Day 101 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 11 April 2022 reflections
Day 101, 11 Apr 2022
1) 1 Samuel 15 - 17:31
1 Samuel 15-17
1 SAMUEL 15
The Lord Rejects Saul
1 (1Sa 9:16; 10:1) Samuel said to Saul, "The Lord sent me to anoint you to be
king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of
the words of the Lord.
2 (Dt 25:17-19; Ex 17:8-16) Thus says the Lord of Hosts,
'I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way,
when he came up from Egypt.
3 (Nu 24:20; Dt 20:16-18) Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy
all that they have, and do not have compassion on them but put to death
both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.' "
4 (Jos 15:24) So Saul summoned the people together, and numbered them
in Telaim, 200000 foot soldiers and 10000 men of Judah.
5 Then Saul came to the city of Amalek and laid an ambush in the valley.
6 (Jdg 1:16; Ex 18:19) Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from
among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness
to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites
departed from among the Amalekites.
7 (Ge 16:7; 25:18) Then Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah
until you come to Shur, which is near Egypt.
8 (1Sa 30:1; Nu 24:7) He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive
and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
9 (1Sa 15:15; 15:3) But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best
of the sheep, oxen, fatlings, and lambs. And of all that was good, they were
not willing to utterly destroy them. But everything that was despised
and weak, that they completely destroyed.
10 Then came the word of the Lord to Samuel, saying,
11 (Ge 6:6; 1Sa 13:13) "I regret that I have set up Saul to be king because
he has turned back from following Me, and he has not carried out My words."
And it grieved Samuel, and he cried to the Lord all night.
12 (Jos 15:55; 1Sa 25:2) When Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning,
it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul came to Carmel and set himself up
a monument. Then he turned and has passed on down to Gilgal."
13 (Ge 14:19; Jdg 17:2) Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him,
"Blessed are you of the Lord. I have carried out the word of the Lord."
14 Samuel said, "Then what is the sound of this flock of sheep in my ears?
And the sound of the cattle which I am hearing?"
15 (1Sa 15:9; 15:21) And Saul said, "They have brought them from
the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen,
to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have utterly destroyed."
16 Then Samuel said to Saul,
"Stop, and I will tell you what the Lord spoke to me this night."
And he said to him, "Speak."
17 (1Sa 9:21; 10:22) Samuel said, "When you were little in your own sight,
were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed
you king over Israel?
18 And the Lord sent you on a journey, and said, 'Go and utterly destroy
the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are destroyed.'
19 (1Sa 14:32) Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? And why
did you rush upon the spoil and do evil in the sight of the Lord?"
20 (1Sa 15:13) And Saul said to Samuel, "I have obeyed the voice of the Lord.
And I have followed in the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought
Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21 (1Sa 15:15; Ex 32:22-23) But the people took from the plunder sheep
and oxen, the first fruits of the banned things to sacrifice
to the Lord your God in Gilgal."
22 (Hos 6:6; Jer 7:22-23; Mic 6:6-8) Samuel said,
"Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Obedience is better than sacrifice,
a listening ear than the fat of rams.
23 (1Sa 13:14 ) For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has also rejected you from being king."
24 (2Sa 12:13; Pr 29:25) Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned. For
I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and your words,
because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
25 (Ex 10:17) Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me,
that I may worship the Lord."
26 (1Sa 13:14; 16:1) Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you.
For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected
you from being king over Israel."
27 As Samuel turned about to go, he seized the edge of his robe and it tore.
28 (1Sa 28:17-18) Samuel said to him, "The Lord has torn the kingdom
of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours
who is better than you.
29 (Nu 23:19; Eze 24:14; Titus 1:2) Also the Strength of Israel will not
lie nor repent. For He is not a man, that He should repent."
30 (Jn 5:44; 12:43) Then he said, "I have sinned, yet please honor me
before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me,
that I may worship the Lord your God."
31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul worshipped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, "Bring me Agag the king of the Amalekites."
And Agag came to him reluctantly. But Agag said,
"Surely the bitterness of death is past."
33 (Jdg 1:7; Ge 9:6) Samuel said,
"As your sword has made women childless,
so will your mother be childless among women."
And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
34 (1Sa 11:4) Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up
to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35 (1Sa 15:11; 16:1) Now Samuel did not see Saul up to the day of his death.
But Samuel mourned for Saul and the Lord regretted that he had made Saul
king over Israel.
1 Samuel 15
[1] Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king
over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of
the words of the LORD.
[2] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to
Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
[3] Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and
spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and
sheep, camel and ass.
[4] And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two
hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
[5] And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
[6] And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the
Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the
children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed
from among the Amalekites.
[7] And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur,
that is over against Egypt.
[8] And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed
all the people with the edge of the sword.
[9] But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of
the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and
would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse,
that they destroyed utterly.
[10] Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
[11] It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned
back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it
grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
[12] And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told
Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and
is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
[13] And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the
LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
[14] And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine
ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
[15] And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the
people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the
LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
[16] Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD
hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
[17] And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou
not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king
over Israel?
[18] And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy
the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
[19] Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly
upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
[20] And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD,
and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king
of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
[21] But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD
thy God in Gilgal.
[22] And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and
sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better
than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
[23] For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as
iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he
hath also rejected thee from being king.
[24] And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the
commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and
obeyed their voice.
[25] Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that
I may worship the LORD.
[26] And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast
rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being
king over Israel.
[27] And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of
his mantle, and it rent.
[28] And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from
thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better
than thou.
[29] And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not
a man, that he should repent.
[30] Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the
elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may
worship the LORD thy God.
[31] So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
[32] Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the
Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the
bitterness of death is past.
[33] And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy
mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the
LORD in Gilgal.
[34] Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of
Saul.
[35] And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:
nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made
Saul king over Israel.
1 SAMUEL 16
Samuel Anoints David as King
1 (1Sa 15:23; 15:35) The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn
for Saul, since I have rejected him from ruling over Israel?
Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite,
for I have chosen a king for Myself from among his sons."
2 (1Sa 9:12; 20:29) Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it,
he will kill me."
And the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice
to the Lord.'
3 (1Sa 9:16; Ex 4:15) Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you
what you will do. And you will anoint for Me him whom I tell to you."
4 (1Ki 2:13; 2Ki 9:22) Samuel did that which the Lord spoke,
and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the town trembled at his coming,
and said, "Do you come in peace?"
5 (Ex 19:10; Jos 3:5) And he said, "I have come in peace to sacrifice
to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice."
And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and called them to the sacrifice.
6 (1Sa 17:13) When they came, he looked on Eliab, and said,
"Surely the anointed of the Lord is before Him."
7 (1Ki 8:39; 1Ch 28:9) But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look
on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because
I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees. For man looks
on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."
8 (1Sa 17:13) Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel.
And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one."
9 (1Sa 17:13) Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said,
"Neither has the Lord chosen this one."
10 So Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel.
And Samuel said to Jesse, "The Lord has not chosen these."
11 (2Sa 7:8; Ps 78:70-71) Samuel said to Jesse,
"Are these all your young men?"
And he said, "There remains yet the youngest,
and there he is shepherding the flock."
Then Samuel said to Jesse,
"Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here."
12 (1Sa 9:17; 17:42) So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy
with beautiful eyes and a good appearance.
And the Lord said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he."
13 (1Sa 10:1; 10:6) Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him
in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord came on David
from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
David Serves Saul
14 (Jdg 9:23; 1Sa 18:10) Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul
and an evil spirit from the Lord terrified him.
15 So the servants of Saul said to him, "See, an evil spirit from
God troubles you.
16 (2Ki 3:15; 1Sa 16:21-23) Let our lord now tell your servants, who are
before you, that they might seek out a man experienced in playing the lyre.
And it will come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is on you,
that he will play with his hand, and you will be well."
17 Saul said to his servants, "Find me now a man that can play well,
and bring him to me."
18 (1Sa 3:19; 17:32-36) Then one from the servants answered, and said,
"I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is experienced in playing
music, a mighty man of valor, a man of battle, and skillful in words, even
a man of fine appearance. And the Lord is with him."
19 (1Sa 16:11; 17:15) Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said,
"Send me David your son, who is with the sheep."
20 (1Sa 10:27; Pr 18:16) Jesse took a donkey laden with bread,
a bottle of wine, and a young goat and he sent them with his son David to Saul.
21 (Ge 41:46; Pr 22:29) David came to Saul, and stood before him.
And Saul loved him greatly and he became his armor bearer.
22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Let David stand before me, for he has found
favor in my sight."
23 It happened that when the evil spirit from God came on Saul,
David would take the lyre in his hand and play. So Saul was refreshed
and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
1 Samuel 16
[1] And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing
I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and
go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a
king among his sons.
[2] And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he Will kill me. And the
LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the
LORD.
[3] And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt
do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
[4] And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the
elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
[5] And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify
yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and
his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
[6] And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and
said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
[7] But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the
height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as
man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh
on the heart.
[8] Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he
said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
[9] Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD
chosen this.
[10] Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel
said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
[11] And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said,
There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And
Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he
come hither.
[12] And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a
beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise,
anoint him: for this is he.
[13] Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his
brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.
So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
[14] But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from
the LORD troubled him.
[15] And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God
troubleth thee.
[16] Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek
out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass,
when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his
hand, and thou shalt be well.
[17] And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play
well, and bring him to me.
[18] Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son
of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant
man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the
LORD is with him.
[19] Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy
son, which is with the sheep.
[20] And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a
kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
[21] And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly;
and he became his armourbearer.
[22] And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before
me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
[23] And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that
David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was
well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
1 SAMUEL 17
David and Goliath
1 (Jos 15:35; 1Sa 13:5; 1Ch 11:13) Now the Philistines gathered their armies
for battle, and were gathered at Sokoh, which belongs to Judah. And they
camped between Sokoh and Azekah in Ephes Dammim.
2 (1Sa 21:9; 17:19) Saul and Israel's fighting men were gathered,
and they camped in the Valley of Elah. And they drew up in battle order
to meet the Philistines. 3Now the Philistines were standing at the base
of the mountain on the one side, and Israel was standing at the base
of the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them.
4 (Jos 11:22) There went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines,
Goliath was his name, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
[About 9 feet 9 inches, or 3 meters.]
5 He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed
with a coat of mail. Now the weight of the bronze coat was 5000 shekels.
[About 125 pounds, or 58 kilograms.]
6 (1Sa 17:45) He had greaves of bronze on his legs and a bronze javelin
between his shoulders.
7 (2Sa 21:19; 1Sa 17:41) The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam.
His iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels.
[About 15 pounds, or 6.9 kilograms.]
And a shield-bearer was walking before him.
8 (1Sa 8:17) He stood and called out to the ranks of Israel,
"Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am not I the Philistine,
and you the servants of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man
and let him come down to me.
9 (1Sa 11:1) If he is able to fight with me and to strike me down,
then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him
and strike him down, then you will be our servants and will serve us."
10 (1Sa 17:45; 2Sa 21:21) The Philistine said, "I defy the battle lines
of Israel this day. Give me a man, and let us fight together."
11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine,
they were filled with terror and were greatly afraid.
12 (Ge 35:19; 1Sa 16:18) Now David was the son of that Ephrathite
of Bethlehem in Judah whose name was Jesse, who had eight sons.
And the man was old in the days of Saul and advanced in years.
13 (1Ch 2:13) The three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed
Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons that went
to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab,
and the third was Shammah.
14 (1Sa 16:11) As for David, he was the youngest.
The three eldest followed Saul,
15 (1Sa 16:11) but David would go back and forth from Saul
to shepherd his father's flock in Bethlehem.
16 The Philistine stepped forward morning and evening
and took his stand daily for forty days.
17 (1Sa 25:18) Then Jesse said to David his son, "Take now for your brothers
an ephah [Likely about 36 pounds, or 16 kilograms.] of this parched grain
and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers.
18 (Ge 37:14; 1Sa 16:20) Carry these ten cheeses
to the captain of their thousand, and look into your brothers' health,
and bring back news of them."
19 Now Saul, and they, and all Israel's fighting men were
in the Valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.
20 (1Sa 26:5) So David rose up early in the morning and left the flock
with a keeper. And he carried away the food and went as Jesse had
commanded him. And when he came to the encampment,
the army was going out to the battle line, and they shouted a war cry.
21 And Israel and the Philistines ordered themselves in battle lines,
army against army.
22 David left his things with the keeper of the equipment,
and he ran to the battle line. And he went and greeted his brothers.
23 As he was speaking with them, the champion, Goliath,
the Philistine from Gath, was going up from the battle line
of the Philistines. And he spoke these same words and David heard them.
24 When all Israel's fighting men saw the man, they fled from him,
and were very afraid.
25 (Jos 15:16) The men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who has
come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel, and it will be that the man
who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, will give him
his daughter, and will make his father's house exempt from taxes in Israel."
26 (Dt 5:26; 1Sa 11:2) David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying,
"What will be done for the man that kills this Philistine
and takes away this reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised
Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"
27 And the people answered him in the same way, saying,
"So will it be done to the man who kills him."
28 (Ge 37:4; 37:8) Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men.
And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said,
"Why have you come down here? And with whom have you left those
few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart.
For you have come down that you might see the battle."
29 David said, "What have I done now? Was it not only a word?"
30 (1Sa 17:26-27) And he turned from him toward another
and spoke in the same way. And the people answered him again as at the first.
31 When the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul
and he sent for him.
1 Samuel 17
[1] Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were
gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between
Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
[2] And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by
the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
[3] And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel
stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
[4] And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named
Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
[5] And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a
coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
[6] And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between
his shoulders.
[7] And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's
head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went
before him.
[8] And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them,
Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and
ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
[9] If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your
servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our
servants, and serve us.
[10] And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me
a man, that we may fight together.
[11] When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were
dismayed, and greatly afraid.
[12] Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name
was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man
in the days of Saul.
[13] And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the
battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab
the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
[14] And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
[15] But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at
Bethlehem.
[16] And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself
forty days.
[17] And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah
of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy
brethren;
[18] And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and
look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
[19] Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of
Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
[20] And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a
keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the
trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the
battle.
[21] For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army
against army.
[22] And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage,
and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
[23] And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines,
and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
[24] And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and
were sore afraid.
[25] And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up?
surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who
killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him
his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
[26] And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be
done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach
from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy
the armies of the living God?
[27] And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be
done to the man that killeth him.
[28] And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and
Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down
hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I
know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down
that thou mightest see the battle.
[29] And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
[30] And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner:
and the people answered him again after the former manner.
[31] And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them
before Saul: and he sent for him.
2) Our Daily Bread for 11 April 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/04/11/making-every-moment-count
entitled Making Every Moment Count
Matthew 24:36-44
Matthew 24
The Unknown Day and Hour
Mk 13:32-37; Lk 17:26-30, 34-36
36 (Ac 1:7; Mt 25:13; Mk 13:32) "Concerning that day and hour no one knows,
not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
37 (Lk 17:26-27) As were the days of Noah, so will be
the coming of the Son of Man.
38 (Mt 22:30) For as in the days before the flood, they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah
entered the ark,
39 (Mt 24:37) and did not know until the flood came
and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
40 Two will be in the field; one will be taken, and the other left.
41 (Ex 11:5; Isa 47:2) Two women will be grinding at the mill;
one will be taken, and the other left.
42 (Mt 25:13; 24:44) "Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour
your Lord will come.
43 (Lk 12:39) But know this, that if the owner of the house had known
what hour the thief would come, he would have watched
and not have let his house be broken into.
44 (Mt 25:10; 25:13) Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour
when you least expect, the Son of Man is coming.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven,
but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
39 and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,
and the other left.
Watch therefore
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch
the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered
his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son
of man cometh.
The halted hands of a pocket watch in a library's archives at the University
of North Carolina tell a harrowing tale. They mark the exact moment
(8:19 and 56 seconds) the watch's owner Elisha Mitchell slipped and fell
to his death at a waterfall in the Appalachian Mountains
on the morning of June 27, 1857.
Mitchell, a professor at the university, was gathering data to defend his
(correct) claim that the peak he was on—which now bears his name, Mount
Mitchell-was the highest one east of the Mississippi. His grave is located
at the mountain's summit, not far from where he fell.
As I ascended that mountain peak recently, I reflected on Mitchell's story
and my own mortality and how each of us has only so much time. And I
pondered Jesus' words about His return as He spoke to His disciples
on the Mount of Olives: "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour
as ye think not the Son of man cometh." (Matthew 24:44).
Jesus clearly indicates that none of us knows either the moment He'll return
and establish His kingdom forever or when He may summon us to leave this
world and come to Him. But He tells us to be prepared
and "keep watch" (v. 42).
Tick . . . tick . . . The "clockwork" of our lives is still in motion-but for
how long? May we live our moments in love with our merciful Savior, waiting and
working for Him.
By: James Banks
Reflect & Pray
How are you preparing to meet Jesus?
What do you look forward to the most about being with Him?
Loving Saviour, please help me to be ready to meet
You at any time. Help me to serve You and prepare for Your return today.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 2 - The key to the Prison Cell
Matt 6:14-15
14 For if you forgive men for their sins, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men for their sins,
neither will your Father forgive your sins.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you: 15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Ann had been badly wounded in a relationship that had ended in anger
and accusation. For more than a year, Ann nursed her bitterness, rallying
support for her attitudes from friends and colleagues. Any time she saw
her former friend, Ann put up an icy wall of hostility. She thought she was
"getting over" the hurt, but the very mention of her friend's name brought
back a flood of negative feelings. Ann was trapped, locked in a prison of
unforgiveness , a jail built block by block by her own unwillingness to
forgive. Ann didn't "get over it"; instead, her wounds festered
and her bitterness grew worse.
Then one day - she never knew how - Ann let go of her bitterness. The barriers
of hostility and anger melted away, and when she saw her friend again, she was
able to forgive. And Ann was finally able to turn to the Lord for her own
healing and forgiveness.
"If you do not forgive," Jesus says - and the statement falls hard on
unforgiving hearts, "Neither will you be forgiven." In one sense, God's
forgiveness is unconditional - we do not have to earn or deserve it, and it is
always available to us. But we cannot experience the forgiveness God has
extended to us when we harbour unforgiveness towards others and build walls
of bitterness in our hearts.
When we refuse forgiveness toward those who have hurt or betrayed us, we do
not keep them in bondage, but ourselves. We lock ourselves away for an
awareness of God's loving presence; we imprison ourselves in a cell of
revenge. But when we reach out to forgive, we turn in the lock;
the door is open for our own sins to be forgiven and our own hearts
cleansed and purified.
Application
a) Why is forgiving others a condition for experiencing forgiveness
in my own life?
b) How can these verses have a practical effect upon my willingness
to forgive others?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Romans 13:7-8
7 (Mt 17:25; 22:21) Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes
are due, respect to whom respect is due, fear to whom fear is due,
and honour to whom honour is due.
8 (Ro 13:10; Mt 7:12) Owe no one anything, except to love one another,
for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due;
custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another:
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Eternal Faithfulness
Ps 117
1 Praise the Lord, all you nations! Exalt Him, all you peoples!
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For His merciful kindness is great toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!
1 O praise the LORD, All ye nations: Praise him, all ye people.
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us:
And the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
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."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)
Manitoba
Quick facts on Muslims in Manitoba
Manitoba 2015 population 1 282 000
est Muslim Population 21 349
CNMM Networks: Winnipeg
The Muslim population of Manitoba, understandably centred in Winnipeg, is very
diverse and represents some 48 different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Conservative estimates put their number at 21000 , with some suggesting
it might be twice that size.
Some outreach among Muslims has started, yet in comparison to the size
of this community, there is the need and opportunity for far more engagement.
Continued influx of new immigrants and refugees continues to see the growth
of this Muslim centre in Manitoba.
We rejoice in the Arabic fellowship meeting there and the energetic workers
among Muslims in Winnipeg.
Let us intercede in unity for:
- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population
- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim
communities around them, as well as training new workers
- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim
background believers and for effectiveness in outreach
- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground
in the face of opposition to her new faith.
- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged
with great support
Adding further
https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/muslim-migrants-struggle-with-faith/
Muslim Migrants Struggle with Faith
As soon as Mariam fled Pakistan, she threw off her hijab. She now embraces
the freedom she experiences in her new life as a single entrepreneur
in bustling Houston.
Mariam graduated at the top of her college class. Now an owner of several
pharmacies and a large home, she works hard and parties with her American and
Pakistani friends. The only trace of Islam in her new life is her superficial
observance of the holidays on the Islamic Calendar.
It was different for Fatima, a married mother of two who simultaneously moved
to the United States as Mariam. Although never profoundly devoted to Islam in
Pakistan, she connected with a mosque near her home in New York City.
Fatima deeply missed her home country and battled loneliness as she struggled
to feel connected to anyone or anything. She began wearing a hijab, hoping not
to lose her sense of identity, and regularly cries out to Allah, begging for
His acceptance and peace.
These are two of the paths that Pakistani Muslims follow once they come to
America. But both paths miss out on the hope found only in Jesus Christ.
Theoretically, Pakistanis have more opportunity to hear the Gospel in the U.S.,
but practically, few have embraced Christ as the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).
6 (Jn 10:9; 1:14; Ac 4:12) Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. "
[6] Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Pray that God would help more of us reach out to the many Pakistanis we
encounter daily as our doctors, I.T. workers, restaurant workers, convenience
store owners, and more.
Pray for more missionaries to work with Pakistani Muslims in North America.
Ask God to raise up a harvest force of believers from an Islamic background to reach Pakistani Muslims in NYC and Houston (Luke 10:2).
2 (2Th 3:1) He said to them, "The harvest truly is plentiful,
but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers into His harvest. "
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but
the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest,
that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Pray for Christians who work alongside Pakistani Muslims to develop a burden to befriend and share the hope of Jesus with them.
And
Sikhs in the United States
DAY 2
The Sikh population in the United States is
estimated to be around 500,000 people.
Sikhs first arrived in the United States in
the late 1800s. They brought with them a
strong work ethic that helped build some
early American railroads in the Pacific
Northwest and California.
In the 1900s, drawing from their agrarian
roots in the Punjab of India, Sikhs became
established in the farming communities
of California, especially in the Greater
Sacramento Area.
In the 1970s, more Sikhs arrived in
the USA looking for better economic
opportunities, and they found them in
cities like New York and San Francisco.
Many Sikhs today are doctors, lawyers,
and owners of various kinds of
businesses, especially transportation.
In the early 2000s, the events of 9/11
changed the world, and had a direct
impact on the Sikh community. Almost
Sikhs in the United States
overnight, Sikhs, who could be
identified by their turban, became
wrongly associated with Islamic extremist
groups behind the 9/11 attacks, and with
that became victims of hate crimes.
Sikhs can be found today in most major
American cities and in other places across
the country. Many Sikhs do not wear the
turban, but they can be identified by the
steel bracelet they wear known as a Kara.
"Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen,
My Beloved, in whom My soul is well pleased;
I will put My Spirit upon Him,"
18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen;
My beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased:
I will put my spirit upon him,
And he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
MATTHEW 12:18
HOW CAN WE PRAY?
Pray for Sikhs in the United States
to encounter the gospel through
Christians whom they may be living
around and working with.
Ask the Lord to put Sikhs on the
hearts of believers in the United
States, that they may make
intentional efforts to share the
good news of Christ with them.
Pray for Sikh communities in
America to be protected from
hate crimes and other form
of discrimination.
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, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
11th Day of the Month
a) Pray for God's name to be glorified in your life, home, neighbourhood,
city or community, and in Canada.
(
Ps 86:12
12 I will give You thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
and I will glorify Your name forever.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart:
And I will glorify thy name for evermore.
John 12:28
28 "Father, glorify Your name."
Then a voice came from heaven, saying,
"I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."
28 Father, glorify thy name.
Then came there a voice from heaven, saying,
I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
)
b) Pray for the province of New Brunswick
I) Pray for the leaders of New Brunswick, that God's Spirit would influence
then to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of
God our Savior, 4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses beaming forth
the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding
the Hope Campaign and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and be humble about what responsibilities the Lord gives you.
Pray to the Lord: "Loving Saviour, please help me to be ready to meet
You at any time. Help me to serve You and prepare for Your return today."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a forgiver to those who have wronged you.
Pray to the Lord and pray no to own anyone.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His merciful knidness.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population
- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim
communities around them, as well as training new workers
- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim
background believers and for effectiveness in outreach
- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground
in the face of opposition to her new faith.
- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged
with great support
Pray that God would help more of us reach out to the many Pakistanis we
encounter daily as our doctors, I.T. workers, restaurant workers, convenience
store owners, and more.
Pray for more missionaries to work with Pakistani Muslims in North America.
Ask God to raise up a harvest force of believers from an Islamic background to reach Pakistani Muslims in NYC and Houston (Luke 10:2).
Pray for Christians who work alongside Pakistani Muslims to develop a burden to befriend and share the hope of Jesus with them.
Pray for Sikhs in the United States
to encounter the gospel through
Christians whom they may be living
around and working with.
Ask the Lord to put Sikhs on the
hearts of believers in the United
States, that they may make
intentional efforts to share the
good news of Christ with them.
Pray for Sikh communities in
America to be protected from
hate crimes and other form
of discrimination.
Pray a prayer of thanksgiving throughout
the day for God's unfailing love, Mercy, compassion,
faithfulness and provision.
Pray for God's name to be glorified in your life, home, neighbourhood,
city or community, and in your country.
Pray for Ruth and Mary who are beginning ministry work in a new
community among the Maguindanao people o nte Philippines.
1) 1 Samuel 15 - 17:31
1 Samuel 15-17
1 SAMUEL 15
The Lord Rejects Saul
1 (1Sa 9:16; 10:1) Samuel said to Saul, "The Lord sent me to anoint you to be
king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of
the words of the Lord.
2 (Dt 25:17-19; Ex 17:8-16) Thus says the Lord of Hosts,
'I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way,
when he came up from Egypt.
3 (Nu 24:20; Dt 20:16-18) Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy
all that they have, and do not have compassion on them but put to death
both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.' "
4 (Jos 15:24) So Saul summoned the people together, and numbered them
in Telaim, 200000 foot soldiers and 10000 men of Judah.
5 Then Saul came to the city of Amalek and laid an ambush in the valley.
6 (Jdg 1:16; Ex 18:19) Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from
among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness
to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites
departed from among the Amalekites.
7 (Ge 16:7; 25:18) Then Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah
until you come to Shur, which is near Egypt.
8 (1Sa 30:1; Nu 24:7) He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive
and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
9 (1Sa 15:15; 15:3) But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best
of the sheep, oxen, fatlings, and lambs. And of all that was good, they were
not willing to utterly destroy them. But everything that was despised
and weak, that they completely destroyed.
10 Then came the word of the Lord to Samuel, saying,
11 (Ge 6:6; 1Sa 13:13) "I regret that I have set up Saul to be king because
he has turned back from following Me, and he has not carried out My words."
And it grieved Samuel, and he cried to the Lord all night.
12 (Jos 15:55; 1Sa 25:2) When Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning,
it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul came to Carmel and set himself up
a monument. Then he turned and has passed on down to Gilgal."
13 (Ge 14:19; Jdg 17:2) Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him,
"Blessed are you of the Lord. I have carried out the word of the Lord."
14 Samuel said, "Then what is the sound of this flock of sheep in my ears?
And the sound of the cattle which I am hearing?"
15 (1Sa 15:9; 15:21) And Saul said, "They have brought them from
the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen,
to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have utterly destroyed."
16 Then Samuel said to Saul,
"Stop, and I will tell you what the Lord spoke to me this night."
And he said to him, "Speak."
17 (1Sa 9:21; 10:22) Samuel said, "When you were little in your own sight,
were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed
you king over Israel?
18 And the Lord sent you on a journey, and said, 'Go and utterly destroy
the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are destroyed.'
19 (1Sa 14:32) Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? And why
did you rush upon the spoil and do evil in the sight of the Lord?"
20 (1Sa 15:13) And Saul said to Samuel, "I have obeyed the voice of the Lord.
And I have followed in the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought
Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21 (1Sa 15:15; Ex 32:22-23) But the people took from the plunder sheep
and oxen, the first fruits of the banned things to sacrifice
to the Lord your God in Gilgal."
22 (Hos 6:6; Jer 7:22-23; Mic 6:6-8) Samuel said,
"Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Obedience is better than sacrifice,
a listening ear than the fat of rams.
23 (1Sa 13:14 ) For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has also rejected you from being king."
24 (2Sa 12:13; Pr 29:25) Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned. For
I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and your words,
because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
25 (Ex 10:17) Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me,
that I may worship the Lord."
26 (1Sa 13:14; 16:1) Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you.
For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected
you from being king over Israel."
27 As Samuel turned about to go, he seized the edge of his robe and it tore.
28 (1Sa 28:17-18) Samuel said to him, "The Lord has torn the kingdom
of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours
who is better than you.
29 (Nu 23:19; Eze 24:14; Titus 1:2) Also the Strength of Israel will not
lie nor repent. For He is not a man, that He should repent."
30 (Jn 5:44; 12:43) Then he said, "I have sinned, yet please honor me
before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me,
that I may worship the Lord your God."
31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul worshipped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, "Bring me Agag the king of the Amalekites."
And Agag came to him reluctantly. But Agag said,
"Surely the bitterness of death is past."
33 (Jdg 1:7; Ge 9:6) Samuel said,
"As your sword has made women childless,
so will your mother be childless among women."
And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
34 (1Sa 11:4) Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up
to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35 (1Sa 15:11; 16:1) Now Samuel did not see Saul up to the day of his death.
But Samuel mourned for Saul and the Lord regretted that he had made Saul
king over Israel.
1 Samuel 15
[1] Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king
over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of
the words of the LORD.
[2] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to
Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
[3] Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and
spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and
sheep, camel and ass.
[4] And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two
hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
[5] And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
[6] And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the
Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the
children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed
from among the Amalekites.
[7] And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur,
that is over against Egypt.
[8] And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed
all the people with the edge of the sword.
[9] But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of
the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and
would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse,
that they destroyed utterly.
[10] Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
[11] It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned
back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it
grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
[12] And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told
Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and
is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
[13] And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the
LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
[14] And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine
ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
[15] And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the
people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the
LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
[16] Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD
hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
[17] And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou
not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king
over Israel?
[18] And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy
the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
[19] Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly
upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
[20] And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD,
and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king
of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
[21] But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD
thy God in Gilgal.
[22] And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and
sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better
than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
[23] For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as
iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he
hath also rejected thee from being king.
[24] And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the
commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and
obeyed their voice.
[25] Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that
I may worship the LORD.
[26] And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast
rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being
king over Israel.
[27] And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of
his mantle, and it rent.
[28] And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from
thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better
than thou.
[29] And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not
a man, that he should repent.
[30] Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the
elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may
worship the LORD thy God.
[31] So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
[32] Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the
Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the
bitterness of death is past.
[33] And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy
mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the
LORD in Gilgal.
[34] Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of
Saul.
[35] And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:
nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made
Saul king over Israel.
1 SAMUEL 16
Samuel Anoints David as King
1 (1Sa 15:23; 15:35) The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn
for Saul, since I have rejected him from ruling over Israel?
Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite,
for I have chosen a king for Myself from among his sons."
2 (1Sa 9:12; 20:29) Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it,
he will kill me."
And the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice
to the Lord.'
3 (1Sa 9:16; Ex 4:15) Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you
what you will do. And you will anoint for Me him whom I tell to you."
4 (1Ki 2:13; 2Ki 9:22) Samuel did that which the Lord spoke,
and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the town trembled at his coming,
and said, "Do you come in peace?"
5 (Ex 19:10; Jos 3:5) And he said, "I have come in peace to sacrifice
to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice."
And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and called them to the sacrifice.
6 (1Sa 17:13) When they came, he looked on Eliab, and said,
"Surely the anointed of the Lord is before Him."
7 (1Ki 8:39; 1Ch 28:9) But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look
on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because
I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees. For man looks
on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."
8 (1Sa 17:13) Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel.
And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one."
9 (1Sa 17:13) Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said,
"Neither has the Lord chosen this one."
10 So Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel.
And Samuel said to Jesse, "The Lord has not chosen these."
11 (2Sa 7:8; Ps 78:70-71) Samuel said to Jesse,
"Are these all your young men?"
And he said, "There remains yet the youngest,
and there he is shepherding the flock."
Then Samuel said to Jesse,
"Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here."
12 (1Sa 9:17; 17:42) So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy
with beautiful eyes and a good appearance.
And the Lord said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he."
13 (1Sa 10:1; 10:6) Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him
in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord came on David
from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
David Serves Saul
14 (Jdg 9:23; 1Sa 18:10) Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul
and an evil spirit from the Lord terrified him.
15 So the servants of Saul said to him, "See, an evil spirit from
God troubles you.
16 (2Ki 3:15; 1Sa 16:21-23) Let our lord now tell your servants, who are
before you, that they might seek out a man experienced in playing the lyre.
And it will come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is on you,
that he will play with his hand, and you will be well."
17 Saul said to his servants, "Find me now a man that can play well,
and bring him to me."
18 (1Sa 3:19; 17:32-36) Then one from the servants answered, and said,
"I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is experienced in playing
music, a mighty man of valor, a man of battle, and skillful in words, even
a man of fine appearance. And the Lord is with him."
19 (1Sa 16:11; 17:15) Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said,
"Send me David your son, who is with the sheep."
20 (1Sa 10:27; Pr 18:16) Jesse took a donkey laden with bread,
a bottle of wine, and a young goat and he sent them with his son David to Saul.
21 (Ge 41:46; Pr 22:29) David came to Saul, and stood before him.
And Saul loved him greatly and he became his armor bearer.
22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Let David stand before me, for he has found
favor in my sight."
23 It happened that when the evil spirit from God came on Saul,
David would take the lyre in his hand and play. So Saul was refreshed
and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
1 Samuel 16
[1] And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing
I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and
go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a
king among his sons.
[2] And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he Will kill me. And the
LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the
LORD.
[3] And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt
do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
[4] And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the
elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
[5] And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify
yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and
his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
[6] And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and
said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
[7] But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the
height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as
man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh
on the heart.
[8] Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he
said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
[9] Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD
chosen this.
[10] Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel
said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
[11] And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said,
There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And
Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he
come hither.
[12] And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a
beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise,
anoint him: for this is he.
[13] Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his
brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.
So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
[14] But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from
the LORD troubled him.
[15] And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God
troubleth thee.
[16] Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek
out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass,
when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his
hand, and thou shalt be well.
[17] And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play
well, and bring him to me.
[18] Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son
of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant
man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the
LORD is with him.
[19] Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy
son, which is with the sheep.
[20] And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a
kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
[21] And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly;
and he became his armourbearer.
[22] And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before
me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
[23] And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that
David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was
well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
1 SAMUEL 17
David and Goliath
1 (Jos 15:35; 1Sa 13:5; 1Ch 11:13) Now the Philistines gathered their armies
for battle, and were gathered at Sokoh, which belongs to Judah. And they
camped between Sokoh and Azekah in Ephes Dammim.
2 (1Sa 21:9; 17:19) Saul and Israel's fighting men were gathered,
and they camped in the Valley of Elah. And they drew up in battle order
to meet the Philistines. 3Now the Philistines were standing at the base
of the mountain on the one side, and Israel was standing at the base
of the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them.
4 (Jos 11:22) There went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines,
Goliath was his name, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
[About 9 feet 9 inches, or 3 meters.]
5 He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed
with a coat of mail. Now the weight of the bronze coat was 5000 shekels.
[About 125 pounds, or 58 kilograms.]
6 (1Sa 17:45) He had greaves of bronze on his legs and a bronze javelin
between his shoulders.
7 (2Sa 21:19; 1Sa 17:41) The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam.
His iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels.
[About 15 pounds, or 6.9 kilograms.]
And a shield-bearer was walking before him.
8 (1Sa 8:17) He stood and called out to the ranks of Israel,
"Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am not I the Philistine,
and you the servants of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man
and let him come down to me.
9 (1Sa 11:1) If he is able to fight with me and to strike me down,
then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him
and strike him down, then you will be our servants and will serve us."
10 (1Sa 17:45; 2Sa 21:21) The Philistine said, "I defy the battle lines
of Israel this day. Give me a man, and let us fight together."
11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine,
they were filled with terror and were greatly afraid.
12 (Ge 35:19; 1Sa 16:18) Now David was the son of that Ephrathite
of Bethlehem in Judah whose name was Jesse, who had eight sons.
And the man was old in the days of Saul and advanced in years.
13 (1Ch 2:13) The three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed
Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons that went
to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab,
and the third was Shammah.
14 (1Sa 16:11) As for David, he was the youngest.
The three eldest followed Saul,
15 (1Sa 16:11) but David would go back and forth from Saul
to shepherd his father's flock in Bethlehem.
16 The Philistine stepped forward morning and evening
and took his stand daily for forty days.
17 (1Sa 25:18) Then Jesse said to David his son, "Take now for your brothers
an ephah [Likely about 36 pounds, or 16 kilograms.] of this parched grain
and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers.
18 (Ge 37:14; 1Sa 16:20) Carry these ten cheeses
to the captain of their thousand, and look into your brothers' health,
and bring back news of them."
19 Now Saul, and they, and all Israel's fighting men were
in the Valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.
20 (1Sa 26:5) So David rose up early in the morning and left the flock
with a keeper. And he carried away the food and went as Jesse had
commanded him. And when he came to the encampment,
the army was going out to the battle line, and they shouted a war cry.
21 And Israel and the Philistines ordered themselves in battle lines,
army against army.
22 David left his things with the keeper of the equipment,
and he ran to the battle line. And he went and greeted his brothers.
23 As he was speaking with them, the champion, Goliath,
the Philistine from Gath, was going up from the battle line
of the Philistines. And he spoke these same words and David heard them.
24 When all Israel's fighting men saw the man, they fled from him,
and were very afraid.
25 (Jos 15:16) The men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who has
come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel, and it will be that the man
who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, will give him
his daughter, and will make his father's house exempt from taxes in Israel."
26 (Dt 5:26; 1Sa 11:2) David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying,
"What will be done for the man that kills this Philistine
and takes away this reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised
Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"
27 And the people answered him in the same way, saying,
"So will it be done to the man who kills him."
28 (Ge 37:4; 37:8) Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men.
And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said,
"Why have you come down here? And with whom have you left those
few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart.
For you have come down that you might see the battle."
29 David said, "What have I done now? Was it not only a word?"
30 (1Sa 17:26-27) And he turned from him toward another
and spoke in the same way. And the people answered him again as at the first.
31 When the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul
and he sent for him.
1 Samuel 17
[1] Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were
gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between
Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
[2] And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by
the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
[3] And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel
stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
[4] And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named
Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
[5] And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a
coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
[6] And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between
his shoulders.
[7] And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's
head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went
before him.
[8] And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them,
Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and
ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
[9] If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your
servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our
servants, and serve us.
[10] And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me
a man, that we may fight together.
[11] When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were
dismayed, and greatly afraid.
[12] Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name
was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man
in the days of Saul.
[13] And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the
battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab
the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
[14] And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
[15] But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at
Bethlehem.
[16] And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself
forty days.
[17] And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah
of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy
brethren;
[18] And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and
look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
[19] Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of
Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
[20] And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a
keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the
trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the
battle.
[21] For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army
against army.
[22] And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage,
and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
[23] And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines,
and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
[24] And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and
were sore afraid.
[25] And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up?
surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who
killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him
his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
[26] And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be
done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach
from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy
the armies of the living God?
[27] And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be
done to the man that killeth him.
[28] And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and
Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down
hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I
know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down
that thou mightest see the battle.
[29] And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
[30] And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner:
and the people answered him again after the former manner.
[31] And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them
before Saul: and he sent for him.
2) Our Daily Bread for 11 April 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/04/11/making-every-moment-count
entitled Making Every Moment Count
Matthew 24:36-44
Matthew 24
The Unknown Day and Hour
Mk 13:32-37; Lk 17:26-30, 34-36
36 (Ac 1:7; Mt 25:13; Mk 13:32) "Concerning that day and hour no one knows,
not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
37 (Lk 17:26-27) As were the days of Noah, so will be
the coming of the Son of Man.
38 (Mt 22:30) For as in the days before the flood, they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah
entered the ark,
39 (Mt 24:37) and did not know until the flood came
and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
40 Two will be in the field; one will be taken, and the other left.
41 (Ex 11:5; Isa 47:2) Two women will be grinding at the mill;
one will be taken, and the other left.
42 (Mt 25:13; 24:44) "Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour
your Lord will come.
43 (Lk 12:39) But know this, that if the owner of the house had known
what hour the thief would come, he would have watched
and not have let his house be broken into.
44 (Mt 25:10; 25:13) Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour
when you least expect, the Son of Man is coming.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven,
but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
39 and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,
and the other left.
Watch therefore
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch
the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered
his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son
of man cometh.
The halted hands of a pocket watch in a library's archives at the University
of North Carolina tell a harrowing tale. They mark the exact moment
(8:19 and 56 seconds) the watch's owner Elisha Mitchell slipped and fell
to his death at a waterfall in the Appalachian Mountains
on the morning of June 27, 1857.
Mitchell, a professor at the university, was gathering data to defend his
(correct) claim that the peak he was on—which now bears his name, Mount
Mitchell-was the highest one east of the Mississippi. His grave is located
at the mountain's summit, not far from where he fell.
As I ascended that mountain peak recently, I reflected on Mitchell's story
and my own mortality and how each of us has only so much time. And I
pondered Jesus' words about His return as He spoke to His disciples
on the Mount of Olives: "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour
as ye think not the Son of man cometh." (Matthew 24:44).
Jesus clearly indicates that none of us knows either the moment He'll return
and establish His kingdom forever or when He may summon us to leave this
world and come to Him. But He tells us to be prepared
and "keep watch" (v. 42).
Tick . . . tick . . . The "clockwork" of our lives is still in motion-but for
how long? May we live our moments in love with our merciful Savior, waiting and
working for Him.
By: James Banks
Reflect & Pray
How are you preparing to meet Jesus?
What do you look forward to the most about being with Him?
Loving Saviour, please help me to be ready to meet
You at any time. Help me to serve You and prepare for Your return today.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 2 - The key to the Prison Cell
Matt 6:14-15
14 For if you forgive men for their sins, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men for their sins,
neither will your Father forgive your sins.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you: 15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Ann had been badly wounded in a relationship that had ended in anger
and accusation. For more than a year, Ann nursed her bitterness, rallying
support for her attitudes from friends and colleagues. Any time she saw
her former friend, Ann put up an icy wall of hostility. She thought she was
"getting over" the hurt, but the very mention of her friend's name brought
back a flood of negative feelings. Ann was trapped, locked in a prison of
unforgiveness , a jail built block by block by her own unwillingness to
forgive. Ann didn't "get over it"; instead, her wounds festered
and her bitterness grew worse.
Then one day - she never knew how - Ann let go of her bitterness. The barriers
of hostility and anger melted away, and when she saw her friend again, she was
able to forgive. And Ann was finally able to turn to the Lord for her own
healing and forgiveness.
"If you do not forgive," Jesus says - and the statement falls hard on
unforgiving hearts, "Neither will you be forgiven." In one sense, God's
forgiveness is unconditional - we do not have to earn or deserve it, and it is
always available to us. But we cannot experience the forgiveness God has
extended to us when we harbour unforgiveness towards others and build walls
of bitterness in our hearts.
When we refuse forgiveness toward those who have hurt or betrayed us, we do
not keep them in bondage, but ourselves. We lock ourselves away for an
awareness of God's loving presence; we imprison ourselves in a cell of
revenge. But when we reach out to forgive, we turn in the lock;
the door is open for our own sins to be forgiven and our own hearts
cleansed and purified.
Application
a) Why is forgiving others a condition for experiencing forgiveness
in my own life?
b) How can these verses have a practical effect upon my willingness
to forgive others?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Romans 13:7-8
7 (Mt 17:25; 22:21) Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes
are due, respect to whom respect is due, fear to whom fear is due,
and honour to whom honour is due.
8 (Ro 13:10; Mt 7:12) Owe no one anything, except to love one another,
for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due;
custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another:
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Eternal Faithfulness
Ps 117
1 Praise the Lord, all you nations! Exalt Him, all you peoples!
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For His merciful kindness is great toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!
1 O praise the LORD, All ye nations: Praise him, all ye people.
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us:
And the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
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."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)
Manitoba
Quick facts on Muslims in Manitoba
Manitoba 2015 population 1 282 000
est Muslim Population 21 349
CNMM Networks: Winnipeg
The Muslim population of Manitoba, understandably centred in Winnipeg, is very
diverse and represents some 48 different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Conservative estimates put their number at 21000 , with some suggesting
it might be twice that size.
Some outreach among Muslims has started, yet in comparison to the size
of this community, there is the need and opportunity for far more engagement.
Continued influx of new immigrants and refugees continues to see the growth
of this Muslim centre in Manitoba.
We rejoice in the Arabic fellowship meeting there and the energetic workers
among Muslims in Winnipeg.
Let us intercede in unity for:
- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population
- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim
communities around them, as well as training new workers
- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim
background believers and for effectiveness in outreach
- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground
in the face of opposition to her new faith.
- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged
with great support
Adding further
https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/muslim-migrants-struggle-with-faith/
Muslim Migrants Struggle with Faith
As soon as Mariam fled Pakistan, she threw off her hijab. She now embraces
the freedom she experiences in her new life as a single entrepreneur
in bustling Houston.
Mariam graduated at the top of her college class. Now an owner of several
pharmacies and a large home, she works hard and parties with her American and
Pakistani friends. The only trace of Islam in her new life is her superficial
observance of the holidays on the Islamic Calendar.
It was different for Fatima, a married mother of two who simultaneously moved
to the United States as Mariam. Although never profoundly devoted to Islam in
Pakistan, she connected with a mosque near her home in New York City.
Fatima deeply missed her home country and battled loneliness as she struggled
to feel connected to anyone or anything. She began wearing a hijab, hoping not
to lose her sense of identity, and regularly cries out to Allah, begging for
His acceptance and peace.
These are two of the paths that Pakistani Muslims follow once they come to
America. But both paths miss out on the hope found only in Jesus Christ.
Theoretically, Pakistanis have more opportunity to hear the Gospel in the U.S.,
but practically, few have embraced Christ as the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).
6 (Jn 10:9; 1:14; Ac 4:12) Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. "
[6] Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Pray that God would help more of us reach out to the many Pakistanis we
encounter daily as our doctors, I.T. workers, restaurant workers, convenience
store owners, and more.
Pray for more missionaries to work with Pakistani Muslims in North America.
Ask God to raise up a harvest force of believers from an Islamic background to reach Pakistani Muslims in NYC and Houston (Luke 10:2).
2 (2Th 3:1) He said to them, "The harvest truly is plentiful,
but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers into His harvest. "
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but
the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest,
that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Pray for Christians who work alongside Pakistani Muslims to develop a burden to befriend and share the hope of Jesus with them.
And
Sikhs in the United States
DAY 2
The Sikh population in the United States is
estimated to be around 500,000 people.
Sikhs first arrived in the United States in
the late 1800s. They brought with them a
strong work ethic that helped build some
early American railroads in the Pacific
Northwest and California.
In the 1900s, drawing from their agrarian
roots in the Punjab of India, Sikhs became
established in the farming communities
of California, especially in the Greater
Sacramento Area.
In the 1970s, more Sikhs arrived in
the USA looking for better economic
opportunities, and they found them in
cities like New York and San Francisco.
Many Sikhs today are doctors, lawyers,
and owners of various kinds of
businesses, especially transportation.
In the early 2000s, the events of 9/11
changed the world, and had a direct
impact on the Sikh community. Almost
Sikhs in the United States
overnight, Sikhs, who could be
identified by their turban, became
wrongly associated with Islamic extremist
groups behind the 9/11 attacks, and with
that became victims of hate crimes.
Sikhs can be found today in most major
American cities and in other places across
the country. Many Sikhs do not wear the
turban, but they can be identified by the
steel bracelet they wear known as a Kara.
"Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen,
My Beloved, in whom My soul is well pleased;
I will put My Spirit upon Him,"
18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen;
My beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased:
I will put my spirit upon him,
And he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
MATTHEW 12:18
HOW CAN WE PRAY?
Pray for Sikhs in the United States
to encounter the gospel through
Christians whom they may be living
around and working with.
Ask the Lord to put Sikhs on the
hearts of believers in the United
States, that they may make
intentional efforts to share the
good news of Christ with them.
Pray for Sikh communities in
America to be protected from
hate crimes and other form
of discrimination.
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, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
11th Day of the Month
a) Pray for God's name to be glorified in your life, home, neighbourhood,
city or community, and in Canada.
(
Ps 86:12
12 I will give You thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
and I will glorify Your name forever.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart:
And I will glorify thy name for evermore.
John 12:28
28 "Father, glorify Your name."
Then a voice came from heaven, saying,
"I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."
28 Father, glorify thy name.
Then came there a voice from heaven, saying,
I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
)
b) Pray for the province of New Brunswick
I) Pray for the leaders of New Brunswick, that God's Spirit would influence
then to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of
God our Savior, 4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses beaming forth
the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding
the Hope Campaign and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and be humble about what responsibilities the Lord gives you.
Pray to the Lord: "Loving Saviour, please help me to be ready to meet
You at any time. Help me to serve You and prepare for Your return today."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a forgiver to those who have wronged you.
Pray to the Lord and pray no to own anyone.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His merciful knidness.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population
- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim
communities around them, as well as training new workers
- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim
background believers and for effectiveness in outreach
- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground
in the face of opposition to her new faith.
- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged
with great support
Pray that God would help more of us reach out to the many Pakistanis we
encounter daily as our doctors, I.T. workers, restaurant workers, convenience
store owners, and more.
Pray for more missionaries to work with Pakistani Muslims in North America.
Ask God to raise up a harvest force of believers from an Islamic background to reach Pakistani Muslims in NYC and Houston (Luke 10:2).
Pray for Christians who work alongside Pakistani Muslims to develop a burden to befriend and share the hope of Jesus with them.
Pray for Sikhs in the United States
to encounter the gospel through
Christians whom they may be living
around and working with.
Ask the Lord to put Sikhs on the
hearts of believers in the United
States, that they may make
intentional efforts to share the
good news of Christ with them.
Pray for Sikh communities in
America to be protected from
hate crimes and other form
of discrimination.
Pray a prayer of thanksgiving throughout
the day for God's unfailing love, Mercy, compassion,
faithfulness and provision.
Pray for God's name to be glorified in your life, home, neighbourhood,
city or community, and in your country.
Pray for Ruth and Mary who are beginning ministry work in a new
community among the Maguindanao people o nte Philippines.
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