Day 200, 19 July 2025



1) Isaiah 28, 2 Kings 17, 2 Kings 18:1-12



Isaiah 28



Woe to the Leaders of Ephraim and Judah



1 (Hos 7:5; Isa 28:3-4) Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,

whose glorious beauty is a fading flower

which is at the head of the fertile valley

of those who are overcome with wine!

2 (Isa 30:30; Eze 13:11) See, the Lord has a mighty and strong one,

as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm,

as a flood of mighty overflowing waters,

He has cast it down to the earth with His hand.

3 (Isa 26:6) The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim

is trodden under foot;

4 (Mic 7:1; Na 3:12) and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,

which is at the head of the fertile valley,

shall be like a first-ripe fig before the summer,

which when one sees, while it is yet in his hand,

he eats it up.

5 (Isa 62:3; 41:16) In that day the Lord of Hosts

shall become a crown of glory

and a diadem of beauty

to the remnant of His people,

6 (1Ki 3:28; Jn 5:30) a spirit of justice

for him who sits in judgment,

and strength

to those who turn away the battle at the gate.

7 (Ps 107:27; Pr 20:1) But they also have erred through wine

and stagger from strong drink;

the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink,

they are confused by wine,

they stagger from strong drink;

they err while having visions,

they stumble when rendering judgment.

8 (Jer 48:26) For all the tables are full of vomit

and filthiness so that there is no clean place.

9 (Ps 131:2; Jer 6:10) "To whom shall He teach knowledge,

and to whom shall He interpret the message?

Those just weaned from the milk

and drawn from the breasts?

10 For He says,

'Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,

line upon line, line upon line,

here a little, there a little.'"

11 (1Co 14:21) For with stammering lips and foreign tongue

He will speak to this people,

12 (Mt 11:28-29; Isa 30:15) He who said to them,

"This is the rest. Give rest to the weary,"

and, "This is repose,"

yet they would not listen.

13 (Mt 21:44) So the word of the Lord will be to them,

"Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,

line upon line, line upon line,

here a little, there a little,"

that they might go and fall backward,

be broken, snared, and taken captive.

14 (Isa 1:10; 28:22) Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, Oscoffers,

who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

15 (Isa 8:7-8; Da 11:22) because you have said,

"We have made a covenant with death,

and with hell we are in agreement.

The overflowing scourge shall not come to us

when it passes through,

for we have made lies our refuge

and under falsehood we have hid ourselves."



[1] Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious

beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them

that are overcome with wine!

[2] Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of

hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall

cast down to the earth with the hand.

[3] The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

[4] And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall

be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he

that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

[5] In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a

diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

[6] And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for

strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

[7] But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out

of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they

are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they

err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

[8] For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no

place clean.

[9] Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand

doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

[10] For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line,

line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

[11] For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

[12] To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to

rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

[13] But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept

upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a

little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared,

and taken.

[14] Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this

people which is in Jerusalem.

[15] Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell

are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it

shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under

falsehood have we hid ourselves:



A Cornerstone in Zion



16 (Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42; Ro 9:33) Therefore, thus says the Lord God:

See, I lay in Zion a stone,

a tested stone,

a precious cornerstone, firmly placed;

he who believes shall not act hastily.

17 (2Ki 21:13; Isa 28:2) I shall make justice the measuring line

and righteousness the plummet;

then the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies

and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

18 (Isa 7:7; 28:15) Your covenant with death shall be annulled,

and your agreement with hell shall not stand;

when the overflowing scourge passes through,

then you shall be trodden down by it.

19 As often as it passes through, it shall seize you;

for morning by morning it shall pass through,

anytime by day or night.

It shall be terror only

to understand the report.

20 The bed is too short to stretch out,

and the covering is too small to wrap oneself in it.

21 (Jos 10:10; 10:12) For the Lord shall rise up as at Mount Perazim,

He shall be wrathful as in the Valley of Gibeon

to do His work, His unusual work,

and bring to pass His task, His exceptional task.

22 (Isa 10:22-23 ) Now therefore, do not continue as mockers,

lest your bonds be made stronger;

for I have heard from the Lord God of Hosts

of determined destruction upon the whole earth.

23 Give ear and hear my voice;

listen and hear my speech.

24 Does the plowman plow all day to sow?

Does he continually turn and break the clods of his ground?

25 Does he not level its surface

and sow dill and scatter the cumin

and plant wheat in rows,

barley in its place

and the rye within its area?

26 For his God instructs

and teaches him appropriately.

27 (Am 1:3) For the dill is not threshed with a threshing instrument,

nor is a cartwheel driven over the cumin;

but the dill is beaten out with a staff,

and the cumin with a rod.

28 Grain for bread is crushed;

so he does not continue to thresh it forever,

nor break it with the wheel of his cart,

nor crush it with his horsemen.

29 (Isa 9:6; Ro 11:33) This also comes from the Lord of Hosts,

who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.



[16] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a

foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure

foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

[17] Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet:

and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall

overflow the hiding place.

[18] And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement

with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,

then ye shall be trodden down by it.

[19] From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by

morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation

only to understand the report.

[20] For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and

the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

[21] For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in

the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring

to pass his act, his strange act.

[22] Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I

have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon

the whole earth.

[23] Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

[24] Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods

of his ground?

[25] When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the

fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the

appointed barley and rie in their place?

[26] For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

[27] For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither

is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out

with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

[28] Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor

break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

[29] This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in

counsel, and excellent in working.



2 Kings 17:1-4



Hoshea, King of Israel



2Kgs 18:9-12



1 (2Ki 15:30) In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah

became king in Samaria over Israel for nine years.

2 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as the kings of Israel

who were before him.

3 (Hos 10:14) Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him.

Hoshea became his servant and gave him gifts.

4 But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea,

for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt

and offered up no gift to the king of Assyria as he had done year by year.

So the king of Assyria detained him, and then put him in prison.



[1] In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah

to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

[2] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the

kings of Israel that were before him.

[3] Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his

servant, and gave him presents.

[4] And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent

messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of

Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him

up, and bound him in prison.



2 Kings 17:5



Israel Exiled to Assyria



5 Then the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, went up to Samaria,

and besieged it for three years.



[5] Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to

Samaria, and besieged it three years.





2 Kings 17:6-41



6 (Dt 28:64; 1Ch 5:26) In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria

seized Samaria and exiled Israel to Assyria. He put them in Halah,

in Habor by the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

7 (Jos 23:16; Ex 20:2) This happened because the children of Israel had sinned

against the Lord their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt

from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had feared other gods

8 (Lev 18:3; Dt 18:9) and walked in the statutes of the nations,

whom the Lord dispossessed before the children of Israel,

and walked in the statutes which the kings of Israel had made.

9 (2Ki 18:8) The children of Israel ascribed things to the Lord their God

that were not so, and they built for themselves high places

in all their cities from the watchtower to the fortified city.

10 (1Ki 14:23; Ex 34:13; 2Ki 16:4) They set up standing stones

and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

11 There they burned incense on all the high places, as the nations did

whom the Lord had carried away before them. And they did wicked things

to provoke the Lord to anger,

12 for they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them,

"You shall not do this thing."

13 (1Sa 9:9; Jer 18:11) But the Lord warned Israel and Judah

by all the prophets and by all the seers, saying,

"Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes,

according to all the law which I commanded your fathers

and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets."

14 (Dt 31:27; Ac 7:51) But they would not listen. They stiffened their necks,

like the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.

15 (Dt 12:30-31; 32:21) They rejected His statutes and His covenant

that He had made with their fathers and the decrees He had given them.

They followed idols, and became idolaters, and followed the surrounding

nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them, that they should not

do like them.

16 (1Ki 12:28; 14:15) They forsook all the commandments of the Lord

their God, made themselves cast images (two calves), made an Asherah pole,

worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

17 (2Ki 21:6; 1Ki 21:20; 2Ki 16:3) They caused their sons and daughters

to pass through the fire, used divination and omens, and sold themselves

to do evil in the sight of the Lord to anger Him.

18 (1Ki 11:13; 11:32) Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel

and removed them from His presence. None remained except the tribe of Judah.

19 (1Ki 14:22-23; 2Ki 16:3) Judah also did not keep the commandments

of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

20 (2Ki 15:29; 13:3) The Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, afflicted them,

and gave them into the hand of plunderers

until He had cast them out of His presence.

21 (1Ki 11:11; 11:31) For He had torn Israel from the house of David,

and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Jeroboam diverted Israel

from following the Lord and caused them to sin greatly.

22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins which Jeroboam

committed. They did not turn aside from them

23 (2Ki 17:6; 17:13) until the Lord removed Israel from His presence

as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled

from their land to Assyria until this day.



[6] In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and

carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by

the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

[7] For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD

their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under

the hand of Pharoah king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

[8] And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from

before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had

made.

[9] And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right

against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their

cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

[10] And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under

every green tree:

[11] And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen

whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke

the LORD to anger:

[12] For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall

not do this thing.

[13] Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the

prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and

keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I

commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

[14] Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to

the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

[15] And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with

their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they

followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round

about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not

do like them.

[16] And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them

molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the

host of heaven, and served Baal.

[17] And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the

fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil

in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

[18] Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of

his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

[19] Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked

in the statutes of Israel which they made.

[20] And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and

delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his

sight.

[21] For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the

son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and

made them sin a great sin.

[22] For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he

did; they departed not from them;

[23] Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all

his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land

to Assyria unto this day.



Assyria Resettles Samaria



24 (2Ki 18:34; 17:30-31) Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon,

Kuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and put them in the cities of Samaria

instead of the children of Israel.

They possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.

25 (2Ki 17:32; 17:34) Right at the beginning of their settling there,

they did not fear the Lord, so the Lord sent lions among them,

and they killed some of them.

26 So they said to the king of Assyria, "The nations which you have exiled

and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the law of the god

of the land. Therefore He has sent lions among them; they are killing them,

because they do not know the requirements of the god of the land."

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, "Escort back one of the priests

whom you exiled from there and let him go and dwell there.

Let him teach them the law of the god of the land."

28 Then one of the priests whom they had exiled from Samaria

came and lived in Bethel. He taught them how they should fear the Lord.

29 (1Ki 12:31; Mic 4:5) But each nation was making its own gods,

and they put them in the houses of the high places that the people

of Samaria had made, each nation in the cities where they were living.

30 The men of Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, the men of Kuthah made Nergal,

the men of Hamath made Ashima,

31 (2Ki 17:24; 17:17) the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites

were burning their children in fire to Adrammelek and Anammelek,

the gods of Sepharvaim.

32 (1Ki 12:31; 2Ki 17:29) They feared the Lord and made from amongst

themselves priests of the high places, who were working for them

in the houses of the high places.

33 They feared the Lord, and they were serving their own gods,

after the manner of the nations whom they exiled from there.

34 (Ge 32:28; 35:10) To this day they continue to practice

their former customs. They do not fear the Lord, nor are they doing

according to the statutes, requirements, the law or commandment

that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

35 (Jdg 6:10) The Lord had made a covenant and commanded them, saying,

"You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them.

You shall not serve them or sacrifice to them.

36 (Ex 6:6; Dt 6:13) Rather, the Lord, who brought you up

out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm,

Him you shall fear, to Him you shall bow down, and to Him you shall sacrifice.

37 The statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandment, which He wrote

for you, you shall observe to do forever. And you shall not fear other gods.

38 (Dt 4:23; 6:12) The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not

forget. You shall not fear other gods.

39 (2Ki 17:36) Rather the Lord your God you shall fear,

and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."

40 But they did not listen; rather they were practicing their former customs.

41 (Zep 1:5; Mt 6:24) So these nations feared the Lord and were serving

their carved images, both their children and their grandchildren,

as their fathers did, and so they are doing to this day.



[24] And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and

from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the

cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed

Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

[25] And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they

feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew

some of them.

[26] Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which

thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner

of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold,

they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

[27] Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the

priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and

let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

[28] Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came

and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

[29] Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses

of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their

cities wherein they dwelt.

[30] And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made

Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

[31] And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their

children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

[32] So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them

priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the

high places.

[33] They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of

the nations whom they carried away from thence.

[34] Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD,

neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after

the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom

he named Israel;

[35] With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them saying, Ye

shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor

sacrifice to them:

[36] But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great

power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship,

and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

[37] And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment,

which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall

not fear other gods.

[38] And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither

shall ye fear other gods.

[39] But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of

the hand of all your enemies.

[40] Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

[41] So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both

their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do

they unto this day.



2 Kings 18:1-12



Hezekiah, King of Judah

2Ch 29:1-2; 31:1, 20-21; 2Ki 17:3-7

1 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel,

Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, became king.

2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king,

and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi

daughter of Zechariah.

3 (2Ki 20:3) He did what was right in the sight of the Lord,

according to everything that David his father had done.

4 (2Ch 31:1; Nu 21:8-9) He removed the high places, broke down the sacred

pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and crushed the bronze serpent that Moses

had made, for until those days the children of Israel had made offerings to it.

They called it Nehushtan.

5 (2Ki 19:10; 23:25) He trusted in the Lord God of Israel. Afterwards,

there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah

or among those who were before him.

6 (Dt 10:20; Jos 23:8) He clung to the Lord. He did not depart from

following him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord ­commanded Moses.

7 (1Sa 18:14; 2Ki 16:7; Ge 39:2-3) The Lord was with him. Wherever he went,

he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

8 (2Ki 17:9; Isa 14:29) He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza

and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea

son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up

against Samaria and besieged it.

10 He seized it at the end of three years. In the sixth year of Hezekiah,

that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

11 (1Ch 5:26; 2Ki 17:6) Then the king of Assyria exiled Israel to Assyria

and put them in Halah and in Habor by the River of Gozan

and in the cities of the Medes,

12 because they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God,

but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the Lord

commanded, and would not obey or do them.



[1] Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of

Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

[2] Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned

twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the

daughter of Zachariah.

[3] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to

all that David his father did.

[4] He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the

groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto

those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it

Nehushtan.

[5] He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like

him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

[6] For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept

his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

[7] And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went

forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

[8] He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from

the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

[9] And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the

seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of

Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

[10] And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of

Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was

taken.

[11] And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put

them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the

Medes:

[12] Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but

transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD

commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.



2) Our Daily Bread for 19 July 2025 Titled
"https://www.odbm.org/en/devotionals/devotional-category/by-gods-truth">

By God's Truth by Marvin Williams



John 17:1-5,13-19



The Prayer of Jesus



1 (Jn 11:41; 7:39) When Jesus spoke these words, He lifted His eyes toward

heaven and said:

"Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son,

that Your Son may also glorify You.

2 (Jn 6:37; 6:39) As You have given Him authority over all flesh,

He will give eternal life to all whom You have given Him.

3 (1Jn 5:20; Jn 3:17; 17:25) This is eternal life: that they may know You,

the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

4 (Jn 4:34; 19:30) I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work

You have given Me to do.

5 (Jn 17:24; Php 2:6) And now, O Father, glorify Me in Your own presence

with the glory which I had with You before the world existed.

13 (Jn 3:29; 15:11) "But now I am coming to You, and I say these things

in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

14 (Jn 8:23; 17:16) I have given them Your word. And the world has hated them

because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world,

but that You should keep them from the evil one.

16 (Jn 17:14) They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

17 (Jn 15:3; 2Sa 7:28) Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

18 (Jn 20:21) As You sent Me into the world, so I sent them into the world.

19 (Jn 10:36; 1Co 1:2) For their sakes I sanctify Myself,

that they also may be sanctified by the truth.



[1] These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said,

Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify

thee:

[2] As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal

life to as many as thou hast given him.

[3] And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,

and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

[4] I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou

gavest me to do.

[5] And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory

which I had with thee before the world was.

[13] And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that

they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

[14] I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they

are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

[15] I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that

thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

[16] They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

[17] Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

[18] As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into

the world.

[19] And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be

sanctified through the truth.



Merriam-Webster's 2023 Word of the Year was authentic. It means

"not false or imitation" and "true to one's own personality, spirit,

or character." People search for truth, but discerning fact from

fiction can be challenging. Editor Peter Sokolowski said,

"Can we trust whether a student wrote this paper

[or] . . . whether a politician made this statement?

We don't always trust what we see anymore. We sometimes don't believe our

own eyes or our own ears. We are now recognising that authenticity is a

performance itself."



As what is real becomes less clear, authenticity is something most people

crave. This kind of "crisis of authenticity" can be averted as we take in

and live out the wisdom of Scripture. Jesus spoke to His disciples just

before His arrest, trial, and death (John 13-17). Preparing His disciples

for His departure from earth, He also "looked toward heaven and prayed"

for them (17:1). He prayed that the Father might "sanctify them by the truth;

your word is truth" (v. 17). This implies that what God has revealed

in the Bible doesn't conform to some other standard of what's true, but it is

truth itself and the standard by which everything else is judged.



God calls us to align our lives with Scripture, to conduct ourselves according

to its truth. Only by doing so can we become truly authentic, which is very

much what the world needs today.



Reflect & Pray



How does the Bible reveal God's truth? How is it truly authentic?



Dear God, please sanctify me with the truth of Scripture as I serve You.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 7 - Upheld by His Hand



Is 41:10



10 (Jos 1:9; Isa 41:13-14) Do not fear, for I am with you;

do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you,

yes, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.



10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God:

I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee;

yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.



Beth had the same recurring nightmare: she was running along a cliff,

then she slipped, and fell headlong, into a bottomless ravine.

Falling, without control, without end, falling, falling, falling...

Beth's dream may be one many of us identify with. The sense

of losing control can be nightmarish, and we may fear falling

without end, without remedy. Financial failure may be the chasm

that we face, or professional disgrace. Personal relationships

may go out of control, and we look into a never-ending

ravine of pain and misunderstanding

But God says, "Don't be afraid; I am holding you up."

Like the father who helps his child learn to swim,

God holds us above the water. We may not feel his hands;

indeed, we may suspect that he lets us go just so we can

do it on our own. But he promises that he doesn't let go.

"I am with you." he declares. "I give you strength

and hold you up."

God's promise never to let go takes on new meaning

in a world where relationships are temporary and life is

uncertain. We do not need to fear, for he is with us.

We can relax and stop striving, for he is our God.

His strength becomes ours; amid all our sin and rebellion,

he undergirds us with his righteousness. We cannot fall,

for he holds us firm.



Application



a) Under what circumstances have I felt myself "falling"?



b) How does God's promise in Is 41:10 help me to have faith

in the midst of my fears?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Mark 4:23-29



23 (Mk 4:9; Mt 11:15) "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

24 (Mt 7:2) He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.

The measure you give will be measured for you,

and to you who hear will more be given.

25 (Mt 13:12; Lk 8:18) For to him who has will more be given.

And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has."



The Parable of the Growing Seed



26 (Mt 13:24) He said, "The kingdom of God is like a man

who scatters seed on the ground.

27 (Ecc 11:5) He sleeps and rises night and day,

and the seed sprouts and grows; he does not know how.

28 For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade,

then the head, then the full seed in the head.

29 (Joel 3:13) But when the grain is ripe,

immediately he applies the sickle because the harvest has come."



23 "If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. "

24 And he said unto them, "Take heed what ye hear:

with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you:

and unto you that hear shall more be given.

25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not,

from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should

cast seed into the ground;

27 and should sleep, and rise night and day,

and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade,

then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

29 But when the fruit is brought forth,

immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come."



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



God's Gift of Salvation



Ps 51:1-13



PSALMS 51



For the Music Director. A Psalm of David,

when Nathan the Prophet came to him,

after he had gone in to Bathsheba.



1 Have mercy on me, O God,

according to Your lovingkindness;

according to the abundance of Your compassion,

blot out my transgressions.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2 ) Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

and cleanse me from my sin.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) For I acknowledge my transgressions,

and my sin is ever before me.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Against You, You only, have I sinned,

and done this evil in Your sight,

so that You are justified when You speak,

and You are blameless when You judge.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) I was brought forth in iniquity,

and in sin my mother conceived me.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) You desire truth in the inward parts,

and in the hidden part You make me to know wisdom.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 ) Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;

wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Make me to hear joy and gladness,

that the bones that You have broken may rejoice.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Hide Your face from my sins,

and blot out all my iniquities.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right spirit within me.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not cast me away from Your presence,

and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,

and uphold me with Your willing spirit.

13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,

and sinners will return to You.



To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet

came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.



1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:

According unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,

And cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions:

And my sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight:

That thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,

and be clear when thou judgest.

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;

And in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:

And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:

Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness;

That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9 Hide thy face from my sins,

And blot out all mine iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God;

And renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence;

And take not thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;

And uphold me with thy free spirit.

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;

And sinners shall be converted unto thee.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

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

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

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

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

as we forgive our debtors.

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

but deliver us from evil.

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



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

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

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

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

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

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

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



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



Where do Muslims live?



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

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

your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.



Data for those population figures is extrapolated for the 2011 National

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

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

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

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

Canadian population, not provincial



BC - 136493 - 7.5%

AB - 195240 - 11%

SK - 17279 - 1%

MB - 21349 - 1.2%

ON - 1001542 - 55%

QC - 418946 - 23%

NB - 4543 - 0.003%

NS - 14629 - 0.1%

PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%

NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%

Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%

NWT - 473 - 0.0003%

NU - 86 - 0.00005%



Adding further



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



Under the Keep Praying page



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

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

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

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

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

decorated and festivals will be held.



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

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

Islam.



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

which means Blessed Eid!"



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

know, and Muslims around the world:



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

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

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

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

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

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

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

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

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

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

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

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

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

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

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

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



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

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

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

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

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

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

house."



Ideas for prayer



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

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

Christ among Muslim people -

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

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

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



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



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

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

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



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

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

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

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

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



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

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

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



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

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

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



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

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

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

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



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

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

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



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

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



ROMANS 15:13



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

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

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



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



http://www.ehc.ca



19th Day of the Month



a) Pray the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders

as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society



(



1 Tim 2:1-2



)



b) Pray for the province of Prince Edward Island



I) Pray for the leaders of Prince Edward Island,

that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4



1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.



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

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

2 for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet

and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge

of the truth.



)



II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and and pray to obey Lord Jesus Christ in want he wants

you to do for your nation.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please sanctify me with the truth

of Scripture as I serve You."



Pray to the Lord and pray to Jesus Christ who will help strengthen you.



Pray to the Lord and pray plant spiritual seeds.



Pray to the Lord and pray for Him to purge your sins.



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 the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders

as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society.



Pray for the equipping of a new generation of Godly leaders in Loas

communities lacking trained pastors.



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.