Day 217 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 5 August 2022 reflections
Day 217, 5 August 2022
1) Daniel 2-3, Jeremiah 7,8:1-3
Daniel 2
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
1 (Est 6:1; Da 4:5) And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuchadnezzar had dreams, and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.
2 (Da 1:20; Ge 41:8) Then the king gave the command to call the magicians
and the astrologers and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans to tell the king
his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
3 (Ge 40:8; 41:15) The king said to them, "I have had a dream,
and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream."
4 (Da 3:9; 5:10) Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic,
[2:4-7:28 is originally from the Aramaic language.]
"O king, live forever. Tell your servants the dream,
and we will tell the interpretation."
5 (Ezr 6:11; Da 3:29) The king answered and said to the Chaldeans,
"The command from me is firm: If you will not make known to me the dream
with its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces and your houses
shall be made a dunghill.
6 (Da 5:7; 2:48) But if you tell the dream and its interpretation,
you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor.
Therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation."
7 (Da 2:4) They answered again and said, "
Let the king tell his servants the dream,
and we will tell the interpretation."
8 (Eph 5:16; Col 4:5) The king answered and said,
"I know of certainty that you are bargaining for time,
because you see that the command from me is firm:
9 (Est 4:11; Isa 41:23) If you will not make known to me the dream,
there is but one decree for you. For you have agreed to speak lying
and corrupt words before me until the circumstance is changed.
Therefore tell me the dream so that I know that you can tell me
its interpretation."
10 The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, "There is not a man
on the earth who can tell the king’s matter, inasmuch as no great king
or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician or astrologer or Chaldean.
11 (Da 5:11; Ge 41:39) Also, it is a rare thing that the king requires,
and there is no one else who can tell it before the king,
except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh."
12 (Da 3:13; Ps 76:10) For this cause the king was angry and very furious,
and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13 (Da 1:19-20) Therefore the decree went out that the wise men should
be slain. And they sought for Daniel and his companions to be slain.
14 (Ge 37:36) Then Daniel answered with discretion and wisdom
to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to kill
the wise men of Babylon.
15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain,
"Why is the decree from the king so urgent?"
Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16 Then Daniel went in and desired of the king that he would give him
time in order that he could tell the king the interpretation.
17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known
to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,
18 (Isa 37:4; Jer 33:3) so that they might ask for compassion
from the God of heaven concerning this secret,
so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest
of the wise men of Babylon.
God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
19 (Nu 12:6; Job 33:15-16) Then the secret was revealed to Daniel
in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20 (Ps 113:2; 115:18) Daniel answered and said:
"Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
for wisdom and might are His.
21 (Da 7:25; Job 12:18) It is He who changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and sets up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those who know understanding.
22 (Job 12:22; Ps 25:14) He reveals the deep and secret things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
and the light dwells with Him.
23 (Ex 3:15; Da 2:18) I thank and praise You, O God of my fathers;
for You have given me wisdom and might,
and have made known to me now what we asked of You,
for You have made known to us the king's matter."
Daniel Interprets the Dream
24 (Ac 27:24) Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king
had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon.
He went and said to him: "Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon.
Bring me in before the king, and I will tell the king the interpretation."
25 (Da 1:6; 6:13) Then in haste Arioch brought Daniel before the king
and said thus to him, "I have found a man of the captives of Judah
who can make known to the king the interpretation."
26 (Da 1:7; 4:8) The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name
was Belteshazzar, "Are you able to make known to me the dream
which I have seen, and its interpretation?"
27 (Da 2:2; 2:10-11) Daniel answered in the presence of the king
and said, "The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men,
the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot tell the king.
28 (Da 10:14; Ge 40:8) But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets
and makes known to King Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.
Your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed are these:
29 (Da 2:47) "As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind upon
your bed about what would come to pass hereafter,
and He who reveals secrets makes known to you what shall come to pass.
30 (Ge 41:16; Ac 3:12) But as for me, this secret is not revealed
to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living man,
but for the purpose of making known the interpretation to the king,
and that you might understand the thoughts of your heart.
31 (Hab 1:7) "You, O king, were watching, and there was a great image.
This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before you.
And its form was awesome.
32 This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver,
its belly and its thighs of bronze,
33 its legs of iron,
its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
34 (Da 8:25; Isa 60:12) You watched until a stone was cut out without hands
which struck the image upon its feet, which were of iron and clay,
and broke them to pieces.
35 (Ps 37:10; 37:36) Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver,
and the gold were broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff
of the summer threshing floors. And the wind carried them away
so that not a trace of them was found.
But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain
and filled the whole earth.
36 "This was the dream. Now we will tell its interpretation before the king.
37 (Eze 26:7; Ezr 1:20 You, O king, are the king of kings. For the God
of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 (Da 4:21-22; Ps 50:10-11) Wherever the sons of men dwell,
or the animals of the field, or the fowl of the heavens,
He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all.
You are the head of gold.
39 (Da 2:32) "After you, another kingdom inferior to you shall arise,
and a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.
40 (Da 7:7) And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron,
for iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes,
it shall crush and shatter all these.
41 As you saw the feet and toes, partly of potters' clay and partly of iron,
the kingdom shall be divided. But there shall be in it some of the
strength of the iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay,
so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken.
43 Whereas you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves
with the seed of men, but they shall not cleave to one another,
even as iron does not mix with clay.
44 (Isa 60:12; Da 4:34) "In the days of these kings the God of heaven
shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed.
And the kingdom shall not be left to another people,
but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms,
and it shall stand forever.
45 (Isa 28:16; Ge 41:28) Inasmuch as you saw that the stone
was cut out of the mountain without hands
and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay,
the silver, and the gold, the great God has made
known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter.
And the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure."
The Promotion of Daniel
46 (Ac 10:25; 14:13) Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face
and did homage to Daniel, and commanded that they should present
an offering and sweet incense to him.
47 (Dt 10:17; Da 11:36) The king answered Daniel and said,
"Truly your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings,
and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret."
48 (Da 2:6; 4:9) Then the king advanced Daniel and gave him many great gifts,
and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon
and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
49 (Est 2:19; 2:21) Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon.
But Daniel sat at the court of the king.
Daniel 2
[1] And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from
him.
[2] Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and
the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they
came and stood before the king.
[3] And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was
troubled to know the dream.
[4] Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever:
tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
[5] The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me:
if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation
thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a
dunghill.
[6] But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall
receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the
dream, and the interpretation thereof.
[7] They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream,
and we will shew the interpretation of it.
[8] The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the
time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
[9] But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree
for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me,
till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that
ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
[10] The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man
upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king,
lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or
Chaldean.
[11] And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other
that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not
with flesh.
[12] For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to
destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
[13] And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they
sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
[14] Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of
the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
[15] He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so
hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
[16] Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him
time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
[17] Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
[18] That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this
secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the
wise men of Babylon.
[19] Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel
blessed the God of heaven.
[20] Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever:
for wisdom and might are his:
[21] And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and
setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that
know understanding:
[22] He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
[23] I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given
me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of
thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
[24] Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to
destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not
the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto
the king the interpretation.
[25] Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste and said thus
unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known
unto the king the interpretation.
[26] The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art
thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the
interpretation thereof?
[27] Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which
the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians,
the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
[28] But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known
to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and
the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
[29] As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what
should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to
thee what shall come to pass.
[30] But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I
have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the
interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy
heart.
[31] Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose
brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was
terrible.
[32] This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver,
his belly and his thighs of brass,
[33] His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
[34] Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote
the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to
pieces.
[35] Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for
them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled
the whole earth.
[36] This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before
the king.
[37] Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given
thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
[38] And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and
the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee
ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
[39] And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and
another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
[40] And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron
breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all
these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
[41] And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and
part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the
strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry
clay.
[42] And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the
kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
[43] And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another,
even as iron is not mixed with clay.
[44] And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a
kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left
to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these
kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
[45] Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay,
the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what
shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure.
[46] Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel,
and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
[47] The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your
God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing
thou couldest reveal this secret.
[48] Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts,
and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the
governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
[49] Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in
the gate of the king.
Daniel 3
The Image of Gold
1 (Isa 46:6; Jer 16:20) Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold,
whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits.
[About 90 feet high and 9 feet wide, or 27 meters high and 2.7 meters wide.]
He set it up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
2 (Da 3:27) Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together
the officials, the governors, and the captains, the judges,
the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers
of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image
which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3 Then the officials, the governors, and captains, the judges,
the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers
of the provinces were gathered together to the dedication of the image
that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up, and they stood before the image
that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4 (Da 4:1; 6:25) Then a herald cried aloud:
"To you it is commanded, O peoples,
nations, and languages,
5 (Da 3:10; 3:15) that at the time you hear the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music,
you should fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar
the king has set up.
6 (Jer 29:22; Da 3:11) And whoever does not fall down and worship shall
the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace."
7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples,
the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image
that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
The Fiery Furnace
8 (Ezr 4:12-16; Est 3:8-9) Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near
and accused the Jews.
9 (Da 5:10; 6:6) They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king,
live forever.
10 (Da 3:4-7; 6:12) You, O king, have made a decree, that every man
who hears the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
and dulcimer, and all kinds of music should fall down and worship
the golden image.
11 And whoever does not fall down and worship should be cast into
the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12 (Da 2:49; 6:13) There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs
of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men,
O king, have not regarded you. They do not serve your gods
or worship the golden image which you have set up."
13 (Da 2:12; 3:19) Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then they brought these men
before the king.
14 (Isa 46:1; Jer 50:2) Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said to them, "Is it true,
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods
or worship the golden image which I have set up?
15 (Ex 5:2; 2Ki 18:35) Now if you are ready at the time you hear the sound
of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer,
and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made,
very well. But if you do not worship, you shall be cast the same hour into
the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who can deliver
you out of my hands?"
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king,
"O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give you an answer in this matter.
17 (Job 5:19; Ps 27:1-2) If it be so, our God whom we serve is able
to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us
out of your hand, O king.
18 (Isa 51:12-13) But even if He does not, be it known to you,
O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image
which you have set up."
Protection in the Fiery Furnace
19 (Da 3:13; Lev 26:18) Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury,
and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego. Therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat
the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
20 He commanded the most mighty men in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego and cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
21 Then these men were bound in their trousers, their coats, and their hats,
and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning
fiery furnace.
22 (Ex 12:33) Therefore, because the king's commandment was urgent
and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men
who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
23 These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound
into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 (Da 6:7) Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished,
and rose up in haste, and spoke, and said to his counselors,
"Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?"
They answered and said to the king, "True, O king."
25 (Isa 43:2; Job 1:6) He answered and said, "But I see four men loose
and walking in the midst of the fire, and they are unharmed.
And the form of the fourth is like the Son of God!"
Nebuchadnezzar Praises God
26 (Da 3:17; 4:2) Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning
fiery furnace, and spoke, and said, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
you servants of the Most High God, come out and come here!"
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the midst of the fire.
27 (Heb 11:34; Isa 43:2) The officials, governors, and captains,
and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men upon
whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed,
neither were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire even come
upon them.
28 (Ac 5:19; Ps 22:4-5) Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said,
"Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him.
They have defied the king's word, and yielded their bodies,
that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
29 (Da 2:5; 6:26-27) Therefore I make a decree that every people, nation,
and language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall
be made a dunghill, because there is no other God
who can deliver in this way."
30 (Da 2:49) Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 3
[1] Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was
threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the
plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
[2] Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the
governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers,
the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the
dedication
of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
[3] Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the
treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the
provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that
Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
[4] Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations,
and languages,
[5] That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,
psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the
golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
[6] And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
[7] Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the
people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
[8] Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
[9] They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
[10] Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the
sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all
kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
[11] And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into
the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
[12] There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the
province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king,
have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden
image which thou hast set up.
[13] Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
[14] Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden
image which I have set up?
[15] Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye
fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship
not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery
furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
[16] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O
Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
[17] If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the
burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
[18] But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy
gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
[19] Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was
changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and
commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it
was wont to be heated.
[20] And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery
furnace.
[21] Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats,
and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery
furnace.
[22] Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace
exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego.
[23] And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound
into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
[24] Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and
spake, and said unto his counsellers, Did not we cast three men bound into
the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
[25] He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of
the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son
of God.
[26] Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery
furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants
of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
[27] And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellers,
being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no
power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats
changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
[28] Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants
that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their
bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own
God.
[29] Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,
which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a
dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
[30] Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the
province of Babylon.
Jeremiah 7
False Trust in the Temple
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 (Jer 26:2) Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord
and proclaim there this word:
Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah,
who enter at these gates to worship the Lord.
3 (Jer 18:11; 26:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
4 (Mic 3:11) Do not trust in lying words, saying,
"The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord."
5 (Isa 1:19; Jer 4:1-2) For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds,
if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor,
6 (Dt 8:19; Jer 2:34) if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless,
and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place,
or walk after other gods to your harm,
7 (Dt 4:40; Jer 3:18) then I will cause you to dwell in this place,
in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever.
8 (Jer 7:4) Indeed, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.
9 (Ex 20:3; Jer 7:6) Shall you steal, murder, and commit adultery,
and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal,
and walk after other gods whom you do not know,
10 (Jer 32:34; Eze 23:39) and come and stand before Me in this house,
which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered," so that you may
do all these abominations?
11 (Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13) Has this house, which is called by My name,
become a den of robbers in your eyes?
Certainly, even I have seen it, says the Lord.
12 (1Sa 4:10-11; Jos 18:1) But go now to My place which was in Shiloh,
where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness
of My people Israel.
13 (Isa 65:12; Pr 1:24) And now, because you have done all these works,
says the Lord, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking,
but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,
14 (Jer 7:4; 7:10) therefore I will do to this house, which is called by
My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you
and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
15 (2Ki 17:23; Jer 15:1) I will cast you out of My sight as I have cast out
all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
16 (Ex 32:10; Jer 11:14) As for you, do not pray for this people,
nor lift up a cry nor prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me,
for I will not hear you.
17 Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah
and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 (Jer 19:13; 1Ki 14:9) The children gather wood, and the fathers
kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods,
that they may provoke Me to anger.
19 (1Co 10:22) Do they provoke Me to anger? says the Lord. Do they not
provoke themselves to the shame of their own faces?
20 (Jer 42:18; La 2:3-5) Therefore thus says the Lord God: My anger
and My fury will be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast,
and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground;
and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
21 (Jer 6:20; Hos 8:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.
22 (Hos 6:6; 1Sa 15:22) For I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them
in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning
burnt offerings or sacrifices.
23 (Ex 15:26; Dt 5:33) But this thing I commanded them, saying,
"Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people.
And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you,
that it may be well with you."
24 (Ps 81:11-12; Jer 7:26) But they did not listen, nor incline their ear,
but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart,
and went backward and not forward.
25 (2Ch 36:15; Jer 25:4) Since the day that your fathers came
out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have even sent to you all
My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
26 (Jer 16:12; 2Ch 30:8) Yet they did not listen to Me, nor incline their ear,
but hardened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
27 (Isa 50:2; 65:12) Therefore you will speak all these words to them.
But they will not listen to you. You will also call to them,
but they will not answer you.
28 (Isa 59:14-15) You shall say to them: This is a nation that does not obey
the voice of the Lord their God, nor receive correction. Truth has perished,
and has been cut off from their mouth.
29 (Job 1:20; Jer 6:30) Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away,
and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord has rejected
and forsaken the generation of His wrath.
30 (Jer 32:34; Eze 7:20) For the sons of Judah have done evil in My sight,
says the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house which i
s called by My name, to pollute it.
31 (Dt 17:3; Lev 18:21) They have built the high places of Topheth,
which is in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, to burn their sons a
nd their daughters in the fire, which I did not command them,
nor did it come into My heart.
32 (Jer 19:6; 19:11) Therefore, truly the days are coming, says the Lord,
that it will no more be called Topheth, nor the Valley of Ben Hinnom,
but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth
because there is no other place.
33 (Dt 28:26; Jer 12:9) The corpses of this people shall be food
for the fowl of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth;
and no one will frighten them away.
34 (Eze 26:13; Rev 18:23) Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah
and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of laughter
and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom
and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become desolate.
Jeremiah 7
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2] Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and
say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these
gates to worship the LORD.
[3] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and
your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
[4] Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple
of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
[5] For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly
execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
[6] If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed
not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
[7] Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to
your fathers, for ever and ever.
[8] Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
[9] Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn
incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
[10] And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name,
and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
[11] Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in
your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
[12] But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my
name at
the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
[13] And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I
spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called
you, but ye answered not;
[14] Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name,
wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your
fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
[15] And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your
brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
[16] Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer
for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
[17] Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets
of Jerusalem?
[18] The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the
women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour
out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
[19] Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke
themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
[20] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall
be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees
of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall
not be quenched.
[21] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt
offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
[22] For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I
brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or
sacrifices:
[23] But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be
your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have
commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
[24] But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the
counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and
not forward.
[25] Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt
unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily
rising up early and sending them:
[26] Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened
their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
[27] Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not
hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer
thee.
[28] But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the
voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished,
and is cut off from their mouth.
[29] Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a
lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the
generation of his wrath.
[30] For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD:
they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my
name, to pollute it.
[31] And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley
of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire;
which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
[32] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more
be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of
slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
[33] And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the
heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
[34] Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the
streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the
voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be
desolate.
Jeremiah 8
1 (Eze 6:5) At that time, says the Lord, they will bring out the bones
of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his officials, and the bones
of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of their graves.
2 (2Ki 23:5; Jer 9:22) And they will spread them before the sun
and the moon and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved
and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked
and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped.
They will not be gathered, nor be buried.
They will be as dung upon the face of the earth.
3 (Rev 9:6; Job 7:15-16) Death will be chosen rather than life
by all the rest of those who remain of this evil family,
which remains in all the places wherever I have driven them,
says the Lord of Hosts.
Jeremiah 8
[1] At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests,
and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, out of their graves:
[2] And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the
host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after
whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have
worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for
dung upon the face of the earth.
[3] And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them
that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I
have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
2) Our Daily Bread for 5 August 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/05/we-need-his-help
Entitled "We Need Jesus' Help"
John 15:1-8
Jesus the True Vine
1 (Isa 5:1-7; 1Co 3:9) "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
2 (Mt 3:10; 13:12) Every branch in Me that bears no fruit, He takes away.
And every branch that bears fruit, He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 (Jn 13:10; 17:17) You are already clean through the word
which I have spoken to you.
4 (1Jn 2:6; Jn 6:56; Gal 2:20) Remain in Me, as I also remain in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine,
neither can you, unless you remain in Me.
5 (Php 4:13; Jn 15:16) "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains
in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without Me you can do nothing.
6 (Mt 13:41; Jn 15:2) If a man does not remain in Me, he is thrown out
as a branch and withers. And they gather them and throw them into the fire,
and they are burned.
7 (Jn 14:13; 15:16) If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you,
you will ask whatever you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 (Mt 5:16; Jn 8:31) My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit;
so you will be My disciples.
John 15
[1] I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
[2] Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every
branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more
fruit.
[3] Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
[4] Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
[5] I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
[6] If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered;
and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
[7] If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will,
and it shall be done unto you.
[8] Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be
my disciples.
The day finally came-the day I realized my father wasn't indestructible. As a
boy, I knew his strength and determination. But in my early adult years, he
injured his back, and I realized that my father was mortal after all. I stayed
with my parents to help my dad to the bathroom, assisting him in dressing,
even guiding a glass of water to his mouth-it was humbling to him. He made
some initial attempts to accomplish small tasks, but admitted, "I can't do
anything without your help." He eventually recovered to his strong self,
but that experience taught both of us an important lesson. We need each other.
And while we need each other, we need Jesus even more. In John 15, the imagery
of the vine and the branches continues to be one we cling to. Yet one of the
other phrases, while comforting, can also strike at our self-reliance. The
thought that can easily creep into our minds is, I don't need help. Jesus is
clear-"apart from me you can do nothing” (v. 5). Christ is talking about
bearing fruit, like "love, joy, peace" (Galatians 5:22), those core features
of a disciple. To bear fruit is the life Jesus calls us to, and our total
reliance on Him yields a fruitful life, a life lived to the Father's glory (John 15:8).
By: John Blase
Reflect & Pray
The prayer "I can do nothing apart from You" is simple and powerful.
What situations are you facing today that need prayer?
How can you rest assured that God is with you and loves you?
Father, I can do nothing apart from You.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 6 Reconciliation
2 Cor 5:18-19
18 All this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ
and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation,
19 that is, that God was
in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their sins
against them, and has entrusted to us the message of reconciliation.
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus
Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,
not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us
the word of reconciliation.
When Paul writes in 2 Cor 5:17 that we become a "new creation" in Christ
Jesus, the story does not end there. The verses following give us direction
for tht new life in Christ. "All This", Paul says, referring to the miracle of
new life in Christ, "is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ
and gave us the ministry of reconciliation."
Reconciliation means to bring back together what was once separated. Man was
separated from God by sin, and God took the initiative to reconcile man to
himself. Our "ministry of reconciliation" as Christians is twofold: to draw
others to the Lord and to work for reconciliation between individuals.
Reconciliation is the ultimate goal of forgiveness. God, through his grace ,
extends forgiveness to us when we are still sinners, unrepentant,
undeserving. When we respond, we come into reconciliation with him
and are brought back into oneness. Likewise, when we extend the grace
of forgiveness to another, we are set free by the act of forgiving, but we
hope that the ultimate outcome will be reconciliation.
God shows us the pattern: he is the wronged party, yet he does not wait for
the offender to come to him, hat in hand. He takes a bold initiative, offering
forgiveness freely with out regard to merit. The pattern applies to us;
as the new life in Christ takes hold of us, we must reach out, and reach,
and keep on reaching, breaking down the barriers, taking the risk of
rejection so that we may come to reconciliation.
Application
a) What barriers stand between me and reconciliation with another person?
b) How can I take a risk and reach out to offer forgiveness and
reconciliation to them?
c) What kind of attitude do I need to be a "minister of reconciliation"?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gal 3:13-14
13 (Dt 21:23; Gal 4:5) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by
being made a curse for us - as it is written,
"Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" (Dt 21:23.)-
14 (Ac 2:33; Gal 3:2) so that the blessing of Abraham might come
on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise
of the Spirit through faith.
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus
Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Guiding Presence
Ps 119:105-112
Nun
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it,
that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am greatly afflicted;
revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.
108 Accept the freewill offerings of my praise, O Lord,
and teach me Your judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand,
yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a trap for me,
yet I do not depart from Your precepts.
111 Your testimonies are my inheritance forever,
for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes always,
even unto the end.
Nun
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
And a light unto my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it,
That I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much:
Quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,
And teach me thy judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand:
Yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me:
Yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever:
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes
Alway, even unto the end.
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 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
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, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
5th Day of the Month
a) Pray for Canada's First Nation peoples,
that the Lord will draw them to Himself
(PS 145:13-18
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways
and loving in all His works.
18 The Lord is near to all those who call upon Him,
to all who call upon Him in truth.
)
Mem
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
Samek
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
Ain
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;
And thou givest them their meat in due season.
Pe
16 Thou openest thine hand,
And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Zade
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways,
And holy in all his works.
Qoph
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
To all that call upon him in truth.
b) Pray for the Lord to search your life ,
reveal anything offensive and cleanse you from unrighteousness
( ps 139:24 " and see if there is any rebellious way in me,
and lead me in the ancient way. "
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.
1: John 1:9 "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.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and remember he is with you during your trial.
Pray to the Lord: "Father, I can do nothing apart from You."
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him to know that by His power, we are ministers
of reconciliation.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His sacrifice.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His Word is a Lamp.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
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 country's First Nation peoples,
that the Lord will draw them to Himself
Pray for the Lord to search your life ,
reveal anything offensive and cleanse you from unrighteousness
Pray for traumitised believers in the Central African Republic who
have lost loved ones and seen unspeakable acts of violence.
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) Daniel 2-3, Jeremiah 7,8:1-3
Daniel 2
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
1 (Est 6:1; Da 4:5) And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuchadnezzar had dreams, and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.
2 (Da 1:20; Ge 41:8) Then the king gave the command to call the magicians
and the astrologers and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans to tell the king
his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
3 (Ge 40:8; 41:15) The king said to them, "I have had a dream,
and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream."
4 (Da 3:9; 5:10) Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic,
[2:4-7:28 is originally from the Aramaic language.]
"O king, live forever. Tell your servants the dream,
and we will tell the interpretation."
5 (Ezr 6:11; Da 3:29) The king answered and said to the Chaldeans,
"The command from me is firm: If you will not make known to me the dream
with its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces and your houses
shall be made a dunghill.
6 (Da 5:7; 2:48) But if you tell the dream and its interpretation,
you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor.
Therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation."
7 (Da 2:4) They answered again and said, "
Let the king tell his servants the dream,
and we will tell the interpretation."
8 (Eph 5:16; Col 4:5) The king answered and said,
"I know of certainty that you are bargaining for time,
because you see that the command from me is firm:
9 (Est 4:11; Isa 41:23) If you will not make known to me the dream,
there is but one decree for you. For you have agreed to speak lying
and corrupt words before me until the circumstance is changed.
Therefore tell me the dream so that I know that you can tell me
its interpretation."
10 The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, "There is not a man
on the earth who can tell the king’s matter, inasmuch as no great king
or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician or astrologer or Chaldean.
11 (Da 5:11; Ge 41:39) Also, it is a rare thing that the king requires,
and there is no one else who can tell it before the king,
except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh."
12 (Da 3:13; Ps 76:10) For this cause the king was angry and very furious,
and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13 (Da 1:19-20) Therefore the decree went out that the wise men should
be slain. And they sought for Daniel and his companions to be slain.
14 (Ge 37:36) Then Daniel answered with discretion and wisdom
to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to kill
the wise men of Babylon.
15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain,
"Why is the decree from the king so urgent?"
Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16 Then Daniel went in and desired of the king that he would give him
time in order that he could tell the king the interpretation.
17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known
to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,
18 (Isa 37:4; Jer 33:3) so that they might ask for compassion
from the God of heaven concerning this secret,
so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest
of the wise men of Babylon.
God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
19 (Nu 12:6; Job 33:15-16) Then the secret was revealed to Daniel
in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20 (Ps 113:2; 115:18) Daniel answered and said:
"Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
for wisdom and might are His.
21 (Da 7:25; Job 12:18) It is He who changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and sets up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those who know understanding.
22 (Job 12:22; Ps 25:14) He reveals the deep and secret things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
and the light dwells with Him.
23 (Ex 3:15; Da 2:18) I thank and praise You, O God of my fathers;
for You have given me wisdom and might,
and have made known to me now what we asked of You,
for You have made known to us the king's matter."
Daniel Interprets the Dream
24 (Ac 27:24) Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king
had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon.
He went and said to him: "Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon.
Bring me in before the king, and I will tell the king the interpretation."
25 (Da 1:6; 6:13) Then in haste Arioch brought Daniel before the king
and said thus to him, "I have found a man of the captives of Judah
who can make known to the king the interpretation."
26 (Da 1:7; 4:8) The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name
was Belteshazzar, "Are you able to make known to me the dream
which I have seen, and its interpretation?"
27 (Da 2:2; 2:10-11) Daniel answered in the presence of the king
and said, "The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men,
the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot tell the king.
28 (Da 10:14; Ge 40:8) But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets
and makes known to King Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.
Your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed are these:
29 (Da 2:47) "As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind upon
your bed about what would come to pass hereafter,
and He who reveals secrets makes known to you what shall come to pass.
30 (Ge 41:16; Ac 3:12) But as for me, this secret is not revealed
to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living man,
but for the purpose of making known the interpretation to the king,
and that you might understand the thoughts of your heart.
31 (Hab 1:7) "You, O king, were watching, and there was a great image.
This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before you.
And its form was awesome.
32 This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver,
its belly and its thighs of bronze,
33 its legs of iron,
its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
34 (Da 8:25; Isa 60:12) You watched until a stone was cut out without hands
which struck the image upon its feet, which were of iron and clay,
and broke them to pieces.
35 (Ps 37:10; 37:36) Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver,
and the gold were broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff
of the summer threshing floors. And the wind carried them away
so that not a trace of them was found.
But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain
and filled the whole earth.
36 "This was the dream. Now we will tell its interpretation before the king.
37 (Eze 26:7; Ezr 1:20 You, O king, are the king of kings. For the God
of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 (Da 4:21-22; Ps 50:10-11) Wherever the sons of men dwell,
or the animals of the field, or the fowl of the heavens,
He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all.
You are the head of gold.
39 (Da 2:32) "After you, another kingdom inferior to you shall arise,
and a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.
40 (Da 7:7) And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron,
for iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes,
it shall crush and shatter all these.
41 As you saw the feet and toes, partly of potters' clay and partly of iron,
the kingdom shall be divided. But there shall be in it some of the
strength of the iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay,
so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken.
43 Whereas you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves
with the seed of men, but they shall not cleave to one another,
even as iron does not mix with clay.
44 (Isa 60:12; Da 4:34) "In the days of these kings the God of heaven
shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed.
And the kingdom shall not be left to another people,
but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms,
and it shall stand forever.
45 (Isa 28:16; Ge 41:28) Inasmuch as you saw that the stone
was cut out of the mountain without hands
and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay,
the silver, and the gold, the great God has made
known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter.
And the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure."
The Promotion of Daniel
46 (Ac 10:25; 14:13) Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face
and did homage to Daniel, and commanded that they should present
an offering and sweet incense to him.
47 (Dt 10:17; Da 11:36) The king answered Daniel and said,
"Truly your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings,
and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret."
48 (Da 2:6; 4:9) Then the king advanced Daniel and gave him many great gifts,
and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon
and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
49 (Est 2:19; 2:21) Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon.
But Daniel sat at the court of the king.
Daniel 2
[1] And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from
him.
[2] Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and
the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they
came and stood before the king.
[3] And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was
troubled to know the dream.
[4] Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever:
tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
[5] The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me:
if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation
thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a
dunghill.
[6] But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall
receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the
dream, and the interpretation thereof.
[7] They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream,
and we will shew the interpretation of it.
[8] The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the
time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
[9] But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree
for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me,
till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that
ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
[10] The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man
upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king,
lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or
Chaldean.
[11] And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other
that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not
with flesh.
[12] For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to
destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
[13] And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they
sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
[14] Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of
the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
[15] He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so
hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
[16] Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him
time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
[17] Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
[18] That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this
secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the
wise men of Babylon.
[19] Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel
blessed the God of heaven.
[20] Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever:
for wisdom and might are his:
[21] And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and
setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that
know understanding:
[22] He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
[23] I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given
me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of
thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
[24] Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to
destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not
the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto
the king the interpretation.
[25] Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste and said thus
unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known
unto the king the interpretation.
[26] The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art
thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the
interpretation thereof?
[27] Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which
the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians,
the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
[28] But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known
to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and
the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
[29] As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what
should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to
thee what shall come to pass.
[30] But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I
have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the
interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy
heart.
[31] Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose
brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was
terrible.
[32] This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver,
his belly and his thighs of brass,
[33] His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
[34] Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote
the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to
pieces.
[35] Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for
them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled
the whole earth.
[36] This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before
the king.
[37] Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given
thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
[38] And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and
the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee
ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
[39] And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and
another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
[40] And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron
breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all
these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
[41] And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and
part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the
strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry
clay.
[42] And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the
kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
[43] And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another,
even as iron is not mixed with clay.
[44] And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a
kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left
to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these
kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
[45] Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay,
the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what
shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure.
[46] Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel,
and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
[47] The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your
God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing
thou couldest reveal this secret.
[48] Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts,
and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the
governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
[49] Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in
the gate of the king.
Daniel 3
The Image of Gold
1 (Isa 46:6; Jer 16:20) Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold,
whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits.
[About 90 feet high and 9 feet wide, or 27 meters high and 2.7 meters wide.]
He set it up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
2 (Da 3:27) Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together
the officials, the governors, and the captains, the judges,
the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers
of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image
which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3 Then the officials, the governors, and captains, the judges,
the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers
of the provinces were gathered together to the dedication of the image
that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up, and they stood before the image
that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4 (Da 4:1; 6:25) Then a herald cried aloud:
"To you it is commanded, O peoples,
nations, and languages,
5 (Da 3:10; 3:15) that at the time you hear the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music,
you should fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar
the king has set up.
6 (Jer 29:22; Da 3:11) And whoever does not fall down and worship shall
the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace."
7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples,
the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image
that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
The Fiery Furnace
8 (Ezr 4:12-16; Est 3:8-9) Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near
and accused the Jews.
9 (Da 5:10; 6:6) They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king,
live forever.
10 (Da 3:4-7; 6:12) You, O king, have made a decree, that every man
who hears the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
and dulcimer, and all kinds of music should fall down and worship
the golden image.
11 And whoever does not fall down and worship should be cast into
the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12 (Da 2:49; 6:13) There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs
of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men,
O king, have not regarded you. They do not serve your gods
or worship the golden image which you have set up."
13 (Da 2:12; 3:19) Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then they brought these men
before the king.
14 (Isa 46:1; Jer 50:2) Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said to them, "Is it true,
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods
or worship the golden image which I have set up?
15 (Ex 5:2; 2Ki 18:35) Now if you are ready at the time you hear the sound
of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer,
and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made,
very well. But if you do not worship, you shall be cast the same hour into
the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who can deliver
you out of my hands?"
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king,
"O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give you an answer in this matter.
17 (Job 5:19; Ps 27:1-2) If it be so, our God whom we serve is able
to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us
out of your hand, O king.
18 (Isa 51:12-13) But even if He does not, be it known to you,
O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image
which you have set up."
Protection in the Fiery Furnace
19 (Da 3:13; Lev 26:18) Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury,
and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego. Therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat
the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
20 He commanded the most mighty men in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego and cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
21 Then these men were bound in their trousers, their coats, and their hats,
and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning
fiery furnace.
22 (Ex 12:33) Therefore, because the king's commandment was urgent
and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men
who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
23 These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound
into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 (Da 6:7) Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished,
and rose up in haste, and spoke, and said to his counselors,
"Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?"
They answered and said to the king, "True, O king."
25 (Isa 43:2; Job 1:6) He answered and said, "But I see four men loose
and walking in the midst of the fire, and they are unharmed.
And the form of the fourth is like the Son of God!"
Nebuchadnezzar Praises God
26 (Da 3:17; 4:2) Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning
fiery furnace, and spoke, and said, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
you servants of the Most High God, come out and come here!"
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the midst of the fire.
27 (Heb 11:34; Isa 43:2) The officials, governors, and captains,
and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men upon
whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed,
neither were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire even come
upon them.
28 (Ac 5:19; Ps 22:4-5) Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said,
"Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him.
They have defied the king's word, and yielded their bodies,
that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
29 (Da 2:5; 6:26-27) Therefore I make a decree that every people, nation,
and language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall
be made a dunghill, because there is no other God
who can deliver in this way."
30 (Da 2:49) Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 3
[1] Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was
threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the
plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
[2] Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the
governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers,
the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the
dedication
of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
[3] Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the
treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the
provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that
Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
[4] Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations,
and languages,
[5] That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,
psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the
golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
[6] And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
[7] Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the
people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
[8] Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
[9] They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
[10] Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the
sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all
kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
[11] And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into
the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
[12] There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the
province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king,
have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden
image which thou hast set up.
[13] Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
[14] Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden
image which I have set up?
[15] Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye
fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship
not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery
furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
[16] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O
Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
[17] If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the
burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
[18] But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy
gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
[19] Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was
changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and
commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it
was wont to be heated.
[20] And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery
furnace.
[21] Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats,
and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery
furnace.
[22] Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace
exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego.
[23] And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound
into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
[24] Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and
spake, and said unto his counsellers, Did not we cast three men bound into
the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
[25] He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of
the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son
of God.
[26] Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery
furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants
of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
[27] And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellers,
being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no
power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats
changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
[28] Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants
that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their
bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own
God.
[29] Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,
which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a
dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
[30] Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the
province of Babylon.
Jeremiah 7
False Trust in the Temple
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 (Jer 26:2) Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord
and proclaim there this word:
Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah,
who enter at these gates to worship the Lord.
3 (Jer 18:11; 26:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
4 (Mic 3:11) Do not trust in lying words, saying,
"The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord."
5 (Isa 1:19; Jer 4:1-2) For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds,
if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor,
6 (Dt 8:19; Jer 2:34) if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless,
and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place,
or walk after other gods to your harm,
7 (Dt 4:40; Jer 3:18) then I will cause you to dwell in this place,
in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever.
8 (Jer 7:4) Indeed, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.
9 (Ex 20:3; Jer 7:6) Shall you steal, murder, and commit adultery,
and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal,
and walk after other gods whom you do not know,
10 (Jer 32:34; Eze 23:39) and come and stand before Me in this house,
which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered," so that you may
do all these abominations?
11 (Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13) Has this house, which is called by My name,
become a den of robbers in your eyes?
Certainly, even I have seen it, says the Lord.
12 (1Sa 4:10-11; Jos 18:1) But go now to My place which was in Shiloh,
where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness
of My people Israel.
13 (Isa 65:12; Pr 1:24) And now, because you have done all these works,
says the Lord, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking,
but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,
14 (Jer 7:4; 7:10) therefore I will do to this house, which is called by
My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you
and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
15 (2Ki 17:23; Jer 15:1) I will cast you out of My sight as I have cast out
all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
16 (Ex 32:10; Jer 11:14) As for you, do not pray for this people,
nor lift up a cry nor prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me,
for I will not hear you.
17 Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah
and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 (Jer 19:13; 1Ki 14:9) The children gather wood, and the fathers
kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods,
that they may provoke Me to anger.
19 (1Co 10:22) Do they provoke Me to anger? says the Lord. Do they not
provoke themselves to the shame of their own faces?
20 (Jer 42:18; La 2:3-5) Therefore thus says the Lord God: My anger
and My fury will be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast,
and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground;
and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
21 (Jer 6:20; Hos 8:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.
22 (Hos 6:6; 1Sa 15:22) For I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them
in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning
burnt offerings or sacrifices.
23 (Ex 15:26; Dt 5:33) But this thing I commanded them, saying,
"Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people.
And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you,
that it may be well with you."
24 (Ps 81:11-12; Jer 7:26) But they did not listen, nor incline their ear,
but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart,
and went backward and not forward.
25 (2Ch 36:15; Jer 25:4) Since the day that your fathers came
out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have even sent to you all
My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
26 (Jer 16:12; 2Ch 30:8) Yet they did not listen to Me, nor incline their ear,
but hardened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
27 (Isa 50:2; 65:12) Therefore you will speak all these words to them.
But they will not listen to you. You will also call to them,
but they will not answer you.
28 (Isa 59:14-15) You shall say to them: This is a nation that does not obey
the voice of the Lord their God, nor receive correction. Truth has perished,
and has been cut off from their mouth.
29 (Job 1:20; Jer 6:30) Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away,
and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord has rejected
and forsaken the generation of His wrath.
30 (Jer 32:34; Eze 7:20) For the sons of Judah have done evil in My sight,
says the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house which i
s called by My name, to pollute it.
31 (Dt 17:3; Lev 18:21) They have built the high places of Topheth,
which is in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, to burn their sons a
nd their daughters in the fire, which I did not command them,
nor did it come into My heart.
32 (Jer 19:6; 19:11) Therefore, truly the days are coming, says the Lord,
that it will no more be called Topheth, nor the Valley of Ben Hinnom,
but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth
because there is no other place.
33 (Dt 28:26; Jer 12:9) The corpses of this people shall be food
for the fowl of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth;
and no one will frighten them away.
34 (Eze 26:13; Rev 18:23) Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah
and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of laughter
and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom
and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become desolate.
Jeremiah 7
[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
[2] Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and
say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these
gates to worship the LORD.
[3] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and
your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
[4] Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple
of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
[5] For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly
execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
[6] If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed
not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
[7] Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to
your fathers, for ever and ever.
[8] Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
[9] Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn
incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
[10] And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name,
and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
[11] Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in
your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
[12] But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my
name at
the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
[13] And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I
spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called
you, but ye answered not;
[14] Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name,
wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your
fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
[15] And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your
brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
[16] Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer
for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
[17] Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets
of Jerusalem?
[18] The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the
women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour
out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
[19] Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke
themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
[20] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall
be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees
of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall
not be quenched.
[21] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt
offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
[22] For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I
brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or
sacrifices:
[23] But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be
your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have
commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
[24] But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the
counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and
not forward.
[25] Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt
unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily
rising up early and sending them:
[26] Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened
their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
[27] Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not
hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer
thee.
[28] But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the
voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished,
and is cut off from their mouth.
[29] Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a
lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the
generation of his wrath.
[30] For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD:
they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my
name, to pollute it.
[31] And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley
of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire;
which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
[32] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more
be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of
slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
[33] And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the
heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
[34] Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the
streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the
voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be
desolate.
Jeremiah 8
1 (Eze 6:5) At that time, says the Lord, they will bring out the bones
of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his officials, and the bones
of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of their graves.
2 (2Ki 23:5; Jer 9:22) And they will spread them before the sun
and the moon and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved
and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked
and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped.
They will not be gathered, nor be buried.
They will be as dung upon the face of the earth.
3 (Rev 9:6; Job 7:15-16) Death will be chosen rather than life
by all the rest of those who remain of this evil family,
which remains in all the places wherever I have driven them,
says the Lord of Hosts.
Jeremiah 8
[1] At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the
kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests,
and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, out of their graves:
[2] And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the
host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after
whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have
worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for
dung upon the face of the earth.
[3] And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them
that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I
have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
2) Our Daily Bread for 5 August 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/05/we-need-his-help
Entitled "We Need Jesus' Help"
John 15:1-8
Jesus the True Vine
1 (Isa 5:1-7; 1Co 3:9) "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
2 (Mt 3:10; 13:12) Every branch in Me that bears no fruit, He takes away.
And every branch that bears fruit, He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 (Jn 13:10; 17:17) You are already clean through the word
which I have spoken to you.
4 (1Jn 2:6; Jn 6:56; Gal 2:20) Remain in Me, as I also remain in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine,
neither can you, unless you remain in Me.
5 (Php 4:13; Jn 15:16) "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains
in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without Me you can do nothing.
6 (Mt 13:41; Jn 15:2) If a man does not remain in Me, he is thrown out
as a branch and withers. And they gather them and throw them into the fire,
and they are burned.
7 (Jn 14:13; 15:16) If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you,
you will ask whatever you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 (Mt 5:16; Jn 8:31) My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit;
so you will be My disciples.
John 15
[1] I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
[2] Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every
branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more
fruit.
[3] Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
[4] Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
[5] I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
[6] If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered;
and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
[7] If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will,
and it shall be done unto you.
[8] Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be
my disciples.
The day finally came-the day I realized my father wasn't indestructible. As a
boy, I knew his strength and determination. But in my early adult years, he
injured his back, and I realized that my father was mortal after all. I stayed
with my parents to help my dad to the bathroom, assisting him in dressing,
even guiding a glass of water to his mouth-it was humbling to him. He made
some initial attempts to accomplish small tasks, but admitted, "I can't do
anything without your help." He eventually recovered to his strong self,
but that experience taught both of us an important lesson. We need each other.
And while we need each other, we need Jesus even more. In John 15, the imagery
of the vine and the branches continues to be one we cling to. Yet one of the
other phrases, while comforting, can also strike at our self-reliance. The
thought that can easily creep into our minds is, I don't need help. Jesus is
clear-"apart from me you can do nothing” (v. 5). Christ is talking about
bearing fruit, like "love, joy, peace" (Galatians 5:22), those core features
of a disciple. To bear fruit is the life Jesus calls us to, and our total
reliance on Him yields a fruitful life, a life lived to the Father's glory (John 15:8).
By: John Blase
Reflect & Pray
The prayer "I can do nothing apart from You" is simple and powerful.
What situations are you facing today that need prayer?
How can you rest assured that God is with you and loves you?
Father, I can do nothing apart from You.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 6 Reconciliation
2 Cor 5:18-19
18 All this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ
and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation,
19 that is, that God was
in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their sins
against them, and has entrusted to us the message of reconciliation.
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus
Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,
not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us
the word of reconciliation.
When Paul writes in 2 Cor 5:17 that we become a "new creation" in Christ
Jesus, the story does not end there. The verses following give us direction
for tht new life in Christ. "All This", Paul says, referring to the miracle of
new life in Christ, "is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ
and gave us the ministry of reconciliation."
Reconciliation means to bring back together what was once separated. Man was
separated from God by sin, and God took the initiative to reconcile man to
himself. Our "ministry of reconciliation" as Christians is twofold: to draw
others to the Lord and to work for reconciliation between individuals.
Reconciliation is the ultimate goal of forgiveness. God, through his grace ,
extends forgiveness to us when we are still sinners, unrepentant,
undeserving. When we respond, we come into reconciliation with him
and are brought back into oneness. Likewise, when we extend the grace
of forgiveness to another, we are set free by the act of forgiving, but we
hope that the ultimate outcome will be reconciliation.
God shows us the pattern: he is the wronged party, yet he does not wait for
the offender to come to him, hat in hand. He takes a bold initiative, offering
forgiveness freely with out regard to merit. The pattern applies to us;
as the new life in Christ takes hold of us, we must reach out, and reach,
and keep on reaching, breaking down the barriers, taking the risk of
rejection so that we may come to reconciliation.
Application
a) What barriers stand between me and reconciliation with another person?
b) How can I take a risk and reach out to offer forgiveness and
reconciliation to them?
c) What kind of attitude do I need to be a "minister of reconciliation"?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gal 3:13-14
13 (Dt 21:23; Gal 4:5) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by
being made a curse for us - as it is written,
"Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" (Dt 21:23.)-
14 (Ac 2:33; Gal 3:2) so that the blessing of Abraham might come
on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise
of the Spirit through faith.
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus
Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Guiding Presence
Ps 119:105-112
Nun
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it,
that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am greatly afflicted;
revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.
108 Accept the freewill offerings of my praise, O Lord,
and teach me Your judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand,
yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a trap for me,
yet I do not depart from Your precepts.
111 Your testimonies are my inheritance forever,
for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes always,
even unto the end.
Nun
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
And a light unto my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it,
That I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much:
Quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,
And teach me thy judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand:
Yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me:
Yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever:
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes
Alway, even unto the end.
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 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
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, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
5th Day of the Month
a) Pray for Canada's First Nation peoples,
that the Lord will draw them to Himself
(PS 145:13-18
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways
and loving in all His works.
18 The Lord is near to all those who call upon Him,
to all who call upon Him in truth.
)
Mem
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
Samek
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
Ain
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;
And thou givest them their meat in due season.
Pe
16 Thou openest thine hand,
And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Zade
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways,
And holy in all his works.
Qoph
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
To all that call upon him in truth.
b) Pray for the Lord to search your life ,
reveal anything offensive and cleanse you from unrighteousness
( ps 139:24 " and see if there is any rebellious way in me,
and lead me in the ancient way. "
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.
1: John 1:9 "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.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and remember he is with you during your trial.
Pray to the Lord: "Father, I can do nothing apart from You."
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him to know that by His power, we are ministers
of reconciliation.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His sacrifice.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His Word is a Lamp.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
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 country's First Nation peoples,
that the Lord will draw them to Himself
Pray for the Lord to search your life ,
reveal anything offensive and cleanse you from unrighteousness
Pray for traumitised believers in the Central African Republic who
have lost loved ones and seen unspeakable acts of violence.
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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