Day 38 of the 3rd Bible Study Journey - 7 February 2023 reflections
Day 38, 7 Feb 2023
1) Exodus 25 - 27
EXODUS 25
Offerings for the Tabernacle
Ex 35:4-9
1The Lord said to Moses:
2 (Ezr 2:68; 2Co 9:7) Tell the children of Israel to bring Me an offering.
From every man who gives willingly with his heart you shall receive
My offering.
3 This is the offering which you shall take from them:
gold, silver, and bronze,
4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
5 rams' skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood,
6 (Ex 27:20) oil for the light, spices for anointing oil
and for fragrant incense,
7 (Ex 28:4) onyx stones, and stones to be set
in the ephod and in the breastplate.
8 (Ex 29:45; 1Ki 6:13)Let them make Me
a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
9 (Ex 25:40; Heb 8:5) According to all that I show you
-the pattern of the tabernacle
and the pattern of all its furniture
-you shall make it just so.
The Ark of the Covenant
Ex 37:1-9 (God's microphone)
10 (Heb 9:4; Ex 37:1-3) They shall make an ark of acacia wood
two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide,
and one and a half cubits high(.About 3 feet long,
11/2 feet wide, and 21/4 feet high,
or 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide, and 68 centimeters high. )
11 (Ex 25:24; 30:3) You shall overlay it with pure gold,
inside and out shall you overlay it,
and you shall make a gold border around it.
12 You shall cast four gold rings for it and put them
on the four feet with two rings on the one side of it
and two rings on the other side of it.
13 You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14 You shall put the poles into the rings on
the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.
15 (1Ki 8:8) The poles must remain in the rings of the ark.
They must not be removed from it.
16 (Dt 31:26; 1Ki 8:9) You shall put into the ark the testimony
which I shall give you.
17 (Ex 37:6; Ro 3:25) You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold,
two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
18 You shall make two cherubim of gold,
make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Make one cherub on the one end and the other cherub on the other end.
From the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim on its two ends.
20 (1Ki 8:7; 1Ch 28:18) The cherubim shall stretch forth their wings upward,
covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another.
The faces of the cherubim are to face toward the mercy seat.
21 (Ex 26:34) You shall put the mercy seat above upon the ark,
and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
22 (Ex 29:42-43; Nu 7:89) I will meet with you there,
and I will meet with you from above the mercy seat,
from between the two cherubim which are
upon the ark of the testimony.
I will speak with you all that I will command you
for the children of Israel.
The Table for the Showbread
Ex 37:10-16
23 (Ex 37:10-16; Heb 9:2) You shall also make a table of acacia wood,
two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a half cubit high.
(About 6 1/4 pounds, or 2.9 kilograms. )
24 (Ex 25:11) You shall overlay it with pure gold
and make a gold border around it.
25 You shall make a border around it of a handbreadth,
and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.
26 You shall make four gold rings for it
and put the rings on the four corners that are on its four feet.
27 The rings shall be close to the frame to provide places
for the poles to carry the table.
28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood
and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
29 (Nu 4:7; Ex 37:16) You shall make the dishes, its spoons, its pitchers,
and its bowls with which to pour drink offerings.
You shall make them of pure gold.
30 (Ex 39:36) You shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.
The Gold Lampstand
Ex 37:17-24
31 (1Ki 7:49; Zec 4:2) You shall make a lampstand of pure gold.
The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of
hammered metal. Its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece.
32 Six branches shall go out from its sides,
three branches of the lampstand from its one side
and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.
33T hree cups shall be made shaped like almond flowers with buds
and blossoms on one branch, and three cups made like almond flowers
in the other branch, with buds and blossoms,
and the same for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.
34 On the lampstand shall be four cups shaped like almond flowers,
with their buds and their blossoms.
35 There shall be a bud under two branches of the same,
and a budunder two branches of the same,
and a bud under the next two branches of the same,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the lampstand.
36 Their buds and their branches shall be of the same piece,
all of it shall be one hammered work of pure gold.
37 (Nu 8:2; Ex 27:21; Lev 24:2-4) You shall make its seven lamps,
and they shall light its lamps so
that they may give light to the area in front of it.
38 Its snuffers and their snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
39 It shall be made from a talent (About 75 pounds, or 34 kilograms.)
of pure gold along with all these utensils.
40 (Ex 26:30; Nu 8:4) See that you make them according
to their pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.
Exodus 25
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
[3] And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
[4] And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
[5] And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
[6] Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
[7] Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
[8] And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
[9] According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
[10] And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
[11] And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
[12] And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
[13] And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
[14] And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark,
that the ark may be borne with them.
[15] The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken
from it.
[16] And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
[17] And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half
shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
[18] And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou
make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
[19] And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other
end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends
thereof.
[20] And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the
mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another;
toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
[21] And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark
thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
[22] And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from
above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark
of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto
the children of Israel.
[23] Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the
length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the
height thereof.
[24] And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of
gold round about.
[25] And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about,
and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
[26] And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the
four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
[27] Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to
bear the table.
[28] And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold, that the table may be borne with them.
[29] And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers
thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make
them.
[30] And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
[31] And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall
the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops,
and his flowers, shall be of the same.
[32] And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of
the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick
out of the other side:
[33] Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one
branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop
and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
[34] And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with
their knops and their flowers.
[35] And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop
under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
[36] Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be
one beaten work of pure gold.
[37] And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the
lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
[38] And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure
gold.
[39] Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
[40] And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee
in the mount.
EXODUS 26
The Tabernacle
Ex 36:8-38
1 (Ex 26:36; 36:8-19) Moreover you shall make the tabernacle
with ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, and purple,
and scarlet. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skilled workman.
2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,
and the width of each curtain four cubits.
(About 42 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide. )
All of the curtains shall have the same measurements.
3 Five curtains shall be joined together, one to another.
And the other five curtains are to be joined, one to another.
4 You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the end curtain in one set,
and likewise you shall make loops in the outermost
edge of the end curtain in the second set.
5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain,
and you shall make fifty loops in the edge
of the curtain that is in the second set.
The loops are to be opposite to one another.
6 You shall make fifty clasps of gold and join
the curtains together with the clasps
so that the tabernacle shall be one unit.
7 You shall make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle.
You shall make eleven curtains.
8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits,
and the width of each curtain four cubits,
(About 45 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide.)
and the eleven curtains shall all have the same measure.
9 You shall join five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
You shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tabernacle.
10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in one set
and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that joins the second set.
11 You shall make fifty bronze clasps, and put the clasps into the loops,
and join the tent together so that it may be one unit.
12 The part that remains of the curtains of the tent,
the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
13 A cubit (About 1/5 ounce, or 5.8 grams; and in v. 15.)
on the one side and a cubit on the other side of that which remains
in the length of the curtains of the tent shall hang over the sides
of the tabernacle on this side and on that side to cover it.
14 (Ex 36:19; 25:5) You shall make a covering for the tent out of
rams' skins dyed red and a covering above of porpoise skins.
15 (Ex 36:20-33) You shall make boards for the tabernacle
of acacia wood, standing upright.
16 Ten cubits (About 15 feet long and 21/4 feet wide,
or 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide.)
shall be the length of each board,
and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each board.
17 There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another.
You shall make all the boards of the tabernacle in this way.
18 You shall make the boards for the tabernacle,
twenty boards for the south side.
19 (Ex 38:27) You shall make forty sockets of silver
under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board
for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
20 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side,
there shall be twenty boards,
21 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board.
22 For the back of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.
23 You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the back.
24 They shall be doubled together beneath
and finished together at the top of it into one ring.
So it shall be for both of them.
They shall form the two corners.
25 There shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets,
two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.
26 You shall make bars of acacia wood,
five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
27 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle
for the back to the west.
28 The middle bar in the center of the boards shall reach from end to end.
29 You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold
to provide places for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
30 (Ex 25:40; 25:9) You shall set up the tabernacle according to the plan
which you have been shown on the mountain.
31 (Ex 36:35; 2Ch 3:14) You shall make a veil of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim,
the skillful work of a workman.
32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold.
Their hooks also shall be of gold on four sockets of silver.
33 (Ex 40:21; 25:16) You shall hang up the veil under the clasps,
so that you may bring in the ark of the testimony within the veil;
and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between
the holy place and the Most Holy.
34 (Ex 25:21; 40:20) You shall put the mercy seat
on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy.
35 (Ex 40:22; 40:24) You shall set the table outside the veil,
and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle
toward the south, and you shall put the table on the north side.
36 (Ex 36:37) You shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of an embroiderer.
37 (Ex 36:38) You shall make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen
and overlay them with gold, with their hooks also made of gold,
and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.
Exodus 26
[1] Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined
linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work
shalt thou make them.
[2] The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have
one measure.
[3] The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other
five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
[4] And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from
the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost
edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
[5] Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt
thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second;
that the loops may take hold one of another.
[6] And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains
together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
[7] And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the
tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
[8] The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one
curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
[9] And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by
themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the
tabernacle.
[10] And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is
outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which
coupleth the second.
[11] And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the
loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
[12] And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half
curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
[13] And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that
which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang
over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
[14] And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red,
and a covering above of badgers' skins.
[15] And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing
up.
[16] Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall
be the breadth of one board.
[17] Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against
another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
[18] And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the
south side southward.
[19] And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards;
two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under
another board for his two tenons.
[20] And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall
be twenty boards:
[21] And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two
sockets under another board.
[22] And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six
boards.
[23] And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the
two sides.
[24] And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled
together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both;
they shall be for the two corners.
[25] And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
[26] And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the
one side of the tabernacle,
[27] And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and
five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides
westward.
[28] And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to
end.
[29] And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of
gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
[30] And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof
which was shewed thee in the mount.
[31] And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
[32] And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with
gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
[33] And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest
bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail
shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
[34] And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the
most holy place.
[35] And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over
against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou
shalt put the table on the north side.
[36] And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
[37] And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and
overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt
cast five sockets of brass for them.
EXODUS 27
The Altar of Burnt Offering
Ex 38:1-7
1 (Ex 38:1-7) You shall make an altar of acacia wood,
five cubits long and five cubits wide.
(About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters long and wide.)
The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
(About 4 1/2 feet, or 1.4 meters. )
2 (Ps 118:27; Ex 29:12) You shall make its horns on its four corners.
Its horns shall be part of it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
3 (1Ki 7:45) You shall make its pots for its ashes, and its shovels,
and its basins, and its meat hooks, and its fire pans.
You shall make all of its vessels out of bronze.
4 You shall make a grating for it, a network of bronze,
and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
5 You shall put it under the ledge of the altar beneath,
so that the net will reach halfway up the altar.
6 You shall make poles for the altar,
poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
7 The poles shall be put into the rings,
so that the poles shall be on the two sides
of the altar when carrying it.
8 (Ex 25:40; 25:9) You shall make it hollow with boards.
Just as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
The Court of the Tabernacle
Ex 38:9-20
9 (Ex 38:9-20) You shall make the court of the tabernacle.
On the south side there shall be curtains for the court of
fine twined linen one hundred cubits long
(About 150 feet, or 45 meters; and in v. 11.) for one side;
10 and it shall have twenty pillars with twenty bronze sockets.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
11 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be curtains
one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars
and their twenty sockets of bronze.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
12 For the width of the court on the west side shall be
curtains of fifty cubits (About 75 feet, or 23 meters; and in v. 13. )
with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.
13 The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits.
14 The curtains on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits
(About 23 feet, or 6.8 meters; and in v. 15. )
with their three pillars and their three sockets.
15 On the other side shall be curtains fifteen cubits
with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16 (Ex 26:36) For the gate of the court there shall be
a curtain of twenty cubits,
(About 30 feet, or 9 meters. )
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of an embroiderer,
with their four pillars and their four sockets.
17 All the pillars around about the court shall be furnished
with silver bands. Their hooks shall be of silver,
and their sockets of bronze.
18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits,
and the width fifty (About 150 feet long and 75 feet wide,
or 45 meters long and 23 meters wide.)
throughout, and the height five cubits
(About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters. )
of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze.
19 All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service,
and all its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs
of the court shall be of bronze.
The Oil for the Lamp
Lev 24:1-3
20 You shall command the children of Israel that they bring
you pure oil of olive pressed for the light,
to cause the lamp to burn continually.
21 (Nu 18:23; 19:21) In the tent of meeting,
outside the veil which is before the testimony,
Aaron and his sons shall arrange it from evening
to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual
statute for the children of Israel for generations to come.
Exodus 27
[1] And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five
cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be
three cubits.
[2] And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his
horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
[3] And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and
his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof
thou shalt make of brass.
[4] And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net
shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
[5] And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the
net may be even to the midst of the altar.
[6] And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and
overlay them with brass.
[7] And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon
the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
[8] Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the
mount, so shall they make it.
[9] And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side
southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an
hundred cubits long for one side:
[10] And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
[11] And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an
hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
[12] And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of
fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
[13] And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty
cubits.
[14] The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
[15] And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars
three, and their sockets three.
[16] And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with
needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
[17] All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver;
their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
[18] The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth
fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and
their sockets of brass.
[19] All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all
the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
[20] And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee
pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
[21] In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before
the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning
before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on
the behalf of the children of Israel.
2) Our Daily Bread for 7 February 2023 titled
The Good Shepherd
Ezekiel 34:11-16
The True Shepherd
11 (Lk 19:10) For thus says the Lord God: I, even I, will search
for My sheep and seek them out.
12 (Eze 30:3; Jer 13:16) As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day
that he is among his sheep that are scattered, so I will seek out My sheep
and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered
in a cloudy and dark day.
13 (Eze 11:17) I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them
from the countries, and bring them to their own land, and feed them upon
the mountains of Israel by the rivers and in all the inhabited
places of the country.
14 (Jn 10:9; Jer 31:12-14) I will feed them in a good pasture,
and upon the high mountains of Israel their grazing ground shall be.
There they shall lie on good grazing ground, and in a rich pasture
they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15 I will feed My flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.
16 (Isa 10:16; 49:26) I will seek that which was lost and bring back
that which was driven away and bind up that which was broken
and will strengthen that which was sick. But I will destroy the fat
and the strong. I will feed them with judgment.
[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my
sheep, and seek them out.
[12] As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his
sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them
out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
[13] And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the
countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the
mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the
country.
[14] I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of
Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a
fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
[15] I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord
GOD.
[16] I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven
away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which
was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with
judgment.
When Pastor Warren heard that a man in his church had deserted his wife
and family, he asked God to help him meet the man as if by accident so they
could chat. And He did! When Warren walked into a restaurant, he spotted
the gentleman in a nearby booth. "Got some room for another hungry man?"
he asked, and soon they were sharing deeply and praying together.
As a pastor, Warren was acting as a shepherd for those in his church
community, even as God through the prophet Ezekiel said He would tend His
flock. God promised to look after His scattered sheep, rescuing them
and gathering them together (Ezekiel 34:12-13). He would "tend them
in a good pasture" and "search for the lost and bring back the strays";
He would "bind up the injured and strengthen the weak" (vv. 14-16).
God's love for His people reverberates through each of these images.
Though Ezekiel's words anticipate God’s future actions, they reflect
the eternal heart of the God and Shepherd who would one day reveal
Himself in Jesus.
No matter our situation, God reaches out to each of us, seeking to
rescue us and sheltering us in a rich pasture. He longs for us to
follow the Good Shepherd, He who lays down His life for His sheep
(see John 10:14-15).
By: Amy Boucher Pye
Reflect & Pray
How does Jesus, the Good Shepherd, care for you?
How could you offer Him any wounds that need tending
or weakness you'd like strengthened?
Dear God, You love me even when I go astray and wander. Help me to
stay always in Your sheepfold, that I might receive Your love and care.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 3 - Let the Word Dwell in You
Col 3:16
16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17) Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Every day, whether we are aware of it or not, our minds are
bombarded by 20th Century values: "Dress for success!" "Get ahead!"
"You deserve a break today ...." Television, radio, and the incessant
voices that surround us distract our attention and keep us from
focusing on what is really important in our lives.
Paul's instruction to the Colossian Church brings us back to God's
value system: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly."
When we give attention to the Word of God, we put ourselves in a position
to hear a higher truth the clamour of immediate demands
and the expectations of the world around us. We can experience peace
in the midst of struggle and rest in a restless environment.
God's Word is a powerful force for good in our lives - not merely
an attractive philosophy, but true power to overcome the pressures
of daily life.
Dwelling on the Word of God, and letting it indwell us, takes many forms.
Scripture memory, music, meditation, talking with others about the
goodness of God all help us keep our attention focused on Christ rather
than on the values of the world around us.
We can choose to listen to Christian radio or tapes. We can take time
daily for quiet meditation on his Word. We can commit the Word to memory
and draw on its power during the day. And as we listen to the voice
of the Spirit rather than the noise around us, we can enter into
his peace and live in communion with him.
Application
a) What pressures do I face that tend to distract me from the reality
of Christ's presence?
b) How can I "let the word of Christ dwell richly" in me, so that I
an regain my focus on him?
c) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus
my attention on Jesus and his word?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
3 John 2
2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be
in good health, even as your soul is well.
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Inexhaustible Strength
Is 40:27-31
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and assert, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my justice escapes the notice of my God"?
28 (Ps 147:5; Ge 21:33; Isa 57:15) Have you not known?
Have you not heard,
that the everlasting God, the Lord,
the Creator of the ends of the earth,
does not faint, nor is He weary?
His understanding is inscrutable.
29 (Isa 41:10) He gives power to the faint,
and to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 (Isa 9:17) Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall,
31 (2Co 4:16; Ps 103:5; Ex 19:4) but those who wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
and they shall walk and not faint.
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid
from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God,
the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not,
neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might
he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall
utterly fall:
31 but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
Remember God's promises when You pray
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."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta may have a total as high as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the largest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discipleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congregations, and equally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
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
7th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted in our society
and be their help
(
Ps 34:18 - The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,
and saves the contrite of spirit.
18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;
And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Ps 145: 14 - 16
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Samek
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
Ain
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;
And thou givest them their meat in due season.
Pe
16 Thou openest thine hand,
And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
)
b) Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.
(
Romans 12:4-8
4 (1Co 12:12-14)For just as we have many parts in one body,
and not all parts have the same function,
5(1Co 10:17; 12:20)so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and all are parts of one another.
6(Ac 13:1; 1Co 13:2)We have diverse gifts according to the grace that
is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;
7 (Ac 13:1; Eph 4:11)if service, in serving; he who teaches, in teaching;
8 (2Co 9:7; 1Co 12:28) he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with
generosity; he who rules, with diligence;
he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
4 For as we have many members in one body,
and all members have not the same office:
5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that
is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according
to the proportion of faith;
7 or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth,
on teaching;
8 or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let
him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence;
he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Col 3:17
17(1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20)And whatever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
)
Fast and pray
DAY 2: What Does My Character Reflect?
Verse of the day:
Philippians 1:27
27 (Eph 4:1; Jude 1:3) Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel
of Christ, that whether or not I come and see you, I may hear of your
activities, that you are standing fast in one spirit, with one mind,
striving together for the faith of the gospel.
[27] Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that
whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs,
that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the
faith of the gospel;
Every human life has a center that motivates alldecisions. We are either
gospel-centered or we are me-centered. Even people who seem kind and
good can be me-centered if their motivation is not to glorify God.
A gospel-centered life is an outward-looking life ready to share the good
news with others. Their feet are "shod with the preparation of the gospel
of peace;" Ephesians 6:15. The heart reveres Christ as
Lord and is " But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always
to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that
is in youwith meekness and fear:" I Peter 3:15
The word "gospel" means "good news" so a gospel-centered life is a
Jesus-centered life.
Our decisions are based on pleasing God when we live a gospel-centered
life. On the other hand, a life centered on ourselves means we base our
decisions on pleasingourselves or others.
Reflection: What kind of life have I been living? is my conduct worthy of
Christ? Does my life reflect a Christ-centered life? Does my conduct and
character reflect my faith in Christ? Do I live a gospelled life?
Prayer: Dear God, spray that my conduct will reflect who you olre in my
life. That in all I do and in all that I am given, I would give you all praise,
honour, and glory. Father, help me to extend your compassion to those
you have placed in rny life to love. Help me to remember lam not here for
myself ond not to give half-efforts in anything you have given me to do.
God, in Parenthood, friendship, my jobs, my ministries, disclpling other
people... you don't demand perfection but you expect my best effort. I pray
that I wouid be a witness to your goodness and glory in all things and
through all things. In Jesus name, amen.
Scripture reflection: 1 Corinthians 10:31,
31 (Col 3:17; 1Pe 4:11) Therefore, whether you eat, or drink,
or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the
glory of God.
Romans 8:8
and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
4 (Gal 1:10; 2:7; Ro 8:27) But as we were allowed by God to be entrusted
with the gospel, even so we speak, not to please men, but God,
who examines our hearts.
[4] But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even
so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will to be a good worker
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, You love me even when I go astray and wander.
Help me to stay always in Your sheepfold, that I might receive Your love
and care."
Pray to the Lord and pray to focus that His world will dwell in you.
Pray to the Lord and pray for your sould to prosper.
Pray to the Lord and pray for Him to give you strength.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted in our society
and be their help
Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.
Pray that Omanis who hear the "Good News" of the Gospel
will place their faith in Jesus Christ.
Dear God, spray that my conduct will reflect who you olre in my
life. That in all I do and in all that I am given, I would give you all praise,
honour, and glory. Father, help me to extend your compassion to those
you have placed in rny life to love. Help me to remember lam not here for
myself ond not to give half-efforts in anything you have given me to do.
God, in Parenthood, friendship, my jobs, my ministries, disclpling other
people... you don't demand perfection but you expect my best effort. I pray
that I wouid be a witness to your goodness and glory in all things and
through all things. In Jesus name, amen.
1) Exodus 25 - 27
EXODUS 25
Offerings for the Tabernacle
Ex 35:4-9
1The Lord said to Moses:
2 (Ezr 2:68; 2Co 9:7) Tell the children of Israel to bring Me an offering.
From every man who gives willingly with his heart you shall receive
My offering.
3 This is the offering which you shall take from them:
gold, silver, and bronze,
4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
5 rams' skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood,
6 (Ex 27:20) oil for the light, spices for anointing oil
and for fragrant incense,
7 (Ex 28:4) onyx stones, and stones to be set
in the ephod and in the breastplate.
8 (Ex 29:45; 1Ki 6:13)Let them make Me
a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
9 (Ex 25:40; Heb 8:5) According to all that I show you
-the pattern of the tabernacle
and the pattern of all its furniture
-you shall make it just so.
The Ark of the Covenant
Ex 37:1-9 (God's microphone)
10 (Heb 9:4; Ex 37:1-3) They shall make an ark of acacia wood
two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide,
and one and a half cubits high(.About 3 feet long,
11/2 feet wide, and 21/4 feet high,
or 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide, and 68 centimeters high. )
11 (Ex 25:24; 30:3) You shall overlay it with pure gold,
inside and out shall you overlay it,
and you shall make a gold border around it.
12 You shall cast four gold rings for it and put them
on the four feet with two rings on the one side of it
and two rings on the other side of it.
13 You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14 You shall put the poles into the rings on
the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.
15 (1Ki 8:8) The poles must remain in the rings of the ark.
They must not be removed from it.
16 (Dt 31:26; 1Ki 8:9) You shall put into the ark the testimony
which I shall give you.
17 (Ex 37:6; Ro 3:25) You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold,
two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
18 You shall make two cherubim of gold,
make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Make one cherub on the one end and the other cherub on the other end.
From the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim on its two ends.
20 (1Ki 8:7; 1Ch 28:18) The cherubim shall stretch forth their wings upward,
covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another.
The faces of the cherubim are to face toward the mercy seat.
21 (Ex 26:34) You shall put the mercy seat above upon the ark,
and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
22 (Ex 29:42-43; Nu 7:89) I will meet with you there,
and I will meet with you from above the mercy seat,
from between the two cherubim which are
upon the ark of the testimony.
I will speak with you all that I will command you
for the children of Israel.
The Table for the Showbread
Ex 37:10-16
23 (Ex 37:10-16; Heb 9:2) You shall also make a table of acacia wood,
two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a half cubit high.
(About 6 1/4 pounds, or 2.9 kilograms. )
24 (Ex 25:11) You shall overlay it with pure gold
and make a gold border around it.
25 You shall make a border around it of a handbreadth,
and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.
26 You shall make four gold rings for it
and put the rings on the four corners that are on its four feet.
27 The rings shall be close to the frame to provide places
for the poles to carry the table.
28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood
and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
29 (Nu 4:7; Ex 37:16) You shall make the dishes, its spoons, its pitchers,
and its bowls with which to pour drink offerings.
You shall make them of pure gold.
30 (Ex 39:36) You shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.
The Gold Lampstand
Ex 37:17-24
31 (1Ki 7:49; Zec 4:2) You shall make a lampstand of pure gold.
The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of
hammered metal. Its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece.
32 Six branches shall go out from its sides,
three branches of the lampstand from its one side
and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.
33T hree cups shall be made shaped like almond flowers with buds
and blossoms on one branch, and three cups made like almond flowers
in the other branch, with buds and blossoms,
and the same for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.
34 On the lampstand shall be four cups shaped like almond flowers,
with their buds and their blossoms.
35 There shall be a bud under two branches of the same,
and a budunder two branches of the same,
and a bud under the next two branches of the same,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the lampstand.
36 Their buds and their branches shall be of the same piece,
all of it shall be one hammered work of pure gold.
37 (Nu 8:2; Ex 27:21; Lev 24:2-4) You shall make its seven lamps,
and they shall light its lamps so
that they may give light to the area in front of it.
38 Its snuffers and their snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
39 It shall be made from a talent (About 75 pounds, or 34 kilograms.)
of pure gold along with all these utensils.
40 (Ex 26:30; Nu 8:4) See that you make them according
to their pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.
Exodus 25
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
[3] And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
[4] And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
[5] And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
[6] Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
[7] Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
[8] And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
[9] According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
[10] And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
[11] And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
[12] And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
[13] And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
[14] And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark,
that the ark may be borne with them.
[15] The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken
from it.
[16] And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
[17] And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half
shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
[18] And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou
make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
[19] And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other
end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends
thereof.
[20] And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the
mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another;
toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
[21] And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark
thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
[22] And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from
above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark
of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto
the children of Israel.
[23] Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the
length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the
height thereof.
[24] And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of
gold round about.
[25] And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about,
and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
[26] And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the
four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
[27] Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to
bear the table.
[28] And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold, that the table may be borne with them.
[29] And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers
thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make
them.
[30] And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
[31] And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall
the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops,
and his flowers, shall be of the same.
[32] And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of
the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick
out of the other side:
[33] Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one
branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop
and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
[34] And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with
their knops and their flowers.
[35] And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop
under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
[36] Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be
one beaten work of pure gold.
[37] And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the
lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
[38] And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure
gold.
[39] Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
[40] And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee
in the mount.
EXODUS 26
The Tabernacle
Ex 36:8-38
1 (Ex 26:36; 36:8-19) Moreover you shall make the tabernacle
with ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, and purple,
and scarlet. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skilled workman.
2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,
and the width of each curtain four cubits.
(About 42 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide. )
All of the curtains shall have the same measurements.
3 Five curtains shall be joined together, one to another.
And the other five curtains are to be joined, one to another.
4 You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the end curtain in one set,
and likewise you shall make loops in the outermost
edge of the end curtain in the second set.
5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain,
and you shall make fifty loops in the edge
of the curtain that is in the second set.
The loops are to be opposite to one another.
6 You shall make fifty clasps of gold and join
the curtains together with the clasps
so that the tabernacle shall be one unit.
7 You shall make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle.
You shall make eleven curtains.
8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits,
and the width of each curtain four cubits,
(About 45 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide.)
and the eleven curtains shall all have the same measure.
9 You shall join five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
You shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tabernacle.
10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in one set
and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that joins the second set.
11 You shall make fifty bronze clasps, and put the clasps into the loops,
and join the tent together so that it may be one unit.
12 The part that remains of the curtains of the tent,
the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
13 A cubit (About 1/5 ounce, or 5.8 grams; and in v. 15.)
on the one side and a cubit on the other side of that which remains
in the length of the curtains of the tent shall hang over the sides
of the tabernacle on this side and on that side to cover it.
14 (Ex 36:19; 25:5) You shall make a covering for the tent out of
rams' skins dyed red and a covering above of porpoise skins.
15 (Ex 36:20-33) You shall make boards for the tabernacle
of acacia wood, standing upright.
16 Ten cubits (About 15 feet long and 21/4 feet wide,
or 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide.)
shall be the length of each board,
and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each board.
17 There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another.
You shall make all the boards of the tabernacle in this way.
18 You shall make the boards for the tabernacle,
twenty boards for the south side.
19 (Ex 38:27) You shall make forty sockets of silver
under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board
for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
20 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side,
there shall be twenty boards,
21 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board.
22 For the back of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.
23 You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the back.
24 They shall be doubled together beneath
and finished together at the top of it into one ring.
So it shall be for both of them.
They shall form the two corners.
25 There shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets,
two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.
26 You shall make bars of acacia wood,
five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
27 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle
for the back to the west.
28 The middle bar in the center of the boards shall reach from end to end.
29 You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold
to provide places for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
30 (Ex 25:40; 25:9) You shall set up the tabernacle according to the plan
which you have been shown on the mountain.
31 (Ex 36:35; 2Ch 3:14) You shall make a veil of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim,
the skillful work of a workman.
32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold.
Their hooks also shall be of gold on four sockets of silver.
33 (Ex 40:21; 25:16) You shall hang up the veil under the clasps,
so that you may bring in the ark of the testimony within the veil;
and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between
the holy place and the Most Holy.
34 (Ex 25:21; 40:20) You shall put the mercy seat
on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy.
35 (Ex 40:22; 40:24) You shall set the table outside the veil,
and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle
toward the south, and you shall put the table on the north side.
36 (Ex 36:37) You shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of an embroiderer.
37 (Ex 36:38) You shall make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen
and overlay them with gold, with their hooks also made of gold,
and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.
Exodus 26
[1] Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined
linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work
shalt thou make them.
[2] The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have
one measure.
[3] The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other
five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
[4] And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from
the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost
edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
[5] Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt
thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second;
that the loops may take hold one of another.
[6] And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains
together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
[7] And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the
tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
[8] The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one
curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
[9] And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by
themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the
tabernacle.
[10] And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is
outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which
coupleth the second.
[11] And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the
loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
[12] And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half
curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
[13] And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that
which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang
over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
[14] And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red,
and a covering above of badgers' skins.
[15] And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing
up.
[16] Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall
be the breadth of one board.
[17] Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against
another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
[18] And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the
south side southward.
[19] And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards;
two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under
another board for his two tenons.
[20] And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall
be twenty boards:
[21] And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two
sockets under another board.
[22] And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six
boards.
[23] And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the
two sides.
[24] And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled
together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both;
they shall be for the two corners.
[25] And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
[26] And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the
one side of the tabernacle,
[27] And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and
five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides
westward.
[28] And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to
end.
[29] And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of
gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
[30] And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof
which was shewed thee in the mount.
[31] And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
[32] And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with
gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
[33] And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest
bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail
shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
[34] And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the
most holy place.
[35] And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over
against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou
shalt put the table on the north side.
[36] And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
[37] And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and
overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt
cast five sockets of brass for them.
EXODUS 27
The Altar of Burnt Offering
Ex 38:1-7
1 (Ex 38:1-7) You shall make an altar of acacia wood,
five cubits long and five cubits wide.
(About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters long and wide.)
The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
(About 4 1/2 feet, or 1.4 meters. )
2 (Ps 118:27; Ex 29:12) You shall make its horns on its four corners.
Its horns shall be part of it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
3 (1Ki 7:45) You shall make its pots for its ashes, and its shovels,
and its basins, and its meat hooks, and its fire pans.
You shall make all of its vessels out of bronze.
4 You shall make a grating for it, a network of bronze,
and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
5 You shall put it under the ledge of the altar beneath,
so that the net will reach halfway up the altar.
6 You shall make poles for the altar,
poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
7 The poles shall be put into the rings,
so that the poles shall be on the two sides
of the altar when carrying it.
8 (Ex 25:40; 25:9) You shall make it hollow with boards.
Just as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
The Court of the Tabernacle
Ex 38:9-20
9 (Ex 38:9-20) You shall make the court of the tabernacle.
On the south side there shall be curtains for the court of
fine twined linen one hundred cubits long
(About 150 feet, or 45 meters; and in v. 11.) for one side;
10 and it shall have twenty pillars with twenty bronze sockets.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
11 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be curtains
one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars
and their twenty sockets of bronze.
The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
12 For the width of the court on the west side shall be
curtains of fifty cubits (About 75 feet, or 23 meters; and in v. 13. )
with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.
13 The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits.
14 The curtains on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits
(About 23 feet, or 6.8 meters; and in v. 15. )
with their three pillars and their three sockets.
15 On the other side shall be curtains fifteen cubits
with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16 (Ex 26:36) For the gate of the court there shall be
a curtain of twenty cubits,
(About 30 feet, or 9 meters. )
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of an embroiderer,
with their four pillars and their four sockets.
17 All the pillars around about the court shall be furnished
with silver bands. Their hooks shall be of silver,
and their sockets of bronze.
18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits,
and the width fifty (About 150 feet long and 75 feet wide,
or 45 meters long and 23 meters wide.)
throughout, and the height five cubits
(About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters. )
of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze.
19 All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service,
and all its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs
of the court shall be of bronze.
The Oil for the Lamp
Lev 24:1-3
20 You shall command the children of Israel that they bring
you pure oil of olive pressed for the light,
to cause the lamp to burn continually.
21 (Nu 18:23; 19:21) In the tent of meeting,
outside the veil which is before the testimony,
Aaron and his sons shall arrange it from evening
to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual
statute for the children of Israel for generations to come.
Exodus 27
[1] And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five
cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be
three cubits.
[2] And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his
horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
[3] And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and
his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof
thou shalt make of brass.
[4] And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net
shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
[5] And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the
net may be even to the midst of the altar.
[6] And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and
overlay them with brass.
[7] And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon
the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
[8] Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the
mount, so shall they make it.
[9] And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side
southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an
hundred cubits long for one side:
[10] And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
[11] And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an
hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
[12] And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of
fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
[13] And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty
cubits.
[14] The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
[15] And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars
three, and their sockets three.
[16] And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with
needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
[17] All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver;
their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
[18] The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth
fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and
their sockets of brass.
[19] All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all
the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
[20] And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee
pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
[21] In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before
the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning
before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on
the behalf of the children of Israel.
2) Our Daily Bread for 7 February 2023 titled
The Good Shepherd
Ezekiel 34:11-16
The True Shepherd
11 (Lk 19:10) For thus says the Lord God: I, even I, will search
for My sheep and seek them out.
12 (Eze 30:3; Jer 13:16) As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day
that he is among his sheep that are scattered, so I will seek out My sheep
and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered
in a cloudy and dark day.
13 (Eze 11:17) I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them
from the countries, and bring them to their own land, and feed them upon
the mountains of Israel by the rivers and in all the inhabited
places of the country.
14 (Jn 10:9; Jer 31:12-14) I will feed them in a good pasture,
and upon the high mountains of Israel their grazing ground shall be.
There they shall lie on good grazing ground, and in a rich pasture
they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15 I will feed My flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.
16 (Isa 10:16; 49:26) I will seek that which was lost and bring back
that which was driven away and bind up that which was broken
and will strengthen that which was sick. But I will destroy the fat
and the strong. I will feed them with judgment.
[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my
sheep, and seek them out.
[12] As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his
sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them
out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
[13] And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the
countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the
mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the
country.
[14] I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of
Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a
fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
[15] I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord
GOD.
[16] I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven
away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which
was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with
judgment.
When Pastor Warren heard that a man in his church had deserted his wife
and family, he asked God to help him meet the man as if by accident so they
could chat. And He did! When Warren walked into a restaurant, he spotted
the gentleman in a nearby booth. "Got some room for another hungry man?"
he asked, and soon they were sharing deeply and praying together.
As a pastor, Warren was acting as a shepherd for those in his church
community, even as God through the prophet Ezekiel said He would tend His
flock. God promised to look after His scattered sheep, rescuing them
and gathering them together (Ezekiel 34:12-13). He would "tend them
in a good pasture" and "search for the lost and bring back the strays";
He would "bind up the injured and strengthen the weak" (vv. 14-16).
God's love for His people reverberates through each of these images.
Though Ezekiel's words anticipate God’s future actions, they reflect
the eternal heart of the God and Shepherd who would one day reveal
Himself in Jesus.
No matter our situation, God reaches out to each of us, seeking to
rescue us and sheltering us in a rich pasture. He longs for us to
follow the Good Shepherd, He who lays down His life for His sheep
(see John 10:14-15).
By: Amy Boucher Pye
Reflect & Pray
How does Jesus, the Good Shepherd, care for you?
How could you offer Him any wounds that need tending
or weakness you'd like strengthened?
Dear God, You love me even when I go astray and wander. Help me to
stay always in Your sheepfold, that I might receive Your love and care.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 3 - Let the Word Dwell in You
Col 3:16
16 (Eph 5:19; Col 1:28; Ro 10:17) Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Every day, whether we are aware of it or not, our minds are
bombarded by 20th Century values: "Dress for success!" "Get ahead!"
"You deserve a break today ...." Television, radio, and the incessant
voices that surround us distract our attention and keep us from
focusing on what is really important in our lives.
Paul's instruction to the Colossian Church brings us back to God's
value system: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly."
When we give attention to the Word of God, we put ourselves in a position
to hear a higher truth the clamour of immediate demands
and the expectations of the world around us. We can experience peace
in the midst of struggle and rest in a restless environment.
God's Word is a powerful force for good in our lives - not merely
an attractive philosophy, but true power to overcome the pressures
of daily life.
Dwelling on the Word of God, and letting it indwell us, takes many forms.
Scripture memory, music, meditation, talking with others about the
goodness of God all help us keep our attention focused on Christ rather
than on the values of the world around us.
We can choose to listen to Christian radio or tapes. We can take time
daily for quiet meditation on his Word. We can commit the Word to memory
and draw on its power during the day. And as we listen to the voice
of the Spirit rather than the noise around us, we can enter into
his peace and live in communion with him.
Application
a) What pressures do I face that tend to distract me from the reality
of Christ's presence?
b) How can I "let the word of Christ dwell richly" in me, so that I
an regain my focus on him?
c) What practical changes can I make in my life to help me focus
my attention on Jesus and his word?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
3 John 2
2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be
in good health, even as your soul is well.
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Inexhaustible Strength
Is 40:27-31
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and assert, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my justice escapes the notice of my God"?
28 (Ps 147:5; Ge 21:33; Isa 57:15) Have you not known?
Have you not heard,
that the everlasting God, the Lord,
the Creator of the ends of the earth,
does not faint, nor is He weary?
His understanding is inscrutable.
29 (Isa 41:10) He gives power to the faint,
and to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 (Isa 9:17) Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall,
31 (2Co 4:16; Ps 103:5; Ex 19:4) but those who wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
and they shall walk and not faint.
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid
from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God,
the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not,
neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might
he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall
utterly fall:
31 but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
Remember God's promises when You pray
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."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta may have a total as high as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the largest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discipleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congregations, and equally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
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
7th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted in our society
and be their help
(
Ps 34:18 - The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,
and saves the contrite of spirit.
18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;
And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Ps 145: 14 - 16
14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon You,
and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Samek
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
Ain
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;
And thou givest them their meat in due season.
Pe
16 Thou openest thine hand,
And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
)
b) Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.
(
Romans 12:4-8
4 (1Co 12:12-14)For just as we have many parts in one body,
and not all parts have the same function,
5(1Co 10:17; 12:20)so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and all are parts of one another.
6(Ac 13:1; 1Co 13:2)We have diverse gifts according to the grace that
is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;
7 (Ac 13:1; Eph 4:11)if service, in serving; he who teaches, in teaching;
8 (2Co 9:7; 1Co 12:28) he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with
generosity; he who rules, with diligence;
he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
4 For as we have many members in one body,
and all members have not the same office:
5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that
is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according
to the proportion of faith;
7 or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth,
on teaching;
8 or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let
him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence;
he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Col 3:17
17(1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20)And whatever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
)
Fast and prayDAY 2: What Does My Character Reflect?
Verse of the day:
Philippians 1:27
27 (Eph 4:1; Jude 1:3) Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel
of Christ, that whether or not I come and see you, I may hear of your
activities, that you are standing fast in one spirit, with one mind,
striving together for the faith of the gospel.
[27] Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that
whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs,
that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the
faith of the gospel;
Every human life has a center that motivates alldecisions. We are either
gospel-centered or we are me-centered. Even people who seem kind and
good can be me-centered if their motivation is not to glorify God.
A gospel-centered life is an outward-looking life ready to share the good
news with others. Their feet are "shod with the preparation of the gospel
of peace;" Ephesians 6:15. The heart reveres Christ as
Lord and is " But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always
to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that
is in youwith meekness and fear:" I Peter 3:15
The word "gospel" means "good news" so a gospel-centered life is a
Jesus-centered life.
Our decisions are based on pleasing God when we live a gospel-centered
life. On the other hand, a life centered on ourselves means we base our
decisions on pleasingourselves or others.
Reflection: What kind of life have I been living? is my conduct worthy of
Christ? Does my life reflect a Christ-centered life? Does my conduct and
character reflect my faith in Christ? Do I live a gospelled life?
Prayer: Dear God, spray that my conduct will reflect who you olre in my
life. That in all I do and in all that I am given, I would give you all praise,
honour, and glory. Father, help me to extend your compassion to those
you have placed in rny life to love. Help me to remember lam not here for
myself ond not to give half-efforts in anything you have given me to do.
God, in Parenthood, friendship, my jobs, my ministries, disclpling other
people... you don't demand perfection but you expect my best effort. I pray
that I wouid be a witness to your goodness and glory in all things and
through all things. In Jesus name, amen.
Scripture reflection: 1 Corinthians 10:31,
31 (Col 3:17; 1Pe 4:11) Therefore, whether you eat, or drink,
or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the
glory of God.
Romans 8:8
and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
4 (Gal 1:10; 2:7; Ro 8:27) But as we were allowed by God to be entrusted
with the gospel, even so we speak, not to please men, but God,
who examines our hearts.
[4] But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even
so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
Conclusion:
Pray to seek the Lord's will to be a good worker
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, You love me even when I go astray and wander.
Help me to stay always in Your sheepfold, that I might receive Your love
and care."
Pray to the Lord and pray to focus that His world will dwell in you.
Pray to the Lord and pray for your sould to prosper.
Pray to the Lord and pray for Him to give you strength.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Pray that the Lord will be close to the brokenhearted in our society
and be their help
Pray for the staff and volunteers that serve in local churches in your
city or community, that the Lord will anoint them for effective service.
Pray that Omanis who hear the "Good News" of the Gospel
will place their faith in Jesus Christ.
Dear God, spray that my conduct will reflect who you olre in my
life. That in all I do and in all that I am given, I would give you all praise,
honour, and glory. Father, help me to extend your compassion to those
you have placed in rny life to love. Help me to remember lam not here for
myself ond not to give half-efforts in anything you have given me to do.
God, in Parenthood, friendship, my jobs, my ministries, disclpling other
people... you don't demand perfection but you expect my best effort. I pray
that I wouid be a witness to your goodness and glory in all things and
through all things. In Jesus name, amen.