Day 72 of My 4th Bible Study Journey - 12 March 2024 reflections
Day 72, 12 March 2024
1) Detueronomy 5 , Detueronomy6, Detueronomy 7
DEUTERONOMY 5
The Ten Commandments
Ex 20:1-17
1 Then Moses called all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel,
the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking in your hearing today,
so that you may learn them, and keep, and do them.
2 (Dt 4:23) The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3 The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us,
we who are living now and here today.
4 (Dt 4:33; 34:10) The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain
from the midst of the fire.
5 (Gal 3:19; Ex 19:16) I stood between the Lord and you at that time to
declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of
the fire and would not go up to the mountain. He said:
6 (Ex 20:2-17) I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
7 (Ex 20:3) You shall have no other gods before Me.
8 (Ex 20:4) You shall not make yourself any graven image, or any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth;
9 (Ex 34:7; 34:14) you shall not bow down to them, nor serve them.
For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on the children, and on the third and fourth generations
of those who hate Me,
10 (Jer 32:18) but showing mercy to thousands of them that love Me
and keep My commandments.
11 (Lev 19:12; Ex 20:7) You shall not take the name of the Lord
your God in vain, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who
takes His name in vain.
12 (Ex 20:8-11) Keep the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you.
13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
14 (Heb 4:4; Ge 2:2) but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
On it you shall not do any work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter,
nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox,
nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor the foreigner
that is within your gates, so that your male servant
and your female servant may rest as well as you.
15 (Dt 15:15; 16:12) Remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt,
and that the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty
hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore your God commanded
you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 (Ex 20:12; Dt 4:40) Honor your father and your mother, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged,
and that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God
is giving you.
17 (Ex 20:13; Mt 5:21-22) You shall not murder.
18 (Ex 20:14; Lk 18:20) You shall not commit adultery.
19 (Ex 20:15) You shall not steal.
20 (Ex 20:16; 23:1) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
21 (Ro 13:9; Ex 20:17) You shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
nor shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, his male servant,
his female servant, his ox, his donkey,
or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
22 (Ex 24:12; 31:18) These are the words the Lord spoke to all your assembly
at the mountain out from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick
darkness with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on
two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23 When you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the
mountain did burn with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your
tribes, and your elders.
24 (Ex 19:19; Dt 4:33) You said, "See, the Lord our God has shown us
His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from
the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man,
yet he lives.
25 (Dt 18:16) Now, therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will
consume us. If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more,
then we will die.
26 (Dt 4:33) For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice
of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have,
and lived?
27 (Ex 20:19) Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say.
Then speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you,
and we will hear and do it."
28 (Dt 18:17) The Lord heard the sound of your words when
you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me,
"I have heard the sound of the words of this people
which they have spoken to you.
They have done well in all that they have spoken.
29 (Isa 48:18; Dt 4:40) O that there were such a heart in them
that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments,
that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
30 "Go say to them, 'Return to your tents.'
31 (Gal 3:19) But as for you, stand here by Me, so that I may speak
to you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances
which you shall teach them, that they may keep them in the land
which I am giving them to possess."
32 (Dt 17:20; 28:14) Therefore, be careful to do as the Lord your God
has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
33 (Jer 7:23; Dt 4:40; 10:12) You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord
your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may be
well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which
you shall possess.
[1] And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the
statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may
learn them, and keep, and do them.
[2] The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
[3] The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us,
who are all of us here alive this day.
[4] The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of
the fire,
[5] (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the work of
the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the
mount;) saying,
[6] I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from
the house of bondage.
[7] Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
[8] Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
waters beneath the earth:
[9] Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the
LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
[10] And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my
commandments.
[11] Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD
will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
[12] Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee.
[13] Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
[14] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and
thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
[15] And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that
the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a
stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the
sabbath day.
[16] Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[17] Thou shalt not kill.
[18] Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
[19] Neither shalt thou steal.
[20] Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
[21] Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou
covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his
maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
[22] These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of
the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great
voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and
delivered them unto me.
[23] And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the
darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me,
even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
[24] And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his
greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have
seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
[25] Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us:
if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
[26] For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living
God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
[27] Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak
thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will
hear it, and do it.
[28] And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and
the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people,
which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have
spoken.
[29] O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and
keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with
their children for ever!
[30] Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
[31] But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all
the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt
teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess
it.
[32] Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded
you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
[33] Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded
you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may
prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
DEUTERONOMY 6
The Greatest Commandment
1 (Dt 4:1; 5:31) Now these are the commandments, the statutes,
and the ordinances which the Lord your God commanded to
teach you, so that you may observe them in the land which
you are crossing over to possess,
2 (Ex 20:20; Ps 128:1) so that you might fear the Lord your God
in order to keep all His statutes and His commandments which
I command you-you, and your son, and your grandson-all the
days of your life, so that your days may be prolonged.
3 (Ex 3:8; Ge 15:5) Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do it,
so that it may be well with you and so that you may multiply greatly,
as the Lord the God of your fathers has promised you in the land that
flows with milk and honey.
4 (Jn 17:3; Isa 42:8) Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God. The Lord is one!
5 (Mt 22:37; Mk 12:30) And you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 (Dt 11:18; 32:46) These words, which I am commanding you today,
shall be in your heart.
7 (Dt 11:19; Eph 6:4) You shall teach them diligently to your children
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk
by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
8 (Ex 13:9; Dt 11:18) You shall bind them as a sign on your hand,
and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9 (Dt 11:20; Isa 57:8) You shall write them on the doorposts
of your house and on your gates.
10 (Jos 24:13; Ps 105:44) Then it shall be when the Lord your God
brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and fine cities,
which you did not build,
11 and houses full of all good things which you did not fill,
and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards
and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are full,
12 then beware lest you forget the Lord who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
13 (Dt 10:20; Mt 4:10) You shall fear the Lord your God
and serve Him and shall swear by His name.
14 (Jer 25:6; Dt 8:19) You shall not go after other gods,
the gods of the people which surround you
15 (Dt 4:24; Ex 20:5) (for the Lord your God is a jealous God among you).
Otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be inflamed against you
and destroy you from off the face of the earth.
16 (Ex 17:7; Mt 4:7) You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted
Him in Massah.
17 (Dt 11:22; Ps 119:4) You shall diligently keep the commandments
of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which
He has commanded you.
18 (Dt 4:40; 12:25) You shall do what is right and good in the sight
of the Lord that it may be well with you and that you may go in
and possess the good land which the Lord swore to your fathers,
19 (Ex 23:28-30; Nu 33:52-53) to drive out all your enemies
before you, just as the Lord has spoken.
20 (Ex 13:14; 12:26) When your son asks you in time to come, saying,
"What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean
which the Lord our God has commanded you?"
21 (Ex 20:2) then you shall say to your son, "We were slaves of Pharaoh
in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 (Dt 4:34; Ps 135:9) And the Lord showed great and devastating signs
and wonders upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household
before our eyes.
23 He brought us out from there, so that He might bring us in,
to give us the land which He swore to our fathers.
24 (Ps 41:2; Jer 32:39) The Lord commanded us to do all these statutes,
to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve
us, as He has to this day.
25 (Dt 24:13; Ro 10:3) It will be our righteousness if we are careful
to keep all these commandments before the Lord our God,
just as He has commanded us."
[1] Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which
the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land
whither ye go to possess it:
[2] That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and
his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's
son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
[3] Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with
thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath
promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
[4] Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
[5] And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy might.
[6] And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
[7] And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk
of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way,
and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
[8] And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between thine eyes.
[9] And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
[10] And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the
land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to
give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
[11] And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells
digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou
plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
[12] Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of
the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
[13] Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his
name.
[14] Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are
round about you;
[15] (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the
LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of
the earth.
[16] Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
[17] Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his
testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
[18] And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the
LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess
the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
[19] To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath
spoken.
[20] And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the
testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God
hath commanded you?
[21] Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt;
and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
[22] And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon
Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
[23] And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give
us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
[24] And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD
our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at
this day.
[25] And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these
commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
DEUTERONOMY 7
The Chosen People
1 Dt 4:38; 31:3When the Lord your God brings you into the land which
you are entering to possess and has driven out many nations before you,
the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites
and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites,
seven nations greater and mightier than you,
2 (Dt 23:14; Ex 23:32-33) and when the Lord your God delivers them
before you and you strike them down, then you must utterly destroy them.
You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.
3 (Ex 34:15-16; Jos 23:12-13) What is more, you shall not intermarry
with them. You shall not give your daughters to their sons
or take their daughters for your sons.
4 (Dt 6:15) For they will turn your sons away from following Me
to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will be inflamed
against you, and He will quickly destroy you.
5 (Ex 23:24; 34:13) But this is how you shall deal with them:
You shall destroy their altars and break down their images
and cut down their AsherimRebekah, Jacob's mother,
was an Aramean. and burn their graven images with fire.
6 (Dt 14:2; Ex 19:5-6; Jer 2:3) For you are a holy people
to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be
His special people, treasured above all peoples who are on the face
of the earth.
7 (Dt 10:22) The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose
you because you were more in number than any of the peoples,
for you were the fewest of all the peoples.
8 (Ex 32:13; Dt 10:15) But it is because the Lord loved you
and because He kept the oath which He swore to your fathers.
The Lord brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you
out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
9 (Da 9:4; 1Co 1:9) Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God,
the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with them who love
Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations,
10 (Isa 59:18; Na 1:2) yet He repays those who hate Him to their face,
to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him.
He will repay him to his face.
11 Therefore keep the commandments and the statutes
and the judgments which I command you today, by doing them.
12 (Lev 26:3-13; Dt 28:1-14) If you listen to these judgments,
keep them, and do them, then the Lord your God shall keep
with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
13 (Jn 14:21) He will love you and bless you and multiply you.
He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land,
your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your herd
and the young of your flock, in the land which
He swore to your fathers to give you.
14 (Ps 127:3) You shall be blessed above all peoples.
There will not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock.
15 (Ex 15:26; Dt 28:27) The Lord will take away from you all sickness,
and will afflict you with none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know,
but will lay them on all those who hate you.
16 (Ex 23:33; Jdg 8:27) You must consume all the peoples whom the Lord your
God will deliver to you. Your eye shall have no pity on them, nor shall
you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
17 (Nu 33:53) If you say in your heart,
"These nations are greater than I-how can I dispossess them?"
18 (Ps 105:5; Dt 31:6) you shall not be afraid of them.
You must surely remember what the Lord your God
did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt,
19 (Dt 4:34) the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs,
and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm,
by which the Lord your God brought you out. So the Lord your God
will do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
20 (Jos 24:12) Moreover the Lord your God will send the hornet among
them, until they who are left and hide themselves from you perish.
21 (Dt 10:17; Jos 3:10) You must not be frightened of them, for the Lord
your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
22 (Ex 23:29-30) The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you,
little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once,
lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
23 But the Lord your God will deliver them to you
and will throw them into a great confusion until they are destroyed.
24 (Jos 23:9; Dt 11:25) He will deliver their kings into your hand
so that you may erase their names from under heaven.
No man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.
25 (Ex 32:20; Dt 17:1) You must burn the graven images of their gods with fire.
You must not desire the silver or gold that is on them nor take any of it,
lest you be snared by them, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.
26 (Dt 13:17; Lev 27:28-29) You shall not bring an abomination
into your house, lest you become cursed like it, but you must
absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is a cursed thing.
[1] When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest
to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and
the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites,
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than
thou;
[2] And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt
smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them,
nor shew mercy unto them:
[3] Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not
give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
[4] For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve
other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and
destroy thee suddenly.
[5] But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and
break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven
images with fire.
[6] For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath
chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are
upon the face of the earth.
[7] The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were
more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
[8] But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which
he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty
hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh
king of Egypt.
[9] Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which
keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments
to a thousand generations;
[10] And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will
not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
[11] Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the
judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
[12] Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and
keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant
and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
[13] And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also
bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep,
in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
[14] Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or
female barren among you, or among your cattle.
[15] And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none
of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay
them upon all them that hate thee.
[16] And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall
deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou
serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
[17] If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how
can I dispossess them?
[18] Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD
thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
[19] The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the
wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD
thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people
of whom thou art afraid.
[20] Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they
that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
[21] Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among
you, a mighty God and terrible.
[22] And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little
and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the
field increase upon thee.
[23] But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy
them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
[24] And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt
destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand
before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
[25] The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not
desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou
be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
[26] Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be
a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt
utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 March 2024 titled
Courage in Christ
Esther 4:10-17
10 Again Esther spoke to Hathak and ordered him to reply to Mordecai:
11 (Est 5:1-2; 8:4) "All the king's servants and the people of the king's
provinces know that whoever, whether man or woman, wishes to come to the king
at the inner court but has not been summoned, there is one law-to put him
to death-unless for some reason the king should hold out the golden scepter
so that he might live. I, however, have not been summoned to come to the king
for these thirty days."
12 So all the words of Esther were told to Mordecai.
13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, "Do not think that
in the king's palace you will be more likely to escape
than all the other Jews.
14 For if you remain silent at this time, protection and deliverance
for the Jews will be ordained from some other place, but you
and your father's house shall be destroyed. And who knows if you may have
attained royal position for such a time as this?"
15 Then Esther replied, sending back to Mordecai:
16 (Ge 43:14; Est 5:1) "Go, gather all the Jews who can be found in Susa,
then fast for me. Stop eating and drinking for three days, night or day.
I and my young women will fast likewise. Only then would I dare go
to the king since it is not allowed by law, and if I perish, I perish."
17 So Mordecai went away and did exactly as Esther had commanded him.
[10] Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
[11] All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do
know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into
the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to
death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that
he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these
thirty days.
[12] And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
[13] Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that
thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
[14] For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there
enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou
and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art
come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
[15] Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
[16] Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast
ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my
maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not
according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
[17] So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had
commanded him.
Near the dawn of the twentieth century, Mary McDowell lived worlds apart
from the brutal stockyards of Chicago. Although her home was just twenty
miles away, she knew little about the horrific labor conditions that prompted
workers in the stockyards to strike. Once she learned of the difficulties
faced by them and their families, McDowell moved in and lived among them
-advocating for better conditions. She ministered to their needs, including
teaching children at a school in the back of a small shop.
Standing up for better conditions for others-even when not directly impacted
-is something Esther did as well. She was the queen of Persia (Esther 2:17)
and had a different set of privileges than her Israelite people who'd been
dispersed throughout Persia as exiles. Yet Esther took up the cause of the
Israelites in Persia and risked her life for them, saying, "I will go to
the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish"
(4:16). She could have remained silent, for her husband, the king,
didn't know she was Jewish (2:10). But, choosing not to ignore her
relatives' pleas for help, she worked courageously to reveal an evil
plot to destroy the Jews.
We may not be able to take on massive causes like Mary McDowell
or Queen Esther, but may we choose to see the needs of others and
use what God has provided to help them.
By: Katara Patton
Reflect & Pray
How are you using what you possess to help others?
What role can you play in providing for those who may not live near you?
Dear God, please give me the wisdom and courage to serve those in need.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 3 - The Remedy
Acts 4:12
12 (Mt 1:21; Jn 3:36) "There is no salvation in any other,
for there is no other name under heaven given among men
by which we must be saved."
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
"You have cancer", the doctor told his patient. "We need to operate
- as soon as possible. It's the only remedy." The patient, not wanting
to undergo surgery unless it was absolutely necessary, sought out a second
opinion, then a third. When the third round of testing came up with the same
results, she returned to the doctor and submitted herself to the treatment.
Often the remedy for the problems in our lives seems worst than the problems
themselves. We don't want to endure the pain of self-examination, of honest
confrontation with our sin and selfishness. We'd rather live in "blissful
ignorance" than face up to ourselves.
But the Bible tells us there is only one remedy for sin: casting ourselves
upon the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. Submitting ourselves to God's
"treatment" for sin is not an easy matter or a simple decision. We have to
give up on ourselves, on our own striving for self-salvation. We have to come
to the agonising realisation of our sin, the depths to which we have fallen.
Acknowledging sin is not a duty simply for "bad" people who have lived in
rebellion against God. "Good" people - Sunday-school kids, moral parents,
and sweet little grandmothers - may have more difficulty coming to Christ
than swindlers and prostitutes, precisely because their sin is not as
visible - sometimes it is even applauded by church and society.
"Good" or "bad", we all have the same problem: sin. And, because
of the Lord's grace, we all have the same remedy: salvation through Christ.
As we look to him, not to others, and see ourselves in light of his holiness,
we can glimpse the seriousness of our own resistance to him and call upon
his name.
Application
a) What other "remedies" have I tried to use in treating my sin?
b) Why is Jesus Christ the only source of salvation?
c) How can this verse help me to see the "salvation"
of Christ in the daily struggles of life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Joshua 1:5
5 (Dt 7:24; 31:6-8) No man will be able to stand against
you all the days of your life.
As I was with Moses, I will be with you.
I will not abandon you. I will not leave you.
5 There shall not any man be able to stand before
thee all the days of thy life:
as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee:
I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Help in Times of Temptation
1 Cor 10:1-13
1 Corinthians 10
Warning Against Idolatry
1 (Ex 14:29; Ps 66:6) I would not want you to be unaware that
all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 (Ex 16:35; Dt 8:3) all ate the same spiritual food;
4 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) and all drank the same spiritual drink,
for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,
and that Rock was Christ.
5 (Heb 3:17; Jude 1:5) But with many of them God was not well pleased,
and they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 (Nu 11:4; 1Co 10:11) Now these things were our examples to the intent
that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.
7 (Ex 32:19; 32:4) Neither be idolaters as were some of them.
As it is written,
"The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to revel." (Ex 32:6. )
8 (Nu 25:1-9; 1Co 6:18) Neither let us commit sexual immorality as some
of them committed, when 23000 fell in one day.
9 (Nu 21:5-6; Ex 17:2) Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them
also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.
10 (Ex 12:23; Nu 16:41) Neither murmur, as some of them also murmured
and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 (Ro 13:11) Now all these things happened to them for examples.
They are written as an admonition to us,
upon whom the end of the ages has come.
12 (Ro 11:20) Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed,
lest he fall.
13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken you except what is common
to man. God is faithful, and He will not permit you to be tempted above
what you can endure, but will with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all
our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 and were all baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 and did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased:
for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust
after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written,
The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed,
and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured,
and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples:
and they are written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:
but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
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 Saudi Arabia
Acts 10:43
43 (Ac 15:9; Isa 53:11) "To Him all the prophets bear witness that whoever
believes in Him will receive remission of sins through His name."
[43] To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever
believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
A car drives the length of the Arabian Peninsula, passing through different
villages along the dusty highway. When traveling through the mountains, the
driver notes clusters of houses hugging the hillside as well as small towns
on the distant valley floor. Hundreds of thousands of people live in
villages throughout Saudi Arabia.
The people who live here now enjoy mobile phones and electricity, Toyota
trucks instead of just donkeys. Yet their worldview has changed very little
over the decades. They follow centuries of Muslim cultural, religious, and
tribal tradition. Veiled women rush indoors timidly when strangers
enter the village.
In traditional Saudi families, the patriarch makes all the decisions
which he considers best for his people. He decides what education his son
should have or which man his daughters must marry. After women were finally
allowed to drive cars in Saudi Arabia, an old man said:
"Women may drive in the city, but my wife and daughters will never drive!"
What does the future hold for these proud and independent people? Can parents
keep their children committed to ancient traditions when new ideas and foreign
concepts are introduced through smart phones and the internet?
The Saudi people live at a time when there could be a great clash of the old
and the new. Isolated villagers now have the opportunity to hear stories from
the Bible on those phones. Gulf Arabs can have spiritual discussions through
chat rooms. And in Christian TV with special Arabic programs for Saudis they
can hear about God's deep love for them.
Many young people are seeking the truth. Let us pray in hope and faith that
they will find The Truth that they so desperately need.
How to Pray
That the Holy Spirit will speak to village leaders in visions and dreams.
Pray for good spiritual discussions between villagers and Jesus followers
who are passing by their towns.
Pray that entire villages of people will come to faith in Jesus,
spreading the Good News from town to town, from the mountain tops
to the valleys below.
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:
But a just weight is his delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to b a witness of the Lord to show those around you.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please give me the wisdom
and courage to serve those in need."
Pray to the Lord and pray to know Christ as the remedy of Salvation.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know that the Lord will never abandon you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to give Him your temptations.
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.
That the Holy Spirit will speak to village leaders in visions and dreams.
Pray for good spiritual discussions between villagers and Jesus followers
who are passing by their towns in Saudi Arabia .
Pray that entire villages of people will come to faith in Jesus,
spreading the Good News from town to town, from the mountain tops
to the valleys below in Saudi Arabia.
Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically.
Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Pray that Christians in China will lay a firm foundation for their children,
as Bible Education of minors is prohibited.
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) Detueronomy 5 , Detueronomy6, Detueronomy 7
DEUTERONOMY 5
The Ten Commandments
Ex 20:1-17
1 Then Moses called all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel,
the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking in your hearing today,
so that you may learn them, and keep, and do them.
2 (Dt 4:23) The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3 The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us,
we who are living now and here today.
4 (Dt 4:33; 34:10) The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain
from the midst of the fire.
5 (Gal 3:19; Ex 19:16) I stood between the Lord and you at that time to
declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of
the fire and would not go up to the mountain. He said:
6 (Ex 20:2-17) I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
7 (Ex 20:3) You shall have no other gods before Me.
8 (Ex 20:4) You shall not make yourself any graven image, or any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth;
9 (Ex 34:7; 34:14) you shall not bow down to them, nor serve them.
For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers on the children, and on the third and fourth generations
of those who hate Me,
10 (Jer 32:18) but showing mercy to thousands of them that love Me
and keep My commandments.
11 (Lev 19:12; Ex 20:7) You shall not take the name of the Lord
your God in vain, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who
takes His name in vain.
12 (Ex 20:8-11) Keep the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you.
13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
14 (Heb 4:4; Ge 2:2) but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
On it you shall not do any work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter,
nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox,
nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor the foreigner
that is within your gates, so that your male servant
and your female servant may rest as well as you.
15 (Dt 15:15; 16:12) Remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt,
and that the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty
hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore your God commanded
you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 (Ex 20:12; Dt 4:40) Honor your father and your mother, just as the Lord
your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged,
and that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God
is giving you.
17 (Ex 20:13; Mt 5:21-22) You shall not murder.
18 (Ex 20:14; Lk 18:20) You shall not commit adultery.
19 (Ex 20:15) You shall not steal.
20 (Ex 20:16; 23:1) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
21 (Ro 13:9; Ex 20:17) You shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
nor shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, his male servant,
his female servant, his ox, his donkey,
or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
22 (Ex 24:12; 31:18) These are the words the Lord spoke to all your assembly
at the mountain out from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick
darkness with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on
two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23 When you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the
mountain did burn with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your
tribes, and your elders.
24 (Ex 19:19; Dt 4:33) You said, "See, the Lord our God has shown us
His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from
the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man,
yet he lives.
25 (Dt 18:16) Now, therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will
consume us. If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more,
then we will die.
26 (Dt 4:33) For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice
of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have,
and lived?
27 (Ex 20:19) Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say.
Then speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you,
and we will hear and do it."
28 (Dt 18:17) The Lord heard the sound of your words when
you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me,
"I have heard the sound of the words of this people
which they have spoken to you.
They have done well in all that they have spoken.
29 (Isa 48:18; Dt 4:40) O that there were such a heart in them
that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments,
that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
30 "Go say to them, 'Return to your tents.'
31 (Gal 3:19) But as for you, stand here by Me, so that I may speak
to you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances
which you shall teach them, that they may keep them in the land
which I am giving them to possess."
32 (Dt 17:20; 28:14) Therefore, be careful to do as the Lord your God
has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
33 (Jer 7:23; Dt 4:40; 10:12) You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord
your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may be
well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which
you shall possess.
[1] And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the
statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may
learn them, and keep, and do them.
[2] The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
[3] The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us,
who are all of us here alive this day.
[4] The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of
the fire,
[5] (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the work of
the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the
mount;) saying,
[6] I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from
the house of bondage.
[7] Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
[8] Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
waters beneath the earth:
[9] Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the
LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
[10] And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my
commandments.
[11] Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD
will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
[12] Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee.
[13] Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
[14] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and
thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
[15] And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that
the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a
stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the
sabbath day.
[16] Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[17] Thou shalt not kill.
[18] Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
[19] Neither shalt thou steal.
[20] Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
[21] Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou
covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his
maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
[22] These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of
the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great
voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and
delivered them unto me.
[23] And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the
darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me,
even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
[24] And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his
greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have
seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
[25] Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us:
if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
[26] For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living
God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
[27] Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak
thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will
hear it, and do it.
[28] And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and
the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people,
which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have
spoken.
[29] O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and
keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with
their children for ever!
[30] Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
[31] But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all
the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt
teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess
it.
[32] Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded
you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
[33] Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded
you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may
prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
DEUTERONOMY 6
The Greatest Commandment
1 (Dt 4:1; 5:31) Now these are the commandments, the statutes,
and the ordinances which the Lord your God commanded to
teach you, so that you may observe them in the land which
you are crossing over to possess,
2 (Ex 20:20; Ps 128:1) so that you might fear the Lord your God
in order to keep all His statutes and His commandments which
I command you-you, and your son, and your grandson-all the
days of your life, so that your days may be prolonged.
3 (Ex 3:8; Ge 15:5) Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do it,
so that it may be well with you and so that you may multiply greatly,
as the Lord the God of your fathers has promised you in the land that
flows with milk and honey.
4 (Jn 17:3; Isa 42:8) Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God. The Lord is one!
5 (Mt 22:37; Mk 12:30) And you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 (Dt 11:18; 32:46) These words, which I am commanding you today,
shall be in your heart.
7 (Dt 11:19; Eph 6:4) You shall teach them diligently to your children
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk
by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
8 (Ex 13:9; Dt 11:18) You shall bind them as a sign on your hand,
and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9 (Dt 11:20; Isa 57:8) You shall write them on the doorposts
of your house and on your gates.
10 (Jos 24:13; Ps 105:44) Then it shall be when the Lord your God
brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and fine cities,
which you did not build,
11 and houses full of all good things which you did not fill,
and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards
and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are full,
12 then beware lest you forget the Lord who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
13 (Dt 10:20; Mt 4:10) You shall fear the Lord your God
and serve Him and shall swear by His name.
14 (Jer 25:6; Dt 8:19) You shall not go after other gods,
the gods of the people which surround you
15 (Dt 4:24; Ex 20:5) (for the Lord your God is a jealous God among you).
Otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be inflamed against you
and destroy you from off the face of the earth.
16 (Ex 17:7; Mt 4:7) You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted
Him in Massah.
17 (Dt 11:22; Ps 119:4) You shall diligently keep the commandments
of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which
He has commanded you.
18 (Dt 4:40; 12:25) You shall do what is right and good in the sight
of the Lord that it may be well with you and that you may go in
and possess the good land which the Lord swore to your fathers,
19 (Ex 23:28-30; Nu 33:52-53) to drive out all your enemies
before you, just as the Lord has spoken.
20 (Ex 13:14; 12:26) When your son asks you in time to come, saying,
"What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean
which the Lord our God has commanded you?"
21 (Ex 20:2) then you shall say to your son, "We were slaves of Pharaoh
in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 (Dt 4:34; Ps 135:9) And the Lord showed great and devastating signs
and wonders upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household
before our eyes.
23 He brought us out from there, so that He might bring us in,
to give us the land which He swore to our fathers.
24 (Ps 41:2; Jer 32:39) The Lord commanded us to do all these statutes,
to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve
us, as He has to this day.
25 (Dt 24:13; Ro 10:3) It will be our righteousness if we are careful
to keep all these commandments before the Lord our God,
just as He has commanded us."
[1] Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which
the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land
whither ye go to possess it:
[2] That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and
his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's
son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
[3] Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with
thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath
promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
[4] Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
[5] And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy might.
[6] And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
[7] And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk
of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way,
and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
[8] And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between thine eyes.
[9] And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
[10] And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the
land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to
give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
[11] And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells
digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou
plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
[12] Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of
the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
[13] Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his
name.
[14] Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are
round about you;
[15] (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the
LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of
the earth.
[16] Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
[17] Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his
testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
[18] And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the
LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess
the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
[19] To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath
spoken.
[20] And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the
testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God
hath commanded you?
[21] Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt;
and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
[22] And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon
Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
[23] And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give
us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
[24] And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD
our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at
this day.
[25] And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these
commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
DEUTERONOMY 7
The Chosen People
1 Dt 4:38; 31:3When the Lord your God brings you into the land which
you are entering to possess and has driven out many nations before you,
the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites
and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites,
seven nations greater and mightier than you,
2 (Dt 23:14; Ex 23:32-33) and when the Lord your God delivers them
before you and you strike them down, then you must utterly destroy them.
You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.
3 (Ex 34:15-16; Jos 23:12-13) What is more, you shall not intermarry
with them. You shall not give your daughters to their sons
or take their daughters for your sons.
4 (Dt 6:15) For they will turn your sons away from following Me
to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will be inflamed
against you, and He will quickly destroy you.
5 (Ex 23:24; 34:13) But this is how you shall deal with them:
You shall destroy their altars and break down their images
and cut down their AsherimRebekah, Jacob's mother,
was an Aramean. and burn their graven images with fire.
6 (Dt 14:2; Ex 19:5-6; Jer 2:3) For you are a holy people
to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be
His special people, treasured above all peoples who are on the face
of the earth.
7 (Dt 10:22) The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose
you because you were more in number than any of the peoples,
for you were the fewest of all the peoples.
8 (Ex 32:13; Dt 10:15) But it is because the Lord loved you
and because He kept the oath which He swore to your fathers.
The Lord brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you
out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
9 (Da 9:4; 1Co 1:9) Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God,
the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with them who love
Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations,
10 (Isa 59:18; Na 1:2) yet He repays those who hate Him to their face,
to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him.
He will repay him to his face.
11 Therefore keep the commandments and the statutes
and the judgments which I command you today, by doing them.
12 (Lev 26:3-13; Dt 28:1-14) If you listen to these judgments,
keep them, and do them, then the Lord your God shall keep
with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
13 (Jn 14:21) He will love you and bless you and multiply you.
He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land,
your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your herd
and the young of your flock, in the land which
He swore to your fathers to give you.
14 (Ps 127:3) You shall be blessed above all peoples.
There will not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock.
15 (Ex 15:26; Dt 28:27) The Lord will take away from you all sickness,
and will afflict you with none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know,
but will lay them on all those who hate you.
16 (Ex 23:33; Jdg 8:27) You must consume all the peoples whom the Lord your
God will deliver to you. Your eye shall have no pity on them, nor shall
you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
17 (Nu 33:53) If you say in your heart,
"These nations are greater than I-how can I dispossess them?"
18 (Ps 105:5; Dt 31:6) you shall not be afraid of them.
You must surely remember what the Lord your God
did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt,
19 (Dt 4:34) the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs,
and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm,
by which the Lord your God brought you out. So the Lord your God
will do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
20 (Jos 24:12) Moreover the Lord your God will send the hornet among
them, until they who are left and hide themselves from you perish.
21 (Dt 10:17; Jos 3:10) You must not be frightened of them, for the Lord
your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
22 (Ex 23:29-30) The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you,
little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once,
lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
23 But the Lord your God will deliver them to you
and will throw them into a great confusion until they are destroyed.
24 (Jos 23:9; Dt 11:25) He will deliver their kings into your hand
so that you may erase their names from under heaven.
No man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.
25 (Ex 32:20; Dt 17:1) You must burn the graven images of their gods with fire.
You must not desire the silver or gold that is on them nor take any of it,
lest you be snared by them, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.
26 (Dt 13:17; Lev 27:28-29) You shall not bring an abomination
into your house, lest you become cursed like it, but you must
absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is a cursed thing.
[1] When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest
to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and
the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites,
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than
thou;
[2] And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt
smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them,
nor shew mercy unto them:
[3] Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not
give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
[4] For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve
other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and
destroy thee suddenly.
[5] But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and
break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven
images with fire.
[6] For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath
chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are
upon the face of the earth.
[7] The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were
more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
[8] But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which
he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty
hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh
king of Egypt.
[9] Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which
keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments
to a thousand generations;
[10] And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will
not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
[11] Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the
judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
[12] Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and
keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant
and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
[13] And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also
bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep,
in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
[14] Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or
female barren among you, or among your cattle.
[15] And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none
of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay
them upon all them that hate thee.
[16] And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall
deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou
serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
[17] If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how
can I dispossess them?
[18] Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD
thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
[19] The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the
wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD
thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people
of whom thou art afraid.
[20] Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they
that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
[21] Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among
you, a mighty God and terrible.
[22] And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little
and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the
field increase upon thee.
[23] But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy
them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
[24] And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt
destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand
before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
[25] The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not
desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou
be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
[26] Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be
a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt
utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
2) Our Daily Bread for 12 March 2024 titled
Courage in Christ
Esther 4:10-17
10 Again Esther spoke to Hathak and ordered him to reply to Mordecai:
11 (Est 5:1-2; 8:4) "All the king's servants and the people of the king's
provinces know that whoever, whether man or woman, wishes to come to the king
at the inner court but has not been summoned, there is one law-to put him
to death-unless for some reason the king should hold out the golden scepter
so that he might live. I, however, have not been summoned to come to the king
for these thirty days."
12 So all the words of Esther were told to Mordecai.
13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, "Do not think that
in the king's palace you will be more likely to escape
than all the other Jews.
14 For if you remain silent at this time, protection and deliverance
for the Jews will be ordained from some other place, but you
and your father's house shall be destroyed. And who knows if you may have
attained royal position for such a time as this?"
15 Then Esther replied, sending back to Mordecai:
16 (Ge 43:14; Est 5:1) "Go, gather all the Jews who can be found in Susa,
then fast for me. Stop eating and drinking for three days, night or day.
I and my young women will fast likewise. Only then would I dare go
to the king since it is not allowed by law, and if I perish, I perish."
17 So Mordecai went away and did exactly as Esther had commanded him.
[10] Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
[11] All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do
know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into
the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to
death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that
he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these
thirty days.
[12] And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
[13] Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that
thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
[14] For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there
enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou
and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art
come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
[15] Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
[16] Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast
ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my
maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not
according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
[17] So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had
commanded him.
Near the dawn of the twentieth century, Mary McDowell lived worlds apart
from the brutal stockyards of Chicago. Although her home was just twenty
miles away, she knew little about the horrific labor conditions that prompted
workers in the stockyards to strike. Once she learned of the difficulties
faced by them and their families, McDowell moved in and lived among them
-advocating for better conditions. She ministered to their needs, including
teaching children at a school in the back of a small shop.
Standing up for better conditions for others-even when not directly impacted
-is something Esther did as well. She was the queen of Persia (Esther 2:17)
and had a different set of privileges than her Israelite people who'd been
dispersed throughout Persia as exiles. Yet Esther took up the cause of the
Israelites in Persia and risked her life for them, saying, "I will go to
the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish"
(4:16). She could have remained silent, for her husband, the king,
didn't know she was Jewish (2:10). But, choosing not to ignore her
relatives' pleas for help, she worked courageously to reveal an evil
plot to destroy the Jews.
We may not be able to take on massive causes like Mary McDowell
or Queen Esther, but may we choose to see the needs of others and
use what God has provided to help them.
By: Katara Patton
Reflect & Pray
How are you using what you possess to help others?
What role can you play in providing for those who may not live near you?
Dear God, please give me the wisdom and courage to serve those in need.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 3 - The Remedy
Acts 4:12
12 (Mt 1:21; Jn 3:36) "There is no salvation in any other,
for there is no other name under heaven given among men
by which we must be saved."
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
"You have cancer", the doctor told his patient. "We need to operate
- as soon as possible. It's the only remedy." The patient, not wanting
to undergo surgery unless it was absolutely necessary, sought out a second
opinion, then a third. When the third round of testing came up with the same
results, she returned to the doctor and submitted herself to the treatment.
Often the remedy for the problems in our lives seems worst than the problems
themselves. We don't want to endure the pain of self-examination, of honest
confrontation with our sin and selfishness. We'd rather live in "blissful
ignorance" than face up to ourselves.
But the Bible tells us there is only one remedy for sin: casting ourselves
upon the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. Submitting ourselves to God's
"treatment" for sin is not an easy matter or a simple decision. We have to
give up on ourselves, on our own striving for self-salvation. We have to come
to the agonising realisation of our sin, the depths to which we have fallen.
Acknowledging sin is not a duty simply for "bad" people who have lived in
rebellion against God. "Good" people - Sunday-school kids, moral parents,
and sweet little grandmothers - may have more difficulty coming to Christ
than swindlers and prostitutes, precisely because their sin is not as
visible - sometimes it is even applauded by church and society.
"Good" or "bad", we all have the same problem: sin. And, because
of the Lord's grace, we all have the same remedy: salvation through Christ.
As we look to him, not to others, and see ourselves in light of his holiness,
we can glimpse the seriousness of our own resistance to him and call upon
his name.
Application
a) What other "remedies" have I tried to use in treating my sin?
b) Why is Jesus Christ the only source of salvation?
c) How can this verse help me to see the "salvation"
of Christ in the daily struggles of life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Joshua 1:5
5 (Dt 7:24; 31:6-8) No man will be able to stand against
you all the days of your life.
As I was with Moses, I will be with you.
I will not abandon you. I will not leave you.
5 There shall not any man be able to stand before
thee all the days of thy life:
as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee:
I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Help in Times of Temptation
1 Cor 10:1-13
1 Corinthians 10
Warning Against Idolatry
1 (Ex 14:29; Ps 66:6) I would not want you to be unaware that
all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 (Ex 16:35; Dt 8:3) all ate the same spiritual food;
4 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) and all drank the same spiritual drink,
for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,
and that Rock was Christ.
5 (Heb 3:17; Jude 1:5) But with many of them God was not well pleased,
and they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 (Nu 11:4; 1Co 10:11) Now these things were our examples to the intent
that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.
7 (Ex 32:19; 32:4) Neither be idolaters as were some of them.
As it is written,
"The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to revel." (Ex 32:6. )
8 (Nu 25:1-9; 1Co 6:18) Neither let us commit sexual immorality as some
of them committed, when 23000 fell in one day.
9 (Nu 21:5-6; Ex 17:2) Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them
also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.
10 (Ex 12:23; Nu 16:41) Neither murmur, as some of them also murmured
and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 (Ro 13:11) Now all these things happened to them for examples.
They are written as an admonition to us,
upon whom the end of the ages has come.
12 (Ro 11:20) Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed,
lest he fall.
13 (1Co 1:9; 2Pe 2:9) No temptation has taken you except what is common
to man. God is faithful, and He will not permit you to be tempted above
what you can endure, but will with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all
our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 and were all baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 and did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased:
for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust
after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written,
The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed,
and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured,
and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples:
and they are written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:
but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
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 Saudi Arabia
Acts 10:43
43 (Ac 15:9; Isa 53:11) "To Him all the prophets bear witness that whoever
believes in Him will receive remission of sins through His name."
[43] To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever
believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
A car drives the length of the Arabian Peninsula, passing through different
villages along the dusty highway. When traveling through the mountains, the
driver notes clusters of houses hugging the hillside as well as small towns
on the distant valley floor. Hundreds of thousands of people live in
villages throughout Saudi Arabia.
The people who live here now enjoy mobile phones and electricity, Toyota
trucks instead of just donkeys. Yet their worldview has changed very little
over the decades. They follow centuries of Muslim cultural, religious, and
tribal tradition. Veiled women rush indoors timidly when strangers
enter the village.
In traditional Saudi families, the patriarch makes all the decisions
which he considers best for his people. He decides what education his son
should have or which man his daughters must marry. After women were finally
allowed to drive cars in Saudi Arabia, an old man said:
"Women may drive in the city, but my wife and daughters will never drive!"
What does the future hold for these proud and independent people? Can parents
keep their children committed to ancient traditions when new ideas and foreign
concepts are introduced through smart phones and the internet?
The Saudi people live at a time when there could be a great clash of the old
and the new. Isolated villagers now have the opportunity to hear stories from
the Bible on those phones. Gulf Arabs can have spiritual discussions through
chat rooms. And in Christian TV with special Arabic programs for Saudis they
can hear about God's deep love for them.
Many young people are seeking the truth. Let us pray in hope and faith that
they will find The Truth that they so desperately need.
How to Pray
That the Holy Spirit will speak to village leaders in visions and dreams.
Pray for good spiritual discussions between villagers and Jesus followers
who are passing by their towns.
Pray that entire villages of people will come to faith in Jesus,
spreading the Good News from town to town, from the mountain tops
to the valleys below.
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
12th Day of the Month
a) Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically
(Proverb 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:
But a just weight is his delight.
)
b) Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to b a witness of the Lord to show those around you.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please give me the wisdom
and courage to serve those in need."
Pray to the Lord and pray to know Christ as the remedy of Salvation.
Pray to the Lord and pray to know that the Lord will never abandon you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to give Him your temptations.
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.
That the Holy Spirit will speak to village leaders in visions and dreams.
Pray for good spiritual discussions between villagers and Jesus followers
who are passing by their towns in Saudi Arabia .
Pray that entire villages of people will come to faith in Jesus,
spreading the Good News from town to town, from the mountain tops
to the valleys below in Saudi Arabia.
Pray that the Lord will put a desire in the hearts of those in business
to follow God's principles and act honourably and ethically.
Pray the the Spirit of the Lord will restrain the spirit of
hatred and destruction against humanity across the world.
Pray that Christians in China will lay a firm foundation for their children,
as Bible Education of minors is prohibited.
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