Day 71 - 12 March 2021 reflections
Day 70, 11 Mar 2021
Deuteronomy 3-4
DEUTERÂÂONOMY 3
King Og Defeated
1 (Nu 21:33-35; Dt 1:4) Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan,
and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us, he and all his people,
to battle at Edrei.
2 (Nu 21:23-25) Then the Lord said to me, "Do not fear him, for I will
deliver him and all his people and his land into your hand; and you
shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived
at Heshbon."
3 (Nu 21:35) So the Lord, our God, delivered Og, the king of Bashan,
with all his people, into our hands also, and we struck him down until
there was no survivor remaining.
4 (1Ki 4:13) We took all his cities at that time. There was not a city which
we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob,
the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5 All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars,
besides a great many rural towns.
6 (Dt 2:34; 2:24; Ps 135:10-12) We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon,
king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
7 (Dt 2:35) But we took all the livestock and the spoil of the cities
as plunder for ourselves.
8 (Jos 12:2-6; 13:9-12) So at that time we took from the hand
of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was across the Jordan,
from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon
9 (1Ch 5:23; Ps 29:6) (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion,
and the Amorites call it Senir),
10 all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,
as far as Salekah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11 (Ge 14:5; 2Sa 12:26) For only Og, king of Bashan, remained
of the remnant of the giants.
(Notably, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron.
Is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon?
It is nine cubits long and four cubits wide,
{About 14 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide.}
according to the cubit of a man.)
Division of the Land
12 (Dt 2:36; Nu 32:32-38) This is the land which we possessed at that time
from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead
and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
13 (Nu 32:39-42) The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og,
I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob,
with all Bashan, was called the land of giants.
14 (Nu 32:41; Jos 13:13; 2Sa 3:3) Jair, the son of Manasseh,
took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border
of the Geshurites and the Maakathites, and called the villages
after his own name, Havvoth Jair, as it is to this day.)
15 (Nu 32:39-40) I gave Gilead to Makir.
16 (Nu 21:24; Dt 2:37) To the Reubenites and to the Gadites
I gave the territory from Gilead even as far as the stream
bed of the River Arnon, half the valley as the border to the River Jabbok,
which is the border of the Ammonites;
17 (Jos 12:3; Ge 14:3; Jos 3:16) the plain also,
with the Jordan as the border, from Kinnereth as far as the east side
of the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.
18 (Jos 4:12-13) Then I commanded you at that time, saying,
"The Lord your God has given you this land to possess it.
All you men of valor shall pass over armed before your brothers,
the children of Israel.
19 But your wives and your little ones, and your livestock
(for I know that you have much livestock)
shall remain in your cities which I have given you
20 (Jos 22:4) until the Lord has given rest to your brothers,
as well as to you, and until they also possess the land which
the Lord your God has given them beyond the Jordan.
Then each of you shall return to his possession which I have given you."
Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan
21 I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, "Your eyes have seen all that
the Lord your God has done to these two kings. So shall the Lord do
to all the kingdoms where you pass.
22 (Ex 14:14; Dt 20:4) Do not fear them, for the Lord your God,
He shall fight for you."
23 I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying,
24 (Ex 15:11; Dt 11:2) "O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant
Your greatness, and Your mighty hand, for what god is there in heaven
or in earth that can do according to Your works and according to Your might?
25 (Ex 3:8) Let me, I pray, go over and see the good land that is beyond
the Jordan, that good hill country, and Lebanon."
26 (Dt 1:37; 31:2) But the Lord was angry with me because of you
and would not listen to me, and the Lord said to me, "Enough of that!
Speak to Me no more of this matter.
27 (Nu 27:12) Get up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes to the west
and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not
cross over this Jordan.
28 (Dt 31:3; 1:38) But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him,
for he shall cross over before this people, and he shall cause them
to inherit the land which you will see.â€"
29 (Dt 4:46; 34:6) So we remained in the valley over against Beth Peor.
DEUTERONOMY 4
Moses Commands Obedience
1 (Dt 8:1; Eze 20:11) Now therefore, listen, O Israel, to the statutes
and to the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that you may live;
and go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers,
is giving you.
2 (Dt 12:32; Jos 1:7) You shall not add to the word which I am commanding
you, nor shall you take anything from it, so that you may keep
the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
3 (Nu 25:1-9) Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal Peor; for the
Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men
who followed Baal of Peor.
4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive to this day,
every one of you.
5 See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord
my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land
where you are entering to possess it.
6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7) Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom
and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear
all these statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise
and understanding people."
7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great, who has a god
so near to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?
8 And what nation is there so great that has statutes and judgments
so righteous as all this law, which I am setting before you today?
9 (Ge 18:19; Dt 4:23) Only give heed to yourself and keep your
soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have
seen and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life;
but teach them to your sons, and your grandsons.
10 (Ex 19:9; 19:16) Especially concerning the day you stood
before the Lord your God at Horeb, when the Lord said to me,
"Gather the people together to Me, so that I will let them hear
My words so that they may learn to fear Me all the days
they shall live on the earth, and so that they may teach their children."
11 (Dt 5:23) Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain,
and the mountain burned with fire up to the midst of heaven,
with darkness, a cloud, a thick cloud.
12 (Ex 20:22; Dt 5:4) Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst
of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form
-only a voice was heard.
13 (Ex 34:28; 24:12; 31:18) He declared to you His covenant,
which He commanded you to perform, even the Ten Commandments,
and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
14 The Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments,
so that you might do them in the land which you are crossing over to possess.
Idolatry Forbidden
15 (Jos 23:11; Isa 40:18) Give good care to yourselves, for you saw no form
on the day that the Lord spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire,
16 (Ex 20:4-5; 32:7) lest you corrupt yourselves and make a graven image
for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 (Ro 1:23) the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness
of any winged fowl that flies in the air,
18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness
of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth.
19 (Dt 17:3; 2Ki 17:16) And beware, lest you lift up your eyes to heaven,
and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host
of heaven, you are led astray and worship them, and serve them,
that which the Lord your God has allotted to all nations
under the whole heaven.
20 (1Ki 8:51; Jer 11:4) But the Lord has taken you
and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt,
to be to Him a people of inheritance, as you are today.
21 (Dt 1:37; Nu 20:12) Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me because
of you and swore that I should not cross over the Jordan, and that I would
not go into that good land which the Lord your God is giving you
for an inheritance.
22 (Dt 3:25; 3:27) So I must die in this land. I shall not cross over
the Jordan, but you shall go over and possess that good land.
23 (Dt 4:9) Watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the covenant
of the Lord your God, which He made with you, and make yourself
a graven image or the likeness of anything as the Lord your God has
forbidden you.
24 (Ex 24:17; Dt 9:3) For the Lord your God is a consuming fire.
He is a jealous God.
25 (Dt 4:16) When you produce children and grandchildren
and you have remained a long time in the land, and you corrupt
yourselves and make a graven image, or the likeness of anything,
and do evil in the sight of the Lord your God, to provoke Him to anger,
26 (Isa 1:2; Mic 6:2) I call heaven and earth to witness against you today,
that you will surely and suddenly perish from off the land that you
are going across the Jordan to possess.
You will not prolong your days on it, but shall be completely destroyed.
27 (Lev 26:33) The Lord shall scatter you among the peoples,
and you shall be left few in number among the nations
where the Lord shall lead you.
28 (Dt 28:36; 28:64) There you will serve gods, the work of men's hands,
wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
29 (2Ch 15:4; Dt 30:1-3) But if from there you will seek the Lord your God,
you will find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart
and with all your soul.
30 (Dt 31:29; Jer 23:20) When you are in distress and all these things come
upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the Lord your God
and shall be obedient to His voice
31 (2Ch 30:9; Ne 9:31) (for the Lord your God is a merciful God),
He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant
of your fathers which He swore to them.
32 (Job 8:8; Mt 24:31) Indeed, ask about the days that are past,
which were before you, since the day that God created man
Or Adam. on the earth, and ask from one end of heavens to the other,
whether there has ever been any such thing as this great thing,
or has anything like it ever been heard?
33 (Ex 24:11; 33:20) Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking
out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and lived?
34 (Dt 26:8; Ex 6:6) Or has God ever tried to take for Himself a nation
from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders,
and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched-out arm,
and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for
you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 (1Sa 2:2; Isa 45:5) To you it was shown so that you might know
that the Lord, He is God. There is no one else besides Him.
36 (Ex 19:9; 19:19) Out of heaven He let you hear His voice
so that He might instruct you, and on earth He showed you
His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.
37 (Dt 10:15; Ex 13:3) Because He loved your fathers, therefore
He chose their descendants after them and personally brought
you out of Egypt with His mighty power
38 (Dt 7:1; Ex 23:27-28) to drive out nations from before you greater
and mightier than you are, to bring you in, to give you their land
for an inheritance, as it is today.
39 (Jos 2:11; Dt 4:35) Know therefore today, and consider it in your heart,
that the Lord, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
There is no other.
40 (Lev 22:31; Dt 5:16) Therefore, you shall keep His statutes
and His commandments which I command you this day,
so that it may go well with you and with your children after you,
and so that you may prolong your days in the land,
which the Lord your God gives you, forever.
Cities of Refuge
Nu 35:6-34; Dt 19:1-14; Jos 20:1-9
41 (Nu 35:6) Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan,
toward the east,
42 that the manslayer might flee there, that is, anyone who killed
his neighbor unintentionally without hating him in time past
could flee to one of these cities and live:
43 (Jos 20:8) Bezer in the wilderness in the plateau of the Reubenites,
and Ramoth in Gilead of the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan of the Manassites.
Introduction to the Law
44 This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances
which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt,
46 (Dt 3:29) on this side of the Jordan, in the valley over against
Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived
at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck down,
after they had come out of Egypt.
47 They possessed his land, and the land of Og, king of Bashan,
the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan toward the east,
48 (Dt 3:9; 2:36; 3:12) from Aroer, which is by the edge of the River Arnon,
even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),
49 (Dt 3:17) with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east,
even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 Mar 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/03/12/every-breath
entitled Every Breath
Ezekiel 37:1-3,7-10,14
EZEKIEL 37
The Valley of Dry Bones
1 (Eze 1:3; 8:3) The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He carried me
out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the midst of the valley
which was full of bones,
2 and He caused me to pass among them all around. And there were very
many in the open valley. And they were very dry.
3 (1Sa 2:6; Dt 32:39)He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
7 (Jer 13:5-7) So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied,
there was a noise and a shaking. And the bones came together,
bone to its bone.
8 When I looked, the sinews and the flesh grew upon them,
and the skin covered them. But there was no breath in them.
9 Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the wind; prophesy, son of man,
and say to the wind: Thus says the Lord God: Come from thefour winds,
O breath, and breathe upon these slain so that they live."
10 (Rev 11:11) So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath
came into them, and they lived and stood up upon their feet,
an exceeding great army.
14 (Eze 36:27; Joel 2:28-29) "And I shall put My Spirit in you,
and you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land.
Then you shall know that I the Lord have spoken and performed it,
says the Lord.â€
When Tee Unn came down with a rare autoimmune disease that weakened
all his muscles and nearly killed him, he realized that being able to breathe
was a gift. For more than a week, a machine had to pump air into his lungs
every few seconds, which was a painful part of his treatment.
Tee Unn made a miraculous recovery, and today he reminds himself not
to complain about life's challenges. "I'll just take a deep breath,"
he says, "and thank God I can."
How easy it is to focus on things we need or want, and forget that
sometimes the smallest things in life can be the greatest miracles.
In Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel 37:1-14), God showed the prophet
that only He could give life to dry bones. Even after tendons,
flesh, and skin had appeared, "there was no breath in them" (v.
.
It was only when God gave them breath that they could live again (v. 10).
This vision illustrated God's promise to restore Israel from devastation.
It also reminds me that anything I have, big or small, is useless unless
God gives me breath.
How about thanking God for the simplest blessings in life today?
Amid the daily struggle, let’s stop occasionally to take a deep breath,
and "let everything that has breath praise the Lord" (Psalm 150:6).
By: Leslie Koh
Reflect & Pray
What will you thank God for right now? How can you remind yourself
to thank Him more often today?
Thank You, God, for every breath You’ve given me. Thank You
for the smallest things in life and the greatest miracles of life.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace – Day 6 God Works!
Phil 2:12-13
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence,
but so much more in my absence, work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling.
13 For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure.
"I just can't do it!" Marlys, a carrer woman in her 30s, was struggling to fit
hew ner Christian pricinples into the business world. Accustomed to the
cutthroat tactics of the corporate hierarchy, she has a hard time knowing
Jesus' examples of grace and mercy applied.
Marlys was right. She couldn't do it. In our own strength, none of us is able
to "live the Christian life." Someone has said, " The Christian life isn't
difficult -- it's impossible!" Only the power of the Holy Spirit is
effetive to work the needed changes in our priorities and behaviour;
only god can accomplish what he calls us to do.
In Phillippians 2:12, Paul says "work it out." If we stop there,
we are likely to throw up our hands in despair.
But the good news appears in verse 13:
" For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure."
WE are not left on our own to figure out how to live the Christian life.
God gives us both the will and the ability to obey him, to live in a way
that will please him.
The key to a God-pleasing life is not performance, but obedience. God does not
expect us to "do great things" for him, to deserve his love and grace.
Our part in the process of salvation is to respond in obedience to the Lord,
to say "yes" to wht he asks of us. We cannot change ourselves;
we cannot even know ourselves apart from the Spirit's insight. But
as we cooperate with him, as we agree to be obedient, the Spirit changes us
within, and those changes are "worked out" into our lives.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "Live the Christian life" on my own strengh?
What was the result?
b) In what practical ways is Paul's declaration that "God works in me"
good new in my life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 12:21
21 "So is he who stores up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Impatient
James 5:7-11
Patience and Prayer
7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.
Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth
and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts,
for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.
9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned.
Look, the Judge is standing at the door.
10 My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord,
as an example of suffering and patience.
11 Indeed we count them happy who endure.
You have heard of the patience of Job
and have seen the purpose of the Lord,
that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.
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
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity acreoss the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for the victories He has given you.
Pray to the Lord and thank for the life He has given you.
Pray to the Lord to live the Christian life under Hhis Guidance.
Pray to the Lord to lay treasure in Heaven.
Pray to the Lord to be patient in Him.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray that the Business people will come to know the Lord.
Pray for the Lord for humanity to find Him.
Repent of and turn away from your sins
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.
Deuteronomy 3-4
DEUTERÂÂONOMY 3
King Og Defeated
1 (Nu 21:33-35; Dt 1:4) Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan,
and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us, he and all his people,
to battle at Edrei.
2 (Nu 21:23-25) Then the Lord said to me, "Do not fear him, for I will
deliver him and all his people and his land into your hand; and you
shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived
at Heshbon."
3 (Nu 21:35) So the Lord, our God, delivered Og, the king of Bashan,
with all his people, into our hands also, and we struck him down until
there was no survivor remaining.
4 (1Ki 4:13) We took all his cities at that time. There was not a city which
we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob,
the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5 All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars,
besides a great many rural towns.
6 (Dt 2:34; 2:24; Ps 135:10-12) We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon,
king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
7 (Dt 2:35) But we took all the livestock and the spoil of the cities
as plunder for ourselves.
8 (Jos 12:2-6; 13:9-12) So at that time we took from the hand
of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was across the Jordan,
from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon
9 (1Ch 5:23; Ps 29:6) (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion,
and the Amorites call it Senir),
10 all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,
as far as Salekah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11 (Ge 14:5; 2Sa 12:26) For only Og, king of Bashan, remained
of the remnant of the giants.
(Notably, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron.
Is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon?
It is nine cubits long and four cubits wide,
{About 14 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide.}
according to the cubit of a man.)
Division of the Land
12 (Dt 2:36; Nu 32:32-38) This is the land which we possessed at that time
from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead
and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
13 (Nu 32:39-42) The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og,
I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob,
with all Bashan, was called the land of giants.
14 (Nu 32:41; Jos 13:13; 2Sa 3:3) Jair, the son of Manasseh,
took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border
of the Geshurites and the Maakathites, and called the villages
after his own name, Havvoth Jair, as it is to this day.)
15 (Nu 32:39-40) I gave Gilead to Makir.
16 (Nu 21:24; Dt 2:37) To the Reubenites and to the Gadites
I gave the territory from Gilead even as far as the stream
bed of the River Arnon, half the valley as the border to the River Jabbok,
which is the border of the Ammonites;
17 (Jos 12:3; Ge 14:3; Jos 3:16) the plain also,
with the Jordan as the border, from Kinnereth as far as the east side
of the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.
18 (Jos 4:12-13) Then I commanded you at that time, saying,
"The Lord your God has given you this land to possess it.
All you men of valor shall pass over armed before your brothers,
the children of Israel.
19 But your wives and your little ones, and your livestock
(for I know that you have much livestock)
shall remain in your cities which I have given you
20 (Jos 22:4) until the Lord has given rest to your brothers,
as well as to you, and until they also possess the land which
the Lord your God has given them beyond the Jordan.
Then each of you shall return to his possession which I have given you."
Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan
21 I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, "Your eyes have seen all that
the Lord your God has done to these two kings. So shall the Lord do
to all the kingdoms where you pass.
22 (Ex 14:14; Dt 20:4) Do not fear them, for the Lord your God,
He shall fight for you."
23 I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying,
24 (Ex 15:11; Dt 11:2) "O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant
Your greatness, and Your mighty hand, for what god is there in heaven
or in earth that can do according to Your works and according to Your might?
25 (Ex 3:8) Let me, I pray, go over and see the good land that is beyond
the Jordan, that good hill country, and Lebanon."
26 (Dt 1:37; 31:2) But the Lord was angry with me because of you
and would not listen to me, and the Lord said to me, "Enough of that!
Speak to Me no more of this matter.
27 (Nu 27:12) Get up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes to the west
and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not
cross over this Jordan.
28 (Dt 31:3; 1:38) But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him,
for he shall cross over before this people, and he shall cause them
to inherit the land which you will see.â€"
29 (Dt 4:46; 34:6) So we remained in the valley over against Beth Peor.
DEUTERONOMY 4
Moses Commands Obedience
1 (Dt 8:1; Eze 20:11) Now therefore, listen, O Israel, to the statutes
and to the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that you may live;
and go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers,
is giving you.
2 (Dt 12:32; Jos 1:7) You shall not add to the word which I am commanding
you, nor shall you take anything from it, so that you may keep
the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
3 (Nu 25:1-9) Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal Peor; for the
Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men
who followed Baal of Peor.
4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive to this day,
every one of you.
5 See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord
my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land
where you are entering to possess it.
6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7) Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom
and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear
all these statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise
and understanding people."
7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great, who has a god
so near to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?
8 And what nation is there so great that has statutes and judgments
so righteous as all this law, which I am setting before you today?
9 (Ge 18:19; Dt 4:23) Only give heed to yourself and keep your
soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have
seen and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life;
but teach them to your sons, and your grandsons.
10 (Ex 19:9; 19:16) Especially concerning the day you stood
before the Lord your God at Horeb, when the Lord said to me,
"Gather the people together to Me, so that I will let them hear
My words so that they may learn to fear Me all the days
they shall live on the earth, and so that they may teach their children."
11 (Dt 5:23) Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain,
and the mountain burned with fire up to the midst of heaven,
with darkness, a cloud, a thick cloud.
12 (Ex 20:22; Dt 5:4) Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst
of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form
-only a voice was heard.
13 (Ex 34:28; 24:12; 31:18) He declared to you His covenant,
which He commanded you to perform, even the Ten Commandments,
and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
14 The Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments,
so that you might do them in the land which you are crossing over to possess.
Idolatry Forbidden
15 (Jos 23:11; Isa 40:18) Give good care to yourselves, for you saw no form
on the day that the Lord spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire,
16 (Ex 20:4-5; 32:7) lest you corrupt yourselves and make a graven image
for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 (Ro 1:23) the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness
of any winged fowl that flies in the air,
18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness
of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth.
19 (Dt 17:3; 2Ki 17:16) And beware, lest you lift up your eyes to heaven,
and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host
of heaven, you are led astray and worship them, and serve them,
that which the Lord your God has allotted to all nations
under the whole heaven.
20 (1Ki 8:51; Jer 11:4) But the Lord has taken you
and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt,
to be to Him a people of inheritance, as you are today.
21 (Dt 1:37; Nu 20:12) Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me because
of you and swore that I should not cross over the Jordan, and that I would
not go into that good land which the Lord your God is giving you
for an inheritance.
22 (Dt 3:25; 3:27) So I must die in this land. I shall not cross over
the Jordan, but you shall go over and possess that good land.
23 (Dt 4:9) Watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the covenant
of the Lord your God, which He made with you, and make yourself
a graven image or the likeness of anything as the Lord your God has
forbidden you.
24 (Ex 24:17; Dt 9:3) For the Lord your God is a consuming fire.
He is a jealous God.
25 (Dt 4:16) When you produce children and grandchildren
and you have remained a long time in the land, and you corrupt
yourselves and make a graven image, or the likeness of anything,
and do evil in the sight of the Lord your God, to provoke Him to anger,
26 (Isa 1:2; Mic 6:2) I call heaven and earth to witness against you today,
that you will surely and suddenly perish from off the land that you
are going across the Jordan to possess.
You will not prolong your days on it, but shall be completely destroyed.
27 (Lev 26:33) The Lord shall scatter you among the peoples,
and you shall be left few in number among the nations
where the Lord shall lead you.
28 (Dt 28:36; 28:64) There you will serve gods, the work of men's hands,
wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
29 (2Ch 15:4; Dt 30:1-3) But if from there you will seek the Lord your God,
you will find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart
and with all your soul.
30 (Dt 31:29; Jer 23:20) When you are in distress and all these things come
upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the Lord your God
and shall be obedient to His voice
31 (2Ch 30:9; Ne 9:31) (for the Lord your God is a merciful God),
He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant
of your fathers which He swore to them.
32 (Job 8:8; Mt 24:31) Indeed, ask about the days that are past,
which were before you, since the day that God created man
Or Adam. on the earth, and ask from one end of heavens to the other,
whether there has ever been any such thing as this great thing,
or has anything like it ever been heard?
33 (Ex 24:11; 33:20) Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking
out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and lived?
34 (Dt 26:8; Ex 6:6) Or has God ever tried to take for Himself a nation
from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders,
and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched-out arm,
and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for
you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 (1Sa 2:2; Isa 45:5) To you it was shown so that you might know
that the Lord, He is God. There is no one else besides Him.
36 (Ex 19:9; 19:19) Out of heaven He let you hear His voice
so that He might instruct you, and on earth He showed you
His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.
37 (Dt 10:15; Ex 13:3) Because He loved your fathers, therefore
He chose their descendants after them and personally brought
you out of Egypt with His mighty power
38 (Dt 7:1; Ex 23:27-28) to drive out nations from before you greater
and mightier than you are, to bring you in, to give you their land
for an inheritance, as it is today.
39 (Jos 2:11; Dt 4:35) Know therefore today, and consider it in your heart,
that the Lord, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
There is no other.
40 (Lev 22:31; Dt 5:16) Therefore, you shall keep His statutes
and His commandments which I command you this day,
so that it may go well with you and with your children after you,
and so that you may prolong your days in the land,
which the Lord your God gives you, forever.
Cities of Refuge
Nu 35:6-34; Dt 19:1-14; Jos 20:1-9
41 (Nu 35:6) Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan,
toward the east,
42 that the manslayer might flee there, that is, anyone who killed
his neighbor unintentionally without hating him in time past
could flee to one of these cities and live:
43 (Jos 20:8) Bezer in the wilderness in the plateau of the Reubenites,
and Ramoth in Gilead of the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan of the Manassites.
Introduction to the Law
44 This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances
which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt,
46 (Dt 3:29) on this side of the Jordan, in the valley over against
Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived
at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck down,
after they had come out of Egypt.
47 They possessed his land, and the land of Og, king of Bashan,
the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan toward the east,
48 (Dt 3:9; 2:36; 3:12) from Aroer, which is by the edge of the River Arnon,
even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),
49 (Dt 3:17) with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east,
even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 Mar 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/03/12/every-breath
entitled Every Breath
Ezekiel 37:1-3,7-10,14
EZEKIEL 37
The Valley of Dry Bones
1 (Eze 1:3; 8:3) The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He carried me
out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the midst of the valley
which was full of bones,
2 and He caused me to pass among them all around. And there were very
many in the open valley. And they were very dry.
3 (1Sa 2:6; Dt 32:39)He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
7 (Jer 13:5-7) So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied,
there was a noise and a shaking. And the bones came together,
bone to its bone.
8 When I looked, the sinews and the flesh grew upon them,
and the skin covered them. But there was no breath in them.
9 Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the wind; prophesy, son of man,
and say to the wind: Thus says the Lord God: Come from thefour winds,
O breath, and breathe upon these slain so that they live."
10 (Rev 11:11) So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath
came into them, and they lived and stood up upon their feet,
an exceeding great army.
14 (Eze 36:27; Joel 2:28-29) "And I shall put My Spirit in you,
and you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land.
Then you shall know that I the Lord have spoken and performed it,
says the Lord.â€
When Tee Unn came down with a rare autoimmune disease that weakened
all his muscles and nearly killed him, he realized that being able to breathe
was a gift. For more than a week, a machine had to pump air into his lungs
every few seconds, which was a painful part of his treatment.
Tee Unn made a miraculous recovery, and today he reminds himself not
to complain about life's challenges. "I'll just take a deep breath,"
he says, "and thank God I can."
How easy it is to focus on things we need or want, and forget that
sometimes the smallest things in life can be the greatest miracles.
In Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel 37:1-14), God showed the prophet
that only He could give life to dry bones. Even after tendons,
flesh, and skin had appeared, "there was no breath in them" (v.
. It was only when God gave them breath that they could live again (v. 10).
This vision illustrated God's promise to restore Israel from devastation.
It also reminds me that anything I have, big or small, is useless unless
God gives me breath.
How about thanking God for the simplest blessings in life today?
Amid the daily struggle, let’s stop occasionally to take a deep breath,
and "let everything that has breath praise the Lord" (Psalm 150:6).
By: Leslie Koh
Reflect & Pray
What will you thank God for right now? How can you remind yourself
to thank Him more often today?
Thank You, God, for every breath You’ve given me. Thank You
for the smallest things in life and the greatest miracles of life.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace – Day 6 God Works!
Phil 2:12-13
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence,
but so much more in my absence, work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling.
13 For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure.
"I just can't do it!" Marlys, a carrer woman in her 30s, was struggling to fit
hew ner Christian pricinples into the business world. Accustomed to the
cutthroat tactics of the corporate hierarchy, she has a hard time knowing
Jesus' examples of grace and mercy applied.
Marlys was right. She couldn't do it. In our own strength, none of us is able
to "live the Christian life." Someone has said, " The Christian life isn't
difficult -- it's impossible!" Only the power of the Holy Spirit is
effetive to work the needed changes in our priorities and behaviour;
only god can accomplish what he calls us to do.
In Phillippians 2:12, Paul says "work it out." If we stop there,
we are likely to throw up our hands in despair.
But the good news appears in verse 13:
" For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure."
WE are not left on our own to figure out how to live the Christian life.
God gives us both the will and the ability to obey him, to live in a way
that will please him.
The key to a God-pleasing life is not performance, but obedience. God does not
expect us to "do great things" for him, to deserve his love and grace.
Our part in the process of salvation is to respond in obedience to the Lord,
to say "yes" to wht he asks of us. We cannot change ourselves;
we cannot even know ourselves apart from the Spirit's insight. But
as we cooperate with him, as we agree to be obedient, the Spirit changes us
within, and those changes are "worked out" into our lives.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "Live the Christian life" on my own strengh?
What was the result?
b) In what practical ways is Paul's declaration that "God works in me"
good new in my life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 12:21
21 "So is he who stores up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Impatient
James 5:7-11
Patience and Prayer
7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.
Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth
and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts,
for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.
9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned.
Look, the Judge is standing at the door.
10 My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord,
as an example of suffering and patience.
11 Indeed we count them happy who endure.
You have heard of the patience of Job
and have seen the purpose of the Lord,
that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.
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
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity acreoss the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for the victories He has given you.
Pray to the Lord and thank for the life He has given you.
Pray to the Lord to live the Christian life under Hhis Guidance.
Pray to the Lord to lay treasure in Heaven.
Pray to the Lord to be patient in Him.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray that the Business people will come to know the Lord.
Pray for the Lord for humanity to find Him.
Repent of and turn away from your sins
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.