Day 71 - 13 March 2021
Day 71, 12 Mar 2021
Deuteronomy 5 - 7
DEUTERONOMY 5
The Ten Commandments
Ex 20:1-17
1 Then Moses called all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel,
the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking in your hearing today,
so that you may learn them, and keep, and do them.
2 (Dt 4:23) The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3 The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us,
we who are living now and here today.
4 (Dt 4:33; 34:10) The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain
from the midst of the fire.
5 (Gal 3:19; Ex 19:16) I stood between the Lord and you at that time to
declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of
the fire and would not go up to the mountain. He said:
6 (Ex 20:2-17) I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
7 (Ex 20:3) You shall have no other gods before Me.
8 (Ex 20:4) You shall not make yourself any graven image, or any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth;
9 (Ex 34:7; 34:14) you shall not bow down to them, nor serve them.
For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on the children, and on the third and fourth generations
of those who hate Me,
10 (Jer 32:18) but showing mercy to thousands of them that love Me
and keep My commandments.
11 (Lev 19:12; Ex 20:7) You shall not take the name of the Lord
your God in vain, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who
takes His name in vain.
12 (Ex 20:8-11) Keep the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you.
13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
14 (Heb 4:4; Ge 2:2) but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
On it you shall not do any work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter,
nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox,
nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor the foreigner
that is within your gates, so that your male servant
and your female servant may rest as well as you.
15 (Dt 15:15; 16:12) Remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt,
and that the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty
hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore your God commanded
you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 (Ex 20:12; Dt 4:40) Honor your father and your mother, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged,
and that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God
is giving you.
17 (Ex 20:13; Mt 5:21-22) You shall not murder.
18 (Ex 20:14; Lk 18:20) You shall not commit adultery.
19 (Ex 20:15) You shall not steal.
20 (Ex 20:16; 23:1) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
21 (Ro 13:9; Ex 20:17) You shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
nor shall you covet your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant,
his female servant, his ox, his donkey,
or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
22 (Ex 24:12; 31:18) These are the words the Lord spoke to all your assembly
at the mountain out from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick
darkness with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on
two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23 When you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the
mountain did burn with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your
tribes, and your elders.
24 (Ex 19:19; Dt 4:33) You said, "See, the Lord our God has shown us
His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from
the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man,
yet he lives.
25 (Dt 18:16) Now, therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will
consume us. If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more,
then we will die.
26 (Dt 4:33) For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice
of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have,
and lived?
27 (Ex 20:19) Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say.
Then speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you,
and we will hear and do it."
28 (Dt 18:17) The Lord heard the sound of your words when
you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me,
"I have heard the sound of the words of this people
which they have spoken to you.
They have done well in all that they have spoken.
29 (Isa 48:18; Dt 4:40) O that there were such a heart in them
that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments,
that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
30 "Go say to them, 'Return to your tents.'
31 (Gal 3:19) But as for you, stand here by Me, so that I may speak
to you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances
which you shall teach them, that they may keep them in the land
which I am giving them to possess."
32 (Dt 17:20; 28:14) Therefore, be careful to do as the Lord your God
has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
33 (Jer 7:23; Dt 4:40; 10:12) You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord
your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may be
well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which
you shall possess.
DEUTERONOMY 6
The Greatest Commandment
1 (Dt 4:1; 5:31) Now these are the commandments, the statutes,
and the ordinances which the Lord your God commanded to
teach you, so that you may observe them in the land which
you are crossing over to possess,
2 (Ex 20:20; Ps 128:1) so that you might fear the Lord your God
in order to keep all His statutes and His commandments which
I command you-you, and your son, and your grandson-all the
days of your life, so that your days may be prolonged.
3 (Ex 3:8; Ge 15:5) Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do it,
so that it may be well with you and so that you may multiply greatly,
as the Lord the God of your fathers has promised you in the land that
flows with milk and honey.
4 (Jn 17:3; Isa 42:8) Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God. The Lord is one!
5 (Mt 22:37; Mk 12:30) And you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 (Dt 11:18; 32:46) These words, which I am commanding you today,
shall be in your heart.
7 (Dt 11:19; Eph 6:4) You shall teach them diligently to your children
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk
by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
8 (Ex 13:9; Dt 11:18) You shall bind them as a sign on your hand,
and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9 (Dt 11:20; Isa 57:8) You shall write them on the doorposts
of your house and on your gates.
10 (Jos 24:13; Ps 105:44) Then it shall be when the Lord your God
brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and fine cities,
which you did not build,
11 and houses full of all good things which you did not fill,
and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards
and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are full,
12 then beware lest you forget the Lord who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
13 (Dt 10:20; Mt 4:10) You shall fear the Lord your God
and serve Him and shall swear by His name.
14 (Jer 25:6; Dt 8:19) You shall not go after other gods,
the gods of the people which surround you
15 (Dt 4:24; Ex 20:5) (for the Lord your God is a jealous God among you).
Otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be inflamed against you
and destroy you from off the face of the earth.
16 (Ex 17:7; Mt 4:7) You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted
Him in Massah.
17 (Dt 11:22; Ps 119:4) You shall diligently keep the commandments
of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which
He has commanded you.
18 (Dt 4:40; 12:25) You shall do what is right and good in the sight
of the Lord that it may be well with you and that you may go in
and possess the good land which the Lord swore to your fathers,
19 (Ex 23:28-30; Nu 33:52-53) to drive out all your enemies
before you, just as the Lord has spoken.
20 (Ex 13:14; 12:26) When your son asks you in time to come, saying,
"What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean
which the Lord our God has commanded you?"
21 (Ex 20:2) then you shall say to your son, "We were slaves of Pharaoh
in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 (Dt 4:34; Ps 135:9) And the Lord showed great and devastating signs
and wonders upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household
before our eyes.
23 He brought us out from there, so that He might bring us in,
to give us the land which He swore to our fathers.
24 (Ps 41:2; Jer 32:39) The Lord commanded us to do all these statutes,
to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve
us, as He has to this day.
25 (Dt 24:13; Ro 10:3) It will be our righteousness if we are careful
to keep all these commandments before the Lord our God,
just as He has commanded us."
DEUTERONOMY 7
The Chosen People
1 Dt 4:38; 31:3When the Lord your God brings you into the land which
you are entering to possess and has driven out many nations before you,
the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites
and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites,
seven nations greater and mightier than you,
2 (Dt 23:14; Ex 23:32-33) and when the Lord your God delivers them
before you and you strike them down, then you must utterly destroy them.
You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.
3 (Ex 34:15-16; Jos 23:12-13) What is more, you shall not intermarry
with them. You shall not give your daughters to their sons
or take their daughters for your sons.
4 (Dt 6:15) For they will turn your sons away from following Me
to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will be inflamed
against you, and He will quickly destroy you.
5 (Ex 23:24; 34:13) But this is how you shall deal with them:
You shall destroy their altars and break down their images
and cut down their AsherimRebekah, Jacob's mother,
was an Aramean. and burn their graven images with fire.
6 (Dt 14:2; Ex 19:5-6; Jer 2:3) For you are a holy people
to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be
His special people, treasured above all peoples who are on the face
of the earth.
7 (Dt 10:22) The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose
you because you were more in number than any of the peoples,
for you were the fewest of all the peoples.
8 (Ex 32:13; Dt 10:15) But it is because the Lord loved you
and because He kept the oath which He swore to your fathers.
The Lord brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you
out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
9 (Da 9:4; 1Co 1:9) Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God,
the faithful God, who keeps Âcovenant and mercy with them who love
Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations,
10 (Isa 59:18; Na 1:2) yet He repays those who hate Him to their face,
to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him.
He will repay him to his face.
11 Therefore keep the commandments and the statutes
and the judgments which I command you today, by doing them.
12 (Lev 26:3-13; Dt 28:1-14) If you listen to these judgments,
keep them, and do them, then the Lord your God shall keep
with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
13 (Jn 14:21) He will love you and bless you and multiply you.
He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land,
your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your herd
and the young of your flock, in the land which
He swore to your fathers to give you.
14 (Ps 127:3) You shall be blessed above all peoples.
There will not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock.
15 (Ex 15:26; Dt 28:27) The Lord will take away from you all sickness,
and will afflict you with none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know,
but will lay them on all those who hate you.
16 (Ex 23:33; Jdg 8:27) You must consume all the peoples whom the Lord your
God will deliver to you. Your eye shall have no pity on them, nor shall
you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
17 (Nu 33:53) If you say in your heart,
"These nations are greater than I-how can I dispossess them?"
18 (Ps 105:5; Dt 31:6) you shall not be afraid of them.
You must surely remember what the Lord your God
did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt,
19 (Dt 4:34) the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs,
and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm,
by which the Lord your God brought you out. So the Lord your God
will do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
20 (Jos 24:12) Moreover the Lord your God will send the hornet among
them, until they who are left and hide themselves from you perish.
21 (Dt 10:17; Jos 3:10) You must not be frightened of them, for the Lord
your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
22 (Ex 23:29-30) The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you,
little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once,
lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
23 But the Lord your God will deliver them to you
and will throw them into a great confusion until they are destroyed.
24 (Jos 23:9; Dt 11:25) He will deliver their kings into your hand
so that you may erase their names from under heaven.
No man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.
25 (Ex 32:20; Dt 17:1) You must burn the graven images of their gods with fire.
You must not desire the silver or gold that is on them nor take any of it,
lest you be snared by them, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.
26 (Dt 13:17; Lev 27:28-29) You shall not bring an abomination
into your house, lest you become cursed like it, but you must
absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is a cursed thing.
2) Our Daily Bread for 13 Mar 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/03/13/gods-storybook
entitled God’s Storybook
Genesis 1:26-31
Genesis 1
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness,
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds
of the air, and over the livestock, and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
\27 So God created man in His own image;
in the image of God He created him;
male and female He created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish
the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds
of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
29 Then God said, "See, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is
on the face of all the earth and every tree which has fruit yielding seed.
It shall be food for you.
30 To every beast of the earth and to every bird
of the air and to everything that creeps on the earth which has the breath
of life in it, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.
31 God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.
So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Wanting to enjoy the beautiful day, I headed out for a walk and soon
met a new neighbor. He stopped me and introduced himself:
"My name is Genesis, and I’m six and a half years old."
"Genesis is a great name! It’s a book in the Bible," I replied.
"What's the Bible?" he asked.
"It’s God's storybook about how He made the world
and people and how He loves us."
His inquisitive response made me smile:
"Why did He make the world and people and cars and houses?
And is my picture in His book?"
While there isn't a literal picture of my new friend Genesis
or the rest of us in the Scriptures, we're a big part of God's storybook.
We see in Genesis 1 that "God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God He created them" (v. 27).
God walked with them in the garden, and then warned about giving
in to the temptation to be their own god (ch. 3). Later in His book,
God told about how, in love, His Son, Jesus, came to walk with us again
and brought about a plan for our forgiveness and the restoration
of His creation.
As we look at the Bible, we learn that our Creator wants us to know Him,
talk with Him, and even ask Him our questions. He cares for us more than
we can imagine.
By: Anne Cetas
Reflect & Pray
Where do you see yourself in God’s story?
In what ways are you experiencing His fellowship?
Loving God, thank You for making me a part of Your story.
May I love You and others as You love me.
Read Understanding the Bible:
The Gospels at https://www.DiscoverySeries.org/Q0414 .
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace – Day 7 Break up Your Fallow Ground
Hosea 10:12
12 Sow to yourselves righteousness,
reap mercy,
break up your fallow ground;
for it is time to seek the Lord,
until He comes
and rains righteousness upon you.
When a farmer prepares to plant his crop, a great deal od preparation
is necessary before the seen can be sown. He has to plow up the ground,
turning under the stubble from the previous harvest, harrow the field to
break up the clods, and fertilise- readying the soil for optimum growht.
A fallow field, one that was not planted the previous season, must be
broken and worked so that the seed can find root in the ground.
The Bible likens spiritual growth to raising crops. God is the one
who brings rain and gives growth, but the success or failure
of the seed - both in initial salvation and in ongoing maturity -
is often linked to how well the soil has been prepared.
That preparation isn't always a pleasant or rewarding process.
We may resist the plowing or harrowing that comes through
the Holy Spirit's convictoin of sin. We may need to dig up boulders
of bitterness and thistles of anger; we may have to plow under the
stubble of the last crop of lessons, working that mulch deep into our lives.
But the final outcome is worth the effort - even the pain - that
preparation brings. Broken up, harrowed, readied for the seed of God's Word,
we are rich and fertile ground, and the seed of righteousness produces
an abundant crop in us.
Application
a) In what ways have I been "broken up" and "harrowed" by the Holy
Spirit to prepare me for God's work in me?
b) How can I apply these verses to myself? How can I
"sow in righteousness," "reap in mercy,"
"break up my fallow ground"?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 28:13
13 He who covers his sins will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Angry of Vengeful
Prov 15:1
1 A soft answer turns away wrath,
but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 25:28
28 He who has no rule over his own spirit
is like a city that is broken down and without walls.
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
13th Day of the Month
a) Pray that, with God's help, children and
young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has
for each of them
b)Pray for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
I) Pray for the leaders of Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 and remember his commandments.
Pray to the Lord and Thank Him for being part of His Story.
Pray to the Lord to clear out any rough edges in you.
Pray to the Lord to confess any sin in your life.
Pray to the Lord to be not have any anger in you.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray that the children and young people will come to know the Lord.
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 5 - 7
DEUTERONOMY 5
The Ten Commandments
Ex 20:1-17
1 Then Moses called all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel,
the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking in your hearing today,
so that you may learn them, and keep, and do them.
2 (Dt 4:23) The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3 The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us,
we who are living now and here today.
4 (Dt 4:33; 34:10) The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain
from the midst of the fire.
5 (Gal 3:19; Ex 19:16) I stood between the Lord and you at that time to
declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of
the fire and would not go up to the mountain. He said:
6 (Ex 20:2-17) I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
7 (Ex 20:3) You shall have no other gods before Me.
8 (Ex 20:4) You shall not make yourself any graven image, or any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth;
9 (Ex 34:7; 34:14) you shall not bow down to them, nor serve them.
For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on the children, and on the third and fourth generations
of those who hate Me,
10 (Jer 32:18) but showing mercy to thousands of them that love Me
and keep My commandments.
11 (Lev 19:12; Ex 20:7) You shall not take the name of the Lord
your God in vain, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who
takes His name in vain.
12 (Ex 20:8-11) Keep the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you.
13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
14 (Heb 4:4; Ge 2:2) but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
On it you shall not do any work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter,
nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox,
nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor the foreigner
that is within your gates, so that your male servant
and your female servant may rest as well as you.
15 (Dt 15:15; 16:12) Remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt,
and that the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty
hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore your God commanded
you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 (Ex 20:12; Dt 4:40) Honor your father and your mother, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged,
and that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God
is giving you.
17 (Ex 20:13; Mt 5:21-22) You shall not murder.
18 (Ex 20:14; Lk 18:20) You shall not commit adultery.
19 (Ex 20:15) You shall not steal.
20 (Ex 20:16; 23:1) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
21 (Ro 13:9; Ex 20:17) You shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
nor shall you covet your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant,
his female servant, his ox, his donkey,
or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
22 (Ex 24:12; 31:18) These are the words the Lord spoke to all your assembly
at the mountain out from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick
darkness with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on
two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23 When you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the
mountain did burn with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your
tribes, and your elders.
24 (Ex 19:19; Dt 4:33) You said, "See, the Lord our God has shown us
His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from
the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man,
yet he lives.
25 (Dt 18:16) Now, therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will
consume us. If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more,
then we will die.
26 (Dt 4:33) For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice
of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have,
and lived?
27 (Ex 20:19) Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say.
Then speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you,
and we will hear and do it."
28 (Dt 18:17) The Lord heard the sound of your words when
you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me,
"I have heard the sound of the words of this people
which they have spoken to you.
They have done well in all that they have spoken.
29 (Isa 48:18; Dt 4:40) O that there were such a heart in them
that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments,
that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
30 "Go say to them, 'Return to your tents.'
31 (Gal 3:19) But as for you, stand here by Me, so that I may speak
to you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances
which you shall teach them, that they may keep them in the land
which I am giving them to possess."
32 (Dt 17:20; 28:14) Therefore, be careful to do as the Lord your God
has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
33 (Jer 7:23; Dt 4:40; 10:12) You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord
your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may be
well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which
you shall possess.
DEUTERONOMY 6
The Greatest Commandment
1 (Dt 4:1; 5:31) Now these are the commandments, the statutes,
and the ordinances which the Lord your God commanded to
teach you, so that you may observe them in the land which
you are crossing over to possess,
2 (Ex 20:20; Ps 128:1) so that you might fear the Lord your God
in order to keep all His statutes and His commandments which
I command you-you, and your son, and your grandson-all the
days of your life, so that your days may be prolonged.
3 (Ex 3:8; Ge 15:5) Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do it,
so that it may be well with you and so that you may multiply greatly,
as the Lord the God of your fathers has promised you in the land that
flows with milk and honey.
4 (Jn 17:3; Isa 42:8) Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God. The Lord is one!
5 (Mt 22:37; Mk 12:30) And you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 (Dt 11:18; 32:46) These words, which I am commanding you today,
shall be in your heart.
7 (Dt 11:19; Eph 6:4) You shall teach them diligently to your children
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk
by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
8 (Ex 13:9; Dt 11:18) You shall bind them as a sign on your hand,
and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9 (Dt 11:20; Isa 57:8) You shall write them on the doorposts
of your house and on your gates.
10 (Jos 24:13; Ps 105:44) Then it shall be when the Lord your God
brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and fine cities,
which you did not build,
11 and houses full of all good things which you did not fill,
and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards
and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are full,
12 then beware lest you forget the Lord who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
13 (Dt 10:20; Mt 4:10) You shall fear the Lord your God
and serve Him and shall swear by His name.
14 (Jer 25:6; Dt 8:19) You shall not go after other gods,
the gods of the people which surround you
15 (Dt 4:24; Ex 20:5) (for the Lord your God is a jealous God among you).
Otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be inflamed against you
and destroy you from off the face of the earth.
16 (Ex 17:7; Mt 4:7) You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted
Him in Massah.
17 (Dt 11:22; Ps 119:4) You shall diligently keep the commandments
of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which
He has commanded you.
18 (Dt 4:40; 12:25) You shall do what is right and good in the sight
of the Lord that it may be well with you and that you may go in
and possess the good land which the Lord swore to your fathers,
19 (Ex 23:28-30; Nu 33:52-53) to drive out all your enemies
before you, just as the Lord has spoken.
20 (Ex 13:14; 12:26) When your son asks you in time to come, saying,
"What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean
which the Lord our God has commanded you?"
21 (Ex 20:2) then you shall say to your son, "We were slaves of Pharaoh
in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 (Dt 4:34; Ps 135:9) And the Lord showed great and devastating signs
and wonders upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household
before our eyes.
23 He brought us out from there, so that He might bring us in,
to give us the land which He swore to our fathers.
24 (Ps 41:2; Jer 32:39) The Lord commanded us to do all these statutes,
to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve
us, as He has to this day.
25 (Dt 24:13; Ro 10:3) It will be our righteousness if we are careful
to keep all these commandments before the Lord our God,
just as He has commanded us."
DEUTERONOMY 7
The Chosen People
1 Dt 4:38; 31:3When the Lord your God brings you into the land which
you are entering to possess and has driven out many nations before you,
the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites
and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites,
seven nations greater and mightier than you,
2 (Dt 23:14; Ex 23:32-33) and when the Lord your God delivers them
before you and you strike them down, then you must utterly destroy them.
You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.
3 (Ex 34:15-16; Jos 23:12-13) What is more, you shall not intermarry
with them. You shall not give your daughters to their sons
or take their daughters for your sons.
4 (Dt 6:15) For they will turn your sons away from following Me
to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will be inflamed
against you, and He will quickly destroy you.
5 (Ex 23:24; 34:13) But this is how you shall deal with them:
You shall destroy their altars and break down their images
and cut down their AsherimRebekah, Jacob's mother,
was an Aramean. and burn their graven images with fire.
6 (Dt 14:2; Ex 19:5-6; Jer 2:3) For you are a holy people
to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be
His special people, treasured above all peoples who are on the face
of the earth.
7 (Dt 10:22) The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose
you because you were more in number than any of the peoples,
for you were the fewest of all the peoples.
8 (Ex 32:13; Dt 10:15) But it is because the Lord loved you
and because He kept the oath which He swore to your fathers.
The Lord brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you
out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
9 (Da 9:4; 1Co 1:9) Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God,
the faithful God, who keeps Âcovenant and mercy with them who love
Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations,
10 (Isa 59:18; Na 1:2) yet He repays those who hate Him to their face,
to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him.
He will repay him to his face.
11 Therefore keep the commandments and the statutes
and the judgments which I command you today, by doing them.
12 (Lev 26:3-13; Dt 28:1-14) If you listen to these judgments,
keep them, and do them, then the Lord your God shall keep
with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
13 (Jn 14:21) He will love you and bless you and multiply you.
He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land,
your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your herd
and the young of your flock, in the land which
He swore to your fathers to give you.
14 (Ps 127:3) You shall be blessed above all peoples.
There will not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock.
15 (Ex 15:26; Dt 28:27) The Lord will take away from you all sickness,
and will afflict you with none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know,
but will lay them on all those who hate you.
16 (Ex 23:33; Jdg 8:27) You must consume all the peoples whom the Lord your
God will deliver to you. Your eye shall have no pity on them, nor shall
you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
17 (Nu 33:53) If you say in your heart,
"These nations are greater than I-how can I dispossess them?"
18 (Ps 105:5; Dt 31:6) you shall not be afraid of them.
You must surely remember what the Lord your God
did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt,
19 (Dt 4:34) the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs,
and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm,
by which the Lord your God brought you out. So the Lord your God
will do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
20 (Jos 24:12) Moreover the Lord your God will send the hornet among
them, until they who are left and hide themselves from you perish.
21 (Dt 10:17; Jos 3:10) You must not be frightened of them, for the Lord
your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
22 (Ex 23:29-30) The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you,
little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once,
lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
23 But the Lord your God will deliver them to you
and will throw them into a great confusion until they are destroyed.
24 (Jos 23:9; Dt 11:25) He will deliver their kings into your hand
so that you may erase their names from under heaven.
No man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.
25 (Ex 32:20; Dt 17:1) You must burn the graven images of their gods with fire.
You must not desire the silver or gold that is on them nor take any of it,
lest you be snared by them, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.
26 (Dt 13:17; Lev 27:28-29) You shall not bring an abomination
into your house, lest you become cursed like it, but you must
absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is a cursed thing.
2) Our Daily Bread for 13 Mar 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/03/13/gods-storybook
entitled God’s Storybook
Genesis 1:26-31
Genesis 1
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness,
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds
of the air, and over the livestock, and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
\27 So God created man in His own image;
in the image of God He created him;
male and female He created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish
the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds
of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
29 Then God said, "See, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is
on the face of all the earth and every tree which has fruit yielding seed.
It shall be food for you.
30 To every beast of the earth and to every bird
of the air and to everything that creeps on the earth which has the breath
of life in it, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.
31 God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.
So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Wanting to enjoy the beautiful day, I headed out for a walk and soon
met a new neighbor. He stopped me and introduced himself:
"My name is Genesis, and I’m six and a half years old."
"Genesis is a great name! It’s a book in the Bible," I replied.
"What's the Bible?" he asked.
"It’s God's storybook about how He made the world
and people and how He loves us."
His inquisitive response made me smile:
"Why did He make the world and people and cars and houses?
And is my picture in His book?"
While there isn't a literal picture of my new friend Genesis
or the rest of us in the Scriptures, we're a big part of God's storybook.
We see in Genesis 1 that "God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God He created them" (v. 27).
God walked with them in the garden, and then warned about giving
in to the temptation to be their own god (ch. 3). Later in His book,
God told about how, in love, His Son, Jesus, came to walk with us again
and brought about a plan for our forgiveness and the restoration
of His creation.
As we look at the Bible, we learn that our Creator wants us to know Him,
talk with Him, and even ask Him our questions. He cares for us more than
we can imagine.
By: Anne Cetas
Reflect & Pray
Where do you see yourself in God’s story?
In what ways are you experiencing His fellowship?
Loving God, thank You for making me a part of Your story.
May I love You and others as You love me.
Read Understanding the Bible:
The Gospels at https://www.DiscoverySeries.org/Q0414 .
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace – Day 7 Break up Your Fallow Ground
Hosea 10:12
12 Sow to yourselves righteousness,
reap mercy,
break up your fallow ground;
for it is time to seek the Lord,
until He comes
and rains righteousness upon you.
When a farmer prepares to plant his crop, a great deal od preparation
is necessary before the seen can be sown. He has to plow up the ground,
turning under the stubble from the previous harvest, harrow the field to
break up the clods, and fertilise- readying the soil for optimum growht.
A fallow field, one that was not planted the previous season, must be
broken and worked so that the seed can find root in the ground.
The Bible likens spiritual growth to raising crops. God is the one
who brings rain and gives growth, but the success or failure
of the seed - both in initial salvation and in ongoing maturity -
is often linked to how well the soil has been prepared.
That preparation isn't always a pleasant or rewarding process.
We may resist the plowing or harrowing that comes through
the Holy Spirit's convictoin of sin. We may need to dig up boulders
of bitterness and thistles of anger; we may have to plow under the
stubble of the last crop of lessons, working that mulch deep into our lives.
But the final outcome is worth the effort - even the pain - that
preparation brings. Broken up, harrowed, readied for the seed of God's Word,
we are rich and fertile ground, and the seed of righteousness produces
an abundant crop in us.
Application
a) In what ways have I been "broken up" and "harrowed" by the Holy
Spirit to prepare me for God's work in me?
b) How can I apply these verses to myself? How can I
"sow in righteousness," "reap in mercy,"
"break up my fallow ground"?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 28:13
13 He who covers his sins will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Angry of Vengeful
Prov 15:1
1 A soft answer turns away wrath,
but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 25:28
28 He who has no rule over his own spirit
is like a city that is broken down and without walls.
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
13th Day of the Month
a) Pray that, with God's help, children and
young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has
for each of them
b)Pray for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
I) Pray for the leaders of Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 and remember his commandments.
Pray to the Lord and Thank Him for being part of His Story.
Pray to the Lord to clear out any rough edges in you.
Pray to the Lord to confess any sin in your life.
Pray to the Lord to be not have any anger in you.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray that the children and young people will come to know the Lord.
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.