Day 72 of the 3rd Bible Study Journey - 13 March 2023 reflections
Day 72, 13 Mar 2023
1) Deuteronmy 8,9,10
DEUTERONOMY 8
Remember the Lord Your God
1 (Dt 4:1; 5:32-6:3) You must carefully keep all the commandments
that I am commanding you today, so that you may live, and multiply,
and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers.
2 (Am 2:10; Ex 15:25) You must remember that the Lord your God led
you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you,
and to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would
keep His commandments or not.
3 (Mt 4:4; Lk 4:4; Ex 16:2-3) He humbled you and let you suffer hunger,
and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know,
that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone;
but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
4 (Dt 29:5; Ne 9:21) Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did
your feet swell these forty years.
5 (2Sa 7:14; Pr 3:12) You must also consider in your heart that,
as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
6 (Dt 5:33) Therefore you must keep the commandments of the Lord your God,
to walk in His ways and to fear Him. 7For the Lord your God is bringing you
into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs that
flow out of valleys and hills,
8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates,
a land of olive oil and honey,
9 a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, in which you
will not lack anything, a land whose stones are iron, and
out of whose hills you may dig copper.
10 (Ps 103:2; Dt 6:11-12) When you have eaten and are full,
then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land
which He has given you.
11 Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping
His commandments, and His judgments, and His statutes, which I am
commanding you today.
12 (Pr 30:9; Dt 28:47) Otherwise, when you have eaten
and are full and have built and occupied good houses,
13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply,
and your silver and your gold multiply,
and all that you have multiplies,
14 (Ps 106:21; Dt 8:11) then your heart will become proud and you will
forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
from the house of slavery,
15 (Nu 20:11; 21:6) who led you through that great and terrible wilderness,
where there were fiery serpents and scorpions and drought,
where there was no water, who brought forth for you water
out of the rock of flint,
16 (Ex 16:15; Dt 8:3) who fed you in the wilderness with manna,
which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you
and that He might prove you, to do good for you in the end.
17 (Dt 9:4) Otherwise, you may say in your heart,
"My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth."
18 (Pr 10:22; Hos 2:8) But you must remember the Lord your God,
for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth,
so that He may establish His covenant which He swore
to your fathers, as it is today.
19 (Dt 4:26) If you ever forget the Lord your God
and go after other gods and serve them and worship them,
then I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
20 (Da 9:11-12) Just like the nations which the Lord will
destroy before you, so shall you perish because you would
not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 8
[1] All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to
do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the
LORD sware unto your fathers.
[2] And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee
these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to
know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments,
or no.
[3] And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with
manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might
make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
[4] Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these
forty years.
[5] Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his
son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
[6] Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk
in his ways, and to fear him.
[7] For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of
water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
[8] A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates;
a land of oil olive, and honey;
[9] A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not
lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills
thou mayest dig brass.
[10] When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy
God for the good land which he hath given thee.
[11] Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his
commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this
day:
[12] Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses,
and dwelt therein;
[13] And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold
is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
[14] Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which
brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
[15] Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were
fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who
brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
[16] Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not,
that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at
thy latter end;
[17] And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath
gotten me this wealth.
[18] But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee
power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto
thy fathers, as it is this day.
[19] And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk
after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you
this day that ye shall surely perish.
[20] As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye
perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your
God.
DEUTERONOMY 9
Not Because of Righteousness
1 (Dt 4:38; 1:28) Hear, O Israel! You are to cross over the Jordan today,
to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities
fortified up to heaven,
2 (Nu 13:22) a great and tall people, the children of the Anakites,
whom you know and of whom you have heard it said,
"Who can stand before the children of Anak?"
3 (Dt 4:24; Jos 3:11) Understand therefore today that the Lord your God
is He who goes over before you as a consuming fire. He shall destroy
them and shall bring them down before you, so that you drive them out
and destroy them quickly, as the Lord has spoken to you.
4 (Dt 8:17; 12:31) Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God
has driven them out before you,
"On account of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess
this land," but it is because of the wickedness of these nations
the Lord is driving them out before you.
5 (Titus 3:5; Ge 12:7) It is not because of your righteousness
or the uprightness of your heart that you enter to possess their land,
but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God
drives them out before you, and that He may fulfill the word which
the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6 (Dt 9:13; 10:16) Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God
is not giving you this good land to possess on account of your
righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
The Golden Calf
7 (Ex 14:11; 16:2) Remember, and do not forget how you provoked
the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that
you departed out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place,
you have been rebellious against the Lord.
8 Also in Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord
was angry enough with you to destroy you.
9 (Ex 34:28; 24:18; 24:12) When I went up into the mountain to receive
the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord made
with you, then I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
I did not eat bread or drink water.
10 (Ex 31:18; Dt 10:4) The Lord delivered to me two tablets of stone,
written with the finger of God, and on them was written all the words
which the Lord spoke to you at the mountain out of the midst of the fire
on the day of the assembly.
11 (Dt 9:9) At the end of forty days and forty nights,
the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
12 (Ex 32:7-8; Jdg 2:17) Then the Lord said to me,
"Arise, go down from here quickly, for your people whom you brought
out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They are quickly turned aside
from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molded image
for themselves."
13 (Dt 9:6; 10:16) Furthermore the Lord spoke to me, saying,
"I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stubborn people.
14 (Dt 29:20; Ps 9:5) Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them
and blot out their name from under heaven,
and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they."
15 (Ex 19:18; Dt 4:11) So I returned and came down from the mount,
and the mount burned with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant
were in my two hands.
16 (Ex 32:19) I looked, and indeed, you had sinned against the Lord
your God and had made yourselves a molded calf. You had quickly
turned aside out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.
17 I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands
and broke them before your eyes.
18 (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:9) I fell down before the Lord, as at the first,
forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water
because of all your sins which you committed, doing what was wicked
in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger.
19 (Dt 10:10; Ex 32:14) For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure
with which the Lord was wrathful against you to destroy you.
But the Lord listened to me at that time also.
20 The Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him,
so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.
21 (Ex 32:20) I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it
with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small until it was as small
as dust. Then I threw the dust into the brook that descended down from
the mountain.
22 (Ex 17:7; Nu 11:34) Also at Taberah and at Massah
and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.
23 (Ps 106:24-25) Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh Barnea,
saying, "Go up and possess the land which I have given you,"
then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God,
and you did not believe Him or listen to His voice.
24 (Dt 31:27) You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day
I knew you.
25 (Dt 9:18) So I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights;
I fell down because the Lord had said He would destroy you.
26 (Ex 32:11-13) I prayed therefore to the Lord, and said,
"O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance,
which You have redeemed through Your greatness, which You have brought
out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27 Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness
or their sin.
28 (Nu 14:16) Otherwise, the land from which You brought us may say,
'Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which
He promised them and because He hated them, He has brought them out
to slay them in the wilderness.'
29 (Dt 4:20; Ne 1:10) Yet they are Your people, Your inheritance,
whom You brought out by Your mighty power and by Your stretched-out arm."
Deuteronomy 9
[1] Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to
possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced
up to heaven,
[2] A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest,
and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
[3] Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth
over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall
bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy
them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
[4] Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast
them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath
brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations
the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
[5] Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost
thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the
LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform
the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
[6] Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good
land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
[7] Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath
in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of
Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the
LORD.
[8] Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry
with you to have destroyed you.
[9] When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even
the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the
mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
[10] And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the
finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the
LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of
the assembly.
[11] And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the
LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
[12] And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for
thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted
themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded
them; they have made them a molten image.
[13] Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people,
and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
[14] Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from
under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than
they.
[15] So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with
fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
[16] And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and
had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which
the LORD had commanded you.
[17] And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake
them before your eyes.
[18] And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty
nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins
which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him
to anger.
[19] For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD
was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that
time also.
[20] And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I
prayed for Aaron also the same time.
[21] And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with
fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small
as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of
the mount.
[22] And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked
the LORD to wrath.
[23] Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and
possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the
commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to
his voice.
[24] Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
[25] Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell
down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
[26] I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy
people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy
greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
[27] Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the
stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
[28] Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was
not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he
hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
[29] Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest
out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
DEUTERONOMY 10
The Second Pair of Tablets
1 (Ex 34:1-2) At that time the Lord said to me, "Cut out for yourself
two tablets of stone like the first and come up to Me onto the mountain
and make an ark of wood for yourself.
2 I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets
which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark."
3 (Ex 34:4; 25:5) So I made an ark of acacia wood and cut out two tablets
of stone just like the first and went up onto the mountain
with the two tablets in my hand.
4 (Dt 9:10; Ex 34:28; Dt 18:16) He wrote on the tablets
just like the first writing, the Ten Commandments which the Lord spoke
to you at the mountain out of the midst of the fire
on the day of the assembly, and the Lord gave them to me.
5 (Ex 34:29; 40:20) I turned around and came down from the mountain
and put the tablets in the ark which I had made,
and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.
6 (Nu 33:38) (The children of Israel set out from Beeroth
of the sons of Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried,
and his son Eleazar ministered in the priest's office in his place.
7 From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah,
a land of rivers of waters.
8 (Dt 18:5; 21:5) At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi
to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord
to minister to Him, and to bless in His name, to this day.
9 (Dt 18:1-2; Eze 44:28) Therefore, Levi has no portion or inheritance
with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance,
just as the Lord your God promised him.)
10 (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:18-19) As for me, I stayed on the mountain
like the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the Lord
listened to me at that time also. The Lord was not willing to destroy you.
11 (Ex 32:34; 33:1) The Lord said to me, "Arise, take your journey before
the people, so that they may go in and possess the land which I swore
to give to their fathers."
The Essence of the Law
12 (Dt 6:5; Mic 6:8) Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you,
but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him,
and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 (Dt 6:24) to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which
I am commanding you today for your good?
14(1Ki 8:27; Ex 19:5) Indeed, heaven and the highest heavens belong
to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
15 (Dt 4:37) The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them;
and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all people,
as it is today.
16 (Dt 9:6; Jer 4:4) Therefore, circumcise your heart,
and do not be stubborn anymore.
17 (Jos 22:22; Da 2:47) For the Lord your God is the God of gods
and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God
who is unbiased and takes no bribe.
18 (Ps 68:5; 146:9) He executes the judgment of the orphan
and the widow and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
19 (Ex 22:21; Lev 19:33-34) Therefore, love the foreigner,
for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
20 (Dt 13:4; 6:13; 11:22) You must fear the Lord your God.
You must serve Him and cling to Him, and swear by His name.
21 (Jer 17:14; Ps 106:21-22) He is your praise, and He is your God,
who has done for you these great and fearsome things which your eyes
have seen.
22 (Ge 15:5; 46:27) Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy people,
and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
Deuteronomy 10
[1] At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like
unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of
wood.
[2] And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables
which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
[3] And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like
unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine
hand.
[4] And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten
commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of
the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
[5] And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in
the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
[6] And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the
children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and
Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
[7] From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath,
a land of rivers of waters.
[8] At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and
to bless in his name, unto this day.
[9] Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD
is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
[10] And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and
forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD
would not destroy thee.
[11] And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people,
that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers
to give unto them.
[12] And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to
fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to
serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
[13] To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command
thee this day for thy good?
[14] Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the
earth also, with all that therein is.
[15] Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose
their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
[16] Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more
stiffnecked.
[17] For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a
mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
[18] He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth
the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
[19] Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt.
[20] Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him
shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
[21] He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these
great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
[22] Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and
now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
2) Our Daily Bread for 13 March 2023 titled
Running for What Matters
Hebrews 11:39-12:3
39 (Heb 11:13; 11:2; 1Pe 1:12) These all have obtained a good report through
faith, but they did not receive the promise.
40 (Rev 6:11) For God provided something better for us, so that with us they
would be made perfect.
[39] And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received
not the promise:
[40] God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us
should not be made perfect.
1 Therefore, since we are encompassed with such a great cloud of witnesses,
let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles us,
and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
2 (Heb 1:3; Lk 24:26) Let us look to Jesus, the author and finisher of our
faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising
the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 (Gal 6:9; Heb 12:5) For consider Him who endured such hostility
from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and your hearts give up.
[1] Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily
beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
[2] Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy
that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of God.
[3] For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against
himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
It was impossible not to tear up at my friend Ira's status update. Posted in
2022 only days after she'd left her home in Kyiv, the besieged capital of
Ukraine, she shared a past image of herself lifting her country's flag after
completing a running event. She wrote, "We are all running to the best of our
abilities a marathon called life. Let's run it these days even better than
that. With something that never dies in our hearts." In the following days,
I saw the many ways my friend continued to run that race, as she kept us
updated on how to pray for and support those suffering in her country.
Ira’s words brought new depth to the call in Hebrews 12 for believers to
"run with perseverance" (v. 1). That call follows chapter 11's moving
account of the heroes of faith, the "great cloud of witnesses" (12:1) who'd
lived with courageous, persistent faith-even at risk to their lives
(11:33-38). Even though they "only saw . . . and welcomed [God's promises]
from a distance" (v. 13), they were living for something eternal, for
something that never dies.
All believers in Jesus are called to live that same way because the
shalom-the flourishing and peace-of God's kingdom is worth giving our
all for. Christ's example and power is what sustains us (12:2-3).
By: Monica La Rose
Reflect & Pray
What examples have you seen of courageous faith?
How does Jesus' example give you hope?
Dear God, words fail me when I see Your
people's faith and courage in heartbreaking
circumstances. Give me the courage to follow You like that.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 2 - The key to the Prison Cell
Matt 6:14-15
14 For if you forgive men for their sins, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men for their sins,
neither will your Father forgive your sins.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you: 15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Ann had been badly wounded in a relationship that had ended in anger
and accusation. For more than a year, Ann nursed her bitterness, rallying
support for her attitudes from friends and colleagues. Any time she saw
her former friend, Ann put up an icy wall of hostility. She thought she was
"getting over" the hurt, but the very mention of her friend's name brought
back a flood of negative feelings. Ann was trapped, locked in a prison of
unforgiveness , a jail built block by block by her own unwillingness to
forgive. Ann didn't "get over it"; instead, her wounds festered
and her bitterness grew worse.
Then one day - she never knew how - Ann let go of her bitterness. The barriers
of hostility and anger melted away, and when she saw her friend again, she was
able to forgive. And Ann was finally able to turn to the Lord for her own
healing and forgiveness.
"If you do not forgive," Jesus says - and the statement falls hard on
unforgiving hearts, "Neither will you be forgiven." In one sense, God's
forgiveness is unconditional - we do not have to earn or deserve it, and it is
always available to us. But we cannot experience the forgiveness God has
extended to us when we harbour unforgiveness towards others and build walls
of bitterness in our hearts.
When we refuse forgiveness toward those who have hurt or betrayed us, we do
not keep them in bondage, but ourselves. We lock ourselves away for an
awareness of God's loving presence; we imprison ourselves in a cell of
revenge. But when we reach out to forgive, we turn in the lock;
the door is open for our own sins to be forgiven and our own hearts
cleansed and purified.
Application
a) Why is forgiving others a condition for experiencing forgiveness
in my own life?
b) How can these verses have a practical effect upon my willingness
to forgive others?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 10:22
22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich ,and He adds no sorrow with it.
22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich,
And he addeth no sorrow with it.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Saddened by Loss
1 Cor 15:35-38,51-57
35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up?
With what body do they come?"
36 You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
37 When you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare kernel,
perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
38 Then God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed.
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet,
for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For tis corruptible will put on incorruption,
and this mortal will put on immortality.
54 When this corruptible will have put on incorruption,
and this mortal will have put on immortality,
then the saying that is written shall come to pass:
"Death is swallowed up in victory."
55 "O death, where is your sting?
O grave, where is your victory?"
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ!
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?
and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,
but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,
and to every seed his own body.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
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
13th Day of the Month
a) Pray that, with God's help, children and
young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has
for each of them
b) Pray for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
I) Pray for the leaders of Newfoundland and Labrador, that God's Spirit
would influence then to act justly, serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority, that we may
lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and to come
to the knowledge of the truth.
)
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to purify your heart.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, words fail me when I see Your
people's faith and courage in heartbreaking
circumstances. Give me the courage to follow You like that."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be an honest forgiver.
Pray to the Lord and pray to thank Him for all blessings.
Pray to the Lord and pray to part of the Rapture.
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, with God's help, children and
young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has
for each of them
Pray for the availability of Bibles in remote ares of Tanzania .
1) Deuteronmy 8,9,10
DEUTERONOMY 8
Remember the Lord Your God
1 (Dt 4:1; 5:32-6:3) You must carefully keep all the commandments
that I am commanding you today, so that you may live, and multiply,
and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers.
2 (Am 2:10; Ex 15:25) You must remember that the Lord your God led
you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you,
and to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would
keep His commandments or not.
3 (Mt 4:4; Lk 4:4; Ex 16:2-3) He humbled you and let you suffer hunger,
and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know,
that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone;
but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
4 (Dt 29:5; Ne 9:21) Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did
your feet swell these forty years.
5 (2Sa 7:14; Pr 3:12) You must also consider in your heart that,
as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
6 (Dt 5:33) Therefore you must keep the commandments of the Lord your God,
to walk in His ways and to fear Him. 7For the Lord your God is bringing you
into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs that
flow out of valleys and hills,
8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates,
a land of olive oil and honey,
9 a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, in which you
will not lack anything, a land whose stones are iron, and
out of whose hills you may dig copper.
10 (Ps 103:2; Dt 6:11-12) When you have eaten and are full,
then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land
which He has given you.
11 Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping
His commandments, and His judgments, and His statutes, which I am
commanding you today.
12 (Pr 30:9; Dt 28:47) Otherwise, when you have eaten
and are full and have built and occupied good houses,
13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply,
and your silver and your gold multiply,
and all that you have multiplies,
14 (Ps 106:21; Dt 8:11) then your heart will become proud and you will
forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
from the house of slavery,
15 (Nu 20:11; 21:6) who led you through that great and terrible wilderness,
where there were fiery serpents and scorpions and drought,
where there was no water, who brought forth for you water
out of the rock of flint,
16 (Ex 16:15; Dt 8:3) who fed you in the wilderness with manna,
which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you
and that He might prove you, to do good for you in the end.
17 (Dt 9:4) Otherwise, you may say in your heart,
"My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth."
18 (Pr 10:22; Hos 2:8) But you must remember the Lord your God,
for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth,
so that He may establish His covenant which He swore
to your fathers, as it is today.
19 (Dt 4:26) If you ever forget the Lord your God
and go after other gods and serve them and worship them,
then I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
20 (Da 9:11-12) Just like the nations which the Lord will
destroy before you, so shall you perish because you would
not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 8
[1] All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to
do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the
LORD sware unto your fathers.
[2] And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee
these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to
know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments,
or no.
[3] And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with
manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might
make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
[4] Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these
forty years.
[5] Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his
son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
[6] Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk
in his ways, and to fear him.
[7] For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of
water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
[8] A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates;
a land of oil olive, and honey;
[9] A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not
lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills
thou mayest dig brass.
[10] When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy
God for the good land which he hath given thee.
[11] Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his
commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this
day:
[12] Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses,
and dwelt therein;
[13] And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold
is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
[14] Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which
brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
[15] Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were
fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who
brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
[16] Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not,
that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at
thy latter end;
[17] And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath
gotten me this wealth.
[18] But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee
power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto
thy fathers, as it is this day.
[19] And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk
after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you
this day that ye shall surely perish.
[20] As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye
perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your
God.
DEUTERONOMY 9
Not Because of Righteousness
1 (Dt 4:38; 1:28) Hear, O Israel! You are to cross over the Jordan today,
to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities
fortified up to heaven,
2 (Nu 13:22) a great and tall people, the children of the Anakites,
whom you know and of whom you have heard it said,
"Who can stand before the children of Anak?"
3 (Dt 4:24; Jos 3:11) Understand therefore today that the Lord your God
is He who goes over before you as a consuming fire. He shall destroy
them and shall bring them down before you, so that you drive them out
and destroy them quickly, as the Lord has spoken to you.
4 (Dt 8:17; 12:31) Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God
has driven them out before you,
"On account of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess
this land," but it is because of the wickedness of these nations
the Lord is driving them out before you.
5 (Titus 3:5; Ge 12:7) It is not because of your righteousness
or the uprightness of your heart that you enter to possess their land,
but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God
drives them out before you, and that He may fulfill the word which
the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6 (Dt 9:13; 10:16) Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God
is not giving you this good land to possess on account of your
righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
The Golden Calf
7 (Ex 14:11; 16:2) Remember, and do not forget how you provoked
the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that
you departed out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place,
you have been rebellious against the Lord.
8 Also in Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord
was angry enough with you to destroy you.
9 (Ex 34:28; 24:18; 24:12) When I went up into the mountain to receive
the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord made
with you, then I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
I did not eat bread or drink water.
10 (Ex 31:18; Dt 10:4) The Lord delivered to me two tablets of stone,
written with the finger of God, and on them was written all the words
which the Lord spoke to you at the mountain out of the midst of the fire
on the day of the assembly.
11 (Dt 9:9) At the end of forty days and forty nights,
the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
12 (Ex 32:7-8; Jdg 2:17) Then the Lord said to me,
"Arise, go down from here quickly, for your people whom you brought
out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They are quickly turned aside
from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molded image
for themselves."
13 (Dt 9:6; 10:16) Furthermore the Lord spoke to me, saying,
"I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stubborn people.
14 (Dt 29:20; Ps 9:5) Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them
and blot out their name from under heaven,
and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they."
15 (Ex 19:18; Dt 4:11) So I returned and came down from the mount,
and the mount burned with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant
were in my two hands.
16 (Ex 32:19) I looked, and indeed, you had sinned against the Lord
your God and had made yourselves a molded calf. You had quickly
turned aside out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.
17 I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands
and broke them before your eyes.
18 (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:9) I fell down before the Lord, as at the first,
forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water
because of all your sins which you committed, doing what was wicked
in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger.
19 (Dt 10:10; Ex 32:14) For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure
with which the Lord was wrathful against you to destroy you.
But the Lord listened to me at that time also.
20 The Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him,
so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.
21 (Ex 32:20) I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it
with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small until it was as small
as dust. Then I threw the dust into the brook that descended down from
the mountain.
22 (Ex 17:7; Nu 11:34) Also at Taberah and at Massah
and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.
23 (Ps 106:24-25) Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh Barnea,
saying, "Go up and possess the land which I have given you,"
then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God,
and you did not believe Him or listen to His voice.
24 (Dt 31:27) You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day
I knew you.
25 (Dt 9:18) So I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights;
I fell down because the Lord had said He would destroy you.
26 (Ex 32:11-13) I prayed therefore to the Lord, and said,
"O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance,
which You have redeemed through Your greatness, which You have brought
out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27 Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness
or their sin.
28 (Nu 14:16) Otherwise, the land from which You brought us may say,
'Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which
He promised them and because He hated them, He has brought them out
to slay them in the wilderness.'
29 (Dt 4:20; Ne 1:10) Yet they are Your people, Your inheritance,
whom You brought out by Your mighty power and by Your stretched-out arm."
Deuteronomy 9
[1] Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to
possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced
up to heaven,
[2] A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest,
and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
[3] Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth
over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall
bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy
them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
[4] Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast
them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath
brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations
the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
[5] Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost
thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the
LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform
the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
[6] Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good
land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
[7] Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath
in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of
Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the
LORD.
[8] Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry
with you to have destroyed you.
[9] When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even
the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the
mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
[10] And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the
finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the
LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of
the assembly.
[11] And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the
LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
[12] And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for
thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted
themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded
them; they have made them a molten image.
[13] Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people,
and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
[14] Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from
under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than
they.
[15] So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with
fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
[16] And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and
had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which
the LORD had commanded you.
[17] And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake
them before your eyes.
[18] And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty
nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins
which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him
to anger.
[19] For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD
was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that
time also.
[20] And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I
prayed for Aaron also the same time.
[21] And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with
fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small
as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of
the mount.
[22] And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked
the LORD to wrath.
[23] Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and
possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the
commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to
his voice.
[24] Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
[25] Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell
down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
[26] I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy
people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy
greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
[27] Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the
stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
[28] Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was
not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he
hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
[29] Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest
out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
DEUTERONOMY 10
The Second Pair of Tablets
1 (Ex 34:1-2) At that time the Lord said to me, "Cut out for yourself
two tablets of stone like the first and come up to Me onto the mountain
and make an ark of wood for yourself.
2 I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets
which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark."
3 (Ex 34:4; 25:5) So I made an ark of acacia wood and cut out two tablets
of stone just like the first and went up onto the mountain
with the two tablets in my hand.
4 (Dt 9:10; Ex 34:28; Dt 18:16) He wrote on the tablets
just like the first writing, the Ten Commandments which the Lord spoke
to you at the mountain out of the midst of the fire
on the day of the assembly, and the Lord gave them to me.
5 (Ex 34:29; 40:20) I turned around and came down from the mountain
and put the tablets in the ark which I had made,
and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.
6 (Nu 33:38) (The children of Israel set out from Beeroth
of the sons of Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried,
and his son Eleazar ministered in the priest's office in his place.
7 From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah,
a land of rivers of waters.
8 (Dt 18:5; 21:5) At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi
to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord
to minister to Him, and to bless in His name, to this day.
9 (Dt 18:1-2; Eze 44:28) Therefore, Levi has no portion or inheritance
with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance,
just as the Lord your God promised him.)
10 (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:18-19) As for me, I stayed on the mountain
like the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the Lord
listened to me at that time also. The Lord was not willing to destroy you.
11 (Ex 32:34; 33:1) The Lord said to me, "Arise, take your journey before
the people, so that they may go in and possess the land which I swore
to give to their fathers."
The Essence of the Law
12 (Dt 6:5; Mic 6:8) Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you,
but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him,
and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 (Dt 6:24) to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which
I am commanding you today for your good?
14(1Ki 8:27; Ex 19:5) Indeed, heaven and the highest heavens belong
to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
15 (Dt 4:37) The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them;
and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all people,
as it is today.
16 (Dt 9:6; Jer 4:4) Therefore, circumcise your heart,
and do not be stubborn anymore.
17 (Jos 22:22; Da 2:47) For the Lord your God is the God of gods
and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God
who is unbiased and takes no bribe.
18 (Ps 68:5; 146:9) He executes the judgment of the orphan
and the widow and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
19 (Ex 22:21; Lev 19:33-34) Therefore, love the foreigner,
for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
20 (Dt 13:4; 6:13; 11:22) You must fear the Lord your God.
You must serve Him and cling to Him, and swear by His name.
21 (Jer 17:14; Ps 106:21-22) He is your praise, and He is your God,
who has done for you these great and fearsome things which your eyes
have seen.
22 (Ge 15:5; 46:27) Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy people,
and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
Deuteronomy 10
[1] At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like
unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of
wood.
[2] And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables
which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
[3] And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like
unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine
hand.
[4] And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten
commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of
the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
[5] And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in
the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
[6] And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the
children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and
Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
[7] From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath,
a land of rivers of waters.
[8] At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and
to bless in his name, unto this day.
[9] Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD
is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
[10] And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and
forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD
would not destroy thee.
[11] And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people,
that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers
to give unto them.
[12] And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to
fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to
serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
[13] To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command
thee this day for thy good?
[14] Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the
earth also, with all that therein is.
[15] Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose
their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
[16] Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more
stiffnecked.
[17] For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a
mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
[18] He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth
the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
[19] Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt.
[20] Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him
shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
[21] He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these
great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
[22] Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and
now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
2) Our Daily Bread for 13 March 2023 titled
Running for What Matters
Hebrews 11:39-12:3
39 (Heb 11:13; 11:2; 1Pe 1:12) These all have obtained a good report through
faith, but they did not receive the promise.
40 (Rev 6:11) For God provided something better for us, so that with us they
would be made perfect.
[39] And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received
not the promise:
[40] God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us
should not be made perfect.
1 Therefore, since we are encompassed with such a great cloud of witnesses,
let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles us,
and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
2 (Heb 1:3; Lk 24:26) Let us look to Jesus, the author and finisher of our
faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising
the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 (Gal 6:9; Heb 12:5) For consider Him who endured such hostility
from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and your hearts give up.
[1] Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily
beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
[2] Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy
that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of God.
[3] For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against
himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
It was impossible not to tear up at my friend Ira's status update. Posted in
2022 only days after she'd left her home in Kyiv, the besieged capital of
Ukraine, she shared a past image of herself lifting her country's flag after
completing a running event. She wrote, "We are all running to the best of our
abilities a marathon called life. Let's run it these days even better than
that. With something that never dies in our hearts." In the following days,
I saw the many ways my friend continued to run that race, as she kept us
updated on how to pray for and support those suffering in her country.
Ira’s words brought new depth to the call in Hebrews 12 for believers to
"run with perseverance" (v. 1). That call follows chapter 11's moving
account of the heroes of faith, the "great cloud of witnesses" (12:1) who'd
lived with courageous, persistent faith-even at risk to their lives
(11:33-38). Even though they "only saw . . . and welcomed [God's promises]
from a distance" (v. 13), they were living for something eternal, for
something that never dies.
All believers in Jesus are called to live that same way because the
shalom-the flourishing and peace-of God's kingdom is worth giving our
all for. Christ's example and power is what sustains us (12:2-3).
By: Monica La Rose
Reflect & Pray
What examples have you seen of courageous faith?
How does Jesus' example give you hope?
Dear God, words fail me when I see Your
people's faith and courage in heartbreaking
circumstances. Give me the courage to follow You like that.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 2 - The key to the Prison Cell
Matt 6:14-15
14 For if you forgive men for their sins, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men for their sins,
neither will your Father forgive your sins.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you: 15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Ann had been badly wounded in a relationship that had ended in anger
and accusation. For more than a year, Ann nursed her bitterness, rallying
support for her attitudes from friends and colleagues. Any time she saw
her former friend, Ann put up an icy wall of hostility. She thought she was
"getting over" the hurt, but the very mention of her friend's name brought
back a flood of negative feelings. Ann was trapped, locked in a prison of
unforgiveness , a jail built block by block by her own unwillingness to
forgive. Ann didn't "get over it"; instead, her wounds festered
and her bitterness grew worse.
Then one day - she never knew how - Ann let go of her bitterness. The barriers
of hostility and anger melted away, and when she saw her friend again, she was
able to forgive. And Ann was finally able to turn to the Lord for her own
healing and forgiveness.
"If you do not forgive," Jesus says - and the statement falls hard on
unforgiving hearts, "Neither will you be forgiven." In one sense, God's
forgiveness is unconditional - we do not have to earn or deserve it, and it is
always available to us. But we cannot experience the forgiveness God has
extended to us when we harbour unforgiveness towards others and build walls
of bitterness in our hearts.
When we refuse forgiveness toward those who have hurt or betrayed us, we do
not keep them in bondage, but ourselves. We lock ourselves away for an
awareness of God's loving presence; we imprison ourselves in a cell of
revenge. But when we reach out to forgive, we turn in the lock;
the door is open for our own sins to be forgiven and our own hearts
cleansed and purified.
Application
a) Why is forgiving others a condition for experiencing forgiveness
in my own life?
b) How can these verses have a practical effect upon my willingness
to forgive others?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 10:22
22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich ,and He adds no sorrow with it.
22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich,
And he addeth no sorrow with it.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Saddened by Loss
1 Cor 15:35-38,51-57
35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up?
With what body do they come?"
36 You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
37 When you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare kernel,
perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
38 Then God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed.
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet,
for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For tis corruptible will put on incorruption,
and this mortal will put on immortality.
54 When this corruptible will have put on incorruption,
and this mortal will have put on immortality,
then the saying that is written shall come to pass:
"Death is swallowed up in victory."
55 "O death, where is your sting?
O grave, where is your victory?"
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ!
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?
and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,
but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,
and to every seed his own body.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
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
13th Day of the Month
a) Pray that, with God's help, children and
young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has
for each of them
b) Pray for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
I) Pray for the leaders of Newfoundland and Labrador, that God's Spirit
would influence then to act justly, serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards.
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority, that we may
lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and to come
to the knowledge of the truth.
)
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to purify your heart.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, words fail me when I see Your
people's faith and courage in heartbreaking
circumstances. Give me the courage to follow You like that."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be an honest forgiver.
Pray to the Lord and pray to thank Him for all blessings.
Pray to the Lord and pray to part of the Rapture.
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, with God's help, children and
young people will be able to journey with hope towards the destiny God has
for each of them
Pray for the availability of Bibles in remote ares of Tanzania .