Day 52 of the 3rd Bible Study Journey - 21 February 2023 reflections
Day 52, 21 Feb 2023
1)
Leviticus 24 - 25
LEVITICUS 24
The Tabernacle Lamps
Ex 27:20-21
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Ex 27:20-21) Command the children of Israel that they bring
to you pure olive oil beaten for the lamp, to cause the lamps
to burn continually.
3 Outside the veil of the sanctuary,
in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it continually,
from the evening until the morning before the Lord.
It shall be a perpetual statute in your generations.
4 (Ex 31:8; 39:37) He shall arrange the lamps continually
on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord.
The Bread of the Tabernacle
5 (Ex 25:30; 40:23) You shall take wheat flour and bake twelve cakes.
Two-tenths of an ephah (Likely about 7 pounds, or 3.2 kilograms.)
shall be in each cake.
6 (1Ki 7:48; Ex 25:23–24) You shall set them in two rows, six in a row,
on the pure gold table before the Lord.
7 (Lev 2:2) You shall put pure frankincense on each row,
so that it may be on the bread for a memorial,
a food offering made by fire to the Lord.
8 (Nu 4:7; 2Ch 2:4) Every Sabbath he shall set it in order continually
before the Lord, with the portion taken from the children of Israel
by a perpetual covenant.
9 (Lev 8:31; Mt 12:4; Mk 2:26) It shall be for Aaron and his sons,
and they shall eat it in a holy place, for it is most holy to him
of the food offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute.
The Punishment for Blasphemy
10 The son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian,
went out among the children of Israel, and this son of the Israelite woman
and a man of Israel fought together in the camp.
11 (Ex 3:15; 18:22) And the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the name
of the Lord and cursed. And they brought him to Moses.
(His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
12 (Ex 18:15-16; Nu 15:34) And they put him in custody,
so that the words of the Lord might be shown to them.
13 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
14 (Dt 17:7; Lev 20:27) Bring outside the camp him who has cursed,
and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head,
and let the entire congregation stone him.
15 (Lev 5:1; Nu 9:13) You shall speak to the children of Israel,
saying: Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
16 (Mt 12:31) Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord,
he shall surely be put to
and the entire congregation shall certainly stone him.
The foreigner as well as the native in the land,
when he blasphemes the name, then he shall be put to death.
17 (Ge 9:5-6; Dt 19:11-12) Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.
18 (Lev 24:21)Whoever kills an animal shall make restitution, animal for animal.
19 (Dt 19:21; Mt 5:38) If anyone causes injury to his neighbor,
as he has done, so shall it be done to him,
20 (Dt 19:21; Mt 5:38) fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth;
as he has caused an injury to another, so shall it be done to him.
21 (Lev 24:17-18) Whoever kills an animal shall make restitution.
And whoever kills a man shall be put to death.
22 (Ex 12:49; Nu 9:14) You shall have one manner of law for the foreigner
as for the native, for I am the Lord your God.
23 So Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and they brought outside
the camp him who had cursed, and stoned him.
And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 24
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive
beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
[3] Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the
congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before
the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
[4] He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD
continually.
[5] And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth
deals shall be in one cake.
[6] And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table
before the LORD.
[7] And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on
the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[8] Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually,
being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
[9] And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy
place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by
fire by a perpetual statute.
[10] And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went
out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and
a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
[11] And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and
cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was
Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
[12] And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed
them.
[13] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[14] Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that
heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone
him.
[15] And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever
curseth his God shall bear his sin.
[16] And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to
death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the
stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of
the LORD, shall be put to death.
[17] And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
[18] And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
[19] And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so
shall it be done to him;
[20] Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a
blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
[21] And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a
man, he shall be put to death.
[22] Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one
of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
[23] And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth
him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the
children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
LEVITICUS 25
The Sabbath Year
1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying:
2 (Ex 23:10; Lev 26:34-35) Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:
When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a sabbath
to the Lord.
3 For six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune
your vineyard and gather in its fruit, 4but in the seventh year there
be a sabbath of complete rest for the land, a sabbath for the Lord.
You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.
5 (2Ki 19:29; Isa 37:30) That which grows by itself from your harvest
you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your unpruned vines,
for it is a year of complete rest for the land.
6 The sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you:
for you, and for your male and female servants, and for your hired servant,
and for your stranger who sojourns with you,
7 and for your livestock, and for the wild animals in your land, shall all
its increase be food.
The Year of Jubilee
Dt 15:1-11; Ex 21:2-11; Dt 15:12-18
8 (Lev 23:15) You shall count seven sabbath weeks of years, seven times
seven years, and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you
forty-nine years.
9 (Lev 23:24; 23:27) Then you shall sound the horn blasts on the tenth day
of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall make
the sound of the horn throughout all your land.
10 (Jer 34:8; Ex 20:2) You shall consecrate the fiftieth year,
and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all the inhabitants.
It shall be a Jubilee to you, and each of you shall return to his possession,
and every person shall return to his family.
11 That fiftieth year will be
a Jubilee for you. You shall neither sow nor reap that which grows by itself,
nor gather the grapes of your unpruned vines.
12 (Lev 25:6-7) For it is the Jubilee. It shall be holy to you.
You shall eat the produce of the field.
13 (Lev 25:10) In the Year of Jubilee you shall return to your property.
Leviticus 25
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into
the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.
[3] Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy
vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
[4] But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a
sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy
vineyard.
[5] That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap,
neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest
unto the land.
[6] And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy
servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger
that sojourneth with thee,
[7] And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all
the increase thereof be meat.
[8] And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times
seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee
forty and nine years.
[9] Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth
day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet
sound throughout all your land.
[10] And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout
all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto
you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return
every man unto his family.
[11] A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,
neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it
of thy vine undressed.
[12] For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the
increase thereof out of the field.
[13] In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his
possession.
14 (Lev 19:13; 25:17) If you sell anything to your neighbor or buy anything
from your neighbor, you shall not oppress one another.
15 According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall pay your
neighbor, and according to the number of years of the crops
he shall sell to you.
16 According to the increase of years you shall increase the price,
and according to the decrease of years you shall diminish the price of it.
For he shall sell to you according to the number of years of crops.
17 (Lev 19:14; 19:32) You shall not therefore oppress one another,
but you shall fear your God. For I am the Lord your God.
18 (Dt 12:10; Jer 23:6) Therefore you shall do My statutes,
and keep My decrees, and do them, and you shall dwell securely in the land.
19 (Lev 26:5; Ps 85:12) The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat
your fill and live securely in it.
20 (Lev 25:4; Lk 12:29) If you shall say, "What shall we eat in the seventh
year, if we shall not sow nor gather in our crop?"
21 (Dt 28:8) then I will command My blessing upon
22 (Lev 26:10; 2Ki 19:29) You shall sow in the eighth year,
and eat yet of old crops until the ninth year until its crops come in for you.
Redemption of Property
23 (1Ch 29:15; Ps 39:12) The land shall not be permanently sold,
for the land is Mine. For you are foreigners and sojourners with
24 In all the land of your possession
you shall grant a redemption for the land.
25 (Ru 2:20; 3:9) If your brother becomes poor and has sold
some of his possession, then his nearest redeemer will come
to redeem it, and buy back that which his brother sold.
26 If the man has none to redeem it, but he himself is able to redeem it,
27 then let him count the years since the sale and pay back the balance
to the man to whom he sold it, so that he may return to his property.
28 But if he is not able to restore it to himself,
then that which he sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it
until the Year of Jubilee, and in the Jubilee it shall be released,
and he shall return to his possession.
29 If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may redeem
it within a year after it is sold, within a full year he may have
the right to buy it back.
30 If it is not redeemed within the time of a full year,
then the house that is in the walled city shall be given
permanently to him who bought it throughout his generations.
It shall not be returned in the Jubilee.
31 But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them
shall be counted as the fields of the land. They may be redeemed,
and they shall be returned in the Jubilee.
32 For the cities of the Levites, they may redeem at any time
the houses in the cities that they possess.
33 If a Levite purchases back the house that was sold in the city
of his possession, then it shall be returned in the Jubilee.
For the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession
among the children of Israel.
34 (Lev 25:23; Ac 4:36-37) But the fields of the land of their
cities may not be sold, for they are their perpetual possession.
Helping the Poor
35 (Dt 15:7-8; Ps 37:26) If your brother becomes poor
and cannot maintain himself with you,
then you shall support him as if he were a foreigner or a sojourner,
so that he may live with you.
36 (Ex 22:25; Dt 23:19-20) Take no usury or interest from him;
but fear your God, so that your brother may live with you.
37 You shall not lend him your money at interest,
nor lend him your food for profit.
38 (Lev 11:45; 22:32-33) I am the Lord your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
The Law About Slavery
39 (Ex 21:2; 1Ki 9:22; Lev 25:46) If your brother who dwells near you
becomes poor and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve
as a bondservant.
40 But as a hired servant and as a sojourner he shall be with you.
He shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee.
41 (Lev 25:28; Ex 21:3) And then he shall depart from you,
both he and his children with him,
and he shall return to his own family
and to the possession of his fathers.
42 (Lev 25:55; Ro 6:22) For they are My servants,
whom I brought out of the land of Egypt.
They shall not be sold as slaves.
43 (Col 4:1; Ex 1:13-14) You shall not rule over him with harshness,
but you shall fear your God.
44 Both your male and female slaves, whom you may have,
they shall be bought from the nations that are around you.
45 Moreover of the foreigners who sojourn among you
and of their families who are with you, who were born in your land,
you may also buy from them, and they may be your possession.
46 You may take them as an inheritance for your children after you,
for their possession. They shall be your slaves forever.
But over your brothers, the children of Israel,
you shall not rule over one another with rigor.
47 If a sojourner or foreigner becomes rich by you,
and your brother who dwells beside him becomes poor
and sells himself to the foreigner or sojourner with you,
or to a member of the stranger's family,
48 (Ne 5:5) then after he is sold he may be redeemed
One of his brothers may redeem him,
49 (Lev 25:26) or either his uncle or his cousin may redeem him,
or any who is near of kin to him of his family may redeem him.
Or if he is able, he may redeem himself.
50 (Isa 16:14; 21:16) He shall calculate with him who bought him
from the year that he was sold to the Year of Jubilee,
and the price of his sale shall be accordi
51 If there are still many years left until the Jubilee,
he shall pay the price proportionately for his redemption
as some of the price that he was bought for.
52 If there remain but a few years until the Year of Jubilee,
then he shall calculate and pay the price proportionately
for his redemption according to his years of service.
53 As a yearly hired servant he shall be treated,
and the other shall not rule harshly over him in your sight.
54 (Ex 21:2-3) If he is not redeemed in these years,
then he shall go out in the Year of Jubilee,
both he and his children with him.
55 (Lev 25:42) For to Me the children of Israel are servants.
They are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt:
I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 25
[14] And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy
neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
[15] According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy
neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall
sell unto thee:
[16] According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price
thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price
of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell
unto thee.
[17] Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy
God: for I am the LORD your God.
[18] Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
[19] And the land shall yield her fruit, and he shall eat your fill, and
dwell therein in safety.
[20] And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we
shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
[21] Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it
shall bring forth fruit for three years.
[22] And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the
ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
[23] The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are
strangers and sojourners with me.
[24] And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for
the land.
[25] If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his
possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem
that which his brother sold.
[26] And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem
it;
[27] Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the
overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his
possession.
[28] But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold
shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of
jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his
possession.
[29] And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem
it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem
it.
[30] And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the
house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that
bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
[31] But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them
shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and
they shall go out in the jubile.
[32] Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities
of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
[33] And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and
the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the
houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children
of Israel.
[34] But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is
their perpetual possession.
[35] And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then
thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that
he may live with thee.
[36] Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee.
[37] Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals
for increase.
[38] I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of
Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
[39] And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold
unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
[40] But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and
shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
[41] And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him,
and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers
shall he return.
[42] For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of
Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
[43] Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
[44] Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of
the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and
bondmaids.
[45] Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of
them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat
in your land: and they shall be your possession.
[46] And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you,
to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but
over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over
another with rigour.
[47] And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that
dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by
thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
[48] After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may
redeem him:
[49] Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is
nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may
redeem himself.
[50] And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was
sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be
according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired
servant shall it be with him.
[51] If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give
again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
[52] And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he
shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again
the price of his redemption.
[53] And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall
not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
[54] And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the
year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
[55] For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants
whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
2) Our Daily Bread for 21 February 2023 Titled
Protect Your Heart
Proverbs 4:20-27
20 (Pr 5:1) My son, attend to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 (Pr 3:21; 2:1 ) Do not let them depart from your eyes;
keep them in the midst of your heart;
22 (Pr 3:8; 12:18) for they are life to those who find them,
and health to all their body.
23 (Lk 6:45; Pr 4:7 ) Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth,
and put perverse lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look right on,
and let your eyelids look straight before you.
26 (Pr 5:6; Heb 12:13) Ponder the path of your feet,
and let all your ways be established.
27 (Dt 5:32; 28:14) Do not turn to the right or to the left;
remove your foot from evil.
20 My son, attend to my words;
Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes;
Keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them,
And health to all their flesh.
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence;
For out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth,
And perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on,
And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet,
And let all thy ways be established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:
Remove thy foot from evil.
Hungarian-born mathematician Abraham Wald lent his skills to the World War II
efforts after coming to the United States in 1938. The military was looking
for ways to protect its aircraft from enemy fire, so Wald and his colleagues
at the Statistical Research Group were asked to figure out how to better
protect military aircraft to defend against enemy fire. They began by
examining returning aircraft to see where they were most damaged. But Wald is
credited with the keen insight that damage on returning aircraft represented
only where a plane could be hit and still survive. He realized that areas most
in need of additional armour would be found on planes that had crashed. Planes
hit in the most vulnerable part-the engine-had gone down and therefore
couldn't be examined.
Solomon teaches us about protecting our most vulnerable part-our heart. He
instructs his son to "guard [his] heart" because from it everything else
flows (Proverbs 4:23). God's instructions guide us through life, steering us
away from poor decisions and teaching us where to focus our attention.
If we armor our heart by heeding His instructions, we'll better "keep [our feet] from evil" and remain steadfast on our journey with God (v. 27).
We venture into enemy territory every day, but with His wisdom guarding our
hearts, we can stay focused on our mission to live well for God’s glory.
By: Kirsten Holmberg
Reflect & Pray
What is your heart most vulnerable to right now?
How can God's wisdom protect you?
God, please protect my heart
from the threats against it. I hide myself in You.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 3 - Inseparable From God's Love
Romans 8:38-39
38 (Eph 1:21; 1Pe 3:22) For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present
nor things to come,
39 (Ro 5:8) neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Separation is a fact of human life. Relationships disintegrate,
children grow up, loved ones die, husbands and wives divorce,
friends changes and drift apart. We may resist change and separation,
but we must deal with them nevertheless.
Separation sometimes is a natural result of growth and development;
sometimes it is a violent, cataclysmic shaking of an individual's life.
2 lifelong friends go separate ways to college or into future careers;
a church splits over doctrinal differences; a wife finds out a hidden
secret in her husband's past.
But with God, there is no separation, no death, no breaking of vows,
no growing beyond the relationship. Nothing, says Paul, can separate
us from the love of God. A skeleton in my closet, once revealed, may
cost me the trust of those I thought were my friends. But God knows
all my past, all my sin; he forgives, and it cannot separate me from him.
My present personal struggles may cause trouble in my job and result in
the loss of that income, but God understands what I'm going through,
and even when I'm angry at him, he can take it without drawing away
or striking back. My present problems cannot separate me from the Lord.
And God knows, too, the plan he has established for my future. I cannot
walk away from him, grow beyond my need for him, or outrun him into
tomorrow.
She may separate me from my awareness of God's presence in my life,
but it cannot set me beyond his reach. There is no power that is greater
than God's love, and no place I can go that will separate me
from that love.
Application
a) Have I ever felt separated from the love of God? Under what circumstances?
b) How can today's verse free me from anxiety about the past,
the present or the future?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gal 3:13-14
13 (Dt 21:23; Gal 4:5) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by
being made a curse for us - as it is written,
"Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" (Dt 21:23.)-
14 (Ac 2:33; Gal 3:2) so that the blessing of Abraham might come
on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise
of the Spirit through faith.
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus
Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Guiding Presence
Ps 119:105-112
Nun
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it,
that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am greatly afflicted;
revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.
108 Accept the freewill offerings of my praise, O Lord,
and teach me Your judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand,
yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a trap for me,
yet I do not depart from Your precepts.
111 Your testimonies are my inheritance forever,
for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes always,
even unto the end.
Nun
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
And a light unto my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it,
That I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much:
Quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,
And teach me thy judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand:
Yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me:
Yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever:
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes
Alway, even unto the end.
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
21st Day of the Month
a) Pray for the leaders our educational system, that they would
have wisdom and make God honouring decisions
(
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make
supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life
in all godliness and honesty,
)
b) Pray that those who serve in law enforcement will have the resources
they need and the vigilance their work requires.
DAY 16: Peace
Verse at the day: "7 (Jn 14:27; Col 3:15; Isa 26:3) And the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Phillippians 4:7
The world prioritizes inner peace and offers thousands of suggestionsto
those who seek "peace of mind and soul." Worldly wisdom points to oneself
as the source of peace which completely ignores the source of true peace -
Jesus Christ.
The Bible speaks a lot about peace. For example, Jesus is called the
"Prince ofPeace" - Isaiah 9:6. Paul refers to "the God of all peace"
- Romans15:13, 33; Galatians 6:16.
The term peace is often used as a greeting and a benediction (see Luke 24:36)
The word "peace" in the Bible often translated means "to tie together as a
whole." Inner peace is a wholeness of mind and spirit, and a heart at rest.
It has little to do with external surroundings or oneself.
God desires those who know Him to learn to live in peace within themselves first and then we radiate that peace to others. Our reactions
to circumstances can bring peace, calmness, and wisdom to chaotic and tense
situations. Jesus said, "9 (Mt 5:45; Lk 6:35) Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called the sons of God. " Matthew 5:9
When the days are chaotic, the news is full of turmoil,
and life is spinning out of control, there is peace in knowing Christ.
Reflection: How often am I at peace with myself, and how often am I an
agent of God's peace to others?
Prayer: Dear God, Jehovah Shalom, we come before you, asking you for peace
within our minds, bodies, and souls. We pray that when fear and unrest try
to take over, we are filled with the peace that only You can provide.
We pray for peace in our homes and our families and peace in our lives.
We pray for peace over our bodies and our minds.
Father, please fill us with a sound mind and understanding that surpasses
our own understanding and can only come from You. In Jesus name I pray, amen.
Scripture reflection: Romans 12:18;
18 (Mk 9:50; Ro 14:19; Mt 5:9) If it is possible, as much as it depends
on you, live peaceably with all men.
[18] If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all
men.
2 Corinthians 13:11;
11 (Ro 15:33; Mk 9:50; Ro 12:16) Finally, brothers, farewell. Be perfect,
be of good comfort, be of one mind, and live in peace, and the God of love
and peace will be with you.
[11] Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one
mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Hebrews 12:14
14 (Ro 14:19; 2Co 7:1) Pursue peace with all men, and the holiness
without which no one will see the Lord,
[14] Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see
the Lord:
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to show mercy to the poor and the foreigner.
Pray to the Lord: "God, please protect my heart
from the threats against it. I hide myself in You."
Pray to the Lord and pray to feel not to be separated from the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His sacrifice.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Word as perfection.
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 for the leaders our educational system, that they would
have wisdom and make God honouring decisions
Pray that those who serve in law enforcement will have the resources
they need and the vigilance their work requires.
Pray that Bible smugglers will successfully distribute God's Word without
detection in Iran.
Dear God, Jehovah Shalom, we come before you, asking you for peace
within our minds, bodies, and souls. We pray that when fear and unrest try
to take over, we are filled with the peace that only You can provide.
We pray for peace in our homes and our families and peace in our lives.
We pray for peace over our bodies and our minds.
Father, please fill us with a sound mind and understanding that surpasses
our own understanding and can only come from You. In Jesus name I pray, amen.
1)
Leviticus 24 - 25
LEVITICUS 24
The Tabernacle Lamps
Ex 27:20-21
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Ex 27:20-21) Command the children of Israel that they bring
to you pure olive oil beaten for the lamp, to cause the lamps
to burn continually.
3 Outside the veil of the sanctuary,
in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it continually,
from the evening until the morning before the Lord.
It shall be a perpetual statute in your generations.
4 (Ex 31:8; 39:37) He shall arrange the lamps continually
on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord.
The Bread of the Tabernacle
5 (Ex 25:30; 40:23) You shall take wheat flour and bake twelve cakes.
Two-tenths of an ephah (Likely about 7 pounds, or 3.2 kilograms.)
shall be in each cake.
6 (1Ki 7:48; Ex 25:23–24) You shall set them in two rows, six in a row,
on the pure gold table before the Lord.
7 (Lev 2:2) You shall put pure frankincense on each row,
so that it may be on the bread for a memorial,
a food offering made by fire to the Lord.
8 (Nu 4:7; 2Ch 2:4) Every Sabbath he shall set it in order continually
before the Lord, with the portion taken from the children of Israel
by a perpetual covenant.
9 (Lev 8:31; Mt 12:4; Mk 2:26) It shall be for Aaron and his sons,
and they shall eat it in a holy place, for it is most holy to him
of the food offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute.
The Punishment for Blasphemy
10 The son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian,
went out among the children of Israel, and this son of the Israelite woman
and a man of Israel fought together in the camp.
11 (Ex 3:15; 18:22) And the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the name
of the Lord and cursed. And they brought him to Moses.
(His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
12 (Ex 18:15-16; Nu 15:34) And they put him in custody,
so that the words of the Lord might be shown to them.
13 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
14 (Dt 17:7; Lev 20:27) Bring outside the camp him who has cursed,
and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head,
and let the entire congregation stone him.
15 (Lev 5:1; Nu 9:13) You shall speak to the children of Israel,
saying: Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
16 (Mt 12:31) Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord,
he shall surely be put to
and the entire congregation shall certainly stone him.
The foreigner as well as the native in the land,
when he blasphemes the name, then he shall be put to death.
17 (Ge 9:5-6; Dt 19:11-12) Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.
18 (Lev 24:21)Whoever kills an animal shall make restitution, animal for animal.
19 (Dt 19:21; Mt 5:38) If anyone causes injury to his neighbor,
as he has done, so shall it be done to him,
20 (Dt 19:21; Mt 5:38) fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth;
as he has caused an injury to another, so shall it be done to him.
21 (Lev 24:17-18) Whoever kills an animal shall make restitution.
And whoever kills a man shall be put to death.
22 (Ex 12:49; Nu 9:14) You shall have one manner of law for the foreigner
as for the native, for I am the Lord your God.
23 So Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and they brought outside
the camp him who had cursed, and stoned him.
And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 24
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive
beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
[3] Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the
congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before
the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
[4] He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD
continually.
[5] And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth
deals shall be in one cake.
[6] And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table
before the LORD.
[7] And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on
the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[8] Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually,
being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
[9] And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy
place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by
fire by a perpetual statute.
[10] And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went
out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and
a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
[11] And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and
cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was
Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
[12] And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed
them.
[13] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[14] Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that
heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone
him.
[15] And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever
curseth his God shall bear his sin.
[16] And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to
death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the
stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of
the LORD, shall be put to death.
[17] And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
[18] And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
[19] And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so
shall it be done to him;
[20] Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a
blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
[21] And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a
man, he shall be put to death.
[22] Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one
of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
[23] And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth
him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the
children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
LEVITICUS 25
The Sabbath Year
1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying:
2 (Ex 23:10; Lev 26:34-35) Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:
When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a sabbath
to the Lord.
3 For six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune
your vineyard and gather in its fruit, 4but in the seventh year there
be a sabbath of complete rest for the land, a sabbath for the Lord.
You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.
5 (2Ki 19:29; Isa 37:30) That which grows by itself from your harvest
you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your unpruned vines,
for it is a year of complete rest for the land.
6 The sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you:
for you, and for your male and female servants, and for your hired servant,
and for your stranger who sojourns with you,
7 and for your livestock, and for the wild animals in your land, shall all
its increase be food.
The Year of Jubilee
Dt 15:1-11; Ex 21:2-11; Dt 15:12-18
8 (Lev 23:15) You shall count seven sabbath weeks of years, seven times
seven years, and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you
forty-nine years.
9 (Lev 23:24; 23:27) Then you shall sound the horn blasts on the tenth day
of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall make
the sound of the horn throughout all your land.
10 (Jer 34:8; Ex 20:2) You shall consecrate the fiftieth year,
and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all the inhabitants.
It shall be a Jubilee to you, and each of you shall return to his possession,
and every person shall return to his family.
11 That fiftieth year will be
a Jubilee for you. You shall neither sow nor reap that which grows by itself,
nor gather the grapes of your unpruned vines.
12 (Lev 25:6-7) For it is the Jubilee. It shall be holy to you.
You shall eat the produce of the field.
13 (Lev 25:10) In the Year of Jubilee you shall return to your property.
Leviticus 25
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into
the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.
[3] Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy
vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
[4] But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a
sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy
vineyard.
[5] That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap,
neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest
unto the land.
[6] And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy
servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger
that sojourneth with thee,
[7] And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all
the increase thereof be meat.
[8] And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times
seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee
forty and nine years.
[9] Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth
day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet
sound throughout all your land.
[10] And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout
all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto
you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return
every man unto his family.
[11] A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,
neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it
of thy vine undressed.
[12] For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the
increase thereof out of the field.
[13] In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his
possession.
14 (Lev 19:13; 25:17) If you sell anything to your neighbor or buy anything
from your neighbor, you shall not oppress one another.
15 According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall pay your
neighbor, and according to the number of years of the crops
he shall sell to you.
16 According to the increase of years you shall increase the price,
and according to the decrease of years you shall diminish the price of it.
For he shall sell to you according to the number of years of crops.
17 (Lev 19:14; 19:32) You shall not therefore oppress one another,
but you shall fear your God. For I am the Lord your God.
18 (Dt 12:10; Jer 23:6) Therefore you shall do My statutes,
and keep My decrees, and do them, and you shall dwell securely in the land.
19 (Lev 26:5; Ps 85:12) The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat
your fill and live securely in it.
20 (Lev 25:4; Lk 12:29) If you shall say, "What shall we eat in the seventh
year, if we shall not sow nor gather in our crop?"
21 (Dt 28:8) then I will command My blessing upon
22 (Lev 26:10; 2Ki 19:29) You shall sow in the eighth year,
and eat yet of old crops until the ninth year until its crops come in for you.
Redemption of Property
23 (1Ch 29:15; Ps 39:12) The land shall not be permanently sold,
for the land is Mine. For you are foreigners and sojourners with
24 In all the land of your possession
you shall grant a redemption for the land.
25 (Ru 2:20; 3:9) If your brother becomes poor and has sold
some of his possession, then his nearest redeemer will come
to redeem it, and buy back that which his brother sold.
26 If the man has none to redeem it, but he himself is able to redeem it,
27 then let him count the years since the sale and pay back the balance
to the man to whom he sold it, so that he may return to his property.
28 But if he is not able to restore it to himself,
then that which he sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it
until the Year of Jubilee, and in the Jubilee it shall be released,
and he shall return to his possession.
29 If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may redeem
it within a year after it is sold, within a full year he may have
the right to buy it back.
30 If it is not redeemed within the time of a full year,
then the house that is in the walled city shall be given
permanently to him who bought it throughout his generations.
It shall not be returned in the Jubilee.
31 But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them
shall be counted as the fields of the land. They may be redeemed,
and they shall be returned in the Jubilee.
32 For the cities of the Levites, they may redeem at any time
the houses in the cities that they possess.
33 If a Levite purchases back the house that was sold in the city
of his possession, then it shall be returned in the Jubilee.
For the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession
among the children of Israel.
34 (Lev 25:23; Ac 4:36-37) But the fields of the land of their
cities may not be sold, for they are their perpetual possession.
Helping the Poor
35 (Dt 15:7-8; Ps 37:26) If your brother becomes poor
and cannot maintain himself with you,
then you shall support him as if he were a foreigner or a sojourner,
so that he may live with you.
36 (Ex 22:25; Dt 23:19-20) Take no usury or interest from him;
but fear your God, so that your brother may live with you.
37 You shall not lend him your money at interest,
nor lend him your food for profit.
38 (Lev 11:45; 22:32-33) I am the Lord your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
The Law About Slavery
39 (Ex 21:2; 1Ki 9:22; Lev 25:46) If your brother who dwells near you
becomes poor and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve
as a bondservant.
40 But as a hired servant and as a sojourner he shall be with you.
He shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee.
41 (Lev 25:28; Ex 21:3) And then he shall depart from you,
both he and his children with him,
and he shall return to his own family
and to the possession of his fathers.
42 (Lev 25:55; Ro 6:22) For they are My servants,
whom I brought out of the land of Egypt.
They shall not be sold as slaves.
43 (Col 4:1; Ex 1:13-14) You shall not rule over him with harshness,
but you shall fear your God.
44 Both your male and female slaves, whom you may have,
they shall be bought from the nations that are around you.
45 Moreover of the foreigners who sojourn among you
and of their families who are with you, who were born in your land,
you may also buy from them, and they may be your possession.
46 You may take them as an inheritance for your children after you,
for their possession. They shall be your slaves forever.
But over your brothers, the children of Israel,
you shall not rule over one another with rigor.
47 If a sojourner or foreigner becomes rich by you,
and your brother who dwells beside him becomes poor
and sells himself to the foreigner or sojourner with you,
or to a member of the stranger's family,
48 (Ne 5:5) then after he is sold he may be redeemed
One of his brothers may redeem him,
49 (Lev 25:26) or either his uncle or his cousin may redeem him,
or any who is near of kin to him of his family may redeem him.
Or if he is able, he may redeem himself.
50 (Isa 16:14; 21:16) He shall calculate with him who bought him
from the year that he was sold to the Year of Jubilee,
and the price of his sale shall be accordi
51 If there are still many years left until the Jubilee,
he shall pay the price proportionately for his redemption
as some of the price that he was bought for.
52 If there remain but a few years until the Year of Jubilee,
then he shall calculate and pay the price proportionately
for his redemption according to his years of service.
53 As a yearly hired servant he shall be treated,
and the other shall not rule harshly over him in your sight.
54 (Ex 21:2-3) If he is not redeemed in these years,
then he shall go out in the Year of Jubilee,
both he and his children with him.
55 (Lev 25:42) For to Me the children of Israel are servants.
They are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt:
I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 25
[14] And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy
neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
[15] According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy
neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall
sell unto thee:
[16] According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price
thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price
of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell
unto thee.
[17] Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy
God: for I am the LORD your God.
[18] Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
[19] And the land shall yield her fruit, and he shall eat your fill, and
dwell therein in safety.
[20] And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we
shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
[21] Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it
shall bring forth fruit for three years.
[22] And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the
ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
[23] The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are
strangers and sojourners with me.
[24] And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for
the land.
[25] If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his
possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem
that which his brother sold.
[26] And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem
it;
[27] Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the
overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his
possession.
[28] But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold
shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of
jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his
possession.
[29] And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem
it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem
it.
[30] And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the
house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that
bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
[31] But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them
shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and
they shall go out in the jubile.
[32] Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities
of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
[33] And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and
the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the
houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children
of Israel.
[34] But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is
their perpetual possession.
[35] And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then
thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that
he may live with thee.
[36] Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee.
[37] Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals
for increase.
[38] I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of
Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
[39] And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold
unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
[40] But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and
shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
[41] And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him,
and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers
shall he return.
[42] For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of
Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
[43] Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
[44] Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of
the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and
bondmaids.
[45] Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of
them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat
in your land: and they shall be your possession.
[46] And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you,
to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but
over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over
another with rigour.
[47] And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that
dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by
thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
[48] After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may
redeem him:
[49] Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is
nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may
redeem himself.
[50] And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was
sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be
according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired
servant shall it be with him.
[51] If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give
again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
[52] And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he
shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again
the price of his redemption.
[53] And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall
not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
[54] And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the
year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
[55] For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants
whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
2) Our Daily Bread for 21 February 2023 Titled
Protect Your Heart
Proverbs 4:20-27
20 (Pr 5:1) My son, attend to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 (Pr 3:21; 2:1 ) Do not let them depart from your eyes;
keep them in the midst of your heart;
22 (Pr 3:8; 12:18) for they are life to those who find them,
and health to all their body.
23 (Lk 6:45; Pr 4:7 ) Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth,
and put perverse lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look right on,
and let your eyelids look straight before you.
26 (Pr 5:6; Heb 12:13) Ponder the path of your feet,
and let all your ways be established.
27 (Dt 5:32; 28:14) Do not turn to the right or to the left;
remove your foot from evil.
20 My son, attend to my words;
Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes;
Keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them,
And health to all their flesh.
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence;
For out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth,
And perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on,
And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet,
And let all thy ways be established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:
Remove thy foot from evil.
Hungarian-born mathematician Abraham Wald lent his skills to the World War II
efforts after coming to the United States in 1938. The military was looking
for ways to protect its aircraft from enemy fire, so Wald and his colleagues
at the Statistical Research Group were asked to figure out how to better
protect military aircraft to defend against enemy fire. They began by
examining returning aircraft to see where they were most damaged. But Wald is
credited with the keen insight that damage on returning aircraft represented
only where a plane could be hit and still survive. He realized that areas most
in need of additional armour would be found on planes that had crashed. Planes
hit in the most vulnerable part-the engine-had gone down and therefore
couldn't be examined.
Solomon teaches us about protecting our most vulnerable part-our heart. He
instructs his son to "guard [his] heart" because from it everything else
flows (Proverbs 4:23). God's instructions guide us through life, steering us
away from poor decisions and teaching us where to focus our attention.
If we armor our heart by heeding His instructions, we'll better "keep [our feet] from evil" and remain steadfast on our journey with God (v. 27).
We venture into enemy territory every day, but with His wisdom guarding our
hearts, we can stay focused on our mission to live well for God’s glory.
By: Kirsten Holmberg
Reflect & Pray
What is your heart most vulnerable to right now?
How can God's wisdom protect you?
God, please protect my heart
from the threats against it. I hide myself in You.
3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association
Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools
Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 3 - Inseparable From God's Love
Romans 8:38-39
38 (Eph 1:21; 1Pe 3:22) For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present
nor things to come,
39 (Ro 5:8) neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Separation is a fact of human life. Relationships disintegrate,
children grow up, loved ones die, husbands and wives divorce,
friends changes and drift apart. We may resist change and separation,
but we must deal with them nevertheless.
Separation sometimes is a natural result of growth and development;
sometimes it is a violent, cataclysmic shaking of an individual's life.
2 lifelong friends go separate ways to college or into future careers;
a church splits over doctrinal differences; a wife finds out a hidden
secret in her husband's past.
But with God, there is no separation, no death, no breaking of vows,
no growing beyond the relationship. Nothing, says Paul, can separate
us from the love of God. A skeleton in my closet, once revealed, may
cost me the trust of those I thought were my friends. But God knows
all my past, all my sin; he forgives, and it cannot separate me from him.
My present personal struggles may cause trouble in my job and result in
the loss of that income, but God understands what I'm going through,
and even when I'm angry at him, he can take it without drawing away
or striking back. My present problems cannot separate me from the Lord.
And God knows, too, the plan he has established for my future. I cannot
walk away from him, grow beyond my need for him, or outrun him into
tomorrow.
She may separate me from my awareness of God's presence in my life,
but it cannot set me beyond his reach. There is no power that is greater
than God's love, and no place I can go that will separate me
from that love.
Application
a) Have I ever felt separated from the love of God? Under what circumstances?
b) How can today's verse free me from anxiety about the past,
the present or the future?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Gal 3:13-14
13 (Dt 21:23; Gal 4:5) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by
being made a curse for us - as it is written,
"Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" (Dt 21:23.)-
14 (Ac 2:33; Gal 3:2) so that the blessing of Abraham might come
on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise
of the Spirit through faith.
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus
Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Guiding Presence
Ps 119:105-112
Nun
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it,
that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am greatly afflicted;
revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.
108 Accept the freewill offerings of my praise, O Lord,
and teach me Your judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand,
yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a trap for me,
yet I do not depart from Your precepts.
111 Your testimonies are my inheritance forever,
for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes always,
even unto the end.
Nun
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
And a light unto my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it,
That I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much:
Quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,
And teach me thy judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand:
Yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me:
Yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever:
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes
Alway, even unto the end.
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
21st Day of the Month
a) Pray for the leaders our educational system, that they would
have wisdom and make God honouring decisions
(
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make
supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life
in all godliness and honesty,
)
b) Pray that those who serve in law enforcement will have the resources
they need and the vigilance their work requires.
DAY 16: Peace
Verse at the day: "7 (Jn 14:27; Col 3:15; Isa 26:3) And the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Phillippians 4:7
The world prioritizes inner peace and offers thousands of suggestionsto
those who seek "peace of mind and soul." Worldly wisdom points to oneself
as the source of peace which completely ignores the source of true peace -
Jesus Christ.
The Bible speaks a lot about peace. For example, Jesus is called the
"Prince ofPeace" - Isaiah 9:6. Paul refers to "the God of all peace"
- Romans15:13, 33; Galatians 6:16.
The term peace is often used as a greeting and a benediction (see Luke 24:36)
The word "peace" in the Bible often translated means "to tie together as a
whole." Inner peace is a wholeness of mind and spirit, and a heart at rest.
It has little to do with external surroundings or oneself.
God desires those who know Him to learn to live in peace within themselves first and then we radiate that peace to others. Our reactions
to circumstances can bring peace, calmness, and wisdom to chaotic and tense
situations. Jesus said, "9 (Mt 5:45; Lk 6:35) Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called the sons of God. " Matthew 5:9
When the days are chaotic, the news is full of turmoil,
and life is spinning out of control, there is peace in knowing Christ.
Reflection: How often am I at peace with myself, and how often am I an
agent of God's peace to others?
Prayer: Dear God, Jehovah Shalom, we come before you, asking you for peace
within our minds, bodies, and souls. We pray that when fear and unrest try
to take over, we are filled with the peace that only You can provide.
We pray for peace in our homes and our families and peace in our lives.
We pray for peace over our bodies and our minds.
Father, please fill us with a sound mind and understanding that surpasses
our own understanding and can only come from You. In Jesus name I pray, amen.
Scripture reflection: Romans 12:18;
18 (Mk 9:50; Ro 14:19; Mt 5:9) If it is possible, as much as it depends
on you, live peaceably with all men.
[18] If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all
men.
2 Corinthians 13:11;
11 (Ro 15:33; Mk 9:50; Ro 12:16) Finally, brothers, farewell. Be perfect,
be of good comfort, be of one mind, and live in peace, and the God of love
and peace will be with you.
[11] Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one
mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Hebrews 12:14
14 (Ro 14:19; 2Co 7:1) Pursue peace with all men, and the holiness
without which no one will see the Lord,
[14] Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see
the Lord:
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to show mercy to the poor and the foreigner.
Pray to the Lord: "God, please protect my heart
from the threats against it. I hide myself in You."
Pray to the Lord and pray to feel not to be separated from the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and thank Him for His sacrifice.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Word as perfection.
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 for the leaders our educational system, that they would
have wisdom and make God honouring decisions
Pray that those who serve in law enforcement will have the resources
they need and the vigilance their work requires.
Pray that Bible smugglers will successfully distribute God's Word without
detection in Iran.
Dear God, Jehovah Shalom, we come before you, asking you for peace
within our minds, bodies, and souls. We pray that when fear and unrest try
to take over, we are filled with the peace that only You can provide.
We pray for peace in our homes and our families and peace in our lives.
We pray for peace over our bodies and our minds.
Father, please fill us with a sound mind and understanding that surpasses
our own understanding and can only come from You. In Jesus name I pray, amen.