Day 238 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 26 August 2022 reflections
Day 238, 26 August 2022
1)Lamentations 5
Obadiah 1
2 Kings 25:22-26
Jeremiah 40:7-16
Jeremiah 41
Lamentations 5
Lamentations 5
A Prayer for Restoration
1 (Ps 44:13-16; La 3:61) Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;
look, and see our reproach!
2 (Zep 1:13; Isa 1:7) Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
3 (Jer 18:21; Ex 22:24) We have become orphans and fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
4 (Isa 3:1) We must pay for the water we drink;
our wood is sold to us.
5 (Ne 9:36-37) Our pursuers are at our necks;
we labor and have no rest.
6 (Hos 9:3; 12:1) We have given our hand to Egypt and to Assyria,
to be satisfied with bread.
7 (Jer 16:12; 31:29) Our fathers sinned and are no more,
but we bear their iniquities.
8 (Ne 5:15; Zec 11:6) Slaves rule over us;
there is no one to deliver us from their hand.
9 (Jer 40:9-12) We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 (La 4:8; Job 30:30) Our skin is hot as an oven,
because of the terrible famine.
11 (Zec 14:2; Isa 13:16) They ravished the women in Zion,
the virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 (La 4:16; Isa 47:6) Princes were hung up by their hands,
the faces of elders were not honored.
13 (Jdg 16:21) Young men ground at the millstones;
boys staggered under loads of wood.
14 (Jer 7:34) The elders have left the city gate,
the young men stopped their music.
15 (Am 8:10) The joy of our hearts has ceased;
our dancing has turned into mourning.
16 (Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18) The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 (Isa 1:5; La 2:11) For this our heart is faint;
for these things our eyes grow dim;
18 (Mic 3:12) because of Mount Zion, which is desolate,
with foxes walking upon it.
19 (Ps 102:12; 45:6) You, O Lord, remain forever;
Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 (Ps 13:1; 44:24) Why do You forget us forever,
and forsake us for so long a time?
21 (Ps 80:3; Jer 31:18) Restore us to Yourself, O Lord, that we may return!
Renew our days as of old,
22 (Ps 60:1-2) unless You have utterly rejected us,
and are very angry with us.
Lamentations 5
[1] Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
[2] Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
[3] We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
[4] We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
[5] Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
[6] We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be
satisfied with bread.
[7] Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
[8] Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of
their hand.
[9] We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the
wilderness.
[10] Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
[11] They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
[12] Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not
honoured.
[13] They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
[14] The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
[15] The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
[16] The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
[17] For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
[18] Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk
upon it.
[19] Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to
generation.
[20] Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
[21] Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days
as of old.
[22] But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Obadiah 1
Obadiah
The book of Obadiah was likely written in the sixth century BC.
Its author is the prophet Obadiah, and it is the shortest book
in the Old Testament. Nothing is known about the prophet Obadiah
except the meaning of his name, "servant or worshipper of God."
This book has one theme-the condemnation of Edom.
Obadiah prophesied that Edom would be repaid for mistreating
God's people as this people (who were descendants from Esau)
took part in the sacking of Jerusalem with the Babylonians.
Obadiah emphasized that God is sovereign over all nations a
nd that the house of Jacob would someday be restored
because of God's covenant love for His people.
Judgment on Edom
Jer 49:9-16
The vision of Obadiah.
1 Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom
(We have heard a report from the Lord
and a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying:
"Rise up! Let us rise up against it for battle!"):
2 See, I will make you small among the nations;
you will be greatly despised.
3 The pride of your heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,
whose dwelling is high;
you say in your heart,
"Who will bring me down to the ground?"
4 Though you ascend high like the eagle,
and though you set your nest among the stars,
I will bring you down from there,
says the Lord.
5 If thieves came to you,
if robbers by night-
how you have been destroyed!-
would they not steal only what they want?
If grape gatherers come to you,
would they not leave gleanings?
6 How the things of Esau have been ransacked!
How his hidden treasures hunted out!
7 All your confederates have driven you to the border;
your allies have deceived and prevailed against you.
Those who eat your bread have set a trap for you.
You will not detect it.
8 On that day, says the Lord,
I will destroy the wise out of Edom,
and understanding out of Mount Esau.
9 Your mighty men shall be shattered, OTeman,
so that everyone from Mount Esau will be cut off.
Edom's Violence Against Jacob
10 For the slaughter and the violence done to your brother Jacob,
shame shall cover you,
and you shall be cut off forever.
11 On the day that you stood aside,
on the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
and foreigners entered his gates
and cast lots on Jerusalem,
you also were like one of them.
12 But you should not have gloated
on the day of your brother,
on the day of his misfortune;
you should not have rejoiced over the children of Judah
on the day of their destruction;
you should not have boasted
on the day of distress.
13 You should not have entered the gate of My people
on the day of their calamity.
You should not have gloated over the disaster of Judah [Heb. his.]
on the day of his calamity;
you should not have seized his wealth
on the day of his calamity.
14 You should not have stood at the crossroads
to cut off his fugitives;
you should not have handed over his survivors,
on the day of distress.
The Day of the Lord Is Near
15 For the day of the Lord is near
upon all the nations;
as you have done, it shall be done to you;
your deeds shall return on your own head.
16 For as you have drunk on My holy mountain,
all the nations shall drink continually;
they shall drink and swallow
and shall be as though they had never been.
17 But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance,
and it shall be holy;
and the house of Jacob shall possess
those who dispossessed them.Gk.; Heb. their possessions.
18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
the house of Joseph a flame,
but the house of Esau stubble;
they shall burn them and consume them,
and there shall be no survivors
from the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.
The Restoration of Israel
19 Those of the Negev shall possess
Mount Esau,
and those of the Shephelah the land
of the Philistines.
They shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria,
and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of this army of the sons of Israel,
shall inherit the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
shall inherit the cities of the Negev.
21 Saviours shall go up to Mount Zion
to rule Mount Esau,
and the kingdom shall be the Lord's.
Obadiah 1
[1] The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have
heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen,
Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
[2] Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly
despised.
[3] The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the
clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who
shall bring me down to the ground?
[4] Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest
among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
[5] If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!)
would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came
to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
[6] How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things
sought up!
[7] All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the
men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against
thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none
understanding in him.
[8] Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out
of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
[9] And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every
one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
[10] For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and
thou shalt be cut off for ever.
[11] In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the
strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his
gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
[12] But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day
that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the
children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou
have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
[13] Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day
of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction
in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the
day of their calamity;
[14] Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of
his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his
that did remain in the day of distress.
[15] For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast
done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own
head.
[16] For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen
drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and
they shall be as though they had not been.
[17] But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness;
and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
[18] And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a
flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and
devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for
the LORD hath spoken it.
[19] And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the
plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the
fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
[20] And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess
that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem,
which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
[21] And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau;
and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.
(The Palestininans are Edmoites)
2 Kings 25:22-26
Gedaliah, Governor of Judah
22 (Jer 39:14; 2Ki 22:12) Over the people who remained in the land of Judah,
whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.
23 (Jer 40:7-9) When all the captains of the armies, they and their men,
heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah,
they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, that is, Ishmael son of Nethaniah,
Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite,
and Jaazaniah son of the Maakathite, they and their men.
24 Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them,
"Do not be afraid of being the servants of the Chaldeans.
Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well for you."
25 But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
the son of Elishama, of the royal line, came with ten men
and struck down Gedaliah. He died along with the Judeans
and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26 (Jer 43:4-7) Then all the people, both small and great,
and the captains of the armies arose and went to Egypt,
for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
[22] And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
[23] And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that
the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to
Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethahiah, and Johanan the son of Careah,
and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of
a Maachathite, they and their men.
[24] And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear
not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the
king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
[25] But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with
him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that
were with him at Mizpah.
[26] And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the
armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
Jeremiah 40:7-16
Gedaliah Is Assassinated
2Ki 25:22-26
7 (Jer 39:10) Now all the captains of the forces which were in the fields,
they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had committed men to him,
and women, and children, and some of the poorest of the land who were not
carried away captive to BabÂylon.
8 (Jer 42:1; Dt 3:14; Jos 12:5) Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan
the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth,
and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite,
and Jezaniah the son of a Maakathite, they and their men.
9 (Jer 27:11; 1Sa 20:16-17) Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying,
"Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land
and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.
10 (Jer 40:12; Dt 1:38) As for me, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve
the Chaldeans who will come to us. But you, gather wine
and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels
and dwell in your cities that you have taken."
11 (Isa 16:4) Likewise, also all the Jews who were in Moab,
and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and who were
in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left
a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan.
12 (Jer 43:5) Then all the Jews returned out of all places
wherever they were driven and came to the land of Judah,
to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered very much wine
and summer fruits.
13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains
of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah at Mizpah,
14 (Jer 41:10; 2Sa 10:1-6; Jer 25:21) and said to him,
"Do you certainly know that Baalis, the king of the Ammonites,
has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay you?"
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.
15 (1Sa 26:8; 2Sa 21:17) Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke
to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, "Let me go, please,
and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and no man shall know it.
Why should he slay you so that all the Jews who are gathered to you
should be scattered and the remnant in Judah perish?"
16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah,
"You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely of Ishmael."
[7] Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even
they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women,
and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried
away captive to Babylon;
[8] Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of
Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a
Maachathite, they and their men.
[9] And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to
their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and
serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
[10] As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which
will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and
put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
[11] Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites,
and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of
Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
[12] Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven,
and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine
and summer fruits very much.
[13] Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
[14] And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the
Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam believed them not.
[15] Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly,
saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all
the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant
in Judah perish?
[16] But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah,
Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
Jeremiah 41
1 (Jer 40:8; Ps 41:9) In the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
the son of Elishama of the royal seed, and the officials of the king,
even ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah.
While they were eating bread together in Mizpah,
2 (2Ki 25:25; Jer 40:5) Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
and the ten men that were with him arose and struck Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan with the sword and slew him,
whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
3I shmael also slew all the Jews who were with him,
even with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there,
and the men of war.
4 On the day after he had slain Gedaliah, when no one knew it,
5 (Dt 14:1; Jos 18:1) eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh,
and from Samaria, having their beards shaven, and their clothes torn,
and their bodies gashed, with offerings and incense in their hands
to bring them to the house of the Lord.
6 (2Sa 3:16; Jer 50:4) Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out
from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went. As he met them,
he said to them, "Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!"
7 (Ps 55:23; Isa 59:7) Yet it was so when they came into the midst
of the city that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, he and the men who were
with him, slew them and cast them into the midst of the cistern.
8 But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, "Do not slay us,
for we have stores in the field, of wheat and barley, and of oil and honey."
So he refrained and did not slay them among their brothers.
9 (Jdg 6:2; 1Sa 13:6) Now the cistern in which Ishmael had cast
all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah,
was what Asa the king had made because of Baasha the king of Israel.
And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were slain.
10 (Jer 40:14; 40:7) Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest
of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters,
and all the people who remained in Mizpah whom Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive,
and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
11 (Jer 40:7-8; 40:13-16) But when Johanan the son of Kareah
and all the captains of the forces that were with him heard of all
the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
12 (2Sa 2:13; Ge 14:14-16) then they took all the men
and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him
by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
13 And when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan
the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him,
they were glad.
14 So all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah
turned about and returned, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.
15 (Job 21:30; Pr 28:17) But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped
from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.
16 (Jer 42:8; 43:4-7) Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains
of the forces that were with him took all the remnant of the people
whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah,
after he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war,
and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back
from Gibeon.
17 (2Sa 19:37-38; Jer 42:14) And they departed and lived in the habitation
of Geruth Kimham, which is by Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt,
18 (Jer 40:5; 42:16) because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them,
because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
Jeremiah 41
[1] Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the
king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;
and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
[2] Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with
him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword,
and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
[3] Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah,
at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
[4] And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no
man knew it,
[5] That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,
even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and
having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring
them to the house of the LORD.
[6] And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them,
weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said
unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
[7] And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he,
and the men that were with him.
[8] But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not:
for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and
of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
[9] Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men,
whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made
for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled
it with them that were slain.
[10] Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that
were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained
in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them
away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
[11] But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
had done,
[12] Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
[13] Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael
saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were
with him, then they were glad.
[14] So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah
cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
[15] But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men,
and went to the Ammonites.
[16] Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children,
and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
[17] And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by
Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
[18] Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of
Babylon made governor in the land.
2) Our Daily Bread for 26 August 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/26/just-ask
Entitled "Just Ask!"
Philippians 4:4-7
4 (Php 3:1; Ro 12:12) Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
5 (Jas 5:8-9) Let everyone come to know your gentleness. The Lord is at hand.
6 (Eph 6:18; Mt 6:25-33) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer
and supplication with gratitude, make your requests known to God.
7 (Jn 14:27; Col 3:15; Isa 26:3) And the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
[4] Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
[5] Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
[6] Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
[7] And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
James 4:2
2 You lust and do not have, so you kill. You desire to have and cannot obtain.
You fight and war. Yet you do not have, because you do not ask.
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain:
ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
The gleeful shouts arising from our basement came from my wife, Shirley. For
hours she'd wrestled with a newsletter project, and she was ready to be done
with it. In her anxiety and uncertainty about how to move forward, she prayed
for God's help. She also reached out to Facebook friends and soon the project
was completed-a team effort.
While a newsletter project is a little thing in life, small (and not so small)
things can bring about worry or anxiousness. Perhaps you're a parent walking
through the stages of childrearing for the first time; a student facing
newfound academic challenges; a person grieving the loss of a loved one;
or someone experiencing a home, work, or ministry challenge.
Sometimes we're needlessly on edge because we don't
ask God for help (James 4:2).
Paul pointed the followers of Jesus in Philippi and us to our first line of
defense in times of need: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every
situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests
to God" (Philippians 4:6). When life gets complicated, we need reminders
like the one from the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus":
Oh what peace we often forfeit,
oh what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry,
everything to God in prayer.
And perhaps in our asking God for help, He'll lead us to ask people who can
assist us.
By: Arthur Jackson
Reflect & Pray
What situations challenge you that you can bring to God in prayer?
Why do you hesitate to ask Him or others for help?
Dear God, forgive me for not bringing my burdens to You
in prayer. Help me to reach out to others and ask for help too.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 6 - Shielded by the Word
Proverbs 30:5
5 (Ps 12:6; 18:30) Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
5 Every word of God is pure:
He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
A wife of ten years, betrayed by her husband's infidelity, declares that
she will never trust a man again. A teenage son says of his father, "I
can't depend on him anymore! Dad always talk big and makes promises,
but he never does what he says." A career woman, her reputation
undermined by gossip, leaves the church broken, and never returns.
Human beings are weak, volatile, unfaithful creatures; often we
break our word and hurt others in the process. But the Scripture
clearly assures us that God's Word is not like the word of man.
God always remains faithful to his Word, always fulfills his promises,
always does what he says he will do.
God's word is pure (or flawless), Proverbs 30:5 says. His Word
is not distorted with mixed motives or flawed by untruth. God's Word
is dependable, able to support and lift us up, able to speak
encouragement to us. His Word is a "shield" a protection for us
against the onslaughts of the Enemy, a place of refuge from the struggle
and confusion of daily life.
We live in a world that recognises no absolute truth. Morality,
values, relationships, ethics - every decision of life, it seems,
"depends on the situation." But in the midst of the confusion,
God interjects his Word - timeless, pure, trustworthy, reliable.
We can depend upon God's Word. We can turn to him to verify who we are
and the purposes for which we were created. We can find refuge in his truth,
and rest in the knowledge that whatever he says, he will do.
Application
a) In my own experience, how have I found God's Word
to be different from the word of men and women?
b) In what areas of my life do I need the assurance of the validity
and dependability of God's Word?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 22:7
7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
7 The rich ruleth over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Saddened by Loss
John 14:1 - 7
1 "Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in Me.
2 In My Father's house are many dwelling places.
If it were not so, I would have told you.
I am going to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and receive you to Myself,
that where I am, you may be also.
4 You know where I am going, and you know the way."
5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know
where You are going. How can we know the way?"
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
7 If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.
From now on you do know Him and have seen Him."
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so,
I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,
and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest;
and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also:
and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 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
17th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the safety of those
who live in your community -
safety from conflict an crimes
( Ps 122:7 - 7 Peace be within your walls
and security within your towers!
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 26 of the Month
a) Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ (Matt 5:16
16 Let your light so shine before men that they may
see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
)
b) Pray for the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut
I) Pray for the leaders of Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut,
that God's Spirit would influence then to act justly,
serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority;
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge
of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use
the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray a prayer of intersession for your nation.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, forgive me for not bringing my burdens to You
in prayer. Help me to reach out to others and ask for help too."
Pray to the Lord and pray to know that His Word is Dependable.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know about finances.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know that Our Heavenly Father has a place for us.
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 that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ.
Pray for those proclaiming the Gospel in the North of Mali,
a stronghold for Islamic activity .
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)Lamentations 5
Obadiah 1
2 Kings 25:22-26
Jeremiah 40:7-16
Jeremiah 41
Lamentations 5
Lamentations 5
A Prayer for Restoration
1 (Ps 44:13-16; La 3:61) Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;
look, and see our reproach!
2 (Zep 1:13; Isa 1:7) Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
3 (Jer 18:21; Ex 22:24) We have become orphans and fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
4 (Isa 3:1) We must pay for the water we drink;
our wood is sold to us.
5 (Ne 9:36-37) Our pursuers are at our necks;
we labor and have no rest.
6 (Hos 9:3; 12:1) We have given our hand to Egypt and to Assyria,
to be satisfied with bread.
7 (Jer 16:12; 31:29) Our fathers sinned and are no more,
but we bear their iniquities.
8 (Ne 5:15; Zec 11:6) Slaves rule over us;
there is no one to deliver us from their hand.
9 (Jer 40:9-12) We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 (La 4:8; Job 30:30) Our skin is hot as an oven,
because of the terrible famine.
11 (Zec 14:2; Isa 13:16) They ravished the women in Zion,
the virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 (La 4:16; Isa 47:6) Princes were hung up by their hands,
the faces of elders were not honored.
13 (Jdg 16:21) Young men ground at the millstones;
boys staggered under loads of wood.
14 (Jer 7:34) The elders have left the city gate,
the young men stopped their music.
15 (Am 8:10) The joy of our hearts has ceased;
our dancing has turned into mourning.
16 (Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18) The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 (Isa 1:5; La 2:11) For this our heart is faint;
for these things our eyes grow dim;
18 (Mic 3:12) because of Mount Zion, which is desolate,
with foxes walking upon it.
19 (Ps 102:12; 45:6) You, O Lord, remain forever;
Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 (Ps 13:1; 44:24) Why do You forget us forever,
and forsake us for so long a time?
21 (Ps 80:3; Jer 31:18) Restore us to Yourself, O Lord, that we may return!
Renew our days as of old,
22 (Ps 60:1-2) unless You have utterly rejected us,
and are very angry with us.
Lamentations 5
[1] Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
[2] Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
[3] We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
[4] We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
[5] Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
[6] We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be
satisfied with bread.
[7] Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
[8] Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of
their hand.
[9] We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the
wilderness.
[10] Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
[11] They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
[12] Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not
honoured.
[13] They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
[14] The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
[15] The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
[16] The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
[17] For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
[18] Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk
upon it.
[19] Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to
generation.
[20] Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
[21] Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days
as of old.
[22] But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Obadiah 1
Obadiah
The book of Obadiah was likely written in the sixth century BC.
Its author is the prophet Obadiah, and it is the shortest book
in the Old Testament. Nothing is known about the prophet Obadiah
except the meaning of his name, "servant or worshipper of God."
This book has one theme-the condemnation of Edom.
Obadiah prophesied that Edom would be repaid for mistreating
God's people as this people (who were descendants from Esau)
took part in the sacking of Jerusalem with the Babylonians.
Obadiah emphasized that God is sovereign over all nations a
nd that the house of Jacob would someday be restored
because of God's covenant love for His people.
Judgment on Edom
Jer 49:9-16
The vision of Obadiah.
1 Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom
(We have heard a report from the Lord
and a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying:
"Rise up! Let us rise up against it for battle!"):
2 See, I will make you small among the nations;
you will be greatly despised.
3 The pride of your heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,
whose dwelling is high;
you say in your heart,
"Who will bring me down to the ground?"
4 Though you ascend high like the eagle,
and though you set your nest among the stars,
I will bring you down from there,
says the Lord.
5 If thieves came to you,
if robbers by night-
how you have been destroyed!-
would they not steal only what they want?
If grape gatherers come to you,
would they not leave gleanings?
6 How the things of Esau have been ransacked!
How his hidden treasures hunted out!
7 All your confederates have driven you to the border;
your allies have deceived and prevailed against you.
Those who eat your bread have set a trap for you.
You will not detect it.
8 On that day, says the Lord,
I will destroy the wise out of Edom,
and understanding out of Mount Esau.
9 Your mighty men shall be shattered, OTeman,
so that everyone from Mount Esau will be cut off.
Edom's Violence Against Jacob
10 For the slaughter and the violence done to your brother Jacob,
shame shall cover you,
and you shall be cut off forever.
11 On the day that you stood aside,
on the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
and foreigners entered his gates
and cast lots on Jerusalem,
you also were like one of them.
12 But you should not have gloated
on the day of your brother,
on the day of his misfortune;
you should not have rejoiced over the children of Judah
on the day of their destruction;
you should not have boasted
on the day of distress.
13 You should not have entered the gate of My people
on the day of their calamity.
You should not have gloated over the disaster of Judah [Heb. his.]
on the day of his calamity;
you should not have seized his wealth
on the day of his calamity.
14 You should not have stood at the crossroads
to cut off his fugitives;
you should not have handed over his survivors,
on the day of distress.
The Day of the Lord Is Near
15 For the day of the Lord is near
upon all the nations;
as you have done, it shall be done to you;
your deeds shall return on your own head.
16 For as you have drunk on My holy mountain,
all the nations shall drink continually;
they shall drink and swallow
and shall be as though they had never been.
17 But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance,
and it shall be holy;
and the house of Jacob shall possess
those who dispossessed them.Gk.; Heb. their possessions.
18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
the house of Joseph a flame,
but the house of Esau stubble;
they shall burn them and consume them,
and there shall be no survivors
from the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.
The Restoration of Israel
19 Those of the Negev shall possess
Mount Esau,
and those of the Shephelah the land
of the Philistines.
They shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria,
and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of this army of the sons of Israel,
shall inherit the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
shall inherit the cities of the Negev.
21 Saviours shall go up to Mount Zion
to rule Mount Esau,
and the kingdom shall be the Lord's.
Obadiah 1
[1] The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have
heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen,
Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
[2] Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly
despised.
[3] The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the
clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who
shall bring me down to the ground?
[4] Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest
among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
[5] If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!)
would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came
to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
[6] How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things
sought up!
[7] All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the
men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against
thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none
understanding in him.
[8] Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out
of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
[9] And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every
one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
[10] For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and
thou shalt be cut off for ever.
[11] In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the
strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his
gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
[12] But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day
that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the
children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou
have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
[13] Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day
of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction
in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the
day of their calamity;
[14] Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of
his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his
that did remain in the day of distress.
[15] For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast
done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own
head.
[16] For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen
drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and
they shall be as though they had not been.
[17] But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness;
and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
[18] And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a
flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and
devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for
the LORD hath spoken it.
[19] And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the
plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the
fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
[20] And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess
that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem,
which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
[21] And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau;
and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.
(The Palestininans are Edmoites)
2 Kings 25:22-26
Gedaliah, Governor of Judah
22 (Jer 39:14; 2Ki 22:12) Over the people who remained in the land of Judah,
whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.
23 (Jer 40:7-9) When all the captains of the armies, they and their men,
heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah,
they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, that is, Ishmael son of Nethaniah,
Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite,
and Jaazaniah son of the Maakathite, they and their men.
24 Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them,
"Do not be afraid of being the servants of the Chaldeans.
Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well for you."
25 But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
the son of Elishama, of the royal line, came with ten men
and struck down Gedaliah. He died along with the Judeans
and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26 (Jer 43:4-7) Then all the people, both small and great,
and the captains of the armies arose and went to Egypt,
for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
[22] And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
[23] And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that
the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to
Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethahiah, and Johanan the son of Careah,
and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of
a Maachathite, they and their men.
[24] And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear
not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the
king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
[25] But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with
him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that
were with him at Mizpah.
[26] And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the
armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
Jeremiah 40:7-16
Gedaliah Is Assassinated
2Ki 25:22-26
7 (Jer 39:10) Now all the captains of the forces which were in the fields,
they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had committed men to him,
and women, and children, and some of the poorest of the land who were not
carried away captive to BabÂylon.
8 (Jer 42:1; Dt 3:14; Jos 12:5) Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan
the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth,
and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite,
and Jezaniah the son of a Maakathite, they and their men.
9 (Jer 27:11; 1Sa 20:16-17) Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying,
"Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land
and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.
10 (Jer 40:12; Dt 1:38) As for me, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve
the Chaldeans who will come to us. But you, gather wine
and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels
and dwell in your cities that you have taken."
11 (Isa 16:4) Likewise, also all the Jews who were in Moab,
and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and who were
in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left
a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan.
12 (Jer 43:5) Then all the Jews returned out of all places
wherever they were driven and came to the land of Judah,
to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered very much wine
and summer fruits.
13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains
of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah at Mizpah,
14 (Jer 41:10; 2Sa 10:1-6; Jer 25:21) and said to him,
"Do you certainly know that Baalis, the king of the Ammonites,
has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay you?"
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.
15 (1Sa 26:8; 2Sa 21:17) Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke
to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, "Let me go, please,
and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and no man shall know it.
Why should he slay you so that all the Jews who are gathered to you
should be scattered and the remnant in Judah perish?"
16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah,
"You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely of Ishmael."
[7] Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even
they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women,
and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried
away captive to Babylon;
[8] Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of
Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a
Maachathite, they and their men.
[9] And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to
their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and
serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
[10] As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which
will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and
put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
[11] Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites,
and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of
Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
[12] Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven,
and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine
and summer fruits very much.
[13] Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
[14] And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the
Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam believed them not.
[15] Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly,
saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all
the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant
in Judah perish?
[16] But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah,
Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
Jeremiah 41
1 (Jer 40:8; Ps 41:9) In the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
the son of Elishama of the royal seed, and the officials of the king,
even ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah.
While they were eating bread together in Mizpah,
2 (2Ki 25:25; Jer 40:5) Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
and the ten men that were with him arose and struck Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan with the sword and slew him,
whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
3I shmael also slew all the Jews who were with him,
even with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there,
and the men of war.
4 On the day after he had slain Gedaliah, when no one knew it,
5 (Dt 14:1; Jos 18:1) eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh,
and from Samaria, having their beards shaven, and their clothes torn,
and their bodies gashed, with offerings and incense in their hands
to bring them to the house of the Lord.
6 (2Sa 3:16; Jer 50:4) Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out
from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went. As he met them,
he said to them, "Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!"
7 (Ps 55:23; Isa 59:7) Yet it was so when they came into the midst
of the city that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, he and the men who were
with him, slew them and cast them into the midst of the cistern.
8 But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, "Do not slay us,
for we have stores in the field, of wheat and barley, and of oil and honey."
So he refrained and did not slay them among their brothers.
9 (Jdg 6:2; 1Sa 13:6) Now the cistern in which Ishmael had cast
all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah,
was what Asa the king had made because of Baasha the king of Israel.
And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were slain.
10 (Jer 40:14; 40:7) Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest
of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters,
and all the people who remained in Mizpah whom Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive,
and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
11 (Jer 40:7-8; 40:13-16) But when Johanan the son of Kareah
and all the captains of the forces that were with him heard of all
the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
12 (2Sa 2:13; Ge 14:14-16) then they took all the men
and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him
by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
13 And when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan
the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him,
they were glad.
14 So all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah
turned about and returned, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.
15 (Job 21:30; Pr 28:17) But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped
from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.
16 (Jer 42:8; 43:4-7) Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains
of the forces that were with him took all the remnant of the people
whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah,
after he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war,
and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back
from Gibeon.
17 (2Sa 19:37-38; Jer 42:14) And they departed and lived in the habitation
of Geruth Kimham, which is by Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt,
18 (Jer 40:5; 42:16) because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them,
because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
Jeremiah 41
[1] Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the
king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;
and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
[2] Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with
him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword,
and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
[3] Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah,
at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
[4] And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no
man knew it,
[5] That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,
even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and
having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring
them to the house of the LORD.
[6] And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them,
weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said
unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
[7] And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he,
and the men that were with him.
[8] But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not:
for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and
of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
[9] Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men,
whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made
for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled
it with them that were slain.
[10] Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that
were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained
in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them
away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
[11] But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
had done,
[12] Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
[13] Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael
saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were
with him, then they were glad.
[14] So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah
cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
[15] But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men,
and went to the Ammonites.
[16] Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children,
and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
[17] And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by
Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
[18] Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of
Babylon made governor in the land.
2) Our Daily Bread for 26 August 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/26/just-ask
Entitled "Just Ask!"
Philippians 4:4-7
4 (Php 3:1; Ro 12:12) Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
5 (Jas 5:8-9) Let everyone come to know your gentleness. The Lord is at hand.
6 (Eph 6:18; Mt 6:25-33) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer
and supplication with gratitude, make your requests known to God.
7 (Jn 14:27; Col 3:15; Isa 26:3) And the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
[4] Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
[5] Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
[6] Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
[7] And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
James 4:2
2 You lust and do not have, so you kill. You desire to have and cannot obtain.
You fight and war. Yet you do not have, because you do not ask.
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain:
ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
The gleeful shouts arising from our basement came from my wife, Shirley. For
hours she'd wrestled with a newsletter project, and she was ready to be done
with it. In her anxiety and uncertainty about how to move forward, she prayed
for God's help. She also reached out to Facebook friends and soon the project
was completed-a team effort.
While a newsletter project is a little thing in life, small (and not so small)
things can bring about worry or anxiousness. Perhaps you're a parent walking
through the stages of childrearing for the first time; a student facing
newfound academic challenges; a person grieving the loss of a loved one;
or someone experiencing a home, work, or ministry challenge.
Sometimes we're needlessly on edge because we don't
ask God for help (James 4:2).
Paul pointed the followers of Jesus in Philippi and us to our first line of
defense in times of need: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every
situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests
to God" (Philippians 4:6). When life gets complicated, we need reminders
like the one from the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus":
Oh what peace we often forfeit,
oh what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry,
everything to God in prayer.
And perhaps in our asking God for help, He'll lead us to ask people who can
assist us.
By: Arthur Jackson
Reflect & Pray
What situations challenge you that you can bring to God in prayer?
Why do you hesitate to ask Him or others for help?
Dear God, forgive me for not bringing my burdens to You
in prayer. Help me to reach out to others and ask for help too.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 6 - Shielded by the Word
Proverbs 30:5
5 (Ps 12:6; 18:30) Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
5 Every word of God is pure:
He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
A wife of ten years, betrayed by her husband's infidelity, declares that
she will never trust a man again. A teenage son says of his father, "I
can't depend on him anymore! Dad always talk big and makes promises,
but he never does what he says." A career woman, her reputation
undermined by gossip, leaves the church broken, and never returns.
Human beings are weak, volatile, unfaithful creatures; often we
break our word and hurt others in the process. But the Scripture
clearly assures us that God's Word is not like the word of man.
God always remains faithful to his Word, always fulfills his promises,
always does what he says he will do.
God's word is pure (or flawless), Proverbs 30:5 says. His Word
is not distorted with mixed motives or flawed by untruth. God's Word
is dependable, able to support and lift us up, able to speak
encouragement to us. His Word is a "shield" a protection for us
against the onslaughts of the Enemy, a place of refuge from the struggle
and confusion of daily life.
We live in a world that recognises no absolute truth. Morality,
values, relationships, ethics - every decision of life, it seems,
"depends on the situation." But in the midst of the confusion,
God interjects his Word - timeless, pure, trustworthy, reliable.
We can depend upon God's Word. We can turn to him to verify who we are
and the purposes for which we were created. We can find refuge in his truth,
and rest in the knowledge that whatever he says, he will do.
Application
a) In my own experience, how have I found God's Word
to be different from the word of men and women?
b) In what areas of my life do I need the assurance of the validity
and dependability of God's Word?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 22:7
7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
7 The rich ruleth over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Saddened by Loss
John 14:1 - 7
1 "Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in Me.
2 In My Father's house are many dwelling places.
If it were not so, I would have told you.
I am going to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and receive you to Myself,
that where I am, you may be also.
4 You know where I am going, and you know the way."
5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know
where You are going. How can we know the way?"
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
7 If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.
From now on you do know Him and have seen Him."
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so,
I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,
and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest;
and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also:
and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 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
17th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the safety of those
who live in your community -
safety from conflict an crimes
( Ps 122:7 - 7 Peace be within your walls
and security within your towers!
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 26 of the Month
a) Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ (Matt 5:16
16 Let your light so shine before men that they may
see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
)
b) Pray for the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut
I) Pray for the leaders of Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut,
that God's Spirit would influence then to act justly,
serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority;
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge
of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province,
that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use
the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray a prayer of intersession for your nation.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, forgive me for not bringing my burdens to You
in prayer. Help me to reach out to others and ask for help too."
Pray to the Lord and pray to know that His Word is Dependable.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know about finances.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know that Our Heavenly Father has a place for us.
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 that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary
work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ.
Pray for those proclaiming the Gospel in the North of Mali,
a stronghold for Islamic activity .
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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