Day 41 of My 4th Bible Study Journey - 9 February 2024 reflections
Day 40, 9 February 2024
1) Exodus 30, Exodus 31, Exodus 32
EXODUS 30
The Altar of Incense
Ex 37:25-28
1 (Ex 37:25-28; Rev 8:3) Also, you must make an altar for burning incense.
You must make it of acacia wood.
2 (Ex 27:2) It must be a cubit in length, and its width a cubit.
It will be square. Its height will be two cubits;
(About 1 1/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high,
or 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high.)
the horns shall be of one piece with it.
3You must overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides all around,
and its horns; and you must make a molding of gold all around it.
4 (Ex 25:27) You must make two golden rings for it under its molding.
You must make them on its two sides, on opposite sides of it,
and they will be holders for the poles with which to carry it.
5 Then you must make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
6 (Ex 25:21-22) You must put it before the veil that is by the ark
of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony,
where I will meet with you.
7 (1Sa 2:28; Ex 27:20-21) Aaron must burn sweet incense on it.
Every morning, when he trims the lamps, he must burn incense.
8 When Aaron lights the lamps at sundown, he must burn incense on it.
It is to be a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
9 (Lev 10:1)You must offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt sacrifice,
nor grain offering, and you must not pour out a drink offering on it.
10 (Lev 16:18; 23:27) Aaron must make atonement on its horns once a year
with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. Once a year he must make
atonement on it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.
[1] And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt
thou make it.
[2] A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof;
foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the
horns thereof shall be of the same.
[3] And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides
thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a
crown of gold round about.
[4] And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the
two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they
shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
[5] And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold.
[6] And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the
testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will
meet with thee.
[7] And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he
dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
[8] And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon
it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
[9] Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat
offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
[10] And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year
with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he
make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the
LORD.
The Atonement Money
11 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12 (Nu 31:50; Ex 38:25-26) When you take the census of the children of
Israel according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for
his life to the Lord when you count them, so that there be no plague
among them when you number them.
13 (Lev 27:25; Nu 3:47) This is what everyone who is counted must give:
half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary
(About 1/5 ounce, or 5.8 grams; and in v. 15. (a shekel is twenty gerahs).)
The half shekel will be the offering to the Lord.
14 Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and above,
must give an offering to the Lord.
15 (Pr 22:2; Eph 6:9) The rich must not give more and the poor must not
give less than half a shekel when they give the offering to the Lord,
to make atonement for your lives.
16 (Ex 38:25-31; Nu 16:40) You must take the atonement money of the
children of Israel and give it for the service of the tent of meeting,
so that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the Lord,
to make atonement for your lives.
[11] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[12] When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number,
then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when
thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest
them.
[13] This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are
numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is
twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
[14] Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years
old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
[15] The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than
half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an
atonement for your souls.
[16] And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and
shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that
it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an
atonement for your souls.
The Bronze Basin
17 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
18 (Ex 38:8; 40:7) You must also make a basin of bronze,
with its base also of bronze, for washing,
and you must put it between the tent of meeting and the altar,
and you must put water in it.
19 (Isa 52:11; Ex 40:31-32) For Aaron and his sons must wash
their hands and their feet from it.
20 When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near
the altar to minister by burning incense as an offering made
by fire to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
21 (Ex 28:43) So they must wash their hands and their feet,
so that they will not die. And it will be a perpetual statute for them,
even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[18] Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to
wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the
congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
[19] For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
[20] When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash
with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to
minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
[21] So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and
it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed
throughout their generations.
The Anointing Oil
22 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
23 (SS 4:14; Eze 27:19) Take for yourself choice spices: five hundred shekels
(About 12 1/2 pounds, or 5.8 kilograms; and in v. 24. )
of pure myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon
(two hundred and fifty shekels About 6 1/4 pounds, or 2.9 kilograms.),
two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cane,
24 (Ex 29:40; Ps 45:8) five hundred shekels of cassia,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin
(About 75 pounds, or 34 kilograms.) of olive oil.
25 (Ex 37:29; Nu 35:25; Ps 89:20) And you must make
with it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed compound,
the work of a perfumer. It will be a holy anointing oil.
26 (Nu 7:1) And you must anoint the tent of meeting with it,
along with the ark of the testimony,
27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils,
and the altar of incense,
28 and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils,
and the basin and its stand.
29 (Ex 29:37) You must consecrate them, so that they may be most holy.
Whatever touches them must be holy.
30 (Lev 8:12; 8:30) You must anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them,
so that they may minister as priests to Me.
31 You must speak to the children of Israel, saying,
"This will be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.
32 (Ex 30:25) It must not be poured out on anyone's body,
nor shall you make any other like it in composition.
It is holy, and it will be holy to you.
33 (Ex 30:38; Ge 17:14) Whoever makes anything like it
or whoever puts any of it on a layman
will be cut off from his people."
[22] Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[23] Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred
shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty
shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
[24] And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary,
and of oil olive an hin:
[25] And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound
after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
[26] And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and
the ark of the testimony,
[27] And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels,
and the altar of incense,
[28] And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and
his foot.
[29] And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever
toucheth them shall be holy.
[30] And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that
they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
[31] And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be
an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
[32] Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any
other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy
unto you.
[33] Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon
a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
The Incense
34 (Ex 25:6; 37:29) Then the Lord said to Moses:
Take for yourself sweet spices,
stacte and onycha and galbanum,
sweet spices with pure frankincense of equal amounts.
35 (Ex 30:25; Lev 2:13) You shall make of these an incense,
a compound expertly blended, mingled with salt, pure and holy.
36 (Ex 25:22) You must beat some of it very fine and put
part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting
where I will meet with you. It will be most holy to you.
37 As for the perfume which you will make, you may not
make it for yourselves using the same recipe.
It must be holy for the Lord to you.
38 (Ex 30:33) Whoever makes anything like it in order to use it
as perfume must be cut off from his people.
[34] And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and
onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each
shall there be a like weight:
[35] And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the
apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
[36] And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the
testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with
thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
[37] And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to
yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy
for the LORD.
[38] Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be
cut off from his people.
EXODUS 31
The Tabernacle Artisans
Ex 35:30-35
1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Ex 36:1; 35:30) See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri,
the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
3 (1Ki 7:14; Ex 35:31) I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom,
in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of craftsmanship
4 to devise artistic works for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze,
5 and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in carving of wood,
to work in all manner of craftsmanship.
6 (Ex 28:3; 35:10) I, indeed, I have given him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamak,
of the tribe of Dan, and I have given skill to all who are
specially skilled, that they may make everything that I have commanded you:
7 (Ex 36:8-37:9)the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,
and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tent,
8 (Ex 37:10-28) the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand
with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,
9 (Ex 38:1-8) the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils,
and the basin and its stand,
10 the woven garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest
and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests,
11 (Ex 37:29) the anointing oil and sweet incense for the holy place.
They must make them according to all that I have commanded you.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of
the tribe of Judah:
[3] And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
[4] To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
[5] And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work
in all manner of workmanship.
[6] And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of
the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put
wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
[7] The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and
the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
[8] And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his
furniture, and the altar of incense,
[9] And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver
and his foot,
[10] And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest,
and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
[11] And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according
to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
The Sabbath Law
12 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
13 (Eze 20:12; 20:20) Speak also to the children of Israel, saying,
"You must surely keep My Sabbaths, for it is a sign between Me
and you throughout your generations, that you may know that
I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
14 "You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you.
Everyone who defiles it will surely be put to death.
For whoever does any work on it, that person will be cut
off from among his people.
15 (Ex 16:23; Lev 23:3) Six days may work be done,
but on the seventh is the Sabbath of complete rest,
holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath
day will surely be put to death.
16 Therefore the children of Israel must keep the Sabbath,
to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations,
for a perpetual covenant.
17 (Ge 1:31; Ex 31:13; Ge 2:2-3) It is a sign between Me
and the children of Israel forever, for in six days
the Lord made heaven and earth,
but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed."
18 (Ex 24:12; 32:15-16) When He had made an end of
communing with him on Mount Sinai,
He gave Moses the two tablets of testimony,
tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
[12] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[13] Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths
ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your
generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
[14] Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one
that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work
therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
[15] Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest,
holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall
surely be put to death.
[16] Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the
sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
[17] It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six
days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and
was refreshed.
[18] And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him
upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the
finger of God.
EXODUS 32
The Golden Calf
1 (Ex 24:18; Ac 7:40) Now when the people saw that Moses delayed
coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves
together around Aaron and said to him,
"Come, make us gods which will go before us. As for this Moses,
the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
we do not know what has become of him."
2 (Ex 12:35-36; Jdg 8:24-27) Aaron said to them,
"Break off the gold earrings that are in the ears of your wives,
your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."
3 So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were in their ears
and brought them to Aaron.
4 (Dt 9:16; Ne 9:18) He received them from their hand,
and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into a molded calf.
Then they said, "This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up
from the land of Egypt."
5 (2Ki 10:20; Lev 23:2) When Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it.
And Aaron made a proclamation and said, "Tomorrow will be
a feast to the Lord."
6 (1Co 10:7; Nu 25:2) So they rose up early on the next day,
and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings.
And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7 (Dt 9:12; Ex 32:11) The Lord spoke to Moses, "Go, and get down,
for your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt,
have corrupted themselves.
8 (Ex 20:3-4; 20:23) They have quickly turned aside from the way
which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molded calf,
and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said,
'This is your god, O Israel, which has brought you up
from the land of Egypt.' "
9 (Ex 33:3; 33:5) Then the Lord said to Moses,
"I have seen this people, and certainly, it is a stiff-necked people.
10 (Dt 9:14; Nu 14:12; Dt 9:19) Now therefore let Me alone,
so that My wrath may burn against them and I may destroy them.
And I will make of you a great nation."
11 (Dt 9:18-20; 9:26-29) But Moses sought the favour of the Lord his God,
and said, "Lord, why does Your wrath burn against Your people,
whom You have brought forth from the land of Egypt with great power
and with a mighty hand?
12 (Nu 14:13-16; Dt 9:28) Why should the Egyptians speak, saying,
'With evil intent He brought them out, to kill them in the mountains
and to destroy them from the face of the earth'?
Turn from Your fierce wrath and relent of this harm against Your people.
13 (Ge 12:7; 22:16) Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants,
to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, 'I will multiply
your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land that
I have spoken of will I give to your descendants,
and they will inherit it forever.'"
14 (Ps 106:45; 2Sa 24:16) Then the Lord relented of the harm
which He said He would do to His people.
15 (Dt 9:15) Moses turned and went down from the mountain
with the two tablets of testimony in his hand.
The tablets were written on both their sides.
They were written on one side and on the other.
16 (Ex 31:18)bThe tablets were God's work,
and the writing was God's writing, engraved on the tablets.
17 (Ex 17:9; 24:13) When Joshua heard the noise of the people
as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a sound of war in the camp."
18 But he said:
"It is not the sound of those who shout for victory,
nor is it the sound of those who cry because of being overcome,
but I hear the sound of singing."
19 (Dt 9:16-17) As soon as he came near the camp,
he saw the calf and the dancing, and Moses' anger burned,
so he threw the tablets from his hands
and shattered them at the bottom of the mountain.
20 (Dt 9:21) Then he took the calf which they had made
and burned it in the fire, ground it to powder,
and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
21 (Ge 20:9) Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you,
that you have brought so great a sin upon them?"
22 (Dt 9:24; Ex 14:11) Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord burn.
You know that the people are set on evil.
23 (Ex 32:1-4) For they said to me, 'Make a god for us which will go
before us, for this Moses, the man that brought us up from
the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'
24 (Ex 32:4) I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.'
So they gave it to me, and then I threw it into the fire,
and this calf came out.'"
25 Now when Moses saw the people were in a frenzy,
for Aaron had let them get completely out of control,
causing derision from their enemies,
26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said,
"Whoever is on the Lord's side, come to me."
And all the Levites gathered themselves together around him.
27 (Nu 25:5) He said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
'Every man fasten his sword on his side,
and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp,
and let every man kill his brother, and every man his friend,
and every man his neighbour.'"
28 (Dt 33:9) The Levites did according to the word of Moses,
and about three thousand men of the people died that day.
29 (Nu 25:11-13; Zec 13:3) For Moses had said,
"Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord,
that He may bestow a blessing on you this day,
for every man opposes his son and his brother."
30 (1Sa 12:20; Nu 25:13) On the next day Moses said to the people,
"You have committed a great sin, and now I will go up to the Lord.
Perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."
31 (Ex 20:23; 32:30) Then Moses returned to the Lord and said,
"Oh, this people has committed a great sin and have made a god
of gold for themselves.
32 (Ps 69:28; Da 12:1) Yet now, if You will, forgive their sin,
but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written."
33 (Eze 18:4) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me,
I will blot him out of My book.
34 (Ex 23:20; Dt 32:35) So go now, lead the people to the place of which
I have spoken to you. Indeed, My angel will go before you.
Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will indeed punish them
for their sin."
35 And the Lord plagued the people because they had made the calf,
the one that Aaron made.
Exodus 32
[1] And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the
mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto
him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the
man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become
of him.
[2] And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in
the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them
unto me.
[3] And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their
ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
[4] And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving
tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods,
O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
[5] And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
[6] And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and
brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and
rose up to play.
[7] And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which
thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
[8] They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them:
they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have
sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
[9] And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it
is a stiffnecked people:
[10] Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and
that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
[11] And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath
wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of
Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
[12] Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he
bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the
face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil
against thy people.
[13] Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest
by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the
stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto
your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
[14] And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his
people.
[15] And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of
the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides;
on the one side and on the other were they written.
[16] And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of
God, graven upon the tables.
[17] And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said
unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
[18] And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery,
neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise
of them that sing do I hear.
[19] And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw
the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the
tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
[20] And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of
Israel drink of it.
[21] And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou
hast brought so great a sin upon them?
[22] And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the
people, that they are set on mischief.
[23] For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as
for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot
not what is become of him.
[24] And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off.
So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this
calf.
[25] And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them
naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
[26] Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the
LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered
themselves together unto him.
[27] And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man
his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the
camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every
man his neighbour.
[28] And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there
fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
[29] For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even
every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a
blessing this day.
[30] And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye
have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I
shall make an atonement for your sin.
[31] And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned
a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
[32] Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray
thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
[33] And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him
will I blot out of my book.
[34] Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken
unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day
when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
[35] And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which
Aaron made.
(Wait upon the Lord and do not be unfaithful)
2) Our Daily Bread for 9 February 2024 titled
God's Great Love Cycle
Romans 13:8-10
Brotherly Love
8 (Ro 13:10; Mt 7:12) Owe no one anything, except to love one another,
for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
9 (Lev 19:18; Mt 19:18-19; Ex 20:12-17) For the commandments,
"You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal,
You shall not give false testimony, You shall not covet,"
(Ex 20:13-15, 17; Dt 5:17-19, 21.) and if there are any other commandments,
are summed up in this saying,
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself."(Ps 18:49.)
10 (Ro 13:8) Love works no evil to a neighbor. Therefore love is
the fulfillment of the law.
[8] Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth
another hath fulfilled the law.
[9] For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet;
and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this
saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[10] Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling
of the law.
As a new believer in Jesus at the age of thirty, I had lots of questions after
committing my life to Him. When I started reading the Scriptures, I had even
more questions. I reached out to a friend. "How can I possibly obey all
God's commands? I just snapped at my husband this morning!"
"Just keep reading your Bible," she said, "and ask the Holy Spirit to help
you love like Jesus loves you."
After more than twenty years of living as a child of God, that simple
but profound truth still helps me embrace the three steps in His great love
cycle: First, the apostle Paul affirmed that love is central in the life of
a believer in Jesus. Second, by continuing to pay the "debt to love one
another," followers of Christ will walk in obedience, "for whoever loves
others has fulfilled the law" (Romans 13:8). Finally, we fulfill the law
because "Love worketh no ill to his neighbour" (v. 10).
When we experience the depth of God’s love for us, demonstrated best through
Christ's sacrifice on the cross, we can respond with gratitude. Our grateful
devotion to Jesus leads to loving others with our words, actions, and
attitudes. Genuine love flows from the one true God who is love
(1 John 4:16, 19).
Loving God, help us get caught up in Your great love cycle!
By: Xochitl Dixon
Reflect & Pray
When have you struggled to feel loved by Jesus or to love like He loves?
How does knowing Christ loves you completely and unconditionally change
the way you love others?
Dear Jesus, please help me believe You love me
so I can love others through the overflow of Your love for me.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 6 God Works!
Phil 2:12-13
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence,
but so much more in my absence, work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling.
13 For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence
only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will
and to do of his good pleasure.
"I just can't do it!" Marlys, a career woman in her 30s, was struggling to fit
her new Christian principles into the business world. Accustomed to the
cutthroat tactics of the corporate hierarchy, she has a hard time knowing
Jesus' examples of grace and mercy applied.
Marlys was right. She couldn't do it. In our own strength, none of us is able
to "live the Christian life." Someone has said, " The Christian life isn't
difficult -- it's impossible!" Only the power of the Holy Spirit is
effective to work the needed changes in our priorities and behaviour;
only God can accomplish what he calls us to do.
In Phillippians 2:12, Paul says "work it out." If we stop there,
we are likely to throw up our hands in despair.
But the good news appears in verse 13:
" For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure."
WE are not left on our own to figure out how to live the Christian life.
God gives us both the will and the ability to obey him, to live in a way
that will please him.
The key to a God-pleasing life is not performance, but obedience. God does not
expect us to "do great things" for him, to deserve his love and grace.
Our part in the process of salvation is to respond in obedience to the Lord,
to say "yes" to what he asks of us. We cannot change ourselves;
we cannot even know ourselves apart from the Spirit's insight. But
as we cooperate with him, as we agree to be obedient, the Spirit changes us
within, and those changes are "worked out" into our lives.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "Live the Christian life" on my own strength?
What was the result?
b) In what practical ways is Paul's declaration that "God works in me"
good new in my life?
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."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta may have a total as high as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the largest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discipleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congregations, and equally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
9th Day of the Month
a) Pray a prayer of thanksgiving throughout
the day for God's unfailing love, Mercy, compassion, faithfulness and provision.
(
Ps 100
A Psalm of thanksgiving.
1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth!
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Serve the Lord with gladness;
come before His presence with singing.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Know that the Lord, He is God;
it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
and into His courts with praise;
be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) For the Lord is good; His mercy endures forever,
and His faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 100
A Psalm of praise.
1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God:
It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise:
Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;
And his truth endureth to all generations.
)
b) Pray that the Lord will lead the Church in finding ways
to wisely and effectively
respond to pressing social issues
(
1 Chr 12:32
32 (Est 1:13) From the sons of Issachar,
those having understanding of times
and what Israel should do: two hundred of their captains
with all their brothers at their command.
32 And of the children of Issachar,
which were men that had understanding of the times,
to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred;
and all their brethren were at their commandment
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to wait upon Him no matter how long.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, please help me believe You love me
so I can love others through the overflow of Your love for me."
Pray to the Lord and pray for Help to live the Christian life.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Blessing.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know the upcoming rapture.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Pray a prayer of thanksgiving throughout
the day for God's unfailing love, Mercy, compassion, faithfulness and provision.
Pray that the Lord will lead the Church in finding ways
to wisely and effectively respond to pressing social issues
Pray that Christians who are imprisoned for sharing the Gospel in Comoros
will be emboldened in their witness.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God
1) Exodus 30, Exodus 31, Exodus 32
EXODUS 30
The Altar of Incense
Ex 37:25-28
1 (Ex 37:25-28; Rev 8:3) Also, you must make an altar for burning incense.
You must make it of acacia wood.
2 (Ex 27:2) It must be a cubit in length, and its width a cubit.
It will be square. Its height will be two cubits;
(About 1 1/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high,
or 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high.)
the horns shall be of one piece with it.
3You must overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides all around,
and its horns; and you must make a molding of gold all around it.
4 (Ex 25:27) You must make two golden rings for it under its molding.
You must make them on its two sides, on opposite sides of it,
and they will be holders for the poles with which to carry it.
5 Then you must make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
6 (Ex 25:21-22) You must put it before the veil that is by the ark
of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony,
where I will meet with you.
7 (1Sa 2:28; Ex 27:20-21) Aaron must burn sweet incense on it.
Every morning, when he trims the lamps, he must burn incense.
8 When Aaron lights the lamps at sundown, he must burn incense on it.
It is to be a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
9 (Lev 10:1)You must offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt sacrifice,
nor grain offering, and you must not pour out a drink offering on it.
10 (Lev 16:18; 23:27) Aaron must make atonement on its horns once a year
with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. Once a year he must make
atonement on it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.
[1] And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt
thou make it.
[2] A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof;
foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the
horns thereof shall be of the same.
[3] And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides
thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a
crown of gold round about.
[4] And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the
two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they
shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
[5] And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold.
[6] And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the
testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will
meet with thee.
[7] And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he
dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
[8] And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon
it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
[9] Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat
offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
[10] And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year
with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he
make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the
LORD.
The Atonement Money
11 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12 (Nu 31:50; Ex 38:25-26) When you take the census of the children of
Israel according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for
his life to the Lord when you count them, so that there be no plague
among them when you number them.
13 (Lev 27:25; Nu 3:47) This is what everyone who is counted must give:
half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary
(About 1/5 ounce, or 5.8 grams; and in v. 15. (a shekel is twenty gerahs).)
The half shekel will be the offering to the Lord.
14 Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and above,
must give an offering to the Lord.
15 (Pr 22:2; Eph 6:9) The rich must not give more and the poor must not
give less than half a shekel when they give the offering to the Lord,
to make atonement for your lives.
16 (Ex 38:25-31; Nu 16:40) You must take the atonement money of the
children of Israel and give it for the service of the tent of meeting,
so that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the Lord,
to make atonement for your lives.
[11] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[12] When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number,
then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when
thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest
them.
[13] This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are
numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is
twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
[14] Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years
old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
[15] The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than
half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an
atonement for your souls.
[16] And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and
shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that
it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an
atonement for your souls.
The Bronze Basin
17 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
18 (Ex 38:8; 40:7) You must also make a basin of bronze,
with its base also of bronze, for washing,
and you must put it between the tent of meeting and the altar,
and you must put water in it.
19 (Isa 52:11; Ex 40:31-32) For Aaron and his sons must wash
their hands and their feet from it.
20 When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near
the altar to minister by burning incense as an offering made
by fire to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
21 (Ex 28:43) So they must wash their hands and their feet,
so that they will not die. And it will be a perpetual statute for them,
even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[18] Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to
wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the
congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
[19] For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
[20] When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash
with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to
minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
[21] So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and
it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed
throughout their generations.
The Anointing Oil
22 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
23 (SS 4:14; Eze 27:19) Take for yourself choice spices: five hundred shekels
(About 12 1/2 pounds, or 5.8 kilograms; and in v. 24. )
of pure myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon
(two hundred and fifty shekels About 6 1/4 pounds, or 2.9 kilograms.),
two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cane,
24 (Ex 29:40; Ps 45:8) five hundred shekels of cassia,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin
(About 75 pounds, or 34 kilograms.) of olive oil.
25 (Ex 37:29; Nu 35:25; Ps 89:20) And you must make
with it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed compound,
the work of a perfumer. It will be a holy anointing oil.
26 (Nu 7:1) And you must anoint the tent of meeting with it,
along with the ark of the testimony,
27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils,
and the altar of incense,
28 and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils,
and the basin and its stand.
29 (Ex 29:37) You must consecrate them, so that they may be most holy.
Whatever touches them must be holy.
30 (Lev 8:12; 8:30) You must anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them,
so that they may minister as priests to Me.
31 You must speak to the children of Israel, saying,
"This will be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.
32 (Ex 30:25) It must not be poured out on anyone's body,
nor shall you make any other like it in composition.
It is holy, and it will be holy to you.
33 (Ex 30:38; Ge 17:14) Whoever makes anything like it
or whoever puts any of it on a layman
will be cut off from his people."
[22] Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[23] Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred
shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty
shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
[24] And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary,
and of oil olive an hin:
[25] And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound
after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
[26] And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and
the ark of the testimony,
[27] And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels,
and the altar of incense,
[28] And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and
his foot.
[29] And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever
toucheth them shall be holy.
[30] And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that
they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
[31] And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be
an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
[32] Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any
other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy
unto you.
[33] Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon
a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
The Incense
34 (Ex 25:6; 37:29) Then the Lord said to Moses:
Take for yourself sweet spices,
stacte and onycha and galbanum,
sweet spices with pure frankincense of equal amounts.
35 (Ex 30:25; Lev 2:13) You shall make of these an incense,
a compound expertly blended, mingled with salt, pure and holy.
36 (Ex 25:22) You must beat some of it very fine and put
part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting
where I will meet with you. It will be most holy to you.
37 As for the perfume which you will make, you may not
make it for yourselves using the same recipe.
It must be holy for the Lord to you.
38 (Ex 30:33) Whoever makes anything like it in order to use it
as perfume must be cut off from his people.
[34] And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and
onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each
shall there be a like weight:
[35] And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the
apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
[36] And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the
testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with
thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
[37] And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to
yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy
for the LORD.
[38] Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be
cut off from his people.
EXODUS 31
The Tabernacle Artisans
Ex 35:30-35
1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Ex 36:1; 35:30) See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri,
the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
3 (1Ki 7:14; Ex 35:31) I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom,
in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of craftsmanship
4 to devise artistic works for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze,
5 and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in carving of wood,
to work in all manner of craftsmanship.
6 (Ex 28:3; 35:10) I, indeed, I have given him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamak,
of the tribe of Dan, and I have given skill to all who are
specially skilled, that they may make everything that I have commanded you:
7 (Ex 36:8-37:9)the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,
and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tent,
8 (Ex 37:10-28) the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand
with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,
9 (Ex 38:1-8) the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils,
and the basin and its stand,
10 the woven garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest
and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests,
11 (Ex 37:29) the anointing oil and sweet incense for the holy place.
They must make them according to all that I have commanded you.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of
the tribe of Judah:
[3] And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
[4] To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
[5] And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work
in all manner of workmanship.
[6] And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of
the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put
wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
[7] The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and
the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
[8] And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his
furniture, and the altar of incense,
[9] And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver
and his foot,
[10] And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest,
and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
[11] And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according
to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
The Sabbath Law
12 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
13 (Eze 20:12; 20:20) Speak also to the children of Israel, saying,
"You must surely keep My Sabbaths, for it is a sign between Me
and you throughout your generations, that you may know that
I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
14 "You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you.
Everyone who defiles it will surely be put to death.
For whoever does any work on it, that person will be cut
off from among his people.
15 (Ex 16:23; Lev 23:3) Six days may work be done,
but on the seventh is the Sabbath of complete rest,
holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath
day will surely be put to death.
16 Therefore the children of Israel must keep the Sabbath,
to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations,
for a perpetual covenant.
17 (Ge 1:31; Ex 31:13; Ge 2:2-3) It is a sign between Me
and the children of Israel forever, for in six days
the Lord made heaven and earth,
but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed."
18 (Ex 24:12; 32:15-16) When He had made an end of
communing with him on Mount Sinai,
He gave Moses the two tablets of testimony,
tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
[12] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[13] Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths
ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your
generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
[14] Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one
that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work
therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
[15] Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest,
holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall
surely be put to death.
[16] Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the
sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
[17] It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six
days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and
was refreshed.
[18] And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him
upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the
finger of God.
EXODUS 32
The Golden Calf
1 (Ex 24:18; Ac 7:40) Now when the people saw that Moses delayed
coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves
together around Aaron and said to him,
"Come, make us gods which will go before us. As for this Moses,
the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
we do not know what has become of him."
2 (Ex 12:35-36; Jdg 8:24-27) Aaron said to them,
"Break off the gold earrings that are in the ears of your wives,
your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."
3 So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were in their ears
and brought them to Aaron.
4 (Dt 9:16; Ne 9:18) He received them from their hand,
and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into a molded calf.
Then they said, "This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up
from the land of Egypt."
5 (2Ki 10:20; Lev 23:2) When Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it.
And Aaron made a proclamation and said, "Tomorrow will be
a feast to the Lord."
6 (1Co 10:7; Nu 25:2) So they rose up early on the next day,
and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings.
And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7 (Dt 9:12; Ex 32:11) The Lord spoke to Moses, "Go, and get down,
for your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt,
have corrupted themselves.
8 (Ex 20:3-4; 20:23) They have quickly turned aside from the way
which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molded calf,
and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said,
'This is your god, O Israel, which has brought you up
from the land of Egypt.' "
9 (Ex 33:3; 33:5) Then the Lord said to Moses,
"I have seen this people, and certainly, it is a stiff-necked people.
10 (Dt 9:14; Nu 14:12; Dt 9:19) Now therefore let Me alone,
so that My wrath may burn against them and I may destroy them.
And I will make of you a great nation."
11 (Dt 9:18-20; 9:26-29) But Moses sought the favour of the Lord his God,
and said, "Lord, why does Your wrath burn against Your people,
whom You have brought forth from the land of Egypt with great power
and with a mighty hand?
12 (Nu 14:13-16; Dt 9:28) Why should the Egyptians speak, saying,
'With evil intent He brought them out, to kill them in the mountains
and to destroy them from the face of the earth'?
Turn from Your fierce wrath and relent of this harm against Your people.
13 (Ge 12:7; 22:16) Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants,
to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, 'I will multiply
your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land that
I have spoken of will I give to your descendants,
and they will inherit it forever.'"
14 (Ps 106:45; 2Sa 24:16) Then the Lord relented of the harm
which He said He would do to His people.
15 (Dt 9:15) Moses turned and went down from the mountain
with the two tablets of testimony in his hand.
The tablets were written on both their sides.
They were written on one side and on the other.
16 (Ex 31:18)bThe tablets were God's work,
and the writing was God's writing, engraved on the tablets.
17 (Ex 17:9; 24:13) When Joshua heard the noise of the people
as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a sound of war in the camp."
18 But he said:
"It is not the sound of those who shout for victory,
nor is it the sound of those who cry because of being overcome,
but I hear the sound of singing."
19 (Dt 9:16-17) As soon as he came near the camp,
he saw the calf and the dancing, and Moses' anger burned,
so he threw the tablets from his hands
and shattered them at the bottom of the mountain.
20 (Dt 9:21) Then he took the calf which they had made
and burned it in the fire, ground it to powder,
and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
21 (Ge 20:9) Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you,
that you have brought so great a sin upon them?"
22 (Dt 9:24; Ex 14:11) Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord burn.
You know that the people are set on evil.
23 (Ex 32:1-4) For they said to me, 'Make a god for us which will go
before us, for this Moses, the man that brought us up from
the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'
24 (Ex 32:4) I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.'
So they gave it to me, and then I threw it into the fire,
and this calf came out.'"
25 Now when Moses saw the people were in a frenzy,
for Aaron had let them get completely out of control,
causing derision from their enemies,
26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said,
"Whoever is on the Lord's side, come to me."
And all the Levites gathered themselves together around him.
27 (Nu 25:5) He said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
'Every man fasten his sword on his side,
and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp,
and let every man kill his brother, and every man his friend,
and every man his neighbour.'"
28 (Dt 33:9) The Levites did according to the word of Moses,
and about three thousand men of the people died that day.
29 (Nu 25:11-13; Zec 13:3) For Moses had said,
"Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord,
that He may bestow a blessing on you this day,
for every man opposes his son and his brother."
30 (1Sa 12:20; Nu 25:13) On the next day Moses said to the people,
"You have committed a great sin, and now I will go up to the Lord.
Perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."
31 (Ex 20:23; 32:30) Then Moses returned to the Lord and said,
"Oh, this people has committed a great sin and have made a god
of gold for themselves.
32 (Ps 69:28; Da 12:1) Yet now, if You will, forgive their sin,
but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written."
33 (Eze 18:4) Then the Lord said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me,
I will blot him out of My book.
34 (Ex 23:20; Dt 32:35) So go now, lead the people to the place of which
I have spoken to you. Indeed, My angel will go before you.
Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will indeed punish them
for their sin."
35 And the Lord plagued the people because they had made the calf,
the one that Aaron made.
Exodus 32
[1] And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the
mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto
him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the
man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become
of him.
[2] And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in
the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them
unto me.
[3] And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their
ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
[4] And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving
tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods,
O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
[5] And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
[6] And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and
brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and
rose up to play.
[7] And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which
thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
[8] They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them:
they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have
sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
[9] And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it
is a stiffnecked people:
[10] Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and
that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
[11] And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath
wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of
Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
[12] Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he
bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the
face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil
against thy people.
[13] Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest
by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the
stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto
your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
[14] And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his
people.
[15] And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of
the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides;
on the one side and on the other were they written.
[16] And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of
God, graven upon the tables.
[17] And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said
unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
[18] And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery,
neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise
of them that sing do I hear.
[19] And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw
the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the
tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
[20] And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of
Israel drink of it.
[21] And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou
hast brought so great a sin upon them?
[22] And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the
people, that they are set on mischief.
[23] For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as
for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot
not what is become of him.
[24] And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off.
So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this
calf.
[25] And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them
naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
[26] Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the
LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered
themselves together unto him.
[27] And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man
his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the
camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every
man his neighbour.
[28] And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there
fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
[29] For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even
every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a
blessing this day.
[30] And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye
have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I
shall make an atonement for your sin.
[31] And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned
a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
[32] Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray
thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
[33] And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him
will I blot out of my book.
[34] Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken
unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day
when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
[35] And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which
Aaron made.
(Wait upon the Lord and do not be unfaithful)
2) Our Daily Bread for 9 February 2024 titled
God's Great Love Cycle
Romans 13:8-10
Brotherly Love
8 (Ro 13:10; Mt 7:12) Owe no one anything, except to love one another,
for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
9 (Lev 19:18; Mt 19:18-19; Ex 20:12-17) For the commandments,
"You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal,
You shall not give false testimony, You shall not covet,"
(Ex 20:13-15, 17; Dt 5:17-19, 21.) and if there are any other commandments,
are summed up in this saying,
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself."(Ps 18:49.)
10 (Ro 13:8) Love works no evil to a neighbor. Therefore love is
the fulfillment of the law.
[8] Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth
another hath fulfilled the law.
[9] For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet;
and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this
saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[10] Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling
of the law.
As a new believer in Jesus at the age of thirty, I had lots of questions after
committing my life to Him. When I started reading the Scriptures, I had even
more questions. I reached out to a friend. "How can I possibly obey all
God's commands? I just snapped at my husband this morning!"
"Just keep reading your Bible," she said, "and ask the Holy Spirit to help
you love like Jesus loves you."
After more than twenty years of living as a child of God, that simple
but profound truth still helps me embrace the three steps in His great love
cycle: First, the apostle Paul affirmed that love is central in the life of
a believer in Jesus. Second, by continuing to pay the "debt to love one
another," followers of Christ will walk in obedience, "for whoever loves
others has fulfilled the law" (Romans 13:8). Finally, we fulfill the law
because "Love worketh no ill to his neighbour" (v. 10).
When we experience the depth of God’s love for us, demonstrated best through
Christ's sacrifice on the cross, we can respond with gratitude. Our grateful
devotion to Jesus leads to loving others with our words, actions, and
attitudes. Genuine love flows from the one true God who is love
(1 John 4:16, 19).
Loving God, help us get caught up in Your great love cycle!
By: Xochitl Dixon
Reflect & Pray
When have you struggled to feel loved by Jesus or to love like He loves?
How does knowing Christ loves you completely and unconditionally change
the way you love others?
Dear Jesus, please help me believe You love me
so I can love others through the overflow of Your love for me.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 5 Rejoice in Grace - Day 6 God Works!
Phil 2:12-13
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence,
but so much more in my absence, work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling.
13 For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence
only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will
and to do of his good pleasure.
"I just can't do it!" Marlys, a career woman in her 30s, was struggling to fit
her new Christian principles into the business world. Accustomed to the
cutthroat tactics of the corporate hierarchy, she has a hard time knowing
Jesus' examples of grace and mercy applied.
Marlys was right. She couldn't do it. In our own strength, none of us is able
to "live the Christian life." Someone has said, " The Christian life isn't
difficult -- it's impossible!" Only the power of the Holy Spirit is
effective to work the needed changes in our priorities and behaviour;
only God can accomplish what he calls us to do.
In Phillippians 2:12, Paul says "work it out." If we stop there,
we are likely to throw up our hands in despair.
But the good news appears in verse 13:
" For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure."
WE are not left on our own to figure out how to live the Christian life.
God gives us both the will and the ability to obey him, to live in a way
that will please him.
The key to a God-pleasing life is not performance, but obedience. God does not
expect us to "do great things" for him, to deserve his love and grace.
Our part in the process of salvation is to respond in obedience to the Lord,
to say "yes" to what he asks of us. We cannot change ourselves;
we cannot even know ourselves apart from the Spirit's insight. But
as we cooperate with him, as we agree to be obedient, the Spirit changes us
within, and those changes are "worked out" into our lives.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "Live the Christian life" on my own strength?
What was the result?
b) In what practical ways is Paul's declaration that "God works in me"
good new in my life?
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."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta may have a total as high as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the largest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discipleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congregations, and equally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
9th Day of the Month
a) Pray a prayer of thanksgiving throughout
the day for God's unfailing love, Mercy, compassion, faithfulness and provision.
(
Ps 100
A Psalm of thanksgiving.
1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth!
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Serve the Lord with gladness;
come before His presence with singing.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Know that the Lord, He is God;
it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
and into His courts with praise;
be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) For the Lord is good; His mercy endures forever,
and His faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 100
A Psalm of praise.
1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God:
It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise:
Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;
And his truth endureth to all generations.
)
b) Pray that the Lord will lead the Church in finding ways
to wisely and effectively
respond to pressing social issues
(
1 Chr 12:32
32 (Est 1:13) From the sons of Issachar,
those having understanding of times
and what Israel should do: two hundred of their captains
with all their brothers at their command.
32 And of the children of Issachar,
which were men that had understanding of the times,
to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred;
and all their brethren were at their commandment
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to wait upon Him no matter how long.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, please help me believe You love me
so I can love others through the overflow of Your love for me."
Pray to the Lord and pray for Help to live the Christian life.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Blessing.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know the upcoming rapture.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Pray a prayer of thanksgiving throughout
the day for God's unfailing love, Mercy, compassion, faithfulness and provision.
Pray that the Lord will lead the Church in finding ways
to wisely and effectively respond to pressing social issues
Pray that Christians who are imprisoned for sharing the Gospel in Comoros
will be emboldened in their witness.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God