Day 274 of My 4th Bible Study Journey - 30 September 2024 reflections
Day 274, 30 September 2024
1) John 3, John 4:1-45
John 3
Jesus and Nicodemus
1 (Jn 19:39) There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus,
a ruler of the Jews.
2 (Ac 2:22; 10:38) He came to Jesus by night and said to Him,
"Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God.
For no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."
3 (Jn 1:13; 3:5-6) Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly I say to you,
unless a man is born again,
[Gk. a litra, or half a liter. he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old?
Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?”
5 (Ac 2:38; Eze 36:25-27; Mk 16:16) Jesus answered, "Truly, truly
I say to you, unless a man is born of water and the Spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 (Ge 6:12; Job 14:4) That which is born of the flesh is flesh,
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 (Jn 3:3; 5:28) Do not marvel that I said to you,
'You must be born again.'
8 (Eze 37:9; 1Co 2:11) The wind blows where it wishes,
and you hear its sound, but you do not know where
it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone
who is born of the Spirit."
9 (Jn 6:52; 6:60) Nicodemus said to Him, "How can this be?"
10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel,
but you do not know these things?
11 (Jn 1:18; 7:16) Truly, truly I say to you, We speak of what
We know and bear witness of what We have seen, but you do not
receive Our testimony.
12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe,
how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 (Pr 30:4; Jn 1:18; 6:38) No one has ascended to heaven except
He who descended from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.
14 (Jn 8:28) Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 (Jn 3:16; 3:36) that whoever believes in Him should not perish,
but may have eternal life.
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9-10; Jn 1-18) "For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish, but have eternal life.
17 (1Jn 4:14; Lk 19:10) For God did not send His Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 (Jn 5:24; Mk 16:16) He who believes in Him is not condemned.
But he who does not believe is condemned already,
because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 (Jn 1:4; 8:12) This is the verdict, that light has come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not
come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
21 (1Jn 1:6; Ps 139:23-24) But he who does the truth comes to the light,
that it may be revealed that his deeds have been done in God."
[1] There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
[2] The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that
thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that
thou doest, except God be with him.
[3] Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
[4] Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he
enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
[5] Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of
water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
[6] That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
[7] Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
[8] The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one
that is born of the Spirit.
[9] Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
[10] Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and
knowest not these things?
[11] Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify
that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
[12] If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye
believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
[13] And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from
heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
[14] And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Son of man be lifted up:
[15] That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
[16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
[17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that
the world through him might be saved.
[18] He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.
[19] And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and
men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
[20] For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the
light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
[21] But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be
made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Jesus and John the Baptist
22 (Jn 3:26) After these things Jesus and His disciples came
into the land of Judea. He remained with them there and baptized.
23 John also was baptizing in Aenon toward Salim, because much water
was there. And people came and were baptized.
24 (Mt 4:12; 14:3) For John had not yet been put in prison.
25 (Jn 2:6) Then a dispute arose between some of John's disciples
and the Jews about ceremonial cleansing.
26 (Jn 1:7; 12:19) They came to John and said to him,
"Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness,
look, He is baptising, and everyone is going to Him."
27 (1Co 4:7; Jas 1:17) John answered, "A man can receive nothing
unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 (Jn 1:20; 1:23) You yourselves bear witness of me, that I said,
'I am not the Christ,' but 'I have been sent before Him.'
29 (Mt 9:15; SS 5:1) He who has the bride is the bridegroom.
But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him,
rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine
is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease."
[22] After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of
Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
[23] And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was
much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
[24] For John was not yet cast into prison.
[25] Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the
Jews about purifying.
[26] And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with
thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same
baptizeth, and all men come to him.
[27] John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given
him from heaven.
[28] Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but
that I am sent before him.
[29] He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the
bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of
the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
[30] He must increase, but I must decrease.
He Who Comes From Heaven
31 (Jn 8:23; Mt 28:18; Jn 6:33) He who comes from above is above all.
He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth.
He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 (Jn 3:11; 1:11; 8:26) He bears witness of what He has seen and heard,
yet no one receives His testimony.
33 He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true.
34 (Jn 3:17; Lk 4:18) For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God,
for God gives the Spirit without measure to Him.
35 (Mt 28:18; Jn 5:20) The Father loves the Son, and has placed all things
into His hand.
36 (Jn 5:24; 3:15-16) He who believes in the Son has eternal life.
He who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God
remains on him.
[31] He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is
earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
[32] And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man
receiveth his testimony.
[33] He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is
true.
[34] For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not
the Spirit by measure unto him.
[35] The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
[36] He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on
him.
John 4
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
1 (Jn 3:22; 3:26) Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees
had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),
3 He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.
4 Now it was necessary that He go through Samaria.
5 (Ge 33:19; 48:22) So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar,
near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 (Mt 4:2; 8:24) Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being exhausted
from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came there to draw water.
Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."
8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 (Jn 8:48; Mt 10:5) Then the woman of Samaria said to Him,
"How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?"
For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
10 (Jer 2:13; Jn 4:14) Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God,
and who it is who is saying to you, 'Give Me a drink,'
you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
12 (Jn 8:53) Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well
and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock?"
13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
14 (Jn 6:35; Isa 49:10) but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give
him will never thirst. Indeed, the water that I shall give him will become
in him a well of water springing up into eternal life."
15 (Jn 6:34) The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so that
I will not thirst, nor come here to draw."
16 Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."
17 The woman answered, "I have no husband."
Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband,'
18 for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have
is not your husband. So you have spoken truthfully."
19 (Lk 7:16; 7:39) The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive
that You are a prophet.
20 (Ge 12:6-7; Dt 11:29) Our fathers worshipped on this mountain,
but you all say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."
21 (Mal 1:11; 1Ti 2:8) Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me,
the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor
in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 (Isa 2:3; Ro 9:4-5) You worship what you do not know; we know
what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
23 (Php 3:3; Jn 5:25) Yet the hour is coming, and is now here,
when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.
For the Father seeks such to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him
in spirit and truth."
25 (Jn 4:29) The woman said to Him, “"I know that Messiah is coming"
(who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things."
26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."
27 (Lk 7:39; Jn 4:8-9) Then His disciples came. They marveled that He talked
with a woman. Yet no one said, "What do You seek?"
or, "Why are You talking with her?"
28 The woman then left her water pot, went her way into the city,
and said to the men,
29 (Jn 4:17-18; 4:25) "Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did.
Could this be the Christ?"
30 They went out of the city and came to Him.
31 Meanwhile His disciples urged Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
32 (Job 23:12)But He said to them,
"I have food to eat of which you do not know."
33 Therefore the disciples said one to another,
"Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?"
34 (Jn 6:38; 17:4) Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him
who sent Me, and to finish His work.
35 (Mt 9:37-38; Jn 4:30) Do you not say, 'There are yet four months,
and then comes the harvest'? Listen! I say to you, lift up your eyes
and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.
36 (Ro 1:13) He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit that leads
to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
37 (Mic 6:15; Job 31:8) For in this is the saying true, 'One sows,
and another reaps.'
38 (Ac 8:14-17) I sent you to reap a crop for which you did not labor.
And you have benefited from their labor."
39 (Jn 4:29; 4:5) Many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him
because of the word of the woman who testified,
"He told me all that I ever did."
40 So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to remain with them.
And He stayed there two days.
41 And many more believed because of His word.
42 (1Jn 4:14; Jn 1:29; 2Co 5:19) They said to the woman, "Now we believe,
not because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves
and know that this Man is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."
[1] When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made
and baptized more disciples than John,
[2] (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
[3] He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
[4] And he must needs go through Samaria.
[5] Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the
parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
[6] Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his
journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
[7] There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,
Give me to drink.
[8] (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
[9] Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a
Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no
dealings with the Samaritans.
[10] Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and
who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of
him, and he would have given thee living water.
[11] The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the
well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
[12] Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and
drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
[13] Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water
shall thirst again:
[14] But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.
[15] The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not,
neither come hither to draw.
[16] Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
[17] The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her,
Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
[18] For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy
husband: in that saidst thou truly.
[19] The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
[20] Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem
is the place where men ought to worship.
[21] Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall
neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
[22] Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is
of the Jews.
[23] But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall
worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to
worship him.
[24] God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit
and in truth.
[25] The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called
Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
[26] Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
[27] And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the
woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
[28] The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and
saith to the men,
[29] Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this
the Christ?
[30] Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
[31] In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
[32] But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
[33] Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him
ought to eat?
[34] Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,
and to finish his work.
[35] Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold,
I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are
white already to harvest.
[36] And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life
eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
[37] And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
[38] I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men
laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
[39] And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying
of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
[40] So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he
would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
[41] And many more believed because of his own word;
[42] And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for
we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the
Saviour of the world.
The Healing of the Nobleman's Son
Mt 8:5-13; Lk 7:1-10
43 (Jn 4:40) After the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee.
44 (Mt 13:57; Lk 4:24) For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor
in his own country.
45 (Jn 2:23; 3:2) Then, when He came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him,
having seen all the things He did at Jerusalem at the feast.
For they had also gone to the feast.
[43] Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
[44] For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own
country.
[45] Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having
seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also
went unto the feast.
2) Our Daily Bread for 230 September 2024 titled
"Small" Miracles
Zechariah 4:6-10
6 (Hos 1:7; Isa 11:2-4) And he said to me: "This is the word of the Lord
to Zerubbabel, saying: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,
says the Lord of Hosts.
7 (Jer 51:25; Ps 114:4) "Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel
you will be made level ground, and he will bring out the top stone amidst
shouting of 'Grace! Grace to the stone!' "
8Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9 (Ezr 5:16; 6:14-15) "The hands of Zerubbabel have established
the foundation of this house, and they will even complete it.
Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me to all of you.
10 (Hag 2:3; Zec 3:9) "For who has despised the day of small things?
These seven will rejoice and see the plumb line in the hand
of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of the Lord, which survey to
and fro throughout the earth."
[6] Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD
unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith
the LORD of hosts.
[7] Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a
plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings,
crying, Grace, grace unto it.
[8] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[9] The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his
hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath
sent me unto you.
[10] For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice,
and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they
are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
At our wedding shower, our shy friend Dave stood in a corner clutching an
oblong, tissue-wrapped object. When his turn came to present his gift, he
brought it forward. Evan and I unwrapped it to discover a hand-carved piece of
wood containing perfect oblong concentric woodgrain circles and the engraved
sentence, "Some of God's miracles are small." The plaque has hung in our home
for 45 years, reminding us again and again that God is at work even in the
small things. Paying a bill. Providing a meal. Healing a cold. All tallying up
to an impressive record of God's provision.
Through the prophet Zechariah, the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel received a
similar message from God regarding the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple.
After returning from their Babylonian captivity, a season of slow progress
began, and the Israelites grew discouraged. "For who has despised the day
of small things?" God declared (Zechariah 4:10 ). He accomplishes His
desires through us and sometimes in spite of us.
"Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,
says the Lord of Hosts."(v. 6).
When we grow weary at the apparent smallness of God's work in and around us,
may we remember that some of His miracles may be "small." He uses the small
things to build toward His greater purposes.
By: Elisa Morgan
Reflect & Pray
Where have you seen God's small miracles in your life?
How has He used small things to provide for your needs
and the needs of those around you?
Dear God, thank You for working Your
small miracles in my life. Please help me to notice all Your works!
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 2 - Due Season
Gal 6:9
9 And let us not grow weary in doing good,
for in due season we shall reap, if we do not give up.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing:
for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Jackie's preschool class took on an exciting project: they were going to grow
flowers from seeds, Each child took the seed, planted it carefully in the
bedding soil, watered, and waited. But Jackie couldn't wait. Every day
for a week he ran to the window box, looked for his plants, poked, prodded,
unplanted the seeds and then planted them again. "It's no use,"
he pouted after the first week. "Nothing's gonna grow in there."
We live in an instant society - microwave dinners, quick fixes, easy answers.
We are conditioned by our environment to expect - even to demand -
immediate response, and when we have to wait,
we become impatient and irritable.
Paul's exhortation to the Galatians, "Let us not become weary in doing good,"
is as appropriate for twentieth-century believers as it was for the new church
at Galatia. We lose motivation when we don't see results,
and weariness sets in.
If our work does not seem to be producing as we hope, we want to abandon it
and move on to a new project.
But God says, "You will reap a harvest if you don't give up." We give up too
soon in our prayers for a loved one's salvation. We abandon hope too readily
when we don't see spiritual growth in our own lives, when our investment in
another's spiritual maturity seems to have no return. The Lord says,
"The harvest is coming; be patient; trust me."
In due season the harvest comes; when it's the right time. When the seed has
had time to germinate, when the roots are string enough, when the conditions
are right, the reaping time will come. But we must be willing to wait for
the due season, the moment of ripeness, when our labor brings its return.
Application
a) Have I ever felt that my spiritual labours have produced no harvest at all?
b) What does it mean to my own spiritual growth that there is a "due season"
for reaping the harvest?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 10:22
22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich ,and He adds no sorrow with it.
22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And he addeth no sorrow with it.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Saddened by Loss
1 Cor 15:35-38,51-57
35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up?
With what body do they come?"
36 You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
37 When you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare kernel,
perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
38 Then God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed.
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet,
for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For tis corruptible will put on incorruption,
and this mortal will put on immortality.
54 When this corruptible will have put on incorruption,
and this mortal will have put on immortality,
then the saying that is written shall come to pass:
"Death is swallowed up in victory."
55 "O death, where is your sting?
O grave, where is your victory?"
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ!
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?
and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,
but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,
and to every seed his own body.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Prince Edward Island
Total population 146300
Muslim population (est.) 1127
Charlottetown does not currently (fall 2014) have a local CNMM network.
Pray with us for God's people to come together in reaching Muslims
cooperatively across denominational and organisational lines.
More than 200 attended the Eid festival at the end of Ramadan, the Islamic
month of fasting during daylight hours and the reading of the Qur'an, at
the Dar as-Salam mosque in 2014. This second mosque established
in Charlottetown, the other being the Muslims Association of PEI.
As of mid-2014,there are between 250 to 300 families, mostly in Charlottetown.
The Muslims of Charlottetown see their community as symbolically important
for this nation since this is known as the "birthplace of Canada". Yet we were
established as the "Dominion of Canada" with an appeal not only to
monarchial authority, but even more to God's higher Biblical authority as
shown in Psalm 72:8, "May he have dominion from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth."
Let us intercede together for:
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 30 of the Month
a) Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout
Canadian society, as it is in Heaven
( Matt 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
)
b) Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city
or community, and across our nation. (
Rom 2:4
4 (Ex 34:6; Isa 30:18) Do you despise the riches of His goodness,
tolerance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God
leads you to repentance?
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance
and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth
thee to repentance?
)
Pray to the Lord and pray to be born again and have an encounter with Jesus.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, thank You for working Your
small miracles in my life. Please help me to notice all Your works!"
Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Blessings of the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be stedfast in the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know He will keep His promise with the Rapture
of the Church.
Pray for Prince Edward Island and her Muslim populations
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout
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 Sunni Muslims, who comprise 98% of Djibouti's population, will turn
to faith in Christ.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
1) John 3, John 4:1-45
John 3
Jesus and Nicodemus
1 (Jn 19:39) There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus,
a ruler of the Jews.
2 (Ac 2:22; 10:38) He came to Jesus by night and said to Him,
"Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God.
For no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."
3 (Jn 1:13; 3:5-6) Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly I say to you,
unless a man is born again,
[Gk. a litra, or half a liter. he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old?
Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?”
5 (Ac 2:38; Eze 36:25-27; Mk 16:16) Jesus answered, "Truly, truly
I say to you, unless a man is born of water and the Spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 (Ge 6:12; Job 14:4) That which is born of the flesh is flesh,
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 (Jn 3:3; 5:28) Do not marvel that I said to you,
'You must be born again.'
8 (Eze 37:9; 1Co 2:11) The wind blows where it wishes,
and you hear its sound, but you do not know where
it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone
who is born of the Spirit."
9 (Jn 6:52; 6:60) Nicodemus said to Him, "How can this be?"
10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel,
but you do not know these things?
11 (Jn 1:18; 7:16) Truly, truly I say to you, We speak of what
We know and bear witness of what We have seen, but you do not
receive Our testimony.
12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe,
how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 (Pr 30:4; Jn 1:18; 6:38) No one has ascended to heaven except
He who descended from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.
14 (Jn 8:28) Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 (Jn 3:16; 3:36) that whoever believes in Him should not perish,
but may have eternal life.
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9-10; Jn 1-18) "For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish, but have eternal life.
17 (1Jn 4:14; Lk 19:10) For God did not send His Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 (Jn 5:24; Mk 16:16) He who believes in Him is not condemned.
But he who does not believe is condemned already,
because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 (Jn 1:4; 8:12) This is the verdict, that light has come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not
come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
21 (1Jn 1:6; Ps 139:23-24) But he who does the truth comes to the light,
that it may be revealed that his deeds have been done in God."
[1] There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
[2] The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that
thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that
thou doest, except God be with him.
[3] Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
[4] Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he
enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
[5] Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of
water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
[6] That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
[7] Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
[8] The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one
that is born of the Spirit.
[9] Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
[10] Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and
knowest not these things?
[11] Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify
that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
[12] If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye
believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
[13] And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from
heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
[14] And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Son of man be lifted up:
[15] That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
[16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
[17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that
the world through him might be saved.
[18] He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.
[19] And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and
men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
[20] For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the
light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
[21] But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be
made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Jesus and John the Baptist
22 (Jn 3:26) After these things Jesus and His disciples came
into the land of Judea. He remained with them there and baptized.
23 John also was baptizing in Aenon toward Salim, because much water
was there. And people came and were baptized.
24 (Mt 4:12; 14:3) For John had not yet been put in prison.
25 (Jn 2:6) Then a dispute arose between some of John's disciples
and the Jews about ceremonial cleansing.
26 (Jn 1:7; 12:19) They came to John and said to him,
"Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness,
look, He is baptising, and everyone is going to Him."
27 (1Co 4:7; Jas 1:17) John answered, "A man can receive nothing
unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 (Jn 1:20; 1:23) You yourselves bear witness of me, that I said,
'I am not the Christ,' but 'I have been sent before Him.'
29 (Mt 9:15; SS 5:1) He who has the bride is the bridegroom.
But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him,
rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine
is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease."
[22] After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of
Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
[23] And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was
much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
[24] For John was not yet cast into prison.
[25] Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the
Jews about purifying.
[26] And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with
thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same
baptizeth, and all men come to him.
[27] John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given
him from heaven.
[28] Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but
that I am sent before him.
[29] He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the
bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of
the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
[30] He must increase, but I must decrease.
He Who Comes From Heaven
31 (Jn 8:23; Mt 28:18; Jn 6:33) He who comes from above is above all.
He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth.
He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 (Jn 3:11; 1:11; 8:26) He bears witness of what He has seen and heard,
yet no one receives His testimony.
33 He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true.
34 (Jn 3:17; Lk 4:18) For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God,
for God gives the Spirit without measure to Him.
35 (Mt 28:18; Jn 5:20) The Father loves the Son, and has placed all things
into His hand.
36 (Jn 5:24; 3:15-16) He who believes in the Son has eternal life.
He who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God
remains on him.
[31] He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is
earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
[32] And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man
receiveth his testimony.
[33] He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is
true.
[34] For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not
the Spirit by measure unto him.
[35] The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
[36] He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on
him.
John 4
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
1 (Jn 3:22; 3:26) Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees
had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),
3 He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.
4 Now it was necessary that He go through Samaria.
5 (Ge 33:19; 48:22) So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar,
near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 (Mt 4:2; 8:24) Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being exhausted
from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came there to draw water.
Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."
8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 (Jn 8:48; Mt 10:5) Then the woman of Samaria said to Him,
"How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?"
For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
10 (Jer 2:13; Jn 4:14) Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God,
and who it is who is saying to you, 'Give Me a drink,'
you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
12 (Jn 8:53) Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well
and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock?"
13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
14 (Jn 6:35; Isa 49:10) but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give
him will never thirst. Indeed, the water that I shall give him will become
in him a well of water springing up into eternal life."
15 (Jn 6:34) The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so that
I will not thirst, nor come here to draw."
16 Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."
17 The woman answered, "I have no husband."
Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband,'
18 for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have
is not your husband. So you have spoken truthfully."
19 (Lk 7:16; 7:39) The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive
that You are a prophet.
20 (Ge 12:6-7; Dt 11:29) Our fathers worshipped on this mountain,
but you all say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."
21 (Mal 1:11; 1Ti 2:8) Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me,
the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor
in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 (Isa 2:3; Ro 9:4-5) You worship what you do not know; we know
what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
23 (Php 3:3; Jn 5:25) Yet the hour is coming, and is now here,
when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.
For the Father seeks such to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him
in spirit and truth."
25 (Jn 4:29) The woman said to Him, “"I know that Messiah is coming"
(who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things."
26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."
27 (Lk 7:39; Jn 4:8-9) Then His disciples came. They marveled that He talked
with a woman. Yet no one said, "What do You seek?"
or, "Why are You talking with her?"
28 The woman then left her water pot, went her way into the city,
and said to the men,
29 (Jn 4:17-18; 4:25) "Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did.
Could this be the Christ?"
30 They went out of the city and came to Him.
31 Meanwhile His disciples urged Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
32 (Job 23:12)But He said to them,
"I have food to eat of which you do not know."
33 Therefore the disciples said one to another,
"Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?"
34 (Jn 6:38; 17:4) Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him
who sent Me, and to finish His work.
35 (Mt 9:37-38; Jn 4:30) Do you not say, 'There are yet four months,
and then comes the harvest'? Listen! I say to you, lift up your eyes
and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.
36 (Ro 1:13) He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit that leads
to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
37 (Mic 6:15; Job 31:8) For in this is the saying true, 'One sows,
and another reaps.'
38 (Ac 8:14-17) I sent you to reap a crop for which you did not labor.
And you have benefited from their labor."
39 (Jn 4:29; 4:5) Many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him
because of the word of the woman who testified,
"He told me all that I ever did."
40 So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to remain with them.
And He stayed there two days.
41 And many more believed because of His word.
42 (1Jn 4:14; Jn 1:29; 2Co 5:19) They said to the woman, "Now we believe,
not because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves
and know that this Man is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."
[1] When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made
and baptized more disciples than John,
[2] (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
[3] He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
[4] And he must needs go through Samaria.
[5] Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the
parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
[6] Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his
journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
[7] There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,
Give me to drink.
[8] (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
[9] Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a
Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no
dealings with the Samaritans.
[10] Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and
who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of
him, and he would have given thee living water.
[11] The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the
well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
[12] Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and
drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
[13] Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water
shall thirst again:
[14] But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.
[15] The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not,
neither come hither to draw.
[16] Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
[17] The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her,
Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
[18] For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy
husband: in that saidst thou truly.
[19] The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
[20] Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem
is the place where men ought to worship.
[21] Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall
neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
[22] Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is
of the Jews.
[23] But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall
worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to
worship him.
[24] God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit
and in truth.
[25] The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called
Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
[26] Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
[27] And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the
woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
[28] The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and
saith to the men,
[29] Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this
the Christ?
[30] Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
[31] In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
[32] But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
[33] Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him
ought to eat?
[34] Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,
and to finish his work.
[35] Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold,
I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are
white already to harvest.
[36] And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life
eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
[37] And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
[38] I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men
laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
[39] And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying
of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
[40] So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he
would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
[41] And many more believed because of his own word;
[42] And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for
we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the
Saviour of the world.
The Healing of the Nobleman's Son
Mt 8:5-13; Lk 7:1-10
43 (Jn 4:40) After the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee.
44 (Mt 13:57; Lk 4:24) For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor
in his own country.
45 (Jn 2:23; 3:2) Then, when He came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him,
having seen all the things He did at Jerusalem at the feast.
For they had also gone to the feast.
[43] Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
[44] For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own
country.
[45] Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having
seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also
went unto the feast.
2) Our Daily Bread for 230 September 2024 titled
"Small" Miracles
Zechariah 4:6-10
6 (Hos 1:7; Isa 11:2-4) And he said to me: "This is the word of the Lord
to Zerubbabel, saying: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,
says the Lord of Hosts.
7 (Jer 51:25; Ps 114:4) "Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel
you will be made level ground, and he will bring out the top stone amidst
shouting of 'Grace! Grace to the stone!' "
8Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9 (Ezr 5:16; 6:14-15) "The hands of Zerubbabel have established
the foundation of this house, and they will even complete it.
Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me to all of you.
10 (Hag 2:3; Zec 3:9) "For who has despised the day of small things?
These seven will rejoice and see the plumb line in the hand
of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of the Lord, which survey to
and fro throughout the earth."
[6] Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD
unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith
the LORD of hosts.
[7] Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a
plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings,
crying, Grace, grace unto it.
[8] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[9] The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his
hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath
sent me unto you.
[10] For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice,
and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they
are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
At our wedding shower, our shy friend Dave stood in a corner clutching an
oblong, tissue-wrapped object. When his turn came to present his gift, he
brought it forward. Evan and I unwrapped it to discover a hand-carved piece of
wood containing perfect oblong concentric woodgrain circles and the engraved
sentence, "Some of God's miracles are small." The plaque has hung in our home
for 45 years, reminding us again and again that God is at work even in the
small things. Paying a bill. Providing a meal. Healing a cold. All tallying up
to an impressive record of God's provision.
Through the prophet Zechariah, the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel received a
similar message from God regarding the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple.
After returning from their Babylonian captivity, a season of slow progress
began, and the Israelites grew discouraged. "For who has despised the day
of small things?" God declared (Zechariah 4:10 ). He accomplishes His
desires through us and sometimes in spite of us.
"Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,
says the Lord of Hosts."(v. 6).
When we grow weary at the apparent smallness of God's work in and around us,
may we remember that some of His miracles may be "small." He uses the small
things to build toward His greater purposes.
By: Elisa Morgan
Reflect & Pray
Where have you seen God's small miracles in your life?
How has He used small things to provide for your needs
and the needs of those around you?
Dear God, thank You for working Your
small miracles in my life. Please help me to notice all Your works!
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 2 - Due Season
Gal 6:9
9 And let us not grow weary in doing good,
for in due season we shall reap, if we do not give up.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing:
for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Jackie's preschool class took on an exciting project: they were going to grow
flowers from seeds, Each child took the seed, planted it carefully in the
bedding soil, watered, and waited. But Jackie couldn't wait. Every day
for a week he ran to the window box, looked for his plants, poked, prodded,
unplanted the seeds and then planted them again. "It's no use,"
he pouted after the first week. "Nothing's gonna grow in there."
We live in an instant society - microwave dinners, quick fixes, easy answers.
We are conditioned by our environment to expect - even to demand -
immediate response, and when we have to wait,
we become impatient and irritable.
Paul's exhortation to the Galatians, "Let us not become weary in doing good,"
is as appropriate for twentieth-century believers as it was for the new church
at Galatia. We lose motivation when we don't see results,
and weariness sets in.
If our work does not seem to be producing as we hope, we want to abandon it
and move on to a new project.
But God says, "You will reap a harvest if you don't give up." We give up too
soon in our prayers for a loved one's salvation. We abandon hope too readily
when we don't see spiritual growth in our own lives, when our investment in
another's spiritual maturity seems to have no return. The Lord says,
"The harvest is coming; be patient; trust me."
In due season the harvest comes; when it's the right time. When the seed has
had time to germinate, when the roots are string enough, when the conditions
are right, the reaping time will come. But we must be willing to wait for
the due season, the moment of ripeness, when our labor brings its return.
Application
a) Have I ever felt that my spiritual labours have produced no harvest at all?
b) What does it mean to my own spiritual growth that there is a "due season"
for reaping the harvest?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 10:22
22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich ,and He adds no sorrow with it.
22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And he addeth no sorrow with it.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Saddened by Loss
1 Cor 15:35-38,51-57
35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up?
With what body do they come?"
36 You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
37 When you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare kernel,
perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
38 Then God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed.
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet,
for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For tis corruptible will put on incorruption,
and this mortal will put on immortality.
54 When this corruptible will have put on incorruption,
and this mortal will have put on immortality,
then the saying that is written shall come to pass:
"Death is swallowed up in victory."
55 "O death, where is your sting?
O grave, where is your victory?"
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ!
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?
and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,
but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,
and to every seed his own body.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Prince Edward Island
Total population 146300
Muslim population (est.) 1127
Charlottetown does not currently (fall 2014) have a local CNMM network.
Pray with us for God's people to come together in reaching Muslims
cooperatively across denominational and organisational lines.
More than 200 attended the Eid festival at the end of Ramadan, the Islamic
month of fasting during daylight hours and the reading of the Qur'an, at
the Dar as-Salam mosque in 2014. This second mosque established
in Charlottetown, the other being the Muslims Association of PEI.
As of mid-2014,there are between 250 to 300 families, mostly in Charlottetown.
The Muslims of Charlottetown see their community as symbolically important
for this nation since this is known as the "birthplace of Canada". Yet we were
established as the "Dominion of Canada" with an appeal not only to
monarchial authority, but even more to God's higher Biblical authority as
shown in Psalm 72:8, "May he have dominion from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth."
Let us intercede together for:
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 30 of the Month
a) Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout
Canadian society, as it is in Heaven
( Matt 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
)
b) Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city
or community, and across our nation. (
Rom 2:4
4 (Ex 34:6; Isa 30:18) Do you despise the riches of His goodness,
tolerance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God
leads you to repentance?
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance
and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth
thee to repentance?
)
Pray to the Lord and pray to be born again and have an encounter with Jesus.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, thank You for working Your
small miracles in my life. Please help me to notice all Your works!"
Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Blessings of the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be stedfast in the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know He will keep His promise with the Rapture
of the Church.
Pray for Prince Edward Island and her Muslim populations
- the growing Muslim population of Charlottetown and spreading
outward through PEI to encounter the Prince of Peace.
- believers to have faith and vision to reach out to the Muslim Community
in contextual ways to share the Gospel
- churches and ministries to rise up in wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
giving and training, coaching and encouragement to believers reaching
out to Muslims locally.
- a prayer movement to be established, feeding a growing move of Yahweh's
Spirit in His churches and people , and an awakening an openness
and spiritual hunger in Muslims for relationship with the Father
through the Son.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout
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 Sunni Muslims, who comprise 98% of Djibouti's population, will turn
to faith in Christ.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.