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Day 320 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 16 November 2025 reflections

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Day 318 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 14 November 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Friday, November 14. 2025

Day 318, 14 November 2025

1) James 1, James 2, James 3, James 4, James 5

James 1

Salutation

1 (Jn 7:35; Ac 12:17) James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad:

Greetings.

[1] James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve

tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

Faith and Wisdom

2 (Jas 1:12) My brothers, count it all joy

when you fall into diverse temptations,

3 (Heb 10:36; 2Pe 1:6) knowing that the trying

of your faith develops patience.

4 (Mt 5:48; Lk 21:19) But let patience perfect its work,

that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

5 (Pr 2:3-6; Jn 15:7) If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,

who gives to all men liberally and without criticism,

and it will be given to him.

6 (Eph 4:14) But let him ask in faith, without wavering. For he who wavers

is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed with the wind.

7 Let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

8 (Jas 4:8; 2Pe 2:14) A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

[2] My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

[3] Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

[4] But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and

entire, wanting nothing.

[5] If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men

liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

[6] But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like

a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

[7] For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

[8] A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Poverty and Riches

9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted,

10 (1Co 7:31; 1Pe 1:24) but the rich in that he is made low,

because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

11 (Isa 40:7-8) For the sun rises with a burning heat

and it withers the grass, and its flowers fall, and its beauty perishes.

So will the rich man wither away in his ways.

[9] Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

[10] But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the

grass he shall pass away.

[11] For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth

the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of

it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

Trial and Temptation

12 (Jas 2:5; 1Co 9:25; 2Ti 4:8) Blessed is the man who endures temptation,

for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life,

which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God,"

for God cannot be tempted with evil; neither does He tempt anyone.

14 But each man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.

15 (Job 15:35; Ps 7:14) Then, when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin;

and when sin is finished, it brings forth death.

16 (Jas 1:19; 2:5) Do not err, my beloved brothers.

17 (Mal 3:6; Nu 23:19; Jn 3:27) Every good gift and every perfect gift

is from above and comes down from the Father of lights,

with whom is no change or shadow of turning.

18 (1Pe 1:23; Jn 1:13; Rev 14:4) Of His own will He brought us forth

with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits

of His creatures.

[12] Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he

shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that

love him.

[13] Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot

be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

[14] But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and

enticed.

[15] Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it

is finished, bringeth forth death.

[16] Do not err, my beloved brethren.

[17] Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down

from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of

turning.

[18] Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a

kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Hearing and Doing the Word

19 (Pr 10:19; 14:29) Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift

to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

20 for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.

21 (Eph 1:13; 4:22) Therefore lay aside all filthiness

and remaining wickedness and receive with meekness the engrafted word,

which is able to save your souls.

22 (Ro 2:13; Lk 6:46-48) Be doers of the word and not hearers only,

deceiving yourselves.

23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer,

he is like a man viewing his natural face in a mirror.

24 He views himself, and goes his way,

and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

25 (Jas 2:12; Jn 13:17) But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty,

and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work,

this man will be blessed in his deeds.

26 (Ps 34:13; 141:3) If anyone among you seems to be religious

and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's

religion is vain.

27 (Isa 1:23; Ro 12:2) Religion that is pure and undefiled before God,

the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction

and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

[19] Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to

speak, slow to wrath:

[20] For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

[21] Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and

receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

[22] But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own

selves.

[23] For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a

man beholding his natural face in a glass:

[24] For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth

what manner of man he was.

[25] But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth

therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man

shall be blessed in his deed.

[26] If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue,

but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

[27] Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit

the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted

from the world.

James 2

Warning Against Partiality

1 (1Co 2:8; Lev 19:15) My brothers, have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ,

the Lord of glory, without partiality.

2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly,

and also a poor man in ragged clothing comes in,

3 and you have respect for him who wears the fine clothing and say to him,

"Sit here in a good place," and say to the poor, "Stand there,"

or "Sit here under my footstool,"

4 (Jn 7:24) have you not then become partial among yourselves

and become judges with evil thoughts?

5 (Mt 5:3; Lk 6:20; 12:21) Listen, my beloved brothers. Has God not chosen

the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom

which He has promised to those who love Him?

6 (1Co 11:22; Ac 8:3) But you have despised the poor.

Do not rich men oppress you and drag you before the judgment seats?

7 (Ac 11:26) Do they not blaspheme that worthy name by which you are called?

8 (Lev 19:18) If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture,

"You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"(Lev 19:18.) you are doing well.

9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted

by the law as sinners.

10 (Gal 3:10) For whoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend

in one point is guilty of breaking the whole law.

11 (Ex 20:13-14; Dt 5:17-18) For He who said,

"Do not commit adultery,"(Ex 20:14; Dt 5:18.)

also said, "Do not kill."(Ex 20:13; Dt 5:17.)

Now if you do not commit adultery, yet you kill,

you have become a lawbreaker.

12 (Jas 1:25) So speak and so do as those who will be judged

by the law of liberty.

13 (Pr 21:13; Mt 5:7) For he who has shown no mercy will

have judgment without mercy, for mercy triumphs over judgment.

[1] My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of

glory, with respect of persons.

[2] For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly

apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

[3] And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto

him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there,

or sit here under my footstool:

[4] Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil

thoughts?

[5] Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world

rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that

love him?

[6] But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you

before the judgment seats?

[7] Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

[8] If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love

thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

[9] But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of

the law as transgressors.

[10] For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he

is guilty of all.

[11] For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now

if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor

of the law.

[12] So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of

liberty.

[13] For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy;

and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

Faith and Works

14 (Jas 1:22-25; Gal 5:6) What does it profit, my brothers,

if a man says he has faith but has no works? Can faith save him?

15 (Lk 3:11) If a brother or sister is naked and lacking daily food,

16 and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,"

and yet you give them nothing that the body needs, what does it profit?

17 (Jas 2:14; 2:26) So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.

18 (Gal 5:6; Jas 3:13) But a man may say, "You have faith and I have works."

Show me your faith without your works,

and I will show you my faith by my works.

19 (Dt 6:4; Mt 8:29) You believe that there is one God; you do well.

The demons also believe and tremble.

20 (Jas 2:26) But do you want to be shown, O foolish man,

that faith without works is dead?

21 (Ge 22:16-18) Was not Abraham our father justified by works

when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

22 (1Th 1:3) Do you see how faith worked with his works,

and by works faith was made perfect?

23 (Ge 15:6; 2Ch 20:7) The Scripture was fulfilled which says,

"Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,"

(Ge 15:6.) and he was called the friend of God.

24 You see then how by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

25 (Heb 11:31; Jos 2:1; 2:19-21) Likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute

justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out

another way?

26 (Jas 2:20; 2:17) As the body without the spirit is dead,

so faith without works is dead.

[14] What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and

have not works? can faith save him?

[15] If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

[16] And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled;

notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body;

what doth it profit?

[17] Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

[18] Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy

faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

[19] Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also

believe, and tremble.

[20] But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

[21] Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered

Isaac his son upon the altar?

[22] Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith

made perfect?

[23] And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and

it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of

God.

[24] Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith

only.

[25] Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had

received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

[26] For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is

dead also.

James 3

The Tongue

1 (Mt 23:13; Ro 2:20-21) My brothers, not many of you should become teachers,

knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.

2 (Mt 12:37; Jas 1:26) We all err in many ways. But if any man does not err

in word, he is a perfect man and able also to control the whole body.

3 (Ps 32:9) See how we put bits in the mouths of horses that they may obey

us, and we control their whole bodies.

4 And observe ships. Though they are so great and are driven by fierce winds,

yet they are directed with a very small rudder wherever the captain pleases.

5 (Ps 73:8-9) Even so, the tongue is a little part of the body

and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles.

6 (Pr 16:27) The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. The tongue is among

the parts of the body, defiling the whole body,

and setting the course of nature on fire, and it is set on fire by hell.

7 All kinds of beasts, and birds, and serpents, and things in the sea

are tamed or have been tamed by mankind.

8 (Ps 140:3; Ro 3:13) But no man can tame the tongue.

It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

9 (1Co 11:7; Ge 1:26-27) With it we bless the Lord and Father,

and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.

10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing.

My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

11 Does a spring yield at the same opening sweet and bitter water?

12 Can the fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a vine, figs?

So no spring can yield both salt water and fresh water.

[1] My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the

greater condemnation.

[2] For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the

same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

[3] Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we

turn about their whole body.

[4] Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of

fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,

whithersoever the governor listeth.

[5] Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.

Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

[6] And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among

our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course

of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

[7] For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things

in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

[8] But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly

poison.

[9] Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men,

which are made after the similitude of God.

[10] Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren,

these things ought not so to be.

[11] Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

[12] Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs?

so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

The Wisdom From Above

13 (Jas 2:18; 1:21) Who is wise and understanding among you?

Let him show his works by his good life in the meekness of wisdom.

14 (Jas 3:16; 2Co 12:20) But if you have bitter envying and strife

in your hearts, do not boast and do not lie against the truth.

15 (Jas 1:17; Jude 1:19) This wisdom descends not from above,

but is earthly, unspiritual, and devilish.

16 (1Co 3:3; Jas 3:14) For where there is envying and strife,

there is confusion and every evil work.

17 (Ro 12:9; Jas 2:4) But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,

then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits,

without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

18 (Pr 11:18; Mt 5:9) And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace

by those who make peace.

[13] Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out

of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

[14] But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and

lie not against the truth.

[15] This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual,

devilish.

[16] For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil

work.

[17] But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,

gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without

partiality, and without hypocrisy.

[18] And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make

peace.

James 4

Friendship With the World

1 (Ro 7:23; 1Pe 2:11) Where do wars and fights among you come from?

Do they not come from your lusts that war in your body?

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.

3 (1Jn 5:14; 3:22) You ask, and do not receive, because you ask amiss,

that you may spend it on your passions.

4 (Jn 15:19; Ro 8:7) You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know

that the friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore

will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

5 Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "He yearns jealously

for the spirit that lives in us"(The source of this quotation is uncertain.)?

6 (Pr 3:34; 1Pe 5:5) But He gives more grace. For this reason it says:

"God resists the proud,

but gives grace to the humble."(Pr 3:34.)

7 (Eph 4:27; 1Pe 5:8-9) Therefore submit yourselves to God.

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8 (2Ch 15:2; Jas 1:8) Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.

Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

9 (Lk 6:25; Pr 14:13) Grieve and mourn and weep.

Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to dejection.

10 (Mt 23:12) Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,

and He will lift you up.

[1] From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even

of your lusts that war in your members?

[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.

[3] Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it

upon your lusts.

[4] Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the

world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world

is the enemy of God.

[5] Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth

in us lusteth to envy?

[6] But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud,

but giveth grace unto the humble.

[7] Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee

from you.

[8] Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye

sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

[9] Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to

mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

[10] Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Judging a Brother

11 (1Pe 2:1; Jas 5:9) Do not speak evil of one another, brothers.

He who speaks evil of his brother and judges his brother speaks

evil of the law and judges the law. If you judge the law,

you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

12 (Mt 10:28; Ro 14:4; Isa 33:22) There is one Lawgiver who is able

to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?

[11] Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his

brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the

law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

[12] There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou

that judgest another?

Warning Against Boasting

13 (Pr 27:1; Jas 5:1) Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow

we will go into this city, spend a year there, buy and sell,

and make a profit,"

14 (Ps 102:3; 39:5) whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow.

What is your life? It is just a vapor that appears for a little while

and then vanishes away.

15 (Ac 18:21) Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills,

we shall live and do this or that."

16 (1Co 5:6) But now you are rejoicing in your boastings.

All such rejoicing is evil.

17 (Jn 9:41; Lk 12:47-48) Therefore, to him who knows to do good

and does not do it, it is sin.

[13] Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a

city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

[14] Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life?

It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth

away.

[15] For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this,

or that.

[16] But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

[17] Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it

is sin.

James 5

Warning to the Rich

1 (Pr 11:28; Isa 13:6) Come now, you rich men, weep and howl

for your miseries that shall come upon you.

2 (Job 13:28; Isa 50:9) Your riches are corrupted

and your garments are moth-eaten.

3 (Ro 2:5) Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be

a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored

up treasures for the last days.

4 (Lev 19:13; Ro 9:29) Indeed the wages that you kept back by fraud

from the laborers who harvested your fields are crying,

and the cries of those who harvested have entered

into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

5 (Lk 16:19; 1Ti 5:6) You have lived in pleasure on the earth

and have been wayward.

You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

6 You have condemned and killed the righteous man who does not resist you.

[1] Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come

upon you.

[2] Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

[3] Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a

witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have

heaped treasure together for the last days.

[4] Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields,

which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have

reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

[5] Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have

nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

[6] Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

Patience and Prayer

7 (Dt 11:14; Jer 5:24) Therefore be patient, brothers,

until the coming of the Lord. Notice how the farmer waits for the precious

fruit of the earth and is patient with it until he receives the early

and late rain.

8 (1Pe 4:7; Php 4:5) You also be patient. Establish your hearts,

for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.

9 (Mt 24:33; 1Co 4:5) Do not grumble against one another, brothers,

lest you be condemned. Look, the Judge is standing at the door.

10 (Ac 7:52; Heb 11:32-38) My brothers, take the prophets,

who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience.

11 (Ex 34:6; Job 1:21-22) Indeed we count them happy who endure.

You have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the purpose of the Lord,

that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.

12 But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven

or by the earth or by any other oath. But let your "Yes" be "Yes"

and your "No" be "No," that you do not fall into condemnation.

13 (Ps 50:15; Eph 5:19) Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.

Is anyone merry? Let him sing psalms.

14 (Mk 6:13; 16:18; Ac 14:23) Is anyone sick among you? Let him call

for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him,

anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

15 (Isa 33:24; Jas 1:6) And the prayer of faith will save the sick,

and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed any sins,

he will be forgiven.

16 (Ge 20:17; 18:23-32) Confess your faults to one another

and pray for one another, that you may be healed.

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.

17 (1Ki 17:1; Lk 4:25) Elijah was a man subject to natural passions

as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain,

and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

18 (1Ki 18:42-45) And he prayed again, and the sky gave rain,

and the earth brought forth its fruit.

19 (Mt 18:15; Gal 6:1) Brothers, if any one of you strays from the truth

and someone corrects him,

20 (Ro 11:14; 1Pe 4:8) let him know that he who converts the sinner

from the error of his way will save a soul from death

and will cover a multitude of sins.

[7] Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the

husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long

patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

[8] Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord

draweth nigh.

[9] Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold,

the judge standeth before the door.

[10] Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the

Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

[11] Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience

of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful,

and of tender mercy.

[12] But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven,

neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea;

and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

[13] Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing

psalms.

[14] Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and

let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

[15] And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise

him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

[16] Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye

may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth

much.

[17] Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed

earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the

space of three years and six months.

[18] And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought

forth her fruit.

[19] Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

[20] Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his

way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

2) Our Daily Bread for 14 November 2025 titled

Waiting for God by Winn Collier

Lamentations 3:22-33

22 (Mal 3:6; Ps 78:38) It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed;

His compassions do not fail.

23 (Zep 3:5; Ps 36:5) They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

24 (Ps 16:5; 73:26) "The Lord is my portion," says my soul,

"therefore I will hope in Him."

25 (Isa 25:9; 30:18) The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,

to the soul who seeks Him.

26 (Ps 37:7; 130:5) It is good that a man should wait quietly

for the salvation of the Lord.

27 (Ecc 12:1) It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.

28 (Jer 15:17; La 2:10) Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him;

29 (Job 40:4) let him put his mouth in the dust-there may yet be hope.

30 (Isa 50:6; Job 16:10) Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,

and let him be filled with insults.

31 (Ps 94:14; 77:7) For the Lord will not cast off forever.

32 (Ps 78:38; Hos 11:8) But though He causes grief,

yet He will have compassion according to the abundance of His mercies.

33 (Eze 33:11) For He does not afflict from His heart,

nor grieve the sons of men.

[22] It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his

compassions fail not.

[23] They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

[24] The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

[25] The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh

him.

[26] It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the

salvation of the LORD.

[27] It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

[28] He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

[29] He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

[30] He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with

reproach.

[31] For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

[32] But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the

multitude of his mercies.

[33] For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

When a country erupted in civil war, authorities conscripted a man into

military service. However, he objected: "I don't want any part in destroying

[my country]." So he left it. Because he didn't have proper visas, however,

he eventually found himself stuck in another country's airport. For months,

airport employees gave the man food and thousands followed his tweets

as he roamed terminals, knitted scarves, and clung to hope. Hearing

of his perpetual plight, a community in Canada raised money

and found him a job and a house.

The book of Lamentations presents the cry of Jeremiah, who waited for God

and the end of His discipline for the sins of his people. The prophet remained

confident in an everlasting God who he knew could be trusted. "The Lord is

good to those whose hope is in him" (3:25). God's people can experience

hope even when troubles overwhelm and relief seems impossible. Though

they might need to humbly accept God’s discipline, they can cling

to the reality that "there may yet be hope" (v. 29). Those who know God

can experience a hope that flows from Him.

"It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord" (v. 26).

Without answers or any clear way of escape, we wait for the God who's

proven Himself faithful over and over again to help us.

Reflect & Pray

What situation comes to mind when you think about waiting on God?

Why is this difficult, and how is God meeting you there?

Dear God, please help me patiently wait for

You to act out Your will in my life.

For further study,

watch Waiting in Hard Times.

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

Malachi 3:10-12

10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in

My house, and test Me now in this, says the Lord of Hosts, if I will not

open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing,

that there will not be room enough to receive it.

11 I will rebuke the devourer

for your sakes, so that it will not destroy the fruit of your ground,

and the vines in your field will not fail to bear fruit,

says the Lord of Hosts.

12 Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be

a delightful land, says the Lord of Hosts.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in

mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not

open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall

not be room enough to receive it.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy

the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit

before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be

a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

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

When you are Worried Over Money

Matt 6:19-21

Treasures in Heaven

Lk 12:33-34

19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth

and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

20 But store up

for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy

and where thieves do not break in nor steal,

21 for where your treasure is,

there will your heart be also.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth

and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth

nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

21 for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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?)

Newfoundland & Labrador

Total population 527000

Muslim population (est.) 2065

As of Autumn 2014, St. John's does not have a local CNMM network. Pray with us

for God's people to come together in prayer

and cooperative efforts to reach Muslims with the Good News.

St. John's has one mosque and 2 more musallas , or prayer locations, which

may grow into mosques of their own. The mosque is called Masjid an Noor,

The Mosque of the Light, and mosque historical documents record a trip in 1986

to Saudi Arabia to raise funds for the land purchase and construction costs.

A small number of Muslim families had come prior to 1964, but moved on to

other places after a short time. After this date, a small community began

to remain and grow , reaching about 25 families in the 1980s. A number

of international students also join the community annually

ranging from 25 to 60.

In 2014 the mosque website reports the community is made up of some 200

families and many university students attending Memorial University. A

small number of native Newfoundlanders have also converted to the Islamic

faith, one saying of this religion in Newfoundland, "Islam is a growing face".

With the growth of the community, the current challenge is lack of space

in the mosque, which they are now looking at expanding.

Pray for

- The true Light of life, Jesus Christ, to be revealed to Muslims

in Newfoundland through the word, dreams, visions and answers to prayer.

- Christians to be as "wise as serpents and harmless as doves" regarding

Islam and reaching out in loving witness to Muslims in St. John's.

- for a dedicated, intentional witness to the growing number of Muslim

students on the university, college and trade school campuses.

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

14th Day of the Month

a) Pray for God's kingdom to come

in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,

and in our nation ( Matt 6:10

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

)

b) Pray for those who serve with

denominations and Christian organisations

in Canada - that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to seek His Word in His Wisdom and to know

Him forthright.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please help me patiently wait for

You to act out Your will in my life."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the purity of the Lord's Holy Bible.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be a good tither.

Pray to the Lord and pray to lay treasure in Heaven.

Pray for in Newfoundland and Labrador

- The true Light of life, Jesus Christ, to be revealed to Muslims

in Newfoundland through the word, dreams, visions and answers to prayer.

- Christians to be as "wise as serpents and harmless as doves" regarding

Islam and reaching out in loving witness to Muslims in St. John's.

- for a dedicated, intentional witness to the growing number of Muslim

students on the university, college and trade school campuses.

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 God's kingdom to come

in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,

and in our nation

Pray for those who serve with

denominations and Christian organisations

- that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.

Pray that spiritual seekers in RUSSIA (AND AREAS UNDER ITS CONTROL)

will have an insatiable hunger for the truth of God's Word.

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.

Day 303 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 30 October 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Thursday, October 30. 2025

Day 303, 30 October 2025

1)Mark 13:32-37, Matthew 24:36-51, Luke 21:34-38, Matthew 25

Mark 13:32-37

The Unknown Day and Hour

Mt 24:36-44

32 (Ac 1:7; Mt 25:13) "But concerning that day or hour no one knows,

not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

33 (Eph 6:18) Take heed, watch and pray.

For you do not know when the time will come.

34 (Jn 10:3) For the Son of Man is like a man leaving on a far journey

who left his house and gave authority to his servants

and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

35 (Mt 24:42) "Watch therefore-for you do not know when the master

of the house is coming, in the evening, or at midnight,

or at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning-

36 (Mk 14:40) lest he come suddenly and find you sleeping.

37 (Mk 13:35) What I say to you I say to all: Watch!"

[32] But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which

are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

[33] Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

[34] For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his

house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and

commanded the porter to watch.

[35] Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house

cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

[36] Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

[37] And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Matthew 24:36-51

The Unknown Day and Hour

Mk 13:32-37; Lk 17:26-30, 34-36

36 (Ac 1:7; Mt 25:13; Mk 13:32) "Concerning that day and hour no one knows,

not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.

37 (Lk 17:26-27) As were the days of Noah, so will be

the coming of the Son of Man.

38 (Mt 22:30) For as in the days before the flood, they were eating

and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah

entered the ark,

39 (Mt 24:37) and did not know until the flood came

and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

40 Two will be in the field; one will be taken, and the other left.

41 (Ex 11:5; Isa 47:2) Two women will be grinding at the mill;

one will be taken, and the other left.

42 (Mt 25:13; 24:44) "Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour

your Lord will come.

43 (Lk 12:39) But know this, that if the owner of the house had known

what hour the thief would come, he would have watched

and not have let his house be broken into.

44 (Mt 25:10; 25:13) Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour

when you least expect, the Son of Man is coming.

[36] But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven,

but my Father only.

[37] But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man

be.

[38] For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and

drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered

into the ark,

[39] And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall

also the coming of the Son of man be.

[40] Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other

left.

[41] Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and

the other left.

[42] Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

[43] But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch

the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his

house to be broken up.

[44] Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son

of man cometh.

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

Lk 12:41-48

45 (Mt 25:21; 25:23) "Who then is a faithful and wise servant,

whom his master has made ruler over his household to give them food

at the appointed time?

46 (Rev 16:15) Blessed is that servant whom his master will find

so doing when he comes.

47 (Mt 25:21; 25:23) Truly, I say to you that he will make him

ruler over all his goods.

48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My master delays his coming,'

49 and begins to strike his fellow servants

and eat and drink with the drunkards,

50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not look

for him and in an hour he is not aware of

51 (Mt 8:12) and will cut him in pieces and appoint him his portion

with the hypocrites, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

[45] Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler

over his household, to give them meat in due season?

[46] Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so

doing.

[47] Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

[48] But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord

delayeth his coming;

[49] And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with

the drunken;

[50] The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for

him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

[51] And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the

hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 21:34-38

Exhortation to Watch

34 (Mk 4:19; Lev 10:9) "Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts

become burdened by excessiveness and drunkenness and anxieties of life,

and that Day comes on you unexpectedly.

35 For as a snare it will come on all those who dwell on the face

of the whole earth.

36 (Mt 26:41; 25:13) Therefore watch always and pray that you may be

counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen

and to stand before the Son of Man."

37 (Mt 21:1; 21:17) Each day He was teaching in the temple,

and each night He went out and stayed on the mountain

called the Mount of Olives.

38 And all the people came early in the morning to hear Him in the temple.

[34] And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be

overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so

that day come upon you unawares.

[35] For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the

whole earth.

[36] Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to

escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son

of man.

[37] And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went

out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.

[38] And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for

to hear him.

Matthew 25

Matthew 25

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

1 (Mt 13:24; 22:23) "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be like ten virgins,

who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

2 Five of them were wise and five were foolish.

3 Those who were foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them.

4 But the wise took jars of oil with their lamps.

5 (Mt 24:48; 25:19) While the bridegroom delayed, they all rested and slept.

6 "But at midnight there was a cry,

'Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

7 (Lk 12:35) "Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.

8 (Lk 12:35) But the foolish said to the wise,

'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps have gone out.'

9 "The wise answered, 'No, lest there not be enough for us and you.

Go rather to those who sell it, and buy some for yourselves.'

10 (Lk 13:25) "But while they went to buy some, the bridegroom came,

and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet.

And the door was shut.

11 (Mt 7:21-23) "Afterward, the other virgins came also, saying,

'Lord, Lord, open the door for us.'

12 (2Ti 2:19) "But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.'

13 (Mt 24:42-44) "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day

nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

[1] Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took

their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

[2] And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

[3] They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

[4] But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

[5] While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

[6] And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go

ye out to meet him.

[7] Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

[8] And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps

are gone out.

[9] But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us

and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

[10] And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were

ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

[11] Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

[12] But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

[13] Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the

Son of man cometh.

The Parable of the Talents

Lk 19:11-27

14 (Mt 21:33; Mk 13:34) "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling

into a far country, who called his own servants

and entrusted his goods to them.

15 (Mt 18:24) To one he gave five talents,

(A talent was worth several hundred pounds.)

to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his ability.

And immediately he took his journey.

16 He who had received the five talents went and traded with them

and made another five talents.

17 So also, he who had received two gained another two.

18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground

and hid his master's money.

19 (Mt 25:5) "After a long time the master of those servants came

and settled accounts with them.

20 He who had received five talents came and brought the other five talents,

saying, 'Master, you entrusted to me five talents.

Look, I have gained five talents more.'

21 (Mt 24:47; 25:23) "His master said to him, 'Well done, you good

and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things.

I will make you ruler over many things. Enter the joy of your master.'

22 "He who had received two talents also came and said,

'Master, you entrusted me with two talents.

See, I have gained two more talents besides them.'

23 (Mt 25:21) "His master said to him, 'Well done, you good

and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things.

I will make you ruler over many things. Enter the joy of your master.'

24 "Then he who had received the one talent came and said,

'Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow,

and gathering where you did not winnow.

25 So I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground.

Here you have what is yours.'

26 (Mt 18:32) "His master answered, 'You wicked and slothful servant!

You knew that I reap where I have not sown,

and gather where I have not winnowed.

27 Then you ought to have given my money to the bankers,

and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.

28 " 'So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.

29 (Mt 13:12; Mk 4:25) For to everyone who has will more be given,

and he will have an abundance. But from him who has nothing,

even what he has will be taken away.

30 (Mt 8:12; 22:13; 13:42) And throw the unprofitable servant

into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

[14] For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country,

who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

[15] And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one;

to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his

journey.

[16] Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the

same, and made them other five talents.

[17] And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

[18] But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his

lord's money.

[19] After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with

them.

[20] And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five

talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have

gained beside them five talents more.

[21] His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou

hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many

things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

[22] He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou

deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents

beside them.

[23] His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast

been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things:

enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

[24] Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew

thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and

gathering where thou hast not strawed:

[25] And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there

thou hast that is thine.

[26] His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant,

thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not

strawed:

[27] Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and

then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

[28] Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten

talents.

[29] For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have

abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he

hath.

[30] And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall

be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The Judgment of the Nations

31 (Mt 16:27; 19:28) "When the Son of Man comes in His glory,

and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.

32 (Mt 13:49; Mal 3:18) Before Him will be gathered all nations, and He will

separate them one from another

as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.

33 (Ps 45:9) He will set the sheep at His right hand,

but the goats at the left.

34 (Jas 2:5; Lk 12:32) "Then the King will say to those at His right hand,

'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you

since the foundation of the world.

35 (Eze 18:7; 18:16) For I was hungry and you gave Me food,

I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in.

36 (Jas 1:27; Heb 10:34) I was naked and you clothed Me,

I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me.'

37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry

and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?

38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

39 And when did we see You sick or in prison and come to You?'

40 (Mt 10:42; Pr 19:17) "The King will answer, 'Truly I say to you,

as you have done it for one of the least of these brothers of Mine,

you have done it for Me.'

41 (Mt 7:23; 2Pe 2:4) "Then He will say to those at the left hand,

'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire,

prepared for the devil and his angels.

42 For I was hungry and you gave Me no food,

I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink,

43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in,

I was naked and you did not clothe Me,

I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.'

44 "Then they also will answer Him,

'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger

or naked or sick or in prison, and did not serve You?'

45 (Pr 14:31; 17:5) "He will answer, 'Truly I say to you,

as you did it not for one of the least of these, you did it not for Me.'

46 (Jn 5:29; Da 12:2; Jn 3:36) "And they will go away into eternal

punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

[31] When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels

with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

[32] And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate

them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

[33] And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the

left.

[34] Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed

of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of

the world:

[35] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave

me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

[36] Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in

prison, and ye came unto me.

[37] Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an

hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

[38] When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed

thee?

[39] Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

[40] And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye

have done it unto me.

[41] Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye

cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

[42] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye

gave me no drink:

[43] I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not:

sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

[44] Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an

hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did

not minister unto thee?

[45] Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as

ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

[46] And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous

into life eternal.

2) Our Daily Bread for 30 October 2025 titled

Repurposed by God

by Kenneth Petersen

Genesis 45:12-15, 21-27

12 "Your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that

it is my mouth that is speaking to you.

13 You must tell my father of all my glory in Egypt

and of all that you have seen, and you must hurry

and bring my father down here."

14 Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept,

and Benjamin wept on his neck.

15 Moreover he kissed all his brothers and wept on them.

After that his brothers talked with him.

21 So the sons of Israel did so, and Joseph gave them wagons,

according to the commandment of Pharaoh,

and gave them provisions for the journey.

22 To each of them he gave a change of clothes,

but he gave to Benjamin three hundred shekels of silver

and five changes of clothes.

23 To his father he sent the following:

ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt

and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread

and provisions for his father on the journey.

24 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed.

He said to them, "Do not quarrel on the way."

25 They went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan

to Jacob their father.

26 They told him, "Joseph is still alive,

and he is governor over all the land of Egypt."

And Jacob's heart stood still because he could not believe them.

27 They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them,

and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him,

the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

[12] And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that

it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

[13] And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that

ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

[14] And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin

wept upon his neck.

[15] Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that

his brethren talked with him.

[21] And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons,

according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the

way.

[22] To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he

gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

[23] And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the

good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat

for his father by the way.

[24] So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them,

See that ye fall not out by the way.

[25] And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto

Jacob their father,

[26] And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all

the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.

[27] And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them:

and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of

Jacob their father revived:

In the early 1930s, Cleo McVicker came up with a product that could be used as

wallpaper cleaner. Back then, most homes were heated by coal, and walls became

covered in soot. Cleo's invention could be rolled over wallpaper and would

pick up the grime. Well, the wallpaper cleaner never became popular, but

decades later, a teacher used Cleo's product in her classes to create

Christmas ornaments. From that was born a new company - Rainbow Crafts

- and the wallpaper cleaner was repurposed as a children's toy: "Play-Doh."

On a far greater scale, God has a way of repurposing people. We remember the

biblical story of Joseph and his "coat of many colors." As a young man, he was

a lowly shepherd and was sold into slavery by his brothers. But God led Joseph

through great difficulties and into the top ranks of government. Eventually

Joseph became "repurposed" as "the ruler of all Egypt" (Genesis 45:26).

Yet Joseph's calling was not about power but about grace - something

he extended to his brothers as he forgave them (v. 15).

In a sense, all of us are "failed products." It's through "the grace of

a Son," Jesus, that we are repurposed into greater things. As you do life

today, think of your higher purpose and remember to extend grace to others,

just as Christ does for us.

Reflect & Pray

How has God repurposed you in your life journey?

What might you learn from the example of Joseph's life?

Dear God, if I've forgotten the grace You've called me

to, please remind me and help me extend it to others.

For further study, read No Model Family.

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

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?)

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

Day 30 of the Month

a) Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout

Canadian society, as it is in Heaven

( Matt 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.

)

b) Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city

or community, and across our nation. (

Rom 2:4

4 (Ex 34:6; Isa 30:18) Do you despise the riches of His goodness,

tolerance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God

leads you to repentance?

4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance

and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth

thee to repentance?

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray for the Lord to Seek His second coming

and to treat those in need.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, if I've forgotten the grace You've called me

to, please remind me and help me extend it to others."

Pray to the Lord and pray to ask the Lord to help you in Times of Temptation.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be neither borrower or lander.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know a place is being prepared for you in Heaven.

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 God's will to be done where you live and throughout

society, as it is in Heaven

Pray that Somalis arrested in Somaliland will stand

firm and persevere amid trials – for God's glory.

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.

Day 300 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 27 October 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Monday, October 27. 2025

Day 300, 27 October 2025

1) Matthew 21:28-32, Mark 12:1-12, Matthew 21:33-46, Luke 20:9-19,

Matthew 22:1-14, Mark 12:13-17, Matthew 22:15-22, Luke 20:20-26,

Mark 12:18-27, Matthew 22:23-33, Luke 20:27-40

Matthew 21:28-32

The Parable of the Two Sons

28 (Mt 17:25; 20:1) "What do you think? A man had two sons.

He came to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'

29 "He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he repented and went.

30 "Then he came to the second, and said likewise.

He answered, 'I will go, sir,' but did not go.

31 (Lk 7:29; 7:37-50) "Which of the two did the will of his father?"

They said, "The first."

Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, the tax collectors and prostitutes

enter the kingdom of God before you.

32 (Mt 11:18; 21:25) For John came to you in the way of righteousness,

and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors

and prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it,

you did not afterward repent and believe him.

[28] Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for

they all had her.

[29] Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the

scriptures, nor the power of God.

[30] For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage,

but are as the angels of God in heaven.

[31] But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that

which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

[32] I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Mark 12:1-12

The Parable of the Vineyard and the Vinedressers

Mt 21:33-46; Lk 20:9-10

1 (SS 8:11-12; Isa 5:1-4) He began to speak to them in parables.

"A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a pit

for the winepress, and built a tower, and rented it to vinedressers,

and went to a far country.

2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the vinedressers

to receive from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

3 (2Ch 36:16; Ne 9:26) But they seized him and beat him

and sent him away empty-handed.

4 Then he sent another servant to them. They threw stones at him,

and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

5 Still he sent another, and they killed him. And there were many others.

Some they beat, and some they killed.

6 (Mt 3:17; Heb 1:1-2) "Having yet his one well-beloved son,

he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will revere my son.'

7 "But those vinedressers said among themselves, 'This is the heir.

Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

8 So they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.

9 (Mt 21:43; Lk 19:27) "What then will the owner of the vineyard do?

He will come and kill the vinedressers and give the vineyard to others.

10 (Ps 118:22-23; Mt 21:16) Have you not read this Scripture:

'The stone which the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

11 This was the Lord's doing,

and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

12 (Mk 11:18; Mt 22:22) Then they tried to seize Him, but feared the people,

for they knew that He had spoken the parable against them.

So they left Him and went their way.

[1] And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a

vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat,

and

built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

[2] And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might

receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

[3] And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

[4] And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast

stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

[5] And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others;

beating

some, and killing some.

[6] Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last

unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

[7] But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let

us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

[8] And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

[9] What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and

destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

[10] And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders

rejected is become the head of the corner:

[11] This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

[12] And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they

knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and

went their way.

Matthew 21:33-46

The Parable of the Vineyard and the Vinedressers

Mk 12:1-12; Lk 20:9-19

33 (Mt 25:14-15; SS 8:11-12) "Listen to another parable:

There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard

and built a wall around it. He dug a winepress in it and built a tower.

Then he rented it to vinedressers and went into a distant country.

34 When the season of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants

to the vinedressers to receive his fruit.

35 (Heb 11:36-37; 2Ch 36:15-16) "The vinedressers took his servants

and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

36 (Mt 22:4) Again, he sent other servants, more than the first.

And they did likewise to them.

37 Last of all, he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

38 "But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said to themselves,

'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.'

39 (Ac 2:23) So they caught him, threw him out of the vineyard,

and killed him.

40 "Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes,

what will he do to those vinedressers?"

41 (Ac 18:6; Mt 21:43) They said, "He will severely destroy those wicked

men and rent his vineyard to other vinedressers

who will give him the fruits in their seasons."

42 (Ac 4:11; Ps 118:22-23; Isa 28:16) Jesus said to them,

Have you never read in the Scriptures:

'The stone which the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

This is the Lord's doing,

and it is marvelous in our eyes' (Ps 118:22-23.)?

43 "Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken

from you and given to a nation bearing its fruits.

44 (Isa 8:14-15; Da 2:34-35)Whoever falls on this stone

will be broken to pieces. But on whomever it falls, it will crush him."

45 When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables,

they perceived that He was speaking of them.

46 (Mt 21:11; 21:26) But as they tried to arrest Him, they feared t

he crowds, because they held Him as a prophet.

[33] And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his

doctrine.

[34] But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to

silence, they were gathered together.

[35] Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting

him, and saying,

[36] Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

[37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy

heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

[38] This is the first and great commandment.

[39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as

thyself.

[40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

[41] While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

[42] Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him,

The Son of David.

[43] He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord,

saying,

[44] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make

thine enemies thy footstool?

[45] If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

[46] And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from

that day forth ask him any more questions.

Luke 20:9-19

The Parable of the Vineyard and the Vinedressers

Mt 21:33-46; Mk 12:1-12

9 (Mt 21:33-46; Mk 12:1-12) He began to tell the people this parable:

"A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to vinedressers, and went to

a distant country for a long time.

10 (2Ch 36:15-16; Ne 9:26) At harvest time he sent a servant

to the vinedressers so they might give him some fruit of the vineyard.

But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

11 Again, he sent another servant. But they beat him also, and treated

him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

12 Once again, he sent a third. And they wounded him also and drove himout.

13 (Mt 3:17) "Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do?

I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him when they see him.'

14 (Ro 8:17; Heb 1:2) "But when the vinedressers saw him, they debated

among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him,

that the inheritance may be ours.'

15 (Heb 13:12) So they drove him out of the vineyard and killed him.

"What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

16 (Lk 19:27; Mt 21:41) He will come and kill these vinedressers

and will give the vineyard to others."

When they heard this, they said, "May it not be so!"

17 (Ps 118:22; Ac 4:11) He looked at them and said,

What then is this that is written:

‘The stone which the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone'(Ps 118:22.)?

18 (Isa 8:14-15; Da 2:34-35) Whoever falls on that stone will be broken.

But he on whom it falls will be crushed to powder." (Isa 8:14-15).

19 (Lk 19:47-48) The chief priests and the scribes tried to lay their

hands on Him that same hour, but they feared the people.

For they perceived that He had told this parable against them.

[9] Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted

a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for

a long time.

[10] And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should

give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent

him away empty.

[11] And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and

entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

[12] And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

[13] Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my

beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

[14] But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves,

saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be

ours.

[15] So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore

shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

[16] He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard

to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

[17] And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The

stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the

corner?

[18] Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever

it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

[19] And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands

on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken

this parable against them.

Matthew 22:1-14

Matthew 22

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Lk 14:15-24

1 Jesus spoke to them again by parables, saying,

2 (Mt 13:24) "The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king

who arranged a marriage for his son,

3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding,

but they would not come.

4 (Mt 21:36) "Again, he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are

invited: See, I have prepared my supper. My oxen and fattened calves are

killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.'

5 (Heb 2:3) "But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm,

another to his business;

6 the rest took his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.

7 (Lk 19:27) When the king heard about it, he was angry. He sent in his army

and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

8 (Lk 20:35; Ac 13:46) "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready,

but those who were invited were not worthy.

9 Go therefore to the streets, and invite to the wedding banquet

as many as you find.'

10 (Mt 13:47-48) So those servants went out into the streets and gathered

together as many as they found, both bad and good.

So the wedding hall was filled with guests.

11 (2Ki 10:22; Zec 3:3-4)"But when the king came in to see the guests,

he saw a man who was not wearing wedding garments.

12 (Mt 20:13; 26:50) He said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here

without wedding garments?' And he was speechless.

13 (Mt 8:12; 25:30; 13:42) "Then the king told the attendants, 'Bind him hand

and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, where there will

be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

14 (Rev 17:14) "For many are called, but few are chosen."

[1] And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

[2] The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage

for his son,

[3] And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the

wedding: and they would not come.

[4] Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden,

Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and

all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

[5] But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another

to his merchandise:

[6] And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and

slew them.

[7] But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his

armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

[8] Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were

bidden were not worthy.

[9] Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to

the marriage.

[10] So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all

as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with

guests.

[11] And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which

had not on a wedding garment:

[12] And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a

wedding garment? And he was speechless.

[13] Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take

him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and

gnashing of teeth.

[14] For many are called, but few are chosen.

Mark 12:13-17

The Question of Paying Taxes

Mt 22:15-22; Lk 20:20-26

13 (Mk 3:6; Lk 11:54) They sent to Him some of the Pharisees

and some of the Herodians to trap Him in His words.

14 When they came to Him, they said, "Teacher, we know that You are true

and swayed by no man. For You do not regard the person of men,

but truthfully teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar,

or not?

15 Should we pay, or should we not pay?"

But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why test Me? Bring Me

a denarius that I may see it."

16 They brought it, and He said to them,

"Whose image and inscription is this?"

They said to Him, "Caesar's."

17 (Ro 13:7) Then Jesus answered them, "Render to Caesar the things

that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

And they were amazed at Him.

[13] And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians,

to catch him in his words.

[14] And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou

art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men,

but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to

Caesar, or not?

[15] Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy,

said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

[16] And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and

superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

[17] And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that

are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at

him.

Matthew 22:15-22

The Question of Paying Taxes

Mk 12:13-17; Lk 20:20-26

15 (Mk 12:13-17; Lk 20:20-26) Then the Pharisees went and took counsel

to entangle Him in His words.

16 (Mk 3:6; 8:15) They sent their disciples to Him with the Herodians,

saying, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God

truthfully, and are swayed by no one. For You do not regard the person of men.

17 (Lk 2:1; Mt 17:25) Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay

taxes to Caesar, or not?"

18 (Jn 8:6) But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said, "Why test Me,

you hypocrites?

19 Show Me the tax money." They brought Him a denarius.

20 He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"

21 (Ro 13:7) They said to Him, "Caesar's."

Then He said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are

Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

22 (Mk 12:12) When they heard these words, they were amazed,

and left Him and went on their way.

[15] Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him

in his talk.

[16] And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying,

Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth,

neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

[17] Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute

unto Caesar, or not?

[18] But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye

hypocrites?

[19] Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.

[20] And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

[21] They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore

unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are

God's.

[22] When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went

their way.

Luke 20:20-26

The Question of Paying Taxes

Mt 22:18-22; Mk 12:13-17

20 (Mt 27:2; Lk 20:26) They watched Him and sent out spies who pretended

to be righteous men, that they might seize Him in His words to hand Him

over to the power and authority of the governor.

21 (Jn 3:2) So they asked Him, "Teacher, we know that You speak

and teach rightly. And You do not show partiality, but You truly

teach the way of God.

22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

23 (1Co 3:19) He perceived their craftiness and said to them,

"Why do you test Me?

24 (Mt 18:28) Show Me a denarius.

(Gk. denarius, a coin worth about a day's wage.)

Whose image and inscription does it have?"

They said, "Caesar's."

25 (Mt 22:21; Mk 12:17) He said to them, "Then render to Caesar

what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."

26 (Lk 20:20) They could not catch Him in His words before the people.

And they marveled at His answer and were silent.

[20] And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign

themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they

might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

[21] And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and

teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the

way of God truly:

[22] Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?

[23] But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

[24] Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered

and said, Caesar's.

[25] And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be

Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.

[26] And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they

marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

Mark 12:18-27

The Question About the Resurrection

Mt 22:23-33; Lk 20:27-40

18 (Mt 22:23-33; Ac 4:1-2) Then the Sadducees, who say there

is no resurrection, came to Him, saying,

19 "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies

and leaves his wife behind, but leaves no children, that man must

take the wife and raise up children for his brother.(Dt 25:5.)

20 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and when he died,

he left no children.

21 The second took her and died, leaving no children, and the third likewise.

22 The seven had her and left no children. Last of all, the woman died too.

23 In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be?

For the seven had her as wife."

24 (Jn 20:9; 2Ti 3:15-17) Jesus answered them, "Do you not err,

because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?

25 When they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given

in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

26 (Lk 20:37) Now concerning the dead rising, have you not read in the book

of Moses, in the account about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying,

'I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'

(Ex 3:6.)?

27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living.

You therefore do greatly err."

[18] Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection;

and they asked him, saying,

[19] Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife

behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife,

and raise up seed unto his brother.

[20] Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying

left no seed.

[21] And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the

third likewise.

[22] And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

[23] In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall

she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

[24] And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err,

because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

[25] For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are

given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

[26] And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book

of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of

Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

[27] He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore

do greatly err.

Matthew 22:23-33

The Question About the Resurrection

Mk 12:18-27; Lk 20:27-40

23 (Mt 3:7; Ac 4:1) The same day the Sadducees, who say that there

is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

24 "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies having no children,

his brother must marry his wife and raise up children for his brother.'

(Dt 25:5.)

25 Now there were seven brothers with us. The first died after he married

and, having no children, left his wife to his brother.

26 Likewise the second and third, on to the seventh.

27 Last of all, the woman died also.

28 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven?

For they all had her."

29 (Jn 20:9) Jesus answered, "You err, not knowing the Scriptures

nor the power of God.

30 (Ps 103:20; Mt 18:10) For in the resurrection they neither marry

nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven.

31 (Mt 21:16) But concerning the resurrection of the dead,

have you not read what was spoken to you by God,

32 (Ex 3:6; Ac 7:32) 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,

and the God of Jacob' (Ex 3:6.) ?

God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

[23] The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no

resurrection, and asked him,

[24] Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his

brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

[25] Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had

married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his

brother:

[26] Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

[27] And last of all the woman died also.

[28] Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for

they all had her.

[29] Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the

scriptures, nor the power of God.

[30] For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage,

but are as the angels of God in heaven.

[31] But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that

which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

[32] I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

[33] And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his

doctrine.

Luke 20:27-40

The Question About the Resurrection

Mt 22:23-33; Mk 12:18-27

27 (Mt 16:1; 22:23-33) Some of the Sadducees, who deny that

there is any resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

28 "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies,

having a wife but no children, then this man should take the wife

and raise up children for his brother.(Dt 25:5-6.)

29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife

and died childless.

30 The second took her as wife, and he died childless.

31 And then the third took her, and in like manner,

all seven died and left no children.

32 Last of all, the woman died also.

33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife will she be?

For the seven had her as a wife."

34 (Lk 16:8; 17:27) Jesus answered them, "The sons of this age marry

and are given in marriage.

35 (Ac 5:41; 2Th 1:5) But those who are counted worthy to attain that age,

and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage.

36 (Mt 22:30; Rev 21:4) For they cannot die any more, for they are equal

to the angels and are the sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

37 (Ex 3:2-6) Now, at the bush, even Moses pointed out that the dead

are raised when he called the Lord 'the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac,

and the God of Jacob.' (Ex 3:6.)

38 For He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. For to Him all live."

39 Some of the scribes said, "Teacher, You have spoken well."

40 (Mt 22:46; Mk 12:34) After that they dared not ask Him any question at all.

[27] Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any

resurrection; and they asked him,

[28] Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a

wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife,

and raise up seed unto his brother.

[29] There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and

died without children.

[30] And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.

[31] And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they

left no children, and died.

[32] Last of all the woman died also.

[33] Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had

her to wife.

[34] And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry,

and are given in marriage:

[35] But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the

resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

[36] Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and

are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

[37] Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he

calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of

Jacob.

[38] For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto

him.

[39] Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well

said.

[40] And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.

2) Our Daily Bread for 27 October 2025 titled

The God Who Made It All by Kirsten Holmberg

Genesis 1:1-8, 31

The Creation

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2 The earth was

formless and void,[a] darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the

Spirit of God was moving[b] over the surface of the water.

(God came into being on his own please note)

3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

4 God saw that the light was good,

and God separated the light from the darkness.

5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.

So the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters,

and let it separate the waters from the waters." 7 So God made the expanse

and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters

which were above the expanse. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse Heaven.

So the evening and the morning were the second day.

31 God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.

So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 1

[1] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

[2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face

of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

[4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from

the darkness.

[5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the

evening and the morning were the first day.

[6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and

let it divide the waters from the waters.

[7] And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the

firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

[8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning

were the second day.

[31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very

good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

In 2021, Star Trek actor William Shatner enjoyed the opportunity to be

catapulted into space in a rocket capsule. When he later reflected on the

voyage, he said everything he had expected about the experience was wrong.

He'd anticipated the vastness of space would give him a deep sense of

connection to all living things, but instead he felt grief: He found

the darkness of space cold and empty, which distilled in him a new

awareness of earth's beauty and fragility.

Not many people have ventured into space to have such an experience

firsthand. The Bible's account of God's creative work in the cosmos invites us

to see it through His eyes. God's first recorded actions were to create "the

heavens and the earth" bringing order to what was "formless and empty"

and "[separating] the light from the darkness" (Genesis 1:1-2, 4). The rest of

the creation account unfolds all the good things God brought into being,

including vegetation, creatures, and, ultimately, His image bearers - humans.

While the entirety of creation - even the darkest, farthest reaches

of space - reveals God's power and might, we’ve been given special insight

into His work right here on earth. The beauty that surrounds us beckons

us to worship the one who made it all.

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Reflect & Pray

When has God drawn you to worship Him through His creation?

For what in creation can you thank Him today?

Father God, thank You for making

and sustaining the earth and those of us who inhabit it.

I worship You as the creator of it all.

For further study, read How Nature Makes God Visible at ODBM.org .

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 2 - Due Season

Gal 6:9

9 And let us not grow weary in doing good,

for in due season we shall reap, if we do not give up.

9 And let us not be weary in well doing:

for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Jackie's preschool class took on an exciting project: they were going to grow

flowers from seeds, Each child took the seed, planted it carefully in the

bedding soil, watered, and waited. But Jackie couldn't wait. Every day

for a week he ran to the window box, looked for his plants, poked, prodded,

unplanted the seeds and then planted them again. "It's no use,"

he pouted after the first week. "Nothing's gonna grow in there."

We live in an instant society - microwave dinners, quick fixes, easy answers.

We are conditioned by our environment to expect - even to demand -

immediate response, and when we have to wait,

we become impatient and irritable.

Paul's exhortation to the Galatians, "Let us not become weary in doing good,"

is as appropriate for twentieth-century believers as it was for the new church

at Galatia. We lose motivation when we don't see results,

and weariness sets in.

If our work does not seem to be producing as we hope, we want to abandon it

and move on to a new project.

But God says, "You will reap a harvest if you don't give up." We give up too

soon in our prayers for a loved one's salvation. We abandon hope too readily

when we don't see spiritual growth in our own lives, when our investment in

another's spiritual maturity seems to have no return. The Lord says,

"The harvest is coming; be patient; trust me."

In due season the harvest comes; when it's the right time. When the seed has

had time to germinate, when the roots are string enough, when the conditions

are right, the reaping time will come. But we must be willing to wait for

the due season, the moment of ripeness, when our labor brings its return.

Application

a) Have I ever felt that my spiritual labours have produced no harvest at all?

b) What does it mean to my own spiritual growth that there is a "due season"

for reaping the harvest?

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

Day 27 of the Month

a) Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to

hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.

(

2 Cor 10:4-5

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,

5 casting down imaginations and every high thing

that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,

bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing

that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,

and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

)

b) Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who

are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to be ready to be chosen.

Pray to the Lord: "Father God, thank You for making

and sustaining the earth and those of us who inhabit it.

I worship You as the creator of it all."

Pray to the Lord and pray to for pateince in all you do.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord hears your cries.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the lord will guide you through perilous times.

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 that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to

hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.

Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who

are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.

Pray that Uzbek church leaders will receive the necessary tools

to expand their Gospel outreach ministries.

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.

Day 299 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 26 October 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Sunday, October 26. 2025

Day 299, 26 October 2025

Today at Calvary Community

Church, Pastor Larry Janzen spoke on Identity in Christ - Sight Unseen

1 Peter 1:8-9

8 (Jn 20:29; Heb 11:27) whom, having not seen, you love; and in whom, though

you do not see Him now, you believe and you rejoice with joy unspeakable and

full of glory,

9 (Ro 6:22) receiving as the result of your faith the salvation of your souls.

[8] Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet

believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

[9] Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

1 Corinthians 2

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

1 (1Co 1:17; 2:4) Brothers, when I came to you, I did not come with

superiority of speech or wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

2 (Gal 6:14) For I determined not to know anything among you

except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

3 (2Co 13:4) I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.

4 (Ro 15:19; 1Co 4:20) My speech and my preaching was not with enticing

words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

5 (2Co 4:7; 6:7) so that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men,

but in the power of God.

[1] And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech

or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

[2] For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and

him crucified.

[3] And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

[4] And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's

wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

[5] That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power

of God.

The Revelation by God's Spirit

6 (1Co 1:28; Heb 5:14) Yet we speak wisdom among those who are mature,

although not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age,

who are coming to nothing.

7 (Ro 16:25-26; 2Ti 1:9) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,

the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the ages for our glory.

8 (Ac 7:2; Jas 2:1) None of the rulers of this age knew it.

For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

9 (Isa 64:4; Mt 25:34) But as it is written,

"Eye has not seen,

nor ear heard,

nor has it entered into the heart of man

the things which God has prepared for those who love Him." (Isa 64:4.)

10 (Jn 14:26; Eph 3:3) But God has revealed them to us by His Spirit.

For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

11 (Pr 20:27; Jer 17:9) For what man knows the things of a man,

except the spirit of man which is in him? Likewise,

no one knows the things of God, except the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world,

but the Spirit which is of God, so that we might know the things

that are freely given to us by God.

13 (1Co 1:17; 2:4) These things also we proclaim, not in the words

which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches,

comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 (1Co 1:18; Jude 1:19) But the natural man does not receive

the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him;

nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 (1Co 3:1; 14:37) But he who is spiritual judges all things.

Yet he himself is not judged by anyone.

16 (Jn 15:15; Ro 11:34) For

"who has known the mind of the Lord

that he may instruct Him?"(Isa 40:13.)

But we have the mind of Christ.

[6] Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom

of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

[7] But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom,

which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

[8] Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it,

they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

[9] But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have

entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them

that love him.

[10] But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit

searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

[11] For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which

is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

[12] Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which

is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

[13] Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom

teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with

spiritual.

[14] But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for

they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are

spiritually discerned.

[15] But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged

of no man.

[16] For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But

we have the mind of Christ.

John 16:13

13 (Jn 14:17; 14:26; 15:26) But when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide

you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own authority. But He will

speak whatever He hears, and He will tell you things that are to come.

[13] Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into

all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear,

that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Taste - Psalm 34:8

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;

blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.

[8] O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth

in him.

Smell - 2 Corinthians 2:15-17

Paul's Anxiety in Troas

15 (1Co 1:18; Eze 20:41) For we are to God a sweet fragrance

of Christ among those who are saved and among those who perish.

16 (Lk 2:34; Jn 9:39) To the one we are the fragrance of death,

which brings death, and to the other the fragrance of life,

which brings life. Who is sufficient for these things?

17 (2Co 4:2; 1:12) For we are not as many are who peddle

the word of God. Instead, being sent by God, we sincerely speak

in Christ in the sight of God.

[15] For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved,

and in them that perish:

[16] To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the

savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

[17] For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of

sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

Feel - Phillipians 4:6-7

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.

[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.

Hear

John 10:27

27 (Jn 10:14; 10:16) My sheep hear My voice, and I know them,

and they follow Me.

[27] My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

Romans 10:17

17 (Gal 3:2; 3:5) So then faith comes by hearing,

and hearing by the word of God.

[17] So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

We Walk by faith, Not by Sight - 2 Corinthians 5:6-10

6 (Heb 11:13) Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are

at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.

7 (1Co 13:12; 2Co 4:18) For we walk by faith, not by sight.

8 Instead, I say that we are confident and willing to be absent from the body

and to be present with the Lord.

9 So whether present or absent, we labor that we may be accepted by Him.

10 (Mt 16:27; Ac 10:42) For we must all appear before the judgment seat of

Christ, that each one may receive his recompense in the body, according

to what he has done, whether it was good or bad.

[6] Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home

in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

[7] (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

[8] We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body,

and to be present with the Lord.

[9] Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted

of him.

[10] For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every

one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,

whether it be good or bad.

The immediate and direct result

1 Peter 1:9

9 (Ro 6:22) receiving as the result of your faith the salvation of your souls.

[9] Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

1) John 12:37-50, Mark 11:12-14, Matthew 21:18-22, Mark 11:15-19,

Matthew 21:12-17, Luke 19:45-48, Mark 11:20-33, Matthew 21:23-27, Luke 20:1-8

John 12:37-50

The Unbelief of the Jews

37 Though He had done so many signs before them,

yet they did not believe in Him.

38 (Isa 53:1; Ro 10:16) This fulfilled the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet:

"Lord, who has believed our report,

and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" (Isa 53:1.)

39 (Jn 5:44) Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah said again:

40 (Isa 6:10; Mt 13:13-15) "He has blinded their eyes

and hardened their hearts,

lest they should see with their eyes

and perceive with their hearts and turn,

and I would heal them." (Isa 6:10.)

41 (Isa 6:1-5; 6:9-10) Isaiah said this when he saw His glory

and spoke of Him.

42 (Jn 7:13; 9:22) Yet many of the rulers also believed in Him.

But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him,

lest they be put out of the synagogue.

43 (Jn 5:44; 5:41) For they loved the praise of men more than the praise

of God.

[37] But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed

not on him:

[38] That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he

spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the

Lord been revealed?

[39] Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

[40] He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should

not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted,

and I should heal them.

[41] These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

[42] Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but

because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put

out of the synagogue:

[43] For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Judgment by Jesus' Word

44 (Mt 10:40; Jn 5:24) Jesus cried out, "He who believes in Me believes

not only in Me, but in Him who sent Me.

45 He who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.

46 (Jn 8:12; 3:19) I have come as a light into the world, that whoever

believes in Me should not remain in darkness.

47 (Jn 3:17) "If anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge

him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

48 (Lk 10:16; Ro 2:16) He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words,

has that which judges him. The word I have spoken will judge him

on the last day.

49 (Jn 3:11; 5:30) For I have not spoken on My own authority,

but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say

and what I should speak.

50 (Jn 6:68) I know that His command is eternal life.

Therefore what I say, I say as the Father tells me."

[44] Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but

on him that sent me.

[45] And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

[46] I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should

not abide in darkness.

[47] And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I

came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

[48] He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth

him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

[49] For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave

me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

[50] And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak

therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

Mark 11:12-14

The Cursing of the Fig Tree

Mt 21:18-19

12 (Mt 4:2; 21:18-22) On the next day when they had returned from Bethany,

He was hungry.

13 (Lk 13:6-9) Seeing from afar a fig tree with leaves, He went to see

if perhaps He might find anything on it. When He came to it,

He found nothing except leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

14 (Mt 21:19) Jesus said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again."

And His disciples heard it.

[12] And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

[13] And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he

might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but

leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.

[14] And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter

for ever. And his disciples heard it.

Matthew 21:18-22

The Cursing of the Fig Tree

Mk 11:12-14, 20-24

18 (Mt 4:2) Now in the morning as He returned to the city, He became hungry.

19 (Lk 13:6-9; Mk 11:14) When He saw a fig tree by the road,

He went to it but found nothing on it except leaves.

He said to it, "Let no fruit ever grow on you again." Immediately

the fig tree withered away.

20 When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying,

"How did the fig tree wither away instantly?"

21 (Mt 17:20; Jas 1:6) Jesus answered them, "Truly I say to you,

if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only

do what was done to the fig tree, but also, if you say to this mountain,

'Be removed, and be thrown into the sea,' it will be done.

22 (Mt 7:7; Jn 15:7) And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe,

you will receive."

[18] Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

[19] And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing

thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee

henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

[20] And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the

fig tree withered away!

[21] Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have

faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig

tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be

thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

[22] And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall

receive.

Mark 11:15-19

The Cleansing of the Temple

Mt 21:12-17; Lk 19:45-48; Jn 2:13-22

15 (Mt 21:12-16) And they came to Jerusalem. Jesus went into the temple

and began to drive out those who sold and bought in the temple, and He

overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold

doves.

16 And He would not allow anyone to carry any vessel through the temple.

17 (Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11) And He taught them, and said, "Is it not written,

'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations'

(Isa 56:7.)? But you have made it a 'den of thieves.'(Jer 7:11). "

18 (Mt 7:28; Mk 12:12) The scribes and chief priests heard it

and looked for a way to kill Him. For they feared Him,

because all the people were astonished at His teaching.

19 (Lk 21:37; Mk 11:11) When evening came, He went out of the city.

[15] And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began

to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the

tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

[16] And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the

temple.

[17] And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be

called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of

thieves.

[18] And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might

destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at

his doctrine.

[19] And when even was come, he went out of the city.

Matthew 21:12-17

The Cleansing of the Temple

Mk 11:15-19; Lk 19:45-48; Jn 2:13-22

12 (Lev 1:14; 5:7) Jesus went into the temple of God

and drove out all those who sold and bought in the temple

and overturned the tables of the moneychangers

and the seats of those who sold doves.

13 (Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11) He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall

be called a house of prayer,' (Isa 56:7.) but you have made it

'a den of thieves.' (Jer 7:11). "

14 The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

15 (Mt 21:9; Lk 19:39-40) But when the chief priests

and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children

crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David,"

they were extremely displeased

16 (Ps 8:2; Mt 11:25) and said to Him, "Do You hear what these are saying?"

Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read,

'Out of the mouth of children and infants

You have perfected praise' (Ps 8:2.)?"

17 (Jn 11:18; 11:1) And He left them and went out of the city into Bethany,

and He lodged there.

[12] And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold

and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and

the seats of them that sold doves,

[13] And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house

of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

[14] And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed

them.

[15] And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he

did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son

of David; they were sore displeased,

[16] And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto

them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou

hast perfected praise?

[17] And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged

there.

Luke 19:45-48

The Cleansing of the Temple

Mt 21:12-17; Mk 11:15-19; Jn 2:13-22

45 (Mt 21:12-13; Mk 11:15-17) Then He entered the temple

and began to drive out those who sold and bought in it,

46 (Jer 7:11; Isa 56:7) saying to them, "It is written,

'My house will be a house of prayer,'(Isa 56:7.) but you have made it

'a den of thieves.'(Jer 7:11.)"

47 (Mt 26:55; Mk 11:18) He taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests,

the scribes, and the leaders of the people tried to kill Him.

48 Yet they could not find a way to do it, for all the people

were very attentive to hear Him.

[45] And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold

therein, and them that bought;

[46] Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but

ye have made it a den of thieves.

[47] And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the

scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

[48] And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very

attentive to hear him.

Mark 11:20-33

The Lesson From the Fig Tree

Mt 21:20-22

20 In the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered

from the roots.

21 Peter, calling to remembrance, said to Him,

"Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away."

22 Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.

23 (Mt 17:20; 1Co 13:2) For truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain,

'Be removed and be thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart,

but believes that what he says will come to pass, he will have whatever

he says.

24 (1Jn 3:22) Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,

believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.

25 (Col 3:13; Mt 6:12) And when you stand praying, forgive if you have

anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also

forgive you your sins.

26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven

forgive your sins."

[20] And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up

from the roots.

[21] And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the

fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

[22] And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

[23] For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain,

Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his

heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to

pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

[24] Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,

believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

[25] And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that

your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

[26] But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven

forgive your trespasses.

The Question of Jesus' Authority

Mt 21:23-27; Lk 20:1-8

27 (Mt 21:23-27; Lk 20:1-8) They came again to Jerusalem,

and as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests

and the scribes and the elders came to Him,

28 (Ex 2:14) and said, "By what authority are You doing these things,

and who gave You this authority to do them?"

29 Jesus answered them, "I will also ask of you one question. Answer Me,

and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

30 Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men? Answer Me."

31 They debated among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,'

He will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

32 (Mt 14:5; 21:46) But if we say, 'From men' "-they feared the people,

for everyone held John to be a real prophet.

33 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know."

Jesus answered them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority

I do these things."

[27] And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple,

there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

[28] And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who

gave thee this authority to do these things?

[29] And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one

question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these

things.

[30] The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.

[31] And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From

heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

[32] But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men

counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.

[33] And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus

answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do

these things.

Matthew 21:23-27

The Question of Jesus' Authority

Mk 11:27-33; Lk 20:1-8

23 (Ac 4:7; Ex 2:14) When He entered the temple, the chief priests

and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching,

and said, "By what authority are You doing these things?

And who gave You this authority?"

24 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question.

If you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

25 Where did the baptism of John come from? From heaven or from men?"

They reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,'

He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

26 (Mk 6:20; Mt 11:9) But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the people,

for all hold John as a prophet."

27 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know."

Then He said to them,

"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

[23] And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders

of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority

doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

[24] And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing,

which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do

these things.

[25] The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they

reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say

unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

[26] But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a

prophet.

[27] And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto

them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Luke 20:1-8

The Question of Jesus' Authority

Mt 21:23-27; Mk 11:27-33

1 One day, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel,

the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up to Him,

2 (Ex 2:14; Jn 2:18) and said to Him, "Tell us, by what authority are

You doing these things? Who is he who gave You this authority?"

3 He answered them, "I will also ask you one thing. Answer Me:

4 (Lk 15:18) Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"

5 They debated with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,'

He will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

6 (Mt 21:26; 11:9) But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us,

for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

7 So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

8 Jesus said to them,

"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

[1] And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people

in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes

came upon him with the elders,

[2] And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these

things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

[3] And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and

answer me:

[4] The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?

[5] And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven;

he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

[6] But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be

persuaded that John was a prophet.

[7] And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

[8] And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do

these things.

2) Our Daily Bread for 26 October 2025 Titled

The Work That Matters by John Blase

2 Samuel 9:1-7, 13

David's Kindness to Mephibosheth

1 (1Sa 20:42; 20:14-17) David said, "Is there still anyone left from

the house of Saul to whom I may show kindness on behalf of Jonathan?"

2 (2Sa 16:1-4; 19:17) Now there was a servant from the house of Saul

whose name was Ziba. So they summoned him to David.

The king said to him, "Are you Ziba?"

He replied, "I am your servant."

3 (2Sa 4:4) The king said, "Is there no one else from the house of Saul

to whom I may show the kindness of God?"

Ziba responded to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who

is crippled in both feet."

4 (2Sa 17:27-29) The king said to him, "Where is he?"

Ziba told the king, "He is at the house of Makir the son of Ammiel

at Lo Debar."

5 So King David sent for and brought him from the house of Makir

the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.

6 (1Sa 25:23; 2Sa 16:4) Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul

came to David and fell upon his face and bowed down. Then David said,

"Mephibosheth," and he responded, "I am your servant."

7 (2Sa 9:1; 19:28) David said to him, "Do not be afraid, for I will certainly

show you kindness on account of Jonathan, your father.

I will return to you every field of Saul, your father,

and you will eat at my table perpetually."

13 (2Sa 9:7) So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he ate continually

at the table of the king. Now he was lame in both of his feet.

2 Samuel 9

[1] And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that

I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

[2] And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And

when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba?

And he said, Thy servant is he.

[3] And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may

shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan

hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

[4] And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king,

Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

[5] Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the

son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

[6] Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come

unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said,

Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

[7] And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness

for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul

thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

[13] So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the

king's table; and was lame on both his feet.

There's a poignant scene near the end of Frederick Buechner's historical novel

Brendan. The character Gildas stands up to reveal one of his legs missing from

the knee down. As he reaches for his walking stick, he loses his balance.

Brendan leaps up and catches him.

"I'm as crippled as the dark world," Gildas says. "If it comes to that, which

one of us isn't?" Brendan replies. "To lend each other a hand when we're

falling. Perhaps that's the only work that matters in the end."

In 2 Samuel 9, we find King David desiring to show kindness to anyone still

living from the house of Saul (v. 1). There is one, Mephibosheth, "a son of

Jonathan; he is lame in both feet" (v. 3). Mephibosheth is ushered into the

king's presence, where he hears these words: "I will restore to you all the

land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my

table" (v. 7). And he always did.

Scripture is full of unforgettable stories of David and giants and armies

and kings and kingdoms - the stuff of movies. But the Bible also remembers

this poignant kindness shown toward a person in need—the story of someone

lending a hand to another.

After all the big, flashy scenes fade, it's possible that kindness such

as David extended to Mephibosheth is the work that matters most

in the end. Lending a hand is the kind of work you

and I can be about each and every day.

Reflect & Pray

Who is a Mephibosheth in your life? How can you lend a hand to that person?

Compassionate God, please show me the one

in my life that I can lend a hand to.

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3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 1 Hard Bargain

Mark 11:24

24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,

believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.

24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,

believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

"I've been praying." Jennifer declared confidently. " I told God I'd give him

a tithe of that $5000000 when I win the sweepstakes."

Her friend Cindi laughed. "Well, then, you don't have a chance. I told him

I'd give him half!"

Can we, as in Mark 11:24 seems to imply , pray for anything, absolutely

anything, and expect that the Lord will come through? Can we pray with

assurance for new cars, mink coats, or trips to the Caribbean? The verse

seems to be a troublesome one, especially when we try it and our prayers

aren't answered in the way we expected.

But seen in context, Mark 11:24 gives us a much broader picture of the

kind of prayer Jesus meant. The verse appears in the framework of

Jesus' ministry - cleansing the temple, correcting the Pharisees,

commanding forgiveness, discussing his authority. The condition for

the fulfillment of Mark 11:24, if Jesus' actions are any indication,

is fulfilling the will and purpose of God.

Such a condition for powerful prayers involves much more than attaching

am "If it be Thy will" clause onto the end of our prayers. We need to know

God's will and walk in it, seeking his kingdom first, and drawing close to

him. Then , as our hearts are right with him, what we ask in prayer

is likely to be congruent with the mind and purposes of Christ. We are

less likely to pray selfishly, and more likely to share God's priorities,

as we get to know him. And as we deepen in our knowledge of him,

as his will becomes our will, his promise for answered prayer takes

on new dimensions.

Application

a) What is the connection betweeen know God's will and praying effectively?

b) What changes need to take place in my life

so that I might pray with greater power?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Genesis 30:43

The man became exceedingly prosperous and had many sheep

and female servants and male servants and camels and donkeys.

And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle,

and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

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

When you are anxious

Phil 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 always: 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.

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

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, the One you know and have not seen

and experience joy unspeakable and full of glory.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Authority.

Pray to the Lord: "Compassionate God, please show me the one

in my life that I can lend a hand to. "

Pray to the Lord and pray to seek the Lord's will in prayer.

Pray to the Lord and pray to the rewards of godly obedience.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be thankful in everything.

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 that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary

work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ.

Pray that Christians in Cameroon living along the Nigerian border

will stand firm in the wake of attacks by Boko Haram.

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.

Day 269 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 26 September 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Friday, September 26. 2025

Day 269, 26 September 2025

1) Joel 1,2,3 Malachi 1,2,3,4

Joel 1

1 (Jer 1:2; Ac 2:16) The word of the Lord, which came to Joel, son of Pethuel.

[1] The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

A Land Laid Waste

2 (Hos 5:1; Joel 2:2) Hear this, elders,

and give ear, all inhabitants of the land!

Has anything like this happened in your days,

or in the days of your fathers?

3 Tell it to your children,

and let your children tell their children,

and let their children tell another generation.

4 (Joel 2:25; Am 4:9; Ex 10:4) What the fledging locust left,

the adult locust has eaten;

what the adult locust left,

the larval locust has eaten;

what the larval locust left,

the hopper locust has eaten.

5 Awaken, drunkards, and weep!

Wail, all wine-drinkers,

because the sweet wine

has been cut off from your lips.

6 (Joel 2:25) For a nation powerful and innumerable

has invaded my land;

its teeth are like the teeth of a lion,

like the fangs of a lioness.

7 (Isa 5:6; Joel 1:12) It has despoiled my vine,

and splintered my fig tree;

it has stripped off its bark

and cast it away,

leaving its branches white.

8 (Isa 22:12) Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth

for the husband of her youth.

9 (Joel 2:14; 2:17) The grain offering and the drink offering

are cut off from the house of the Lord;

the priests mourn, who are

ministers to the Lord.

10 (Jer 12:11; Hos 4:3) The field is ravaged,

the ground mourns;

for the grain is ruined,

the new wine is dried up,

and the oil dwindles.

11 (Isa 17:11; Jer 9:12) Despair, fieldworkers;

wail, vinedressers,

for the wheat and the barley,

because the harvest of the field has perished.

12 (Isa 24:11; SS 2:3) The vine is dried up,

and the fig tree is withered;

pomegranate, palm, and apple-

all the trees of the field are dry;

surely joy has withered away

from the sons of men.

[2] Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.

Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

[3] Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children,

and their children another generation.

[4] That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that

which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the

cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

[5] Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,

because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

[6] For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose

teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

[7] He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it

clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

[8] Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

[9] The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of

the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.

[10] The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new

wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

[11] Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat

and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

[12] The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate

tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the

field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

A Call to Repentance

13 (Jer 4:8; Joel 1:8-9) Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;

wail, ministers of the altar.

Come, spend the night in sackcloth,

ministers of my God,

because the grain offering and the drink offering

are withheld from the house of your God.

14 (Joel 2:15â€“16; Jnh 3:8) Consecrate a fast,

call a sacred assembly,

assemble the elders

and all the inhabitants of the land

to the house of the Lord your God,

and cry out to the Lord.

15 (Jer 30:7; Eze 7:2-12) Alas, for the day!

For the day of the Lord is near,

and like devastation from the Almighty it comes.

16 (Dt 12:6-7; Ps 43:4) Has not the food been cut off

before our eyes,

joy and gladness

from the house of our God?

17 The seeds have shriveled

under their shovels,

the storehouses have been deserted;

the granaries have been torn down,

because the grain has dried up.

18 (Jer 12:4; Hos 4:3) How the beasts groan!

The herds of cattle are confused,

because they have no pasture;

even the flocks of sheep suffer.

19 (Ps 50:15; Jer 9:10) To You, O Lord, I call,

because fire has devoured the wild pastures,

and flame has burned all the trees of the field.

20 (Ps 104:21; 1Ki 17:7) Even the beasts of the field long for You,

because the streams of water have dried up,

and fire has devoured the wild pastures.

[13] Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the

altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the

meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your

God.

[14] Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all

the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry

unto the LORD,

[15] Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a

destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

[16] Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the

house of our God?

[17] The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate,

the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

[18] How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because

they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

[19] O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of

the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

[20] The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters

are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Joel 2

The Day of the Lord

1 (Joel 1:15; 2:15) Blow the ram's horn in Zion,

sound the alarm on My holy mountain!

All the inhabitants of the earth will tremble,

because the day of the Lord has come,

because it is near-

2 (Joel 1:6; 2:25) a day of darkness and gloom,

a day of clouds and thick darkness.

Like blackness spreading over the mountain,

a great and mighty army comes,

such as was never before,

and will never be again,

even through the years of all generations.

3 (Ge 2:8; Isa 51:3) Before them fire devours,

and behind them a flame blazes;

the land is like the garden of Eden before them,

but behind them a desolate wasteland,

and nothing escapes them.

4 (Rev 9:7) They have the appearance of horses,

and like cavalry they run.

5 (Isa 5:24; Rev 9:9) As with the sound of chariots,

they leap on the mountaintops,

as with the sound of a flame of fire consuming stubble,

as a mighty army arrayed for war.

6 (Na 2:10; Isa 13:8) Before them, peoples are tormented;

every face turns pale.

7 (Pr 30:27) Like mighty men they run,

like men of war they scale a wall;

each marches on his way,

they do not swerve from their paths.

8 They do not jostle one another;

each marches in his track.

Through the weapons they plunge;

they do not break rank.

9 (Jer 9:21; Jn 10:1) They rush on the city,

they run on the wall;

they climb up into the houses,

they enter through the windows like thieves.

10 (Ps 18:7; Isa 13:10) Before them the earth quakes,

the heavens shake;

the sun and moon darken,

and the stars withdraw their radiance.

11 (Rev 18:8; Joel 3:16) The Lord has sounded His voice

before His army,

for His camp is exceedingly great;

mighty is the one who accomplishes His word.

For great is the day of the Lord,

and very awe-inspiring.

Who can endure it?

[1] Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let

all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for

it is nigh at hand;

[2] A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick

darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a

strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after

it, even to the years of many generations.

[3] A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land

is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness;

yea, and nothing shall escape them.

[4] The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen,

so shall they run.

[5] Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap,

like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong

people set in battle array.

[6] Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall

gather blackness.

[7] They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of

war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break

their ranks:

[8] Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path:

and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

[9] They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall,

they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like

a thief.

[10] The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun

and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

[11] And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is

very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the

LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

Return to the Lord

12 (Jer 4:1; Hos 12:6) Yet even now, declares the Lord,

return to Me with all your heart,

and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning.

13 (Ps 34:18; Jnh 4:2) Rend your heart,

and not your garments;

return to the Lord your God,

for He is gracious and merciful,

slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;

and He relents from punishing.

14 (Joel 1:13; Hag 2:19) Who knows? He might turn aside and relent,

and He might leave behind a blessingâ€”

a grain offering and a food offering

for the Lord your God.

15 (Joel 1:14; Nu 10:3) Blow the ram's horn in Zion,

consecrate a fast,

call a sacred assembly.

16 (Ex 19:10; 19:22) Gather the people,

consecrate the congregation,

assemble the elders,

gather the children

and those nursing at the breast;

let the bridegroom leave his room

and the bride her chamber.

17( Eze 8:16; Ps 79:10) Between the temple porch and the altar,

let the priests, ministers of the Lord, weep and say,

"Have pity upon Your people,

and do not make Your heritage a disgrace,

a mockery among the nations.

Why should they say among the peoples,

'Where is their God?' "

[12] Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your

heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

[13] And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your

God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,

and repenteth him of the evil.

[14] Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind

him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

[15] Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

[16] Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,

gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go

forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

[17] Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and

the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine

heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore

should they say among the people, Where is their God?

Rescue and Restitution

18 (Zec 1:14; 8:2) Then the Lord became jealous for His land

and took pity upon His people.

19 (Eze 34:29; Joel 1:10) So the Lord answered and said to His people,

Here! I am sending you grain, new wine, and oil,

and you will be satisfied,

and I will never again make you

a disgrace among the nations.

20 (Zec 14:8; Dt 11:24; Isa 34:3) I will remove the northerner far from you,

and I will banish him to a dry and desolate land,

those in front to the eastern sea,

and those in back to the western sea,

and his stink will rise,

and his stench will rise,

for he has done great things.

21 (Isa 54:4; Zep 3:16-17) Do not be afraid, land;

exult and rejoice,

for the Lord has done great things!

22 (Ps 65:12; Joel 1:18-20) Do not be afraid, beasts of the field,

because the wild pastures flourish,

because the tree bears its fruit;

the fig tree and the vine yield their abundance.

23 (Zec 10:7; Lev 26:4) And children of Zion, exult

and rejoice in the Lord your God,

because He has given to you

the early rain for vindication.

He showers down rains for you,

the early rain and the latter rain, as before.

24 (Lev 26:10; Am 9:13) Then the threshing floors will be filled with grain,

and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

25 (Joel 1:4-7; 2:2-11) And I will compensate you for the years the locusts

have eaten-the larval locust, the hopper locust,

and the fledging locust-

My great army which I sent against you.

26 (Lev 26:5; Isa 25:1) You will eat abundantly and be satisfied,

and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,

who has worked wonders for you;

and My people will never again be shamed.

27 (Joel 3:17; Lev 26:11-12) Then you will know that I am in the midst

of Israel, that I am the Lord your God,

and that there is no other.

And My people will never again be shamed.

[18] Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

[19] Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send

you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will

no more make you a reproach among the heathen:

[20] But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive

him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and

his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his

ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

[21] Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great

things.

[22] Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the

wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the

vine do yield their strength.

[23] Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God:

for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come

down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first

month.

[24] And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with

wine and oil.

[25] And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the

cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I

sent among you.

[26] And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of

the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall

never be ashamed.

[27] And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the

LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

The Outpouring of the Spirit

28 (Eze 39:29; Isa 32:15) And it will be that, afterwards,

I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

your old men will dream dreams,

and your young men will see visions.

29 (1Co 12:13; Gal 3:28) Even on the menservants and maidservants

in those days I will pour out My Spirit.

30 (Lk 21:11; Mt 24:29) Then I will work wonders in the heavens

and the earth-

blood and fire and columns of smoke.

31 (Mal 4:5; Isa 13:9-10) The sun will be turned to darkness,

and the moon to blood,

before the great and awe-inspiring day of the Lord comes.

32 (Isa 46:13; Ob 1:17) And it will be that everyone

who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem

there will be deliverance,

as the Lord has said,

and among the survivors

whom the Lord calls.

[28] And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit

upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old

men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

[29] And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I

pour out my spirit.

[30] And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and

fire, and pillars of smoke.

[31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before

the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

[32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the

LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be

deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall

call.

Joel 3

Judging the Nations

1 (Jer 16:15; 30:3) In those days and at that time,

when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 (Isa 66:16; Eze 35:10) I will gather all the nations,

and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.

I will enter into judgment with them there

regarding My people and My heritage Israel,

whom they have scattered among the nations;

they have also divided up My land.

3 (Am 2:6; Ob 1:11) They have cast lots for My people,

and have traded a boy for a prostitute;

they have sold a girl for wine,

that they might drink.

4 (Isa 34:8; 59:18) Also, what are you to Me, Tyre and Sidon

and all the regions of Philistia? Are you repaying Me

for something? If you are repaying Me, I will return your payment

swiftly and speedily on your head.

5 (2Ki 12:18; 2Ch 21:16-17) For you have taken My silver and My gold,

and you have carried off My finest treasures to your temples.

6 (Eze 27:13; Joel 3:3) You have sold the people of Judah

and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their border.

7 (Isa 43:5-6; Jer 23:8) I am about to rouse them from the place

to which you have sold them, and I will return your payment on your head.

8 (Isa 60:14; Job 1:15) I will sell your sons and your daughters

into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them

to the Sabeans-to a distant nation, for the Lord has spoken.

9 (Isa 8:9-10; Jer 46:3-4) Proclaim this among the nations:

Consecrate a war!

Stir up the mighty men!

Let all the men of war draw near and rise.

10 (Isa 2:4; Mic 4:3) Beat your plowshares into swords

and your pruning hooks into spears;

let the weakling say,

"I am a warrior!"

11 (Isa 13:3; Zep 3:8) Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,

and gather there.

Bring down Your warriors, O Lord.

12 (Isa 2:4; Ps 96:13) Let the nations be roused,

and go up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;

for there I will sit

to judge all the surrounding nations.

13 (Hos 6:11; Isa 63:3) Swing the sickle,

for the harvest is ripe.

Come and tread,

for the winepress is full.

The wine vats overflow,

because their evil is great.

14 (Isa 34:2-8; Joel 1:15) Multitudes, multitudes,

in the valley of decision!

For the day of the Lord is near

in the valley of the decision.

15 (Joel 2:10; 2:31) The sun and moon darken,

and the stars withdraw their radiance.

16 (Am 1:2; Eze 38:19) The Lord roars from Zion,

and sounds His voice from Jerusalem,

and heaven and earth quake.

But the Lord is a refuge for His people,

and a stronghold for the children of Israel.

Joel 3

[1] For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again

the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

[2] I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley

of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my

heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my

land.

[3] And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an

harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

[4] Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the

coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompence

me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

[5] Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your

temples my goodly pleasant things:

[6] The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold

unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

[7] Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them,

and will return your recompence upon your own head:

[8] And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the

children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far

off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

[9] Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty

men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

[10] Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears:

let the weak say, I am strong.

[11] Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves

together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.

[12] Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat:

for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

[13] Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for

the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

[14] Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the

LORD is near in the valley of decision.

[15] The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw

their shining.

[16] The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from

Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be

the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

The Lord Dwells in Zion

17 (Joel 2:27; Isa 4:3) Then you will know that I am the Lord your God,

who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain.

And Jerusalem will be holy,

and invaders will never again pass through her.

18 (Isa 30:25; 35:6) And it will be that in that day the mountains will drip

sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk,

and all the streambeds of Judah will flow with water;

a spring will proceed from the house of the Lord

and will water the Valley of Shittim.

19 (Isa 19:1-15) Egypt will become a desolation,

and Edom a desolate wasteland,

because of the violence done to the people of Judah-

they shed innocent blood in their land.

20 (Eze 37:25; Am 9:15) But Judah will be inhabited forever,

and Jerusalem for generations and generations.

21 (Isa 4:4; Eze 36:25) I will avenge their blood,

which I have not yet avenged.

The Lord dwells in Zion!

[17] So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy

mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass

through her any more.

[18] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop

down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of

Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house

of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

[19] Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness,

for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed

innocent blood in their land.

[20] But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to

generation.

[21] For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD

dwelleth in Zion.

Malachi 1

1 (Isa 13:1; Hab 1:1) The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.

[1] The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

Israel Preferred to Edom

2 (Jer 31:3; Isa 41:8-9) I have loved you, says the Lord.

But you say, "How have You loved us?"

Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord. Yet I have loved Jacob;

3 (Jer 49:16-18; Eze 35:3-4) but Esau I have hated, and I have made

his mountains a desolation and left his inheritance for the jackals

of the desert.

4 (Isa 9:9-10; Eze 25:14) Whereas Edom says, "We are impoverished,

but we will rebuild the ruins," thus says the Lord of Hosts: They may build,

but I will tear down. They will be called the Wicked Territory,

and the people against whom the Lord has indignation forever.

5 Your eyes will see this, and you will say, "

Great is the Lord, beyond the border of Israel!"

[2] I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou

loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

[3] And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for

the dragons of the wilderness.

[4] Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and

build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall

build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of

wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

[5] And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be

magnified from the border of Israel.

Profane Offerings

6 (Lk 6:46; Ex 20:12) A son honors his father, and a servant his master.

If then I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master,

where is My fear? says the Lord of Hosts to you, O priests,

who despise My name.

But you say, "How have we despised Your name?"

7 (Mal 1:12) You offer defiled food on My altar, but say,

"How have we defiled You?"

By saying, "The table of the Lord is contemptible."

8 (Dt 15:21) When you offer the blind as a sacrifice, is it not evil?

When you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil?

Offer it now to your governor! Would he be pleased with you,

or accept you? says the Lord of Hosts.

9 (Jer 27:18) But now entreat God's favour, that He may be gracious to us.

With such offerings from your hands, will He accept you favorably?

says the Lord of Hosts.

10 (Jer 6:20) Who is there among you who would shut the doors, that you might

not kindle fire on My altar in vain? I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord

of Hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

11 (Isa 66:19-20; 45:6) For from the rising of the sun to its setting,

My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be

offered to My name, and a pure offering. For My name will be great among

the nations, says the Lord of Hosts.

12 But you profane it, in that you say, "The table of the Lord is defiled,

and its fruit, that is, its food is contemptible."

13 (Mic 6:3) You also say, "What a weariness it is," and you snort at it,

says the Lord of Hosts.

You bring in what is stolen, the lame, or the sick;

thus you bring an offering! Should I accept this from your hand?

says the Lord.

14 (Zec 14:9; Ps 47:2) But cursed be the deceiver who has in his flock

a male, and vows, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished.

For I am a great king, says the Lord of Hosts,

and My name is to be feared among the nations.

[6] A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a

father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear?

saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And

ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

[7] Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we

polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

[8] And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye

offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor;

will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.

[9] And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us:

this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of

hosts.

[10] Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought?

neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in

you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your

hand.

[11] For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my

name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be

offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among

the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

[12] But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is

polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

[13] Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at

it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the

lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of

your hand? saith the LORD.

[14] But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth,

and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith

the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

Malachi 2

Divine Warnings to the Priests

1 (Mal 1:6) And now, O priests, this commandment is for you.

2 (Mal 3:9; Ps 69:22) If you will not listen, and if you will not take it

to heart to give honour to My name, says the Lord of Hosts,

I will send a curse on you and I will curse your blessings.

Yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.

3 (Na 3:6; Ex 29:14) I rebuke your descendants, and spread refuse

on your faces, the refuse of your solemn feasts, and you will be taken

away with it.

4 And you will know that I have sent this command to you,

that My covenant with Levi may remain, says the Lord of Hosts.

5 (Nu 25:12-13) My covenant with him was for life and peace,

and I gave them to him. With awe he feared Me,

and he was reverent before My name.

6 (Jer 23:22; Da 12:3) True instruction was in his mouth,

and injustice was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace

and with uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

7 (Lev 10:11; Jer 18:18) For a priest's lips should preserve knowledge,

and people should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger

of the Lord of Hosts.

8 (Jer 18:15; 1Sa 2:17) But you have departed from the way. You have caused

many to stumble at the law. You have violated the covenant of Levi,

says the Lord of Hosts.

9 (Dt 1:17; 1Sa 2:30) So I have made you contemptible

and base before all the people, because you have not kept My ways,

but have shown partiality in the law.

[1] And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

[2] If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory

unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you,

and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye

do not lay it to heart.

[3] Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even

the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

[4] And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my

covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

[5] My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for

the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

[6] The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his

lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from

iniquity.

[7] For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the

law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

[8] But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at

the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

[9] Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the

people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the

law.

The Covenant Profaned

10 (1Co 8:6; Isa 63:16) Have we not all one Father?

Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another,

by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

11 (Ezr 9:1-2) Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination

has been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned

the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has married the daughter

of a foreign god.

12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant

of the man who does this, teacher and student, yet who brings an offering

to the Lord of Hosts.

13 This is the second thing you do: You cover the altar of the Lord

with tears, with weeping and crying out, because He no longer regards

the offering, nor receives it with good will from your hand.

14 (Isa 54:6; Mal 3:5) Yet you say, "Why?" It is because the Lord

has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth,

against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your companion

and your wife by covenant.

15 (Mt 19:4-6; 1Co 7:14) Did He not make them one, having a remnant

of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring.

So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.

16 (Mt 5:31-32; Lk 16:18) For the Lord, the God of Israel,

says that He hates divorce; for it covers one's garment with violence,

says the Lord of Hosts.

Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.

[10] Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal

treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of

our fathers?

[11] Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in

Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD

which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

[12] The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the

scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering

unto the LORD of hosts.

[13] And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears,

with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the

offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

[14] Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee

and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet

is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

[15] And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And

wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your

spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

[16] For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for

one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore

take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Injustice Committed

17 (Isa 43:24; Zep 1:12) You have wearied the Lord with your words.

Yet you say, "How have we wearied Him?"

When you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord,

and He delights in them," or, "Where is the God of justice?"

[17] Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we

wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of

the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

Malachi 3

The Coming Messenger

1 (Mal 4:5; Isa 63:9) I will send My messenger, and he will prepare

the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come

to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant,

in whom you delight. He is coming, says the Lord of Hosts.

2 (Zec 13:9; Rev 6:17) But who can endure the day of his coming,

and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire

and like fullers' soap.

3 (Isa 1:25; Da 12:10) He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;

he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver,

and they will present to the Lord offerings in righteousness.

4 (2Ch 7:1-3) Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant

to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.

5 (Lev 19:13; Dt 24:17) Then I will draw near to you for judgment.

I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers,

against the perjurers, against those who oppress the hired worker

in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn aside

the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord of Hosts.

[1] Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before

me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to this temple, even the

messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith

the LORD of hosts.

[2] But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he

appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

[3] And he shall sit as a refiner and purifer of silver: and he shall purify

the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer

unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

[4] Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the

LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

[5] And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness

against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false

swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the

widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right,

and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

Withholding Tithes

6 (Nu 23:19; Jas 1:17; Heb 13:8) For I am the Lord, I do not change;

therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

7 (Zec 1:3) From the days of your fathers you have gone away from

My ordinances and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return

to you, says the Lord of Hosts.

But you say, "How shall we return?"

8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me.

But you say, "How have we robbed You?"

In tithes and offerings.

9 (Mal 2:2) You are cursed with a curse, your whole nation,

for you are robbing Me.

10 (Ge 7:11; 2Ki 7:2) Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,

that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,

says the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open for you the windows

of heaven and pour out for you a blessing, that there will not be room

enough to receive it.

11 I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that it will not

estroy the fruit of your ground, and the vines in your field will not

fail to bear fruit, says the Lord of Hosts.

12 (Isa 61:9; 62:4) Then all the nations will call you blessed,

for you will be a delightful land, says the Lord of Hosts.

13 (Mal 2:17) Your words have been hard against Me, says the Lord.

Yet you say, "What have we spoken against You?"

14 (Isa 58:3; Zep 1:12) You said, "It is vain to serve God.

What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,

and that we have walked as mourners before the Lord of Hosts?

15 (Mal 4:1; Ps 95:9) And now we call the proud blessed,

for those who do wickedness are built up; they even test God and escape."

[6] For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not

consumed.

[7] Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine

ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto

you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

[8] Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we

robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

[9] Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole

nation.

[10] Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in

mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will

not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there

shall not be room enough to receive it.

[11] And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy

the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the

time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

[12] And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome

land, saith the LORD of hosts.

[13] Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What

have we spoken so much against thee?

[14] Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we

have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD

of hosts?

[15] And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set

up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

The Reward of the Faithful

16 (Ps 56:8) Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another.

The Lord listened and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written

before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.

17 (Ex 19:5; Dt 7:6) They shall be Mine, says the Lord of Hosts,

on the day when I make up My jewels. And I will spare them as a man

spares his son who serves him.

18 (Ge 18:25) Then you will again discern between the righteous

and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.

[16] Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD

hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him

for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

[17] And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I

make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that

serveth him.

[18] Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked,

between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Malachi 4

The Great Day of the Lord

1 (Isa 5:24; 47:14) Surely the day is coming, burning like an oven;

all the proud, yes, all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming

will burn them up, says the Lord of Hosts, so that it will leave them

neither root nor branch.

2 (Isa 30:26; Lk 1:78) But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness

will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out and grow up

like calves from the stall.

3 (Job 40:12; Isa 26:6) And you will tread down the wicked, for they will be

ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I do this,

says the Lord of Hosts.

4 (Dt 4:10) Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, the statutes

and judgments which I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

5 (Lk 1:17; Joel 2:31) See, I will send you Elijah the prophet

before the coming of the great and dreaded day of the Lord.

6 (Isa 11:4; Zec 5:3) He will turn the hearts of the fathers

to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers,

lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.

[1] For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the

proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that

cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them

neither root nor branch.

[2] But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with

healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the

stall.

[3] And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the

soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

[4] Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in

Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

[5] Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the

great and dreadful day of the LORD:

[6] And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the

heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with

a curse.

2) Our Daily Bread for 26 September 2025 Titled

Beauty Out of Tragedy by Bill Crowder

Genesis 2:8-9; 3:1-6

8 The Lord God planted a garden in the east, in Eden, and there He placed the

man whom He had formed. 9 Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every

tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also

in the midst of the garden, along with the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

[8] And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the

man whom he had formed.

[9] And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is

pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst

of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field

which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman,

"Has God said, "You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?"

2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit from the trees

of the garden; 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the

garden, God has said, 'You will not eat of it, nor will you touch it, or else

you will die.'?"

4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die!

5 For God knows that on the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened

and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasing to

the eyes and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit

and ate; and she gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

[1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the

LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall

not eat of every tree of the garden?

[2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the

trees of the garden:

[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God

hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

[4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

[5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall

be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

[6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was

pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of

the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and

he did eat.

Coniston Water in England's beautiful Lake District is a favorite vacation

spot for families in the UK. The waters are perfect for boating, swimming,

and other water sports. That beautiful setting, however, was also the site of

great tragedy. In 1967, Donald Campbell was piloting his hydroplane Bluebird

K7, seeking to break the world water speed record. He reached a top speed

of 328 mph (528 km/h) but didn't live to celebrate the achievement

as Bluebird crashed, killing Campbell.

Tragic moments can happen in beautiful places. In Genesis 2, the Creator

"took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and take care

of it" (v. 15). The garden was a masterpiece, yet when placed in this

paradise, the man and woman disobeyed God, bringing sin and death into

His creation (3:6-7). Today, we continue to see the destructive effects

of their tragic choice.

But Jesus came to offer life to us - people who were dead in our sins.

The apostle Paul, referring to that, wrote, "Just as through the disobedience

of the one man [Adam] the many were made sinners, so also through

the obedience of the one man [Jesus Christ] the many will be made

righteous” (Romans 5:19). Because of Jesus, the most beautiful home

of all awaits us.

Out of beauty came tragedy. And by God's

grace, out of tragedy came eternal beauty.

Reflect & Pray

When have you seen God bring beauty out of tragedy?

How did you respond to that event?

Heavenly Father, thank You for the eternal beauty You alone provide.

For further study, read A Season of Suffering: Meeting Jesus in Our Pain.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 6 - It is Finished

John 5:24

24 (Jn 3:18; 1Jn 3:14; Jn 3:36) "Truly, truly I say to you, whoever hears

My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life

and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. "

[24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth

on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into

condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

"PLEASE BE PATIENT - GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET,"

the sweatshirt read. In this case, the message was an ironic one,

for the occupant of the shirt was a snaggle-toothed, freckle-faced six year

old!

In one sense, God is not finished with the work he has to do in each of us.

Life in Christ is an ongoing process of change and growth as we become

more like him. Certainly, the more we see of ourselves, the more we hope

he isn't finished with us!

Yet whatever plans God has for making us into the men and women he created

us to be, certain aspects of our life in Christ are finished, finalised.

Jesus declares with absolute assurance, "whoever hears

My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life

and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. "

Because we do not have to earn or deserve God's grace, because we are not

called to prove ourselves worthy of Salvation, we can have immediate

and total assurance of the security of life in Jesus Christ. The one who

put his trust in the Lord has eternal life; he will not be condemned;

he has crossed over from death to life.

This "crossing over" into life happens in the split second when we acknowledge

our dependence upon Christ alone. And the rest of our lives is given over to

the development of his image in us.

God is not finished with us yet.

But his work of salvation is finished - complete,

fully dependable an accomplished fact.

Application

a) Have I ever doubted the "accomplished fact" of my own salvation? Why?

b) How can today's verse help me realise that, although I may have a lot of

growing yet to do, my salvation in Jesus Christ is secure?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Ps 1:3

He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

that brings forth its fruit in its season;

its leaf will not wither,

and whatever he does will prosper.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

That bringeth forth his fruit in his season;

His leaf also shall not wither;

And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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

When you are Angry of Vengeful

James 1:19-25

Hearing and Doing the Word

19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear,

slow to speak, and slow to anger,

20 for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.

21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and remaining

wickedness and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able

to save your souls.

22 Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man

viewing his natural face in a mirror.

24 He views himself, and goes his way,

and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

25 But whoever looks into

the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it,

and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work,

this man will be blessed in his deeds.

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear,

slow to speak, slow to wrath:

20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness,

and receive with meekness the engrafted word,

which is able to save your souls.

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,

deceiving your own selves.

23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,

he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway

forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty,

and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer,

but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

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

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

)

Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Will about offerings and return.

Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, thank You for the eternal

beauty You alone provide."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus' accomplished fact of salvation.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be rooted in righteousness.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be slow to anger.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

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 Abdul in Bangladesh, a former imam who was beaten by his nephews

becuse of His faith in Christ .

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.

Day 265 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 22 September 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Monday, September 22. 2025

Day 265, 22 September 2025

1) Nehemiah 1,2,3,4,5

Nehemiah 1

The Prayer of Nehemiah

God had been preparing Nehemiah for a New meaningful contribution

to the Kingdom of God.

1 (Ne 10:1; Zec 7:1) The words of Nehemiah the son of Hakaliah.

In the month Kislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the palace,

[1] The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in

the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

A) Nurture a passion for God.

2 (Ne 7:2) Hanani, one of my relatives, and some men of Judah arrived. So I

asked them concerning the returning Jews who had been in captivity,

and concerning Jerusalem.

[2] That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah;

and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left

of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

B) Look for a need

3 (Ne 2:17; 2Ki 25:10; Ne 2:3) They said to me, "The remnant that returned

from captivity is there in the province enduring great affliction

and reproach. Also, the wall of Jerusalem remains broken down,

and its gates have been burned with fire."

[3] And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity

there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of

Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

4 (Ne 2:4; Ezr 10:1) When I heard these words, I sat down and wept

and mourned for days. Then I fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

[4] And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and

wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of

heaven,

Destiny is that problem we are uniquely equipped to solve.

c) Be part of the solution

i) Through prayer

ii) Through confession and repentance

5 (Ex 20:6; Dt 7:21) and said:

"I beseech You, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God,

who keeps covenant and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments.

[5] And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and

terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and

observe his commandments:

6 (Da 9:20; 2Ch 6:40) Let Your ear now be attentive, and Your eyes open,

that You may hear the prayer of Your servant, which I now pray before You,

day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins

of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against You.

Both my father's house and I have sinned.

[6] Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou

mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day

and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins

of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and

my father's house have sinned.

Confession is to agree with God that what we've done is wrong.

REpresentation confession is shown in Nehemiah 1:6

7 (Ps 106:6) We have acted very corruptly against You

and have not obeyed the commandments, nor the statutes,

nor the judgments, which You commanded Your servant Moses.

[7] We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the

commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou

commandedst thy servant Moses.

8 (Dt 4:25-27; 28:64) "Please remember the word that You commanded

Your servant Moses, saying, 'If you behave unfaithfully, then I will scatter

you among the nations,

[8] Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant

Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

9 (Dt 12:5; Lev 26:39-42) but if you return to Me and keep My commandments

and do them, though your outcasts are under the farthest part of the heavens,

I will gather them from there and bring them back to the place where I have

chosen to establish My name.'

[9] But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though

there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I

gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have

chosen to set my name there.

[Promise of the sins of the fathers and mothers will carry on to the 3rd

and 4th generation but he shows love to 1000 generations of those who

love him and keep his commands.]

10 (Dt 9:29; Ex 32:11) "Now these are Your servants and Your people,

whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand.

[10] Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by

thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

iii) Through personal engagement

11 (Ne 1:6; 2:1O) Lord, I implore You, let Your ear be attentive

to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants

who delight to revere Your name. And let Your servant prosper this day,

and grant him mercy in the sight of this man."

For I was the king's cupbearer.

[11] O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of

thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name:

(Praying in community)

and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the

sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Nehemiah 2

Nehemiah Sent to Jerusalem

A) Wait, pray and plan

1 (Ezr 7:1; Ne 1:1) In the month of Nisan, during the twentieth year

of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took the wine

and gave it to the king. Never had I been upset in his presence.

2 (Pr 15:13) So the king said to me, "Why is your face troubled though

you do not seem sick? This is nothing but a troubled heart."

Then I became very much afraid

[1] And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of

Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and

gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

[2] Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou

art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore

afraid,

B) Muster cougar through fear

3 (Ne 1:3; Da 2:4) and said to the king, "May the king live forever!

Why should not my face be troubled when the city, the place

of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"

4 (Ne 1:4) So the king said to me,

"What are you requesting about this matter?"

Immediately, I prayed to the God of heaven

[3] And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my

countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres,

lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

[4] Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed

to the God of heaven.

c) Trust God and make the ask BIG.

5 and then said to the king, "If this pleases the king

and if this might be good for your servant who is before you,

then would you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs

so that I may rebuild it?"

6 (Ne 13:6; 5:14) The king, with the queen sitting beside him, said to me,

"How long would your journey be? And when will you return?"

Because it pleased the king to send me, I established a timetable for him.

7 (Ezr 7:21; 8:36) I further said to the king, "If this pleases the king,

may letters be given to me for the governors of the province

Beyond the River so that they would allow me to pass through

until I come to Judah,

8 (Ezr 7:6; Ne 7:2) as well as a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's

forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates

of the temple mount, for the city wall, and for the house into

which I will enter." The king granted me these things, because the good hand

of my God was upon me.

9 (Ezr 8:22) When I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River,

I gave them the king's letters. He also sent with me commanders of foot

and horse soldiers.

[5] And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant

have

found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto

the

city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

[6] And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long

shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to

send me; and I set him a time.

[7] Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be

given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over

till I come into Judah;

[8] And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may

give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained

to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall

enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God

upon me.

[9] Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's

letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

D) Expect opposition

10 (Ne 2:19; 4:7) When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite

subordinate heard this, it deeply grieved them that there was a man

coming to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

[10] When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite,

heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek

the welfare of the children of Israel.

Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls

A ) Roll up your sleeves

B ) Don't forget patience

11 (Ezr 8:32) When I arrived in Jerusalem, I was there three days.

[11] So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

C) Beware of dream thieves

12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men who were with me;

I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem.

There was no animal with me, except the one on which I rode.

[12] And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I

any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was

there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

E) Count the cost

13 (Ne 1:3; 2Ch 26:9) So I went out by night by the Valley Gate toward

the Dragon's Well and then to the Dung Gate, because I was inspecting

the broken-down walls of Jerusalem and its burned gates.

14 (Ne 3:15; 2Ki 20:20) Next I passed by the Fountain Gate

and then to the King's Pool, but there was no place for my mount to pass.

15 (2Sa 15:23; Jn 18:1) By going up along the riverbed at night,

I inspected the wall. Then I turned back so that I could enter

by the Valley Gate, and then came back again.

[13] And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the

dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which

were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

[14] Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but

there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

[15] Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and

turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

F) Inspire Faith and Confidence

16 The officials did not know where I went or what I did, since I had not

yet told it to the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials,

or to any of the others who would do the work.

17 (Ne 1:3; Eze 5:14; Ps 44:13) Finally, I said to them, "You see the distress

that we are in, how Jerusalem is devastated and its gates are burned

with fire. Come, and let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will

no more be a reproach."

18 (2Sa 2:7) Then I told them that the hand of my God had been good to me

and also about the king's words that he had spoken to me.

And they said, "Let us rise up and build!"

So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

[16] And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as

yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the

rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

[17] Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how

Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and

let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

[18] Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also

the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up

and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

G) Resist the enemy's attempt to control

19 (Ne 6:6; 6:1-2; Ps 44:13-14) But when Sanballat the Horonite,

Tobiah the Ammonite subordinate, and Geshem the Arabian heard it,

they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said,

"What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"

20 (Ezr 4:3; Ne 2:4) Then answered I them and said to them,

"The God of heaven, He will enable us to prosper. Therefore we His servants

will arise and build, but you will have no portion, or right,

or memorial in Jerusalem."

[19] But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite,

and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us,

and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

[20] Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will

prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no

portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 3

Rebuilding the Wall

1 (Ne 12:39; Jer 31:38; Ne 13:28) Then Eliashib the high priest rose up

with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate.

They sanctified it and erected its doors. From the Tower of the Hundred

to the Tower of Hananel, they sanctified the wall.

[1] Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and

they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it;

even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

2 (Ne 7:36; Ezr 2:34) Next to him the men of Jericho built,

and next to them Zakkur the son of Imri built.

3 (Ne 12:39; 2Ch 33:14) The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate,

constructing its beams, erecting its doors, and installing locks

and bars for it.

4 (Ezr 8:33; Ne 3:21) Next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah,

the son of Hakkoz made repairs. Next to him, Meshullam the son of Berekiah,

the son of Meshezabel made repairs. Next to him Zadok the son of Baana

made repairs.

[2] And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them

builded Zaccur the son of Imri.

[3] But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the

beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the

bars thereof.

[4] And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz.

And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of

Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.

c) Walk in humility

5 (2Sa 14:2; Ne 3:27) Next to them the Tekoites made repairs,

but their noblemen would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord.

[5] And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not

their necks to the work of their Lord.

6 (Ne 12:39) Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah

repaired the Old Gate. They constructed its beams, erected its doors,

and installed locks and bars for it.

7 Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite

and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah,

places under the authority of the governor of the province Beyond the River.

[6] Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam

the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors

thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

[7] And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the

Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the

governor on this side the river.

d) Work Outside our comfort zone

8 (Ne 12:38; 3:31-32) Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah,

one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him Hananiah,

the son of one of the apothecaries, made repairs, and they repaired Jerusalem

as far as the Broad Wall.

[8] Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths.

Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries,

and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

{an example of pride}

9 (Ne 3:12; 3:17) Next to him Rephaiah the son of Hur, commander of half

of the Jerusalem district, made repairs.

[9] And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the

half part of Jerusalem.

10 Next to him Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house.

Next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.

[10] And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over

against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of

Hashabniah.

f) Demonstrate His work in our life

11 (Ne 12:38) Malkijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-Moab

repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Furnaces.

[11] Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired

the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

b) Work Together

{an example of pride}

12 (Ne 3:9) Next to them Shallum the son of Hallohesh,

commander of the other half of the Jerusalem district, made repairs

along with his daughters.

[12] And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler

of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

13 (Ne 2:13; Jos 15:34) Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired

the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it, erected its doors, and installed locks

and bars for it, plus repaired one thousand cubits

[About 1,500 feet, or about 450 meters.] along on the wall to the Dung Gate.

14 (Jer 6:1; Ne 2:13) But the Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah the son

of Rekab, commander of the Beth Hakkerem district. He rebuilt it,

and erected its doors, and installed the locks and bars for it.

15 (Ne 12:37; Jn 9:7) Moreover, Shallun the son of Kol-Hozeh,

commander of the Mizpah district, made repairs to the Fountain Gate.

He rebuilt it, covered it, erected its doors, and installed the locks

and bars for it. He also repaired the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's

garden as far as the steps going down from the City of David.

16 (2Ki 20:20; Ac 2:29) After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, commander of half

of the Beth Zur district, made repairs as far as the area across from the Tomb

of David plus to the constructed pool and to the house of the mighty.

17 (Jos 15:44) After him the Levites, under Rehum the son of Bani,

made repairs. Next to them Hashabiah, commander of half of the Keilah

district, made repairs in his area.

18 After him their brothers, under Binnui the son of Henadad,

commander of the other half of the Keilah district, made repairs.

19 (2Ch 26:9) Next to them Ezer the son of Jeshua, commander of Mizpah,

made repairs to another section across from the ascent to the armory

at the corner.

[13] The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they

built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars

thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

[14] But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of

part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks

thereof, and the bars thereof.

[15] But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh,

the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the

doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the

pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from

the city of David.

[16] After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half

part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David,

and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.

[17] After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him

repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.

[18] After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler

of the half part of Keilah.

[19] And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah,

another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of

the wall.

e) Go the extra mile

20 (Ne 3:1) After him Baruch the son of Zabbai zealously repaired

another section, from the corner to the door of the house of Eliashib

the high priest.

[20] After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece,

from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the

high priest.

21 After him Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz repaired

another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of it.

22 (Ne 12:28) After him the priests,

the men of the surrounding plain, made repairs.

23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs across from their house.

After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah made repairs

beside his house.

24 (Ne 3:19) After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section

from the house of Azariah as far as the corner plus the corner tower.

25 (Jer 32:2; 37:21) Palal the son of Uzai made repairs across from the corner

and to the tower protruding out of the king's upper house next

to the courtyard of the guards.

After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.

26 (Ne 8:1; 11:21) The temple servants living in Ophel made repairs

from opposite the Water Gate eastward to the protruding tower.

[21] After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another

piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house

of Eliashib.

[22] And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

[23] After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After

him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.

[24] After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the

house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.

[25] Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the

tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of

the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

[26] Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the

water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

e) Go the extra mile

27 (Ne 3:5) After them the Tekoites repaired another section across

from the great protruding tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

[27] After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great

tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

28 (2Ch 23:15; 2Ki 11:16) Up to the Horse Gate the priests made repairs

-each one across from his house.

29 After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired across from his house.

After him Shemaiah the son of Shekaniah, who was keeper of the East Gate,

made repairs.

30 After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph

repaired another section. After them Meshullam the son of Berekiah made

repairs across from his chamber.

[28] From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against

his house.

[29] After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house.

After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the

east gate.

[30] After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth

son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of

Berechiah over against his chamber.

d) Work Outside our comfort zone

31 (Ne 3:8; 3:32) After him Malkijah the goldsmith's son made repairs

as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants.

This was across from the Mustering Gate extending as far as the upper room

of the corner tower.

32 (Ne 3:1; 12:39) Between the upper room of the corner tower

and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.

[31] After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the

Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the

going up of the corner.

[32] And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the

goldsmiths and the merchants.

Nehemiah 4

Opposition to the Rebuilding

1 (Ne 2:10; 2:19) When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall,

he became angry and was greatly irritated, and he mocked the Jews.

2 (Ezr 4:9-10; Ne 4:10) He spoke before his relatives and the army of Samaria

and said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they fortifying themselves?

Will they make sacrifices? Can they complete this in a day?

Can they revive the burned-up stones out of the rubbish heaps?"

3 (Ne 2:10) Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said,

"Even what they are rebuilding, if even a fox climbed it,

that would break down their stone wall."

[1] But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall,

he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

[2] And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What

do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice?

will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps

of the rubbish which are burned?

[3] Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they

build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

A)When mocked or ridiculed, turn to God.

4 (Ps 79:12; 123:3-4) Hear, O our God, that we are despised. Turn

their reproach back upon their own head, and give them as spoil in a land

of captivity:

5 (Jer 18:23; Ps 109:14) No longer cover their iniquity nor blot out

their sin, which is before You since they have made insults

against the builders.

[4] Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their

own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

[5] And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from

before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

6 So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was solidified

up to half its height. The people had a passion for the work.

[6] So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half

thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

B) When tempted to Allow Discord

7 (Ne 2:10; 4:1) When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites,

and the Ashdodites heard how the restoration of Jerusalem's walls

was progressing and how the breaches had begun to be sealed,

it made them extremely furious.

8 (Ps 83:3-11) So they all conspired together to fight against Jerusalem

in order to cause it chaos.

[7] But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians,

and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem

were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very

wroth,

[8] And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against

Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

... Pray and seek unity.

9 (Ne 4:11) Nevertheless we prayed to our God, and, because of them,

we set up a watch for them day and night.

[9] Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against

them day and night, because of them.

D) When discouraged or overwhelmed ...

10 Judah had said, "The strength of the burden bearers is failing though

there is much rubble. And we ourselves are unable to rebuild the wall."

11 Our adversaries said, "They will neither know nor see until we have

entered in among them and slain them. Indeed, we will stop the work!"

12 When the Jews living near them came, they told us ten times,

"From every place where you turn, they will be against us."

[10] And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and

there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

[11] And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we

come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

[12] And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they

said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they

will be upon you.

... understand this is normal.

C) When threatened, Pray and Protect

13 (Ne 4:17-18) Therefore I set guards at the lowest positions

along the wall and just inside the wall at the unrepaired areas.

I also stationed the people by families providing them individually

their own swords, spears, and bows.

14 (Nu 14:9; 2Sa 10:12) After I looked around, I stood up

and said to the nobles, the rulers, and the rest of the people,

"Stop being terrified because of them! Remember instead that the Lord

is great and awesome. So fight for each other-and for your sons,

your daughters, your wives, and your houses."

15 (2Sa 17:14) Now when our enemies heard that this had become known to us

and that God had brought their counsel to nothing, then we all returned

to the wall, everyone to his work.

16 After that day, half of my servants did the work while the other half

handled the spears, shields, bows, and body armor. Commanders were appointed

to support every house of Judah.

17 Those rebuilding the wall and those hauling the loads were working

with one hand doing the task, but with the other hand holding the weapon.

18 For the builders, everyone had his sword bound to his side,

even while rebuilding. The trumpet blower worked beside me.

19 I said to the nobles, the rulers, and to the rest of the people,

"The work is vast and over a large area. Since we are spread along the wall

far from each other,

20 (Ex 14:14; Dt 1:30) assemble to us there at the place where you hear

the trumpet sounded. Our God shall fight for us."

21 So we labored in the work with half of them holding spears

from sunrise to the rising of the stars.

22 Likewise at the same time I said to the people,

"Every man and his servant must lodge within Jerusalem.

By night, they may be a guard to us; by day, a laborer for the work."

[13] Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher

places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their

spears, and their bows.

[14] And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers,

and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord,

which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and

your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

[15] And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us,

and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to

the wall, every one unto his work.

[16] And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants

wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the

shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all

the house of Judah.

[17] They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those

that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with

the other hand held a weapon.

[18] For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so

builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

[19] And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the

people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one

far from another.

[20] In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye

thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

[21] So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the

rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

[22] Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with

his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to

us, and labour on the day.

E) When faced with sacrifice, Lead the way!

23 So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the men of the guard

who followed me took off our clothes.

Each carried his weapon, even when washing.

[23] So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the

guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every

one put them off for washing.

Nehemiah 5

Nehemiah Stops Oppression

Lack of Compassion exposed

1 (Isa 5:7) Now there was a great outcry of the people

and their wives against their fellow Jews.

2 Some were saying, "We and our sons and our daughters are many.

Therefore, let us acquire grain so that we may eat and live."

3 Others were saying, "We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards,

and houses so that we might acquire grain because of hunger."

4 (Ezr 4:13; 4:20) Still others were saying, "We have borrowed money

for the king's tribute against the value of our fields and vineyards.

[1] And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their

brethren the Jews.

[2] For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many:

therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

[3] Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards,

and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

[4] There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's

tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

Example of Millwoods Food Bank , Clothing bank and care closet

Lack of Compassion Challenged

6 (Ex 11:8) I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.

7 (Ex 22:25; Lev 25:36) So I contemplated about this for myself and,

as a result, I rebuked the nobles and officials and said to them,

"Based on the claim of each against his brother, you are exacting usury."

Then I convened a great assembly against them,

8 (Lev 25:47-49) and I said to them, "By whatever means we had,

we purchased our Jewish countrymen who were being sold to the nations.

So, will you once more sell your countrymen so that they might again be

sold to us?" Then they kept silent, because they found nothing to answer.

9 (Lev 25:36; 2Sa 12:14) Also I said, "What you are doing is not good!

Should not you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach

of the nations, our enemies?

10 Moreover, I, my relatives, and my servants are loaning them money

and grain. So, I urge you, cease from this practice of usury.

11 (Isa 58:6) Please restore to them, even this day, their fields,

their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses,

along with a hundredth part of the money, the grain, the wine,

and the oil that you had exacted from them."

[6] And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

[7] Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers,

and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a

great assembly against them.

[8] And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren

the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your

brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and

found nothing to answer.

[9] Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear

of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

[10] I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money

and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

[11] Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their

vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the the hundredth part

of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

Lack of Compassion Addressed

12 (Ezr 10:5) Then they said, "We will restore it and will require

nothing of them. We will do what you have said."

Then I called the priests and made them swear an oath to keep this promise.

13 (Ac 18:6; 1Ch 16:36) Also I shook out the front of my garment and said,

"Like this, may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor

who does not carry out this promise. Exactly like this, may he be shaken out

and emptied."

And all the congregation said, "Amen," and praised the Lord.

And the people did according to this promise.

[12] Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them;

so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of

them, that they should do according to this promise.

[13] Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his

house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be

he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised

the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

No Lack of Compassion

Nehemiah's Generosity

14 (Ne 13:6; 2:1) Moreover from the time that I was appointed

to be their governor in the land of Judah

(from the twentieth year even until the 32nd year of King Artaxerxes)

twelve years had passed. And my companions and I had not eaten

the governor's food allotment.

15 (Ne 5:9; Job 31:23) The former governors preceding me had extracted

a heavy burden on the people, because they took from them food and wine,

besides forty shekels

[About 1 pound, or 460 grams.] of silver. Moreover, even their servants

domineered over the people. But I myself never did so, because of the fear

of God.

16 Furthermore, I stayed determined in the work on this wall.

We bought no field, and all my servants were gathered there for the sake

of the work.

17 (1Ki 18:19; 2Sa 9:7) Moreover there were regularly at my table 150 Jews

and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations around us.

18 (1Ki 4:22-23) Daily there were one ox and six choice sheep prepared for me.

Fowls were also prepared for me. Once in ten days all sorts of wine were

supplied in abundance. Yet for all this, I never required the governor's

food allotment because it was a heavy burden on this people.

19 (Ne 13:14; 13:22) Remember me, O my God, for good, according to all

that I have done for this people.

[14] Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the

land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year

of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not

eaten the bread of the governor.

[15] But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto

the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of

silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not

I, because of the fear of God.

[16] Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any

land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

[17] Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and

rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about

us.

[18] Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice

sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all

sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor,

because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

[19] Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for

this people.

2) Our Daily Bread for 22 September 2022

Recognizing Jesus by Sheridan Voysey

John 14:8-14

8 Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father,

and that is sufficient for us."

9 (Heb 1:3; Jn 12:45; Col 1:15) Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you

such a long time, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen

Me has seen the Father. So how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

10 (Jn 5:19; 10:38) Do you not believe that I am in the Father

and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak

on My own authority. But the Father who lives in Me does the works.

11 (Jn 5:36; 10:38) Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father

is in Me. Or else believe Me on account of the works themselves.

12 (Mt 21:21; Jn 14:28) Truly, truly I say to you, he who believes in Me

will do the works that I do also. And he will do greater works than these,

because I am going to My Father.

13 (Mt 7:7; Jn 13:31) I will do whatever you ask in My name, that the Father

may be glorified in the Son.

14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

[8] Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

[9] Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet

hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the

Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

[10] Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?

the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father

that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

[11] Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else

believe me for the very works' sake.

[12] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works

that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do;

because I

go unto my Father.

[13] And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father

may be glorified in the Son.

[14] If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

Richard Griffin was Queen Elizabeth II's personal police officer for fourteen

years. Accompanying her on a picnic in the hills near Balmoral Castle one day,

they met two American hikers. "Have you ever met the Queen?" they asked, not

recognising the monarch in plain dress. "I haven't," the Queen quipped, "but

Richard here meets her regularly!" Thrilled to meet someone close to royalty,

the hikers then handed the Queen their camera, posed with Richard,

and asked her to take a photo!

It isn't the first time someone has been in the presence of an important

person unawares. "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of

it," Jacob said after encountering God in a dream at Bethel (Genesis 28:16).

And when Philip asked Jesus to show the disciples the Father, Jesus replied,

"Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?

Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father" (John 14:9). Like the hikers,

the disciples had been ready to hand Jesus the camera, not recognising

He was the one to zoom in on (vv. 10-11).

Like the Queen that day, Jesus hasn't always been recognised for

who He really is. Beyond a "wise teacher" or "great moral leader," He's God

in the flesh and King of the world (1:14; 18:36).

What a revelation it is when we discover it!

Reflect & Pray

What would you say to Jesus if you met Him on a picnic trip?

Who do you understand Him to be?

Dear Jesus, I praise You today

for being the King of Kings, Lord of Lords,

and far more than I can ever grasp.

Learn more about the divinity and humanity of Jesus.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 2 - Earning Death

Romans 6:23

23 (Ro 5:12; Ge 2:17; Ro 2:7) For the wages of sin is death,

but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal

life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

"I only want my rights," declares the belligerent Big Ghost, one of the

characters in C. S. Lewis's classic, The Great Divorce. "I'm not asking

for anybody's bleeding charity."

"Then do. At once," his angelic friend Len urges. "Ask for the Bleeding

Charity. Everything is here for the asking and nothing can be bought."

Often we are much like the Ghost in Lewis's tale of heaven and hell.

We want "What we deserve," and being blind to our own sin, we think

we deserve praise, or al least mercy. But Paul is very clear on what

we have coming: "The wages of sin is death".

We work for our wages - we've earned our paycheque, and we deserve it.

We don't have to thank anyone for paying us - it's our due, not a gift.

Similarly, the paycheque issued to us in renumeration for our sin is

what we deserve: death.

Yet, if we are willing to lay aside our pride and accept God's gift,

we can live. "The gift of God is eternal life." Nothing we can do or say

can make us worthy of the gift of life. We are sinners by nature and we

rebel against God in our choices. Yet God, in Christ, offers grace to us,

freedom from sin, liberty from the burden of trying to earn his favour.

Ironically, freedom and peace in the Christian life come not through

justifying ourselves and making ourselves look good, but through

acknowledging the depth of our sin ad our ability to do anything about it.

When we realise that we are trapped in out sinful selves and only

Christ can free us, then we are ready to journey toward grace and freedom.

Application

a) In what way's have I tried to "earn" the gift of eternal life?

b) What can I do to focus on God's grace and realise

that I cannot accomplish my own salvation?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Proverbs 10:22

22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich ,and He adds no sorrow with it.

22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And he addeth no sorrow with it.

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

When you are Saddened by Loss

1 Cor 15:35-38,51-57

35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up?

With what body do they come?"

36 You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

37 When you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare kernel,

perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.

38 Then God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.

51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall

all be changed.

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet,

for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible,

and we shall be changed.

53 For tis corruptible will put on incorruption,

and this mortal will put on immortality.

54 When this corruptible will have put on incorruption,

and this mortal will have put on immortality,

then the saying that is written shall come to pass:

"Death is swallowed up in victory."

55 "O death, where is your sting?

O grave, where is your victory?"

56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through

our Lord Jesus Christ!

35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?

and with what body do they come?

36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

37 and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,

but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,

and to every seed his own body.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall

all be changed,

52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:

for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,

and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,

and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,

and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought

to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through

our Lord Jesus Christ.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

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

22 Day of the Month

a) Pray for the Province of Quebec

I) Pray for the leaders of Quebec,

that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.

III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus

b) Pray that the influence of the Holy Spirit would dissolve

every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge

of God.

(

2 Cor 10: 3 - 5

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God

to the pulling down of strongholds,

5 casting down imaginations and every

high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every

thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

4(for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God

to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself

against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought

to the obedience of Christ;

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to humble yourself in the face of opposition.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, I praise You today

for being the King of Kings, Lord of Lords,

and far more than I can ever grasp."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Wages of Sin and Jesus' remedy.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord blessings.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the upcoming rapture of the church.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

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 the influence of the Holy Spirit would dissolve

every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge

of God.

Pray for congregants in Bangladesh whose church was destroyed, as well as

those who were beaten by militant Buddhists .

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.

Day 257 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 14 September 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Sunday, September 14. 2025

Day 257, 14 September 2025

Today at Calvary Community Church

Pastor Doug Zeiber spoke on Empowered - Snakeproof

Acts 28:1-2

Paul in Malta

1 (Ac 27:26; 27:39) When they had escaped, they learned that the island

was called Malta.

2 (Ac 28:4; Ro 1:14) The natives showed extraordinary kindness, for they

kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because of the rain and the cold.

[1] And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called

Melita.

[2] And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled

a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because

of the cold.

Psalms 46:1

1 God is our refuge and strength, a well-proven help in trouble.

[1] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

God never promises to keep us from the storms but He promises to provide a

refuge for us.

Acts 28:3-6

3 When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper

driven out by the heat fastened on his hand.

4 (Lk 13:2; 13:4) When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand,

they said to one another, "Surely this man is a murderer. Though he has

escaped from the sea, justice does not allow him to live."

5 (Mk 16:18; Lk 10:19) But he shook off the creature into the fire

and suffered no harm.

6 They expected him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But while

they waited and saw no harm befall him, they changed their minds

and said that he was a god.

[3] And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the

fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

[4] And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they

said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath

escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

[5] And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

[6] Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead

suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to

him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

Acts 28:4b,5

4 (Lk 13:2; 13:4) "Surely this man is a murderer. Though he has

escaped from the sea, justice does not allow him to live."

5 (Mk 16:18; Lk 10:19) But he shook off the creature into the fire

and suffered no harm.

[4] No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath

escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

[5] And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

Genesis 3:15

15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring

and her offspring; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

(This is the foreshadowing of the Crucifixion of

Jesus The Lamb for Sinners Slain)

[15] And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed

and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Luke 10:19

19 (Mk 16:18; Ps 91:13) Look, I give you authority to trample on serpents

and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. And nothing shall

by any means hurt you.

[19] Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and

over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Revelation 12:11

11 (Lk 14:26; Jn 16:33) They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives

unto the death.

[11] And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of

their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

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Acts 28:7-10

7 In that area was an estate of the chief man of the island, named Publius,

who had welcomed us and courteously housed us for three days.

8 (Ac 9:40; Mt 9:18) It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with

a fever and dysentery. Paul visited him and, placing his hands on him, prayed

and healed him.

9 When this happened, the rest on the island who had diseases also came

and were healed.

10 They honored us in many ways. And when we sailed, they provided us

with necessary supplies.

[7] In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island,

whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days

courteously.

[8] And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and

of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on

him, and healed him.

[9] So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island,

came, and were healed:

[10] Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they

laded us with such things as were necessary.

1) Daniel 10,11,12

Daniel 10

Daniel's Vision of a Man

1 (Da 1:7; 1:21) In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message

was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar,

and the message was true and one of great conflict.

And he understood the message and had understanding of the vision.

2 (Ezr 9:4-5; Ne 1:4) In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks.

3 (Da 6:18; Mt 6:17) I ate no tasty food, no meat or wine entered my mouth,

nor did I anoint myself at all until three whole weeks were fulfilled.

4 (Ge 2:14; Eze 1:3) On the 24th day of the first month, as I was by the side

of the great river which is Tigris,

5 (Jer 10:9; Eze 9:2) I lifted up my eyes and looked and saw a certain man

clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with the fine gold of Uphaz.

6 (Rev 19:12; Eze 1:14) His body also was like beryl, and his face had

the appearance of lightning, and his eyes were like lamps of fire,

and his arms and his feet were like the gleam of polished bronze,

and the sound of his words like the sound of a tumult.

7 (Ac 9:7; Eze 12:18 ) I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, while the men

who were with me did not see the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them,

so that they fled to hide themselves.

8 (Da 7:28; 8:27) Therefore I was left alone and saw this great vision,

and there remained no strength in me, and my countenance grew deathly pale,

and I retained no strength.

9 (Da 8:18; Ge 15:12) Yet I heard the sound of his words; and while I heard

the sound of his words, then I was in a deep sleep on my face with my face

toward the ground.

[1] In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto

Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the

time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding

of the vision.

[2] In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

[3] I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth,

neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

[4] And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the

side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

[5] Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed

in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

[6] His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of

lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in

colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a

multitude.

[7] And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not

the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide

themselves.

[8] Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there

remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into

corruption, and I retained no strength.

[9] Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his

words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.

Prophecies of Persia and Greece

10 (Jer 1:9; Da 8:18) But then a hand touched me, which set me on my knees

and on the palms of my hands.

11 (Eze 2:1; Da 8:16-17) He said to me, "O Daniel, a man greatly beloved,

understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for I have

been sent to you now." And when he had spoken this word to me,

I stood trembling.

12 (Ac 10:30-31; Da 9:20-23) Then he said to me, "Do not be afraid, Daniel.

For from the first day that you set your heart to understand this

and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard,

and I have come because of your words.

13 (Da 12:1; Jude 1:9; Rev 12:7) But the prince of the kingdom of Persia

withstood me for 21 days. So Michael, one of the chief princes,

came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

14 (Da 2:28; 8:26) Now I have come to make you understand what shall befall

your people in the latter days. For the vision is yet for many days."

15 (Eze 24:27; Lk 1:20) When he had spoken such words to me, I set my face

toward the ground, and I became mute.

16 (Isa 6:7; Da 8:15) Then one in the likeness of the sons of men

touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him

who stood before me, "O my lord, because of the vision, sorrows have

come upon me, and I have retained no strength.

17 (Ex 24:10-11; Isa 6:1-5) How can the servant of my lord talk

with you, my lord? And as for me, there remains no strength in me now,

nor is there any breath left in me."

18 (Da 10:16; Isa 35:3-4) Then again, the one having the appearance of a man

came and touched me, and he strengthened me.

19 (Jos 1:9; Jdg 6:23) He said, "O man, greatly beloved, do not fear.

Peace be unto you. Be strong and courageous!"

When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, "Let my lord speak,

for you have strengthened me."

20 (Da 8:21; 10:13) Then he said, "Do you understand why I have come to you?

But now I shall return to fight against the prince of Persia,

and when I have gone forth, then truly the prince of Greece will come.

21 (Da 10:13; 12:1; Jude 1:9) But I will show you what is inscribed

in the Scripture of Truth. Yet there is no one who stands firmly

with me against these forces, except Michael your prince.

[10] And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon

the palms of my hands.

[11] And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the

words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now

sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

[12] Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that

thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy

God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

[13] But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty

days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I

remained there with the kings of Persia.

[14] Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in

the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

[15] And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the

ground, and I became dumb.

[16] And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my

lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before

me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have

retained no strength.

[17] For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as

for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there

breath left in me.

[18] Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man,

and he strengthened me,

[19] And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be

strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened,

and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

[20] Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I

return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the

prince of Grecia shall come.

[21] But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and

there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.

Daniel 11

The Kings of the South and the North

1 (Da 5:31; 9:1) "Also, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even I,

stood to confirm and to strengthen him.

2 (Da 8:26; 10:1) "And now I will tell you the truth. Truly, there shall stand

up yet three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than all

of them; and by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir up

all against the realm of Greece.

3 (Da 8:21; 11:16) A mighty king shall stand up who shall rule

with great dominion and do according to his will.

4 (Da 8:8; 8:22) When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken

and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his

posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled.

For his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides them.

5 (Da 11:11; 11:14) "The king of the South shall be strong, as well

as one of his officials who shall be strong above him and have dominion.

His dominion shall be a great dominion.

6 (Da 11:13; 11:7) In the end of some years they shall join themselves

together. For the king's daughter of the South shall come to the king

of the North to make an agreement. But she shall not retain her position

of power, and neither he nor his power shall stand. But she shall be given up

with those who brought her and with him who fathered her and with him who

strengthened her in those times.

7 "But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his place,

who shall come with an army and shall enter the fortress of the king

of the North and shall deal against them and shall prevail.

8 (Isa 37:19; 46:1-2) And he shall also carry captive into Egypt their gods,

with their officials, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold.

And he shall continue more years than the king of the North,

9 who will enter the kingdom of the king of the South, but shall return

to his own land.

10 (Jer 46:7-8; 51:42) His sons shall wage war and assemble a multitude

of armed forces. One shall advance like a flood and pass through, and again

shall wage the war as far as his fortress.

11 (Da 8:7; 11:5) "The king of the South shall be moved with rage,

and shall go out and fight with him, with the king of the North,

who shall raise a great multitude; but that multitude shall be given

into his enemy's hand.

12 When he has taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up;

and he shall cast down many ten thousands, but he shall not be strengthened

by it.

13 (Da 4:16; 12:7) For the king of the North shall return and shall raise

a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain

years with a great army and with much equipment.

14 "In those times many shall stand up against the king of the South.

Also the robbers of your people shall exalt themselves to fulfill the vision,

but they shall fall.

15 (Jer 6:6; Eze 4:2) Then the king of the North shall come

and set up a siege mound and capture a fortified city.

And the forces of the South shall not withstand him; neither shall his chosen

best troops have strength to resist.

16 (Da 8:9; 11:3) But he who comes against him shall do according to his own

will, and none shall stand before him. And he shall stand in the Pleasant

Land, which shall be consumed by his hand.

17 (2Ki 12:17; Eze 4:3) He shall also set his face to enter with the strength

of his whole kingdom, bringing with him a proposal of peace which he shall

put into effect. And he shall give him the daughter of women to corrupt it.

But she shall not stand on his side or be for him.

18 (Hos 12:14; Jer 2:10) After this he shall turn his face to the coastlands

and shall capture many. But a commander shall put a stop to his reproach

against him, and he shall repay him for his reproach.

19 (Ps 37:36; Eze 26:21) Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses

of his own land, but shall stumble and fall and not be found any more.

20 (Isa 60:17) "Then one shall stand up in his place who shall send

an oppressor in the glory of his kingdom. But within a few days he shall

be destroyed, but not in anger or in battle.

21 (Da 8:25; 11:34) "In his place a vile person shall stand up,

to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom. But he shall come

in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

22 (Da 11:10; 8:10-11) A flood of armies shall be swept away before him

and be broken, and the prince of the covenant as well.

23 (Da 8:25) After the league is made with him, he shall work deceitfully,

and he shall come up and shall become strong with a small force of people.

24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the richest places of the realm.

And he shall do that which his fathers have not done,

nor his fathers' fathers. He shall distribute among them the plunder

and spoil and riches. And he shall plan his devices against the strongholds,

but only for a time.

25 "He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South

with a great army. And the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle

with a very great and mighty army. But he shall not stand, for schemes

shall be devised against him.

26 (Da 11:10) Indeed, those who eat his choice food shall destroy him,

and his army shall overflow, and many shall fall down slain.

27 (Ps 12:2; 64:6) As for both of these kings, their hearts shall plan

on mischief, and they shall speak lies to one another at one table.

But it shall not prosper, for the end shall yet be at the appointed time.

28 While turning back to his land with great wealth, his heart shall be

against the holy covenant. He shall wage war and turn back to his own land.

[1] Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm

and to strengthen him.

[2] And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet

three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and

by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of

Grecia.

[3] And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion,

and do according to his will.

[4] And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be

divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor

according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked

up, even for others beside those.

[5] And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and

he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a

great dominion.

[6] And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the

king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an

agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he

stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her,

and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

[7] But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which

shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of

the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:

[8] And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes,

and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue

more years than the king of the north.

[9] So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return

into his own land.

[10] But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of

great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through:

then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.

[11] And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come

forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set

forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

[12] And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted

up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be

strengthened by it.

[13] For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude

greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a

great army and with much riches.

[14] And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the

south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish

the vision; but they shall fall.

[15] So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the

most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither

his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

[16] But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and

none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which

by his hand shall be consumed.

[17] He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole

kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him

the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side,

neither be for him.

[18] After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many:

but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to

cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.

[19] Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he

shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

[20] Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the

kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in

battle.

[21] And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not

give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain

the kingdom by flatteries.

[22] And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him,

and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

[23] And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he

shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

[24] He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province;

and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers'

fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea,

and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

[25] And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the

south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to

battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they

shall forecast devices against him.

[26] Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and

his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.

[27] And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall

speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be

at the time appointed.

[28] Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart

shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to

his own land.

Blasphemies of the Northern King

29 "At the appointed time he shall return and come into the south,

but this latter time shall not be as the former.

30 (Ge 10:4; Nu 24:24) For the ships of Kittim shall come against him.

Therefore he shall be grieved and return and have indignation against

the holy covenant and take action. He shall even return and show regard

to those who forsake the holy covenant.

31 (Da 12:11; 9:27; Mt 24:15) "His armies shall rise up and desecrate

the sanctuary fortress. They shall abolish the daily sacrifice

and set up the abomination that makes desolate.

32 (Mic 5:7-9; Zec 9:13-16) By flatteries he will corrupt those who act

wickedly toward the covenant. But the people who know their God will

be strong and take action.

33 (Mal 2:7; Mt 24:9) "The wise among the people shall instruct many.

Yet for many days they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity

and by destruction.

34 (Mt 7:15; Ro 16:18) Now when they fall, they shall be given a little help.

But many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

35 (Zec 13:9; Dt 8:16) Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be purged,

purified, and made white,until the time of the end,

for it is still for the appointed time.

36 (Dt 10:17; 2Th 2:4) "The king shall do according to his will. And he shall

exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak

blasphemous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper

until the indignation is accomplished. For that which is determined

shall be done.

37 He shall regard neither the gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women,

nor regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above them all.

38 But instead he shall honor the god of forces, a god whom his fathers

did not know. He shall honor him with gold and silver,

and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

39 Thus he shall do in the strongest of fortresses with a foreign god.

He shall give great honor to those who acknowledge him,

and shall cause them to rule over the many and shall divide the land for gain.

[29] At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but

it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.

[30] For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be

grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so

shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that

forsake the holy covenant.

[31] And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary

of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place

the abomination that maketh desolate.

[32] And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by

flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do

exploits.

[33] And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they

shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

[34] Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but

many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

[35] And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to

purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is

yet for a time appointed.

[36] And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt

himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous

things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be

accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

[37] Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of

women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

[38] But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his

fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious

stones, and pleasant things.

[39] Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he

shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule

over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

Conquests of the Northern King

40 (Isa 5:28; Da 11:10) "At the time of the end the king of the South shall

push at him. But the king of the North shall come against him like

a whirlwind, with chariots and with horsemen and with many ships.

And he shall enter the countries and shall overflow them and pass over.

41 (Jer 48:47; 49:6) He shall enter also the Pleasant Land,

and many countries shall be overthrown. But these shall escape

out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.

42 Then he shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land

of Egypt shall not escape.

43 (2Ch 12:3; Na 3:9) But he shall have power over the hidden treasures

of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt.

And the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

44 But reports from the east and from the north shall trouble him.

Therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many.

45 He shall pitch the tabernacles of his palace between the seas

in the beautiful holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end,

and no one shall help him.

[40] And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him:

and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with

chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into

the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

[41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be

overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab,

and the chief of the children of Ammon.

[42] He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land

of Egypt shall not escape.

[43] But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and

over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians

shall be at his steps.

[44] But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him:

therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make

away many.

[45] And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in

the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall

help him.

Daniel 12

The Prophecy of the End Times

1 (Jer 30:7; Da 10:13; Mt 24:21) "And at that time Michael

shall stand up, the great prince who stands guard over the sons

of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble such

as never was since there was a nation even to that time.

And at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be

found written in the book.

2 (Isa 26:19; Mt 25:46) Many of those who sleep in the dust

of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame

and everlasting contempt.

3 (Da 11:33; Mt 13:43; Da 11:35) Those who are wise shall shine

as the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who turn the many

to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

4 (Da 12:9; Rev 22:10; Da 8:17) But you, Daniel, shut up the words

and seal the book until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro,

and knowledge shall increase."

5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others,

the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side

of the bank of the river.

6 (Eze 9:2; Da 8:13) One said to the man clothed in linen, who was

above the water of the river,

"How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?"

7 (Da 7:25; 8:24; Rev 12:14) And I heard the man clothed in linen,

who was over the water of the river, when he held up his right hand

and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever

that it would be for a time, times, and half a time.

[Or a year, two years, and half a year.]

And when they finish shattering the power of the holy people,

all these things shall be finished.

8 As for me, I heard, but I could not understand. So I said,

"My lord, what shall be the result of these things?"

9 (Da 12:4) And he said, "Go your way, Daniel. For these words are closed up

and sealed until the time of the end.

10 (Da 11:35; Rev 22:11; Hos 14:9) Many shall be purified and made white

and tried. But the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall

understand, but the wise shall understand.

11 (Da 11:31; 9:27; Mt 24:15) "From the time that the daily sacrifice

shall be taken away and the abomination that makes desolate set up,

there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.

12 Blessed is he who waits and comes to the 1335 days.

13 (Rev 14:13) "But as for you, go your way until the end.

Then you shall rest and rise again for your lot at the end of the age."

Daniel 12

[1] And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth

for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such

as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that

time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in

the book.

[2] And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some

to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

[3] And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;

and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

[4] But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the

time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be

increased.

[5] Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on

this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank

of the river.

[6] And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of

the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

[7] And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the

river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and

sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an

half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy

people, all these things shall be finished.

[8] And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be

the end of these things?

[9] And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed

till the time of the end.

[10] Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall

do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall

understand.

[11] And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the

abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two

hundred and ninety days.

[12] Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred

and five and thirty days.

[13] But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in

thy lot at the end of the days.

2) Our Daily Bread for 14 September 2025 titled

God's Tender Care by Lisa M. Samra

Isaiah 40:10-11, 29-31

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

and His arm shall rule for Him;

see, His reward is with Him,

and His recompense before Him.

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

He shall gather the lambs with His arm,

and carry them in His bosom,

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

and to those who have no might He increases strength.

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

and the young men shall utterly fall,

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

shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as eagles,

they shall run and not be weary,

and they shall walk and not faint.

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

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

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

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

with young.

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

increaseth strength.

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

utterly fall:

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

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

shall walk, and not faint.

Sitting in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, I visited with a

mother as her newborn baby cuddled up against her chest. In this

technologically advanced medical facility, the doctors had recommended a very

low-tech "prescription" to improve and strengthen the child's health - the new

mom was to spend extended periods of time simply holding her daughter.

There's almost nothing like the overwhelming love and tender compassion of a

parent providing healing comfort for a child. We see this powerful imagery

in the prophet Isaiah's description of God with His people.

Even after prophesying impending exile for the nation of Israel because they'd

rejected God (Isaiah 39:5-7), Isaiah emphasised to the people that God still

loved them and would always provide for them. God's tender compassion

and secure care is evident in the beautiful metaphor where He is described

as a shepherd who, much like a loving father, gathers His sheep

"in his arms and carries them close to his heart" (40:11).

God's presence grants us peace and protection and reminds us that He carries

us close to His heart, like a newborn baby with its mother. As He "gives

strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak" (v. 29),

the Spirit's healing comfort allows us to meet the challenges of each day.

Reflect & Pray

What comes to mind when you think about the love of a mother for her newborn

baby? How has God's protective and loving care strengthened you?

Heavenly Father, I'm so grateful that You hold me close to Your heart.

Learn more about God's care by reading He Knows What I Need.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 1 - God's Perspective

Philippians 4:13

13 (2Co 12:9-10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because

of Christ who strengthens me.

13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Many of us live out self-fulfilling prophecies. We believe

what we tell ourselves - or what we have been told by others:

"You're stupid", "You're ugly", "You'll never amount to anything,"

"You can't do anything right."

We programme ourselves for spiritual failure as well.

"I just can't memorise Scripture," we say. "It comes and goes,

and I can't seem to get it to stay." Yet daily we memorise

volumes of information that is less significant than the

Scriptures - telephone numbers, identification codes,

songs lyrics, advertising jingles.

The answer to the dilemma of negativism is not positive

thinking, but right thinking - biblical thinking, according

to what the Bible reveals of God's perspective. God says,

"You are worthwhile. You are valued. You are loved. I created you

just as you are, and whatever I call you to do,

I will give you the strength to do it.

The context of Phillipians 4:13 shows that Paul had learned

this important secret of spiritual strength. Paul had known

poverty and plenty, trouble and victory. But he also knew

he did not have to let circumstances determine his response to God's will.

We need not be controlled by the negative messages life throws in our paths

- even those self-defeating pronouncements we make to ourselves.

Rather, we can respond according to God's perspective, with the

conviction that God has given us strength we need to meet the

challenges we face.

Application

a) What challenges do I face that make me realise my own insufficiencies?

IS memorising Scripture one of those challenges for me?

b) How does today's memory verse help me face those challenges?

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 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

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

14th Day of the Month

a) Pray for God's kingdom to come

in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,

and in our nation ( Matt 6:10

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

)

b) Pray for those who serve with

denominations and Christian organisations

in Canada - that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord to cured from the poisons of this world.

Pray to the Lord and pray that the Lord will move your leaders to rebuild

and reform in His Name.

Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, I'm so

grateful that You hold me close to Your heart."

Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord who will strengthen you.

Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord to hear the cry of the oppressed.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Lord Jesus Christ

as the Shepherd of Psalms 23.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

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 God's kingdom to come

in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,

and in our nation

Pray for those who serve with

denominations and Christian organisations

in Canada - that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.

Pray for Christian workers in Cameroon who are meeting the needs of those

displaced due to Boko Harem attacks.

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.

Day 256 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 13 September 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Saturday, September 13. 2025

Day 256, 13 September 2025

1) Ezra 2, Ezra 3, Ezra 4

Ezra 2

The List of Returning Exiles

Ne 7:6-73

1 (2Ki 24:14-16; 25:11) Now these are the people of the province who went up

from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon

had carried away to Babylon, and came again to Jerusalem and Judah.

Each returned to his own city.

2 (Ne 7:7; Hag 1:12) Those who came with Zerubbabel were Joshua, Nehemiah,

Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of men of the people of Israel were:

3 (Ezr 8:3; 10:25) The sons of Parosh— 2172;

4 the sons of Shephatiah-three hundred and seventy-two;

5 (Ne 7:10) the sons of Arah-seven hundred and seventy-five;

6 (Ne 7:11) the sons of Pahath-Moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab-

two thousand eight hundred and twelve;

7 the sons of Elam - one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

8 (Ne 7:13) the sons of Zattu-nine hundred and forty-five;

9 the sons of Zakkai-seven hundred and sixty;

10 the sons of Bani-six hundred and forty-two;

11 the sons of Bebai-six hundred and twenty-three;

12 (Ne 7:17) the sons of Azgad-one thousand two hundred and twenty-two;

13 (Ezr 8:13) the sons of Adonikam-six hundred and sixty-six;

14 the sons of Bigvai-two thousand and fifty-six;

15 (Ne 7:20) the sons of Adin-four hundred and fifty-four;

16 the sons of Ater of Hezekiah - ninety-eight;

17 the sons of Bezai-three hundred and twenty-three;

18 the sons of Jorah-one hundred and twelve;

19 (Ne 7:22) the sons of Hashum-two hundred and twenty-three;

20 the sons of Gibbar - ninety-five.

21 The sons of Bethlehem - one hundred and twenty-three;

22 the men of Netophah-fifty-six;

23 the men of Anathoth-one hundred and twenty-eight;

24 the sons of Azmaveth-forty-two;

25 the sons of Kiriath Arim, Kephirah, and Beeroth- 743 ;

26 the sons of Ramah and Geba-six hundred and twenty-one;

27 the men of Mikmash-one hundred and twenty-two;

28 (Ge 12:8) the men of Bethel and Ai-two hundred and twenty-three;

29 the sons of Nebo-fifty-two;

30 the sons of Magbish-one hundred and fifty-six;

31 (Ezr 2:7) the sons of the other Elam- 1254 ;

32 the sons of Harim-three hundred and twenty;

33 the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono - 725;

34 (1Ki 16:34) the sons of Jericho-three hundred and forty-five;

35 the sons of Senaah-three thousand six hundred and thirty.

36 Those who came with the priests were:

the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua-973;

37 (1Ch 24:14) the sons of Immer-1052;

38 (1Ch 9:12) the sons of Pashhur-1247 ;

39 (1Ch 24:8) the sons of Harim-1700.

40 (Ezr 3:9) Those who came with the Levites were:

the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah-74.

41 (1Ch 6:39) Those who came with the singers were:

the sons of Asaph-128.

42 The sons of the gatekeepers were:

the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon,

the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai

-in all 139.

43 (1Ch 9:2) Those devoted to the temple as servants were:

the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,

44 the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon,

45 the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub,

46 the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan,

47 the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah,

48 the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,

49 the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,

50 the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephusim,

51 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,

52 the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,

53 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,

54 the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

55 (1Ki 9:21) The sons of Solomon's servants were:

the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda,

56 the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,

57 (Ne 7:59) the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil,

the sons of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, the sons of Ami.

58 (1Ki 9:21; 1Ch 9:2) All those devoted to the temple as servants

and the children of Solomon's servants were 392.

59 These were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub,

Addon, and Immer; but they could not prove their father's house

or their descent, whether they were of Israel:

60 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda-652;

61 (2Sa 17:27; 1Ki 2:7) and of the sons of the priests:

the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai

(whose ancestor married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite

and was thereafter called by their name).

62 (Nu 3:10) These sought their records in the genealogy register,

but they were not found. Therefore, they were disqualified

(as polluted) from the priesthood.

63 (Ex 28:30; Lev 2:3) The governor advised them not to eat of the most

holy things until a priest consulted with the Urim and Thummim.

64 The whole congregation together was 42 360,\

65 (2Sa 19:35) besides their male and female servants

(these numbered 7337); they also had two hundred singing men and women.

66 Their horses numbered seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules,

two hundred and forty-five;

67 their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; and their donkeys,

six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

68 As some of the heads of households came to the house of the Lord

in Jerusalem, they volunteered to erect the foundations for the house of God.

69 (Ezr 8:25-34) They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work

6100 drachmas [About 1,100 pounds, or 500 kilograms.] of gold,

five thousand pounds [About 3 tons, or 2.8 metric tons.] of silver,

and one hundred priestly garments.

70 (Ne 7:73) So the priests and the Levites, along with some of the people,

the singers, the porters, and those donated as temple servants,

lived in their cities, with the result that all Israel resettled

in their cities.

Ezra 2

[1] Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the

captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the

king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem

and Judah, every one unto his city;

[2] Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah,

Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of

the people of Israel:

[3] The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

[4] The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

[5] The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

[6] The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two

thousand eight hundred and twelve.

[7] The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

[8] The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.

[9] The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

[10] The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.

[11] The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.

[12] The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.

[13] The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.

[14] The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.

[15] The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.

[16] The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

[17] The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.

[18] The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.

[19] The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.

[20] The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.

[21] The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.

[22] The men of Netophah, fifty and six.

[23] The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

[24] The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.

[25] The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred

and forty and three.

[26] The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.

[27] The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.

[28] The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

[29] The children of Nebo, fifty and two.

[30] The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.

[31] The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

[32] The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

[33] The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.

[34] The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

[35] The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.

[36] The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine

hundred seventy and three.

[37] The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

[38] The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

[39] The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

[40] The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of

Hodaviah, seventy and four.

[41] The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.

[42] The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of

Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of

Hatita,the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.

[43] The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the

children of Tabbaoth,

[44] The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,

[45] The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of

Akkub,

[46] The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,

[47] The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,

[48] The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,

[49] The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,

[50] The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,

[51] The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

[52] The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,

[53] The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,

[54] The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

[55] The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the

children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,

[56] The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of

Giddel,

[57] The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of

Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.

[58] All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three

hundred ninety and two.

[59] And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub,

Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their

seed, whether they were of Israel:

[60] The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of

Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

[61] And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the

children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the

daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

[62] These sought their register among those that were reckoned by

genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put

from the priesthood.

[63] And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most

holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

[64] The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three

hundred and threescore,

[65] Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven

thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two

hundred singing men and singing women.

[66] Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two

hundred forty and five;

[67] Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand

seven hundred and twenty.

[68] And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of

the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set

it up in his place:

[69] They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore

and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one

hundred priests' garments.

[70] So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the

singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all

Israel in their cities.

Ezra 3

Rebuilding the Altar

1 (Lev 23:24) When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel

had resettled in their cities, and the people gathered themselves together,

as one man, to Jerusalem.

2 (1Ch 3:17; Ezr 2:2) Then Joshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers

the priests stood up, along with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel

and his brothers, and they built the altar of the God of Israel in order

to offer burnt offerings on it, as it had been written in the Law of Moses,

the man of God.

3 (Nu 28:2-8; Ezr 4:4) They set the altar upon its foundations and,

because they were living in fear of some of the peoples of the region,

they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord-morning and evening.

4 (Ex 23:16; Nu 29:12-38) They also kept the Feast of Tabernacles,

as it had been written, and offered the daily burnt offerings

in accordance with the daily schedule, according to each day's custom.

5 (Nu 29:39) Thereafter, observance of the burnt offering became a perpetual

sacrifice with regard to the New Moon sacrifices and all of the appointed

feasts of the Lord that had been consecrated, and all of the voluntary

freewill offerings to the Lord. 6From the first day of the seventh month

they had begun to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord,

but the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.

[1] And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in

the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

[2] Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests,

and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar

of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in

the law of Moses the man of God.

[3] And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of

the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto

the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

[4] They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered

the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of

every day required;

[5] And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new

moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of

every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.

[6] From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt

offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was

not yet laid.

Rebuilding the Temple

7 (1Ki 5:6; Ac 9:36) They gave money to the masons and carpenters,

and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and to the people of Tyre

so that they would bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, at Joppa,

according to the grant they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

8 Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house

of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Joshua the son

of Jozadak, along with the remnant of their brothers the Levitical priests

and all who had come out of captivity back to Jerusalem, began work

and appointed the Levites twenty years old and older to supervise

the work on the house of the Lord.

9 (Ezr 2:40) Then Joshua with his sons and brothers, and Kadmiel

with his sons, who are the sons of Judah, along with the sons of Henadad

with their sons and their brothers-all Levites-stood together to supervise

the workers on the house of God.

10 (Zec 4:10) When the builders laid the foundation of the temple

of the Lord, the priests in their apparel stood with trumpets and,

from the Levites, the sons of Asaph stood with cymbals to praise the Lord,

following the example of David king of Israel.

11 (1Ch 16:34; 16:41) They sang responsively, praising

and giving thanks unto the Lord,

"For He is good, for His mercy endures forever toward Israel."

And all the people responded with a great shout

when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord

was laid.

12 (Hag 2:3) Now many of the older Levitical priests and chiefs

of the fathers' households who had seen the first temple wept

with a loud voice as the foundation of this temple was laid

before their eyes, though many others shouted exuberantly for joy.

13 As a result, the people could not distinguish the noise

of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people

since the people had raised such a loud noise that could be heard

from afar off.

[7] They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat,

and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar

trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had

of Cyrus king of Persia.

[8] Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at

Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and

Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and

the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto

Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to

set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

[9] Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons,

the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God:

the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

[10] And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD,

they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the

sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David

king of Israel.

[11] And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the

LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And

all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD,

because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

[12] But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were

ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this

house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted

aloud for joy:

[13] So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from

the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud

shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

Ezra 4

Resistance to Rebuilding

1 (Ezr 1:11) Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that

the descendants of the captivity built the temple unto the Lord God of Israel,

2 (2Ki 19:37; 17:24) they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chiefs

of the fathers' households, and said to them, "Let us build with you, for,

like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the days

of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here."

3 (Ne 2:20) But Zerubbabel, and Joshua, and the rest of the chiefs

of the fathers' households of Israel said to them, "This is not for you!

It is for us to build the temple of our God, so we ourselves together

will build unto the Lord God of Israel, as Cyrus the king of Persia has

commanded us."

4 (Ezr 3:3) Then the people of the land demoralized the people of Judah

and terrified them while building,

5 and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose,

all the days of Cyrus king of Persia,

even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

6 (Est 1:1; Da 9:1) In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign,

they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

[1] Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children

of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;

[2] Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said

unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do

sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which

brought us up hither.

[3] But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of

Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house

unto

our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel,

as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

[4] Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah,

and troubled them in building,

[5] And hired counsellers against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the

days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of

Persia.

[6] And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote

they

The Letter to Artaxerxes

7 (2Ki 18:26; Da 2:4) In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath,

Tabeel, and the rest of their companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia,

and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic,

and interpreted in Aramaic.

8 Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem

to Artaxerxes the king in this manner:

9 (Ezr 5:6; 6:6) (Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest

of their colleagues, the judges, the officials, the officers, the Persians,

the men of Uruk, and of Babylon, and of Susa-that is, the Elamites-

10 (Ezr 4:17; 4:11) and the rest of the nations whom the great

and noble Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the city of Samaria

and in the rest of the province Beyond the River-and now

11 this is the copy of the letter that they sent to him)-

"To Artaxerxes the king:

"Your servants the men of the province Beyond the River, and so forth.

12 (2Ch 36:13; Ezr 5:3) "May it be known to the king, that the Jews

who came from you have come near to us at Jerusalem

and that they are building the rebellious and evil city,

restoring its walls, and repairing the foundations.

13 (Ezr 7:24; Ne 5:4) "Be it known now to the king, that, if this city

is rebuilt and the walls set up again, then they will not pay toll, tribute,

and custom, and the revenue of the kings will be impacted.

14 Now because we are under obligation to the king's palace, and it was not

appropriate for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent

and notified the king,

15 so that a search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers.

There you will find in the book of the records and realize that this city

is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have

incited revolt within it in former times-for which cause this city

was destroyed.

16 We notify the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls repaired

by this means the portion Beyond the River will no longer be yours."

17 The king sent an answer:

"To Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, to the rest of their

companions that dwell in Samaria, and to the remainder Beyond the River:

"Peace, and so forth.

18 "The letter which you sent to us has been translated and read before me.

19 (2Ki 18:7) I commanded, and a search has been made, and it is found

that this city has in the past made insurrection against kings,

and that rebellion and revolt have occurred there.

20 (Ge 15:18; 1Ki 4:21) There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem,

who have ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, and toll,

tribute, and custom was paid to them.

21 Command these men to cease now, so that this city is not built

unless I give the command.

22 Take heed now that you do not fail to do this.

Why should damage increase to the hurt of the king?"

23 Now when the copy of the letter by King Artaxerxes was read before Rehum,

and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste

to Jerusalem to the Jews and made them cease by force and power.

24 (Hag 1:15) Then the work of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased.

So it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

[7] And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the

rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of

the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian

tongue.

[8] Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against

Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

[9] Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest

of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the

Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites,

and the Elamites,

[10] And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought

over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side

the river, and at such a time.

[11] This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto

Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at

such a time.

[12] Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us

are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have

set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

[13] Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the

walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom,

and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

[14] Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not

meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and

certified the king;

[15] That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so

shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a

rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have

moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city

destroyed.

[16] We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls

thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the

river.

[17] Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai

the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and

unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.

[18] The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

[19] And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this

city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion

and sedition have been made therein.

[20] There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over

all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto

them.

[21] Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city

be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.

[22] Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to

the hurt of the kings?

[23] Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and

Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to

Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

[24] Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it

ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

2) Our Daily Bread for 15 September 2023 Titled

The Message of the Prophets

Jeremiah 28:2-4,10-16

2 "Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

3 (2Ki 24:13; 2Ch 36:10) Within two full years I will bring back into

this place all the vessels of the house of the Lord that Nebuchadnezzar

king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.

4 (Jer 22:24; 24:1) And I will bring back to this place Jeconiah

the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah

who went into Babylon, says the Lord, for I will break the yoke

of the king of Babylon."

10 (Jer 27:2) Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the neck

of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.

11 Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying,

"Thus says the Lord: Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar

king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within the space

of two full years." Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

12 (Jer 1:2) Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet,

after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck

of the prophet Jeremiah, saying:

13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says the Lord: You have broken

the yokes of wood, but you have made instead of them yokes of iron.

14 (Dt 28:48; Jer 27:6-7) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations,

that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;

and they shall serve him. And I have given him the beasts of the field also.

15 (La 2:14; Eze 13:22) Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah

the prophet, "Listen now, Hananiah. The Lord has not sent you,

and you make this people trust in a lie.

16 (Jer 29:32; Ge 7:4) Therefore thus says the Lord: I am about to cast you

from off the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have

taught rebellion against the Lord."

[2] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have

broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

[3] Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels

of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this

place, and carried them to Babylon:

[4] And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king

of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the

LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

[10] Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's

neck, and brake it.

[11] And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus

saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of

Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years.

And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

[12] Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that

Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet

Jeremiah, saying,

[13] Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken

the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

[14] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke

of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given

him the beasts of the field also.

[15] Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now,

Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust

in a lie.

[16] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the

face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught

rebellion against the LORD.

2) Our Daily Bread for 13 September 2025

Searching for Mercy by John Blase

Exodus 16:11-16

11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

12 (Ex 6:7; Joel 3:17) "I have heard the murmurings

of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'In the evening

you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread.

And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.' "

13 (Nu 11:9; Ps 78:27-28) So in the evening the quail came up

and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew

was surrounding the camp.

14 (Nu 11:7-9; Ps 105:40) When the layer of dew evaporated,

on the surface of the wilderness there lay a small flaky thing,

as fine as the frost on the ground.

15 (Ex 16:4; Dt 8:3) When the children of Israel saw it, they said one

to another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was.

And Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the Lord has

given you to eat.

16 (Ex 16:36) This is what the Lord has commanded, 'Every man is

to gather of it according to what he will eat, an omer

(About 9 inches, or 23 centimeters. )

for every man, according to the number of your people.

Every man should take for them for whoever lives in his tent.'"

[11] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

[12] I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them,

saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled

with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.

[13] And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the

camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

[14] And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the

wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the

ground.

[15] And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is

manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the

bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

[16] This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man

according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of

your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.

Her fans knew her as Nightbirde. Singer-songwriter Jane Kristen Marczewski won

a following in 2021 on a popular TV talent show. In 2017, she'd been diagnosed

with Stage 3 breast cancer. In 2018, she went into remission. She started

touring, but months later the cancer returned, giving her little chance

of survival. Amazingly she recovered and was declared cancer-free.

But on February 19, 2022, Nightbirde died.

During her difficult journey, she blogged, "I remind myself that I'm praying

to the God who let the Israelites stay lost for decades. They begged to

arrive . . . but instead He let them wander, answering prayers they didn't

pray. . . . Every morning, He sent them mercy-bread from heaven . . . . I

look for the mercy-bread . . . The Israelites called it manna, which means

'what is it?' That's the same question I'm asking . . . . There's

mercy here somewhere-but what is it?"

The exodus story reveals much about God's mercy. First, His mercy was promised

to the Israelites. "You will be filled with bread" (Exodus 16:12). And second,

His mercy may surprise us. "They did not know what it was" (v. 15). Mercy

often doesn't look like what we think. But it's mercy nonetheless. For the

Israelites, it looked like morning manna. For Nightbirde, she wrote

of the gift of a blanket from a friend, and her mother's hands.

Reflect & Pray

How has God's mercy surprised you?

What might it mean for you to look for mercy today?

Merciful God, thank You for Your mercy. Please help me search for it.

For further study, read A Child’s Compassion.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 7 - Upheld by His Hand

Is 41:10

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

do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you,

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

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

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

yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Beth had the same recurring nightmare: she was running along a cliff,

then she slipped, and fell headlong, into a bottomless ravine.

Falling, without control, without end, falling, falling, falling...

Beth's dream may be one many of us identify with. The sense

of losing control can be nightmarish, and we may fear falling

without end, without remedy. Financial failure may be the chasm

that we face, or professional disgrace. Personal relationships

may go out of control, and we look into a never-ending

ravine of pain and misunderstanding

But God says, "Don't be afraid; I am holding you up."

Like the father who helps his child learn to swim,

God holds us above the water. We may not feel his hands;

indeed, we may suspect that he lets us go just so we can

do it on our own. But he promises that he doesn't let go.

"I am with you." he declares. "I give you strength

and hold you up."

God's promise never to let go takes on new meaning

in a world where relationships are temporary and life is

uncertain. We do not need to fear, for he is with us.

We can relax and stop striving, for he is our God.

His strength becomes ours; amid all our sin and rebellion,

he undergirds us with his righteousness. We cannot fall,

for he holds us firm.

Application

a) Under what circumstances have I felt myself "falling"?

b) How does God's promise in Is 41:10 help me to have faith

in the midst of my fears?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Genesis 30:43

The man became exceedingly prosperous and had many sheep

and female servants and male servants and camels and donkeys.

And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle,

and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

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

When you are anxious

Phil 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 always: 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.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)

Nova Scotia

Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629

With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.

Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.

while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.

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

13th Day of the Month

a) Pray that, with God's help, children and

young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has

for each of them

b) Pray for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador

I) Pray for the leaders of Newfoundland and Labrador, that God's Spirit

would influence then to act justly, serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards.

( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers,

intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority, that we may

lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God

our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and to come

to the knowledge of the truth.

)

II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.

III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray that the Lord will move your leaders to rebuild

and reform in His Name and pray for the Lord to help you

in time of Resistance.

Pray to the Lord: "Merciful God, thank You for Your mercy.

Please help me search for it."

Pray to the Lord and pray to fell the strength of the Lord helping you.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the result of obedience in the Lord.

Pray to the Lord and pray be anxiousabout nothing.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations

- in and around Halifax and other cities

- on university campuses

- for new workers among Muslims

- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.

- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them

- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims

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, with God's help, children and

young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has

for each of them.

Pray for believers in Egypt who are taking bold ricks to disciple

Christian converts from Islam.

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.

Day 236 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 24 August 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Sunday, August 24. 2025

Day 236, 24 August 2025

Today at

Calvary Community Church Guest PastorRick Vandewark spoke on

Freedom: it looks Good on You!

Psalm 119:32

32 I will run in the way of Your commandments,

when You set my heart free.

[32] I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my

heart.

Proverbs 4:23

23 (Lk 6:45; Pr 4:7 ) Keep your heart with all diligence,

for out of it are the issues of life.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence;

For out of it are the issues of life.

Root and Fruit:

Romans 11:16b

And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

be holy, so are the branches.

Wounds are my history, not my identity!

Sometimes the question is not "why" but how? How do I move

forward rather than why did this happen to me?

- Learn to work the word (have faith in it/cling to it) until it works!

- The process in Luke 8 'hear, hold, persevere, produce.'

To be truly free. the Holy Spirit heals our heart. Heart freedom.

Goal: identity. Comfortable in my own skin -- warts and all

Forgiveness:

- Question: how does forgiveness work, since God can't forget?

- You can't add to the cross. Ask, receive. stand. Faith in his finished work.

- If I'm defending myself. I'm not repenting.

- If there is a reaction. there's still a trigger.

- Beware the paralysis of analysis.

. Don't rehearse it! Don't curse it! Don't nurse it!- just disperse itl

. If you need to, write a letter of forgiveness,

first person - then read it out loud before God.

- Then out loud, first person, bless the person and release them.

1) Ezekiel 17, Ezekiel 18, Ezekiel 19

Ezekiel 17

Two Eagles and a Vine

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 20:49) Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable

to the house of Israel,

3 (Jer 48:40; Hos 8:1) and say, Thus says the Lord God:

A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers which had

various colors, came to Lebanon and took away the highest branch of the cedar.

4 He cropped off the top of its young twigs and carried it into

a land of merchants. He set it in a city of dealers.

5 (Dt 8:7-9; Isa 44:4) He took also some of the seed of the land

and planted it in a fruitful field. He placed it by great waters

and set it as a willow tree.

6 (Eze 17:14) It grew and became a spreading vine of low stature,

whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under it.

So it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

7 (Eze 17:15; 31:4) There was also another great eagle with great wings

and many feathers. And this vine bent its roots toward him and shot forth

its branches toward him, that he might water it by the bed

where it was planted.

8 It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth

branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a splendid vine.

9 Say: Thus says the Lord God: Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots

and cut off its fruit, so that it withers, so that all its spring leaves

wither? It will not take a great power or many people to pull it

from its roots.

10 (Hos 13:15) Though it has been planted, will it prosper? Shall it not

utterly wither when the east wind hits it? It shall wither in the furrows

where it grew.

11 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

12 (Eze 24:19; 1:2) Say now to the rebellious house: Do you not know

what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem,

and took its king and its officials, and led them to him in Babylon.

13 (2Ch 36:13; 2Ki 24:15-17) He took one of the king's seed,

and made a covenant with him, and put him under oath. He has also taken

away the mighty of the land,

14 (Eze 29:14) that the kingdom might be debased, that it might not lift

itself up, but by the keeping of his covenant it might stand.

15 (Dt 17:16; 2Ki 24:20) But he rebelled against him in sending

his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses

and much people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape who does such things?

Can he indeed break the covenant and be delivered?

16 (Eze 12:13; Jer 52:11) As I live, says the Lord God, surely in the country

of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant

he broke, in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

17 (Jer 37:7; Isa 36:6) Nor shall Pharaoh with his mighty army

and great company help him in the war by casting up mounts

and building forts to cut off many persons.

18 (1Ch 29:24) Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant,

when he had given his allegiance and has done all these things,

he shall not escape.

19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely My oath that he has

despised and My covenant that he has broken, I will inflict upon his own head.

20 (Eze 12:13; Jer 2:35) I will spread My net upon him, and he shall be taken

in My snare, and I will bring him to Babylon and will enter into judgment

with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against Me.

21 (2Ki 25:5; 25:11) All the choice men in all his troops shall fall

by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward all winds.

And you shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.

22 (Eze 20:40; Ps 2:6) Thus says the Lord God: I will also take of the highest

branch of the high cedar and set it aside. I will crop off from the top

of its young twigs a tender one and will plant it on a high

and lofty mountain.

23 (Eze 31:6; Mt 13:32) On the mountain of the height of Israel I will plant

it. And it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a splendid cedar.

And under it all fowl of every wing shall nest. In the shadow of its branches

they shall nest.

24 (Eze 22:14; Am 9:11) All the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord

have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up

the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish.

I, the Lord, have spoken and will do it.

Ezekiel 17

[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of

Israel;

[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings,

longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon,

and took the highest branch of the cedar:

[4] He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of

traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

[5] He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful

field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

[6] And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches

turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a

vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

[7] There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers:

and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her

branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

[8] It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring

forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

[9] Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull

up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it

shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or

many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

[10] Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly

wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows

where it grew.

[11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[12] Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean?

tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken

the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to

Babylon;

[13] And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and

hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

[14] That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but

that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

[15] But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that

they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he

escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be

delivered?

[16] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king

dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he

brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

[17] Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for

him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many

persons:

[18] Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had

given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

[19] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he

hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I

recompense upon his own head.

[20] And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare,

and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his

trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

[21] And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and

they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that

I the LORD have spoken it.

[22] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the

high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young

twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

[23] In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall

bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it

shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof

shall they dwell.

[24] And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought

down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree,

and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have brought down the

high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have

made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.

Ezekiel 18

The Soul Who Sins Will Die

1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:

2 (Isa 3:15; La 5:7) What do you mean in using this proverb

concerning the land of Israel, saying:

"The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

and the children's teeth are set on edge"?

3 As I live, says the Lord God, you shall not have occasion anymore

to use this proverb in Israel.

4 (Eze 18:20; Ro 6:23; Nu 16:22) All souls are Mine. The soul of the father,

so also the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins shall die.

5 But if a man is righteous

and does that which is lawful and right,

6 (Eze 18:15; Dt 4:19; Eze 6:13) and has not eaten on the mountains;

nor has he lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,

nor has he defiled his neighbor's wife,

nor has he approached a woman during her impurity;

7 (Eze 18:16; 18:12; Ex 22:26) and he has not oppressed anyone,

but has restored to the debtor his pledge;

has devastated no one by violence,

has given his bread to the hungry,

and has covered the naked with a garment;

8 (Ex 22:25; Zec 8:16; Dt 23:19-20) if he has not lent at interest,

nor has taken any increase,

but has withdrawn his hand from iniquity,

has executed true justice between man and man;

9 (Am 5:4; Eze 18:17) has walked in My statutes,

and has kept My judgments to deal truly,

he is righteous

and shall surely live,

says the Lord God.

10 (Ex 21:12) If he begets a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood,

and who does any of these things to a brother

11 (though he himself does not do any of these things),

but even has eaten on the mountain shrines

and defiled his neighbor's wife;

12 (Eze 8:6; 8:17) has oppressed the poor and needy,

has devastated by violence,

has not restored the pledge,

and has lifted up his eyes to the idols,

has committed abomination,

13 (Ex 22:25; Lev 20:9) has lent at interest, and has taken increase,

shall he then live?

He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die.

His blood shall be upon his own head.

14 (2Ch 34:21; Pr 23:24) Now if he begets a son who sees all his father's

sins which he has done, and considering does not do likewise:

15 He has not eaten on the mountain shrines,

nor has he lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,

has not defiled his neighbor's wife;

16 (Eze 18:7) nor has he oppressed anyone,

has not withheld a pledge,

nor has he devastated by violence,

but has given his bread to the hungry,

and has covered the naked with a garment;

17 (Eze 18:8-9) he keeps his hand from the poor,

has not received usury nor increase,

has executed My judgments, and has walked in My statutes.

He shall not die for the iniquity of his father; he shall surely live.

18 (Eze 3:18) As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, devastated

his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people,

he shall die for his iniquity.

[1] The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

[2] What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel,

saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set

on edge?

[3] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to

use this proverb in Israel.

[4] Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul

of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

[5] But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

[6] And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes

to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's

wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

[7] And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge,

hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath

covered the naked with a garment;

[8] He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any

increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true

judgment between man and man,

[9] Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly;

he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

[10] If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth

the like to any one of these things,

[11] And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the

mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

[12] Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not

restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath

committed abomination,

[13] Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then

live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall

surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

[14] Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he

hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

[15] That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes

to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

[16] Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither

hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath

covered the naked with a garment,

[17] That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received

usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes;

he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

[18] As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by

violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall

die in his iniquity.

Repent and Live

19 (Ex 20:5; Jer 15:4) Yet you say, "Why should the son not bear

the punishment of the iniquity of the father?" When the son has done

what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes, and has done them,

he shall surely live.

20 (Dt 24:16; 2Ki 14:6) The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not

bear the punishment of the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father

bear the punishment of the iniquity of the son. The righteousness

of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked

shall be upon himself.

21 (Eze 18:27-28; 33:19) But if the wicked turns from all his sins

that he has committed, and keeps all My statutes, and does that which

is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

22 (Ps 18:20-24; Isa 43:25) All his transgressions that he has committed,

they shall not be remembered against him. Because of his righteousness

that he has done, he shall live.

23 (Eze 33:11; Ps 147:11) Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,

says the Lord God, but rather that he should turn from his ways and live?

24 (1Sa 15:11; Eze 33:18) But when a righteous man turns away

from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all

the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live?

All his righteousness that he has done shall not be remembered for his

trespass that he has committed and in his sin that he has done.

In them he shall die.

25 (Eze 33:17; Ge 18:25) Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not right."

Hear now, O house of Israel. Is not My way right? Are not your ways not right?

26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness

and commits iniquity,

he dies in it. For his iniquity that he has done he shall die.

27 (Isa 1:18; 55:7) Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness

that he has committed and does that which is lawful and right,

he shall save his soul.

28 Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions

that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

29 Yet the house of Israel says, "The way of the Lord is not right."

O house of Israel, are not My ways right? Are not your ways not right?

30 (Eze 18:21; 7:3) Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one

according to his ways, says the Lord God. Repent, and turn away from all your

transgressions so that iniquity shall not be your ruin.

31 (Eze 11:19; Ps 51:10) Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby

you have transgressed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.

For why will you die, O house of Israel?

32 (Eze 18:23) For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,

says the Lord God. Therefore, repent and live.

[19] Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When

the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my

statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

[20] The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the

iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the

son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the

wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

[21] But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed,

and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall

surely live, he shall not die.

[22] All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be

mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

[23] Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord

GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

[24] But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and

committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the

wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done

shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his

sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

[25] Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of

Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

[26] When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and

committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done

shall he die.

[27] Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he

hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his

soul alive.

[28] Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions

that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

[29] Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O

house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

[30] Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to

his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your

transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

[31] Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have

transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye

die, O house of Israel?

[32] For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord

GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Ezekiel 19

A Lament for Israel's Princes

1 (2Ki 24:6; Eze 26:17) Moreover take up a lamentation

for the officials of Israel,

2 and say:

What was your mother?

A lioness among lions!

She lay down among young lions;

she nourished her whelps.

3 When she brought up one of her whelps,

he became a lion

and learned to catch his prey;

he devoured men.

4 (2Ki 23:33-34; 2Ch 36:4) The nations also heard of him;

he was taken in their pit,

and they brought him with chains

to the land of Egypt.

5 Now when she saw as she had waited

that her hope was lost,

then she took another of her whelps

and made him a young lion.

6 He went up and down among the lions;

he became a young lion,

and learned to catch the prey,

and devoured men.

7 (Eze 30:12) He destroyed their fortified palaces,

and he laid waste their cities;

and the land and its fullness

were appalled by the noise of his roaring.

8 (Eze 12:13; 19:4) Then the nations set against him

on every side from their provinces,

and spread their net over him;

he was taken in their pit.

9 (2Ch 36:6; Eze 6:2) They put him in a cage with hooks

and brought him to the king of Babylon;

they brought him in hunting nets,

so that his voice would be heard no more

on the mountains of Israel.

10 (Ps 80:8-11; Dt 8:7) Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,

planted by the waters;

it was fruitful and full of branches

by reason of many waters.

11 (Eze 31:3; Ps 80:15) It had strong rods

for the scepters of those who rule.

And its stature

was exalted above the clouds,

so it appeared in its height

with the multitude of its branches.

12 (Eze 17:10; Hos 13:15) But it was plucked up in fury,

it was cast down to the ground,

and the east wind dried up its fruit.

Its strong rod was broken and it withered;

the fire consumed it.

13 (Hos 2:3; Eze 19:10) Now it is planted in the wilderness,

in a dry and thirsty ground.

14 (2Ki 24:20; Eze 19:1) Fire has gone out from its branch;

it has devoured its shoots and fruit,

so that there is no strong rod in it,

a scepter to rule.

This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

Ezekiel 19

[1] Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

[2] And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she

nourished her whelps among young lions.

[3] And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it

learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

[4] The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they

brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

[5] Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she

took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

[6] And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and

learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

[7] And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and

the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

[8] Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and

spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

[9] And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of

Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be

heard upon the mountains of Israel.

[10] Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was

fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

[11] And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and

her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her

height with the multitude of her branches.

[12] But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and

the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered;

the fire consumed them.

[13] And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

[14] And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her

fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a

lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

2) Our Daily Bread for 24 August 2025 titled

God Is Everywhere by Winn Collier

Genesis 28:10-17

Jacob's Dream at Bethel

10 Then Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Harran.

11 He came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun

had set. He took one of the stones of that place and put it under his head,

and lay down in that place to sleep.

12 He dreamed and saw a ladder set up on the earth with the top of it reaching

to heaven. The angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

13 The Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord God of Abraham

your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie, to you will

I give it and to your descendants.

14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will

spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south,

and in you and in your descendants all the families of the earth will be

blessed. 15 Remember, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever

you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until

I have done what I promised you."

16 Jacob awoke out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely the Lord is in this

place, and I did not know it." 17 He was afraid and said,

"How awesome is this place! This is none other but the house of God,

and this is the gate of heaven."

[10] And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

[11] And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night,

because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put

them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

[12] And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of

it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending

on it.

[13] And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of

Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to

thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

[14] And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread

abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and

in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

[15] And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither

thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave

thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

[16] And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in

this place; and I knew it not.

[17] And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none

other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

The unassuming violinist, donning a baseball cap and T-shirt, set up near

Washington, DC's L'Enfant Plaza subway station. He moved the bow across

the strings, making melodious tunes. But commuters rushed past, oblivious.

He played an entire music program with only a handful of people stopping

to listen. If the crowd had only known they were rushing past Joshua Bell,

one of the greatest virtuosos of our generation, who had played

at the Library of Congress the night before. Bell played several

of the most difficult, mesmerising violin pieces in the world,

all on a 1713 Stradivarius worth roughly $3.5 million.

Itâ€™s easy to be unaware, to miss wonders right in front of us. This was

Jacob's experience as he journeyed to Harran (Genesis 28:10). He stopped

and set up camp in a simple spot that seemed like any other, just a place

to lay his head for the night. God appeared to him in a midnight dream,

however, telling him that his numerous descendants would bless "all peoples

on earth" (v. 14). He also assured Jacob that He would "watch over [him]

wherever [he would] go" (v. 15). When he awoke, Jacob said, "Surely the

Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it" (v. 16).

God is everywhere, "fill[ing] heaven and earth" (Jeremiah 23:24).

He's present in the most ordinary places. Our invitation is to keep

our eyes and ears open, to watch and listen for Him.

Reflect & Pray

Where have you been surprised by God's presence?

How can you live more aware of Him?

Dear God, it's so easy to miss You.

I want to see You and hear You.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 1 Call to the Lord - 2 Samuel 22:3-4

3 (Ge 15:1; Ps 9:9) the God of my strength, in whom I will trust;

my shield and the horn of my salvation,

my fortress and my sanctuary;

my Savior, You save me from violence.

4 (Ps 48:1; 96:4) I call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy,

and I am saved from my enemies.

3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust:

He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge,

My saviour; thou savest me from violence.

4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:

So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

In the old Days of Television Western, we could always tell who the enemy was.

The bad guys wore black hats; the evil villain had a scar across

his cheek or a patch over one eye. But real life is

not quite so simple . Enemies come in many forms, and often are not easy to

recognise. Sin is an enemy; even those we love can seek

to undermine our faith;

modern materialism and distorted values lead us away from biblical principles.

These enemies may not seek our death in a physical sense,

but their influence results in spiritual death or, at the very least,

immaturity.

Yet God promises to rescue us from our enemies. David describes the Lord as a

"rock", a "shield", a "stronghold", and a "refuge". God provides a stable

foundation for our faith; he products us from the attacks of the enemy;

he offers a place of rest in battle.

Our battles are usually not physical ones, but rather spiritual

and emotional wars.

We struggle with difficult relationships, the burdens of the past,

the subtle accusations of the devil.

But these enemies can be overcome. David says,

"I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise" .

When we turn to the Lord, trust his Word, acknowledge his

worthiness, we put our own problems and difficulties in perspective.

We see that God is able to rescue us, and has promised to do so.

And as we respond to his grace by focusing

on him, we abandon trust in ourselves and allow him to do what he promised.

Application

a) What kinds of enemies do I face?

b) How have I tried to deal with those enemies by myself?

c) How can today's verses help me turn to the sources of my rescue?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

3 John 2

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

in good health, even as your soul is well.

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

even as thy soul prospereth.

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

God's Inexhaustible Strength

Is 40:27-31

27 Why do you say, O Jacob,

and assert, O Israel,

"My way is hidden from the Lord,

and my justice escapes the notice of my God"?

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

Have you not heard,

that the everlasting God, the Lord,

the Creator of the ends of the earth,

does not faint, nor is He weary?

His understanding is inscrutable.

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

and to those who have no might He increases strength.

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

and the young men shall utterly fall,

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

shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as eagles,

they shall run and not be weary,

and they shall walk and not faint.

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

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

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

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

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

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

he increaseth strength.

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

utterly fall:

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

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

and they shall walk, and not faint.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 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

Day 24 of the Month

a) Pray that the Lord will open a door for the message for the Gospel

at every level of Canadian Society. (

Col 4:3

3 while praying also for us, that God would open to

us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ,

for which I am also in chains,

3 withal praying also for us, that God would open unto

us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ,

for which I am also in bonds:

)

b) Pray for the Province of Saskatchewan

I) Pray for the leaders of Saskatchewan,

that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.

III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord to provide your with freedom in your life.

Pray to the Lord and pray of prayer of repentance of your sin.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, it's so easy to miss You.

I want to see You and hear You."

Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord will help you in your fight against

your enemies.

Pray to the Lord and pray for the prosperity of the soul.

Pray to the Lord and pray for Jesus to strengthen you.

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 the Lord will open a door for the message for the Gospel

at every level of Canadian Society.

Pray for Hyun-Ok, a Christian in South Korea who is reaching North Korean

defectors through Bible studies.

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.

Day 235 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 23 August 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Saturday, August 23. 2025

Day 235, 23 August 2025

1) Ezekiel 14, Ezekiel 15, Ezekiel 16

Ezekiel 14

Idolatrous Elders Condemned

1 (Eze 8:1; 20:1) Then some of the elders of Israel came to me

and sat before me.

2 The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

3 (Eze 7:19; Isa 1:15) Son of man, these men have set up their idols

in their heart and put the stumbling block of their iniquity

before their face. Should I be inquired of by them at all?

4 (2Ki 1:16; Isa 66:4) Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says

the Lord God: Every man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols

in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face,

and comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes according

to the multitude of his idols,

5 (Isa 1:4; Zec 11:8) in order to seize the heart of the house of Israel

who are estranged from Me through all their idols.

6 (Isa 2:20; 30:22) Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says

the Lord God: Repent and turn away from your idols and turn away your

faces from all your abominations.

7 (Ex 12:48; 20:10) For every one of the house of Israel or of the stranger

who sojourns in Israel who separates himself from Me, and sets up his idols

in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face,

and comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself,

I the Lord will answer him by Myself.

8 (Eze 5:15; 15:7) And I will set My face against that man and will make him

a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people.

And you shall know that I am the Lord.

9 (Jer 4:10) And if the prophet is deceived when he has spoken a word,

I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand

against him and will destroy him from the midst of My people Israel.

10 They shall bear the punishment of their iniquity. The punishment

of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him who seeks him

11 (Eze 37:23; 48:11) in order that the house of Israel may no more

go astray from Me or be polluted anymore with all their transgressions.

Thus they shall be My people, and I shall be their God, says the Lord God.

[1] Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

[2] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[3] Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put

the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be

inquired of at all by them?

[4] Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and

putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to

the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the

multitude of his idols;

[5] That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are

all estranged from me through their idols.

[6] Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent,

and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your

abominations.

[7] For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth

in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his

heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and

cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer

him by myself:

[8] And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a

proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall

know that I am the LORD.

[9] And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD

have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and

will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

[10] And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of

the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

[11] That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be

polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my

people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.

Jerusalem's Imminent Judgment

12 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:

13 (Lev 26:26; Eze 4:16) Son of man, when the land sins against Me

by trespassing grievously, then I will stretch out My hand against it,

and break the staff of the bread, and send famine against it,

and cut off man and beast from it.

14 (Jer 15:1; Eze 14:20) Even though these three men, Noah, Daniel,

and Job, were in it, they could deliver but their own souls

by their righteousness, says the Lord God.

15 (Eze 5:17; Lev 26:22) If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land,

and they destroy it so that it becomes desolate, that no man may pass

through because of the beasts,

16 (Ge 19:29) though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God,

they could deliver neither their sons nor their daughters.

They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

17 (Lev 26:25; Eze 21:3-4) Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say,

"Let the sword go through the land and cut off man and beast from it,"

18 though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God,

they would deliver neither their sons nor their daughters,

but they alone would deliver themselves.

19 (Eze 38:22; 2Sa 24:15) Or if I send a pestilence into that land

and pour out My fury on it in blood to cut off from it man and beast,

20 (Eze 14:14) though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,

says the Lord God, they would deliver neither their sons nor their

daughters. They would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.

21 (Eze 5:17; 33:27) For thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send

My four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine,

and the wild beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off man and beast from it.

22 (Eze 20:43; 12:16) Yet a remnant shall be left in it who shall

be brought out, both sons and daughters. They shall come out to you,

and you shall see their way and their deeds. Then you shall be comforted

concerning the disaster that I have brought against Jerusalem,

even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

23 (Jer 22:8-9) Then they shall comfort you when you see their ways

and their deeds. And you shall know that I have not done without cause all

that I have done in it, says the Lord God.

[12] The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

[13] Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously,

then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the

bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast

from it:

[14] Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should

deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

[15] If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it,

so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

[16] Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they

shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but

the land shall be desolate.

[17] Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the

land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

[18] Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they

shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered

themselves.

[19] Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it

in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

[20] Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord

GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver

their own souls by their righteousness.

[21] For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore

judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast,

and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

[22] Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought

forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and

ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted

concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all

that I have brought upon it.

[23] And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings:

and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have

done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 15

Jerusalem as a Useless Vine

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Isa 5:1-7; Hos 10:1) Son of man, how is the wood of the vine tree

better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

3 Can wood be taken from it to do any work, or can men take a peg of it

to hang any vessel on it?

4 (Jn 15:6; Isa 27:11) If it has been cast into the fire for fuel

and the fire has devoured both ends of it and the middle of it is burned,

is it useful for any work?

5 When it was whole, it was not made into anything. How much less is it

useful for any work when the fire has devoured it and it is burned!

6 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As the wood of the vine tree among

the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel,

so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 (Eze 14:8; Ps 34:16) I will set My face against them. Though they go

out from one fire, yet the fire shall devour them. Then you shall know

that I am the Lord when I set My face against them.

8 (Eze 6:14) I will make the land desolate, because they have committed

a trespass, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 15

[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch

which is among the trees of the forest?

[3] Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it

to hang any vessel thereon?

[4] Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the

ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

[5] Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall

it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

[6] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of

the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the

inhabitants of Jerusalem.

[7] And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire,

and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD,

when I set my face against them.

[8] And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a

trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 16

Jerusalem as an Adulterous Bride

1 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 22:2; 20:4) Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

3Eze 16:45; Ge 15:16and say, Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your birth

and your nativity are from the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite,

and your mother a Hittite.

4 (Hos 2:3) As for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord

was not cut, nor were you washed in water to cleanse you. You were not rubbed

with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths.

5 No eye pitied you to do any of these to you, to have compassion on you.

But you were cast out in the open field, to the loathing of your person,

in the day that you were born.

6 When I passed by you and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you

when you were in your blood, "Live!" Indeed, I said to you when you were

in your blood, "Live!"

7 (Ex 1:7; Dt 1:10) I have caused you to multiply as the bud of the field,

and you have increased and become tall, and you have reached the age of fine

ornaments. Your breasts were fashioned and your hair had grown,

yet you were naked and bare.

8 (Ru 3:9; Jer 2:2-3) Now when I passed by you and looked upon you, you were

old enough for love. So I spread My garment over you

and covered your nakedness. Indeed, I swore to you, and entered into

a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became Mine.

9 (Ru 3:3; Ps 23:5) Then I washed you with water. Indeed, I thoroughly

washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.

10 (Eze 16:18; 16:13) I clothed you also with embroidered work,

and put sandals of porpoise skin on your feet, and girded you about

with fine linen, and covered you with silk.

11 (Ge 24:22; 24:47; 41:42) I decked you also with ornaments,

and put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.

12 I put a jewel on your forehead, and earrings in your ears,

and a beautiful crown on your head.

13 (Dt 32:13-14; 1Ki 4:21) Thus you were decked with gold and silver.

And your raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work.

You ate fine flour, and honey, and oil. And you were exceedingly beautiful

and advanced to royalty.

14 (La 2:15; 1Ki 10:24) Then your renown went out among the nations

for your beauty. For it was perfect through My comeliness which I had put

upon you, says the Lord God.

15 (Isa 57:8; Jer 2:20) But you trusted in your own beauty, and played

the harlot because of your renown, and poured out your fornications

on every willing passerby.

16 (2Ki 23:7) Of your garments you took and decked your high places

with various colors and played the harlot on them,

which should never come about or happen.

17 You have also taken your fair jewels made of My gold and My silver,

which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men that

you might commit harlotry with them.

18 Then you took your embroidered garments and covered them.

And you have set My oil and My incense before them.

19 (Eze 16:13) My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, and oil,

and honey, with which I fed you, you have even set before them

for a sweet savour. And thus it was, says the Lord God.

20 (Eze 23:37; Ex 13:2) Moreover you have taken your sons

and your daughters, whom you have borne to Me,

and these you have sacrificed to them to be devoured.

Were your harlotries so small a matter?

21 (2Ki 17:17) You have slain My children and delivered them up

to idols by causing them to pass through the fire.

22 (Jer 2:2; Eze 16:43) Besides all your abominations and your harlotries

you have not remembered the days of your youth when you were naked

and bare and were polluted in your blood.

23 After all your wickedness (Woe, woe to you! says the Lord God)

24 (Ps 78:58; Isa 57:7) you also built for yourself a shrine

and have made yourself a high place in every street.

25 (Jer 3:2; Eze 16:31) You have built yourself a high place

at the head of every street, and have made your beauty to be abhorred,

and have spread your legs to every passerby to multiply your harlotries.

26 (Eze 23:19-21; 20:7-8) You have also committed fornication

with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, and increased your harlotries

to provoke Me to anger.

27 (Isa 9:12; Eze 16:57) Therefore I have stretched out My hand against

you and have diminished your ordinary food and delivered you to the will

of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines who are ashamed

of your lewd conduct.

28 (2Ki 16:7; 16:10-18) You have played the harlot also with the Assyrians

because you were insatiable. Indeed, you have played the harlot with them,

and yet could not be satisfied.

29 You have moreover multiplied your fornication with the land of merchants,

Chaldea. And yet you were not satisfied even with this.

30 (Jer 3:3; Pr 9:13) How weak is your heart, says the Lord God,

seeing you do all these things, the works of an imperious harlot.

31 (Isa 52:3; Eze 16:33-34) When you built your shrine at the head

of every street and made your high place in every square, you have not been

as a harlot in that you scorned payment.

32 You have been as a wife who commits adultery, who takes strangers

instead of her husband!

33 (Isa 57:9; Hos 8:9-10) Men give gifts to all harlots.

But you give your gifts to all your lovers, and hire them that they may come

to you on every side for your harlotry.

34 Thus you are different from other women in your harlotries

in that no one follows you to commit harlotries, because you give money,

and no money is given to you. Thus you are different.

35 Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord.

36 (Eze 23:10) Thus says the Lord God, Because your filthiness

was poured out and your nakedness discovered through your harlotries

with your lovers, and with all the idols of your abominations,

and by the blood of your children, which you gave to idols,

37 (Jer 13:22; Hos 2:10) therefore I will gather all your lovers with whom

you have taken pleasure and all those whom you have loved with all those

whom you have hated. I will even gather them from all around against you

and will reveal your nakedness to them

so that they may see all your nakedness.

38 (Lev 20:10; Ge 9:6) I will judge you as women who commit adultery

or shed blood are judged. And I will bring on you the blood of fury

and jealousy.

39 (Eze 23:26; Hos 2:3) I will also give you into their hand,

and they shall throw down your shrines, and shall break down your high places.

They shall strip you also of your clothes, and shall take your fair jewels,

and leave you naked and bare.

40 (Eze 23:47; Hab 1:6-10) They shall also bring up a company against you,

and they shall stone you with stones,

and thrust you through with their swords.

41 (Eze 23:48; 2Ki 25:9) They shall burn your houses with fire

and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women.

And I will cause you to cease from playing the harlot,

and you also shall give no hire anymore.

42 (Eze 5:13; 39:29) So I will make My fury toward you to rest,

and My jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet,

and will be angry no more.

43 (Eze 16:22; Ps 78:42) Because you have not remembered the days

of your youth, but have enraged Me in all these things,

I also will recompense your way upon your head,

says the Lord God, so that you shall not commit

this lewdness above all your other abominations.

44 (Eze 18:2-3; 1Sa 24:13) Everyone who uses proverbs shall use

this proverb against you, saying, "Like mother, like daughter."

45 (Isa 1:4; Eze 23:37-39) You are your mother's daughter who loathed

her husband and her children. And you are the sister of your sisters

who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite,

and your father an Amorite.

46 (Eze 23:4; 16:48-49) Now your elder sister is Samaria,

she and her daughters who dwell north of you. And your younger sister

who dwells south of you is Sodom and her daughters.

47 (2Ki 21:9; Eze 5:6-7) Yet you have not walked after their ways,

or done according to their abominations. But, as if that were a very

little thing, you were corrupted more than they in all your ways.

48 (Mt 10:15) As I live, says the Lord God, Sodom your sister has not done,

she nor her daughters, as you and your daughters have done.

49 (Ge 13:10; Ps 138:6) This was the iniquity of your sister Sodom. Pride,

abundance of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters,

but she did strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

50 (Ge 13:13; 18:20) They were haughty and committed abominations before Me.

Therefore I took them away when I saw it.

51 (Jer 3:8-11) Moreover, Samaria did not commit half of your sins.

But you have multiplied your abominations more than they and have made your

sisters appear righteous in all your abominations which you have done.

52 Also bear your own shame in that you have made judgment favorable

to your sisters. Because of your sins that you have committed more abominable

than they, they are more righteous than you. Indeed, be humiliated also

and bear your shame in that you have made your sisters appear righteous.

53 (Isa 19:24-25; Eze 29:14) Yet I shall restore their captivity,

the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria

and her daughters, and along with them your own captivity,

54 (Jer 2:26; Eze 14:22-23) in order that you may bear your own shame

and may be humiliated in all that you have done

in that you are a comfort to them.

55 (Eze 16:53; 36:11) Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters and Samaria

and her daughters, shall return to their former state,

and you and your daughters shall return to your former state.

56 As the name of your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day

of your pride,

57 (2Ki 16:5-7; 2Ch 28:5-6) before your wickedness was uncovered, so now you

have become the reproach of the daughters of Edom and all who are around her,

the daughters of the Philistines, those all around who despise you.

58 (Eze 23:49) You have borne the punishment of your lewdness

and your abominations, says the Lord.

An Everlasting Covenant

59 (Isa 24:5; Eze 17:19) For thus, says the Lord God, I will even deal

with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath

by breaking the covenant.

60 (Lev 26:42; Isa 55:3) Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you

in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant

with you.

61 (Jer 50:4-5; Eze 20:43) Then you shall remember your ways and be ashamed

when you receive your sisters, your elder and your younger. And I will give

them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

62 (Jer 24:7; Eze 6:7) Thus I will establish My covenant with you,

and you shall know that I am the Lord,

63 (Ro 3:19; Ps 39:9) in order that you may remember, and be humiliated,

and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame,

when I am pacified toward you for all that you have done, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 16

[1] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy

nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother

an Hittite.

[4] And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not

cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted

at all, nor swaddled at all.

[5] None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion

upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy

person, in the day that thou wast born.

[6] And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I

said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when

thou wast in thy blood, Live.

[7] I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast

increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy

breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and

bare.

[8] Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was

the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy

nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee,

saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

[9] Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood

from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

[10] I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers'

skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

[11] I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands,

and a chain on thy neck.

[12] And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a

beautiful crown upon thine head.

[13] Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine

linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey,

and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a

kingdom.

[14] And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was

perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.

[15] But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot

because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that

passed by; his it was.

[16] And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with

divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not

come, neither shall it be so.

[17] Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which

I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit

whoredom with them,

[18] And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast

set mine oil and mine incense before them.

[19] My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey,

wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour:

and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.

[20] Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast

borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is

this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

[21] That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to

pass through the fire for them?

[22] And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not

remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast

polluted in thy blood.

[23] And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee!

saith the Lord GOD;)

[24] That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made

thee an high place in every street.

[25] Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made

thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that

passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

[26] Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours,

great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

[27] Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have

diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them

that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy

lewd way.

[28] Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast

unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest

not be satisfied.

[29] Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan

unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

[30] How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all

these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

[31] In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and

makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in

that thou scornest hire;

[32] But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead

of her husband!

[33] They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy

lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy

whoredom.

[34] And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas

none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward,

and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.

[35] Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:

[36] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy

nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the

idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou

didst give unto them;

[37] Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast

taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou

hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will

discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

[38] And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are

judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

[39] And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down

thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip

thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee

naked and bare.

[40] They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone

thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

[41] And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon

thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing

the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

[42] So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall

depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

[43] Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast

fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy

way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this

lewdness above all thine abominations.

[44] Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against

thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

[45] Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her

children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their

husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an

Amorite.

[46] And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at

thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is

Sodom and her daughters.

[47] Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their

abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted

more than they in all thy ways.

[48] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor

her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

[49] Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of

bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither

did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

[50] And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me:

therefore I took them away as I saw good.

[51] Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast

multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters

in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

[52] Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy

sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more

righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in

that thou hast justified thy sisters.

[53] When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and

her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I

bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:

[54] That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all

that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

[55] When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former

estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate,

then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

[56] For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy

pride,

[57] Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of

the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of

the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

[58] Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.

[59] For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast

done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

[60] Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy

youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

[61] Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt

receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto

thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

[62] And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I

am the LORD:

[63] That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth

any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that

thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

2) Our Daily Bread for 23 August 2026 titled

Spiritual Ancestry by Nancy Gavilanes

Matthew 1:1-6, 12-17

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

Lk 3:23-38

1 (Ge 22:18; Isa 11:1; Ro 1:3) The book of the genealogy

of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abraham:

2 (Ge 25:26; Ac 7:8) Abraham was the father of Isaac,

Isaac the father of Jacob,

and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

3 (Ge 46:12; 38:29-30) Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

Perez the father of Hezron,

and Hezron the father of Ram.

4 Ram was the father of Amminadab,

Amminadab the father of Nahshon,

and Nahshon the father of Salmon.

5 (Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25) Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab,

Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth,

and Obed the father of Jesse.

6 (1Sa 16:1; 17:12) Jesse was the father of David the king.

David the king was the father of Solomon,

by her who had been the wife of Uriah.

12 (1Ch 3:17; Ezr 3:2) And after they were brought to Babylon,

Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,

and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.

13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud,

Abiud the father of Eliakim,

and Eliakim the father of Azor.

14 Azor was the father of Zadok,

Zadok the father of Akim,

and Akim the father of Eliud.

15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar,

Eleazar the father of Matthan,

and Matthan the father of Jacob.

16 (Mt 27:17; Lk 3:23) And Jacob was the father of Joseph,

the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations,

from David until the exile to Babylon are fourteen generations,

and from the exile in Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations.

[1] The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the

son of Abraham.

[2] Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas

and his brethren;

[3] And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom;

and Esrom begat Aram;

[4] And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson

begat Salmon;

[5] And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and

Obed begat Jesse;

[6] And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of

her that had been the wife of Urias;

[12] And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel;

and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;

[13] And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim

begat Azor;

[14] And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;

[15] And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat

Jacob;

[16] And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who

is called Christ.

[17] So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations;

and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen

generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are

fourteen generations.

After I took a genealogy test a few years ago, I became curious about my

ancestors. I'm grateful I got to hear stories about a few relatives from my

late father and from my mother. Hearing about my ancestors helps me feel

connected to my family's roots and helps me learn from their experiences.

When it comes to our spiritual roots, what a gift that Jesus' earthly

genealogy is recorded in Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38. Jesus' genealogy

establishes that He's the Messiah and a direct descendant of Abraham.

As we read His genealogy, we see God’s faithfulness in keeping His promise to

Abraham to make him the father of many nations (Genesis 17:1-8). Two thousand

years after that promise was fulfilled, the apostle Matthew wrote,

"This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David,

the son of Abraham" (Matthew 1:1).

The biblical genealogy shows Jesus' ancestry come to life. We see the names of

royalty such as King David and ordinary people such as a carpenter named

Joseph. And Matthew includes five women: Tamar, Bathsheba (Uriah’s wife),

Rahab, Ruth (who some scholars believe were all gentiles), and Mary.

Whether or not we know much about our biological ancestors, we can - because

we're part of God's family - learn about our spiritual ancestors throughout

the Bible. We gain courage from seeing how faithful God was to them.

Reflect & Pray

Why is knowing your spiritual history important?

What can you learn from your spiritual ancestors?

Heavenly Father, thank You that I'm part of Your family.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 7 Break up Your Fallow Ground

Hosea 10:12

12 Sow to yourselves righteousness, reap mercy,

break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord,

until He comes and rains righteousness upon you.

12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy;

break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD,

till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

When a farmer prepares to plant his crop, a great deal of preparation

is necessary before the seen can be sown. He has to plow up the ground,

turning under the stubble from the previous harvest, harrow the field to

break up the clods, and fertilise- readying the soil for optimum growth.

A fallow field, one that was not planted the previous season, must be

broken and worked so that the seed can find root in the ground.

The Bible likens spiritual growth to raising crops. God is the one

who brings rain and gives growth, but the success or failure

of the seed - both in initial salvation and in ongoing maturity -

is often linked to how well the soil has been prepared.

That preparation isn't always a pleasant or rewarding process.

We may resist the plowing or harrowing that comes through

the Holy Spirit's conviction of sin. We may need to dig up boulders

of bitterness and thistles of anger; we may have to plow under the

stubble of the last crop of lessons, working that mulch deep into our lives.

But the final outcome is worth the effort - even the pain - that

preparation brings. Broken up, harrowed, readied for the seed of God's Word,

we are rich and fertile ground, and the seed of righteousness produces

an abundant crop in us.

Application

a) In what ways have I been "broken up" and "harrowed" by the Holy

Spirit to prepare me for God's work in me?

b) How can I apply these verses to myself? How can I

"sow in righteousness," "reap in mercy," "break up my fallow ground"?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

2 Chr 31:21

21 And in every deed that he undertook in the service of the house

of God and with the law and commandment to seek out his God,

he did this with all his heart, and he found success.

21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house

of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God,

he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

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

God's Protection in Times of Trouble

Ps 27:1-6

PSALMS 27

A Psalm of David.

1 The Lord is my light and my salvation;

whom will I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my life;

of whom will I be afraid?

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) When the wicked came against me

to eat my flesh -

my enemies and my foes -

they stumbled and fell.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Though an army should encamp against me,

my heart will not fear;

though war should rise against me,

in this will I be confident.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) One thing I have asked from the Lord,

that will I seek after -

for me to dwell in the house of the Lord

all the days of my life,

to see the beauty of the Lord,

and to inquire in His temple.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) For in the time of trouble

He will hide me in His pavilion;

in the shelter of His tabernacle He will hide me;

He will set me up on a rock.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8 - 9) Now my head will be lifted up

above my enemies encircling me;

therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;

I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes,

came upon me to eat up my flesh,

They stumbled and fell.

3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:

Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;

That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:

In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;

he shall set me up upon a rock.

6 And now shall mine head be lifted up,

Above mine enemies round about me:

Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

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

Day 23 of the Month

a) Pray for the genuine conversion and successful rehabilitation of those

who have committed crimes.

b) Pray for spiritual and functional unity in the Body of Christ

across Canada.

(

John 13:34-35

34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another,

even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples,

if you have love for one another."

34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another;

as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,

if ye have love one to another.

Rom 12:10

10 Be devoted to one another with brotherly love; prefer one another in honour

10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love;

in honour preferring one another;

Heb 10:24

24 And let us consider how to spur one another to love and to good works.

24 and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

1 Peter 3:8

8 Finally, be all of one mind, be loving toward one another, be gracious,

and be kind.

8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,

love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

1 John 3:23

23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name

of His Son ÂJesus Christ and love one another as He commanded us.

23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name

of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray that your nation is not spiritually adulterous.

Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, thank You that I'm part of Your family."

Pray to the Lord and pray to sow righteousness.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be trustworthy in your work

as a reflection of your faith.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus Christ as salvation.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

Pray for the genuine conversion and successful rehabilitation of those

who have committed crimes.

Pray for spiritual and functional unity in the Body of Christ

across Canada.

Pray that Christians will stand firm in their faith in Malaysia

and boldly share the Gospel message with other Malays.

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.

Day 213 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 1 August 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Friday, August 1. 2025

Day 213, 1 August 2025

1) 2 Kings 21:1-9 , 2 Chronicles 33:1-9, 2 Kings 21:10-17,

2 Chronicles 33:10-19 , 2 Kings 21:18 , 2 Chronicles 33:20,

2 Kings 21:19-26, 2 Chronicles 33:21-25

2 Kings 21:1-9

1 (Isa 62:4) Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king,

and he reigned 55 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah.

2 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations

of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the children of Israel.

3 (2Ki 17:16; 18:4) He went back and rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah

his father had destroyed. He erected altars for Baal, made an Asherah pole

as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshipped all the host of heaven

and served them.

4 (2Sa 7:13; 1Ki 8:29) He built altars in the house of the Lord,

of which the Lord had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name."

5 (1Ki 7:12; 6:36) He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts

of the house of the Lord.

6 (Lev 18:21; 19:31) He made his son pass through the fire,

was conjuring and seeking omens, and dealt with mediums and soothsayers.

He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

7 (1Ki 8:29; 9:3) He put a carved image of Asherah that he had made

in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son,

"In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes

of Israel, I will put My name forever.

8 (2Sa 7:10) I will not make the feet of Israel to wander homeless

from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they will be careful

to do according to all that I have commanded them and according

to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them."

9 (Pr 29:12) But they did not listen. Manasseh led them to do more evil

than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

[1] Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty

and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.

[2] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the

abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of

Israel.

[3] For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had

destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab

king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

[4] And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD

said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

[5] And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the

house of the LORD.

[6] And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used

enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much

wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

[7] And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of

which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in

Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my

name for ever:

[8] Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land

which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all

that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant

Moses commanded them.

[9] But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than

did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

2 Chronicles 33:1-9

Manasseh, King of Judah

2Ki 21:1-18

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king,

and he was king in Jerusalem for fifty-five years.

2 But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations

of the nations whom the Lord previously cast out before the sons of Israel.

3 And he turned again to build the high places that his father Hezekiah

had torn down, and he set up altars to the Baals, and made Asherah poles,

and worshipped the starry assembly of heaven and served them.

4 And he built altars in the house of the Lord where the Lord said,

"In Jerusalem My name will be perpetual."

5 And he built altars for the starry assembly of heaven in the two courtyards

of the house of the Lord.

6 He even made his sons pass through the fire in the

Valley of Ben Hinnom; and he had conjurers, and practitioners of divination

and sorcery, and necromancers, and mediums. So he did a great amount of evil

in the eyes of the Lord, so that God was provoked.

7 And he set the carved image of a statue that he made and put in the house

of God where God said to David and to Solomon his son,

"In this house and in Jerusalem where I have chosen from among all the tribes

of Israel, there I have set My name perpetually.

8 And I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the ground that I have

designated to your fathers, if only they will keep on doing everything that

I have commanded them, the whole law, statutes, and judgments from

the hand of Moses."

9 So Manasseh made Judah and those living in Jerusalem to wander

and to perform more evil than the nations that the Lord destroyed

from before Israel.

[1] Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

[2] But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the

abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children

of Israel.

[3] For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken

down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped

all the host of heaven, and served them.

[4] Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had

said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

[5] And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the

house of the LORD.

[6] And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the

son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used

witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought

much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

[7] And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of

God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house,

and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will

I put my name for ever:

[8] Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land

which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do

all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes

and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

[9] So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to

do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children

of Israel.

2 Kings 21:10-17

10 The Lord spoke by His servants the prophets, saying,

11 (1Ki 21:26; 2Ki 24:3-4)"Because Manasseh king of Judah

has done these abominations, things more evil than all that the Amorites did,

and has also caused Judah to sin with his idols,

12 (1Sa 3:11; Jer 19:3) therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel:

I am bringing evil on Jerusalem and Judah, such evil that the ears

of whoever hears about it will tingle.

13 (Isa 34:11; Am 7:7-8) I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring

line of Samaria and the level of the house of Ahab,

and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl,

wiping it and turning it upside down.

14 (Jer 23:33; 2Ki 19:4) I will disregard the remnant of My inheritance

and give them into the hand of their enemies.

They shall become plunder and spoil for all their enemies,

15 because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me

to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day."

16 (2Ki 21:11) Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood very much,

until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to the other;

besides his sin he caused Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.

17 Now the rest of the deeds of Manasseh, all that he did, and his sin

that he committed, are they not written in the book

of the annals of the kings of Judah?

[10] And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

[11] Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath

done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and

hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

[12] Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such

evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears

shall tingle.

[13] And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet

of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish,

wiping it, and turning it upside down.

[14] And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them

into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to

all their enemies;

[15] Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have

provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt,

even unto this day.

[16] Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled

Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made

Judah to

sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

[17] Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin

that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the

kings of Judah?

2 Chronicles 33:10-19

Manasseh's Repentance

10 The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not pay attention.

11 So the Lord brought on them the officials

of the army of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks,

and they bound him in bronze chains and led him to Babylon.

12 And when he was distressed, he entreated the face of the Lord his God,

and he greatly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

13 And he prayed to God, and He was moved and responded

to his plea and returned him to Jerusalem to his kingdom.

Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.

14 After this he built an outer wall for the City of David, west of Gihon,

in the valley and toward the entrance of the Fish Gate, where it went

around Ophel, and raised it to a very great height. Then he positioned

military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

15 And he removed the foreign gods and statues from the house of the Lord,

and all the altars that he built on the hill of the house of the Lord

and Jerusalem, and he cast them outside the city.

16 He also restored the altar of the Lord, and he sacrificed fellowship and

thanksgiving offerings, and he ordered Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.

17 However, the people continued to sacrifice at the high places,

but only to the Lord their God.

[10] And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not

hearken.

[11] Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the

king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with

fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

[12] And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and

humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

[13] And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his

supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then

Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

[14] Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west

side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and

compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put

captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

[15] And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the

LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the

LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

[16] And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace

offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of

Israel.

[17] Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet

unto the LORD their God only.

The Death of Manasseh

18 And the remainder of the acts of Manasseh and his prayer to God

and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord God

of Israel are written in the annals of the kings of Israel.

19 And his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin

and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and where he set

up the Asherah poles and images before he humbled himself,

indeed they are written in the sayings of Hozai.

[18] Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and

the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of

Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

[19] His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and

his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves

and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the

sayings of the seers.

2 Kings 21:18

18 (2Ch 33:20; 2Ki 21:26) Manasseh slept with his fathers,

and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza.

Amon his son reigned in his place.

[18] And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of

his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his

stead.

2 Chronicles 33:20

20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his palace,

and Amon his son reigned in his place.

[20] So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own

house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 21:19-26

Amon, King of Judah

2Ch 33:21-25

19 (2Ch 33:21-23) Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king.

He reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth,

daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

20 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.

21 He walked in all the ways that his father walked,

served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them.

22 (1Ki 11:33; 2Ki 22:17) He abandoned the Lord God of his fathers,

and he did not walk in the way of the Lord.

23 (2Ki 12:20; 14:19) The servants of Amon conspired against him

and killed the king in his house.

24 (2Ki 14:5) But the people of the land struck all those who conspired

against King Amon, and the people of the land made

Josiah his son king in his place.

25 Now the rest of the deeds of Amon that he did,

are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

26 (2Ki 21:18) And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza,

and Josiah his son reigned in his place.

[19] Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the

daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

[20] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father

Manasseh did.

[21] And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the

idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

[22] And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way

of the LORD.

[23] And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in

his own house.

[24] And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against

king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his

stead.

[25] Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in

the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

[26] And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah

his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 33:21-25

Amon, King of Judah

2Ki 21:19-24

21 And Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign,

and he was king for two years in Jerusalem.

22 And he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord as his father Manasseh

had done. And Amon sacrificed to and served all the idols that Manasseh

his father had made.

23 He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father humbled himself.

But he increased his guilt all the more.

24 And his servants plotted against him, and they killed him in his palace.

25 Then the people of the land struck down all those who conspired against

King Amon. The people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

[21] Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned

two years in Jerusalem.

[22] But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did

Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which

Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

[23] And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had

humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

[24] And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

[25] But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against

king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his

stead.

2) Our Daily Bread for 1 August 2025

When Life Is Unfair

Psalm 37:5-17

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Commit your way to the Lord;

trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,

and your judgment as the noonday.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him;

do not fret because of those who prosper in their way,

because of those who make wicked schemes.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Let go of anger, and forsake wrath;

do not fret-it surely leads to evil deeds.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) For evildoers will be cut off,

but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the earth.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) For yet a little while, and the wicked will not be;

you will look diligently for their place, and it will not be.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) But the meek will inherit the earth,

and will delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

12 The wicked plot against the righteous,

and grind their teeth against them.

13 The Lord will laugh at him,

for He sees that his day is coming.

14 The wicked have drawn out the sword

and have bent their bow,

to cast down the poor and needy,

and to slay those on the upright path.

15 Their sword will enter into their own heart,

and their bows will be broken.

16 Better is a little that the righteous has

than the abundance of many wicked.

17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken,

but the Lord supports the righteous.

[5] Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it

to pass.

[6] And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy

judgment as the noonday.

[7] Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because

of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked

devices to pass.

[8] Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do

evil.

[9] For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they

shall inherit the earth.

[10] For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt

diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

[11] But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in

the abundance of peace.

[12] The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his

teeth.

[13] The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

[14] The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast

down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

[15] Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be

broken.

[16] A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many

wicked.

[17] For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the

righteous.

Matthew 5:5

5 (Ps 37:11; Ro 4:13) Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

[5] Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

In Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist, the sickly Oliver is born in

a workhouse, an institution notorious for exploiting the poor. Orphaned at

birth, the boy eventually runs away due to abusive treatment. Through an

amazing set of "twists," he learns he is heir to a sizable fortune. Dickens,

who loved happy endings, ensured that everyone who harmed Oliver over

the years either received justice or repented. His oppressors got what

they deserved while Oliver "inherited the land." If only life came with tidy

endings like those scripted in a Dickens novel.

In the Bible, we read the song lyrics by a man who anticipated such

a day - when justice is served and the oppressed "inherit the land"

(Psalm 37:9). Though he experienced evil firsthand, the poet David

urged patience. "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him," he

wrote. "Do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out

their wicked schemes" (v. 7). He continued, "Those who are evil will be

destroyed, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land" (v. 9).

Despite observing how the "wicked draw the sword" to "bring down the poor

and needy" (v. 14), David trusted God to make things right (v. 15).

Life is hard and often unfair. Yet we hear in the words of Jesus

an echo from Psalm 37: "Blessed are the meek," He said,

"for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5).

Reflect & Pray

When have you been treated badly?

How will you trust God in your unfair situations?

Dear God, please help me wait patiently for You to make things right.

For further study, read When Pain Won't Go Away

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 6 - It is Finished

John 5:24

24 (Jn 3:18; 1Jn 3:14; Jn 3:36) "Truly, truly I say to you, whoever hears

My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life

and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. "

[24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth

on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into

condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

"PLEASE BE PATIENT - GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET,"

the sweatshirt read. In this case, the message was an ironic one,

for the occupant of the shirt was a snaggle-toothed, freckle-faced six year

old!

In one sense, God is not finished with the work he has to do in each of us.

Life in Christ is an ongoing process of change and growth as we become

more like him. Certainly, the more we see of ourselves, the more we hope

he isn't finished with us!

Yet whatever plans God has for making us into the men and women he created

us to be, certain aspects of our life in Christ are finished, finalised.

Jesus declares with absolute assurance, "whoever hears

My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life

and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. "

Because we do not have to earn or deserve God's grace, because we are not

called to prove ourselves worthy of Salvation, we can have immediate

and total assurance of the security of life in Jesus Christ. The one who

put his trust in the Lord has eternal life; he will not be condemned;

he has crossed over from death to life.

This "crossing over" into life happens in the split second when we acknowledge

our dependence upon Christ alone. And the rest of our lives is given over to

the development of his image in us.

God is not finished with us yet.

But his work of salvation is finished - complete,

fully dependable an accomplished fact.

Application

a) Have I ever doubted the "accomplished fact" of my own salvation? Why?

b) How can today's verse help me realise that, although I may have a lot of

growing yet to do, my salvation in Jesus Christ is secure?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Genesis 30:43

The man became exceedingly prosperous and had many sheep

and female servants and male servants and camels and donkeys.

And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle,

and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

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

When you are anxious

Phil 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 always: 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.

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

1st Day of the month

1) Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada

(

Joel 2:28 And it will be that, afterwards,

I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream

dreams, and your young men will see visions.

28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon

all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men

shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Acts 2:17 "In the last days it shall be," says God, "

that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall

prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream

dreams.

17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,

I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:

And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

And your young men shall see visions,

And your old men shall dream dreams:

)

2) Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister

would be directed to do that which pleases God

(Prov 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord,

as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will.

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD,

As the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to for repentance in your nation.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please help me wait patiently

for You to make things right."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know that you are growing in Jesus Christ

and that your Salvation in Jesus Christ is assured.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Blessings.

Pray to the Lord and pray to rejoice in all circumstances

in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them

- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration

- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada

Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister

would be directed to do that which pleases God

Pray for the spread of the Gospel in Turkey where less than 1 percent

of the population is Christian.

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.

Day 208 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 27 July 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Sunday, July 27. 2025

Day 208, 27 July 2025

Today at Calvary Community

church Guest speak Pastor Rick VanDeWark (A one time Atheist

turned Christian at the University of Alberta in His second year of studies)

spoke on Prayer: Get a Grip.

"God does nothing except in response to believing prayer"- John Wesley

Luke 1:13a (Angel here is ArchAngel Gabriel)

But the angel said to him, "Do not fear, Zechariah, for your prayer

has been heard,"

[13] But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is

heard;

A) Location! Location! Location! (See)

i) our position in Christ ( in Christ mentioned

124 times in the New Testament)

Colossians 3:3

3 (Ro 6:2; Col 2:20) For you are dead,

and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

[3] For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Acts 17:28

28 (Job 12:10; Da 5:23) 'For in Him we live and move and have our being.'

As some of your own poets have said, 'We are His offspring.'

[28] For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of

your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

God's Center is everywhere, Hir circumference is nowhere - St. Augustine

Matthew 8:23-27

The Calming of a Storm

Mk 4:35-41; Lk 8:22-25

23 Then He entered the boat, and His disciples followed Him.

24 Suddenly a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered

with the waves. But He was asleep.

25 His disciples went to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Lord, save us!

We are perishing!"

26 (Mt 6:30; Ps 65:7) He replied, "Why are you fearful,

O you of little faith?" Then He rose and rebuked the winds and the sea.

And there was a great calm.

27 (Mk 1:27) The men were amazed, saying, "What kind of Man is this that

even the winds and the sea obey Him!"

[23] And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

[24] And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the

ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

[25] And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we

perish.

[26] And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then

he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

[27] But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even

the winds and the sea obey him!

AiI) We are surrounded by : heavenly realms 'ouranous': air, celestial, heaven

i) Blessing Ephesians 1:3

3 (2Co 1:3; Eph 6:12; 2:6) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly

places in Christ,

[3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed

us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

ii) Father - Matthew 6:9

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name."

[9] After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name.

iii) Battle - Ephesians 6:12

12 (Eph 1:3; 1:2) 1For our fight is not against flesh and blood,

but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers

of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces of evil

in the heavenly places.

[12] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,

against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against

spiritual wickedness in high places.

B) Connection! Connection! Connection! - Yield

a) His position in you - Lord

Romans 8:26-27

26 (Eph 6:18; Mt 20:22; Zec 12:10) Likewise, the Spirit helps us

in our weaknesses, for we do not know what to pray for as we ought,

but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

27 (Ro 8:34; Rev 2:23) He who searches the hearts knows what the mind

of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according

to the will of God.

[26] Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what

we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession

for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

[27] And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the

Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will

of God.

Romans 8:34

34 (Heb 7:25; Mk 16:19; Ro 8:1) Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who

died, yes, who is risen, who is also at the right hand of God,

who also intercedes for us.

[34] Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is

risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh

intercession for us.

C) Transformation! Transformation! Transformation! - Stand

i) Who You are - Son-Daughter

Romans 8:14-16

14 (Gal 5:18; Rev 21:7) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,

these are the sons of God.

15 (Mk 14:36; 1Co 2:12) For you have not received the spirit of slavery

again to fear. But you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom

we cry, “Abba, Father.”

16 (Eph 1:13; 2Co 1:22) The Spirit Himself bears witness

with our spirits that we are the children of God,

[14] For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

[15] For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye

have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

[16] The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the

children of God:

ii) Identify

Romans 7:24-25

24 (Ro 6:6; Col 2:11) O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me

from the body of this death?

25 (1Co 15:57) I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

So then, with my mind, I serve the law of God, but with my flesh,

the law of sin.

[24] O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this

death?

[25] I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I

myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Romans 8:1

1 (1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:17) There is therefore now no condemnation for those

who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according

to the Spirit.

[1] There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ

Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:17-18

17 (Gal 4:6; Jn 8:32) Now the Lord is the Spirit.

And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

18 (Ro 8:29; 1Co 13:12; 2Co 4:4) But we all, seeing the glory

of the Lord with unveiled faces, as in a mirror,

are being transformed into the same image from glory

to glory by the Spirit of the Lord.

[17] Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there

is liberty.

[18] But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the

Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the

Spirit of the Lord.

D) Participation! Participation! Participation! - Partnership

i) Praying with God 'Declarative prayer'

Jeremiah 1:12

12 Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well. For I will hasten

My word to perform it."

[12] Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my

word to perform it.

Ezekiel 37 - Valley of dry bones -> very,very dry. (Hopelessness)

Genesis 1: Holy Spirit hover the waters of chaos, SAME Holy Spirit hovering

over us today. Speak God's word into your chaos!

Isaiah 40 Encounter! Prepart for it! Clear obstacles and clutter!

Declare into your wilderness!

1) Psalms 46, 48, 80, 135

Psalms 46

For the Music Director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.

A Song.

1 God is our refuge and strength,

a well-proven help in trouble.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed,

and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) though its waters roar and foam,

though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) There is a river whose streams make glad the city

of God, the holy dwelling place of the Most High.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) God is in the midst of her; she will not be moved;

God will help her in the early dawn.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) The nations roared; the kingdoms were moved;

He uttered His voice; the earth melted.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) The Lord of Hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Come, see the works of the Lord,

who makes desolations in the earth.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;

He breaks the bow and cuts off the spear;

He burns the chariot in the fire.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Be still and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) The Lord of Hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Psalm 46

[1] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

[2] Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though

the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

[3] Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains

shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

[4] There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,

the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

[5] God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her,

and that right early.

[6] The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the

earth melted.

[7] The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

[8] Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in

the earth.

[9] He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow,

and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

[10] Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen,

I will be exalted in the earth.

[11] The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalms 48

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised

in the city of our God, in His holy mountain.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Beautiful in elevation,

the joy of the whole earth,

is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north,

the city of the great King.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) God is known in her citadels

as a refuge.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) For the kings were assembled,

they passed by together.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) They saw it, and so they were astounded;

they were alarmed, they hurried away.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Trembling seized them there,

and pain like a woman in labor;

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) As we have heard, so have we seen

in the city of the Lord of Hosts, in the city of our God;

God will establish it forever. Selah

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God,

in the midst of Your temple.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) According to Your name, O God,

so is Your praise to the ends of the earth;

Your right hand is full of righteousness.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) May Mount Zion rejoice,

may the daughters of Judah be glad, because of Your judgments.

12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her; count her towers;

13 mark well her bulwarks; consider her citadels;

that you may tell it to the generation following.

14 For this God is our God forever and ever;

He will be our guide even to death.

Psalm 48

A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.

[1] Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in

the mountain of his holiness.

[2] Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on

the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

[3] God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

[4] For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

[5] They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted

away.

[6] Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

[7] Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

[8] As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in

the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

[9] We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy

temple.

[10] According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the

earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

[11] Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of

thy judgments.

[12] Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

[13] Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell

it to the generation following.

[14] For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even

unto death.

Psalms 80

For the Music Director. To the melody of "Lilies of the Testimony."

A Psalm of Asaph.

1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,

You who lead Joseph like a flock;

You who are enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) In the sight of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,

stir up Your strength,

and come and rescue us.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Restore us again, O God,

and cause Your face to shine,

and we shall be delivered.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) O Lord God of Hosts,

how long will You be angry

against the prayers of Your people?

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You have fed them with the bread of tears

and have given them tears to drink in great measure.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) You make us contention for our neighbors,

and our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Restore us again, O God of Hosts,

and cause Your face to shine,

and we shall be delivered.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) You have brought a vine out of Egypt;

You have cast out the nations and planted it.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) You cleared the ground for it;

it took deep root and filled the land.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) The mountains were covered with its shadow

and the mighty cedars with its branches.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) It sent out its branches to the sea

and its shoots to the River.

12 Why have You then broken down its walls,

so that all those who pass by the way pluck its fruit?

13 The boar from the woods ravages it,

and the insects of the field devour it.

14 Return again, O God of Hosts;

look down from heaven, and behold,

have regard for this vine

15 and the root that Your right hand has planted,

and the shoots that You made strong for Yourself.

16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down;

may they perish at the rebuke from Your presence.

17 Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,

the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

18 So we will not turn back from You;

give us life, and we will call upon Your name.

19 Restore us again, O Lord God of Hosts;

cause Your face to shine,

and we shall be delivered.

Psalm 80

[1] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock;

thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

[2] Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come

and save us.

[3] Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be

saved.

[4] O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of

thy people?

[5] Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to

drink in great measure.

[6] Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among

themselves.

[7] Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall

be saved.

[8] Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen,

and planted it.

[9] Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root,

and it filled the land.

[10] The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof

were like the goodly cedars.

[11] She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

[12] Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass

by the way do pluck her?

[13] The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field

doth devour it.

[14] Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and

behold, and visit this vine;

[15] And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that

thou madest strong for thyself.

[16] It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of

thy countenance.

[17] Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man

whom thou madest strong for thyself.

[18] So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy

name.

[19] Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we

shall be saved.

Psalms 135

Ps 115:4-11

1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord praise Him, O servants of the Lord,

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) you who stand in the house of the Lord,

in the courts of the house of our God!

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;

sing praises unto His name, for it is pleasant.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself,

and Israel for His special possession.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) For I know that the Lord is great,

and that our Lord is above all gods.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Whatever the Lord pleases,

He does in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the depths.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) He causes the clouds to ascend from the ends

of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain;

He brings the wind out from His storehouses.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

both of man and animal.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,

against Pharaoh and all his servants;

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) He struck down great nations and slew mighty kings-

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Sihon, king of the Amorites,

and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan-

12 and gave their land for an inheritance, a possession to Israel His people.

13 Your name, O Lord, endures forever;

and Your renown, O Lord, throughout all generations.

14 For the Lord will defend His people,

and He will have compassion on His servants.

15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

16 They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see;

17 they have ears, but do not hear;

neither is there any breath in their mouths.

18 Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.

19 Bless the Lord, O house of Israel; bless the Lord, O house of Aaron.

20 Bless the Lord, O house of Levi; you who fear the Lord, bless the Lord.

21 Blessed be the Lord from Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem.

Praise you the Lord!

Psalm 135

[1] Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye

servants of the LORD.

[2] Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of

our God,

[3] Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for

it is pleasant.

[4] For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar

treasure.

[5] For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

[6] Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the

seas, and all deep places.

[7] He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh

lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

[8] Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

[9] Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon

Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

[10] Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;

[11] Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms

of Canaan:

[12] And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his

people.

[13] Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD,

throughout all generations.

[14] For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself

concerning his servants.

[15] The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

[16] They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

[17] They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their

mouths.

[18] They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth

in them.

[19] Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:

[20] Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.

[21] Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye

the LORD.

2) Our Daily Bread for 27 July 2025 titled

Test of Our Faith by Matt Lucas

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

9 (Ro 8:36; Heb 10:33) For I think that God has exhibited us, the apostles,

last, as if we were sentenced to death. For we have been made a spectacle

to the world, to angels and to men.

10 (1Co 2:3; Ac 17:18; 26:24) We are fools for Christ's sake,

but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong.

You are honorable, but we are despised.

11 (Ro 8:35; 2Co 11:23-27) Even to this present hour we both hunger

and thirst, and are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless.

12 (1Pe 3:9; Ac 18:3; Mt 5:11) We labor, working with our own hands.

Being reviled, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

13 (La 3:45) Being slandered, we encourage. We are made as the filth

of the world, and are the refuse of all things to this day.

[9] For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were

appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to

angels, and to men.

[10] We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak,

but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

[11] Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked,

and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

[12] And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being

persecuted, we suffer it:

[13] Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and

are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

In ad 304, the Roman emperor Maximian victoriously entered the city

of Nicomedia. Parades were ordered as the city gathered to thank pagan gods

for the victory - everyone except for a church full of people who worshiped

only the one true God. Maximian entered the church with an ultimatum:

Escape punishment by renouncing faith in Christ. They refused. All were

killed when Maximian ordered the church set on fire with the believers inside.

The apostle Paul understood the cost of following Christ. In 1 Corinthians 4,

he confronted the believers living in the Greek city of Corinth with his

testimony. Paul stated that the apostles had suffered for Jesus and for their

sake. They had been "made a spectacle to the whole universe" (v. 9) as they

served Christ.

Similarly, the apostle Peter reminded us how Jesus suffered on our behalf.

"When they hurled their insults at [Jesus], he did not retaliate," wrote

Peter. "When he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to

him who judges justly" (1 Peter 2:23).

Still today, believers in Jesus suffer for their faith. Like the Nicomedian

believers who willingly chose to suffer for the gospel, may any opposition

we face serve to reveal the strength of our faith in Christ. We can entrust

our lives to the one "who judges justly."

REflect and Pray

When have you felt like retaliating because of unfair treatment for your

faith? How will you trust God to be your defense?

Dear Father, whatever I may face today - please

help me entrust my life to You, as Jesus did.

Learn from the Bible on how to defend your faith.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 1 - Sin Universal

Romans 3:23-24

23 (Ro 3:9) For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,

24 (Ro 4:16; Col 1:14) being justified freely by His grace

through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

23 for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption

that is in Christ Jesus:

A distinguished middle-aged man stood trembling before his church

to give his testimony. Years before, in the grip of a mental illness

that nearly destroyed his life, he had taken the life of his own daughter

and tried to kill himself. But he did not die; tried and convicted, he

spent years in prison, and even longer in the prison of his own guilt.

After the service, a young woman walked up to him and simply said,

"Thank you for sharing. I've sinned, too."

We've all sinned, too - lest we forget or rationalise, the Bible reminds

us in no uncertain terms. And the writer of these verses was no stranger

to sin: he was the Pharisee, the holier-than-thou religious leader

who officiated at the stoning death of Stephen. He was the Jew who had

scattered and killed the followers of this heretic called Christ. He

thought he was righteous while he murdered God's people.

Christians tends to establish a "hierarchy" of sin - sexual sin is "worse"

than pride: murder is "more horrible" than slander. Yet the Bible gives

no indication that god acknowledges our hierarchy. Sin is sin; all have

sinned, and if we are guilty at one point, we are guilty of all.

Rather than rationalise our individual sins as being "less bad"

than someone else's, we need to openly confess our dilemma as sinners

and turn to God for his remedy. We cannot and do not need to earn or

deserve that grace - it is a gift from God.

Application

a) Have I ever compared my sin with someone else's in order

to make myself fell like a better person? Why is such

comparison not a valid remedy for sin?

b) Why do I need to acknowledge my sin honestly before I can

receive justification?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Joshua 1:5

5 (Dt 7:24; 31:6-8) No man will be able to stand against

you all the days of your life.

As I was with Moses, I will be with you.

I will not abandon you. I will not leave you.

5 There shall not any man be able to stand before

thee all the days of thy life:

as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee:

I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

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

God's Help in Times of Temptation

1 Cor 10:1-13

1 Corinthians 10

Warning Against Idolatry

1 (Ex 14:29; Ps 66:6) I would not want you to be unaware that

all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

3 (Ex 16:35; Dt 8:3) all ate the same spiritual food;

4 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) and all drank the same spiritual drink,

for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,

and that Rock was Christ.

5 (Heb 3:17; Jude 1:5) But with many of them God was not well pleased,

and they were overthrown in the wilderness.

6 (Nu 11:4; 1Co 10:11) Now these things were our examples to the intent

that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.

7 (Ex 32:19; 32:4) Neither be idolaters as were some of them.

As it is written,

"The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to revel." (Ex 32:6. )

8 (Nu 25:1-9; 1Co 6:18) Neither let us commit sexual immorality as some

of them committed, when 23000 fell in one day.

9 (Nu 21:5-6; Ex 17:2) Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them

also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.

10 (Ex 12:23; Nu 16:41) Neither murmur, as some of them also murmured

and were destroyed by the destroyer.

11 (Ro 13:11) Now all these things happened to them for examples.

They are written as an admonition to us,

upon whom the end of the ages has come.

12 (Ro 11:20) Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed,

lest he fall.

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.

1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all

our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

2 and were all baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

3 and did all eat the same spiritual meat;

4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that

spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

5 But with many of them God was not well pleased:

for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust

after evil things, as they also lusted.

7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written,

The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed,

and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,

and were destroyed of serpents.

10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured,

and were destroyed of the destroyer.

11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples:

and they are written for our admonition,

upon whom the ends of the world are come.

12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

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.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)

Where do Muslims live?

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

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

your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.

Data for those population figures is extrapolated for the 2011 National

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

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

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

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

Canadian population, not provincial

BC - 136493 - 7.5%

AB - 195240 - 11%

SK - 17279 - 1%

MB - 21349 - 1.2%

ON - 1001542 - 55%

QC - 418946 - 23%

NB - 4543 - 0.003%

NS - 14629 - 0.1%

PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%

NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%

Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%

NWT - 473 - 0.0003%

NU - 86 - 0.00005%

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]

Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

And

Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .

7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada

http://www.ehc.ca

Day 27 of the Month

a) Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to

hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.

(

2 Cor 10:4-5

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,

5 casting down imaginations and every high thing

that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,

bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5casting down imaginations, and every high thing

that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,

and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

)

b) Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who

are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.

Conclusion:

Pary to the Lord Jesus Chrsit with assurance, encouragement and humility.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Him as Refuge and Strength.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear Father, whatever I may face today - please

help me entrust my life to You, as Jesus did."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know that Jesus can you the sinner in a sinful

world.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Living

Lord will not fail nor forsake you.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Lord Jesus will help you through temptation.

Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to

hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.

Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who

are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.

Pray that the many Iranians disillusioned with Islam will discover

the reality and deity of Christ.

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.

Day 187 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 6 July 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Sunday, July 6. 2025

Day 187, 6 July 2025

Today at

Calvary Community church , Guest speaker Pastor

Gary Taitinger soke on Which is better: visibles gods or Invisible God.

Colossians 1:15-16

15 (2Co 4:4; Jn 1:18) He is the image of the invisible God and the firstborn

of every creature.

16 (Jn 1:3; Ro 11:36) For by Him all things were created that are in heaven

and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they are thrones,

or dominions, or principalities, or powers. All things were created by Him

and for Him.

[15] Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

[16] For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in

earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or

principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Invisible and Visible

Hebrews 11:3

3 (Jn 1:3; Ro 4:17) By faith we understand that the universe was framed

by the word of God, so that things that are seen were not made

out of things which are visible.

[3] Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of

God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

The Elements of Christianity

Luke 12:13-21

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide

the inheritance with me."

14 (Ro 2:1; 2:3) Jesus said to him, "Man, who appointed Me a judge

or an arbitrator between you?"

15 (1Ti 6:6-10; Heb 13:5) Then He said to them, "Take heed and beware

of covetousness. For a man's life does not consist

in the abundance of his possessions."

16 And He told a parable to them, saying,

"The land of a rich man produced plentifully.

17 He thought to himself,

'What shall I do, for I have no room to store my crops?'

18 "Then he said, 'This I will do: I will pull down my barns

and build greater ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

19 (Ecc 11:9; Pr 27:1) And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods

laid up for many years. Take rest. Eat, drink, and be merry.'

20 (Jer 17:11; Job 27:8; Ps 39:6) "But God said to him, 'You fool!

This night your soul will be required of you.

Then whose will those things be which you have provided?'

21 (Lk 12:33; Mt 6:19-20) "So is he who stores up treasure for himself,

and is not rich toward God."

[13] And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that

he divide the inheritance with me.

[14] And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

[15] And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a

man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he

possesseth.

[16] And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich

man brought forth plentifully:

[17] And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have

no room where to bestow my fruits?

[18] And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build

greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

[19] And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many

years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

[20] But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required

of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

[21] So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Psalms 33:16-17

16 No king is saved by a great army;

a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

17 A horse is a vain hope for safety;

it will not deliver by its great strength.

[16] There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not

delivered by much strength.

[17] An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by

his great strength.

Psalms 20:7

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Some trust in chariots, and some in horses,

but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

[7] Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the

name of the LORD our God.

Proverbs 18:11

11 (Pr 10:15) The rich man's wealth is his strong city,

and as a high wall in his own conceit.

11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city,

And as an high wall in his own conceit.

Assurance in a Troubled World

2 Kings 6:16-17

16 (Ro 8:31; Ps 55:18) And he said, "Do not be afraid, for there are more with

us than with them."

17(2Ki 2:11; Ps 68:17) Then Elisha prayed, "Lord,

open his eyes and let him see."

So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the mountain

was full of horses and chariots of fire surrounding Elisha.

[16] And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they

that be with them.

[17] And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he

may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and,

behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about

Elisha.

2 Chronicles 32:7-8

7 "Be strong and brave. Do not fear or have terror before the king of Assyria

or before all this army that is with him because there are more who are with

us than with him.

8 With this king is a strong arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God who

will help us and fight our battles." So the people leaned on the words

of Hezekiah king of Judah.

[7] Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of

Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with

us than with him:

[8] With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us,

and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of

Hezekiah king of Judah.

1) Jonah 1, Jonah 2, Jonah 3, Jonah 4

Jonah 1

The Call of Jonah

1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,

2 "Get up, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it,

because their wickedness has come up before Me."

3 But Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

He went down to Joppa and found there a ship going to Tarshish.

He paid its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish

from the presence of the Lord.

4 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and a mighty storm

came upon the sea, so that the ship was in danger of breaking up.

5 Then the sailors were afraid, and each cried to his god.

They tossed the ship's cargo into the sea in order to lighten the load.

But Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, had lain down,

and was fast asleep.

6 The captain came to him and said, "What are you doing asleep?

Get up, call to your god! Perhaps your god will consider us,

so that we will not perish."

7 The sailors said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots

that we may know on whose account this disaster has come upon us."

So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

8 Then the sailors said to Jonah, "Tell us why this disaster has come

upon us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from?

What is your country? And from what people are you?"

9 Jonah replied, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord,

the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."

10 Then the men were very afraid and said to him,

"What is this you have done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing

from the presence of the Lord because he had told them.

11 Then they said to Jonah, "What shall we do to you, so that the sea

may quiet down for us?" For the sea was growing stormier.

12 So Jonah said to them,"Pick me up and toss me into the sea.

Then the sea will quiet down for you. For I know that it is

on my account this great storm has come upon you."

13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to bring the ship to land,

but they could not do it, for the sea grew more tempestuous against them.

14 Then they cried to the Lord and said, "Please, Lord, do not let us perish

for this man's life, and do not make us guilty for innocent blood,

for You, Lord, have done as it pleased You."

15 So they picked up Jonah and tossed him into the sea.

Then the sea ceased from its raging.

16 Therefore the men were very afraid of the Lord,

and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.

[1] Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

[2] Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their

wickedness is come up before me.

[3] But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD,

and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid

the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from

the presence of the LORD.

[4] But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty

tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

[5] Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and

cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of

them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and

was fast asleep.

[6] So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O

sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us,

that we perish not.

[7] And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that

we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and

the lot fell upon Jonah.

[8] Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this

evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is

thy country? and of what people art thou?

[9] And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of

heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

[10] Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou

done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD,

because he had told them.

[11] Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may

be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

[12] And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so

shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great

tempest is upon you.

[13] Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they

could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

[14] Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD,

we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us

innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

[15] So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea

ceased from her raging.

[16] Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto

the LORD, and made vows.

The Prayer and Deliverance of Jonah

17 Now the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah.

And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

[17] Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah

was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 2

1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish.

2 He said:

"I called to the Lord out of my distress,

and He answered me.

Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

and You heard my voice.

3 You cast me into the deep,

into the heart of the seas,

and the flood surrounded me.

All Your billows and Your waves

passed over me.

4 Then I said, 'I am cast away

from Your sight;

yet I will look again

to Your holy temple.'

5 The waters encompassed me; even to my soul

the deep surrounded me;

weeds were wrapped around my head.

6 I went down to the foundations of the mountains;

the earth with its bars was around me forever;

yet You have brought up my life from the pit,

O Lord my God.

7 "When my life was ebbing away,

I remembered the Lord;

and my prayer came to You,

into Your holy temple.

8 "Those who follow vain idols

forsake their true loyalty.

9 But I will sacrifice to You

with the voice of thanksgiving;

I will pay what I have vowed.

Salvation is of the Lord!"

10 Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon dry land.

[1] Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

[2] And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he

heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

[3] For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the

floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

[4] Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward

thy holy temple.

[5] The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me

round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

[6] I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was

about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD

my God.

[7] When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer

came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

[8] They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

[9] But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will

pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

[10] And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry

land.

Jonah 3

Jonah Preaches at Nineveh

1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,

2 "Get up, go to Nineveh, the great city,

and proclaim to it the message that I tell you."

3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord.

Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three-day journey across.

4 Jonah began to enter the city, going a day's walk.

And he cried out, "In forty days' time, Nineveh will be overthrown!"

5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast.

And everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth.

6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne,

removed his robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7 Then he made a proclamation in Nineveh:

"By decree of the king and his nobles:

No man or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste anything.

They shall not eat or drink water.

8 Both man and animals shall cover themselves with sackcloth

and cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways

and from the violence that is in their hands.

9 Who knows? God may relent and change His mind.

He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish."

10 When God saw their actions, that they turned from their evil ways,

He changed His mind about the disaster that He had said He would bring

upon them, and He did not do it.

[1] And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

[2] Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the

preaching that I bid thee.

[3] So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the

LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

[4] And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried,

and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

[5] So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and

put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

[6] For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne,

and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in

ashes.

[7] And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the

decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd

nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

[8] But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto

God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence

that is in their hands.

[9] Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce

anger, that we perish not?

[10] And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God

repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he

did it not.

Jonah 4

Jonah's Anger and the Lord's Compassion

1 Now this greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry.

2 He prayed to the Lord and said, "O Lord! Is this not

what I said while I was still in my own land?

This is the reason that I fled before to Tarshish,

because I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful,

slow to anger, abundant in faithfulness, and ready to relent from punishment.

3 Therefore, Lord, take my life from me,

for it is better for me to die than to live."

4 Then the Lord said, "Is it right for you to be angry?"

5 So Jonah went out of the city and sat down east of the city

and made for himself a booth there. He sat under it in the shade,

waiting to see what would happen to the city.

6 Then the Lord God appointed a plant, and it grew up over Jonah to provide

shade over his head, to provide comfort from his grief.

And Jonah was very happy about the plant.

7 But at dawn the next day, God appointed a worm to attack the plant

so that it withered.

8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind,

and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he became

faint and asked that he might die.

He said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

9 Then God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?"

And Jonah replied, "It is right for me to be angry, even to death."

10 The Lord said, "You are troubled about the plant

for which you did not labor and did not grow.

It came up in a night and perished in a night.

11 Should I not, therefore, be concerned about Nineveh,

that great city, in which there are

more than a hundred and twenty thousand people,

who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?"

[1] But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

[2] And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this

my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto

Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to

anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

[3] Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is

better for me to die than to live.

[4] Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?

[5] So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and

there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see

what would become of the city.

[6] And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah,

that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So

Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

[7] But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote

the gourd that it withered.

[8] And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a

vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he

fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die

than to live.

[9] And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd?

And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

[10] Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which

thou

hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and

perished in a night:

[11] And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than

sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and

their left hand; and also much cattle?

2) Our Daily Bread for 6 July 2025 titled Choices and Consequences

by Winn Collier

Genesis 3:1-7

[1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the

LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall

not eat of every tree of the garden?

[2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the

trees of the garden:

[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God

hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

[4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

[5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall

be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

[6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was

pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of

the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and

he did eat.

[7] And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were

naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

The Fall

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field

which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman,

"Has God said, "You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?"

2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit from the trees

of the garden; 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the

garden, God has said, 'You will not eat of it, nor will you touch it, or else

you will die.'?"

4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die!

5 For God knows that on the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened

and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasing to

the eyes and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit

and ate; and she gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.

So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

In 1890, amateur ornithologist Eugene Schieffelin decided to release sixty

European starlings into New York City's Central Park. While there were

likely several introductions of the species, Schieffelin's released starlings

resulted in the first successful, documented nesting. Now there are

roughly eighty-five million of the birds flapping across the continent.

Unfortunately, starlings are invasive, pushing out native bird populations,

spreading disease to cattle, and causing an estimated $800 million annually

in damage. Schieffelin couldn't have imagined the damage his choice would cause.

Choices can have massive consequences. Though warned, Adam and Eve couldn't

have envisioned the disastrous ramifications of their choice on all creation.

God had told them they were "free to eat from any tree in the garden"

(Genesis 2:16), save one, the tree in "the middle of the garden" (3:3).

But deceived by that wily serpent, "[Eve] took some and ate it” (v. 6).

Then Adam followed, also choosing to eat the fruit God forbade.

So much destruction, heartbreak, and ruin because of one choice.

Every time we ignore God’s wisdom and choose another path, we invite

calamity. It may seem that our choice is insignificant or only affects us;

however, our narrow understanding or fleeting desires can easily

lead us into a world of trouble. Choosing God’s way, though,

leads us to life and flourishing.

Reflect & Pray

What choice has proved disastrous for you?

How can you make wiser decisions?

Dear God, please help me make wise decisions.

creation/gardens-and-the-history-of-humanity">

Learn how Jesus' decision to submit to the Father

led to our salvation by reading Gardens and the History of Humanity.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 1 Hard Bargain

Mark 11:24

24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,

believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.

24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,

believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

"I've been praying." Jennifer declared confidently. " I told God I'd give him

a tithe of that $5000000 when I win the sweepstakes."

Her friend Cindi laughed. "Well, then, you don't have a chance. I told him

I'd give him half!"

Can we, as in Mark 11:24 seems to imply , pray for anything, absolutely

anything, and expect that the Lord will come through? Can we pray with

assurance for new cars, mink coats, or trips to the Caribbean? The verse

seems to be a troublesome one, especially when we try it and our prayers

aren't answered in the way we expected.

But seen in context, Mark 11:24 gives us a much broader picture of the

kind of prayer Jesus meant. The verse appears in the framework of

Jesus' ministry - cleansing the temple, correcting the Pharisees,

commanding forgiveness, discussing his authority. The condition for

the fulfillment of Mark 11:24, if Jesus' actions are any indication,

is fulfilling the will and purpose of God.

Such a condition for powerful prayers involves much more than attaching

am "If it be Thy will" clause onto the end of our prayers. We need to know

God's will and walk in it, seeking his kingdom first, and drawing close to

him. Then , as our hearts are right with him, what we ask in prayer

is likely to be congruent with the mind and purposes of Christ. We are

less likely to pray selfishly, and more likely to share God's priorities,

as we get to know him. And as we deepen in our knowledge of him,

as his will becomes our will, his promise for answered prayer takes

on new dimensions.

Application

a) What is the connection betweeen know God's will and praying effectively?

b) What changes need to take place in my life

so that I might pray with greater power?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

2 Cor 9:6

6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,

and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly;

and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

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

When you are Worried Over Money

1 Tim 6:6-10

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain

that we can carry nothing out.

8 If we have food and clothing, we shall be content with these things.

9 But those who desire

to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish

and harmful lusts, which drown men in ruin and destruction.

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil.

While coveting after money, some have strayed from the faith

and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain

we can carry nothing out.

8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

9 But they that will

be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish

and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil:

which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,

and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)

Where do Muslims live?

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

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

your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.

Data for those population figures is extrapoled for the 2011 National

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

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

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

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

Canadian population, not provincial

BC - 136493 - 7.5%

AB - 195240 - 11%

SK - 17279 - 1%

MB - 21349 - 1.2%

ON - 1001542 - 55%

QC - 418946 - 23%

NB - 4543 - 0.003%

NS - 14629 - 0.1%

PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%

NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%

Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%

NWT - 473 - 0.0003%

NU - 86 - 0.00005%

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]

Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

And

Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .

7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada

http://www.ehc.ca

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 Seek the Lord Jesus Christ to seek Him diligently and daily.

Pray to the Lord and and pray to honour him in the work you do in gladness.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, You're more powerful than any force

-seen or unseen. I need Your presence and power to be at work in me today."

Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord to know the purpose of prayer.

Pray to the Lord and pray to sow bountifully.

Pray to the Lord and pray not to be deceived by the riches of the world.

Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every community

Pray that Christian converts in Somali-majority areas of Kenya will be

strong witnesses to those who are hostile to Christ.

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.

Day 170 of My 5th Bible Study Journey - 19 June 2025 reflections

Posted by DSY on Thursday, June 19. 2025

Day 170, 19 June 2025

1) Ecclesiastes 7-12

Ecclesiastes 7

The Value of Wisdom

1 (Pr 22:1; Ecc 4:2) A good name is better than precious ointment,

and the day of death than the day of birth.

2 (Ps 90:12) It is better to go to a house of mourning

than to go to a house of feasting,

for this is the end of all mankind;

and the living will lay it to heart.

3 Grief is better than laughter,

for with a downcast face the heart considers the good.

4 The heart of those who are wise is in the house of mourning,

but the heart of those who are foolish in the house of feasting.

5 (Ps 141:5; Pr 15:31-32) It is better to hear the rebuke from a wise man

than a man listen to the song of fools.

6 (Ps 58:9; 118:12) For like the crackling sound of thorns under a pot,

so is the mocking laughter of fools.

And this is also vanity.

7 (Dt 16:19; Ex 23:8) For oppression brings confusion to the wise man,

and a bribe destroys a man's heart.

8 (Pr 14:29; 16:32) The end of a matter is better than the beginning of it,

and the patient in spirit than the haughty in spirit.

9 (Pr 14:17; Jas 1:19; Pr 16:32) Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry,

for irritation settles in the bosom of fools.

10 Do not say, "Why were the earlier days better than these days?"

For it is not from wisdom that you inquire this.

11 (Ecc 11:7) Wisdom is good with an inheritance,

and an advantage to those who see the sun.

12 (Pr 3:18; 8:35) For the protection of wisdom

is like the protection of money,

and the advantage of knowledge is

that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

13 (Ecc 1:15; Job 12:14) Consider the work of God:

Who is able to make straight

what He has made crooked?

14 (Ecc 3:22; Dt 28:47) In the day of prosperity be joyful,

but in the day of distress consider:

God has made the one

as well as the other.

For this reason man will not be able to understand

anything that comes after him.

15 (Ecc 8:12-14; 6:12) I have seen everything in my days of vanity:

There is the righteous man who dies in his righteousness,

and there is the wicked man who extends his life of evil.

16 (Ro 12:3; Pr 25:16) Do not be excessively righteous,

and do not be extremely wise;

why should you destroy yourself?

17 (Ps 55:23; Pr 10:27) Do not be overly wicked,

and do not be a fool;

why should you die before your time?

18 (Ecc 8:12; 11:6) It is good that you should take hold of this,

and from the other not withhold your hand;

for he who fears God will come out from them all.

19 (Pr 21:22; 24:5) Wisdom strengthens the wise man

more than ten rulers who are in the city.

20 (1Ki 8:46; 2Ch 6:36; Pr 20:9) For there is not a righteous man on earth

who only does good and refrains from sin.

21 (Pr 30:10) Do not give heed to everything people say,

lest you hear your servant cursing you.

22 Your heart knows

that many times you have spoken a curse against others.

Ecclesiastes 7

The Vanity of Fame

1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than

the day of one's birth.

2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house

of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to

his heart.

3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance

the heart is made better.

4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning;

but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,

than for a man to hear the song of fools.

6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot,

so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof:

and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth

in the bosom of fools.

10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better

than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them

that see the sun.

12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency

of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight,

which he hath made crooked?

14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider:

God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man

should find nothing after him.

15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that

perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his

life in his wickedness.

16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise:

why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish:

why shouldest thou die before thy time?

18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this

withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men

which are in the city.

20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken;

lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

22 for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou

thyself likewise hast cursed others.

The Quest for Wisdom

23 (Ro 1:22) All this I have tested by wisdom. I said,

"I will be wise,"

but it was far from me.

24 (Ro 11:33; 1Ti 6:16) That which is, is far off,

and exceedingly deep.

Who can find it out?

25 (Ecc 10:13) And I turned my heart to know,

and seek and search out wisdom in how things are

and to experience wicked folly,

even foolishness and madness.

26 (Pr 22:14; 2:18-19) I find more bitter than death

the woman whose heart is snares

and nets,

and whose hands are fetters.

He who pleases God escapes her,

but the sinner is taken by her.

27 "See, this is what I found," says the Preacher,

"adding one thing to another to find the sum,

28 (Job 33:23) which my soul still seeks

but I do not find:

One man among a thousand I have found,

but a woman among all these I have not found.

29 (Ge 3:6-7) See, this only have I found:

that God made man upright,

but they have sought out many schemes."

23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far

from me.

24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom,

and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly,

even of foolishness and madness:

26 and I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares

and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;

but the sinner shall be taken by her.

27 Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, counting one by one, to find

out the account:

28 which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have

I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright;

but they have sought out many inventions.

Ecclesiastes 8

1 (Dt 28:50; Ex 34:29-30) Who is like a wise man?

And who knows the interpretation of a matter?

A man's wisdom makes his face shine,

and the harshness of his face is softened.

1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing?

a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall

be changed.

The Value of Obedience

2 (1Ki 2:43) I say, "Keep the king's command, because of your oath to God.

3 (Ecc 10:4) Do not be hasty to leave his presence. Do not take a stand

in an unpleasant matter, for he does whatever pleases him."

4 (Job 9:12; Da 4:35) For the word of the king is powerful,

and who would say to him, "What are you doing?"

5 He who keeps his command will know no evil thing;

and a wise heart will know the appropriate time and just way.

6 (Ecc 3:1; 3:17) For to every matter there is an appropriate time

and just way, though a man's distress weighs heavily on him.

7 (Ecc 6:12; 9:12) For he does not know what will happen;

for who can declare to him what will occur?

8 (Job 14:5; Isa 28:15 ) There is not a man with mastery

over the wind to restrain it,

nor with power over the day of death.

And no one can discharge a battle,

nor can wickedness rescue the one possessing it.

9 (Ecc 5:8) All this I saw while applying my heart to every work

that is done under the sun, when one man rules over another

to the other's hurt.

2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the

oath of God.

3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he

doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him,

What doest thou?

5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's

heart discerneth both time and judgment.

6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery

of man is great upon him.

7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him

when it shall be?

8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit;

neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge

in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done

under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another

to his own hurt.

God's Unknowable Ways

10 (Ecc 9:5; Pr 10:7) Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in

and out of the holy place, and they were praised [Or the Heb. forgotten].

in the city where they did works. This is also vanity.

11 (Ps 10:6; Isa 26:10) Because the sentence against an evil deed

is not executed swiftly, the heart of the sons of men is fully set to do evil.

12 (Ps 37:11; 37:18-19) Since one who sins may do evil a hundred times

and extend his life, I also have experienced that it will be good for those

who fear God when they have reverence before Him.

13 (Job 14:2; Ecc 6:12) But it will not be well for the wicked, and he will

not prolong his days, like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

14 (Ecc 7:15; Mal 3:15) There is a vanity that takes place on the earth that

there are righteous men who are treated according to the deeds of the

wicked, and there are wicked men who are treated according to the deeds

of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

15 (Ecc 2:24; 3:12-13) And I commend joy, for man has nothing better

under the sun than to eat and drink and be joyful; for this will go with him

in his labor all the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

16 (Ps 127:2; Ecc 1:13) When I set my heart to know wisdom and to experience

the affairs that are done on earth, though day and night there is no sleep

for one's eyes,

17 (Ecc 3:11; Ps 73:16) then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot

comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Inasmuch as a man labors

to seek, he will not understand. Even if a wise man claims to know,

he cannot grasp it.

10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place

of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done:

this is also vanity.

11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,

therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged,

yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God,

which fear before him:

13 but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong

his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men,

unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there

be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous:

I said that this also is vanity.

15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun,

than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him

of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that

is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth

sleep with his eyes: )

17 then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work

that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out,

yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it,

yet shall he not be able to find it.

Ecclesiastes 9

A Common Fate

1 (Dt 33:3; Ecc 8:14) For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could

declare it all: that the deeds of the righteous and the wise are in the hand

of God. No man knows whether love or hate awaits them; both are before him.

2 (Job 9:22; Mal 3:5) The same fate comes to all: There is one fate

for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the evil,

[Evil from Gk.] is missing in some [Heb. mss. for the clean and the unclean,]

for him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.

As is the good,

so is the sinner;

he who takes an oath

as he who fears an oath.

3 (Ecc 1:17; 8:11) And this is an evil in all that is done under the sun:

that the same event happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are

filled with evil, and folly is in their hearts while they have life,

and after that they go to the dead.

4 But for him who is joined to all

the living here is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

5 (Job 14:21; Isa 26:14 ) The living know that they will die,

but the dead know nothing;

they have no more reward,

for the memory of them is forgotten.

6 What they loved, hated,

and envied has already perished;

and there is no reward for them from long ago

in everything that is done under the sun.

7 (Ecc 8:15) Go and eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine

with a pleasant heart; for God is already pleased with your deeds.

8 (Ps 23:5) At all times may your clothing be white,

and let not oil ever lack on your head.

9 (Ecc 2:10; 6:12) Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days

of your vain life which He has given you under the sun;

because that is your reward in life and in your toil

because you have labored under the sun.

10 (Ro 12:11; Col 3:23) Whatever your hands find to do, do with your strength;

for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol,

the place where you are going.

11 (Jer 9:23; Ecc 4:1) Again I saw under the sun that-

the race is not to the swift,

nor the battle to the strong,

nor food to the wise,

nor riches to the intelligent,

nor favor to those with knowledge;

but time and chance happen to them all.

12 (Pr 29:6; 1Th 5:3) For man does not know his time:

Like fish caught in an unfortunate net,

like birds caught in a snare,

so the sons of men are ensnared at a tragic, yet appointed time,

when it suddenly falls on them.

1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the

righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man

knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous,

and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean;

to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good,

so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is

one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil,

and madness is in their heart while they live,

and after that they go to the dead.

4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog

is better than a dead lion.

5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing,

neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither

have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart;

for God now accepteth thy works.

8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy

vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity:

for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest

under the sun.

10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no

work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor

the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches

to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill;

but time and chance happeneth to them all.

12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil

net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men

snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

The Excellence of Wisdom

13 I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

14 There was a small city with a few men in it; and a great king came

and surrounded it, and he built up great siege works against it.

15 (Ecc 4:13) But a poor, wise man was found there, and he himself

in his wisdom delivered the city, but no one remembered that poor man.

16 (Ecc 7:19; Pr 21:22) Then I said, "Wisdom is better than strength;

yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard."

17 The words of the wise heard in quietness are better

than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

18 (Jos 7:1; 7:5) Wisdom is better than weapons of war,

but only one sinner can destroy much that is good.

13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

14 there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king

against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

15 now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered

the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's

wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that

ruleth among fools.

18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Ecclesiastes 10

1 A dead fly causes a stench in mixed anointing oil,

so a little folly is more weighty than wisdom and honor.

2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right,

but the heart of a fool to the left.

3 (Pr 13:16; 18:2) Even when a fool walks on the road,

he lacks sense,

and he shows everyone that he is a fool.

4 (Pr 25:15; Ecc 8:3) If the anger of a ruler rises against you,

do not leave your post;

for calmness pacifies great offenses.

5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun

like an error that goes out from a ruler:

6 (Est 3:1; Pr 28:12) Folly is set in many high places,

but the rich sit in a low place.

7 (Pr 19:10; 30:22) I have seen slaves riding on horses,

and officials walking along the ground like slaves.

8 (Am 5:19; Pr 26:2)7 He who digs a pit will fall into it,

and whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent.

9 He who quarries stones is injured by them,

and he who splits wood is in danger from them.

10 If an iron piece is blunt

and there is no one to sharpen it,

then he must prevail with more strength;

but wisdom is a benefit to succeed.

11 (Jer 8:17; Ps 58:4-5) If a serpent bites before it is charmed,

there is no advantage to the charmer.

12 (Lk 4:22; Pr 15:2) The words of a wise man's mouth bring favor,

but the speech of a fool consumes him;

13 the beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,

and the end of his talk is evil madness.

14 (Pr 15:2; Ecc 3:22) A fool multiplies words,

though no man knows what is to be;

who can tell him what will be after him?

15 The labor of the foolish makes him weary,

such that he does not know the way to the city!

16 (Isa 3:12; 2Ch 13:7) Woe to you, O land, when your king is a lad,

and your princes are feasting in the morning!

17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is from nobility,

and your princes are feasting at the appropriate time-

with self-control and not drunkenness!

18 (Pr 20:4 ) The roof beams sink in with slothfulness,

and with the idleness of one's hands the house drips.

19 (Ps 104:15) They make feasts for laughter,

and wine gladdens life;

but money resolves everything.

20 (Ex 22:28; Ac 23:5) Even in your mind do not curse the king;

and in your bedchamber do not curse the rich;

for a bird in the sky may carry your voice,

and a winged creature may declare the matter.

Ecclesiastes 10

1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking

savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation

for wisdom and honour.

2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him,

and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place;

for yielding pacifieth great offences.

5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which

proceedeth from the ruler:

6 folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants

upon the earth.

8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge,

a serpent shall bite him.

9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith;

and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge,

then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment;

and a babbler is no better.

12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool

will swallow up himself.

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of

his talk is mischievous madness.

14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be;

and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them,

because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child,

and thy princes eat in the morning!

17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy

princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness

of the hands the house droppeth through.

19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry:

but money answereth all things.

20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy

bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which

hath wings shall tell the matter.

Ecclesiastes 11

The Value of Diligence

1 (Pr 19:17; Mt 10:42; Heb 6:10) Cast your bread upon the waters,

for you will find it after many days.

2 (Ps 112:9; 1Ti 6:18-19) Give a portion to seven, or even eight,

for you do not know what calamity may happen on the earth.

3 If the clouds are full of rain,

they empty out on the land;

and if a tree falls to the north or south,

in the place that the tree falls, there it will be.

4 He who observes the wind will not sow,

and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

5 (Jn 3:8; Ecc 8:17) As you do not know the way of the wind,

or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child;

likewise you do not know the work of God

who has made everything.

6 (Ecc 9:10) In the morning sow your seed,

and in the evening do not let your hand rest;

because you do not know which activity will find success,

this way or that way,

or if the both will be good.

1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil

shall be upon the earth.

3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth:

and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place

where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth

the clouds shall not reap.

5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow

in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of

God who maketh all.

6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for

thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they

both shall be alike good.

Remember Your Creator in Your Youth

7 (Ecc 7:11) Light is sweet,

and good for the eyes to see the sun;

8 for if a man lives many years,

may he rejoice in all of them.

But let him also remember

that the days of darkness are many.

Everything that comes is vanity.

9 (Ecc 12:14; Job 31:7) Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,

and in your early years may your heart do you good;

walk in the path of your heart

and the desire of your eyes;

but know that in all these things

God will bring you into judgment.

10 (2Co 7:1; 2Ti 2:22) Take away anger from your heart,

and remove distress from your body,

for youth and the dawn are vanity.

7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes

to behold the sun:

8 but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember

the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days

of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart,

and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things

God will bring thee into judgment.

10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh:

for childhood and youth are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12

1 (Ecc 11:8; 2Sa 19:35) Remember your Creator

in the days of your youth,

before the difficult days come

and the years arrive when you say,

"I have no pleasure in them":

2 before the sun, light,

moon, and stars are darkened,

and the clouds leave after the rain;

3 in the day when those watching the house tremble,

and the strong men are bent over;

when the grinders cease because they are few,

and those looking through the windows have dimmed eyes;

4 (2Sa 19:35; Jer 25:10) and the doors on the street are shut,

and the sound of grinding is low;

and one rises up at the sound of a bird,

and all the daughters of song are brought low;

5 (Job 17:13; 30:23) when they are afraid of heights,

even the terrors along the road;

the almond tree blossoms,

the grasshopper drags itself along

and desire fails,

because man goes to his eternal home,

and the mourners go about the streets.

6 Remember your Creator before the cord of silver is snapped,

or the bowl of gold smashed,

or the jar by the spring broken

or the wheel at the cistern crushed.

7 (Ge 3:19; Zec 12:1 ) The dust returns to the earth where it was,

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

8 (Ecc 1:2) It is all vanity, says the Preacher;

all is vanity.

1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come

not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

2 while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor

the clouds return after the rain:

3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men

shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those

that look out of the windows be darkened,

4 and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding

is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters

of musick shall be brought low;

5 also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in

the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a

burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the

mourners go about the streets:

6 or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the

pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall

return unto God who gave it.

8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

Epilogue

9 (1Ki 4:32; Pr 1:1) And in addition to being wise,

the Preacher still taught the people knowledge,

and he considered, sought out, and arranged many proverbs.

10 And the Preacher sought to discover words of delight,

and to write in uprightness words of truth.

11 (Ezr 9:8; Ps 80:1) The words of the wise are like goads,

and the collected sayings are like firmly embedded nails,

given by one shepherd.

12 (Ecc 1:18) My son, beware of anything beyond these.

Of making many books there is no end,

and much study is a weariness to the flesh.

13 (Dt 10:12; Ecc 5:7) Now all has been heard.

Let us hear the conclusion of the matter:

Fear God and keep His commandments,

for this is the whole duty of man.

14 (1Co 4:5; Ecc 11:9) For God will bring every deed into judgment,

including every secret thing,

whether good or evil.

9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people

knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many

proverbs.

10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words:

and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters

of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there

is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his

commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing,

whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

2) Our Daily Bread for 19 June 2025

One in Christ by Lisa M. Samra

Galatians 3:26-29

26 (Gal 4:5-6) You are all sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

27 (Ro 13:14; Ac 2:38) For as many of you as have been baptised

into Christ have put on Christ.

28 (Col 3:11; Gal 5:6) There is neither Jew nor Greek,

there is neither slave nor free, and there is neither male nor female,

for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 (Ro 8:17; 9:7-8) If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed,

and heirs according to the promise.

[26] For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

[27] For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on

Christ.

[28] There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there

is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

[29] And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according

to the promise.

Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet, used biblical

themes to persuade believers in Jesus to abolish slavery. Born around 1753 in

western Africa, Wheatley was sold to a slave trader at only seven years of

age. Quicky distinguishing herself as a remarkable student, she finally

secured her emancipation in 1773. In her poems and correspondence, Wheatley

pressed her readers to embrace the scriptural affirmation of the equality of

all people. She wrote, "In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle,

which we call Love of Freedom; It is impatient of Oppression, and pants

for Deliverance; and . . . the same Principle lives in us."

Equality before God is a truth emphasised by Paul when he wrote, "There is

neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female,

for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28). Because we're "all

children of God through faith" (v. 26), differences such as race, ethnicity,

gender, or social status shouldn't lead to discrimination in the church.

Even as equal recipients of God's love, we still struggle to live out this

principle. But Scripture teaches that diverse peoples united through faith

in Christ best reflect God's heart and is His plan for life in eternity.

That reality can help us to celebrate the diversity in our communities

of faith now.

Reflect & Pray

How does diversity better represent God?

How can you celebrate diversity in Christ?

Dear Jesus, please help me love my brothers

and sisters through the unity only made possible in You.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

grace in forgiveness.

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

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

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

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

promising that if he will forgive us just this once,

we won't ever to it again.

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

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

begging for forgiveness, and trying once more to cleanse

ourselves for our unrighteousness.

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

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

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

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

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

is offered to us freely.

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

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

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

us from unrighteousness.

Application

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

in order to deserve his forgiveness?

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

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

confession and forgiveness?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Genesis 30:43

The man became exceedingly prosperous and had many sheep

and female servants and male servants and camels and donkeys.

And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle,

and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

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

When you are anxious

Phil 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 always: 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.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)

Quebec

Quick facts on Muslims in Quebec

Quebec 2015 population 8214 000

est Muslim Population 418946

CNMM Networks: Montreal

There is a growing Muslim population in Quebec City and a smattering

of Muslims scattered around the rest of the province, yet the vast majority

of Muslims live in the greater Montreal area. n fact, 23% of Canada's Muslim

population live in Quebec. Why is that? It is largely because Francophone

African Muslims are attracted to La Belle Provence.

And here's an interesting, perhaps even shocking fact: There are more

Muslims in Montreal than there are evangelical Christians.

This is one demographic factor creates a challenging environment for churches

and believers here: The size of the available 'workforce' is small

by comparison to begin with. Believers are already is a host culture that

is often either indifferent to religion or resistant to it. And now

this 'new' religious community of Muslims - many of whom do not visibly

or socially conform to Quebec society - are a growing population. It might br

easy for Christians to feel overwhelm by this cultural double-whammy,

yet God has always worked miracles through the small, the few.

Agree in prayer for :

- The people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel

- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding

-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting

together for worship!

- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for

reaching Muslims in Quebec.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]

Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

And

Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .

7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada

http://www.ehc.ca

19th Day of the Month

a) Pray the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders

as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society

(

1 Tim 2:1-2

)

b) Pray for the province of Prince Edward Island

I) Pray for the leaders of Prince Edward Island,

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 to keep His commandments.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, please help me love my brothers

and sisters through the unity only made possible in You."

Pray to the Lord and pray to confess all unrighteousness to Jesus Christ.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Blessings of obedience in the Lord.

Pray to the Lord and pray to rejoice in the Lord in all things.

Agree in prayer for Quebec:

- The people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel

- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding

-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting

together for worship!

- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for

reaching Muslims in Quebec.

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

Pray the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders

as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society

Pray that the practical and spiritual needs of more than 100000

displaced Mozambican Followers of Christ will be met .

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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