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7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



6th Day of the Month



a) Pray for a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community



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Deut 4:6-7



6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7 ) Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom and

your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear all these

statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and

understanding people."

7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great, who has a god so near

to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?



6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and

your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these

statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and

understanding people.

7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,

as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?



Matt 5:13-16



13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt

loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty? It is from then on good for

nothing but to be thrown out and to be trampled underfoot by men.

14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18) "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden.

15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16) Neither do men light a candle and put it under a basket,

but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the house.

16 (1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8) Let your light so shine before men that they

may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.



13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,

wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,

but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set

on an hill cannot be hid.

15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on

a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,

and glorify your Father which is in heaven.



Acts 1:8



8 (Mt 28:19; Mk 16:15) "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes

upon you. And you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and

Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."



8 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:

and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,

and in all Juda, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."



b) Pray for the province of British Columbia



I) Pray for the leaders of Alberta, that God's Spirit would influence then to

act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards.

( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4) 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone, 2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings

and for all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life

in all godliness and honesty, 3 (1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and

acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all

men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.



1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,

intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 for kings,

and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable

life in all godliness and honesty. 3For this is good and acceptable

in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 who will have all men to be saved,

and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.



II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign and booklet

to turn many hearts to Jesus



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to thank Him for being redeemer and comforter.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear Father, please help me to seek Your Son

Jesus with all my heart and worship Him with all I have."



Pray to the Lord and pray for the Word of the Lord to dwell richly in you.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be faithful in all that you do.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be faithful in community.



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 a more effective witness by the church in every Canadian community



Pray for Christians like Ariane, Marc, Aisosa, Renee and Rebecca,

in Benin who escaped voodooism to follow Christ.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -

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

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 3 - Let the Word Dwell in You



Col 3:16



16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17) Let the word of Christ dwell

in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing

one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.



16 Let the word of Christ dwell

in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing

one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.



Every day, whether we are aware of it or not, our minds are

bombarded by 20th Century values: "Dress for success!" "Get ahead!"

"You deserve a break today ...." Television, radio, and the incessant

voices that surround us distract our attention and keep us from

focusing on what is really important in our lives.

Paul's instruction to the Colossian Church brings us back to God's

value system: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly."

When we give attention to the Word of God, we put ourselves in a position

to hear a higher truth the clamour of immediate demands

and the expectations of the world around us. We can experience peace

in the midst of struggle and rest in a restless environment.

God's Word is a powerful force for good in our lives - not merely

an attractive philosophy, but true power to overcome the pressures

of daily life.

Dwelling on the Word of God, and letting it indwell us, takes many forms.

Scripture memory, music, meditation, talking with others about the

goodness of God all help us keep our attention focused on Christ rather

than on the values of the world around us.

We can choose to listen to Christian radio or tapes. We can take time

daily for quiet meditation on his Word. We can commit the Word to memory

and draw on its power during the day. And as we listen to the voice

of the Spirit rather than the noise around us, we can enter into

his peace and live in communion with him.



Application



a) What pressures do I face that tend to distract me from the reality

of Christ's presence?



b) How can I "let the word of Christ dwell richly" in me, so that I

an regain my focus on him?



c) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus

my attention on Jesus and his word?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Luke 16:10-12



10 (Mt 25:21; Lk 19:17) "He who is faithful in what is least is faithful

also in much. And he who is dishonest in the least is dishonest also

in much.

11 So if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth,

who will commit to your trust the true riches?

12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's,

who will give you that which is your own?"



10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:

and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,

who will commit to your trust the true riches?

12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's,

who shall give you that which is your own?



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



God's Reconciling Peace



Col 3:12-17



12 (Eph 4:2; Lk 1:78) So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,

a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.

13 (Eph 4:32; Mk 11:25; Eph 4:2) Bear with one another

and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone,

even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.

14 (Eph 4:3; 1Co 13:1-13) And above all these things, embrace love,

which is the bond of perfection.

15 (Jn 14:27; Eph 5:20) Let the peace of God,

to which also you are called in one body,

rule in your hearts. And be thankful.

16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17 ) Let the word of Christ dwell

in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing

one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17 (1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20 ) And whatever you do in word or deed,

do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God the Father through Him.



12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,

kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have

a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

14 And above all these things put on charity,

which is the bond of perfectness.

15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye

are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;

teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God and the Father by him.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

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

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

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

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



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



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, ...) .

Job 19

Job Replies: My Redeemer Lives

1 Then Job answered:

2 "How long will you torment my soul

and break me in pieces with words?

3 (Ge 31:7) These ten times you have reproached me;

you are not ashamed that you have wronged me.

4 And if indeed I have erred,

my error remains with me.

5 (Ps 35:26; 38:16) If indeed you exalt yourselves against me

and plead against me with my disgrace,

6 (Job 18:8-10) know now that God has bent me

and has surrounded me with His net.

7 (La 3:8; Hab 1:2-3) "Look, I cry out concerning wrong, but I am not heard;

I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

8 (Job 3:23; La 3:7) He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass,

and He has set darkness in my paths.

9 (Ps 89:44; 89:39) He has stripped me of my glory

and taken the crown from my head.

10 (Job 24:20) He has destroyed me on every side, and I am gone;

my hope He has uprooted like a tree.

11 (Job 13:24; 16:9) He has also kindled His wrath against me,

and He counts me as one of His enemies.

12 (Job 30:12) His troops come together

and build up their road against me;

they set up camp all around my tent.

13 (Ps 69:8; 88:8) "He has removed my brothers far from me,

and my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

14 (Ps 38:11) My relatives have failed,

and my close friends have forgotten me.

15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants,

count me for a stranger;

I am a foreigner in their sight.

16 I called my servant, but he gave me no answer;

I begged him with my mouth.

17 My breath is offensive to my wife;

I am loathsome to the children of my own body.

18 (2Ki 2:23) Yes, young children despise me;

I arose, and they spoke against me.

19 (Ps 41:9; 55:12-14) All my close friends abhorred me,

and they whom I love are turned against me.

20 (Ps 102:5; La 4:8) My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh,

and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

21 (Job 1:11; Ps 38:2) "Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O you my friends,

for the hand of God has struck me!

22 (Ps 69:26) Why do you persecute me as God does,

and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 (Isa 30:8) "Oh, that my words were written!

Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

24(Jer 17:1) That they were engraved with an iron pen

and lead in the rock forever!

25 (Ps 19:14; Isa 43:14) For I know that my Redeemer lives,

and He will stand at last on the earth;

26 (Ps 17:15; 1Jn 3:2; 1Co 13:12) and after my skin is destroyed,

yet in my flesh I will see God,

27 (Ps 73:26) whom I will see for myself,

and my eyes will behold, and not another.

How my heart yearns within me.

28(Job 19:22) "If you should say, 'How shall we persecute him?'

since the root of the matter is found in me,

29 be afraid of the sword for yourselves;

for wrath brings the punishments of the sword,

that you may know there is a judgment."



(Jesus is our Redeemer)



Job 19



Job's Reply



[1] Then Job answered and said,

[2] How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

[3] These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make

yourselves strange to me.

[4] And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

[5] If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my

reproach:

[6] Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his

net.

[7] Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there

is no judgment.

[8] He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in

my paths.

[9] He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

[10] He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath

he removed like a tree.

[11] He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him

as one of his enemies.

[12] His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp

round about my tabernacle.

[13] He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily

estranged from me.

[14] My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

[15] They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I

am an alien in their sight.

[16] I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my

mouth.

[17] My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's

sake of mine own body.

[18] Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

[19] All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned

against me.

[20] My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the

skin of my teeth.

[21] Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of

God hath touched me.

[22] Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

[23] Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

[24] That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

[25] For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the

latter day upon the earth:

[26] And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall

I see God:

[27] Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not

another; though my reins be consumed within me.

[28] But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter

is found in me?

[29] Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the

sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.



2) Our Daily Bread for 6 January 2026 titled

Seeking the Christ Child

by Patricia Raybon



Matthew 2:1-2, 7-12



The Visit of the Wise Men



1 (Lk 2:4-7; Mic 5:2) Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea

in the days of Herod the king, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem,

2 (Nu 24:17; Jer 23:5; Zec 9:9) saying, "Where is He who was born King

of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east and have come

to worship Him."

(3 When Herod the king heard these things, he was troubled,

and all Jerusalem with him.

4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people

together, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.

5 (Ge 35:19) They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is

what the prophet wrote:

6 (Mic 5:2; Jn 7:42) 'And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are no longer least among the princes of Judah;

for out of you shall come a Governor,

who will shepherd My people Israel.'[Ps 91:11-12.]")

7 Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men,

carefully inquired of them what time the star appeared.

8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said,

"Go and search diligently for the young Child, and when you have found Him,

bring me word again, so that I may come and worship Him also."

9 When they heard the king, they departed. And the star which they saw

in the east went before them until it came and stood over where the young

Child was.

10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great excitement.

11 (Ps 72:10; Mt 14:33) And when they came into the house,

they saw the young Child with Mary, His mother, and fell down

and worshipped Him. And when they had opened their treasures,

they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

12 (Mt 2:22; 27:19) But being warned in a dream that they should

not return to Herod, they returned to their own country

by another route.



[1] Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the

king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

[2] Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his

star in the east, and are come to worship him.

([3] When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all

Jerusalem with him.

[4] And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people

together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

[5] And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written

by the prophet,

[6] And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the

princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my

people Israel.)

[7] Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them

diligently what time the star appeared.

[8] And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for

the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may

come and worship him also.

[9] When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which

they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where

the young child was.

[10] When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

[11] And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with

Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened

their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and

myrrh.

[12] And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to

Herod, they departed into their own country another way.



When writing teacher Peter Turchi sees a map, he looks for the adventure it

holds. "To ask for a map," he says, "is to say, 'Tell me a story.' " I seized

on that idea when preparing to teach a Sunday school class during Christmas

on the "Faith of the Wise Men." As I studied maps, I learned the Magi traveled

some nine hundred miles - perhaps over several months - to find the Christ

child, finally finding not a babe in a manger but a toddler living with His

parents in a house. Their reaction after such a long trip?

"They bowed down and worshiped him" (Matthew 2:11).



Their journey invited my students and me to plan with intention to seek Christ

more fully. As Scripture tells us, when the Magi finally arrived in Jerusalem,

their urgent question was: "Where is the one who has been born king of

the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him" (v. 2).



Distance didn't deter their worship. Nor did danger or delays. Herod's deadly

demand was ironic: "Go and search carefully for the child" (v. .

Nobody had searched more diligently for Jesus than the Magi.



We can heed the example of the wise men by seeking Christ diligently too.

Then, as we worship Him, we can expect our heavenly Father to speak

to our hearts, leading us from old ways to new paths to journey with Him.



Reflect & Pray



How can you seek Christ this new year? How can you worship Him?



Dear Father, please help me to seek Your Son

Jesus with all my heart and worship Him with all I have.



To learn more about seeking Jesus, watch

In Pursuit of Jesus.

Job 16

Job Replies: You Are Miserable Comforters

1 Then Job answered:

2 "I have heard many such things;

miserable comforters are you all!

3 (Job 6:26; 15:2) Will windy words have an end?

Or what provokes you that you answer?

4 (Ps 22:7; 109:25) I also could speak as you do,

if your soul were in my place.

I could heap up words against you

and shake my head at you;

5 but I would strengthen you with my mouth,

and the moving of my lips would relieve your grief.

6 "Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;

and though I stop, how am I eased?

7 (Job 7:3; 1:15-19) But now He has made me weary;

You have made desolate all my company.

8 (Job 10:17; Ru 1:21) You have filled me with wrinkles,

which is a witness against me;

and my leanness has risen up and bears witness to my face.

9 (Ps 35:16; La 2:16) He has torn me in His wrath,

and He has carried a grudge against me.

He has gnashed me with His teeth;

my enemy sharpens His gaze upon me.

10 (Ps 22:13; 35:15) They have gaped upon me with their mouth;

they have struck me upon the cheek with reproach;

they have gathered themselves together against me.

11 God has delivered me to the ungodly

and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

12 (Job 7:20 ) I was at ease, but He has shattered me.

He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces,

and set me up for His target.

13 (Job 20:25; 6:4) His archers surround me;

He splits open my kidneys and does not pity;

He pours out my gall upon the ground.

14 He pierces me with thrust after thrust;

He rushes upon me like a warrior.

15 (Ps 7:5; 75:10) "I have sewn sackcloth over my skin

and thrust my horn into the dust.

16 My face is inflamed with weeping,

and on my eyelids is the shadow of death,

17 though not for any violence in my hands,

and my prayer is pure.

18 (Isa 26:21; Ps 66:18-19) "O earth, do not cover my blood,

and let my cry have no resting place.

19 (Ro 1:9) Also now, look, my witness is in heaven,

and my record is on high.

20 My friends scorn me;

my eyes pour out tears unto God.

21 (Job 31:35) Oh, that one might plead for a man with God,

as a man pleads for his neighbor!

22 (Ecc 12:5) "For when a few years have passed,

I will go the way from which I will not return."



[1] Then Job answered and said,

[2] I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

[3] Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou

answerest?

[4] I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I

could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

[5] But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips

should asswage your grief.

[6] Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am

I eased?

[7] But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

[8] And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me:

and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

[9] He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his

teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

[10] They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the

cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

[11] God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands

of the wicked.

[12] I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by

my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

[13] His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and

doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

[14] He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a

giant.

[15] I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

[16] My face is foul with weeping, and my eyelids is the shadow of death;

[17] Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

[18] O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

[19] Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

[20] My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

[21] O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his

neighbour!

[22] When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not

return.



(Pray to be comforters not condemners!)



Job 17



Job Prays for Relief

1 "My spirit is broken,

my days are extinguished,

the grave is ready for me.

2(1Sa 1:6-7; Job 12:4) Are not mockers with me?

And does not my eye dwell on their provocation?

3(Pr 11:15; Ps 119:122) "Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself.

Who is he who will shake hands with me?

4 For You have hidden their heart from understanding.

Therefore will You not exalt them.

5 (Job 11:20 )He who speaks flattery to his friends,

even the eyes of his children will fail.

6 (Job 30:9; Ps 44:14) "And He has made me a byword of the people,

someone in whose face they spit.

7 (Job 16:16; Ps 6:7) My eye also is dim because of sorrow,

and all my members are like a shadow.

8 Upright men will be astonished at this,

and the innocent will stir up himself against the hypocrite.

9 (Pr 4:18; Job 22:30) The righteous also will hold to his way,

and he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.

10 (Job 6:29) "But as for you all, return and come now,

for I cannot find one wise man among you.

11 (Job 7:6) My days are past, my purposes are broken off,

even the thoughts of my heart.

12 They change the night into day;

the light is short because of darkness.

13 If I wait, the grave is my house;

I have made my bed in the darkness.

14 (Ps 16:10) I have said to the pit, 'You are my father';

to the worm, 'You are my mother and my sister.'

15 Where now is my hope?

As for my hope, who will see it?

16 (Job 3:17-19; Jnh 2:6) Will they go down to the gates of Sheol?

Will we descend together in the dust?'



[1] My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

[2] Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their

provocation?

[3] Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike

hands with me?

[4] For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou

not exalt them.

[5] He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children

shall fail.

[6] He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a

tabret.

[7] Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a

shadow.

[8] Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up

himself against the hypocrite.

[9] The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands

shall be stronger and stronger.

[10] But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one

wise man among you.

[11] My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my

heart.

[12] They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

[13] If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

[14] I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou are my

mother, and my sister.

[15] And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

[16] They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in

the dust.



Job 18



Bildad Speaks: God Punishes the Wicked



1 (Job 2:11; 8:1)Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

2 "How long will it be until you put an end to words?

Gain understanding, and afterwards we will speak.

3 (Ps 73:22) Why are we counted as beasts

and regarded as stupid in your sight?

4 (Job 13:14; 14:18) You who tear yourself in anger,

will the earth be forsaken for you?

And will the rock be removed from its place?

5 (Pr 13:9; 20:20) "Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out,

and the spark of his fire will not shine.

6 The light will be dark in his tent,

and his candle beside him will be put out.

7 (Pr 4:12) The steps of his strength will be shortened,

and his own counsel will cast him down.

8 (Job 22:10; Ps 9:15) For he is cast into a net by his own feet,

and he walks upon a snare.

9 The trap will take him by the heel,

and the snare will prevail against him.

10 The snare is laid for him in the ground,

and a trap for him in the path.

11 (Job 15:21; Jer 6:25) Terrors will make him afraid on every side

and will drive him to his feet.

12 His strength will be hungry,

and destruction will be ready at his side.

13 (Isa 14:30) It will devour the parts of his skin;

the firstborn of death will devour his limbs.

14 His confidence will be rooted out of his tent,

and it will bring him to the king of terrors.

15 (Ps 11:6) They dwell in his tent who have no part with him;

brimstone will be scattered upon his habitation.

16 (Hos 9:16; Job 15:30) His roots will be dried up beneath,

and above his branch will dry up.

17 (Ps 34:16; Pr 10:7) The memory of him will perish from the earth,

and he will have no name in the street.

18 (Job 10:22; 20:8) He will be driven from light into darkness,

and chased out of the world.

19 (Jer 22:30) He has neither descendant nor posterity among his people,

nor anyone remaining in his dwellings.

20 (Ps 37:13; Jer 50:27) They who come after him will be astonished at his day,

as they who went before were seized with fright.

21 (Jer 9:3; Jdg 2:10) Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,

and this is the place of him who does not know God."



Job 18



Bildad's Speech



[1] Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

[2] How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we

will speak.

[3] Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

[4] He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee?

and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

[5] Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire

shall not shine.

[6] The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put

out with him.

[7] The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall

cast him down.

[8] For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

[9] The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against

him.

[10] The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

[11] Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his

feet.

[12] His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at

his side.

[13] It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death

shall devour his strength.

[14] His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall

bring him to the king of terrors.

[15] It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone

shall be scattered upon his habitation.

[16] His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut

off.

[17] His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name

in the street.

[18] He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the

world.

[19] He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any

remaining in his dwellings.

[20] They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that

went before were affrighted.

[21] Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of

him that knoweth not God.

Day 6, 6 January 2025



1) Job 14, Job 15, Job 16, Job 17, Job 18, Job 19



Job 14

1 (Job 5:7; Ecc 2:23) "Man who is born of a woman

is of few days and full of trouble.

2 (Job 8:9; 1Pe 1:24) He comes forth like a flower and withers;

he flees like a shadow and does not continue.

3 (Ps 143:2; 144:3) Do You open Your eyes on such a one,

and bring me into judgment with You?

4 (Jn 3:6; Job 15:14) Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?

There is no one.

5 (Job 21:21; 7:1) Seeing his days are determined,

the number of his months are with You;

You have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

6 (Job 7:19; Ps 39:13) turn from him, that he may rest,

until he, as a hired man, finishes his day.

7 "For there is hope for a tree,

if it is cut down, that it will sprout again,

and that its tender shoots will not cease.

8 Though its root may grow old in the earth,

and its stump may die in the ground,

9 yet at the scent of water it will bud

and bring forth boughs like a plant.

10 (Job 14:12) But man dies and wastes away;

yes, man gives up his breath, and where is he?

11 (Isa 19:5 ) As the waters disappear from the sea,

and the flood shrivels and dries up,

12 (Job 3:13; Ac 3:21) so man lies down and does not rise;

until the heavens are no more, he will not awake,

nor be raised out of his sleep.

13 "Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,

that You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,

that You would appoint me a set time

and remember me!

14 (Job 7:1; 13:15) If a man dies, will he live again?

All the days of my service I will wait,

until my relief comes.

15 (Job 10:3; 13:22) You will call, and I will answer You;

You will long for the work of Your hands.

16 (Job 10:6; 31:4) For now You number my steps;

do You not observe my sin?

17 (Dt 32:34; Hos 13:12) My transgression is sealed up in a bag,

and You plaster over my iniquity.

18 (Job 18:4) "Surely the mountain falling comes to nothing,

and the rock is removed out of its place.

19 The waters wear away the stones;

its overflow washes away the dust of the earth;

and You destroy the hope of man.

20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;

changing his countenance, You send him away.

21 (Ecc 9:5; Isa 63:16) His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;

and they are brought low, but he does not perceive it.

22 But his flesh on him will have pain,

and his soul within him will mourn."



[1] Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

[2] He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a

shadow, and continueth not.

[3] And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into

judgment with thee?

[4] Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

[5] Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee,

thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

[6] Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an

hireling, his day.

[7] For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout

again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

[8] Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die

in the ground;

[9] Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like

a plant.

[10] But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and

where is he?

[11] As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

[12] So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they

shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

[13] O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me

secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time,

and remember me!

[14] If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time

will I wait, till my change come.

[15] Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the

work of thine hands.

[16] For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

[17] My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine

iniquity.

[18] And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is

removed out of his place.

[19] The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out

of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

[20] Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his

countenance, and sendest him away.

[21] His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought

low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

[22] But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall

mourn.



(Short are our days, but our hope lies in the Salvastion of Jesus Christ)



Job 15

Eliphaz Speaks: Job Does Not Fear God

1 (Job 2:11) Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

2 (Job 6:26; 8:2) "Should a wise man reply with empty knowledge

and fill his lungs with the east wind?

3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk

or with speeches with which he can do no good?

4 Yes, you cast off reverence

and hinder prayer before God.

5 For your mouth utters your iniquity,

and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

6 (Lk 19:22; Job 9:20) Your own mouth condemns you, and not;

yes, your own lips testify against you.

7 (Ps 90:2) "Are you the first man who was born?

Or were you made before the hills?

8 (Ro 11:34; Jer 23:18) Have you heard the counsel of God?

And do you restrict wisdom to yourself?

9 (Job 13:2) What do you know that we do not know?

What do you understand that is not in us?

10 (Job 32:6-7) Both the gray-haired and very aged are among us -

much older than your father.

11 Are the consolations of God too small for you?

Or the word spoken gently to you?

12 Why does your heart carry you away?

And what do your eyes wink at,

13 that you turn your spirit against God,

and let such words go out of your mouth?

14 (Job 14:4; Pr 20:9) "What is man that he should be pure?

And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

15 (Job 4:18; 25:5) Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,

and the heavens are not pure in His sight.

16 (Job 34:7; Pr 19:28) How much more abhorred and corrupt is man,

who drinks iniquity like water!

17 "I will tell you; hear me,

and what I have seen I will declare,

18 (Job 8:8) what wise men have told,

not hiding anything received from their fathers,

19 (Joel 3:17) to whom alone the land was given,

and no foreigner passed among them:

20 (Job 24:1; 27:13) The wicked man travails with pain all his days,

and numbered are the years stored up for the oppressor.

21 (Job 18:11; 1Th 5:3) A dreadful sound is in his ears;

in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.

22 He does not believe that he will return from darkness,

and a sword awaits him.

23 (Ps 59:15; 109:10) He wanders about for bread, saying, 'Where is it?'

He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

24 Trouble and anguish will make him afraid;

they will prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.

25 For he stretches out his hand against God,

and strengthens himself against the Almighty.

26 He rushes upon Him, even on His neck,

with his thick embossed shield.

27 (Ps 17:10; 73:7) "He has covered his face with his fatness

and gathered fat upon his waist.

28 (Job 3:14) He dwells in desolate cities

and in houses which no man inhabits,

which are ready to become heaps.

29 (Job 27:16-17) He will not be rich, nor will his wealth continue,

nor will his possessions spread over the earth.

30 (Job 4:9; 15:22) He will not depart out of darkness;

the flame will dry out his branches,

and by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

31 (Isa 59:4) Let him who is deceived not trust in futility,

for futility will be his reward.

32 (Job 22:16; Ecc 7:17) It will be accomplished before his time,

and his branch will not be green.

33 He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine,

and will cast off his blossom like the olive.

34 (Job 8:13) For the company of hypocrites will be desolate,

and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

35 (Ps 7:14; Hos 10:13) They conceive mischief, and give birth to futility;

their womb prepares deceit."



[1] Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

[2] Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east

wind?

[3] Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he

can do no good?

[4] Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

[5] For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of

the crafty.

[6] Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify

against thee.

[7] Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the

hills?

[8] Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to

thyself?

[9] What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is

not in us?

[10] With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy

father.

[11] Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing

with thee?

[12] Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

[13] That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out

of thy mouth?

[14] What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman,

that he should be righteous?

[15] Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not

clean in his sight.

[16] How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity

like water?

[17] I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

[18] Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

[19] Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

[20] The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of

years is hidden to the oppressor.

[21] A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come

upon him.

[22] He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited

for of the sword.

[23] He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the

day of darkness is ready at his hand.

[24] Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against

him, as a king ready to the battle.

[25] For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself

against the Almighty.

[26] He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his

bucklers:

[27] Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of

fat on his flanks.

[28] And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man

inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

[29] He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither

shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

[30] He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his

branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

[31] Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his

recompence.

[32] It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be

green.

[33] He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his

flower as the olive.

[34] For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall

consume the tabernacles of bribery.

[35] They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly

prepareth deceit.



(Be humble in the name of the Lord)

7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



5th Day of the Month



a) Pray for Canada's First Nation peoples, that the Lord will draw them to Himself

(PS 145:13-18

13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

14 The Lord upholds all who fall,

and raises up all who are bowed down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon You,

and You give them their food in due season.

16 You open Your hand

and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways

and loving in all His works.

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

to all who call upon Him in truth.

)



Mem

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

Samek

14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,

And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

Ain

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;

And thou givest them their meat in due season.

Pe

16 Thou openest thine hand,

And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

Zade

17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways,

And holy in all his works.

Qoph

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

To all that call upon him in truth.



b) Pray for the Lord to search your life ,

reveal anything offensive and cleanse you from unrighteousness

( ps 139:24 " and see if there is any rebellious way in me,

and lead me in the ancient way. "



24 And see if there be any wicked way in me,

And lead me in the way everlasting.



1: John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us

our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. "



9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to

forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.





Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to place your hope in Him.



Pray to the Lord: "Thank you, dear God, for telling us

that 'the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective'

(James 5:16). Please help me to be that kind of person."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know god's Word for discipline.



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



Pray to the Lord and pray to never deny the Lord.



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 Canada's First Nation peoples,

that the Lord will draw them to Himself



Pray for the Lord to search your life ,

reveal anything offensive and cleanse you from unrighteousness



Pray that more Christian workers will be equipped

to reach Saudis with the message of Jesus.



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.

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Matthew 6:19-21



Treasures in Heaven



Lk 12:33-34



19 (Heb 13:5; Lk 12:21) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth

where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

20 (Lk 12:33; Mt 19:21) But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,

where neither moth nor rust destroy

and where thieves do not break in nor steal,

21 (Lk 12:34) for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."



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

corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust

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

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



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



God's Eternal Faithfulness



2 Tim 2:8-13



8 (Mt 1:1; Ro 2:16) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead,

descended from David, according to my gospel,

9 (Php 1:7; 2Ti 1:8) in which I suffer trouble like a criminal,

even with chains. But the word of God is not bound.

10 (Col 1:24; 2Co 1:6; 4:17) Therefore I endure all things

for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain

the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11 (Ro 6:8; 1Th 5:10) This is a faithful saying:

If we die with Him, we shall also live with Him.

12 (Mt 10:33; Ro 8:17 ) If we endure, we shall also reign with Him.

If we deny Him, He also will deny us.

13 (Nu 23:19; Ro 3:3 )If we are faithless,

He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.



8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead

according to my gospel:

9 wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of

God is not bound.

10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also

obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him,

we shall also live with him:

12 if we suffer, we shall also reign with him:

if we deny him, he also will deny us:

13 if we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.



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, ...) .

Job 13



13:1 "Notice, my eye has seen all this;

my ear has heard and understood it.

2 What you know, I also know the same;

I am not inferior to you.

3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty,

and I desire to reason with God.

4 But you are plasterers of falsehood;

you are all physicians of no value.

5 Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace,

and it would be your wisdom!

6 Hear now my reasoning,

and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

7 Will you speak wickedly for God?

And talk deceitfully for Him?

8 Will you take His side?

Will you plead for God?

9 Is it good that He would search you out?

Or as one man mocks another, do you so mock Him?

10 He will surely rebuke you,

if you secretly show partiality.

11 Will not His excellence make you afraid,

and the dread of Him fall upon you?

12 Your reminders are parables made of ashes;

your answers are answers made of clay.

13 "Hold your peace; leave me alone, that I may speak,

and let come on me what may!

14 Why do I take my flesh in my teeth

and put my life in my hand?

15 Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him,[a]

but I will defend my own ways before Him.

16 He also will be my salvation,

for a hypocrite could not come before Him.

17 Listen carefully to my speech,

and to my declaration with your ears.

18 See now, I have prepared my case;

I know that I will be justified.

19 Who is he who will plead with me?

For now, if I hold my tongue, I will give up my breath.

20 "Only grant me two things,

then I will not hide myself from You:

21 Withdraw Your hand far from me,

and let not the dread of You make me afraid.

22 Then call, and I will answer;

or let me speak, and You answer me.

23 How many are my iniquities and sins?

Make known to me my transgression and my sin.

24 Why do You hide Your face

and regard me as Your enemy?

25 Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro?

And will You pursue dry stubble?

26 For You write bitter things against me

and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

27 You put my feet in the stocks

and watch closely all my paths;

You draw a line around the soles of my feet.

28 "Man, as a rotten thing, decays,

as a garment that is moth eaten.



[1] Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

[2] What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

[3] Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

[4] But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

[5] O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your

wisdom.

[6] Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

[7] Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

[8] Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

[9] Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another,

do ye so mock him?

[10] He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

[11] Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

[12] Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

[13] Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me

what will.

[14] Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

[15] Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine

own ways before him.

[16] He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before

him.

[17] Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

[18] Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

[19] Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I

shall give up the ghost.

[20] Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

[21] Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

[22] Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

[23] How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression

and my sin.

[24] Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

[25] Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry

stubble?

[26] For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the

iniquities of my youth.

[27] Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all

my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

[28] And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.



Footnotes

1. Job 13:15 Original Heb. I have no hope.



(Our hope is always with the Lord)



2) Our Daily Bread for 5 January 2026 titled

Care Prayer by Dave Branon



1 Samuel 12:19-24



19 (Ex 9:28; 1Jn 5:16) All the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants

to the Lord your God, that we will not die, for we have added to all our sins

this evil, to ask for ourselves a king."

20 (Dt 11:16) Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. You have done all this

wickedness, only do not turn aside from following the Lord,

and serve the Lord with all your heart.

21 (Hab 2:18; Jer 10:15) But do not turn aside, for then you would be going

after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.

22 (Jos 7:9; 1Ki 6:13) As befits His great name, the Lord will not abandon

His people. For it has pleased the Lord to make you His people.

23 (1Ki 8:36; Pr 4:11) Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin

against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you. But I will teach you the good

and the right way.

24 (Dt 10:21; Isa 5:12) Fear the Lord; serve Him in truth with all your heart,

and consider what great things He has done for you.



[19] And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the

LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this

evil, to ask us a king.

[20] And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this

wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD

with all your heart;

[21] And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which

cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

[22] For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake:

because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

[23] Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in

ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

[24] Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for

consider how great things he hath done for you.



A woman was unusually nervous as she sat in the dentist's chair. Family

burdens troubled her greatly, and it was noticeable. Her dentist sensed

her anxiety and asked her about it. Her story led him to ask, "Can I pray

for you?" When the dental hygienist came into the room, she also prayed for

the woman. Two prayers and one completed dentist's visit later, the woman

left the office knowing that she'd truly been cared for.



Praying for others is one of the best ways for us to show that we care because

it calls on the greatest resource we know - our heavenly Father - to be

actively involved in the lives of others. In 1 Samuel 12, the prophet Samuel

was faced with the concerns of a very nervous group of people (v. 19). The

Israelites had erroneously asked for a king, and they were afraid of how it

was going to go for themselves. The prophet told them to "not be afraid"

(v. 20) and assured them of God's goodness as seen in these words:

"Far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing

to pray for you" (v. 23).



We also have the privilege and calling to pray for others. Silently sometimes

and out loud at other times, we honor God when we petition Him for assistance

on behalf of others in need.



Reflect & Pray



How can you provide caring prayer right now?

What will it mean for people to know you're praying for them?



Thank you, dear God, for telling us

that "the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective"

(James 5:16). Please help me to be that kind of person.





For further study, read Man of God and Man of the People.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 2 - Growing Up



2 Tim 3:16-17



16 (Ro 15:4) All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable

for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction

in righteousness,

17 (1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:21) that the man of God may be complete,

thoroughly equipped for every good work.



16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable

for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction

in righteousness:

17 that the man of God may be perfect,

throughly furnished unto all good works.



"I can't wait till I get big!" Marc, age 5, declared. "Then I do

what I want!" Most of us, as children, shared Marc's statement.

We looked forward to that "magic age" - 16, 18, 21 - when we

would be adults: mature, able to make our own decisions.

We find, of course, that adulthood has its own share of

difficulties and conflicts. But even in our spiritual lives

we often long for a "magic moment" of maturity. As one woman

confessed, "Ever since I became a Christian, I've hoped I'd wake up

one morning to find myself mature."

But growth in the spiritual life comes gradually, like growth in

the physical world. In 2 Tim 2:16-17, Paul gives the young pastor

Timothy an important key to spiritual growing up - the Word of God.

The Word is "profitable" or "useful," Paul says, for "teaching" - that is,

for developing a right concept of God. Scripture offers "rebuke" when

we go wrong, "correction" to set us on the right path, and "training

in righteousness" so that we can grow in the image of Christ.

The purpose of Scripture's work in our lives, Paul emphasises,

is that we may be "perfect" - mature, equipped for the good things

God has for us to do. Such maturity does not come easily

or instantaneously, but it does come - sometimes imperceptibly -

as we submit our lives to the transforming power of God's Word.



Application



a) In what areas of my life do I need to grow? How can I benefit

from the Bible's



i) teaching?



ii) rebuke?



iii) correction?



iv) training in righteousness?

Day 5, 5 January 2025



1) Job 11, 12, 13



Job 11



Zophar Speaks: Job Is Guilty

11:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:

2 "Should not the multitude of words be answered?

And should a man full of talk be justified?

3 Should your empty talk make men hold their peace?

And when you mock, will no one shame you?

4 For you have said, `My teaching is pure,

And I am clean in your eyes.'

5 But oh, that God would speak

and open His lips against you,

6 and that He would show you the secrets of wisdom!

For they would double your prudence.

And know that God overlooks some of your iniquity.

7 "Can you search out the deep things of God?

Can you find out the totality of the Almighty?

8 It is as high as heaven; what can you do?

Deeper than Sheol; what can you know?

9 Its measure is longer than the earth

and broader than the sea.

10 "If He passes through, and shuts up, and gathers together for judgment,

then who can hinder Him?

11 For He knows worthless men;

He sees wickedness also; will He not then consider it?

12 For an empty-headed man will become wise,

when a wild donkey's colt is born a man.

13 "If you prepare your heart

and stretch out your hands toward Him;

14 if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,

and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

15 for then you will lift up your face without blemish;

yes, you will be steadfast and will not fear,

16 because you will forget misery,

and remember it as waters that pass away,

17 and your life will be brighter than noonday,

even your darkness will be as the morning.

18 You will trust because there is hope;

yes, you will search about you,

and you will look around and rest in safety.

19 Also you will lie down, and none will make you afraid;

yes, many will court your favor.

20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail,

and they will not escape,

and their hope will be as the giving up of breath."



[1] Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

[2] Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of

talk be justified?

[3] Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall

no man make thee ashamed?

[4] For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

[5] But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

[6] And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double

to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine

iniquity deserveth.

[7] Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty

unto perfection?

[8] It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what

canst thou know?

[9] The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

[10] If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder

him?

[11] For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then

consider it?

[12] For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

[13] If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

[14] If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness

dwell in thy tabernacles.

[15] For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be

stedfast, and shalt not fear:

[16] Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that

pass away:

[17] And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine

forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

[18] And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig

about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

[19] Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many

shall make suit unto thee.

[20] But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and

their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.



Job 12



12:1 And Job answered:

2 "No doubt but you are the people,

and wisdom will die with you!

3 But I have understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Yes, who does not know such things as these?

4 "I am a laughingstock to my neighbor,

who calls upon God, and He answers him;

the righteous, upright man is a laughingstock.

5 He whose foot is unsteady

is despised in the thoughts of him who is at ease.

6 The tents of robbers are at peace,

and those who provoke God are secure,

into whose hand they bring their own god.

7 "But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;

and the birds of the air, and let them tell you;

8 or speak to the earth, let it teach you;

and let the fish of the sea declare to you.

9 Who among all these does not know

that the hand of the Lord has done this,

10 in whose hand is the soul of every living thing

and the breath of all mankind?

11 Does not the ear test words

and the mouth taste its food?

12 Wisdom is with the elderly,

and understanding comes with long life.

13 "With Him are wisdom and strength;

He has counsel and understanding.

14 Surely, He tears down, and it cannot be built again;

He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

15 Surely, He withholds the waters, and they dry up;

also He sends them out, and they overthrow the earth.

16 With Him are strength and wisdom.

The deceived and the deceiver are His.

17 He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.

18 He has loosened the bonds imposed by kings

and bound their waist with a belt.

19 He leads away priests stripped

and overthrows the mighty.

20 He removes speech from the trusted ones

and takes away the understanding of the aged.

21 He pours contempt upon princes

and loosens the belt of the mighty.

22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness

and brings the shadow of death to light.

23 He increases the nations and destroys them;

He enlarges the nations and guides them.

24 He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,

and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

25 They grope in the dark without light,

and He makes them to stagger like a drunk man.



[1] And Job answered and said,

[2] No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

[3] But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea,

who knoweth not such things as these?

[4] I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he

answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

[5] He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the

thought of him that is at ease.

[6] The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are

secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

[7] But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the

air, and they shall tell thee:

[8] Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the

sea shall declare unto thee.

[9] Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought

this?

[10] In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all

mankind.

[11] Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

[12] With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

[13] With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

[14] Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up

a man, and there can be no opening.

[15] Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth

them out, and they overturn the earth.

[16] With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

[17] He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

[18] He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

[19] He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

[20] He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the

understanding of the aged.

[21] He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the

mighty.

[22] He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light

the shadow of death.

[23] He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the

nations, and straiteneth them again.

[24] He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and

causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

[25] They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger

like a drunken man.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 1 - God's Perspective



Philippians 4:13



13 (2Co 12:9-10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because

of Christ who strengthens me.



13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.



Many of us live out self-fulfilling prophecies. We believe

what we tell ourselves - or what we have been told by others:

"You're stupid", "You're ugly", "You'll never amount to anything,"

"You can't do anything right."

We programme ourselves for spiritual failure as well.

"I just can't memorise Scripture," we say. "It comes and goes,

and I can't seem to get it to stay." Yet daily we memorise

volumes of information that is less significant than the

Scriptures - telephone numbers, identification codes,

songs lyrics, advertising jingles.

The answer to the dilemma of negativism is not positive

thinking, but right thinking - biblical thinking, according

to what the Bible reveals of God's perspective. God says,

"You are worthwhile. You are valued. You are loved. I created you

just as you are, and whatever I call you to do,

I will give you the strength to do it.

The context of Phillipians 4:13 shows that Paul had learned

this important secret of spiritual strength. Paul had known

poverty and plenty, trouble and victory. But he also knew

he did not have to let circumstances determine his response to God's will.

We need not be controlled by the negative messages life throws in our paths

- even those self-defeating pronouncements we make to ourselves.

Rather, we can respond according to God's perspective, with the

conviction that God has given us strength we need to meet the

challenges we face.



Application



a) What challenges do I face that make me realise my own insufficiencies?

IS memorising Scripture one of those challenges for me?



b) How does today's memory verse help me face those challenges?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



1 Tim 6:17-19



17 (Ro 11:20; 1Ti 4:10) Command those who are rich in this world that they

not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,

who richly gives us all things to enjoy.

18 (Ro 12:8; 12:13) Command that they do good, that they be rich

in good works, generous, willing to share,

19 (Lk 16:9; 1Ti 6:12) and laying up in store for themselves a good

foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of eternal life.



17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded,

nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly

all things to enjoy;

18 that they do good, that they be rich in good works,

ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

19 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time

to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.



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



God's Eternal Faithfulness



Ps 89:1-8



PSALMS 89



A Contemplative Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.



1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;

with my mouth I will make known

Your faithfulness to all generations.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For I have said,

"Mercy shall be built up forever;

Your faithfulness shall be

established in the heavens."

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) You have said,

"I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have sworn to David my servant:

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) 'Your offspring I will establish forever,

and build up your throne for all generations.' " Selah

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Let the heavens praise Your wonders, O Lord;

Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) For who in the skies can

be compared to the Lord?

Who among the heavenly sons is like the Lord?

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) God is greatly to be feared

in the assembly of the holy ones

and awesome to all those who surround Him.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) O Lord God of Hosts,

who is a mighty Lord like You,

with Your faithfulness all around You?



1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever:

With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:

Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen,

I have sworn unto David my servant,

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever,

And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD:

Thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

6 For who in the heaven

Can be compared unto the LORD?

Who among the sons of the mighty

Can be likened unto the LORD?

7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,

And to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee?

Or to thy faithfulness round about thee?



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



4nd Day of the Month



a) Pray for the preservation of godly values in Canada

(Prov 14:34 - Righteousness exalts a nation,

but sin is a reproach to any people.

[34] Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

)



b) Pray the political leaders will be awakened by God to the right

use of power and the right stewardship of their positions.





Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord to help you shape your identity and not by worldly culture.



Pray to the Lord and pray for direction in the case of injustice

and pray to know Him during personal crisis.



Pray to the Lord : "God of all comfort, in seasons of suffering

please give me the presence of mind to consider Your beautiful world."



Pray to the Lord and pray to Him who strengthens you.



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



Pray to the Lord and pray for to His Covenant.



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 preservation of godly values in Canada



Pray the political leaders will be awakened by God to the right

use of power and the right stewardship of their positions.



Pray that the Lord will bless the efforts of those who

are bravely sharing the “Good News” of His salvation in Afghanistan.



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.

Job: I Abhor My Life

10:1 "My soul loathes my life;

I will freely give my complaint,

I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me;

show me why You contend with me.

3 Is it good for You that You should oppress,

that You should despise the work of Your hands

and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

4 Do You have eyes of flesh?

Or do You see as man sees?

5 Are Your days as the days of man?

Are Your years as the days of a mortal,

6 that You inquire after my iniquity

and search after my sin?

7 You know that I am not wicked,

and there is none who can deliver out of Your hand.

8 "Your hands have shaped me and made me completely,

yet You destroy me.

9 Remember, I pray,

that You have made me as the clay.

And would You return me to dust?

10 Have You not poured me out as milk

and curdled me like cheese?

11 You have clothed me with skin and flesh,

and have knit me together with bones and sinews.

12 You have granted me life and loyal love,

and Your care has preserved my spirit.

13 "These things You have hid in Your heart.

I know that this is with You.

14 If I have sinned, then You would watch me,

and You would not acquit me from my iniquity.

15 If I am wicked, woe unto me;

and if I am righteous, yet will I not lift up my head.

I am full of shame;

look at my affliction!

16 For if my head is lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion,

and again You show Yourself marvelous to me.

17 You renew Your witnesses against me

and increase Your indignation upon me.

Your troops come against me.

18s "Why then did You bring me forth out of the womb?

Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

19 I should have been as though I had not been;

I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

20 Are not my days few? Stop then,

and leave me alone that I may cheer up a little,

21 before I go and do not return,

even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,

22 a land of darkness, as darkness itself;

and of the shadow of death, without any order,

and where the light is as thick darkness."



[1] Then Job answered and said,

[2] I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

[3] If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

[4] He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself

against him, and hath prospered?

[5] Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them

in his anger.

[6] Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof

tremble.

[7] Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

[8] Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of

the sea.

[9] Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the

south.

[10] Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without

number.

[11] Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I

perceive him not.

[12] Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What

doest thou?

[13] If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under

him.

[14] How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason

with him?

[15] Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make

supplication to my judge.

[16] If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that

he had hearkened unto my voice.

[17] For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without

cause.

[18] He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with

bitterness.

[19] If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall

set me a time to plead?

[20] If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am

perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

[21] Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my

life.

[22] This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and

the wicked.

[23] If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the

innocent.

[24] The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces

of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

[25] Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

[26] They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to

the prey.

[27] If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness,

and comfort myself:

[28] I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me

innocent.

[29] If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

[30] If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

[31] Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor

me.

[32] For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should

come together in judgment.

[33] Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon

us both.

[34] Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

[35] Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.



2) Our Daily Bread for 4 January 2026 Titled

God's Beautiful Creation

by John Blase



Luke 12:22-31



Care and Anxiety

Mt 6:25-34, 19-21



22 (Lk 12:29; 1Co 7:32) Then He said to His disciples,

"Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life,

what you will eat, nor for your body, what you will wear.

23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.

24 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Consider the ravens: They neither sow nor reap,

they have neither storehouses nor barns. Yet God feeds them.

How much more valuable are you than birds?

25 Who of you by worrying can add one cubit [A cubit is about half a meter.]

to his height?

26 If you then cannot do what is least, why are you anxious

about the other things?

27 "Consider how the lilies grow. They neither spin nor weave.

Yet I say to you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed

like one of these.

28 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) If God so clothes the grass, which today

is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?

29 (Mt 6:31) And do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink,

nor be of an anxious mind.

30 (Mt 6:8; 6:32) For the nations of the world seek all these things,

and your Father knows that you need them.

31 (1Ki 3:11-13; Mt 6:33) But seek the kingdom of God, and all these

things shall be given to you.



[22] And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no

thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye

shall put on.

[23] The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

[24] Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have

storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than

the fowls?

[25] And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

[26] If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye

thought for the rest?

[27] Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and

yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one

of these.

[28] If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to

morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of

little faith?

[29] And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be

ye of doubtful mind.

[30] For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your

Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

[31] But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be

added unto you.



For a parent, the death of a child is devastating. But to lose two of your

children? Unimaginable! Yet that’s the experience of Australian musician,

writer, and actor Nick Cave. In 2015, his fifteen-year-old son fell from a

cliff and died. A few years later, Cave's oldest child also died. In the grip

of such overwhelming grief, how did Cave and his wife keep going? How would

you?



Cave attempted to find comfort in the world around him. "It's the audacity of

the world to continue to be beautiful . . . in times of deep suffering. That's

how I saw the world," he said. "It was just carrying on, being systemically

gorgeous."



Jesus spoke of such beauty, and He saw it for what it truly is: the creation

of God. His oft-quoted words in Luke 12 - "consider the lilies" (v. 27 esv) -

don't dismiss the reality of suffering in our lives. In fact, they honour our

great tragedies by offering an antidote to such harsh realities. Stop

and consider the lilies or the ravens (v. 24) or the sunrise. Christ taught

us, "If that is how God clothes the grass of the

field . . . how much more will he clothe you" (v. 28).



In the face of grief and loss, the world’s perspective falls short. Jesus

encourages us to consider our creator God, who holds His audacious creation

together and cares for us deeply.



Reflect & Pray



When was the last time you stopped and considered the world around you?

What did you notice?



God of all comfort, in seasons of suffering

please give me the presence of mind to consider Your beautiful world.



Learn how lament can help

you praise God in the storms of life.

Job 8

Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent

1(Job 2:11)Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

2(Job 6:26; 1Ki 19:11) "How long will you speak these things,

and the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

3(Ge 18:25; Dt 32:4) Does God pervert judgment?

Or does the Almighty pervert justice?

4(Job 1:5; 1:18-19) If your children sinned against Him,

He cast them away for their transgression.

5(Job 11:13) If you yourself would seek God earnestly,

and seek favor from the Almighty,

6(Ps 7:6) if you were pure and upright,

surely now He would rouse Himself on your behalf,

and He would prosper your righteous dwelling.

7 Though your beginning was small,

your end will increase greatly.

8(Job 15:18; Dt 4:32; 32:7) 'Please, ask the former generation,

and prepare yourself for what their fathers searched out;

9(1Ch 29:15; Ge 47:9) for we were born but yesterday and know nothing,

because our days on earth are a shadow.

10 Will they not teach you, and tell you,

and bring forth words out of their heart?

11 Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?

Can the reed grow without water?

12(Jer 17:6) While it is yet green and not cut down,

it withers before any other plant.

13(Job 13:16; 15:34) So are the paths of all who forget God;

and the hypocrite's hope will perish,

14(Isa 59:5-6) whose confidence will be cut off,

and whose trust will be a spider's web.

15(Job 27:18) He will lean upon his house, but it will not stand;

he will hold it fast, but it will not endure.

16(Ps 80:11) He is green before the sun,

and his branch shoots forth in his garden.

17 His roots are wrapped around the rock heap,

and he sees the place of stones.

18 (Job 7:10; 7:8) If he is uprooted from his place,

then it will deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.'

19(Job 20:5; 1Sa 2:8) See, this is the joy of his way,

and out of the ground others will grow.

20(Job 4:7) 'Surely, God will not cast away a perfect man,

nor will He strengthen the evildoers,

21(Ps 126:2; Ge 21:6) until He fills your mouth with laughing,

and your lips with rejoicing.

22(Ps 132:18; 35:26) Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,

and the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing."



[1] Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

[2] How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of

thy mouth be like a strong wind?

[3] Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

[4] If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for

their transgression;

[5] If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the

Almighty;

[6] If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and

make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

[7] Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly

increase.

[8] For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the

search of their fathers:

[9] (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon

earth are a shadow:)

[10] Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their

heart?

[11] Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

[12] Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth

before any other herb.

[13] So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall

perish:

[14] Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

[15] He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it

fast, but it shall not endure.

[16] He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his

garden.

[17] His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

[18] If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I

have not seen thee.

[19] Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others

grow.

[20] Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the

evil doers:

[21] Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

[22] They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place

of the wicked shall come to nought.



(Ask in Prayer in supplication what happened - You do not know it all)



Job 9

Job Replies: There Is No Mediator

1 Then Job answered:

2(Job 4:17; 25:4) "Truly, I know it is so,

but how can a man be righteous with God?

3(Job 10:2; 40:2) If one would dispute with Him,

he cannot answer Him once in a thousand times.

4(Job 36:5; 9:19) He is wise in heart and mighty in strength.

Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

5 He who removes mountains, and they know not,

who overturns them in His anger.

6(Isa 2:21; Hag 2:6) He who shakes the earth out of its place,

and its pillars tremble.

7(Isa 13:10) He who commands the sun, and it does not rise;

he seals off the stars.

8(Job 37:18; Ps 104:2-3) He who alone spreads out the heavens,

and treads on the waves of the sea.

9(Am 5:8; Ge 1:16) He who makes the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades,

and the constellations of the south.

10(Job 5:9; Ps 71:15) He who does great things, beyond discovery,

yes, and wonders beyond number.

11(Job 23:8-9; 35:14) Yes, He would cross before me, and I would not see Him;

He would pass on by, but I would not perceive Him.

12(Job 11:10; Isa 45:9) Yes, He takes away; who can hinder Him?

Who will say to Him, 'What are You doing?'

13(Job 26:12; Isa 30:7) God will not withdraw His anger.

The proud helpers bow down beneath Him.

14 'How, then, can I myself answer Him,

and choose my words to reason with Him?

15(Job 8:5; 10:15) Even if I were righteous I could not answer;

I would plead to my Judge for favor.

16 If I called, and He answered me,

I would not believe that He had listened to my voice.

17 (Job 2:3; 16:14) For He crushes me with a storm

and multiplies my wounds without cause.

18 (Job 7:19) He will not allow me to get my breath,

but fills me with bitterness.

19 (Job 9:4 )If it is a matter of strength, indeed, He is strong;

and if of justice, who will set me a time to plead?

20 Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me;

though I were perfect, it would prove me perverse.

21 (Job 1:1) 'Though I were perfect,

I would not know myself;

I would despise my life.

22 It is all one thing; therefore I said,

'He destroys both the perfect and the wicked.'

23 If the whip kills suddenly,

He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

24 (Job 10:3; 24:25) The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.

He covers the faces of its judges.

If it is not He, then who is it?

25 (Job 7:6-7) 'Now my days are swifter than a runner;

they flee away; they see no good.

26 (Hab 1:8; Isa 18:2) They pass by like reed skiffs,

like an eagle rushing upon its prey.

27 (Job 7:13) If I say, 'I will forget my complaint;

I will leave off my sad face and brighten up,'

28 (Ps 119:120) I am afraid of all my sorrows;

I know that You will not hold me innocent.

29 If I am guilty,

why then do I labor in vain?

30(Jer 2:22) If I wash myself with snow water

and cleanse my hands with soap,

31 yet You will plunge me into the pit,

and my own clothes will abhor me.

32 (Ecc 6:10; Ro 9:20) 'For He is not a man as I am, that I should answer Him,

and we should come together in judgment.

33(1Sa 2:25; Job 9:19) Nor is there a mediator between us,

who may lay his hand upon us both.

34(Ps 39:10; Job 33:7) Let Him take His rod away from me,

and let not dread of Him terrify me.

35 Then I would speak and not fear Him,

but it is not so with me.



[1] Then Job answered and said,

[2] I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

[3] If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

[4] He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself

against him, and hath prospered?

[5] Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them

in his anger.

[6] Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof

tremble.

[7] Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

[8] Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of

the sea.

[9] Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the

south.

[10] Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without

number.

[11] Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I

perceive him not.

[12] Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What

doest thou?

[13] If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under

him.

[14] How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason

with him?

[15] Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make

supplication to my judge.

[16] If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that

he had hearkened unto my voice.

[17] For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without

cause.

[18] He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with

bitterness.

[19] If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall

set me a time to plead?

[20] If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am

perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

[21] Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my

life.

[22] This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and

the wicked.

[23] If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the

innocent.

[24] The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces

of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

[25] Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

[26] They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to

the prey.

[27] If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness,

and comfort myself:

[28] I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me

innocent.

[29] If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

[30] If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

[31] Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor

me.

[32] For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should

come together in judgment.

[33] Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon

us both.

[34] Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

[35] Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.



(Thank you Lord for sending Jesus Christ as our mediator)

Day 4, 4 January 2026



Today at Calvary Community Church

pastor Barry Regier spoke on Identity in Christ - Who you are determines

how you love



1 Peter 1:21-22



21 (Heb 2:9; Jn 12:44) Through Him you believe in God who raised Him up

from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be

in God.

22 (Heb 13:1; Jas 4:8) Since your souls have been purified by obedience to

the truth through the Spirit unto a genuine brotherly love, love one another

deeply with a pure heart,



[21] Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and

gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

[22] Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the

Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another

with a pure heart fervently:



A) Identity anchored in Christ



Through Him you believe in God

Who by him do believe in God



who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory

that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory;



who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory

who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory



B) Identity determines obedience (obedience flows from Identity)



Since your souls have been purified by obedience to the truth

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth



Note



1 John 1:7



7 (Isa 2:5; Eph 1:7) But if we walk in the light as He is in the light,

we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ

His Son cleanses us from all sin.



[7] But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship

one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from

all sin.



and



Hebrews 10:14



14 (Heb 10:1) For by one offering He has forever perfected

those who are sanctified.



[14] For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are

sanctified.



Jesus cleans us Positionally (1 John 1:7 and Hebrews 10:14)

Obedience cleanses us Practically (1 Peter 1:22a)



c) Identity eggects how we treat others



22 (Heb 13:1; Jas 4:8) Since your souls have been purified by obedience to

the truth through the Spirit unto a genuine brotherly love, love one another

deeply with a pure heart,



[22] Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the

Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another

with a pure heart fervently:



Romans 5:5



5 (Gal 4:6; Php 1:20) And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God

is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.



[5] And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in

our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.



1 Timothy 1:5



5 (2Ti 1:5; 2:22) Now the goal of this command is love from a pure heart,

and from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.



[5] Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a

good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:



When your identity is anchored in Christ, when your heart is purified by truth,

when the Holy Spirit fills you heart with God's loves,

Love becomes possible, even when love feels impossible.



1) Job 7, 8, 9 , 10



Job 7



Job: My Suffering Is Endless

1(Job 14:5-6; Ps 39:4)

"Is there not a time of hard service for a man upon earth?

Are not his days also like the days of a hired worker?

2(Lev 19:13; Jer 6:4) Like a servant, he longs for the shade,

and like a hired worker, he looks for his wages,

3(Ps 6:6) so I have been assigned months of futility,

and nights of trouble have been appointed to me.

4(Dt 28:67; Job 7:13-14) When I lie down, I say,

'When will I arise and the night be ended?'

And I am full of restlessness until the dawn.

5(Job 17:14; Isa 14:11) My flesh is covered with worms and caked with dirt;

my skin is broken, and has become loathsome.

6(Job 9:25; 17:15) 'My days fly more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle,

and are spent without hope.

7(Ps 78:39; Jas 4:14) Oh, remember that my life is a breath!

My eye will never again see good.

8(Job 20:9; Ps 37:36) The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;

your eyes will be on me, but I will be no more.

9(2Sa 12:23; Job 30:15) As the cloud disappears and vanishes away,

so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.

10(Job 8:18; 20:9) He will never return to his house,

and his place will not recognize him anymore.

11(Ps 40:9; 1Sa 1:10) 'Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth;

I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;

I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

12 Am I the sea, or a sea monster,

that You set a guard over me?

13(Ps 6:6) When I say, 'My bed will comfort me,

my couch will ease my complaint,'

14 then You scare me with dreams

and terrify me with visions,

15 so that my soul chooses strangling,

even death rather than my life.

16(Job 10:1; 6:9) I loathe my life; I would not live forever;

let me alone, for my days are emptiness.

17(Ps 8:4; 144:3) 'What is man, that You should exalt him,

and that You should set Your heart on him,

18 and that You should visit him every morning,

and test him every moment?

19 (Job 9:18) How long until You look away from me?

Will You not let me alone until I swallow my saliva?

20(Ps 36:6; La 3:12) Have I sinned? What am I doing to You,

O You watcher of men?

Why have You set me as Your target,

so that I am a burden to myself?

21(Job 10:14; Da 12:2) And why do You not pardon my transgression

and take away my iniquity?

For now I will lie down in the dust;

and You will seek me diligently, but I will not be."



[1] Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also

like the days of an hireling?

[2] As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh

for the reward of his work:

[3] So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are

appointed to me.

[4] When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I

am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

[5] My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and

become loathsome.

[6] My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

[7] O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

[8] The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are

upon me, and I am not.

[9] As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to

the grave shall come up no more.

[10] He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him

any more.

[11] Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of

my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

[12] Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

[13] When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

[14] Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

[15] So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

[16] I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are

vanity.

[17] What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest

set thine heart upon him?

[18] And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every

moment?

[19] How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow

down my spittle?

[20] I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why

hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

[21] And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine

iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the

morning, but I shall not be.



(Do you when an injustice has been done to you? Ask the Lord for Direction)

2) Our Daily Bread for 3 January 2026 titled



The Friendship Bench by Poh Fang Chia



Nehemiah 3:6-12



6 (Ne 12:39) Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah

repaired the Old Gate. They constructed its beams, erected its doors,

and installed locks and bars for it.

7 Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite

and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah,

places under the authority of the governor of the province Beyond the River.

8 (Ne 12:38; 3:31-32) Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah,

one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him Hananiah,

the son of one of the apothecaries, made repairs, and they repaired Jerusalem

as far as the Broad Wall.

9 (Ne 3:12; 3:17) Next to him Rephaiah the son of Hur, commander of half

of the Jerusalem district, made repairs.

10 Next to him Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house.

Next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.

11 (Ne 12:38) Malkijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-Moab

repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Furnaces.

12 (Ne 3:9) Next to them Shallum the son of Hallohesh,

commander of the other half of the Jerusalem district, made repairs

along with his daughters.



[6] Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam

the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors

thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

[7] And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the

Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the

governor on this side the river.

[8] Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths.

Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries,

and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

[9] And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the

half part of Jerusalem.

[10] And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over

against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of

Hashabniah.

[11] Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired

the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

[12] And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler

of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.



Romans 12:6



6 (Ac 13:1; 1Co 13:2) We have diverse gifts according to the grace

that is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;



[6] Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us,

whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;



A young patient committed suicide because he couldn’t afford the bus fare to

the hospital for mental health treatment. Distressed, Dr. Chibanda tested ways

to make treatment more accessible. Friendship Bench was born, a program where

therapists sit on discreetly placed benches, ready to counsel people with

needs. And who did he train as therapists? Grandmothers! In an interview,

Dr. Chibanda shared, "[Grandmothers] are rooted in their

communities . . . they have an amazing ability to . . . make people

feel respected and understood."



In Nehemiah 3, we read of another project that involved unconventional groups

of people. They understood that the city's wall had to be rebuilt so they'd

"no longer be in disgrace" (2:17). As Jerusalem lay in ruins, the surrounding

nations mocked its defeat. And besides professional craftsmen like Uzziel, who

was a goldsmith (3:8), others who may have had other talents - like Shallum,

a district ruler - chipped in too (v. 12).



Just as Dr. Chibanda saw the influence and compassion of grandmothers to make

a difference in mental healthcare in Zimbabwe, may God open our eyes to see

the strengths of each person. God has gifted each of us with unique

experiences, resources, and talents (Romans 12:6). Let's allow Him to use us

in building up the church and serving our community.



Reflect & Pray



What has God laid on your heart to do for the church or community?

Who can you invite to join you?



Dear Father, please help me see the strengths

in others so I may serve with them for good.



Discover more about being

a serving church.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 7 - Upheld by His Hand



Is 41:10



10 (Jos 1:9; Isa 41:13-14) Do not fear, for I am with you;

do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you,

yes, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.



10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God:

I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee;

yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.



Beth had the same recurring nightmare: she was running along a cliff,

then she slipped, and fell headlong, into a bottomless ravine.

Falling, without control, without end, falling, falling, falling...

Beth's dream may be one many of us identify with. The sense

of losing control can be nightmarish, and we may fear falling

without end, without remedy. Financial failure may be the chasm

that we face, or professional disgrace. Personal relationships

may go out of control, and we look into a never-ending

ravine of pain and misunderstanding

But God says, "Don't be afraid; I am holding you up."

Like the father who helps his child learn to swim,

God holds us above the water. We may not feel his hands;

indeed, we may suspect that he lets us go just so we can

do it on our own. But he promises that he doesn't let go.

"I am with you." he declares. "I give you strength

and hold you up."

God's promise never to let go takes on new meaning

in a world where relationships are temporary and life is

uncertain. We do not need to fear, for he is with us.

We can relax and stop striving, for he is our God.

His strength becomes ours; amid all our sin and rebellion,

he undergirds us with his righteousness. We cannot fall,

for he holds us firm.



Application



a) Under what circumstances have I felt myself "falling"?



b) How does God's promise in Is 41:10 help me to have faith

in the midst of my fears?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



1 Cor 13:3



3 If I give all my goods to feed the poor,

and if I give my body to be burned,

and have not love, it profits me nothing.



3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,

and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity,

it profiteth me nothing.



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



God's Inexhaustible Strength



Ps 18:30-34



30 As for God, His way has integrity;

the word of the Lord is proven;

He is a shield to all those who take refuge in Him.

31 For who is God except the Lord?

Or who is a rock besides our God?

32 It is God who clothes me with strength,

and gives my way integrity.

33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,

and causes me to stand on my high places.

34 He trains my hands for war,

so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.



30 As for God, his way is perfect:

The word of the LORD is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

31 For who is God save the LORD?

Or who is a rock save our God?

32 It is God that girdeth me with strength,

And maketh my way perfect.

33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet,

And setteth me upon my high places.

34 He teacheth my hands to war,

So that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.



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.