Day 71 of My 4th Bible Study Journey - 11 March 2024 reflections
Day 71, 11 March 2024
1) Detueronmy 3 - 4
DEUTERONOMY 3
King Og Defeated
1 (Nu 21:33-35; Dt 1:4) Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan,
and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us, he and all his people,
to battle at Edrei.
2 (Nu 21:23-25) Then the Lord said to me, "Do not fear him, for I will
deliver him and all his people and his land into your hand; and you
shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived
at Heshbon."
3 (Nu 21:35) So the Lord, our God, delivered Og, the king of Bashan,
with all his people, into our hands also, and we struck him down until
there was no survivor remaining.
4 (1Ki 4:13) We took all his cities at that time. There was not a city which
we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob,
the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5 All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars,
besides a great many rural towns.
6 (Dt 2:34; 2:24; Ps 135:10-12) We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon,
king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
7 (Dt 2:35) But we took all the livestock and the spoil of the cities
as plunder for ourselves.
8 (Jos 12:2-6; 13:9-12) So at that time we took from the hand
of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was across the Jordan,
from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon
9 (1Ch 5:23; Ps 29:6) (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion,
and the Amorites call it Senir),
10 all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,
as far as Salekah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11 (Ge 14:5; 2Sa 12:26) For only Og, king of Bashan, remained
of the remnant of the giants.
(Notably, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron.
Is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon?
It is nine cubits long and four cubits wide,
{About 14 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide.}
according to the cubit of a man.)
[1] Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan
came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
[2] And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all
his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou
didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
[3] So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of
Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him
remaining.
[4] And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we
took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom
of Og in Bashan.
[5] All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside
unwalled towns a great many.
[6] And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon,
utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
[7] But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to
ourselves.
[8] And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the
Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto
mount Hermon;
[9] (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it
Shenir;)
[10] All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto
Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
[11] For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold,
his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of
Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of
it, after the cubit of a man.
Division of the Land
12 (Dt 2:36; Nu 32:32-38) This is the land which we possessed at that time
from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead
and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
13 (Nu 32:39-42) The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og,
I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob,
with all Bashan, was called the land of giants.
14 (Nu 32:41; Jos 13:13; 2Sa 3:3) Jair, the son of Manasseh,
took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border
of the Geshurites and the Maakathites, and called the villages
after his own name, Havvoth Jair, as it is to this day.)
15 (Nu 32:39-40) I gave Gilead to Makir.
16 (Nu 21:24; Dt 2:37) To the Reubenites and to the Gadites
I gave the territory from Gilead even as far as the stream
bed of the River Arnon, half the valley as the border to the River Jabbok,
which is the border of the Ammonites;
17 (Jos 12:3; Ge 14:3; Jos 3:16) the plain also,
with the Jordan as the border, from Kinnereth as far as the east side
of the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.
18 (Jos 4:12-13) Then I commanded you at that time, saying,
"The Lord your God has given you this land to possess it.
All you men of valor shall pass over armed before your brothers,
the children of Israel.
19 But your wives and your little ones, and your livestock
(for I know that you have much livestock)
shall remain in your cities which I have given you
20 (Jos 22:4) until the Lord has given rest to your brothers,
as well as to you, and until they also possess the land which
the Lord your God has given them beyond the Jordan.
Then each of you shall return to his possession which I have given you."
[12] And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by
the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto
the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
[13] And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I
unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan,
which was called the land of giants.
[14] Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts
of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name,
Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.
[15] And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
[16] And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even
unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river
Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
[17] The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even
unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
[18] And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given
you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren
the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
[19] But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that
ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
[20] Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you,
and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them
beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which
I have given you.
Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan
21 I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, "Your eyes have seen all that
the Lord your God has done to these two kings. So shall the Lord do
to all the kingdoms where you pass.
22 (Ex 14:14; Dt 20:4) Do not fear them, for the Lord your God,
He shall fight for you."
23 I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying,
24 (Ex 15:11; Dt 11:2) "O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant
Your greatness, and Your mighty hand, for what god is there in heaven
or in earth that can do according to Your works and according to Your might?
25 (Ex 3:8) Let me, I pray, go over and see the good land that is beyond
the Jordan, that good hill country, and Lebanon."
26 (Dt 1:37; 31:2) But the Lord was angry with me because of you
and would not listen to me, and the Lord said to me, "Enough of that!
Speak to Me no more of this matter.
27 (Nu 27:12) Get up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes to the west
and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not
cross over this Jordan.
28 (Dt 31:3; 1:38) But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him,
for he shall cross over before this people, and he shall cause them
to inherit the land which you will see."
29 (Dt 4:46; 34:6) So we remained in the valley over against Beth Peor.
[21] And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all
that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do
unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
[22] Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
[23] And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
[24] O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy
mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do
according to thy works, and according to thy might?
[25] I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond
Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
[26] But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me:
and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of
this matter.
[27] Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward,
and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes:
for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
[28] But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall
go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land
which thou shalt see.
[29] So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.
DEUTERONOMY 4
Moses Commands Obedience
1 (Dt 8:1; Eze 20:11) Now therefore, listen, O Israel, to the statutes
and to the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that you may live;
and go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers,
is giving you.
2 (Dt 12:32; Jos 1:7) You shall not add to the word which I am commanding
you, nor shall you take anything from it, so that you may keep
the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
3 (Nu 25:1-9) Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal Peor; for the
Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men
who followed Baal of Peor.
4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive to this day,
every one of you.
5 See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord
my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land
where you are entering to possess it.
6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7) Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom
and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear
all these statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise
and understanding people."
7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great, who has a god
so near to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?
8 And what nation is there so great that has statutes and judgments
so righteous as all this law, which I am setting before you today?
9 (Ge 18:19; Dt 4:23) Only give heed to yourself and keep your
soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have
seen and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life;
but teach them to your sons, and your grandsons.
10 (Ex 19:9; 19:16) Especially concerning the day you stood
before the Lord your God at Horeb, when the Lord said to me,
"Gather the people together to Me, so that I will let them hear
My words so that they may learn to fear Me all the days
they shall live on the earth, and so that they may teach their children."
11 (Dt 5:23) Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain,
and the mountain burned with fire up to the midst of heaven,
with darkness, a cloud, a thick cloud.
12 (Ex 20:22; Dt 5:4) Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst
of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form
-only a voice was heard.
13 (Ex 34:28; 24:12; 31:18) He declared to you His covenant,
which He commanded you to perform, even the Ten Commandments,
and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
14 The Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments,
so that you might do them in the land which you are crossing over to possess.
[1] Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the
judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in
and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
[2] Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye
diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your
God which I command you.
[3] Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the
men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among
you.
[4] But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you
this day.
[5] Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my
God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess
it.
[6] Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these
statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding
people.
[7] For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as
the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
[8] And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so
righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
[9] Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou
forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy
heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
[10] Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb,
when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make
them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they
shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
[11] And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned
with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick
darkness.
[12] And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the
voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
[13] And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to
perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
[14] And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and
judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess
it.
Idolatry Forbidden
15 (Jos 23:11; Isa 40:18) Give good care to yourselves, for you saw no form
on the day that the Lord spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire,
16 (Ex 20:4-5; 32:7) lest you corrupt yourselves and make a graven image
for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 (Ro 1:23) the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness
of any winged fowl that flies in the air,
18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness
of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth.
19 (Dt 17:3; 2Ki 17:16) And beware, lest you lift up your eyes to heaven,
and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host
of heaven, you are led astray and worship them, and serve them,
that which the Lord your God has allotted to all nations
under the whole heaven.
20 (1Ki 8:51; Jer 11:4) But the Lord has taken you
and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt,
to be to Him a people of inheritance, as you are today.
21 (Dt 1:37; Nu 20:12) Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me because
of you and swore that I should not cross over the Jordan, and that I would
not go into that good land which the Lord your God is giving you
for an inheritance.
22 (Dt 3:25; 3:27) So I must die in this land. I shall not cross over
the Jordan, but you shall go over and possess that good land.
23 (Dt 4:9) Watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the covenant
of the Lord your God, which He made with you, and make yourself
a graven image or the likeness of anything as the Lord your God has
forbidden you.
24 (Ex 24:17; Dt 9:3) For the Lord your God is a consuming fire.
He is a jealous God.
25 (Dt 4:16) When you produce children and grandchildren
and you have remained a long time in the land, and you corrupt
yourselves and make a graven image, or the likeness of anything,
and do evil in the sight of the Lord your God, to provoke Him to anger,
26 (Isa 1:2; Mic 6:2) I call heaven and earth to witness against you today,
that you will surely and suddenly perish from off the land that you
are going across the Jordan to possess.
You will not prolong your days on it, but shall be completely destroyed.
27 (Lev 26:33) The Lord shall scatter you among the peoples,
and you shall be left few in number among the nations
where the Lord shall lead you.
28 (Dt 28:36; 28:64) There you will serve gods, the work of men's hands,
wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
29 (2Ch 15:4; Dt 30:1-3) But if from there you will seek the Lord your God,
you will find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart
and with all your soul.
30 (Dt 31:29; Jer 23:20) When you are in distress and all these things come
upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the Lord your God
and shall be obedient to His voice
31 (2Ch 30:9; Ne 9:31) (for the Lord your God is a merciful God),
He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant
of your fathers which He swore to them.
32 (Job 8:8; Mt 24:31) Indeed, ask about the days that are past,
which were before you, since the day that God created man
Or Adam. on the earth, and ask from one end of heavens to the other,
whether there has ever been any such thing as this great thing,
or has anything like it ever been heard?
33 (Ex 24:11; 33:20) Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking
out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and lived?
34 (Dt 26:8; Ex 6:6) Or has God ever tried to take for Himself a nation
from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders,
and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched-out arm,
and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for
you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 (1Sa 2:2; Isa 45:5) To you it was shown so that you might know
that the Lord, He is God. There is no one else besides Him.
36 (Ex 19:9; 19:19) Out of heaven He let you hear His voice
so that He might instruct you, and on earth He showed you
His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.
37 (Dt 10:15; Ex 13:3) Because He loved your fathers, therefore
He chose their descendants after them and personally brought
you out of Egypt with His mighty power
38 (Dt 7:1; Ex 23:27-28) to drive out nations from before you greater
and mightier than you are, to bring you in, to give you their land
for an inheritance, as it is today.
39 (Jos 2:11; Dt 4:35) Know therefore today, and consider it in your heart,
that the Lord, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
There is no other.
40 (Lev 22:31; Dt 5:16) Therefore, you shall keep His statutes
and His commandments which I command you this day,
so that it may go well with you and with your children after you,
and so that you may prolong your days in the land,
which the Lord your God gives you, forever.
[15] Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of
similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst
of the fire:
[16] Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude
of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
[17] The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any
winged fowl that flieth in the air,
[18] The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of
any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
[19] And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the
sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be
driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided
unto all nations under the whole heaven.
[20] But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron
furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye
are this day.
[21] Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I
should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
[22] But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go
over, and possess that good land.
[23] Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your
God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of
any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
[24] For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
[25] When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall
have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a
graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight
of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
[26] I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall
soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess
it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
[27] And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left
few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
[28] And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone,
which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
[29] But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find
him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
[30] When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee,
even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be
obedient unto his voice;
[31] (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware
unto them.
[32] For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since
the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of
heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great
thing is, or hath been heard like it?
[33] Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the
fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
[34] Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of
another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by
a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according
to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
[35] Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is
God; there is none else beside him.
[36] Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct
thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his
words out of the midst of the fire.
[37] And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after
them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
[38] To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou
art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is
this day.
[39] Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD
he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
[40] Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I
command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children
after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Cities of Refuge
Nu 35:6-34; Dt 19:1-14; Jos 20:1-9
41 (Nu 35:6) Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan,
toward the east,
42 that the manslayer might flee there, that is, anyone who killed
his neighbor unintentionally without hating him in time past
could flee to one of these cities and live:
43 (Jos 20:8) Bezer in the wilderness in the plateau of the Reubenites,
and Ramoth in Gilead of the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan of the Manassites.
[41] Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the
sunrising;
[42] That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour
unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of
these cities he might live:
[43] Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the
Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of
the Manassites.
Introduction to the Law
44 This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances
which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt,
46 (Dt 3:29) on this side of the Jordan, in the valley over against
Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived
at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck down,
after they had come out of Egypt.
47 They possessed his land, and the land of Og, king of Bashan,
the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan toward the east,
48 (Dt 3:9; 2:36; 3:12) from Aroer, which is by the edge of the River Arnon,
even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),
49 (Dt 3:17) with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east,
even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
[44] And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
[45] These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which
Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
[46] On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land
of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the
children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
[47] And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two
kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
[48] From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount
Sion, which is Hermon,
[49] And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of
the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
2) Our Daily Bread for 11 March 2024 titled
Remember the Creator
Ecclesiastes 9:7-10
7 (Ecc 8:15) Go and eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine
with a pleasant heart; for God is already pleased with your deeds.
8 (Ps 23:5) At all times may your clothing be white,
and let not oil ever lack on your head.
9 (Ecc 2:10; 6:12) Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days
of your vain life which He has given you under the sun;
because that is your reward in life and in your toil
because you have labored under the sun.
10 (Ro 12:11; Col 3:23) Whatever your hands find to do, do with your strength;
for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol,
the place where you are going.
7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart;
for God now accepteth thy works.
8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy
vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity:
for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest
under the sun.
10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no
work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
I recently read a novel about a woman who refuses to acknowledge she has
terminal cancer. When Nicola's exasperated friends force her to face the
truth, the reason for her avoidance emerges. "I've wasted my life," she tells
them. Though born with talents and wealth, "I made nothing of my life. I was
sloppy. I never stuck at anything." The prospect of leaving the world now,
feeling she'd achieved little, was too painful for Nicola to contemplate.
I was reading Ecclesiastes around the same time and found the contrast stark.
Its Teacher won't let us avoid the reality of the grave, "the realm of the
dead, where you are going" (9:10). And while this is hard to face (v. 2),
it can lead us to value every moment we have now (v. 4), intentionally
enjoying our food and families (vv. 7-9), working purposefully (v. 10),
taking adventures and risks (11:1, 6), and doing it all before the God
we'll one day answer to (v. 9; 12:13-14).
Nicola's friends point out that her faithfulness and generosity to them proves
her life hasn't been a waste. But maybe the Teacher's advice can save us all
from such a crisis at the end of our lives: remember our Creator (12:1),
follow His ways, and embrace every opportunity to live and love that today
He provides.
By: Sheridan Voysey
Reflect & Pray
How will you take delight in today's simple, God-honouring joys?
What one good thing have you yet to do or attempt?
Loving God, thank You for today and the gifts it holds.
I'll enjoy its simple joys and embrace its opportunities
as an act of worship to You.
Learn more about the book of Ecclesiastes.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 2 - Earning Death
Romans 6:23
23 (Ro 5:12; Ge 2:17; Ro 2:7) For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
"I only want my rights," declares the belligerent Big Ghost, one of the
characters in C. S. Lewis's classic, The Great Divorce. "I'm not asking
for anybody's bleeding charity."
"Then do. At once," his angelic friend Len urges. "Ask for the Bleeding
Charity. Everything is here for the asking and nothing can be bought."
Often we are much like the Ghost in Lewis's tale of heaven and hell.
We want "What we deserve," and being blind to our own sin, we think
we deserve praise, or al least mercy. But Paul is very clear on what
we have coming: "The wages of sin is death".
We work for our wages - we've earned our paycheque, and we deserve it.
We don't have to thank anyone for paying us - it's our due, not a gift.
Similarly, the paycheque issued to us in renumeration for our sin is
what we deserve: death.
Yet, if we are willing to lay aside our pride and accept God's gift,
we can live. "The gift of God is eternal life." Nothing we can do or say
can make us worthy of the gift of life. We are sinners by nature and we
rebel against God in our choices. Yet God, in Christ, offers grace to us,
freedom from sin, liberty from the burden of trying to earn his favour.
Ironically, freedom and peace in the Christian life come not through
justifying ourselves and making ourselves look good, but through
acknowledging the depth of our sin ad our ability to do anything about it.
When we realise that we are trapped in out sinful selves and only
Christ can free us, then we are ready to journey toward grace and freedom.
Application
a) In what way's have I tried to "earn" the gift of eternal life?
b) What can I do to focus on God's grace and realise
that I cannot accomplish my own salvation?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Mark 4:20-25
20 (Mk 4:8; Jn 15:4-5) "Still others are seed sown on good ground,
those who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit:
thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much."
A Light Under a Basket
Lk 8:16-18
21 (Mt 5:15; Lk 8:16) He said to them, "Is a candle brought to be put
under a basket or under a bed and not to be set on a candlestick?
22 (Lk 8:17) For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed;
neither is anything kept secret except to be proclaimed.
23 (Mk 4:9; Mt 11:15)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
24 (Mt 7:2) He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.
The measure you give will be measured for you,
and to you who hear will more be given.
25 (Mt 13:12; Lk 8:18) For to him who has will more be given.
And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has."
20 And these are they which are sown on good ground;
such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit,
some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put
under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested;
neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
25 For he that hath, to him shall be given:
and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Help in Times of Temptation
Hebrews 4:14-16
Jesus the Great High Priest
14 (Heb 6:20; 1:2-3) Since then we have a great High Priest
Who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,
let us hold firmly to our confession.
15 (2Co 5:21; Jn 8:46) For we do not have a High Priest
who cannot sympathise with our weaknesses,
but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.
16 (Eph 3:12; Php 4:6-7) Let us then come with confidence
to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy
and find grace to help in time of need.
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest,
that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,
let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not an high priest
which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;
but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of need.
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
Pray for Somalis
2 Peter 3:9
9 (1Ti 2:4; Hab 2:3; Heb 10:37) The Lord is not slow concerning His promise,
as some count slowness. But He is patient with us,
because He does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
[9] The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Settled at the Horn of Africa with a population of 17 million people
- all of them officially Muslim - Somalia was torn apart after a civil war.
The Somalis suffer from famine, political instability, droughts and floods.
Most Somalis are stock breeders of sheep and camels, which they export to
the Arab Gulf countries and beyond. But now, through drought
and mismanagement, the livelihood of many Somali nomads has been destroyed.
They were forced to leave the countryside and seek refuge in the overcrowded
refugee camps or the capitol.
Increasingly, there has been conflict between the Somali clans. Lethargy
among the displaced, impoverished people spreads like disease. They have lost
so much and now many of their children die because of contaminated water, lack
of healthy food, and a lack of healthcare. The terrorist group Al-Shabaab has
prevented urgently needed international help from getting to the people in most
need. About 9 million people suffer severe hunger.
Nadira's husband divorced her and left her with 5 children and started a new
family in another country. Life became harder for her, but she is very thankful
for the inner peace she found after she became a believer in Jesus and the
support she has from the few other believers. But then her ex- husband
demanded that she send his son, Sami, to work as a servant for his new
family. Nadira prayed with a broken heart while he was gone. Finally,
after 12 months, the 11-year-old was sent back to his Mama, traumatised
and starved, but happy to be with her.
How to Pray
Pray for honest politicians to have wise solutions for the many problems
(i.e. displacement, joblessness, poverty, terrorism, drought, hunger,
extremism) facing Somalia.
Pray for a hope and a future for the Somalis who are depressed and hopeless.
Pray that Somalis would have dreams and visions of Jesus and learn about Him
through a Somali Christian TV channel.
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
11th Day of the Month
a) Pray for God's name to be glorified in your life, home, neighbourhood,
city or community, and in Canada.
(
Ps 86:12
12 I will give You thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
and I will glorify Your name forever.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart:
And I will glorify thy name for evermore.
John 12:28
28 "Father, glorify Your name."
Then a voice came from heaven, saying,
"I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."
28 Father, glorify thy name.
Then came there a voice from heaven, saying,
I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
)
b) Pray for the province of New Brunswick
I) Pray for the leaders of New Brunswick, 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 walk in the ways of the Lord in obedience.
Pray to the Lord: "Loving God, thank You for today and the gifts it holds.
I'll enjoy its simple joys and embrace its opportunities
as an act of worship to You."
Pray to the Lord and pray to know the wages of Sins is Death
and the give of Eternal Salvation is the Lord's.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a visible light of the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him as a Loving High Priest.
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 for honest politicians to have wise solutions for the many problems
(i.e. displacement, joblessness, poverty, terrorism, drought, hunger,
extremism) facing Somalia.
Pray for a hope and a future for the Somalis who are depressed and hopeless.
Pray that Somalis would have dreams and visions of Jesus and learn about Him
through a Somali Christian TV channel.
Pray for God's name to be glorified in your life, home, neighbourhood,
city or community, and in your country .
Pray for peace, comfort and strength on behalf of Afghan Christians in
refugee camps who feel isolated .
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) Detueronmy 3 - 4
DEUTERONOMY 3
King Og Defeated
1 (Nu 21:33-35; Dt 1:4) Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan,
and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us, he and all his people,
to battle at Edrei.
2 (Nu 21:23-25) Then the Lord said to me, "Do not fear him, for I will
deliver him and all his people and his land into your hand; and you
shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived
at Heshbon."
3 (Nu 21:35) So the Lord, our God, delivered Og, the king of Bashan,
with all his people, into our hands also, and we struck him down until
there was no survivor remaining.
4 (1Ki 4:13) We took all his cities at that time. There was not a city which
we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob,
the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5 All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars,
besides a great many rural towns.
6 (Dt 2:34; 2:24; Ps 135:10-12) We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon,
king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
7 (Dt 2:35) But we took all the livestock and the spoil of the cities
as plunder for ourselves.
8 (Jos 12:2-6; 13:9-12) So at that time we took from the hand
of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was across the Jordan,
from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon
9 (1Ch 5:23; Ps 29:6) (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion,
and the Amorites call it Senir),
10 all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,
as far as Salekah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11 (Ge 14:5; 2Sa 12:26) For only Og, king of Bashan, remained
of the remnant of the giants.
(Notably, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron.
Is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon?
It is nine cubits long and four cubits wide,
{About 14 feet long and 6 feet wide, or 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide.}
according to the cubit of a man.)
[1] Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan
came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
[2] And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all
his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou
didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
[3] So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of
Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him
remaining.
[4] And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we
took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom
of Og in Bashan.
[5] All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside
unwalled towns a great many.
[6] And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon,
utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
[7] But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to
ourselves.
[8] And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the
Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto
mount Hermon;
[9] (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it
Shenir;)
[10] All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto
Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
[11] For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold,
his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of
Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of
it, after the cubit of a man.
Division of the Land
12 (Dt 2:36; Nu 32:32-38) This is the land which we possessed at that time
from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead
and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
13 (Nu 32:39-42) The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og,
I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob,
with all Bashan, was called the land of giants.
14 (Nu 32:41; Jos 13:13; 2Sa 3:3) Jair, the son of Manasseh,
took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border
of the Geshurites and the Maakathites, and called the villages
after his own name, Havvoth Jair, as it is to this day.)
15 (Nu 32:39-40) I gave Gilead to Makir.
16 (Nu 21:24; Dt 2:37) To the Reubenites and to the Gadites
I gave the territory from Gilead even as far as the stream
bed of the River Arnon, half the valley as the border to the River Jabbok,
which is the border of the Ammonites;
17 (Jos 12:3; Ge 14:3; Jos 3:16) the plain also,
with the Jordan as the border, from Kinnereth as far as the east side
of the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.
18 (Jos 4:12-13) Then I commanded you at that time, saying,
"The Lord your God has given you this land to possess it.
All you men of valor shall pass over armed before your brothers,
the children of Israel.
19 But your wives and your little ones, and your livestock
(for I know that you have much livestock)
shall remain in your cities which I have given you
20 (Jos 22:4) until the Lord has given rest to your brothers,
as well as to you, and until they also possess the land which
the Lord your God has given them beyond the Jordan.
Then each of you shall return to his possession which I have given you."
[12] And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by
the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto
the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
[13] And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I
unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan,
which was called the land of giants.
[14] Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts
of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name,
Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.
[15] And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
[16] And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even
unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river
Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
[17] The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even
unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
[18] And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given
you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren
the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
[19] But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that
ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
[20] Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you,
and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them
beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which
I have given you.
Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan
21 I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, "Your eyes have seen all that
the Lord your God has done to these two kings. So shall the Lord do
to all the kingdoms where you pass.
22 (Ex 14:14; Dt 20:4) Do not fear them, for the Lord your God,
He shall fight for you."
23 I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying,
24 (Ex 15:11; Dt 11:2) "O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant
Your greatness, and Your mighty hand, for what god is there in heaven
or in earth that can do according to Your works and according to Your might?
25 (Ex 3:8) Let me, I pray, go over and see the good land that is beyond
the Jordan, that good hill country, and Lebanon."
26 (Dt 1:37; 31:2) But the Lord was angry with me because of you
and would not listen to me, and the Lord said to me, "Enough of that!
Speak to Me no more of this matter.
27 (Nu 27:12) Get up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes to the west
and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not
cross over this Jordan.
28 (Dt 31:3; 1:38) But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him,
for he shall cross over before this people, and he shall cause them
to inherit the land which you will see."
29 (Dt 4:46; 34:6) So we remained in the valley over against Beth Peor.
[21] And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all
that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do
unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
[22] Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
[23] And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
[24] O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy
mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do
according to thy works, and according to thy might?
[25] I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond
Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
[26] But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me:
and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of
this matter.
[27] Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward,
and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes:
for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
[28] But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall
go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land
which thou shalt see.
[29] So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.
DEUTERONOMY 4
Moses Commands Obedience
1 (Dt 8:1; Eze 20:11) Now therefore, listen, O Israel, to the statutes
and to the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that you may live;
and go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers,
is giving you.
2 (Dt 12:32; Jos 1:7) You shall not add to the word which I am commanding
you, nor shall you take anything from it, so that you may keep
the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
3 (Nu 25:1-9) Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal Peor; for the
Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men
who followed Baal of Peor.
4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive to this day,
every one of you.
5 See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord
my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land
where you are entering to possess it.
6 (Job 28:28; Pr 1:7) Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom
and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear
all these statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise
and understanding people."
7 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 46:1) For what nation is there so great, who has a god
so near to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?
8 And what nation is there so great that has statutes and judgments
so righteous as all this law, which I am setting before you today?
9 (Ge 18:19; Dt 4:23) Only give heed to yourself and keep your
soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have
seen and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life;
but teach them to your sons, and your grandsons.
10 (Ex 19:9; 19:16) Especially concerning the day you stood
before the Lord your God at Horeb, when the Lord said to me,
"Gather the people together to Me, so that I will let them hear
My words so that they may learn to fear Me all the days
they shall live on the earth, and so that they may teach their children."
11 (Dt 5:23) Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain,
and the mountain burned with fire up to the midst of heaven,
with darkness, a cloud, a thick cloud.
12 (Ex 20:22; Dt 5:4) Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst
of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form
-only a voice was heard.
13 (Ex 34:28; 24:12; 31:18) He declared to you His covenant,
which He commanded you to perform, even the Ten Commandments,
and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
14 The Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments,
so that you might do them in the land which you are crossing over to possess.
[1] Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the
judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in
and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
[2] Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye
diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your
God which I command you.
[3] Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the
men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among
you.
[4] But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you
this day.
[5] Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my
God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess
it.
[6] Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these
statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding
people.
[7] For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as
the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
[8] And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so
righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
[9] Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou
forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy
heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
[10] Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb,
when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make
them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they
shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
[11] And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned
with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick
darkness.
[12] And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the
voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
[13] And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to
perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
[14] And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and
judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess
it.
Idolatry Forbidden
15 (Jos 23:11; Isa 40:18) Give good care to yourselves, for you saw no form
on the day that the Lord spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire,
16 (Ex 20:4-5; 32:7) lest you corrupt yourselves and make a graven image
for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 (Ro 1:23) the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness
of any winged fowl that flies in the air,
18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness
of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth.
19 (Dt 17:3; 2Ki 17:16) And beware, lest you lift up your eyes to heaven,
and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host
of heaven, you are led astray and worship them, and serve them,
that which the Lord your God has allotted to all nations
under the whole heaven.
20 (1Ki 8:51; Jer 11:4) But the Lord has taken you
and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt,
to be to Him a people of inheritance, as you are today.
21 (Dt 1:37; Nu 20:12) Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me because
of you and swore that I should not cross over the Jordan, and that I would
not go into that good land which the Lord your God is giving you
for an inheritance.
22 (Dt 3:25; 3:27) So I must die in this land. I shall not cross over
the Jordan, but you shall go over and possess that good land.
23 (Dt 4:9) Watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the covenant
of the Lord your God, which He made with you, and make yourself
a graven image or the likeness of anything as the Lord your God has
forbidden you.
24 (Ex 24:17; Dt 9:3) For the Lord your God is a consuming fire.
He is a jealous God.
25 (Dt 4:16) When you produce children and grandchildren
and you have remained a long time in the land, and you corrupt
yourselves and make a graven image, or the likeness of anything,
and do evil in the sight of the Lord your God, to provoke Him to anger,
26 (Isa 1:2; Mic 6:2) I call heaven and earth to witness against you today,
that you will surely and suddenly perish from off the land that you
are going across the Jordan to possess.
You will not prolong your days on it, but shall be completely destroyed.
27 (Lev 26:33) The Lord shall scatter you among the peoples,
and you shall be left few in number among the nations
where the Lord shall lead you.
28 (Dt 28:36; 28:64) There you will serve gods, the work of men's hands,
wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
29 (2Ch 15:4; Dt 30:1-3) But if from there you will seek the Lord your God,
you will find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart
and with all your soul.
30 (Dt 31:29; Jer 23:20) When you are in distress and all these things come
upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the Lord your God
and shall be obedient to His voice
31 (2Ch 30:9; Ne 9:31) (for the Lord your God is a merciful God),
He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant
of your fathers which He swore to them.
32 (Job 8:8; Mt 24:31) Indeed, ask about the days that are past,
which were before you, since the day that God created man
Or Adam. on the earth, and ask from one end of heavens to the other,
whether there has ever been any such thing as this great thing,
or has anything like it ever been heard?
33 (Ex 24:11; 33:20) Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking
out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and lived?
34 (Dt 26:8; Ex 6:6) Or has God ever tried to take for Himself a nation
from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders,
and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched-out arm,
and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for
you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 (1Sa 2:2; Isa 45:5) To you it was shown so that you might know
that the Lord, He is God. There is no one else besides Him.
36 (Ex 19:9; 19:19) Out of heaven He let you hear His voice
so that He might instruct you, and on earth He showed you
His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.
37 (Dt 10:15; Ex 13:3) Because He loved your fathers, therefore
He chose their descendants after them and personally brought
you out of Egypt with His mighty power
38 (Dt 7:1; Ex 23:27-28) to drive out nations from before you greater
and mightier than you are, to bring you in, to give you their land
for an inheritance, as it is today.
39 (Jos 2:11; Dt 4:35) Know therefore today, and consider it in your heart,
that the Lord, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
There is no other.
40 (Lev 22:31; Dt 5:16) Therefore, you shall keep His statutes
and His commandments which I command you this day,
so that it may go well with you and with your children after you,
and so that you may prolong your days in the land,
which the Lord your God gives you, forever.
[15] Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of
similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst
of the fire:
[16] Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude
of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
[17] The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any
winged fowl that flieth in the air,
[18] The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of
any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
[19] And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the
sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be
driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided
unto all nations under the whole heaven.
[20] But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron
furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye
are this day.
[21] Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I
should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
[22] But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go
over, and possess that good land.
[23] Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your
God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of
any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
[24] For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
[25] When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall
have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a
graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight
of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
[26] I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall
soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess
it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
[27] And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left
few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
[28] And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone,
which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
[29] But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find
him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
[30] When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee,
even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be
obedient unto his voice;
[31] (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware
unto them.
[32] For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since
the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of
heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great
thing is, or hath been heard like it?
[33] Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the
fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
[34] Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of
another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by
a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according
to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
[35] Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is
God; there is none else beside him.
[36] Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct
thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his
words out of the midst of the fire.
[37] And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after
them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
[38] To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou
art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is
this day.
[39] Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD
he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
[40] Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I
command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children
after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Cities of Refuge
Nu 35:6-34; Dt 19:1-14; Jos 20:1-9
41 (Nu 35:6) Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan,
toward the east,
42 that the manslayer might flee there, that is, anyone who killed
his neighbor unintentionally without hating him in time past
could flee to one of these cities and live:
43 (Jos 20:8) Bezer in the wilderness in the plateau of the Reubenites,
and Ramoth in Gilead of the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan of the Manassites.
[41] Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the
sunrising;
[42] That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour
unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of
these cities he might live:
[43] Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the
Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of
the Manassites.
Introduction to the Law
44 This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances
which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt,
46 (Dt 3:29) on this side of the Jordan, in the valley over against
Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived
at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck down,
after they had come out of Egypt.
47 They possessed his land, and the land of Og, king of Bashan,
the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan toward the east,
48 (Dt 3:9; 2:36; 3:12) from Aroer, which is by the edge of the River Arnon,
even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),
49 (Dt 3:17) with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east,
even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
[44] And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
[45] These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which
Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
[46] On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land
of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the
children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
[47] And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two
kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
[48] From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount
Sion, which is Hermon,
[49] And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of
the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
2) Our Daily Bread for 11 March 2024 titled
Remember the Creator
Ecclesiastes 9:7-10
7 (Ecc 8:15) Go and eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine
with a pleasant heart; for God is already pleased with your deeds.
8 (Ps 23:5) At all times may your clothing be white,
and let not oil ever lack on your head.
9 (Ecc 2:10; 6:12) Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days
of your vain life which He has given you under the sun;
because that is your reward in life and in your toil
because you have labored under the sun.
10 (Ro 12:11; Col 3:23) Whatever your hands find to do, do with your strength;
for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol,
the place where you are going.
7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart;
for God now accepteth thy works.
8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy
vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity:
for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest
under the sun.
10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no
work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
I recently read a novel about a woman who refuses to acknowledge she has
terminal cancer. When Nicola's exasperated friends force her to face the
truth, the reason for her avoidance emerges. "I've wasted my life," she tells
them. Though born with talents and wealth, "I made nothing of my life. I was
sloppy. I never stuck at anything." The prospect of leaving the world now,
feeling she'd achieved little, was too painful for Nicola to contemplate.
I was reading Ecclesiastes around the same time and found the contrast stark.
Its Teacher won't let us avoid the reality of the grave, "the realm of the
dead, where you are going" (9:10). And while this is hard to face (v. 2),
it can lead us to value every moment we have now (v. 4), intentionally
enjoying our food and families (vv. 7-9), working purposefully (v. 10),
taking adventures and risks (11:1, 6), and doing it all before the God
we'll one day answer to (v. 9; 12:13-14).
Nicola's friends point out that her faithfulness and generosity to them proves
her life hasn't been a waste. But maybe the Teacher's advice can save us all
from such a crisis at the end of our lives: remember our Creator (12:1),
follow His ways, and embrace every opportunity to live and love that today
He provides.
By: Sheridan Voysey
Reflect & Pray
How will you take delight in today's simple, God-honouring joys?
What one good thing have you yet to do or attempt?
Loving God, thank You for today and the gifts it holds.
I'll enjoy its simple joys and embrace its opportunities
as an act of worship to You.
Learn more about the book of Ecclesiastes.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 2 - Earning Death
Romans 6:23
23 (Ro 5:12; Ge 2:17; Ro 2:7) For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
"I only want my rights," declares the belligerent Big Ghost, one of the
characters in C. S. Lewis's classic, The Great Divorce. "I'm not asking
for anybody's bleeding charity."
"Then do. At once," his angelic friend Len urges. "Ask for the Bleeding
Charity. Everything is here for the asking and nothing can be bought."
Often we are much like the Ghost in Lewis's tale of heaven and hell.
We want "What we deserve," and being blind to our own sin, we think
we deserve praise, or al least mercy. But Paul is very clear on what
we have coming: "The wages of sin is death".
We work for our wages - we've earned our paycheque, and we deserve it.
We don't have to thank anyone for paying us - it's our due, not a gift.
Similarly, the paycheque issued to us in renumeration for our sin is
what we deserve: death.
Yet, if we are willing to lay aside our pride and accept God's gift,
we can live. "The gift of God is eternal life." Nothing we can do or say
can make us worthy of the gift of life. We are sinners by nature and we
rebel against God in our choices. Yet God, in Christ, offers grace to us,
freedom from sin, liberty from the burden of trying to earn his favour.
Ironically, freedom and peace in the Christian life come not through
justifying ourselves and making ourselves look good, but through
acknowledging the depth of our sin ad our ability to do anything about it.
When we realise that we are trapped in out sinful selves and only
Christ can free us, then we are ready to journey toward grace and freedom.
Application
a) In what way's have I tried to "earn" the gift of eternal life?
b) What can I do to focus on God's grace and realise
that I cannot accomplish my own salvation?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Mark 4:20-25
20 (Mk 4:8; Jn 15:4-5) "Still others are seed sown on good ground,
those who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit:
thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much."
A Light Under a Basket
Lk 8:16-18
21 (Mt 5:15; Lk 8:16) He said to them, "Is a candle brought to be put
under a basket or under a bed and not to be set on a candlestick?
22 (Lk 8:17) For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed;
neither is anything kept secret except to be proclaimed.
23 (Mk 4:9; Mt 11:15)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
24 (Mt 7:2) He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.
The measure you give will be measured for you,
and to you who hear will more be given.
25 (Mt 13:12; Lk 8:18) For to him who has will more be given.
And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has."
20 And these are they which are sown on good ground;
such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit,
some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put
under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested;
neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
25 For he that hath, to him shall be given:
and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Help in Times of Temptation
Hebrews 4:14-16
Jesus the Great High Priest
14 (Heb 6:20; 1:2-3) Since then we have a great High Priest
Who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,
let us hold firmly to our confession.
15 (2Co 5:21; Jn 8:46) For we do not have a High Priest
who cannot sympathise with our weaknesses,
but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.
16 (Eph 3:12; Php 4:6-7) Let us then come with confidence
to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy
and find grace to help in time of need.
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest,
that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,
let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not an high priest
which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;
but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of need.
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
Pray for Somalis
2 Peter 3:9
9 (1Ti 2:4; Hab 2:3; Heb 10:37) The Lord is not slow concerning His promise,
as some count slowness. But He is patient with us,
because He does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
[9] The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Settled at the Horn of Africa with a population of 17 million people
- all of them officially Muslim - Somalia was torn apart after a civil war.
The Somalis suffer from famine, political instability, droughts and floods.
Most Somalis are stock breeders of sheep and camels, which they export to
the Arab Gulf countries and beyond. But now, through drought
and mismanagement, the livelihood of many Somali nomads has been destroyed.
They were forced to leave the countryside and seek refuge in the overcrowded
refugee camps or the capitol.
Increasingly, there has been conflict between the Somali clans. Lethargy
among the displaced, impoverished people spreads like disease. They have lost
so much and now many of their children die because of contaminated water, lack
of healthy food, and a lack of healthcare. The terrorist group Al-Shabaab has
prevented urgently needed international help from getting to the people in most
need. About 9 million people suffer severe hunger.
Nadira's husband divorced her and left her with 5 children and started a new
family in another country. Life became harder for her, but she is very thankful
for the inner peace she found after she became a believer in Jesus and the
support she has from the few other believers. But then her ex- husband
demanded that she send his son, Sami, to work as a servant for his new
family. Nadira prayed with a broken heart while he was gone. Finally,
after 12 months, the 11-year-old was sent back to his Mama, traumatised
and starved, but happy to be with her.
How to Pray
Pray for honest politicians to have wise solutions for the many problems
(i.e. displacement, joblessness, poverty, terrorism, drought, hunger,
extremism) facing Somalia.
Pray for a hope and a future for the Somalis who are depressed and hopeless.
Pray that Somalis would have dreams and visions of Jesus and learn about Him
through a Somali Christian TV channel.
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
11th Day of the Month
a) Pray for God's name to be glorified in your life, home, neighbourhood,
city or community, and in Canada.
(
Ps 86:12
12 I will give You thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
and I will glorify Your name forever.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart:
And I will glorify thy name for evermore.
John 12:28
28 "Father, glorify Your name."
Then a voice came from heaven, saying,
"I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."
28 Father, glorify thy name.
Then came there a voice from heaven, saying,
I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
)
b) Pray for the province of New Brunswick
I) Pray for the leaders of New Brunswick, 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 walk in the ways of the Lord in obedience.
Pray to the Lord: "Loving God, thank You for today and the gifts it holds.
I'll enjoy its simple joys and embrace its opportunities
as an act of worship to You."
Pray to the Lord and pray to know the wages of Sins is Death
and the give of Eternal Salvation is the Lord's.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a visible light of the Lord.
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him as a Loving High Priest.
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 for honest politicians to have wise solutions for the many problems
(i.e. displacement, joblessness, poverty, terrorism, drought, hunger,
extremism) facing Somalia.
Pray for a hope and a future for the Somalis who are depressed and hopeless.
Pray that Somalis would have dreams and visions of Jesus and learn about Him
through a Somali Christian TV channel.
Pray for God's name to be glorified in your life, home, neighbourhood,
city or community, and in your country .
Pray for peace, comfort and strength on behalf of Afghan Christians in
refugee camps who feel isolated .
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