Day 51 of the 3rd Bible Study Journey - 20 February 2023 reflections
Day 51, 20 Feb 2023
1)
Leviticus 22,23
Leviticus 22
Holy Offerings
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Lev 18:21; Dt 15:19) Speak to Aaron and to his sons that
they should be very respectful with the holy things of the
children of Israel, and that they do not defile My holy name
with those things which the people have consecrated to Me: I am the Lord.
3 (Lev 7:20-21) Say to them: Whoever from your offspring through
your generations approaches the holy things, which the children
of Israel have dedicated to the Lord, while he has uncleanness,
that person shall be cut off from My presence: I am the Lord.
4 (Lev 11:39; 15:2-3) If a man of the offspring of Aaron
is a leper or has a discharge, he shall not eat of the
holy offerings until he is clean. And whoever touches
anything that is unclean by contact with the dead
or a man who had an emission of semen,
5 (Lev 15:7; 11:43-44) or whoever touches
any crawling thing whereby he may be made unclean,
or a man from whom he may receive uncleanness,
whatever uncleanness he has,
6 (Lev 15:5; Heb 10:22) the person who has touched
any such thing shall be unclean until evening,
and shall not eat of the holy things unless
he washes his body with water.
7 (Lev 21:22) When the sun goes down, he shall be clean,
and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his food.
8 (Lev 17:15; Ex 22:31) That which dies of itself
or is torn by animals he shall not eat,
becoming unclean by it: I am the Lord.
9 (Ex 28:43; Nu 18:22) They shall therefore keep My ordinance,
lest they bear sin from it and therefore die if they defile it:
I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
10 (1Sa 21:6; Mt 12:4) There shall be no outsider (Or stranger.)
who eats of a holy thing, whether a foreign guest of the priest
or a hired servant, he shall not eat of a holy offering.
11 (Ge 17:13) But if a priest buys a person with his money,
the person acquired shall eat of it, and he that is born
in his house shall eat of his food.
12 If the priest's daughter marries an outsider,
she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
13 (Ge 38:11; Lev 10:14) But if the priest's daughter
is a widow or divorced, and has no child and has returned to her
father's house as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food;
but no outsider may eat of it.
14 (Lev 27:13; 27:15) If a man eats the holy thing unwittingly,
then he shall add a fifth of the value to it
and shall give the holy thing to the priest.
15 (Nu 18:32; Lev 19:8) They shall not defile the holy things
of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord,
16 (Lev 22:9) and cause them to suffer
and to bear the iniquity of guilt when they eat their holy things,
for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
Acceptable Offerings
17 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
18 (Lev 1:2; Nu 15:3) Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all
the children of Israel, and say to them: Whoever from the house of Israel
or from the foreigners in Israel who offers his burnt offering
for any vows or freewill offerings that he offers to the Lord,
19 (Lev 1:3; 1:10) then if it is to be accepted for you,
the offering shall be a male without blemish, a bull, sheep, or goat.
20 (Dt 17:1; 15:21; Mal 1:8) But whatever has a blemish you shall not
offer, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
21 (Nu 15:3; 15:8) Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings
to the Lord to fulfill his vow or a freewill offering,
whether from the herd or flock, to be accepted it shall be perfect,
with no blemish on it.
22 (Lev 22:20; 1:9) Blind, or disabled, or maimed, or having
an ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer these to the Lord,
nor make a food offering by fire on the altar to the Lord.
23 (Lev 21:18) A herd animal or a flock animal that has a limb
that is too long or short you may offer for a freewill offering,
but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
24 (Lev 22:20) You shall not offer to the Lord an animal
that is bruised or crushed or torn or cut;
nor shall you make any offering of them in your land.
25 (Lev 21:6; 21:8) Nor from a foreigner shall you
offer an animal as the food of your God, because a blemish is in them
from their mutilation. They shall not be accepted for you.
26 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
27 (Ex 22:30; Lev 12:2-3; 19:23-24) When an ox, or a sheep, or a goat
is born, then it shall be seven days with its mother,
and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted
for a food offering made by fire to the Lord.
28 (Dt 22:6-7; Ex 23:19) But you shall not slaughter on the same day
an ox or a sheep and her young.
29 (Ps 107:22; 116:17) When you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving
to the Lord, offer it so that it may be accepted.
30 On the same day it shall be eaten. You shall leave none of it
until the next day: I am the Lord.
31 (Dt 4:40; Lev 19:37) Therefore you shall keep My commandments
and do them: I am the Lord.
32 (Lev 18:21; 10:3) You shall not defile My holy name,
but I will be sanctified among the children of Israel:
I am the Lord who sanctifies you,
33 (Lev 11:45; Ex 6:7) who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 22
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the
holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy
name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
[3] Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations,
that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto
the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from
my presence: I am the LORD.
[4] What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running
issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso
toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth
from him;
[5] Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made
unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he
hath;
[6] The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and
shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
[7] And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of
the holy things; because it is his food.
[8] That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to
defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
[9] They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and
die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
[10] There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the
priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
[11] But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and
he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
[12] If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not
eat of an offering of the holy things.
[13] But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no
child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall
eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
[14] And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the
fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy
thing.
[15] And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they offer unto the LORD;
[16] Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their
holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[18] Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel,
and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for
all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt
offering;
[19] Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves,
of the sheep, or of the goats.
[20] But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall
not be acceptable for you.
[21] And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to
accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be
perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
[22] Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye
shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them
upon the altar unto the LORD.
[23] Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking
in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow
it shall not be accepted.
[24] Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or
broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
[25] Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of
any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them:
they shall not be accepted for you.
[26] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[27] When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall
be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it
shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[28] And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both
in one day.
[29] And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer
it at your own will.
[30] On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until
the morrow: I am the LORD.
[31] Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
[32] Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the
children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
[33] That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the
LORD.
Leviticus 23
The Appointed Feasts
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Lev 23:4; 23:37) Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:
Concerning the feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim to be holy
convocations, these are My appointed feasts.
The Sabbath
3 (Lev 19:3; Ex 23:12) For six days work shall be done,
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation.
You shall do no work. It is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread
Ex 12:14-20; Nu 28:16-25; Dt 16:1-8
4 (Lev 23:2; Ex 23:14) These are the appointed feasts of the Lord,
holy convocations which you shall proclaim in their appointed times.
5 (Dt 16:1-8; Jos 5:10) On the fourteenth day of the first month
at evening is the Lord's Passover.
6 (Ex 12:15-16; 34:18) On the fifteenth day of the same month
is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord.
For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.
7 (Lev 23:8) On the first day you shall have a holy convocation.
You shall do no regular work.
8 But you shall offer a food offering made by fire to the Lord
for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation.
You shall do no regular work.
Offering the First Fruits
9 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
10 (Ex 23:19; 34:26; Nu 28:26) Speak to the children of Israel,
and say to them: When you have come into the land that I am giving
to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf bundle
of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.
11 (Ex 29:24) And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord
so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath
the priest shall wave it.
12 (Lev 1:10) You shall offer that day when you wave the sheaf
a year-old male lamb without blemish for a burnt offering to the Lord.
13 (Lev 2:14-16) The grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah
(Likely about 7 pounds, or 3.2 kilograms; and in v. 17.)
of wheat flour mixed with oil, a food offering made by fire
to the Lord for a pleasing aroma; its drink offering shall
be of wine, a fourth of a hin. (About 1 quart, or 1 liter.)
14 (Ex 34:26) You shall eat neither bread nor grain, parched or fresh,
until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God.
It shall be a perpetual statute throughout
your generations in all your dwellings.
The Feast of Weeks
Nu 28:26-31; Dt 16:9-12
15 (Ex 34:22; Lev 23:10-11) You shall count seven full weeks
from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought
the sheaf bundle of the wave offering.
16 (Ac 2:1; Nu 28:26) You shall count fifty days to the day after
the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.
17 (Lev 23:10; Ex 23:19) You shall bring out of your habitations
two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah.
They shall be of wheat flour, baked with leaven.
They are the first fruits to the Lord.
18 You shall offer with the bread seven lambs
without blemish of the first year, one bull, and two rams.
They shall be for a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering
and their drink offerings, that is, a food offering made by fire,
of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
19 (Nu 28:30) Then you shall sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering,
and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20 (Dt 18:4) The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits
for a wave offering before the Lord with the two lambs. They shall be holy
to the Lord for the priest.
21 (Lev 23:2; 23:4) You shall make a proclamation on the same day and shall
hold a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. It shall be
a perpetual statute in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22 (Lev 19:9-10; Dt 24:19-21) When you reap the harvest of your land,
you shall not reap your field up to the edge, nor shall you gather
any gleaning of your harvest. You shall leave them to the poor
and to the foreigner: I am the Lord your God.
The Feast of Trumpets
Nu 29:1-6
23 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
24 (Lev 25:9; Nu 10:9-10) Speak to the children of Israel, saying:
In the seventh month, on the first day of the month,
you shall have a sabbath, a memorial with the blowing of trumpets,
a holy convocation.
25 (Lev 23:21) You shall do no regular work, and you shall offer
a food offering made by fire to the Lord.
The Day of Atonement
Lev 16:2-34; Nu 29:7-11
26 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
27 (Lev 25:9; Nu 29:7-11) Also on the tenth day of this seventh month
there shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation
to you, and you shall humble yourselves, and offer a food offering
made by fire to the Lord.
28 (Lev 16:34) You shall do no work on that same day,
for it is the Day of Atonement to make atonement
for you before the Lord your God.
29 (Ge 17:14; Lev 23:32)nFor whoever is not humbled
on that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30 (Lev 20:3)nAnd whoever does any work in that same day,
that person I will destroy from among his people.
31 You shall do no manner of work. It shall be a perpetual
statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be to you a sabbath of complete rest,
and you shall afflict your souls.
On the ninth day of the month starting at the evening,
from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.
The Feast of Tabernacles
Nu 29:12-39; Dt 16:13-17
33 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
34 (Ezr 3:4; Ne 8:14) Speak to the children of Israel, saying:
The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be
the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord.
35 (Lev 23:7-8; 23:24-25) On the first day shall be a holy convocation.
You shall do no regular work.
36 (Ne 8:18; Jn 7:37) For seven days you shall offer food offerings
made by fire to the Lord. On the eighth day it shall be a holy convocation
to you, and you shall offer a food offering made by fire to the Lord.
It is a solemn assembly, and you shall do no regular work.
37 (Lev 23:2; 23:4) These are the appointed feasts of the Lord,
which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer a food offering
made by fire to the Lord, burnt offerings and grain offerings,
sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day,
38 (Nu 29:39) besides the Sabbaths of the Lord, besides your gifts,
besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings
which you give to the Lord,
39 (Ex 23:16; Dt 16:13) On the fifteenth day of the seventh month,
when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall keep
a feast to the Lord for seven days. On the first day shall be a sabbath,
and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
40 (Dt 16:14-15) You shall take on the first day the branches of majestic
trees-branches of palm trees, branches of leafy trees,
and willows from a brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God
for seven days.
41 (Nu 29:12) You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for seven days
in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute in your generations.
You shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42 (Ne 8:14-17) You shall dwell in booths for seven days.
All who are native children of Israel shall dwell in booths,
43 (Dt 31:10-13) that your generations may know that I made the children
of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt:
I am the Lord your God.
44 Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.
2) Our Daily Bread for 20 February 2023 titled
What's Truly Needed
Mark 7:8-13
8 (Ge 2:24)For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition
of men-the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do."
9 (Mk 7:13; Gal 2:21) And He said to them, "You full well reject
the commandment of God so that you may keep your own tradition.
10 (Ex 20:12; 21:17; Dt 5:16) For Moses said,
'Honor your father and your mother,'-
11 (Ps 118:22-23.) and, 'Whoever curses father or mother,
let him be put to death.'(Ex 21:17; Lev 20:9).
11 (Mt 23:18) But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother,
"It is Corban," that is to say, "What you would have profited from me
is a gift to God," he shall be free.'
12 Then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother,
13 (Mk 7:9) making the word of God of no effect through your tradition,
which you have delivered. And you do many similar things."
[8] For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men,
as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
[9] And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that
ye may keep your own tradition.
[10] For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth
father or mother, let him die the death:
[11] But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban,
that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he
shall be free.
[12] And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
[13] Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye
have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
While preparing a meal, a young mother cut a pot roast in half before she put
it in a large pot. Her husband asked her why she cut the meat in half.
She replied, "Because that's the way my mother does it."
Her husband's question, however, piqued the woman's curiosity. So she asked
her mother about the tradition. She was shocked to learn that her mother cut
the meat so it would fit in the one small pot she used. And because her
daughter had many large pots, the act of cutting the meat was unnecessary.
Many traditions begin out of a necessity but are carried on without question-
becoming "the way we do it." It's natural to want to hold on to human
traditions-something the Pharisees were doing in their day (Mark 7:1–2).
They were distracted by what seemed like the breaking
of one of their religious rules.
As Jesus said to the Pharisees, "You have let go of the commands of God
and are holding on to human traditions" (v.
. He revealed that traditions
should never replace the wisdom of Scripture. A genuine desire to follow
God (vv. 6-7) will focus on the attitude of our heart rather than outward
actions.
It’s a good idea to consistently evaluate traditions-anything we hold close
to our heart and follow religiously. The things that God has revealed to be
truly needed should always supersede traditions.
By: Katara Patton
Reflect & Pray
What are some of the traditions you hold fast to?
How do they line up with what’s revealed in Scripture?
Heavenly Father, help me to follow
Your commands and to forgo any tradition that conflicts with the Scriptures.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 2 - The Right of Family
John 1:11-12
11 (Jn 3:32) He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.
12 (Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23) Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power
to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
"Dad, can I ask you something?" Jimmy leaned across the back of his
father's chair. His father lowered the newspaper and reached around,
settling Jimmy on his lap.
"Sure. Son," he answered. "You can ask me anything you want. The answer
might not be Yes, but you always have the right to ask."
For many who have grown up in homes where the father was absent, or when
present, abusive or silent, the scenario of Jimmy and his father may
seem unrealistic. Often we aren't given the right by our parents to ask
what we want, to communicate openly, to express our needs and desires.
But god clearly indicates that no matter what our human families have been
like, in his family there are no barriers to belonging,
to open communications. When we commit our lives to Christ and submit to his
lordship, we have the right to become the sons and daughters of God.
In Christ, we have the right to approach him, to pray, to seek wisdom,
to ask advice, to make requests, to verbalise our needs and desires. We don't
have to be afraid of sounding stupid or being rejected, because in Christ
we belong to him, and he loves us.
The KJV uses the word "power" in verse 12 - "to them gave he power to become
the sons of God." Power implies ability, that we are equipped by the Spirit
to be children of the King. We have the right and we have the power to become
who God has called us to be - his children.
Application
a) Under what circumstances in my life have I felt that I didn't
have the right to express my wishes or feelings?
b) How do today's verses give me confidence in approaching God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
2 Cor 8:9
9 (Mt 20:28; 2Co 6:10; 13:14) For you know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though He was rich,
yet for your sakes He became poor,
that through His poverty you might be rich.
9 For ye know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that, though he was rich,
yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Freeing Forgiveness
Eph 1:3-8a
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 (2Co 1:3; Eph 6:12; 2:6) Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 (Eph 5:27; Col 1:22) just as He chose us in Him
before the foundation of the world, to be holy
and blameless before Him in love;
5 (Ro 8:29-30; Eph 1:11) He predestined us to adoption as sons
to Himself through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure
of His will,
6 (Mt 3:17; Eph 1:12) to the praise of the glory of His grace
which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.
7 (Ro 3:24; Ac 2:38; 20:28) In Him we have redemption through His blood
and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,
8 which He lavished
3 Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 according as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy
and without blame before him in love:
5 having predestinated us unto the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure
of his will,
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 wherein he hath abounded
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?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta may have a total as high as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the largest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discipleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congregations, and equally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
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
20th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
( Matthew 19:14
14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16-17)
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,
and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not,
to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
)
b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
(
Eph 6:12
12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly places.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.
)
DAY 15: Do Not Be Anxious
Verse of the day: "6 (Eph 6:18; Mt 6:25-33) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer
and supplication with gratitude, make your requests known to God.
7 (Jn 14:27; Col 3:15; Isa 26:3) And the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
[6] Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
[7] And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
" Philippians 4:6-7
Life is full of things that can cause us to feel anxious or worried yet
God tells us not to agonise over problems. But so often our first
reaction is to worry. For many of us it is difficult not to stew over
difficulties. When we worry, we assume we have more power and
control than we do
True freedom from worry comes from releasing our problems to
God. We may not be able to prevent anxious thoughts from
entering our minds but we can practice the correct response.
Philippians 4:6 -7 is the correct response
Reflection: How do I handle worries and anxiety? Do I invite God
into the situation? Do I worry about it more than l pray about it?
Prayer: Dear God, I come before You to lay my panic and anxiety at
Your feet. Remind me of Your power and grace when my fears and
worries crush me. Fill me with Your peace as I trust in You and You
alone. I do not need to do this alone as you have said that Your
burden is easy and Your yoke is light. Thank you.
Help me to release it all to You and each time i find myself caught in
worry and fear, help me to lay it back down again to You. In Jesus
name I pray, amen.
Scripture reflection: Isaiah 43:1
1 (Isa 43:7; 44:2) But now, thus says the Lord
who created you, O Jacob,
and He who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
[1] But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that
formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called
thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and ask to understand his will in cleanliness.
Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, help me to follow
Your commands and to forgo any tradition that conflicts with the Scriptures."
Pray to the Lord and pray to thank Him that He has given us power
as His Sons/daughters.
Pray to the Lord and pray to thank Him for His sacrifice.
Pray to the Lord and pray to thank Him for His redemption.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
Pray that Yahweh will strengthen every new believer in the Maldives
and establish a network of supportive Christians.
Dear God, I come before You to lay my panic and anxiety at
Your feet. Remind me of Your power and grace when my fears and
worries crush me. Fill me with Your peace as I trust in You and You
alone. I do not need to do this alone as you have said that Your
burden is easy and Your yoke is light. Thank you.
Help me to release it all to You and each time I find myself caught in
worry and fear, help me to lay it back down again to You. In Jesus
name I pray, amen.
1)
Leviticus 22,23
Leviticus 22
Holy Offerings
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Lev 18:21; Dt 15:19) Speak to Aaron and to his sons that
they should be very respectful with the holy things of the
children of Israel, and that they do not defile My holy name
with those things which the people have consecrated to Me: I am the Lord.
3 (Lev 7:20-21) Say to them: Whoever from your offspring through
your generations approaches the holy things, which the children
of Israel have dedicated to the Lord, while he has uncleanness,
that person shall be cut off from My presence: I am the Lord.
4 (Lev 11:39; 15:2-3) If a man of the offspring of Aaron
is a leper or has a discharge, he shall not eat of the
holy offerings until he is clean. And whoever touches
anything that is unclean by contact with the dead
or a man who had an emission of semen,
5 (Lev 15:7; 11:43-44) or whoever touches
any crawling thing whereby he may be made unclean,
or a man from whom he may receive uncleanness,
whatever uncleanness he has,
6 (Lev 15:5; Heb 10:22) the person who has touched
any such thing shall be unclean until evening,
and shall not eat of the holy things unless
he washes his body with water.
7 (Lev 21:22) When the sun goes down, he shall be clean,
and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his food.
8 (Lev 17:15; Ex 22:31) That which dies of itself
or is torn by animals he shall not eat,
becoming unclean by it: I am the Lord.
9 (Ex 28:43; Nu 18:22) They shall therefore keep My ordinance,
lest they bear sin from it and therefore die if they defile it:
I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
10 (1Sa 21:6; Mt 12:4) There shall be no outsider (Or stranger.)
who eats of a holy thing, whether a foreign guest of the priest
or a hired servant, he shall not eat of a holy offering.
11 (Ge 17:13) But if a priest buys a person with his money,
the person acquired shall eat of it, and he that is born
in his house shall eat of his food.
12 If the priest's daughter marries an outsider,
she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
13 (Ge 38:11; Lev 10:14) But if the priest's daughter
is a widow or divorced, and has no child and has returned to her
father's house as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food;
but no outsider may eat of it.
14 (Lev 27:13; 27:15) If a man eats the holy thing unwittingly,
then he shall add a fifth of the value to it
and shall give the holy thing to the priest.
15 (Nu 18:32; Lev 19:8) They shall not defile the holy things
of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord,
16 (Lev 22:9) and cause them to suffer
and to bear the iniquity of guilt when they eat their holy things,
for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
Acceptable Offerings
17 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
18 (Lev 1:2; Nu 15:3) Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all
the children of Israel, and say to them: Whoever from the house of Israel
or from the foreigners in Israel who offers his burnt offering
for any vows or freewill offerings that he offers to the Lord,
19 (Lev 1:3; 1:10) then if it is to be accepted for you,
the offering shall be a male without blemish, a bull, sheep, or goat.
20 (Dt 17:1; 15:21; Mal 1:8) But whatever has a blemish you shall not
offer, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
21 (Nu 15:3; 15:8) Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings
to the Lord to fulfill his vow or a freewill offering,
whether from the herd or flock, to be accepted it shall be perfect,
with no blemish on it.
22 (Lev 22:20; 1:9) Blind, or disabled, or maimed, or having
an ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer these to the Lord,
nor make a food offering by fire on the altar to the Lord.
23 (Lev 21:18) A herd animal or a flock animal that has a limb
that is too long or short you may offer for a freewill offering,
but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
24 (Lev 22:20) You shall not offer to the Lord an animal
that is bruised or crushed or torn or cut;
nor shall you make any offering of them in your land.
25 (Lev 21:6; 21:8) Nor from a foreigner shall you
offer an animal as the food of your God, because a blemish is in them
from their mutilation. They shall not be accepted for you.
26 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
27 (Ex 22:30; Lev 12:2-3; 19:23-24) When an ox, or a sheep, or a goat
is born, then it shall be seven days with its mother,
and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted
for a food offering made by fire to the Lord.
28 (Dt 22:6-7; Ex 23:19) But you shall not slaughter on the same day
an ox or a sheep and her young.
29 (Ps 107:22; 116:17) When you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving
to the Lord, offer it so that it may be accepted.
30 On the same day it shall be eaten. You shall leave none of it
until the next day: I am the Lord.
31 (Dt 4:40; Lev 19:37) Therefore you shall keep My commandments
and do them: I am the Lord.
32 (Lev 18:21; 10:3) You shall not defile My holy name,
but I will be sanctified among the children of Israel:
I am the Lord who sanctifies you,
33 (Lev 11:45; Ex 6:7) who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 22
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the
holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy
name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
[3] Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations,
that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto
the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from
my presence: I am the LORD.
[4] What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running
issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso
toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth
from him;
[5] Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made
unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he
hath;
[6] The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and
shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
[7] And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of
the holy things; because it is his food.
[8] That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to
defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
[9] They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and
die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
[10] There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the
priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
[11] But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and
he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
[12] If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not
eat of an offering of the holy things.
[13] But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no
child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall
eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
[14] And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the
fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy
thing.
[15] And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they offer unto the LORD;
[16] Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their
holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[18] Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel,
and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for
all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt
offering;
[19] Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves,
of the sheep, or of the goats.
[20] But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall
not be acceptable for you.
[21] And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to
accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be
perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
[22] Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye
shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them
upon the altar unto the LORD.
[23] Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking
in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow
it shall not be accepted.
[24] Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or
broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
[25] Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of
any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them:
they shall not be accepted for you.
[26] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[27] When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall
be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it
shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[28] And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both
in one day.
[29] And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer
it at your own will.
[30] On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until
the morrow: I am the LORD.
[31] Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
[32] Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the
children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
[33] That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the
LORD.
Leviticus 23
The Appointed Feasts
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Lev 23:4; 23:37) Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:
Concerning the feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim to be holy
convocations, these are My appointed feasts.
The Sabbath
3 (Lev 19:3; Ex 23:12) For six days work shall be done,
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation.
You shall do no work. It is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread
Ex 12:14-20; Nu 28:16-25; Dt 16:1-8
4 (Lev 23:2; Ex 23:14) These are the appointed feasts of the Lord,
holy convocations which you shall proclaim in their appointed times.
5 (Dt 16:1-8; Jos 5:10) On the fourteenth day of the first month
at evening is the Lord's Passover.
6 (Ex 12:15-16; 34:18) On the fifteenth day of the same month
is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord.
For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.
7 (Lev 23:8) On the first day you shall have a holy convocation.
You shall do no regular work.
8 But you shall offer a food offering made by fire to the Lord
for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation.
You shall do no regular work.
Offering the First Fruits
9 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
10 (Ex 23:19; 34:26; Nu 28:26) Speak to the children of Israel,
and say to them: When you have come into the land that I am giving
to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf bundle
of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.
11 (Ex 29:24) And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord
so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath
the priest shall wave it.
12 (Lev 1:10) You shall offer that day when you wave the sheaf
a year-old male lamb without blemish for a burnt offering to the Lord.
13 (Lev 2:14-16) The grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah
(Likely about 7 pounds, or 3.2 kilograms; and in v. 17.)
of wheat flour mixed with oil, a food offering made by fire
to the Lord for a pleasing aroma; its drink offering shall
be of wine, a fourth of a hin. (About 1 quart, or 1 liter.)
14 (Ex 34:26) You shall eat neither bread nor grain, parched or fresh,
until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God.
It shall be a perpetual statute throughout
your generations in all your dwellings.
The Feast of Weeks
Nu 28:26-31; Dt 16:9-12
15 (Ex 34:22; Lev 23:10-11) You shall count seven full weeks
from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought
the sheaf bundle of the wave offering.
16 (Ac 2:1; Nu 28:26) You shall count fifty days to the day after
the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.
17 (Lev 23:10; Ex 23:19) You shall bring out of your habitations
two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah.
They shall be of wheat flour, baked with leaven.
They are the first fruits to the Lord.
18 You shall offer with the bread seven lambs
without blemish of the first year, one bull, and two rams.
They shall be for a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering
and their drink offerings, that is, a food offering made by fire,
of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
19 (Nu 28:30) Then you shall sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering,
and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20 (Dt 18:4) The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits
for a wave offering before the Lord with the two lambs. They shall be holy
to the Lord for the priest.
21 (Lev 23:2; 23:4) You shall make a proclamation on the same day and shall
hold a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. It shall be
a perpetual statute in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22 (Lev 19:9-10; Dt 24:19-21) When you reap the harvest of your land,
you shall not reap your field up to the edge, nor shall you gather
any gleaning of your harvest. You shall leave them to the poor
and to the foreigner: I am the Lord your God.
The Feast of Trumpets
Nu 29:1-6
23 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
24 (Lev 25:9; Nu 10:9-10) Speak to the children of Israel, saying:
In the seventh month, on the first day of the month,
you shall have a sabbath, a memorial with the blowing of trumpets,
a holy convocation.
25 (Lev 23:21) You shall do no regular work, and you shall offer
a food offering made by fire to the Lord.
The Day of Atonement
Lev 16:2-34; Nu 29:7-11
26 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
27 (Lev 25:9; Nu 29:7-11) Also on the tenth day of this seventh month
there shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation
to you, and you shall humble yourselves, and offer a food offering
made by fire to the Lord.
28 (Lev 16:34) You shall do no work on that same day,
for it is the Day of Atonement to make atonement
for you before the Lord your God.
29 (Ge 17:14; Lev 23:32)nFor whoever is not humbled
on that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30 (Lev 20:3)nAnd whoever does any work in that same day,
that person I will destroy from among his people.
31 You shall do no manner of work. It shall be a perpetual
statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be to you a sabbath of complete rest,
and you shall afflict your souls.
On the ninth day of the month starting at the evening,
from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.
The Feast of Tabernacles
Nu 29:12-39; Dt 16:13-17
33 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
34 (Ezr 3:4; Ne 8:14) Speak to the children of Israel, saying:
The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be
the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord.
35 (Lev 23:7-8; 23:24-25) On the first day shall be a holy convocation.
You shall do no regular work.
36 (Ne 8:18; Jn 7:37) For seven days you shall offer food offerings
made by fire to the Lord. On the eighth day it shall be a holy convocation
to you, and you shall offer a food offering made by fire to the Lord.
It is a solemn assembly, and you shall do no regular work.
37 (Lev 23:2; 23:4) These are the appointed feasts of the Lord,
which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer a food offering
made by fire to the Lord, burnt offerings and grain offerings,
sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day,
38 (Nu 29:39) besides the Sabbaths of the Lord, besides your gifts,
besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings
which you give to the Lord,
39 (Ex 23:16; Dt 16:13) On the fifteenth day of the seventh month,
when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall keep
a feast to the Lord for seven days. On the first day shall be a sabbath,
and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
40 (Dt 16:14-15) You shall take on the first day the branches of majestic
trees-branches of palm trees, branches of leafy trees,
and willows from a brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God
for seven days.
41 (Nu 29:12) You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for seven days
in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute in your generations.
You shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42 (Ne 8:14-17) You shall dwell in booths for seven days.
All who are native children of Israel shall dwell in booths,
43 (Dt 31:10-13) that your generations may know that I made the children
of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt:
I am the Lord your God.
44 Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.
2) Our Daily Bread for 20 February 2023 titled
What's Truly Needed
Mark 7:8-13
8 (Ge 2:24)For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition
of men-the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do."
9 (Mk 7:13; Gal 2:21) And He said to them, "You full well reject
the commandment of God so that you may keep your own tradition.
10 (Ex 20:12; 21:17; Dt 5:16) For Moses said,
'Honor your father and your mother,'-
11 (Ps 118:22-23.) and, 'Whoever curses father or mother,
let him be put to death.'(Ex 21:17; Lev 20:9).
11 (Mt 23:18) But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother,
"It is Corban," that is to say, "What you would have profited from me
is a gift to God," he shall be free.'
12 Then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother,
13 (Mk 7:9) making the word of God of no effect through your tradition,
which you have delivered. And you do many similar things."
[8] For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men,
as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
[9] And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that
ye may keep your own tradition.
[10] For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth
father or mother, let him die the death:
[11] But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban,
that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he
shall be free.
[12] And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
[13] Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye
have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
While preparing a meal, a young mother cut a pot roast in half before she put
it in a large pot. Her husband asked her why she cut the meat in half.
She replied, "Because that's the way my mother does it."
Her husband's question, however, piqued the woman's curiosity. So she asked
her mother about the tradition. She was shocked to learn that her mother cut
the meat so it would fit in the one small pot she used. And because her
daughter had many large pots, the act of cutting the meat was unnecessary.
Many traditions begin out of a necessity but are carried on without question-
becoming "the way we do it." It's natural to want to hold on to human
traditions-something the Pharisees were doing in their day (Mark 7:1–2).
They were distracted by what seemed like the breaking
of one of their religious rules.
As Jesus said to the Pharisees, "You have let go of the commands of God
and are holding on to human traditions" (v.
. He revealed that traditionsshould never replace the wisdom of Scripture. A genuine desire to follow
God (vv. 6-7) will focus on the attitude of our heart rather than outward
actions.
It’s a good idea to consistently evaluate traditions-anything we hold close
to our heart and follow religiously. The things that God has revealed to be
truly needed should always supersede traditions.
By: Katara Patton
Reflect & Pray
What are some of the traditions you hold fast to?
How do they line up with what’s revealed in Scripture?
Heavenly Father, help me to follow
Your commands and to forgo any tradition that conflicts with the Scriptures.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 2 - The Right of Family
John 1:11-12
11 (Jn 3:32) He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.
12 (Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23) Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power
to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
"Dad, can I ask you something?" Jimmy leaned across the back of his
father's chair. His father lowered the newspaper and reached around,
settling Jimmy on his lap.
"Sure. Son," he answered. "You can ask me anything you want. The answer
might not be Yes, but you always have the right to ask."
For many who have grown up in homes where the father was absent, or when
present, abusive or silent, the scenario of Jimmy and his father may
seem unrealistic. Often we aren't given the right by our parents to ask
what we want, to communicate openly, to express our needs and desires.
But god clearly indicates that no matter what our human families have been
like, in his family there are no barriers to belonging,
to open communications. When we commit our lives to Christ and submit to his
lordship, we have the right to become the sons and daughters of God.
In Christ, we have the right to approach him, to pray, to seek wisdom,
to ask advice, to make requests, to verbalise our needs and desires. We don't
have to be afraid of sounding stupid or being rejected, because in Christ
we belong to him, and he loves us.
The KJV uses the word "power" in verse 12 - "to them gave he power to become
the sons of God." Power implies ability, that we are equipped by the Spirit
to be children of the King. We have the right and we have the power to become
who God has called us to be - his children.
Application
a) Under what circumstances in my life have I felt that I didn't
have the right to express my wishes or feelings?
b) How do today's verses give me confidence in approaching God?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
2 Cor 8:9
9 (Mt 20:28; 2Co 6:10; 13:14) For you know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though He was rich,
yet for your sakes He became poor,
that through His poverty you might be rich.
9 For ye know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that, though he was rich,
yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Freeing Forgiveness
Eph 1:3-8a
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 (2Co 1:3; Eph 6:12; 2:6) Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 (Eph 5:27; Col 1:22) just as He chose us in Him
before the foundation of the world, to be holy
and blameless before Him in love;
5 (Ro 8:29-30; Eph 1:11) He predestined us to adoption as sons
to Himself through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure
of His will,
6 (Mt 3:17; Eph 1:12) to the praise of the glory of His grace
which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.
7 (Ro 3:24; Ac 2:38; 20:28) In Him we have redemption through His blood
and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace,
8 which He lavished
3 Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 according as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy
and without blame before him in love:
5 having predestinated us unto the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure
of his will,
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 wherein he hath abounded
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?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta may have a total as high as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the largest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discipleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congregations, and equally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
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
20th Day of the Month
a) Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
( Matthew 19:14
14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16-17)
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,
and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not,
to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
)
b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
(
Eph 6:12
12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly places.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.
)
DAY 15: Do Not Be Anxious
Verse of the day: "6 (Eph 6:18; Mt 6:25-33) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer
and supplication with gratitude, make your requests known to God.
7 (Jn 14:27; Col 3:15; Isa 26:3) And the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
[6] Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
[7] And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
" Philippians 4:6-7
Life is full of things that can cause us to feel anxious or worried yet
God tells us not to agonise over problems. But so often our first
reaction is to worry. For many of us it is difficult not to stew over
difficulties. When we worry, we assume we have more power and
control than we do
True freedom from worry comes from releasing our problems to
God. We may not be able to prevent anxious thoughts from
entering our minds but we can practice the correct response.
Philippians 4:6 -7 is the correct response
Reflection: How do I handle worries and anxiety? Do I invite God
into the situation? Do I worry about it more than l pray about it?
Prayer: Dear God, I come before You to lay my panic and anxiety at
Your feet. Remind me of Your power and grace when my fears and
worries crush me. Fill me with Your peace as I trust in You and You
alone. I do not need to do this alone as you have said that Your
burden is easy and Your yoke is light. Thank you.
Help me to release it all to You and each time i find myself caught in
worry and fear, help me to lay it back down again to You. In Jesus
name I pray, amen.
Scripture reflection: Isaiah 43:1
1 (Isa 43:7; 44:2) But now, thus says the Lord
who created you, O Jacob,
and He who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
[1] But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that
formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called
thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and ask to understand his will in cleanliness.
Pray to the Lord: "Heavenly Father, help me to follow
Your commands and to forgo any tradition that conflicts with the Scriptures."
Pray to the Lord and pray to thank Him that He has given us power
as His Sons/daughters.
Pray to the Lord and pray to thank Him for His sacrifice.
Pray to the Lord and pray to thank Him for His redemption.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not
against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.
Pray that Yahweh will strengthen every new believer in the Maldives
and establish a network of supportive Christians.
Dear God, I come before You to lay my panic and anxiety at
Your feet. Remind me of Your power and grace when my fears and
worries crush me. Fill me with Your peace as I trust in You and You
alone. I do not need to do this alone as you have said that Your
burden is easy and Your yoke is light. Thank you.
Help me to release it all to You and each time I find myself caught in
worry and fear, help me to lay it back down again to You. In Jesus
name I pray, amen.
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