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    their "fear of the peoples around them" and the great task before them,   
    they rebuilt the altar and laid the temple's foundation (3:3, 10). Then   
    "with praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord: 'He is good; his love   
    toward Israel endures forever.' And all the people gave a great   
    shout of praise to the Lord" (v. 11).   
      
   If you're discouraged or facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles, turn your   
   thoughts toward God. "Count your blessings . . . and it will surprise you what   
   the Lord has done," and continues to do, for those who love Him.   
      
   Reflect & Pray   
      
   How has counting your blessings helped you in a   
   difficult situation? What are you thankful for?   
      
   Dear God, please help me to be grateful and praise   
   You for who You are and for all You've done.   
      
      
   Discover more about gratefulness by reading Consistently Celebrating.   
      
   3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association   
      
   Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools   
      
   Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 4 - Daddy!   
      
   Romans 8:15   
      
   'For you have not received the spirit of slavery again to fear. But you have   
   received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father." '   
      
   15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have   
   received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.   
      
   "I've always been a Daddy's girl," Sandi said proudly, and her relationship   
   with her father proved it. She was never spoiled, but even as a grown woman,   
   Sandi maintained a closeness with her father, sharing intimately with him the   
   important issues of her life. And just her use of the name "Daddy" indicated   
   that he was, indeed a warm, approachable, affectionate man.   
   Many people are not so fortunate. Some fathers are stern and harsh;   
   others absent or uncaring, some even abusive. Few have the king of father   
   who presents a picture of the loving fatherhood of God.   
   But whatever our concept of fatherhood, God makes clear that he is everything   
   we always wanted our fathers to be - loving, forgiving, approachable,   
   totally accepting of us as we are, encouraging us to become all he has   
   created us to be.   
   In Romans 8, Paul calls God our "Abba Father". The Aramaic word for Father,   
   Abba, is an intimate term that might well be translated, Daddy.   
   God is our "Daddy," our "Abba" - not a distant, stern patriarch ready   
   to strike us down at the first sign of transgression, but a gentle,   
   loving Father who longs for us to climb into his lap and let him comfort us.   
   When we commit ourselves to Christ, Paul indicates, we do not receive a   
   "spirit of bondage to fear" but a "spirit of adoption." We are not called   
   to respond to God out of fear, but out of love and reverence.   
   We can relax and enjoy his presence, for we are his children,   
   and he is our loving Daddy.   
      
   Application   
      
   a) What concept of fatherhood do I have from my own experience with my father?   
   How does that correspond to Paul's description of God as "Daddy"?   
      
   b) How can this verse help change my perception of what it means to have   
   God as my Father?   
      
   4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland   
      
   Mark 4:23-29   
      
   23 (Mk 4:9; Mt 11:15) "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."   
   24 (Mt 7:2) He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.   
   The measure you give will be measured for you,   
   and to you who hear will more be given.   
   25 (Mt 13:12; Lk 8:18) For to him who has will more be given.   
   And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has."   
      
   The Parable of the Growing Seed   
      
   26 (Mt 13:24) He said, "The kingdom of God is like a man   
   who scatters seed on the ground.   
   27 (Ecc 11:5) He sleeps and rises night and day,   
   and the seed sprouts and grows; he does not know how.   
   28 For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade,   
   then the head, then the full seed in the head.   
   29 (Joel 3:13) But when the grain is ripe,   
   immediately he applies the sickle because the harvest has come."   
      
   23 "If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. "   
   24 And he said unto them, "Take heed what ye hear:   
   with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you:   
   and unto you that hear shall more be given.   
   25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not,   
   from him shall be taken even that which he hath.   
   26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should   
   cast seed into the ground;   
   27 and should sleep, and rise night and day,   
   and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.   
   28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade,   
   then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.   
   29 But when the fruit is brought forth,   
   immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come."   
      
   5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:   
      
   God's Gift of Salvation   
      
   Ps 51:1-13   
      
   PSALMS 51   
      
   For the Music Director. A Psalm of David,   
   when Nathan the Prophet came to him,   
   after he had gone in to Bathsheba.   
      
   1 Have mercy on me, O God,   
   according to Your lovingkindness;   
   according to the abundance of Your compassion,   
   blot out my transgressions.   
   2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2 ) Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,   
   and cleanse me from my sin.   
   3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) For I acknowledge my transgressions,   
   and my sin is ever before me.   
   4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Against You, You only, have I sinned,   
   and done this evil in Your sight,   
   so that You are justified when You speak,   
   and You are blameless when You judge.   
   5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) I was brought forth in iniquity,   
   and in sin my mother conceived me.   
   6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) You desire truth in the inward parts,   
   and in the hidden part You make me to know wisdom.   
   7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 ) Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;   
   wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.   
   8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Make me to hear joy and gladness,   
   that the bones that You have broken may rejoice.   
   9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Hide Your face from my sins,   
   and blot out all my iniquities.   
   10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Create in me a clean heart, O God,   
   and renew a right spirit within me.   
   11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not cast me away from Your presence,   
   and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.   
   12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,   
   and uphold me with Your willing spirit.   
   13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,   
   and sinners will return to You.   
      
   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?)   
      
   Newfoundland & Labrador   
      
   Total population 527000   
   Muslim population (est.) 2065   
      
   As of Autumn 2014, St. John's does not have a local CNMM network. Pray with us   
   for God's people to come together in prayer   
      
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