isa 58:9) While I was speaking and praying and confessing
my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication
before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God,
21 (Da 8:16; Lk 1:19) indeed, while I was speaking in prayer,
the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time
of the evening oblation.
22 (Da 8:16; 10:21) He informed me and talked with me, and said,
"Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding.
23 (Da 10:11-12; 10:19) At the beginning of your supplications the command
went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved.
Therefore understand the matter and consider the vision:
24 (Eze 4:6; Nu 14:34) "Seventy weeks have been determined for your people
and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end
of sins, and to make atonement for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint
the Most Holy Place.
25 (Ezr 4:24; Isa 9:6) “Know therefore and understand that from the going
forth of the command to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem
until the Prince Messiah shall be seven weeks, and 62 weeks.
It shall be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of trouble.
26 (Isa 53:8; Na 1:8; Mt 24:2) After the 62 weeks Messiah shall be cut off
and shall have nothing. And the troops of the prince who shall come shall
destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall come with a flood.
And until the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 (Mt 24:15; Mk 13:14) And he shall make a firm covenant with many
for one week. But in the middle of the week he shall cause the sacrifice
and the offering to cease. And on the wing of abominations shall come one
who makes desolate, until the decreed destruction is poured out
on the desolator."
2) Our Daily Bread for 14 September 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/09/14/outside-the-camp
Entitled Outside the Camp
Hebrews 13:11–16
11 (Ex 29:14; Lev 16:27) For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood
is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest on account of sin,
are burned outside the camp.
12 (Ac 7:58; Eph 5:26) Therefore Jesus also, so that He might sanctify
the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
13 (Heb 11:26) Therefore let us go forth to Him outside the camp,
bearing the reproach that He bore.
14 (Heb 12:22; Mic 2:10) For here we have no continuing city,
but we seek one to come.
15 (Hos 14:2; Lev 7:12) Through Him, then, let us continually offer
to God the sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of our lips,
giving thanks to His name.
16 (Ro 12:13; Php 4:18) But do not forget to do good and to share.
For with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Friday was market day in the rural town in Ghana where I grew up.
After all these years, I still recall one particular vendor.
Her fingers and toes eroded by Hansen's disease (leprosy),
she would crouch on her mat and scoop her produce with a hollowed-out gourd.
Some avoided her. My mother made it a point to buy from her regularly.
I saw her only on market days. Then she would disappear outside the town.
In the time of the ancient Israelites, diseases like leprosy meant living
"outside the camp." It was a forlorn existence. Israelite law said
of such people, "They must live alone" (Leviticus 13:46).
Outside the camp was also where the carcasses of the sacrificial bulls
were burned (4:12). Outside the camp was not where you wanted to be.
This harsh reality breathes life into the statement about Jesus
in Hebrews 13: "Let us, then, go to him outside the camp,
bearing the disgrace he bore" (v. 13). Jesus was crucified outside
the gates of Jerusalem, a significant point when we study
the Hebrew sacrificial system.
We want to be popular, to be honored, to live comfortable lives.
But God calls us to go "outside the camp"-where the disgrace is.
That's where we'll find the vendor with Hansen's disease.
That's where we'll find people the world has rejected.
That's where we'll find Jesus.
By: Tim Gustafson
Reflect & Pray
How do you initially react to outsiders and misfits?
In what practical way might you go to Jesus "outside the camp"?
Thank You, Jesus, that You don't show any favoritism.
Thank You for going outside the camp for me.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 3 - The Promise of Completion
Philippians 1:6
6 (1Co 1:8; Jn 6:29) I am confident of this very thing,
that He who began a good work in you will perfect it
until the day of Jesus Christ.
"Elizabeth is a good student", the note on the side of the report card read,
"but she doesn't finish what she starts. She has a lot of good ideas, but
rarely brings then to completion."
Many of us are like Elizabeth. We start into a new venture with high hopes
and great motivation. Bit somewhere along the way, we become discouraged.
Someone tells us that our ideas are stpuide, or that we are not capable of
doing what we dream. We get a particulatly difficule hurdle and give up.
Sometimes we fell the Christian like is like that, too. We start well, and
believe that in Christ we can accomplish anything. But then our prayers
become rote, our Bible reading ritual. We can't seem to regain that sense
of God's presence; we have, we conclude, "Lost our first love."
But God has a different perspective. He began the work of salvation in us;
he leads and guides us in his will, and he will complete what he has begun.
Often we fail to see God's grace in hte ongoing proces of walking with him
because his agenda is different from ours. We know what we want to see
happen in our lives; God knows what needs to happen.
"When I fist came into a relationship with Christ," one woman explained,
"I knew I had a lot of changing to do. But, strangely enough, the things God
changed weren't on my list at all!"
When God begins his work in oue lives, he has a plan for our maturity.
He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. And what God
has begun, he will finish.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "decide" for God what problems in my life
needed dealing with?
b) Has God ever pointed out issues that were a surprise to me?
c) How can today's verse help me relax in God's will and
have confidence in the direction of my life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
2 Chr 26:5
5 (2 Ch 24:2; Da 1:17) And he sought after God in the days of Zechariah,
the one who instructed him in the fear of the Lord. And in the days
that he sought after the Lord, God caused him to succeed.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Gift of Salvation
Ps 40:1-3,9-11
PSALMS 40
1 I waited patiently for the Lord,
and He turned to me, and heard my cry.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
out of the miry clay,
and set my feet on a rock,
and established my steps.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He has put a new song in my mouth,
even praise to our God;
many will see it, and fear,
and will trust in the Lord.
...
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) I have proclaimed righteousness
in the great congregation;
I have not held back my lips,
O Lord, You know.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) I have not hidden Your righteousness
within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
from the great congregation.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not withhold Your compassion from me, O Lord;
may Your lovingkindness and Your truth always guard 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?)
Nova Scotia
Total population 942700
Muslim population (est.) 14629
With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is
a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,
a harvest field in itself.
Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations
- in and around Halifax and other cities
- on university campuses
- for new workers among Muslims
- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach
to Muslims in their areas.
- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend
to share Jesus with and disciple them
- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their
new faith in Jesus with other Muslims
Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia
with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas
(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques
in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truto.
Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of
newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration
has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic
is the second most spoken language in Halifax.
while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000
in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population
somewhere between 25000 to 30000.
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 serve with
denominations and Christian organisations
in Canada - that God will bless their ministry
and anoint them for effective service.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him to understand any vision He gives you.
Pray to the Lord "Thank You, Jesus, that You don't show any favoritism.
Thank You for going outside the camp for me."
Pray to the Lord and pray let Him complete
what He wants in you .
Pray to the Lord and seek after Him.
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him to get you out of the pitfalls of life.
Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations
- in and around Halifax and other cities
- on university campuses
- for new workers among Muslims
- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach
to Muslims in their areas.
- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend
to share Jesus with and disciple them
- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their
new faith in Jesus with other Muslims
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 serve with
denominations and Christian organisations
in Canada - that God will bless their ministry
and anoint them for effective service.
Pray for those in the Miango region on Nigeria who have suffered
repeated attacks by Muslim mercenaries.
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.
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