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Day 202, 21 July 2022



1) Isaiah 40-43, 44:1-5



Isaiah 40

Comfort for God's People



1 (Isa 51:12; 51:3) Comfort, O comfort, My people, says your God.

2 (Isa 61:7; Jer 16:18) Speak kindly to Jerusalem,

and cry to her

that her warfare has ended,

that her iniquity has been pardoned,

that she has received of the hand of the Lord

double for all her sins.

3 (Mal 3:1; Jn 1:23; Mal 4:5-6 ) The voice of him who cries out,

"Prepare the way of the Lord

in the wilderness,

make straight in the desert

a highway for our God.

4 (Isa 45:2; Eze 21:26 ) Let every valley be lifted up,

and every mountain and hill be made low,

and let the rough ground become a plain,

and the rough places a plain;

5 (Isa 1:20; 52:10) then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,

and all flesh shall see it together,

for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it."

6 (Job 14:2; Ps 102:11) The voice said, "Cry out."

And he said, "What shall I cry out?"

All flesh is grass,

and all its loveliness is as the flower of the field.

7 The grass withers, the flower fades

because the Spirit of the Lord blows upon it;

surely the people are grass.

8 (Mt 5:18; 1Pe 1:25) The grass withers, the flower fades,

but the word of our God shall stand forever.

9 (Isa 25:9; 12:2) O Zion, bearer of good news,

get yourself up onto a high mountain;

O Jerusalem, bearer of good news,

lift up your voice with strength,

lift it up, do not be afraid;

say to the cities of Judah,

"Here is your God!"

10 (Isa 62:11; Rev 22:12) See, the Lord God will come with a strong hand,

and His arm shall rule for Him;

see, His reward is with Him,

and His recompense before Him.

11 (Eze 34:23; Mic 5:4) He shall feed His flock like a shepherd;

He shall gather the lambs with His arm,

and carry them in His bosom,

and shall gently lead those that are with young.

12 (Pr 30:4; Heb 1:10-12) Who has measured the waters

in the hollow of His hand,

and meted out heaven with the span,

and calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,

and weighed the mountains in scales,

and the hills in a balance?

13 (Ro 11:34; 1Co 2:16 ) Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,

or as His counselor has taught Him?

14 (Col 2:3; Job 21:22) With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him,

and taught Him in the path of justice,

and taught Him knowledge,

and showed to Him the way of understanding?

15 (Jer 10:10) Certainly the nations are as a drop in a bucket,

and are counted as the small dust of the balance;

He takes up the coastlands as a very little thing.

16 (Mic 6:6-7) Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,

nor the beasts sufficient as a burnt offering.

17 (Ps 62:9) All nations before Him are as nothing,

and they are counted by Him as less than nothing

and meaningless.

18 (Isa 46:5; Ac 17:29; Ex 8:10) To whom then will you liken God?

Or what likeness will you compare to Him?

19 (Ps 115:4-8; Hab 2:18-19) The workman melts a graven image,

and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold,

and casts silver chains.

20 (1Sa 5:3-4; Isa 41:7) He who is too impoverished for such an offering

chooses a tree that will not rot;

he seeks for himself a skillful workman

to prepare a graven image that shall not totter.

21 (Ac 14:17) Have you not known?

Have you not heard?

Has it not been told to you from the beginning?

Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

22 (Nu 13:33; Ps 104:2) It is He who sits upon the circle of the earth,

and the inhabitants are as grasshoppers,

who stretches out the heavens as a curtain,

and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in.

23 (Job 12:21; Ps 107:40) He brings the princes to nothing;

He makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

24 (Isa 41:16; 17:13) Scarcely shall they be planted;

scarcely shall they be sown;

scarcely shall their tree take root in the earth,

when He will also blow on them,

and they will wither,

and the whirlwind will take them away as stubble.

25 (Isa 40:18) To whom then will you liken Me,

that I should be equal to him? says the Holy One.

26 (Ps 89:11-13; Isa 48:13) Lift up your eyes on high,

and see who has created these things,

who brings out their host by number;

He calls them all by name,

by the greatness of His might and the strength of His power;

not one of them is missing.

27 Why do you say, O Jacob,

and assert, O Israel,

"My way is hidden from the Lord,

and my justice escapes the notice of my God"?

28 (Ps 147:5; Ge 21:33; Isa 57:15) Have you not known?

Have you not heard,

that the everlasting God, the Lord,

the Creator of the ends of the earth,

does not faint, nor is He weary?

His understanding is inscrutable.

29 (Isa 41:10) He gives power to the faint,

and to those who have no might He increases strength.

30 (Isa 9:17) Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

and the young men shall utterly fall,

31 (2Co 4:16; Ps 103:5; Ex 19:4) but those who wait upon the Lord

shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as eagles,

they shall run and not be weary,

and they shall walk and not faint.



Isaiah 40

[1] Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

[2] Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is

accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the

LORD's hand double for all her sins.

[3] The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of

the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

[4] Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made

low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

[5] And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it

together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

[6] The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass,

and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

[7] The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD

bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

[8] The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall

stand for ever.

[9] O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain;

O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength;

lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

[10] Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule

for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

[11] He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with

his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are

with young.

[12] Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out

heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure,

and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

[13] Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counseller hath

taught him?

[14] With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in

the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of

understanding?

[15] Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the

small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little

thing.

[16] And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof

sufficient for a burnt offering.

[17] All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less

than nothing, and vanity.

[18] To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto

him?

[19] The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over

with gold, and casteth silver chains.

[20] He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree

that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a

graven

image, that shall not be moved.

[21] Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from

the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

[22] It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the

inhabitants

thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain,

and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

[23] That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth

as vanity.

[24] Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their

stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them,

and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

[25] To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

[26] Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things,

that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the

greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

[27] Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from

the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

[28] Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the

LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?

there is no searching of his understanding.

[29] He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he

increaseth strength.

[30] Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall

utterly fall:

[31] But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall

mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they

shall walk, and not faint.



Isaiah 41



The Lord Helps Israel



1 (Hab 2:20; Zec 2:13) Keep silent before Me, O islands,

and let the peoples renew their strength.

Let them come near, then let them speak;

let us come near together to judgment.

2 (Isa 40:24; 45:1) Who raised up the righteous man from the east,

called him to His foot,

gave the nations before him,

and made him rule over kings?

He makes them as the dust with his sword,

and as driven stubble with his bow.

3 He pursued them, and passed safely,

by paths his feet have not traveled.

4 (Isa 41:26; 48:12) Who has performed and done this,

calling the generations from the beginning?

I, the Lord, am the first,

and with the last. I am He.

5 (Jos 5:1; Ps 67:7) The coastlands saw it and feared,

the ends of the earth were afraid;

they drew near and came.

6 Every one helped his neighbor,

and every one said to his brother, "Be of good courage."

7 (Isa 40:19-20) So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,

and he who smooths metal with the hammer

encourages him who strikes the anvil,

saying, "It is ready for the soldering";

and he fastened it with nails so that it should not totter.

8 (2Ch 20:7; Jas 2:23) But you, Israel, are My servant,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

the seed of Abraham, My friend.

9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,

and called from its remotest parts,

and said to you, "You are My servant;

I have chosen you and have not rejected you."

10 (Jos 1:9; Isa 41:13-14) Do not fear, for I am with you;

do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you, I will help you,

yes, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

11 (Isa 45:24; Ex 23:22) Certainly all those who were incensed against you

shall be ashamed and humiliated;

they shall be as nothing,

and those who strive with you shall perish.

12 (Ps 37:35-36; Job 20:7-9) You shall seek them

and shall not find them, even those who contended with you.

Those who war against you

shall be as nothing, as a thing of nonexistence.

13 (Isa 45:1) For I, the Lord your God,

will hold your right hand,

saying to you, "Do not fear;

I will help you."

14 (Ps 22:6; Isa 43:14) Do not fear, you worm Jacob,

and you men of Israel.

I will help you, says the Lord

and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

15 (Mic 4:13; Hab 3:12) See, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument

with double edges;

you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small,

and shall make the hills as chaff.

16 (Jer 51:2) You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away,

and the whirlwind shall scatter them;

and you shall rejoice in the Lord,

and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.

17 (Isa 30:19; 42:16) When the poor and needy seek water,

and there is none,

and their tongues fail for thirst,

I, the Lord, will hear them,

I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

18 (Ps 107:35; Isa 30:25) I will open rivers in high places,

and fountains in the midst of the valleys;

I will make the wilderness a pool of water,

and the dry land springs of water.

19 (Isa 55:13; 60:13) I will plant in the wilderness

the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive tree;

I will set in the desert

the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together,

20 (Job 12:9) that they may see, and know,

and consider, and understand together,

that the hand of the Lord has done this,

and the Holy One of Israel has created it.



The Futility of Idols



21 Present your case, says the Lord.

Bring forth your arguments, says the King of Jacob.

22 (Isa 45:21; 46:10) Let them bring them forth, and show us

what shall happen;

let them show the former things, what they were,

that we may consider them

and know their outcome,

or declare to us things to come.

23 (Isa 42:9; 44:7-8) Show the things that are to come hereafter,

that we may know that you are gods;

do good, or do evil,

that we may be dismayed and see it together.

24 (Ps 115:8; 1Co 8:4) Indeed you are nothing,

and your work amounts to nothing;

he who chooses you is an abomination.

25 (Isa 41:2; 2Sa 22:43) I have raised up one from the north,

and he shall come;

from the rising of the sun he shall call on My name;

and he shall come on princes as on mortar,

and as the potter treads clay.

26 (Isa 41:22; 44:7) Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know?

And from former times, that we may say, "He is right!"?

There is no one who shows,

no one who declares,

no one who hears your words.

27 (Isa 40:9; 52:7) Formerly I said to Zion, "Look, here they are,"

and to Jerusalem, "I will give one who brings good news."

28 (Isa 63:5) But when I look, there is no man,

even among them, and there is no counselor

who, when I ask of them, could answer a word.

29 (Isa 41:24; Jer 5:13) See, they all are vanity;

their works are nothing;

their molded images are wind and emptiness.



Isaiah 41

[1] Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their

strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near

together to judgment.

[2] Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot,

gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as

the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

[3] He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not

gone with his feet.

[4] Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the

beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

[5] The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew

near, and came.

[6] They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother,

Be of good courage.

[7] So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with

the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering:

and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

[8] But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of

Abraham my friend.

[9] Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from

the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have

chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

[10] Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I

will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with

the right hand of my righteousness.

[11] Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and

confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall

perish.

[12] Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended

with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a

thing of nought.

[13] For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear

not; I will help thee.

[14] Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee,

saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

[15] Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth:

thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the

hills as chaff.

[16] Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the

whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt

glory in the Holy One of Israel.

[17] When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue

faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not

forsake them.

[18] I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the

valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land

springs of water.

[19] I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the

myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the

pine, and the box tree together:

[20] That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together,

that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath

created it.

[21] Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons,

saith the King of Jacob.

[22] Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew

the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the

latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

[23] Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye

are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it

together.

[24] Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is

he that chooseth you.

[25] I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising

of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as

upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

[26] Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime,

that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea,

there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

[27] The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to

Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

[28] For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no

counseller, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

[29] Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten

images are wind and confusion.



Isaiah 42



The Servant of the Lord



1 (Isa 43:10; 52:13) Here is My servant, whom I uphold,

My chosen one, in whom My soul delights.

I have put My Spirit upon him;

he shall bring forth justice to the nations.

2 (Zec 9:9) He shall not cry out, nor lift up his voice,

nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

3 (Ps 96:13; 147:3) A bruised reed he shall not break,

and the smoking flax he shall not quench;

he shall bring forth justice faithfully.

4 (Ge 49:10; Isa 60:9) He shall not be disheartened nor be discouraged,

until he has set justice in the earth;

and the coastlands shall wait for his law.

5 (Ac 17:25; Job 12:10) Thus says God the Lord,

who created the heavens and stretched them out,

who spread forth the earth and that which comes out of it,

who gives breath to the people on it,

and spirit to those who walk in it:

6 (Lk 2:32; Isa 49:6; 49:8) I the Lord have called You in righteousness,

and will hold Your hand,

and will keep You and appoint You

for a covenant of the people,

for a light of the nations,

7 (Isa 35:5; 61:1; 49:9) to open the blind eyes,

to bring out the prisoners from the prison,

and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.

8 (Isa 48:11; Ex 20:3-5) I am the Lord, that is My name;

and My glory I will not give to another,

nor My praise to graven images.

9 (Isa 43:19) See, the former things have come to pass,

and new things I declare;

before they spring forth

I tell you of them.



A Song of Praise



10 (Ps 33:3; 40:3) Sing to the Lord a new song,

and His praise from the ends of the earth,

you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,

the coastlands, and the inhabitants.

11 (Isa 32:16; 60:7) Let the wilderness and the cities lift up their voices,

the villages that Kedar inhabits.

Let the inhabitants of Sela sing,

let them shout from the top of the mountains.

12 Let them give glory to the Lord,

and declare His praise in the islands.

13 (Ps 78:65; Hos 11:10) The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;

He shall stir up zeal like a man of war.

He shall cry out, yes, raise a war cry;

He shall prevail against His enemies.



The Lord's Help Is Promised



14 I have for a long time held My peace;

I have been still and refrained Myself.

Now I will cry like a travailing woman;

I will destroy and devour at once.

15 (Isa 50:2; Na 1:4-6) I will lay waste mountains and hills

and dry up all their vegetation,

and I will make the rivers islands,

and I will dry up the pools.

16 (Isa 29:18; 32:3 ) I will bring the blind by a way that they did not know;

I will lead them in paths that they have not known.

I will make darkness light before them

and crooked things straight.

These things I will do for them

and not forsake them.

17 (Ps 97:7; Isa 1:29) They shall be turned back,

they shall be greatly ashamed,

who trust in graven images,

who say to the molded images, "You are our gods."



Israel's Disobedience



18 (Isa 29:18) Hear, you deaf;

look, you blind, that you may see.

19 (Jer 5:21; Eze 12:2) Who is blind, but My servant?

Or deaf, as My messenger whom I sent?

Who is blind as he who is at peace with Me,

and blind as the servant of the Lord?

20 You have seen many things, but you do not observe them;

your ears are open, but no one hears.

21 The Lord is well pleased

for His righteousness' sake

to magnify the law and make it honorable.

22 (Isa 14:17) But this is a people robbed and despoiled;

they are all snared in holes,

and they are hidden in prison houses;

they are for a prey,

and no one delivers,

for a spoil,

and no one says, "Restore them."

23 (Isa 48:18) Who among you will give ear to this?

Who will listen and hear for the time to come?

24 Who gave up Jacob as spoil,

and Israel to the robbers?

Did not the Lord,

against whom we have sinned?

For they would not walk in His ways,

nor were they obedient to His law.

25 (Hos 7:9; Isa 57:11) Therefore, He has poured on him the fury of His anger

and the strength of battle;

and it has set him on fire all around, yet he did not recognize it;

and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.



Isaiah 42

[1] Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul

delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to

the Gentiles.

[2] He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the

street.

[3] A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not

quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

[4] He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the

earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

[5] Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them

out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he

that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk

therein:

[6] I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand,

and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light

of the Gentiles;

[7] To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and

them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

[8] I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another,

neither my praise to graven images.

[9] Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do declare:

before they spring forth I tell you of them.

[10] Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the

earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and

the inhabitants thereof.

[11] Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the

villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let

them shout from the top of the mountains.

[12] Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.

[13] The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like

a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his

enemies.

[14] I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained

myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at

once.

[15] I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and

I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

[16] And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead

them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before

them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not

forsake them.

[17] They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in

graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

[18] Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

[19] Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who

is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant?

[20] Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he

heareth not.

[21] The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify

the law, and make it honourable.

[22] But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in

holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none

delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

[23] Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the

time to come?

[24] Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the

LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways,

neither were they obedient unto his law.

[25] Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the

strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew

not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.



Isaiah 43



The Redeemer of Israel



1 (Isa 43:7; 44:2) But now, thus says the Lord

who created you, O Jacob,

and He who formed you, O Israel:

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

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.

3 (Ex 20:2; Pr 21:18) For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;

I gave Egypt for your ransom,

Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

4 (Ex 19:5-6) Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honorable,

and I have loved you;

therefore, I will give men for you,

and people for your life.

5 (Isa 49:12; 44:2) Do not fear, for I am with you;

I will bring your descendants from the east,

and gather you from the west;

6 I will say to the north, "Give them up,"

and to the south, "Do not keep them back.

Bring My sons from afar,

and My daughters from the ends of the earth,

7 (Ps 100:3; Isa 43:1) even everyone who is called by My name,

for I have created him for My glory;

I have formed him, and I have made him."

8 (Isa 6:9; Eze 12:2) Bring forth the blind people who have eyes,

and the deaf who have ears.

9 (Isa 41:1; 43:26) Let all the nations be gathered together,

and let the people be assembled.

Who among them can declare this,

and show us former things?

Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified;

or let them hear and say, "It is true."

10 (Isa 41:4; 42:1) You are My witnesses, says the Lord,

and My servant whom I have chosen

that you may know and believe Me,

and understand that I am He.

Before Me there was no God formed,

nor shall there be after Me.

11 (Hos 13:4; Dt 6:4) I, even I, am the Lord,

and besides Me there is no savior.

12 (Dt 32:12; Isa 43:10) I have declared, and have saved, and I have shown,

when there was no strange god among you;

therefore, you are My witnesses, says the Lord, that I am God.

13 (Ps 90:2; Job 9:12) Indeed, from eternity I am He;

there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;

I act, and who can reverse it?

14 (Isa 23:13) Thus says the Lord,

your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

For your sake I have sent to Babylon,

and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans,

into the ships in which they rejoice.

15 (Isa 43:1) I am the Lord, your Holy One,

the Creator of Israel, your King.

16 (Ps 77:19; Isa 51:10) Thus says the Lord,

who makes a way in the sea

and a path in the mighty waters,

17 (Isa 1:31; Ex 14:4-9) who brings forth the chariot and horse,

the army and the mighty men

(they shall lie down together, they shall not rise;

they are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):

18 (Isa 65:17) Do not remember the former things

nor consider the things of old.

19 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) See, I will do a new thing,

now it shall spring forth; shall you not be aware of it?

I will even make a way in the wilderness,

and rivers in the desert.

20 (Isa 48:21; 13:22) The beast of the field shall honor Me,

the jackals and the owls,

because I give waters in the wilderness,

and rivers in the desert,

to give drink to My people, My chosen ones.

21 (1Pe 2:9; Ps 102:18) This people I have formed for Myself;

they shall declare My praise.



Pleading With Israel



22 (Mic 6:3; Mal 1:13) But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob;

but you have been weary of Me, O Israel.

23 (Am 5:25; Zec 7:5-6) You have not brought Me the sheep

for your burnt offerings,

nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.

I have not burdened you with offerings,

nor wearied you with incense.

24 (Isa 1:14; 7:13) You have bought Me no sweet cane with money,

nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices;

but you have made Me burdened with your sins;

you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

25 (Isa 37:35; 44:22) I, even I, am He who blots out

your transgressions for My own sake,

and will not remember your sins.

26 (Isa 1:18; 43:9) Put Me in remembrance;

let us plead together;

state your cause, that you may be justified.

27 (Jer 5:31; Isa 28:7) Your first father has sinned,

and your teachers have transgressed against Me.

28 (Jer 24:9; Ps 79:4) Therefore, I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary,

and have given Jacob to the curse,

and Israel to reproaches.





Isaiah 43

[1] But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that

formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called

thee by thy name; thou art mine.

[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.

[3] For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave

Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

[4] Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I

have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

[5] Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and

gather thee from the west;

[6] I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring

my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

[7] Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my

glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

[8] Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

[9] Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be

assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let

them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them

hear, and say, It is truth.

[10] Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen:

that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me

there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

[11] I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

[12] I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no

strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD,

that I am God.

[13] Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out

of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

[14] Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your

sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the

Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

[15] I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

[16] Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the

mighty waters;

[17] Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power;

they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they

are quenched as tow.

[18] Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

[19] Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not

know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

[20] The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls:

because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give

drink to my people, my chosen.

[21] This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

[22] But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of

me, O Israel.

[23] Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings;

neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to

serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

[24] Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled

me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy

sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

[25] I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own

sake, and will not remember thy sins.

[26] Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou

mayest be justified.

[27] Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed

against me.

[28] Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given

Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.



Isaiah 44



God's Blessing on Jacob



1 (Isa 41:8; Jer 30:10) Yet now listen, O Jacob, My servant,

and Israel, whom I have chosen.

2 (Dt 32:15; Isa 41:10) Thus says the Lord

who made you, and formed you from the womb,

who will help you:

Do not fear, O Jacob, My servant, and you,

Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

3 (Joel 2:28; Isa 59:21) For I will pour water on him who is thirsty,

and floods on the dry ground;

I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants,

and My blessing on your offspring;

4 (Ps 1:3) and they shall spring up as among the grass,

as willows by the water courses.

5 One will say, "I am the Lord's";

another will call himself by the name of Jacob;

and another will write on his hand, "Belonging to the Lord,"

and name himself by the name of Israel.



Isaiah 44

[1] Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

[2] Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which

will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I

have chosen.

[3] For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry

ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine

offspring:

[4] And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water

courses.

[5] One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the

name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and

surname himself by the name of Israel.



2) Our Daily Bread for 21 July 2022

https://odb.org/CA/2022/07/21/he-sees-you

Entitled God Sees You



Genesis 16:7-16



7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness.

It was the spring on the way to Shur.

8 And he said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid,

where have you come from

and where are you going?"

And she said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."

9 Then the angel of the Lord said to her,

"Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority."

10 The angel of the Lord also said to her,

"I will multiply your descendants exceedingly

so that they will be too many to count."

11 Then the angel of the Lord said to her,

"You are pregnant

and will bear a son.

You shall call his name Ishmael,

because the Lord has heard your affliction.

12 He will be a wild man;

his hand will be against every man,

and every man's hand will be against him.

And he will dwell

in the presence of all his brothers."

13 Then she called the name of the Lord that spoke to her,

"You are the God who sees," for she said,

"Have I now looked on Him who sees me?"

14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi.

It is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the son she bore Ishmael.

16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.



[7] And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the

wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

[8] And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt

thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

[9] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and

submit thyself under her hands.

[10] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed

exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

[11] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child,

and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath

heard thy affliction.

[12] And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and

every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his

brethren.

[13] And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest

me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

[14] Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between

Kadesh and Bered.

[15] And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which

Hagar bare, Ishmael.

[16] And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to

Abram.



Early mornings can be painful for my friend Alma, a single mom of two. She

says, "When everything is quiet, worries surface. As I do household chores, I think about our financial concerns and the kids' health and studies."



When her husband abandoned her, Alma bore the responsibility of raising her

children on her own. "It's difficult," she says, "but I know God sees me and

my family. He gives me the strength to work two jobs, provides for our needs,

and lets my kids experience His guidance each day."



Hagar, an Egyptian maidservant, understood what it meant to be seen by God.

After she got pregnant by Abram, she began to despise Sarai (Genesis 16:4),

who in turn mistreated her, causing Hagar to flee to the desert. Hagar found

herself alone, facing a future that seemed bleak and hopeless for her and her

unborn child.



But it was in the desert that "the angel of the Lord" (v. 7) met her and said,

"The Lord has heard of your misery" (v. 11). The angel of God gave Hagar

guidance on what to do, and He assured her of what the future would hold. From

her we learn one of the names of God—El Roi, "the God who sees me" (v. 13).



Like Hagar, you may be on a difficult journey-feeling lost and alone. But

remember that even in the wasteland, God sees you. Reach out to Him and trust

Him to guide you through.



By: Karen Huang



Reflect & Pray



How could knowing God as El Roi—the God who sees—change your view

of your current circumstances? How can you respond to Him?



Dear God, thank You that I'll never have to journey

through life alone. I know that You see me and will always be with me.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 5 - 1 John 1:9



9 (Ps 32:5; Pr 28:13) If we confess our sins, He is faithful

and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.



9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive

us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.



"If God already knows everything about me, everything I've done,

then why do I need to confess it?" Grant struggled with a common

dilemma for many Christians. Indeed, God, knew all his sin - much

better than Grant did himself. But Grant needed to confess,

not for God's benefit, but for his own. Grant needed to agree with God

that his sin was wrong, and put himself in a position to receive God's

grace in forgiveness.

1 John 1:9 make the process quit clear. We confess,

and God forgives and cleanses. Many of us, however, want to take on

God's part as well. We confess, agreeing with God that our sin is wrong.

But then we proceed to try to 'clean up our act,'bargaining with God,

promising that if he will forgive us just this once,

we won't ever to it again.

The problem is, we can never keep such a promise.

We probably will do it again, and then we are back where we started,

begging for forgiveness, and trying once more to cleanse

ourselves for our unrighteousness.

God offers freedom from such futile performance. He says, "Just confess.

Agree that you sinned. Submit yourself to me. Then I'll take over from there."

God's grace does not give us freedom to keep on sinning, of course - we need

to cooperate with the work of his Spirit in our lives and do all we can

to avoid sin. But we do not have to beg God for forgiveness - forgiveness

is offered to us freely.

We do not have to clean up out act before God will accept us; God can make

the necessary changes in our lives. When we confess, submit ourselves to God,

and allow him to work within us, he is able both to forgive us and to cleanse

us from unrighteousness.



Application



a) In what ways have I bartered with God and tried to "Clean up my act"

in order to deserve his forgiveness?



b) What is my part in confession? What is God's response?

Why it is important for me to recognize God's part in my

confession and forgiveness?



c) What spiritual truths can I see now that I could not see

when I lived in darkness?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



3 John 2



2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be

in good health, even as your soul is well.



2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,

even as thy soul prospereth.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



God's Inexhaustible Strength



Is 40:27-31



27 Why do you say, O Jacob,

and assert, O Israel,

"My way is hidden from the Lord,

and my justice escapes the notice of my God"?

28 (Ps 147:5; Ge 21:33; Isa 57:15) Have you not known?

Have you not heard,

that the everlasting God, the Lord,

the Creator of the ends of the earth,

does not faint, nor is He weary?

His understanding is inscrutable.

29 (Isa 41:10) He gives power to the faint,

and to those who have no might He increases strength.

30 (Isa 9:17) Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

and the young men shall utterly fall,

31 (2Co 4:16; Ps 103:5; Ex 19:4) but those who wait upon the Lord

shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as eagles,

they shall run and not be weary,

and they shall walk and not faint.



27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid

from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God,

the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not,

neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might

he increaseth strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall

utterly fall:

31 but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall

mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;

and they shall walk, and not faint.



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?)



Where do Muslims live?



Canada is a land of immigrants. And Muslims are coming in increasing numbers

to our shores. Where do they live? How can we pray for these areas? Use this as

your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.



Data for those population figures is extrapolated for the 2011 National

Household Survey and population growth projections by Pew Forum. These have

also been adjusted by +40% as reliable sources state that on 60% of Muslims

self-identify on government surveys and forms. These estimates are still on

the conservative end of the spectrum. Percentages represent that of the total

Canadian population, not provincial



BC - 136493 - 7.5%

AB - 195240 - 11%

SK - 17279 - 1%

MB - 21349 - 1.2%

ON - 1001542 - 55%

QC - 418946 - 23%

NB - 4543 - 0.003%

NS - 14629 - 0.1%

PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%

NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%

Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%

NWT - 473 - 0.0003%

NU - 86 - 0.00005%



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



21st Day of the Month



a) Pray for the leaders our educational system, that they would

have wisdom and make God honouring decisions



(



1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make

supplications, prayers, intercessions,

and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life

in all godliness and honesty,



)



b) Pray that those who serve in law enforcement will have the resources

they need and the vigilance their work requires.





Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to Lord that you be strengthen by Him.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, thank You that I'll never have to journey

through life alone. I know that You see me and will always be with me. "



Pray to the Lord and pray for forgiveness of your sins.



Pray to the Lord and pray good health



Pray to the Lord and pray for strength in the Lord.



Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.



Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- 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 for the leaders our educational system, that they would

have wisdom and make God honouring decisions



Pray that those who serve in law enforcement will have the resources

they need and the vigilance their work requires.



Pray for the Gospel to spread among Buddhists in Laos .



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.