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Day 4, 4 January 2026

Today at <a href="https://www.calvarycommunity.ca">Calvary Community Church
</a> pastor Barry Regier spoke on Identity in Christ - Who you are determines
how you love

1 Peter 1:21-22

21 (Heb 2:9; Jn 12:44) Through Him you believe in God who raised Him up
from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be
in God.
22 (Heb 13:1; Jas 4:8) Since your souls have been purified by obedience to
the truth through the Spirit unto a genuine brotherly love, love one another deeply with a pure heart,

[21] Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and
gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
[22] Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the
Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another
with a pure heart fervently:

A) Identity anchored in Christ

Through Him you believe in God
Who by him do believe in God

who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory
that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory;

who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory
who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory

B) Identity determines obedience (obedience flows from Identity)

Since your souls have been purified by obedience to the truth
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth

Note

1 John 1:7

7 (Isa 2:5; Eph 1:7) But if we walk in the light as He is in the light,
we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ
His Son cleanses us from all sin.

[7] But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship
one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from
all sin.

and

Hebrews 10:14

14 (Heb 10:1) For by one offering He has forever perfected
those who are sanctified.

[14] For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are
sanctified.

Jesus cleans us Positionally (1 John 1:7 and Hebrews 10:14)
Obedience cleanses us Practically (1 Peter 1:22a)

c) Identity eggects how we treat others

22 (Heb 13:1; Jas 4:8) Since your souls have been purified by obedience to
the truth through the Spirit unto a genuine brotherly love, love one another deeply with a pure heart,

[22] Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the
Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another
with a pure heart fervently:

Romans 5:5

5 (Gal 4:6; Php 1:20) And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God
is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

[5] And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in
our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

1 Timothy 1:5

5 (2Ti 1:5; 2:22) Now the goal of this command is love from a pure heart,
and from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.

[5] Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

When your identity is anchored in Christ, when your heart is purified by truth, when the Holy Spirit fills you heart with God's loves,
Love becomes possible, even when love feels impossible.

1) Job 7, 8, 9 , 10

Job 7

Job: My Suffering Is Endless
1(Job 14:5-6; Ps 39:4)
"Is there not a time of hard service for a man upon earth?
Are not his days also like the days of a hired worker?
2(Lev 19:13; Jer 6:4) Like a servant, he longs for the shade,
and like a hired worker, he looks for his wages,
3(Ps 6:6) so I have been assigned months of futility,
and nights of trouble have been appointed to me.
4(Dt 28:67; Job 7:13-14) When I lie down, I say,
'When will I arise and the night be ended?'
And I am full of restlessness until the dawn.
5(Job 17:14; Isa 14:11) My flesh is covered with worms and caked with dirt;
my skin is broken, and has become loathsome.
6(Job 9:25; 17:15) 'My days fly more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle,
and are spent without hope.
7(Ps 78:39; Jas 4:14) Oh, remember that my life is a breath!
My eye will never again see good.
8(Job 20:9; Ps 37:36) The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;
your eyes will be on me, but I will be no more.
9(2Sa 12:23; Job 30:15) As the cloud disappears and vanishes away,
so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.
10(Job 8:18; 20:9) He will never return to his house,
and his place will not recognize him anymore.
11(Ps 40:9; 1Sa 1:10) 'Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I the sea, or a sea monster,
that You set a guard over me?
13(Ps 6:6) When I say, 'My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,'
14 then You scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
15 so that my soul chooses strangling,
even death rather than my life.
16(Job 10:1; 6:9) I loathe my life; I would not live forever;
let me alone, for my days are emptiness.
17(Ps 8:4; 144:3) 'What is man, that You should exalt him,
and that You should set Your heart on him,
18 and that You should visit him every morning,
and test him every moment?
19 (Job 9:18) How long until You look away from me?
Will You not let me alone until I swallow my saliva?
20(Ps 36:6; La 3:12) Have I sinned? What am I doing to You,
O You watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
so that I am a burden to myself?
21(Job 10:14; Da 12:2) And why do You not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
and You will seek me diligently, but I will not be."

[1] Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
[2] As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh
for the reward of his work:
[3] So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
[4] When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I
am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
[5] My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
[6] My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. [7] O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
[8] The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are
upon me, and I am not.
[9] As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to
the grave shall come up no more.
[10] He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him
any more.
[11] Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of
my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
[12] Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
[13] When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; [14] Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
[15] So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
[16] I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are
vanity.
[17] What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest
set thine heart upon him?
[18] And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every
moment?
[19] How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
[20] I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
[21] And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

(Do you when an injustice has been done to you? Ask the Lord for Direction)

Job 8
Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent
1(Job 2:11)Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
2(Job 6:26; 1Ki 19:11) "How long will you speak these things,
and the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
3(Ge 18:25; Dt 32:4) Does God pervert judgment?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
4(Job 1:5; 1:18-19) If your children sinned against Him,
He cast them away for their transgression.
5(Job 11:13) If you yourself would seek God earnestly,
and seek favor from the Almighty,
6(Ps 7:6) if you were pure and upright,
surely now He would rouse Himself on your behalf,
and He would prosper your righteous dwelling.
7 Though your beginning was small,
your end will increase greatly.
8(Job 15:18; Dt 4:32; 32:7) 'Please, ask the former generation,
and prepare yourself for what their fathers searched out;
9(1Ch 29:15; Ge 47:9) for we were born but yesterday and know nothing,
because our days on earth are a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you, and tell you,
and bring forth words out of their heart?
11 Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the reed grow without water?
12(Jer 17:6) While it is yet green and not cut down,
it withers before any other plant.
13(Job 13:16; 15:34) So are the paths of all who forget God;
and the hypocrite's hope will perish,
14(Isa 59:5-6) whose confidence will be cut off,
and whose trust will be a spider's web.
15(Job 27:18) He will lean upon his house, but it will not stand;
he will hold it fast, but it will not endure.
16(Ps 80:11) He is green before the sun,
and his branch shoots forth in his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped around the rock heap,
and he sees the place of stones.
18 (Job 7:10; 7:8) If he is uprooted from his place,
then it will deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.'
19(Job 20:5; 1Sa 2:8) See, this is the joy of his way,
and out of the ground others will grow.
20(Job 4:7) 'Surely, God will not cast away a perfect man,
nor will He strengthen the evildoers,
21(Ps 126:2; Ge 21:6) until He fills your mouth with laughing,
and your lips with rejoicing.
22(Ps 132:18; 35:26) Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
and the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing."

[1] Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
[2] How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of
thy mouth be like a strong wind?
[3] Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
[4] If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
[5] If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
[6] If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and
make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
[7] Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly
increase.
[8] For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
[9] (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon
earth are a shadow:)
[10] Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
[11] Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
[12] Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth
before any other herb.
[13] So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
[14] Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
[15] He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
[16] He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his
garden.
[17] His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
[18] If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I
have not seen thee.
[19] Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
[20] Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
[21] Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
[22] They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place
of the wicked shall come to nought.

(Ask in Prayer in supplication what happened - You do not know it all)

Job 9
Job Replies: There Is No Mediator
1 Then Job answered:
2(Job 4:17; 25:4) "Truly, I know it is so,
but how can a man be righteous with God?
3(Job 10:2; 40:2) If one would dispute with Him,
he cannot answer Him once in a thousand times.
4(Job 36:5; 9:19) He is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
5 He who removes mountains, and they know not,
who overturns them in His anger.
6(Isa 2:21; Hag 2:6) He who shakes the earth out of its place,
and its pillars tremble.
7(Isa 13:10) He who commands the sun, and it does not rise;
he seals off the stars.
8(Job 37:18; Ps 104:2-3) He who alone spreads out the heavens,
and treads on the waves of the sea.
9(Am 5:8; Ge 1:16) He who makes the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades,
and the constellations of the south.
10(Job 5:9; Ps 71:15) He who does great things, beyond discovery,
yes, and wonders beyond number.
11(Job 23:8-9; 35:14) Yes, He would cross before me, and I would not see Him; He would pass on by, but I would not perceive Him.
12(Job 11:10; Isa 45:9) Yes, He takes away; who can hinder Him?
Who will say to Him, 'What are You doing?'
13(Job 26:12; Isa 30:7) God will not withdraw His anger.
The proud helpers bow down beneath Him.
14 'How, then, can I myself answer Him,
and choose my words to reason with Him?
15(Job 8:5; 10:15) Even if I were righteous I could not answer;
I would plead to my Judge for favor.
16 If I called, and He answered me,
I would not believe that He had listened to my voice.
17 (Job 2:3; 16:14) For He crushes me with a storm
and multiplies my wounds without cause.
18 (Job 7:19) He will not allow me to get my breath,
but fills me with bitterness.
19 (Job 9:4 )If it is a matter of strength, indeed, He is strong;
and if of justice, who will set me a time to plead?
20 Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me;
though I were perfect, it would prove me perverse.
21 (Job 1:1) 'Though I were perfect,
I would not know myself;
I would despise my life.
22 It is all one thing; therefore I said,
'He destroys both the perfect and the wicked.'
23 If the whip kills suddenly,
He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24 (Job 10:3; 24:25) The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, then who is it?
25 (Job 7:6-7) 'Now my days are swifter than a runner;
they flee away; they see no good.
26 (Hab 1:8; Isa 18:2) They pass by like reed skiffs,
like an eagle rushing upon its prey.
27 (Job 7:13) If I say, 'I will forget my complaint;
I will leave off my sad face and brighten up,'
28 (Ps 119:120) I am afraid of all my sorrows;
I know that You will not hold me innocent.
29 If I am guilty,
why then do I labor in vain?
30(Jer 2:22) If I wash myself with snow water
and cleanse my hands with soap,
31 yet You will plunge me into the pit,
and my own clothes will abhor me.
32 (Ecc 6:10; Ro 9:20) 'For He is not a man as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment.
33(1Sa 2:25; Job 9:19) Nor is there a mediator between us,
who may lay his hand upon us both.
34(Ps 39:10; Job 33:7) Let Him take His rod away from me,
and let not dread of Him terrify me.
35 Then I would speak and not fear Him,
but it is not so with me.

[1] Then Job answered and said,
[2] I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
[3] If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
[4] He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
[5] Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them
in his anger.
[6] Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof
tremble.
[7] Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
[8] Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of
the sea.
[9] Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the
south.
[10] Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
[11] Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I
perceive him not.
[12] Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
[13] If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under
him.
[14] How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason
with him?
[15] Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
[16] If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that
he had hearkened unto my voice.
[17] For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
[18] He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with
bitterness.
[19] If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
[20] If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
[21] Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
[22] This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and
the wicked.
[23] If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the
innocent.
[24] The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces
of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
[25] Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. [26] They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to
the prey.
[27] If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness,
and comfort myself:
[28] I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me
innocent.
[29] If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
[30] If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
[31] Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
[32] For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should
come together in judgment.
[33] Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon
us both.
[34] Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
[35] Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

(Thank you Lord for sending Jesus Christ as our mediator)

Job: I Abhor My Life
10:1 "My soul loathes my life;
I will freely give my complaint,
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me;
show me why You contend with me.
3 Is it good for You that You should oppress,
that You should despise the work of Your hands
and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
4 Do You have eyes of flesh?
Or do You see as man sees?
5 Are Your days as the days of man?
Are Your years as the days of a mortal,
6 that You inquire after my iniquity
and search after my sin?
7 You know that I am not wicked,
and there is none who can deliver out of Your hand.
8 "Your hands have shaped me and made me completely,
yet You destroy me.
9 Remember, I pray,
that You have made me as the clay.
And would You return me to dust?
10 Have You not poured me out as milk
and curdled me like cheese?
11 You have clothed me with skin and flesh,
and have knit me together with bones and sinews.
12 You have granted me life and loyal love,
and Your care has preserved my spirit.
13 "These things You have hid in Your heart.
I know that this is with You.
14 If I have sinned, then You would watch me,
and You would not acquit me from my iniquity.
15 If I am wicked, woe unto me;
and if I am righteous, yet will I not lift up my head.
I am full of shame;
look at my affliction!
16 For if my head is lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion,
and again You show Yourself marvelous to me.
17 You renew Your witnesses against me
and increase Your indignation upon me.
Your troops come against me.
18s "Why then did You bring me forth out of the womb?
Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been;
I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not my days few? Stop then,
and leave me alone that I may cheer up a little,
21 before I go and do not return,
even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
22 a land of darkness, as darkness itself;
and of the shadow of death, without any order,
and where the light is as thick darkness."

[1] Then Job answered and said,
[2] I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
[3] If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
[4] He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
[5] Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them
in his anger.
[6] Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof
tremble.
[7] Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
[8] Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of
the sea.
[9] Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the
south.
[10] Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
[11] Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I
perceive him not.
[12] Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
[13] If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under
him.
[14] How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason
with him?
[15] Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
[16] If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that
he had hearkened unto my voice.
[17] For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
[18] He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with
bitterness.
[19] If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
[20] If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
[21] Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
[22] This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and
the wicked.
[23] If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the
innocent.
[24] The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces
of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
[25] Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. [26] They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to
the prey.
[27] If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness,
and comfort myself:
[28] I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me
innocent.
[29] If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
[30] If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
[31] Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
[32] For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should
come together in judgment.
[33] Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon
us both.
[34] Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
[35] Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

2) Our Daily Bread for 4 January 2026 Titled
<a href="https://www.odbm.org/en/devotionals /devotional-category/gods-beautiful-creation"> God's Beautiful Creation </a>
by John Blase

Luke 12:22-31

Care and Anxiety
Mt 6:25-34, 19-21

22 (Lk 12:29; 1Co 7:32) Then He said to His disciples,
"Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life,
what you will eat, nor for your body, what you will wear.
23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.
24 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Consider the ravens: They neither sow nor reap,
they have neither storehouses nor barns. Yet God feeds them.
How much more valuable are you than birds?
25 Who of you by worrying can add one cubit [A cubit is about half a meter.]
to his height?
26 If you then cannot do what is least, why are you anxious
about the other things?
27 "Consider how the lilies grow. They neither spin nor weave.
Yet I say to you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these.
28 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) If God so clothes the grass, which today
is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,
how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?
29 (Mt 6:31) And do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink,
nor be of an anxious mind.
30 (Mt 6:8; 6:32) For the nations of the world seek all these things,
and your Father knows that you need them.
31 (1Ki 3:11-13; Mt 6:33) But seek the kingdom of God, and all these
things shall be given to you.

[22] And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye
shall put on.
[23] The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
[24] Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than
the fowls?
[25] And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? [26] If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
[27] Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and
yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these.
[28] If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of
little faith?
[29] And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be
ye of doubtful mind.
[30] For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
[31] But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be
added unto you.

For a parent, the death of a child is devastating. But to lose two of your children? Unimaginable! Yet thatrCOs the experience of Australian musician, writer, and actor Nick Cave. In 2015, his fifteen-year-old son fell from a cliff and died. A few years later, Cave's oldest child also died. In the grip of such overwhelming grief, how did Cave and his wife keep going? How would you?

Cave attempted to find comfort in the world around him. "It's the audacity of the world to continue to be beautiful . . . in times of deep suffering. That's how I saw the world," he said. "It was just carrying on, being systemically gorgeous."

Jesus spoke of such beauty, and He saw it for what it truly is: the creation of God. His oft-quoted words in Luke 12 - "consider the lilies" (v. 27 esv) - don't dismiss the reality of suffering in our lives. In fact, they honour our great tragedies by offering an antidote to such harsh realities. Stop
and consider the lilies or the ravens (v. 24) or the sunrise. Christ taught us, "If that is how God clothes the grass of the
field . . . how much more will he clothe you" (v. 28).

In the face of grief and loss, the worldrCOs perspective falls short. Jesus encourages us to consider our creator God, who holds His audacious creation together and cares for us deeply.

Reflect & Pray

When was the last time you stopped and considered the world around you?
What did you notice?

God of all comfort, in seasons of suffering
please give me the presence of mind to consider Your beautiful world.

<a href="https://learn.artosacademy.org/learning-library /the-art-and-skill-of-lament/">Learn how lament can help
you praise God in the storms of life.</a>

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

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

Philippians 4:13

13 (2Co 12:9-10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because
of Christ who strengthens me.

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

Many of us live out self-fulfilling prophecies. We believe
what we tell ourselves - or what we have been told by others:
"You're stupid", "You're ugly", "You'll never amount to anything,"
"You can't do anything right."
We programme ourselves for spiritual failure as well.
"I just can't memorise Scripture," we say. "It comes and goes,
and I can't seem to get it to stay." Yet daily we memorise
volumes of information that is less significant than the
Scriptures - telephone numbers, identification codes,
songs lyrics, advertising jingles.
The answer to the dilemma of negativism is not positive
thinking, but right thinking - biblical thinking, according
to what the Bible reveals of God's perspective. God says,
"You are worthwhile. You are valued. You are loved. I created you
just as you are, and whatever I call you to do,
I will give you the strength to do it.
The context of Phillipians 4:13 shows that Paul had learned
this important secret of spiritual strength. Paul had known
poverty and plenty, trouble and victory. But he also knew
he did not have to let circumstances determine his response to God's will.
We need not be controlled by the negative messages life throws in our paths
- even those self-defeating pronouncements we make to ourselves.
Rather, we can respond according to God's perspective, with the
conviction that God has given us strength we need to meet the
challenges we face.

Application

a) What challenges do I face that make me realise my own insufficiencies?
IS memorising Scripture one of those challenges for me?

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

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

1 Tim 6:17-19

17 (Ro 11:20; 1Ti 4:10) Command those who are rich in this world that they
not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,
who richly gives us all things to enjoy.
18 (Ro 12:8; 12:13) Command that they do good, that they be rich
in good works, generous, willing to share,
19 (Lk 16:9; 1Ti 6:12) and laying up in store for themselves a good
foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of eternal life.

17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded,
nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly
all things to enjoy;
18 that they do good, that they be rich in good works,
ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
19 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time
to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

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

God's Eternal Faithfulness

Ps 89:1-8

PSALMS 89

A Contemplative Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;
with my mouth I will make known
Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For I have said,
"Mercy shall be built up forever;
Your faithfulness shall be
established in the heavens."
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) You have said,
"I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn to David my servant:
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) 'Your offspring I will establish forever,
and build up your throne for all generations.' " Selah
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Let the heavens praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) For who in the skies can
be compared to the Lord?
Who among the heavenly sons is like the Lord?
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) God is greatly to be feared
in the assembly of the holy ones
and awesome to all those who surround Him.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) O Lord God of Hosts,
who is a mighty Lord like You,
with Your faithfulness all around You?

1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever:
With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:
Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen,
I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever,
And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD:
Thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the heaven
Can be compared unto the LORD?
Who among the sons of the mighty
Can be likened unto the LORD?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee?
Or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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

2015 Population - 4631302 Muslims about 136493

British Columbia - British Columbia's Muslim Population is growing constantly. Every week there are immigrants ad refugees coming to the Greater Vancouver and surrounding areas. There are also significant Muslim student populations in our colleges and universities. Some have even suggested that there are between 4000 and 5000 Saudi Arabian students alone, without counting all
other nationalities.

Greater Vancouver has an estimated 180000 Muslims, and there are significant and growing communities in the Fraser Valley such as in Langley, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, etc. Including these communities the total population for this region is about 200000.
Of these, there are an estimated 100000 Iranians, 35000 Arabs, 15000 Ismailis, more than 20000 Afghanis, 10000 South Asian Muslims, 3000 Turks, and small numbers from other countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Albania, etc.
We are seeing some Muslims coming to Christ and we rejoice in that.
A few people also have some ongoing ministry to Muslims in the area,
for which we also rejoice. Let us agree in that

- the church will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
- the church will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.

Adding further

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

Under the Keep Praying page

When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and, of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes. 21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]

Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus. Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity (Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .

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

http://www.ehc.ca

4nd Day of the Month

a) Pray for the preservation of godly values in Canada
(Prov 14:34 - Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people.
[34] Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
)

b) Pray the political leaders will be awakened by God to the right
use of power and the right stewardship of their positions.


Conclusion:

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

Pray to the Lord and pray for direction in the case of injustice
and pray to know Him during personal crisis.

Pray to the Lord : "God of all comfort, in seasons of suffering
please give me the presence of mind to consider Your beautiful world."

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

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

Pray to the Lord and pray for to His Covenant.

Pray the church in BC will catch a vision to pray,
and a burden to train outreach to Muslims
Pray the church in BC will press in to participate in effective
discipleship of these new Muslim background believers.

Pray for the preservation of godly values in Canada

Pray the political leaders will be awakened by God to the right
use of power and the right stewardship of their positions.

Pray that the Lord will bless the efforts of those who
are bravely sharing the rCLGood NewsrCY of His salvation in Afghanistan.

Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness

Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
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