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   and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.   
   For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured   
   to you again.   
      
   "Just give the Lord", the voice on the radio declared. "Give, and he will   
   give back to you, a hundredfold." The preacher went on to explain how   
   an old woman on social security had sent her last $10 to support his   
   ministry, and the next day she got an anonymous money order for   
   a $1000 . "The Lord will be faithful to his Word," the preacher   
   concluded. "You give, and you'll receive."   
   The Lord is, of course, faithful to his Word. But many well-meaning Christians   
   have interpreted Luke 6:38 as a "payment in kind" bargain with God:   
   if I give God my dollar, he's obliged to return it to me with interest.   
   This "seed-sowing" fallacy, where $20 supposedly becomes $2000 by   
   an act of divine, multiplication, has caused much   
   disappointment and frustration.   
   The "giving and receiving" principle is a valid one; the Lord does, indeed say   
   "Give, and it will be given to you," but he does not specify what the "return"   
   will be. The verse appears in the context of forgiveness, of not judging; the   
   principle is not investment, in any material sense, but generosity.   
   As we give, as few are compassionate with others, we take on the   
   character of the Lord himself. He is generous and giving, and he gives   
   to us as we give ourselves in love to others.   
      
   Application   
      
   a) Have I ever "given" to God to others as a bribe, to get something   
   in return?   
      
   b) What is God's concept of giving, as demonstrated   
   in the gift of Jesus Christ?   
      
   c) How can this verse help me to give more selflessly?   
      
   4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland   
      
   Deut 28:11   
      
   11 (Dt 28:4; 30:9) The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity,   
   in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock,   
   and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore   
   to your fathers to give you.   
      
   11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body,   
   and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land   
   which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.   
      
   5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:   
      
   When you are lonely   
      
   1 John 4:16b-18   
      
   God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.   
   17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us,   
   so that we may have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is,   
   so are we in this world.   
   18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love,   
   but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.   
   Whoever fears is not perfect in love.   
      
   God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.   
   17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness   
   in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.   
   18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:   
   because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.   
      
   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,   
      
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