Day 279 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 6 October 2022 reflections
Day 279, 6 October 2022
1) Matthew 9:27-34
Mark 6:1-6
Matthew 13:53-58
Matthew 9:35-38
Mark 6:7-13
Matthew 10
Luke 9:1-6
Matthew 9:27-34
The Healing of Two Blind Men
27 (Mt 15:22; 20:30-31) As Jesus departed from there, two blind men
followed Him, crying out and saying, "Son of David, have mercy on us!"
28 When He entered the house, the blind men came to Him.
And Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"
They said to Him, "Yes, Lord."
29 (Mt 8:13) Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith,
let it be done for you."
30 (Mt 8:4) And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly commanded them,
saying, "See that no one knows of it."
31 (Mk 7:36) But when they had departed,
they spread His fame in all that region.
The Healing of a Mute Man
32 (Mt 4:24; 12:22-24) As they went out, they brought to Him a mute man
possessed with a demon.
33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute man
spoke, and the crowds were amazed,
saying, "This has never been seen in Israel."
34 (Lk 11:15; Mk 3:22) But the Pharisees said,
"He casts out demons through the ruler of the demons."
[27] And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and
saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
[28] And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and
Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto
him, Yea, Lord.
[29] Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto
you.
[30] And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying,
See that no man know it.
[31] But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that
country.
[32] As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with
a devil.
[33] And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes
marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
[34] But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the
devils.
Mark 6:1-6
The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth
Mt 13:53-58; Lk 4:16-30
1 (Lk 4:16-30) He went away from there and came into His own country.
And His disciples followed Him.
2 (Mt 4:23; 7:28) When the Sabbath came, He began to teach
in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying,
"Where did this Man get this? What is this wisdom that is given Him,
that even miracles are done by His hands?
3 (Mt 11:6; 12:46) Is this not the carpenter,
the Son of Mary and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon?
Are not His sisters here with us?" And they took offense at Him.
4 (Jn 4:44; Lk 4:24) Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor,
except in his own country, and among his own relatives,
and in his own house."
5 (Ge 19:22; Mk 5:23) He could not do any miracles there,
except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
6 (Mt 9:35; Lk 13:22) And He was amazed because of their unbelief.
[1] And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his
disciples follow him.
[2] And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue:
and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man
these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even
such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
[3] Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and
Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And
they were offended at him.
[4] But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his
own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
[5] And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a
few sick folk, and healed them.
[6] And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the
villages, teaching.
Matthew 13:53-58
The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth
Mk 6:1-6; Lk 4:16-30
53 When Jesus finished these parables, He departed from there.
54 (Mt 2:23; 4:23) When He came to His own country, He taught them
in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said,
"Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
55 (Mk 6:3; Lk 3:23) Is He not the carpenter's son? Is His mother not
called Mary? And are not His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
56 And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man
get all these things?"
57 (Lk 4:24; Jn 4:44) And they took offense at Him.
But Jesus said to them,
"A prophet is not without honour except in his own country
and in his own house."
58 And He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
[53] And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he
departed thence.
[54] And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their
synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this
man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
[55] Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and
his
brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
[56] And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man
all these things?
[57] And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is
not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
[58] And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Matthew 9:35-38
The Compassion of Jesus
35 (Mt 4:23-24) Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages,
teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
36 (Mk 6:34; Nu 27:17; Mt 14:14) But when He saw the crowds,
He was moved with compassion for them, because they fainted
and were scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
37 (Lk 10:2) Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful,
but the laborers are few.
38 (2Th 3:1) Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest,
that He will send out laborers into His harvest."
[35] And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every
sickness and every disease among the people.
[36] But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them,
because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no
shepherd.
[37] Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but
the labourers are few;
[38] Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth
labourers into his harvest.
Mark 6:7-13
The Mission of the Twelve
Mt 10:1, 5-15; Lk 9:1-6
Then He went to the surrounding villages, teaching.
7 (Mk 3:13-14) He called to Him the twelve, and began to send them out
two by two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
8 He commanded them to take nothing for their journey except a staff:
no bag, no bread, and no money in their purse,
9 (Ac 12:8) but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.
10 He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, remain there
until you depart from that place.
11 (Ne 5:13; Ac 18:6) And whoever will not receive you or hear you,
when you depart from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony
against them. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable
for Sodom and Gomorrah on the Day of Judgment than for that city."
12 (Mt 4:17; Eze 18:30) So they went out and preached that men should repent.
13 And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick
and healed them.
[7] And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two
and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
[8] And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save
a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
[9] But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
[10] And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house,
there abide till ye depart from that place.
[11] And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart
thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in
the day of judgment, than for that city.
[12] And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
[13] And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were
sick, and healed them.
Matthew 10
The Mission of the Twelve Apostles
Mk 3:13-19; Lk 6:12-16
1 (Mk 3:13-15; 6:7-13) He called His twelve disciples to Him and gave them
authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of
sickness and all kinds of disease.
2 (Mt 4:18; 4:21) Now the names of the twelve apostles are these:
first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother;
James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;
3 (Mk 3:18; Ac 1:13; Mt 9:9) Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew,
the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus; and Lebbaeus,
whose surname was Thaddaeus;
4 (Mt 26:14; Jn 13:2) Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed Him.
The Commissioning of the Twelve Apostles
Mk 6:7-13; Lk 9:1-6
5 (Jn 4:9; 2Ki 17:24-41) These twelve Jesus sent out,
and commanded them, saying,
"Do not go into the way of the Gentiles,
and do not enter any city of the Samaritans.
6 (Jer 50:6; Ps 119:176) But go rather to the lost sheep
of the house of Israel.
7 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) As you go, preach, saying,
'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
8 (Ac 3:6) Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead,
and cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
9 (Lk 22:35) "Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper
for your purses,
10 nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor shoes,
nor even staffs. For the workman is worthy of his keep.
11 "In whatever city or town you enter, inquire in it who is worthy.
And live there until you leave.
12 (1Sa 25:6) When you come into a house, greet it.
13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it.
But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 (Ac 13:51; Ne 5:13) Whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words,
when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
15 (Mt 12:36; 2Pe 2:9) Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for
the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the Day of Judgment than for that town.
Coming Persecutions
Mk 13:9-13; Lk 21:12-17
16 (Lk 10:3; Ge 3:1) "Look, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst
of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
17 (Mk 13:9; Mt 23:34; 5:22) But beware of men, for they will deliver you
up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
18 (Mt 8:4) You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake,
for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 (Ex 4:12; Mt 6:25) But when they deliver you up, take no thought of how
or what you will speak. For it will be given you at that time
what you will speak.
20 (Ac 4:8; 6:10) For it is not you who speak,
but the Spirit of your Father who speaks through you.
21 "The brother will deliver up the brother to death,
and the father the child. And the children will rise up
against their parents and cause them to be put to death.
22 (Mt 24:13; Mk 13:13; Mt 24:9) You will be hated by all men for My name's
sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
23 (Mt 16:28; Ac 8:1) But when they persecute you in this city,
escape into another. For truly I say to you, you will not have gone
through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
24 (Lk 6:40; Jn 13:16) "The disciple is not above his teacher,
nor the servant above his master.
25 (Mk 3:22; Mt 9:34) It is enough for the disciple that he be like
his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called
the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call
those of his household?
Whom to Fear
Lk 12:2-7
26 (Mk 4:22; Lk 8:17) "Therefore do not fear them. For nothing is covered that
will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
27 (Ac 5:20) What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light. And what you
hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.
28 (Isa 8:12-13; 51:12) Do not fear those who kill the body
but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able
to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall
to the ground without your Father.
30 (1Sa 14:45; 2Sa 14:11) But the very hairs of your head
are all numbered.
31 (Mt 6:26) Therefore do not fear. You are more valuable than many sparrows.
Confessing and Denying Christ
Lk 12:8-9
32 (Rev 3:5; Ro 10:9-10) "Whoever will confess Me before men,
him will I confess also before My Father who is in heaven.
33 (2Ti 2:12; Mk 8:38) But whoever will deny Me before men,
him will I also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
Not Peace, but a Sword
Lk 12:51-53; 14:26-27
34 "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth.
I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
35 (Mt 10:21) For I have come to turn
'a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
36 (Mic 7:6; Ps 41:9) a man's foes will be those of his own household.'
37 (Lk 14:26; Dt 33:9) "He who loves father or mother more than Me
is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me
is not worthy of Me.
38 (Mt 16:24; Lk 14:27) And He who does not take his cross
and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
39 (Lk 17:33; Jn 12:25) He who finds his life will lose it,
and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
Rewards
Mk 9:41
40 (Mt 18:5; Lk 9:48) "He who receives you receives Me,
and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
41 (3Jn 1:5-8) He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet
shall receive a prophet's reward. And he who receives a righteous man
in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
42 (Mt 25:40; Heb 6:10) And whoever gives even a cup of cold water
to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple,
truly I tell you, he shall in no way lose his reward."
[1] And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power
against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of
sickness and all manner of disease.
[2] Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is
called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his
brother;
[3] Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son
of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
[4] Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
[5] These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into
the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
[6] But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
[7] And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
[8] Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils:
freely ye have received, freely give.
[9] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
[10] Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet
staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
[11] And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is
worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
[12] And when ye come into an house, salute it.
[13] And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be
not worthy, let your peace return to you.
[14] And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye
depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
[15] Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom
and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
[16] Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye
therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
[17] But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and
they will scourge you in their synagogues;
[18] And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a
testimony against them and the Gentiles.
[19] But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall
speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
[20] For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which
speaketh in you.
[21] And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father
the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause
them to be put to death.
[22] And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that
endureth to the end shall be saved.
[23] But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for
verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel,
till the Son of man be come.
[24] The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
[25] It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant
as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much
more shall they call them of his household?
[26] Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not
be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
[27] What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear
in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
[28] And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the
soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in
hell.
[29] Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not
fall on the ground without your Father.
[30] But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
[31] Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
[32] Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess
also before my Father which is in heaven.
[33] But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my
Father which is in heaven.
[34] Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send
peace, but a sword.
[35] For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in
law.
[36] And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
[37] He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and
he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
[38] And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy
of me.
[39] He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for
my sake shall find it.
[40] He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth
him that sent me.
[41] He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a
prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a
righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
[42] And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup
of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he
shall in no wise lose his reward.
Luke 9:1-6
The Mission of the Twelve Apostles
Mt 10:1, 5-15; Mk 6:7-13
1 Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power
and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.
2 (Mt 3:2; 10:7-8) And He sent them to preach the kingdom of God
and to heal the sick.
3 (Lk 22:35; 10:4-12) He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey:
no staff, no bag, no bread, no money. And do not take two tunics apiece.
4 Whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.
5 (Ac 13:51; Ne 5:13) Whoever will not receive you, when you go out
of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony
against them."
6 So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel
and healing everywhere.
[1] Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and
authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
[2] And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
[3] And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves,
nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
[4] And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
[5] And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake
off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
[6] And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and
healing every where.
2) Our Daily Bread for 6 October 2022
Entitled "Envisioning a Different Future"
Leviticus 25:35-37
Helping the Poor
35 (Dt 15:7-8; Ps 37:26) If your brother becomes poor
and cannot maintain himself with you,
then you shall support him as if he were a foreigner or a sojourner,
so that he may live with you.
36 (Ex 22:25; Dt 23:19-20) Take no usury or interest from him;
but fear your God, so that your brother may live with you.
37 You shall not lend him your money at interest,
nor lend him your food for profit.
[35] And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then
thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that
he may live with thee.
[36] Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee.
[37] Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals
for increase.
The three hundred middle and high school students of the small town of
Neodesha, Kansas, filed into a surprise school assembly. They then sat in
disbelief upon hearing that a couple with ties to their town had decided to
pay college tuition for every Neodesha student for the next twenty-five years.
The students were stunned, overjoyed, and tearful.
Neodesha had been hard hit economically, which meant many families worried
about how to cover college expenses. The gift was a generational game-changer,
and the donors hoped it would immediately impact current families but also
incentivise others to move to Neodesha. They envision their generosity
igniting new jobs, new vitality-an entirely different future for the town.
God desired His people to be generous by not only tending to their own acute
needs but also by envisioning a new future for their struggling neighbors.
God's directions were clear: “If your brother becomes poor
and cannot maintain himself with you,
then you shall support him as if he were a foreigner or a sojourner,
so that he may live with you.” (Leviticus 25:35). The generosity wasn't only
about meeting basic physical needs but also about considering what their
future life together as a community would require.
"Help them," God said, "so they can continue to live among you" (v. 35).
The deepest forms of giving reimagine a different future. God's immense,
creative generosity encourages us toward that day when we’ll all live
together in wholeness and plenty.
By: Winn Collier
Reflect & Pray
How does generosity meet immediate needs?
How can it encourage you to also look further?
Dear God, I struggle with being generous
in the most basic ways. Help me to see and act.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 5 The Way Out
1 Cor 10:13
13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken
you except what is common to man. God is faithful,
and He will not permit you to be tempted above
what you can endure, but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common
to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Becky had experienced some hard knocks in the past few weeks; the stress
was beginning to show, and she wasn't sure she should handle anything else.
"Why me?" Becky wept, covering her face. "I just can't stand it any more!
I can't pay my bills; I just lost my job, and now my car broke down
on the highway. How much more of this can I take?"
Some people seem to have more than their share of trouble and temptation.
Within six months, one family faced financial trouble, cancer, quadruple
bypass surgery, and leukemia; their trials brought them face to face with
anger, bitterness, and despair as well. Other people seem to go through
life with relatively minor stresses and few real temptations to sin.
But whether our problems are great or small, they are part of the common
thread that ties humanity together. All of us face temptation; it is ,
Paul says, "Common to man." But Paul assures us that
"God ... will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear."
Often what we can bear is more that what we think we can bear. God will use
the troubled times in our lives for our maturity in him, but he promises
as well that he will not let temptation break us. He will provide "a way out,"
"a way of escape".
Sometimes the "way out" is true escape, being removed from what caused the
trouble. At other times, rather than being removed from it, we must
withstand the stress, face the temptation, enure the pain. Whether we escape
or endure, God is faithful to provide what we need; we can trust him
not to give us more than we can bear.
Application
a) Have I ever faced more stress or temptation than I thought I could bear?
b) Under what circumstances has God provided an "escape" for me?
When have I had to walk "through" my difficulties?
c) How can today's verse encourage me when times are tough?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Exodus 3:7-8
7 (Ps 106:44; Ex 2:23-25)The Lord said,
"I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt
and have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters,
for I know their sorrows.
8 (Ge 50:24; 15:18-21; Ex 13:5) Therefore, I have come down
to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land,
to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of
the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites,
the Hivites, and the Jebusites."
7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people
which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters;
for I know their sorrows;
8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand
of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and
a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites,
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
PSALMS 23
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside still waters.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He restores my soul;
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff,
they comfort me.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup runs over.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
Psalm 23
A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
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?)
Prince Edward Island
Total population 146300
Muslim population (est.) 1127
Charlottetown does not currently (fall 2014) have a local CNMM network.
Pray with us for God's people to come together in reaching Muslims
cooperatively across denominational and organisational lines.
More than 200 attended the Eid festival at the end of Ramadan, the Islamic
month of fasting during daylight hours and the reading of the Qur'an, at
the Dar as-Salam mosque in 2014. This second mosque established
in Charlottetown, the other being the Muslims Association of PEI.
As of mid-2014,there are between 250 to 300 families, mostly in Charlottetown.
The Muslims of Charlottetown see their community as symbolically important
for this nation since this is known as the "birthplace of Canada". Yet we were
established as the "Dominion of Canada" with an appeal not only to
monarchial authority, but even more to God's higher Biblical authority as
shown in Psalm 72:8, "May he have dominion from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth."
Let us intercede together for:
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
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!
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
6th Day of the Month
a) Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community
(
Deut 4:6-7
6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7 ) Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom and
your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear all these
statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and
understanding people."
7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great, who has a god so near
to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?
6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and
your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these
statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and
understanding people.
7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Matt 5:13-16
13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt
loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty? It is from then on good for
nothing but to be thrown out and to be trampled underfoot by men.
14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18) "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden.
15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16) 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.
16 (1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8) Let your light so shine before men that they
may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set
on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on
a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Acts 1:8
8 (Mt 28:19; Mk 16:15) "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes
upon you. And you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
8 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
b) Pray for the province of British Columbia
I) Pray for the leaders of Alberta, 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. 3For 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 to help in the Harvest of Souls.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, I struggle with being generous
in the most basic ways. Help me to see and act."
Pray to the Lord and to gove Him all your temptations .
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him to hear your plea for help under oppresion.
Pray to the Lord and pray for Him to guide you.
Pray for Prince Edward Island and her Muslim populations
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
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 a more effective witness by the church in every community
Pray for successful Bible distributions which are difficult to conduct in Cuba
and often illegal.
Pray for pastors and believers in the Wo region in Myanmar who have faced
increased persecution and imprisonment.
Pray the Cut Fitri in Indonesia will be reunited with her children who were
taken away when she left Islam.
Pray for Eritrean believers in Tigray who were forced to flee or have been
captured by the army.
Pray for Michael in Bahrain who has gone into hiding to escape from family
members trying to harm him.
Pray for Christian converts from Islam in Djibouti who face pressure
and persecution from their communities.
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) Matthew 9:27-34
Mark 6:1-6
Matthew 13:53-58
Matthew 9:35-38
Mark 6:7-13
Matthew 10
Luke 9:1-6
Matthew 9:27-34
The Healing of Two Blind Men
27 (Mt 15:22; 20:30-31) As Jesus departed from there, two blind men
followed Him, crying out and saying, "Son of David, have mercy on us!"
28 When He entered the house, the blind men came to Him.
And Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"
They said to Him, "Yes, Lord."
29 (Mt 8:13) Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith,
let it be done for you."
30 (Mt 8:4) And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly commanded them,
saying, "See that no one knows of it."
31 (Mk 7:36) But when they had departed,
they spread His fame in all that region.
The Healing of a Mute Man
32 (Mt 4:24; 12:22-24) As they went out, they brought to Him a mute man
possessed with a demon.
33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute man
spoke, and the crowds were amazed,
saying, "This has never been seen in Israel."
34 (Lk 11:15; Mk 3:22) But the Pharisees said,
"He casts out demons through the ruler of the demons."
[27] And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and
saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
[28] And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and
Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto
him, Yea, Lord.
[29] Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto
you.
[30] And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying,
See that no man know it.
[31] But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that
country.
[32] As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with
a devil.
[33] And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes
marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
[34] But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the
devils.
Mark 6:1-6
The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth
Mt 13:53-58; Lk 4:16-30
1 (Lk 4:16-30) He went away from there and came into His own country.
And His disciples followed Him.
2 (Mt 4:23; 7:28) When the Sabbath came, He began to teach
in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying,
"Where did this Man get this? What is this wisdom that is given Him,
that even miracles are done by His hands?
3 (Mt 11:6; 12:46) Is this not the carpenter,
the Son of Mary and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon?
Are not His sisters here with us?" And they took offense at Him.
4 (Jn 4:44; Lk 4:24) Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor,
except in his own country, and among his own relatives,
and in his own house."
5 (Ge 19:22; Mk 5:23) He could not do any miracles there,
except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
6 (Mt 9:35; Lk 13:22) And He was amazed because of their unbelief.
[1] And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his
disciples follow him.
[2] And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue:
and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man
these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even
such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
[3] Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and
Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And
they were offended at him.
[4] But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his
own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
[5] And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a
few sick folk, and healed them.
[6] And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the
villages, teaching.
Matthew 13:53-58
The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth
Mk 6:1-6; Lk 4:16-30
53 When Jesus finished these parables, He departed from there.
54 (Mt 2:23; 4:23) When He came to His own country, He taught them
in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said,
"Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
55 (Mk 6:3; Lk 3:23) Is He not the carpenter's son? Is His mother not
called Mary? And are not His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
56 And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man
get all these things?"
57 (Lk 4:24; Jn 4:44) And they took offense at Him.
But Jesus said to them,
"A prophet is not without honour except in his own country
and in his own house."
58 And He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
[53] And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he
departed thence.
[54] And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their
synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this
man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
[55] Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and
his
brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
[56] And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man
all these things?
[57] And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is
not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
[58] And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Matthew 9:35-38
The Compassion of Jesus
35 (Mt 4:23-24) Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages,
teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
36 (Mk 6:34; Nu 27:17; Mt 14:14) But when He saw the crowds,
He was moved with compassion for them, because they fainted
and were scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
37 (Lk 10:2) Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful,
but the laborers are few.
38 (2Th 3:1) Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest,
that He will send out laborers into His harvest."
[35] And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every
sickness and every disease among the people.
[36] But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them,
because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no
shepherd.
[37] Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but
the labourers are few;
[38] Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth
labourers into his harvest.
Mark 6:7-13
The Mission of the Twelve
Mt 10:1, 5-15; Lk 9:1-6
Then He went to the surrounding villages, teaching.
7 (Mk 3:13-14) He called to Him the twelve, and began to send them out
two by two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
8 He commanded them to take nothing for their journey except a staff:
no bag, no bread, and no money in their purse,
9 (Ac 12:8) but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.
10 He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, remain there
until you depart from that place.
11 (Ne 5:13; Ac 18:6) And whoever will not receive you or hear you,
when you depart from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony
against them. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable
for Sodom and Gomorrah on the Day of Judgment than for that city."
12 (Mt 4:17; Eze 18:30) So they went out and preached that men should repent.
13 And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick
and healed them.
[7] And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two
and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
[8] And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save
a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
[9] But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
[10] And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house,
there abide till ye depart from that place.
[11] And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart
thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in
the day of judgment, than for that city.
[12] And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
[13] And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were
sick, and healed them.
Matthew 10
The Mission of the Twelve Apostles
Mk 3:13-19; Lk 6:12-16
1 (Mk 3:13-15; 6:7-13) He called His twelve disciples to Him and gave them
authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of
sickness and all kinds of disease.
2 (Mt 4:18; 4:21) Now the names of the twelve apostles are these:
first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother;
James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;
3 (Mk 3:18; Ac 1:13; Mt 9:9) Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew,
the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus; and Lebbaeus,
whose surname was Thaddaeus;
4 (Mt 26:14; Jn 13:2) Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed Him.
The Commissioning of the Twelve Apostles
Mk 6:7-13; Lk 9:1-6
5 (Jn 4:9; 2Ki 17:24-41) These twelve Jesus sent out,
and commanded them, saying,
"Do not go into the way of the Gentiles,
and do not enter any city of the Samaritans.
6 (Jer 50:6; Ps 119:176) But go rather to the lost sheep
of the house of Israel.
7 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) As you go, preach, saying,
'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
8 (Ac 3:6) Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead,
and cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
9 (Lk 22:35) "Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper
for your purses,
10 nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor shoes,
nor even staffs. For the workman is worthy of his keep.
11 "In whatever city or town you enter, inquire in it who is worthy.
And live there until you leave.
12 (1Sa 25:6) When you come into a house, greet it.
13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it.
But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 (Ac 13:51; Ne 5:13) Whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words,
when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
15 (Mt 12:36; 2Pe 2:9) Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for
the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the Day of Judgment than for that town.
Coming Persecutions
Mk 13:9-13; Lk 21:12-17
16 (Lk 10:3; Ge 3:1) "Look, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst
of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
17 (Mk 13:9; Mt 23:34; 5:22) But beware of men, for they will deliver you
up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
18 (Mt 8:4) You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake,
for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 (Ex 4:12; Mt 6:25) But when they deliver you up, take no thought of how
or what you will speak. For it will be given you at that time
what you will speak.
20 (Ac 4:8; 6:10) For it is not you who speak,
but the Spirit of your Father who speaks through you.
21 "The brother will deliver up the brother to death,
and the father the child. And the children will rise up
against their parents and cause them to be put to death.
22 (Mt 24:13; Mk 13:13; Mt 24:9) You will be hated by all men for My name's
sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
23 (Mt 16:28; Ac 8:1) But when they persecute you in this city,
escape into another. For truly I say to you, you will not have gone
through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
24 (Lk 6:40; Jn 13:16) "The disciple is not above his teacher,
nor the servant above his master.
25 (Mk 3:22; Mt 9:34) It is enough for the disciple that he be like
his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called
the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call
those of his household?
Whom to Fear
Lk 12:2-7
26 (Mk 4:22; Lk 8:17) "Therefore do not fear them. For nothing is covered that
will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
27 (Ac 5:20) What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light. And what you
hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.
28 (Isa 8:12-13; 51:12) Do not fear those who kill the body
but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able
to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall
to the ground without your Father.
30 (1Sa 14:45; 2Sa 14:11) But the very hairs of your head
are all numbered.
31 (Mt 6:26) Therefore do not fear. You are more valuable than many sparrows.
Confessing and Denying Christ
Lk 12:8-9
32 (Rev 3:5; Ro 10:9-10) "Whoever will confess Me before men,
him will I confess also before My Father who is in heaven.
33 (2Ti 2:12; Mk 8:38) But whoever will deny Me before men,
him will I also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
Not Peace, but a Sword
Lk 12:51-53; 14:26-27
34 "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth.
I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
35 (Mt 10:21) For I have come to turn
'a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
36 (Mic 7:6; Ps 41:9) a man's foes will be those of his own household.'
37 (Lk 14:26; Dt 33:9) "He who loves father or mother more than Me
is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me
is not worthy of Me.
38 (Mt 16:24; Lk 14:27) And He who does not take his cross
and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
39 (Lk 17:33; Jn 12:25) He who finds his life will lose it,
and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
Rewards
Mk 9:41
40 (Mt 18:5; Lk 9:48) "He who receives you receives Me,
and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
41 (3Jn 1:5-8) He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet
shall receive a prophet's reward. And he who receives a righteous man
in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
42 (Mt 25:40; Heb 6:10) And whoever gives even a cup of cold water
to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple,
truly I tell you, he shall in no way lose his reward."
[1] And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power
against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of
sickness and all manner of disease.
[2] Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is
called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his
brother;
[3] Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son
of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
[4] Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
[5] These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into
the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
[6] But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
[7] And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
[8] Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils:
freely ye have received, freely give.
[9] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
[10] Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet
staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
[11] And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is
worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
[12] And when ye come into an house, salute it.
[13] And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be
not worthy, let your peace return to you.
[14] And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye
depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
[15] Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom
and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
[16] Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye
therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
[17] But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and
they will scourge you in their synagogues;
[18] And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a
testimony against them and the Gentiles.
[19] But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall
speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
[20] For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which
speaketh in you.
[21] And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father
the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause
them to be put to death.
[22] And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that
endureth to the end shall be saved.
[23] But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for
verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel,
till the Son of man be come.
[24] The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
[25] It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant
as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much
more shall they call them of his household?
[26] Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not
be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
[27] What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear
in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
[28] And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the
soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in
hell.
[29] Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not
fall on the ground without your Father.
[30] But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
[31] Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
[32] Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess
also before my Father which is in heaven.
[33] But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my
Father which is in heaven.
[34] Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send
peace, but a sword.
[35] For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in
law.
[36] And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
[37] He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and
he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
[38] And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy
of me.
[39] He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for
my sake shall find it.
[40] He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth
him that sent me.
[41] He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a
prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a
righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
[42] And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup
of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he
shall in no wise lose his reward.
Luke 9:1-6
The Mission of the Twelve Apostles
Mt 10:1, 5-15; Mk 6:7-13
1 Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power
and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.
2 (Mt 3:2; 10:7-8) And He sent them to preach the kingdom of God
and to heal the sick.
3 (Lk 22:35; 10:4-12) He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey:
no staff, no bag, no bread, no money. And do not take two tunics apiece.
4 Whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.
5 (Ac 13:51; Ne 5:13) Whoever will not receive you, when you go out
of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony
against them."
6 So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel
and healing everywhere.
[1] Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and
authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
[2] And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
[3] And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves,
nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
[4] And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
[5] And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake
off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
[6] And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and
healing every where.
2) Our Daily Bread for 6 October 2022
Entitled "Envisioning a Different Future"
Leviticus 25:35-37
Helping the Poor
35 (Dt 15:7-8; Ps 37:26) If your brother becomes poor
and cannot maintain himself with you,
then you shall support him as if he were a foreigner or a sojourner,
so that he may live with you.
36 (Ex 22:25; Dt 23:19-20) Take no usury or interest from him;
but fear your God, so that your brother may live with you.
37 You shall not lend him your money at interest,
nor lend him your food for profit.
[35] And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then
thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that
he may live with thee.
[36] Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee.
[37] Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals
for increase.
The three hundred middle and high school students of the small town of
Neodesha, Kansas, filed into a surprise school assembly. They then sat in
disbelief upon hearing that a couple with ties to their town had decided to
pay college tuition for every Neodesha student for the next twenty-five years.
The students were stunned, overjoyed, and tearful.
Neodesha had been hard hit economically, which meant many families worried
about how to cover college expenses. The gift was a generational game-changer,
and the donors hoped it would immediately impact current families but also
incentivise others to move to Neodesha. They envision their generosity
igniting new jobs, new vitality-an entirely different future for the town.
God desired His people to be generous by not only tending to their own acute
needs but also by envisioning a new future for their struggling neighbors.
God's directions were clear: “If your brother becomes poor
and cannot maintain himself with you,
then you shall support him as if he were a foreigner or a sojourner,
so that he may live with you.” (Leviticus 25:35). The generosity wasn't only
about meeting basic physical needs but also about considering what their
future life together as a community would require.
"Help them," God said, "so they can continue to live among you" (v. 35).
The deepest forms of giving reimagine a different future. God's immense,
creative generosity encourages us toward that day when we’ll all live
together in wholeness and plenty.
By: Winn Collier
Reflect & Pray
How does generosity meet immediate needs?
How can it encourage you to also look further?
Dear God, I struggle with being generous
in the most basic ways. Help me to see and act.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 5 The Way Out
1 Cor 10:13
13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken
you except what is common to man. God is faithful,
and He will not permit you to be tempted above
what you can endure, but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common
to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Becky had experienced some hard knocks in the past few weeks; the stress
was beginning to show, and she wasn't sure she should handle anything else.
"Why me?" Becky wept, covering her face. "I just can't stand it any more!
I can't pay my bills; I just lost my job, and now my car broke down
on the highway. How much more of this can I take?"
Some people seem to have more than their share of trouble and temptation.
Within six months, one family faced financial trouble, cancer, quadruple
bypass surgery, and leukemia; their trials brought them face to face with
anger, bitterness, and despair as well. Other people seem to go through
life with relatively minor stresses and few real temptations to sin.
But whether our problems are great or small, they are part of the common
thread that ties humanity together. All of us face temptation; it is ,
Paul says, "Common to man." But Paul assures us that
"God ... will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear."
Often what we can bear is more that what we think we can bear. God will use
the troubled times in our lives for our maturity in him, but he promises
as well that he will not let temptation break us. He will provide "a way out,"
"a way of escape".
Sometimes the "way out" is true escape, being removed from what caused the
trouble. At other times, rather than being removed from it, we must
withstand the stress, face the temptation, enure the pain. Whether we escape
or endure, God is faithful to provide what we need; we can trust him
not to give us more than we can bear.
Application
a) Have I ever faced more stress or temptation than I thought I could bear?
b) Under what circumstances has God provided an "escape" for me?
When have I had to walk "through" my difficulties?
c) How can today's verse encourage me when times are tough?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Exodus 3:7-8
7 (Ps 106:44; Ex 2:23-25)The Lord said,
"I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt
and have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters,
for I know their sorrows.
8 (Ge 50:24; 15:18-21; Ex 13:5) Therefore, I have come down
to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land,
to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of
the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites,
the Hivites, and the Jebusites."
7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people
which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters;
for I know their sorrows;
8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand
of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and
a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites,
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are lonely
PSALMS 23
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside still waters.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He restores my soul;
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff,
they comfort me.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup runs over.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
Psalm 23
A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
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?)
Prince Edward Island
Total population 146300
Muslim population (est.) 1127
Charlottetown does not currently (fall 2014) have a local CNMM network.
Pray with us for God's people to come together in reaching Muslims
cooperatively across denominational and organisational lines.
More than 200 attended the Eid festival at the end of Ramadan, the Islamic
month of fasting during daylight hours and the reading of the Qur'an, at
the Dar as-Salam mosque in 2014. This second mosque established
in Charlottetown, the other being the Muslims Association of PEI.
As of mid-2014,there are between 250 to 300 families, mostly in Charlottetown.
The Muslims of Charlottetown see their community as symbolically important
for this nation since this is known as the "birthplace of Canada". Yet we were
established as the "Dominion of Canada" with an appeal not only to
monarchial authority, but even more to God's higher Biblical authority as
shown in Psalm 72:8, "May he have dominion from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth."
Let us intercede together for:
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
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!
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
6th Day of the Month
a) Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community
(
Deut 4:6-7
6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7 ) Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom and
your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear all these
statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and
understanding people."
7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great, who has a god so near
to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?
6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and
your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these
statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and
understanding people.
7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Matt 5:13-16
13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt
loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty? It is from then on good for
nothing but to be thrown out and to be trampled underfoot by men.
14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18) "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden.
15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16) 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.
16 (1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8) Let your light so shine before men that they
may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set
on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on
a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Acts 1:8
8 (Mt 28:19; Mk 16:15) "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes
upon you. And you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
8 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
b) Pray for the province of British Columbia
I) Pray for the leaders of Alberta, 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. 3For 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 to help in the Harvest of Souls.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, I struggle with being generous
in the most basic ways. Help me to see and act."
Pray to the Lord and to gove Him all your temptations .
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him to hear your plea for help under oppresion.
Pray to the Lord and pray for Him to guide you.
Pray for Prince Edward Island and her Muslim populations
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
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 a more effective witness by the church in every community
Pray for successful Bible distributions which are difficult to conduct in Cuba
and often illegal.
Pray for pastors and believers in the Wo region in Myanmar who have faced
increased persecution and imprisonment.
Pray the Cut Fitri in Indonesia will be reunited with her children who were
taken away when she left Islam.
Pray for Eritrean believers in Tigray who were forced to flee or have been
captured by the army.
Pray for Michael in Bahrain who has gone into hiding to escape from family
members trying to harm him.
Pray for Christian converts from Islam in Djibouti who face pressure
and persecution from their communities.
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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