Day 56 - 25 Feb 2021
Day 56, 25 Feb 2021
Numbers 5 - 6
NUMBERS 5
The Unclean
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Lev 13:46; 21:1) Command the children of Israel that they put out
of the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever
is defiled by the dead.
3 (Lev 26:11–12; Dt 23:14) Both male and female you will put out.
You will put them outside the camp, so they do not defile their
camps in the midst of which I dwell.
4 The children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp.
As the Lord spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did.
Restitution for Wrongs
5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6 Tell the children of Israel: When a man or woman commits
any sin against another, acting unfaithfully against the Lord,
that person is guilty,
7 (Lev 5:5; 26:40; Jos 7:19) and shall confess his sin which
he has committed, and he will repay his offense with its principal,
and add to it one-fifth, and give it to him who was wronged.
8 (Lev 6:6-7; 7:7) But if the man has no relative to repay the offense to,
let the offense be repaid to the Lord, even to the priest, beside the ram
of the atonement, whereby an atonement will be made for him.
9 (Ex 29:28; Lev 6:17-18) Every offering of all the holy things
of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, will be his.
10 Every man's holy things will be his. Whatever any man gives the priest,
it will be his.
The Test for Adultery
11 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12 (Nu 5:19–20) Speak to the children of Israel and say to them:
If any man's wife goes astray, and acts treacherously against him,
13 (Lev 18:20; 20:10) and a man lies with her carnally,
and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband,
and it is concealed though she has defiled herself,
and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act,
14 (Pr 6:34; SS 8:6) and if the spirit of jealousy comes on him,
and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if the spirit
of jealousy comes on him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not
defiled herself,
15 (Eze 29:16; Lev 5:11) then the man shall bring his wife to the priest
and he shall bring her offering for her, a tenth of an ephah
(Likely about 3 1/2 pounds, or 1.6 kilograms.) of barley flour.
He shall pour no oil on it nor put frankincense on it,
for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance,
bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16 The priest will bring her near, and set her before the Lord.
17 And the priest will take holy water in an earthen vessel,
and the priest will take some of the dust that is on the floor
of the tabernacle and put it into the water.
18 And the priest will set the woman before the Lord,
and uncover the woman's head, and put the memorial offering in her hands,
which is the grain offering of jealousy, and the priest will have in his
hand the bitter water that causes the curse.
19 And the priest will charge her by an oath, and say to the woman,
"If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray to
impurity with another instead of your husband,
be free from this bitter water that causes the curse.
20 But if you have gone astray to another instead of your husband,
and if you are defiled, and a man besides your husband has lain with you"-
21 (Jos 6:26; 1Sa 14:24) then the priest will charge the woman with
an oath of cursing, and the priest will say to the woman,
"The Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people,
when the Lord makes your thigh rot and your belly swell.
22 (Ps 109:18; Dt 27:15-26) And this water that causes
the curse will go into your bowels,
to make your belly swell and your thigh rot."
And the woman will say, "Amen, amen."
23 The priest will write these curses in a book,
and he will wash them out with the bitter water.
24 And he will cause the woman to drink the bitter water
that causes the curse. And the water that causes the curse
will enter into her and become bitter.
25 (Lev 8:27) Then the priest will take the grain offering
of jealousy out of the woman's hand and will wave the offering
before the Lord and offer it on the altar.
26 (Lev 2:2; 2:9) And the priest will take a handful of the offering,
the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward will
cause the woman to drink the water.
27 (Jer 29:18; 42:18) When he has made her to drink the water,
then it will be that, if she is defiled and has acted treacherously
against her husband, the water that causes the curse will enter into her,
and become bitter, and her belly will swell, and her thigh will rot,
and the woman will be a curse among her people.
28 If the woman is not defiled, but is clean,
then she will be free and will conceive offspring.
29 (Nu 5:19; 5:12) This is the law of jealousies,
when a wife goes astray to another instead of her husband,
and is defiled,
30 or when the spirit of jealousy comes on him,
and he is jealous over his wife,
and will set the woman before the Lord,
and the priest will perform on her all this law.
31 Then the man will be guiltless from iniquity,
and this woman will bear her iniquity.
NUMBERS 6
The Nazirite Vow
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Jdg 13:5; Am 2:11-12) Speak to the children of Israel and say to them:
When either a man or woman will make a hard vow, the vow of a Nazirite,
to separate themselves to the Lord,
3 (Lk 1:15; Lev 10:9; Jdg 13:14) he will separate himself from wine
and strong drink and will drink no vinegar of wine,
or vinegar of strong drink. Neither shall he drink any juice of grapes,
nor eat fresh or dry grapes.
4 (Nu 6:5) All the days of his separation he will eat nothing
that is made of the grapevine, from the seed to the skin.
5 (1Sa 1:11; Jdg 13:5) All the days of the vow of his separation no razor
will come on his head until the days are fulfilled in which he separates
himself to the Lord. He will be holy and will let the locks
of the hair of his head grow.
6 (Lev 19:28) All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he will
not approach a dead body.
7 (Nu 9:6; Lev 21:1-2) He will not defile himself for his father
or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister if they die
because the separation of his God is on his head.
8 All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord.
9 (Nu 6:18; Lev 14:9) If any man dies very suddenly beside him,
and he has defiled his consecrated head, then he will shave his
head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day will he shave it.
10 (Lev 15:14; 15:29) On the eighth day he will bring two turtledoves
or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.
11 And the priest will offer one as a sin offering and the other
as a burnt offering and make an atonement for him,
since he sinned because of the dead,
and will sanctify his head that same day.
12 (Lev 5:6) He will consecrate to the Lord the days of his separation
and bring a male lamb in its first year as a guilt offering.
But the previous days will be lost because his separation was defiled.
13 (Ac 21:26) This is the law of the Nazirite.
When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he will be brought
to the door of the tent of meeting.
14 (Lev 3:6; 4:32) And he will offer his offering to the Lord,
one male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering,
one ewe lamb a year old without blemish as a sin offering,
one ram without blemish as a peace offering,
15 (Ex 29:2; Lev 2:4) a basket of unleavened bread,
loaves of fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil,
and their grain offering with their drink offerings.
16 The priest will bring them before the Lord and
will offer his sin offering and his burnt offering.
17 And he will offer the ram as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord
with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest will offer also his grain
offering and his drink offering.
18 (Ac 21:24; Nu 6:9) The Nazirite will shave his consecrated head
at the door of the tent of meeting, and will take the hair from
his consecrated head and put it in the fire which is
under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
19 (Lev 7:30; 1Sa 2:15) The priest will take the cooked shoulder of the ram,
and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer and will
put them on the hands of the Nazirite,
after he has shaved his consecrated hair.
20 (Ecc 9:7; Ex 29:27-28) And the priest will wave them as a wave offering
before the Lord. This is holy for the priest, with the breast waved
and the shoulder offered. And after that the Nazirite may drink wine.
21 This is the law of the Nazirite who has vowed to the Lord,
his offering for his separation, besides whatever else his hand
is able to provide. According to the vow which he spoke,
so he must do, according to the law of his separation.
The Priestly Blessing
22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
23 (1Ch 23:13; Dt 21:5) Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying,
This is how you will bless the children of Israel, saying to them,
24 (Ps 121:4–7; 134:3) The Lord bless you
and keep you;
25 (Ps 31:16; 80:7) the Lord make His face to shine upon you,
and be gracious unto you;
26 (Ps 4:6; 29:11) the Lord lift His countenance upon you,
and give you peace.
27 (2Ch 7:14; Dt 28:10) They will put My name upon the children
of Israel, and I will bless them.
(Take the Lord seriously. His Blessings are plentiful
and his punishment is merciless.)
Our Daily Bread for 25 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/25/to-be-human
entitled To Be Human
Matthew 23:37–24:2
The Lament Over Jerusalem
Lk 13:34–35
37(Ru 2:12; Mt 5:12) "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets
and stone those who are sent to you, how often I would have gathered
your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,
but you would not!
38 (Jer 22:5) Look, your house is left to you desolate.
39 (Ps 118:26; Mt 21:9) For I tell you,
you shall not see Me again until you say,
'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.'Ps 118:26."
MATTHEW 24
The Destruction of the Temple Foretold
Mk 13:1–2; Lk 21:5–6
1 Jesus departed from the temple and was leaving when His disciples
came to show Him the temple buildings.
2 (Lk 19:44) Jesus answered them, "Do you not see all these things?
Truly I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another
that shall not be thrown down."
"Mr. Singerman, why are you crying?" asked twelve-year-old
Albert as he watched the master craftsman construct a wooden box.
"I cry," he said, "because my father cried, and because my grandfather cried."
The woodworker's answer to his young apprentice provides a tender moment
in an episode of Little House on the Prairie. "Tears,"
explained Mr. Singerman, "come with the making of a coffin."
"Some men don't cry because they fear it is a sign of weakness," he said.
"I was taught that a man is a man because he can cry."
Emotion must have welled up in the eyes of Jesus as He compared His concern
for Jerusalem to the care of a mother hen for her chicks (Matthew 23:37).
His disciples were often confused by what they saw in His eyes or heard
in His stories. His idea of what it meant to be strong was different.
It happened again as they walked with Him from the temple.
Calling His attention to the massive stone walls and magnificent
decor of their place of worship (24:1),
the disciples noted the strength of human accomplishment.
Jesus saw a temple that would be leveled in AD 70.
Christ shows us that healthy people know when to cry and why.
He cried because His Father cares and His Spirit groans for children
who couldn't yet see what breaks His heart.
By: Mart DeHaan
Reflect & Pray
In what situations in your life might you be avoiding grief?
How can your faith in a Savior who cries (John 11:35)
help you express your grief in a healthy way?
Father, please replace any cold illusions of strength
I cling to with a growing understanding of the cares
and concerns that break Your heart for children like me.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 5 - God Loved, So He Gave
John 3:16-17
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9–10; Jn 1:18) "For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
17 (1Jn 4:14; Lk 19:10) For God did not send His Son into
the world to condemn the world, but that the world
through Him might be saved."
Often called "the gospel in a nutshell", John 3:16 is so familiar,
even the unchurched, that it has all but lost its impact for us.
WE cite it by rote, as if it had no more meaning than a SSN (SIN),
and think that we understand the truth becuase we know the words.
Why did God send Jesus, his only Son, into the world to die?
Because he loved the people he created. God had no reason,
humanly speaking, to love mankind. Throughout history, from
the Garden of Eden forward, people had deliberately turned
against God and tried his patience. Even the nation God chose
for himself, Israel rebelled againt the Lord and turned to other gods.
And we, as individuals, have rebelled against him too. WE have tried
to control our own lives; we have denied his reality; or
acknowledged his existence and then systematically ignored him.
We have become our own gods.
Yet Christ, in love, took upon himself the rejection, the humiliation,
the pain we were responsible for. We deserved to be condemned to die,
but he died for us instead. "God did not send his Son into the world
to condemn the world," John 3:17 says, "but to save the world through him."
Often, even after we have committed our lives to Christ, we mistakenly
suppose that God's primary purpose is to condemn us - to catch us in sin
and punish us. But God says that his purpose is to love us and to save us
from sin and ourselves. He loved, and so he gave; he still loves us,
and he still continues to give.
Application
a) What sin in my life put Jesus on the cross?
b) How do I know that my sins has been forgiven?
c) How can these verses help me when I face condemnation and guilt?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gen 26:12-14
12 (Ge 26:3; 24:1) Then Isaac sowed in that land
and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; the Lord blessed him.
13 The man became rich and continued to prosper until he became very wealthy.
14 (Ge 37:11; Ecc 4:4) For he had possessions of flocks and herds
and a great number of servants so that the Philistines envied him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Unfailing Love
Ps 36:5-9
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens,
and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Your righteousness is like the great mountains,
Your judgments like the great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) How excellent is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore mankind
seeks refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) They will drink their fill from the abundance of Your house,
and You will cause them to drink from the river of Your pleasures.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) For with You is the fountain of life;
in Your light we see light.
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."
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 hihg 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 legrest 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 discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally 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
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 25 of the Month
a) Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
(Acts 2: 41,47b
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized,
and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
)
b) Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
( Prov 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to see how to stay pure in His Site.
Pray to the Lord to ask how express grief/crying.
Pray to the Lord to recall HIs Love on the Cross.
Pray to the Lord to seek how to be a blessing in His humility.
Pray to the Lord to seek His Love.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for the gospel of Christ to be recieved in your community in Canada.
Pray for Justice System based on God's word.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
Numbers 5 - 6
NUMBERS 5
The Unclean
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Lev 13:46; 21:1) Command the children of Israel that they put out
of the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever
is defiled by the dead.
3 (Lev 26:11–12; Dt 23:14) Both male and female you will put out.
You will put them outside the camp, so they do not defile their
camps in the midst of which I dwell.
4 The children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp.
As the Lord spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did.
Restitution for Wrongs
5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6 Tell the children of Israel: When a man or woman commits
any sin against another, acting unfaithfully against the Lord,
that person is guilty,
7 (Lev 5:5; 26:40; Jos 7:19) and shall confess his sin which
he has committed, and he will repay his offense with its principal,
and add to it one-fifth, and give it to him who was wronged.
8 (Lev 6:6-7; 7:7) But if the man has no relative to repay the offense to,
let the offense be repaid to the Lord, even to the priest, beside the ram
of the atonement, whereby an atonement will be made for him.
9 (Ex 29:28; Lev 6:17-18) Every offering of all the holy things
of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, will be his.
10 Every man's holy things will be his. Whatever any man gives the priest,
it will be his.
The Test for Adultery
11 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12 (Nu 5:19–20) Speak to the children of Israel and say to them:
If any man's wife goes astray, and acts treacherously against him,
13 (Lev 18:20; 20:10) and a man lies with her carnally,
and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband,
and it is concealed though she has defiled herself,
and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act,
14 (Pr 6:34; SS 8:6) and if the spirit of jealousy comes on him,
and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if the spirit
of jealousy comes on him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not
defiled herself,
15 (Eze 29:16; Lev 5:11) then the man shall bring his wife to the priest
and he shall bring her offering for her, a tenth of an ephah
(Likely about 3 1/2 pounds, or 1.6 kilograms.) of barley flour.
He shall pour no oil on it nor put frankincense on it,
for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance,
bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16 The priest will bring her near, and set her before the Lord.
17 And the priest will take holy water in an earthen vessel,
and the priest will take some of the dust that is on the floor
of the tabernacle and put it into the water.
18 And the priest will set the woman before the Lord,
and uncover the woman's head, and put the memorial offering in her hands,
which is the grain offering of jealousy, and the priest will have in his
hand the bitter water that causes the curse.
19 And the priest will charge her by an oath, and say to the woman,
"If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray to
impurity with another instead of your husband,
be free from this bitter water that causes the curse.
20 But if you have gone astray to another instead of your husband,
and if you are defiled, and a man besides your husband has lain with you"-
21 (Jos 6:26; 1Sa 14:24) then the priest will charge the woman with
an oath of cursing, and the priest will say to the woman,
"The Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people,
when the Lord makes your thigh rot and your belly swell.
22 (Ps 109:18; Dt 27:15-26) And this water that causes
the curse will go into your bowels,
to make your belly swell and your thigh rot."
And the woman will say, "Amen, amen."
23 The priest will write these curses in a book,
and he will wash them out with the bitter water.
24 And he will cause the woman to drink the bitter water
that causes the curse. And the water that causes the curse
will enter into her and become bitter.
25 (Lev 8:27) Then the priest will take the grain offering
of jealousy out of the woman's hand and will wave the offering
before the Lord and offer it on the altar.
26 (Lev 2:2; 2:9) And the priest will take a handful of the offering,
the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward will
cause the woman to drink the water.
27 (Jer 29:18; 42:18) When he has made her to drink the water,
then it will be that, if she is defiled and has acted treacherously
against her husband, the water that causes the curse will enter into her,
and become bitter, and her belly will swell, and her thigh will rot,
and the woman will be a curse among her people.
28 If the woman is not defiled, but is clean,
then she will be free and will conceive offspring.
29 (Nu 5:19; 5:12) This is the law of jealousies,
when a wife goes astray to another instead of her husband,
and is defiled,
30 or when the spirit of jealousy comes on him,
and he is jealous over his wife,
and will set the woman before the Lord,
and the priest will perform on her all this law.
31 Then the man will be guiltless from iniquity,
and this woman will bear her iniquity.
NUMBERS 6
The Nazirite Vow
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Jdg 13:5; Am 2:11-12) Speak to the children of Israel and say to them:
When either a man or woman will make a hard vow, the vow of a Nazirite,
to separate themselves to the Lord,
3 (Lk 1:15; Lev 10:9; Jdg 13:14) he will separate himself from wine
and strong drink and will drink no vinegar of wine,
or vinegar of strong drink. Neither shall he drink any juice of grapes,
nor eat fresh or dry grapes.
4 (Nu 6:5) All the days of his separation he will eat nothing
that is made of the grapevine, from the seed to the skin.
5 (1Sa 1:11; Jdg 13:5) All the days of the vow of his separation no razor
will come on his head until the days are fulfilled in which he separates
himself to the Lord. He will be holy and will let the locks
of the hair of his head grow.
6 (Lev 19:28) All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he will
not approach a dead body.
7 (Nu 9:6; Lev 21:1-2) He will not defile himself for his father
or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister if they die
because the separation of his God is on his head.
8 All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord.
9 (Nu 6:18; Lev 14:9) If any man dies very suddenly beside him,
and he has defiled his consecrated head, then he will shave his
head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day will he shave it.
10 (Lev 15:14; 15:29) On the eighth day he will bring two turtledoves
or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.
11 And the priest will offer one as a sin offering and the other
as a burnt offering and make an atonement for him,
since he sinned because of the dead,
and will sanctify his head that same day.
12 (Lev 5:6) He will consecrate to the Lord the days of his separation
and bring a male lamb in its first year as a guilt offering.
But the previous days will be lost because his separation was defiled.
13 (Ac 21:26) This is the law of the Nazirite.
When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he will be brought
to the door of the tent of meeting.
14 (Lev 3:6; 4:32) And he will offer his offering to the Lord,
one male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering,
one ewe lamb a year old without blemish as a sin offering,
one ram without blemish as a peace offering,
15 (Ex 29:2; Lev 2:4) a basket of unleavened bread,
loaves of fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil,
and their grain offering with their drink offerings.
16 The priest will bring them before the Lord and
will offer his sin offering and his burnt offering.
17 And he will offer the ram as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord
with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest will offer also his grain
offering and his drink offering.
18 (Ac 21:24; Nu 6:9) The Nazirite will shave his consecrated head
at the door of the tent of meeting, and will take the hair from
his consecrated head and put it in the fire which is
under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
19 (Lev 7:30; 1Sa 2:15) The priest will take the cooked shoulder of the ram,
and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer and will
put them on the hands of the Nazirite,
after he has shaved his consecrated hair.
20 (Ecc 9:7; Ex 29:27-28) And the priest will wave them as a wave offering
before the Lord. This is holy for the priest, with the breast waved
and the shoulder offered. And after that the Nazirite may drink wine.
21 This is the law of the Nazirite who has vowed to the Lord,
his offering for his separation, besides whatever else his hand
is able to provide. According to the vow which he spoke,
so he must do, according to the law of his separation.
The Priestly Blessing
22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
23 (1Ch 23:13; Dt 21:5) Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying,
This is how you will bless the children of Israel, saying to them,
24 (Ps 121:4–7; 134:3) The Lord bless you
and keep you;
25 (Ps 31:16; 80:7) the Lord make His face to shine upon you,
and be gracious unto you;
26 (Ps 4:6; 29:11) the Lord lift His countenance upon you,
and give you peace.
27 (2Ch 7:14; Dt 28:10) They will put My name upon the children
of Israel, and I will bless them.
(Take the Lord seriously. His Blessings are plentiful
and his punishment is merciless.)
Our Daily Bread for 25 Feb 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/02/25/to-be-human
entitled To Be Human
Matthew 23:37–24:2
The Lament Over Jerusalem
Lk 13:34–35
37(Ru 2:12; Mt 5:12) "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets
and stone those who are sent to you, how often I would have gathered
your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,
but you would not!
38 (Jer 22:5) Look, your house is left to you desolate.
39 (Ps 118:26; Mt 21:9) For I tell you,
you shall not see Me again until you say,
'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.'Ps 118:26."
MATTHEW 24
The Destruction of the Temple Foretold
Mk 13:1–2; Lk 21:5–6
1 Jesus departed from the temple and was leaving when His disciples
came to show Him the temple buildings.
2 (Lk 19:44) Jesus answered them, "Do you not see all these things?
Truly I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another
that shall not be thrown down."
"Mr. Singerman, why are you crying?" asked twelve-year-old
Albert as he watched the master craftsman construct a wooden box.
"I cry," he said, "because my father cried, and because my grandfather cried."
The woodworker's answer to his young apprentice provides a tender moment
in an episode of Little House on the Prairie. "Tears,"
explained Mr. Singerman, "come with the making of a coffin."
"Some men don't cry because they fear it is a sign of weakness," he said.
"I was taught that a man is a man because he can cry."
Emotion must have welled up in the eyes of Jesus as He compared His concern
for Jerusalem to the care of a mother hen for her chicks (Matthew 23:37).
His disciples were often confused by what they saw in His eyes or heard
in His stories. His idea of what it meant to be strong was different.
It happened again as they walked with Him from the temple.
Calling His attention to the massive stone walls and magnificent
decor of their place of worship (24:1),
the disciples noted the strength of human accomplishment.
Jesus saw a temple that would be leveled in AD 70.
Christ shows us that healthy people know when to cry and why.
He cried because His Father cares and His Spirit groans for children
who couldn't yet see what breaks His heart.
By: Mart DeHaan
Reflect & Pray
In what situations in your life might you be avoiding grief?
How can your faith in a Savior who cries (John 11:35)
help you express your grief in a healthy way?
Father, please replace any cold illusions of strength
I cling to with a growing understanding of the cares
and concerns that break Your heart for children like me.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 5 - God Loved, So He Gave
John 3:16-17
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9–10; Jn 1:18) "For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
17 (1Jn 4:14; Lk 19:10) For God did not send His Son into
the world to condemn the world, but that the world
through Him might be saved."
Often called "the gospel in a nutshell", John 3:16 is so familiar,
even the unchurched, that it has all but lost its impact for us.
WE cite it by rote, as if it had no more meaning than a SSN (SIN),
and think that we understand the truth becuase we know the words.
Why did God send Jesus, his only Son, into the world to die?
Because he loved the people he created. God had no reason,
humanly speaking, to love mankind. Throughout history, from
the Garden of Eden forward, people had deliberately turned
against God and tried his patience. Even the nation God chose
for himself, Israel rebelled againt the Lord and turned to other gods.
And we, as individuals, have rebelled against him too. WE have tried
to control our own lives; we have denied his reality; or
acknowledged his existence and then systematically ignored him.
We have become our own gods.
Yet Christ, in love, took upon himself the rejection, the humiliation,
the pain we were responsible for. We deserved to be condemned to die,
but he died for us instead. "God did not send his Son into the world
to condemn the world," John 3:17 says, "but to save the world through him."
Often, even after we have committed our lives to Christ, we mistakenly
suppose that God's primary purpose is to condemn us - to catch us in sin
and punish us. But God says that his purpose is to love us and to save us
from sin and ourselves. He loved, and so he gave; he still loves us,
and he still continues to give.
Application
a) What sin in my life put Jesus on the cross?
b) How do I know that my sins has been forgiven?
c) How can these verses help me when I face condemnation and guilt?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gen 26:12-14
12 (Ge 26:3; 24:1) Then Isaac sowed in that land
and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; the Lord blessed him.
13 The man became rich and continued to prosper until he became very wealthy.
14 (Ge 37:11; Ecc 4:4) For he had possessions of flocks and herds
and a great number of servants so that the Philistines envied him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Unfailing Love
Ps 36:5-9
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens,
and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Your righteousness is like the great mountains,
Your judgments like the great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) How excellent is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore mankind
seeks refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) They will drink their fill from the abundance of Your house,
and You will cause them to drink from the river of Your pleasures.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) For with You is the fountain of life;
in Your light we see light.
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."
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 hihg 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 legrest 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 discpleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congreations, and euqally 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
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 25 of the Month
a) Pray that there will be a growing number of people in your city or
community trusting in Christ as Saviour and Lord.
(Acts 2: 41,47b
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized,
and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
)
b) Pray that those who serve in the justice system will be agents of true
justice for all.
( Prov 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord to see how to stay pure in His Site.
Pray to the Lord to ask how express grief/crying.
Pray to the Lord to recall HIs Love on the Cross.
Pray to the Lord to seek how to be a blessing in His humility.
Pray to the Lord to seek His Love.
Pray for Muslims in Alberta to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for the gospel of Christ to be recieved in your community in Canada.
Pray for Justice System based on God's word.
Pray for forgiveness of sins and repentance.
Pray to accept Jesus in your life.
. But in the midst of the battle,