FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2024\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During this season, Muslims the world over celebrate Id al-Adha, <\/em>the Feast of the Sacrifice (other names are used in different areas). This celebration commemorates Abraham\u2019s willingness to sacrifice his son (Ishmael, according to Islam) in obedience to God\u2019s command. But God provided a ram for Abraham to offer instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For the celebration, each family or group of families kills an animal, usually a sheep. Wherever Muslims are, whether in Mecca taking part in the hajj <\/em>(pilgrimage) or anywhere else in the world, their religion requires them to slaughter an animal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Merciful and redeeming God, I ask you to open Muslims\u2019 eyes during this season to see the Lamb you provided for the atonement of the sin of the world. May they open their hearts to Christ, who was led like a lamb to the slaughter (Isaiah 53:7), who died on the cross, and who rose again to set us free from sin and condemnation. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Help Muslims realize that Jesus agonized, suffered, and died for them so that they could have joy, peace, and life in him. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n May they accept your provision to redeem them \u201cwith the precious\u00a0blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect\u201d (1 Peter 1:18- 19). Let them hear his cry on the cross declaring, \u201cIt is finished.\u201d Then they will see how pointless it is to try to gain God\u2019s favor through the millions of sacrifices they slaughter during this season.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Compassionate Father, reveal to Muslims the Lamb of God who now sits upon the throne in heaven. Draw them by your love to join saints and angels in singing the heavenly chorus: \u201cWorthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!\u201d (Revelation 5:12). <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Where is the lamb for the burnt offering? . . . God himself will provide the lamb (Genesis 22:7- 8, NIV). There is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29, REB).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2024\u00a0 During this season, Muslims the world over celebrate Id al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice (other names are used in different areas). This celebration commemorates Abraham\u2019s willingness to sacrifice his son (Ishmael, according to Islam) in obedience to God\u2019s command. But God provided a ram for Abraham to offer instead. For […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,19,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-29","category-english","category-prayers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingformuslims.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingformuslims.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingformuslims.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingformuslims.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingformuslims.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingformuslims.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1523,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingformuslims.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521\/revisions\/1523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingformuslims.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingformuslims.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingformuslims.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingformuslims.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}PRAYER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
PROMISE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n