Day 89 - 30 Mar 2021 reflections
Day 89, 30 Mar 2021
Judges 1 - 2
JUDGES 1
Israel Fights Remaining Canaanites
1 (Nu 27:21; Jdg 20:18) After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel
inquired of the Lord, "Who should go up against the Canaanites first,
in order to wage war against them?"
2 The Lord said, "Judah shall go up.
Indeed, I have given the land into their hands."
3 (Jdg 1:17) Then the men of Judah said to Simeon,
their brothers, "Come up with us into our allotted territory.
We will wage war against the Canaanites. Likewise we will go
with you into your allotted territory." So Simeon went with them.
4 (1 Sa 11:8) Then Judah went up, and the Lord gave the Canaanites
and Perizzites into their hands. They struck down ten thousand men in Bezek.
5 They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek and fought against him.
They struck down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
6 Yet Adoni-Bezek fled, and they chased after him, seized him,
and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
7 (1Sa 15:33) Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings whose thumbs
and big toes were cut off once collected scraps of food
under my table. Just as I have done, so God has repaid me."
They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 (Jos 15:63; Jdg 1:21) Then Judah waged war against Jerusalem.
They captured it, struck it with the edge of the sword,
and sent the city up in flames.
9 Afterwards, Judah went down to wage war against the Canaanites
living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands.
10 (Nu 13:22; Jos 14:15) Judah went against the Canaanites living
in Hebron (previously the name of Hebron was Kiriath Arba)
and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 (Jos 15:15) From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir
(previously the name of Debir was Kiriath Sepher).
12 Caleb said, "He who attacks Kiriath Sepher and takes it,
I will give him my daughter Aksah as wife."
13 (Jdg 3:9) Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb,
captured it. So Caleb gave him Aksah his daughter in marriage.
14 When she came to Othniel, she urged him to ask her father
for a field. As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb said to her,
"What can I do for you?"
15 She answered, "Please give me a special gift.
Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water."
So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
16 (Nu 10:29-32; 21:1; Dt 34:3) The descendants of Moses' father-in-law,
the Kenite, went up with the descendants of Judah from the City of Palms
to the Negev near Arad. Then they went and lived with the people.
17 (Nu 21:3) But Judah went with his brother Simeon
and struck down the Canaanites living in Zephath and utterly destroyed it.
So now they call the city Hormah.
18 (Jos 11:22; Jdg 3:3) Then Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron,
and the territory belonging to each of these cities.
19 (Jdg 1:2) The Lord was with Judah, and they took the hill country
but could not drive out the inhabitants of the coastal plain,
for they had iron chariots.
20 (Jdg 1:10; Jos 15:13-14) They gave Hebron to Caleb,
as Moses had said, and he drove out the three sons of Anak.
21 (Jos 15:63) However, the tribe of Benjamin did not drive out
the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live
with the tribe of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22 (Jdg 1:19) The descendants of Joseph went up against Bethel,
and the Lord was with them.
23 (Ge 28:19; 35:6) The descendants of Joseph sent spies into Bethel
(the former name of the city was Luz).
24 The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him,
"Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will deal kindly with you."
25 So he showed them an entrance to the city. They struck the city with the
edge of the sword, but they let the man and his extended family go.
26 The man went to the land of the Hittites. He built a city
and named it Luz, and that is its name to this day.
27 (Jos 17:11-13) Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants
of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, or their daughter villages,
for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land.
28 When the children of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites
to hard labor as slaves, but they did not actually drive them out.
29 (Jos 16:10; 1Ki 9:16) Ephraim did not drive out the inhabitants
of Gezer, so the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.
30 (Jos 19:15) Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron
and Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them and became
slave laborers.
31 (Jos 19:24-30) Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Akko,
Sidon, Ahlab, Akzib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob.
32 Asher lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land,
for they did not drive them out.
33 (Jos 19:32-38) Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh
or Beth Anath, so they live among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land.
The Canaanites of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became slave laborers for them.
34 (Jos 19:47) The Amorites pushed the tribe of Dan into the hill country,
for they would not let them come down to the coastal plain.
35 (Jos 19:42) The Amorites were determined to live in Mount Heres, Aijalon,
and Shaalbim, but the hand of the descendants of Joseph was heavy on them,
and they became slave laborers.
36 (Nu 34:4) The border of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim
to Sela and beyond.
JUDGES 2
The Angel of the Lord at Bokim
1 (Ge 17:7-8; Ex 20:2) The angelAt times the Lord speaks directly through
an angel (cf. the story of the burning bush in Ex 3:2–4). of the Lord went up
from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up from Egypt and brought
you into the land that I promised your fathers. I said, 'I will never break
My covenant with you,
2 (Dt 7:2-4) but you must not make a pact with the inhabitants of this land,
and you must tear down their altars.' Yet you have not obeyed Me.
What is this you have done?
3 (Nu 33:55; Jos 23:13; Dt 7:16) So now I say, 'I will not drive them out
before you. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will
be a snare to you.' "
4 When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel,
the people raised their voices and wept aloud.
5 They named that place Bokim and sacrificed to the Lord there.
The Death of Joshua
6 (Jos 24:28-31) When Joshua dismissed the people,
each Israelite went to his inheritance to possess the land.
7 (Jos 24:31) So the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua,
and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen
all the great works that the Lord had done for Israel.
8 Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110 .
9 (Jos 19:50) They buried him in the territory of his inheritance
in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
10 (Ex 5:2; 1Sa 2:12) That entire generation passed away,
and after them grew up a generation who did not know the Lord
or the deeds that He had done for Israel.
Israel's Unfaithfulness
11 (Jdg 3:7; 4:1) The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord
and served the Baals.
12 (Ex 20:5) They abandoned the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them
out of the land of Egypt. They followed after other gods,
the gods of the peoples around them. They worshipped them
and provoked the Lord to anger.
13 (Jdg 10:6; 3:7) They abandoned the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
14 (Dt 32:30; Lev 26:37) The anger of the Lord burned against Israel,
and He gave them into the hands of those who plundered them;
and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them,
so that they were no longer able to stand against their enemies.
15 (Dt 28:15-68) Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord
was against them to bring disaster, as the Lord had said
and as He had sworn to them. They were in great distress.
16 (Ac 13:20; Jdg 3:15) Then the Lord raised up judges who delivered
them from the hand of those who plundered them.
17 (Jdg 2:7; Dt 9:12) Yet they would not listen to their judges,
for they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshipped them.
They quickly turned aside from the path their fathers had walked,
who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord.
They did not do as their fathers had done.
18 (Dt 32:36; Jos 1:5) When the Lord raised up judges for them,
the Lord was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies
all the days of the judge; for their groaning before their oppressors
and tormentors grieved the Lord.
19 (Jdg 4:1; 8:33) When the judge died, the people turned back
and acted more wickedly than their fathers, pursuing other gods
to serve and worship them. They would not give up their practices
and obstinate ways.
20 (Jdg 2:14; Jos 23:16) The anger of the Lord burned against Israel,
and He said, "Because this nation has violated My covenant that
I commanded their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
21 (Jos 23:13; Jdg 2:3) I will no longer drive out from before them any
of the nations that Joshua left when he died,
22 (Dt 8:2; 8:16; 13:3) so that through them I may test Israel
and see whether or not they will keep the ways of the Lord,
to walk in them as their fathers did.â€
23 So the Lord left those nations, not hurrying to drive them out;
and He did not deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
2) Our Daily Bread for 30 Mar 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/03/30/got-your-nose
entitled Got Your Nose
Exodus 12:12-19
12 (Ex 6:2; Nu 33:4) For I will pass through the land of Egypt
this night and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both man and beast, and against all the gods of Egypt
I will execute judgment. I am the Lord.
13 (Heb 11:28) The blood shall be to you for a sign on the houses
where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you,
and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy
you when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 (Ex 12:17; 12:24) This day shall be a memorial to you,
and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord.
Throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an eternal ordinance.
15 (Dt 16:3; Ge 17:14; Ex 23:15) Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
On the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses,
for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day,
that person shall be cut off from Israel.
16 (Lev 23:7-8; Nu 28:18) On the first day there shall be a holy convocation,
and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you.
No manner of work shall be done on them;
but that which every man must eat-that only may be prepared for you.
17 (Ex 13:3) You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
For on this very day I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt.
Therefore you shall observe this day throughout
your generations as an ordinance forever.
18 (Ex 12:15; Lev 23:5-8) In the first month, on the fourteenth day
of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread
until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
19 (Ex 12:15; 12:48) Seven days shall there be no leaven found
in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened,
that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel,
whether he be a stranger or born in the land.
"Why are the statues' noses broken?{" That's the number one question
visitors ask Edward Bleiberg, curator of Egyptian art at the Brooklyn Museum.
Bleiberg can't blame it on normal wear and tear; even two-dimensional painted
figures are missing noses. He surmises that such destruction must have been
intentional. Enemies meant to kill Egypt's gods. It’s as if they were playing
a game of "got your nose" with them. Invading armies broke off the noses
of these idols so they couldn't breathe.
Really? That's all it took? With gods like these,
Pharaoh should have known he was in trouble.
Yes, he had an army and the allegiance of a whole nation.
The Hebrews were weary slaves led by a timid fugitive named Moses.
But Israel had the living God, and Pharaoh's gods were pretenders.
Ten plagues later, their imaginary lives were snuffed out.
Israel celebrated their victory with the Festival of Unleavened Bread,
when they ate bread without yeast for a week (Exodus 12:17; 13:7-9).
Yeast symbolizes sin, and God wanted His people to remember
their rescued lives belong entirely to Him.
Our Father says to idols, "Got your nose," and to His children,
"Got your life." Serve the God who gives you breath,
and rest in His loving arms.
By: Mike Wittmer
Reflect & Pray
What false god is suffocating your life?
How might you show God you're trusting only in Him?
Father of life, I give You my life. Help me recognize that any perceived
"enemies" in my life are nothing compared to Your power.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 3 - The Promise of Completion
Philippians 1:6
6 (1Co 1:8; Jn 6:29) I am confident of this very thing,
that He who began a good work in you will perfect it
until the day of Jesus Christ.
"Elizabeth is a good student", the note on the side of the report card read,
"but she doesn't finish what she starts. She has a lot of good ideas, but
rarely brings then to completion."
Many of us are like Elizabeth. We start into a new venture with high hopes
and great motivation. Bit somewhere along the way, we become discouraged.
Someone tells us that our ideas are stpuide, or that we are not capable of
doing what we dream. We get a particulatly difficule hurdle and give up.
Sometimes we fell the Christian like is like that, too. We start well, and
believe that in Christ we can accomplish anything. But then our prayers
become rote, our Bible reading ritual. We can't seem to regain that sense
of God's presence; we have, we conclude, "Lost our first love."
But God has a different perspective. He began the work of salvation in us;
he leads and guides us in his will, and he will complete what he has begun.
Often we fail to see God's grace in hte ongoing proces of walking with him
because his agenda is different from ours. We know what we want to see
happen in our lives; God knows what needs to happen.
"When I fist came into a relationship with Christ," one woman explained,
"I knew I had a lot of changing to do. But, strangely enough, the things God
changed weren't on my list at all!"
When God begins his work in oue lives, he has a plan for our maturity.
He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. And what God
has begun, he will finish.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "decide" for God what problems in my life
needed dealing with?
b) Has God ever pointed out issues that were a surprise to me?
c) How can today's verse help me relax in God's will and
have confidence in the direction of my life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Matthew 6:19-21
Treasures in Heaven
Lk 12:33–34
19 (Heb 13:5; Lk 12:21) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth
where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
20 (Lk 12:33; Mt 19:21) But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroy
and where thieves do not break in nor steal,
21 (Lk 12:34) for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Eternal Faithfulness
2 Tim 2:8-13
8 (Mt 1:1; Ro 2:16) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead,
descended from David, according to my gospel,
9 (Php 1:7; 2Ti 1:8) in which I suffer trouble like a criminal,
even with chains. But the word of God is not bound.
10 (Col 1:24; 2Co 1:6; 4:17) Therefore I endure all things
for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain
the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 (Ro 6:8; 1Th 5:10) This is a faithful saying:
If we die with Him,
we shall also live with Him.
12 (Mt 10:33; Ro 8:17 ) If we endure,
we shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
13 (Nu 23:19; Ro 3:3 )If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Saskatchewan
Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400
est Muslim Population 17279
CNMM Networks: Saskatoon
Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past
5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have
focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts
of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres
of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a
Christian school.
Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up
in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young
women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.
Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 30 of the Month
a) Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout
Canadian society, as it is in Heaven
( Matt 6:9-13
9 “Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
)
b) Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city
or community, and across our nation. (
Rom 2:4
4 (Ex 34:6; Isa 30:18) Do you despise the riches of His goodness,
tolerance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God
leads you to repentance?
)
Conclusion:
Pray ot the Lord that do not influence by Idols.
Pray to the Lord to help you when you face your enemies.
Pray to the Lord to complete the work He has for you.
Pray to the Lord to store tresure in Heaven.
Pray to the Lord to know Him as Saviour and
the others might come to know Him as Saviour.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout
Canadian society, as it is in Heaven .
Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city
or community, and across our nation.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
Judges 1 - 2
JUDGES 1
Israel Fights Remaining Canaanites
1 (Nu 27:21; Jdg 20:18) After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel
inquired of the Lord, "Who should go up against the Canaanites first,
in order to wage war against them?"
2 The Lord said, "Judah shall go up.
Indeed, I have given the land into their hands."
3 (Jdg 1:17) Then the men of Judah said to Simeon,
their brothers, "Come up with us into our allotted territory.
We will wage war against the Canaanites. Likewise we will go
with you into your allotted territory." So Simeon went with them.
4 (1 Sa 11:8) Then Judah went up, and the Lord gave the Canaanites
and Perizzites into their hands. They struck down ten thousand men in Bezek.
5 They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek and fought against him.
They struck down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
6 Yet Adoni-Bezek fled, and they chased after him, seized him,
and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
7 (1Sa 15:33) Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings whose thumbs
and big toes were cut off once collected scraps of food
under my table. Just as I have done, so God has repaid me."
They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 (Jos 15:63; Jdg 1:21) Then Judah waged war against Jerusalem.
They captured it, struck it with the edge of the sword,
and sent the city up in flames.
9 Afterwards, Judah went down to wage war against the Canaanites
living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands.
10 (Nu 13:22; Jos 14:15) Judah went against the Canaanites living
in Hebron (previously the name of Hebron was Kiriath Arba)
and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 (Jos 15:15) From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir
(previously the name of Debir was Kiriath Sepher).
12 Caleb said, "He who attacks Kiriath Sepher and takes it,
I will give him my daughter Aksah as wife."
13 (Jdg 3:9) Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb,
captured it. So Caleb gave him Aksah his daughter in marriage.
14 When she came to Othniel, she urged him to ask her father
for a field. As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb said to her,
"What can I do for you?"
15 She answered, "Please give me a special gift.
Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water."
So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
16 (Nu 10:29-32; 21:1; Dt 34:3) The descendants of Moses' father-in-law,
the Kenite, went up with the descendants of Judah from the City of Palms
to the Negev near Arad. Then they went and lived with the people.
17 (Nu 21:3) But Judah went with his brother Simeon
and struck down the Canaanites living in Zephath and utterly destroyed it.
So now they call the city Hormah.
18 (Jos 11:22; Jdg 3:3) Then Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron,
and the territory belonging to each of these cities.
19 (Jdg 1:2) The Lord was with Judah, and they took the hill country
but could not drive out the inhabitants of the coastal plain,
for they had iron chariots.
20 (Jdg 1:10; Jos 15:13-14) They gave Hebron to Caleb,
as Moses had said, and he drove out the three sons of Anak.
21 (Jos 15:63) However, the tribe of Benjamin did not drive out
the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live
with the tribe of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22 (Jdg 1:19) The descendants of Joseph went up against Bethel,
and the Lord was with them.
23 (Ge 28:19; 35:6) The descendants of Joseph sent spies into Bethel
(the former name of the city was Luz).
24 The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him,
"Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will deal kindly with you."
25 So he showed them an entrance to the city. They struck the city with the
edge of the sword, but they let the man and his extended family go.
26 The man went to the land of the Hittites. He built a city
and named it Luz, and that is its name to this day.
27 (Jos 17:11-13) Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants
of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, or their daughter villages,
for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land.
28 When the children of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites
to hard labor as slaves, but they did not actually drive them out.
29 (Jos 16:10; 1Ki 9:16) Ephraim did not drive out the inhabitants
of Gezer, so the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.
30 (Jos 19:15) Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron
and Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them and became
slave laborers.
31 (Jos 19:24-30) Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Akko,
Sidon, Ahlab, Akzib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob.
32 Asher lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land,
for they did not drive them out.
33 (Jos 19:32-38) Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh
or Beth Anath, so they live among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land.
The Canaanites of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became slave laborers for them.
34 (Jos 19:47) The Amorites pushed the tribe of Dan into the hill country,
for they would not let them come down to the coastal plain.
35 (Jos 19:42) The Amorites were determined to live in Mount Heres, Aijalon,
and Shaalbim, but the hand of the descendants of Joseph was heavy on them,
and they became slave laborers.
36 (Nu 34:4) The border of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim
to Sela and beyond.
JUDGES 2
The Angel of the Lord at Bokim
1 (Ge 17:7-8; Ex 20:2) The angelAt times the Lord speaks directly through
an angel (cf. the story of the burning bush in Ex 3:2–4). of the Lord went up
from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up from Egypt and brought
you into the land that I promised your fathers. I said, 'I will never break
My covenant with you,
2 (Dt 7:2-4) but you must not make a pact with the inhabitants of this land,
and you must tear down their altars.' Yet you have not obeyed Me.
What is this you have done?
3 (Nu 33:55; Jos 23:13; Dt 7:16) So now I say, 'I will not drive them out
before you. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will
be a snare to you.' "
4 When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel,
the people raised their voices and wept aloud.
5 They named that place Bokim and sacrificed to the Lord there.
The Death of Joshua
6 (Jos 24:28-31) When Joshua dismissed the people,
each Israelite went to his inheritance to possess the land.
7 (Jos 24:31) So the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua,
and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen
all the great works that the Lord had done for Israel.
8 Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110 .
9 (Jos 19:50) They buried him in the territory of his inheritance
in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
10 (Ex 5:2; 1Sa 2:12) That entire generation passed away,
and after them grew up a generation who did not know the Lord
or the deeds that He had done for Israel.
Israel's Unfaithfulness
11 (Jdg 3:7; 4:1) The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord
and served the Baals.
12 (Ex 20:5) They abandoned the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them
out of the land of Egypt. They followed after other gods,
the gods of the peoples around them. They worshipped them
and provoked the Lord to anger.
13 (Jdg 10:6; 3:7) They abandoned the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
14 (Dt 32:30; Lev 26:37) The anger of the Lord burned against Israel,
and He gave them into the hands of those who plundered them;
and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them,
so that they were no longer able to stand against their enemies.
15 (Dt 28:15-68) Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord
was against them to bring disaster, as the Lord had said
and as He had sworn to them. They were in great distress.
16 (Ac 13:20; Jdg 3:15) Then the Lord raised up judges who delivered
them from the hand of those who plundered them.
17 (Jdg 2:7; Dt 9:12) Yet they would not listen to their judges,
for they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshipped them.
They quickly turned aside from the path their fathers had walked,
who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord.
They did not do as their fathers had done.
18 (Dt 32:36; Jos 1:5) When the Lord raised up judges for them,
the Lord was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies
all the days of the judge; for their groaning before their oppressors
and tormentors grieved the Lord.
19 (Jdg 4:1; 8:33) When the judge died, the people turned back
and acted more wickedly than their fathers, pursuing other gods
to serve and worship them. They would not give up their practices
and obstinate ways.
20 (Jdg 2:14; Jos 23:16) The anger of the Lord burned against Israel,
and He said, "Because this nation has violated My covenant that
I commanded their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
21 (Jos 23:13; Jdg 2:3) I will no longer drive out from before them any
of the nations that Joshua left when he died,
22 (Dt 8:2; 8:16; 13:3) so that through them I may test Israel
and see whether or not they will keep the ways of the Lord,
to walk in them as their fathers did.â€
23 So the Lord left those nations, not hurrying to drive them out;
and He did not deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
2) Our Daily Bread for 30 Mar 2021
https://www.odb.org/CA/2021/03/30/got-your-nose
entitled Got Your Nose
Exodus 12:12-19
12 (Ex 6:2; Nu 33:4) For I will pass through the land of Egypt
this night and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both man and beast, and against all the gods of Egypt
I will execute judgment. I am the Lord.
13 (Heb 11:28) The blood shall be to you for a sign on the houses
where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you,
and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy
you when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 (Ex 12:17; 12:24) This day shall be a memorial to you,
and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord.
Throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an eternal ordinance.
15 (Dt 16:3; Ge 17:14; Ex 23:15) Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
On the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses,
for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day,
that person shall be cut off from Israel.
16 (Lev 23:7-8; Nu 28:18) On the first day there shall be a holy convocation,
and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you.
No manner of work shall be done on them;
but that which every man must eat-that only may be prepared for you.
17 (Ex 13:3) You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
For on this very day I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt.
Therefore you shall observe this day throughout
your generations as an ordinance forever.
18 (Ex 12:15; Lev 23:5-8) In the first month, on the fourteenth day
of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread
until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
19 (Ex 12:15; 12:48) Seven days shall there be no leaven found
in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened,
that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel,
whether he be a stranger or born in the land.
"Why are the statues' noses broken?{" That's the number one question
visitors ask Edward Bleiberg, curator of Egyptian art at the Brooklyn Museum.
Bleiberg can't blame it on normal wear and tear; even two-dimensional painted
figures are missing noses. He surmises that such destruction must have been
intentional. Enemies meant to kill Egypt's gods. It’s as if they were playing
a game of "got your nose" with them. Invading armies broke off the noses
of these idols so they couldn't breathe.
Really? That's all it took? With gods like these,
Pharaoh should have known he was in trouble.
Yes, he had an army and the allegiance of a whole nation.
The Hebrews were weary slaves led by a timid fugitive named Moses.
But Israel had the living God, and Pharaoh's gods were pretenders.
Ten plagues later, their imaginary lives were snuffed out.
Israel celebrated their victory with the Festival of Unleavened Bread,
when they ate bread without yeast for a week (Exodus 12:17; 13:7-9).
Yeast symbolizes sin, and God wanted His people to remember
their rescued lives belong entirely to Him.
Our Father says to idols, "Got your nose," and to His children,
"Got your life." Serve the God who gives you breath,
and rest in His loving arms.
By: Mike Wittmer
Reflect & Pray
What false god is suffocating your life?
How might you show God you're trusting only in Him?
Father of life, I give You my life. Help me recognize that any perceived
"enemies" in my life are nothing compared to Your power.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 3 - The Promise of Completion
Philippians 1:6
6 (1Co 1:8; Jn 6:29) I am confident of this very thing,
that He who began a good work in you will perfect it
until the day of Jesus Christ.
"Elizabeth is a good student", the note on the side of the report card read,
"but she doesn't finish what she starts. She has a lot of good ideas, but
rarely brings then to completion."
Many of us are like Elizabeth. We start into a new venture with high hopes
and great motivation. Bit somewhere along the way, we become discouraged.
Someone tells us that our ideas are stpuide, or that we are not capable of
doing what we dream. We get a particulatly difficule hurdle and give up.
Sometimes we fell the Christian like is like that, too. We start well, and
believe that in Christ we can accomplish anything. But then our prayers
become rote, our Bible reading ritual. We can't seem to regain that sense
of God's presence; we have, we conclude, "Lost our first love."
But God has a different perspective. He began the work of salvation in us;
he leads and guides us in his will, and he will complete what he has begun.
Often we fail to see God's grace in hte ongoing proces of walking with him
because his agenda is different from ours. We know what we want to see
happen in our lives; God knows what needs to happen.
"When I fist came into a relationship with Christ," one woman explained,
"I knew I had a lot of changing to do. But, strangely enough, the things God
changed weren't on my list at all!"
When God begins his work in oue lives, he has a plan for our maturity.
He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. And what God
has begun, he will finish.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "decide" for God what problems in my life
needed dealing with?
b) Has God ever pointed out issues that were a surprise to me?
c) How can today's verse help me relax in God's will and
have confidence in the direction of my life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Matthew 6:19-21
Treasures in Heaven
Lk 12:33–34
19 (Heb 13:5; Lk 12:21) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth
where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
20 (Lk 12:33; Mt 19:21) But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroy
and where thieves do not break in nor steal,
21 (Lk 12:34) for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Eternal Faithfulness
2 Tim 2:8-13
8 (Mt 1:1; Ro 2:16) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead,
descended from David, according to my gospel,
9 (Php 1:7; 2Ti 1:8) in which I suffer trouble like a criminal,
even with chains. But the word of God is not bound.
10 (Col 1:24; 2Co 1:6; 4:17) Therefore I endure all things
for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain
the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 (Ro 6:8; 1Th 5:10) This is a faithful saying:
If we die with Him,
we shall also live with Him.
12 (Mt 10:33; Ro 8:17 ) If we endure,
we shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
13 (Nu 23:19; Ro 3:3 )If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Saskatchewan
Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400
est Muslim Population 17279
CNMM Networks: Saskatoon
Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past
5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have
focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts
of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres
of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a
Christian school.
Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up
in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young
women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.
Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 30 of the Month
a) Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout
Canadian society, as it is in Heaven
( Matt 6:9-13
9 “Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
)
b) Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city
or community, and across our nation. (
Rom 2:4
4 (Ex 34:6; Isa 30:18) Do you despise the riches of His goodness,
tolerance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God
leads you to repentance?
)
Conclusion:
Pray ot the Lord that do not influence by Idols.
Pray to the Lord to help you when you face your enemies.
Pray to the Lord to complete the work He has for you.
Pray to the Lord to store tresure in Heaven.
Pray to the Lord to know Him as Saviour and
the others might come to know Him as Saviour.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray for God's will to be done where you live and throughout
Canadian society, as it is in Heaven .
Pray that in kindness God will lead many to repentance in your city
or community, and across our nation.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.