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



http://www.ehc.ca



1st Day of the month



1) Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada



(

Joel 2:28 And it will be that, afterwards,

I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream

dreams, and your young men will see visions.



28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon

all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men

shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:



Acts 2:17 "In the last days it shall be," says God, "

that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall

prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream

dreams.



17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,

I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:

And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

And your young men shall see visions,

And your old men shall dream dreams:



)



2) Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister

would be directed to do that which pleases God



(Prov 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord,

as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will.



1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD,

As the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to ask the Lord for a double portion.



Pray to the Lord: "Please help me, dear Father, to remember Your good works!"



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that Christ has provided

complete forgiveness of sin.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus Christ and His Act of poverty .



Pray to the Lord and pray to know Lord Jesus Christ Your redemption.



Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.



Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada



Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister

would be directed to do that which pleases God



Pray that needed Christian resources will be provided, despite governmental

restrictions in Laos.



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 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 4 - Entire Forgiveness

Acts 13:38



38 (Lk 24:47; Ac 2:38) "Therefore, brothers, let it be known

to you that through this Man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,"



38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren,

that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:



At age 17 Mary, a cross-country runner, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

She went on to college, faced with the prospect of gradual physical decline

and, ultimately, life in a wheelchair. "The worst part," Mary admitted "is

not the pain or the inability to do what I once did. The worst part is

the hopelessness, the emotional struggle. There is no cure, no real

treatment - only insurance."

In our fallen world, there are many incurable circumstances we have to endure.

But the guilt of our sin is not one of them. Yet despite the declaration

of the Scripture that Jesus' sacrificial death paid the price for our sins,

many of us carry a load of guilt - as if we ourselves had tp pay the price.

Paul, a man who know the grace of God and the depth of his own sin,

emphasises the source and the completeness of our forgiveness.

Through Jesus - not through my good behaviour, not through my determination to

change, not through my reputation, my family's faith, or my religious duties.

Forgiveness of sins come through Christ alone, a gift we do not deserve,

a gift which places all of us on equal ground at the foot of the cross.

To acknowledge our sin without knowing the source of forgiveness only

results in hopelessness and despair - we see ourselves, yet we are powerless

to change the sin we see. But when we realise that Christ has provided

complete forgiveness of sin, we can face our sin honestly, knowing

the freedom of confession and the restoration of forgiveness.



Application



a) In what ways have I changed myself, to "turn over a new leaf",

to "make myself worthy" of God's love?



b) How can Acts 13:38 help me remember the source of forgiveness?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



2 Cor 8:9



9 (Mt 20:28; 2Co 6:10; 13:14) For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor,

that through His poverty you might be rich.



9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich,

yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.



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



God's Freeing Forgiveness



Eph 1:3-8a



Spiritual Blessings in Christ



3 (2Co 1:3; Eph 6:12; 2:6) Blessed be the God and Father of

our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual

blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

4 (Eph 5:27; Col 1:22) just as He chose us in Him

before the foundation of the world, to be holy

and blameless before Him in love;

5 (Ro 8:29-30; Eph 1:11) He predestined us to adoption as sons

to Himself through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure

of His will,

6 (Mt 3:17; Eph 1:12) to the praise of the glory of His grace

which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.

7 (Ro 3:24; Ac 2:38; 20:28) In Him we have redemption through His blood

and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,

8 which He lavished



3 Blessed be the God and Father of

our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual

blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 according as he hath chosen us in him

before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy

and without blame before him in love:

5 having predestinated us unto the adoption of children

by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure

of his will,

6 to the praise of the glory of his grace,

wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood,

the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

8 wherein he hath abounded



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13





9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

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

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

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

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

as we forgive our debtors.

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

but deliver us from evil.

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



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

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

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

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

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

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

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



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)



Where do Muslims live?



Canada is a land of immigrants. And Muslims are coming in increasing numbers

to our shores. Where do they live? How can we prayfor these areas? Use this as

your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.



Data for those population figures is extrapoled for the 2011 National

Household Survay and population growth projections by Pew Forum. These have

also been adjusted by +40% as reliable sources state that on 60% of Muslims

self-identify on government surveys and forms. These estimates are still on

the conservative end of the spectrum. Percentages represent that of the total

Canadian population, not provincial



BC - 136493 - 7.5%

AB - 195240 - 11%

SK - 17279 - 1%

MB - 21349 - 1.2%

ON - 1001542 - 55%

QC - 418946 - 23%

NB - 4543 - 0.003%

NS - 14629 - 0.1%

PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%

NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%

Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%

NWT - 473 - 0.0003%

NU - 86 - 0.00005%



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.



For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.



You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"



Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:



- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .

2 Kings 4





[8] And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great

woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as

he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

[9] And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an

holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

[10] Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set

for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it

shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

[11] And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the

chamber, and lay there.

[12] And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he

had called her, she stood before him.

[13] And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful

for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be

spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I

dwell among mine own people.

[14] And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered,

Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

[15] And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the

door.

[16] And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou

shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not

lie unto thine handmaid.

[17] And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had

said unto her, according to the time of life.

[18] And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to

his father to the reapers.

[19] And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad,

Carry him to his mother.

[20] And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on

her knees till noon, and then died.

[21] And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut

the door upon him, and went out.

[22] And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee,

one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God,

and come again.

[23] And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new

moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

[24] Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go

forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

[25] So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came

to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his

servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

[26] Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with

thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she

answered, It is well.

[27] And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the

feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let

her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from

me, and hath not told me.

[28] Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not

deceive me?

[29] Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine

hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any

salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the

child.

[30] And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul

liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

[31] And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of

the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went

again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

[32] And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead,

and laid upon his bed.

[33] He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed

unto the LORD.

[34] And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his

mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he

stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

[35] Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and

stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the

child opened his eyes.

[36] And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called

her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.

[37] Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the

ground, and took up her son, and went out.



Elisha Purifies the Deadly Stew



38 (2Ki 2:1; 2:3) When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine

in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him,

and he said to his servant, "Put on the big cooking pot,

nd boil some stew for the sons of the prophets."

39 One went out into the field to gather herbs. He found a wild vine

and gathered from it wild gourds, filling his clothes, and came

and split them into the pot of stew, but they did not recognize them.

40 (Ex 10:17) So they poured it out for the men to eat. But as they were

eating the stew, they cried out, "Man of God, there is death in the pot."

They could not eat it.

41 (Ex 15:25; 2Ki 2:21) But he said, "Then bring flour." He threw it

into the pot and said, "Pour it for the people and let them eat."

And there was nothing bad in the pot.



[38] And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land;

and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his

servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the

prophets.

[39] And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild

vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came

and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

[40] So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they

were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of

God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

[41] But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said,

Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.



Elisha Feeds One Hundred Men



42 (1Sa 9:7; 9:4; Jn 6:9) A man came from Baal Shalishah,

and he brought the man of God food from the first fruits

-twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain-in his sack.

And Elisha said, "Give it to the people and let them eat."

43 (Lk 9:13; Mt 14:20) But his servant said, "How can I set this

before a hundred men?"

He said, "Give it to the people and let them eat, for thus says the Lord,

'They will eat and have some left.;"

44 So he set it before them, they ate, and some was left over,

according to the word of the Lord.



[42] And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God

bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in

the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

[43] And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men?

He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD,

They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

[44] So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according

to the word of the LORD.



2) Our Daily Bread for 1 July 2026 Titled



Remaining in Jesus By Kirsten Holmberg



John 6:56



56 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.



[56] He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I

in him.



Luke 22:14-23



The Lord's Supper

Mt 26:26-30; Mk 14:22-26; 1Co 11:23-25



14 (Mt 26:20; Mk 14:17) When the hour had come, He and the twelve apostles

with Him sat down.

15 And He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover

with you before I suffer.

16 (Lk 14:15; Rev 19:9) For I tell you, I will never eat it again

until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."

17 And He took the cup and gave thanks and said,

"Take this and divide it among yourselves.

18 (Mt 26:29; Mk 14:25) For I tell you, I will not drink of the fruit

of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."

19 (1Co 10:16; Mt 26:26-28) Then He took the bread, and when He had given

thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying,

"This is My body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of Me."

20 (Ex 24:8; Zec 9:11) In like manner, He took the cup after supper, saying,

"This cup is the new covenant in My blood which is shed for you.

21 (Ps 41:9; Jn 13:26) But see the hand of him who betrays Me is with Me

at the table.

22 (Ac 2:23) Indeed, the Son of Man goes as it has been determined.

But woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!"

23 They began to inquire among themselves which of them it was who would

do this.



[14] And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with

him.

[15] And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover

with you before I suffer:

[16] For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be

fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

[17] And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide

it among yourselves:

[18] For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until

the kingdom of God shall come.

[19] And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them,

saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of

me.

[20] Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new

testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

[21] But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.

[22] And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that

man by whom he is betrayed!

[23] And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that

should do this thing.



"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered." These words, uttered by

a character in C. S. Lewis' book Out of the Silent Planet, depict the joy one

has in reminiscing over cherished experiences in life. Though we rightly

delight in the breathtaking scenery along the path of a hike or in sharing an

important milestone with a loved one, what we feel might be merely the initial

pleasure. Often, later reflection on such moments (and those like them)

compound the joy of having experienced them.



Perhaps this is another reason Jesus instructs His disciples to regularly

share in what we call the Lord's Supper. As He shared the Passover meal with

them the night before His death, He infused it with a new layer of meaning.

When partaking of the unleavened bread and "fruit of the vine," Jesus

described them as representing His body and His blood (Luke 22:19-20). His

disciples were to share this meal regularly,

doing so "in remembrance of [Him]" (v. 19).



The Jewish people remember how God delivered them from Egypt through

celebrating Passover (see Exodus 12:17). Those who trust in Jesus' sacrifice

retell God's deliverance from the consequences of sin by partaking of the

Lord's Supper - a somber, yet joyful remembrance. By sharing in it regularly,

we practice what it means to "remain" in fellowship with Jesus

(see John 6:56) and savor the pleasure of our communion with Him.



How is remembering important in your worship of God?

What might you remember about His work in your life today?



Please help me, dear Father, to remember Your good works!

2 Kings 3

[1] Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the

eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

[2] And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father,

and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had

made.

[3] Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,

which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

[4] And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of

Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the

wool.

[5] But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled

against the king of Israel.

[6] And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all

Israel.

[7] And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king

of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to

battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy

people, and my horses as thy horses.

[8] And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through

the wilderness of Edom.

[9] So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of

Edom:

and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water

for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

[10] And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these

three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

[11] But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we

may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants

answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on

the hands of Elijah.

[12] And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of

Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

[13] And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee?

get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.

And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these

three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

[14] And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,

surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of

Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

[15] But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel

played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

[16] And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

[17] For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see

rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both

ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

[18] And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver

the Moabites also into your hand.

[19] And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall

fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece

of land with stones.

[20] And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered,

that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was

filled with water.

[21] And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight

against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and

upward, and stood in the border.

[22] And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the

water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

[23] And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have

smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

[24] And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and

smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward

smiting the Moabites, even in their country.

[25] And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast

every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water,

and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones

thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

[26] And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he

took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto

the king of Edom: but they could not.

[27] Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and

offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great

indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to

their own land.



2 Kings 4



The Widow's Olive Oil



1 (2Ki 2:3; Lev 25:39-41) Now one of the wives of the sons of the prophets

cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that

your servant feared the Lord, but a creditor has come to take

my two sons as slaves."

2 (1Ki 17:12) Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you?

Tell me, what do you have in the house?"

She said, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil."

3 Then he said, "Go, ask for vessels from all your neighbors,

empty vessels and not just a few.

4 Then go in, shut the door behind you and your sons,

and pour the oil into all these vessels. When each is full, set it aside."

5 So she left him and shut the door behind her and her sons,

and they kept bringing vessels to her, and she kept pouring.

6 (Mt 14:20) When the vessels were full, she said to her son,

"Bring me another vessel."

But he said to her, "There is not another vessel." And the oil ceased.

7 Then she went and told the man of God. And he said,

"Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and you and your children can live

on the rest."



[1] Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets

unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that

thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my

two sons to be bondmen.

[2] And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast

thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the

house, save a pot of oil.

[3] Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours,

even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

[4] And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon

thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set

aside that which is full.

[5] So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who

brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

[6] And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her

son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel

more. And the oil stayed.

[7] Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil,

and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.



Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son



8 (Jos 19:18; 2Sa 19:32) One day Elisha passed through Shunem,

and a noble woman was there who urged him to eat a meal.

So whenever he passed through, he stopped there to eat a meal.

9 And she said to her husband, "I know that he is a holy man of God regularly

passing through near us.

10 (Ro 12:13; Mt 10:41-42) Let us make a little walled upper room

and put for him there a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp,

so when he comes to us he can stay there."

11 One day he came by there, and he turned aside

to the upper room and lay down.

12 (2Ki 8:4-5; 4:29-31) He said to Gehazi his servant,

"Call this Shunammite woman." So he called her and she stood before him.

13 (2Sa 19:13) He said to him, "Say to her, Look, you have gone to all

this trouble for us. What may be done for you? Would you have a word

spoken on your behalf to the king, or to the captain of the army?"

And she answered, "I am living among my people."

14 He said, "What may be done for her?"

And Gehazi said, "Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old."

15 He said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the entrance.

16 (2Ki 4:28; Ge 17:21) He said, "At this season, when it is time,

you will embrace a son."

And she said, "No, my lord, man of God, do not lie to your servant."

17 But the woman conceived and bore a son at that season,

at the time that Elisha had told her.

18 When the child was older, he went out one day

to his father with the reapers.

19 He said to his father, "My head, my head!"

And he said to a servant, "Carry him to his mother."

20 When he had taken him and brought him to his mother,

the boy sat on her knees until noon, and died.

21 (2Ki 4:32) She went up, and laid him down on the bed of the man of God,

shut the door on him, and went out.

22 Then she called to her husband, "Send me one of the servants

and one of the donkeys, so that I may run to the man of God and return."

23 (Nu 10:10; 28:11) He said, "Why are you going to him today?

It is neither New Moon nor Sabbath."

She said, "It will be all right."

24 Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant,

"Lead on, and do not hold back for me unless I tell you."

25 (2Ki 2:25) So she went and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel.

And when the man of God saw her far off, he said to Gehazi his servant,

"Look, over there is the Shunammite woman.

26 Now run to meet her, and say to her, Are you all right?

Is your husband all right? Is the child all right?"

And she said, "It is all right."

27 When she came to the man of God at the mountain,

she grabbed his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away.

But the man of God said, "Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress,

and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me."

28 Then she said, "Did I ask for a son from my lord?

Did I not say, Do not give me false hope?"

29 (2Ki 2:14; Ex 14:16; 1Ki 18:46) Then he said to Gehazi, "Prepare yourself,

take my staff in your hand, and go. If you find anyone, do not greet him,

and if anyone greets you, do not answer him, and lay my staff

on the face of the boy."

30 (2Ki 2:2; 2:4) Then the boy's mother said, "As the Lord lives,

and as you live, I will not leave without you."

And he got up and followed her.

31 (Jn 11:11) Gehazi passed through ahead of them and laid the staff

on the face of the boy, but there was no sound or response.

So he returned to meet him and told him, "The boy is not awake."

32 When Elisha came into the house, he saw that the boy was dead,

lying on his bed.

33 (Mt 6:6; 2Ki 4:4) So he went in, and shut the door on the two of them,

and prayed to the Lord.

34 (1Ki 17:21; Ac 20:10) He went up and lay on the child, put his face

on his face, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands.

Then he bent over the child, and the child's flesh warmed.

35 (2Ki 8:5) Then he got down, walked once back and forth in the house,

and went up, and bent over him; the boy sneezed seven times,

and the boy opened his eyes.

36 (Heb 11:35) Then Elisha called Gehazi and said,

"Call the Shunammite woman." So he called her, and she came to him.

Then he said, "Pick up your son."

37 Then she came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down to the ground.

Then she picked up her son and went out.

Day 182, 1 July 2026 Happy Canada Day



1) 2 Kings 1 , 2 Kings 2, 2 Kings 3, 2 Kings 4



2 Kings 1



God Judges Ahaziah



1 (2Sa 8:2) Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

2 (Mt 10:25; Mk 3:22) Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper

chamber that was in Samaria and became ill. So he sent messengers

and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron

whether I will recover from this illness."

3 (1Ki 17:1) But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite,

"Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria,

and say to them, 'Is it because there is not a God in Israel,

that you go to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron?'

4 (2Ki 1:6; 1:16) Therefore thus says the Lord, 'You will not come down from

the bed on which you have gone up but will surely die.'" Then Elijah departed.

5 When the messengers returned to the king, he said to them,

"Why have you returned?"

6 And they said to him, "A man came up to meet us and said to us,

'Go, return to the king that sent you and say to him: Thus says the Lord:

Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire

of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down

from the bed on which you have gone up, but you will surely die.'"

7 He said to them, "What sort of man was he who came up to meet you

and told you these things?"

8 (Zec 13:4; Mt 3:4) They answered him, "He was a hairy man

with a leather belt around his waist."

He said, "It was Elijah the Tishbite."

9 (2Ki 6:13-14) Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty

with his fifty men. He went up to Elijah, and there he was, sitting

on the top of a hill, and he said to him,

"Man of God, the king says, 'Come down.' "

10 (Lk 9:54; 1Ki 18:36-38) But Elijah answered the captain of fifty:

"If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven

and consume you and your fifty men." Then fire came down from heaven

and consumed him and his fifty men.

11 Again the king sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men.

He said, "Man of God, thus says the king: Come down quickly."

12 Elijah answered them, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down

from heaven and consume you and your fifty men."

Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

13 (Isa 1:5) Then again the king sent a third captain of

fifty with his fifty men.

The third captain of fifty went up, came and fell on his knees before Elijah,

and pleaded with him, "Man of God, may my life and the life of these

fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.

14 See, fire came down from heaven and consumed the two captains

of the former fifties with their fifty men. May my life now be precious

in your sight."

15 (Isa 51:12; Jer 1:17) Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah,

"Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him." So he arose and went down

with him to the king.

16 Then he said to him, "Thus says the Lord: Have you sent messengers

to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, because there is no God in Israel

to inquire of His word? Therefore you will not come down from the bed

on which you have gone up, but you will surely die."

17 (2Ki 3:1) So he died according to the word of the Lord

which Elijah had spoken.

Then Jehoram [About 27 feet, or 8.1 meters. ]reigned in his place

in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah,

because he had no son.

18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written

in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?



2 Kings 1

[1] Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

[2] And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in

Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go,

inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this

disease.

[3] But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to

meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not

because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub

the god of Ekron?

[4] Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that

bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

[5] And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why

are ye now turned back?

[6] And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto

us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith

the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest

to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come

down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

[7] And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet

you, and told you these words?

[8] And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of

leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

[9] Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he

went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto

him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

[10] And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of

God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.

And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

[11] Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty.

And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said,

Come down quickly.

[12] And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire

come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God

came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

[13] And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the

third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before

Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let

my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

[14] Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains

of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be

precious in thy sight.

[15] And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not

afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

[16] And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent

messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because

there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not

come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

[17] So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken.

And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of

Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

[18] Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written

in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?



2 Kings 2



Elijah Ascends to Heaven



1 (Ge 5:24; Heb 11:5; Jos 4:19) Then when the Lord was about to take Elijah

up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

2 (1Sa 1:26; 2Ki 2:6) Elijah said to Elisha, "Tarry here, I ask you,

for the Lord has sent me to Bethel."

But Elisha said to him, "As the Lord lives, and as you live,

I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

3 (2Ki 4:1; 4:38) The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came

out to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that today the Lord

is taking away your master from you?"

And he said, "Yes, I know. Keep silent."

4 (2Ki 2:2; Jos 6:26; 1Ki 16:34) Elijah said to him, "Elisha, stay here,

for the Lord has sent me to Jericho."

And he said, "As the Lord lives, and as you live, I will not leave you."

So they entered Jericho.

5 (2Ki 2:3) The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha

and said to him, "Do you know that today the Lord is taking away your master

from you?" And he said, "Yes, I know. Keep silent."

6 (2Ki 2:2) Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here, for the Lord has

sent me to the Jordan."

And he said, "As the Lord lives, and as you live, I will not leave you."

And the two of them went on.

7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance,

and the two of them stood by the Jordan.

8 (1Ki 19:19; Ex 14:21-22) Then Elijah took his robe and rolled it up

and struck the water, and it was divided from one side to the other.

Then the two of them crossed on dry ground.

9 (Nu 11:17; Dt 21:17) And as they were crossing, Elijah said to Elisha,

"Ask for something, and I will do it for you before I am taken away from you."

And Elisha said, "Let a double portion of your spirit be upon me."

10 He said, "You have asked for a difficult thing, but if you see me

when I am taken from you, it will happen to you. If not, it will not."

11 (2Ki 6:17; Ps 68:17) As they continued walking and talking,

a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them,

and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

12 (2Ki 13:14) Elisha was watching and crying, "My father, my father,

the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!" And he did not see him again.

Then he grabbed his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

13 He picked up the robe of Elijah that fell from him,

and he returned and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

14 And he took the robe of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the water,

and said, "Where is the Lord, God of Elijah?" When he had struck the water,

it parted from one side to the other, and Elisha crossed over.

15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him from far off,

they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." And they came to meet him

and bowed down to the ground before him.

16 (1Ki 18:12; Ac 8:39) They said to him, "Look now, there are fifty strong

men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master.

Perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has lifted him up and thrown him

on some mountain or into some valley." He said, "Do not send them."

17 (2Ki 8:11) When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, "Send them."

So they sent fifty men, and they searched for three days but did not find him.

18 When they returned to him (for he had stayed at Jericho),

he said to them, "Did I not say to you, do not go?"

2 Kings 2

[1] And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven

by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

[2] And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath

sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy

soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.

[3] And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha,

and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master

from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

[4] And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD

hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul

liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

[5] And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and

said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from

thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

[6] And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath

sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth,

I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

[7] And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar

off: and they two stood by Jordan.

[8] And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the

waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went

over on dry ground.

[9] And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto

Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And

Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

[10] And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou

see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not,

it shall not be so.

[11] And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold,

there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both

asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

[12] And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of

Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold

of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

[13] He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went

back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

[14] And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the

waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had

smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

[15] And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw

him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to

meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

[16] And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty

strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest

peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon

some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

[17] And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent

therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

[18] And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said

unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?



Elisha Performs Miracles



19 Now the men of the city said to Elisha, "The location of this city is good,

as my lord sees, but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful."

20 He said, "Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it."

So they brought it to him.

21 (2Ki 4:41; 6:6) He went out to the spring of water and threw the salt into

it and said, "Thus says the Lord: I have healed this water. No more death

or unfruitfulness will come from it."

22 So the waters have been healthy until this day,

according to the word that Elisha spoke.

23 (2Ch 36:16; Job 30:1) He went up from there to Bethel, and going up

on the way, little boys came out of the city and made fun of him

and said to him, "Go up, you bald head! Go up, you bald head!"

24 He turned around, saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord.

Then two she-bears came out of the woods and ripped open 42 of the boys.

25 (2Ki 4:25; 1Ki 18:19-20) He went from there to Mount Carmel,

and from there he returned to Samaria.



[19] And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the

situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is

naught, and the ground barren.

[20] And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they

brought it to him.

[21] And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in

there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there

shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

[22] So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of

Elisha which he spake.

[23] And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the

way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and

said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

[24] And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of

the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare

forty and two children of them.

[25] And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he

returned to Samaria.



2 Kings 3



Jehoram Reigns Over Israel



1 (2Ki 1:17) Now Jehoram son of Ahab reigned over Israel in Samaria

in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah and reigned twelve years.

2 (1Ki 21:25; 2Ki 10:18) He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not like

his father and mother, for he removed the pillar of Baal that his father

had made.

3 (1Ki 14:16) Nevertheless he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,

who had caused Israel to sin. He did not depart from them.

4 (2Sa 8:2) Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-breeder and gave back

to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of

a hundred thousand rams.

5 (2Ki 1:1) But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled

against the king of Israel.

6 King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.

71Ki 22:4He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,

"The king of Moab has rebelled against me.

Will you go with me to Moab to battle?"

He said, "I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people,

and my horses as your horses."

8 Then he said, "Which way should we go up?"

And he said, "The way through the Wilderness of Edom."

9 (1Ki 22:47) So the king of Israel, the king of Judah,

and the king of Edom went, and they marched around seven days.

But there was no water for the camp or for the livestock that followed them.

10 The king of Israel said, "Alas! The Lord has called these three kings

to give them into the hand of Moab!"

11 (1Ki 22:7; 19:21) But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there a prophet of the Lord

here, through whom we may inquire of the Lord?"

Then one of the king of Israel's servants answered,

"Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here."

12 Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the Lord is with him."

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

13 (1Ki 18:19; 22:6) Elisha said to the king of Israel,

"What have I to do with you?

Go to your father's prophets, or to your mother's prophets."

Then the king of Israel said to him, "No. The Lord has called these three kings

to deliver them into the hand of Moab."

14 (1Ki 17:1; 2Ki 5:16) Elisha said, "As the Lord of Hosts lives, before

whom I stand, surely, were it not for my regard for Jehoshaphat

the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you.

15 (Eze 1:3; 1Sa 16:23) Now bring me a musician."

And when the musician played, the hand of the Lord came upon him.

16 He said, "Thus says the Lord, 'Make this valley full of pools.'

17 (Ps 107:35) For thus says the Lord, 'You will not see wind,

nor will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water,

that you may drink, both you and your livestock, and your cattle.'

18 (Jer 32:17; 32:27) This is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord,

and He will give the Moabites into your hand.

19 You will strike every fortified city and every choice city,

and will cut down every good tree, and stop every spring of water,

and you will ruin every good piece of land with stones."

20 (Ex 29:39-40) So in the morning as the offering was offered up,

suddenly water flowed from the way of Edom,

and the land

was filled with water.

21 When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight

against them, all who were able to bear arms and older were summoned

and stood at the border.

22 They got up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water,

and the Moabites saw the water opposite them was as red as blood.

23 Then they said, "This is blood. The kings have surely fought together;

and they have killed one another. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!"

24 When they came to the camp of Israel, the children of Israel arose

and struck the Moabites, so that they ran from them.

And they went forward into their land, killing the Moabites.

25 (2Ki 3:19; Isa 16:7) They demolished the cities, and on every good

piece of land every man threw a stone and filled it with stones,

and they stopped every spring of water and cut down every good tree.

Only in Kir Hareseth did the stones in the wall remain,

until the slingers surrounded it and struck it.

26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was overwhelming him,

he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom,

but they were unable.

27 (Mic 6:7; Dt 12:31) Then he took his firstborn son, who would have reigned

in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall.

And great wrath came upon Israel, and they departed from him

and returned to their own land.

6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)



Quebec



Quick facts on Muslims in Quebec



Quebec 2015 population 8214 000



est Muslim Population 418946



CNMM Networks: Montreal



There is a growing Muslim population in Quebec City and a smattering

of Muslims scattered around the rest of the province, yet the vast majority

of Muslims live in the greater Montreal area. n fact, 23% of Canada's Muslim

population live in Quebec. Why is that? It is largely because Francophone

African Muslims are attracted to La Belle Provence.

And here's an interesting, perhaps even shocking fact: There are more

Muslims in Montreal than there are evangelical Christians.

This is one demographic factor creates a challenging environment for churches

and believers here: The size of the available 'workforce' is small

by comparison to begin with. Believers are already is a host culture that

is often either indifferent to religion or resistant to it. And now

this 'new' religious community of Muslims - many of whom do not visibly

or socially conform to Quebec society - are a growing population. It might br

easy for Christians to feel overwhelm by this cultural double-whammy,

yet God has always worked miracles through the small, the few.

Agree in prayer for :



- The people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel

- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding

-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting

together for worship!

- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for

reaching Muslims in Quebec.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.



For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.



You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"



Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:



- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .



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



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 30 of the Month



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

Canadian society, as it is in Heaven



( Matt 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

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

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

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

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

as we forgive our debtors.

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

but deliver us from evil.

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



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

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

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

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

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

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

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



)



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

or community, and across our nation. (



Rom 2:4



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

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

leads you to repentance?



4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance

and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth

thee to repentance?



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that He is in control

despite the enemies around you.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, as I stay faithful, please build Your community."



Pray to the Lord and pray to only know Jesus Christ

as the Source of eternal salvation.



Pray to the Lord and pray to cleave to the Lord.



Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord the Creator.



Agree in prayer for Quebec:



- The people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel

- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding

-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting

together for worship!

- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for

reaching Muslims in Quebec.



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



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

Canadian society, as it is in Heaven



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

or community, and across our nation.



Pray that Omani Christians

will be able to gather for worship without governing officials' detection.



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



Deut 30:19-20



19 (Dt 4:26; 30:1) I call heaven and earth to witnesses against you this day,

that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse.

Therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

20 (Dt 10:20; Ps 27:1) that you may love the Lord your God,

that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him,

for He is your life and the length of your days;

and that you may dwell in the land that the Lord

swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.



19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you,

that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing:

therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

20 that thou mayest love the LORD thy God,

and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him:

for he is thy life, and the length of thy days:

that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD

sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.



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



God's Freeing Forgiveness



Ps 103:1-14



PSALMS 103



A Psalm of David.



1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and all that is within me, bless His holy name.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and forget not all His benefits,

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) who forgives all your iniquities,

who heals all your diseases,

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) who redeems your life from the pit,

who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) who satisfies your mouth with good things,

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) The Lord does righteousness

and justice for all who are oppressed.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) He made known His ways to Moses,

His acts to the people of Israel.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) The Lord is merciful and gracious,

slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) He will not always accuse,

neither will He keep his anger forever.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) He does not treat us according to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) For as the heavens are high above the earth,

so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

12 as far as the east is from the west,

so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

13 Like a father shows compassion to his children,

so the Lord gives compassion to those who fear Him.

14 For He knows how we are formed;

He remembers that we are dust.



Psalm 103



A Psalm of David.



1 Bless the LORD, O my soul:

And all that is within me, bless his holy name.

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,

And forget not all his benefits:

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who healeth all thy diseases;

4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;

So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment

For all that are oppressed.

7 He made known his ways unto Moses,

His acts unto the children of Israel.

8 The LORD is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

9 He will not always chide:

Neither will he keep his anger for ever.

10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins;

Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

11 For as the heaven is high above the earth,

So great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

12 As far as the east is from the west,

So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

13 Like as a father pitieth his children,

So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

14 For he knoweth our frame;

He remembereth that we are dust.



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.

Psalm 82

[1] God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the

gods.

[2] How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked?

Selah.

[3] Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

[4] Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

[5] They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness:

all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

[6] I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

[7] But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

[8] Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.



Psalms 83

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.



1 Do not keep Your silence, O God;

do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For, look, Your enemies make an uproar,

and those who hate You have lifted up their heads.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) They have given crafty counsel against Your people,

and have consulted against Your treasured ones.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) They have said,

"Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,

that the name of Israel may be no more remembered."

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) For they have conspired together;

they make a covenant against You-

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

even Moab and the Hagrites;

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,

the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Assyria also is joined with them,

they are the strength of the descendants of Lot. Selah

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Do to them as You did to the Midianites,

as to Sisera and Jabin at the river of Kishon,

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) who perished at Endor;

they became as dung for the ground.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb;

yes, all their princes as Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 who said, "Let us take for ourselves

the pastures of God as a possession."

13 O my God, make them like a tumbleweed,

as stubble before the wind.

14 As fire burns a forest,

and as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,

15 so pursue them with Your storm,

and make them afraid with Your hurricane.

16 Fill their faces with shame,

that they may seek your name, O Lord.

17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever;

yes, let them be put to shame and perish,

18 that they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord,

are the Most High over all the earth.



Psalms 83

[1] Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O

God.

[2] For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have

lifted up the head.

[3] They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against

thy hidden ones.

[4] They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that

the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

[5] For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate

against thee:

[6] The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the

Hagarenes;

[7] Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of

Tyre;

[8] Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot.

Selah.

[9] Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the

brook of Kison:

[10] Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

[11] Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as

Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

[12] Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

[13] O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

[14] As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on

fire;

[15] So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy

storm.

[16] Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

[17] Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to

shame, and perish:

[18] That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most

high over all the earth.



(This is a yet to be fulfilled prophecy of an Arab invasion of Israel)



2) Our Daily Bread for 30 June 2026 Titled

Praying to Grow by Patricia Raybon



1 Corinthians 3:1-9



Fellow Servants of God



1 (Ro 7:14; 1Co 2:14-15) Brothers, I could not speak to you as

to spiritual men, but as to worldly, even as to babes in Christ.

2 (Jn 16:12; 1Pe 2:2) I have fed you with milk and not with solid food.

For to this day you were not able to endure it. Nor are you able now,

3 (1Co 1:11; 11:18) for you are still worldly. Since there is envy,

strife, and divisions among you, are you not worldly and behaving as mere men?

4 (1Co 1:12) For while one says, "I am of Paul," and another,

"I am of Apollos," are you not worldly?

5 (2Co 6:4; 1Co 3:10) Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos,

but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each one?

6 (Ac 18:4-11; 1Co 9:1) I have planted, Apollos watered,

but God gave the increase.

7 (Gal 6:3) So then neither is he who plants nor he who waters anything,

but God who gives the increase.

8 (Ps 62:12; Mt 16:27) Now he who plants and he who waters are one,

and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

9 (2Co 6:1; Eph 2:20-22) For we are laborers together with God:

You are God's vineyard; you are God's building.



[1] And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto

carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

[2] I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not

able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

[3] For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and

strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

[4] For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye

not carnal?

[5] Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed,

even as the Lord gave to every man?

[6] I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

[7] So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth;

but God that giveth the increase.

[8] Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall

receive his own reward according to his own labour.

[9] For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are

God's building.



After Lam Wai Chan moved from his native Singapore to pastor a church in

Japan, he panicked. The church had barely twenty members. In a nation known as

a "missionary graveyard," where about one percent of the nation's people are

Christian and many churches sit empty, Lam felt "like I was taking over a

sinking ship." Crying out to God, he sensed the answer: Offer the church back

to Me.



Rather than "update" worship or music, Wai Chan asked members to pray - for

their needs, family members, and friends who didn't know Jesus.

Slowly, the church doubled in size.



Their faithful praying is a living, biblical model of how to build a community

in Jesus. First, pray. "In every situation, by prayer and petition, with

thanksgiving," Paul wrote, "present your requests to God," and do all of this

without worry about anything (Philippians 4:6). In this way, we offer our

ministries, churches, and programs back to God. We may plant seeds and water

them, but as the apostle said, "Neither the one who plants nor the one who

waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow" (1 Corinthians 3:7).

He was imploring believers at Corinth to stop quarrelling about which church

leader they followed (vv. 3-6).



As Paul said, "No one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid,

which is Jesus Christ" (v. 11). Let's prayerfully give our churches back to

Him. Then, watch them grow.



Reflect & Pray



What tests your work to build a community in Christ?

How can you give the effort back to God?



Dear God, as I stay faithful, please build Your community.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 3 - The Remedy



Acts 4:12



12 (Mt 1:21; Jn 3:36) "There is no salvation in any other,

for there is no other name under heaven given among men

by which we must be saved."



12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name

under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.



"You have cancer", the doctor told his patient. "We need to operate

- as soon as possible. It's the only remedy." The patient, not wanting

to undergo surgery unless it was absolutely necessary, sought out a second

opinion, then a third. When the third round of testing came up with the same

results, she returned to the doctor and submitted herself to the treatment.

Often the remedy for the problems in our lives seems worst than the problems

themselves. We don't want to endure the pain of self-examination, of honest

confrontation with our sin and selfishness. We'd rather live in "blissful

ignorance" than face up to ourselves.

But the Bible tells us there is only one remedy for sin: casting ourselves

upon the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. Submitting ourselves to God's

"treatment" for sin is not an easy matter or a simple decision. We have to

give up on ourselves, on our own striving for self-salvation. We have to come

to the agonising realisation of our sin, the depths to which we have fallen.

Acknowledging sin is not a duty simply for "bad" people who have lived in

rebellion against God. "Good" people - Sunday-school kids, moral parents,

and sweet little grandmothers - may have more difficulty coming to Christ

than swindlers and prostitutes, precisely because their sin is not as

visible - sometimes it is even applauded by church and society.

"Good" or "bad", we all have the same problem: sin. And, because

of the Lord's grace, we all have the same remedy: salvation through Christ.

As we look to him, not to others, and see ourselves in light of his holiness,

we can glimpse the seriousness of our own resistance to him and call upon

his name.



Application



a) What other "remedies" have I tried to use in treating my sin?



b) Why is Jesus Christ the only source of salvation?



c) How can this verse help me to see the "salvation"

of Christ in the daily struggles of life?

Day 181, 30 June 2025



1) Obadiah , Psalms 82, 83



Obadiah 1

Obadiah

The book of Obadiah was likely written in the sixth century BC.

Its author is the prophet Obadiah, and it is the shortest book

in the Old Testament. Nothing is known about the prophet Obadiah

except the meaning of his name, "servant or worshipper of God."

This book has one theme-the condemnation of Edom.

Obadiah prophesied that Edom would be repaid for mistreating

God's people as this people (who were descendants from Esau)

took part in the sacking of Jerusalem with the Babylonians.

Obadiah emphasised that God is sovereign over all nations a

nd that the house of Jacob would someday be restored

because of God's covenant love for His people.

Judgment on Edom



Jer 49:9-16

The vision of Obadiah.

1 Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom

(We have heard a report from the Lord

and a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying:

"Rise up! Let us rise up against it for battle!"):

2 See, I will make you small among the nations;

you will be greatly despised.

3 The pride of your heart has deceived you,

you who live in the clefts of the rock,

whose dwelling is high;

you say in your heart,

"Who will bring me down to the ground?"

4 Though you ascend high like the eagle,

and though you set your nest among the stars,

I will bring you down from there,

says the Lord.

5 If thieves came to you,

if robbers by night-

how you have been destroyed!-

would they not steal only what they want?

If grape gatherers come to you,

would they not leave gleanings?

6 How the things of Esau have been ransacked!

How his hidden treasures hunted out!

7 All your confederates have driven you to the border;

your allies have deceived and prevailed against you.

Those who eat your bread have set a trap for you.

You will not detect it.

8 On that day, says the Lord,

I will destroy the wise out of Edom,

and understanding out of Mount Esau.

9 Your mighty men shall be shattered, OTeman,

so that everyone from Mount Esau will be cut off.



[1] The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have

heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen,

Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

[2] Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly

despised.

[3] The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the

clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who

shall bring me down to the ground?

[4] Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest

among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

[5] If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!)

would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came

to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

[6] How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things

sought up!

[7] All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the

men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against

thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none

understanding in him.

[8] Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out

of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

[9] And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every

one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.



Edom's Violence Against Jacob



10 For the slaughter and the violence done to your brother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

and you shall be cut off forever.

11 On the day that you stood aside,

on the day that strangers carried off his wealth,

and foreigners entered his gates

and cast lots on Jerusalem,

you also were like one of them.

12 But you should not have gloated

on the day of your brother,

on the day of his misfortune;

you should not have rejoiced over the children of Judah

on the day of their destruction;

you should not have boasted

on the day of distress.

13 You should not have entered the gate of My people

on the day of their calamity.

You should not have gloated over the disaster of Judah [Heb. his.]

on the day of his calamity;

you should not have seized his wealth

on the day of his calamity.

14 You should not have stood at the crossroads

to cut off his fugitives;

you should not have handed over his survivors,

on the day of distress.



[10] For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and

thou shalt be cut off for ever.

[11] In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the

strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his

gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

[12] But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day

that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the

children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou

have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

[13] Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day

of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction

in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the

day of their calamity;

[14] Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of

his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his

that did remain in the day of distress.



The Day of the Lord Is Near



15 For the day of the Lord is near

upon all the nations;

as you have done, it shall be done to you;

your deeds shall return on your own head.

16 For as you have drunk on My holy mountain,

all the nations shall drink continually;

they shall drink and swallow

and shall be as though they had never been.

17 But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance,

and it shall be holy;

and the house of Jacob shall possess

those who dispossessed them.Gk.; Heb. their possessions.

18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,

the house of Joseph a flame,

but the house of Esau stubble;

they shall burn them and consume them,

and there shall be no survivors

from the house of Esau,

for the Lord has spoken.



[15] For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast

done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own

head.

[16] For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen

drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and

they shall be as though they had not been.

[17] But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness;

and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

[18] And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a

flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and

devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for

the LORD hath spoken it.



The Restoration of Israel



19 Those of the Negev shall possess

Mount Esau,

and those of the Shephelah the land

of the Philistines.

They shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria,

and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

20 The exiles of this army of the sons of Israel,

shall inherit the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,

and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad

shall inherit the cities of the Negev.

21 Saviours shall go up to Mount Zion

to rule Mount Esau,

and the kingdom shall be the Lord's.



[19] And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the

plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the

fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

[20] And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess

that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem,

which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

[21] And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau;

and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.



(The Palestininans are Edomites)



Psalms 82

A Psalm of Asaph.

1 God stands among the divine council;

He renders judgment among the gods.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2 ) "How long will you all judge unjustly

and accept partiality of the wicked? Selah

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Defend the poor and fatherless;

vindicate the afflicted and needy.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Grant escape to the abused and the destitute,

pluck them out of the hand of the false.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) "They have neither knowledge nor understanding;

they walk in darkness:

all the foundations of the earth are shaken."

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9 ) I have said, "You are gods,

sons of the Most High, all of you,

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) but you all shall die like men,

and fall like a man, O princes."

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Arise, O God, judge the earth,

for You shall inherit all nations.

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



God's Protection in Times of Trouble



PSALMS 91



1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God in whom I trust."

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter

and from the deadly pestilence.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) He shall cover you with His feathers,

and under His wings you shall find protection;

His faithfulness shall be your shield and wall.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,

nor of the arrow that flies by day;

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) nor of the pestilence that pursues in darkness,

nor of the destruction that strikes at noonday.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) A thousand may fall at your side

and ten thousand at your right hand,

but it shall not come near you.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Only with your eyes shall you behold

and see the reward of the wicked.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,

even the Most High, your dwelling,

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) there shall be no evil befall you,

neither shall any plague come near your tent;

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) for He shall give His angels charge over you

to guard you in all your ways.

12 They shall bear you up in their hands,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.

13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder;

the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;

I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

and I will deliver him and honor him.

16 With long life I will satisfy him

and show him My salvation.



Psalm 91



1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress:

My God; in him will I trust.

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,

And from the noisome pestilence.

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:

His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;

Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;

Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;

But it shall not come nigh thee.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold

And see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge,

Even the most High, thy habitation;

10 There shall no evil befall thee,

Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee,

To keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands,

Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:

The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:

I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:

I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him,and shew him my salvation.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13





The Lord's prayer



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 2026 edition?)



Quebec



Quick facts on Muslims in Quebec



Quebec 2015 population 8214 000



est Muslim Population 418946



CNMM Networks: Montreal



There is a growing Muslim population in Quebec City and a smattering

of Muslims scattered around the rest of the province, yet the vast majority

of Muslims live in the greater Montreal area. n fact, 23% of Canada's Muslim

population live in Quebec. Why is that? It is largely because Francophone

African Muslims are attracted to La Belle Provence.

And here's an interesting, perhaps even shocking fact: There are more

Muslims in Montreal than there are evangelical Christians.

This is one demographic factor creates a challenging environment for churches

and believers here: The size of the available 'workforce' is small

by comparison to begin with. Believers are already is a host culture that

is often either indifferent to religion or resistant to it. And now

this 'new' religious community of Muslims - many of whom do not visibly

or socially conform to Quebec society - are a growing population. It might br

easy for Christians to feel overwhelm by this cultural double-whammy,

yet God has always worked miracles through the small, the few.

Agree in prayer for :



- The people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel

- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding

-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting

together for worship!

- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for

reaching Muslims in Quebec.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.



For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.



You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"



Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:



- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .



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



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 29 of the Month



a) Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion (



Ps 139:13-16



13 You brought my inner parts into being;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;

marvelous are Your works,

and You know me completely.

15 My frame was not hidden from You

when I was made in secret,

and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw me unformed,

yet in Your book

all my days were written,

before any of them came into being.



13 For thou hast possessed my reins:

Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My substance was not hid from thee,

When I was made in secret, and curiously wrought

in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;

And in thy book all my members were written,

Which in continuance were fashioned,

When as yet there was none of them.



)



b) Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight (



Gal 2:10



10 (Ac 24:17) Only they requested that we should remember the poor,

which I also was eager to do.



10 Only they would that we should remember the poor;

the same which I also was forward to do.



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray for Godly rulers to lead your nation.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, I praise You for being my substitute

and securing for me life eternal."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know Lord Jesus Christ is your Salvation.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord your Redeemer.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord your Salvation.



Agree in prayer for Quebec:



- The people of Quebec, Muslim or otherwise, to be open to the Gospel

- for Muslims who are encountering believers and responding

-for a new group of Muslim background believers who are meeting

together for worship!

- For pastors and believers to be full of passion, faith and vision for

reaching Muslims in Quebec.



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion



Pray that the Church will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight.



Pray that followers of Jesus in

Jordan will make the most

of every opportunity to witness and plant churches.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.



Remember eternity starts now -

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

2 Chronicles 23:1-11



[1] And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the

captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of

Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and

Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

[2] And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the

cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to

Jerusalem.

[3] And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of

God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD

hath said of the sons of David.

[4] This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the

sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

[5] And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the

gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the

house of the LORD.

[6] But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they

that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all

the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

[7] And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his

weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be

put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth

out.

[8] So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada

the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on

the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the

priest dismissed not the courses.

[9] Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds

spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in

the house of God.

[10] And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand,

from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by

the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

[11] Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and

gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons

anointed him, and said, God save the king.



2) Our Daily Bread for 29 June 2025 titled



Jesus - Our Substitute By John Blase



Hebrews 10:1-10



1 (Heb 8:5; 9:11) For the law is a shadow of the good things to come,

and not the very image of those things. It could never by the same sacrifices,

which they offer continually year after year, perfect those who draw near.

2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshippers,

once purified, would no longer be conscious of sins?

3 (Heb 9:7) But in those sacrifices there is an annual reminder of sins.

4 (Heb 10:11) For it is not possible for the blood of bulls

and goats to take away sins.

5 (Heb 1:6; Ge 3:15) Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:

"Sacrifices and offerings You did not desire,

but a body You have prepared for Me.

6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin

You have had no pleasure.

7 (Ge 3:15) Then I said, 'See, I have come to do Your will, O God,'

as it is written of Me

in the volume of the book."

8 (Heb 10:5) Previously when He said, "You did not desire sacrifices

and offerings. You have had no pleasure in burnt offerings

and sacrifices for sin,"(Ps 40:6.) which are offered in accordance

with the law,

9 (Heb 10:7) then He said, "See, I have come to do Your will, O God."

(Ps 40:8.) He takes away the first that He may establish the second.

10 (Jn 17:19; Heb 2:11) By this will we have been sanctified through

the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.



[1] For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very

image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year

by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

[2] For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the

worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

[3] But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every

year.

[4] For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take

away sins.

[5] Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and

offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

[6] In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

[7] Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,)

to do thy will, O God.

[8] Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and

offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which

are offered by the law;

[9] Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the

first, that he may establish the second.

[10] By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of

Jesus Christ once for all.



As the US Civil War (1861-65) dragged on, both sides resorted to conscription

(the draft) to fill their ranks. Under the Confederate law, a draftee could

dodge service by hiring a man who was exempt from the draft to replace

him - in most cases someone under or over the conscription age. Generally,

the "principal" (as one evading the draft was called) paid a fee to the

government as well as a large sum to his substitute. Only the wealthy

could afford substitutes.



The apostle Paul writes of the cosmic spiritual war, where "all have sinned

and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23) and "the wages of sin

is death" (6:23). There was no clause or loophole that gave those

with "means" some way out. But what about a substitute for us all? The writer

to the Hebrews praises God, who in His infinite mercy sent Jesus to be our

substitute - to bear the punishment our sin deserved, to pay our debt by

sacrificing "the body of Jesus Christ once for all" so that we would be "made

holy" through His substitutionary sacrifice (Hebrews 10:10). We have "died

with Christ," and one day "we will also live with him" (Romans 6:8).



That's the good news right there. Christ died for you and for me;

the substitute took our place. We're now more than simply survivors

of the war. We've become the sons and daughters of God.



Reflect & Pray



How does it make you feel to realize that Jesus died in your place?

How might you explain this good news to a friend?



Dear Jesus, I praise You for being my substitute

and securing for me life eternal.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 2 - Earning Death



Romans 6:23



23 (Ro 5:12; Ge 2:17; Ro 2:7) For the wages of sin is death,

but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.



23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal

life through Jesus Christ our Lord.



"I only want my rights," declares the belligerent Big Ghost, one of the

characters in C. S. Lewis's classic, The Great Divorce. "I'm not asking

for anybody's bleeding charity."

"Then do. At once," his angelic friend Len urges. "Ask for the Bleeding

Charity. Everything is here for the asking and nothing can be bought."

Often we are much like the Ghost in Lewis's tale of heaven and hell.

We want "What we deserve," and being blind to our own sin, we think

we deserve praise, or al least mercy. But Paul is very clear on what

we have coming: "The wages of sin is death".

We work for our wages - we've earned our paycheque, and we deserve it.

We don't have to thank anyone for paying us - it's our due, not a gift.

Similarly, the paycheque issued to us in renumeration for our sin is

what we deserve: death.

Yet, if we are willing to lay aside our pride and accept God's gift,

we can live. "The gift of God is eternal life." Nothing we can do or say

can make us worthy of the gift of life. We are sinners by nature and we

rebel against God in our choices. Yet God, in Christ, offers grace to us,

freedom from sin, liberty from the burden of trying to earn his favour.

Ironically, freedom and peace in the Christian life come not through

justifying ourselves and making ourselves look good, but through

acknowledging the depth of our sin ad our ability to do anything about it.

When we realise that we are trapped in out sinful selves and only

Christ can free us, then we are ready to journey toward grace and freedom.



Application



a) In what way's have I tried to "earn" the gift of eternal life?



b) What can I do to focus on God's grace and realise

that I cannot accomplish my own salvation?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Is 48:15,17



15 I, even I, have spoken, and I have called him;

I have brought him, and his way will prosper.

17 (Ps 32:8; Isa 43:14) Thus says the Lord,

your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,

who leads you in the way you should go.



15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him:

I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;

I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit,

which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

2 Chronicles 20

[1] It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the

children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against

Jehoshaphat to battle.

[2] Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great

multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold,

they be Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.

[3] And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and

proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

[4] And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even

out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

[5] And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in

the house of the LORD, before the new court,

[6] And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and

rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is

there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

[7] Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land

before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend

for ever?

[8] And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy

name, saying,

[9] If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or

famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in

this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and

help.

[10] And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom

thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of

Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

[11] Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy

possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

[12] O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this

great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our

eyes are upon thee.

[13] And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their

wives, and their children.

[14] Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of

Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit

of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;

[15] And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem,

and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor

dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but

God's.

[16] To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of

Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness

of Jeruel.

[17] Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye

still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem:

fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will

be with you.

[18] And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all

Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping

the LORD.

[19] And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children

of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud

voice on high.

[20] And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness

of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O

Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so

shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

[21] And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto

the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out

before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for

ever.

[22] And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments

against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come

against

Judah; and they were smitten.

[23] For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of

mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end

of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

[24] And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they

looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the

earth, and none escaped.

[25] And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of

them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies,

and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they

could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was

so much.

[26] And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of

Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same

place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

[27] Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat

in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD

had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

[28] And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto

the house of the LORD.

[29] And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when

they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.

[30] So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round

about.



2 Chronicles 20:31-37



The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign

1Ki 22:41-50



31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was 35 years old when he began

his reign, and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-five years.

The name of his mother was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

32 He walked in the way of his father Asa, and he did not turn aside

from doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord.

33 (2Ch 17:6; 19:3) Only the high places were not taken down.

The people had yet to set their hearts to the God of their fathers.

34 (1Ki 16:1; 2Ch 19:2) And the remainder of the acts of Jehoshaphat,

from beginning to end, are written in the annals of Jehu son of Hanani,

which are taken up in the book of the kings of Israel.

35 (1Ki 22:48-49) Also, Jehoshaphat king of Judah was united

with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

36 Jehoshaphat joined with him to make ships to travel to Tarshish,

and they made ships in Ezion Geber.

37 (Pr 13:20; 2Ch 9:21) And Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah

prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, "Because you have joined with Ahaziah,

the Lord will tear down your works."

So the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to journey to Tarshish.



[31] And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old

when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem.

And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

[32] And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it,

doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

[33] Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had

not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

[34] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they

are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the

book of the kings of Israel.

[35] And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah

king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

[36] And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and

they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

[37] Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against

Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD

hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to

go to Tarshish.



1 Kings 22:50



50 (2Ch 21:1) Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers

and was buried with his fathers

in the City of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.



[50] And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his

fathers

in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.



2 Chronicles 21:1-4



2 Chronicles 21



1 (1Ki 22:50) So Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with them

in the City of David, and Jehoram his son ruled in his place.

2 (2Ch 12:6; 23:2) And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel,

Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah.

3 (2Ch 11:23) And their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold,

and excellent items, along with fortified cities in Judah,

but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.



[1] Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers

in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

[2] And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and

Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons

of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

[3] And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of

precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to

Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.



Jehoram, King of Judah



2 Ki 8:16-24



4 (Jdg 9:5; Ge 4:8) Then Jehoram rose up over the kingdom of his father

and he became strong. And he killed all his brothers with the sword

and even some of the officials in Israel.



[4] Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he

strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers

also of the princes of Israel.



2 Chronicles 21:5-7



5 Now Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began as king,

and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

6 (2Ch 18:1; 1Ki 12:28-30) And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel

as those from the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab

was the wife of Jehoram. And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

7 (1Ki 11:36; 2Sa 7:12-17) But the Lord was not willing to destroy the house

of David because of the covenant that He made with David, and because

He said that He would give a lamp to David and his sons for all days.



[5] Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

[6] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house

of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which

was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

[7] Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the

covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to

him and to his sons for ever.

2 Chronicles 21:8-20



8 In the days of Jehoram, Edom revolted from being under the hand of Judah,

and they set a king for themselves.

9 So Jehoram passed over to the Edomite territory with his commanders

and all his chariots, and it happened that he rose up at night

and struck the Edomites, who had surrounded him and his chariot commanders.

10 So Edom revolted from being under the hand of Judah until this day.

At that time Libnah also revolted from being under their rule, because Jehoram

had abandoned the Lord God of his fathers.

11 (Lev 20:5; 17:7) He even made high places in the hill country of Judah a

nd caused those in Jerusalem to be like prostitutes, and he led Judah astray.

12 (2Ch 14:2-5; 17:3-4) And a letter came to him

from Elijah the prophet, saying,

"Thus says the Lord God of David your father: Because you have not walked

in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

13 (2Ch 21:4; 21:11) but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel,

and have led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into whoredom,

as the house of Ahab led Israel into whoredom, and also have killed

your brothers, those of your father's house, who were better than you,

14 the Lord will bring a great plague on your people, your children,

your wives, and all your possessions;

15 (2Ch 21:18-19) and you will have great sickness with a disease

of your intestines, until your intestines come out because of the disease,

day by day."

16 (2Ch 17:11; 1Ki 11:14) Then the Lord stirred up the spirit

of the Philistines against Jehoram and also the Arabians who were

near the Cushites.

17 (2Ch 22:1; 22:6; 25:23) And they went up against Judah and broke through,

and they took every possession found in the palace of the king,

even his sons and wives, so that no son was left with him

except his youngest Ahaziah.



[8] In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and

made themselves a king.

[9] Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him:

and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and

the captains of the chariots.

[10] So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.

The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had

forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.

[11] Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the

inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

[12] And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus

saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the

ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

[13] But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah

and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of

the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house,

which were better than thyself:

[14] Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy

children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

[15] And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy

bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

[16] Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the

Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:

[17] And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all

the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his

wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest

of his sons.



The Death of Jehoram



18 (2Ch 21:15) And after all this, the Lord struck him in his entrails

with an incurable disease.

19 (2Ch 16:14) And it happened after many days, at the end of two years,

his entrails came out due to his disease, so he died by a despicable disease.

And his people did not make for him a memorial fire like the fire

for his fathers.

20 (Jer 22:18; 22:2) 8He was thirty-two when he began to reign,

and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one's regret.

They buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.



[18] And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable

disease.

[19] And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two

years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore

diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his

fathers.

[20] Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned

in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they

buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.



2 Chronicles 22:1-7



2 Chronicles 22



Ahaziah, King of Judah



2Ki 8:25-29; 9:21-29



1 (2Ch 21:16-17; 2Ki 8:24-29) Then those in Jerusalem made Ahaziah,

the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place because the raiding party,

those coming with the Arabians to the camp, killed all the older sons.

So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram reigned in Jerusalem.

2 (2Ki 8:26; 2Ch 21:6) Now Ahaziah was 42 years [2Ki 8:26 reads t22 years.]

old when he began to reign, but he only reigned one year in Jerusalem.

The name of his mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.

3 And he also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab

because his mother was the one counseling him to do evil.

4 (Pr 13:20) And he also did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord,

like the house of Ahab, for they served as his counselors

after his father Jehoram died, which led to his destruction.

5 Even Ahaziah walked in their counsel and went with Jehoram

the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Aram

at Ramoth Gilead. And the Arameans wounded Joram,

6 (2Ki 9:15) and the king returned to Jezreel to heal from the wounds

that he sustained in Ramah where he fought against Hazael king of Aram.

Then Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram

the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was wounded.

7 (2Ki 9:21; 2Ch 10:15) And it was from God that a downfall would happen

to Ahaziah in regard to his visit with Joram. And when he arrived he went

out with Joram to see Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord anointed

to cut off the house of Ahab.



[1] And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in

his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had

slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

[2] Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he

reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the

daughter of Omri.

[3] He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his

counseller to do wickedly.

[4] Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab:

for they were his counsellers after the death of his father to his

destruction.

[5] He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of

Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead:

and the Syrians smote Joram.

[6] And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were

given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah

the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of

Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.

[7] And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when

he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom

the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.



2 Chronicles 22:8-9



8 And it happened that when Jehu was acting in judgment

with the house of Ahab that he found the rulers of Judah

and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, who were serving Ahaziah,

and Jehu killed them.

9 He sought out Ahaziah, and they captured him while he hid in Samaria,

and they brought him to Jehu, and they put him to death.

And they buried him because they said,

"He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat who sought the Lord with all his heart."

And there was no one from the house of Ahaziah strong enough

to retain the kingdom.



[8] And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the

house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren

of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

[9] And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in

Samaria,)

and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him:

Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with

all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the

kingdom.



2 Chronicles 22:10-12



Athaliah Seizes the Throne



2Ki 11:1-21



10 So when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,

she rose up and mounted a campaign to destroy all the royal offspring

of the house of Judah.

11 But Jehoshabeath,Jehosheba in [2Ki 11:2.] the daughter of the king,

took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from the king's sons

who were going to be put to death, and she placed him and his nurse

in a bed chamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram

and wife of Jehoiada the priest (since she was a sister of Ahaziah),

hid Joash from Athaliah. And she did not put the royal child to death.

12 And he was hidden away with them in the house of God for six years.

And Athaliah ruled over the land.



[10] But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she

arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

[11] But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of

Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put

him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king

Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of

Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

[12] And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah

reigned over the land.



2 Chronicles 23:1-11



2 Chronicles 23



Joash, King of Judah



1 Then in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself

and made a covenant with the commanders over hundreds:

Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan,

Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat

the son of Zikri.

2 (2Ch 11:13-17) And they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites

from all the cities of Judah and even the heads of the fathers' houses

in Israel. Then they all came to Jerusalem.

3 (2Sa 7:12; 2Ch 6:16) So the whole assembly made a covenant with the king

in the house of God, and Jehoiada said to them,

"The king's son will reign, as the Lord has said of the sons of David.

4 And this is the thing that you all will do: A third of you all from

the priests and Levites who come on the Sabbath will be gatekeepers,

5 1/3rd will be at the palace of the king and another third

at the Foundation Gate. And all the people will be in the courts of the house

of the Lord.

6 (1Ch 23:28-32) And may no one enter the house of the Lord

except the priests and those Levites who are serving. Those can enter

because they are holy, but all the people will keep their assigned

duty of the Lord.

7 Then the Levites will surround the king, each man with his weapon

in his hand, and whoever enters the house will be put to death.

They will be with the king when he enters and leaves."

8 (2Ki 11:9; 1Ch 24:1-26) The Levites and all Judah did everything

that Jehoiada the priest commanded. Each brought his men,

who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, with those who were

to go off duty on the Sabbath, because Jehoiada the priest did not

dismiss the divisions.

9 Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds

the spears and the large and small shields which had been King David's,

which were in the house of God.

10 Then he set all the people around the king,

each man with his weapon in hand, from the south side to the north side

of the temple, from the altar to the temple.

11 (1Sa 10:24; Ex 25:16) Then they brought out the son of the king

and set on him the crown and the testimony and they proclaimed him as king.

So Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said, "Long live the king!"