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3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 2 - Alienation and Reconciliation



Col 1:21-22



21 (Eph 2:12) And you, who were formerly alienated

and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled

22 (Ro 7:4; Eph 5:27) in the body of His flesh through death,

to present you holy and blameless and above reproach in His sight,



21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind

by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

22 in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy

and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight



Some 50 years ago, Orson Welles's radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds

threw the nation into panic; people on the East Coast ran for their lives,

expecting at any moment to be destroyed by alien invaders from outer space.

Today, of course, we are more sophisticated about such matters.

Television and movies have educated us about alien life forms.

Star Wars and Star Trek have taught us that their appearance can be much

different than ours. Sometimes they are unable to exist in our atmosphere

with artificial life-support systems; their physical makeup is often

incompatible with our environment.

God says that we, apart from Christ, are as incompatible with his kingdom

as the 'aliens' of movies are with Earth's environment.

We are at war with God, a true "war of the worlds" that staggers

the imagination.

Yet God has 'reconciled' us to his world. He has made us fit,

made us able to exist in his kingdom. He has made us part of

his world through Christ's death and resurrection.

Now, through Christ, we are 'holy' and 'without blemish' in God's sight.

And that transformation, ironically, make us 'alien' in the world around us.

No longer do we fit in a world of selfishness and greed, a world where Self

is god and everyone does what is right in his own heart.

We belong, instead, in the kingdom of God's righteousness.



Application



a) In what ways am I an 'alien' in this world?



b) How have I been an 'alien' to God's kingdom?



c) How can today's verses help me deal with my sense of 'not fitting'?

to Jesus?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



2 Cor 9:6



6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,

and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.



6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly;

and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.



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



When you are Worried Over Money



1 Tim 6:6-10



6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain

that we can carry nothing out.

8 If we have food and clothing, we shall be content with these things.

9 But those who desire

to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish

and harmful lusts, which drown men in ruin and destruction.

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil.

While coveting after money, some have strayed from the faith

and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.



6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain

we can carry nothing out.

8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

9 But they that will

be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish

and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil:

which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,

and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.



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 2021 edition?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past

5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres

of worship and an Islamic madrassah (school) located right next to a

Christian school.

Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up

in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young

women who were wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to Islam.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further





Pray for the Oromo



Ahmed has only recently started travelling with Jesus. He lives in a small

village, far away from any major city. His half-brother lives abroad

and visits the family every year. He always told them about Jesus.

For a long time, Ahmed had little interest in this. Nevertheless,

he listened patiently.



Yet one sentence stood out clearly and stuck in his head:

"God loves you!" This prompted Ahmed to read the New Testament on his mobile

phone. Soon, we wanted to know more.



As there were no followers of Jesus in his village, Ahmed travelled

to the city. There he met a pastor who took time for him. After a long time,

Ahmed entrusted his life to Jesus and was baptised. However, his life did

not become easier, but more difficult. When it became known that he no longer

went to the mosque, he was questioned by the village elders. Even his friends

no longer want to be with him, as they now see him as an unbeliever. Many

Oromo who follow Jesus feel the same way as Ahmed.



At around 45 million, the Oromo are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia.

Although a cultural majority, they were oppressed for a long time.

Great hopes were raised when Abiy Ahmed, an Oromo, became

Prime Minister of Ethiopia. But even he was unable to halt the country's

decline. In many areas of Oromia, there are no churches that new followers

of Jesus could join. Persecution and social ostracism await Muslims

who want to follow Jesus.



How to Pray



Pray for more Oromo to hear the Good News about Jesus in their own

language and be able to understand it.



Pray for the followers of Jesus among the Oromo,

and the few churches that exist, to grow in strength and number.



Pray for courage and wisdom for the believers to tell their friends

and family about Jesus. Pray they would have opportunities to come

together and encourage one another.



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



Day 23 of the Month



a) Pray for the genuine conversion and successful rehabilitation of those

who have committed crimes.



b) Pray for spiritual and functional unity in the Body of Christ

across Canada.



(



John 13:34-35



34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another,

even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples,

if you have love for one another."



34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another;

as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,

if ye have love one to another.



Rom 12:10



10 Be devoted to one another with brotherly love; prefer one another in honour



10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love;

in honour preferring one another;



Heb 10:24



24 And let us consider how to spur one another to love and to good works.



24 and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:



1 Peter 3:8



8 Finally, be all of one mind, be loving toward one another, be gracious,

and be kind.



8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,

love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:



1 John 3:23



23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name

of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another as He commanded us.



23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name

of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray for the Salvation of your country.



Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, please help me

be a faithful steward for You."



Pray to the Lord and pray to reconcile to those

who are alien to the Kingdom of God.



Pray to the Lord and pray to sow and reap bountifully.



Pray to the Lord and pray to have contentment with godliness.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Pray for more Oromo to hear the Good News about Jesus in their own

language and be able to understand it.



Pray for the followers of Jesus among the Oromo,

and the few churches that exist, to grow in strength and number.



Pray for courage and wisdom for the believers to tell their friends

and family about Jesus. Pray they would have opportunities to come

together and encourage one another.



Pray for the genuine conversion and successful rehabilitation of those

who have committed crimes.



Pray for spiritual and functional unity in the Body of Christ

across your nation.



YEMEN



Pray for believers who are facing harassment, broken

relationships, potential job loss, and even death.



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

Joshua 8

[1] And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take

all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given

into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

[2] And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her

king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a

prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

[3] So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and

Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by

night.

[4] And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the

city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all

ready:

[5] And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city:

and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first,

that we will flee before them,

[6] (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city;

for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will

flee before them.

[7] Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the

LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

[8] And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city

on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have

commanded you.

[9] Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and

abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that

night among the people.

[10] And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and

went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

[11] And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up,

and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of

Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

[12] And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush

between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

[13] And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the

north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua

went that night into the midst of the valley.

[14] And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and

rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he

and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not

that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

[15] And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and

fled by the way of the wilderness.

[16] And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after

them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

[17] And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after

Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

[18] And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy

hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out

the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

[19] And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon

as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took

it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

[20] And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the

smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this

way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon

the pursuers.

[21] And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city,

and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew

the men of Ai.

[22] And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the

midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote

them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

[23] And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

[24] And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the

inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them,

and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were

consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the

edge of the sword.

[25] And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were

twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

[26] For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the

spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

[27] Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto

themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

[28] And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation

unto this day.

[29] And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as

the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down

from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and

raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.



The Covenant Renewal at Mount Ebal



30 Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel on Mount Ebal,

31 as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel.

As is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, it was

"an altar of uncut stones not shaped by iron tools."

They sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord on it, as well as peace offerings.

32 (Dt 27:2-3; 27:8) There in the presence of the children of Israel he wrote

a copy of the Law of Moses on the stones.

33 (Dt 11:29; 31:12) All Israel, resident alien and native alike, with

its elders, officials, and judges, were standing on either side of the ark

in front of the Levite priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord,

half in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal,

as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded from the beginning,

in order to bless the people of Israel.

34 (Ne 8:2-3; 13:1) After this, Joshua read out all the words of the law,

both blessing and curse, according to all that is written in the

Book of the Law.

35 (Dt 31:12) There was not a word from all that Moses had commanded

that Joshua did not read out before the whole assembly of Israel,

with the women, the children, and the resident aliens who were among them.



[30] Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,

[31] As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as

it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones,

over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt

offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.

[32] And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he

wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

[33] And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood

on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which

bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that

was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of

them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded

before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

[34] And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and

cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

[35] There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not

before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones,

and the strangers that were conversant among them.



2) Our Daily Bread for 23 March 2026 titled



Faithful Stewards



1 Corinthians 4:1-2,8-13



The Ministry of the Apostles



1 (Ro 16:25; Titus 1:7) Let a man so regard us as the ministers of Christ

and stewards of the mysteries of God.

2 Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.

8 (Rev 3:17) Now you are full, now you are rich; you have begun reigning

as kings without us, and I wish to God you reigned, so that we also might

reign with you.

9 (Ro 8:36; Heb 10:33) For I think that God has exhibited us, the apostles,

last, as if we were sentenced to death. For we have been made a spectacle

to the world, to angels and to men.

10 (1Co 2:3; Ac 17:18; 26:24) We are fools for Christ's sake,

but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong.

You are honorable, but we are despised.

11 (Ro 8:35; 2Co 11:23-27) Even to this present hour we both hunger

and thirst, and are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless.

12 (1Pe 3:9; Ac 18:3; Mt 5:11) We labor, working with our own hands.

Being reviled, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

13 (La 3:45) Being slandered, we encourage. We are made as the filth

of the world, and are the refuse of all things to this day.





[1] Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards

of the mysteries of God.

[2] Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

[8] Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us:

and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

[9] For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were

appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to

angels, and to men.

[10] We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak,

but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

[11] Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked,

and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

[12] And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being

persecuted, we suffer it:

[13] Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and

are the offscouring of all things unto this day.



In March 2024, a US aerospace corporation failed a safety audit conducted by

the Federal Aviation Administration. The audit came on the heels of multiple

safety incidents, including a flight that had experienced a dangerous drop in

cabin pressure when a door-plug panel on the jet had torn away. A spokesman

for the company acknowledged that the failures were due to instructions for

employees being difficult to understand and altered too often, resulting in

them not faithfully adhering to approved procedures.



Paul told the church at Corinth that they should view him and other leaders as

faithful and approved "servants of Christ" and declared that he'd been

"entrusted" with being a steward for God (1 Corinthians 4:1-2). Stewards in

Paul's day were entrusted with overseeing the management and distribution of

household resources. Above everything else, a fundamental requirement for

those given these responsibilities was faithfulness. Paul labeled himself as a

steward who "[worked] hard with [his] own hands" to live out his

responsibilities (v. 12) - carefully using what God had given him, especially

the wisdom He'd been given and the mysteries of the gospel (vv. 1-2).



As Jesus provides, let's strive to be faithful stewards, adhering to His

approved and flawless standard in our spiritual practices, work duties,

and personal relationships.



By: Marvin Williams



Reflect & Pray



How can we be faithful to the trust God has given us?

What does it mean for you to be a steward for Him?



Heavenly Father, please help me be a faithful steward for You.

Joshua 7





[2] And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on

the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the

country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

[3] And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people

go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make

not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

[4] So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and

they fled before the men of Ai.

[5] And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they

chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the

going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

[6] And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before

the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put

dust upon their heads.

[7] And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought

this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to

destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side

Jordan!

[8] O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their

enemies!

[9] For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it,

and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what

wilt thou do unto thy great name?

[10] And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus

upon thy face?

[11] Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I

commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have

also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own

stuff.

[12] Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies,

but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed:

neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from

among you.

[13] Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to

morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in

the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies,

until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

[14] In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes:

and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according

to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come

by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by

man.

[15] And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be

burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the

covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

[16] So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their

tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

[17] And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the

Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi

was taken:

[18] And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi,

the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

[19] And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the

LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou

hast done; hide it not from me.

[20] And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the

LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

[21] When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two

hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then

I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the

midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

[22] So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it

was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

[23] And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto

Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the

LORD.

[24] And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and

the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his

daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all

that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

[25] And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee

this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire,

after they had stoned them with stones.

[26] And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the

LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that

place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.



{The sin of the Community is costly}



JOSHUA 8



Ai Destroyed



1 (Jos 1:9; 6:2) Then the Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid or dismayed.

Take all the fighting men with you. Arise, and go up to Ai. See, I have given

the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land into your hand.

2 (Dt 20:14; Jos 6:21) Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho

and its king, except you may plunder its spoils and its livestock.

Now set an ambush for the city behind it."

3 So Joshua and all the fighting men arose to go up to Ai. Joshua chose

30000 men, mighty men of valor, and sent them out at night.

4 (Jdg 20:29) He commanded them, "You shall ambush the city from behind.

Do not go very far from the city. All of you be ready.

5 (Jos 7:5) I and all the people who are with me will approach the city.

When they come out to engage us as before, we will flee from them.

6 They will come after us until we have lured them away from the city,

for they will think, 'They are fleeing from us as before!'

So we will flee from them.

7Then you shall rise up for the ambush and take possession of the city.

The Lord your God will give it into your hands.

8 (2Sa 13:28) When you have seized the city, set it on fire.

Act according to the word of the Lord. See, I have commanded you."

9 So Joshua sent them out. They went to the place of ambush

and took up a position between Bethel and Ai, westward of Ai,

and Joshua spent the night among the people.

10 Joshua got up early in the morning and mustered the people.

He and the elders of Israel went up before the people to Ai.

11 All the fighting men who were with him went up and drew near to the city.

They camped north of Ai, and there was a valley between them and Ai.

12 He took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between

Bethel and Ai, westward of the city.

13 So they stationed the people, all the army that was on the north

of the city, and its rear guard on the west of the city, and Joshua spent

that night in the midst of the valley.

14 When the king of Ai saw this, the men of the city hurriedly got up

early and went out to engage Israel in battle at the assembly point

near the Arabah. Yet he did not know that there was an ambush

for him behind the city.

15 (Jos 18:12) So Joshua and all Israel allowed themselves to be

beaten before them, and they fled in the direction of the wilderness.

16 (Jdg 20:31) All the people who were in Ai were assembled to pursue

them, so they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

17 Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel.

They left the city wide open, and they pursued Israel.

18 (Jos 8:26) The Lord said to Joshua, "Point toward Ai with the sword

that is in your hand, for I will give it into your hand." So Joshua pointed

toward the city with the sword in his hand.

19 When his hand pointed, the men in ambush got up quickly from

their place and ran. They came into the city, captured it, and quickly

set the city on fire.

20 The men of Ai turned around and looked, and there from the city

came smoke rising to the sky! They could not flee in any direction,

and the people who had fled into the wilderness had turned back

toward their pursuers.

21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured

the city and that smoke rose from it,

they turned and struck down the men of Ai.

22 (Dt 7:2) Then the men in the city came out to engage them in battle,

so they were now in the middle, with Israel on each side.

Israel struck them down until neither survivors nor escapees were left.

23 (1Sa 15:8) They took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

24 When Israel completed killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open

wilderness where they had pursued them, and when all of them had

finally fallen by the edge of the sword, all Israel returned to Ai

and struck it with the edge of the sword.

25 All who had fallen that day, men and women, numbered 12000,

all the people of Ai.

26 (Ex 17:11-12; Jos 8:18) Joshua did not draw back his hand

with the stretched-out sword until he destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

27 (Jos 8:2) Israel plundered only the livestock and the spoil of that city

for themselves, according to the word of the Lord

that He had commanded Joshua.

28 (Dt 13:16) Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever,

a desolation to this day.

29 (Dt 21:22-23; Jos 7:26) The king of Ai hanged on a tree until evening.

At sunset, Joshua commanded that the people take down the body

from the tree and throw it down at the city gate.

They erected a large heap of stones over it that remains to this day.

Joshua 6

[1] Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none

went out, and none came in.

[2] And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand

Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

[3] And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the

city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

[4] And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams'

horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the

priests shall blow with the trumpets.

[5] And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the

ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall

shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and

the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

[6] And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take

up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of

rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.

[7] And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him

that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

[8] And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the

seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the

LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD

followed them.

[9] And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets,

and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with

the trumpets.

[10] And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor

make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your

mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

[11] So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and

they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

[12] And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark

of the LORD.

[13] And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark

of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed

men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the

priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

[14] And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the

camp: so they did six days.

[15] And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the

dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven

times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

[16] And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the

trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you

the city.

[17] And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to

the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in

the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

[18] And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye

make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the

camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

[19] But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are

consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

[20] So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it

came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people

shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people

went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the

city.

[21] And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and

woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the

sword.

[22] But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go

into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she

hath, as ye sware unto her.

[23] And the young men that were spies went in, and brought Rahab, and her

father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they

brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

[24] And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the

silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into

the treasury of the house of the LORD.

[25] And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household,

and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because

she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

[26] And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before

the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the

foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up

the gates of it.

[27] So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the

country.



[The Lord delivers]



JOSHUA 7



Achan's Sin



1 (Jos 22:20; 6:17-18) Yet the children of Israel violated their obligations

with regard to the things dedicated for destruction. Achan, son of Karmi,

son of Zimri, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah took from the things

dedicated for destruction, and the anger of the Lord burned

against the children of Israel.



[1] But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing:

for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the

tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was

kindled against the children of Israel.



1 Chron 2:7



7 (Jos 6:18) The sons of Karmi were

Achar, the troubler of Israel, who acted unfaithfully

in regard to the ban.



7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel,

who transgressed in the thing accursed.



Joshua 7



2 (Jos 18:12; 1Sa 13:5) Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai (which is near

Beth Aven, east of Bethel) and said to them, "Go up and spy on the land."

So the men went up and spied on Ai.

3 Then they returned to Joshua and said to him,

All the people need not go up. Let about two or three thousand men go up

and strike Ai. Since they are so few, all the people need

not weary themselves."

4 (Lev 26:17; Dt 28:25) So about three thousand men went up from

among the people there, but they fled from before the men of Ai.

5 (Jos 2:11; Lev 26:36) The men of Ai struck down 36 men

and pursued them from the gate to Shebarim. They struck them down

on the mountainside, and the hearts of the people melted like water.

6 (Ge 37:29; 37:34) Then Joshua ripped his clothes. He and the Israelite

elders fell on their faces to the ground in front of the ark of the Lord

until evening and threw dirt upon their heads.

7 (2Ki 3:10) Joshua said, "O Lord God, why did You bring this people

across the Jordan to give us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?

If only we had been content to dwell on the other side of the Jordan!

8 O my Lord, what should I say now that Israel has fled before its enemies?

9 (Ex 32:12; Ps 83:4) The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land may

hear, turn on us, and cut off our name from the earth.

What will You do for Your great name?"

10 Then the Lord said to Joshua, "Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?

11 (Jos 6:17-19; Ac 5:1-2) Israel has sinned, and they have broken

My covenant that I commanded them. They took from the things

dedicated for destruction. They have stolen, acted deceitfully,

and put them among their own possessions.

12 (Nu 14:45; Jos 6:18) Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand

before their enemies. They turn their backs to their enemies

because they have become dedicated for destruction.

I will not be with you anymore if you do not destroy the things

dedicated for destruction in your midst.

13 (Jos 3:5) "Get up! Consecrate the people and say,

'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for thus says the Lord,

the God of Israel: "Things dedicated for destruction are in your midst,

O Israel. You are not able to stand before your enemies

until you remove the things dedicated for destruction from your midst."

14 (Pr 16:33) " 'In the morning you will be brought forward by tribes,

and the tribe that the Lord selects by lot shall come forward by clans.

The clan that the Lord selects by lot shall come forward by households,

and the household that the Lord selects by lot shall come forward

man by man.

15 (Ge 34:7; Jdg 20:6) And he who is taken with the things dedicated

for destruction shall be burned with fire, he and all who belong to him,

for he broke the covenant of the Lord

and has done a disgraceful action in Israel.' "

16 So Joshua got up early in the morning and brought forward Israel

by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected.

17 (Nu 26:20) He brought forward the clans of Judah, and the clan

of the Zerahites was selected. He brought forward the clan of the Zerahites

man by man, and Zimri was selected.

18 (Nu 32:23; Ac 5:1-10) He brought forward the household of Zimri

man by man, and Achan son of Karmi, son of Zimri, son of Zerah,

from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

19 (1Sa 6:5; Jer 13:16; Jn 9:24) Then Joshua said to Achan,

"O my son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and give Him praise!

Tell me what you have done! Do not hold back anything from me."

20 Achan answered Joshua and said, "Indeed, I sinned against the Lord,

the God of Israel. This is what I did:

21 (Dt 7:25) When I saw among the plundered goods a beautiful robe

from Babylon, two hundred shekels of silver,

[About 5 pounds, or 2.3 kilograms].

and a gold bar weighing fifty shekels, [About 1 1/4 pounds, or 575 grams.]

I coveted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground in my tent.

The silver is underneath them."

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent.

There it all was hidden in the ground with the silver underneath.

23 They took it from the tent and brought it to Joshua

and all the children of Israel. They spread it out before the Lord.

24 (Jos 15:7; 7:26) Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan

son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons, his daughters,

his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all he had,

and brought them up to the Valley of Achor.

25 (Jos 6:18; Lev 20:2) Then Joshua said, "Why have you brought trouble

on us? The Lord will trouble you today!" So all Israel stoned him.

They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.

26 (Dt 13:17; Isa 65:10) Then they erected over him a large pile of stones,

which is still there today. So the Lord turned from His burning anger.

Therefore the name of the place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.

Day 82, 23 March 2026



1) Joshua 5, Joshua 6, Joshua 7:1, 1 Chron 2:7 , Joshua 7:2-26, Joshua 8



JOSHUA 5



1 (Nu 13:29; Jos 2:9-11) When all the kings of the Amorites

west of the Jordan and of the Canaanites by the sea to the east

heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before

the children of Israel while they crossed over, their hearts melted,

and there was no longer any breath in them because of the children of Israel.



[1] And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on

the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were

by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from

before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart

melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children

of Israel.



Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal



2 (Ex 4:25) At that time the Lord said to Joshua, "Make flint knives

and circumcise the children of Israel a second time."

3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the children of Israel

at the Hill of the Foreskins called Gibeath Haaraloth.

4 (Nu 26:64-65; Dt 2:16) Now this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them:

All the males who came out of Egypt who were men of fighting age had died

in the wilderness along the way after leaving Egypt.

5 All of the people who had come out were circumcised, but all the people born

in the wilderness along the way after leaving Egypt were not circumcised.

6 (Dt 2:7; 2:14) The children of Israel had traveled forty years

in the wilderness until all the people, the men of fighting age

who came out of Egypt, died, because they did not obey the Lord.

The Lord had sworn not to let them see the land that He had sworn

to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

7 (Nu 14:31; Dt 1:39) Yet He raised up their descendants in their place.

These men Joshua circumcised, for they were uncircumcised.

They had not been circumcised along the way.

8 (Ge 34:25) So when the entire people was completely circumcised,

they stayed where they were in the camp until they healed.

9 (Ge 34:14; Jos 4:19) The Lord said to Joshua,

"Today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from upon you."

So the name of that place is called Gilgal even to this day.

10 The children of Israel camped in Gilgal and kept the Passover

on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho.

11 (Lev 23:14) The day after the Passover, they ate of the produce

of the land, unleavened bread, and roasted grain.

12 (Ex 16:35) The manna stopped the day after they ate

from the produce of the land, and the children of Israel no longer had manna.

That year they ate what the land of Canaan yielded.



[2] At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and

circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

[3] And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel

at the hill of the foreskins.

[4] And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that

came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the

wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

[5] Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people

that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt,

them they had not circumcised.

[6] For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till

all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed,

because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that

he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers

that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

[7] And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua

circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised

them by the way.

[8] And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people,

that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

[9] And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach

of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto

this day.

[10] And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on

the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

[11] And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the

passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.

[12] And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn

of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did

eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.



The Fall of Jericho



13 (Ge 18:2; Nu 22:23) Now when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up

and saw a man standing in front of him. In His hand was His drawn sword.

Joshua went to Him and said, "Are You for us or for our enemies?"

14 (Ge 17:3) He said, "Neither, for I am the commander of the army

of the Lord. Now I have come." Then Joshua fell with his face to the ground

and worshipped. Then he said, "What does my Lord wish to say to His servant?"

15 (Ex 3:5) The commander of the army of the Lord said to Joshua,

"Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place

where you are standing is holy." So Joshua did this.



[13] And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his

eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his

sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art

thou for us, or for our adversaries?

[14] And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come.

And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto

him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

[15] And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe

from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua

did so.



JOSHUA 6



1 Now Jericho was tightly secured before the children of Israel.

There was no one leaving or entering.

2 (Dt 7:24; Jos 2:9) The Lord said to Joshua, "See, I have given Jericho,

its king, and mighty men of valor into your hand.

3 All the men of fighting age shall march around the city.

Circle the city once. Do this for six days.

4 Seven priests shall carry seven ram's horn trumpets before the ark.

On the seventh day, march around the city seven times,

with the priests blowing the trumpets.

5 (Jos 6:20; 1Sa 4:5) When they blow a long blast on the ram's horn

and when you hear the trumpet sound, all the people shall shout a loud

battle cry. The walls of the city will fall down, and the people will go up,

every man straight ahead."

6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them,

"Take up the ark of the covenant. Seven priests bearing seven ram's

horn trumpets shall be in front of the ark of the Lord."

7 (Jos 4:13) He said to the people, "Advance and march around the city.

Let the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord."

8 So when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing

seven ram's horn trumpets before the Lord advanced and blew their

trumpets. The ark of the covenant of the Lord went after them.

9 (Jos 6:13; Nu 10:25) The armed men went before the priests

blowing the trumpets, and the rear guard went after the ark

while the trumpets were blowing.

10 Now Joshua had commanded the people, "Do not shout a battle cry,

and do not let your voices be heard. Do not let a word

come out of your mouths until the time I say to you, 'Shout the battle cry!'

Then shout."

11 So he had the ark of the Lord circle the city once. Then they came

into the camp and spent the night there.

12 Then Joshua got up early in the morning,

and the priests picked up the ark of the Lord.

13 Seven priests bearing seven ram's horn trumpets before the ark of the Lord

moved on, blowing their trumpets continually. The armed men went before them,

and the rear guard went after the ark of the Lord

while the trumpets were blowing.

14 The second day they circled the city once, and they returned to the camp.

They did this for six days.

15 Then on the seventh day they got up early as dawn was breaking

and circled the city in this way seven times. Only on that day did they circle

the city seven times.

16 On the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets

and Joshua said to the people,

"Shout the battle cry, for the Lord has given you the city!

17 (Dt 20:17) The city and all that is in it are dedicated to the Lord

for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute may live,

she, and all who are with her in her house,

for she hid the messengers we sent.

18 (Jos 7:1; 7:11-12) As for you, keep yourselves from

that which is dedicated for destruction, lest you be destroyed.

If you take from that which is dedicated for destruction, you will set

the Israelite camp for destruction and bring trouble upon it.

19 (1Ch 26:20) All the silver, gold, and bronze and iron articles

are set apart for the Lord. They will go into the treasury of the Lord."

20 (Heb 11:30; Jos 6:5) So the people shouted, and they blew the trumpets.

When the people heard the trumpet sound, they shouted a loud battle cry,

and the wall fell down. So the people went up into the city,

one man after the other, and they captured it.

21 They destroyed all that was in the city: man and woman, young

and old, and oxen, sheep, and donkey with the edge of the sword.

22 (Heb 11:31) Yet to the two men who had spied out the land,

Joshua said, "Enter the prostitute's house, and bring out the woman

and everyone who belongs to her, as you swore to her."

23 So the young men who had been spies entered and brought out Rahab,

her father, her mother, her brothers, everyone who belonged to her,

and her whole extended family. They brought them out

and placed them outside of the camp of Israel.

24 They burned the city and everything in it with fire. Only the silver,

the gold, the bronze and iron articles they gave to the treasury

of the house of the Lord.

25 (Heb 11:31; Mt 1:5) Yet Rahab the prostitute, her father's family,

and everyone who belonged to her, Joshua let live. They live among

Israel to this day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent

to spy on Jericho.

26 (1Ki 16:34) At that time Joshua made them swear, "Cursed before the Lord

will be the man who arises and rebuilds this city of Jericho.

He will establish it

at the cost of his firstborn

and erect its gates

at the cost of his youngest child."

27 (Jos 1:5; 9:1) So the Lord was with Joshua, and he became famous

throughout the land.

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Luke 6:38



38 "Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down,

shaken together, and running over will men give unto you.

For with the measure you use, it will be measured unto you."



38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,

and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For

with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.



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



When you are Burdened by Doubt



Proverbs 30:5



5 Every word of God is pure;

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.



5 Every word of God is pure:

He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.



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 2021 edition?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past

5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres

of worship and an Islamic madrassah (school) located right next to a

Christian school.

Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up

in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young

women who were wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to Islam.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



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!



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



22 Day of the Month



a) Pray for the Province of Quebec



I) Pray for the leaders of Quebec, that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly, serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4



1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.



II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



b) Pray that the influence of the Holy Spirit would dissolve

every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge

of God.



(



2 Cor 10: 3 - 5



3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God

to the pulling down of strongholds,

5 casting down imaginations and every

high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every

thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,



3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

4(for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God

to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself

against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought

to the obedience of Christ;



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to Him to be master of your finances.



Pray to the Lord and pray to remember the Living Lord your God

and that the battle belongs to Him.



Pray to the Lord: "Wise Father, may my life reflect the light

of Jesus in everything I do. May others see in me a genuine faith

in You - the God who hears us."



Pray to the Lord and pray to confess the Lord as Saviour.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be a generous giver.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know the purity of God's Word.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



- 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 that the influence of the Holy Spirit would dissolve

every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge

of God.



PHILIPPINES



Pray for those sharing the Gospel message in

Muslim-majority communities on the island of Mindanao.



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

Joshua 4

[1] And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over

Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

[2] Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

[3] And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of

Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve

stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the

lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

[4] Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the

children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

[5] And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your

God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone

upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the

children of Israel:

[6] That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their

fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

[7] Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off

before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan,

the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a

memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

[8] And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up

twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua,

according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and

carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid

them down there.

[9] And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place

where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and

they are there unto this day.

[10] For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until

everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the

people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted

and passed over.

[11] And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that

the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the

people.

[12] And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe

of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake

unto them:

[13] About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto

battle, to the plains of Jericho.

[14] On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and

they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

[15] And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

[16] Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come

up out of Jordan.

[17] Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of

Jordan.

[18] And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant

of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the

priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan

returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did

before.

[19] And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first

month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

[20] And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua

pitch in Gilgal.

[21] And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children

shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

[22] Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this

Jordan on dry land.

[23] For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you,

until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he

dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

[24] That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that

it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.



2) Our Daily Bread for 23 March 2026 titled



God of My Sister



Genesis 24:1-4,10-12,42



1(Ge 13:2; 12:2) Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the Lord

had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 (Ge 47:29; 39:4-6)So Abraham said

to his servant, the oldest of his household, who was in charge over all

that he had, "Please, place your hand under my thigh,

3(Ge 26:34-35; 14:22) and I will make you swear by the Lord,

the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take

a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

4(Ge 28:2)But you shall go to my country and to my family,

and take a wife for my son Isaac."

10 (Ge 11:31; Dt 23:4) Then the servant took ten of his master's camels

and departed, for all the goods of his master were in his hand. And he

arose and went to the city of Nahor in Aram Naharaim.

11(1Sa 9:11; Ex 2:16)He made his camels kneel down outside the city

by a well of water in the evening when the women came out to draw water.

12(Ge 24:27; 26:24)Then he said, "O Lord, the God of my master Abraham,

please let me have success this day and show kindness to my master Abraham.

42 (Ne 1:11) "So today I came to the well and said,

'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham,

if You will now give me success in my task;



[1] And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed

Abraham in all things.

[2] And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over

all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

[3] And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God

of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters

of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

[4] But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife

unto my son Isaac.

[10] And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and

departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose,

and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

[11] And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of

water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw

water.

[12] And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good

speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

[42] And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master

Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go;



Amina had come to Christ in a country where Christianity was illegal. She

began to share her new faith with her brother, who rejected her appeals.

Then he contracted a dangerous lung condition. Alone in a dark hospital room,

he gasped for breath. He wasn't ready to acknowledge Jesus as God's Son, and

he feared speaking the name of Christ aloud. (Someone might hear him!) So he

called out, "God of my sister, please help me now!" Suddenly, he could breathe

easily, and the room brightened inexplicably. His journey to belief in Jesus

began that day.



In Genesis, Abraham's servant went on a quest to find a wife for his master's

son. First, he prayed to the "God of my master Abraham" (24:12). Why?

The servant knew God had told Abraham, "I will make you into a great nation"

(12:2). God repeated that promise (15:2-5), and "Abram believed the Lord,

and [God] credited it to him as righteousness" (v. 6). The servant could trust

"the God of my master Abraham" (24:27, 42, 48) because he'd witnessed

the reality of Abraham's faith.



With our words, we invite others to follow Jesus. More important, however, is

the way we live before them. The reality of genuine faith in the one true God

speaks volumes.



May the God of Abraham and of Amina use our lives to draw others to Him.



By: Tim Gustafson



Reflect & Pray



How have you sensed God intervening in your life?

In what ways does your life reveal your trust in Him?



Wise Father, may my life reflect the light

of Jesus in everything I do. May others see in me a genuine faith

in You - the God who hears us.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 4 - The Blessings of Grace Day 1 - The Joy of Confessing Christ



Romans 10:9-10



9 (Lk 12:8; Php 2:11)that if you confess with your mouth

Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from

the dead, you will be saved,

10 for with the heart one believes unto righteousness,

and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation



[9] That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt

believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be

saved.

[10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth

confession is made unto salvation.



Teena, a college freshman, has just committed her life to Christ,

but she was apprehensive about telling anyone - until Bill appeared

on the scene. He plunked his coffee cup down on the table and smiled.

"I heard something exciting happened to you yesterday, Teena"

"Yeah", Teena paused and looked around, as if seeking an escape route.

"I , uh, well, I did it"

"Did what?"

"Well, I, ah, gave my life to God."

"That's wonderful!" Bill exclaimed.

He was still talking with Teena and encouraging he in her decision

when Maria walked by.

"Maria!" Bill called. "Teena wants to tell you something!"

Teena gasped , open-mouthed, then stammered,

" I - I committed my life to Christ."

Maria , similarly enthuasiatic, encouraged Teena in her commitment,

and within half an hour Teena was stopping her friends to tell them,

"Guess what? I've become a Christian! I belng to Jesus now!"

Teena had already surrendered her heart to Christ.

But when she confessed her decision aloud to others,

the truth of that transformation was confirmed by her.

Many of us have been raised to believe that 'faith is a private matter',

not to be discussed in polite company. Yet Paul makes clear the connection

between heart commitment and verbal confession. Just as my love for family

and friends deepens as I tell them I love them, so a person's love

for Christ is confirmed and stabilised

by speaking of that commitment to others.



Application



a) Have I been reluctant to tell others of my faith in Christ? Why?



b) What happens within me when I do tell others of my love for the Lord?

JOSHUA 3



Israel Crossing the Jordan



1 (Jos 2:1) In the morning Joshua got up early; then he and all the children

of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan.

They stayed there before crossing over.

2 (Jos 1:10-11) After three days the officers went through the camp.

3 (Dt 31:9; Nu 10:33) They commanded the people, "When you see the ark

of the covenant of the Lord your God and the Levite priests carrying it,

then you shall set out from where you are and go behind it.

4 (Ex 19:12) There must be a distance of two thousand cubits

{About 3,000 feet, or 900 meters.} between you and it.

Do not draw closer to it, in order that you may know the way you should go.

For you have not passed this way before."

5 (Jos 7:13; Lev 20:7) Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves,

for tomorrow the Lord will perform wondrous deeds among you."

6 Joshua said to the priests,

"Pick up the ark of the covenant, and proceed ahead of the people."

So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went in front of the people.

7 (Jos 4:14; 1:5) The Lord said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to honor you

in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that just as I was

with Moses, so I will be with you.

8 (Jos 3:3; 3:17) You shall command the priests who carry

the ark of the covenant, 'When you come to the bank of the Jordan,

stand still in the river.'"

9 So Joshua said to the children of Israel,

"Draw near and hear the words of the Lord your God."

10 (Ex 33:2; Dt 5:26) And Joshua said, "By this you will know that the living

God is among you, and that He will thoroughly drive out the Canaanites,

the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites,

and the Jebusites from before you.

11 (Zec 6:5; Jos 3:13) See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of

all the earth is passing before you into the Jordan.

12 (Jos 4:2) Now select twelve men from the tribes of Israel,

one man per tribe.

13 (Ex 15:8; Ps 78:13) When the soles of the feet of the priests

who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth,

touch the water of the Jordan, the water of the Jordan

that flows from upstream will be cut off and pile up."

14 (Ac 7:44-45) When the people set out from their tents

to cross over the Jordan, the priests were carrying

the ark of the covenant before the people.

15 (1Ch 12:15; Jos 4:18) When the carriers of the ark came to the Jordan,

the feet of the priests carrying the ark dipped into the edge of the water.

(Now the Jordan overflows its banks all the days of the harvest.)

16 (Ge 14:3; Jos 3:13) Then the water that flows down from upstream

stood still and rose up in a heap very far away at Adam,

the city beside Zarethan. The water that flows down toward

the Sea of Arabah (the Dead Sea) stopped and was cut off.

The people crossed over opposite Jericho.

17 (Ex 14:29; 14:22) The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord

stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, and all Israel

crossed over on dry ground until the entire people completed crossing

over the Jordan.



Joshua 3

[1] And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and

came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before

they passed over.

[2] And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the

host;

[3] And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the

covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then

ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

[4] Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits

by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must

go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

[5] And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the

LORD will do wonders among you.

[6] And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the

covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the

covenant, and went before the people.

[7] And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in

the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I

will be with thee.

[8] And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant,

saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand

still in Jordan.

[9] And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the

words of the LORD your God.

[10] And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you,

and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and

the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and

the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

[11] Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth

over before you into Jordan.

[12] Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of

every tribe a man.

[13] And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the

priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest

in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the

waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

[14] And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass

over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the

people;

[15] And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of

the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for

Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)

[16] That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an

heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that

came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were

cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

[17] And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood

firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed

over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.



[One memorial and a reminder of the Red Sea]



JOSHUA 4



Twelve Memorial Stones



1 (Dt 27:2; Jos 3:17_ When the entire people had completed crossing

over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

2 (Jos 3:12) "Take twelve men from among the people, one man per tribe.

3 (Jos 4:19-20; 3:13) Command them: 'Pick up twelve stones from

the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests

are standing; bring them over with you, and set them in the place

you will camp tonight.'"

4 So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from among

the children of Israel, one man per tribe.

5 Then Joshua said to them, "Cross over before the ark of the Lord your God

into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you lift up a stone upon

your shoulder, one for each of the tribes of the children of Israel,

6 (Ex 13:14; Jos 4:21) so that this will be a sign among you.

When your children ask, 'What do these stones mean to you?'

7 (Ex 12:14; Nu 16:40) you will answer them that the waters of the Jordan

were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.

These stones will be a memorial for the children of Israel continually."

8 Then the children of Israel did as Joshua commanded

and picked up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan,

one for each of the tribes of the children of Israel,

as the Lord had spoken to Joshua.

They crossed over with them to the settlement and set them there.

9 Joshua also set twelve stones inthe middle of the Jordan

at the place where the feet of the priests who carried

the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are there to this day.

10 The priests who were carrying the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan

until everything was completed that the Lord had commanded Joshua

to say to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua.

The people quickly crossed over.

11 When all the people had finished crossing over, the ark of the Lord

and the priests crossed over in the presence of the people.

12 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed

over in battle formation in front of the children of Israel, according

to what Moses had said to them.

13 About 40000 battle-ready men crossed over before the Lord

for battle on the plains of Jericho.

14 (Jos 3:7) On that day, the Lord honored Joshua in the sight of all Israel.

They feared him as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.

15 The Lord spoke to Joshua,

16 "Command the priests carrying the ark of the testimony:

'Come up out of the Jordan!'"

17 So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan!"

18 (Jos 3:15) Then when the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant

of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan

and the soles of the priests'

feet touched the dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place

and overflowed all its banks as before.

19 (Jos 5:9) Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day

of the first month, and they camped at Gilgal,

on the eastern border of Jericho.

20 (Jos 4:3; 4:8) Joshua set up in Gilgal those twelve stones that they took

from the Jordan.

21 (Jos 4:6) He said to the children of Israel, "When your children someday

ask their parents, 'What do these stones mean?'

22 (Jos 3:17) then you shall explain to your children,

'Israel crossed over the Jordan here on dry ground!'

23 (Ex 14:21) For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan

before you until you crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea

when He dried it up before us until we crossed over,

24 (Ex 14:31; Ps 89:13) so that all the peoples of the earth might know

the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty,

and you would fear the Lord your God always."

Joshua Takes Command



10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people,

11 (Jos 3:2; Dt 9:1) "Pass through the midst of the camp

and command the people, 'Prepare food, for in three days you

will cross the Jordan to go to take possession of the land

that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.'"

12 To the Reubenites, the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Joshua said,

13 (Nu 32:20-28) "Remember the word that Moses the servant of the Lord

commanded you: 'The Lord your God has given you a place for rest

and will give this land.'

14 Your wives, your children, and your livestock may live in the land

that Moses gave you on the east side of the Jordan. But you must cross

over with your brothers fully armed, your mighty men of valor, and help them,

15 until the Lord has given your brothers rest, as He has given you, and they

also have possessed the land that the Lord your God is giving to them.

Then you may return to your own land and possess what Moses the servant

of the Lord gave you on the east side of the Jordan where the sun rises."

16 They answered Joshua, "All that you command us we will do,

and wherever you send us we will go.

17 (Jos 1:5) Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, we will obey you.

May the Lord your God be with you, as He was with Moses!

18 (Jos 1:6-7; 1:9) Whoever rebels against your command

and disobeys your words, in all that you command him,

shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous."





[10] Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

[11] Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you

victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to

possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

[12] And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of

Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

[13] Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you,

saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.

[14] Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land

which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your

brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

[15] Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and

they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then

ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses

the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

[16] And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will

do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

[17] According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken

unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

[18] Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not

hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to

death: only be strong and of a good courage.



[Remember 40 years in the desert and Joshua and one other spy was loyal]



JOSHUA 2



Rahab and the Spies



1 (Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25; Nu 25:1) Then Joshua son of Nun sent two men out

from Shittim to spy, saying, "Go see the land, especially Jericho."

So they went, and they came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab.

They spent the night there.

2 The king of Jericho was told, "Israelite men came here tonight to spy

out the land."

3 So the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab, "Bring out the men who

came to you, who have entered your house, for they came to spy out

the whole land."

4 (2Sa 17:19-20) Now the woman had taken the two men and had hidden

them. She said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they

were from.

5 The men went out when it was time to shut the gate at dark.

I do not know where the men went. Chase after them quickly,

for you can overtake them."

6 (2Sa 17:19) Yet she had brought them up to the roof. She hid them

in the stalks of flax that she had spread out on the roof.

7 (Jdg 3:28) So the men chased after them on the road to the Jordan

as far as the fords. They shut the gate as soon as the pursuers went

out after them.

8 Before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to them on the roof.

9 (Ex 23:27; Dt 2:25) She said to the men, "I know that the Lord has given

you the land, for dread from you has fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants

of the land melt in terror before you.

10 (Nu 21:21-35) For we heard how the Lord dried up the waters of the

Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon

and Og, the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of

the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.

11 (Dt 4:39; Jos 5:1) Our hearts melted when we heard these things,

and no man had any breath in him because of you, for the Lord your God

is God in heaven above and on earth below.

12 (Jos 2:18) "So now, since I have acted faithfully toward you,

please swear to me by the Lord that you will also act faithfully

toward my father's house. Please give me a firm pledge

13 that you will spare my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters,

and all whom they own, and that you will deliver our lives from death."

14 (Ge 24:49; Jdg 1:24-25) The men said to her, "Our lives for yours;

if you do not report us, then when the Lord gives us the land,

we will act faithfully and kindly with you."

15 (Ac 9:25; 2Co 11:33) Then Rahab lowered them by a rope

through the window, for her home was set into the wall where she lived.

16 She said to them, "Go to the hill country so that the pursuers do not

find you. Hide there three days until the pursuers return.

After that, you can go on your way."

17 The men said to her, "We will be free from this oath that you have

made us swear,

18 (Jos 6:23) unless, when we come into the land, you tie this red cord

to the window through which you let us down. You must bring your

father, your mother, your brothers, and all who belong

to your father's household into your home.

19 Anyone who comes out of the doors of your house into the street

is responsible for his own blood, and we will be innocent.

Yet for anyone who stays with you inside the house,

we are responsible for his blood if someone should lay a hand on him.

20 But if you tell about this business of ours, then we will be released

from the oath that you have made us swear."

21 She said, "Let it be so, according to your words."

Then she sent them off, and they departed.

Then she tied the red cord in the window.

22 They went and came to the hill country. They stayed there three days,

until the pursuers returned. The pursuers had sought them all along

the way but had not found them.

23 So the two men returned. They descended from the hill country.

They crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun,

and told him all that they had discovered.

24 (Ex 23:31) They said to Joshua, "The Lord has surely given

the whole land into our hands! Indeed, all the inhabitants of the land

melt in terror before us."



Joshua 2

[1] And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly,

saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an

harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

[2] And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in

hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

[3] And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men

that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come

to search out all the country.

[4] And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came

men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

[5] And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was

dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after

them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

[6] But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with

the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

[7] And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as

soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

[8] And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

[9] And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land,

and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the

land faint because of you.

[10] For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for

you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the

Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly

destroyed.

[11] And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither

did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD

your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

[12] Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have

shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house,

and give me a true token:

[13] And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren,

and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

[14] And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our

business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we

will deal kindly and truly with thee.

[15] Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was

upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

[16] And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet

you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned:

and afterward may ye go your way.

[17] And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath

which thou hast made us swear.

[18] Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of

scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt

bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's

household, home unto thee.

[19] And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house

into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless:

and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our

head, if any hand be upon him.

[20] And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath

which thou hast made us to swear.

[21] And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them

away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

[22] And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days,

until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout

all the way, but found them not.

[23] So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed

over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell

them:

[24] And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands

all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because

of us.



[Even in Pagan Jericho, they feared the Lord]

Day 81, 22 March 2026



Today at Calvary Community Church

, Pastor Barry Regier spoke on Living Counter-Cultural - Finances.



Living Counter-Culturally



1 Peter 2:11-12



11 (Jas 4:1; Lev 25:23) Dearly beloved, I implore you as aliens and refugees,

abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.

12 (Mt 5:16; 1Pe 3:16) Live your lives honorably among the Gentiles, so that

though they speak against you as evildoers, they shall see your good works

and thereby glorify God in the day of visitation.



[11] Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from

fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

[12] Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they

speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they

shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.



Matthew 6



What treasure owns you?

Treasures in Heaven

Lk 12:33-34



19 (Heb 13:5; Lk 12:21) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures

on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

20 (Lk 12:33; Mt 19:21)But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where

neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in nor steal,

21 (Lk 12:34) for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.



[19] Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust

doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

[20] But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor

rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

[21] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.



What you see shapes how you behave

The Light of the Body

Lk 11:34-36

22 "The light of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye is clear,

your whole body will be full of light.

23 (Mt 20:15; Mk 7:22) But if your eye is unclear, your whole body

will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light that is in you is darkness,

how great is that darkness!



[22] The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy

whole body shall be full of light.

[23] But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If

therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!



What you see controls you

God and Money



24 (Lk 16:13; 16:11; 16:9) "No one can serve two masters.

For either he will hate the one and love the other,

or else he will hold to the one and despise the other.

You cannot serve God and money.



[24] No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love

the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot

serve God and mammon.



What you fear revaels your faith

Care and Anxiety

Lk 12:22-34



25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you, take no thought

about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink,

nor about your body, what you will put on.

Is not life more than food and the body than clothing?

26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow,

nor do they reap, nor gather into barns.

Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

27 Who among you by taking thought can add a cubit

[A cubit is about half a meter.] to his stature?

28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) "Why take thought about clothing? Consider the lilies

of the field, how they grow: They neither work, nor do they spin.

29 (1Ki 10:4-7; 2Ch 9:4-6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon

in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field,

which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 (1Pe 5:7) Therefore, take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?'

or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

32 (Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30) (For the Gentiles seek after all these things.)

For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.

33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11-13) But seek first the kingdom of God

and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.

34 (Mt 6:25) Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow, for tomorrow

will take thought about the things of itself.

Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.



[25] Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall

eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is

not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

[26] Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap,

nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not

much better than they?

[27] Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

[28] And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,

how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

[29] And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not

arrayed like one of these.

[30] Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,

and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye

of little faith?

[31] Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we

drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

[32] (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly

Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

[33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all

these things shall be added unto you.

[34] Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take

thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil

thereof.



Romans 14:17



17 (Ro 15:13; 1Co 8:8; Gal 5:22) For the kingdom of God does not mean

eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy

Spirit.



[17] For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and

peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.



REflection



Holy Spirit

- Where is my thinking off regarding finances?

- Which fear is hloding me back from trusting you to provide

for me / my family?

- Where would you like me to begin making Jesus Lord of my finances?



1) Joshua 1, Joshua 2, Joshua 3, Joshua 4



JOSHUA 1



The Lord Commissions Joshua



1 (Ex 24:13; Dt 1:38) Now after the death of Moses

the servant of the Lord, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun,

the assistant of Moses:

2 "Moses My servant is dead, so now get up and cross over the Jordan

-you and all this people-to the land that I am giving

to the children of Israel.

3 (Dt 11:24; Jos 14:9) I have given you every place

that the sole of your foot shall tread, as I said to Moses.

4 (Ex 23:31) From the wilderness and this Lebanon,

as far as the great river, the River Euphrates,

all the land of the Hittites,

and to the Mediterranean Sea toward the setting of the sun

will be your territory.

5 (Dt 7:24; 31:6-8) No man will be able to stand against you

all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, I will be with you.

I will not abandon you. I will not leave you.

6 (Jos 1:7; 1:9) "Be strong and courageous, for you shall provide

the land that I swore to their fathers to give them as an inheritance

for this people.

7 (Dt 5:32; 28:14) Be strong and very courageous, in order to act

carefully in accordance with all the law that My servant Moses

commanded you. Do not turn aside from it to the right or the left,

so that you may succeed wherever you go.

8 (Ps 19:14; 119:15) This Book of the Law must not depart

from your mouth. Meditate on it day and night so that you may act

carefully according to all that is written in it. For then you will make

your way successful, and you will be wise.

9 (Ge 28:15; Dt 31:7-8) Have not I commanded you?

Be strong and courageous.

Do not be afraid or dismayed, for the Lord

your God is with you wherever you go."



[1] Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass,

that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

[2] Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,

thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even

to the children of Israel.

[3] Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I

given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

[4] From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the

river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea

toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

[5] There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days

of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not

fail thee, nor forsake thee.

[6] Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou

divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers

to give them.

[7] Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do

according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not

from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper

whithersoever thou goest.

[8] This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt

meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according

to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous,

and then thou shalt have good success.

[9] Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not

afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee

whithersoever thou goest.

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



http://www.ehc.ca



21st Day of the Month



a) Pray for the leaders our educational system, that they would

have wisdom and make God honouring decisions



(



1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make

supplications, prayers, intercessions,

and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life

in all godliness and honesty,



)



b) Pray that those who serve in law enforcement will have the resources

they need and the vigilance their work requires.



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to dwell in the Lord always.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, thank You that hope is real

even when I can't feel it. Please help me to offer my life to You."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know wrongful rejection.



Pray to the Lord and pray to that the lusts of the world will not choke

your study of the Word of the Lord.



Pray to the Lord and pray to Seek The Wisdom of the Lord.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



- 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 leaders our educational system, that they would

have wisdom and make God honouring decisions



Pray that those who serve in law enforcement will have the resources

they need and the vigilance their work requires.





RUSSIA (AND ITS OCCUPIED TERRITORIES)



Pray that Christians labelled as "extremists" will

respond to their opposers with the love of Jesus.



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

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 7 - The Great Exchange



2 Cor 5:21 - God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,

that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.



21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin;

that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.



People were talking ; the gossip lines were busy day and night.

Andrea, a Bible study leader and pillar of the church, had been

accused of indiscretion with a married man, another member

of the congregation. The rumours were proven untrue,

but that hardly mattered anymore. The damage was done.

"It's just not far," Andrea said. " It was all so unnecessary.

And now, even though I've done nothing wrong, my relationship

with that church will never be the same again."

We all know what pain is caused by undeserved accusation,

rejection, and misunderstanding. Sometimes, when the smoke clears,

irreparable damage has been done, even when no sin has occurred.

We can understand the torment that comes when we've sinned,

but when we've done nothing wrong, the injustice seem unbearable.

Jesus knew what it was to suffer unjustly. He had never sinned at all,

yet he 'became sin' for us. He gave himself in an outrageous exchange:

he took our sin and gave us his righteousness.

Living in this exchange does not mean, of course, that we will be exempt

from pain, that we will never again suffer unjustly or be subject

to rejection. But in Christ, we are declared righteous before God,

just as Jesus himself is righteous. And as we submit

to the Holy Spirit's work in us, we become righteous ,

obeying him and growing in grace. Christ endured rejection

for us so that we might live in him.



Application



a) Have I ever suffered unjustly or been rejected by someone without cause?



b) How can this verse, coupled with my own experience give me a greater

depth of appreciation of what Christ suffered for me?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Mark 4:19



19 But the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,

and the desires for other things entering in choke the word,

and it proves unfruitful.



19 and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,

and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word,

and it becometh unfruitful.



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



When you are Burdened by Doubt



James 1:2 to 8



Faith and Wisdom



2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations,

3 knowing that the trying of your faith develops patience.

4 But let patience perfect its work, that you may be perfect and complete,

lacking nothing.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men

liberally and without criticism, and it will be given to him.

6 But let him ask in faith, without wavering. For he who wavers

is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed with the wind.

7 Let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.



2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

3 knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect

and entire, wanting nothing.

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men

liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth

is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.



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 2021 edition?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past

5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres

of worship and an Islamic madrassah (school) located right next to a

Christian school.

Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up

in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young

women who were wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to Islam.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



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!



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, ...) .

PSALMS 91



1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God in whom I trust."

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter

and from the deadly pestilence.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) He shall cover you with His feathers,

and under His wings you shall find protection;

His faithfulness shall be your shield and wall.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,

nor of the arrow that flies by day;

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) nor of the pestilence that pursues in darkness,

nor of the destruction that strikes at noonday.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) A thousand may fall at your side

and ten thousand at your right hand,

but it shall not come near you.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Only with your eyes shall you behold

and see the reward of the wicked.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,

even the Most High, your dwelling,

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) there shall be no evil befall you,

neither shall any plague come near your tent;

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) for He shall give His angels charge over you

to guard you in all your ways.

12 They shall bear you up in their hands,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.

13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder;

the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;

I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

and I will deliver him and honor him.

16 With long life I will satisfy him

and show him My salvation.



Psalm 91



1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress:

My God; in him will I trust.

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,

And from the noisome pestilence.

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:

His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;

Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;

Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;

But it shall not come nigh thee.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold

And see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge,

Even the most High, thy habitation;

10 There shall no evil befall thee,

Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee,

To keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands,

Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:

The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:

I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:

I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him,

And shew him my salvation.



DEUTERONOMY 34



The Death of Moses



1 (Dt 32:49; Nu 27:12) Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo,

to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. Then the Lord showed him all

the land-from Gilead to Dan,

2 (Dt 11:24) and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh,

and all the land of Judah, to the Mediterranean Sea,

3 (Jdg 1:16; 3:13) and the Negev and the plain of the valley of Jericho,

the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

4 (Ge 12:7; 28:13) The Lord said to him, "This is the land which I swore

to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying,

'I will give it to your descendants.' I have caused you to see it with

your eyes, but you will not cross over there."

5 (Dt 32:50; Jos 1:1-2) So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there

in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

6 (Jude 1:9) He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab,

opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows of his burial place to this day.

7 (Ge 27:1; Dt 31:2) Moses was 120 years old when he died.

His eye was not dim, nor was his vitality diminished.

8 (Ge 50:3; 50:10) The children of Israel wept for Moses

in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping

and mourning for Moses were ended.

9 (Isa 11:2; Da 6:3) Now Joshua, the son of Nun, was full of the spirit

of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. And the children

of Israel - listened to him and did as the Lord commanded Moses.

10 (Ex 33:11) Since then there has not arisen a prophet in Israel

like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,

11 (Dt 4:34; 7:19) in all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him

to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, to all his servants,

and to all his land,

12 and by all that mighty power and by all the great terror which Moses

displayed in the sight of all Israel.



Deuteronomy 34

[1] And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to

the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all

the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

[2] And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the

land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,

[3] And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm

trees, unto Zoar.

[4] And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham,

unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have

caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

[5] So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab,

according to the word of the LORD.

[6] And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against

Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

[7] And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was

not dim, nor his natural force abated.

[8] And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty

days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

[9] And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses

had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him,

and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

[10] And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the

LORD knew face to face,

[11] In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the

land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,

[12] And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses

shewed in the sight of all Israel.



2) Our Daily Bread for 21 March 2026 titled



An Offering for Jesus



2 Corinthians 4:5-12



5 (1Co 1:23; 2Co 1:24) For we do not preach ourselves,

but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants

for Jesus' sake.

6 (Ge 1:3; 2Pe 1:19) For God, who commanded the light to shine

out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light

of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7 (2Co 5:1; La 4:2) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

the excellency of the power being from God and not from ourselves.

8 (2Co 7:5) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;

we are perplexed, but not in despair;

9 (Heb 13:5) persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

10 (Ro 6:5; 2Co 1:5) and always carrying around in the body the death

of the Lord Jesus, that also the life of Jesus might be expressed

in our bodies.

11 (Ro 8:36) For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake,

that also the life of Jesus might be manifested in our mortal flesh.

12 (2Co 13:9) So then, death works in us, but life in you.



[5] For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves

your servants for Jesus' sake.

[6] For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined

in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the

face of Jesus Christ.

[7] But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the

power may be of God, and not of us.

[8] We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but

not in despair;

[9] Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

[10] Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the

life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

[11] For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that

the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

[12] So then death worketh in us, but life in you.



"I lift mine eyes, but dimm'd with grief / No everlasting hills I see," wrote

the Victorian poet Christina Rosetti in her poignant poem "A Better

Resurrection." Rosetti's poem describes grasping for hope when she feels none,

"numb'd too much for hopes or fears"” Yet Rosetti was anchored in a hope

deeper than her feelings of despair. Though she could see "no bud

nor greenness" pointing to Christ's resurrection renewing her life,

she confessed, "Yet rise it shall" and prayed, "O Jesus, rise in me."



In 2 Corinthians, the apostle Paul also described experiencing suffering

"far beyond [his] ability to endure, so that [he] despaired of life itself"

(1:8). But he found that his despair taught him to find his hope only

in "God, who raises the dead" (v. 9).



And he learned that as we carry the hope of the gospel in the still-imperfect

"jars of clay" of our bodies, Christ's resurrection life and hope shine

through, revealing "that this all-surpassing power is from God

and not from us" (4:7).



This shift happens in Rosetti's poem too. As she lifted her broken heart up to

God, her prayer became only that the broken pieces of her life would be "cast

in the fire" to be molded and transformed into an offering "for Him, my King."

Her poem concludes simply: "O Jesus, drink of me."



By: Monica La Rose

Reflect & Pray



How can voicing our pain honestly to God bring comfort and hope?

How have you experienced Him transforming the pieces of your life?



Dear God, thank You that hope is real

even when I can't feel it. Please help me to offer my life to You.





For further study, read The God Who Upholds You.

Day 80, 21 March 2026



1) Deuteronomy 33, Psalms 91, Deuteronomy 34



DEUTERONOMY 33



Moses Blesses Israel



Ge 49:1-28



1 (Jos 14:6) Now this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God,

blessed the children of Israel before his death.

2 (Hab 3:3; Ac 7:53) He said:

The Lord came from Sinai and rose up from Seir to them;

He shone forth from Mount Paran,

and He came with ten thousands of holy ones;

from His right hand went a fiery lawOr flashing lightning. for them.

3 (Lk 10:39; Hos 11:1) Surely, He loved the people;

all His holy ones are in Your hand,

and they sit down at Your feet;

everyone receives Your words.

4 (Ps 119:111; Jn 1:17) Moses decreed to us a law,

the inheritance of the assembly of Jacob.

5 (Dt 32:15) He was king over Jeshurun,

when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

6 (Ge 49:3-4) Let Reuben live, and not die,

and let not his men be few.

7 (Ge 49:8-12) This is the blessing to Judah. He said:

Listen, O Lord, to the voice of Judah,

and bring him to his people;

may his hands contend for them,

and may You help him against his enemies.

8 (Ex 17:7; 28:30) Of Levi he said:

Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your godly one,

whom You tested at Massah,

and with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

9 who said to his father and to his mother,

"I have not seen him,"

and he did not acknowledge his brothers

or know his own children,

for they have kept Your word

and guarded Your covenant.

10 (Lev 10:11; Ps 51:19) They will teach Jacob Your judgments

and Israel Your law.

They will put incense before You

and the whole burnt offerings on your altar.

11 (2Sa 24:23; Eze 20:40-41) Bless, O Lord, his substance,

and accept the work of his hands;

run through the loins of them that rise against him

and of them that hate him,

so that they rise never again.

12 Of Benjamin he said:

The beloved of the Lord

will dwell in safety by Him,

and the Lord will protect him all day long;

he will dwell between His shoulders.

13 (Ge 49:22-26) Of Joseph he said:

May his land be blessed of the Lord,

from the harvest of the heavens,

by the dew,

and by the deep crouching beneath,

14 by the precious fruits brought forth by the sun,

and by the choice things put forth by the moon,

15 (Hab 3:6; Ge 49:26) by the finest things of the ancient mountains,

and by the choice things of the everlasting hills,

16 (Ex 3:2-4; Ps 24:1) by the best things of the earth and its fullness,

and by the goodwill of Him who dwelt in the bush.

May the blessing rest on the head of Joseph,

on top of the head of him who was separated from his brothers.

17 (Nu 23:22; 1Ki 22:11; Ps 44:5) His glory is like the firstborn of his bull,

and his horns are like the horns of a wild ox;

with them he will push the peoples together to the ends of the earth;

they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

18 (Ge 49:13-15) Of Zebulun he said:

Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going outside,

and Issachar in your tents.

19 (Ps 4:5; Isa 2:3) They will call the peoples to the mountain;

there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness,

for they will draw out the abundance of the seas

and the treasures hid in the sand.

20 (Ge 49:19) Of Gad he said:

Blessed be he who enlarges Gad;

he dwells as a lion

and tears an arm and the crown of a head.

21 (Jos 1:14) He provided the first part for himself,

because there, in a portion of the ruler, he was seated.

He came with the heads of the people.

He executed the justice of the Lord,

and His ordinances with Israel.

22 (Jos 19:47; Jdg 18:27) Of Dan he said:

Dan is a lion’s whelp;

he will leap forth from Bashan.

23 (Ge 49:21; Jos 19:32-39) Of Naphtali he said:

O Naphtali, satisfied with favor

and full with the blessing of the Lord,

possess the west and the south.

24 (Ge 49:20; Job 29:6) Of Asher he said:

May Asher be blessed with children;

may he be acceptable to his brothers,

and may he dip his foot in oil.A metaphor depicting prosperity.

25 Your sandals will be iron and brass;

according to your days, so shall be your strength.

26 (Ex 15:11; Ps 104:3) There is none like the God of Jeshurun,

who rides through the heavens to help you,

and in His majesty through the skies.

27 (Ge 49:24; Ps 90:1-2) The eternal God is your refuge,

and underneath you are the everlasting arms;

He will drive out the enemy before you,

and will say, "Destroy them."

28 (Nu 23:9; Ge 27:28) Israel dwells in safety;

the fountain of Jacob will be secluded

in a land of grain and new wine;

its heavens will rain down dew.

29 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 115:9-11) Blessed are you, O Israel!

Who is like you,

a people saved by the Lord,

the shield of your help,

who is the sword of your majesty!

Your enemies will cringe before you,

and you will tread upon their high places.



Deuteronomy 33

[1] And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the

children of Israel before his death.

[2] And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them;

he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints:

from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

[3] Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat

down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

[4] Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of

Jacob.

[5] And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes

of Israel were gathered together.

[6] Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

[7] And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of

Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him;

and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

[8] And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one,

whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the

waters of Meribah;

[9] Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither

did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have

observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

[10] They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall

put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

[11] Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite

through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him,

that they rise not again.

[12] And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety

by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell

between his shoulders.

[13] And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the

precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth

beneath,

[14] And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the

precious things put forth by the moon,

[15] And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious

things of the lasting hills,

[16] And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for

the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the

head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from

his brethren.

[17] His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like

the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the

ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are

the thousands of Manasseh.

[18] And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and,

Issachar, in thy tents.

[19] They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer

sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the

seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

[20] And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a

lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

[21] And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion

of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he

executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

[22] And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

[23] And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full

with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

[24] And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be

acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

[25] Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy

strength be.

[26] There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven

in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

[27] The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms:

and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy

them.

[28] Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be

upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

[29] Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the

LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and

thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon

their high places.