Day 163 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 12 June 2022 reflections
Day 163, 12 June 2022
At https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ , We addressed 1 Thess 4:12 - 5:11 .
This is in Reference to The rapture and the Second Coming
The Lord's Coming
13 (Eph 2:12; Lev 19:28) But I would not have you ignorant, brothers,
concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others
who have no hope.
14 (1Th 4:13; Rev 1:18) For if we believe that Jesus died and arose again,
so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
15 (1Ki 20:35) For this we say to you by the word of the Lord,
that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord
will not precede those who are asleep.
16 (1Co 15:23; Jude 1:9) For the Lord Himself will descend
from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trumpet call of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 (Jn 12:26; Ac 1:9) Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we
shall be forever with the Lord.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 5
1 (Ac 1:7; 1Th 4:9) Concerning the times and the seasons, brothers,
you have no need that I write to you.
2 (2Pe 3:10; Rev 3:3) For you know perfectly that the day of the Lord
will come like a thief in the night.
3 (Lk 21:34-35; 2Th 1:9) When they say, "Peace and safety!"
then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor upon
a woman with child, and they shall not escape.
4 (1Jn 2:8) But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this Day
should overtake you as a thief.
5 (Lk 16:8; Ac 26:18) You are all the sons of light
and the sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.
6 (Lk 22:46; 1Pe 1:13) Therefore let us not sleep as others do.
But let us be alert and sober.
7 (Ac 2:15; 2Pe 2:13) For those who sleep, sleep at night,
and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.
8 (Isa 59:17; 1Th 5:5) But let us, who are of the day, be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet,
the hope of salvation.
9 (1Th 1:10; 2Th 2:13-14) For God has not appointed us to wrath,
but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 (2Co 5:15) who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep,
we should live together with Him.
11 (Eph 4:29; Heb 10:25) So comfort yourselves together,
and edify one another, just as you are doing.
[13] But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them
which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
[14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
[15] For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which
are asleep.
[16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first:
[17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be
with the Lord.
[18] Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 5
[1] But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write
unto you.
[2] For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a
thief in the night.
[3] For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape.
[4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you
as a thief.
[5] Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are
not of the night, nor of darkness.
[6] Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
[7] For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are
drunken in the night.
[8] But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of
faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
[9] For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our
Lord Jesus Christ,
[10] Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live
together with him.
[11] Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as
also ye do.
Cross references
1 Cor 15:52 (Mt 24:31; Jn 5:25; Isa 27:13) In a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trumpet, for the trumpet will sound,
the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
[52] In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed.
Acts 1:11
11 (Ac 2:7; 13:31) They said, "Men of Galilee, why stand looking
toward heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you to heaven,
will come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."
[11] Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
JUde 9
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil in a dispute
about the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce upon him
a railing judgment. But he said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
[9] Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed
about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation,
but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Dan 10:13 (Da 12:1; Jude 1:9; Rev 12:7) But the prince of the kingdom
of Persia withstood me for 21 days. So Michael, one of the chief princes,
came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
[13] But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty
days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I
remained there with the kings of Persia.
Zeph 1:14-15
14 (Joel 2:11; Zep 1:7) The great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening quickly.
The sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
the mighty man shall cry out there.
15 (Joel 2:2; Isa 22:5 ) That day is a day of wrath,
a day of trouble and distress,
a day of ruin and desolation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness,
[14] The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly,
even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there
bitterly.
[15] That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of
wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds
and thick darkness,
2 Peter 3:10
10 (Mt 24:35; Rev 21:1; 2Pe 3:7) But the day of the Lord will come like
a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with
a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat.
The earth also and the works that are in it will be burned up.
[10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be
burned up.
Matthew 24:27-31,36-44, 25:13
27 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west,
so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28 (Lk 17:37) Wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be
gathered together.
The Coming of the Son of Man
Mk 13:24-27; Lk 21:25-28
29 (Isa 13:10; Joel 2:10) "Immediately after the tribulation of those days,
'the sun will be darkened,
the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.' (Joel 2:10.)
30 (Rev 1:7; Da 7:13; Mt 24:3) "Then the sign of the Son of Man will
appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn,
and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.
31 (Mt 13:41; 1Co 15:52; 1Th 4:16) And He will send His angels with
a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from
the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
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.
13 (Mt 24:42-44) "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day
nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
[27] For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the
west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
[28] For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
[29] Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall
from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
[30] And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then
shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
[31] And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they
shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven
to the other.
[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.
[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.
[13] Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the
Son of man cometh.
1) 2 Kings 1
2 Kings 3
1 Kings 22:41-49
2 Chronicles 20:31-37
1 Kings 22:50
2 Chronicles 21:1-4
2 Kings 8:16-22
2 Chronicles 21:5-7
2 Kings 1
2 Kings 1
God Judges Ahaziah
1 (2Sa 8:2) Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2 (Mt 10:25; Mk 3:22) Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper
chamber that was in Samaria and became ill. So he sent messengers
and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron
whether I will recover from this illness."
3 (1Ki 17:1) But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite,
"Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria,
and say to them, 'Is it because there is not a God in Israel,
that you go to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron?'
4 (2Ki 1:6; 1:16) Therefore thus says the Lord, 'You will not come down from
the bed on which you have gone up but will surely die.'" Then Elijah departed.
5 When the messengers returned to the king, he said to them,
"Why have you returned?"
6 And they said to him, "A man came up to meet us and said to us,
'Go, return to the king that sent you and say to him: Thus says the Lord:
Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire
of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down
from the bed on which you have gone up, but you will surely die.'"
7 He said to them, "What sort of man was he who came up to meet you
and told you these things?"
8 (Zec 13:4; Mt 3:4) They answered him, "He was a hairy man
with a leather belt around his waist."
He said, "It was Elijah the Tishbite."
9 (2Ki 6:13-14) Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty
with his fifty men. He went up to Elijah, and there he was, sitting
on the top of a hill, and he said to him,
"Man of God, the king says, 'Come down.' "
10 (Lk 9:54; 1Ki 18:36-38) But Elijah answered the captain of fifty:
"If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven
and consume you and your fifty men." Then fire came down from heaven
and consumed him and his fifty men.
11 Again the king sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men.
He said, "Man of God, thus says the king: Come down quickly."
12 Elijah answered them, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down
from heaven and consume you and your fifty men."
Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.
13 (Isa 1:5) Then again the king sent a third captain of
fifty with his fifty men.
The third captain of fifty went up, came and fell on his knees before Elijah,
and pleaded with him, "Man of God, may my life and the life of these
fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.
14 See, fire came down from heaven and consumed the two captains
of the former fifties with their fifty men. May my life now be precious
in your sight."
15 (Isa 51:12; Jer 1:17) Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah,
"Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him." So he arose and went down
with him to the king.
16 Then he said to him, "Thus says the Lord: Have you sent messengers
to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, because there is no God in Israel
to inquire of His word? Therefore you will not come down from the bed
on which you have gone up, but you will surely die."
17 (2Ki 3:1) So he died according to the word of the Lord
which Elijah had spoken.
Then Jehoram [About 27 feet, or 8.1 meters. ]reigned in his place
in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah,
because he had no son.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 1
[1] Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
[2] And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that
was in
Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go,
inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this
disease.
[3] But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to
meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not
because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub
the god of Ekron?
[4] Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that
bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
[5] And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why
are
ye now turned back?
[6] And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto
us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus
saith
the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest
to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come
down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
[7] And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet
you, and told you these words?
[8] And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of
leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
[9] Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he
went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake
unto
him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
[10] And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of
God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.
And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
[11] Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty.
And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said,
Come down quickly.
[12] And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire
come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God
came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
[13] And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the
third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before
Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let
my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy
sight.
[14] Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two
captains
of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be
precious in thy sight.
[15] And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not
afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
[16] And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent
messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because
there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not
come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
[17] So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken.
And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
[18] Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 3
2 Kings 3
Jehoram Reigns Over Israel
1 (2Ki 1:17) Now Jehoram son of Ahab reigned over Israel in Samaria
in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah and reigned twelve years.
2 (1Ki 21:25; 2Ki 10:18) He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not like
his father and mother, for he removed the pillar of Baal that his father
had made.
3 (1Ki 14:16) Nevertheless he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who had caused Israel to sin. He did not depart from them.
4 (2Sa 8:2) Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-breeder and gave back
to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of
a hundred thousand rams.
5 (2Ki 1:1) But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled
against the king of Israel.
6 King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.
71Ki 22:4He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
"The king of Moab has rebelled against me.
Will you go with me to Moab to battle?"
He said, "I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people,
and my horses as your horses."
8 Then he said, "Which way should we go up?"
And he said, "The way through the Wilderness of Edom."
9 (1Ki 22:47) So the king of Israel, the king of Judah,
and the king of Edom went, and they marched around seven days.
But there was no water for the camp or for the livestock that followed them.
10 The king of Israel said, "Alas! The Lord has called these three kings
to give them into the hand of Moab!"
11 (1Ki 22:7; 19:21) But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there a prophet of the Lord
here, through whom we may inquire of the Lord?"
Then one of the king of Israel's servants answered,
"Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here."
12 Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the Lord is with him."
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 (1Ki 18:19; 22:6) Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you?
Go to your father's prophets, or to your mother's prophets."
Then the king of Israel said to him, "No. The Lord has called these three kings
to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
14 (1Ki 17:1; 2Ki 5:16) Elisha said, "As the Lord of Hosts lives, before
whom I stand, surely, were it not for my regard for Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you.
15 (Eze 1:3; 1Sa 16:23) Now bring me a musician."
And when the musician played, the hand of the Lord came upon him.
16 He said, "Thus says the Lord, 'Make this valley full of pools.'
17 (Ps 107:35) For thus says the Lord, 'You will not see wind,
nor will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water,
that you may drink, both you and your livestock, and your cattle.'
18 (Jer 32:17; 32:27) This is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord,
and He will give the Moabites into your hand.
19 You will strike every fortified city and every choice city,
and will cut down every good tree, and stop every spring of water,
and you will ruin every good piece of land with stones."
20 (Ex 29:39-40) So in the morning as the offering was offered up,
suddenly water flowed from the way of Edom,
and the land was filled with water.
21 When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight
against them, all who were able to bear arms and older were summoned
and stood at the border.
22 They got up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water,
and the Moabites saw the water opposite them was as red as blood.
23 Then they said, "This is blood. The kings have surely fought together;
and they have killed one another. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!"
24 When they came to the camp of Israel, the children of Israel arose
and struck the Moabites, so that they ran from them.
And they went forward into their land, killing the Moabites.
25 (2Ki 3:19; Isa 16:7) They demolished the cities, and on every good
piece of land every man threw a stone and filled it with stones,
and they stopped every spring of water and cut down every good tree.
Only in Kir Hareseth did the stones in the wall remain,
until the slingers surrounded it and struck it.
26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was overwhelming him,
he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom,
but they were unable.
27 (Mic 6:7; Dt 12:31) Then he took his firstborn son, who would have reigned
in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall.
And great wrath came upon Israel, and they departed from him
and returned to their own land.
2 Kings 3
[1] Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the
eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
[2] And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father,
and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had
made.
[3] Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
[4] And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of
Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the
wool.
[5] But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled
against the king of Israel.
[6] And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all
Israel.
[7] And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king
of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to
battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy
people, and my horses as thy horses.
[8] And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through
the wilderness of Edom.
[9] So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of
Edom:
and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water
for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
[10] And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these
three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
[11] But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we
may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants
answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on
the hands of Elijah.
[12] And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of
Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
[13] And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee?
get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.
And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these
three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
[14] And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,
surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
[15] But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel
played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
[16] And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
[17] For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see
rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both
ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
[18] And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will
deliver
the Moabites also into your hand.
[19] And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall
fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece
of land with stones.
[20] And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was
offered,
that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was
filled with water.
[21] And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight
against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and
upward,
and stood in the border.
[22] And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the
water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
[23] And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they
have
smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
[24] And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and
smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward
smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
[25] And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast
every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of
water,
and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones
thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
[26] And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he
took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even
unto
the king of Edom: but they could not.
[27] Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and
offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great
indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to
their own land.
1 Kings 22:41-49
41 (2Ch 20:31) Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah
in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was 35 years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned 25 years in Jerusalem. His mother;s name was Azubah,
the daughter of Shilhi.
43 (1Ki 15:14; 2Ki 12:3) He walked in all the ways of Asa his father.
He did not turn aside, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord.
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken down, and the people continued
to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
44 (1Ki 22:2; 2Ki 8:18) So Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat and the strength he showed
and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Judah?
46 (1Ki 14:24; 15:12) And he exterminated from the land the remnant
of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa.
47 (2Sa 8:14; 2Ki 3:9) At that time there was no king in Edom,
and a regent sat in the king's place.
48 (1Ki 9:26; 10:22) Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir
for gold, but they never made it there, for the ships were broken
at Ezion Geber.
49 Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat,
"Let my servants go with your servants in the ships."
But Jehoshaphat did not agree.
[41] And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth
year of Ahab king of Israel.
[42] Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and
he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
[43] And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside
from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless
the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt
incense yet in the high places.
[44] And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
[45] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed,
and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the
kings of Judah?
[46] And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his
father Asa, he took out of the land.
[47] There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
[48] Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they
went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
[49] Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go
with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
2 Chronicles 20:31-37
The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign
1Ki 22:41-50
31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was 35 years old when he began
his reign, and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-five years.
The name of his mother was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32 He walked in the way of his father Asa, and he did not turn aside
from doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord.
33 (2Ch 17:6; 19:3) Only the high places were not taken down.
The people had yet to set their hearts to the God of their fathers.
34 (1Ki 16:1; 2Ch 19:2) And the remainder of the acts of Jehoshaphat,
from beginning to end, are written in the annals of Jehu son of Hanani,
which are taken up in the book of the kings of Israel.
35 (1Ki 22:48-49) Also, Jehoshaphat king of Judah was united
with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
36 Jehoshaphat joined with him to make ships to travel to Tarshish,
and they made ships in Ezion Geber.
37 (Pr 13:20; 2Ch 9:21) And Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah
prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, "Because you have joined with Ahaziah,
the Lord will tear down your works."
So the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to journey to Tarshish.
[31] And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
[32] And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it,
doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
[33] Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had
not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
[34] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they
are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the
book of the kings of Israel.
[35] And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah
king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
[36] And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and
they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
[37] Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the
LORD
hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not
able to
go to Tarshish.
1 Kings 22:50
50 (2Ch 21:1) Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers
and was buried with his fathers
in the City of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
[50] And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers
in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 21:1-4
2 Chronicles 21
1 (1Ki 22:50) So Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with them
in the City of David, and Jehoram his son ruled in his place.
2 (2Ch 12:6; 23:2) And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel,
Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah.
3 (2Ch 11:23) And their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold,
and excellent items, along with fortified cities in Judah,
but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
[1] Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
[2] And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and
Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the
sons
of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
[3] And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of
precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to
Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
Jehoram, King of Judah
2 Ki 8:16-24
4 (Jdg 9:5; Ge 4:8) Then Jehoram rose up over the kingdom of his father
and he became strong. And he killed all his brothers with the sword
and even some of the officials in Israel.
[4] Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he
strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers
also of the princes of Israel.
2 Kings 8:16-22
Jehoram, King of Judah
2Ch 21:5-20
16 (2Ki 1:17; 3:1) In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel,
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.
17 He was 32 years old when he became king, and he reigned 8 years
in Jerusalem.
18 (2Ki 8:26) He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as
the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.
He did evil in the sight of the Lord.
19 (1Ki 11:36; 2Sa 7:12-13; 7:15) Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy
Judah, for the sake of His servant David, since He promised to give a lamp
to him and his sons perpetually.
20 (1Ki 22:47; 2Ki 3:9) In his days Edom rebelled against the rule of Judah,
and they put a king over themselves.
21 So Jehoram crossed over to Zair, all his chariots with him, and he rose
at night and struck Edom and the captains of their chariots who had
surrounded him. But the people fled to their tents.
22 (Jos 21:13; 2Ki 19:8) So Edom has been in rebellion against the rule
of Judah until this day. Libnah rebelled at the same time.
[16] And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,
Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat
king of
Judah began to reign.
[17] Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem.
[18] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of
Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the
sight of
the LORD.
[19] Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as
he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
[20] In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a
king
over themselves.
[21] So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose
by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the
captains
of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
[22] Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then
Libnah revolted at the same time.
2 Chronicles 21:5-7
5 Now Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began as king,
and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
6 (2Ch 18:1; 1Ki 12:28-30) And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel
as those from the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab
was the wife of Jehoram. And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
7 (1Ki 11:36; 2Sa 7:12-17) But the Lord was not willing to destroy the house
of David because of the covenant that He made with David, and because
He said that He would give a lamp to David and his sons for all days.
5] Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
[6] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house
of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which
was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
[7] Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the
covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to
him and to his sons for ever.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 June 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/06/12/gods-moves
Entitled God's Moves
Exodus 12:24-28
24 (Ex 12:14) "And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance
to you and to your sons forever.
25 (Ex 3:8; 3:17) When you enter the land which the Lord will give you,
according as He has promised, that you shall observe this service.
26 (Ex 13:14-15; Dt 32:7) And when your children shall say to you,
'What does this service mean to you?'
27 (Ex 4:31; 12:11) that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice
of the Lord's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children
of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians,
and delivered our households.' "
And the people bowed down and worshipped.
28 Then the children of Israel went and did so.
Just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
[24] And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy
sons for ever.
[25] And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD
will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this
service.
[26] And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What
mean ye by this service?
[27] That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who
passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the
Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and
worshipped.
[28] And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they.
[29] And it came to pass, that at
I love a good game of Scrabble. After one particular game, my friends named
a move after me-calling it a "Katara." I'd been trailing the entire game,
but at the end of it-with no tiles left in the bag-I made a seven-letter word.
This meant the game was over, and I received fifty bonus points as well as all
the points from all of my opponents' leftover tiles, moving me from last place
to first. Now whenever we play and someone is trailing, they remember what
happened and hold out hope for a "Katara."
Remembering what has happened in the past has the power to lift our spirits
and give us hope. And that's exactly what the Israelites did when they
celebrated Passover. The Passover commemorates what God did for the Israelites
when they were in Egypt, oppressed by Pharaoh and his crew (Exodus 1:6-14). After they cried out to God, He delivered the people in a mighty way. He told
them to put blood on their doorposts so the death angel would "pass over"
their firstborn people and animals (12:12-13). Then they would be kept
safe from death.
Centuries later, believers in Jesus regularly take communion as we remember
His sacrifice on the cross-providing what we needed to be delivered from sin
and death (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Remembering God's loving acts in
the past gives us hope for today.
By: Katara Patton
Reflect & Pray
How can you celebrate what God has done on your behalf?
How can you offer hope to others from your past experiences?
I thank You, loving God, for all the marvelous works
You've done on my behalf. Please give me the strength to focus
on Your mighty acts when I need hope to keep going.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 1 Hard Bargain
Mark 11:24
24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
"I've been praying." Jennifer declared confidently. " I told God I'd give him
a tithe of that $5000000 when I win the sweepstakes."
Her friend Cindi laughed. "Well, then, you don't have a chance. I told him
I'd give him half!"
Can we, as in Mark 11:24 seems to imply , pray for anything, absolutely
anything, and expect that the Lord will come through? Can we pray with
assurance for new cars, mink coats, or trips to the Caribbean? The verse
seems to be a troublesome one, especially when we try it and our prayers
aren't answered in the way we expected.
But seen in context, Mark 11:24 gives us a much broader picture of the
kind of prayer Jesus meant. The verse appears in the framework of
Jesus' ministry - cleansing the temple, correcting the Pharisees,
commanding forgiveness, discussing his authority. The condition for
the fulfillment of Mark 11:24, if Jesus' actions are any indication,
is fulfilling the will and purpose of God.
Such a condition for powerful prayers involves much more than attaching
am "If it be Thy will" clause onto the end of our prayers. We need to know
God's will and walk in it, seeking his kingdom first, and drawing close to
him. Then , as our hearts are right with him, what we ask in prayer
is likely to be congruent with the mind and purposes of Christ. We are
less likely to pray selfishly, and more likely to share God's priorities,
as we get to know him. And as we deepen in our knowledge of him,
as his will becomes our will, his promise for answered prayer takes
on new dimensions.
Application
a) What is the connection betweeen know God's will and praying effectively?
b) What changes need to take place in my life
so that I might pray with greater power?
c) What does it mean in practical terms to know that "Our God reigns"?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Is 48:15,17
15 I, even I, have spoken, and I have called him;
I have brought him, and his way will prosper.
17 (Ps 32:8; Isa 43:14) Thus says the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,
who leads you in the way you should go.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him:
I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;
I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit,
which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Protection in Times of Trouble
Ps 91
PSALMS 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God in whom I trust."
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) He shall cover you with His feathers,
and under His wings you shall find protection;
His faithfulness shall be your shield and wall.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
nor of the arrow that flies by day;
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) nor of the pestilence that pursues in darkness,
nor of the destruction that strikes at noonday.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) A thousand may fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand,
but it shall not come near you.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Only with your eyes shall you behold
and see the reward of the wicked.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
even the Most High, your dwelling,
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) there shall be no evil befall you,
neither shall any plague come near your tent;
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) for He shall give His angels charge over you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 They shall bear you up in their hands,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder;
the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
and I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him My salvation.
Psalm 91
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress:
My God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,
And from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:
His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;
Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;
Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;
But it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold
And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge,
Even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee,
Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee,
To keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands,
Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:
The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:
I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:
I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him,
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
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?)
Quebec
Quick facts on Muslims in Quebec
Quebec 2015 population 8214 000
est Muslim Population 418946
CNMM Networks: Montreal
There is a growing Muslim population in Quebec City and a smattering
of Muslims scattered around the rest of the province, yet the vast majority
of Muslims live in the greater Montreal area. n fact, 23% of Canada's Muslim
population live in Quebec. Why is that? It is largely because Francophone
African Muslims are attracted to La Belle Provence.
And here's an interesting, perhaps even shocking fact: There are more
Muslims in Montreal than there are evangelical Christians.
This is one demographic factor creates a challenging environment for churches
and believers here: The size of the available 'workforce' is small
by comparison to begin with. Believers are already is a host culture that
is often either indifferent to religion or resistant to it. And now
this 'new' religious community of Muslims - many of whom do not visibly
or socially conform to Quebec society - are a growing population. It might br
easy for Christians to feel overwhelm by this cultural double-whammy,
yet God has always worked miracles through the small, the few.
Agree in prayer for :
- The people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel
- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding
-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting
together for worship!
- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for
reaching Muslims in Quebec.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
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
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:
But a just weight is his delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Conclusion:
Pray ot the Lord today to come to salvation and realise the timing
of the Rapture, The Tribulation and His 2nd coming.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be guided in Leadership
and reforms by His righteous hand.
Pray to the Lord: "I thank You, loving God, for all the marvelous works
You've done on my behalf. Please give me the strength to focus
on Your mighty acts when I need hope to keep going."
Pray to the Lord and pray earnetly and honestly as you are having a
conversartion with the creator.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be lead by the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and pray to remember He is your refuge.
Agree in prayer for Quebec:
- The people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel
- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding
-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting
together for worship!
- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for
reaching Muslims in Quebec.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Pray that Christians under attack in Cameroon will not become bitter
but will pray for their persecutors.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
At https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ , We addressed 1 Thess 4:12 - 5:11 .
This is in Reference to The rapture and the Second Coming
The Lord's Coming
13 (Eph 2:12; Lev 19:28) But I would not have you ignorant, brothers,
concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others
who have no hope.
14 (1Th 4:13; Rev 1:18) For if we believe that Jesus died and arose again,
so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
15 (1Ki 20:35) For this we say to you by the word of the Lord,
that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord
will not precede those who are asleep.
16 (1Co 15:23; Jude 1:9) For the Lord Himself will descend
from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trumpet call of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 (Jn 12:26; Ac 1:9) Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we
shall be forever with the Lord.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 5
1 (Ac 1:7; 1Th 4:9) Concerning the times and the seasons, brothers,
you have no need that I write to you.
2 (2Pe 3:10; Rev 3:3) For you know perfectly that the day of the Lord
will come like a thief in the night.
3 (Lk 21:34-35; 2Th 1:9) When they say, "Peace and safety!"
then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor upon
a woman with child, and they shall not escape.
4 (1Jn 2:8) But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this Day
should overtake you as a thief.
5 (Lk 16:8; Ac 26:18) You are all the sons of light
and the sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.
6 (Lk 22:46; 1Pe 1:13) Therefore let us not sleep as others do.
But let us be alert and sober.
7 (Ac 2:15; 2Pe 2:13) For those who sleep, sleep at night,
and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.
8 (Isa 59:17; 1Th 5:5) But let us, who are of the day, be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet,
the hope of salvation.
9 (1Th 1:10; 2Th 2:13-14) For God has not appointed us to wrath,
but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 (2Co 5:15) who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep,
we should live together with Him.
11 (Eph 4:29; Heb 10:25) So comfort yourselves together,
and edify one another, just as you are doing.
[13] But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them
which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
[14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
[15] For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which
are asleep.
[16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first:
[17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be
with the Lord.
[18] Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 5
[1] But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write
unto you.
[2] For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a
thief in the night.
[3] For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape.
[4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you
as a thief.
[5] Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are
not of the night, nor of darkness.
[6] Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
[7] For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are
drunken in the night.
[8] But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of
faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
[9] For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our
Lord Jesus Christ,
[10] Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live
together with him.
[11] Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as
also ye do.
Cross references
1 Cor 15:52 (Mt 24:31; Jn 5:25; Isa 27:13) In a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trumpet, for the trumpet will sound,
the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
[52] In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed.
Acts 1:11
11 (Ac 2:7; 13:31) They said, "Men of Galilee, why stand looking
toward heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you to heaven,
will come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."
[11] Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
JUde 9
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil in a dispute
about the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce upon him
a railing judgment. But he said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
[9] Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed
about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation,
but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Dan 10:13 (Da 12:1; Jude 1:9; Rev 12:7) But the prince of the kingdom
of Persia withstood me for 21 days. So Michael, one of the chief princes,
came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
[13] But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty
days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I
remained there with the kings of Persia.
Zeph 1:14-15
14 (Joel 2:11; Zep 1:7) The great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening quickly.
The sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
the mighty man shall cry out there.
15 (Joel 2:2; Isa 22:5 ) That day is a day of wrath,
a day of trouble and distress,
a day of ruin and desolation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness,
[14] The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly,
even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there
bitterly.
[15] That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of
wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds
and thick darkness,
2 Peter 3:10
10 (Mt 24:35; Rev 21:1; 2Pe 3:7) But the day of the Lord will come like
a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with
a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat.
The earth also and the works that are in it will be burned up.
[10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be
burned up.
Matthew 24:27-31,36-44, 25:13
27 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west,
so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28 (Lk 17:37) Wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be
gathered together.
The Coming of the Son of Man
Mk 13:24-27; Lk 21:25-28
29 (Isa 13:10; Joel 2:10) "Immediately after the tribulation of those days,
'the sun will be darkened,
the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.' (Joel 2:10.)
30 (Rev 1:7; Da 7:13; Mt 24:3) "Then the sign of the Son of Man will
appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn,
and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.
31 (Mt 13:41; 1Co 15:52; 1Th 4:16) And He will send His angels with
a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from
the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
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.
13 (Mt 24:42-44) "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day
nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
[27] For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the
west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
[28] For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
[29] Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall
from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
[30] And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then
shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
[31] And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they
shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven
to the other.
[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.
[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.
[13] Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the
Son of man cometh.
1) 2 Kings 1
2 Kings 3
1 Kings 22:41-49
2 Chronicles 20:31-37
1 Kings 22:50
2 Chronicles 21:1-4
2 Kings 8:16-22
2 Chronicles 21:5-7
2 Kings 1
2 Kings 1
God Judges Ahaziah
1 (2Sa 8:2) Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2 (Mt 10:25; Mk 3:22) Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper
chamber that was in Samaria and became ill. So he sent messengers
and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron
whether I will recover from this illness."
3 (1Ki 17:1) But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite,
"Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria,
and say to them, 'Is it because there is not a God in Israel,
that you go to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron?'
4 (2Ki 1:6; 1:16) Therefore thus says the Lord, 'You will not come down from
the bed on which you have gone up but will surely die.'" Then Elijah departed.
5 When the messengers returned to the king, he said to them,
"Why have you returned?"
6 And they said to him, "A man came up to meet us and said to us,
'Go, return to the king that sent you and say to him: Thus says the Lord:
Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire
of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down
from the bed on which you have gone up, but you will surely die.'"
7 He said to them, "What sort of man was he who came up to meet you
and told you these things?"
8 (Zec 13:4; Mt 3:4) They answered him, "He was a hairy man
with a leather belt around his waist."
He said, "It was Elijah the Tishbite."
9 (2Ki 6:13-14) Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty
with his fifty men. He went up to Elijah, and there he was, sitting
on the top of a hill, and he said to him,
"Man of God, the king says, 'Come down.' "
10 (Lk 9:54; 1Ki 18:36-38) But Elijah answered the captain of fifty:
"If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven
and consume you and your fifty men." Then fire came down from heaven
and consumed him and his fifty men.
11 Again the king sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men.
He said, "Man of God, thus says the king: Come down quickly."
12 Elijah answered them, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down
from heaven and consume you and your fifty men."
Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.
13 (Isa 1:5) Then again the king sent a third captain of
fifty with his fifty men.
The third captain of fifty went up, came and fell on his knees before Elijah,
and pleaded with him, "Man of God, may my life and the life of these
fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.
14 See, fire came down from heaven and consumed the two captains
of the former fifties with their fifty men. May my life now be precious
in your sight."
15 (Isa 51:12; Jer 1:17) Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah,
"Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him." So he arose and went down
with him to the king.
16 Then he said to him, "Thus says the Lord: Have you sent messengers
to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, because there is no God in Israel
to inquire of His word? Therefore you will not come down from the bed
on which you have gone up, but you will surely die."
17 (2Ki 3:1) So he died according to the word of the Lord
which Elijah had spoken.
Then Jehoram [About 27 feet, or 8.1 meters. ]reigned in his place
in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah,
because he had no son.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 1
[1] Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
[2] And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that
was in
Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go,
inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this
disease.
[3] But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to
meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not
because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub
the god of Ekron?
[4] Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that
bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
[5] And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why
are
ye now turned back?
[6] And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto
us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus
saith
the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest
to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come
down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
[7] And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet
you, and told you these words?
[8] And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of
leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
[9] Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he
went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake
unto
him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
[10] And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of
God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.
And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
[11] Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty.
And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said,
Come down quickly.
[12] And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire
come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God
came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
[13] And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the
third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before
Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let
my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy
sight.
[14] Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two
captains
of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be
precious in thy sight.
[15] And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not
afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
[16] And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent
messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because
there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not
come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
[17] So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken.
And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
[18] Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 3
2 Kings 3
Jehoram Reigns Over Israel
1 (2Ki 1:17) Now Jehoram son of Ahab reigned over Israel in Samaria
in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah and reigned twelve years.
2 (1Ki 21:25; 2Ki 10:18) He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not like
his father and mother, for he removed the pillar of Baal that his father
had made.
3 (1Ki 14:16) Nevertheless he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who had caused Israel to sin. He did not depart from them.
4 (2Sa 8:2) Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-breeder and gave back
to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of
a hundred thousand rams.
5 (2Ki 1:1) But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled
against the king of Israel.
6 King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.
71Ki 22:4He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
"The king of Moab has rebelled against me.
Will you go with me to Moab to battle?"
He said, "I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people,
and my horses as your horses."
8 Then he said, "Which way should we go up?"
And he said, "The way through the Wilderness of Edom."
9 (1Ki 22:47) So the king of Israel, the king of Judah,
and the king of Edom went, and they marched around seven days.
But there was no water for the camp or for the livestock that followed them.
10 The king of Israel said, "Alas! The Lord has called these three kings
to give them into the hand of Moab!"
11 (1Ki 22:7; 19:21) But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there a prophet of the Lord
here, through whom we may inquire of the Lord?"
Then one of the king of Israel's servants answered,
"Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here."
12 Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the Lord is with him."
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 (1Ki 18:19; 22:6) Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you?
Go to your father's prophets, or to your mother's prophets."
Then the king of Israel said to him, "No. The Lord has called these three kings
to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
14 (1Ki 17:1; 2Ki 5:16) Elisha said, "As the Lord of Hosts lives, before
whom I stand, surely, were it not for my regard for Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you.
15 (Eze 1:3; 1Sa 16:23) Now bring me a musician."
And when the musician played, the hand of the Lord came upon him.
16 He said, "Thus says the Lord, 'Make this valley full of pools.'
17 (Ps 107:35) For thus says the Lord, 'You will not see wind,
nor will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water,
that you may drink, both you and your livestock, and your cattle.'
18 (Jer 32:17; 32:27) This is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord,
and He will give the Moabites into your hand.
19 You will strike every fortified city and every choice city,
and will cut down every good tree, and stop every spring of water,
and you will ruin every good piece of land with stones."
20 (Ex 29:39-40) So in the morning as the offering was offered up,
suddenly water flowed from the way of Edom,
and the land was filled with water.
21 When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight
against them, all who were able to bear arms and older were summoned
and stood at the border.
22 They got up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water,
and the Moabites saw the water opposite them was as red as blood.
23 Then they said, "This is blood. The kings have surely fought together;
and they have killed one another. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!"
24 When they came to the camp of Israel, the children of Israel arose
and struck the Moabites, so that they ran from them.
And they went forward into their land, killing the Moabites.
25 (2Ki 3:19; Isa 16:7) They demolished the cities, and on every good
piece of land every man threw a stone and filled it with stones,
and they stopped every spring of water and cut down every good tree.
Only in Kir Hareseth did the stones in the wall remain,
until the slingers surrounded it and struck it.
26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was overwhelming him,
he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom,
but they were unable.
27 (Mic 6:7; Dt 12:31) Then he took his firstborn son, who would have reigned
in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall.
And great wrath came upon Israel, and they departed from him
and returned to their own land.
2 Kings 3
[1] Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the
eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
[2] And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father,
and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had
made.
[3] Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
[4] And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of
Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the
wool.
[5] But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled
against the king of Israel.
[6] And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all
Israel.
[7] And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king
of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to
battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy
people, and my horses as thy horses.
[8] And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through
the wilderness of Edom.
[9] So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of
Edom:
and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water
for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
[10] And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these
three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
[11] But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we
may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants
answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on
the hands of Elijah.
[12] And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of
Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
[13] And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee?
get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.
And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these
three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
[14] And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,
surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
[15] But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel
played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
[16] And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
[17] For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see
rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both
ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
[18] And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will
deliver
the Moabites also into your hand.
[19] And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall
fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece
of land with stones.
[20] And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was
offered,
that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was
filled with water.
[21] And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight
against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and
upward,
and stood in the border.
[22] And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the
water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
[23] And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they
have
smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
[24] And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and
smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward
smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
[25] And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast
every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of
water,
and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones
thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
[26] And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he
took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even
unto
the king of Edom: but they could not.
[27] Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and
offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great
indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to
their own land.
1 Kings 22:41-49
41 (2Ch 20:31) Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah
in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was 35 years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned 25 years in Jerusalem. His mother;s name was Azubah,
the daughter of Shilhi.
43 (1Ki 15:14; 2Ki 12:3) He walked in all the ways of Asa his father.
He did not turn aside, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord.
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken down, and the people continued
to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
44 (1Ki 22:2; 2Ki 8:18) So Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat and the strength he showed
and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Judah?
46 (1Ki 14:24; 15:12) And he exterminated from the land the remnant
of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa.
47 (2Sa 8:14; 2Ki 3:9) At that time there was no king in Edom,
and a regent sat in the king's place.
48 (1Ki 9:26; 10:22) Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir
for gold, but they never made it there, for the ships were broken
at Ezion Geber.
49 Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat,
"Let my servants go with your servants in the ships."
But Jehoshaphat did not agree.
[41] And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth
year of Ahab king of Israel.
[42] Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and
he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
[43] And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside
from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless
the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt
incense yet in the high places.
[44] And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
[45] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed,
and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the
kings of Judah?
[46] And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his
father Asa, he took out of the land.
[47] There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
[48] Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they
went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
[49] Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go
with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
2 Chronicles 20:31-37
The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign
1Ki 22:41-50
31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was 35 years old when he began
his reign, and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-five years.
The name of his mother was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32 He walked in the way of his father Asa, and he did not turn aside
from doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord.
33 (2Ch 17:6; 19:3) Only the high places were not taken down.
The people had yet to set their hearts to the God of their fathers.
34 (1Ki 16:1; 2Ch 19:2) And the remainder of the acts of Jehoshaphat,
from beginning to end, are written in the annals of Jehu son of Hanani,
which are taken up in the book of the kings of Israel.
35 (1Ki 22:48-49) Also, Jehoshaphat king of Judah was united
with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
36 Jehoshaphat joined with him to make ships to travel to Tarshish,
and they made ships in Ezion Geber.
37 (Pr 13:20; 2Ch 9:21) And Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah
prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, "Because you have joined with Ahaziah,
the Lord will tear down your works."
So the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to journey to Tarshish.
[31] And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
[32] And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it,
doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
[33] Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had
not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
[34] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they
are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the
book of the kings of Israel.
[35] And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah
king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
[36] And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and
they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
[37] Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the
LORD
hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not
able to
go to Tarshish.
1 Kings 22:50
50 (2Ch 21:1) Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers
and was buried with his fathers
in the City of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
[50] And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers
in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 21:1-4
2 Chronicles 21
1 (1Ki 22:50) So Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with them
in the City of David, and Jehoram his son ruled in his place.
2 (2Ch 12:6; 23:2) And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel,
Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah.
3 (2Ch 11:23) And their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold,
and excellent items, along with fortified cities in Judah,
but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
[1] Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
[2] And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and
Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the
sons
of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
[3] And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of
precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to
Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
Jehoram, King of Judah
2 Ki 8:16-24
4 (Jdg 9:5; Ge 4:8) Then Jehoram rose up over the kingdom of his father
and he became strong. And he killed all his brothers with the sword
and even some of the officials in Israel.
[4] Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he
strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers
also of the princes of Israel.
2 Kings 8:16-22
Jehoram, King of Judah
2Ch 21:5-20
16 (2Ki 1:17; 3:1) In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel,
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.
17 He was 32 years old when he became king, and he reigned 8 years
in Jerusalem.
18 (2Ki 8:26) He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as
the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.
He did evil in the sight of the Lord.
19 (1Ki 11:36; 2Sa 7:12-13; 7:15) Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy
Judah, for the sake of His servant David, since He promised to give a lamp
to him and his sons perpetually.
20 (1Ki 22:47; 2Ki 3:9) In his days Edom rebelled against the rule of Judah,
and they put a king over themselves.
21 So Jehoram crossed over to Zair, all his chariots with him, and he rose
at night and struck Edom and the captains of their chariots who had
surrounded him. But the people fled to their tents.
22 (Jos 21:13; 2Ki 19:8) So Edom has been in rebellion against the rule
of Judah until this day. Libnah rebelled at the same time.
[16] And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,
Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat
king of
Judah began to reign.
[17] Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem.
[18] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of
Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the
sight of
the LORD.
[19] Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as
he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
[20] In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a
king
over themselves.
[21] So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose
by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the
captains
of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
[22] Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then
Libnah revolted at the same time.
2 Chronicles 21:5-7
5 Now Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began as king,
and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
6 (2Ch 18:1; 1Ki 12:28-30) And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel
as those from the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab
was the wife of Jehoram. And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
7 (1Ki 11:36; 2Sa 7:12-17) But the Lord was not willing to destroy the house
of David because of the covenant that He made with David, and because
He said that He would give a lamp to David and his sons for all days.
5] Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
[6] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house
of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which
was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
[7] Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the
covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to
him and to his sons for ever.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 June 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/06/12/gods-moves
Entitled God's Moves
Exodus 12:24-28
24 (Ex 12:14) "And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance
to you and to your sons forever.
25 (Ex 3:8; 3:17) When you enter the land which the Lord will give you,
according as He has promised, that you shall observe this service.
26 (Ex 13:14-15; Dt 32:7) And when your children shall say to you,
'What does this service mean to you?'
27 (Ex 4:31; 12:11) that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice
of the Lord's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children
of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians,
and delivered our households.' "
And the people bowed down and worshipped.
28 Then the children of Israel went and did so.
Just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
[24] And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy
sons for ever.
[25] And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD
will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this
service.
[26] And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What
mean ye by this service?
[27] That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who
passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the
Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and
worshipped.
[28] And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they.
[29] And it came to pass, that at
I love a good game of Scrabble. After one particular game, my friends named
a move after me-calling it a "Katara." I'd been trailing the entire game,
but at the end of it-with no tiles left in the bag-I made a seven-letter word.
This meant the game was over, and I received fifty bonus points as well as all
the points from all of my opponents' leftover tiles, moving me from last place
to first. Now whenever we play and someone is trailing, they remember what
happened and hold out hope for a "Katara."
Remembering what has happened in the past has the power to lift our spirits
and give us hope. And that's exactly what the Israelites did when they
celebrated Passover. The Passover commemorates what God did for the Israelites
when they were in Egypt, oppressed by Pharaoh and his crew (Exodus 1:6-14). After they cried out to God, He delivered the people in a mighty way. He told
them to put blood on their doorposts so the death angel would "pass over"
their firstborn people and animals (12:12-13). Then they would be kept
safe from death.
Centuries later, believers in Jesus regularly take communion as we remember
His sacrifice on the cross-providing what we needed to be delivered from sin
and death (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Remembering God's loving acts in
the past gives us hope for today.
By: Katara Patton
Reflect & Pray
How can you celebrate what God has done on your behalf?
How can you offer hope to others from your past experiences?
I thank You, loving God, for all the marvelous works
You've done on my behalf. Please give me the strength to focus
on Your mighty acts when I need hope to keep going.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 1 Hard Bargain
Mark 11:24
24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
"I've been praying." Jennifer declared confidently. " I told God I'd give him
a tithe of that $5000000 when I win the sweepstakes."
Her friend Cindi laughed. "Well, then, you don't have a chance. I told him
I'd give him half!"
Can we, as in Mark 11:24 seems to imply , pray for anything, absolutely
anything, and expect that the Lord will come through? Can we pray with
assurance for new cars, mink coats, or trips to the Caribbean? The verse
seems to be a troublesome one, especially when we try it and our prayers
aren't answered in the way we expected.
But seen in context, Mark 11:24 gives us a much broader picture of the
kind of prayer Jesus meant. The verse appears in the framework of
Jesus' ministry - cleansing the temple, correcting the Pharisees,
commanding forgiveness, discussing his authority. The condition for
the fulfillment of Mark 11:24, if Jesus' actions are any indication,
is fulfilling the will and purpose of God.
Such a condition for powerful prayers involves much more than attaching
am "If it be Thy will" clause onto the end of our prayers. We need to know
God's will and walk in it, seeking his kingdom first, and drawing close to
him. Then , as our hearts are right with him, what we ask in prayer
is likely to be congruent with the mind and purposes of Christ. We are
less likely to pray selfishly, and more likely to share God's priorities,
as we get to know him. And as we deepen in our knowledge of him,
as his will becomes our will, his promise for answered prayer takes
on new dimensions.
Application
a) What is the connection betweeen know God's will and praying effectively?
b) What changes need to take place in my life
so that I might pray with greater power?
c) What does it mean in practical terms to know that "Our God reigns"?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Is 48:15,17
15 I, even I, have spoken, and I have called him;
I have brought him, and his way will prosper.
17 (Ps 32:8; Isa 43:14) Thus says the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,
who leads you in the way you should go.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him:
I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;
I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit,
which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Protection in Times of Trouble
Ps 91
PSALMS 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God in whom I trust."
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) He shall cover you with His feathers,
and under His wings you shall find protection;
His faithfulness shall be your shield and wall.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
nor of the arrow that flies by day;
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) nor of the pestilence that pursues in darkness,
nor of the destruction that strikes at noonday.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) A thousand may fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand,
but it shall not come near you.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Only with your eyes shall you behold
and see the reward of the wicked.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
even the Most High, your dwelling,
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) there shall be no evil befall you,
neither shall any plague come near your tent;
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) for He shall give His angels charge over you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 They shall bear you up in their hands,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder;
the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
and I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him My salvation.
Psalm 91
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress:
My God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,
And from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:
His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;
Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;
Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;
But it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold
And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge,
Even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee,
Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee,
To keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands,
Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:
The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:
I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:
I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him,
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
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?)
Quebec
Quick facts on Muslims in Quebec
Quebec 2015 population 8214 000
est Muslim Population 418946
CNMM Networks: Montreal
There is a growing Muslim population in Quebec City and a smattering
of Muslims scattered around the rest of the province, yet the vast majority
of Muslims live in the greater Montreal area. n fact, 23% of Canada's Muslim
population live in Quebec. Why is that? It is largely because Francophone
African Muslims are attracted to La Belle Provence.
And here's an interesting, perhaps even shocking fact: There are more
Muslims in Montreal than there are evangelical Christians.
This is one demographic factor creates a challenging environment for churches
and believers here: The size of the available 'workforce' is small
by comparison to begin with. Believers are already is a host culture that
is often either indifferent to religion or resistant to it. And now
this 'new' religious community of Muslims - many of whom do not visibly
or socially conform to Quebec society - are a growing population. It might br
easy for Christians to feel overwhelm by this cultural double-whammy,
yet God has always worked miracles through the small, the few.
Agree in prayer for :
- The people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel
- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding
-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting
together for worship!
- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for
reaching Muslims in Quebec.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
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
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:
But a just weight is his delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Conclusion:
Pray ot the Lord today to come to salvation and realise the timing
of the Rapture, The Tribulation and His 2nd coming.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be guided in Leadership
and reforms by His righteous hand.
Pray to the Lord: "I thank You, loving God, for all the marvelous works
You've done on my behalf. Please give me the strength to focus
on Your mighty acts when I need hope to keep going."
Pray to the Lord and pray earnetly and honestly as you are having a
conversartion with the creator.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be lead by the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and pray to remember He is your refuge.
Agree in prayer for Quebec:
- The people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel
- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding
-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting
together for worship!
- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for
reaching Muslims in Quebec.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Pray that Christians under attack in Cameroon will not become bitter
but will pray for their persecutors.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
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