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   Instead of Lonely by Reclaim Today.   
      
   3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation   
      
   Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools   
      
   Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 7 Our God reigns!   
      
   Is 52:7   
      
   7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,   
   who proclaims peace, who brings good news of happiness,   
   who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"   
      
   7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good   
   tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that   
   publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!   
      
   A messenger has a single duty: to carry information. During World War II, many   
   parents dreaded the arrival of the Western Union messenger, believing that   
   delivery of a telegram meant that their son has been wounded or killed.   
   Isaiah 52:7, however, indicates that a messenger's word is not always   
   unwelcome. "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring   
   good news ..." the prophet says. The "Good news"? Peace , salvation,   
   and the resultant message: "Your God reigns!"   
   Our God reigns - in forgiveness, in reconciliation, bringing peace and freedom   
   and joy. Our God reigns, controlling our lives with a loving hand, ordering   
   our experiences for our good, and his glory. Our God reigns in relationships,   
   in professional circumstances, in families, in churches. The good news is   
   proclaimed: Life is not unmanageable. Our God Reigns!   
   When we know that God reigns in our lives, we can relax, let go of the reins   
   of control, and live in peace. We can forgive those who have hurt us, knowing   
   that God will reveal to them what they need to know. We can live   
   with good times and bad, recognising that God uses every circumstance   
   of our lives to conform us to the image of his Son. We can rejoice in his   
   grace, free from the compulsion to earn his love and acceptance, and   
   we can live in the peace that comes only through his lordship in our lives.   
   Our God reigns - that is , indeed "Good news".   
      
   Application   
      
   a) Have I ever felt that life was "out of control"? Why?   
      
   b) What does it mean in practical terms to know that "Our God reigns"?   
      
   4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland   
      
   Luke 12:21   
      
   21 "So is he who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."   
      
   21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.   
      
   5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:   
      
   When you are Impatient   
      
   James 5:7-11   
      
   Patience and Prayer   
      
   7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.   
   Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth   
   and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.   
   8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts,   
   for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.   
   9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned.   
   Look, the Judge is standing at the door.   
   10 My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord,   
   as an example of suffering and patience.   
   11 Indeed we count them happy who endure.   
   You have heard of the patience of Job   
   and have seen the purpose of the Lord,   
   that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.   
      
   7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold,   
   the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long   
   patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.   
   8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord   
   draweth nigh.   
   9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:   
   behold, the judge standeth before the door.   
   10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord,   
   for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.   
   11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience   
   of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful,   
   and of tender mercy.   
      
   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 2023 edition?)   
      
   The Northern Territories of Canada   
      
   Yukon   
      
   Yukon Total population (2015) 36500 Muslim (est) 69   
      
   In Whitehorse the Muslim population grew from 2 families   
   in 2001 to more than 60 people in 2014. Originally meeting in a church,   
   they now meet for prayer service in a former office space.   
      
   Pray for Muslims and believers in Whitehorse to come together,   
   and for Muslims to find faith in Jesus Christ.   
      
   Northwest Territories (NWT)   
      
   NWT population (2015) 43600 Muslim (est) 473   
      
   The Muslim community of Yellowknife has grown from 275 to 330 un the past year.   
   To replace their inadequate facility, they are planning a C$2 to C$2.5 million   
   Islamic Centre.   
      
   Pray that the Muslims in Yellowknife and all of the NWT will awaken to   
   spiritual hunger and be open to saving faith in Jesus Christ.   
      
   Nunavut (NU)   
      
   NU total population (2015) 36600 Muslim (est) 86   
      
   The Islamic Centre of Iqaluit now claim about 100 Muslims and have surpassed   
   80 % of their funding goal to building the first mosque in this territory.   
   Their stated goal is "To spread the message of Islam   
   in the far northern reaches of Canada."   
      
   Pray that believers in Iqaluit take up Jesus' command to love and reach   
   their Muslim neighbours with the Gospel.   
      
   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.   
      
      
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