Day 361 - 27 December 2021 reflections
Day 360, 26 December 2021
1)
Revelation 6 - 11
Revelation 6
The Seals
1 (Rev 5:1; 5:5-7) I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals. Then I heard
one of the four living creatures saying, with voice like thunder, "Come
and see."
2 (Rev 14:14; Zec 1:8) And I looked, and there before me was a white horse.
He who sat on it had a bow. And a crown was given to him,
and he went forth conquering that he might overcome.
3 (Rev 4:7) When He opened the second seal, I heard the second
living creature say, “Come and see.â€
4 (Zec 6:2; 1:8) Then another horse that was red went forth.
Power was given to him who sat on it to take peace from the earth,
causing people to kill one another. Then a great sword was given to him.
5 (Zec 6:2; Eze 4:16) When He opened the third seal, I heard the third
living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there was a black horse,
and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
6 (Rev 9:4) Then I heard a voice in the midst of the four living
creatures saying, “"A quart (Gk. choenix, or a kilogram.) of wheat
for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages,
(Gk. denarius.) and do not harm the oil and the wine."
7 (Rev 4:7; 6:3) When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice
of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
8 (Hos 13:14; Zec 6:3) So I looked, and there was a pale horse,
and the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed him.
Power over a fourth of the earth was given to them, to kill with sword,
with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.
9 (Rev 14:18; 20:4) When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar
the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God
and for the testimony they had held.
10 (Zec 1:12; Rev 3:7) They cried out with a loud voice,
"How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge
and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
11 (Heb 11:40; Rev 7:9) Then a white robe was given to each of them,
and they were told to rest a little longer, until the number of their
fellow servants and brothers should be completed, who would be killed
as they were.
12 (Mt 24:29; Rev 16:18) I watched as He opened the sixth seal.
And suddenly there was a great earthquake. The sun became black,
like sackcloth made from goat hair, and the moon became like blood.
13 (Rev 9:1; Isa 34:4) And the stars of heaven fell to the earth,
as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when it is shaken by a strong wind.
14 (Rev 16:20; Isa 34:4) Then the heavens receded like a scroll
when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed
from its place.
15 (Isa 2:19; 2:10) Then the kings of the earth and the great men
and the rich men and the commanding officers and the strong and everyone,
slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and
in the rocks of the mountains.
16 (Hos 10:8; Lk 23:30) They said to the mountains and rocks,
"Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb,
17 (Ps 76:7; Jer 30:7) for the great day of His wrath has come.
Who is able to withstand it?" (144 cubits, or 65 meters.)
Revelation 7
The 144 000 of Israel Sealed
1 (Da 7:2; Mt 24:310 Then I saw four angels standing at the four corners
of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind would
not blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal
of the living God. He cried out with a loud voice to the four angels
who had been given power to harm the earth and the sea,
3 (Rev 14:1; 6:6; 22:4) saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea
or the trees, until we have sealed the servants
of our God on their foreheads."
4 (Rev 9:16; 14:1) Then I heard the number of those who were sealed,
one hundred and forty-four thousand
out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
5 Twelve thousand from the tribe of Judah were sealed,
twelve throusand from the tribe of Reuben were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad were sealed,
6 twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh were sealed,
7 (Ge 35:23) twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar were sealed,
8 twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph were sealed,
and twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.
The Multitude From Every Nation
9 (Rev 5:9; Lev 23:40) Then I looked. And there was a great multitude
which no one could count, from all nations and tribes and peoples
and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
10 (Ps 3:8; Rev 19:1) They cried out with a loud voice:
"Salvation belongs to our God
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb!"
11 (Rev 4:6; 4:10) All the angels stood around the throne
and the elders and the four living creatures and fell on their faces
before the throne and worshipped God,
12 (Rev 5:12-14; 19:4) saying:
"Amen!
Blessing and glory
and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor
and power and might
be to our God forever and ever!
Amen."
13 (Rev 7:9) Then one of the elders asked me, "Who are these clothed in white
robes, and where did they come from?"
14 (1Jn 1:7; Zec 3:3-5) I said to him, "Sir, you know."
He said to me, "These are those who came out of great tribulation
and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 (Rev 22:3; Isa 4:5-6) Therefore,
they are before the throne of God,
and serve Him day and night in His temple.
And He who sits on the throne
will dwell among them.
16 (Isa 49:10; Ps 121:6) 'They shall neither hunger any more,
nor shall they thirst any more;
the sun shall not strike them,' (Isa 49:10.)
nor any scorching heat;
17 (Isa 25:8; Jn 10:11) for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne
will shepherd them
and 'He will lead them to springs of living water.'(Isa 49:10.)
'And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.' "
Revelation 8
The Seventh Seal
1 (Rev 6:1; 5:1) When He opened the seventh seal,
there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2 (Rev 11:15; Lk 1:19) And I saw the seven angels who stand before God,
and seven trumpets were given to them.
3 (Rev 9:13; 5:8; Heb 9:4) Another angel, having a golden censer,
came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer
with the prayers of allthe saints on the golden altar
which was before the throne.
4 (Ps 141:2) The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints,
ascended before God from the angel's hand.
5 (Rev 4:5; 11:19) Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire
from the altar, and threw it onto the earth. And there were noises,
thundering, lightning, and an earthquake.
The Trumpets
6 (Rev 8:2) Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets
prepared themselves to sound them.
7 (Rev 9:4; Eze 38:22; Rev 9:15) The first angel sounded,
and there followed hail and fire mixed with blood,
and they were thrown upon the earth.
A third of the trees and all the green grass were burned up.
8 (Jer 51:25; Ex 7:17-21) Then the second angel sounded,
and something like a great mountain, burning with fire,
was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea became blood,
9 (Isa 2:16; Rev 8:7) a third of the living creatures in the sea died,
and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 (Isa 14:12; Rev 9:1) The third angel sounded, and a great star from heaven,
burning like a torch, fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs
of waters.
11 (Jer 9:15; 23:15) The name of this star is Wormwood. A third of the waters
became wormwood, and many men died from the waters,
because they were made bitter.
12 (Isa 13:10; Joel 2:10; 2:31) The fourth angel sounded,
and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon,
and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened.
A third of the day had no light, and likewise a third of the night.
13 (Rev 11:14; 9:12; 14:6) Then I watched, and I heard an angel flying
through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice,
"Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth,
because of the other trumpet blasts of the three angels, who are yet to sound!"
Revelation 9
1 (Rev 8:10; Lk 8:31; Rev 1:18) The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star
fallen from heaven to the earth. The star was given the key to the bottomless
pit.
2 (Ge 19:28; Joel 2:10) He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke ascended
from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air
were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
3 (Eze 2:6; Rev 9:5) And out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth.
Power was given them as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 (Rev 6:6; 8:7) They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth,
or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who did not have
the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 (Rev 9:10; 9:3) They were given authority, not to kill them,
but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like
the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man.
6 (Jer 8:3; Rev 6:16) In those days men will seek death but will not find it.
They will desire to die, but death will elude them.
7 (Da 7:8; Na 3:17) The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared
for battle. On their heads were something like crowns of gold,
and their faces were like faces of men.
8 (Joel 1:6) They had hair like the hair of women,
and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
9 (Job 39:25) They had breastplates like breastplates of iron,
and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots
with many horses running to battle.
10 (Rev 9:5; 9:3) They had tails like scorpions and stings in their tails.
Their power was to hurt men for five months.
11 (Eph 2:2) They had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit,
whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek his name is Apollyon.
(Or Destroyer.)
12 (Rev 11:14) The first woe is past. Now, two more woes are yet to come.
13 The sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns
of the golden altar which is before God,
14 (Rev 16:12) saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet,
"Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River."
15 (Rev 8:7; 9:18) And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour
and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
16 (Rev 7:4; Ps 68:17) The army of horsemen numbered two hundred million.
I heard their number. (Currently The People's Army of the Republic of China
has such a great number)
17 (Rev 9:18; 14:10) Thus I saw the horses in the vision: Those who sat
on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow.
The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their
mouths came fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 (Rev 9:15; 9:17) A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues-by
the fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone,
which came out of their mouths.
19 The power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails.
For their tails are like serpents, with heads by which they inflict injury.
20 (Da 5:23; Dt 31:29) The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these
plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not cease
to worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood,
which cannot see nor hear nor walk.
21 (Rev 17:2; 17:5) Nor did they repent of their murders or their
magical arts or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Revelation 10
The Angel and the Little Scroll
1 (Mt 17:2; Rev 1:15-16) Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from
heaven, clothed with a cloud and a rainbow on his head. His face was
like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
2 (Rev 10:5) He had a little scroll open in his hand. He set his right foot
on the sea and his left foot on the land,
3 (Isa 31:4; Joel 3:16) and cried out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring.
When he cried out, seven thunders sounded their voices.
4 (Da 8:26; 12:4) And when the seven thunders sounded their voices,
I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me,
"Seal up those things which the seven thunders said, and do not write them."
5 (Da 12:7; Ge 14:22; Dt 32:40) The angel whom I saw standing on the sea
and on the earth lifted up his hand to heaven
6 (Rev 4:11) and swore by Him who lives forever and ever,
who created heaven and the things that are in them, and the earth
and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are
in it, that there should be no more delay.
7 (Ro 16:25) But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound,
the mystery of God will be fulfilled, as He has declared to His servants
the prophets.
8 Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said,
"Go, take the little scroll which is open in the hand of the angel
who is standing on the sea and on the earth."
9 (Jer 15:16; Eze 2:8) So I went to the angel and said to him,
"Give me the little scroll." He said to me, "Take it and eat it.
'It will turn your stomach sour,
but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.'(Eze 3:3.)"
10 I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it.
It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it,
my stomach turned sour.
11 (Eze 37:4) Then he said to me, "You must prophesy again about many peoples
and nations and tongues and kings."
Revelation 11
The Two Witnesses
1 (Rev 21:15; Eze 42:15-20) I was given a reed like a measuring rod.
The angel stood, saying, "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar,
and those who worship in it.
2 (Lk 21:24; Rev 12:6; Da 7:25) But exclude the court which is outside
the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations.
They will trample on the Holy City for 42 months.
3 (Ge 37:34; Rev 11:2) And I will give power to my two witnesses,
and they will prophesy for 1260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
4 (Ps 52:8; Jer 11:16) These are the two olive trees
and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. (Jer 51:45.)
5 (Jer 5:14; 2Ki 1:10-12) If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds
out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them,
he must be killed in this way.
6 (1Ki 17:1; Lk 4:25) They have power to shut heaven, that it may not rain
during the days of their prophecy. They have power over waters to turn them
into blood and to strike the earth with every plague as often as they desire.
7 (Rev 13:7; Da 7:25) When they have finished their testimony, the beast
that ascends from the bottomless pit will wage war against them
and overcome them and kill them.
8 (Jer 23:14; Heb 13:12) Their dead bodies will lie in the street
of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,
where also our Lord was crucified.
9 (Ps 79:2-3; Rev 10:11) Those from every people and tribe and tongue
and nation will see their dead bodies for three and a half days,
and will not allow their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 (Rev 3:10; 1Ki 18:17) Those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over
them and make merry and send gifts to one another,
because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
11 (Ge 2:7) After the three and a half days, the breath
(Eze 37:5-14.) of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet,
and great fear fell on those who saw them.
12 (Ac 1:9; 2Ki 2:11; Rev 4:1) Then they heard a loud voice from heaven
saying to them, "Come up here!" And they ascended to heaven in a cloud,
while their enemies watched them.
13 (Rev 6:12; 14:7) At that same hour there was a great earthquake,
and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand men were killed
in the earthquake, and the remnant were frightened and gave glory
to the God of heaven.
14 (Rev 8:13; 9:12) The second woe is past.
Listen, the third woe is coming quickly.
The Seventh Trumpet
15 (Rev 12:10; Da 7:14; 7:27) The seventh angel sounded,
and there were loud voices in heaven, saying:
"The kingdoms of the world have become
the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ,
and He shall reign forever and ever.â€
16 (Rev 4:4; 4:10) And the twenty-four elders, who sat before God on
their thrones, fell on their faces and worshipped God,
17 (Rev 1:8; 19:6; 1:4) saying:
"We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
who is and was and who is to come,
because You have taken Your great power
and begun to reign.
18 (Rev 19:5; 20:12) The nations were angry,
and Your wrath has come,
and the time has come for the dead to be judged,
and to reward Your servants the prophets
and the saints and those who fear Your name,
small and great,
and to destroy those who destroy the earth."
19 (Rev 16:21; 4:5) Then the temple of God was opened in heaven,
and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple.
And there came lightning, noises, thundering, an earthquake, and great hail.
2) Our Daily Bread for 27 December 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/12/27/gods-right-hand
entitled God's Right Hand
Isaiah 41:8-13
8 (2Ch 20:7; Jas 2:23) But you, Israel, are My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
the seed of Abraham, My friend.
9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
and called from its remotest parts,
and said to you, “You are My servant;
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.â€
10 (Jos 1:9; Isa 41:13-14) Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
yes, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
11 (Isa 45:24; Ex 23:22) Certainly all those who were incensed against you
shall be ashamed and humiliated;
they shall be as nothing,
and those who strive with you shall perish.
12 (Ps 37:35-36; Job 20:7-9) You shall seek them
and shall not find them, even those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
shall be as nothing, as a thing of nonexistence.
13 (Isa 45:1) For I, the Lord your God,
will hold your right hand,
saying to you, "Do not fear;
I will help you."
I helped my elderly dog, Wilson, out to the grass and in the process,
I released the leash of our younger dog, Coach, for just a minute.
As I bent to pick up Coach's lead, he spied a bunny. Off he went,
ripping the leash from my right hand and corkscrewing my ring finger
in the process. I fell to the grass and cried out in pain.
After returning from urgent care and learning I’d need surgery,
I begged God for help. "I'm a writer! How will I type?
What about my daily duties?" As God sometimes does, He spoke to me
from my daily Bible reading. "For I am the Lord your God who takes
hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you"
(Isaiah 41:13). I scanned the context, which indicated that God's people
in Judah, to whom Isaiah was communicating His message, enjoyed a special
relationship with Him. He promised His presence, strength, and help
through His own righteous standing, symbolized by His right hand (v. 10).
Elsewhere in Scripture, God's right hand is used to secure victories
for His people (Psalm 17:7; 98:1).
During my weeks of recovery, I experienced encouragement from God
as I learned to dictate on my computer and trained my left hand
in household and grooming functions. From God's righteous right hand
to our broken and needy right hands, God promises to be with us
and to help us.
By: Elisa Morgan
Reflect & Pray
How do you need God's help today?
How have you experienced His help in the past?
Healing God, I need Your help!
Please use Your righteous right hand to take hold of my broken,
weary hands and help me, I pray.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 2 - Due Season
Gal 6:9
9 And let us not grow weary in doing good,
for in due season we shall reap, if we do not give up.
Jackie's preschool class took on an exciting project: they were going to grow
flowers from seeds, Each child took the seed, planted it carefully in the
bedding soil, watered, and waited. But Jackie couldn't wait. Every day
for a week he ran to the window box, looked for his plants, poked, prodded,
unplanted the seeds and then planted them again. "It's no use,"
he pouted after the first week. "Nothing's gonna grow in there."
We live in an instant society - microwave dinners, quick fixes, easy answers.
We are conditioned by our environment to expect - even to demand -
immediate response, and when we have to wait,
we become impatient and irritable.
Paul's exhortation to the Galatians, "Let us not become weary in doing good,"
is as appropriate for twentieth-century believers as it was for the new church
at Galatia. We lose motivation when we don't see results, and weariness sets in.
If our work does not seem to be producing as we hope, we want to abandon it
and move on to a new project.
But God says, "You will reap a harvest if you don't give up." We give up too
soon in our prayers for a loved one's salvation. We abandon hope too readily
when we don't see spiritual growth in our own lives, when our investment in
another's spiritual maturity seems to have no return. The Lord says,
"The harvest is coming; be patient; trust me."
In due season the harvest comes; when it's the right time. When the seed has
had time to germinate, when the roots are string enough, when the conditions
are right, the reaping time will come. But we must be willing to wait for
the due season, the moment of ripeness, when our labor brings its return.
Application
a) Have I ever felt that my spiritual labors have produced no harvest at all?
b) What does it mean to my own spiritual growth that there is a "due season"
for reaping the harvest?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Matthew 6:19-21
Treasures in Heaven
Lk 12:33–34
19 (Heb 13:5; Lk 12:21) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth
where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
20 (Lk 12:33; Mt 19:21) But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroy
and where thieves do not break in nor steal,
21 (Lk 12:34) for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Eternal Faithfulness
2 Tim 2:8-13
8 (Mt 1:1; Ro 2:16) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead,
descended from David, according to my gospel,
9 (Php 1:7; 2Ti 1:8) in which I suffer trouble like a criminal,
even with chains. But the word of God is not bound.
10 (Col 1:24; 2Co 1:6; 4:17) Therefore I endure all things
for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain
the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 (Ro 6:8; 1Th 5:10) This is a faithful saying:
If we die with Him,
we shall also live with Him.
12 (Mt 10:33; Ro 8:17 ) If we endure,
we shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
13 (Nu 23:19; Ro 3:3 )If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
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?)
The Northern Territories of Canada
Yukon
Yukon Total population (2015) 36500 Muslim (est) 69
In Whitehorse the Muslim population grew from 2 families
in 2001 to more than 60 people in 2014. Originally meeting in a church,
they now meet for prayer service in a former office space.
Pray for Muslims and believers in Whitehorse to come together,
and for Muslims to find faith in Jesus Christ.
Northwest Territories (NWT)
NWT population (2015) 43600 Muslim (est) 473
The Muslim community of Yellowknife has grown from 275 to 330 in the past year.
To replace their inadequate facility, they are planning a C$2 to C$2.5 million
Islamic Centre.
Pray that the Muslims in Yellowknife and all of the NWT will awaken to
spiritual hunger and be open to saving faith in Jesus Christ.
Nunavut (NU)
NU total population (2015) 36600 Muslim (est) 86
The Islamic Centre of Iqaluit now claim about 100 Muslims and have surpassed
80 % of their funding goal to building the first mosque in this territory.
Their stated goal is "To spread the message of Islam
in the far Northern reaches of Canada."
Pray that believers in Iqaluit take up Jesus' command to love and reach
their Muslim neighbours with the Gospel.
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
Day 27 of the Month
a) Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.
(
2 Cor 10:4-5
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,
)
b) Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him to be in Heaven during the Judgment
of the World.
Pray to the Lord
"Healing God, I need Your help!
Please use Your righteous right hand to take hold of my broken,
weary hands and help me, I pray."
Pray to the Lord and pray to stay with Him in due season.
Pray to the Lord and pray to lay up treasure in Heaven.
Pray to the Lord and pray to endure in Faith.
Pray for Muslims and believers in Whitehorse and the Yukon to come together,
and for Muslims to find faith in Jesus Christ.
Pray that the Muslims in Yellowknife and all of the NWT will awaken to
spiritual hunger and be open to saving faith in Jesus Christ.
Pray that believers in Iqaluit take up Jesus' command to love and reach
their Muslim neighbours with the Gospel.
Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.
Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.
Pray for a Voice of the Martyrs sponsored radio ministry that is
reaching out to Eritreans.
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.
1)
Revelation 6 - 11
Revelation 6
The Seals
1 (Rev 5:1; 5:5-7) I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals. Then I heard
one of the four living creatures saying, with voice like thunder, "Come
and see."
2 (Rev 14:14; Zec 1:8) And I looked, and there before me was a white horse.
He who sat on it had a bow. And a crown was given to him,
and he went forth conquering that he might overcome.
3 (Rev 4:7) When He opened the second seal, I heard the second
living creature say, “Come and see.â€
4 (Zec 6:2; 1:8) Then another horse that was red went forth.
Power was given to him who sat on it to take peace from the earth,
causing people to kill one another. Then a great sword was given to him.
5 (Zec 6:2; Eze 4:16) When He opened the third seal, I heard the third
living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there was a black horse,
and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
6 (Rev 9:4) Then I heard a voice in the midst of the four living
creatures saying, “"A quart (Gk. choenix, or a kilogram.) of wheat
for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages,
(Gk. denarius.) and do not harm the oil and the wine."
7 (Rev 4:7; 6:3) When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice
of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
8 (Hos 13:14; Zec 6:3) So I looked, and there was a pale horse,
and the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed him.
Power over a fourth of the earth was given to them, to kill with sword,
with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.
9 (Rev 14:18; 20:4) When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar
the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God
and for the testimony they had held.
10 (Zec 1:12; Rev 3:7) They cried out with a loud voice,
"How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge
and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
11 (Heb 11:40; Rev 7:9) Then a white robe was given to each of them,
and they were told to rest a little longer, until the number of their
fellow servants and brothers should be completed, who would be killed
as they were.
12 (Mt 24:29; Rev 16:18) I watched as He opened the sixth seal.
And suddenly there was a great earthquake. The sun became black,
like sackcloth made from goat hair, and the moon became like blood.
13 (Rev 9:1; Isa 34:4) And the stars of heaven fell to the earth,
as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when it is shaken by a strong wind.
14 (Rev 16:20; Isa 34:4) Then the heavens receded like a scroll
when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed
from its place.
15 (Isa 2:19; 2:10) Then the kings of the earth and the great men
and the rich men and the commanding officers and the strong and everyone,
slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and
in the rocks of the mountains.
16 (Hos 10:8; Lk 23:30) They said to the mountains and rocks,
"Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb,
17 (Ps 76:7; Jer 30:7) for the great day of His wrath has come.
Who is able to withstand it?" (144 cubits, or 65 meters.)
Revelation 7
The 144 000 of Israel Sealed
1 (Da 7:2; Mt 24:310 Then I saw four angels standing at the four corners
of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind would
not blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal
of the living God. He cried out with a loud voice to the four angels
who had been given power to harm the earth and the sea,
3 (Rev 14:1; 6:6; 22:4) saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea
or the trees, until we have sealed the servants
of our God on their foreheads."
4 (Rev 9:16; 14:1) Then I heard the number of those who were sealed,
one hundred and forty-four thousand
out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
5 Twelve thousand from the tribe of Judah were sealed,
twelve throusand from the tribe of Reuben were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad were sealed,
6 twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh were sealed,
7 (Ge 35:23) twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar were sealed,
8 twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun were sealed,
twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph were sealed,
and twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.
The Multitude From Every Nation
9 (Rev 5:9; Lev 23:40) Then I looked. And there was a great multitude
which no one could count, from all nations and tribes and peoples
and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
10 (Ps 3:8; Rev 19:1) They cried out with a loud voice:
"Salvation belongs to our God
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb!"
11 (Rev 4:6; 4:10) All the angels stood around the throne
and the elders and the four living creatures and fell on their faces
before the throne and worshipped God,
12 (Rev 5:12-14; 19:4) saying:
"Amen!
Blessing and glory
and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor
and power and might
be to our God forever and ever!
Amen."
13 (Rev 7:9) Then one of the elders asked me, "Who are these clothed in white
robes, and where did they come from?"
14 (1Jn 1:7; Zec 3:3-5) I said to him, "Sir, you know."
He said to me, "These are those who came out of great tribulation
and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 (Rev 22:3; Isa 4:5-6) Therefore,
they are before the throne of God,
and serve Him day and night in His temple.
And He who sits on the throne
will dwell among them.
16 (Isa 49:10; Ps 121:6) 'They shall neither hunger any more,
nor shall they thirst any more;
the sun shall not strike them,' (Isa 49:10.)
nor any scorching heat;
17 (Isa 25:8; Jn 10:11) for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne
will shepherd them
and 'He will lead them to springs of living water.'(Isa 49:10.)
'And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.' "
Revelation 8
The Seventh Seal
1 (Rev 6:1; 5:1) When He opened the seventh seal,
there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2 (Rev 11:15; Lk 1:19) And I saw the seven angels who stand before God,
and seven trumpets were given to them.
3 (Rev 9:13; 5:8; Heb 9:4) Another angel, having a golden censer,
came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer
with the prayers of allthe saints on the golden altar
which was before the throne.
4 (Ps 141:2) The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints,
ascended before God from the angel's hand.
5 (Rev 4:5; 11:19) Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire
from the altar, and threw it onto the earth. And there were noises,
thundering, lightning, and an earthquake.
The Trumpets
6 (Rev 8:2) Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets
prepared themselves to sound them.
7 (Rev 9:4; Eze 38:22; Rev 9:15) The first angel sounded,
and there followed hail and fire mixed with blood,
and they were thrown upon the earth.
A third of the trees and all the green grass were burned up.
8 (Jer 51:25; Ex 7:17-21) Then the second angel sounded,
and something like a great mountain, burning with fire,
was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea became blood,
9 (Isa 2:16; Rev 8:7) a third of the living creatures in the sea died,
and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 (Isa 14:12; Rev 9:1) The third angel sounded, and a great star from heaven,
burning like a torch, fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs
of waters.
11 (Jer 9:15; 23:15) The name of this star is Wormwood. A third of the waters
became wormwood, and many men died from the waters,
because they were made bitter.
12 (Isa 13:10; Joel 2:10; 2:31) The fourth angel sounded,
and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon,
and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened.
A third of the day had no light, and likewise a third of the night.
13 (Rev 11:14; 9:12; 14:6) Then I watched, and I heard an angel flying
through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice,
"Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth,
because of the other trumpet blasts of the three angels, who are yet to sound!"
Revelation 9
1 (Rev 8:10; Lk 8:31; Rev 1:18) The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star
fallen from heaven to the earth. The star was given the key to the bottomless
pit.
2 (Ge 19:28; Joel 2:10) He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke ascended
from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air
were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
3 (Eze 2:6; Rev 9:5) And out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth.
Power was given them as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 (Rev 6:6; 8:7) They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth,
or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who did not have
the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 (Rev 9:10; 9:3) They were given authority, not to kill them,
but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like
the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man.
6 (Jer 8:3; Rev 6:16) In those days men will seek death but will not find it.
They will desire to die, but death will elude them.
7 (Da 7:8; Na 3:17) The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared
for battle. On their heads were something like crowns of gold,
and their faces were like faces of men.
8 (Joel 1:6) They had hair like the hair of women,
and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
9 (Job 39:25) They had breastplates like breastplates of iron,
and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots
with many horses running to battle.
10 (Rev 9:5; 9:3) They had tails like scorpions and stings in their tails.
Their power was to hurt men for five months.
11 (Eph 2:2) They had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit,
whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek his name is Apollyon.
(Or Destroyer.)
12 (Rev 11:14) The first woe is past. Now, two more woes are yet to come.
13 The sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns
of the golden altar which is before God,
14 (Rev 16:12) saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet,
"Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River."
15 (Rev 8:7; 9:18) And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour
and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
16 (Rev 7:4; Ps 68:17) The army of horsemen numbered two hundred million.
I heard their number. (Currently The People's Army of the Republic of China
has such a great number)
17 (Rev 9:18; 14:10) Thus I saw the horses in the vision: Those who sat
on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow.
The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their
mouths came fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 (Rev 9:15; 9:17) A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues-by
the fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone,
which came out of their mouths.
19 The power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails.
For their tails are like serpents, with heads by which they inflict injury.
20 (Da 5:23; Dt 31:29) The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these
plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not cease
to worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood,
which cannot see nor hear nor walk.
21 (Rev 17:2; 17:5) Nor did they repent of their murders or their
magical arts or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Revelation 10
The Angel and the Little Scroll
1 (Mt 17:2; Rev 1:15-16) Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from
heaven, clothed with a cloud and a rainbow on his head. His face was
like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
2 (Rev 10:5) He had a little scroll open in his hand. He set his right foot
on the sea and his left foot on the land,
3 (Isa 31:4; Joel 3:16) and cried out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring.
When he cried out, seven thunders sounded their voices.
4 (Da 8:26; 12:4) And when the seven thunders sounded their voices,
I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me,
"Seal up those things which the seven thunders said, and do not write them."
5 (Da 12:7; Ge 14:22; Dt 32:40) The angel whom I saw standing on the sea
and on the earth lifted up his hand to heaven
6 (Rev 4:11) and swore by Him who lives forever and ever,
who created heaven and the things that are in them, and the earth
and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are
in it, that there should be no more delay.
7 (Ro 16:25) But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound,
the mystery of God will be fulfilled, as He has declared to His servants
the prophets.
8 Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said,
"Go, take the little scroll which is open in the hand of the angel
who is standing on the sea and on the earth."
9 (Jer 15:16; Eze 2:8) So I went to the angel and said to him,
"Give me the little scroll." He said to me, "Take it and eat it.
'It will turn your stomach sour,
but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.'(Eze 3:3.)"
10 I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it.
It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it,
my stomach turned sour.
11 (Eze 37:4) Then he said to me, "You must prophesy again about many peoples
and nations and tongues and kings."
Revelation 11
The Two Witnesses
1 (Rev 21:15; Eze 42:15-20) I was given a reed like a measuring rod.
The angel stood, saying, "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar,
and those who worship in it.
2 (Lk 21:24; Rev 12:6; Da 7:25) But exclude the court which is outside
the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations.
They will trample on the Holy City for 42 months.
3 (Ge 37:34; Rev 11:2) And I will give power to my two witnesses,
and they will prophesy for 1260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
4 (Ps 52:8; Jer 11:16) These are the two olive trees
and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. (Jer 51:45.)
5 (Jer 5:14; 2Ki 1:10-12) If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds
out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them,
he must be killed in this way.
6 (1Ki 17:1; Lk 4:25) They have power to shut heaven, that it may not rain
during the days of their prophecy. They have power over waters to turn them
into blood and to strike the earth with every plague as often as they desire.
7 (Rev 13:7; Da 7:25) When they have finished their testimony, the beast
that ascends from the bottomless pit will wage war against them
and overcome them and kill them.
8 (Jer 23:14; Heb 13:12) Their dead bodies will lie in the street
of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,
where also our Lord was crucified.
9 (Ps 79:2-3; Rev 10:11) Those from every people and tribe and tongue
and nation will see their dead bodies for three and a half days,
and will not allow their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 (Rev 3:10; 1Ki 18:17) Those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over
them and make merry and send gifts to one another,
because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
11 (Ge 2:7) After the three and a half days, the breath
(Eze 37:5-14.) of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet,
and great fear fell on those who saw them.
12 (Ac 1:9; 2Ki 2:11; Rev 4:1) Then they heard a loud voice from heaven
saying to them, "Come up here!" And they ascended to heaven in a cloud,
while their enemies watched them.
13 (Rev 6:12; 14:7) At that same hour there was a great earthquake,
and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand men were killed
in the earthquake, and the remnant were frightened and gave glory
to the God of heaven.
14 (Rev 8:13; 9:12) The second woe is past.
Listen, the third woe is coming quickly.
The Seventh Trumpet
15 (Rev 12:10; Da 7:14; 7:27) The seventh angel sounded,
and there were loud voices in heaven, saying:
"The kingdoms of the world have become
the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ,
and He shall reign forever and ever.â€
16 (Rev 4:4; 4:10) And the twenty-four elders, who sat before God on
their thrones, fell on their faces and worshipped God,
17 (Rev 1:8; 19:6; 1:4) saying:
"We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
who is and was and who is to come,
because You have taken Your great power
and begun to reign.
18 (Rev 19:5; 20:12) The nations were angry,
and Your wrath has come,
and the time has come for the dead to be judged,
and to reward Your servants the prophets
and the saints and those who fear Your name,
small and great,
and to destroy those who destroy the earth."
19 (Rev 16:21; 4:5) Then the temple of God was opened in heaven,
and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple.
And there came lightning, noises, thundering, an earthquake, and great hail.
2) Our Daily Bread for 27 December 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/12/27/gods-right-hand
entitled God's Right Hand
Isaiah 41:8-13
8 (2Ch 20:7; Jas 2:23) But you, Israel, are My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
the seed of Abraham, My friend.
9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
and called from its remotest parts,
and said to you, “You are My servant;
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.â€
10 (Jos 1:9; Isa 41:13-14) Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
yes, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
11 (Isa 45:24; Ex 23:22) Certainly all those who were incensed against you
shall be ashamed and humiliated;
they shall be as nothing,
and those who strive with you shall perish.
12 (Ps 37:35-36; Job 20:7-9) You shall seek them
and shall not find them, even those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
shall be as nothing, as a thing of nonexistence.
13 (Isa 45:1) For I, the Lord your God,
will hold your right hand,
saying to you, "Do not fear;
I will help you."
I helped my elderly dog, Wilson, out to the grass and in the process,
I released the leash of our younger dog, Coach, for just a minute.
As I bent to pick up Coach's lead, he spied a bunny. Off he went,
ripping the leash from my right hand and corkscrewing my ring finger
in the process. I fell to the grass and cried out in pain.
After returning from urgent care and learning I’d need surgery,
I begged God for help. "I'm a writer! How will I type?
What about my daily duties?" As God sometimes does, He spoke to me
from my daily Bible reading. "For I am the Lord your God who takes
hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you"
(Isaiah 41:13). I scanned the context, which indicated that God's people
in Judah, to whom Isaiah was communicating His message, enjoyed a special
relationship with Him. He promised His presence, strength, and help
through His own righteous standing, symbolized by His right hand (v. 10).
Elsewhere in Scripture, God's right hand is used to secure victories
for His people (Psalm 17:7; 98:1).
During my weeks of recovery, I experienced encouragement from God
as I learned to dictate on my computer and trained my left hand
in household and grooming functions. From God's righteous right hand
to our broken and needy right hands, God promises to be with us
and to help us.
By: Elisa Morgan
Reflect & Pray
How do you need God's help today?
How have you experienced His help in the past?
Healing God, I need Your help!
Please use Your righteous right hand to take hold of my broken,
weary hands and help me, I pray.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 2 - Due Season
Gal 6:9
9 And let us not grow weary in doing good,
for in due season we shall reap, if we do not give up.
Jackie's preschool class took on an exciting project: they were going to grow
flowers from seeds, Each child took the seed, planted it carefully in the
bedding soil, watered, and waited. But Jackie couldn't wait. Every day
for a week he ran to the window box, looked for his plants, poked, prodded,
unplanted the seeds and then planted them again. "It's no use,"
he pouted after the first week. "Nothing's gonna grow in there."
We live in an instant society - microwave dinners, quick fixes, easy answers.
We are conditioned by our environment to expect - even to demand -
immediate response, and when we have to wait,
we become impatient and irritable.
Paul's exhortation to the Galatians, "Let us not become weary in doing good,"
is as appropriate for twentieth-century believers as it was for the new church
at Galatia. We lose motivation when we don't see results, and weariness sets in.
If our work does not seem to be producing as we hope, we want to abandon it
and move on to a new project.
But God says, "You will reap a harvest if you don't give up." We give up too
soon in our prayers for a loved one's salvation. We abandon hope too readily
when we don't see spiritual growth in our own lives, when our investment in
another's spiritual maturity seems to have no return. The Lord says,
"The harvest is coming; be patient; trust me."
In due season the harvest comes; when it's the right time. When the seed has
had time to germinate, when the roots are string enough, when the conditions
are right, the reaping time will come. But we must be willing to wait for
the due season, the moment of ripeness, when our labor brings its return.
Application
a) Have I ever felt that my spiritual labors have produced no harvest at all?
b) What does it mean to my own spiritual growth that there is a "due season"
for reaping the harvest?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Matthew 6:19-21
Treasures in Heaven
Lk 12:33–34
19 (Heb 13:5; Lk 12:21) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth
where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
20 (Lk 12:33; Mt 19:21) But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroy
and where thieves do not break in nor steal,
21 (Lk 12:34) for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Eternal Faithfulness
2 Tim 2:8-13
8 (Mt 1:1; Ro 2:16) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead,
descended from David, according to my gospel,
9 (Php 1:7; 2Ti 1:8) in which I suffer trouble like a criminal,
even with chains. But the word of God is not bound.
10 (Col 1:24; 2Co 1:6; 4:17) Therefore I endure all things
for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain
the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 (Ro 6:8; 1Th 5:10) This is a faithful saying:
If we die with Him,
we shall also live with Him.
12 (Mt 10:33; Ro 8:17 ) If we endure,
we shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
13 (Nu 23:19; Ro 3:3 )If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
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?)
The Northern Territories of Canada
Yukon
Yukon Total population (2015) 36500 Muslim (est) 69
In Whitehorse the Muslim population grew from 2 families
in 2001 to more than 60 people in 2014. Originally meeting in a church,
they now meet for prayer service in a former office space.
Pray for Muslims and believers in Whitehorse to come together,
and for Muslims to find faith in Jesus Christ.
Northwest Territories (NWT)
NWT population (2015) 43600 Muslim (est) 473
The Muslim community of Yellowknife has grown from 275 to 330 in the past year.
To replace their inadequate facility, they are planning a C$2 to C$2.5 million
Islamic Centre.
Pray that the Muslims in Yellowknife and all of the NWT will awaken to
spiritual hunger and be open to saving faith in Jesus Christ.
Nunavut (NU)
NU total population (2015) 36600 Muslim (est) 86
The Islamic Centre of Iqaluit now claim about 100 Muslims and have surpassed
80 % of their funding goal to building the first mosque in this territory.
Their stated goal is "To spread the message of Islam
in the far Northern reaches of Canada."
Pray that believers in Iqaluit take up Jesus' command to love and reach
their Muslim neighbours with the Gospel.
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
Day 27 of the Month
a) Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.
(
2 Cor 10:4-5
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,
)
b) Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him to be in Heaven during the Judgment
of the World.
Pray to the Lord
"Healing God, I need Your help!
Please use Your righteous right hand to take hold of my broken,
weary hands and help me, I pray."
Pray to the Lord and pray to stay with Him in due season.
Pray to the Lord and pray to lay up treasure in Heaven.
Pray to the Lord and pray to endure in Faith.
Pray for Muslims and believers in Whitehorse and the Yukon to come together,
and for Muslims to find faith in Jesus Christ.
Pray that the Muslims in Yellowknife and all of the NWT will awaken to
spiritual hunger and be open to saving faith in Jesus Christ.
Pray that believers in Iqaluit take up Jesus' command to love and reach
their Muslim neighbours with the Gospel.
Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to
hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.
Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who
are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.
Pray for a Voice of the Martyrs sponsored radio ministry that is
reaching out to Eritreans.
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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