Dave Yadallee's personal blog

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493



British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.

Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver

and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations

in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are

between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all

other nationalities.



Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant

and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,

Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this

region is about 200000.

Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,

more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small

numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.

We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.

A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,

for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that



- the church will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

- the church will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



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!



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



20th Day of the Month



a) Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know

Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.



( Matthew 19:14



14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16-17)

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,

and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."



14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not,

to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.



)



b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not

against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.



(



Eph 6:12



12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For 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.



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray not to sell your birthright.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, please help me to live in

a way that honours Your name."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know The Lord will not deny you.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Blessings.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know His provisions!



Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know

Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.



Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not

against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.



Pray that every believer in MOZAMBIQUE will receive

an audio Bible in their local dialect.



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.

2) Our Daily Bread for 20 January 2026 entitled

Our Birthright in Christ by Marvin Williams



Acts 11:26

26 (Ac 26:28; 1Pe 4:16) When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch.

For a whole year they met with the church and taught a considerable crowd.

And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.



[26] And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to

pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and

taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in

Antioch.



1 Peter 4:12-19



Suffering as a Christian



12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place

among you to test you, as though some strange thing happened to you.

13 (Ro 8:17; Php 3:10) But rejoice insofar as you share in Christ's sufferings,

so that you may rejoice and be glad also in the revelation

of His glory.

14 (Mt 5:11; 1Pe 3:16) If you are reproached because of the name of Christ,

you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.

15 (1Th 4:11; 2Th 3:11) Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief,

or an evildoer, or even as a busybody.

16 (Ac 5:41; 26:28) Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be

ashamed, but let him glorify God because of it.

17 (Jer 25:29; 2Th 1:8) For the time has come for judgment to begin

at the house of God, and if it begins first with us, what shall the end

be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

18 (Pr 11:31; Lk 23:31) And

"If the righteous one is scarcely saved,

where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"(Pr 11:31.)

19 (Ps 31:5; Lk 23:46) So then, let those who suffer according to the will

of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator, while continuing

to do good.



[12] Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to

try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

[13] But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that,

when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

[14] If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the

spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken

of, but on your part he is glorified.

[15] But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an

evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

[16] Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let

him glorify God on this behalf.

[17] For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and

if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the

gospel of God?

[18] And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the

sinner appear?

[19] Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the

keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.



The owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks offered a Chicago sports-talk host

$100000 to legally change his name to "Dallas Maverick." In addition, he

said he would donate $100000 to the man's favorite charity. After some

soul-searching, the radio host held firm and told the owner no. He explained,

"I'd be saying I'd do anything for money, and that bothers me. My name is my

birthright. I'd like to preserve my integrity and credibility."



Just as the radio host's name is his birthright, early believers in Jesus took

on the name "Christian" as their spiritual birthright. Barnabas and Saul

ministered a year in Antioch, and through the preaching of the good news,

the church grew. The early believers in Antioch lived so much like Christ that

people who didn't believe in Jesus - called them "Christians" (Acts 11:26).

So "Christians" were those who belonged to Christ. Bearing that name

ultimately became a source of persecution. But Peter encouraged believers

to "not be ashamed" of their birthright and of suffering for bearing that

name (1 Peter 4:16).



For those who believe in Jesus, "Christian" is our birthright, and no amount

of money, suffering, or abuse should cause us to compromise that name. We have

a responsibility, as God provides what we need, to live every day to bring

honour to the name of Christ.



Reflect & Pray



When people hear the name "Christian,”=" what do you think fills their

thoughts? What does it mean for you to be called a Christian?



Dear Jesus, please help me to live in a way that honours Your name.



Learn more about Jesus' teachings by reading

Echoes of the Sermon on the Mount.





3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 3 - Inseparable From God's Love



Romans 8:38-39



38 (Eph 1:21; 1Pe 3:22) For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,

neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present

nor things to come,

39 (Ro 5:8) neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing,

shall be able to separate us from the love of God,

which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.



[38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor

principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to

separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.



Separation is a fact of human life. Relationships disintegrate,

children grow up, loved ones die, husbands and wives divorce,

friends changes and drift apart. We may resist change and separation,

but we must deal with them nevertheless.

Separation sometimes is a natural result of growth and development;

sometimes it is a violent, cataclysmic shaking of an individual's life.

2 lifelong friends go separate ways to college or into future careers;

a church splits over doctrinal differences; a wife finds out a hidden

secret in her husband's past.

But with God, there is no separation, no death, no breaking of vows,

no growing beyond the relationship. Nothing, says Paul, can separate

us from the love of God. A skeleton in my closet, once revealed, may

cost me the trust of those I thought were my friends. But God knows

all my past, all my sin; he forgives, and it cannot separate me from him.

My present personal struggles may cause trouble in my job and result in

the loss of that income, but God understands what I'm going through,

and even when I'm angry at him, he can take it without drawing away

or striking back. My present problems cannot separate me from the Lord.

And God knows, too, the plan he has established for my future. I cannot

walk away from him, grow beyond my need for him, or outrun him into

tomorrow.

She may separate me from my awareness of God's presence in my life,

but it cannot set me beyond his reach. There is no power that is greater

than God's love, and no place I can go that will separate me

from that love.



Application



a) Have I ever felt separated from the love of God? Under what circumstances?



b) How can today's verse free me from anxiety about the past,

the present or the future?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Gen 13:2,5-6,14-17



2 (Ge 24:35; Ps 112:1-3) Abram was very wealthy in livestock,

in silver and in gold.

5 Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

6 (Ge 36:6-7) But the land was not able to support them

both dwelling together because their possessions were so great.

14 (Ge 28:14; Dt 3:27) After Lot had departed from him,

the Lord said to Abram,

"Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are,

northward and southward and eastward and westward.

15 (Ge 12:7; 2Ch 20:7) All the land that you see I will give to you

and to your descendants forever.

16 (Ge 28:14; Nu 23:10) I will make your descendants like the dust

of the earth, so that if a man could number the dust of the earth,

then your descendants could also be numbered.

17 Arise, and walk throughout the land across its length

and its width, for I will give it to you."



2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together:

for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,

Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward,

and southward, and eastward, and westward:

15 for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it,

and to thy seed for ever.

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man

can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it;

for I will give it unto thee.



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



God's Generous Provision



Ps 145:13b-21



13 Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

14 The Lord upholds all who fall,

and raises up all who are bowed down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon You,

and You give them their food in due season.

16 You open Your hand

and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways

and loving in all His works.

18 The Lord is near to all those who call upon Him,

to all who call upon Him in truth.

19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;

He also will hear their cry and will save them.

20 The Lord preserves all those who love Him,

but all the wicked He will destroy.

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,

and let all people bless His holy name

forever and ever.



13 And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,

And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;

And thou givest them their meat in due season.

16 Thou openest thine hand,

And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways,

And holy in all his works.

18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him,

To all that call upon him in truth.

19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him:

He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him:

But all the wicked will he destroy.

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD:

And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and 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.

GENESIS 26

Isaac and Abimelek

Ge 12:10-20; 20:1-18



1 (Ge 12:10) There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine

that was during the days of Abraham.

Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.

2 (Ge 12:1; 12:7) The Lord appeared to him and said,

"Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land of which I will tell you.

3 (Ge 13:15; 28:15) Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will

bless you; for I will give to you and all your descendants all these lands,

and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

4 (Ge 15:5; 22:17 - 18) I will make your descendants multiply

as the stars of the heavens and will give your descendants

all these lands. By your descendants all the nations of the earth

will be blessed,Or will bless themselves.

5 (Ge 22:16; 22:18) because Abraham obeyed Me

and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."

6 So Isaac lived in Gerar.

7 (Ge 12:13; 20:2) The men of the place asked him about his wife.

And he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say,

"She is my wife," thinking, "The men of the place might

kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful in appearance."

8 When he had been there a long time,

Abim­elek the king of the Philistines looked out of a window

and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife.

9 Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, "She is surely your wife,

so how is it you said, 'She is my sister'?"

Then Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'I might die on account of her.'"

10 Abimelek said, "What is this you have done to us?

One of the people might have easily lain with your wife,

and you might have brought guilt upon us!"

11 (Ps 105:15) Abimelek charged all his people, saying,

"He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."

12 (Ge 26:3; 24:1) Then Isaac sowed in that land

and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; the Lord blessed him.

13 The man became rich and continued to prosper until he became very wealthy.

14 (Ge 37:11; Ecc 4:4) For he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great

number of servants so that the Philistines envied him.

15 (Ge 21:30) For the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which

his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father by

filling them with dirt.

16 (Ex 1:9) Abimelek said to Isaac,

"Go away from us, for you are much more powerful than we are."

17 So Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent

n the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18 (Ge 21:31) Isaac dug again the wells of water,

which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father,

for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham.

He called their names after the names his father had called them.

19 But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley

and found a well of running water there,

20 (Ge 21:25) the herdsmen of Gerar contended with Isaac's herdsmen,

saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek,

because they contended with him.

21 They dug another well and quarreled over that also.

So he called the name of it Sitnah.

22 (Ge 17:6; Ex 1:7) Then he moved away from there and dug another well,

and they did not quarrel over it. So he called the name of it Rehoboth,

for he said, "For now the Lord has made room for us,

and we will be fruitful in the land."

23 He went up from there to Beersheba.

24 (Ge 15:1; 17:7) The Lord appeared to him that same night and said,

"I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, for I am with you.

I will bless you and multiply your descendants

for the sake of My servant Abraham."

25 (Ge 13:18; Ps 116:17) He built an altar there, called

on the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there.

And there Isaac's servants dug a well.

26 Then Abimelek went to him from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath,

one of his friends, and Phicol the commander of his army.

27 (Ge 26:16; Jdg 11:7) Isaac said to them,

"Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?"

28 (Ge 21:22-23) And they said, "We saw plainly that the Lord was with you.

So we said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us,

and let us make a covenant with you,

29 (Ge 24:31; Ps 115:15) so that you will do us no harm, just as we have not

touched you, and have done you nothing but good and have sent you away

in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.' "

30 (Ge 19:3) Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

31 They rose up early in the morning and swore an oath with one

another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32 That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well

that they had dug and said to him, "We have found water."

33 (Ge 21:31) And he called it Shibah. Therefore, the name of the city is

Beersheba to this day.

34 (Ge 36:2) Esau was forty years old when he took as wives

Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,

35 and they brought grief to Isaac and to Rebekah.



Genesis 26

[1] And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in

the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines

unto Gerar.

[2] And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell

in the land which I shall tell thee of:

[3] Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for

unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will

perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

[4] And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will

give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the

nations of the earth be blessed;

[5] Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my

commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

[6] And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

[7] And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my

sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the

place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

[8] And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech

king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac

was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

[9] And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy

wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him,

Because I said, Lest I die for her.

[10] And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the

people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have

brought guiltiness upon us.

[11] And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man

or his wife shall surely be put to death.

[12] Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an

hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

[13] And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became

very great:

[14] For he had possession of flocks, and possessions of herds, and great

store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

[15] For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of

Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with

earth.

[16] And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier

than we.

[17] And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar,

and dwelt there.

[18] And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the

days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the

death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his

father had called them.

[19] And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of

springing water.

[20] And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The

water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove

with him.

[21] And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called

the name of it Sitnah.

[22] And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they

strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the

LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

[23] And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

[24] And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God

of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee,

and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

[25] And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD and

pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

[26] Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends,

and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

[27] And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me,

and have sent me away from you?

[28] And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we

said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let

us make a covenant with thee;

[29] That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we

have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou

art now the blessed of the LORD.

[30] And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

[31] And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and

Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

[32] And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told

him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have

found water.

[33] And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba

unto this day.

[34] And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter

of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

[35] Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.



(Isaac should be honest . And with Esau's choices of wives

you wonder why Abraham sent his servant to his homeland)

Day 20, 20 Jan 2026



1) Genesis 25:1-4, 1 Chronicles 1:32-33, Genesis 25:5-26,

1 Chronicles 1:28-31, 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Genesis 25:27-34

Genesis 26



GENESIS 25



The Death of Abraham 1 Ch 1:32-33



1 Then Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

2 (1Ch 1:32-33) And she bore to him Zimran, Jokshan,

Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan.

The descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites,

the Letushites, and the Leummites.

4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah.

All these were the children of Keturah.



Genesis 25 KJV

[1] Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

[2] And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak,

and Shuah.

[3] And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim,

and Letushim, and Leummim.

[4] And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and

Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.



1 Chronicles 1:32-33



Ge 25:1-4



32 (Ge 25:1-4) The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine:

She bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

The sons of Jokshan were

Sheba and Dedan.

33 The sons of Midian were

Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah.

All these were the sons of Keturah.



32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran,

and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida,

and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.



Genesis 25



5 (Ge 24:36) Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.

6 (Ge 21:14; Jdg 6:3) But to the sons of his concubines Abraham

gave gifts, and while he was still living,

he sent them away from his son Isaac eastward to the east country.

7 (Ge 12:4) These are the years of Abraham's life that he lived:

one hundred and seventy-five years.

8 (Ge 49:33; 15:15; 25:17) Then Abraham breathed his last

and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years;

and he was gathered to his people.

9 (Ge 35:29; 50:13) His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him

in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron

the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,

10 (Ge 23:16; 49:31) the field that Abraham purchased

from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

11 (Ge 16:14; 24:62)After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac.

Isaac lived at Beer Lahai Roi.



[5] And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

[6] But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave

gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward,

unto the east country.

[7] And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an

hundred threescore and fifteen years.

[8] Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man,

and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

[9] And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in

the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

[10] The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was

Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

[11] And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his

son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.



Sons of Ishmael

1Ch 1:29-31



12 These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son,

whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maidservant, bore to Abraham.

13 (1Ch 1:29-31; Isa 60:7) These are the names of the sons of Ishmael,

by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael,

Nebaioth, and then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 (1Ch 5:19) Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

16 (Ge 17:20) These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names,

by their towns and their settlements, twelve princes according to their peoples.

17 These were the years of the life of Ishmael:

one hundred and thirty-seven years.

He breathed his last and died; and he was gathered to his people.

18 (Ge 16:12; 20:1) They lived from Havilah as far as Shur,

which is east of Egypt, as you go toward Assyria.

He died in the presence of all his relatives.



[12] Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the

Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

[13] And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names,

according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and

Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

[14] And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

[15] Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

[16] These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their

towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

[17] And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty

and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto

his people.

[18] And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou

goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

The Births of Jacob and Esau



19 (Mt 1:2) These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son.

Abraham was the father of Isaac.

20 (Ge 24:29; 22:23; 24:67) Isaac was forty years old

when he took Rebekah as his wife,

the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram,

the sister to Laban the Syrian.

21(1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 33:13) Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife,

because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah

his wife conceived.

22 (1Sa 9:9; 10:22) But the children struggled together within her,

and she said, "If all is well, why am I like this?"

So she went to inquire of the Lord.

23 (Ge 27:29; 27:40) Then the Lord said to her,

"Two nations are in your womb,

and two peoples will be separated from your body;

one people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger."

24 Now when the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb.

25 (Ge 27:11; 27:16) The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment,

and they called his name Esau.

26 (Ge 27:36; Hos 12:3) After that his brother came out,

and his hand took hold of Esau's heel, so he was named Jacob.

Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.



[19] And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat

Isaac:

[20] And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the

daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the

Syrian.

[21] And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and

the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

[22] And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be

so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.

[23] And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner

of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be

stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

[24] And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were

twins in her womb.

[25] And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they

called his name Esau.

[26] And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's

heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when

she bare them.



1 Chr 1:28-31,34

The Generations of Abraham



28The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.



Descendants of Hagar

Ge 25:12-16

29 These are their generations:

The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth,

then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma,

Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

These were the sons of Ishmael.



28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

29 These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;

then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

These are the sons of Ishmael.



Descendants of Keturah



34 (Ge 32:28; 21:2-3) Abraham also became the father of Isaac.

The sons of Isaac were

Esau and Israel.



34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.



Genesis 25



27 (Heb 11:9) So the boys grew. Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field,

while Jacob was a calm man, living in tents.

28 (Ge 27:19; 27:4) Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his game,

but Rebekah loved Jacob.



[27] And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field;

and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

[28] And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah

loved Jacob.



Esau Sells His Birthright



29 Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field

and he was famished. 30 So Esau said to Jacob,

"Please feed me some of that red stew, for I am famished."

Therefore his name was called Edom.

31 Then Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright."

32 Esau said, "Look, I am about to die; of what use is the birthright to me?"

33 (Heb 12:16; Ge 27:36) Then Jacob said, "Swear to me this day."

So he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob.

34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew.

Then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way.

Thus Esau despised his birthright.



[29] And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

[30] And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red

pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

[31] And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

[32] And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall

this birthright do to me?

[33] And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he

sold his birthright unto Jacob.

[34] Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat

and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493



British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.

Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver

and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations

in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are

between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all

other nationalities.



Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant

and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,

Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this

region is about 200000.

Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,

more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small

numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.

We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.

A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,

for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that



- the church will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

- the church will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



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!



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 for Kindness to work through Him to you.



Pray to the Lord and seek His Will during times of testing.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please help me make a difference

for You in my community."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know THe right of Family in the Lord

and the power He gives you.



Pray to the Lord and pray to lbe of the Lord's righteousness.



Pray to the Lord and pray to seek His Kingdom First.



Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



Pray the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders

as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society



Pray for continued outreaches in Egypt, which has

the largest population of believers in the Middle East.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

1 Chron 1

The Generations of Abraham



28 The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.



28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.



2) Our Daily Bread for 19 January 2026 titled

From Every Nation by Amy Boucher Pye



Acts 10:30-35, 39-43



30 (Ac 10:3; 1:10) Cornelius said, "Four days ago I was fasting until

this hour. At the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and suddenly a man

stood before me in bright clothing,

31 (Ac 10:4) and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard,

and your alms are remembered before God.

32 Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, whose surname is Peter.

He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.

When he comes, he will speak to you.'

33 So ­immediately I sent for you, and you have done well to come.

Now therefore we are all here, present before God,

to hear everything the Lord has commanded you."



[30] And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at

the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in

bright clothing,

[31] And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in

remembrance in the sight of God.

[32] Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter;

he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when

he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

[33] Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou

art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all

things that are commanded thee of God.



34 (Dt 10:17; 2Ch 19:7) Then Peter began to speak, saying,

"Truthfully, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.

35 (Ac 10:2; 15:9) But in every nation he who fears Him

and works righteousness is accepted by Him.



[34] Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God

is no respecter of persons:

[35] But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is

accepted with him.



39 (Lk 24:48; Ac 10:41) "We are witnesses of all that He did both in the land

of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree.

40 (Ac 2:24) But God raised Him on the third day and presented Him publicly,

41 (Jn 14:22; Ac 10:39) not to all the people,

but to witnesses previously chosen by God,

to us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

42 (Ac 17:31; 2Ti 4:1) He commanded us to preach to the people

and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be the

Judge of the living and the dead.

43 (Ac 15:9; Isa 53:11) To Him all the prophets bear witness that whoever

believes in Him will receive remission of sins through His name."



[39] And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the

Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:

[40] Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;

[41] Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to

us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

[42] And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it

is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

[43] To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever

believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.



London is a cosmopolitan city, with people from many nations living side by

side. This coming together of people from around the world can bring

richness - including amazing food - but also challenges. For instance, I was

saddened that friends from one European country felt they were the least

respected in London because their country had been admitted to the European

Union more recently. They felt overlooked, blamed for problems, and resented

for the jobs they secured.



Since God doesn't show favoritism, neither should we. He breaks down barriers

between people. We see His Spirit at work in Peter's vision while praying on

the rooftop, and how Peter was called to minister to Cornelius, a God-fearing

gentile. God helped Peter evaluate the Jewish regulations about not a

ssociating with gentiles. The apostle listened and went to Cornelius' home to

share the good news of Jesus. He said, "I now realise how true it is that God

does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him

and does what is right" (Acts 10:34-35).



Those who follow Jesus are called to love and serve all those who are made in

the image of Christ. Part of that mission is to not to show favoritism for

people from certain nations or with particular skin colors. May we learn to

seek justice and to defend the oppressed as God guides us (Isaiah 1:17).



Reflect & Pray



Why do you think God breaks down barriers between people of different

nations? How could you speak out for the oppressed?



Dear God, please help me make a difference for You in my community.



God longs to use us to reach the nations. Learn more by reading

The Impact of Obedience on God’s Administration of Grace.



3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 2 - The Right of Family



John 1:11-12



11 (Jn 3:32) He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.

12 (Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23) Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power

to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,



11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power

to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:



"Dad, can I ask you something?" Jimmy leaned across the back of his

father's chair. His father lowered the newspaper and reached around,

settling Jimmy on his lap.

"Sure. Son," he answered. "You can ask me anything you want. The answer

might not be Yes, but you always have the right to ask."

For many who have grown up in homes where the father was absent, or when

present, abusive or silent, the scenario of Jimmy and his father may

seem unrealistic. Often we aren't given the right by our parents to ask

what we want, to communicate openly, to express our needs and desires.

But god clearly indicates that no matter what our human families have been

like, in his family there are no barriers to belonging,

to open communications. When we commit our lives to Christ and submit to his

lordship, we have the right to become the sons and daughters of God.

In Christ, we have the right to approach him, to pray, to seek wisdom,

to ask advice, to make requests, to verbalise our needs and desires. We don't

have to be afraid of sounding stupid or being rejected, because in Christ

we belong to him, and he loves us.

The KJV uses the word "power" in verse 12 - "to them gave he power to become

the sons of God." Power implies ability, that we are equipped by the Spirit

to be children of the King. We have the right and we have the power to become

who God has called us to be - his children.



Application



a) Under what circumstances in my life have I felt that I didn't

have the right to express my wishes or feelings?



b) How do today's verses give me confidence in approaching God?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Ps 35:27



27 May those who favour my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad;

may they say continually, "The Lord be magnified,

who delights in the peace of His servant."



27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause:

Yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified,

which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.



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



God's Generous Provision



Matthew 6:24-34



God and Money



24 (Lk 16:13; 16:11; 16:9) "No one can serve two masters.

For either he will hate the one and love the other,

or else he will hold to the one and despise the other.

You cannot serve God and money."



Care and Anxiety



Lk 12:22-34



25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you,

take no thought about your life, what you will eat,

or what you will drink, nor about your body,

what you will put on. Is not life more than

and the body than clothing?

26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air,

for they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns.

Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

27 Who among you by taking thought can add a cubit

(A cubit is about half a meter.) to his stature?

28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) "Why take thought about clothing?

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:

They neither work, nor do they spin.

29 (1Ki 10:4-7; 2Ch 9:4-6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon

in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field,

which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 (1Pe 5:7) Therefore, take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?'

or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

32 (Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30) (For the Gentiles seek after all these things.)

For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.

33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11-13) But seek first the kingdom of God

and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.

34 (Mt 6:25) Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow,

for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself.

Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.



True Wisdom



24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,

and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat,

or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not

the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor

gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much

better than they?

27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,

how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

29 and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed

like one of these.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,

and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you,

O ye of little faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?

or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek

for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,

and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow:

for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.



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.

Genesis 24

[1] And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed

Abraham in all things.

[2] And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over

all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

[3] And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God

of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters

of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

[4] But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife

unto my son Isaac.

[5] And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be

willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto

the land from whence thou camest?

[6] And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son

thither again.

[7] The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from

the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me,

saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before

thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

[8] And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be

clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

[9] And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and

sware to him concerning that matter.

[10] And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and

departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose,

and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

[11] And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of

water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw

water.

[12] And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good

speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

[13] Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men

of the city come out to draw water:

[14] And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down

thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I

will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast

appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast

shewed kindness unto my master.

[15] And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah

came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,

Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

[16] And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any

man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and

came up.

[17] And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a

little water of thy pitcher.

[18] And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher

upon her hand, and gave him drink.

[19] And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for

thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

[20] And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again

unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

[21] And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD

had made his journey prosperous or not.

[22] And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took

a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of

ten shekels weight of gold;

[23] And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room

in thy father's house for us to lodge in?

[24] And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah,

which she bare unto Nahor.

[25] She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough,

and room to lodge in.

[26] And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.

[27] And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not

left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the

LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

[28] And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.

[29] And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out

unto the man, unto the well.

[30] And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his

sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying,

Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood

by the camels at the well.

[31] And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou

without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

[32] And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave

straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the

men's feet that were with him.

[33] And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat,

until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

[34] And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

[35] And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great:

and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and

menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

[36] And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old:

and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

[37] And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my

son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

[38] But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a

wife unto my son.

[39] And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

[40] And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel

with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my

kindred, and of my father's house:

[41] Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my

kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

[42] And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master

Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go;

[43] Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that

when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I

pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

[44] And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy

camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my

master's son.

[45] And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came

forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and

drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

[46] And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and

said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made

the camels drink also.

[47] And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The

daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the

earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

[48] And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD

God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my

master's brother's daughter unto his son.

[49] And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and

if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

[50] Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the

LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

[51] Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy

master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.

[52] And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he

worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

[53] And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and

raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her

mother precious things.

[54] And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and

tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me

away unto my master.

[55] And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few

days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

[56] And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my

way; send me away that I may go to my master.

[57] And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

[58] And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man?

And she said, I will go.

[59] And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's

servant, and his men.

[60] And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be

thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate

of those which hate them.

[61] And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and

followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

[62] And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the

south country.

[63] And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he

lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

[64] And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off

the camel.

[65] For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the

field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she

took a vail, and covered herself.

[66] And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

[67] And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah,

and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his

mother's death.

Genesis 24



Isaac and Rebekah



1(Ge 13:2; 12:2) Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the Lord

had blessed Abraham in all things.

2 (Ge 47:29; 39:4-6)So Abraham said

to his servant, the oldest of his household, who was in charge over all

that he had, "Please, place your hand under my thigh,

3(Ge 26:34-35; 14:22) and I will make you swear by the Lord,

the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take

a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

4(Ge 28:2)But you shall go to my country and to my family,

and take a wife for my son Isaac."

5 Then the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing

to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from

which you came?"

6 Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there.

7 (Ge 13:15; 15:18) The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's

family and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore

to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He shall send

His angel before you and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

8 (Jos 2:17-20)If the woman is not willing to follow you,

then you will be free from my oath. Only do not take my son back there."

9 (Ge 24:2) So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham

his master and swore to him concerning this matter.

10 (Ge 11:31; Dt 23:4) Then the servant took ten of his master's camels

and departed, for all the goods of his master were in his hand. And he

arose and went to the city of Nahor in Aram Naharaim.

11(1Sa 9:11; Ex 2:16)He made his camels kneel down outside the city

by a well of water in the evening when the women came out to draw water.

12(Ge 24:27; 26:24)Then he said, "O Lord, the God of my master Abraham,

please let me have success this day and show kindness to my master Abraham.

13(Ge 24:43)See, here I stand by the well of water,

and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

14(Jdg 6:17; 6:37) Let it be that the young woman to whom I shall say,

'Please lower your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she shall say,

'Drink, and I will give your camels water also'"

let her be the one that You have appointed for Your servant Isaac.

Then I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."

15(Ge 11:29; 24:45)Before he had finished speaking, Rebekah,

who was born to Bethuel, son of Milkah,

the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with a pitcher on her shoulder.

16(Ge 26:7)The young woman was very beautiful to look at, a virgin,

and no man had ever been with her. She went down to the well and filled

her pitcher and came up.

17 (Jn 4:7) Then the servant ran to meet her and said,

"Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher."

18 So she said, "Drink, my lord."

Then she quickly let down her pitcher to her hand and gave him a drink.

19 (Ge 24:14) When she had finished giving him a drink, she said,

"I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking."

20 Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough

and ran to the well to draw water and drew for all his camels.

21(Ge 24:12)The man, gazing at her, remained silent,

trying to discern whether the Lord had made his journey a success or not.

22(Ex 32:2-3)When the camels had finished drinking,

the man took a gold nose ring of half a shekel weight(About 1/5 ounce, or 5.7 grams.)

and two bracelets for her wrists of ten shekels weight(About 4 ounces, or 115 grams. )

in gold, 23 and said, "Whose daughter are you?

Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to lodge?"

24(Ge 24:15; 22:23)She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel

the son of Milkah, whom she bore to Nahor."

25 Again she said to him, "We have both straw and provision enough,

and room in which to lodge."

26 (Ge 24:48; 24:52) Then the man bowed down his head and worshipped the Lord.

27(Ge 24:48; 24:12; 32:10)And he said, "Blessed be the Lord God of my master

Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master.

As for me, the Lord led me to the house of my master's relatives."

28 So the young woman ran and told her mother's household of these things.

29 (Ge 29:5) Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban,

and Laban ran out to the man at the well.

30 When he saw the nose ring and bracelets on his sister's hands

and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying,

"This is what the man said to me,"

he went to the man who stood by the camels at the well.

31(Ge 26:29; Ru 3:10) And he said, "Come in, blessed of the Lord.

Why do you stand outside?

I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."

32(Ge 43:24; Jdg 19:21) So the man came to the house.

Then he unloaded his camels and gave straw and

provision to the camels and water to wash his feet

and the feet of the men who were with him.

33 He then set food before him to eat, but he said,

"I will not eat until I have told about my errand." And he said, "Speak on."

34 So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.

35 (Ge 13:2; 24:1) The Lord has

greatly blessed my master, and he has become wealthy.

He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold,

and male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

36 (Ge 25:5; 21:1-7)Sarah my master's wife bore a son

to my master when she was old, and he has given to him all that he has.

37 My master made me swear, saying, 'You must not take a wife for my son

from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live.

38 (Ge 24:4) But you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives,

and take a wife for my son.'

39 "So I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'

40 (Ge 17:1; 24:7)"Then he said to me, 'The Lord, before whom I walk,

will send His angel with you and prosper your way, and you will take

a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father's house.

41 (Ge 24:8) You will be free from my oath, when you come to my family,

if they will not give her to you; then you will be released from my oath.'

42 (Ne 1:11) "So today I came to the well and said,

'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham,

if You will now give me success in my task;

43 (Ge 24:13-14) I am standing by the well of water, and let it be that

when the virgin comes forth to draw water, and I say to her,

"Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

44 (Ge 24:14) and she says to me,

"Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,"

let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master's son.'

45 "Before I had finished speaking in my heart,

there was Rebekah coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder;

and she went down to the well and drew water. Then I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

46 "She then quickly let down her pitcher from her shoulder and said,

'Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also.'

So I drank, and she gave the camels a drink also.

47"Then I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?'

"And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milkah bore for him.'

"So I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

48(Ge 24:26-27; 24:52) And I bowed down my head and worshipped the Lord,

and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, who had led me

in the right way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

49(Ge 47:29; Jos 2:14)And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my

master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so that I may turn to the right hand

or to the left."

50 (Ge 31:24; 31:29) Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said,

"This thing comes from the Lord; we cannot speak to you bad or good.

51 (Ge 24:15) Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go,

and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken."

52 (Ge 24:26; 24:48)When Abraham's servant heard their words,

he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.

53 (Ex 3:22; 11:2) Then the servant brought out jewels of silver and gold,

and clothing and gave them to Rebekah.

He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.

54(Ge 24:56; 24:59)Then they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him,

and stayed all night.

The next morning they arose, and he said, "Send me away to my master."

55 But her brother and her mother said, "Let the young woman remain

with us a few days, at least ten; after that she may go."

56 So he said to them,

"Do not delay me, seeing the Lord has given me success.

Let me go that I may go to my master."

57 They said, "We will call the girl and ask her."

58 Then they called Rebekah and said to her,

"Will you go with this man?"

And she said, "I will go."

59 (Ge 35:8) So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse,

and Abraham's servant and his men.

60(Ge 17:16; 22:17)They blessed Rebekah and said to her,

"May you, our sister, become the mother

of thousands of ten thousands;

and may your descendants possess

the gate of those who hate them."

61 Then Rebekah and her maids arose and they rode on the camels

and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went his way.

62 (Ge 16:14; 25:11)Now Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi,

for he lived in the Negev.

63(Ps 1:2; 119:15)Isaac went out in the evening to meditate in the field;

and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and surely the camels were coming.

64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from her camel

65 and said to the servant, "Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?"

The servant said, "It is my master." Therefore she took a veil and covered herself.

66 Then the servant told Isaac all the things he had done.

67 (Ge 37:35; 38:12)So Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah;

and he took Rebekah and she became his wife and he loved her.

So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Day 19, 19 January 2026



1) Genesis 22, Genesis 23, Genesis 24



GENESIS 22

The Sacrifice of Isaac

1 (Heb 11:17; Dt 8:2)After these things God tested Abraham and

said to him, "Abraham!"

And he said, "Here I am."

2 (2Ch 3:1; Jn 3:16) Then He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac,

whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there

as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."

3 So Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey,

and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son;

and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose

and went to the place that God had told him.

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes

and saw the place from a distance.

5 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey.

The boy and I will go over there and worship and then return to you."

6 (Jn 19:17) So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering

and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand and the knife.

So the two of them walked on together.

7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!"

And he said, "Here I am, my son."

Then he said, "Here is the fire and the wood,

but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"

8 (Jn 1:36; 1:29) Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself

the lamb for a burnt offering."So the two of them went together.

9 (Jas 2:21)Then they came to the place that God had told him.

So Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood;

and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

10 Then Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

11 (Ge 16:7; 16:9-10) But the angel of the Lord called to him out of heaven

and said, "Abraham, Abraham!"

And he said, "Here I am."

12 (1Sa 15:22; Jas 2:21-22) Then He said, "Do not lay your hands

on the boy or do anything to him, because now I know that you

fear God, seeing you have not withheld your only son from Me."

13 Then Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behind him

was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. So Abraham went

and took the ram and offered him up as a burnt offering in the place

of his son.

14 (Ge 22:8; Ex 17:15) Abraham called the name of that place

The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day,

"In the mount of the Lord it will be provided."

15 Then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham out of heaven a second time,

16 (Lk 1:73; Ps 105:9) and said, "By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord,

because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son,

your only son,

17 (Ge 15:5; 24:60) I will indeed bless you and I will indeed multiply

your descendants as the stars of the heavens and as the sand that

is on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gate of their enemies.

18 (Ge 12:3; Ac 3:25; Ge 18:18) Through your offspring all the nations

of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."

19 (Ge 21:31) So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose

and went together to Beersheba. Then Abraham lived at Beersheba.



[1] And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and

said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

[2] And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest,

and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt

offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

[3] And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took

two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the

burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told

him.

[4] Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar

off.

[5] And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I

and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you,

[6] And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac

his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both

of them together.

[7] And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he

said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but

where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

[8] And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt

offering: so they went both of them together.

[9] And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built

an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and

laid him on the altar upon the wood.

[10] And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his

son.

[11] And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said,

Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

[12] And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing

unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not

withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

[13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram

caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and

offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

[14] And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said

to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

[15] And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second

time,

[16] And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast

done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

[17] That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply

thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea

shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

[18] And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because

thou hast obeyed my voice.

[19] So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went

together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.



Sons of Nahor



20 (Ge 11:29; 24:24) After these things Abraham was told,

"Milkah has also borne children to your brother Nahor:

21( Job 1:1) Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."

23 (Ge 24:15) Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah gave birth to

these eight to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore

Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maakah.



[20] And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,

saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

[21] Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

[22] And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

[23] And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,

Abraham's brother.

[24] And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and

Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.



(Abraham was tested most of his life!

How many times are you being tested in your life?)



Genesis 23



The Death of Sarah

1 Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years.

These were the years of the life of Sarah.

2 (Ge 23:19; 13:18) Then Sarah died in Kiriath Arba

(that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan,

and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

3 (Ge 10:15) Then Abraham stood up from before his dead and spoke

to the Hittites, From the Septuagint, a cloak with long sleeves,

a full-length cloak, or an embroidered cloak, showing favoritism. saying,

4 (Ge 17:8; 1Ch 29:15) "I am a stranger and a foreigner among you.

Give me property for a burying place among you,

that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

5 So the Hittites answered Abraham, 6 (Ge 24:35; 14:14) "Hear us, my lord.

You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest

of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place

that you may bury your dead."

7 Then Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land,

the Hittites. 8 He spoke with them, saying, "If it be your wish that I bury

my dead out of my sight, hear me and entreat Ephron the son of Zohar

for me, 9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns,

at the end of his field. Let him give it to me in your presence

for the full price for a burial site."

10 (Ge 34:20; 34:24) Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites;

and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the presence of all the Hittites,

all who went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11 "No, my lord. Hear me:

I give you the field and the cave that is in it. I give it to you

in the presence of the sons of my people. Bury your dead."

12 Then Abraham bowed before the people of the land.

13 Then he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying,

"Indeed, if you will give it, please hear me. I will give you money

for the field; take it from me and I will bury my dead there."

14 Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

15 (Eze 45:12) "My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels

of silver. (About 10 pounds, or 4.6 kilograms. What is that between

me and you? So bury your dead."

16 (Jer 32:9; Zec 11:12) Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out

for Ephron four hundred shekels of silver, the price that he had named

in the hearing of the Hittites, according to the standard commercial measure.

17 (Ge 25:9; 50:13) So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah,

which was before Mamre, the field and the cave that was in it,

and all the trees that were in the field that were within all the

surrounding borders were deeded

18 to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites,

before all who went in at the gate of his city. 19 After this, Abraham

buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah

before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

20 (Ru 4:7-10) So the field and the cave that was in

it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites

as property for a burial place.



Genesis 23

[1] And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the

years of the life of Sarah.

[2] And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of

Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

[3] And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of

Heth, saying,

[4] I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a

buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

[5] And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

[6] Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of

our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his

sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

[7] And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even

to the children of Heth.

[8] And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury

my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of

Zohar,

[9] That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in

the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me

for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

[10] And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite

answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that

went in at the gate of his city, saying,

[11] Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is

therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it

thee: bury thy dead.

[12] And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

[13] And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,

saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee

money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

[14] And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

[15] My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of

silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

[16] And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the

silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred

shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

[17] And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before

Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that

were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure

[18] Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth,

before all that went in at the gate of his city.

[19] And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field

of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

[20] And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto

Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.



(Even the Hittites respected Abraham)

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



God's Help in Times of Temptation



Hebrews 4:14-16



Jesus the Great High Priest



14 (Heb 6:20; 1:2-3) Since then we have a great High Priest

Who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,

let us hold firmly to our confession.

15 (2Co 5:21; Jn 8:46) For we do not have a High Priest

who cannot sympathise with our weaknesses,

but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.

16 (Eph 3:12; Php 4:6-7) Let us then come with confidence

to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy

and find grace to help in time of need.



14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest,

that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,

let us hold fast our profession.

15 For we have not an high priest

which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;

but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

16 Let us therefore come boldly

unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,

and find grace to help in time of need.



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?)



2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493



British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.

Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver

and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations

in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are

between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all

other nationalities.



Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant

and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,

Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this

region is about 200000.

Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,

more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small

numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.

We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.

A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,

for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that



- the church will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

- the church will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



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!



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



17th Day of the Month



a) Pray for the safety of those

who live in your community -

safety from conflict an crimes



( Ps 122:7 - 7 Peace be within your walls

and security within your towers!



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



18th Day of the Month



a) Pray that pastors will experience spiritual, emotional and physical

refreshing for the presence of the Lord



( Jer 31:25



25 For I satiate the weary souls and I replenish every languishing soul.



25 For I have satiated the weary soul,

and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

)



b) Pray that the Lord will protect and deliver our nation from

danger and adversity



( Ps 34:7



7 The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear Him,

and delivers them.



7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,

And delivereth them.



)





Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord to be Hunger for His Word.



Pray to the Lord and to be humble and honest in the eyes of the Lord.



Pray to the Lord: "Loving God, thank You for helping

me when I'm falsely accused."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that

He got you out of the prison of Sin.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be visible for the Lord.



Pray to the Lord and pray to come boldly in the Lord's presence.



Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



Pray that pastors will experience spiritual, emotional and physical

refreshing for the presence of the Lord



Pray that the Lord will protect and deliver our nation from

danger and adversity



Pray for the strengthening of the Bruneian church,

so it may grow in spiritual depth and unity (Ephesians 3:16-19).

16 (Ro 7:22; Col 1:11) that He would give you, according to the riches of His

glory, power to be strengthened by His Spirit in the inner man,

17 (Col 1:23; Jn 14:23) and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through

faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 (Eph 1:15) may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth

and length and depth and height,

19 (Eph 1:23) and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge;

that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.



[16] That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be

strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

[17] That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted

and grounded in love,

[18] May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and

length, and depth, and height;

[19] And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might

be filled with all the fulness of God.



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.

The Treaty With Abimelek



22 Now it came to pass at that time that Abimelek and Phicol,

the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you

in all that you do. 23 Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will

not deal deceitfully with me, or with my children, or with my descendants.

Instead, according to the kindness that I have shown to you,

you will show to me and to the land where you have lived."

24Abraham said, "I will swear."

25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water

that Abimelek's servants had violently seized.

26 And Abimelek said, "I do not know who has done this.

You did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today."

27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelek,

and the two of them made a covenant.

28 Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 And Abimelek said to Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs

that you have set by themselves?"

30 And he said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs

from my hand so that they may be a witness that I have dug this well."

31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba,

because the two of them swore an oath there.

32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelek rose with Phicol,

the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called

on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.

34 Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days.



[22] And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief

captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that

thou doest:

[23] Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely

with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the

kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land

wherein thou hast sojourned.

[24] And Abraham said, I will swear.

[25] And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which

Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

[26] And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst

thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

[27] And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both

of them made a covenant.

[28] And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

[29] And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which

thou hast set by themselves?

[30] And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that

they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

[31] Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware

both of them.

[32] Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and

Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of

the Philistines.

[33] And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name

of the LORD, the everlasting God.

[34] And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.



1 Chron 1

The Generations of Abraham



28 The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.



28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.



2) Our Daily Bread for 18 January 2026 titled

MFaith and False Accusation by Tom Felten



Nehemiah 6:1-9



21 (Ro 1:17; 1Co 1:30) God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we

might become the righteousness of God in Him.



[21] For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might

be made the righteousness of God in him.



2 Corinthians 6



Nehemiah's Enemies



1 (Ne 2:10; 2:19) When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian,

and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall

and that there was not a gap in it (though at that time I had

not erected the doors on the gates),

2 (1Ch 8:12; Ps 37:12) Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying,

"Come, that we might meet together in one of the villages

in the plain of Ono." But they planned to do evil to me.

3 So I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work,

so I am not able to come down.

Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”

4 Four more times they sent for me like this, but I answered them

the same way.

5 Sanballat sent the same request a fifth time by his servant,

but the letter was open in his hand.

6 (Ne 2:19) In it was written,

"It is reported among the nations, and Geshem confirms it,

that you and the Jews are planning to rebel;

consequently you are rebuilding the wall.

According to these words, you are their king.

7 You have also appointed prophets to preach on your behalf

in Jerusalem, saying, 'There is a king in Judah!' According to these words,

it will now be reported to the king. So come now and let us consult together."

8 (Job 13:4; Ps 52:2) I sent him this response, saying, "Nothing like these

reports that you are saying has occurred. From your own mind,

you are inventing them."

9 (Ps 138:3) Because they all wanted to frighten us, they thought,

"They will pull their hands back from the work." But that would

never be done. So now, O God, strengthen my hands.



[1] Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian,

and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that

there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the

doors upon the gates;)

[2] That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet

together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought

to do me mischief.

[3] And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so

that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and

come down to you?

[4] Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them

after the same manner.

[5] Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time

with an open letter in his hand;

[6] Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith

it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the

wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

[7] And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem,

saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king

according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel

together.

[8] Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou

sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

[9] For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from

the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.



Driven by powerful winds, the fire raged for days. The historian Tacitus

describes a chaotic scene filled with screams and citizens running for their

lives. In the end, nearly two-thirds of Rome had been destroyed. The Roman

emperor Nero falsely accused believers in Jesus of starting the fire. He hated

Christians and selected them to be the scapegoat for the disaster - one that

was rumoured to have been ordered by Nero himself!



Nehemiah also faced the blistering heat of false accusation. He'd been a

servant to the king of Persia but had been allowed to return to Jerusalem with

other Israelites to repair its walls (Nehemiah 2:1-10). When the wall was

repaired, however, enemies accused the Jews of "planning to rebel" and making

Nehemiah "their king" (6:6 nlt). How did they respond to false accusations?

By declaring and living out their innocence (v. 8), courageously standing in

God's power (v. 11), and praying fervently to Him (v. 14). Their enemies were

ultimately "frightened and humiliated" as they "realised [the wall

reconstruction] had been done with the help of . . . God" (v. 16 nlt).



At times, we'll be falsely accused by others. But as God provides the strength

we need, we can forgive our accusers and "live such good lives" that, though

"they accuse [us] of doing wrong, they may see [our] good deeds and glorify

God" (1 Peter 2:12).



Reflect & Pray



Why are believers in Jesus sometimes falsely accused?

How can you live out a courageous faith?



Loving God, thank You for helping me when I'm falsely accused.

Check out this article to learn more about

standing firm with the Lord.



3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 1 - Bought Back



Eph 1:7



7 (Ro 3:24; Ac 2:38; 20:28) In Him we have redemption through His blood

and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace



[7] In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,

according to the riches of his grace;



In the opening scenes of The Glenn Miller Story, Glenn Miller, then a

struggling musician trying to find an audience for his music, enters

a pawn shop. He has hocked his trombone for rent money, and has come

to redeem it. Paying the pawn broker the money, he buys back his own

instrument and leaves the shop, indicating that he will probably

be back again.

In Eph 1:7. Paul says that in Christ "we have redemption through

His blood and the forgiveness of sin according to the riches of His grace."

We belonged to God from the beginning; he made us and stamped

his image upon us. But through sin we were lost, pawned to the

world's system and the Enemy of our souls.

But God redeemed us; he "bought us back" with the most valuable

currency in the universe - the blood of his own Son, Jesus Christ.

He did not resent the bargain, or question whether we were worth

such a price. He freely gave Jesus in trade to ransom the souls

of the people he created and loved.

Sometimes in Christian circles we get so caught up in religious

jargon that we forget what redemption really means. Gog did not have

to "get us out of hock." He was not compelled to buy us back when we

had sold ourselves to sin. But because of his love, and with no

deserving on our part, he chose to pay an enormous price to set us free.

We are redeemed, bought back, by the One who owned us in the first place.



Application



a) In what ways have I been "in hock" to sin in my life?



b) What does it mean, in practical terms, that God "redeemed" me

from that sin?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Mark 4:20-25



20 (Mk 4:8; Jn 15:4-5) "Still others are seed sown on good ground,

those who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit:

thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much."



A Light Under a Basket



Lk 8:16-18



21 (Mt 5:15; Lk 8:16) He said to them, "Is a candle brought to be put

under a basket or under a bed and not to be set on a candlestick?

22 (Lk 8:17) For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed;

neither is anything kept secret except to be proclaimed.

23 (Mk 4:9; Mt 11:15)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

24 (Mt 7:2) He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.

The measure you give will be measured for you,

and to you who hear will more be given.

25 (Mt 13:12; Lk 8:18) For to him who has will more be given.

And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has."



20 And these are they which are sown on good ground;

such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit,

some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put

under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested;

neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete,

it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

25 For he that hath, to him shall be given:

and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

GENESIS 20

Abraham and Abimelek

(Ge 12:10-20; 26:1-11)

1 Abraham journeyed from there toward the Negev,

settled between Kadesh and Shur, and then he sojourned in Gerar.

2 Then Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister."

So Abimelek, king of Gerar, sent for her and took Sarah.

3But God came to Abimelek in a dream by night and said to him,

"You are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken,

for she is a man's wife."

4 Abimelek had not gone near her, and he said,

"Lord, will You slay a righteous nation?

5 Did he not say to me, 'She is my sister,' and did not even she herself say,

'He is my brother'? In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands

I have done this."

6 And God said to him in a dream, "Yes, I know that you did this

in the integrity of your heart. For I also kept you from sinning

against Me. Therefore, I did not let you touch her. 7 Therefore return

the man's wife, for he is a prophet and he will pray for you.

Moreover, you will live. However, if you do not return her,

know that you will surely die, you and all who are yours."

8 So Abimelek rose early in the morning, and called all his servants

and told them all these things, and the men were very afraid.

9 Then Abimelek called Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us?

How have I offended you that you would bring on me

and on my kingdom a great sin?

You have done things to me that should not have been done."

10,Then Abimelek said to Abraham, "What were you thinking of,

that you did this thing?"

11 Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God

in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.

12 Still, indeed, she is my sister. She is the daughter of my father,

but not the daughter of my mother. She became my wife.

13 When God caused me to travel from my father's house, I said to her,

'This is your kindness which you must show me: Every place where we go,

say concerning me, He is my brother.'"

14 Then Abimelek took sheep, oxen, and male and female servants,

and gave them to Abraham, and returned his wife Sarah to him.

15 Abimelek said, "My land is before you; settle wherever it pleases you."

16 To Sarah he said, "I have given your brother a thousand shekels of silver.

It is a sign of your innocence in the eyes of all who are with you,

and before everyone you are vindicated."

17So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife,

and his female servants. Then they bore children.

18 For the Lord had closed up all the wombs of

the house of Abimelek because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.



Genesis 20

[1] And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled

between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

[2] And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king

of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

[3] But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold,

thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a

man's wife.

[4] But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay

also a righteous nation?

[5] Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said,

He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands

have I done this.

[6] And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in

the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against

me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

[7] Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he

shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know

thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

[8] Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his

servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore

afraid.

[9] Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done

unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on

my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be

done.

[10] And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done

this thing?

[11] And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in

this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

[12] And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but

not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

[13] And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's

house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto

me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

[14] And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants,

and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

[15] And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it

pleaseth thee.

[16] And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand

pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all

that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

[17] So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and

his maidservants; and they bare children.

[18] For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of

Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.



(At least Abraham did not get kicked out, by why be dishonest?)



GENESIS 21



The Birth of Isaac



1 The Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah

as He had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his

old age, at the set time that God had spoken to him. 3 Abraham called

the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

4 Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old,

as God had commanded him.

5 Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6 And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. All who hear will laugh with me."

7 Also she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse

children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."



[1] And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah

as he had spoken.

[2] For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set

time of which God had spoken to him.

[3] And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom

Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

[4] And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had

commanded him.

[5] And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto

him.

[6] And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will

laugh with me.

[7] And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have

given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.



Hagar and Ishmael Depart



8 So the child grew and was weaned. Then Abraham made a great feast

the same day that Isaac was weaned. 9 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian,

whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking. 10 Therefore she said to Abraham,

"Throw out this slave woman and her son, for the son of this slave woman

shall not be heir with my son, Isaac."

11 This matter was very displeasing in Abraham's sight because of his son.

12 But God said to Abraham, "Do not be upset concerning the boy

and your slave wife. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen

to what she says, for in Isaac your descendants will be called.

13 Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the slave woman,

because he is your offspring."

14 So Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread

and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder,

and sent her away with the child.

So she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

15 When the water in the skin was gone,

she placed the child under one of the shrubs.

16 Then she went and sat down across from him

at a distance of about a bowshot, for she said to herself,

"Let me not see the death of the child." She sat across from him,

and lifted up her voice and wept.

17 And God heard the boy's voice. Then the angel of God called

to Hagar out of heaven and said to her, "What is the matter with you, Hagar?

Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

18 Arise, pick up the boy and hold him in your hands,

for I will make him a great nation."

19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water.

And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

20 God was with the boy; and he grew and lived in the wilderness

and became an archer. 21 He lived in the Wilderness of Paran,

and his mother found a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.



[8] And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the

same day that Isaac was weaned.

[9] And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto

Abraham, mocking.

[10] Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son:

for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with

Isaac.

[11] And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

[12] And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because

of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto

thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

[13] And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he

is thy seed.

[14] And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle

of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child,

and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of

Beer-sheba.

[15] And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one

of the shrubs.

[16] And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it

were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she

sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

[17] And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called Hagar

out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God

hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

[18] Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him

a great nation.

[19] And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and

filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

[20] And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and

became an archer.

[21] And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife

out of the land of Egypt.

Day 18, 18 January 2026



today at Calvary Community Church

Pastor Nathan Zeiber spoke on The Hunger that leads to Life.



1 Peter 2:1



1 (Eph 4:31; Jas 4:11; 1:21) Therefore put away all wickedness, deceit,

hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking.



[1] Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and

envies, and all evil speakings,





A) Theses are not 5 random sins.



B) These sins kill our appetite.



1 Peter 2:2-3



2 (Mt 18:3; Eph 4:15)As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word,

that by it you may grow,

3 if it is true that you have experienced that the Lord is good.



[2] As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow

thereby:

[3] If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.



C) Repentance is not the Finish line.



1) Genesis 19, Genesis 20, Genesis 21, 1 Chron 1:28



Gen 19 - 21



GENESIS 19



Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed



1 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting

at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them he rose up to meet them, and he

bowed himself with his face toward the ground.

2 Then he said, "Here, my lords, please turn in to your servant's house

and spend the night and wash your feet; and then you may rise early

and go on your way."

They said, "No, we will stay in the open square all night."

3 But he strongly insisted, so they turned aside with him

and entered his house. Then he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread,

and they ate. 4 Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom,

both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house.

5 They then called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men

who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us,

so that we may have relations with them."

6 So Lot went out through the door to them and shut the door behind him.

7 Then he said, "Please, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.

8 Look, I have two daughters who have not been with a man.

Please, let me bring them out to you,

and you may do to them as you wish.

Only do nothing to these men,

for they have come under the shelter of my roof."

9 But they replied, "Stand back!" Also, they said,

"This man came here as an alien, and he keeps acting like a judge.

We will deal worse with you than with them."

So they pressed hard against Lot, and came close to breaking down the door.

10 But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house

with them and shut the door.

11 Then they struck the men that were at the door of the house,

both small and great, with blindness so that they wore themselves

out groping for the door.

12 Then the men said to Lot,

"Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone

you have in the city, take them out of this place!

13 For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against

its people has grown great before the presence of the Lord,

and the Lord has sent us to destroy it."

14 So L1 Peter 2:1ot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law,

who had married his daughters,

and said, "Get up, get out of this place,

for the Lord will destroy this city!" But to his sons-in-law

he seemed to be joking.

15 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying,

"Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here.

Otherwise you will be consumed in the punishment of the city."

16 And while he lingered, the men took hold of his and his wife's hands,

along with the hands of his two daughters,

the Lord being merciful to him,

and brought him out and set him outside the city.

17 When they had brought them out, one of them said to them,

"Escape for your lives! Do not look behind you or stay anywhere in the plain.

Escape to the mountain, lest you be destroyed."

18Then Lot said to them, "Please, no, my lords!

19 Your servant has found grace in your eyes, and you have shown your mercy,

which you have shown to me by saving my life. However, I cannot escape to

the mountain. Otherwise some evil will overtake me, and I will die.

20 Look, this city is close enough to flee to, and it is a little one.

Please, let me escape there (is it not a little one?),

and my life will be saved."

21 He said to him, "I have granted your request in this matter also.

I will not overthrow this city of which you have spoken.

22 Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there."

Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

23 The sun had risen over the land when Lot entered Zoar.

24 Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah.

It was from the Lord out of heaven.

25 So He overthrew those cities, all the valley,

all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

26 But his wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27 Now Abraham got up early in the morning and

went to the place where he stood before the Lord.

28 Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah,

and toward all the land of the valley,

and he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of a furnace.

29 So it was that when God destroyed the cities of the valley,

God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the destruction,

when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.



Genesis 19

[1] And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of

Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with

his face toward the ground;

[2] And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your

servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise

up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the

street all night.

[3] And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and

entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened

bread, and they did eat.

[4] But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom,

compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every

quarter:

[5] And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which

came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

[6] And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

[7] And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

[8] Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I

pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your

eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the

shadow of my roof.

[9] And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in

to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee,

than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near

to break the door.

[10] But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to

them, and shut to the door.

[11] And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with

blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the

door.

[12] And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and

thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring

them out of this place:

[13] For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great

before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

[14] And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his

daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will

destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

[15] And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying,

Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be

consumed in the iniquity of the city.

[16] And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the

hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being

merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

[17] And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he

said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all

the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

[18] And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

[19] Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast

magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I

cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

[20] Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh,

let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

[21] And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing

also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

[22] Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come

thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

[23] The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

[24] Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire

from the LORD out of heaven;

[25] And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the

inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

[26] But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of

salt.

[27] And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood

before the LORD:

[28] And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the

plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of

a furnace.

[29] And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that

God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when

he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.



Lot and His Daughters



30 Then Lot left Zoar, and lived in the mountains,

along with his two daughters who were with him,

for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar.

He and his two daughters lived in a cave.

31 And the firstborn said to the younger,

"Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth to have relations

with us after the manner of all the earth. 32 Let us make our father

drink wine and let us lie with him,

so that we may preserve the lineage of our father."

33 So they made their father drink wine that night,

and the firstborn went in and had relations with her father.

He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

34 On the next day the firstborn said to the younger,

"Indeed, last night I had relations with my father.

Let us make him drink wine tonight also,

so that you may go in and have relations with him,

so that we may preserve the lineage of our father."

35 So they made their father drink wine that night also.

Then the younger arose and lay down with him,

and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

36 Therefore both the daughters of Lot were pregnant by their father.

37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab.

He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

38 The younger also gave birth to a son and called his name Ben-Ammi.

He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.



[30] And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two

daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave,

he and his two daughters.

[31] And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there

is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the

earth:

[32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that

we may preserve seed of our father.

[33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn

went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down,

nor when she arose.

[34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the

younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink

wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve

seed of our Father.

[35] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger

arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when

she arose.

[36] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

[37] And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the

father of the Moabites unto this day.

[38] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the

same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.



(Lot thought he was a self made success story.

It ends with disgrace and scandal)

2) Our Daily Bread for 17 January 2026 entitled

Courage to Stand

for Jesus by Arthur Jackson



John 13:36-38



Peter's Denial Foretold

Mt 26:31-35; Mk 14:27-31; Lk 22:31-34



36 (2Pe 1:14; Jn 13:33) Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?"

Jesus answered him, "Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now.

But you shall follow Me afterward."

37 Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You now?

I will lay down my life for Your sake."

38 (Mk 14:30) Jesus answered Him, "Will you lay down your life for My sake?

Truly, truly I say to you, the rooster shall not crow until you have denied Me

three times."



36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him,

Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me

afterwards.



37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now?

I will lay down my life for thy sake.



38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily,

verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied

me thrice.



John 21:18-19



18 (Jn 13:36) Truly, truly I say to you, when you were young,

you dressed yourself and walked where you desired.

But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands,

and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go."

19 (2Pe 1:14; Jn 21:22) He said this, signifying by what kind of death

he would glorify God. When He had said this, He said to him, "Follow Me."



[18] Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst

thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old,

thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry

thee whither thou wouldest not.

[19] This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when

he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.



Matthew 10:38



38 (Mt 16:24; Lk 14:27) And He who does not take his cross

and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.



[38] And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy

of me.



In ad 155, the early church father Polycarp was threatened with death by fire

for his faith in Christ. He replied, "For eighty and six years I have been his

servant, and he has done me no wrong. And how can I now blaspheme my king who

saved me?" Polycarp's response can be an inspiration for us when we face

extreme trial because of our faith in Jesus, our King.



Just hours before Christ's death, Peter boldly pledged His allegiance to Him:

"I will lay down my life for you" (John 13:37). Jesus, who knew Peter better

than Peter knew himself, replied, "Very truly I tell you, before the rooster

crows, you will disown me three times!" (v. 38). However, after Jesus'

resurrection, the same one who’d denied Him began to serve Him courageously

and would eventually glorify Him through his own death (see 21:16-19).



Are you a Polycarp or a Peter? Most of us, if we're honest, are more of a

Peter with a "courage outage" - a failure to speak or act honorably as a

believer in Jesus. Such occasions - whether in a classroom, boardroom,

or breakroom - needn't indelibly define us. When those failures occur,

we must prayerfully dust ourselves off and turn to Jesus, the one who died

for us and lives for us. He’ll help us be faithful to Him and courageously

live for Him daily in difficult places.



Reflect & Pray



When do you need extra doses of courage to stand for Jesus?

What do you find helpful in your witness for Him?



Heavenly Father, please give me Your strength

to live boldly as a believer in Your Son.



Learn about being on guard against persecution here.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 7 - Oh, Freedom!



Rom 8:1-2



Life in the Spirit



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.

2 (1Co 15:45; Ro 6:18; Jn 8:32) For the law of the Spirit of life

in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.



The Spirit of God Within You

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 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free

from the law of sin and death.



In the classic movie, I want to live! actress Susan Hayward

plays a woman convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed.

The suspense builds; the execution is delayed as the officials

wait for a word of pardon. Finally, the woman in executed;

the call comes, and the pardon has been granted, but it is too late.

When no pardon is granted, condemnation leads to death. Our sin

marks us as "guilty" before God, and we deserve the wages of sin,

which is death. But in Jesus Christ, the pardon does come - and

it comes in time. Our sin deserves condemnation by God, and yet

he forgives us because Christ paid the penalty for us,

But we face other kinds of condemnation as well - self-condemnation,

that internal accusation that we still, somehow, must pay the price

of our own sin. Others often condemn us as well, offering much less

forgiveness and mercy than God does. And the Enemy of our souls condemns

us, trying to convince us that we don't, after all, have real freedom

from sin.

Yet Paul tells us in Romans 8, "There is therefore now no condemnation

for those who are in Christ Jesus". God has forgiven us freely; he has

granted his pardon. And in light of his forgiveness, how can we live

under the condemnation of others - or even of ourselves?

We are free, Paul says - free from the "law of sin and death,"

free to live in the liberty of the Spirit. The stay of execution

has come: the pardon has been granted. Never again can we tried

for the same crimes: never again must we live under the burden

of condemnation.



Application



a) Have I ever lived under the burden of condemnation from myself

or others? Why?



b) How can Romans 8:1-2 help me live in freedom of such condemnation?



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 2021 edition?)



2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493



British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly.

Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver

and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations

in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are

between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all

other nationalities.



Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant

and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford,

Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this

region is about 200000.

Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis,

more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small

numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.

We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.

A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,

for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that



- the church will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

- the church will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



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!



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



17th Day of the Month



a) Pray for the safety of those

who live in your community -

safety from conflict an crimes



( Ps 122:7 - 7 Peace be within your walls

and security within your towers!



7 Peace be within thy walls,

And prosperity within thy palaces.



)



b) Pray for the province of Ontario



I) Pray for the leaders of Ontario,

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 Savioru,

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 be humble in your prayer if you have to negotiate

and bargain with Him and do not assume His Will.



Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, please give me Your strength

to live boldly as a believer in Your Son."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know you are free from the condemnation of sin.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord will not forsake you.



Pray to the Lord and pray to give Him all your temptations.



Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,

and a burden to train outreach to Muslims

Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective

discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.



Pray for the safety of those who live in your community - safety from

conflict and crimes



Ask God to provide Christians safe meeting places in

TUNISIA where they can gather for teaching and worship.



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.