day 201 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

Day 201, 20 July 2026 

1) Isaiah 31,Isaiah 32,Isaiah 33,Isaiah 34

Isaiah 31

Woe to Those Who Trust Egypt

1 (Ps 20:7; Dt 17:16) Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,
and rely on horses,
and trust in chariots because they are many,
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel
nor seek the Lord!
2 (Nu 23:19; Isa 45:7) Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster
and will not call back His words,
but will arise against the house of the evildoers
and against the help of those who work iniquity.
3 (Isa 9:17; Eze 28:9) Now the Egyptians are men and not God;
and their horses flesh and not spirit.
When the Lord shall stretch out His hand,
both he who helps shall fall
and he who is helped shall fall down,
and they all shall fail together.
4 (Am 3:8; Isa 42:13; Hos 11:10) For thus the Lord has spoken to me:
Like the lion, and the young lion,
roars over his prey,
against which a multitude of shepherds
is called out against him,
he will not be afraid of their voice,
nor disturbed at their noise,
so shall the Lord of Hosts come down
to fight for Mount Zion, and for its hill.
5 (Ps 91:4; Dt 32:11) Like flying birds,
so the Lord of Hosts will defend Jerusalem.
He will defend and deliver it;
He will pass over and preserve it.
6 (Isa 55:7; Jer 3:10) Turn to Him whom you have deeply betrayed,
O sons of Israel.
7 (Isa 2:20; 30:22) For in that day every man shall cast away
his idols of silver and his idols of gold which your own hands
have made for you as a sin.
8 (Isa 14:25; Ge 49:15) "Then the Assyrian shall fall by the sword
that is not of man,
and the sword not of man shall devour him.
So he shall not escape the sword,
and his young men shall become forced laborers.
9 (Dt 32:31; Isa 18:3) He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear,
and his princes shall be afraid of the banner,"
says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 31
[1] Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and
trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are
very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the
LORD!
[2] Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his
words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the
help of them that work iniquity.
[3] Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not
spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall
fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail
together.
[4] For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young
lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth
against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the
noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion,
and for the hill thereof.
[5] As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending
also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
[6] Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
[7] For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his
idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
[8] Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and
the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the
sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
[9] And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes
shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and
his furnace in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 32

The Kingdom of Righteousness

1 (Isa 9:6-7; Jer 33:15) See, a king shall reign in righteousness,
and princes shall rule justly.
2 (Isa 25:4; 7:14) A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind,
and a shelter from the tempest,
as rivers of water in a dry place,
as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3 (Isa 29:18) The eyes of those who see shall not be blinded,
and the ears of those who hear shall listen.
4 (Isa 29:24) The heart also of the hasty shall understand knowledge,
and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
5 (Isa 5:20) The vile person shall no more be called noble,
nor the rogue be spoken of as generous;
6 (1Sa 24:13; Isa 3:15) for the vile person will speak nonsense,
and his heart will work iniquity:
to practice hypocrisy and to utter error against the Lord,
to keep the hungry unsatisfied and to withhold drink from the thirsty.
7 (Jer 5:26-28; Isa 5:23) The instruments also of the rogue are evil;
he devises wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lying words,
even when the needy speaks right.
8 But the noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.

[1] Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in
judgment.
[2] And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from
the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great
rock in a weary land.
[3] And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them
that hear shall hearken.
[4] The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of
the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
[5] The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to
be bountiful.
[6] For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work
iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to
make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the
thirsty to fail.
[7] The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices
to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
[8] But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he
stand.

The Women of Jerusalem

9 (Isa 28:23; 3:16) Rise up, you women who are at ease,
hear my voice; you careless daughters, give ear to my speech.
10 (Isa 7:23) Within a year and a few days
you shall be troubled, you careless daughters;
for the vintage is ended
and the fruit gathering shall not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
be troubled, you careless daughters;
strip, undress,
and put sackcloth on your waist.
12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine,
13 (Isa 22:2; 7:23) for the land of my people
in which thorns and briers shall come up,
yes, for all the joyful houses
and for the jubilant city;
14 (Isa 24:10; 24:12) because the palaces have been forsaken,
the populated city is forsaken.
The forts and towers shall be caves forever,
a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,
15 (Isa 29:17; 35:1-2) until the Spirit is poured on us from on high,
and the wilderness is a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is counted as a forest.

[9] Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless
daughters; give ear unto my speech.
[10] Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the
vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
[11] Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones:
strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
[12] They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the
fruitful vine.
[13] Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon
all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
[14] Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall
be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild
asses, a pasture of flocks;
[15] Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be
a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
The Peace of God's Reign

16 Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness will abide in the fruitful field.
17 (Ps 119:165; Ro 14:17) The work of righteousness shall be peace,
and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
18 (Hos 2:18-23; Zec 2:5) My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation
and in secure dwellings
and in quiet resting places;
19 (Isa 28:17; 26:5) and it shall hail when the forest comes down,
and the city shall be utterly laid low.
20 (Ecc 11:1; Isa 30:23-24) How blessed are you
who sow beside all waters,
who send out freely the ox and the donkey.

[16] Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain
in the fruitful field.
[17] And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of
righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
[18] And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure
dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
[19] When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be
low in a low place.
[20] Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the
feet of the ox and the ass.

Isaiah 33

A Prophecy of Deliverance

1 (Isa 21:2; Mt 7:2) Woe to you, O destroyer,
though you were not destroyed, and he who is treacherous,
though others did not deal treacherously with you!
When you cease destroying, you shall be destroyed;
and when you finish dealing treacherously,
others shall deal treacherously with you.
2 (Isa 25:9; 26:8) O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You.
Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3 At the noise of the tumult, the people flee;
at the lifting up of Yourself, the nations scatter;
4 your spoil is gathered like the caterpillar gathers;
as locusts rush about, men rush about on it.
5 (Isa 2:17) The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 (Mt 6:33; Ps 112:1-3) He shall be the stability of your times,
a wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;
the fear of the Lord is His treasure.
7 (2Ki 18:18; Isa 36:22) Listen! Their valiant ones cry in the streets;
the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8 (Jdg 5:6) The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases.
He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,
he has no regard for man.
9 (Isa 35:2; 65:10) The earth mourns and languishes;
Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down.
Sharon is like a wilderness,
and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
Impending Judgment on Israel
10 (Ps 12:5) "Now I will rise," says the Lord,
"now I will be exalted,
now I will be lifted up.
11 (Ps 7:14; Isa 59:4) You have conceived chaff,
you shall bring forth stubble;
My breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12 (2Sa 23:6-7; Isa 27:4) The people shall be burned to lime,
as thorns cut up are burned in the fire."
13 (Ps 48:10; Isa 49:1) Hear what I have done, you who are far away;
and you who are near, acknowledge My might.
14 (Heb 12:29; Isa 66:24) The sinners in Zion are afraid;
fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
"Who among us can live with the continual fire?
Who among us can live with everlasting burning?"
15 (Ps 119:37) He who walks righteously
and speaks uprightly,
he who rejects unjust gain
and shakes his hands from holding bribes,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
and shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
16 He shall dwell on high;
his place of defense shall be the impregnable rock;
his bread shall be given him,
his waters shall be sure.

[1] Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest
treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt
cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to
deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
[2] O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm
every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
[3] At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself
the nations were scattered.
[4] And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller:
as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
[5] The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with
judgment and righteousness.
[6] And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and
strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
[7] Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace
shall weep bitterly.
[8] The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the
covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
[9] The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down:
Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
[10] Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift
up myself.
[11] Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as
fire, shall devour you.
[12] And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall
they be burned in the fire.
[13] Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near,
acknowledge my might.
[14] The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the
hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us
shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
[15] He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth
the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that
stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing
evil;
[16] He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of
rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

The Land of the Majestic King

17 (Isa 6:5) Your eyes shall see the King in His beauty;
they shall see the land that is very far away.
18 (2Ki 18:14; 1Co 1:20) Your heart shall meditate on terror:
"Where is he who counts?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?"
19 (Isa 28:11; Dt 28:49-50) You shall not see a fierce people any more,
a people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends,
of a stammering tongue which no one understands.
20 (Ps 46:5; Isa 32:18) Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
your eyes shall see Jerusalem,
a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down;
not one of its stakes shall ever be removed,
nor shall any of its cords be broken.
21 (Ps 46:4-5) But there the glorious Lord will be to us
a place of broad rivers and streams
on which no boat with oars shall go
and on which no gallant ship shall pass,
22 (Jas 4:12; Ps 89:18) for the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
He will save us.
23 (2Ki 7:8; Ps 68:12) Your tackle hangs loose;
it cannot hold the base of its mast securely,
nor spread out the sail.
Then the prey of an abundant spoil shall be divided;
the lame shall take the prey.
24 (Jer 50:20; 1Jn 1:7-9) The inhabitant shall not say, "I am sick";
the people who dwell there shall be forgiven their iniquity.

[17] Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land
that is very far off.
[18] Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the
receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
[19] Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than
thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
[20] Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see
Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not
one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the
cords thereof be broken.
[21] But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and
streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship
pass thereby.
[22] For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our
king; he will save us.
[23] Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast,
they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided;
the lame take the prey.
[24] And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell
therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

Isaiah 34

Judgment on the Nations

1 (Dt 32:1; Isa 41:1) Come near, O nations, to hear;
and listen, O peoples!
Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
the world, and all that comes from it.
2 For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations
and His fury upon all their armies;
He has utterly destroyed them,
He has delivered them to the slaughter.
3 (Joel 2:20; Isa 34:7) Their slain also shall be cast out,
and their corpses shall emit their stench,
and the mountains shall be drenched with their blood.
4 (Mt 24:29; Eze 32:7-8) All the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
and the heavens shall be rolled together as a book;
and all their host shall fall down
as the leaf falls from the vine,
and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
5 (Mal 1:4; Isa 63:1 ) For My sword is filled in heaven;
see, it shall come down for judgment on Edom,
and on the people whom I have devoted to destruction.
6 (Isa 63:1; Jer 49:13) The sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
it is made full with fatness,
and with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 (Nu 23:22; Ps 68:30) The wild oxen shall also fall with them,
and the young bulls with the mighty bulls;
so their land shall be soaked with blood,
and their dust become greasy with fat.
8 (Isa 63:4; 61:2) For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord,
and the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9 (Dt 29:23; Ps 11:6 ) Its streams shall be turned into pitch,
and its dust into brimstone,
and its land shall become burning pitch.
10 (Rev 19:3; Isa 13:20) It shall not be quenched night or day;
its smoke shall go up forever.
From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
no one shall pass through it forever and ever.
11 (2Ki 21:13; La 2:8) But the cormorant and the hedgehog shall possess it,
the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it.
And He shall stretch out on it
the line of desolation,
and the plumb line of emptiness.
12 They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but no one shall be there,
and all her princes shall be nothing.
13 (Jer 9:11; 10:22) Thorns shall come up in her palaces,
nettles and brambles in the fortresses;
and it shall be a habitation of jackals
and a home for owls.
14 (Isa 13:21-22) The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet
with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to its kind;
the screech owl also shall rest there
and find for herself a place of rest.
15 (Dt 14:13) There shall the tree snake make its nest and lay eggs,
and it shall hatch and gather them under its protection;
yes, there shall the vultures also be gathered,
every one with its kind.
16 (Isa 30:8) Seek from the book of the Lord, and read.
Not one of these shall be missing,
not one shall lack its mate.
For His mouth has commanded,
and His Spirit has gathered them.
17 (Isa 34:10; Ps 78:55) He has cast the lot for them,
and His hand has divided it to them by line.
They shall possess it forever,
from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.

Isaiah 34
[1] Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth
hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of
it.
[2] For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon
all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to
the slaughter.
[3] Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of
their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
[4] And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be
rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf
falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
[5] For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon
Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
[6] The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness,
and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams:
for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land
of Idumea.
[7] And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the
bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat
with fatness.
[8] For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences
for the controversy of Zion.
[9] And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof
into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
[10] It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up
for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass
through it for ever and ever.
[11] But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and
the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of
confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
[12] They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be
there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
[13] And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the
fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court
for owls.
[14] The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of
the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also
shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
[15] There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather
under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with
her mate.
[16] Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall
fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his
spirit it hath gathered them.
[17] And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto
them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation
shall they dwell therein.

2) Our Daily Bread for 20 July 2026 titled <a href="
https://odb.org/2026/07/20/pass-it-on-5">
Pass It On</a> By Sheridan Voysey

2 Corinthians 1:1-7

Salutation

1 (Eph 1:1; 2Ti 1:1) Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ
by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the church of God which is at Corinth,
with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
2 (Ro 1:7) Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

[1] Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our
brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints
which are in all Achaia:
[2] Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus
Christ.

Paul's Thanksgiving After Affliction

3 (Eph 1:3; 1Pe 1:3; Ro 15:5-6) Blessed be God, the Father
of our Lord ­Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies,
and the God of all comfort,
4 (Isa 51:12; 2Co 7:6-7) who comforts us in all our tribulation,
that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble
by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
5 (Col 1:24; Php 3:10) As the sufferings of Christ abound in us,
so our consolation also abounds through Christ.
6 (2Ti 2:10) If we are afflicted, it is for your consolation
and salvation, which is effective in enduring the same
sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted,
it is for your consolation and salvation.
7 Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that as you partake
in the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.

[3] Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
mercies, and the God of all comfort;
[4] Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort
them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are
comforted of God.
[5] For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also
aboundeth by Christ.
[6] And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation,
which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also
suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and
salvation.
[7] And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of
the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. 

After a fifty-five year wait, England's soccer team finally made it to the 
European Football Championship Cup finals. Locked in a tie with Italy, the 
game was decided by a penalty shootout. England's last chance fell to a young 
player named Bukayo Saka. But as Saka kicked the penalty shot, Italy's 
goalkeeper deflected it. England fans wept; the Cup was lost.

Few will forget what happened next, though. England's manager, Gareth 
Southgate, walked over to the devastated Saka and embraced him. Southgate knew
how Saka felt. In 1996 it was he, as a young player, who had missed the 
penalty shot that cost England a place in the semifinals, and England's 
then-manager Terry Venables had comforted him in the very same way.

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ," Paul says, 
"who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any 
trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God" (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).
Just as Southgate passed on to Saka what he’d received from Venables, Paul 
discovered that God's comfort in his distress enabled him to comfort others in
theirs, building their endurance (v. 6). Our "God of all comfort" (v. 3) 
can use our disappointment for good.

So let's do the same, passing on God's comfort 
to create an endless chain of encouragement.


Reflect & Pray

How has God comforted you in a time of loss or distress? 
How can you pass that comfort on to someone else today?

God of comfort, through each trial I face, 
please help me pass on Your comfort to others.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 2 The Wardrobe of Joy Isaiah 61:10

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me
with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself
with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

On her wedding day, the bride dresses carefully for the ceremony
that is about to take place. Never before has she spent so much
time in preparation for one relatively brief event. When she
looks in the mirror and rejoices in her happiness, she responds not
out of vanity, but for sheer joy as she anticipates the coming ceremony.
God wants his people, lie that bride to be joyful, to rejoice in the Lord,
the Bridegroom. And he gives, through his grace,
the garments of joy to his beloved ones.
He clothes us, Isaiah says, with salvation, and covers us with
the robe of righteousness. The wardrobe that God provides is not merely
a utility garment, a coverall that hides our sin from his eyes.
It is his own righteousness in Christ, given to us as a free gift, so that
we might be united with him. And God himself, Isaiah says,
is filled with joy, adorning himself like a bridegroom.
When we truly see God's immeasurable gift in accepting us as him own,
we also will "greatly rejoice" in the Lord. He, the eternal god,
Creator of the universe, desires to be united with us, as a husband
desires his wife! God does not simply accept us grudgingly,
reminding us of our unworthiness to be with him. Rather, he celebrates
with unrestrained joy his oneness in Spirit with those he calls his own.
And we, having been fully forgiven
and set free from sin, can rejoice unashamedly as well.

Application

a) Have I ever felt ashamed to draw close to God? Why?

b) What does this verse tell me about God's attitude towards me? 

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Proverbs 10:22

22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich ,and He adds no sorrow with it.

22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And he addeth no sorrow with it.

5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:

When you are Saddened by Loss

1 Cor 15:35-38,51-57

35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up?
With what body do they come?"
36 You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
37 When you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare kernel,
perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
38 Then God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.

51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed.
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet,
for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For tis corruptible will put on incorruption,
and this mortal will put on immortality.
54 When this corruptible will have put on incorruption,
and this mortal will have put on immortality,
then the saying that is written shall come to pass:
"Death is swallowed up in victory."
55 "O death, where is your sting?
O grave, where is your victory?"
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ!

35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?
and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,
but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,
and to every seed his own body.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 2026 edition?)

 Where do Muslims live?

Canada is a land of immigrants. And Muslims are coming in increasing numbers
to our shores. Where do they live? How can we pray for these areas? Use this as
your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.

Data for those population figures is extrapolated for the 2011 National
Household Survey and population growth projections by Pew Forum. These have
also been adjusted by +40% as reliable sources state that on 60% of Muslims
self-identify on government surveys and forms. These estimates are still on
the conservative end of the spectrum. Percentages represent that of the total
Canadian population, not provincial

BC - 136493 - 7.5%
AB - 195240 - 11%
SK - 17279 - 1%
MB - 21349 - 1.2%
ON - 1001542 - 55%
QC - 418946 - 23%
NB - 4543 - 0.003%
NS - 14629 - 0.1%
PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%
NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%
Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%
NWT - 473 - 0.0003%
NU - 86 - 0.00005%

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 "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, 
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants 
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy. 
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: 
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.  20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]

Footnotes
	Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15  : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under 
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the 
house."

Ideas for prayer

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people - 
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims 
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days! 

And 

Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.

"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager, 
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.

Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians 
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before. 
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.

As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution 
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.

Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction. 
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.

I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through 
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom 
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy 
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, 
through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 

ROMANS 15:13

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .

7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada

http://www.ehc.ca

20th Day of the Month

a) Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.

( Matthew 19:14

14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16-17)
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,
and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."

14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not,
to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

)

b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.

(

Eph 6:12

12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly places.

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.

) 

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to put your trust in Jesus Christ and no where else.

Pray to the Lord: "God of comfort, through each trial I face, 
please help me pass on Your comfort to others"

Pray to the Lord Jesus Christ who sets you free from sin.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Blessings of the Lord.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the upcoming rapture of the church.

Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people - 
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims 
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days! 

Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.

Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.

Pray for the enduring testimony of 
<a href="https://www.vomcanada.com/libya.htm">Libya</a>n Christians, using 
1 Thess 3:12-13 
12 (Php 1:9; 1Th 4:9-10) And may the Lord make you increase
and abound in love for one another and for all men, even as we do for you.
13 (1Th 2:19; Zec 14:5) To this end may He establish your hearts
to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father
at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.


[12] And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward
another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
[13] To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before
God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his
saints. 
as a guide.

Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.

Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

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