Day 75 - 16 Mar 2021 reflections
Day 75, 16 Mar 2021
Deuteronomy 14 - 16
DEUTERONOMY 14
Clean and Unclean Food
Lev 11:1-23
1 (Ro 9:8; Gal 3:26) You are the sons of the Lord your God.
You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness
between your eyes for the dead.
2 (Dt 7:6; Lev 20:26) For you are a holy people to the Lord your God,
and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself,
treasured above all the nations that are on the earth.
3 (Eze 4:14; Lev 11:43) You must not eat any detestable thing.
4 These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5 the deer, the gazelle, the fallow deer, the wild goat, and the ibex,
and the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
6 You may eat every animal with divided hooves,
with the hoof divided into two parts, and that chews the cud.
7 Nevertheless, you may not eat of these that chew the cud,
or of them that divide the hoof: the camel, the rabbit, and the coney.
For they chew the cud, but their hoof is not divided,
therefore they are unclean to you.
8 (Lev 11:26-27) The pig is unclean to you because it divides the hoof,
yet it does not chew the cud. You must not eat of their flesh or touch
their dead carcass.
9 These you shall eat of all that are in the water:
All that have fins and scales you may eat.
10 Whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat.
It is unclean to you.
11You may eat of all clean birds.
12However, these are the ones which you cannot eat:
the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,
13 the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after its kind,
14 every raven after its kind,
15 and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull,
and the hawk after its kind,
16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the white owl,
17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, and the cormorant,
18 the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
19 Every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you. They must not be eaten.
20 You may eat all the clean birds.
21 (Ex 23:19; 34:26; Lev 17:15) You must not eat of anything that dies of
itself, but you may give it to the foreigner that is in your gates, so that
he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people
to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
Tithes
22 (Dt 12:17; 12:6) You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed,
so that the field produces year by year.
23 (Dt 4:10; 12:5-7) You must eat before the Lord your God,
in the place in which He shall choose to place His name,
the tithe of your grain, of your wine, of your oil,
and of the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks so that
you may learn to always fear the Lord your God.
24 (Dt 12:21; 12:5) If the distance is too long for you, so that you are
not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, where
the Lord your God shall choose to set His name, when the Lord
your God blesses you,
25 then you shall exchange it for money and bind up the money
in your hand and go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose.
26 (Dt 12:7; Ecc 9:7) Then you may spend that money for whatever
your heart desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink,
or for whatever your heart desires, and you may eat there before the Lord
your God, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household,
27 (Nu 18:20; Dt 14:29) and the Levite that is within your gates.
You must not forsake him, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.
28 (Dt 14:22; Am 4:4) At the end of three years you must bring forth
all the tithe of your produce the same year and lay it up within your gates.
29 (Dt 15:10; 14:27) Then the Levite (because he has no portion
or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow,
who are within your gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfied,
so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand
which you do.
DEUTERONOMY 15
The Sabbatical Year
Lev 25:8-38
1 (Dt 31:10; Ex 23:10-11) At the end of every seven years you shall
grant a relinquishing of debts.
2 This is the manner of the relinquishing: Every creditor that has
loaned anything to his neighbor shall relinquish it. He shall not
exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother, because it is called
the Lord's relinquishment.
3 (Dt 23:20) You may collect it from a foreigner, but that which
your brother has that is yours your hand shall release.
4 However, there will be no poor among you, for the Lord will
greatly bless you in the land which the Lord your God has given
you for an inheritance to possess,
5 if only you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God,
by carefully observing all these commandments which I command you today.
6 (Dt 28:12-13; 28:44) For the Lord your God will bless you, just as
He promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you shall
not borrow. You will reign over many nations, but they will not reign
over you.
7 (Dt 15:9) If there be among you a poor man, one of your brothers within
any of your gates in your land which the Lord your God has given you,
you must not harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
8 (Mt 5:42; Lk 6:34) But you shall open your hand wide to him and must surely
lend him what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacks.
9 (Dt 24:15; Mt 20:15; Ex 22:23) Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your
heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand," and
your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing,
and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin in you.
10 (Dt 14:29; 24:19) You must surely give to him, and your heart shall
not be grieved when you give to him, because in this thing the Lord
your God will bless you in all your works, and in all that you put
your hand to do.
11 (Mt 26:11; Mk 14:7) For the poor will never cease from being
in the land. Therefore, I command you, saying, "You shall open your hand
wide to your brother, to your poor and needy in your land."
Freeing Servants
Ex 21:2-6; Lev 25:38=55
12 (Jer 34:14; Lev 25:39-41) If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman,
is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must let
him go free from you.
13 When you send him out free from you, you must
not let him go away empty-handed.
14 You shall supply him liberally out of your flock, out of your floor,
and out of your winepress. From that with which the Lord your God
has blessed you, you shall give to him.
15 (Dt 16:12) You shall remember that you were a slave in the land
of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. Therefore,
I command this to you today.
16 (Ex 21:5-6) It shall be, if he says to you, "I will not go away from you,"
because he loves you and your house, because he is well off with you,
17 then you must take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door,
and he shall be your servant forever. And you shall also do likewise
to your female servant.
18 It will not seem difficult for you when you send him away free from you,
for he has been worth a double hired servant Or double the amount.
in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you
in all that you do.
The Firstborn Animals
19 (Ex 13:2; 13:12) You must sanctify all the firstborn males that come
out of your herd and flock to the Lord your God. You must do no work
with the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your sheep.
20 (Dt 12:5-7; 12:17) You shall eat it before the Lord your God year
by year in the place where the Lord shall choose, you and your household.
21 (Dt 17:1) If there is any defect in it, if it is lame or blind
or has a serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
22 You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean person
alike shall eat it, as if it were a gazelle or a deer.
23 (Dt 12:16; Lev 7:26) Only you must not eat its blood.
You shall pour it on the ground like water.
DEUTERONOMY 16
The Passover
Ex 12:14-20; Lev 23:4-8; Nu 28:16-25
1 (Ex 34:18; 13:4) Observe the month of Aviv
{March-April in the modern calendar.} and keep the Passover to the Lord
your God, for in the month of Aviv the Lord your God brought you
out of Egypt by night.
2 (Dt 12:5; 12:26) Therefore, you must sacrifice the Passover
to the Lord your God, from the flock or the herd, in the place
where the Lord shall choose to place His name.
3 (Ex 12:39; 34:18; 12:8) You must not eat leavened bread with it.
For seven days you must eat unleavened bread,
the bread of affliction, for you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry,
so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you
came out of the land of Egypt.
4 (Ex 12:10; 34:25) There must not be any leavened bread seen with
you within all your borders for seven days, nor may any of the
meat which you sacrificed in the evening on the first day remain
overnight until morning.
5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates
that the Lord your God has given you.
6 But at the place where the Lord your God chooses to place
His name, there you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset,
at the time that you came out of Egypt.
7 (2Ch 35:13) You shall roast and eat it in the place where the Lord your God
will choose, and you must return in the morning, and go to your tents.
8 (Lev 23:36) For six days you must eat unleavened bread,
and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God.
You must do no work on that day.
The Feast of Weeks
Lev 23:15-22; Nu 28:26-31
9 (Ex 23:16; 34:22) You must count seven weeks for yourself.
Begin counting the seven weeks from the time you begin
to put the sickle to the standing grain.
10 (1Co 16:2) You must keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord
your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand,
which you must give to the Lord your God, in proportion to
how much the Lord your God has blessed you.
11 (Dt 12:7; 12:12) You shall rejoice before the Lord your God-you,
your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant,
the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the orphan,
and the widow who are among you-in the place where the Lord
your God has chosen to place His name.
12 (Dt 15:15) You must remember that you were a slave in Egypt,
and you must be careful to observe these statutes.
The Feast of Tabernacles
Lev 23:33-43; Nu 29:12-39
13 (Ex 23:16; Lev 23:34-36) You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles
seven days after you have gathered in your threshing floor
and your winepress,
14 (Dt 16:11; Ne 8:9-12) and you shall rejoice in your feast, you,
your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant,
the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who
are within your gates.
15 You are to celebrate the festival for seven days to the Lord your God
in the place where the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will
bless you in all your produce, and in all the works of your hands.
Therefore, you will indeed rejoice.
16 (Ex 23:14-17; 34:20) Three times a year all your males must appear
before the Lord your God in the place where He will choose:
at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks,
and at the Feast of Tabernacles, and they must not appear
before the Lord empty.
17 (Dt 16:10; 2Co 8:12) Every man must give as he is able,
in proportion to the blessing of the Lord your God, which
He has given you.
Judges
18 (1Ch 23:4; 26:29) You must appoint judges and officers
in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you,
throughout your tribes, and they shall judge the people
with righteous judgment.
19 (Ex 23:2; Lev 19:15) You must not pervert judgment nor show partiality.
You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise
and perverts the words of the righteous.
20 (Dt 4:1) You must follow that which is altogether just, so that you may
live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Idolatry Forbidden
21 (2Ki 17:16; 2Ch 33:3) You must not plant for yourself an Asherah
Wooden symbol of a female deity. of any trees near the altar of
the Lord your God, which you make for yourself.
22 (Lev 26:1; Ex 20:4) You shall not set up for yourself any image,
which the Lord your God hates.
2) Our Daily Bread for 16 Mar 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/03/16/a-strong-heart
entitled A Strong Heart
Ps 73:21-28
21 Thus my heart was embittered,
and I was pierced in my feelings.
22 I was a brute and did not understand;
I was as a beast before You.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have held me by my right hand.
24 You will guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You.
26 My flesh and my heart fails,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
27 For those who are far from You will perish;
You destroy everyone who is unfaithful to You.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have taken my refuge in the Lord God,
that I may declare all Your works.
In his book Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, co-authored
with Philip Yancey, Dr. Paul Brand observed,
"A hummingbird heart weighs a fraction of an ounce
and beats eight hundred times a minute;
a blue whale's heart weighs half a ton, beats only ten times per minute,
and can be heard two miles away. In contrast to either, the human heart
seems dully functional, yet it does its job, beating 100,000 times a day
[65-70 times a minute] with no time off for rest,
to get most of us through seventy years or more."
The amazing heart so thoroughly powers us through life that it has become
a metaphor for our overall inner well-being. Yet, both our literal
and metaphorical hearts are prone to failure. What can we do?
The psalmist Asaph, a worship leader of Israel, acknowledged in Psalm 73
that true strength comes from somewhere-Someone-else. He wrote,
"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever" (v. 26). Asaph was right.
The living God is our ultimate and eternal strength.
As the Maker of heaven and earth, He knows no such limitations
to His perfect power.
In our times of difficulty and challenge, may we discover what Asaph
learned through his own struggles: God is the true strength of our hearts.
We can rest in that strength every day.
By: Bill Crowder
Reflect & Pray
How is your metaphorical heart like your spiritual heart?
When you feel like you're "losing heart," how can you find
strength in your loving, caring Father?
Heavenly Father, I thank You that when I'm weak, You're strong.
That when I'm overwhelmed, You're enough. That when I'm confused,
You have perfect clarity.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 3 The Kind Heart of Forgiveness
Eph 4:32
32 (2Co 2:10; Col 3:12–13; Mt 6:12)And be kind one to another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
Don had lost his job because he sttod against his boss and refused to
comprimise his Christian principles. Certain friends in the company had
turned against him, choosing to save their own jobs at any cost,
and he felt very alone, abandoned when he most needed the support
of those who cared.
But Don showed no signs of bitterness or unforgiveness. He refused to
recite the details of his firing to those around him, saying simply and
honestly, " I beleive my boss was wrong in what he did. But God can show
him." The kindness of Don's heart ., and the tenderness with which he
extended forgiveness, became a testimony to all who knew him. Don's
boss never "saw the light", never repented, but Don lived in the freedom of
forgiving.
Comparison is a rare commodity among Christains today. We seem to be
overstocked with judgment and crammed fukk of condemnation, but we have
little space in the corners of our lives for tenderheartedness. We are quick
to assume that we know another person's heart and have the remedy for
the problem, rather then giving that person the benefit of the doubt,
the room to grow, the freedom to make a mistake and seek forgiveness.
Jesus demonstrated the king compassion necessary in forgivemess when he
looked down at the soldiers who has crucified him, gambling at his feet
for his cloak, and said, "Father , forgive them, for they do not know what
are doing."
When others hurt and betray us, they often "do not know what they are
doing." we can, in Christ, offer compassionate forgiveness to them -
not condoning their actions or excusing their wrong, but forgiving ,
in the simplicity and purity of God's love.
Application
a) What is the difference between excusing a wrong and forgiving?
b) How has God forgiven me for Christ's sake?
c) What does today's verse tell me about my attitude in forgiveness?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Hebr 11:6
6 (1Ch 28:9; Jer 29:13–14) And without faith it is impossible to please God,
for he who comes to God must believe that He exists
and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Burdened by Doubt
Matt 7:7-11
Ask, Seek, Knock
Lk 11:9–13
7(Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24)"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
9 "What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread,
will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?
11 (Ge 6:5; 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give
good things to those who ask Him!
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
16th Day of the Month
a) Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false
idea that all moral choices are equal and
without consequences
( John 16:7-8
7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away.
For if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you.
But if I go, I will send Him to you.
8 When He comes, He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment"
)
b) Pray that poeple's hearts would be opened to see the folly
of denying God's supremacy
(
John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him,
"I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Rom 3:19-20
19 Now we know that whatever the law says,
it says to those who are under the law,
so that every mouth may be silenced,
and all the world may become accountable to God.
20 Therefore by the works of the law
no flesh will be justified in His sight,
for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
2 COr 5:10
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
that each one may receive his recompense in the body,
according to what he has done,
whether it was good or bad.
2 Cor 10:5
5 casting down imaginations and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,
bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ,
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and to celebrate according, no idolatry.
Pray to the Lord when you fell weak and ill.
Pray to the Lord to seek forgiveness in your life and those around you.
Pray to the Lord to seek The Lord in all your faith and determination.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray your country so all will come to know Christ and
know his Justiace and His Supremacy.
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 14 - 16
DEUTERONOMY 14
Clean and Unclean Food
Lev 11:1-23
1 (Ro 9:8; Gal 3:26) You are the sons of the Lord your God.
You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness
between your eyes for the dead.
2 (Dt 7:6; Lev 20:26) For you are a holy people to the Lord your God,
and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself,
treasured above all the nations that are on the earth.
3 (Eze 4:14; Lev 11:43) You must not eat any detestable thing.
4 These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5 the deer, the gazelle, the fallow deer, the wild goat, and the ibex,
and the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
6 You may eat every animal with divided hooves,
with the hoof divided into two parts, and that chews the cud.
7 Nevertheless, you may not eat of these that chew the cud,
or of them that divide the hoof: the camel, the rabbit, and the coney.
For they chew the cud, but their hoof is not divided,
therefore they are unclean to you.
8 (Lev 11:26-27) The pig is unclean to you because it divides the hoof,
yet it does not chew the cud. You must not eat of their flesh or touch
their dead carcass.
9 These you shall eat of all that are in the water:
All that have fins and scales you may eat.
10 Whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat.
It is unclean to you.
11You may eat of all clean birds.
12However, these are the ones which you cannot eat:
the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,
13 the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after its kind,
14 every raven after its kind,
15 and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull,
and the hawk after its kind,
16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the white owl,
17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, and the cormorant,
18 the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
19 Every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you. They must not be eaten.
20 You may eat all the clean birds.
21 (Ex 23:19; 34:26; Lev 17:15) You must not eat of anything that dies of
itself, but you may give it to the foreigner that is in your gates, so that
he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people
to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
Tithes
22 (Dt 12:17; 12:6) You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed,
so that the field produces year by year.
23 (Dt 4:10; 12:5-7) You must eat before the Lord your God,
in the place in which He shall choose to place His name,
the tithe of your grain, of your wine, of your oil,
and of the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks so that
you may learn to always fear the Lord your God.
24 (Dt 12:21; 12:5) If the distance is too long for you, so that you are
not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, where
the Lord your God shall choose to set His name, when the Lord
your God blesses you,
25 then you shall exchange it for money and bind up the money
in your hand and go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose.
26 (Dt 12:7; Ecc 9:7) Then you may spend that money for whatever
your heart desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink,
or for whatever your heart desires, and you may eat there before the Lord
your God, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household,
27 (Nu 18:20; Dt 14:29) and the Levite that is within your gates.
You must not forsake him, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.
28 (Dt 14:22; Am 4:4) At the end of three years you must bring forth
all the tithe of your produce the same year and lay it up within your gates.
29 (Dt 15:10; 14:27) Then the Levite (because he has no portion
or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow,
who are within your gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfied,
so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand
which you do.
DEUTERONOMY 15
The Sabbatical Year
Lev 25:8-38
1 (Dt 31:10; Ex 23:10-11) At the end of every seven years you shall
grant a relinquishing of debts.
2 This is the manner of the relinquishing: Every creditor that has
loaned anything to his neighbor shall relinquish it. He shall not
exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother, because it is called
the Lord's relinquishment.
3 (Dt 23:20) You may collect it from a foreigner, but that which
your brother has that is yours your hand shall release.
4 However, there will be no poor among you, for the Lord will
greatly bless you in the land which the Lord your God has given
you for an inheritance to possess,
5 if only you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God,
by carefully observing all these commandments which I command you today.
6 (Dt 28:12-13; 28:44) For the Lord your God will bless you, just as
He promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you shall
not borrow. You will reign over many nations, but they will not reign
over you.
7 (Dt 15:9) If there be among you a poor man, one of your brothers within
any of your gates in your land which the Lord your God has given you,
you must not harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
8 (Mt 5:42; Lk 6:34) But you shall open your hand wide to him and must surely
lend him what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacks.
9 (Dt 24:15; Mt 20:15; Ex 22:23) Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your
heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand," and
your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing,
and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin in you.
10 (Dt 14:29; 24:19) You must surely give to him, and your heart shall
not be grieved when you give to him, because in this thing the Lord
your God will bless you in all your works, and in all that you put
your hand to do.
11 (Mt 26:11; Mk 14:7) For the poor will never cease from being
in the land. Therefore, I command you, saying, "You shall open your hand
wide to your brother, to your poor and needy in your land."
Freeing Servants
Ex 21:2-6; Lev 25:38=55
12 (Jer 34:14; Lev 25:39-41) If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman,
is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must let
him go free from you.
13 When you send him out free from you, you must
not let him go away empty-handed.
14 You shall supply him liberally out of your flock, out of your floor,
and out of your winepress. From that with which the Lord your God
has blessed you, you shall give to him.
15 (Dt 16:12) You shall remember that you were a slave in the land
of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. Therefore,
I command this to you today.
16 (Ex 21:5-6) It shall be, if he says to you, "I will not go away from you,"
because he loves you and your house, because he is well off with you,
17 then you must take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door,
and he shall be your servant forever. And you shall also do likewise
to your female servant.
18 It will not seem difficult for you when you send him away free from you,
for he has been worth a double hired servant Or double the amount.
in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you
in all that you do.
The Firstborn Animals
19 (Ex 13:2; 13:12) You must sanctify all the firstborn males that come
out of your herd and flock to the Lord your God. You must do no work
with the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your sheep.
20 (Dt 12:5-7; 12:17) You shall eat it before the Lord your God year
by year in the place where the Lord shall choose, you and your household.
21 (Dt 17:1) If there is any defect in it, if it is lame or blind
or has a serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
22 You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean person
alike shall eat it, as if it were a gazelle or a deer.
23 (Dt 12:16; Lev 7:26) Only you must not eat its blood.
You shall pour it on the ground like water.
DEUTERONOMY 16
The Passover
Ex 12:14-20; Lev 23:4-8; Nu 28:16-25
1 (Ex 34:18; 13:4) Observe the month of Aviv
{March-April in the modern calendar.} and keep the Passover to the Lord
your God, for in the month of Aviv the Lord your God brought you
out of Egypt by night.
2 (Dt 12:5; 12:26) Therefore, you must sacrifice the Passover
to the Lord your God, from the flock or the herd, in the place
where the Lord shall choose to place His name.
3 (Ex 12:39; 34:18; 12:8) You must not eat leavened bread with it.
For seven days you must eat unleavened bread,
the bread of affliction, for you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry,
so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you
came out of the land of Egypt.
4 (Ex 12:10; 34:25) There must not be any leavened bread seen with
you within all your borders for seven days, nor may any of the
meat which you sacrificed in the evening on the first day remain
overnight until morning.
5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates
that the Lord your God has given you.
6 But at the place where the Lord your God chooses to place
His name, there you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset,
at the time that you came out of Egypt.
7 (2Ch 35:13) You shall roast and eat it in the place where the Lord your God
will choose, and you must return in the morning, and go to your tents.
8 (Lev 23:36) For six days you must eat unleavened bread,
and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God.
You must do no work on that day.
The Feast of Weeks
Lev 23:15-22; Nu 28:26-31
9 (Ex 23:16; 34:22) You must count seven weeks for yourself.
Begin counting the seven weeks from the time you begin
to put the sickle to the standing grain.
10 (1Co 16:2) You must keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord
your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand,
which you must give to the Lord your God, in proportion to
how much the Lord your God has blessed you.
11 (Dt 12:7; 12:12) You shall rejoice before the Lord your God-you,
your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant,
the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the orphan,
and the widow who are among you-in the place where the Lord
your God has chosen to place His name.
12 (Dt 15:15) You must remember that you were a slave in Egypt,
and you must be careful to observe these statutes.
The Feast of Tabernacles
Lev 23:33-43; Nu 29:12-39
13 (Ex 23:16; Lev 23:34-36) You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles
seven days after you have gathered in your threshing floor
and your winepress,
14 (Dt 16:11; Ne 8:9-12) and you shall rejoice in your feast, you,
your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant,
the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who
are within your gates.
15 You are to celebrate the festival for seven days to the Lord your God
in the place where the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will
bless you in all your produce, and in all the works of your hands.
Therefore, you will indeed rejoice.
16 (Ex 23:14-17; 34:20) Three times a year all your males must appear
before the Lord your God in the place where He will choose:
at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks,
and at the Feast of Tabernacles, and they must not appear
before the Lord empty.
17 (Dt 16:10; 2Co 8:12) Every man must give as he is able,
in proportion to the blessing of the Lord your God, which
He has given you.
Judges
18 (1Ch 23:4; 26:29) You must appoint judges and officers
in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you,
throughout your tribes, and they shall judge the people
with righteous judgment.
19 (Ex 23:2; Lev 19:15) You must not pervert judgment nor show partiality.
You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise
and perverts the words of the righteous.
20 (Dt 4:1) You must follow that which is altogether just, so that you may
live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Idolatry Forbidden
21 (2Ki 17:16; 2Ch 33:3) You must not plant for yourself an Asherah
Wooden symbol of a female deity. of any trees near the altar of
the Lord your God, which you make for yourself.
22 (Lev 26:1; Ex 20:4) You shall not set up for yourself any image,
which the Lord your God hates.
2) Our Daily Bread for 16 Mar 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/03/16/a-strong-heart
entitled A Strong Heart
Ps 73:21-28
21 Thus my heart was embittered,
and I was pierced in my feelings.
22 I was a brute and did not understand;
I was as a beast before You.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have held me by my right hand.
24 You will guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You.
26 My flesh and my heart fails,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
27 For those who are far from You will perish;
You destroy everyone who is unfaithful to You.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have taken my refuge in the Lord God,
that I may declare all Your works.
In his book Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, co-authored
with Philip Yancey, Dr. Paul Brand observed,
"A hummingbird heart weighs a fraction of an ounce
and beats eight hundred times a minute;
a blue whale's heart weighs half a ton, beats only ten times per minute,
and can be heard two miles away. In contrast to either, the human heart
seems dully functional, yet it does its job, beating 100,000 times a day
[65-70 times a minute] with no time off for rest,
to get most of us through seventy years or more."
The amazing heart so thoroughly powers us through life that it has become
a metaphor for our overall inner well-being. Yet, both our literal
and metaphorical hearts are prone to failure. What can we do?
The psalmist Asaph, a worship leader of Israel, acknowledged in Psalm 73
that true strength comes from somewhere-Someone-else. He wrote,
"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever" (v. 26). Asaph was right.
The living God is our ultimate and eternal strength.
As the Maker of heaven and earth, He knows no such limitations
to His perfect power.
In our times of difficulty and challenge, may we discover what Asaph
learned through his own struggles: God is the true strength of our hearts.
We can rest in that strength every day.
By: Bill Crowder
Reflect & Pray
How is your metaphorical heart like your spiritual heart?
When you feel like you're "losing heart," how can you find
strength in your loving, caring Father?
Heavenly Father, I thank You that when I'm weak, You're strong.
That when I'm overwhelmed, You're enough. That when I'm confused,
You have perfect clarity.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 3 The Kind Heart of Forgiveness
Eph 4:32
32 (2Co 2:10; Col 3:12–13; Mt 6:12)And be kind one to another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
Don had lost his job because he sttod against his boss and refused to
comprimise his Christian principles. Certain friends in the company had
turned against him, choosing to save their own jobs at any cost,
and he felt very alone, abandoned when he most needed the support
of those who cared.
But Don showed no signs of bitterness or unforgiveness. He refused to
recite the details of his firing to those around him, saying simply and
honestly, " I beleive my boss was wrong in what he did. But God can show
him." The kindness of Don's heart ., and the tenderness with which he
extended forgiveness, became a testimony to all who knew him. Don's
boss never "saw the light", never repented, but Don lived in the freedom of
forgiving.
Comparison is a rare commodity among Christains today. We seem to be
overstocked with judgment and crammed fukk of condemnation, but we have
little space in the corners of our lives for tenderheartedness. We are quick
to assume that we know another person's heart and have the remedy for
the problem, rather then giving that person the benefit of the doubt,
the room to grow, the freedom to make a mistake and seek forgiveness.
Jesus demonstrated the king compassion necessary in forgivemess when he
looked down at the soldiers who has crucified him, gambling at his feet
for his cloak, and said, "Father , forgive them, for they do not know what
are doing."
When others hurt and betray us, they often "do not know what they are
doing." we can, in Christ, offer compassionate forgiveness to them -
not condoning their actions or excusing their wrong, but forgiving ,
in the simplicity and purity of God's love.
Application
a) What is the difference between excusing a wrong and forgiving?
b) How has God forgiven me for Christ's sake?
c) What does today's verse tell me about my attitude in forgiveness?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Hebr 11:6
6 (1Ch 28:9; Jer 29:13–14) And without faith it is impossible to please God,
for he who comes to God must believe that He exists
and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Burdened by Doubt
Matt 7:7-11
Ask, Seek, Knock
Lk 11:9–13
7(Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24)"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
9 "What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread,
will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?
11 (Ge 6:5; 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give
good things to those who ask Him!
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
16th Day of the Month
a) Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false
idea that all moral choices are equal and
without consequences
( John 16:7-8
7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away.
For if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you.
But if I go, I will send Him to you.
8 When He comes, He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment"
)
b) Pray that poeple's hearts would be opened to see the folly
of denying God's supremacy
(
John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him,
"I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Rom 3:19-20
19 Now we know that whatever the law says,
it says to those who are under the law,
so that every mouth may be silenced,
and all the world may become accountable to God.
20 Therefore by the works of the law
no flesh will be justified in His sight,
for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
2 COr 5:10
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
that each one may receive his recompense in the body,
according to what he has done,
whether it was good or bad.
2 Cor 10:5
5 casting down imaginations and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,
bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ,
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and to celebrate according, no idolatry.
Pray to the Lord when you fell weak and ill.
Pray to the Lord to seek forgiveness in your life and those around you.
Pray to the Lord to seek The Lord in all your faith and determination.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray your country so all will come to know Christ and
know his Justiace and His Supremacy.
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.