Day 175 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 24 June 2022 reflections
Day 175, 24 June 2022
1) Hosea 2:14-23 , 3-8
Hosea 2
God's Mercy on Israel
14 (Eze 20:35-36) Therefore, I will allure her,
and bring her into the wilderness,
and speak tenderly to her.
15 (Jer 2:2; Jos 7:26) From there, I will give her vineyards to her,
and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope.
She will respond there as in the days of her youth,
and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
16 (Isa 54:5; Hos 2:7) On that day, declares the Lord,
you will call Me, "My husband,"
and will no longer call Me, "My Baal." Or My master.
17 (Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7) I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
and they will no longer be remembered by their name.
18 (Eze 34:25; Isa 2:4; Jer 23:6) On that day, I will make a covenant for them
with the beasts of the field, with the fowls of heaven,
and with the creeping things of the ground.
I will break the bow and the sword and the battle
from the earth,
and will make them to lie down safely.
19 (Jer 3:14-15; 2Co 11:2) I will take you for My wife forever.
I will take you for My wife in righteousness and in justice,
in mercy and in compassion.
20 (Jer 31:33-34; Jn 17:3) I will take you for My wife in faithfulness,
and you will know the Lord.
21 (Zec 8:12) On that day I will answer,
declares the Lord;
I will answer the heavens,
and they will answer the earth.
22 (Hos 1:4; 1:11) The earth will answer the grain,
the wine, and the oil;
and they will answer Jezreel.
23 (Hos 1:6; Jer 31:27) Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth.
I will have mercy upon Lo-Ruhamah,
and I will say to Lo-Ammi, "You are My people,"
and they will say, "You are my God."
[14] Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the
wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
[15] And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor
for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth,
and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
[16] And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me
Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
[17] For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they
shall no more be remembered by their name.
[18] And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the
field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the
ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the
earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
[19] And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto
me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
[20] I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know
the LORD.
[21] And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I
will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
[22] And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they
shall hear Jezreel.
[23] And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her
that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my
people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
Hosea 3
Hosea Redeems His Wife
1 (Jer 3:20; Hos 1:2-3) Then the Lord said to me, "Go, again, love a woman
who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just as the Lord loves
the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love raisin cakes."
2 (Lev 27:16; Eze 45:11) So I purchased her for myself for fifteen shekels
of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley.
3 (Dt 21:13) Then I said to her, "You will remain with me many days.
You will not play the whore, and you will not belong to another man.
And also I will be with you."
4 (Jdg 17:5; Ge 31:19; Ex 28:4) For the children of Israel will remain
many days without a king and without a prince, without a sacrifice
and without a standing stone, and without an ephod and teraphim.
5 (Isa 2:2; Jer 30:9) Afterward the children of Israel will return
and seek the Lord their God and David their king.
They will come in fear to the Lord and to His goodness in the latter days.
[1] Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend,
yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of
Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
[2] So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of
barley, and an half homer of barley:
[3] And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not
play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be
for thee.
[4] For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and
without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and
without
an ephod, and without teraphim:
[5] Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their
God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the
latter days.
Hosea 4
God Accuses Israel
1 (Jer 4:22; Mic 6:2) Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
for the Lord has a dispute
with the inhabitants of the land:
There is no truth or mercy,
and no knowledge of God in the land.
2 (Hos 6:9; 7:1) Swearing, lying, and killing,
and stealing and adultery
break out,
and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
3 (Zep 1:3; Jer 4:25) Therefore the land dries up,
and everyone who lives in it withers
with the beasts of the field
and the birds of the sky;
even the fish of the sea disappear.
4 (Dt 17:12; Hos 4:17) Yet let no one contend,
and let none reprove another,
for your people are like those
that contend with a priest.Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
5 (Jer 15:8; Hos 2:2) You will stumble in the day,
and the prophet also will stumble with you in the night,
and I will destroy your mother.
6 (Isa 5:13; Hos 4:1) My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I will reject you from being My priest.
And because you have forgotten the law of your God,
I will also forget your children.
7 (Hos 13:6; 1Sa 2:30) As they increased, so they sinned against Me.
I will change Or like/at Adam. their glory
MT; Ancient Heb. tradition My glory. into shame.
8 (Isa 56:11; Mic 3:11) They feed upon the sin of My people,
and they are greedy for their iniquity.
9 (Isa 24:2; Jer 5:31) It will be like people, like priest.
I will punish them for their ways
and reward them for their deeds.
10 (Lev 26:26; Mic 6:14) They will eat, but not be satisfied;
they will play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the Lord
by devoting themselves to
11 (Pr 20:1; Isa 28:7; 5:12) harlotry;
wine and new wine
take away understanding.
The Idolatry of Israel
12 (Jer 2:27; Hos 5:4) My people seek counsel from their wood,
and their staff informs them.
For the spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
and they have played the whore in defiance of their God.
13 (Isa 1:29; Jer 3:6) They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains,
and burn incense upon the hills
under oak, poplar, and elm
because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the whore,
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14 (Hos 4:1) I will not punish your daughters
when they play the whore,
nor your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery.
For the men separate themselves with whores,
and they sacrifice with cult prostitutes.
A people without understanding will come to ruin.
15 (Hos 9:15; 12:11) Though you play the whore, O Israel,
do not let Judah offend.
Do not come to Gilgal,
or go up to Beth Aven,
and do not swear, "As the Lord lives."
16 Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn.
Now will the Lord feed them
like a lamb in a wide pasture?
17 (Ps 81:12; Hos 4:4) Ephraim is joined to idols;
let him alone.
18 (Mic 3:11) Their drink has soured,
they have played the whore continually.
Her rulers dearly love shame.
19 (Isa 1:29; Jer 51:1) A wind has wrapped her in its wings,
and they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
[1] Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a
controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth,
nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
[2] By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing
adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
[3] Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein
shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven;
yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
[4] Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they
that strive with the priest.
[5] Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall
with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
[6] My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast
rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no
priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God,
I will also forget thy children.
[7] As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I
change their glory into shame.
[8] They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their
iniquity.
[9] And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them
for their ways, and reward them their doings.
[10] For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom,
and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the
LORD.
[11] Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
[12] My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto
them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have
gone a whoring from under their God.
[13] They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon
the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is
good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses
shall commit adultery.
[14] I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your
spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with
whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not
understand shall fall.
[15] Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and
come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD
liveth.
[16] For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will
feed them as a lamb in a large place.
[17] Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
[18] Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her
rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
[19] The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed
because of their sacrifices.
Hosea 5
Judgment Against Israel and Judah
1 (Hos 9:8; 6:9) Hear this, O priests!
Pay attention, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment is for you,
because you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread over Tabor,
2 (Hos 9:15; Isa 29:15) and a pit dug deep in Shittim;
but I will discipline them all.
3 (Am 3:2) I know Ephraim,
and Israel is not hidden from Me;
for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore.
Israel is defiled.
4 (Hos 4:12) Their deeds do not allow them
to return to their God;
for a spirit of harlotry is in their midst,
and they do not know the Lord.
5 (Hos 7:10; Eze 23:31-35) The pride of Israel testifies against him.
Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity.
Judah also stumbles with them.
6 (Pr 1:28; Mic 6:6-7) With their flocks and their herds they will go
to seek the Lord,
but they will not find Him.
He has withdrawn from them.
7 (Hos 6:7; Isa 48:8) They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord,
for they have given birth to illegitimate children.
Now the New Moon will devour them
along with their portion.
War, Wrath, and Repentance
8 (Hos 9:9; 1Sa 15:34) Blow the horn in Gibeah,
and the trumpet in Ramah.
Cry aloud at Beth Aven,
"Look behind you, O Benjamin!"Or "After you, O Benjamin!"
9 (Isa 46:10; Hos 9:11-17) Ephraim will become desolate
in the day of punishment.
Among the tribes of Israel
I make known that which is sure.
10 (Dt 19:14; 27:17) The princes of Judah have become
like those who remove a boundary marker.
Upon them I will pour out
My wrath like water.
11 (Dt 28:33; Mic 6:16) Ephraim is oppressed
and broken in judgment,
because he eagerly followed after vanity.
12 (Isa 51:8; Job 13:28) Therefore I will be like pus to Ephraim
and like rottenness to the house of Judah.
13 (Hos 7:11; Jer 30:12) When Ephraim saw his sickness
and Judah saw his wound,
then Ephraim went to Assyria,
and sent to King Jareb.Or the great king.
Yet he cannot cure you
or heal your wound.
14 (Ps 7:2; Mic 5:8) For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, Myself, will tear and go away.
I will carry off, and no one will rescue.
15 (Jer 2:27; Lev 26:40-42) I will again return to My place
until they acknowledge their offense
and seek My face.
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.
[1] Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye
ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have
been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
[2] And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a
rebuker of them all.
[3] I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou
committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
[4] They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit
of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
[5] And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall
Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
[6] They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD;
but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
[7] They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten
strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
[8] Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at
Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
[9] Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of
Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
[10] The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I
will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
[11] Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly
walked after the commandment.
[12] Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah
as rottenness.
[13] When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went
Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you,
nor cure you of your wound.
[14] For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house
of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none
shall rescue him.
[15] I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence,
and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Hosea 6
A Call to Repentance
1 (Dt 32:39; Jer 50:4) Come, let us return to the Lord,
for He has torn, and He will heal us. He has struck,
and He will bind us up.
2 (1Co 15:4) After two days He will revive us.
On the third day He will raise us up, that we may live before Him.
3 (Ps 72:6; Job 29:23) Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord.
His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain;
like the spring rains He will water the earth. Impenitence of Israel and Judah
4 (Hos 11:8; 13:3) What shall I do to you, O Ephraim?
What shall I do to you, O Judah? Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
and like the early dew it goes away.
5 (Jer 23:29; 1:10) Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets.
I have killed them by the words of My mouth,
and My [Gk. Syr.: Heb. Your.] judgments go forth like light.
6 (Mt 9:13; 12:7) For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice,
and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 (Hos 5:7; 8:1) But like men [Or like/at Adam.]
they have transgressed the covenant. There they dealt faithlessly with Me.
8 (Hos 12:11) Gilead is a city of evildoers, polluted with blood.
9 (Hos 7:1; 5:1) As robbers lie in wait for someone, so a company of priests
murder on the way to Shechem. They commit a shameful deed.
10 (Hos 5:3; Jer 5:30-31) I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel.
The harlotry of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.
11 (Joel 3:13; Jer 51:33) Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you,
when I restore the fortunes of My people.
[1] Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will
heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
[2] After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up,
and we shall live in his sight.
[3] Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is
prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the
latter and former rain unto the earth.
[4] O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto
thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it
goeth away.
[5] Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the
words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
[6] For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more
than burnt offerings.
[7] But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt
treacherously against me.
[8] Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
[9] And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests
murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
[10] I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the
whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
[11] Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the
captivity of my people.
Hosea 7
1 (Hos 4:2; 6:4) When I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the wickedness of Samaria.
For they deal deceitfully;
the thief breaks in;
the robbers raid outside,
2 (Jer 2:19; 14:10) but they did not consider in their hearts
that I remember all their wickedness.
Now their own deeds surround them;
they are before My face.
Corrupt and Disloyal Politics
3 (Mic 7:3; Ro 1:32) They make the king glad with their wickedness,
and the princes with their lies.
4 (Jer 9:2) They are all adulterers,
like an oven heated by a baker,
who ceases stirring the fire
after kneading the dough until it is leavened.
5 (Isa 28:1) On the day of our king the princes made him sick
from the heat of wine.
He stretched out his hand with scorners.
6 For they are kindled [Gk. Syr.: Heb. brought near.] like an oven.
Their heart burns within them;Or while they lie in wait.
their anger smolders [Or Their baker sleeps.] all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 (2Ki 15:10; 15:14) They are all hot as an oven,
and they devour their judges.
All their kings have fallen,
and none of them calls to Me.
8 (Ps 106:35; Hos 5:13) Ephraim mixes himself with the people.
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 (Hos 8:7) Foreigners devour his strength,
but he does not know it.
Gray hairs are here and there upon him,
but he does not know it.
10 (Isa 9:13; Hos 5:5) The pride of Israel testifies against him,
but they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek Him for all this.
11 (Hos 5:13; 12:1) Ephraim is like a dove,
silly and without sense;
they call to Egypt,
they go to Assyria.
12 (Eze 12:13; Dt 28:15-68) Wherever they go, I will spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky;
I will discipline them according to
the report to their congregation.
13 (Hos 9:12; 11:12) Woe to them,
for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
for they have rebelled against Me!
Though I would redeem them,
yet they speak lies against Me.
14 (Am 2:8; Jdg 9:27) They do not cry to Me with their heart
when they howl on their beds.
They gather together for grain and wine,
they rebel against Me.
15 (Na 1:9) Though I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise mischief against Me.
16 (Ps 78:57; Hos 9:3) They return, but not to the Most High.
They are like a loose bow.
Their princes will fall by the sword
for the rage of their tongue.
This will be their derision
in the land of Egypt.
[1] When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was
discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and
the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
[2] And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their
wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my
face.
[3] They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their
lies.
[4] They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth
from raising after he hath kneeded the dough, until it be leavened.
[5] In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of
wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
[6] For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in
wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a
flaming fire.
[7] They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their
kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
[8] Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not
turned.
[9] Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray
hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
[10] And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return
to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
[11] Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt,
they go to Assyria.
[12] When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them
down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their
congregation
hath heard.
[13] Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them!
because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet
they have spoken lies against me.
[14] And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon
their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel
against me.
[15] Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine
mischief against me.
[16] They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow:
their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this
shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Hosea 8
The Apostasy of Israel
1 (Dt 28:49; Hos 6:7) Set the trumpet to your mouth!
One like an eagle is on the house of the Lord,
because they have transgressed My covenant
and rebelled against My law.
2 (Mt 7:21; Titus 1:16) Israel cries to Me, "My God, we know You."
3 Israel has cast off the good; the enemy will pursue him.
4 (Hos 2:8; 13:2) They set up kings, but not through Me;
they made princes, but I did not know it.With their silver and gold,
they made idols, so that they will be cut off.
5 (Jer 13:27; Hos 10:5) Your calf, O Samaria, is rejected!
My anger is kindled against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For it is from Israel; a craftsman made it, and it is not God!
The calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
7 Pr 22:8; Hos 7:9 For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no head and will yield no flour.
If it were to yield, foreigners would swallow it up.
8 (Jer 22:28; 51:34) Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations
as a vessel in which there is no pleasure.
9 (Jer 2:24; Eze 16:33-34) For they have gone up to Assyria
like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.
10 (Eze 16:37; Isa 10:8) Though they hire among the nations,
I will now gather them.
They will begin to diminish due to the burden of the king of princes.
11 (Hos 12:11) Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 (Hos 4:6) I have written for him the great things of My law,
but they were regarded as a strange thing.
13 (Hos 9:6; Dt 28:68) For the sacrifices of My offerings,
they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
14 (Dt 32:18; Jer 17:27) Israel has forgotten his Maker
and built temples, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it will devour his palaces.
[1] Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the
house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and
trespassed against my law.
[2] Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
[3] Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
[4] They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I
knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that
they may be cut off.
[5] Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against
them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
[6] For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not
God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
[7] For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath
no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers
shall swallow it up.
[8] Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel
wherein is no pleasure.
[9] For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim
hath hired lovers.
[10] Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them,
and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
[11] Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him
to sin.
[12] I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted
as a strange thing.
[13] They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it;
but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and
visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
[14] For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah
hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and
it shall devour the palaces thereof.
2) Our Daily Bread for 24 June 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/06/24/the-message-of-the-cross
Entitled The Message of the Cross
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
Christ the Power and Wisdom of God
18 (Ro 1:16; 1Co 1:21) For to those who are perishing,
the preaching of the cross is foolishness,
but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19 (Isa 29:14; Job 5:12-13) For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." (Isa 29:14.)
20 (Ro 1:22; Job 12:17) Where is the wise? Where is the scribe?
Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom
of this world foolish?
21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom
did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching
to save those who believe.
22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom.
23 (Gal 5:11; Lk 2:34) But we preach Christ crucified,
a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Greeks.
24 (1Co 1:30; 1:18) But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks,
we preach Christ as the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 (1Co 1:18) For the foolishness of God is wiser than men,
and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
[18] For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but
unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
[19] For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will
bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
[20] Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this
world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
[21] For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God,
it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
[22] For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
[23] But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and
unto the Greeks foolishness;
[24] But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power
of God, and the wisdom of God.
[25] Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of
God is stronger than men.
Zhang was raised with, in his words, "no God, no religion, nothing." In 1989,
seeking democracy and freedom for his people, he helped lead students in
peaceful protests. But the protests tragically led to the government's
intervention and hundreds of lives lost. For his part in the event, Zhang was
placed on his country's most-wanted list. After a short imprisonment, he fled
to an outlying village where he met an elderly farmer who introduced him to
Christianity. She had only a handwritten copy of the gospel of John but
couldn't read, so she asked Zhang to read it to her. As he did, she explained
it to him-and a year later he became a believer in Jesus.
Through all he endured, Zhang sees that God was powerfully leading him to the
cross, where he experienced firsthand what the apostle Paul states in 1
Corinthians, "The preaching of the cross is . . . the power of God" (1:18).
What many considered foolishness, a weakness, became Zhang's strength. For
some of us, this too was our thinking before we came to Christ. But through
the Spirit, we felt the power and wisdom of God breaking into our lives and
leading us to Christ. Today Zhang serves as a pastor spreading the truth
of the cross to all who will hear.
Jesus has the power to change even the hardest of hearts.
Who needs His powerful touch today?
By: Alyson Kieda
Reflect & Pray
How did you view the message of the cross before you received Christ as your
Saviour? Who might benefit from hearing your story?
Jesus, thank You for leading me to You through
the cross. I would be lost without You!
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 6 - Through The Fire
Is 43:2
2 (Ps 66:12; Da 3:25-27) When you pass through waters,
I will be with you. And through the rivers,they shall not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
nor shall the flame kindle on you.
2 When thou passest through the waters,
I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee:
when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned;
neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
In the Book of Daniel, 3 young men provide one of the world's best-known
Bible stories. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three of the finest young
men of Israel, were taken into capitivity to Babylon. There King
Nebuchadnezzar, filled with his own importance, commanded that
everyone bow down and worship his image.
When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to worship anyone
except the One True god, they were cast into Nebuchadnezzar's
furnace of fire.
Is 43:2 brings their experience into focus for us. There the Lord says,
"When you pass through the fire ... when you walk through the water ..."
Not if, but when. If we are committed to serving and honouring the Lord,
at some point we will be faced with "passing through the fire" for hm.
We may not face a physical furnace, but we may face the fires of
persecution, anger, hostility or suffering. And God says:
"I will be with you."
When the three young Israelites stepped into the king's furnace, all
the people looked and saw, not three, but four men in the fire, their
bonds burned away, walking freely among the flames. They did not
escape the fate decreed for them. But the Lord was with them in
the fire, as surely as he has promised to be with us in the flood
and the fire, as surely as he has promised to be with us in the
flood and fire tht life brings to us. The promise of god remains:
"I will be with you; the waters will not overflow, nor will the
flames burn you."
Application
a) What kinds of "fires" and "Floods" have I experienced?
b) How was I aware of the Lord's presence with me?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gen 17:5-7
5 (Ne 9:7; Ge 17:15) No longer will your name be called Abram,
but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father
of a multitude of nations.
6 (Ge 35:11; 17:16) I will make you exceedingly fruitful;
and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
7 (Ge 26:24; 28:13; Heb 11:16) I will establish My covenant between Me
and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations
for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.
[5] Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be
Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
[6] And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of
thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
[7] And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after
thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto
thee, and to thy seed after thee.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Unfailing Love
Ps 63:1-5
PSALMS 63
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
1 O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You,
my flesh faints for You, in a dry and thirsty land with no water.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I have seen You in the sanctuary,
to see Your power and Your glory.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
my lips will praise You.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Thus will I bless You while I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) My soul will be satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
and my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.
1 O God, thou art My God; early will I seek thee:
My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee
In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory, So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness Is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;
And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
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
Day 24 of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will open a door for the message for the Gospel
at every level of Canadian Society. (
Col 4:3
3 while praying also for us, that God would open to
us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ,
for which I am also in chains,
3 withal praying also for us, that God would open unto
us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ,
for which I am also in bonds:
)
b) Pray for the Province of Saskatchewan
I) Pray for the leaders of Saskatchewan,
that God's Spirit would influence
then to act justly,
serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use
the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to come back to Him if you have strayed from Him.
Pray to the Lord: "Jesus, thank You for leading me to You through
the cross. I would be lost without You!"
Pray to the Lord and remember He is with you throughout your troubles.
Pray to the Lord and remember He will let you be great.
Pray to the Lord and remember His ever lovingkindness.
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 open a door for the message for the Gospel
at every level of Canadian Society.
Pray that believers in Kazakhstan will find ways to spread the Gospel
despite increasing religious restrictions.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
1) Hosea 2:14-23 , 3-8
Hosea 2
God's Mercy on Israel
14 (Eze 20:35-36) Therefore, I will allure her,
and bring her into the wilderness,
and speak tenderly to her.
15 (Jer 2:2; Jos 7:26) From there, I will give her vineyards to her,
and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope.
She will respond there as in the days of her youth,
and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
16 (Isa 54:5; Hos 2:7) On that day, declares the Lord,
you will call Me, "My husband,"
and will no longer call Me, "My Baal." Or My master.
17 (Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7) I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
and they will no longer be remembered by their name.
18 (Eze 34:25; Isa 2:4; Jer 23:6) On that day, I will make a covenant for them
with the beasts of the field, with the fowls of heaven,
and with the creeping things of the ground.
I will break the bow and the sword and the battle
from the earth,
and will make them to lie down safely.
19 (Jer 3:14-15; 2Co 11:2) I will take you for My wife forever.
I will take you for My wife in righteousness and in justice,
in mercy and in compassion.
20 (Jer 31:33-34; Jn 17:3) I will take you for My wife in faithfulness,
and you will know the Lord.
21 (Zec 8:12) On that day I will answer,
declares the Lord;
I will answer the heavens,
and they will answer the earth.
22 (Hos 1:4; 1:11) The earth will answer the grain,
the wine, and the oil;
and they will answer Jezreel.
23 (Hos 1:6; Jer 31:27) Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth.
I will have mercy upon Lo-Ruhamah,
and I will say to Lo-Ammi, "You are My people,"
and they will say, "You are my God."
[14] Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the
wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
[15] And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor
for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth,
and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
[16] And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me
Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
[17] For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they
shall no more be remembered by their name.
[18] And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the
field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the
ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the
earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
[19] And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto
me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
[20] I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know
the LORD.
[21] And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I
will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
[22] And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they
shall hear Jezreel.
[23] And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her
that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my
people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
Hosea 3
Hosea Redeems His Wife
1 (Jer 3:20; Hos 1:2-3) Then the Lord said to me, "Go, again, love a woman
who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just as the Lord loves
the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love raisin cakes."
2 (Lev 27:16; Eze 45:11) So I purchased her for myself for fifteen shekels
of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley.
3 (Dt 21:13) Then I said to her, "You will remain with me many days.
You will not play the whore, and you will not belong to another man.
And also I will be with you."
4 (Jdg 17:5; Ge 31:19; Ex 28:4) For the children of Israel will remain
many days without a king and without a prince, without a sacrifice
and without a standing stone, and without an ephod and teraphim.
5 (Isa 2:2; Jer 30:9) Afterward the children of Israel will return
and seek the Lord their God and David their king.
They will come in fear to the Lord and to His goodness in the latter days.
[1] Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend,
yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of
Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
[2] So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of
barley, and an half homer of barley:
[3] And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not
play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be
for thee.
[4] For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and
without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and
without
an ephod, and without teraphim:
[5] Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their
God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the
latter days.
Hosea 4
God Accuses Israel
1 (Jer 4:22; Mic 6:2) Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
for the Lord has a dispute
with the inhabitants of the land:
There is no truth or mercy,
and no knowledge of God in the land.
2 (Hos 6:9; 7:1) Swearing, lying, and killing,
and stealing and adultery
break out,
and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
3 (Zep 1:3; Jer 4:25) Therefore the land dries up,
and everyone who lives in it withers
with the beasts of the field
and the birds of the sky;
even the fish of the sea disappear.
4 (Dt 17:12; Hos 4:17) Yet let no one contend,
and let none reprove another,
for your people are like those
that contend with a priest.Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
5 (Jer 15:8; Hos 2:2) You will stumble in the day,
and the prophet also will stumble with you in the night,
and I will destroy your mother.
6 (Isa 5:13; Hos 4:1) My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I will reject you from being My priest.
And because you have forgotten the law of your God,
I will also forget your children.
7 (Hos 13:6; 1Sa 2:30) As they increased, so they sinned against Me.
I will change Or like/at Adam. their glory
MT; Ancient Heb. tradition My glory. into shame.
8 (Isa 56:11; Mic 3:11) They feed upon the sin of My people,
and they are greedy for their iniquity.
9 (Isa 24:2; Jer 5:31) It will be like people, like priest.
I will punish them for their ways
and reward them for their deeds.
10 (Lev 26:26; Mic 6:14) They will eat, but not be satisfied;
they will play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the Lord
by devoting themselves to
11 (Pr 20:1; Isa 28:7; 5:12) harlotry;
wine and new wine
take away understanding.
The Idolatry of Israel
12 (Jer 2:27; Hos 5:4) My people seek counsel from their wood,
and their staff informs them.
For the spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
and they have played the whore in defiance of their God.
13 (Isa 1:29; Jer 3:6) They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains,
and burn incense upon the hills
under oak, poplar, and elm
because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the whore,
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14 (Hos 4:1) I will not punish your daughters
when they play the whore,
nor your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery.
For the men separate themselves with whores,
and they sacrifice with cult prostitutes.
A people without understanding will come to ruin.
15 (Hos 9:15; 12:11) Though you play the whore, O Israel,
do not let Judah offend.
Do not come to Gilgal,
or go up to Beth Aven,
and do not swear, "As the Lord lives."
16 Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn.
Now will the Lord feed them
like a lamb in a wide pasture?
17 (Ps 81:12; Hos 4:4) Ephraim is joined to idols;
let him alone.
18 (Mic 3:11) Their drink has soured,
they have played the whore continually.
Her rulers dearly love shame.
19 (Isa 1:29; Jer 51:1) A wind has wrapped her in its wings,
and they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
[1] Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a
controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth,
nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
[2] By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing
adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
[3] Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein
shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven;
yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
[4] Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they
that strive with the priest.
[5] Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall
with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
[6] My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast
rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no
priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God,
I will also forget thy children.
[7] As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I
change their glory into shame.
[8] They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their
iniquity.
[9] And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them
for their ways, and reward them their doings.
[10] For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom,
and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the
LORD.
[11] Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
[12] My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto
them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have
gone a whoring from under their God.
[13] They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon
the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is
good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses
shall commit adultery.
[14] I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your
spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with
whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not
understand shall fall.
[15] Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and
come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD
liveth.
[16] For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will
feed them as a lamb in a large place.
[17] Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
[18] Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her
rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
[19] The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed
because of their sacrifices.
Hosea 5
Judgment Against Israel and Judah
1 (Hos 9:8; 6:9) Hear this, O priests!
Pay attention, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment is for you,
because you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread over Tabor,
2 (Hos 9:15; Isa 29:15) and a pit dug deep in Shittim;
but I will discipline them all.
3 (Am 3:2) I know Ephraim,
and Israel is not hidden from Me;
for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore.
Israel is defiled.
4 (Hos 4:12) Their deeds do not allow them
to return to their God;
for a spirit of harlotry is in their midst,
and they do not know the Lord.
5 (Hos 7:10; Eze 23:31-35) The pride of Israel testifies against him.
Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity.
Judah also stumbles with them.
6 (Pr 1:28; Mic 6:6-7) With their flocks and their herds they will go
to seek the Lord,
but they will not find Him.
He has withdrawn from them.
7 (Hos 6:7; Isa 48:8) They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord,
for they have given birth to illegitimate children.
Now the New Moon will devour them
along with their portion.
War, Wrath, and Repentance
8 (Hos 9:9; 1Sa 15:34) Blow the horn in Gibeah,
and the trumpet in Ramah.
Cry aloud at Beth Aven,
"Look behind you, O Benjamin!"Or "After you, O Benjamin!"
9 (Isa 46:10; Hos 9:11-17) Ephraim will become desolate
in the day of punishment.
Among the tribes of Israel
I make known that which is sure.
10 (Dt 19:14; 27:17) The princes of Judah have become
like those who remove a boundary marker.
Upon them I will pour out
My wrath like water.
11 (Dt 28:33; Mic 6:16) Ephraim is oppressed
and broken in judgment,
because he eagerly followed after vanity.
12 (Isa 51:8; Job 13:28) Therefore I will be like pus to Ephraim
and like rottenness to the house of Judah.
13 (Hos 7:11; Jer 30:12) When Ephraim saw his sickness
and Judah saw his wound,
then Ephraim went to Assyria,
and sent to King Jareb.Or the great king.
Yet he cannot cure you
or heal your wound.
14 (Ps 7:2; Mic 5:8) For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, Myself, will tear and go away.
I will carry off, and no one will rescue.
15 (Jer 2:27; Lev 26:40-42) I will again return to My place
until they acknowledge their offense
and seek My face.
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.
[1] Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye
ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have
been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
[2] And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a
rebuker of them all.
[3] I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou
committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
[4] They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit
of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
[5] And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall
Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
[6] They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD;
but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
[7] They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten
strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
[8] Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at
Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
[9] Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of
Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
[10] The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I
will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
[11] Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly
walked after the commandment.
[12] Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah
as rottenness.
[13] When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went
Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you,
nor cure you of your wound.
[14] For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house
of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none
shall rescue him.
[15] I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence,
and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Hosea 6
A Call to Repentance
1 (Dt 32:39; Jer 50:4) Come, let us return to the Lord,
for He has torn, and He will heal us. He has struck,
and He will bind us up.
2 (1Co 15:4) After two days He will revive us.
On the third day He will raise us up, that we may live before Him.
3 (Ps 72:6; Job 29:23) Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord.
His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain;
like the spring rains He will water the earth. Impenitence of Israel and Judah
4 (Hos 11:8; 13:3) What shall I do to you, O Ephraim?
What shall I do to you, O Judah? Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
and like the early dew it goes away.
5 (Jer 23:29; 1:10) Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets.
I have killed them by the words of My mouth,
and My [Gk. Syr.: Heb. Your.] judgments go forth like light.
6 (Mt 9:13; 12:7) For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice,
and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 (Hos 5:7; 8:1) But like men [Or like/at Adam.]
they have transgressed the covenant. There they dealt faithlessly with Me.
8 (Hos 12:11) Gilead is a city of evildoers, polluted with blood.
9 (Hos 7:1; 5:1) As robbers lie in wait for someone, so a company of priests
murder on the way to Shechem. They commit a shameful deed.
10 (Hos 5:3; Jer 5:30-31) I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel.
The harlotry of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.
11 (Joel 3:13; Jer 51:33) Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you,
when I restore the fortunes of My people.
[1] Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will
heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
[2] After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up,
and we shall live in his sight.
[3] Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is
prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the
latter and former rain unto the earth.
[4] O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto
thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it
goeth away.
[5] Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the
words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
[6] For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more
than burnt offerings.
[7] But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt
treacherously against me.
[8] Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
[9] And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests
murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
[10] I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the
whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
[11] Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the
captivity of my people.
Hosea 7
1 (Hos 4:2; 6:4) When I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the wickedness of Samaria.
For they deal deceitfully;
the thief breaks in;
the robbers raid outside,
2 (Jer 2:19; 14:10) but they did not consider in their hearts
that I remember all their wickedness.
Now their own deeds surround them;
they are before My face.
Corrupt and Disloyal Politics
3 (Mic 7:3; Ro 1:32) They make the king glad with their wickedness,
and the princes with their lies.
4 (Jer 9:2) They are all adulterers,
like an oven heated by a baker,
who ceases stirring the fire
after kneading the dough until it is leavened.
5 (Isa 28:1) On the day of our king the princes made him sick
from the heat of wine.
He stretched out his hand with scorners.
6 For they are kindled [Gk. Syr.: Heb. brought near.] like an oven.
Their heart burns within them;Or while they lie in wait.
their anger smolders [Or Their baker sleeps.] all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 (2Ki 15:10; 15:14) They are all hot as an oven,
and they devour their judges.
All their kings have fallen,
and none of them calls to Me.
8 (Ps 106:35; Hos 5:13) Ephraim mixes himself with the people.
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 (Hos 8:7) Foreigners devour his strength,
but he does not know it.
Gray hairs are here and there upon him,
but he does not know it.
10 (Isa 9:13; Hos 5:5) The pride of Israel testifies against him,
but they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek Him for all this.
11 (Hos 5:13; 12:1) Ephraim is like a dove,
silly and without sense;
they call to Egypt,
they go to Assyria.
12 (Eze 12:13; Dt 28:15-68) Wherever they go, I will spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky;
I will discipline them according to
the report to their congregation.
13 (Hos 9:12; 11:12) Woe to them,
for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
for they have rebelled against Me!
Though I would redeem them,
yet they speak lies against Me.
14 (Am 2:8; Jdg 9:27) They do not cry to Me with their heart
when they howl on their beds.
They gather together for grain and wine,
they rebel against Me.
15 (Na 1:9) Though I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise mischief against Me.
16 (Ps 78:57; Hos 9:3) They return, but not to the Most High.
They are like a loose bow.
Their princes will fall by the sword
for the rage of their tongue.
This will be their derision
in the land of Egypt.
[1] When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was
discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and
the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
[2] And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their
wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my
face.
[3] They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their
lies.
[4] They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth
from raising after he hath kneeded the dough, until it be leavened.
[5] In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of
wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
[6] For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in
wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a
flaming fire.
[7] They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their
kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
[8] Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not
turned.
[9] Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray
hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
[10] And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return
to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
[11] Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt,
they go to Assyria.
[12] When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them
down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their
congregation
hath heard.
[13] Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them!
because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet
they have spoken lies against me.
[14] And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon
their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel
against me.
[15] Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine
mischief against me.
[16] They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow:
their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this
shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Hosea 8
The Apostasy of Israel
1 (Dt 28:49; Hos 6:7) Set the trumpet to your mouth!
One like an eagle is on the house of the Lord,
because they have transgressed My covenant
and rebelled against My law.
2 (Mt 7:21; Titus 1:16) Israel cries to Me, "My God, we know You."
3 Israel has cast off the good; the enemy will pursue him.
4 (Hos 2:8; 13:2) They set up kings, but not through Me;
they made princes, but I did not know it.With their silver and gold,
they made idols, so that they will be cut off.
5 (Jer 13:27; Hos 10:5) Your calf, O Samaria, is rejected!
My anger is kindled against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For it is from Israel; a craftsman made it, and it is not God!
The calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
7 Pr 22:8; Hos 7:9 For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no head and will yield no flour.
If it were to yield, foreigners would swallow it up.
8 (Jer 22:28; 51:34) Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations
as a vessel in which there is no pleasure.
9 (Jer 2:24; Eze 16:33-34) For they have gone up to Assyria
like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.
10 (Eze 16:37; Isa 10:8) Though they hire among the nations,
I will now gather them.
They will begin to diminish due to the burden of the king of princes.
11 (Hos 12:11) Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 (Hos 4:6) I have written for him the great things of My law,
but they were regarded as a strange thing.
13 (Hos 9:6; Dt 28:68) For the sacrifices of My offerings,
they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
14 (Dt 32:18; Jer 17:27) Israel has forgotten his Maker
and built temples, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it will devour his palaces.
[1] Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the
house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and
trespassed against my law.
[2] Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
[3] Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
[4] They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I
knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that
they may be cut off.
[5] Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against
them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
[6] For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not
God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
[7] For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath
no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers
shall swallow it up.
[8] Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel
wherein is no pleasure.
[9] For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim
hath hired lovers.
[10] Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them,
and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
[11] Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him
to sin.
[12] I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted
as a strange thing.
[13] They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it;
but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and
visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
[14] For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah
hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and
it shall devour the palaces thereof.
2) Our Daily Bread for 24 June 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/06/24/the-message-of-the-cross
Entitled The Message of the Cross
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
Christ the Power and Wisdom of God
18 (Ro 1:16; 1Co 1:21) For to those who are perishing,
the preaching of the cross is foolishness,
but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19 (Isa 29:14; Job 5:12-13) For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." (Isa 29:14.)
20 (Ro 1:22; Job 12:17) Where is the wise? Where is the scribe?
Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom
of this world foolish?
21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom
did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching
to save those who believe.
22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom.
23 (Gal 5:11; Lk 2:34) But we preach Christ crucified,
a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Greeks.
24 (1Co 1:30; 1:18) But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks,
we preach Christ as the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 (1Co 1:18) For the foolishness of God is wiser than men,
and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
[18] For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but
unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
[19] For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will
bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
[20] Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this
world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
[21] For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God,
it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
[22] For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
[23] But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and
unto the Greeks foolishness;
[24] But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power
of God, and the wisdom of God.
[25] Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of
God is stronger than men.
Zhang was raised with, in his words, "no God, no religion, nothing." In 1989,
seeking democracy and freedom for his people, he helped lead students in
peaceful protests. But the protests tragically led to the government's
intervention and hundreds of lives lost. For his part in the event, Zhang was
placed on his country's most-wanted list. After a short imprisonment, he fled
to an outlying village where he met an elderly farmer who introduced him to
Christianity. She had only a handwritten copy of the gospel of John but
couldn't read, so she asked Zhang to read it to her. As he did, she explained
it to him-and a year later he became a believer in Jesus.
Through all he endured, Zhang sees that God was powerfully leading him to the
cross, where he experienced firsthand what the apostle Paul states in 1
Corinthians, "The preaching of the cross is . . . the power of God" (1:18).
What many considered foolishness, a weakness, became Zhang's strength. For
some of us, this too was our thinking before we came to Christ. But through
the Spirit, we felt the power and wisdom of God breaking into our lives and
leading us to Christ. Today Zhang serves as a pastor spreading the truth
of the cross to all who will hear.
Jesus has the power to change even the hardest of hearts.
Who needs His powerful touch today?
By: Alyson Kieda
Reflect & Pray
How did you view the message of the cross before you received Christ as your
Saviour? Who might benefit from hearing your story?
Jesus, thank You for leading me to You through
the cross. I would be lost without You!
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 6 - Through The Fire
Is 43:2
2 (Ps 66:12; Da 3:25-27) When you pass through waters,
I will be with you. And through the rivers,they shall not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
nor shall the flame kindle on you.
2 When thou passest through the waters,
I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee:
when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned;
neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
In the Book of Daniel, 3 young men provide one of the world's best-known
Bible stories. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three of the finest young
men of Israel, were taken into capitivity to Babylon. There King
Nebuchadnezzar, filled with his own importance, commanded that
everyone bow down and worship his image.
When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to worship anyone
except the One True god, they were cast into Nebuchadnezzar's
furnace of fire.
Is 43:2 brings their experience into focus for us. There the Lord says,
"When you pass through the fire ... when you walk through the water ..."
Not if, but when. If we are committed to serving and honouring the Lord,
at some point we will be faced with "passing through the fire" for hm.
We may not face a physical furnace, but we may face the fires of
persecution, anger, hostility or suffering. And God says:
"I will be with you."
When the three young Israelites stepped into the king's furnace, all
the people looked and saw, not three, but four men in the fire, their
bonds burned away, walking freely among the flames. They did not
escape the fate decreed for them. But the Lord was with them in
the fire, as surely as he has promised to be with us in the flood
and the fire, as surely as he has promised to be with us in the
flood and fire tht life brings to us. The promise of god remains:
"I will be with you; the waters will not overflow, nor will the
flames burn you."
Application
a) What kinds of "fires" and "Floods" have I experienced?
b) How was I aware of the Lord's presence with me?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gen 17:5-7
5 (Ne 9:7; Ge 17:15) No longer will your name be called Abram,
but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father
of a multitude of nations.
6 (Ge 35:11; 17:16) I will make you exceedingly fruitful;
and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
7 (Ge 26:24; 28:13; Heb 11:16) I will establish My covenant between Me
and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations
for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.
[5] Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be
Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
[6] And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of
thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
[7] And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after
thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto
thee, and to thy seed after thee.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Unfailing Love
Ps 63:1-5
PSALMS 63
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
1 O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You,
my flesh faints for You, in a dry and thirsty land with no water.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I have seen You in the sanctuary,
to see Your power and Your glory.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
my lips will praise You.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Thus will I bless You while I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) My soul will be satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
and my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.
1 O God, thou art My God; early will I seek thee:
My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee
In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory, So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness Is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;
And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
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
Day 24 of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will open a door for the message for the Gospel
at every level of Canadian Society. (
Col 4:3
3 while praying also for us, that God would open to
us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ,
for which I am also in chains,
3 withal praying also for us, that God would open unto
us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ,
for which I am also in bonds:
)
b) Pray for the Province of Saskatchewan
I) Pray for the leaders of Saskatchewan,
that God's Spirit would influence
then to act justly,
serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use
the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to come back to Him if you have strayed from Him.
Pray to the Lord: "Jesus, thank You for leading me to You through
the cross. I would be lost without You!"
Pray to the Lord and remember He is with you throughout your troubles.
Pray to the Lord and remember He will let you be great.
Pray to the Lord and remember His ever lovingkindness.
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 open a door for the message for the Gospel
at every level of Canadian Society.
Pray that believers in Kazakhstan will find ways to spread the Gospel
despite increasing religious restrictions.
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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