17_Av 5983 / 4 August 2023
Day 216 Readings
Bible Study Together:
Numbers 33:1-28
3 They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians. 4 For the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had killed among them. Also on their gods the Lord had executed judgments.
Mark 7:24-30
26 The woman was a [i]Greek, a [j]Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept [k]asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
28 And she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.”
29 Then He said to her, “For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”
30 And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
365 Daily Kingdom Living:
Devotions: More Of God
Worry and fear are two emotions we often feel when we face problems? Read the following Scripture, meditate on it, and see what The Lord is saying to you.
"Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation-- whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life-- of whom shall I be afraid?"
Prayer: Lord, You are the Master of my life. Your light disperses the darkness and reveals the right way to deal with my situation. You are my stronghold in which I stand and fight off my enemy. I thank you. In Jesus' name, Amen.
2 Chronicles 35
1 Now Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their duties and encouraged them for the service of the house of the Lord. 3 Then he said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the Lord: “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. It shall no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and His people Israel. 4 Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ [a]houses, according to your divisions, following the written instruction of David king of Israel and the written instruction of Solomon his son.
18 There had been no Passover kept in Israel like that since the days of Samuel the prophet; and none of the kings of Israel had kept such a Passover as Josiah kept, with the priests and the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him. 21 But he sent messengers to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against the house with which I have war; for God commanded me to make haste. Refrain from meddling with God, who is with me, lest He destroy you.” 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself so that he might fight with him, and did not heed the words of Necho from the mouth of God. So he came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo.
2 Chronicles 36
15 And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.
17 Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand. 18 And all the articles from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his leaders, all these he took to Babylon. 19 Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions. 20 And those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
The Proclamation of Cyrus
22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
23 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:
All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a [i]house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!
1 Corinthians 1:1-17
Spiritual Gifts at Corinth
4 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, 5 that you were enriched in everything by Him in all [b]utterance and all knowledge, 6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed [c]in you, 7 so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Psalms 26:7-12
8 Lord, I love the dwelling of Your house, And the place[b]where Your glory remains.
9 Do not take my soul away alongwith sinners, Nor my life withmen of bloodshed,
10 In whose hands is awicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; Redeem me and be merciful to me.
12 My foot stands in an even place; In the congregations I will bless theLord.
Proverbs 20:20-21
20 He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness.
Dear AVI,
Great and Mighty are YOU GOD and KING of the Universe! HOLY ONE of Israel!!! O LORD, forgive all my tresspasses and sins, forgive all my iniquities and shortcommings. O GOD, Almighty have mercy on me, for I am weak and frail and broken and helpless, I am nothing without YOU O GOD. I pray for everything that concerns me. KING JESUS I pray that YOU will deal with Jeward Jay and his pride, and his weaknesses. May YOU speak sense to him, cause him to look to YOU and to trust YOU in his circumstances. Help him to rise above himself because he is as broken and weak. That he will grow up to be a mature man, mentored by Pastor Jonah, deliver him from all the demons holding him, and the curses of his family. Do a miracle work in his life AVI. I pray that YOU save him, his family, save Jose Gulfan, Jennie Rose Gulfan, Ramon Tiu, Shiek Hassan Yousef and his family too. LORD, our relatives in Canada, our relatives in Mindanao, bring salvation to all of us O GOD, heal us O GOD, give us faith that can move mountains O GOD. Today, I am sober and I am still before YOU because YOU are GOD so I cast down all my worries and fears towards YOU. Take hold of me LORD, take full control because I am helpless and weak, I am nothing without YOU. I pray for Mosab Hassan Yousef, his safety, bless him and take care of him wherever he is ABBA. I pray that YOU revive us O GOD, revive us. I do not feel anything, I feel just tired and sober and it is better for me to be like this steadfast in YOU. Content and waiting on YOU O GOD. Toda for this time that I have with YOU O GOD, even when I don't feel anything, I rest in YOU, I lean on YOU O GOD to make things right what and all that I have done wrong. YOU alone can do great things and so I wait on YOU ABBA. Show YOURSELF strong to me and to anyone who fully depends on YOU. Because our success in this world does not come from our own power, and might by only by YOUR SPIRIT that arises within us and causes us to do YOUR will, YOUR good and pleasing and perfect will. O Come LORD JESUS and have YOUR way in our lives!!! Have YOUR way in me O GOD, take over me take full control O GOD, I invite YOU, please live through me.
Ba HaShem YESHUA HaMashiach Amen!