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   The Doctor to All   
   Day 277 of My 5th Bible Study Juorney (6   
   04 Oct 25 14:35:05   
   
   [continued from previous message]   
      
   "It's just not far," Andrea said. " It was all so unnecessary.   
   And now, even though I've done nothing wrong, my relationship   
   with that church will never be the same again."   
   We all know what pain is caused by undeserved accusation,   
   rejection, and misunderstanding. Sometimes, when the smoke clears,   
   irreparable damage has been done, even when no sin has occurred.   
   We can understand the torment that comes when we've sinned,   
   but when we've done nothing wrong, the injustice seem unbearable.   
   Jesus knew what it was to suffer unjustly. He had never sinned at all,   
   yet he 'became sin' for us. He gave himself in an outrageous exchange:   
   he took our sin and gave us his righteousness.   
   Living in this exchange does not mean, of course, that we will be exempt   
   from pain, that we will never again suffer unjustly or be subject   
   to rejection. But in Christ, we are declared righteous before God,   
   just as Jesus himself is righteous. And as we submit   
   to the Holy Spirit's work in us, we become righteous ,   
   obeying him and growing in grace. Christ endured rejection   
   for us so that we might live in him.   
      
   Application   
      
   a) Have I ever suffered unjustly or been rejected by someone without cause?   
      
   b) How can this verse, coupled with my own experience give me a greater   
   depth of appreciation of what Christ suffered for me?   
      
   4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland   
      
   2 Cor 9:8,11   
      
   8 God is able to make all grace abound toward you,   
   so that you, always having enough of everything,   
   may abound to every good work.   
   11 So you will be enriched in everything to all bountifulness,   
   which makes us give thanks to God.   
      
   8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having   
   all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:   
   11 being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through   
   us thanksgiving to God.   
      
   5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:   
      
   When you are Facing Pain and Suffering   
      
   Ps 9:9-12   
      
   9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed,   
   a refuge in times of trouble.   
   10 Those who know Your name will put their trust in You,   
   for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.   
   11 Sing praises to the Lord who dwells in Zion;   
   declare His deeds among the people.   
   12 He who avenges deaths remembers them;   
   He does not forget the cry of the humble.   
      
   ×• Waw   
   9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed,   
   A refuge in times of trouble.   
   10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:   
   For thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.   
   ×– Zain   
   11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion:   
   Declare among the people his doings.   
   12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them:   
   He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.   
      
   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,   
      
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