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   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."   
      
   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.   
      
   Often called "the gospel in a nutshell", John 3:16 is so familiar,   
   even the unchurched, that it has all but lost its impact for us.   
   WE cite it by rote, as if it had no more meaning than a SSN (SIN),   
   and think that we understand the truth because we know the words.   
   Why did God send Jesus, his only Son, into the world to die?   
   Because he loved the people he created. God had no reason,   
   humanly speaking, to love mankind. Throughout history, from   
   the Garden of Eden forward, people had deliberately turned   
   against God and tried his patience. Even the nation God chose   
   for himself, Israel rebelled against the Lord and turned to other gods.   
   And we, as individuals, have rebelled against him too. WE have tried   
   to control our own lives; we have denied his reality; or   
   acknowledged his existence and then systematically ignored him.   
   We have become our own gods.   
   Yet Christ, in love, took upon himself the rejection, the humiliation,   
   the pain we were responsible for. We deserved to be condemned to die,   
   but he died for us instead. "God did not send his Son into the world   
   to condemn the world," John 3:17 says, "but that the world   
   through Him might be saved."   
   Often, even after we have committed our lives to Christ, we mistakenly   
   suppose that God's primary purpose is to condemn us - to catch us in sin   
   and punish us. But God says that his purpose is to love us and to save us   
   from sin and ourselves. He loved, and so he gave; he still loves us,   
   and he still continues to give.   
      
   Application   
      
   a) What sin in my life put Jesus on the cross?   
      
   b) How do I know that my sins has been forgiven?   
      
   c) How can these verses help me when I face condemnation and guilt?   
      
      
   4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland   
      
   Malachi 3:10-12   
      
   10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in   
   My house, and test Me now in this, says the Lord of Hosts, if I will not   
   open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing,   
   that there will not be room enough to receive it.   
   11 I will rebuke the devourer   
   for your sakes, so that it will not destroy the fruit of your ground,   
   and the vines in your field will not fail to bear fruit,   
   says the Lord of Hosts.   
   12 Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be   
   a delightful land, says the Lord of Hosts.   
      
   10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in   
   mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not   
   open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall   
   not be room enough to receive it.   
   11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy   
   the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit   
   before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.   
   12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be   
   a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.   
      
   5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:   
      
   When you are Worried Over Money   
      
   Matt 6:19-21   
      
   Treasures in Heaven   
      
   Lk 12:33-34   
      
   19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth   
   and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.   
   20 But store up   
   for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy   
   and where thieves do not break in nor steal,   
   21 for where your treasure is,   
   there will your heart be also.   
      
   19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth   
   and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:   
   20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth   
   nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:   
   21 for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.   
      
   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.   
      
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