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   We probably will do it again, and then we are back where we started,   
   begging for forgiveness, and trying once more to cleanse   
   ourselves for our unrighteousness.   
   God offers freedom from such futile performance. He says, "Just confess.   
   Agree that you sinned. Submit yourself to me. Then I'll take over from there."   
   God's grace does not give us freedom to keep on sinning, of course - we need   
   to cooperate with the work of his Spirit in our lives and do all we can   
   to avoid sin. But we do not have to beg God for forgiveness - forgiveness   
   is offered to us freely.   
   We do not have to clean up out act before God will accept us; God can make   
   the necessary changes in our lives. When we confess, submit ourselves to God,   
   and allow him to work within us, he is able both to forgive us and to cleanse   
   us from unrighteousness.   
      
   Application   
      
   a) In what ways have I bartered with God and tried to "Clean up my act"   
   in order to deserve his forgiveness?   
      
   b) What is my part in confession? What is God's response?   
   Why it is important for me to recognize God's part in my   
   confession and forgiveness?   
      
   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?)   
      
   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!"   
      
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