How to Pray for Egypt

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Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 9:34am

The following note was written by the head of the Bible Society of Egypt, an Egyptian national and global evangelical leader. Further helpful insight into how to pray about the Egypt situation:

Dear friends, 

The internet has just started again so I am taking the opportunity to make some quick comments in case we get offline again.

 You know the political situation from excellent media coverage, so I won't comment on that.

1. Christians and Muslims have been united as never before defending their homes on overnight shifts (due to the lack of police security) this is resulting for many to make friends with neighbors they never knew and there is a real sense of camaraderie which we never had before.

2. Most of the demonstrations in Cairo are restricted to Tahrir square which is very close to Kasr El Doubara Evangelical Church, so they especially need your prayers for protection.

3. No one we know has been injured or attacked.

4. Food, medical and other supplies are dwindling since most factories and businesses are closed after last week’s wave of vandalism and the daily 3 pm curfew. Pray for the poor and destitute who suffer most at this time.

5. I've lived through many of these kind of dramatic events (1952 revolution which deposed the King, the burning of much of downtown Cairo, the tri-partite attack on Egypt in 1956 by the Israelis, French and British following the nationalization of the Suez canal (a bomb fell in our garden), the nationalization of all capitalists when my family lost all their properties and were terribly humiliated, my pediatrician was tortured to death in jail during that time, the brutal assassination in 1981 of President Sadat after he made peace with Israel, the security forces rampage which caused much damage around the city and a strong earthquake in 1992 etc..

So though this situation is volatile and unstable we’ve lived through similar crises and it’s not time to panic or leave the country.

6. All Bible Society staff and properties are safe up till now.

7. Please pray for:

a. Christians in Egypt (locals and expats) to not get tempted to "run" when things get hard.

Libby Little whose husband Tom was brutally murdered in Afghanistan last summer said that during that terrible war they and their daughters were called "the people who stayed"! Lucien Accad, the former head of the Bible Society of Lebanon stayed with his family during that dangerous civil war even though they all had Swiss passports and could leave….

b. For The Bible Society of Egypt to think of creative ways to bring God's Word to the people in appropriate ways during these difficult times (much of Scripture was written in contexts of danger) staff are working from their homes of print and audio materials to produce as soon as we get back to the office.

c. For wisdom for the Army to know how to control the situation without    resorting to brutal means to control the crowds.

d. For me to quickly recuperate from a heart crisis (arrhythmia) which I succumbed to last Wednesday and spend 8 days in CCU.

Today is my first day home.

THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS, THAT'S WHAT WE MOST NEED!

Proverbs 4 (with text - press on more info.)

Good Morning Today is 2.4.2011

Psalm 119:81-88

 כ Kaph
 ⁸¹ My soul faints with longing for your salvation,
   but I have put my hope in your word.
⁸² My eyes fail, looking for your promise;
   I say, “When will you comfort me?”
⁸³ Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke,
   I do not forget your decrees.
⁸⁴ How long must your servant wait?
   When will you punish my persecutors?
⁸⁵ The arrogant dig pits to trap me,
   contrary to your law.
⁸⁶ All your commands are trustworthy;
   help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
⁸⁷ They almost wiped me from the earth,
   but I have not forsaken your precepts.
⁸⁸ In your unfailing love preserve my life,
   that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.

Psalm 119: 81-88

 - Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

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The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shriveled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes.

The days of the believer's mourning shall be ended; they are but for a moment, compared with eternal happiness. His enemies used craft as well as power for his ruin, in contempt of the law of God. The commandments of God are true and faithful guides in the path of peace and safety. We may best expect help from God when, like our Master, we do well and suffer for it. Wicked men may almost consume the believer upon earth, but he would sooner forsake all than forsake the word of the Lord.

We should depend upon the grace of God for strength to do every good work. The surest token of God's good-will toward us, is his good work in us.

Psalm 119k - Kaph - How Long Must Your Servant Wait?

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Peace in Proverbs

Proverbs 3 (with text - press on more info.)

I will rest in you

Good Morning Today is 2.03.2011

Psalm 119:73-80

 י Yodh
 ⁷³ Your hands made me and formed me;
   give me understanding to learn your commands.
⁷⁴ May those who fear you rejoice when they see me,
   for I have put my hope in your word.
⁷⁵ I know, LORD, that your laws are righteous,
   and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
⁷⁶ May your unfailing love be my comfort,
   according to your promise to your servant.
⁷⁷ Let your compassion come to me that I may live,
   for your law is my delight.
⁷⁸ May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause;
   but I will meditate on your precepts.
⁷⁹ May those who fear you turn to me,
   those who understand your statutes.
⁸⁰ May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees,
   that I may not be put to shame.

Psalm 119: 73-80

 - Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

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God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and compassion. The mercies of God are tender mercies; the mercies of a father, the compassion of a mother to her son. They come to us when we are not able to go to them. Causeless reproach does not hurt, and should not move us.

The psalmist could go on in the way of his duty, and find comfort in it. He valued the good will of saints, and was desirous to keep up his communion with them.

Soundness of heart signifies sincerity in dependence on God, and devotedness to him.

Psalm 119j - Yodh - Let Your Compassions Come To Me

Be Still, My Soul

God Will Take Care of You

God will take care of you

Plan of Salvation

1. Admit your need (I am a Sinner)

2. Be willing to turn from Sin (Repent)

3. Believe that Jesus Christ Died for you (On the Cross)

4. Through Prayer, accept and Receive Jesus Christ as your Personal Lord and Savior

 

A Suggested Prayer of Commitment

Dear Father God,

I know that I am a Sinner and need your Forgiveness.

I believe that your Son Jesus Christ Died in my Place, Paying the Penalty for all my Sins.

I am willing to turn away from Sin.

I now invite Jesus Christ to come into my Heart and Life as my own Personal Savior.

I am willing by your Help to follow and Obey Jesus Christ as the Lord of My Life!

 

Amen

 

My Personal Decision:

On the ____ Day of _____________, 2011,

I ________________ Received Jesus Christ as my Personal Savior.

 

What's next?

1. Pray Daily

2. Read The Bible Daily! (Start off with John)

3. Go to a Good Bible believing Church where God's Word is Preached!

4. Tell others about the Decision you have made!

5. Tell others about the Good News that Jesus Christ can save them too!

 

May God Richly Bless You!

Egypt to Assyria Changing Government Leadership

Please pray for the Changing Government heads across the world.

We all know that no one is put in power or taken out of power without the knowledge and consent of Almighty God.

This is not a time for panic it is a time for Prayer.

As we see all matter of things going on in the world I am reminded of the scripture.

When you see thousands fall by your side fear not. No Harm will come near you if you are saved.

If not I suggest you get saved.

Time is short till the end of the Church AGE

Could this be what the profit is speaking about in Isaiah 19? Let's check it out.

Isaiah 19 (New International Version, ©2010)

Isaiah 19

A Prophecy Against Egypt

1 A prophecy against Egypt:

 

See, the LORD rides on a swift cloud

and is coming to Egypt.

The idols of Egypt tremble before him,

and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.

 

2 "I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—

brother will fight against brother,

neighbor against neighbor,

city against city,

kingdom against kingdom.

3 The Egyptians will lose heart,

and I will bring their plans to nothing;

they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,

the mediums and the spiritists.

4 I will hand the Egyptians over

to the power of a cruel master,

and a fierce king will rule over them,"

declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

 

5 The waters of the river will dry up,

and the riverbed will be parched and dry.

6 The canals will stink;

the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.

The reeds and rushes will wither,

7 also the plants along the Nile,

at the mouth of the river.

Every sown field along the Nile

will become parched, will blow away and be no more.

8 The fishermen will groan and lament,

all who cast hooks into the Nile;

those who throw nets on the water

will pine away.

9 Those who work with combed flax will despair,

the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.

10 The workers in cloth will be dejected,

and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

 

11 The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools;

the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice.

How can you say to Pharaoh,

"I am one of the wise men,

a disciple of the ancient kings"?

 

12 Where are your wise men now?

Let them show you and make known

what the LORD Almighty

has planned against Egypt.

13 The officials of Zoan have become fools,

the leaders of Memphis are deceived;

the cornerstones of her peoples

have led Egypt astray.

14 The LORD has poured into them

a spirit of dizziness;

they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,

as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.

15 There is nothing Egypt can do—

head or tail, palm branch or reed.

 

16 In that day the Egyptians will become weaklings. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the LORD Almighty raises against them. 17 And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the LORD Almighty is planning against them.

 

18 In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.[a]

 

19 In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the LORD at its border. 20 It will be a sign and witness to the LORD Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them. 21 So the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and keep them. 22 The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.

 

23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. 24 In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing[b] on the earth. 25 The LORD Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance."

 

Footnotes:

 

1. Isaiah 19:18 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Symmachus and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text City of Destruction

2. Isaiah 19:24 Or Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed

Urgent Prayer Requests

Please pray right now for Queensland, Australia!

Miles

Wisdom from our Friend Pat

Each of us has been given a choice on how to build our life - our way or God's way. We must allow our Heavenly Father to become our Master Builder. We must trust Him with ALL our heart as His plan unfolds. He promises to work through us to build something eternally beautiful that will weather all storms. But His promise is only applied as we faithfully allow Him to build our life upon the rock of obedience.

Proverbs 2 (with text - press on more info.)

God Will Take Care Of You by David Phelps

What must I do to be saved?

1. Admit your need (I am a Sinner)

2. Be willing to turn from Sin (Repent)

3. Believe that Jesus Christ Died for you (On the Cross)

4. Through Prayer, accept and Receive Jesus Christ as your Personal Lord and Savior

 

A Suggested Prayer of Commitment

Dear Father God,

I know that I am a Sinner and need your Forgiveness.

I believe that your Son Jesus Christ Died in my Place, Paying the Penalty for all my Sins.

I am willing to turn away from Sin.

I now invite Jesus Christ to come into my Heart and Life as my own Personal Savior.

I am willing by your Help to follow and Obey Jesus Christ as the Lord of My Life!

 

Amen

 

My Personal Decision:

 

On the ____ Day of _____________, 2011, I __________________________ Received Jesus Christ as my Personal Savior.

 

What's next?

1. Pray Daily

2. Read The Bible Daily! (Start off with John)

3. Go to a Good Bible beleving Church where God's Word is Preached!

4. Tell others about the Decision you have made!

5. Tell others about the Good News that Jesus Christ can save them too!

 

May God Richly Bless You!

Good Morning Today is 02.02.2011

Psalm 119:65-72

ט Teth
 ⁶⁵ Do good to your servant
   according to your word, LORD.
⁶⁶ Teach me knowledge and good judgment,
   for I trust your commands.
⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I went astray,
   but now I obey your word.
⁶⁸ You are good, and what you do is good;
   teach me your decrees.
⁶⁹ Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,
   I keep your precepts with all my heart.
⁷⁰ Their hearts are callous and unfeeling,
   but I delight in your law.
⁷¹ It was good for me to be afflicted
   so that I might learn your decrees.
⁷² The law from your mouth is more precious to me
   than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

Psalm 119: 65-72

 - Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

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Psalms 119:65-72

However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified against the snares of Satan, and furnished for the service of God. We are most apt to wander from God, when we are easy in the world.

We should leave our concerns to the disposal of God, seeing we know not what is good for us. Lord, thou art our bountiful Benefactor; incline our hearts to faith and obedience.

The psalmist will go on in his duty with constancy and resolution.

The proud are full of the world, and its wealth and pleasures; these make them senseless, secure, and stupid.

God visits his people with affliction, that they may learn his statutes. Not only God's promises, but even his law, his percepts, though hard to ungodly men, are desirable, and profitable, because they lead us with safety and delight unto eternal life.

Ernie Haase & Signature Sound - Plan of Salvation

Psalm 119i - Teth - It Was Good For Me To Be Afflicted

A major blizzard is moving across the U.S.

A major blizzard/bad weather front is moving across the U.S. I believe the "death" can be taken out of a system like this by the prayers of the people in the affected areas.

1. I encourage you to pray, especially for your area, to be spared loss of life.

2. If you believe this is from the Lord, let anyone in affected areas other than the one you live in know they should stand in prayer against loss of life.

Miles Wylie Albright

11:02 Central Standard Time

31 Jan 2011

A Word From Our Friend Pat

Everything we desire is already here. If you desire health, it is here for you. If you desire wealth, it is here for you. If you desire a new job, it is here for you. If you desire a new home, it is here for you. You may ask, if all that I desire is here for me, why can't I see it? All we desire is here in the Spirit. We cannot see things in the Spirit with our physical eye. That's like trying to hear a FM station with an AM radio. They are on different "wave lengths." The devil knows he has to keep us looking and hearing with our physical senses so we would not even realize the power and wealth we possess in our Spirit. We can sharpen our" Spiritual Senses "through prayer and reading the Bible. Our spirits hunger for the word and the fellowship with God. When we neglect prayer and reading of the Word, our spirits become "starved" for its spiritual nourishment. Today, let us spend more time in prayer and meditating the Word of God.

Proverbs 1 (with text - press on more info.)

Find me in the river...on my knees...I am waiting on you...

Good Morning Foday is 2.01.2011

Psalm 119:57-64

ח
Heth
 ⁵⁷ You are my portion, LORD;
   I have promised to obey your words.
⁵⁸ I have sought your face with all my heart;
   be gracious to me according to your promise.
⁵⁹ I have considered my ways
   and have turned my steps to your statutes.
⁶⁰ I will hasten and not delay
   to obey your commands.
⁶¹ Though the wicked bind me with ropes,
   I will not forget your law.
⁶² At midnight I rise to give you thanks
   for your righteous laws.
⁶³ I am a friend to all who fear you,
   to all who follow your precepts.
⁶⁴ The earth is filled with your love, LORD;
   teach me your decrees.

Psalm 119: 57-64

 - Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

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True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them.

The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it.

He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies.

He delayed not.

It behooves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste to glorify God.

No care or grief should take away God's word out of our minds, or hinder the comfort it bestows.

There is no situation on earth in which a believer has not cause to be thankful.

Let us feel ashamed that others are more willing to keep from sleep to spend the time in sinful pleasures, than we are to praise God.

And we should be more earnest in prayer, that our hearts may be filled with his mercy, grace, and peace.

Psalm 119h - Heth - You Are My Portion O Lord

Please Send Your Thoughts

I want to post an article about the love of God for Valentine's Day (in America this is celebrated on February 14^th)

I would like for at least 10 of you from around the world to send me a short paragraph on what the love of God means to You.

I will be happy to include as many of them in the posting as I can.

Please send them as soon as you can.

We would like to include as many as the Holy Spirit allows.

Thanks

Gary

AFWIS

Christians in Egypt

As we go about our daily routine today let's take sometime and lift up the country of Egypt.

Father,

Please protect our brothers and sisters in Egypt

Please use this time to move in the heart of our brothers and sisters.

Bring them to the full knowledge of there need of the Savior Jesus Christ.

Draw them to you and save their souls.

In Jesus Name,

So Be it! (Amen)

You Are For Me - Kari Jobe

God's Plan of Salvation

Proverbs 31 (with text - press on more info.)