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Day 90, 31 Mar 2021



Judges 3-5



JUDGES 3



1 (Jdg 2:21-22) Now these are the nations that the Lord left to test

those in Israel who had not experienced war in Canaan

2 (so that later generations of the children of Israel who did not

know war before might know it, to teach them how to fight):

3 (Jos 13:3; 13:5) the five Philistine lords, all the Canaanites,

the Sidonians, and the Hivites living on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal

Hermon to Lebo Hamath.

4 (Jdg 2:22; 3:1) They were to test Israel, in order to know if they would

obey the commandments of the Lord, which He commanded their fathers

by the hand of Moses.

5 (Ex 3:8) The children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites,

Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

6 (Ex 34:16; Dt 7:3-4) They took their daughters for themselves as wives,

and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.



Othniel



7 (Ex 34:13; Jdg 2:11-13) The children of Israel did what was evil

in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served

the Baals and the Asherahs.

8 (Jdg 2:14; Hab 3:7) The anger of the Lord burned against Israel,

and He sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia.

The children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim for eight years.

9 (Jdg 1:13; 3:15) Then the children of Israel cried out to the Lord,

and the Lord raised up a deliverer in order to save the children of Israel

-Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb.

10 (Jdg 6:34; 11:29) The Spirit of the Lord came on him,

and he judged Israel. He went out to battle,

and the Lord gave Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, into his hands,

so that Othniel overpowered Cushan-Rishathaim.

11 (Jos 11:23; Jdg 3:30) The land rested forty years, then Othniel

son of Kenaz died.



Ehud



12 (1Sa 12:9; Jdg 2:19) Then the children of Israel once more did

what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord strengthened

King Eglon of Moab against Israel because they had done

what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

13 (Jdg 1:16; Dt 34:3) Eglon joined forces with the Ammonites and Amalekites;

then he went and attacked Israel and took possession of the City of Palms.

14 The children of Israel served King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

15 (Jdg 3:9; Ps 78:34) Then the children of Israel cried out to the Lord,

and the Lord raised up a deliverer-Ehud son of Gera the Benjamite,

a left-handed man. The children of Israel sent a tribute payment by him

to King Eglon of Moab.

16 Ehud made a cubit-long (About 18 inches, or 45 centimeters.)

two-edged sword for himself and strapped it onto his right thigh

under his cloak.

17 He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab.

Now Eglon was a very fat man.

18 When Ehud finished offering the tribute payment,

he sent away the people who carried it.

19 (Jos 4:20) But he himself turned back from the stone idols that

were at Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king."

And he said, "Keep silence!" And all who attended him departed from him.

20 (Am 3:15) Ehud approached him as he was sitting alone in his cool

upper chamber. Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you."

And Eglon rose from his seat.

21 Then Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh,

and plunged it into the belly of Eglon.

22 The hilt went in after the blade and the fat closed over the blade

and his entrails came out, for he did not pull the sword

out of the belly of Eglon.

23 Then Ehud went out to the entrance hall and closed the doors of

the upper chamber on him and locked them.

24 (1Sa 24:3) When he went out, the servants of Eglon came.

They looked and noticed the doors of the upper chamber were locked.

They thought, "Surely he is attending to his needs in the cool chamber."

25 They waited until they were embarrassed, but he still did not open

the doors of the upper chamber. So they took a key and opened it.

There, fallen dead on the floor, was their lord.

26 Yet Ehud escaped while they were waiting. He passed the sacred stones

and escaped to Seirah.

27 (Jdg 6:34; 1Sa 13:3) Upon his arrival, he blew a ram's horn trumpet

in the hill country of Ephraim. Then the children of Israel went down

with him from the hill country, and he led them.

28 (Jdg 12:5; Jos 2:7) He said to them, "Follow me, for the Lord has given

your enemies the Moabites into your hands." They followed him,

and they captured the Jordan fords leading to Moab.

They did not let anyone cross.

29 They struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all strong and valorous men,

and not a single man escaped.

30 (Jdg 3:11) So Moab was humbled under the hand of Israel that day,

and the land had peace for eighty years.



Shamgar



31 (Jdg 5:6; 2:16) After Ehud was Shamgar son of Anath.

He struck down six hundred Philistine men with an ox goad.

He also saved Israel.



JUDGES 4



Deborah

1 When Ehud was dead, the children of Israel once more

did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 (Jos 11:1; Jdg 4:13) The Lord sold them into the hands

of King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor.

The commander of his army was Sisera. He lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.

3 (Jdg 1:19; 3:9) The children of Israel cried out to the Lord,

for Sisera had 900 iron chariots and had forcefully oppressed

the children of Israel for twenty years.

4 Now Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophetess.

She judged Israel at that time.

5 (Ge 35:8) She would sit under the palm tree of Deborah

between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim.

The children of Israel would go up to her for her to render judgment.

6 (Heb 11:32; Jos 19:37) She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh

in Naphtali and said to him, "The Lord God of Israel commands you,

'Go and deploy troops at Mount Tabor, and take 10000 from the tribes

of Naphtali and Zebulun with you.

7 (Jdg 5:21; 1Ki 18:40) I will draw Sisera, the commander of the army

of Jabin, with his chariots and large army to you at the River Kishon

and give him into your hands.' "

8 Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go,

but if you will not go with me, then I will not go."

9 (Jdg 2:14) She said, "I will indeed go with you. However, the way

you are going will gain you no glory, for the Lord will deliver Sisera

into the hand of a woman." Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

10 (Jdg 5:18; 5:15) Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh.

10000 men went up on foot with him, and Deborah went up with him also.

11 (Nu 10:29; Jos 19:33) Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites,

who were descendants of Hobab, Moses' father-in-law.

He pitched his tent at the oak in Zaanannim, near Kedesh.

12 Then they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.

13 (Jdg 4:2-3) So Sisera summoned all his 900 iron chariots

and all the people with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim to the River Kishon.

14 (Dt 9:3; 2Sa 5:24) Then Deborah said to Barak,"Get up, for this is the day

that the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone

out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10000 men

behind him.

15 (Jos 10:10; Ps 83:9-10) The Lord routed Sisera and all of his chariots

and all of his army with the edge of the sword in front of Barak.

Sisera dismounted his chariot and fled on foot.

16 Barak chased after the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim.

The whole army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword. Not a single man survived.

17 Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite,

for there was peace between King Jabin of Hazor

and the family of Heber the Kenite.

18 Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him,

"Turn aside, my lord. Turn aside to me. Do not be afraid."

So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

19 (Jdg 5:25-26) He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink,

for I am thirsty." So she opened a leather milk container, gave it to him to drink,

and covered him.

20 He said to her, "Stand in the entrance to the tent,

and if anyone comes and asks you, 'Is there a man here?' then you say, 'No.' "

21 Then Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand

and went quietly to him, for he was fast asleep and tired.

She drove the tent peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground,

so he died.

22 Now as Barak had been chasing Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said,

"Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek."

When he came in, there was Sisera fallen dead with a tent peg in his temple.

23 (Ne 9:24; Ps 18:47) So God humbled King Jabin of Canaan

before the children of Israel that day.

24 The children of Israel grew more and more powerful

over King Jabin of Canaan until he was no more.



JUDGES 5



The Song of Deborah



1 (Ex 15:1)On that day, Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang:

2 (Jdg 5:9; 2Ch 17:16) "When the leaders in Israel lead,

when the people freely volunteer,

bless the Lord!

3 "Hear, O kings! Listen, O rulers!

I will sing to the Lord;

I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

4 (Dt 33:2; Ps 68:7-8) "Lord, when You went out from Seir,

when You marched from the land of Edom,

the ground shook and the skies poured,

indeed, the dense clouds poured water.

5 (Ex 19:18; Ps 97:5) The mountains quaked before the Lord,

this very Sinai, before the Lord God of Israel.

6 (Jdg 3:31; Isa 33:8) "In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,

in the days of Jael, main roads were abandoned

and travelers used roundabout paths.

7 Village life ceased. It ceased

until I, Deborah, arose;

I arose like a mother in Israel.

8 (Dt 32:16-17; Jdg 2:12) They were choosing new gods,

and warfare was at the city gates,

but not a shield or spear was to be seen

among forty thousand in Israel.

9 (Jdg 5:2) My heart is with the rulers of Israel

who offered themselves willingly among the people.

Bless the Lord!

10 (Jdg 10:4; 12:14) "You who ride on white donkeys,

you who sit in judges' attire,

you who walk on the road,

11 (1Sa 12:7; Mic 6:5) consider the voice of those who distribute water

among the watering places.

There they tell of the righteous deeds of the Lord,

the righteous deeds of villagers in Israel.

"Then the people of the Lord

go down to the gates.

12 (Ps 57:8; 68:18) Awake, awake, Deborah!

Awake, awake, sing a song!

Stand up, Barak,

and capture your prisoners, son of Abinoam!

13 "The survivors

came down to the nobles;

the people of the Lord

came down for me against the mighty.

14 (Nu 32:39-40; Jdg 3:13) Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek,

following you, Benjamin, with your people.

From Makir rulers came down,

and from Zebulun those who carry the staff of a scribe.

15 (Jdg 4:14) The princes of Issachar were with Deborah,

and Issachar was with Barak;

they were sent into the valley on foot.

Among the clans of Reuben

there was great resolve of heart.

16 (Nu 32:24) Why do you sit among the sheepfolds

to hear playing of pipes for the flocks?

In the clans of Reuben

there was much searching of heart.

17 (Jos 13:25) Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan.

As for Dan, why did he stay with the ships?

Asher stayed by the seacoast

and settled by its bays.

18 (Jdg 4:10; 4:6) Zebulun is a people who risked their lives

to the point of death,

Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.

19 (Jdg 1:27; 5:30) "Kings came to wage war.

The kings of Canaan waged war

in Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;

they took no money as profit.

20 (Jos 10:11) From the heavens the stars fought,

from their courses they fought against Sisera.

21 (Jdg 4:7; Ps 44:5) The torrent of Kishon swept them away,

that ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.

My soul, march on in strength!

22 Then horses' hooves pounded,

the galloping, galloping of his steeds.

23 (Jdg 21:9-10) Curse Meroz, said the angel of the Lord,

curse its inhabitants,

for they did not come to the aid of the Lord,

to the aid of the Lord against the mighty warriors.

24 (Jdg 4:17) "Most blessed of women is Jael,

the wife of Heber the Kenite,

most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

25 He asked for water, she gave him milk.

In a magnificent bowl she brought cream.

26 Her hand on a tent peg,

her right hand on a workman’s hammer;

she struck Sisera, she crushed his skull,

she shattered and pierced his temple.

27 Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay;

between her feet he sank, he fell;

where he sank, there he fell, overpowered.

28 "The mother of Sisera looked through the window,

and cried out through the lattice,

'Why is his chariot so late?

Why is the sound of his war chariots so delayed?'

29 Her wise attendants answered her,

indeed, she replied to herself,

30 (Ex 15:9) 'Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:

a girl or two for each man;

dyed garments as plunder for Sisera,

dyed and embroidered garments,

two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’

31 (Jdg 3:11; 2Sa 23:4) "May all Your enemies perish like this, OLord!

But may those who love Him rise like the sun

when it rises in full strength."

Then the land was at peace for forty years.



2) Our Daily Bread for 31 Mar 2021

https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/03/31/wisely-weeding

entitled Wisely Weeding



Psalm 139:1-6,23-24



1 O Lord, You have searched me

and known me.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) You know when I sit down and when I get up;

You understand my thought from far off.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) You search my path and my lying down

and are aware of all my ways.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) For there is not a word on my tongue,

but behold, O Lord, You know it fully.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You put Yourself behind and before me,

and keep Your hand on me.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9 ) Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

it is lofty, and I cannot fathom it.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;

try me, and know my concerns,

24 and see if there is any rebellious way inme,

and lead me in the ancient way.



My grandchildren are running around my backyard. Playing games?

No, pulling weeds. "Pulling them up by the roots!" the youngest says,

showing me a hefty prize. Her delight as we tackled weeds that day

was how much we enjoyed plucking the weedy roots-clearing away

each pesky menace. Before the joy, however, came the choice to go after them.



Intentional weeding is also the first step in removing personal sin.

Thus, David prayed: "Search me, God, and know my heart. . . .

See if there is any offensive way in me" (Psalm 139:23–24).



What a wise approach, to go after our sin by asking God to show it to us.

He above all knows everything about us. "You have searched me, Lord,

and you know me," wrote the psalmist. "You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar" (vv. 1–2).



"Such knowledge," David added, "is too wonderful for me,

too lofty for me to attain" (v. 6). Even before a sin takes root, therefore,

God can alert us to the danger. He knows our "landscape." So when

a sneaky sinful attitude tries to take root,

He's first to know and point it out.



"Where can I go from your Spirit," wrote David.

"Where can I flee from your presence?" (v. 7).

May we closely follow our Savior to higher ground!



By: Patricia Raybon



Reflect & Pray



When you ask God to search your heart, what personal wrongs do you discover?

How does intentional "weeding" help rid you of a relentless sin?



Loving God, when You show me my personal sin, point me to

Your plan to pull those weeds.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 4 - Send for Help !



James 1:5



5 (Pr 2:3–6; Jn 15:7) If any of you lacks wisdom,

let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally

and without criticism, and it will be given to him.



A new employee in an electronics plant had the responsibility

for overseeing one machine. The machine worked fine when the young man

came on duty, but soon it began to run a bit rough. The employee

tinkered with the machine, trying to "fix" it, until finally if stopped

working altogether

In fear and trembling the worker sent for the foreman, and stammered,

"I - I, well, sir, I did my best to fix it."

"Son", the foreman thundered, "you need to know only one thing. Around

here, doing you best means sending for me!"

Wisdom, James 1:5 says, has its source in God alone. And if we are

to attain wisdom, we need to learn doing our best means sending for God.

Often we spend time tinkering with our lives or the the lives of others.

We don't think to as God for his wisdom i nthe decisions we must take;

instead, we use our human reasoning and take our best guess.

But the path to wisdom does not lie in guesswork. The scriptures

give us clear indication of God's direction for his people, and through Bible

study, application, prayer, and meditation,

we can understand what God wants to reveal to us.

"If any of you lacks wisdom," James says, "he should ask God, who gives

generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him."

The first step to attaining wisdom is recognising that we are not wise.

The second step is to ask. And God, who is faithful to his Word

and His people, will respond.



Application



a) Under what circumstances have I tinkered with my life,

making it worse rather then fixing it?



b) What practical steps can I take to ask God for wisdom?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Luke 16:10-12



10 (Mt 25:21; Lk 19:17) "He who is faithful in what is least is faithful

also in much. And he who is dishonest in the least is dishonest also

in much. 11 So if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth,

who will commit to your trust the true riches?

12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's,

who will give you that which is your own?"



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



God's Reconciling Peace



Col 3:12-17



12 (Eph 4:2; Lk 1:78) So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,

a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.

13 (Eph 4:32; Mk 11:25; Eph 4:2) Bear with one another

and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone,

even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.

14 (Eph 4:3; 1Co 13:1–13) And above all these things, embrace love,

which is the bond of perfection.

15 (Jn 14:27; Eph 5:20) Let the peace of God,

to which also you are called in one body,

rule in your hearts. And be thankful.

16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17 ) Let the word of Christ dwell

in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing

one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17 (1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20 ) And whatever you do in word or deed,

do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God the Father through Him.







6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



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

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

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

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

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

Christian school.

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

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

women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

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



Agree in prayer with us for:

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

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

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

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

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

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



From https://www.30daysprayer.com/



WHAT IS IT AND WHY?



The 30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World, is an international movement that began in 1993. It calls the church to make a deliberate but respectful effort to learn about, pray for and reach out to our world’s Muslim neighbors. It coincides annually with the important Islamic month of religious observation — Ramadan, a time of the year when Muslims are much more deeply aware of spiritual matters.



While Media sound bites about Islamic extremism can too easily incite anger, fear and even hatred towards Muslims, we seek to resist this temptation to generalize, and instead, resolve to respond and pray with the mind and heart of Christ.



Join the millions of Christians around the world, and churches and ministries from many denominations, who regularly participate in this largest ongoing prayer focus on the Muslim world. A new full-color prayer guide booklet — available each year in both adult and kids versions — is a proven tool to help Christians to understand and to persistently pray for Muslim neighbors and nations.

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca





Conclusion:



Pray ot the Lord that you do not get influence by Idols

for peace will come to the land.



Pray to the Lord to help you weed out any imputies in your life.



Pray to the Lord to complete the work He has for you.



Pray to the Lord to store tresure in Heaven.



Pray to the Lord to know Him as Saviour and

the others might come to know Him as Saviour.



Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .



Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout

Canadian society, as it is in Heaven .



Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city

or community, and across our nation.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.



and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -



Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

Day 89, 30 Mar 2021



Judges 1 - 2



JUDGES 1



Israel Fights Remaining Canaanites



1 (Nu 27:21; Jdg 20:18) After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel

inquired of the Lord, "Who should go up against the Canaanites first,

in order to wage war against them?"

2 The Lord said, "Judah shall go up.

Indeed, I have given the land into their hands."

3 (Jdg 1:17) Then the men of Judah said to Simeon,

their brothers, "Come up with us into our allotted territory.

We will wage war against the Canaanites. Likewise we will go

with you into your allotted territory." So Simeon went with them.

4 (1 Sa 11:8) Then Judah went up, and the Lord gave the Canaanites

and Perizzites into their hands. They struck down ten thousand men in Bezek.

5 They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek and fought against him.

They struck down the Canaanites and Perizzites.

6 Yet Adoni-Bezek fled, and they chased after him, seized him,

and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

7 (1Sa 15:33) Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings whose thumbs

and big toes were cut off once collected scraps of food

under my table. Just as I have done, so God has repaid me."

They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8 (Jos 15:63; Jdg 1:21) Then Judah waged war against Jerusalem.

They captured it, struck it with the edge of the sword,

and sent the city up in flames.

9 Afterwards, Judah went down to wage war against the Canaanites

living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands.

10 (Nu 13:22; Jos 14:15) Judah went against the Canaanites living

in Hebron (previously the name of Hebron was Kiriath Arba)

and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

11 (Jos 15:15) From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir

(previously the name of Debir was Kiriath Sepher).

12 Caleb said, "He who attacks Kiriath Sepher and takes it,

I will give him my daughter Aksah as wife."

13 (Jdg 3:9) Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb,

captured it. So Caleb gave him Aksah his daughter in marriage.

14 When she came to Othniel, she urged him to ask her father

for a field. As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb said to her,

"What can I do for you?"

15 She answered, "Please give me a special gift.

Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water."

So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

16 (Nu 10:29-32; 21:1; Dt 34:3) The descendants of Moses' father-in-law,

the Kenite, went up with the descendants of Judah from the City of Palms

to the Negev near Arad. Then they went and lived with the people.

17 (Nu 21:3) But Judah went with his brother Simeon

and struck down the Canaanites living in Zephath and utterly destroyed it.

So now they call the city Hormah.

18 (Jos 11:22; Jdg 3:3) Then Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron,

and the territory belonging to each of these cities.

19 (Jdg 1:2) The Lord was with Judah, and they took the hill country

but could not drive out the inhabitants of the coastal plain,

for they had iron chariots.

20 (Jdg 1:10; Jos 15:13-14) They gave Hebron to Caleb,

as Moses had said, and he drove out the three sons of Anak.

21 (Jos 15:63) However, the tribe of Benjamin did not drive out

the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live

with the tribe of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

22 (Jdg 1:19) The descendants of Joseph went up against Bethel,

and the Lord was with them.

23 (Ge 28:19; 35:6) The descendants of Joseph sent spies into Bethel

(the former name of the city was Luz).

24 The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him,

"Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will deal kindly with you."

25 So he showed them an entrance to the city. They struck the city with the

edge of the sword, but they let the man and his extended family go.

26 The man went to the land of the Hittites. He built a city

and named it Luz, and that is its name to this day.

27 (Jos 17:11-13) Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants

of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, or their daughter villages,

for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land.

28 When the children of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites

to hard labor as slaves, but they did not actually drive them out.

29 (Jos 16:10; 1Ki 9:16) Ephraim did not drive out the inhabitants

of Gezer, so the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.

30 (Jos 19:15) Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron

and Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them and became

slave laborers.

31 (Jos 19:24-30) Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Akko,

Sidon, Ahlab, Akzib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob.

32 Asher lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land,

for they did not drive them out.

33 (Jos 19:32-38) Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh

or Beth Anath, so they live among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land.

The Canaanites of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became slave laborers for them.

34 (Jos 19:47) The Amorites pushed the tribe of Dan into the hill country,

for they would not let them come down to the coastal plain.

35 (Jos 19:42) The Amorites were determined to live in Mount Heres, Aijalon,

and Shaalbim, but the hand of the descendants of Joseph was heavy on them,

and they became slave laborers.

36 (Nu 34:4) The border of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim

to Sela and beyond.



JUDGES 2



The Angel of the Lord at Bokim



1 (Ge 17:7-8; Ex 20:2) The angelAt times the Lord speaks directly through

an angel (cf. the story of the burning bush in Ex 3:2–4). of the Lord went up

from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up from Egypt and brought

you into the land that I promised your fathers. I said, 'I will never break

My covenant with you,

2 (Dt 7:2-4) but you must not make a pact with the inhabitants of this land,

and you must tear down their altars.' Yet you have not obeyed Me.

What is this you have done?

3 (Nu 33:55; Jos 23:13; Dt 7:16) So now I say, 'I will not drive them out

before you. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will

be a snare to you.' "

4 When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel,

the people raised their voices and wept aloud.

5 They named that place Bokim and sacrificed to the Lord there.



The Death of Joshua



6 (Jos 24:28-31) When Joshua dismissed the people,

each Israelite went to his inheritance to possess the land.

7 (Jos 24:31) So the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua,

and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen

all the great works that the Lord had done for Israel.

8 Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110 .

9 (Jos 19:50) They buried him in the territory of his inheritance

in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

10 (Ex 5:2; 1Sa 2:12) That entire generation passed away,

and after them grew up a generation who did not know the Lord

or the deeds that He had done for Israel.



Israel's Unfaithfulness



11 (Jdg 3:7; 4:1) The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord

and served the Baals.

12 (Ex 20:5) They abandoned the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them

out of the land of Egypt. They followed after other gods,

the gods of the peoples around them. They worshipped them

and provoked the Lord to anger.

13 (Jdg 10:6; 3:7) They abandoned the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

14 (Dt 32:30; Lev 26:37) The anger of the Lord burned against Israel,

and He gave them into the hands of those who plundered them;

and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them,

so that they were no longer able to stand against their enemies.

15 (Dt 28:15-68) Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord

was against them to bring disaster, as the Lord had said

and as He had sworn to them. They were in great distress.

16 (Ac 13:20; Jdg 3:15) Then the Lord raised up judges who delivered

them from the hand of those who plundered them.

17 (Jdg 2:7; Dt 9:12) Yet they would not listen to their judges,

for they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshipped them.

They quickly turned aside from the path their fathers had walked,

who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord.

They did not do as their fathers had done.

18 (Dt 32:36; Jos 1:5) When the Lord raised up judges for them,

the Lord was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies

all the days of the judge; for their groaning before their oppressors

and tormentors grieved the Lord.

19 (Jdg 4:1; 8:33) When the judge died, the people turned back

and acted more wickedly than their fathers, pursuing other gods

to serve and worship them. They would not give up their practices

and obstinate ways.

20 (Jdg 2:14; Jos 23:16) The anger of the Lord burned against Israel,

and He said, "Because this nation has violated My covenant that

I commanded their fathers and has not heeded My voice,

21 (Jos 23:13; Jdg 2:3) I will no longer drive out from before them any

of the nations that Joshua left when he died,

22 (Dt 8:2; 8:16; 13:3) so that through them I may test Israel

and see whether or not they will keep the ways of the Lord,

to walk in them as their fathers did.”

23 So the Lord left those nations, not hurrying to drive them out;

and He did not deliver them into the hand of Joshua.



2) Our Daily Bread for 30 Mar 2021

https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/03/30/got-your-nose

entitled Got Your Nose



Exodus 12:12-19



12 (Ex 6:2; Nu 33:4) For I will pass through the land of Egypt

this night and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,

both man and beast, and against all the gods of Egypt

I will execute judgment. I am the Lord.

13 (Heb 11:28) The blood shall be to you for a sign on the houses

where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you,

and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy

you when I smite the land of Egypt.

14 (Ex 12:17; 12:24) This day shall be a memorial to you,

and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord.

Throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an eternal ordinance.

15 (Dt 16:3; Ge 17:14; Ex 23:15) Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.

On the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses,

for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day,

that person shall be cut off from Israel.

16 (Lev 23:7-8; Nu 28:18) On the first day there shall be a holy convocation,

and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you.

No manner of work shall be done on them;

but that which every man must eat-that only may be prepared for you.

17 (Ex 13:3) You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

For on this very day I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt.

Therefore you shall observe this day throughout

your generations as an ordinance forever.

18 (Ex 12:15; Lev 23:5-8) In the first month, on the fourteenth day

of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread

until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.

19 (Ex 12:15; 12:48) Seven days shall there be no leaven found

in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened,

that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel,

whether he be a stranger or born in the land.



"Why are the statues' noses broken?{" That's the number one question

visitors ask Edward Bleiberg, curator of Egyptian art at the Brooklyn Museum.



Bleiberg can't blame it on normal wear and tear; even two-dimensional painted

figures are missing noses. He surmises that such destruction must have been

intentional. Enemies meant to kill Egypt's gods. It’s as if they were playing

a game of "got your nose" with them. Invading armies broke off the noses

of these idols so they couldn't breathe.



Really? That's all it took? With gods like these,

Pharaoh should have known he was in trouble.

Yes, he had an army and the allegiance of a whole nation.

The Hebrews were weary slaves led by a timid fugitive named Moses.

But Israel had the living God, and Pharaoh's gods were pretenders.

Ten plagues later, their imaginary lives were snuffed out.



Israel celebrated their victory with the Festival of Unleavened Bread,

when they ate bread without yeast for a week (Exodus 12:17; 13:7-9).

Yeast symbolizes sin, and God wanted His people to remember

their rescued lives belong entirely to Him.



Our Father says to idols, "Got your nose," and to His children,

"Got your life." Serve the God who gives you breath,

and rest in His loving arms.



By: Mike Wittmer



Reflect & Pray

What false god is suffocating your life?

How might you show God you're trusting only in Him?



Father of life, I give You my life. Help me recognize that any perceived

"enemies" in my life are nothing compared to Your power.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 3 - The Promise of Completion



Philippians 1:6



6 (1Co 1:8; Jn 6:29) I am confident of this very thing,

that He who began a good work in you will perfect it

until the day of Jesus Christ.



"Elizabeth is a good student", the note on the side of the report card read,

"but she doesn't finish what she starts. She has a lot of good ideas, but

rarely brings then to completion."

Many of us are like Elizabeth. We start into a new venture with high hopes

and great motivation. Bit somewhere along the way, we become discouraged.

Someone tells us that our ideas are stpuide, or that we are not capable of

doing what we dream. We get a particulatly difficule hurdle and give up.

Sometimes we fell the Christian like is like that, too. We start well, and

believe that in Christ we can accomplish anything. But then our prayers

become rote, our Bible reading ritual. We can't seem to regain that sense

of God's presence; we have, we conclude, "Lost our first love."

But God has a different perspective. He began the work of salvation in us;

he leads and guides us in his will, and he will complete what he has begun.

Often we fail to see God's grace in hte ongoing proces of walking with him

because his agenda is different from ours. We know what we want to see

happen in our lives; God knows what needs to happen.

"When I fist came into a relationship with Christ," one woman explained,

"I knew I had a lot of changing to do. But, strangely enough, the things God

changed weren't on my list at all!"

When God begins his work in oue lives, he has a plan for our maturity.

He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. And what God

has begun, he will finish.



Application



a) Have I ever tried to "decide" for God what problems in my life

needed dealing with?



b) Has God ever pointed out issues that were a surprise to me?



c) How can today's verse help me relax in God's will and

have confidence in the direction of my life?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Matthew 6:19-21



Treasures in Heaven



Lk 12:33–34



19 (Heb 13:5; Lk 12:21) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth

where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

20 (Lk 12:33; Mt 19:21) But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,

where neither moth nor rust destroy

and where thieves do not break in nor steal,

21 (Lk 12:34) for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."



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



God's Eternal Faithfulness



2 Tim 2:8-13



8 (Mt 1:1; Ro 2:16) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead,

descended from David, according to my gospel,

9 (Php 1:7; 2Ti 1:8) in which I suffer trouble like a criminal,

even with chains. But the word of God is not bound.

10 (Col 1:24; 2Co 1:6; 4:17) Therefore I endure all things

for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain

the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11 (Ro 6:8; 1Th 5:10) This is a faithful saying:

If we die with Him,

we shall also live with Him.

12 (Mt 10:33; Ro 8:17 ) If we endure,

we shall also reign with Him.

If we deny Him,

He also will deny us.

13 (Nu 23:19; Ro 3:3 )If we are faithless,

He remains faithful;

He cannot deny Himself.



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



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

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

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

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

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

Christian school.

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

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

women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

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



Agree in prayer with us for:

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

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

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

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

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

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month



and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days



of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that



usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,



of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be



decorated and festivals will be held.



For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the



distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of



Islam.



You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",



which means Blessed Eid!"





Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you



know, and Muslims around the world:



- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions



in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about



unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such



movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three



decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim



relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,



"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;



your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,



your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.



18 Even on My menservants and maidservants



I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.



19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:



blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,



and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.



21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]





Footnotes



Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective



discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for



Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.



Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a



hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under



a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the



house."







Ideas for prayer







- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you



- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving



Christ among Muslim people -



Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."



- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims



throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further



call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity



(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 30 of the Month



a) Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout

Canadian society, as it is in Heaven

( Matt 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.



)



b) Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city

or community, and across our nation. (



Rom 2:4



4 (Ex 34:6; Isa 30:18) Do you despise the riches of His goodness,

tolerance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God

leads you to repentance?



)



Conclusion:



Pray ot the Lord that do not influence by Idols.



Pray to the Lord to help you when you face your enemies.



Pray to the Lord to complete the work He has for you.



Pray to the Lord to store tresure in Heaven.



Pray to the Lord to know Him as Saviour and

the others might come to know Him as Saviour.



Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .



Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout

Canadian society, as it is in Heaven .



Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city

or community, and across our nation.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.



and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -



Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

Day 88, 29 Mar 2021



Joshua 22-24



JOSHUA 22



The Eastern Tribes Return Home



1 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites,

and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

2 (Jos 1:12-18) He said to them, "You have done everything that Moses

the servant of the Lord commanded you and have obeyed me in everything

that I have commanded you.

3 You have not left your brothers these many days down to this day,

and you have observed the obligations

of the commandment of the Lord your God.

4 (Jos 13:8) Now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers,

as He had said to them. So now, turn and go to your homes,

to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord

gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

5 (Dt 6:17; 11:22) Only carefully obey the commandment

and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you:

to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to obey

His commandments, to cling to Him, and to serve Him

with all your heart and soul."

6 (Jos 14:13; Ge 47:7) Joshua blessed them and sent them off,

and they went to their tents.

7 (Jos 17:1-12) Moses had assigned land in Bashan

to half the tribe of Manasseh, and to the other half Joshua

assigned land among their brothers on the west side of the Jordan.

When Joshua sent them also to their homes and blessed them,

8 (Nu 31:27; 1Sa 30:24) he said, "Return home with great wealth,

much livestock, silver, gold, copper, iron, and great quantities of clothing.

Divide the spoil of your enemies among your brothers."

9 (Nu 32:26; 32:29) So the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

left the children of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to go

to the land of Gilead, the land of their possession, according to the word

of the Lord through Moses.

10 The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh came

near the Jordan in the land of Canaan and built a very large altar

by the Jordan.

11 (Dt 13:12-14) The children of Israel heard someone say,

"The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

have built an altar by the land of Canaan by the Jordan

on the Israelite side."

12 When the children of Israel heard this, they assembled

the whole congregation of the children of Israel at Shiloh

to go up against them in war.

13 (Nu 25:7; Ex 6:25) Then the children of Israel sent Phinehas,

son of Eleazar the priest, to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of Gad,

and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead,

14 (Nu 1:4) and with him ten chiefs, one chief each for each father's

household of every tribe of Israel; and each one of them was the head

of his father's house among the thousands of Israel.

15 They came to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

in the land of Gilead and said to them,

16 "The whole congregation of the Lord says,

'What is this trespass you have committed against the God of Israel?

Today you have turned from following the Lord

by building yourselves an altar to rebel against Him!

17 Is the sin of Peor, from which we have still not purified

ourselves even today, not enough for us, which brought a plague upon

the congregation of the Lord

18 (Nu 16:22; Jos 22:16) that today you have turned away

from following the Lord?

" 'If today you are rebelling against the Lord, then tomorrow

He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel!

19 (Jos 18:1) If indeed your own land is unclean, then cross over

to the land of the Lord where the tabernacle of the Lord stands

and take land among us. Yet do not rebel against the Lord or rebel

against us by building an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.

20 (Jos 7:1; 7:5) Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the things

under the ban, and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel?

And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.' "

21 Then the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered

and said to the heads of the Israelite clans,

22 (Dt 10:17; 1Ki 8:39) "The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods,

He knows, and may Israel know-if we have acted in rebellion

or disloyalty against the Lord, do not spare us today.

23 (Dt 18:19; 1Sa 20:16) If we have built an altar to turn away

from following the Lord, to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings

or make peace offerings upon it, may the Lord Himself demand an account.

24 (Jos 4:6) "We did this deed because we were worried that in the future

your descendants might say, 'What have you to do with the Lord God of Israel?

25 The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you,

the descendants of Reuben and Gad. You have no share in the Lord!'

In this way your descendants might make our descendants

to stop worshipping the Lord.

26 "So we said to each other, 'Let us build this altar, not for burnt

offering or sacrifice,

27 (Jos 24:27; Ge 31:48) but as a witness for us, for you,

and for the generations after us, that we may perform

the service of the Lord before Him with our burnt offerings,

sacrifices, and peace offerings, and in the future your descendants

will not be able to say to our descendants,

"You have no share in the Lord!" '

28 "Therefore we said, ‘In the future, if they say this to us or to our

descendants, we will say, "Look at the replica of the altar of the Lord

that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices,

but as a witness between you and us." '

29 (Dt 12:13-14; Jos 24:16) "God forbid that we should rebel against

the Lord by turning from following the Lord today by building

an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrifices

other than the altar of the Lord God that stands before His tabernacle!"

30 (Jos 22:33) When Phinehas the priest, the leaders of the congregation,

and the heads of the Israelite clans who were with him heard

what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh said, it pleased them.

31 (Lev 26:11–12; 2Ch 15:2) Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said

to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, "Today we know

that the Lord is in our midst because you did not violate your obligations

to the Lord in this matter. Indeed, you have delivered the children of Israel

from the judgment of the Lord."

32 Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned

from meeting the descendants of Reuben and Gad in the land of Gilead

to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. They brought back a report.

33 (1Ch 29:20; Da 2:19) This report was good in the eyes of the children

of Israel, and the children of Israel blessed God.

They decided not to make war against the descendants

of Reuben and Gad to ruin the land in which they lived.

34 (Jos 22:27) The descendants of Reuben and Gad named the altar Witness,

"For it is a witness between us that the Lord is God."



JOSHUA 23



Joshua's Charge to the Leaders



1 (Jos 13:1; 21:44) A long time later, after the Lord had given Israel rest

from all their enemies around them, Joshua was old and advanced in years.

2 (Jos 24:1; Dt 31:28) Joshua called for all Israel, their elders,

clan heads, judges, and officials, and said to them,

"I am old and advanced in years.

3 (Ex 14:14; Jos 10:14) You have seen all that the Lord your God did to

all these peoples before you, for it is the Lord your God who has waged

war for you.

4 (Jos 13:2; 13:6-7) See, I have allotted to you as an inheritance the land

of these peoples who remain, along with the land of the peoples

whom I defeated, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

5 (Ex 33:2; 34:11) The Lord your God will drive them out and dispossess

them from before you, and you will inherit their land,

as the Lord your God told you.

6 (Dt 5:32; 28:14) "Now be very strong to observe and enact all that is

written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so that you do not deviate

from it to the right or the left.

7 (Ex 23:13; Ps 16:4) Do not assimilate with these peoples remaining

among you. Do not invoke the names of their gods, nor swear by, serve,

or worship them.

8 (Dt 10:20; 11:22) Instead, cling to the Lord your God, as you have done

until today.

9 (Dt 11:23; Jos 1:5) "For the Lord has dispossessed before you great

and mighty peoples, and as for you, not a single man has been able

to stand against you until today.

10 (Lev 26:8; Dt 3:22) One man from among you can make a thousand flee,

for it is the Lord your God who wages war for you, as He told you.

11 (Jos 22:5) Now be careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God!

12 (Dt 7:3) "For if you should turn and cling to the remainder

of these peoples who are left with you, and you intermarry

and assimilate with them, and they with you,

13 (Dt 7:16; Ex 23:33; Nu 33:55) know for certain that the Lord your God

will no longer drive out these nations from before you. But they shall

be snares and traps to you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes,

until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your

God has given you.

14 (1Ki 2:2) "Now, I am going the way of all the earth. You know

in all your hearts and souls that not a single word has failed out

of all the good things that the Lord your God has said concerning

you. All came true for you. Not a single word among them failed.

15 (Dt 28:15-68) So just as every good thing that the Lord your God

said to you came to be, even so the Lord can bring every bad thing

upon you until He has destroyed you from this good land that

the Lord your God gave you.

16 If you break the covenant of the Lord your God that He commanded you,

and go and serve other gods and worship them, the anger of the Lord

will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from

the good land that He gave you."



JOSHUA 24



Covenant Renewed at Shechem



1 (Jos 23:2; 1Sa 10:19) Joshua called for all the Israelite tribes

at Shechem and summoned the elders, clan heads, judges,

and officials of Israel. They presented themselves before God.

2 (Ge 31:53; 31:30) Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the Lord

God of Israel: Long ago your fathers-Terah father of Abraham and Nahor

-lived beyond the Euphrates (Euphrates River). and served other gods.

3 (Ge 12:1-4; 21:2-3) I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates,

(Euphrates River). brought him through all the land of Canaan,

and gave him many descendants. To him I gave Isaac.

4 (Dt 2:5; Ge 36:8) To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau,

and to Esau I gave Mount Seir for his inheritance,

but Jacob and his descendants went down into Egypt.

5 (Ex 3:10; 7:1-12) "I sent Moses and Aaron, I struck Egypt down

with all I did in their midst, and afterward I brought you out.

6 I brought your fathers out of Egypt, then you came to the sea.

The Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.

7 (Ex 14:20; 14:10) Your fathers cried out to the Lord, and He placed darkness

between you and the Egyptians. He made the sea come upon them and cover them.

Your own eyes saw what I did to Egypt, and you lived in the wilderness

a long time.

8 (Nu 21:21-35) "I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived

on the other side of the Jordan. They waged war against you,

but I gave them into your hand so that you might inherit their land,

and I destroyed them before you.

9 (Jdg 11:25) Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and waged

war against Israel. He called for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

10 but I refused to listen to Balaam. Therefore he blessed you still,

and I delivered you out of his hand.

11 (Jos 3:14-17; 4:10-12) "You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho.

The leaders of Jericho, along with the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites,

Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, waged war against you,

but I gave them into your hand.

12 (Ex 23:28; Dt 7:20) I sent the hornet and drove out the two Amorite kings

from before you, but not with your sword or your bow.

13 (Jos 11:13'0 I gave you a land for which you did not work,

and cities that you did not build. You live in them, and you are eating

from the produce of vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.

14 (Jos 24:23; Dt 10:12; 1Sa 12:24) "Now fear the Lord, and serve Him

with sincerity and faithfulness. Put away the gods your fathers

served beyond the River (Euphrates River.) and in Egypt. Serve the Lord.

15 (Jdg 6:10; 1Ki 18:21) If it is displeasing to you to serve the Lord,

then choose today whom you will serve, if it should be the gods

your fathers served beyond the River (Euphrates River.)

or the gods of the Amorites' land where you are now living.

Yet as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

16 The people answered and said, "God forbid that we forsake

the Lord and serve other gods!

17 For it is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers out from slavery

in the land of Egypt and performed these great signs in our sight and guarded

us all the way that we went and among all the peoples through whom we passed.

18 The Lord drove out before us all the people, even the Amorites,

who lived in the land. So we will indeed serve the Lord, for He is our God."

19 (Ex 20:5; 23:21) Then Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve

the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God, and He will not forgive

your transgressions nor your sins.

20 (1Ch 28:9; Ac 7:42) If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods,

then He will turn, bring disaster upon you, and finish you off,

after having been good to you."

21 The people said to Joshua, "No, we will serve the Lord!"

22 (Ps 119:173) Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses a

gainst yourselves, that you have chosen the Lord, to serve Him."

Then they said, "We are witnesses."

23 (Jos 24:14) "Now then," he said, "put away the foreign gods

in your midst, and stretch out your hearts to the Lord God of Israel!"

24 The people said to Joshua, "It is the Lord our God we will serve,

and His voice that we will obey."

25 (Ex 15:25; 2Ki 11:17) So that day Joshua made a covenant

for the people and established regulations and laws for them at Shechem.

26 (Jdg 9:6; Ge 35:4) Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God.

He took a large stone and set it up

under the oak by the sanctuary of the Lord.

27 (Jos 22:34; Dt 31:19) Joshua said to all the people, "See, this stone

will be a witness for us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord

that He spoke to us. It will be a witness for us, lest you deny your God."

28 (Jdg 2:6) Then Joshua sent the people away, each man to his inheritance.



Joshua’s Death and Burial



29 (Jdg 2:8) After these events took place, Joshua son of Nun,

the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten.

30 (Jos 19:50) They buried him in the territory of his inheritance

in Timnath Serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim

north of Mount Gaash.

31 (Jdg 2:7; Dt 11:2) Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua

and of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known

all the deeds that the Lord had done for Israel.

32 (Ge 33:19; 50:25) They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children

of Israel had brought out of Egypt, in Shechem in the part of the field

that Jacob bought from the descendants of Hamor the father of Shechem

for one hundred pieces of silver.Heb. a hundred kesitahs;

a kesitah was a coin of unknown weight and value.

It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

33 (Ex 6:25; Jos 22:13) Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him

at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son,

which was in the hill country of Ephraim.





2) Our Daily Bread for 29 Mar 2021

https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/03/29/facing-the-battles-with-god

entitled Facing the Battles with God



Psalm 11



PSALMS 11



For the Music Director. A Psalm of David.



1 In the Lord I seek refuge;

how do you say to my soul,

"Flee as a bird to your mountain,

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) for the wicked bend their bow;

they make ready their arrow on the string,

that they may treacherously shoot

the upright in heart.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) If the foundations are broken,

what can the righteous do?"

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) The Lord is in His holy temple,

His throne is in heaven;

His eyes see,

His eyes examine mankind.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) The Lord tests the righteous,

but the wicked and one who loves violence

His soul hates.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Upon the wicked He will rain

coals of fire and brimstone and a burning wind;

this will be the portion of their cup.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) For the righteous Lord

loves righteousness;

His countenance beholds the upright.



The heroic deeds of US Army soldier Desmond Doss are featured

in the 2016 movie Hacksaw Ridge. While Doss' convictions

wouldn't allow him to take human life, as an army medic

he committed himself to preserving life even at the risk of his own.

The citation read at Doss' Medal of Honor ceremony on October 12, 1945,

included these words:"Private First Class Doss refused to seek cover

and remained in the fire-swept area with the many stricken,

carrying them one by one to the edge of the escarpment. . . .

He unhesitatingly braved enemy shelling and small arms fire

to assist an artillery officer."



In Psalm 11, David's conviction that his refuge was in God

compelled him to resist suggestions to flee

rather than face his foes (vv. 2-3). Six simple words comprised

his statement of faith: "In the Lord I take refuge" (v. 1).

That well-rooted conviction would guide his conduct.



David’s words in verses 4–7 amplified God's greatness.

Yes, life can sometimes be like a battlefield, and hostile fire

can send us scattering for cover when we're bombarded

with health challenges or financial, relational, and spiritual stresses.

So, what should we do? Acknowledge that God is the king

of the universe (v. 4); take delight in His amazing capacity to judge

with precision (vv. 5-6); and rest in His delight in what's right, fair,

and equitable (v. 7). We can run swiftly to God for shelter!



By: Arthur Jackson



Reflect & Pray



When have you experienced life's hostile fire and been tempted

to find shelter in something other than God? Can you recall times

when God came to your rescue and your hope in Him was renewed?



Father, help me to see You more clearly than any force that opposes

me and run to You for true safety and security.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 2 - God's purpose: The Image of Christ



Romans 8:28-29



28 (Gal 1:15; Ge 50:20) We know that all things work together for

good to those who love God,

to those who are called according to His purpose.

29 (Ro 11:2; 1Co 15:49; Eph 1:11) For those whom He foreknew,

He predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,

so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.



A baby dies of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and the parents are

devastated, plagued with guilt, and Asking "Why?" A 17-year-old plunges

headfirst into a pond and to the surface a quadriplegic. A single mother

of 3, struck down by leukemia, has to release he children to foster homes.

And in all these cases, well-meaning Christians stand by and attempt to

comfort: "All thingswork together for good, you know," they say blithely,

"just trust God, and praise him for everything."

Such pat answers are often repeated because they do contain an element

of truth; they become "pat", meaningless, and superficial, when they are

used as a panacea for all ills, whether the cure fits or not.

The truth is, God does use everything for the benfit of his people -

even disaster and tragedy. Romans 8:28 says, "Ian all things God works ...."

God foes not cause human suffering. He is not the author of pain

and misery. But what the Enemy of our souls intends for

destructions, God can use for growth.

The key to understanding Romans 8:28 is Romans 8:29 . The Lord makes

clear what "his purpose" is: that we be "conformed to the

likeness of his Son." Everything that happens is not good,

but nothing is wasted in the economy of God. Even the sorrow,

misfortune, and calamity that strike all of us cam be used by the Spirit

to transform us into the image of Christ.



Application



a) Have I ever had experiences that made me doubt the

"all things work together for good"?



b) How does Romans 8:29 clarify Romans 8:28?



c) How can these verses help me deal with the struggles I have in my

own life?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



1 Tim 6:17-19



17 (Ro 11:20; 1Ti 4:10) Command those who are rich in this world that they

not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,

who richly gives us all things to enjoy.

18 (Ro 12:8; 12:13) Command that they do good, that they be rich

in good works, generous, willing to share,

19 (Lk 16:9; 1Ti 6:12) and laying up in store for themselves a good

foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of eternal life.



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



God's Eternal Faithfulness



Ps 89:1 -8



PSALMS 89



A Contemplative Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.



1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;

with my mouth I will make known

Your faithfulness to all generations.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For I have said,

"Mercy shall be built up forever;

Your faithfulness shall be

established in the heavens."

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) You have said,

"I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have sworn to David my servant:

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) 'Your offspring I will establish forever,

and build up your throne for all generations.' " Selah

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Let the heavens praise Your wonders, O Lord;

Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9) For who in the skies can

be compared to the Lord?

Who among the heavenly sons is like the Lord?

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) God is greatly to be feared

in the assembly of the holy ones

and awesome to all those who surround Him.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) O Lord God of Hosts,

who is a mighty Lord like You,

with Your faithfulness all around You?



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



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

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

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

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

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

Christian school.

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

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

women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

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



Agree in prayer with us for:

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

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

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

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

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

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month



and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days



of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that



usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,



of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be



decorated and festivals will be held.



For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the



distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of



Islam.



You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",



which means Blessed Eid!"





Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you



know, and Muslims around the world:



- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions



in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about



unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such



movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three



decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim



relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,



"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;



your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,



your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.



18 Even on My menservants and maidservants



I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.



19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:



blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,



and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.



21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]





Footnotes



Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective



discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for



Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.



Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a



hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under



a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the



house."







Ideas for prayer







- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you



- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving



Christ among Muslim people -



Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."



- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims



throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further



call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity



(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 29 of the Month



a) Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion (

Ps 139:13-16



13 You brought my inner parts into being;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;

marvelous are Your works,

and You know me completely.

15 My frame was not hidden from You

when I was made in secret,

and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw me unformed,

yet in Your book

all my days were written,

before any of them came into being.

)



b) Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight (



Gal 2:10



10 (Ac 24:17) Only they requested that we should remember the poor,

which I also was eager to do.

)









Conclusion:



Pray ot the Lord to Know anad serve Him with all you Heart and All your soul.



Pray to the Lord to help you when you face opposition.



Pray to the Lord to give knowledge and wisdom when all does not seem correct.



Pray to the Lord to put Faith in him and not in idols.



Pray to the Lord to know Him personally.



Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .



Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion.



Pray that the Church will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight ..



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.



and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -



Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

Day 88, 29 Mar 2021



Joshua 22-24



JOSHUA 22



The Eastern Tribes Return Home



1 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites,

and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

2 (Jos 1:12-18) He said to them, "You have done everything that Moses

the servant of the Lord commanded you and have obeyed me in everything

that I have commanded you.

3 You have not left your brothers these many days down to this day,

and you have observed the obligations

of the commandment of the Lord your God.

4 (Jos 13:8) Now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers,

as He had said to them. So now, turn and go to your homes,

to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord

gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

5 (Dt 6:17; 11:22) Only carefully obey the commandment

and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you:

to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to obey

His commandments, to cling to Him, and to serve Him

with all your heart and soul."

6 (Jos 14:13; Ge 47:7) Joshua blessed them and sent them off,

and they went to their tents.

7 (Jos 17:1-12) Moses had assigned land in Bashan

to half the tribe of Manasseh, and to the other half Joshua

assigned land among their brothers on the west side of the Jordan.

When Joshua sent them also to their homes and blessed them,

8 (Nu 31:27; 1Sa 30:24) he said, "Return home with great wealth,

much livestock, silver, gold, copper, iron, and great quantities of clothing.

Divide the spoil of your enemies among your brothers."

9 (Nu 32:26; 32:29) So the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

left the children of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to go

to the land of Gilead, the land of their possession, according to the word

of the Lord through Moses.

10 The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh came

near the Jordan in the land of Canaan and built a very large altar

by the Jordan.

11 (Dt 13:12-14) The children of Israel heard someone say,

"The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

have built an altar by the land of Canaan by the Jordan

on the Israelite side."

12 When the children of Israel heard this, they assembled

the whole congregation of the children of Israel at Shiloh

to go up against them in war.

13 (Nu 25:7; Ex 6:25) Then the children of Israel sent Phinehas,

son of Eleazar the priest, to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of Gad,

and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead,

14 (Nu 1:4) and with him ten chiefs, one chief each for each father's

household of every tribe of Israel; and each one of them was the head

of his father's house among the thousands of Israel.

15 They came to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

in the land of Gilead and said to them,

16 "The whole congregation of the Lord says,

'What is this trespass you have committed against the God of Israel?

Today you have turned from following the Lord

by building yourselves an altar to rebel against Him!

17 Is the sin of Peor, from which we have still not purified

ourselves even today, not enough for us, which brought a plague upon

the congregation of the Lord

18 (Nu 16:22; Jos 22:16) that today you have turned away

from following the Lord?

" 'If today you are rebelling against the Lord, then tomorrow

He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel!

19 (Jos 18:1) If indeed your own land is unclean, then cross over

to the land of the Lord where the tabernacle of the Lord stands

and take land among us. Yet do not rebel against the Lord or rebel

against us by building an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.

20 (Jos 7:1; 7:5) Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the things

under the ban, and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel?

And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.' "

21 Then the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered

and said to the heads of the Israelite clans,

22 (Dt 10:17; 1Ki 8:39) "The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods,

He knows, and may Israel know-if we have acted in rebellion

or disloyalty against the Lord, do not spare us today.

23 (Dt 18:19; 1Sa 20:16) If we have built an altar to turn away

from following the Lord, to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings

or make peace offerings upon it, may the Lord Himself demand an account.

24 (Jos 4:6) "We did this deed because we were worried that in the future

your descendants might say, 'What have you to do with the Lord God of Israel?

25 The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you,

the descendants of Reuben and Gad. You have no share in the Lord!'

In this way your descendants might make our descendants

to stop worshipping the Lord.

26 "So we said to each other, 'Let us build this altar, not for burnt

offering or sacrifice,

27 (Jos 24:27; Ge 31:48) but as a witness for us, for you,

and for the generations after us, that we may perform

the service of the Lord before Him with our burnt offerings,

sacrifices, and peace offerings, and in the future your descendants

will not be able to say to our descendants,

"You have no share in the Lord!" '

28 "Therefore we said, ‘In the future, if they say this to us or to our

descendants, we will say, "Look at the replica of the altar of the Lord

that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices,

but as a witness between you and us." '

29 (Dt 12:13-14; Jos 24:16) "God forbid that we should rebel against

the Lord by turning from following the Lord today by building

an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrifices

other than the altar of the Lord God that stands before His tabernacle!"

30 (Jos 22:33) When Phinehas the priest, the leaders of the congregation,

and the heads of the Israelite clans who were with him heard

what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh said, it pleased them.

31 (Lev 26:11–12; 2Ch 15:2) Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said

to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, "Today we know

that the Lord is in our midst because you did not violate your obligations

to the Lord in this matter. Indeed, you have delivered the children of Israel

from the judgment of the Lord."

32 Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned

from meeting the descendants of Reuben and Gad in the land of Gilead

to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. They brought back a report.

33 (1Ch 29:20; Da 2:19) This report was good in the eyes of the children

of Israel, and the children of Israel blessed God.

They decided not to make war against the descendants

of Reuben and Gad to ruin the land in which they lived.

34 (Jos 22:27) The descendants of Reuben and Gad named the altar Witness,

"For it is a witness between us that the Lord is God."



JOSHUA 23



Joshua's Charge to the Leaders



1 (Jos 13:1; 21:44) A long time later, after the Lord had given Israel rest

from all their enemies around them, Joshua was old and advanced in years.

2 (Jos 24:1; Dt 31:28) Joshua called for all Israel, their elders,

clan heads, judges, and officials, and said to them,

"I am old and advanced in years.

3 (Ex 14:14; Jos 10:14) You have seen all that the Lord your God did to

all these peoples before you, for it is the Lord your God who has waged

war for you.

4 (Jos 13:2; 13:6-7) See, I have allotted to you as an inheritance the land

of these peoples who remain, along with the land of the peoples

whom I defeated, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

5 (Ex 33:2; 34:11) The Lord your God will drive them out and dispossess

them from before you, and you will inherit their land,

as the Lord your God told you.

6 (Dt 5:32; 28:14) "Now be very strong to observe and enact all that is

written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so that you do not deviate

from it to the right or the left.

7 (Ex 23:13; Ps 16:4) Do not assimilate with these peoples remaining

among you. Do not invoke the names of their gods, nor swear by, serve,

or worship them.

8 (Dt 10:20; 11:22) Instead, cling to the Lord your God, as you have done

until today.

9 (Dt 11:23; Jos 1:5) "For the Lord has dispossessed before you great

and mighty peoples, and as for you, not a single man has been able

to stand against you until today.

10 (Lev 26:8; Dt 3:22) One man from among you can make a thousand flee,

for it is the Lord your God who wages war for you, as He told you.

11 (Jos 22:5) Now be careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God!

12 (Dt 7:3) "For if you should turn and cling to the remainder

of these peoples who are left with you, and you intermarry

and assimilate with them, and they with you,

13 (Dt 7:16; Ex 23:33; Nu 33:55) know for certain that the Lord your God

will no longer drive out these nations from before you. But they shall

be snares and traps to you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes,

until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your

God has given you.

14 (1Ki 2:2) "Now, I am going the way of all the earth. You know

in all your hearts and souls that not a single word has failed out

of all the good things that the Lord your God has said concerning

you. All came true for you. Not a single word among them failed.

15 (Dt 28:15-68) So just as every good thing that the Lord your God

said to you came to be, even so the Lord can bring every bad thing

upon you until He has destroyed you from this good land that

the Lord your God gave you.

16 If you break the covenant of the Lord your God that He commanded you,

and go and serve other gods and worship them, the anger of the Lord

will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from

the good land that He gave you."



JOSHUA 24



Covenant Renewed at Shechem



1 (Jos 23:2; 1Sa 10:19) Joshua called for all the Israelite tribes

at Shechem and summoned the elders, clan heads, judges,

and officials of Israel. They presented themselves before God.

2 (Ge 31:53; 31:30) Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the Lord

God of Israel: Long ago your fathers-Terah father of Abraham and Nahor

-lived beyond the Euphrates (Euphrates River). and served other gods.

3 (Ge 12:1-4; 21:2-3) I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates,

(Euphrates River). brought him through all the land of Canaan,

and gave him many descendants. To him I gave Isaac.

4 (Dt 2:5; Ge 36:8) To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau,

and to Esau I gave Mount Seir for his inheritance,

but Jacob and his descendants went down into Egypt.

5 (Ex 3:10; 7:1-12) "I sent Moses and Aaron, I struck Egypt down

with all I did in their midst, and afterward I brought you out.

6 I brought your fathers out of Egypt, then you came to the sea.

The Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.

7 (Ex 14:20; 14:10) Your fathers cried out to the Lord, and He placed darkness

between you and the Egyptians. He made the sea come upon them and cover them.

Your own eyes saw what I did to Egypt, and you lived in the wilderness

a long time.

8 (Nu 21:21-35) "I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived

on the other side of the Jordan. They waged war against you,

but I gave them into your hand so that you might inherit their land,

and I destroyed them before you.

9 (Jdg 11:25) Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and waged

war against Israel. He called for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

10 but I refused to listen to Balaam. Therefore he blessed you still,

and I delivered you out of his hand.

11 (Jos 3:14-17; 4:10-12) "You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho.

The leaders of Jericho, along with the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites,

Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, waged war against you,

but I gave them into your hand.

12 (Ex 23:28; Dt 7:20) I sent the hornet and drove out the two Amorite kings

from before you, but not with your sword or your bow.

13 (Jos 11:13'0 I gave you a land for which you did not work,

and cities that you did not build. You live in them, and you are eating

from the produce of vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.

14 (Jos 24:23; Dt 10:12; 1Sa 12:24) "Now fear the Lord, and serve Him

with sincerity and faithfulness. Put away the gods your fathers

served beyond the River (Euphrates River.) and in Egypt. Serve the Lord.

15 (Jdg 6:10; 1Ki 18:21) If it is displeasing to you to serve the Lord,

then choose today whom you will serve, if it should be the gods

your fathers served beyond the River (Euphrates River.)

or the gods of the Amorites' land where you are now living.

Yet as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

16 The people answered and said, "God forbid that we forsake

the Lord and serve other gods!

17 For it is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers out from slavery

in the land of Egypt and performed these great signs in our sight and guarded

us all the way that we went and among all the peoples through whom we passed.

18 The Lord drove out before us all the people, even the Amorites,

who lived in the land. So we will indeed serve the Lord, for He is our God."

19 (Ex 20:5; 23:21) Then Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve

the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God, and He will not forgive

your transgressions nor your sins.

20 (1Ch 28:9; Ac 7:42) If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods,

then He will turn, bring disaster upon you, and finish you off,

after having been good to you."

21 The people said to Joshua, "No, we will serve the Lord!"

22 (Ps 119:173) Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses a

gainst yourselves, that you have chosen the Lord, to serve Him."

Then they said, "We are witnesses."

23 (Jos 24:14) "Now then," he said, "put away the foreign gods

in your midst, and stretch out your hearts to the Lord God of Israel!"

24 The people said to Joshua, "It is the Lord our God we will serve,

and His voice that we will obey."

25 (Ex 15:25; 2Ki 11:17) So that day Joshua made a covenant

for the people and established regulations and laws for them at Shechem.

26 (Jdg 9:6; Ge 35:4) Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God.

He took a large stone and set it up

under the oak by the sanctuary of the Lord.

27 (Jos 22:34; Dt 31:19) Joshua said to all the people, "See, this stone

will be a witness for us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord

that He spoke to us. It will be a witness for us, lest you deny your God."

28 (Jdg 2:6) Then Joshua sent the people away, each man to his inheritance.



Joshua’s Death and Burial



29 (Jdg 2:8) After these events took place, Joshua son of Nun,

the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten.

30 (Jos 19:50) They buried him in the territory of his inheritance

in Timnath Serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim

north of Mount Gaash.

31 (Jdg 2:7; Dt 11:2) Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua

and of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known

all the deeds that the Lord had done for Israel.

32 (Ge 33:19; 50:25) They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children

of Israel had brought out of Egypt, in Shechem in the part of the field

that Jacob bought from the descendants of Hamor the father of Shechem

for one hundred pieces of silver.Heb. a hundred kesitahs;

a kesitah was a coin of unknown weight and value.

It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

33 (Ex 6:25; Jos 22:13) Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him

at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son,

which was in the hill country of Ephraim.





2) Our Daily Bread for 29 Mar 2021

https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/03/29/facing-the-battles-with-god

entitled Facing the Battles with God



Psalm 11



PSALMS 11



For the Music Director. A Psalm of David.



1 In the Lord I seek refuge;

how do you say to my soul,

"Flee as a bird to your mountain,

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) for the wicked bend their bow;

they make ready their arrow on the string,

that they may treacherously shoot

the upright in heart.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) If the foundations are broken,

what can the righteous do?"

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) The Lord is in His holy temple,

His throne is in heaven;

His eyes see,

His eyes examine mankind.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) The Lord tests the righteous,

but the wicked and one who loves violence

His soul hates.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Upon the wicked He will rain

coals of fire and brimstone and a burning wind;

this will be the portion of their cup.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) For the righteous Lord

loves righteousness;

His countenance beholds the upright.



The heroic deeds of US Army soldier Desmond Doss are featured

in the 2016 movie Hacksaw Ridge. While Doss' convictions

wouldn't allow him to take human life, as an army medic

he committed himself to preserving life even at the risk of his own.

The citation read at Doss' Medal of Honor ceremony on October 12, 1945,

included these words:"Private First Class Doss refused to seek cover

and remained in the fire-swept area with the many stricken,

carrying them one by one to the edge of the escarpment. . . .

He unhesitatingly braved enemy shelling and small arms fire

to assist an artillery officer."



In Psalm 11, David's conviction that his refuge was in God

compelled him to resist suggestions to flee

rather than face his foes (vv. 2-3). Six simple words comprised

his statement of faith: "In the Lord I take refuge" (v. 1).

That well-rooted conviction would guide his conduct.



David’s words in verses 4–7 amplified God's greatness.

Yes, life can sometimes be like a battlefield, and hostile fire

can send us scattering for cover when we're bombarded

with health challenges or financial, relational, and spiritual stresses.

So, what should we do? Acknowledge that God is the king

of the universe (v. 4); take delight in His amazing capacity to judge

with precision (vv. 5-6); and rest in His delight in what's right, fair,

and equitable (v. 7). We can run swiftly to God for shelter!



By: Arthur Jackson



Reflect & Pray



When have you experienced life's hostile fire and been tempted

to find shelter in something other than God? Can you recall times

when God came to your rescue and your hope in Him was renewed?



Father, help me to see You more clearly than any force that opposes

me and run to You for true safety and security.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 2 - God's purpose: The Image of Christ



Romans 8:28-29



28 (Gal 1:15; Ge 50:20) We know that all things work together for

good to those who love God,

to those who are called according to His purpose.

29 (Ro 11:2; 1Co 15:49; Eph 1:11) For those whom He foreknew,

He predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,

so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.



A baby dies of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and the parents are

devastated, plagued with guilt, and Asking "Why?" A 17-year-old plunges

headfirst into a pond and to the surface a quadriplegic. A single mother

of 3, struck down by leukemia, has to release he children to foster homes.

And in all these cases, well-meaning Christians stand by and attempt to

comfort: "All thingswork together for good, you know," they say blithely,

"just trust God, and praise him for everything."

Such pat answers are often repeated because they do contain an element

of truth; they become "pat", meaningless, and superficial, when they are

used as a panacea for all ills, whether the cure fits or not.

The truth is, God does use everything for the benfit of his people -

even disaster and tragedy. Romans 8:28 says, "Ian all things God works ...."

God foes not cause human suffering. He is not the author of pain

and misery. But what the Enemy of our souls intends for

destructions, God can use for growth.

The key to understanding Romans 8:28 is Romans 8:29 . The Lord makes

clear what "his purpose" is: that we be "conformed to the

likeness of his Son." Everything that happens is not good,

but nothing is wasted in the economy of God. Even the sorrow,

misfortune, and calamity that strike all of us cam be used by the Spirit

to transform us into the image of Christ.



Application



a) Have I ever had experiences that made me doubt the

"all things work together for good"?



b) How does Romans 8:29 clarify Romans 8:28?



c) How can these verses help me deal with the struggles I have in my

own life?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



1 Tim 6:17-19



17 (Ro 11:20; 1Ti 4:10) Command those who are rich in this world that they

not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,

who richly gives us all things to enjoy.

18 (Ro 12:8; 12:13) Command that they do good, that they be rich

in good works, generous, willing to share,

19 (Lk 16:9; 1Ti 6:12) and laying up in store for themselves a good

foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of eternal life.



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



God's Eternal Faithfulness



Ps 89:1 -8



PSALMS 89



A Contemplative Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.



1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;

with my mouth I will make known

Your faithfulness to all generations.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For I have said,

"Mercy shall be built up forever;

Your faithfulness shall be

established in the heavens."

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) You have said,

"I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have sworn to David my servant:

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) 'Your offspring I will establish forever,

and build up your throne for all generations.' " Selah

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Let the heavens praise Your wonders, O Lord;

Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9) For who in the skies can

be compared to the Lord?

Who among the heavenly sons is like the Lord?

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) God is greatly to be feared

in the assembly of the holy ones

and awesome to all those who surround Him.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) O Lord God of Hosts,

who is a mighty Lord like You,

with Your faithfulness all around You?



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



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

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

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

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

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

Christian school.

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

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

women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

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



Agree in prayer with us for:

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

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

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

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

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

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month



and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days



of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that



usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,



of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be



decorated and festivals will be held.



For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the



distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of



Islam.



You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",



which means Blessed Eid!"





Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you



know, and Muslims around the world:



- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions



in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about



unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such



movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three



decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim



relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,



"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;



your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,



your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.



18 Even on My menservants and maidservants



I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.



19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:



blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,



and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.



21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]





Footnotes



Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective



discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for



Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.



Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a



hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under



a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the



house."







Ideas for prayer







- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you



- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving



Christ among Muslim people -



Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."



- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims



throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further



call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity



(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 29 of the Month



a) Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion (

Ps 139:13-16



13 You brought my inner parts into being;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;

marvelous are Your works,

and You know me completely.

15 My frame was not hidden from You

when I was made in secret,

and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw me unformed,

yet in Your book

all my days were written,

before any of them came into being.

)



b) Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight (



Gal 2:10



10 (Ac 24:17) Only they requested that we should remember the poor,

which I also was eager to do.

)









Conclusion:



Pray ot the Lord to Know anad serve Him with all you Heart and All your soul.



Pray to the Lord to help you when you face opposition.



Pray to the Lord to give knowledge and wisdom when all does not seem correct.



Pray to the Lord to put Faith in him and not in idols.



Pray to the Lord to know Him personally.



Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .



Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care

to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true

integrity and compassion.



Pray that the Church will remember the poor

and compassionately respond to their plight ..



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.



and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -



Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

Day 87, 28 Mar 2021



Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ we closed the Serres on Joseph

with What is your purpose? Best to refer to Genesis 50 .



Happy Palm Sunday, and BBC One, loved your Palm Sunday and Songs of Praise

Presentations.



Joshua 19 - 21



JOSHUA 19



Allotment for Simeon



1 Ch 4:28–33



1 (Jos 19:9) The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of Simeon

according to their clans. Their inheritance was within the inheritance

of the tribe of Judah.

2 (1Ch 4:28–30) Their inheritance was Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,

3 Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,

4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

5 Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah,

6 Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities and their villages;

7 (Jos 15:42) Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities

and their villages;

8 and all the villages that were around

these cities as far as Baalath Beer, Ramah of the Negev.

This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon according to their clans.

9 Simeon received a portion of the inheritance of Judah,

for the inheritance of Judah was too large for them,

so Simeon inherited land in the midst of the inheritance of Judah.



Allotment for Zebulun



10 The third lot came up for Zebulun according to their clans.

Their territory extended to Sarid,

11 (Jos 12:22) and their border ascended westward to Maralah,

reaching Dabbesheth and the valley east of Jokneam.

12 From Sarid the border turned east to the border of Kisloth Tabor,

out to Daberath, and up to Japhia.

13 From there it passes east to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin.

It turns out to Rimmon and turns toward Neah.

14 The boundary turns north to Hannathon

and extends to the Valley of Iphtah El;

15 (Jos 11:1) and Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah,

and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages.

16 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Zebulun

according to their clans: these cities and their villages.



Allotment for Issachar



17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the tribe of Issachar

according to their clans.

18 (1Sa 28:4; 2Ki 4:8) Their territory included Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,

19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,

21 Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.

22 (Jdg 4:6) The border touches Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh,

then extends to the Jordan: sixteen cities and their villages.

23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar according

to their clans: the cities and their villages.



Allotment for Asher



24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to their clans.

25 Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph,

26 (1Ki 18:20; 18:42) Allammelek, Amad, and Mishal. On the west their

border touches Carmel and Shihor Libnath.

27 (1Ki 9:13) Then it turns eastward, goes to Beth Dagon, and touches

Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek and Neiel;

then it continues in the north to Kabul,

28 (Jdg 1:31; Jos 11:8) Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.

29 (Jdg 1:31; 2Sa 5:11) Then the border turned to Ramah, reaching

the fortified city of Tyre. Then the border turned to Hosah,

and ended at the Mediterranean Sea by the region of Akzib,

30 Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities and their villages.

31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Asher according

to their clans: these cities and their villages.



Allotment for Naphtali



32 The sixth lot came out for the tribe of Naphtali according to their clans.

33 (Jdg 4:11) Their border runs from Heleph, from the oak of Zaanannim,

to Adami Nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and extends to the Jordan.

34 (Dt 33:23) The border turns west to Aznoth Tabor, goes out from there

to Hukkok, and touches Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah

at the Jordan on the east.

35 (Jos 11:2; Ge 10:18) Their fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath,

Rakkath, Kinnereth,

36 (Jos 11:1) Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,

38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh:

nineteen cities and their villages.

39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali according

to their clans: the cities and their villages.



Allotment for Dan



40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to their clans.

41 The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,

42 (Jdg 1:35) Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

43 (Ge 38:12) Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

45 (Jos 21:24) Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,

46 (Jnh 1:3) Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, along with the territory near Joppa.

47 (Jdg 1:34-35) Yet the tribe of Dan lost their territory, so they went up

to wage war against Leshem and captured it. They attacked it

with the edge of the sword, took possession of it, and settled there.

They called Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their father.

48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan according to their clans:

these cities and their villages.



The Allotment for Joshua



49 When they had finished allotting the land according to its boundaries,

the children of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua son of Nun.

50 (Jos 24:30; Jdg 2:9) According to the word of the Lord, they gave him

the city for which he asked: Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim.

He built up the city and lived in it.

51 (Jos 14:1; 18:10) These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest,

Joshua son of Nun, and the family leaders of the Israelite tribes assigned

by lot in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

So they completed dividing the land.



JOSHUA 20



Cities of Refuge



Nu 35:9-34; Dt 4:41-43; 19:1-14



1 Then the Lord said to Joshua,

2 (Nu 35:6; Dt 4:41-43) "Say to the children of Israel,

'Choose refuge cities, as I told you through Moses,

3 so that anyone who kills a person without intent

and unknowingly may flee there. They shall be your refuge

from the avenger of blood.

4 (Jer 38:7; Ru 4:1-2) " 'The refugee can flee to one of these cities

then stand at the entrance of the city gate and tell his case

to the city elders. They will take him into the city

and give him a place to stay, and he will live with them.

5 (Nu 35:12) When the avenger of blood comes after him,

they shall not hand over the manslayer to him,

for he struck down his neighbor unintentionally

with no premeditated malice.

6 (Nu 35:12; 35:24-25) He shall live in that city

until he stands before the congregation for judgment,

until the death of the high priest serving at that time.

Then the manslayer may return to his home

and to his city from which he had fled.'"

7 (Jos 21:11; 21:32; 1Ch 6:76) They selected Kedesh in Galilee in the hill

country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim,

and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

8 (Jos 21:36; 1Ch 6:78) Across the Jordan east of Jericho, theyselected

Bezer in the wilderness plain from the tribe of Reuben,

Ramoth in Gilead from thetribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan

from the tribe of Manasseh.

9 (Nu 35:15) These were the cities designated for all the children

of Israel and resident foreigners living among them,

to which anyone who killed someone inadvertently could flee

and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood

until he stood before the congregation.



JOSHUA 21



Cities for the Levites



(1Ch 6:54–80)



1 (Jos 14:1; 17:4) The family leaders of the Levites approached Eleazar

the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the family leaders of the Israelite tribes.

2 (Jos 18:1) At Shiloh in the land of Canaan they said to them,

"Through Moses the Lord commanded that we be given cities

in which to live and grazing lands for our livestock."

3 So according to the word of the Lord, out of their inheritance

the children of Israel gave the Levites these cities and their grazing lands.

4 The lot came out for the clans of the Ko­hath­ites,

so the Levites who were descendants of Aaron received an allotment

of thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

5 (Jos 21:20-26) The remaining descendants of Kohath received an allotment

of ten cities from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan,

and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

6 (Jos 21:27-33) The descendants of Gershon received an allotment of thirteen

cities from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali,

and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

7 (Jos 21:34-40) Descendants of Merari by their clans received an allotment

of twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

8 (Jos 21:3) The children of Israel allotted the Levites these cities

and their grazing lands, as the Lord commanded through Moses.

9 From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they assigned

the following cities with these names.

10 (Jos 21:4) They were assigned to the descendants of Aaron,

to the clans of the Kohathites of the tribe of Levi,

for theirs was the first lot.

11 (1Ch 6:55; Lk 1:39) They assigned them Kiriath Arba

(Arba was the father of Anak), which is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah,

and the grazing lands around it.

12(Now they had assigned the city's fields and its surrounding villages

to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)

13 (Jos 15:42; 10:29) So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned

Hebron (a refuge city for people who committed manslaughter),

Libnah with its pastures,

14 (Jos 15:48; 15:50) Jattir, Eshtemoa,

15 (Jos 15:49; 15:51) Holon, Debir,

16 (Jos 15:10; 15:55) Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, together with the grazing

lands of each: nine cities from these two tribes.

17 (Jos 9:3; 18:24-25) From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned Gibeon, Geba,

18 Anathoth, and Almon, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities.

19 Altogether the descendants of Aaron received thirteen cities

and their grazing lands.

20 (1Ch 6:66) The rest of the Levites from the clans of the descendants

of Kohath received cities allotted from the tribe of Ephraim.

21 (Jos 20:7) They assigned them Shechem (a refuge city for people

who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, together with the grazing lands

of each: four cities.

23 From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

24 Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, together with the grazing lands

of each: four cities.

25 From the half-tribe of Manasseh they assigned Taanach and Gath Rimmon,

together with the grazing lands of each: two cities.

26 Altogether the rest of the clans of the descendants of Kohath

received ten cities and their grazing lands.

27 (1Ch 6:71) From the half-tribe of Manasseh they assigned

to the descendants of Gershon (one of the Levite clans):

Golan in Bashan (a refuge city for people who committed manslaughter)

and Be Eshterah, together with the grazing lands of each: two cities.

28 From the tribe of Issachar they assigned Kishion, Daberath,

29 Jarmuth, and En Gannim, together with the grazing lands

of each: four cities.

30 From the tribe of Asher they assigned Mishal, Abdon,

31 Helkath, and Rehob, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities.

32 (Jos 20:7; 1Ch 6:76) From the tribe of Naphtali they assigned Kedesh

in Galilee (a refuge city for people who committed manslaughter),

Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, together with the grazing lands

of each: three cities.

33 Altogether the Gershonites according to their clans received

thirteen cities and their grazing lands.

34 (1Ch 6:77) From the tribe of Zebulun they assigned to the descendants

of Merari (the remaining Levites): Jokneam, Kartah,

35 Dimnah, and Nahalal, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities.

36 (Jos 20:8; Dt 4:43) From the tribe of Reuben they assigned Bezer, Jahaz,

37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with the grazing lands

of each: four cities.

38 (Ge 32:2) From the tribe of Gad they assigned Ramoth in Gilead

(a refuge city for people who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

39 Hesh­bon, and Jazer, together with the grazing lands

of each: four cities in all.

40 So twelve cities were allotted for the descendants of Merari

according to their clans (the remaining Levite clans).

41 Altogether the Levites received 48 cities and their grazing lands

within the possessions of the children of Israel.

42 Each of these cities had grazing lands surrounding them.

It was this way with all these cities.

43 (Ge 13:15; 28:4) The Lord gave Israel all the land that He swore

to give to their fathers. They took possession of it and lived in it.

44 (Jos 11:23) The Lord gave them rest all around, according to all

that He swore to their fathers. Not a man among their enemies stood

before them, and the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.

45 (Jos 23:14-15; 1Ki 8:56) Not a single word of all the good things

that the Lord had spoken to the children of Israel failed.

They all came to pass.





2) Our Daily Bread for 28 Mar 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/03/28/watch-me

entitled Watch Me!



Matthew 21:12-17



The Cleansing of the Temple



Mk 11:15-19; Lk 19:45-48; Jn 2:13-22



12 (Lev 1:14; 5:7) Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out

all those who sold and bought in the temple and overturned the tables

of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves.

13 (Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11) He said to them, "It is written,

'My house shall be called a house of prayer,'{Isa 56:7.}

but you have made it 'a den of thieves.'{Jer 7:11.} "

14 The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

15 (Mt 21:9; Lk 19:39-40) But when the chief priests and scribes saw the

wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple,

"Hosanna to the Son of David," they were extremely displeased

16 (Ps 8:2; Mt 11:25) and said to Him, "Do You hear what these are saying?"

Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read,

'Out of the mouth of children and infants

You have perfected praise'(Ps 8:2.)?"

17 (Jn 11:18; 11:1) And He left them and went out of the city into Bethany,

and He lodged there.



"Watch my fairy princess dance, Grandma!" my three-year-old granddaughter

gleefully called as she raced around the yard of our cabin, a big grin on

her face. Her "dancing" brought a smile; and her big brother's glum,

"She's not dancing, just running," didn't squelch her joy at being

on vacation with family.



The first Palm Sunday was a day of highs and lows. When Jesus rode

into Jerusalem on a donkey, the crowds enthusiastically shouted,

"Hosanna! . . . Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"

(Matthew 21:9). Yet many in the crowd were expecting a Messiah to free

them from Rome, not a Saviour who would die for their sins that same week.



Later that day, despite the anger of the chief priests who questioned Jesus'

authority, children in the temple expressed their joy by shouting,

"Hosanna to the Son of David" (v. 15), perhaps leaping

and waving palm branches as they ran around the courtyard.

They couldn't help but worship Him, Jesus told the indignant leaders,

for "from the lips of children and infants [God has] called forth [His]

praise" (v. 16). They were in the presence of the Saviour!



Jesus invites us to also see Him for who He is. When we do,

like a child overflowing with joy, we can't help but revel in His presence.



By: Alyson Kieda



Reflect & Pray





How do the daily distractions and discontent of others draw

your focus away from God? What will help you to keep your eyes on Jesus?



Loving God, thank You for all You’ve done for me! I’m amazed at the great

lengths You went to so that I could find joy in You. Help me to keep my focus

firmly on You.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 1 A circle of Light



John 8:12



12 (Jn 12:35; Job 33:28; Isa 49:6)Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying,

"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me

shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life."



When Judy Garland stepped onstage, she filled the spotlight. Nothing was

illuminated but her face, and as she sang, her listeners had a sense of being

transported beyond themselves into the meaning of her song. The focus of

reality, at that moment, was "Judy", and everything else faded into the dim

recesses of the shadowed room. The spotlight brought her into sharp focus

as the center of attention, and all around her was darkness.

When the scriptures speaks of Jesus as "the light," the image is not

of thousands of blazing bulbes lighting up a football field for a night game.

Rather, he is like a hand-help lamp that throws a circle of light in the

immediate vicinity. such a lamp lights the path that a traveler will walk,

but lights it only one step at a time.

Jesus is the center of that circle of light. As we follow him, we share the

light, but he is always at center. Jesus Christ is the focal point,

and everything else fades into dim gray by comparison.

If we are to keep our lives illuminated, to have his light falling upon the

road we walk, we must stay close to him. Jesus does not hand the lamp

to us and suggest that we go the way he wants; he , the Light, leads,

and if we want to stay in the light, we follow.



Application



a) Have I ever tried to go my own way, apart frm the Light?

What was the result?



b) How can this verse help me remember the importance of staying close

to Jesus?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Romans 13:7-8



7 (Mt 17:25; 22:21) Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes

are due, respect to whom respect is due, fear to whom fear is due,

and honor to whom honor is due.



8 (Ro 13:10; Mt 7:12) Owe no one anything, except to love one another,

for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.



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



God's Eternal Faithfulness



Ps 117



1 Praise the Lord, all you nations! Exalt Him, all you peoples!

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For His merciful kindness is great towardus,

and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.



Praise the Lord!



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?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



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

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

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

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

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

Christian school.

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

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

women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

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



Agree in prayer with us for:

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

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

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

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

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

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month



and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days



of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that



usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,



of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be



decorated and festivals will be held.



For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the



distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of



Islam.



You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",



which means Blessed Eid!"





Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you



know, and Muslims around the world:



- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions



in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about



unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such



movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three



decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim



relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,



"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;



your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,



your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.



18 Even on My menservants and maidservants



I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.



19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:



blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,



and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.



21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]





Footnotes



Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective



discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for



Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.



Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a



hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under



a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the



house."







Ideas for prayer







- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you



- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving



Christ among Muslim people -



Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."



- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims



throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further



call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity



(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 28 of the Month



a) Pray for new Canadians, that they will have opportunity to hear

and respond to the Gospel and place their faith in Jesus Christ.

(



John 5:24



24 (Jn 3:18; 1Jn 3:14; Jn 3:36) "Truly, truly I say to you, whoever

hears My word and believes in Him who sent

Me has eternal life and shall not come into condemnation,

but has passed from death into life."



)



b) Pray for God's kingdom to come in the life of someone you

know today . (



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.



Conclusion:



Pray ot the Lord to Know what His Will is for you.



Pray to the Lord to let you His inheritance in His Time.



Pray to the Lord to give Him praise for He is the Almighty.



Pray to the Lord to owe noone nothing.



Pray to the Lord to be a loving person.



Pray to the Lord and give him exaltation.



Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .



Pray to the Lord that a new citizen will come to Jesus Chirst.



Pray to the Lord that someone you know will come to know Chirst..



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.



and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -



Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

Day 85, 26 Mar 2021



Joshua 12 - 15



JOSHUA 12



The List of Defeated Kings



1 (Dt 3:8-9; Nu 21:13) These are the kings on the east side of the Jordan,

from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon and all the eastern Arabah, whom the

children of Israel struck down to take over their land:

2 (Ge 32:22) Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon and ruled from

Aroer, which is on the bank of River Arnon, and from the middle of the valley

as far as the River Jabbok, which is the border of the Ammonites, that is,

half of Gilead,

3 (Dt 3:17; Jos 11:2; 13:20) and the Arabah to the Sea of Galilee eastward,

and toward Beth Jeshimoth, to the Sea of Arabah, the Dead Sea, southward

below the slopes of Pisgah;

4 (Dt 1:4; Nu 21:33-35) and Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant

of the giants, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei

5 (Dt 3:14; Jos 13:11) and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah, and all

of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites, and

over half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

6 (Nu 32:33) Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel

struck them down, and the servant of the Lord Moses gave their land

to Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

7 (Jos 11:17) These are the kings of the land whom Joshua

and the children of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan,

from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, that rises

toward Seir. Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel according

to their allotted portions as an inheritance,

8 (Jos 11:16; 9:1) in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah,

in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negev —

the land of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites,

the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

9 The king of Jericho, one;

the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

10 (Jos 10:23) the king of Jerusalem, one;

the king of Hebron, one;

11the king of Jarmuth, one;

the king of Lachish, one;

12 (Jos 10:33) the king of Eglon, one;

the king of Gezer, one;

13 (Jos 10:38) the king of Debir, one;

the king of Geder, one;

14 (Nu 21:1) the king of Hormah, one;

the king of Arad, one;

15 the king of Libnah, one;

the king of Adullam, one;

16 (Jos 8:17; 10:28) the king of Makkedah, one;

the king of Bethel, one;

17 (1Ki 4:10) the king of Tappuah, one;

the king of Hepher, one;

18 the king of Aphek, one;

the king of Lasharon, one;

19 (Jos 11:1) the king of Madon, one;

the king of Hazor, one;

20 (Jos 11:1) the king of Shimron Meron, one;

the king of Akshaph, one;

21 (Jos 17:11) the king of Taanach, one;

the king of Megiddo, one;

22 (Jos 19:37; 21:32) the king of Kedesh, one;

the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

23 (Jos 11:2) the king of Dor in Naphoth Dor, one;

the king of the people in Gilgal, one;

24 the king of Tirzah, one - 31 kings in all.



JOSHUA 13



Land Still to be Taken



1 (Jos 14:10; Dt 31:3) Now Joshua was old and well advanced in years.

The Lord said to him, "You are old and advanced in years, but very much

of the land still remains to be possessed.

2 (Jos 13:11; Jdg 3:1) "This is the land that remains: all the districts of

the Philistines and those of the Geshurites

3 (Dt 2:23; Jdg 3:3) (from the Shihor east of Egypt northward to

the boundary of Ekron, which is counted as Canaanite;

the cities of the five Philistine governors: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath,

and Ekron), and also the Avvites' lands.

4 (Jos 19:30; Jdg 1:34-36) Also remaining in the south

is all the land of the Canaanites, Arah owned by the Sidonians, as far

as Aphek at the Amorite boundary,

5 (Jos 12:7; 1Ki 5:18) the land of the Gebalites and all Lebanon to the east,

and from Baal Gad at the foot of Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.

6 (Jos 11:8; 23:13) "I will drive out from before the children of Israel

all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim

and all the Sidonians. Be sure to divide these lands by lot as an inheritance

for Israel as I have commanded you.

7 So now, divide this land as an inheritance for the nine tribes

and the half-tribe of Manasseh."

Division of the Land East of the Jordan River

8 (Jos 12:6) With the other half-tribe of Manasseh, Reuben and Gad took

their inheritance that Moses gave to them on the east side of the Jordan,

as Moses the servant of the Lord had given them:

9 (Nu 21:30; Jos 13:16) from Aroer on the bank of the River Arnon, the city

in the middle of the valley, all the plain from Medeba to Dibon,

10 all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon,

and the land up to the Ammonite border. 11Moses had also given them Gilead,

the territory of the Geshurites and Maakathites, all of Mount Hermon,

and all of Bashan as far as Salekah,

12 (Jos 12:4) and in Bashan all the kingdom of Og, one of the last remnant

of the giants, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. Moses struck them down

and took their lands.

13 (Jos 13:11) Yet the children of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites

or the Maakathites, and Geshur and Maakah live among Israel until this day.

14 (Nu 18:20-24; Jos 14:3-4) However Moses did not give an inheritance

to the tribe of Levi. The burnt offerings of the Lord God of Israel

are their inheritance, as He said to them.

15 Moses assigned land to the tribe of the Reubenites

according to their clans.

16 (Jos 13:9; 12:2) Their territory was from Aroer

on the edge of the Arnon Valley, the city in the middle of the valley,

all the plain of Medeba,

17 Heshbon and all its towns in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

18 (Nu 21:23) Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

19 (Nu 32:37-38) Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the hill of the valley,

20 (Dt 4:46; Jos 12:3) Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth,

21 (Nu 31:8; Dt 3:10) all the cities of the plain, and the whole kingdom

of King Sihon of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. Moses struck

him down along with the leaders of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur,

and Reba, who were princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

22 (Nu 31:8) The children of Israel killed Balaam son of Beor,

who practiced divination, with the sword along with the rest of the slain.

23 The border of the Reubenites was the banks of the Jordan.

This was the inheritance of the Reubenites according to their clans:

those towns and their settlements.

24 Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad for the Gadites according

to their clans.

25 (Nu 32:35; Dt 3:11) Their territory was Jazer, all the cities of Gilead,

and half of the Ammonite land as far as Aroer, which is east of Rabbah,

26 (2Sa 17:27; 2:8) from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah, Betonim,

and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir.

27 (Ge 33:17; Nu 32:36) In the valley were Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah,

Sukkoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon,

the Jordan as its boundary to the lower Sea of Galilee

to the east of the Jordan.

28 This was the inheritance of the Gadites according to their clans:

those towns and their settlements.

29 Moses assigned land to the half-tribe of Manasseh

for the descendants of Manasseh according to their clans.

30 (Jos 13:26) Their territory was from Mahanaim, through all of Bashan,

all the kingdom of King Og of Bashan, all the sixty villages of Jair

that are in Bashan,

31 (Jos 12:4; Nu 32:39-40) half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei:

cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. This was for the descendants

of Makir son of Manasseh, half of the descendants of Makir by their clans.

32 This is the territory Moses assigned in the desert plains of Moab,

on the eastern side of Jericho and the Jordan.

33 (Jos 18:7; 13:14) Yet Moses did not assign land to the tribe of Levi

as an inheritance. The Lord God of Israel was their inheritance,

as He said to them.



JOSHUA 14



Division of the Land West of the Jordan



1 (Nu 34:17-29) These are the territories that the children of Israel

inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest,

Joshua son of Nun, and the family leaders of the Israelite

tribes assigned to them.

2 (Nu 33:54; 34:13) Their inheritance fell to them by lot, as the Lord

commanded through Moses, for the nine and a half tribes.

3 (Jos 13:14; 13:8) For Moses had assigned the inheritance of two

and a half tribes on the other side of the Jordan,

but he had not assigned an inheritance among them to the Levites.

4 (Ge 48:5; 1Ch 5:1-2) The descendants of Joseph were two tribes:

Manasseh and Ephraim. They did not give territory to the Levites

in the land, but only towns in which to live, along with the pastures,

livestock, and property.

5 (Jos 21:2) Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children

of Israel did when they divided the land.

Hebron Given to Caleb

6 (Nu 14:30; 13:6) The descendants of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal,

and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him,

"You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God about you

and me at Kadesh Barnea.

7 (Nu 13:6; 13:16-20) I was forty years old when Moses the servant

of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land,

and I brought word back to him as it was in my heart.

8 (Nu 14:24; Dt 1:36) My companions who went up with me made

the hearts of the people melt, but I wholeheartedly followed

after the Lord my God.

9 (Dt 1:36; Jos 1:3) On that day Moses swore an oath,

"The land on which your foot treads shall be your inheritance,

for your descendants perpetually, because you completely followed

after the Lord my God."

10 "Now, the Lord has kept me alive, just as He said, for 45 years,

since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered

in the wilderness. Now, here I am this day, 85 years old.

11 (Dt 34:7; 31:2) I am still just as strong today as I was on the day

that Moses sent me. My strength now is just like my strength then,

both for battle and for going out and returning.

12 (Nu 13:33; 13:28) So now, give me this hill country that the Lord

spoke about on that day. That day you heard that the Anakites

live there in large, fortified cities. Perhaps the Lord will be with me,

and I will drive them out, as the Lord said."

13 (Jos 22:6; Jdg 1:20) Then Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb

son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.

14 (Jos 14:8-9) Therefore Hebron became an inheritance of Caleb

son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day because he completely

followed after the Lord, the God of Israel.

15 (Jos 11:23; Ge 23:2) The former name of Hebron was Kiriath Arba.

Arba was the greatest man among the Anakites.

Then the land had rest from war.



JOSHUA 15



Allotment for Judah



Jdg 1:11-15



1The allotment for the tribe of Judah, by their clans, stretches southward

to the border of Edom, to the Zin wilderness in the south.

2 Their southern border runs from the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

3 (Nu 34:4; Jdg 1:36) to south of the Ascent of Akrabbim,

crosses to Zin, rises south of Kadesh Barnea, crosses to Hezron,

then rises to Addar, turns toward Karka,

4 (Nu 34:5; Jos 13:3) then crosses to Azmon, goes out to the Brook of Egypt,

and then to the sea. This is your southern border.

5 (Nu 34:12) The eastern border is the Salt Sea up to the mouth of the Jordan.

The northern border runs from the northern extremity of the Dead Sea at the

mouth of the Jordan River,

6 (Jos 18:17) then rises to Beth Hoglah, crosses north of Beth Arabah,

rises to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben,

7 (2Sa 17:17; 1Ki 1:9) and rises to Debir from the Achor Valley,

turns northward to Gilgal opposite the Ascent of Adummim

south of the valley, and crosses to the waters of En Shemesh

and onward to En Rogel.

8 (Jos 18:16; 15:63; 18:28) The border rises to Valley of Ben Hinnom,

to the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem),

then rises to the top of the hill west of the Valley of Ben Hinnom,

at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

9 (1Ch 13:6; Jos 18:15) The border turns from the top of the hill

to the waters of Nephtoah and goes out to the cities of Mount Ephron,

then turns to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim).

10 (Jdg 14:1) The border turns west of Baalah to Mount Seir,

crosses to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon),

descends to Beth Shemesh, and crosses to Timnah.

11 The border goes out to the northern slope of Ekron, turns to Shikkeron,

crosses to Mount Baalah, goes out to Jabneel, and ends at the sea.

12 (Nu 34:6-7; Jos 15:47) The western border was the coastline

of the Mediterranean Sea.

These were the borders surrounding the tribe of Judah

according to their clans.

13 According to the word of the Lord to Joshua, Caleb son of Jephunneh

was given an allotment among the tribe of Judah: Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron).

Arba was the father of Anak.

14 (Jdg 1:10; 1:20) Caleb drove out from there three Anakites:

Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

15 (Jos 10:38) He went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir.

Before the name of Debir was Kiriath Sepher.

16 Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to whoever

attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it."

17 (Jdg 1:13; 3:9) Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it,

so Caleb gave him Aksah his daughter in marriage.

18 When she came to Othniel, she urged him to ask her father for a field.

She dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What can I do for you?"

19 She answered, "Please give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in

the Negev, now give me springs of water." So he gave her the upper

and lower springs.

20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah according to their clans.

21 (Ge 35:21) The cities at the southern extremity of the tribe of Judah

toward the border with Edom were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,

23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,

24 (1Sa 23:14; 23:19) Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

25 Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (that is, Hazor),

26 (1Ch 4:28) Amam, Shema, Moladah,

27 Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,

28 (Ge 26:33) Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

29 Baalah, Iyim, Ezem,

30 (Jos 19:4) Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah,

31 (1Sa 27:6; 30:1) Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,

32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon.

The cities numbered 29 with their villages.

33 (Jdg 13:25; 16:31) In the lowland were Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

34 Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,

35 (1Sa 17:1; 22:1) Jarmuth, Adullam, Sokoh, Azekah,

36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah (Gederotha­im):

fourteen cities with their villages.

37 Also there were Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad,

38 (2Ki 14:7) Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,

39 (Jos 10:3; 10:31-32; 2Ki 22:1) Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

40 Kabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish,

41 (Jos 10:21) Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah:

sixteen cities with their villages.

42 (Jos 10:29) Also there were Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,

44 Keilah, Akzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.

45 (Jos 13:3) Also there were Ekron, its towns and villages;

46 from Ekron to the sea, all the land near Ashdod and their villages,

47 (Jos 15:4) Ashdod, its towns and villages, Gaza, its towns

and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea

with its coast.

48 In the hill country were Shamir, Jattir, Sokoh,

49 (Jos 15:15) Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir),

50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

51 (Jos 10:41; 11:16) Goshen, Holon, and Giloh:

eleven cities with their villages.

52 Also there were Arab, Dumah, Eshan,

53 Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,

54 (Jos 15:13) Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron),

and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

55 (Jos 15:24; 1Sa 23:25) Also there were Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

57 (Jos 15:10) Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages.

58 Also there were Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,

59 Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their villages.

60 (Jos 18:14) Also there were Kiriath Baal (that is, Kir­iath Jearim)

and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

61 (Jos 15:6) In the wilderness were Beth Arabah, Middin, Sekakah,

62 (1Sa 23:29) Nibshan, City of Salt, and En Gedi: six cities

with their villages.

63 (Jdg 1:21; 1:8) The people of Judah were not able to drive out

the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live

with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.



2) Our Daily Bread for 26 Mar 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/03/26/slum-songs

entitled Slum Songs



Isaiah 35



ISAIAH 35



The Future Glory of Zion



1 (Isa 51:3; 55:12-13) The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad,

and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;

2 (Isa 60:13; 25:9) it shall blossom abundantly

and rejoice even with joy and singing.

The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,

the excellency of Carmel and Sharon.

They shall see the glory of the Lord

and the excellency of our God.

3 (Heb 12:12; Job 4:3-4) Strengthen the weak hands,

and support the feeble knees.

4 (Isa 34:8; 28:16) Say to those who are of a fearful heart,

"Be strong, fear not.

Your God will come

with vengeance,

even God with a recompense;

He will come and save you."

5 (Isa 29:18; 32:3-4) Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,

and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

6 (Lk 11:14; Jn 5:8-9) Then the lame man shall leap as a deer,

and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.

For in the wilderness waters shall break out

and streams in the desert.

7 (Isa 13:22; 34:13) The parched ground shall become a pool,

and the thirsty land springs of water;

in the habitation of jackals where each lay,

there shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

8 (Isa 52:1; 11:16) A highway shall be there, a roadway,

and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.

The unclean shall not pass on it,

but it shall be for the wayfaring men,

and fools shall not wander on it.

9 (Isa 62:12) No lion shall be there,

nor any ravenous beast shall go up on it;

these shall not be found there,

but the redeemed shall walk there,

10 (Rev 21:4; Isa 25:8) and the ransomed of the Lord shall return

and come to Zion with songs

and everlasting joy upon their heads.

They shall obtain joy and gladness,

and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.



Cateura is a small slum in Paraguay, South America. Desperately poor,

its villagers survive by recycling items from its rubbish dump. But from

these unpromising conditions something beautiful has emerged-an orchestra.



With a violin costing more than a house in Cateura, the orchestra had

to get creative, crafting its own instruments from their garbage supply.

Violins are made from oil cans with bent forks as tailpieces.

Saxophones have come from drainpipes with bottle tops for keys.

Cellos are made from tin drums with gnocchi rollers for tuning pegs.

Hearing Mozart played on these contraptions is a beautiful thing.

The orchestra has gone on tour in many countries,

lifting the sights of its young members.



Violins from landfills. Music from slums. That's symbolic of what God does.

For when the prophet Isaiah envisions God’s new creation, a similar picture

of beauty-from-poverty emerges, with barren lands bursting into blooming

flowers (Isaiah 35:1-2), deserts flowing with streams (vv. 6-7), castaway

war tools crafted into garden instruments (2:4), and impoverished people

becoming whole to the sounds of joyful songs (35:5-6, 10).



"The world sends us garbage," Cateura's orchestra director says.

"We send back music." And as they do, they give the world

a glimpse of the future, when God will wipe away the tears of every eye

and poverty will be no more.



By: Sheridan Voysey





Reflect & Pray



How have you seen God turn the "garbage" of your life into something

beautiful? How might He wish to bring "music" out of your pain?



Holy Spirit, turn the poverty in my life into something beautiful.





3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 6 Humility and Exaltation



1 Peter 5:6-7



6 (Jas 4:10; Mt 23:12) Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God,

that He may exalt you in due time.

7 (Ps 55:22; 37:5) Cast all your care upon Him, because He cares for you.



"I was so humble I was given an award for humility," the pastor quipped.

"They gave me a humility plaque - but they had to take it back when I hung it

on my office wall."

Humility is rare among 20th Centuey Christians. Our pride tkaes two

seemingly contradictory forms: Self-exaltation and self-denial. But both

focus on self, not on God.

Francois Fenelon, 17th century French archibishop, FRom his

"Letters of Spiritual Counsel" wrote:

"He who so completely forgetd himself that he never thinks of self ... is

truly humble. If we had the light to discern it, we should see clearly that

when we think we are humbling ourselves we are exalting ourselves;

when we think we are annihilating ourseles we are seeking out own life."

True humility, as Fenelon implies, means recognising who we are in the light

of who God is. Excess of self-importance and low self-esteem are both

self-centered perspectives; true humility is God-centered.

When we humble ourselves, we become intensely aware of God and less

aware of ourselves. We can focus on his face and get our eyes off our own

image. We can stop worrying about how others percieve us. Such humbling

is diffiuclt - as one 70-year-old saint joked, "It ain't the heat that gets

you, it's the humility." But when we submit to him and fell the weight of the

"Mighty hand of God" upon us, we can forget ourselves, abandon

ourselves to his presence, and cast our cares upon him.



Application



a) What form does my pride usualy take - self-exaltation or self-degradtion?



b) Why must I humble myself in order for the Lord to lift me up?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Mattehw 6:25-33



Care and Anxiety



Lk 12:22–34



25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you, take no thought about

your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body,

what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body than clothing?

26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow,

nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not much better than they? 27 Who among you by taking thought

can add a cubit(A cubit is about half a meter.) to his stature?

28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) "Why take thought about clothing? Consider the

lilies of the field, how they grow: They neither work, nor do they spin.

29 (1Ki 10:4–7; 2Ch 9:4–6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory

was not dressed like one of these. 30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so

clothes the grass of the field, which today is here and tomorrow is thrown

into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 (1Pe 5:7) Therefore, take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?'

or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

32 (Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30)(For the Gentiles seek after all these things.)

For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.

33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11–13)

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,

and all these things shall be given to you.

34 (Mt 6:25) Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow,

for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself.

Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.



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



God's Inexhaustible Strength



Philip 4:10-13



10 (2Co 11:9) I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last you have revived

your concern for me. Regarding this, you did care, but you lacked opportunity.

11 (Php 3:8; 1Ti 6:6–9) I do not speak because I have need, for I have learned

in whatever state I am to be content.

12 (2Co 11:27; 11:9) I know both how to face humble circumstances and how

to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things I have learned the secret,

both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

13 (2Co 12:9–10; Eph 3:16) I can do all things because of Christ

who strengthens me.



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?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



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

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

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

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

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

Christian school.

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

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

women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

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



Agree in prayer with us for:

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

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

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

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

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

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month



and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days



of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that



usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,



of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be



decorated and festivals will be held.



For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the



distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of



Islam.



You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",



which means Blessed Eid!"





Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you



know, and Muslims around the world:



- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions



in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about



unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such



movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three



decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim



relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,



"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;



your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,



your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.



18 Even on My menservants and maidservants



I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.



19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:



blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,



and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.



21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]





Footnotes



Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective



discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for



Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.



Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a



hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under



a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the



house."







Ideas for prayer







- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you



- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving



Christ among Muslim people -



Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."



- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims



throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further



call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity



(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 26 of the Month



a) Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary

work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ (Matt 5:16



16 Let your light so shine before men that they may

see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

)



b) Pray for the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut



I) Pray for the leaders of Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut,

that God's Spirit would influence then to act justly,

serve with integrity

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



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

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

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

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

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

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

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

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.



II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord to work completely in you



Pray to the Lord to make something beautiful of your garbage.



Pray to the Lord to make you humble to His liking.



Pray to the Lord to seek Him first in everything you do.



Pray to the Lord to give you Strength.



Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .



Pray that Christians in the marketplace will demonstrate exemplary

work ethics and shine as witnesses of Christ



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.



and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -



Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

Day 81, 22 Mar 2021



Deuteronomy 32-34 ; Psalm 91



DEUTERONOMY 32



DEUTERONOMY 32

1 (Dt 4:26; Isa 1:2) Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak;

hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

2 (Ps 72:6; Isa 55:10-11) My teaching will drop like the rain,

my sayings will distill as the dew,

as the droplets on the grass,

and as the showers on the herb.

3 (Jer 10:6; Dt 3:24) For I will proclaim the name of the Lord:

Ascribe greatness to our God!

4 (Dt 32:18; Ps 92:15) He is the Rock; His work is perfect;

for all His ways are just.

He is a God of faithfulness and without injustice;

righteous and upright is He.

5 (Dt 31:29; Isa 1:4) They have acted corruptly to Him;

they are not His children, but blemished;

they are a perverse and crooked generation.

6 (Isa 63:16; Ps 74:2; Dt 32:15) Is this how you repay the Lord,

you foolish and unwise people?

Is He not your father, who has bought you?

Has He not made you, and established you?

7 (Ps 44:1; Ex 13:14) Remember the days of old,

consider the years of previous generations.

Ask your father, and he will show you;

your elders, and they will tell you:

8 (Ac 17:26) When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,

when He separated the sons of man,Or Adam.

He set the boundaries of the peoples

according to the number of the children of Israel.

9 (Jer 10:16; 1Sa 10:1) For the Lord’s portion is His people;

Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.

10 (Ps 17:8; Zec 2:8) He found him in a desert land

and in the howling waste of a wilderness;

He led him about, He instructed him,

He protected him like the pupil of His eye.

11 (Ex 19:4) Like an eagle stirs up her nest,

that flutters over her young,

He spread out his wings and took him;

He lifted him on His pinions;

12 (Ps 78:52-53) the Lord alone guided him,

and there was no foreign god with him.

13 (Job 29:6; Isa 58:14) He made him ride on the high places of the earth,

and he ate of the produce of the fields;

He made him suck honey out of the rock

and oil out of the flinty rock,

14 (Ge 49:11; Ps 81:16) butter from the herd,

and milk from the flock,

along with the fat of lambs,

and rams of the breed from Bashan,

and goats,

with the best of the kernels of wheat;

you drank the pure blood of the grape.

15 (Dt 31:20; 32:4; Ps 89:26) But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;

you grew fat, you grew thick;

you are covered with fat.

Then he forsook God who made him,

and devalued the Rock of his salvation.

16 (Ps 78:58; 1Co 10:22) They made Him jealous with strange gods;

with abominations they provoked Him to anger.

17 (Jdg 5:8; Dt 28:64) They sacrificed to demons, not to God,

to gods whom they knew not,

to new gods that recently came along,

whom your fathers did not fear.

18 (Isa 17:10; Dt 32:4; Ps 106:21) You have forgotten the Rock who begot you;

you are unmindful, and have forgotten the God who gave you birth.

19 (Ps 106:40; Jdg 2:14) When the Lord saw it, He despised them,

because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.

20 (Dt 32:5) He said: I will hide My face from them;

I will see what their end will be,

for they are a very perverse generation,

children in whom there is no loyalty.

21 (1Ki 16:13; 16:26) They have made Me jealous with that which is not God;

they have provoked Me to anger with their empty things.

And I will make them jealous of those who are not a people;

I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

22 (La 4:11; Jer 15:14) For a fire has been inflamed by My anger,

and it will burn to the lowest part of Sheol,Or the lowest depths of the earth or underworld.

and shall consume the earth and its produce,

and ignite the foundations of the mountains.

23 (Eze 5:16; Ps 7:12-13) I will heap misfortunes on them;

I will use My arrows on them.

24 (Lev 26:22; Eze 5:17) They will be starved by famine,

and consumed by plague and bitter destruction;

I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them,

with the poison of crawling creatures in the dust.

25 (Eze 7:15; La 1:20) The sword outside and terror within will destroy

both the young man and the virgin,

the infant along with the man of gray hair.

26 (Dt 28:64) I said, "I want to cut them into pieces,

I will cause the memory of them to disappear from among men,"

27 (Ps 140:8) however, I feared the wrath of the enemy,

that their adversaries would misunderstand

and say, "Our hand is victorious,

and the Lord has not done all this."

28 (Dt 32:6; Isa 27:11) For they are a nation devoid of counsel;

there is no understanding in them.

29 (Dt 5:29; Ps 81:13) Would that they were wise,

so that they understood this,

so that they would comprehend their future!

30 (Lev 26:8; Ps 44:12) How should one chase a thousand,

and two put ten thousand to flight,

unless their Rock had sold them,

and the Lord had given them up?

31 (Ex 14:25; 1Sa 2:2) For their rock is not as our Rock;

even our enemies themselves concede this.

32 (Dt 29:18; Isa 1:10) For their vine is from the vine of Sodom

and from the fields of Gomorrah;

their grapes are grapes of poison;

their clusters are bitter.

33 (Ps 58:4) Their wine is the poison of dragons

and the deadly venom of cobras.

34 (Job 14:17; Hos 13:12) Is not this laid up in store with Me

and sealed up among My treasures?

35 (Ro 12:19; Heb 10:30) Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;

their foot will slip in due time;

for the day of their calamity is at hand,

and the things to come hasten upon them.

36 (Ps 135:14; Jdg 2:18) For the Lord will judge His people,

and relent in regard to His servants,

when He sees that their power is gone

and there is no one left, whether restrained or free.

37 (Jdg 10:14; Jer 2:28) He will say: Where are their gods,

their rock in whom they trusted,

38 which ate the fat of their sacrifices

and drank the wine of their drink offerings?

Let them rise up and help you

and be your protection.

39 (1Sa 2:6; Isa 45:5; 41:4) See now that I, even I, am He,

and there is no god besides Me;

I kill, and I make alive;

I wound, and I heal;

there is no one who can deliver out of My hand.

40 (Ge 14:22) For I lift up My hand to heaven,

and say: As I live forever,

41 (Isa 66:16; Ps 7:12) if I sharpen My flashing sword

and My hand takes hold on judgment,

I will render vengeance on My enemies

and will repay those who hate Me.

42 (Dt 32:23; Jer 46:10) I will make My arrows drunk with blood,

and My sword shall devour flesh,

with the blood of the slain and of the captives,

from the heads of the leaders of the enemies.

43 (Rev 19:2; Ps 85:1) Rejoice, O you nations, with His people;

for He will avenge the blood of His servants

and will render vengeance on His adversaries

and will be merciful to His land and people.

44 (Nu 13:8; 13:16) Moses came and spoke all the words of this song

in the hearing of the people, he, with Joshua, the son of Nun.

45 When Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

46 (Eze 40:4; Dt 11:18) he said to them, "Set your hearts on all the words

which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children

to be careful to observe, all the words of this law.

47 (Lev 18:5) For it is no idle word for you, because it is your life,

and by this word you will prolong your days in the land which

you cross over the Jordan to possess."

Moses to Die on Mount Nebo

48 The Lord spoke to Moses that same day, saying,

49 (Nu 27:12) "Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, to Mount Nebo,

which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and look at the land of

Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel for a possession.

50 (Ge 25:8; Nu 33:38) Die on the mount where you go up,

and be gathered to your people, just as Aaron, your brother,

died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,

51 (Nu 27:14) because you trespassed against Me

among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh,

in the Wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy

in the midst of the children of Israel.

52 (Dt 34:1-4) Nevertheless, you will see the land before you,

but you may not go there, to the land which I am giving

to the children of Israel."



DEUTERONOMY 33



Moses Blesses Israel



Ge 49:1-28



1 (Jos 14:6) Now this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God,

blessed the children of Israel before his death.

2 (Hab 3:3; Ac 7:53) He said:

The Lord came from Sinai and rose up from Seir to them;

He shone forth from Mount Paran,

and He came with ten thousands of holy ones;

from His right hand went a fiery lawOr flashing lightning. for them.

3 (Lk 10:39; Hos 11:1) Surely, He loved the people;

all His holy ones are in Your hand,

and they sit down at Your feet;

everyone receives Your words.

4 (Ps 119:111; Jn 1:17) Moses decreed to us a law,

the inheritance of the assembly of Jacob.

5 (Dt 32:15) He was king over Jeshurun,

when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

6 (Ge 49:3-4) Let Reuben live, and not die,

and let not his men be few.

7 (Ge 49:8-12) This is the blessing to Judah. He said:

Listen, O Lord, to the voice of Judah,

and bring him to his people;

may his hands contend for them,

and may You help him against his enemies.

8 (Ex 17:7; 28:30) Of Levi he said:

Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your godly one,

whom You tested at Massah,

and with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

9 who said to his father and to his mother,

"I have not seen him,"

and he did not acknowledge his brothers

or know his own children,

for they have kept Your word

and guarded Your covenant.

10 (Lev 10:11; Ps 51:19) They will teach Jacob Your judgments

and Israel Your law.

They will put incense before You

and the whole burnt offerings on your altar.

11 (2Sa 24:23; Eze 20:40-41) Bless, O Lord, his substance,

and accept the work of his hands;

run through the loins of them that rise against him

and of them that hate him,

so that they rise never again.

12 Of Benjamin he said:

The beloved of the Lord

will dwell in safety by Him,

and the Lord will protect him all day long;

he will dwell between His shoulders.

13 (Ge 49:22-26) Of Joseph he said:

May his land be blessed of the Lord,

from the harvest of the heavens,

by the dew,

and by the deep crouching beneath,

14 by the precious fruits brought forth by the sun,

and by the choice things put forth by the moon,

15 (Hab 3:6; Ge 49:26) by the finest things of the ancient mountains,

and by the choice things of the everlasting hills,

16 (Ex 3:2-4; Ps 24:1) by the best things of the earth and its fullness,

and by the goodwill of Him who dwelt in the bush.

May the blessing rest on the head of Joseph,

on top of the head of him who was separated from his brothers.

17 (Nu 23:22; 1Ki 22:11; Ps 44:5) His glory is like the firstborn of his bull,

and his horns are like the horns of a wild ox;

with them he will push the peoples together to the ends of the earth;

they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

18 (Ge 49:13-15) Of Zebulun he said:

Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going outside,

and Issachar in your tents.

19 (Ps 4:5; Isa 2:3) They will call the peoples to the mountain;

there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness,

for they will draw out the abundance of the seas

and the treasures hid in the sand.

20 (Ge 49:19) Of Gad he said:

Blessed be he who enlarges Gad;

he dwells as a lion

and tears an arm and the crown of a head.

21 (Jos 1:14) He provided the first part for himself,

because there, in a portion of the ruler, he was seated.

He came with the heads of the people.

He executed the justice of the Lord,

and His ordinances with Israel.

22 (Jos 19:47; Jdg 18:27) Of Dan he said:

Dan is a lion’s whelp;

he will leap forth from Bashan.

23 (Ge 49:21; Jos 19:32-39) Of Naphtali he said:

O Naphtali, satisfied with favor

and full with the blessing of the Lord,

possess the west and the south.

24 (Ge 49:20; Job 29:6) Of Asher he said:

May Asher be blessed with children;

may he be acceptable to his brothers,

and may he dip his foot in oil.A metaphor depicting prosperity.

25 Your sandals will be iron and brass;

according to your days, so shall be your strength.

26 (Ex 15:11; Ps 104:3) There is none like the God of Jeshurun,

who rides through the heavens to help you,

and in His majesty through the skies.

27 (Ge 49:24; Ps 90:1-2) The eternal God is your refuge,

and underneath you are the everlasting arms;

He will drive out the enemy before you,

and will say, “Destroy them.”

28 (Nu 23:9; Ge 27:28) Israel dwells in safety;

the fountain of Jacob will be secluded

in a land of grain and new wine;

its heavens will rain down dew.

29 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 115:9-11) Blessed are you, O Israel!

Who is like you,

a people saved by the Lord,

the shield of your help,

who is the sword of your majesty!

Your enemies will cringe before you,

and you will tread upon their high places.



PSALMS 91



1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God in whom I trust."

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter

and from the deadly pestilence.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) He shall cover you with His feathers,

and under His wings you shall find protection;

His faithfulness shall be your shield and wall.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,

nor of the arrow that flies by day;

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) nor of the pestilence that pursues in darkness,

nor of the destruction that strikes at noonday.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) A thousand may fall at your side

and ten thousand at your right hand,

but it shall not come near you.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Only with your eyes shall you behold

and see the reward of the wicked.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,

even the Most High, your dwelling,

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) there shall be no evil befall you,

neither shall any plague come near your tent;

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) for He shall give His angels charge over you

to guard you in all your ways.

12 They shall bear you up in their hands,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.

13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder;

the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;

I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

and I will deliver him and honor him.

16 With long life I will satisfy him

and show him My salvation.



DEUTERONOMY 34



The Death of Moses



1 (Dt 32:49; Nu 27:12) Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo,

to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. Then the Lord showed him all

the land-from Gilead to Dan,

2 (Dt 11:24) and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh,

and all the land of Judah, to the Mediterranean Sea,

3 (Jdg 1:16; 3:13) and the Negev and the plain of the valley of Jericho,

the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

4 (Ge 12:7; 28:13) The Lord said to him, "This is the land which I swore

to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying,

'I will give it to your descendants.' I have caused you to see it with

your eyes, but you will not cross over there."

5 (Dt 32:50; Jos 1:1-2) So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there

in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

6 (Jude 1:9) He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab,

opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows of his burial place to this day.

7 (Ge 27:1; Dt 31:2) Moses was 120 years old when he died.

His eye was not dim, nor was his vitality diminished.

8 (Ge 50:3; 50:10) The children of Israel wept for Moses

in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping

and mourning for Moses were ended.

9 (Isa 11:2; Da 6:3) Now Joshua, the son of Nun, was full of the spirit

of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. And the children

of Israel - listened to him and did as the Lord commanded Moses.

10 (Ex 33:11) Since then there has not arisen a prophet in Israel

like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,

11 (Dt 4:34; 7:19) in all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him

to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, to all his servants,

and to all his land,

12 and by all that mighty power and by all the great terror which Moses

displayed in the sight of all Israel.



2) Our Daily Bread for 22 Mar 2021

https://odb.org/CA/2021/03/22/sweeter-than-honey-2

entitled Sweeter than Honey



Ps 119:97-105



מ

97 Oh, how I love Your law!

It is my meditation all the day.

98 Your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies,

for they are continually with me.

99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,

for Your testimonies are my meditation.

100 I understand more than the elders,

because I keep Your precepts.

101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way,

that I might keep Your word.

102 I have not departed from Your judgments,

for You have taught me.

103 How sweet are Your words to the taste of my mouth!

Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 Through Your precepts I receive understanding;

therefore I hate every false way.

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105 Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.



On Chicago Day in October 1893, the city's theaters shut down because

the owners figured everyone would be attending the World's Fair.

Over seven hundred thousand people went, but Dwight Moody (1837-1899)

wanted to fill a music hall at the other end of Chicago with preaching

and teaching. His friend R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) was skeptical that Moody

could draw a crowd on the same day as the fair. But by God's grace, he did.

As Torrey later concluded, the crowds came because Moody knew

"the one Book that this old world most longs to know-the Bible."

Torrey longed for others to love the Bible as Moody did,

reading it regularly with dedication and passion.



God through His Spirit brought people back to Himself

at the end of the nineteenth century in Chicago,

and He continues to speak today. We can echo the psalmist's love

for God and His Scriptures as he exclaims, "How sweet are your words

to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" (Psalm 119:103).

For the psalmist, God's messages of grace and truth

acted as a light for his path, a lamp for his feet (v. 105).



How can you grow more in love with the Savior and His message?

As we immerse ourselves in Scripture, God will increase our devotion

to Him and guide us, shining His light along the paths we walk.



By: Amy Boucher Pye



Reflect & Pray

In what ways does your life change when you read the Bible regularly?

How could you ensure you don't lose this practice

in the busyness of your daily life?



Gracious God, You’ve given me the gift of Scripture.

Help me to read it and digest it, that I might serve You faithfully.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 2 - Due Season



Gal 6:9



9 And let us not grow weary in doing good,

for in due season we shall reap, if we do not give up.



Jackie's preschool class took on an exciting project: they were going to grow

flowers from seeds, Each child took the ssed, planted it carefully in the

bedding soil, watered, and waited. But Jackie couldn't wait. Every day

for a week he ran to the window box, looked for his plants, poked, prodded,

unplanted the seeds and then planted them again. "It's no use,"

he pouted after the first week. "Nothin's gonna grow in there."

We live in an instant society - microwave dinners, quick fixes, easy answers.

We are conditioned by our environment to expect - even to demand -

immediate response, and when we have to wait,

we become impatient and irritable.

Paul's exhortation to the Galatians, "Let us not become weary in doing good,"

is as appropriate for twentieth-century believers as it was for the new church

at Galatia. We lose motivation when we don't see results, and weariness sets in.

If our work does not seem to be producing as we hope, we want to abandon it

and move on to a new project.

But God says, "You will reap a harvest if you don't give up." We give up too

soon in our prayers for a loved one's salvation. We abandon hope too readily

when ew fon't see spiritual growth in our own lives, when our investment in

another's spiritual maturity seems to have no return. The Lord says,

"The harvest is coming; be patient; trust me."

In due season the harvest comes; when it's the right time. When the seed has

had time to germinate, when the roots are string enough, when the conditions

are right, the reaping time will come. But we must be willing to wait for

the due season, the moment of ripeness, when our labor brings its return.



Application



a) Have I ever felt that my spiritual labors have produced no harvest at all?



b) What does it mean to my own spiritual growth that there is a "due season"

for reaping the harvest?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Hebrews 7:8



8 In the one case mortal men receive tithes,

but in the other he of whom it is witnessed

that he is alive receives them.



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



When you are Facing Pain and Suffering



2 Cor 12:7-10



7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance

of revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan,

to torment me, lest I be exalted above measure.

8 I asked the Lord three times that this thing might depart from me.

9 But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made

perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will boast in my weaknesses,

that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 So I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in hardships,

in persecutions, and in distresses for Christ’s sake.

For when I am weak, then I am strong.



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?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



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

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

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

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

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

Christian school.

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

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

women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

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



Agree in prayer with us for:

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

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

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

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

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

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month



and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days



of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that



usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,



of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be



decorated and festivals will be held.



For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the



distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of



Islam.



You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",



which means Blessed Eid!"





Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you



know, and Muslims around the world:



- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions



in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about



unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such



movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three



decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim



relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,



"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;



your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,



your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.



18 Even on My menservants and maidservants



I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.



19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:



blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,



and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.



21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]





Footnotes



Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective



discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for



Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.



Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a



hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under



a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the



house."







Ideas for prayer







- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you



- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving



Christ among Muslim people -



Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."



- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims



throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further



call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity



(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



22 Day of the Month



a) Pray for the Province of Quebec



I) Pray for the leaders of Quebec,

that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

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



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

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

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

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

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

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

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

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.



II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



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

every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge

of God.

(



2 Cor 10: 3 - 5



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

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

to the pulling down of strongholds, 5 casting down imaginations and every

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

thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord to be a strong witness and minister



Pray to the Lord to be a regular reader of The Word of God.



Pray to the Lord to trust His timing



Pray to the Lord to be bountiful in His Will.



Pray to be strong in the Lord.



Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .



Pray to the Lord that the educational system will be Godly.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.



and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -



Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.