Sunday, November 10, 2013

Proverbs 10 (New International Version)

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Proverbs 10

Proverbs of Solomon

1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
2 Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death.

3 The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

4 Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

5 He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

6 Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. [a]

7 The memory of the righteous will be a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

8 The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.

9 The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.

10 He who winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin.

11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.

13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

14 Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

16 The wages of the righteous bring them life, but the income of the wicked brings them punishment.

17 He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

18 He who conceals his hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

19 When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.

20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

21 The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

22 The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

23 A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.

24 What the wicked dreads will overtake him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

25 When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.

26 As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.

27 The fear of the LORD adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

28 The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.

29 The way of the LORD is a refuge for the righteous, but it is the ruin of those who do evil.

30 The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain in the land.

31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

32 The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
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    Psalm 27 (New International Version)

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    Psalm 27

    Of David.

    1 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?
    2 When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, [a] when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.

    3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident.

    4 One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.

    5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.

    6 Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.

    7 Hear my voice when I call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me.

    8 My heart says of you, "Seek his [b] face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek.

    9 Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, O God my Savior.

    10 Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

    11 Teach me your way, O LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.

    12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

    13 I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

    14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.
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    Saturday, November 9, 2013

    What is the Fruit of the Spirit?


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    Proverbs 9 NIV

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    Proverbs 9

    Invitations of Wisdom and of Folly

    1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.
    2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

    3 She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city.

    4 "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.

    5 "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.

    6 Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.

    7 "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.

    8 Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.

    9 Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.

    10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

    11 For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

    12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."

    13 The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.

    14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

    15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.

    16 "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.

    17 "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"

    18 But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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    AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer for the Republic of Sudan - Africa

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    Nov 09: Sudan

    Sudan

    Republic of Sudan

    Africa

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    Geography

    Area: 2,503,890 sq km
    Africa’s largest country. Desert in the north, merging into grasslands and mountains in the centre and tropical bush in the south. Straddling the Nile Rivers. Nuba Mountains in the centre.
    Population: 43,192,438    Annual Growth: 2.22%
    Capital: Khartoum
    Urbanites: 45.2%
    HDI Rank: 150 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

    Peoples

    Peoples: 246 (56% unreached) All peoples
    Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

    Official language: Arabic and English    Languages: 134 All languages

    Religion

    Largest Religion: Muslim
    Religion               Pop %Ann Gr
    Christians11,277,54626.114.8
    Evangelicals6,336,01814.76.4
    Muslim26,511,51861.38 

    Challenges for Prayer

    Sudan’s leaders, as much as they are able, have aggressively imposed Islamic shari’a on the rest of the country and boasted of their role as leaders of the Islamic Revolution in Africa. In fact, an Arab minority used religion as a tool to consolidate power and to justify killing, stealing and destroying in the south, despite its legal autonomy. There was once a strong Christian presence in northern Sudan, and for nearly a millennium the majority of the population were Christian. Muslims invaded and defeated the Christians at the end of the 13th Century and gradually Islamized the area by the 15th Century. Pray that plans to uproot, wipe out or convert Christian populations in Sudan may fail spectacularly.
    Persecution of the Church, persisting over most of the last 60 years, has been most intense since 1985. Deliberate attempts to eliminate a viable Christian presence are extreme and include bombing of Sunday church services, destruction of churches, hospitals, schools, mission bases and Christian villages, massacres and mutilation, and murder of pastors and leaders. Persecution is especially severe in the Nuba Mountains. Whole areas have been laid waste and lands seized and given to Arabized northerners. Pray that Christians may bear good witness to their persecutors in these sufferings and become spiritually strong as a result. Pray also that the sufferings of Christians might become widely known and that peace, justice and religious freedom may be firmly established.
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    Ezekiel 17 (New International Version)

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    Ezekiel 17

    Two Eagles and a Vine

    1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell the house of Israel a parable. 3 Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of a cedar, 4 he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.
    5 " 'He took some of the seed of your land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water, 6 and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.

    7 " 'But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water. 8 It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches, bear fruit and become a splendid vine.'

    9 "Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots. 10 Even if it is transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?' "

    11 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 12 "Say to this rebellious house, 'Do you not know what these things mean?' Say to them: 'The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles, bringing them back with him to Babylon. 13 Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, putting him under oath. He also carried away the leading men of the land, 14 so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty. 15 But the king rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?

    16 " 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, he shall die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke. 17 Pharaoh with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives. 18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.

    19 " 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, I will bring down on his head my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke. 20 I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there because he was unfaithful to me. 21 All his fleeing troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken.

    22 " 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23 On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches. 24 All the trees of the field will know that I the LORD bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. " 'I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.' "
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    Psalm 26 NIV

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    Psalm 26

    Of David.

    1 Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
    2 Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;

    3 for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth.

    4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites;

    5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.

    6 I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, O LORD,

    7 proclaiming aloud your praise and telling of all your wonderful deeds.

    8 I love the house where you live, O LORD, the place where your glory dwells.

    9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with bloodthirsty men,

    10 in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

    11 But I lead a blameless life; redeem me and be merciful to me.

    12 My feet stand on level ground; in the great assembly I will praise the LORD.
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      Friday, November 8, 2013

      AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer for the Republic of Sudan - Africa

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      Nov 08: Sudan


      Sudan

      Republic of Sudan

      Africa

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      Geography

      Area: 2,503,890 sq km
      Africa’s largest country. Desert in the north, merging into grasslands and mountains in the centre and tropical bush in the south. Straddling the Nile Rivers. Nuba Mountains in the centre.
      Population: 43,192,438    Annual Growth: 2.22%
      Capital: Khartoum
      Urbanites: 45.2%
      HDI Rank: 150 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

      Peoples

      Peoples: 246 (56% unreached) All peoples
      Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

      Official language: Arabic and English    Languages: 134 All languages

      Religion

      Largest Religion: Muslim
      Religion               Pop %Ann Gr
      Christians11,277,54626.114.8
      Evangelicals6,336,01814.76.4
      Muslim26,511,51861.38 

      Answer to Prayer

      The planting of churches in previously unreached areas and peoples. The crisis in Darfur, while tragic, has also seen the entry of Christian relief work along with the gospel. Sudanese Christians are church planting in Darfur, and the peoples of Darfur who fled elsewhere are encountering the gospel in their new locations.
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      Challenge for Prayer

      The persistence of slavery in Sudan is a serious issue, again made prominent in the 1990s during the civil war. Almost all slaves are from the south and the Nuba Mountains. Northern militias are the main perpetrators, but inter-tribal raiders and even the SPLA also take captives for enforced labour. Their lot – whether slaves, abductees or POWs – is misery. In the north alone, an estimated 40,000 to 100,000 (or more) southerners are now held as chattel. The controversial buying back of slaves by Western NGOs frees some and raises awareness, but probably exacerbates the problem. Pray that all such wrongs may end, and pray that world leaders may prevail upon all involved to end this wickedness. Shari’a law in the north and the impunity with which northern militias act help perpetuate this barbarism.
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      Ezekiel 16 B NIV

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      Ezekiel 16

      New International Version (NIV)

      Jerusalem as an Adulterous Wife

      16 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable practices 3 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 4 On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. 5 No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.
      6 “‘Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”[a] 7 I made you grow like a plant of the field. You grew and developed and entered puberty. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, yet you were stark naked.
      8 “‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
      9 “‘I bathed you with water and washed the blood from you and put ointments on you. 10 I clothed you with an embroidered dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with costly garments. 11 I adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck, 12 and I put a ring on your nose, earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen. 14 And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.
      15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by and your beauty became his. 16 You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places, where you carried on your prostitution. You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.[b] 17 You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them. 18 And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil and incense before them. 19 Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign Lord.
      20 “‘And you took your sons and daughters whom you bore to me and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough? 21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. 22 In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, kicking about in your blood.
      23 “‘Woe! Woe to you, declares the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness, 24 you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine in every public square. 25 At every street corner you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by. 26 You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger with your increasing promiscuity. 27 So I stretched out my hand against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied. 29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia,[c] a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.
      30 “‘I am filled with fury against you,[d] declares the Sovereign Lord, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute! 31 When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were unlike a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
      32 “‘You adulterous wife! You prefer strangers to your own husband! 33 All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors. 34 So in your prostitution you are the opposite of others; no one runs after you for your favors. You are the very opposite, for you give payment and none is given to you.
      35 “‘Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord! 36 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your naked body in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children’s blood, 37 therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked. 38 I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood; I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger. 39 Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked. 40 They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and hack you to pieces with their swords. 41 They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers. 42 Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.
      43 “‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will surely bring down on your head what you have done, declares the Sovereign Lord. Did you not add lewdness to all your other detestable practices?
      44 “‘Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.” 45 You are a true daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and her children; and you are a true sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. 46 Your older sister was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom. 47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they. 48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.
      49 “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen. 51 Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done. 52 Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So then, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.
      53 “‘However, I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them, 54 so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort. 55 And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to what they were before; and you and your daughters will return to what you were before. 56 You would not even mention your sister Sodom in the day of your pride, 57 before your wickedness was uncovered. Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom[e] and all her neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you. 58 You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your detestable practices, declares the Lord.
      59 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant. 60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on the basis of my covenant with you. 62 So I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord. 63 Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

      Footnotes:

      1. Ezekiel 16:6 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts repeat and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”
      2. Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
      3. Ezekiel 16:29 Or Chaldea
      4. Ezekiel 16:30 Or How feverish is your heart,
      5. Ezekiel 16:57 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate Aram
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      Proverbs 8 (New International Version)

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      Proverbs 8

      Wisdom's Call

      1 Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
      2 On the heights along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

      3 beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries aloud:

      4 "To you, O men, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.

      5 You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, gain understanding.

      6 Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.

      7 My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.

      8 All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.

      9 To the discerning all of them are right; they are faultless to those who have knowledge.

      10 Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,

      11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

      12 "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion.

      13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

      14 Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have understanding and power.

      15 By me kings reign and rulers make laws that are just;

      16 by me princes govern, and all nobles who rule on earth. [a]

      17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

      18 With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.

      19 My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.

      20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

      21 bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.

      22 "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, [b] , [c] before his deeds of old;

      23 I was appointed [d] from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began.

      24 When there were no oceans, I was given birth, when there were no springs abounding with water;

      25 before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,

      26 before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world.

      27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

      28 when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

      29 when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

      30 Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,

      31 rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.

      32 "Now then, my sons, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

      33 Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.

      34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.

      35 For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD.

      36 But whoever fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death."
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      Psalm 25 (New International Version)

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      Psalm 25

      Of David.

      1[a] To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
      2 in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.

      3 No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse.

      4 Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths;

      5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

      6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.

      7 Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD.

      8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

      9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.

      10 All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant.

      11 For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

      12 Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD ? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.

      13 He will spend his days in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.

      14 The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.

      15 My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare.

      16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

      17 The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish.

      18 Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.

      19 See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely they hate me!

      20 Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

      21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.

      22 Redeem Israel, O God, from all their troubles!
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      Thursday, November 7, 2013

      AFWIS Joins Operationn World in Prayer for St Martin -Caribbean , St Pierre & Miquelon -North America and St Vincent - Caribbean

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      Nov 07: St Martin, St Pierre & Miquelon, St Vincent

      St Martin, St Pierre & Miquelon, St Vincent

      St Martin

      Collectivity of Saint Martin

      Caribbean

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      Geography

      Area: 53 sq km
      Shares an island with Saint Maarten which is part of the Netherlands as well as several neighbouring islets. Part of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean.
      Population: 38,250    Annual Growth: 1.64%
      Capital: Marigot

      Peoples

      Official language: French. Other languages English, Dutch, Creole, Papiamento

      Religion

      Largest Religion: Christian
      Religion               Pop %Ann Gr
      Christians32,07383.851.2
      Evangelicals9722.54.3

      Challenge for Prayer

      The St Martin United Ministerial Foundation seeks to provide a platform for united action among evangelical Christian leaders on both the French and Dutch sides of the island. Pray that God might use this fledging organization to powerfully impact this small island.
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      More Information

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      St Pierre & Miquelon

      Territorial Collectivity of St. Pierre and Miquelon

      North America

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      Geography

      Area: 242 sq km
      An island group at the mouth of Canada’s Gulf of St Lawrence, 25 km south of Newfoundland.
      Population: 6,044    Annual Growth: -0.34%
      Capital: St Pierre
      Urbanites: 90.6%

      Peoples

      Official language: French    Languages: 3 All languages

      Religion

      Largest Religion: Christian
      Religion               Pop %Ann Gr
      Christians5,85996.94-0.6
      Evangelicals30.00.0

      Challenge for Prayer

      These isolated islands and their people have long been Catholic. Traditions are strong and change has come slowly, despite the economic downturn when the fishing industry all but disappeared. Pray for people to find hope in a living relationship with Christ.
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      St Vincent

      St. Vincent and the Grenadines

      Caribbean

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      Geography

      Area: 389 sq km
      Windward Islands; located between St Lucia and Grenada. One larger island and a chain of 16 smaller islands and islets to the south.
      Population: 109,284    Annual Growth: 0.10%
      Capital: Kingstown
      Urbanites: 47.8%
      HDI Rank: 91 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

      Peoples

      Official language: English (official), Vincentian Creole    Languages: 3 All languages

      Religion

      Largest Religion: Christian
      Religion               Pop %Ann Gr
      Christians98,46590.10-0.1
      Evangelicals42,72039.11.3

      Challenge for Prayer

      The smaller Grenadine Islands suffer a lack of churches due to their more isolated nature. Groups such as the Methodists, Pentecostals and Baptists seek to plant more churches in the Grenadines.
           For an additional 2 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

      More Information

      The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of St Vincent.
       
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      Ezekiel 16A (New International Version)

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      Ezekiel 16

      An Allegory of Unfaithful Jerusalem

      1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable practices 3 and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 4 On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. 5 No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.
      6 " 'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!" [a] 7 I made you grow like a plant of the field. You grew up and developed and became the most beautiful of jewels. [b] Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, you who were naked and bare.

      8 " 'Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.

      9 " 'I bathed [c] you with water and washed the blood from you and put ointments on you. 10 I clothed you with an embroidered dress and put leather sandals on you. I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with costly garments. 11 I adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck, 12 and I put a ring on your nose, earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was fine flour, honey and olive oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen. 14 And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign LORD.

      15 " 'But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by and your beauty became his. [d] 16 You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places, where you carried on your prostitution. Such things should not happen, nor should they ever occur. 17 You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them. 18 And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil and incense before them. 19 Also the food I provided for you—the fine flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign LORD.

      20 " 'And you took your sons and daughters whom you bore to me and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough? 21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them [e] to the idols. 22 In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, kicking about in your blood.

      23 " 'Woe! Woe to you, declares the Sovereign LORD. In addition to all your other wickedness, 24 you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine in every public square. 25 At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, offering your body with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by. 26 You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, and provoked me to anger with your increasing promiscuity. 27 So I stretched out my hand against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied. 29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia, [f] a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.

      30 " 'How weak-willed you are, declares the Sovereign LORD, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute! 31 When you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines...

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      Proverbs 7 (New International Version)

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      Proverbs 7

      Warning Against the Adulteress

      1 My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
      2 Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

      3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

      4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman;

      5 they will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words.

      6 At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice.

      7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who lacked judgment.

      8 He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house

      9 at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.

      10 Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.

      11 (She is loud and defiant, her feet never stay at home;

      12 now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)

      13 She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:

      14 "I have fellowship offerings [a] at home; today I fulfilled my vows.

      15 So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!

      16 I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.

      17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

      18 Come, let's drink deep of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!

      19 My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

      20 He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon."

      21 With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.

      22 All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer [b] stepping into a noose [c]

      23 till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.

      24 Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.

      25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.

      26 Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.

      27 Her house is a highway to the grave, [d] leading down to the chambers of death.
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      Psalm 24 NIV

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      Psalm 24

      Of David. A psalm.

      1 The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
      2 for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

      3 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD ? Who may stand in his holy place?

      4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. [a]

      5 He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.

      6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. [b] Selah

      7 Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

      8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

      9 Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

      10 Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty— he is the King of glory.
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