Day 71 of the 3rd Bible Study Journey - 12 March 2023 reflections
Day 71, 12 Mar 2022
Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ , Pastor Barrt Regier
address Connecting in Community
Phillipians 1:3-5,7-8,10
Philippians 1:3-8
Paul's Prayer for the Philippians
A Heart of Gratitude
3 (Ro 1:8-9; 2Ti 1:3) I thank my God for every reminder of you.
[3] I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
A heart of Joyful Prayer
4 (Ro 1:9) In every prayer of mine for you all, I have always made requests
with joy,
[4] Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
A Heart of Belonging
5 (Ac 16:12-40; Php 1:7) due to your fellowship in the gospel from the first
day until now.
[5] For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
A heart of Affection
7 (2Co 7:3; Ac 20:23) It is right for me to think this of you all because
I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonments and in the defense
and confirmation of the gospel, you all are fellow partakers of my grace.
[7] Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you
in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and
confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
8 (Ro 1:9; 9:1) For God is my witness, how I long after you all with
the affection of Jesus Christ.
[8] For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of
Jesus Christ.
10 (1Th 3:13; Ro 12:2) that you may approve things that are excellent
so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
[10] That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere
and without offence till the day of Christ;
Philippians 4
1 (Php 1:8; 1:27; 1Co 16:13) Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brothers,
my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
[1] Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown,
so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Conenctin in Community means we are
A) Known By God
Phil 4:21a
21 (Gal 1:2) Greet every saint in Christ Jesus.
[21] Salute every saint in Christ Jesus.
A Saint is someone who separates themselves from the World.
Proverbs 23:7
7 (Ps 12:2; Jdg 16:15) for as he thinks in his heart,
so is he.
"Eat and drink!" he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
[7] For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to
thee; but his heart is not with thee.
2 Corinthians 5:17
17 (Jn 3:3; Ro 16:7) Therefore, if any man is in Christ,
he is a new creature. Old things have passed away. Look, all things have
become new.
[17] Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Galatians 2:15-21
Jews, Like Gentiles, Are Saved by Faith
15 (Eph 2:3) We are Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,
16 (Ps 143:2; Php 3:9) yet we know that a man is not justified
by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ.
Even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified
by faith in Christ, rather than by the works of the law.
For by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
17 (Gal 2:15) If, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves
also are found to be sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sin?
God forbid!
18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed,
I make myself a transgressor.
19 (Ro 7:4; 6:2) For through the law I am dead to the law,
that I might live for God.
20 (Ro 8:37; Gal 1:4) I have been crucified with Christ.
It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.
And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God,
Or by the faith of the Son of God. who loved me and gave Himself for me.
21 (Gal 3:21; Heb 7:11) I do not nullify the grace of God.
For if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ died in vain.
[15] We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
[16] Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the
faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might
be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by
the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
[17] But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are
found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
[18] For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a
transgressor.
[19] For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
[20] I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith
of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
[21] I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the
law, then Christ is dead in vain.
1 Corinthians 1:2
2 (Ro 1:7; Ac 18:1) To the church of God which is at Corinth,
to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints,
with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
both their Lord and ours:
[2] Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified
in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon
the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
Again Phil 4:21
21 (Gal 1:2) Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me
greet you.
[21] Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me
greet you.
b) Know others and are known
Phil 4:21b-22
21 (Gal 1:2) The brothers who are with me
greet you.
22 (2Co 13:13; Php 1:13) All the saints greet you,
especially those who are of Caesar's household.
[21] The brethren which are with me
greet you.
[22] All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.
C) Walk in God's resources
23 (Ro 16:20) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
[23] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
1) Detueronmy 5 -7
DEUTERONOMY 5
The Ten Commandments
Ex 20:1-17
1 Then Moses called all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel,
the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking in your hearing today,
so that you may learn them, and keep, and do them.
2 (Dt 4:23) The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3 The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us,
we who are living now and here today.
4 (Dt 4:33; 34:10) The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain
from the midst of the fire.
5 (Gal 3:19; Ex 19:16) I stood between the Lord and you at that time to
declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of
the fire and would not go up to the mountain. He said:
6 (Ex 20:2-17) I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
7 (Ex 20:3) You shall have no other gods before Me.
8 (Ex 20:4) You shall not make yourself any graven image, or any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth;
9 (Ex 34:7; 34:14) you shall not bow down to them, nor serve them.
For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on the children, and on the third and fourth generations
of those who hate Me,
10 (Jer 32:18) but showing mercy to thousands of them that love Me
and keep My commandments.
11 (Lev 19:12; Ex 20:7) You shall not take the name of the Lord
your God in vain, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who
takes His name in vain.
12 (Ex 20:8-11) Keep the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you.
13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
14 (Heb 4:4; Ge 2:2) but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
On it you shall not do any work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter,
nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox,
nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor the foreigner
that is within your gates, so that your male servant
and your female servant may rest as well as you.
15 (Dt 15:15; 16:12) Remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt,
and that the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty
hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore your God commanded
you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 (Ex 20:12; Dt 4:40) Honor your father and your mother, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged,
and that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God
is giving you.
17 (Ex 20:13; Mt 5:21-22) You shall not murder.
18 (Ex 20:14; Lk 18:20) You shall not commit adultery.
19 (Ex 20:15) You shall not steal.
20 (Ex 20:16; 23:1) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
21 (Ro 13:9; Ex 20:17) You shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
nor shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, his male servant,
his female servant, his ox, his donkey,
or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
22 (Ex 24:12; 31:18) These are the words the Lord spoke to all your assembly
at the mountain out from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick
darkness with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on
two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23 When you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the
mountain did burn with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your
tribes, and your elders.
24 (Ex 19:19; Dt 4:33) You said, "See, the Lord our God has shown us
His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from
the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man,
yet he lives.
25 (Dt 18:16) Now, therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will
consume us. If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more,
then we will die.
26 (Dt 4:33) For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice
of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have,
and lived?
27 (Ex 20:19) Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say.
Then speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you,
and we will hear and do it."
28 (Dt 18:17) The Lord heard the sound of your words when
you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me,
"I have heard the sound of the words of this people
which they have spoken to you.
They have done well in all that they have spoken.
29 (Isa 48:18; Dt 4:40) O that there were such a heart in them
that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments,
that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
30 "Go say to them, 'Return to your tents.'
31 (Gal 3:19) But as for you, stand here by Me, so that I may speak
to you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances
which you shall teach them, that they may keep them in the land
which I am giving them to possess."
32 (Dt 17:20; 28:14) Therefore, be careful to do as the Lord your God
has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
33 (Jer 7:23; Dt 4:40; 10:12) You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord
your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may be
well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which
you shall possess.
Deuteronomy 5
[1] And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the
statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may
learn them, and keep, and do them.
[2] The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
[3] The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us,
who are all of us here alive this day.
[4] The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of
the fire,
[5] (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the work of
the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the
mount;) saying,
[6] I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from
the house of bondage.
[7] Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
[8] Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
waters beneath the earth:
[9] Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the
LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
[10] And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my
commandments.
[11] Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD
will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
[12] Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee.
[13] Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
[14] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and
thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
[15] And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that
the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a
stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the
sabbath day.
[16] Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[17] Thou shalt not kill.
[18] Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
[19] Neither shalt thou steal.
[20] Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
[21] Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou
covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his
maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
[22] These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of
the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great
voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and
delivered them unto me.
[23] And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the
darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me,
even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
[24] And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his
greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have
seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
[25] Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us:
if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
[26] For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living
God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
[27] Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak
thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will
hear it, and do it.
[28] And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and
the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people,
which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have
spoken.
[29] O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and
keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with
their children for ever!
[30] Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
[31] But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all
the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt
teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess
it.
[32] Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded
you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
[33] Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded
you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may
prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
DEUTERONOMY 6
The Greatest Commandment
1 (Dt 4:1; 5:31) Now these are the commandments, the statutes,
and the ordinances which the Lord your God commanded to
teach you, so that you may observe them in the land which
you are crossing over to possess,
2 (Ex 20:20; Ps 128:1) so that you might fear the Lord your God
in order to keep all His statutes and His commandments which
I command you-you, and your son, and your grandson-all the
days of your life, so that your days may be prolonged.
3 (Ex 3:8; Ge 15:5) Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do it,
so that it may be well with you and so that you may multiply greatly,
as the Lord the God of your fathers has promised you in the land that
flows with milk and honey.
4 (Jn 17:3; Isa 42:8) Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God. The Lord is one!
5 (Mt 22:37; Mk 12:30) And you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 (Dt 11:18; 32:46) These words, which I am commanding you today,
shall be in your heart.
7 (Dt 11:19; Eph 6:4) You shall teach them diligently to your children
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk
by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
8 (Ex 13:9; Dt 11:18) You shall bind them as a sign on your hand,
and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9 (Dt 11:20; Isa 57:8) You shall write them on the doorposts
of your house and on your gates.
10 (Jos 24:13; Ps 105:44) Then it shall be when the Lord your God
brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and fine cities,
which you did not build,
11 and houses full of all good things which you did not fill,
and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards
and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are full,
12 then beware lest you forget the Lord who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
13 (Dt 10:20; Mt 4:10) You shall fear the Lord your God
and serve Him and shall swear by His name.
14 (Jer 25:6; Dt 8:19) You shall not go after other gods,
the gods of the people which surround you
15 (Dt 4:24; Ex 20:5) (for the Lord your God is a jealous God among you).
Otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be inflamed against you
and destroy you from off the face of the earth.
16 (Ex 17:7; Mt 4:7) You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted
Him in Massah.
17 (Dt 11:22; Ps 119:4) You shall diligently keep the commandments
of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which
He has commanded you.
18 (Dt 4:40; 12:25) You shall do what is right and good in the sight
of the Lord that it may be well with you and that you may go in
and possess the good land which the Lord swore to your fathers,
19 (Ex 23:28-30; Nu 33:52-53) to drive out all your enemies
before you, just as the Lord has spoken.
20 (Ex 13:14; 12:26) When your son asks you in time to come, saying,
"What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean
which the Lord our God has commanded you?"
21 (Ex 20:2) then you shall say to your son, "We were slaves of Pharaoh
in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 (Dt 4:34; Ps 135:9) And the Lord showed great and devastating signs
and wonders upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household
before our eyes.
23 He brought us out from there, so that He might bring us in,
to give us the land which He swore to our fathers.
24 (Ps 41:2; Jer 32:39) The Lord commanded us to do all these statutes,
to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve
us, as He has to this day.
25 (Dt 24:13; Ro 10:3) It will be our righteousness if we are careful
to keep all these commandments before the Lord our God,
just as He has commanded us."
Deuteronomy 6
[1] Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which
the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land
whither ye go to possess it:
[2] That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and
his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's
son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
[3] Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with
thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath
promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
[4] Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
[5] And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy might.
[6] And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
[7] And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk
of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way,
and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
[8] And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between thine eyes.
[9] And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
[10] And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the
land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to
give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
[11] And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells
digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou
plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
[12] Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of
the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
[13] Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his
name.
[14] Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are
round about you;
[15] (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the
LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of
the earth.
[16] Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
[17] Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his
testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
[18] And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the
LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess
the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
[19] To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath
spoken.
[20] And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the
testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God
hath commanded you?
[21] Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt;
and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
[22] And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon
Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
[23] And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give
us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
[24] And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD
our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at
this day.
[25] And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these
commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
DEUTERONOMY 7
The Chosen People
1 Dt 4:38; 31:3When the Lord your God brings you into the land which
you are entering to possess and has driven out many nations before you,
the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites
and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites,
seven nations greater and mightier than you,
2 (Dt 23:14; Ex 23:32-33) and when the Lord your God delivers them
before you and you strike them down, then you must utterly destroy them.
You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.
3 (Ex 34:15-16; Jos 23:12-13) What is more, you shall not intermarry
with them. You shall not give your daughters to their sons
or take their daughters for your sons.
4 (Dt 6:15) For they will turn your sons away from following Me
to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will be inflamed
against you, and He will quickly destroy you.
5 (Ex 23:24; 34:13) But this is how you shall deal with them:
You shall destroy their altars and break down their images
and cut down their AsherimRebekah, Jacob's mother,
was an Aramean. and burn their graven images with fire.
6 (Dt 14:2; Ex 19:5-6; Jer 2:3) For you are a holy people
to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be
His special people, treasured above all peoples who are on the face
of the earth.
7 (Dt 10:22) The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose
you because you were more in number than any of the peoples,
for you were the fewest of all the peoples.
8 (Ex 32:13; Dt 10:15) But it is because the Lord loved you
and because He kept the oath which He swore to your fathers.
The Lord brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you
out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
9 (Da 9:4; 1Co 1:9) Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God,
the faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with them who love
Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations,
10 (Isa 59:18; Na 1:2) yet He repays those who hate Him to their face,
to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him.
He will repay him to his face.
11 Therefore keep the commandments and the statutes
and the judgments which I command you today, by doing them.
12 (Lev 26:3-13; Dt 28:1-14) If you listen to these judgments,
keep them, and do them, then the Lord your God shall keep
with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
13 (Jn 14:21) He will love you and bless you and multiply you.
He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land,
your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your herd
and the young of your flock, in the land which
He swore to your fathers to give you.
14 (Ps 127:3) You shall be blessed above all peoples.
There will not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock.
15 (Ex 15:26; Dt 28:27) The Lord will take away from you all sickness,
and will afflict you with none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know,
but will lay them on all those who hate you.
16 (Ex 23:33; Jdg 8:27) You must consume all the peoples whom the Lord your
God will deliver to you. Your eye shall have no pity on them, nor shall
you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
17 (Nu 33:53) If you say in your heart,
"These nations are greater than I-how can I dispossess them?"
18 (Ps 105:5; Dt 31:6) you shall not be afraid of them.
You must surely remember what the Lord your God
did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt,
19 (Dt 4:34) the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs,
and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm,
by which the Lord your God brought you out. So the Lord your God
will do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
20 (Jos 24:12) Moreover the Lord your God will send the hornet among
them, until they who are left and hide themselves from you perish.
21 (Dt 10:17; Jos 3:10) You must not be frightened of them, for the Lord
your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
22 (Ex 23:29-30) The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you,
little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once,
lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
23 But the Lord your God will deliver them to you
and will throw them into a great confusion until they are destroyed.
24 (Jos 23:9; Dt 11:25) He will deliver their kings into your hand
so that you may erase their names from under heaven.
No man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.
25 (Ex 32:20; Dt 17:1) You must burn the graven images of their gods with fire.
You must not desire the silver or gold that is on them nor take any of it,
lest you be snared by them, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.
26 (Dt 13:17; Lev 27:28-29) You shall not bring an abomination
into your house, lest you become cursed like it, but you must
absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is a cursed thing.
Deuteronomy 7
[1] When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest
to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and
the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites,
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than
thou;
[2] And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt
smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them,
nor shew mercy unto them:
[3] Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not
give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
[4] For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve
other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and
destroy thee suddenly.
[5] But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and
break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven
images with fire.
[6] For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath
chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are
upon the face of the earth.
[7] The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were
more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
[8] But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which
he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty
hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh
king of Egypt.
[9] Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which
keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments
to a thousand generations;
[10] And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will
not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
[11] Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the
judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
[12] Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and
keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant
and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
[13] And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also
bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep,
in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
[14] Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or
female barren among you, or among your cattle.
[15] And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none
of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay
them upon all them that hate thee.
[16] And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall
deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou
serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
[17] If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how
can I dispossess them?
[18] Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD
thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
[19] The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the
wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD
thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people
of whom thou art afraid.
[20] Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they
that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
[21] Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among
you, a mighty God and terrible.
[22] And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little
and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the
field increase upon thee.
[23] But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy
them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
[24] And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt
destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand
before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
[25] The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not
desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou
be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
[26] Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be
a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt
utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 March 2023 titled
Friends and Enemies
Romans 12:17-21
17 (Pr 20:22; Mt 5:39) Repay no one evil for evil. Commend what is
honest in the sight of all men.
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.
19 (Dt 32:35; Pr 24:29) Beloved, do not avenge yourselves,
but rather give place to God's wrath, for it is written:
"Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,"(Dt 32:35.) says the Lord.
20 (Pr 25:21-22; Mt 5:44) Therefore
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him a drink;
for in doing so you will heap coals of fire on his head."(Pr 25:21-22.)
21 (1Pe 3:9) Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
[17] Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight
of all men.
[18] If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all
men.
[19] Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto
wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
[20] Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him
drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
[21] Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Scholar Kenneth E. Bailey told of the leader of an African nation who'd
learned to maintain an unusual posture in the international community.
He'd established a good relationship with both Israel and the nations
surrounding it. When someone asked him how his nation maintained this
fragile balance, he responded, "We choose our friends. We do not encourage
our friends to choose our enemies [for us]."
That is wise-and genuinely practical. What that African country modeled on
an international level is what Paul encouraged his readers to do on a
personal level. In the midst of a lengthy description of the characteristics
of a life changed by Christ, he wrote, "If it be possible,
as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." (Romans 12:18). He
goes on to reinforce the importance of our dealings with others by reminding
us that even the way we treat our enemies (vv. 20-21) reflects our trust
in and dependence upon God and His ultimate care.
To live in peace with everyone may not always be possible (after all, Paul
does say "if"). But our responsibility as believers in Jesus is to allow His
wisdom to guide our living (James 3:17-18) so that we engage those around us
as peacemakers (Matthew 5:9). What better way could there be to honour the
Prince of Peace?
By: Bill Crowder
Reflect & Pray
Where do you struggle to live at peace? How could being an intentional
peacemaker interject grace into that conflict?
Loving Father, I was Your enemy and You called
me friend. Enable me to be a peacemaker so I
can show that same grace to others.
For further study, read Knowing God Through Romans.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 1 - Forgiving as God Forgave
Col 3:13
13 Bear with one another and forgive one another. If anyone
has a quarrel against anyone, even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.
13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man
have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
"No!" Brett slammed his hand against the desk to punctuate his point.
"My wife's infidelity is completely unforgivable. She just wants to make things
look good, to have me condone her new relationship.
I won't do it. I won't forgive her."
Brett was a man in pain, and his perspective on forgiving
his wife is understandable. But unfortunately, many of us are
the victims of "unforgivable" offenses; many of us, as well,
are the perpetrators of such offenses, and we desperately need
to be forgiven.
Brett ultimately came to understand that forgiving and "unforgivable"
hurt is not based on the worthiness of the recipient of forgiveness,
but on the worthiness of Christ himself. The Bible teaches that we are bound
to forgiveness for one simple reason:
because God has forgiven us in Jesus Christ.
"Forgive as the Lord forgave", Paul commands in Col 3:13 . How did Christ
forgive? Freely, completely, without basing his forgiveness on our merit. He
forgave us unilaterally, offering forgiveness before we asked,
before we were aware of our sin and the pain it caused him,
before we came to him in repentance.
Forgiveness does more that release the perpetrator for the bondage of
his wrongdoing. It releases the victim as well. Forgiveness frees
the forgiver from the bondage of anger and bitterness that keeps him distant
from the love of God. We can forgive the most "unforgivable" of offenses
against us when we focus our attention not on the offender, but on Christ,
who forgave us.
Application
a) Have I ever harboured unforgiveness toward another person?
What was the result in my spiritual/emotional life?
b) Is there someone in my life who has hurt me, who I need to forgive?
How can this verse help me extend the forgiveness to that person?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Ps 37:25-26
25 I have been young, and now am old;
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor their offspring begging bread.
26 The righteous are gracious and lend,
and their offspring are a source of blessing.
25 I have been young, and now am old;
Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor his seed begging bread.
26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth;
And his seed is blessed.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are ill or injured
Matthew 8:14-17
The Healing of Many People
Mk 1:29-34; Lk 4:38-41
14 When Jesus entered Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother,
lying sick with a fever.
15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she rose and served them.
16 When the evening came, they brought to Him many
who were possessed with demons.
And He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all who were sick,
17 to fulfill what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet,
"He Himself took our infirmities
and bore our sicknesses."
[14] And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother
laid, and sick of a fever.
[15] And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and
ministered unto them.
[16] When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed
with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that
were sick:
[17] That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,
saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
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?)
Saskatchewan
Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400
est Muslim Population 17279
CNMM Networks: Saskatoon
Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past
5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have
focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts
of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres
of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a
Christian school.
Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up
in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young
women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.
Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:
But a just weight is his delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to understand what it means to be in Community.
Pray to the Lord and pray to show to the Lord like those around you.
Pray to the Lord: "Loving Father, I was Your enemy and You called
me friend. Enable me to be a peacemaker so I
can show that same grace to others."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a forgiving person.
Pray to the Lord and pray to leave a righteous legacy.
Pray to the Lord and pray to him for healing.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically.
Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Pray that believers in remote villiages in Kazakhstan will
receive printed editions of God's Word.
Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ , Pastor Barrt Regier
address Connecting in Community
Phillipians 1:3-5,7-8,10
Philippians 1:3-8
Paul's Prayer for the Philippians
A Heart of Gratitude
3 (Ro 1:8-9; 2Ti 1:3) I thank my God for every reminder of you.
[3] I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
A heart of Joyful Prayer
4 (Ro 1:9) In every prayer of mine for you all, I have always made requests
with joy,
[4] Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
A Heart of Belonging
5 (Ac 16:12-40; Php 1:7) due to your fellowship in the gospel from the first
day until now.
[5] For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
A heart of Affection
7 (2Co 7:3; Ac 20:23) It is right for me to think this of you all because
I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonments and in the defense
and confirmation of the gospel, you all are fellow partakers of my grace.
[7] Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you
in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and
confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
8 (Ro 1:9; 9:1) For God is my witness, how I long after you all with
the affection of Jesus Christ.
[8] For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of
Jesus Christ.
10 (1Th 3:13; Ro 12:2) that you may approve things that are excellent
so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
[10] That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere
and without offence till the day of Christ;
Philippians 4
1 (Php 1:8; 1:27; 1Co 16:13) Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brothers,
my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
[1] Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown,
so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Conenctin in Community means we are
A) Known By God
Phil 4:21a
21 (Gal 1:2) Greet every saint in Christ Jesus.
[21] Salute every saint in Christ Jesus.
A Saint is someone who separates themselves from the World.
Proverbs 23:7
7 (Ps 12:2; Jdg 16:15) for as he thinks in his heart,
so is he.
"Eat and drink!" he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
[7] For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to
thee; but his heart is not with thee.
2 Corinthians 5:17
17 (Jn 3:3; Ro 16:7) Therefore, if any man is in Christ,
he is a new creature. Old things have passed away. Look, all things have
become new.
[17] Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Galatians 2:15-21
Jews, Like Gentiles, Are Saved by Faith
15 (Eph 2:3) We are Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,
16 (Ps 143:2; Php 3:9) yet we know that a man is not justified
by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ.
Even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified
by faith in Christ, rather than by the works of the law.
For by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
17 (Gal 2:15) If, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves
also are found to be sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sin?
God forbid!
18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed,
I make myself a transgressor.
19 (Ro 7:4; 6:2) For through the law I am dead to the law,
that I might live for God.
20 (Ro 8:37; Gal 1:4) I have been crucified with Christ.
It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.
And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God,
Or by the faith of the Son of God. who loved me and gave Himself for me.
21 (Gal 3:21; Heb 7:11) I do not nullify the grace of God.
For if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ died in vain.
[15] We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
[16] Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the
faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might
be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by
the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
[17] But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are
found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
[18] For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a
transgressor.
[19] For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
[20] I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith
of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
[21] I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the
law, then Christ is dead in vain.
1 Corinthians 1:2
2 (Ro 1:7; Ac 18:1) To the church of God which is at Corinth,
to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints,
with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
both their Lord and ours:
[2] Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified
in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon
the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
Again Phil 4:21
21 (Gal 1:2) Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me
greet you.
[21] Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me
greet you.
b) Know others and are known
Phil 4:21b-22
21 (Gal 1:2) The brothers who are with me
greet you.
22 (2Co 13:13; Php 1:13) All the saints greet you,
especially those who are of Caesar's household.
[21] The brethren which are with me
greet you.
[22] All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.
C) Walk in God's resources
23 (Ro 16:20) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
[23] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
1) Detueronmy 5 -7
DEUTERONOMY 5
The Ten Commandments
Ex 20:1-17
1 Then Moses called all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel,
the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking in your hearing today,
so that you may learn them, and keep, and do them.
2 (Dt 4:23) The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3 The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us,
we who are living now and here today.
4 (Dt 4:33; 34:10) The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain
from the midst of the fire.
5 (Gal 3:19; Ex 19:16) I stood between the Lord and you at that time to
declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of
the fire and would not go up to the mountain. He said:
6 (Ex 20:2-17) I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
7 (Ex 20:3) You shall have no other gods before Me.
8 (Ex 20:4) You shall not make yourself any graven image, or any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth;
9 (Ex 34:7; 34:14) you shall not bow down to them, nor serve them.
For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on the children, and on the third and fourth generations
of those who hate Me,
10 (Jer 32:18) but showing mercy to thousands of them that love Me
and keep My commandments.
11 (Lev 19:12; Ex 20:7) You shall not take the name of the Lord
your God in vain, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who
takes His name in vain.
12 (Ex 20:8-11) Keep the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you.
13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
14 (Heb 4:4; Ge 2:2) but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
On it you shall not do any work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter,
nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox,
nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor the foreigner
that is within your gates, so that your male servant
and your female servant may rest as well as you.
15 (Dt 15:15; 16:12) Remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt,
and that the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty
hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore your God commanded
you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 (Ex 20:12; Dt 4:40) Honor your father and your mother, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged,
and that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God
is giving you.
17 (Ex 20:13; Mt 5:21-22) You shall not murder.
18 (Ex 20:14; Lk 18:20) You shall not commit adultery.
19 (Ex 20:15) You shall not steal.
20 (Ex 20:16; 23:1) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
21 (Ro 13:9; Ex 20:17) You shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
nor shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, his male servant,
his female servant, his ox, his donkey,
or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
22 (Ex 24:12; 31:18) These are the words the Lord spoke to all your assembly
at the mountain out from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick
darkness with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on
two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23 When you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the
mountain did burn with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your
tribes, and your elders.
24 (Ex 19:19; Dt 4:33) You said, "See, the Lord our God has shown us
His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from
the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man,
yet he lives.
25 (Dt 18:16) Now, therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will
consume us. If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more,
then we will die.
26 (Dt 4:33) For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice
of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have,
and lived?
27 (Ex 20:19) Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say.
Then speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you,
and we will hear and do it."
28 (Dt 18:17) The Lord heard the sound of your words when
you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me,
"I have heard the sound of the words of this people
which they have spoken to you.
They have done well in all that they have spoken.
29 (Isa 48:18; Dt 4:40) O that there were such a heart in them
that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments,
that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
30 "Go say to them, 'Return to your tents.'
31 (Gal 3:19) But as for you, stand here by Me, so that I may speak
to you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances
which you shall teach them, that they may keep them in the land
which I am giving them to possess."
32 (Dt 17:20; 28:14) Therefore, be careful to do as the Lord your God
has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
33 (Jer 7:23; Dt 4:40; 10:12) You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord
your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may be
well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which
you shall possess.
Deuteronomy 5
[1] And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the
statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may
learn them, and keep, and do them.
[2] The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
[3] The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us,
who are all of us here alive this day.
[4] The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of
the fire,
[5] (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the work of
the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the
mount;) saying,
[6] I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from
the house of bondage.
[7] Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
[8] Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
waters beneath the earth:
[9] Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the
LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
[10] And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my
commandments.
[11] Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD
will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
[12] Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee.
[13] Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
[14] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and
thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
[15] And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that
the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a
stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the
sabbath day.
[16] Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[17] Thou shalt not kill.
[18] Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
[19] Neither shalt thou steal.
[20] Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
[21] Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou
covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his
maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
[22] These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of
the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great
voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and
delivered them unto me.
[23] And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the
darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me,
even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
[24] And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his
greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have
seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
[25] Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us:
if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
[26] For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living
God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
[27] Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak
thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will
hear it, and do it.
[28] And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and
the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people,
which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have
spoken.
[29] O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and
keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with
their children for ever!
[30] Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
[31] But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all
the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt
teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess
it.
[32] Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded
you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
[33] Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded
you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may
prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
DEUTERONOMY 6
The Greatest Commandment
1 (Dt 4:1; 5:31) Now these are the commandments, the statutes,
and the ordinances which the Lord your God commanded to
teach you, so that you may observe them in the land which
you are crossing over to possess,
2 (Ex 20:20; Ps 128:1) so that you might fear the Lord your God
in order to keep all His statutes and His commandments which
I command you-you, and your son, and your grandson-all the
days of your life, so that your days may be prolonged.
3 (Ex 3:8; Ge 15:5) Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do it,
so that it may be well with you and so that you may multiply greatly,
as the Lord the God of your fathers has promised you in the land that
flows with milk and honey.
4 (Jn 17:3; Isa 42:8) Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God. The Lord is one!
5 (Mt 22:37; Mk 12:30) And you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 (Dt 11:18; 32:46) These words, which I am commanding you today,
shall be in your heart.
7 (Dt 11:19; Eph 6:4) You shall teach them diligently to your children
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk
by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
8 (Ex 13:9; Dt 11:18) You shall bind them as a sign on your hand,
and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9 (Dt 11:20; Isa 57:8) You shall write them on the doorposts
of your house and on your gates.
10 (Jos 24:13; Ps 105:44) Then it shall be when the Lord your God
brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and fine cities,
which you did not build,
11 and houses full of all good things which you did not fill,
and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards
and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are full,
12 then beware lest you forget the Lord who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
13 (Dt 10:20; Mt 4:10) You shall fear the Lord your God
and serve Him and shall swear by His name.
14 (Jer 25:6; Dt 8:19) You shall not go after other gods,
the gods of the people which surround you
15 (Dt 4:24; Ex 20:5) (for the Lord your God is a jealous God among you).
Otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be inflamed against you
and destroy you from off the face of the earth.
16 (Ex 17:7; Mt 4:7) You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted
Him in Massah.
17 (Dt 11:22; Ps 119:4) You shall diligently keep the commandments
of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which
He has commanded you.
18 (Dt 4:40; 12:25) You shall do what is right and good in the sight
of the Lord that it may be well with you and that you may go in
and possess the good land which the Lord swore to your fathers,
19 (Ex 23:28-30; Nu 33:52-53) to drive out all your enemies
before you, just as the Lord has spoken.
20 (Ex 13:14; 12:26) When your son asks you in time to come, saying,
"What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean
which the Lord our God has commanded you?"
21 (Ex 20:2) then you shall say to your son, "We were slaves of Pharaoh
in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 (Dt 4:34; Ps 135:9) And the Lord showed great and devastating signs
and wonders upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household
before our eyes.
23 He brought us out from there, so that He might bring us in,
to give us the land which He swore to our fathers.
24 (Ps 41:2; Jer 32:39) The Lord commanded us to do all these statutes,
to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve
us, as He has to this day.
25 (Dt 24:13; Ro 10:3) It will be our righteousness if we are careful
to keep all these commandments before the Lord our God,
just as He has commanded us."
Deuteronomy 6
[1] Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which
the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land
whither ye go to possess it:
[2] That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and
his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's
son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
[3] Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with
thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath
promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
[4] Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
[5] And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy might.
[6] And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
[7] And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk
of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way,
and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
[8] And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between thine eyes.
[9] And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
[10] And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the
land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to
give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
[11] And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells
digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou
plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
[12] Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of
the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
[13] Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his
name.
[14] Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are
round about you;
[15] (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the
LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of
the earth.
[16] Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
[17] Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his
testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
[18] And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the
LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess
the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
[19] To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath
spoken.
[20] And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the
testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God
hath commanded you?
[21] Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt;
and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
[22] And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon
Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
[23] And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give
us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
[24] And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD
our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at
this day.
[25] And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these
commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
DEUTERONOMY 7
The Chosen People
1 Dt 4:38; 31:3When the Lord your God brings you into the land which
you are entering to possess and has driven out many nations before you,
the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites
and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites,
seven nations greater and mightier than you,
2 (Dt 23:14; Ex 23:32-33) and when the Lord your God delivers them
before you and you strike them down, then you must utterly destroy them.
You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.
3 (Ex 34:15-16; Jos 23:12-13) What is more, you shall not intermarry
with them. You shall not give your daughters to their sons
or take their daughters for your sons.
4 (Dt 6:15) For they will turn your sons away from following Me
to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will be inflamed
against you, and He will quickly destroy you.
5 (Ex 23:24; 34:13) But this is how you shall deal with them:
You shall destroy their altars and break down their images
and cut down their AsherimRebekah, Jacob's mother,
was an Aramean. and burn their graven images with fire.
6 (Dt 14:2; Ex 19:5-6; Jer 2:3) For you are a holy people
to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be
His special people, treasured above all peoples who are on the face
of the earth.
7 (Dt 10:22) The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose
you because you were more in number than any of the peoples,
for you were the fewest of all the peoples.
8 (Ex 32:13; Dt 10:15) But it is because the Lord loved you
and because He kept the oath which He swore to your fathers.
The Lord brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you
out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
9 (Da 9:4; 1Co 1:9) Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God,
the faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with them who love
Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations,
10 (Isa 59:18; Na 1:2) yet He repays those who hate Him to their face,
to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him.
He will repay him to his face.
11 Therefore keep the commandments and the statutes
and the judgments which I command you today, by doing them.
12 (Lev 26:3-13; Dt 28:1-14) If you listen to these judgments,
keep them, and do them, then the Lord your God shall keep
with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
13 (Jn 14:21) He will love you and bless you and multiply you.
He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land,
your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your herd
and the young of your flock, in the land which
He swore to your fathers to give you.
14 (Ps 127:3) You shall be blessed above all peoples.
There will not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock.
15 (Ex 15:26; Dt 28:27) The Lord will take away from you all sickness,
and will afflict you with none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know,
but will lay them on all those who hate you.
16 (Ex 23:33; Jdg 8:27) You must consume all the peoples whom the Lord your
God will deliver to you. Your eye shall have no pity on them, nor shall
you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
17 (Nu 33:53) If you say in your heart,
"These nations are greater than I-how can I dispossess them?"
18 (Ps 105:5; Dt 31:6) you shall not be afraid of them.
You must surely remember what the Lord your God
did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt,
19 (Dt 4:34) the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs,
and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm,
by which the Lord your God brought you out. So the Lord your God
will do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
20 (Jos 24:12) Moreover the Lord your God will send the hornet among
them, until they who are left and hide themselves from you perish.
21 (Dt 10:17; Jos 3:10) You must not be frightened of them, for the Lord
your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
22 (Ex 23:29-30) The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you,
little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once,
lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
23 But the Lord your God will deliver them to you
and will throw them into a great confusion until they are destroyed.
24 (Jos 23:9; Dt 11:25) He will deliver their kings into your hand
so that you may erase their names from under heaven.
No man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.
25 (Ex 32:20; Dt 17:1) You must burn the graven images of their gods with fire.
You must not desire the silver or gold that is on them nor take any of it,
lest you be snared by them, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.
26 (Dt 13:17; Lev 27:28-29) You shall not bring an abomination
into your house, lest you become cursed like it, but you must
absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is a cursed thing.
Deuteronomy 7
[1] When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest
to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and
the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites,
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than
thou;
[2] And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt
smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them,
nor shew mercy unto them:
[3] Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not
give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
[4] For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve
other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and
destroy thee suddenly.
[5] But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and
break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven
images with fire.
[6] For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath
chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are
upon the face of the earth.
[7] The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were
more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
[8] But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which
he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty
hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh
king of Egypt.
[9] Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which
keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments
to a thousand generations;
[10] And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will
not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
[11] Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the
judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
[12] Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and
keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant
and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
[13] And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also
bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep,
in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
[14] Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or
female barren among you, or among your cattle.
[15] And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none
of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay
them upon all them that hate thee.
[16] And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall
deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou
serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
[17] If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how
can I dispossess them?
[18] Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD
thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
[19] The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the
wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD
thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people
of whom thou art afraid.
[20] Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they
that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
[21] Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among
you, a mighty God and terrible.
[22] And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little
and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the
field increase upon thee.
[23] But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy
them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
[24] And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt
destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand
before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
[25] The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not
desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou
be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
[26] Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be
a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt
utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 March 2023 titled
Friends and Enemies
Romans 12:17-21
17 (Pr 20:22; Mt 5:39) Repay no one evil for evil. Commend what is
honest in the sight of all men.
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.
19 (Dt 32:35; Pr 24:29) Beloved, do not avenge yourselves,
but rather give place to God's wrath, for it is written:
"Vengeance is Mine. I will repay,"(Dt 32:35.) says the Lord.
20 (Pr 25:21-22; Mt 5:44) Therefore
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him a drink;
for in doing so you will heap coals of fire on his head."(Pr 25:21-22.)
21 (1Pe 3:9) Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
[17] Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight
of all men.
[18] If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all
men.
[19] Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto
wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
[20] Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him
drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
[21] Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Scholar Kenneth E. Bailey told of the leader of an African nation who'd
learned to maintain an unusual posture in the international community.
He'd established a good relationship with both Israel and the nations
surrounding it. When someone asked him how his nation maintained this
fragile balance, he responded, "We choose our friends. We do not encourage
our friends to choose our enemies [for us]."
That is wise-and genuinely practical. What that African country modeled on
an international level is what Paul encouraged his readers to do on a
personal level. In the midst of a lengthy description of the characteristics
of a life changed by Christ, he wrote, "If it be possible,
as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." (Romans 12:18). He
goes on to reinforce the importance of our dealings with others by reminding
us that even the way we treat our enemies (vv. 20-21) reflects our trust
in and dependence upon God and His ultimate care.
To live in peace with everyone may not always be possible (after all, Paul
does say "if"). But our responsibility as believers in Jesus is to allow His
wisdom to guide our living (James 3:17-18) so that we engage those around us
as peacemakers (Matthew 5:9). What better way could there be to honour the
Prince of Peace?
By: Bill Crowder
Reflect & Pray
Where do you struggle to live at peace? How could being an intentional
peacemaker interject grace into that conflict?
Loving Father, I was Your enemy and You called
me friend. Enable me to be a peacemaker so I
can show that same grace to others.
For further study, read Knowing God Through Romans.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 1 - Forgiving as God Forgave
Col 3:13
13 Bear with one another and forgive one another. If anyone
has a quarrel against anyone, even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.
13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man
have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
"No!" Brett slammed his hand against the desk to punctuate his point.
"My wife's infidelity is completely unforgivable. She just wants to make things
look good, to have me condone her new relationship.
I won't do it. I won't forgive her."
Brett was a man in pain, and his perspective on forgiving
his wife is understandable. But unfortunately, many of us are
the victims of "unforgivable" offenses; many of us, as well,
are the perpetrators of such offenses, and we desperately need
to be forgiven.
Brett ultimately came to understand that forgiving and "unforgivable"
hurt is not based on the worthiness of the recipient of forgiveness,
but on the worthiness of Christ himself. The Bible teaches that we are bound
to forgiveness for one simple reason:
because God has forgiven us in Jesus Christ.
"Forgive as the Lord forgave", Paul commands in Col 3:13 . How did Christ
forgive? Freely, completely, without basing his forgiveness on our merit. He
forgave us unilaterally, offering forgiveness before we asked,
before we were aware of our sin and the pain it caused him,
before we came to him in repentance.
Forgiveness does more that release the perpetrator for the bondage of
his wrongdoing. It releases the victim as well. Forgiveness frees
the forgiver from the bondage of anger and bitterness that keeps him distant
from the love of God. We can forgive the most "unforgivable" of offenses
against us when we focus our attention not on the offender, but on Christ,
who forgave us.
Application
a) Have I ever harboured unforgiveness toward another person?
What was the result in my spiritual/emotional life?
b) Is there someone in my life who has hurt me, who I need to forgive?
How can this verse help me extend the forgiveness to that person?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Ps 37:25-26
25 I have been young, and now am old;
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor their offspring begging bread.
26 The righteous are gracious and lend,
and their offspring are a source of blessing.
25 I have been young, and now am old;
Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor his seed begging bread.
26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth;
And his seed is blessed.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are ill or injured
Matthew 8:14-17
The Healing of Many People
Mk 1:29-34; Lk 4:38-41
14 When Jesus entered Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother,
lying sick with a fever.
15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she rose and served them.
16 When the evening came, they brought to Him many
who were possessed with demons.
And He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all who were sick,
17 to fulfill what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet,
"He Himself took our infirmities
and bore our sicknesses."
[14] And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother
laid, and sick of a fever.
[15] And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and
ministered unto them.
[16] When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed
with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that
were sick:
[17] That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,
saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
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?)
Saskatchewan
Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400
est Muslim Population 17279
CNMM Networks: Saskatoon
Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past
5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have
focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts
of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres
of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a
Christian school.
Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up
in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young
women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.
Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:
But a just weight is his delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to understand what it means to be in Community.
Pray to the Lord and pray to show to the Lord like those around you.
Pray to the Lord: "Loving Father, I was Your enemy and You called
me friend. Enable me to be a peacemaker so I
can show that same grace to others."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a forgiving person.
Pray to the Lord and pray to leave a righteous legacy.
Pray to the Lord and pray to him for healing.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically.
Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Pray that believers in remote villiages in Kazakhstan will
receive printed editions of God's Word.